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20 Jan 1925

Trail of Cthulu - Session 1 (2) - The Journey Ends

by Charlie Roberts

20/01/1925 @ Propero Press office - Jackson's publisher
 
Jackson slaughtered in his hotel room. Suspected to be part of a string of cult murders.
Head to Propero Press to meet Jonah, his publisher. Carlyle Expedition (hunting for King Solomon's Mines) lost, mentions of the bloody tongue cult. Erica Carlyle inherited her dead/lost brother Roger's family fortune. He was going a bit loopy.
-Elizabath mugged in Central Park
-Bartie woke up in an alley drunk
Jackson was writing a book about the Carlyle expedition. One of the ex-members had his notes.
Jonah: Show about The Cult of Darkness - Prof Anthony Cowles of Miskatonic University. Jackson contacted the professor before, and a book - the mysterious secrets of africa. See also Miriam Atwright at Harvard re another book.
Jacksons corpse eviscerated, kenyan death cult carved into forehead (*) Unknown if anything was stolen except for his notes
Attackers trying to steal his notes.
Artefacts stolen at the Carlyle estate - African in nature. Shop in Harlem selling this stuff.
Ambushed by non-english speaking negros, very athletic. Captured one, now with the police.
 
Leads:
Find Rogers psychiatrist?
Need to know more about the books and find his notes. Notes found on a negro boy, Joseph had those notes.
Police investigation (Detective Poole)
Caryle Estate Artefacts
Party incidents
Negro in the police cells
Report from Ed & Joseph about their reconnaissance of Harlem location
Find Roger Carlyle's black lover?