Gumshoe step-by-step solution by pjg
For game release 1.  Takes about 270 moves
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Event timeline (times will vary somewhat)
 8:58  Game starts
 9:20  Marge arrives at McMurtry office
11:12  Sandra Mcbride leaves Highland
11:18  Sandra arrives in your office
11:26  Sandra leaves your office
11:32  John Mcbride and Nicole Updike leave logitek
11:40  John and Nicole arrive at Giuseppe's
12:42  Detective Boggs arrives at Giuseppe's
12:10  John, Nicole, and Detective Boggs leave Giuseppe's
12:40  John and Nicole arrive at Winchester
12:50  John leaves Winchester
12:52  Sandra arrives at Highland
 2:04  Marge leaves your office
 2:30  Baseball game starts
 5:00  Baseball game ends
 5:04  Alibi bar opens
 5:18  Billy arrives at Alibi
 6:58  John arrives at Lincoln
 7:00  TV store closes
11:12  John leaves Lincoln
11:16  John arrives at Highland
12:32  Thugs beat you up (lose)
 2:08  Alibi bar closes
 7:00  Game over (lose)

You can meet the thugs anytime North of your office.
Detective Boggs appears at random.


McMurtry office:
   z.z.z.z.z
   z.z.z.z.z
   Get newspaper then read it
   S
   Remove coat
   Put coat on coat rack
   Search desk (1/1)
(Marge will always get up to close the office door)
   Wear camera
   E
   X desk
   Search papers
   Read note (1/2)
   Read bill
   Get envelope then read it
   Open drawer
   Get handkerchief (1/3)
   save game

   Wait until 11:16
   z.z.z.z.z.z
   Sandra, sit down (1/4)
   Offer handkerchief to Sandra (1/5)
   X Sandra
   Yes
   W
   Open door
   Ask Marge about logitek
   N, E, E
   Hail cab. Enter cab. Cabbie, go to logitek (1/6)
Logitek:
   Exit
   N
   Show license to Barbara. Drop license
   Show snapshot to Barbara. Drop snapshot
   Read funeral. Show funeral to Barbara
   save game
  
   S
   Hail cab. Enter cab. Cabbie, go to Giuseppe (1/7)
Giuseppe:
   Exit
   X John
   X Nicole
   Wait. again
(until Boggs arrives and then enters the restaurant)
   X sedan
   X tires
(Tires!  What tires?)
   X valve
   Push pin
   Hail cab. Enter cab.
   Wait. again
(wait for John and Nicole to leave in a cab)
   save game

   Cabbie, follow the blue cab (1/8)
Winchester:
   Exit
   Wait. again
(until the couple embraces)
   Take photo of couple (1/9)
   Wait. again
(until John leaves)
   Open door
   Look in the window
   X guard
   X cap
   Ask guard about baseball
   Read sports then drop newspaper
   SW
   z.z.z.z.z
(wait until the old man leaves)
   X TV
   Turn knob
   g
   g
   g
(until the talk show is on)
   E
   Wait until 2:30
   Open door (1/10)
   W. Get matchbook. E (1/11)
   X matchbook then drop it
   save game

   Hail cab. Enter cab. Cabbie, go to Alibi
Alibi:
   Exit
   Read placard
   Wait until 5:04
   N
   Ask bartender about drinks
   Buy beer
(you may have to wait for your turn)
   Wait. again
(until the bartender slides the beer to you)
   Get beer
(the skinny man should enter the bar)
   I
   Show incriminating to bartender
   Drop incriminating
   Offer beer to Billy
(keep offering it until he accepts) 
   Ask Billy about Lydia (1/12)
   Get dart. Throw dart at board (1/13)
(Repeat this again until you get a bullseye)
 
  (X jukebox)  
  (Put money in jukebox)
  (Push forward (see what albums are available))
  (Look at album 14)
  (Play song 7 on album 14)
   save game

   S
   Hail cab. Enter cab. Cabbie, go to Lincoln
Lincoln:
   Exit
   X gate
   Untie rope. Untie rope
   Get rope. Open gate
   S, S (1/14)
   Search scraps (1/15)
   U
   Push crate under balcony
   Stand on crate
   Tie rope to balcony
   Drop all
   U, E (2/17)
   X window. Clean window
   Look in the window
   Wait. again
(until John shows up around 7:04)
   Take picture of couple (1/18)
   Remove camera then drop it
   W
   Drop naughty
   D, D
   Get all but crate
   N, N
   save game

   Hail cab. Enter cab. Cabbie, go to office
McMurtry office:
   Exit
   W, W
   Read note. Look under the mat (1/19)
   Unlock door with key. Drop key. Open door
   S, E
   Get receiver
   Read card then drop it
   Dial 653-2720
   Tell Sandra about naughty (1/20)
   Put receiver on phone
   W, N, E, E
   Hail cab. Enter cab. Cabbie, go to Highland
Highland:
   Exit
   Knock on the door
   Show naughty to Sandra (1/21)
   Open door
   W
   save game

   Hail cab. Enter cab. Cabbie, go to office
Office:
   Exit
   N
   X Morty
   X Vincent
   X Roderick
   X cards
   Give hundred to Roderick
   g
   g
   g
   g (1/22)
   S
   Put hundred in envelope
   g
   g
   g
   g
   Close envelope
   X stamp machine. I
   Put money in stamp machine. I
   Smooth crumpled. I
   Put dollar bill in stamp machine (1/23)
   Lick stamp
   Put stamp on envelope
   Objects. Places
   save game

   Put envelope in mailbox (1/24)
   Full
   Amusing


The endgame has a list of interesting things to do.

Here are a few more things to try...
Have you managed to ride in all three cabs?
Have you ever left something behind in a cab?
Have you found out who Horace is?
Have you seen Sandra's father?
Have you examined the handkerchief?
Have you learned the name of Howard's sweetheart?
Have you shown the naughty photo to Billy or the Bartender?
Have you examined the posters in the bar?
Have you looked at the thugs's cards?
Have you kissed Marge?
Have you pulled Marge's bun?


