Ankh-Morpork

City Watch
Ofcial Watch Report
Case number: 20001515
Date: 13 March, the century o the !ruitbat
Reportin" ofcer: Constable #in"
#repare$ by: Cpl% &ittlebottom
'nci$ent (ype: )ur"lary
&ocation o Occurrence: D*ar )rea$ Museum
Witnesses: Constable #in", Watch ofcer
+,i$ence: Open Win$o* in rear o Museum
-hattere$ "lass scattere$ on .oor
Open !ront $oor
Missin" -cone o -tone
)loo$y -cre*$ri,er
On march 13, in the Century o the !ruitbat, an un/no*n number o suspects
bro/e a *in$o* in the bac/ o the D*ar )rea$ Museum, entere$ the
museum, then procee$e$ to unscre* the $isplay case rom the plinth that
house$ the -cone o -tone Replica, a priceless, ancient $*ar,en artiact% (he
bur"lars presumably $roppe$ the "lass case at that point, stole the -cone,
an$ escape$ out the ront $oor, lea,in" it open% Constable #in" *as
patrollin" in the area *hen he hear$ the tin/lin" o the bur"lars brea/in" the
bac/ *in$o*, an$ someone cursin"% 0e mo,e$ aroun$ to the bac/ o the
museum to in,esti"ate% 0e calle$ out 1is anyone there23 at *hich point he
hear$ more "lass brea/ an$ a $oor bein" opene$% )y the time he ma$e his
*ay bac/ to the ront o the Museum they *ere "one%
4ter a cursory search o the crime scene, se,eral scu5e$ up boot6prints
*ere i$enti7e$ in the $irt an$ "lass% (here *as an o,er*helmin" stench o
cat urine an$ sulphur permeatin" the air% 4 scre*$ri,er *ith bloo$ on the
han$le *as oun$ un$er a cabinet close to the plinth that house$ the -cone%
!urther in,esti"ation is nee$e$ an$ pen$in"%