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The Search for Piece #3
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konamouse
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 		 The Search for Piece #3
- Who is Elbert Benjamine and where is he?
According to the code in the book posted by Cathy:

Quote:
the family of elbert benjamine, a spoocheeeee elder who recently
passed away has the third piece. the family does not know that elbert
was a part of the land of spoocheeeee. they do not know that piece three exists


The "real" Elbert was a founder of the Church of the Light. He used the pen name C.C. Zain to write the core books of the faith known as "The religion of the Stars". Appears to have some thing to do with the occult and astrology and horoscopes.

Birth Data: Elbert Benjamine was born at 5:55 a.m. on December 12, 1882 near Adel, Iowa. The exact coordinates of his birth are 94ºW00´; 41ºN37´. He was born Benjamin P. Williams.
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 		In light of Wendy's latest communication about Betty's whereabouts, I think the Linear B translations might have something to do with the acquisition of Piece #3.

(BTW, did we ever find an application for the Linear B translation of "God's Power" and "Messenger"?)

give blond (male) governor slave (female)coastal
when all [Winato - a place name] wishes
mountain
desert
gold riches free (person)
village
take King

Here are my very random thoughts:

Betty's current hair color is blond, mentioned explicitly in the email, why?
Governors Island is obviously coastal.
Richard Ingoldsby (acting Governor: 1691-1692 & 1709-1710)
Governors Island has an abandoned Burger King (which seems to be a big deal when you search for it) - maybe a meeting place?
Castle Williams- Elbert Benjamine was born Benjamin P. Williams.

Anyway, like I said, random thoughts.....but I think that is where we will at least begin our search for Piece #3. "Governor" isn't a word used every day, and to have it both in the Linear B translation and Betty's direction of travel, seems too coincidental.

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konamouse
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 		Here is Red's version (from discussion in chat).

Quote:
give the blond male governor a/the female slave


SPEC: Is Mr AJ a blond and Patricia his slave? Or was the governor of Governor's Island blond?

Quote:
When everyone and everything (or all) Winato (a name for Inatus; Red used the "Coastal Mountain & Desert" clue to find it on Crete) wishes gold riches set free village take King


But I like your thoughts that the third piece may be found on Governor's Island - I think danteIL suggested that in chat last night but then it was discarded because of the Winato/Inatus word leading us to Greece.

Go danteIL & Caterpillar!! Keep SPECing!
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konamouse
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 		From Cathy's email 11/7
Cathy wrote:
Timothy has told me that the third piece is held by a family that has no knowledge of Spoocheeeee and or the disc. Although it will be difficult for us to find it, it will be equally as difficult for Alan to find it. Timothy took all the elder files out of Spoocheeeee weeks before Alan even began to suspect him.

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continuing the trail for piece 3
The search for piece three took us to A Seance with Mildred Harnack.

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 		[EMAIL] 11/12 Mildred - Message from Trinket
konamouse wrote:
Trinket has a message for you:
She said to send Mildred Harnack to her apartment. (Trinket's apt.)
Mildred has been there before. Have Mildred look in Trinket's jcrew
boots. There is a note that Mildred should post for you guys about
piece three.
If you understand this, perhaps you can post it on your blogspot.
Thank you for helping us Free the Five and Save the World.
Heather


Mildred wrote:
Good evening to you, Heather.

Of course I will go to Trinket's apartment but I don't feel safe
going alone. I will call Jean Moulin or Nedd Ludd to see if they
could come along with me. As soon as I have this note, I will post
it for you. This is very good news. I am having a good feeling
about us finding this piece very soon. There is a positive
vibration around this email that you have just sent to me. I hope
you feel it too.

We will speak again, you and I, in the very near future.

Mildred Harnack

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 		Re: [EMAIL] 11/12 Mildred - Message from Trinket
konamouse wrote:
She said to send Mildred Harnack to her apartment. (Trinket's apt.)Mildred has been there before. Have Mildred look in Trinket's jcrew boots. There is a note that Mildred should post for you guys about piece three.
If you understand this, perhaps you can post it on your blogspot.
Thank you for helping us Free the Five and Save the World.
Heather



It looks like Mildred came through. She has updated http://mildredharnack.blogspot.com/ with four pink pages of horoscopes "From Trinket's boot"

Some of the letters seems to be bold, but the photos are private on Flickr, so it's hard to see them bigger. This is what I came up with though:
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Elberts greatgrandaughter is

is what?


Also, the horoscopes are out of order...

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 		So I found the source material here, and noticed that there were a few misspellings in the pinkified version. So Dante and I collected the misspellings, and here they are:
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Aries: k
Leo: e
Sagittarius: e
Taurus: l, y
Virgo: (none)
Capricorn: (none)
Gemini: h
Libra: a, u, s
Aquarius: e
Cancer: n
Scorpio: r
Pisces: d

At least that doesn't spell anything......oh, shoot.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Keely Hausen RD - it seems we need to find her again...

I'm not sure what the "RD" is all about, unless we were communicating with some sort of sentient boulevard.

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 		I didn't know that Keely was a Registered Dietitian????? Weird.
I thought she worked for Addison in web or tv design.

If that the same Keely - she's gonna be pissed at being involved again in this mess. Funny, if there is a ceramic disc piece in her home and we asked about one in Addison's drawer, she never mentioned having one at home.
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 		RD probably stands for Recording Director for Keely.

btw, just for easy access, here is her email addy:

KeelyhausenSPLATyahoo.com
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Keely wrote:
Hi Jenna, I do remember you. I am much better. Thanks for asking. I don't know if you know Heather, but she just emailed me about my great-grandfather too. My great-grandfather (on my Mom's side) is Benjamine Williams not Elbert Benjamine. Weird that my name would be on document about this other guy. Maybe it got mixed up because of the name Benjamine? Sorry I'm not too much help. How have you been? Hope you are staying away from that psycho that paid me a visit. Take care.
Thankx
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konamouse
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Keely wrote:
My great-grandfather (on my Mom's side) is Benjamine Williams not Elbert Benjamine.


Shoot, didn't think about that part. Elbert changed his name when he got into the astrology and Church of Light stuff.

I'll try to get into my email later this afternoon and see what she wrote to me.

konamouse wrote:
Hi Keely,

How have you been? So sorry again that Bob got you mixed up in the
mess over the book. I sure hope you are okay. Have you been able to
keep his business going, or have you needed to find other employment?
It sucks having a boss bail like that - ghod, I hope you can get paid
without him. I once worked at a nursing home and the parent company
went bankrupt (I'm a Registered Dietitian). Yup, didn't get paid for
two weeks work. And poor Bob. Losing his family, and now he may have
to restart his business from scratch. Sucks.

Just to let you know, I did track down the book and we managed to get
ahold of the important information that was inside. Unfortunately,
Bob is still stuck in the same place with his friends - we're
feverishly trying to get the necessarily leverage to get him release.
The cops won't believe us so we're seeking other means to Free the
Five.

So, I have a wierd question to ask. I was doing some more research
related to the stuff Bob was working on before he was napped and there
was some stuff that pointed towards astrology and Church of Light.
The same name kept coming up, an Elbert Benjamine. In trying to track
him down I did some geneology research and YOUR name came up. Is this just a coincidence, or is/was he your greatgrandfather? Okay, this is
where it gets a little off the wall; do you remember my first email
when I asked if there was a ceramic or clay disc piece in Bob's desk?
Would there happen to be something like that (it's brown, has some
scratches on it) in your home? Maybe something that has been up on a
mantle or on a bookshelf for a couple of generations?

See, we're still looking for ceramic pieces - they are the key to Free
the Five (which includes Bob).

Major HUGS!
Heather


Keely wrote:
Hi Heather, I've been fine. Bob's old business partner, Eve, came back and together we're running the business. We've been swamped! I told Eve what happened but she just shook her head like I was making it all up to protect Bob. Look, I have no idea what to believe with all this mess but I can see that you guys are trying very hard to help. I wish I could help you but I am sorry to say that I don't have any ceramic anything. I never knew my great-grandfather on my Dad's side of the family. I don't even know his name. My great-grandfather on my Mom's side of the family was Benjamine Williams. He died this year. I'm still sad about it. He was such a great man. I really miss him. We all do. He was just a wonderful person. Sorry I can't be more help to you guys. Let me know if you hear from Bob.
thankx
Keely


They (the PMs) sure don't want to make it too easy for us, do they? Wink

konamouse wrote:
So glad to hear that you guys have kept things going (nice to get that
regular paycheck, and to have that sense of accomplishment).

I still think you can help. Turns out that the Elbert Benjamine we're
looking for was born Benjamin Williams, but changed his name (maybe
because of some interest in astrology or the occult - does that ring
any bells?). I didn't know that he only recently passed away. Was
there a service? Do you know where he was laid to rest?

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 		[EMAIL] from Mildred 11-14
go to A Lady Who Drowned tonight
hushmail question: true?
Answer: myrtle

Quote:
From: <mildredharnack>
Subject: I hope the seance was helpful
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
To: "drizjr hello"

Good evening to you, Drizabella.

I hope last evening's seance was helpful in your quest for piece
three.
I received a message moments ago from A Lady Who Drowned. She told
me that she has something for you. Go to her tonight. If you have
any questions or need anything else, please do not hesitate to come
to back to me. I am here for you.

We will speak again, you and I, in the very near future.

Mildred Harnack

Here's the link for convenience. http://aladywhodrowned.blogspot.com/
eta: It updated quickly to include four five of these images:
Found in chat, here.
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 		This looks like the emblem on the package that Jetamo mentioned he received (in chat yesterday) but never posted.

He said there were 4 identical versions of that symbol.

Are the morse codes in the source old or new?
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 		[EMAIL] 11/14 Keely - She isn't making this easy!
Keely wrote:
Hi Heather,
I don't know. It doesn't sound like my great-grandfather. He wasn't goofy like that. I guess I didn't know everything about him but I would think I would know if he was into the occult. I don't know about the name thing either. I mean, I have never even heard of that other name. As far as my great-grandfather's death. We had a tiny service. Family only. My grandfather was cremated. He was heavily into nature and never liked the idea of wasting land for burials. It was nice. Thanks for asking.
thankx
Keely


Now what? His ashes were scattered or was he interred??? I'll figure out a nice way to ask where. I couldn't find him in Famous Graves search.
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