Casebook 1899 – The Leipzig Murders Walkthrough

Releasing on September 4 on PC platform Steam, Casebook 1899 – The Leipzig Murders is a point-and-click adventure set in Leipzig, Germany, in the late 19th century that has you playing as a detective investigating four murder cases. If your investigation has led you to this guide, then let us assist you in solving the case.

Madcap Motorist

Inspect the key rack to the right of the door. Open your notebook and select “Investigate the office to find clues”. Check the alphabetical filing cabinet on the right and your desk on the left.

Select both “The filing cabinet is sorted alphabetically” and “I last worked on the Rosenlöcher case”. This lets you check the “R” drawer on the alphabetical cabinet. Inspect it twice to get the Key. Use the Key on the door to open it.

You get the Freedom achievement during the scene.

Speak to Inspector Welm and go through all the options. Inspect the door to leave and when the map opens, select Plagwitz to the southwest.

At Plagwitz, talk to Inspector Kreiser in the centre if you need hints. Otherwise, perform the following:

1. Check the body to the southeast
2. Check the motor vehicle brake to the southwest to get the Brake
3. Check the tyre tracks running through the centre
4. Speak to the policeman Welm to the east, pursue all speech options
5. Inspect the vehicle behind Welm
6. Check the small toolbox above Inspecter Kreiser
7. Inspect the lunchbox to the west and take the Hammer
8. Use the Hammer in your inventory on the lunchbox or the wooden frame it is on
9. Pick up the Lunchbox from the ground
10. Use the Lunchbox on the construction worker August Baumann to the west, pursue all speech options
11. Consult your notebook and select “The brake band is broken” 
12. Leave the conversation and check your notebook. Select “The driver suffered a head wound” and “The driver neither tried to swerve nor to jump off”
13.  When identifying motives, choose the left option. “Eduard Uhlich could not react in time to avoid the accident. This indicates that he was not conscious during the accident.”

You should get the Elementary achievement here if you didn’t get it before.

Leave Plagwitz and head northeast to Villa Uhlich. Perform the following:

1. Speak to Emma Uhlich on the right and pursue all speech options
2. Check the plants to the right of Emma
3. Check the white bowl on the east side of the screen
4. Speak with Max Töpfer, the mechanic, on the left and pursue all speech options
5. Speak with Emma and ask about Max
6. Check your notebook and ask Emma about “The Uhlichs last had a very bitter argument”
7. Ask Emma about “There is a bowl of deadly nightshade in the garden”
8. Ask Emma about “The driver drowned”
9. Speak with Max and check your notebook to ask about “Max Töpfer argued with Eduard Uhlich over withheld wages”
10. Return to the Police Station on the map and grab your Lamp on the top-right corner of the alphabetical shelf
11. Return to Villa Uhlich and use the Lamp on the garage behind Max to get Scissors
12. Use the Scissors in your inventory on the Brake
13. In your notebook, combine “The edges of the brake band and the blades of the scissors seem similar” and “The brake band is broken”
14. In your notebook, combine “Emma Uhlich collected deadly nightshade – allegedly by accident” and “Eduard Uhlich was so agitated this morning that he spoke incoherently”
15. In your notebook, combine “The Uhlichs last had a very bitter argument” with “Eduard Uhlich had several mistresses”
16. In your notebook, combine “Max Töpfer argued with Eduard Uhlich over withheld wages” with “Max Töpfer quit his job as Uhlich’s mechanic”

You can declare either Emma Uhlich or Max Töpfer to be the murderer. To make Emma the murderer, you must use the following motives:

• Eduard’s consciousness: Eduard Uhlich could not react in time to avoid the accident. This indicates that he was not conscious during the accident.
• Emma’s knowledge: Emma Uhlich knew exactly of the dangers the nightshade posed.
• View the Poison motive and you can declare Emma the murderer.

For Max to be the murderer, you must use the following motives:

• Eduard’s consciousness: Eduard Uhlich tried to brake in order to avoid the accident but it was in vain. This indicates that he was conscious during the accident.
• Torn brake band: The edges of the brake band match Max Töpfer’s scissors. He cut the brake band to provoke an accident.
• View the Sabotage motive to declare Max as the murderer.

If you have enough evidence to get motives for Emma and Max, you can declare both to be joint murderers.

If you accuse both Emma and Max, you get the One stone, two birds achievement. You also get Madcap Motorist no matter who you accuse.

Tender Tragedy

At the train station, perform the following:

1. Examine the front of the train (the smoke chamber) on the east side to find the corpse and a handkerchief with the initials CBH
2. Examine the door to the smoke chamber
3. Speak to the stationmaster Andreas Müller on the west side, pursuing all speech options
4. Check your notebook and combine “There was a handkerchief with the initials CBH on the body” and “The identity of the body is unclear”
5. Speak to Andreas again and consult your notebook. Choose “The smoke chamber can be locked and unlocked from the outside”
6. Combine “The smoke chamber was securely locked” and The smoke chamber cannot be locked or unlocked from the inside”

Select the tunnel to the left of the train to go further into the station. Perform the following:

1. Activate the light switch on the east side
2. Use the light box above the switch to start a puzzle. Skip it or use the following image below to figure out the correct wire configuration:

1. Inspect the bottom of the shelf on the east side to get Joke Book
2. Check the top of the shelf to find a locked jewellery box. Skip the puzzle or try opening it. The solution is not necessarily the same for all games

1. Check the lock on the door at the back
2.  Take the Sheet from the shelf on the left
3. Check the note on the shelf after taking the Sheet. Inspect the name and location below to get the address to Villa Hasse
4. Check your notebook and combine “There are signs of a break-in at the warehouse door” with “The jewellery box is empty”

Leave the Train Station and go to Villa Hasse to the southwest. Perform the following:

1. Take the Invitation at the bottom of the door at the centre
2. Check the crumbling area above the door
3. Use the doorbell to the right of the door to call the house butler. Pursue all speech options and you get the address of the Theatre
4. Head left to another part of the home to encounter a dog you can’t get past for now

Head northwest to the Poor District after Andreas gives you directions. When you arrive, perform the following:

1. Speak to the man near the fire in the centre and pursue all speech options
2. Check the door east of the man
3. Select the door above the stairs to the east
4. Return to the man near the fire and talk about the landlady
5. Use the Joke Book on the man three times or until he drops his Knife. Pick it up after in exchange for the Joke Book

Return to the map and head north to the Theatre. Perform the following when you arrive:

1. Speak to the man near the centre, Giuseppe Morra, and learn that you must speak to the greengrocer on the east side
2. Speak to the greengrocer and pursue all speech options
3. Examine the greengrocer’s cart and search at least three products, you should learn something about them
4. Speak to the greengrocer and choose “The fruit seller seems to sort the good fruits to the front”
5. Right-click the greengrocer to get another note
6. Check your notebook and combine “The fruit seller seems to sort the good fruits to the front” and “The fruit seller shouts louder when wealthy people walk by”
7. Speak to the greengrocer and consult your notebook by choosing “The fruit seller is pretending to be blind”
8. Talk to the greengrocer about “Shouting”
9. Take an Apple from the left-most section of the greengrocer’s cart
10. Speak to Giuseppe and pursue all speech options

Return to Villa Hasse and head left until you see the dog.

1. Use the Apple from your inventory on the dog, then quickly use the Knife to cut the dog’s rope from the nearby post. This must be done fast or you must return to the Theatre and grab another Apple to try again
   
   This gives you the Who let the dog out achievement.
2. Grab the Rope to the left of the staff entrance door
3. Go through the staff entrance door to enter Villa Hasse
4. Speak to the woman in the center and pay attention to the bird’s positioning
   1. The correct note depends on the bird’s height in the cage. For example, if it’s sitting at the bottom, the correct answer is “C”
   2. The notes go from “C, D, E, G, A” in terms of height. “C” is the lowest and “A” is the highest” as per the Pentatonik scale sheet
   3. No playthrough has the same answer and you must pay attention to the bird’s height with every attempt. Fortunately, the bird tends to pick “C” and “A” most often
   4. You can try again as often as you like but this resets the entire pattern
5. Ask the woman all speech options
6. Check your notebook and combine “The missing passenger is named Christian Haase” with “Christian Haase took the nickname Bruno”
7. Give the Invitation to the butler
8. Talk to the woman and consult your notebook to choose “Christian Haase regularly received invitations to gamble”
9. Check your notebook and combine “Christian Haase’s villa could use some repairs” with “Christian Haase is addicted to gambling”

Return to the Poor District to perform the following:

1. Combine the (Dirty) Sheet with the Rope to create the “Ghost”
2. Use the “Ghost” on the clothesline between the houses
3. Interact with the three trash cans near the fire
4. Speak with the landlady on the second floor once she emerges, pursuing all speech options
5. Return to Giuseppe at the Theatre and consult your notebook, choosing “The landlady needs to see a priest before she speaks to me”
6. Return to the Poor District and speak to the landlady, pursuing all speech options
7. Check your notebook and combine “Stepan Nowikow is a drinker” with “Stepan Nowikow lost his apartment due to unpaid rent” 
8. Check the crates just north of the man near the campfire, searching all items
9. For the letter, search the top four lines
10. For the diary, check the left and right page
11. Check your notebook and combine “The missing guard is named Stepan Wladimirowitsch Nowikow” and “Stepan Nowikow is from Russia and writes in Cyrillic”

Depending on how you organise the motives, you have four potential outcomes:

• Christian is the murderer
• Christian is the victim
• Stepan is the murderer
• Stepan is the victim

To get each outcome, set your motives to the following:

• Christian is the murderer: Christian Haase has no money, jewellery was never in the luggage, The deceased is Stepan Novikov, It was murder
• Christian is the victim: Christian Haase has no money, jewellery was never in the luggage, The deceased is Christian Haase, It was murder
• Stepan is the murderer: Stepan Novikov has no money, It was murder, jewellery stolen, The deceased is Christian Haase
• Stepan is the victim: Stepan Novikov has no money, It was murder, jewellery stolen, The deceased is Stepan Novikov

You get the Tender Tragedy achievement after choosing a motive.

Silent Scribe

When you arrive at Gustav Tabert’s crime scene, perform the following:

1. Check the body on the west side
2. Check the water jug next to the body
3. Check the fireplace on the west side
4. Check the bookshelf in the centre and inspect the lower section to find a Magnet
5. Inspect the windows on the east side
6. Check the paper on the table to the east. Inspect the northeast section and the northeast corner
7. Inspect the door handle to the east
8. Speak to the maid in the centre of the room, Johanna Weil. Pursue all speech options. You should get two addresses, some Medicine, and several notes
9. Ask Johanna about “The window is dirty on the inside”
10. Check your notebook and combine “A hole in the door” with “The door was locked”
11. Check your notebook and combine “The fire has not completely burned down” and “The window is dirty on the inside”
12. Check your notebook and combine “An empty water jug on the floor” with “Strange, dream-like text”

Before you leave, check all of the items on the shelf to get the Meticulous achievement.

Leave the room and go to the rooftop. Inspect the left vents to find a cat blocking your progress.

Go to the Newspaper publisher to the northeast. When you arrive, perform the following:

1. Speak to the man on the east side (the assistant) to learn you need a story to see the manager
2. Right-click the small circle on the man’s desk to learn it is sandwiches wrapped in newspaper
3. Speak to the man again about “Lunch”
4. Search the trash can in the middle of the room
5. Check the bulletin board at the north part of the room, west of the clock
6. Speak to the assistant and choose “I have a story”. Choose whatever options you like; your goal is to distract him
7. When the assistant is talking to the editor, click on the clock in the north part of the room to set the time to 12:00
8. Speak to the assistant about “Lunchtime”
9. Check the sandwich wrapper on the desk
10. Examine the glue pot on the assistant’s desk next to the stack of papers to get Brush
11. Speak to the assistant and choose “About stories” four times or until the option disappears from the conversation menu
12. Speak to the assistant to tell them a story. Use the following prompts:
    1. A lapdog, who…
    2. Was rescued from the water…
    3. In the tenements of Lindenau…
    4. Yesterday
13. Speak to the assistant and you can now speak to the editor, Arthur Morgenstern. Pursue all speech options
14. Search the desk in front of the clock around the center of the room. Check the paper in the middle to find a calendar. Search October 10 for a clue
15. Check the stack of papers on the right side of the desk and inspect any part of the writing
16. Check your notebook and combine “Gustav Taubert announced a revelation” with “Gustav Taubert had an appointment with Clemens Rodan”

Head back to the crime scene and leave the room again, going west to Georg Taubert’s house. When you arrive, perform the following:

1. Speak to the man in the centre, Georg Taubert, and get permission to look around
2. Speak to Georg’s wife on the east side and you must find her ring
3. Inspect the flag pole and lower the flag
4. Speak to Georg again and pursue all speech options
5. Consult your notebook and ask about “Gustav Taubert panned Johann Hirsch’s book”
6. Right-click Georg to unlock the option about his wooden leg
7. Look at the magpie on the roof to find the ring thief

Warning: Do not do the next section earlier than posted or you may not be able to proceed. This forces you to reload a previous save.

Go to Café Francais just northeast of the Police Station on the map. When you arrive, perform the following:

1. Move further east past the man at the table and grab a Biscuit from one of the plates
2. Speak to the man near the record player to learn he is Clemens Rodan. Pursue all speech options
3. Attempt to turn off the record player to the west
4. Right-click Clemens to pay attention to his drink
5. Use Medicine on Clemens Rodan when you see him close his eyes to make him leave. This also gives you the Sparkling Subterfuge achievement
6. Turn off the record player on the west side
7. Speak to the old man who is Johann Hirsch. He can’t hear you well
8. Select the funnel of the record player to get Funnel
9. Use the Funnel on Johann to speak with him and pursue all speech options
10. Check your notebook and combine “Gustav Taubert panned Johann Hirsch’s book” with “Johann Hirsch met Gustav Taubert after dinner”

Return to Gustav Taubert’s House and perform the following:

1. Leave the room to go to the rooftop
2. Inspect the west vents to find a cat
3. Inspect the vents on the east side
4. Use the Brush on the east vents
5. Use the Biscuit on the east vents
6. Inspect the back of the west vents to get a Stone
7. Inspect the central vent of the west  vents
8. Check your notebook and combine “The roof is accessible from the street” with “Scratch marks in the chimney”

Return to Georg Taubert’s House and perform the following:

1. Use the Stone on the fountain in the centre
2. Inspect the nest that fell out near the flag to get the Ring
3. Use the Ring on the woman to the east and speak to her again to learn her name is Dora Taubert. Pursue all speech options
4. Speak to Georg about “Rivalry” that is now available
5. Examine the book that Dora has put down to her left

Return to Café Francais and perform the following:

1. Clemens Rodan should return to the location. Speak to him and consult your notebook, choosing “Dora Taubert had a letter from Clemens Rodan to her husband”
2. Speak to Clemens Rodan and consult your notebook, choosing “Dora Taubert has no alibi for the night of the crime”
3. Speak to Johann and consult your notebook, asking “Georg Taubert has no alibi for the night of the crime”
4. Check your notebook and combine “Georg Taubert was supposed to lose his inheritance” with “Dora Taubert had a letter from Clemens Rodan to her husband”
5. Stay in your notebook and combine “Clemens Rodan has no witnesses for his presence at the law office” with “Clemens Rodan was at his law office at the time of the crime”
6. Check your notebook a third time to combine “Johann Hirsch was not seen at Café Francais” with “Johann Hirsch was allegedly in the Café Francais until closing time”

Return to the Newspaper office and perform the following:

1. Speak to Arthur (the editor) and consult your notebook, asking about “Georg Taubert is a regular at the Blue Lantern”
2. Consult your notebook again and choose “Clemens Rodan was at his law office at the time of the crime”
3. Consult your notebook a third time and choose “Johann Hirsh was allegedly in the Café Francais until closing time”

Return to Café Francais and perform the following:

1. Speak to the couple next to Johann to access the Blue Lantern from Café Francais
2. Head to the Blue Lantern and speak to the attendant to play a shell game.
   1. If you fail the shell game, you get the Cheater achievement. It’s rigged and you lose at the fourth attempt every time
   2. After your first “loss”, speak to the attendant and examine the game. Use the Magnet on the small ball
   3. Leave the puzzle by clicking around the right side of the screen. Play the game again and you should win at the fourth attempt. This gives you the Cheat the cheater achievement
3. Ask her name, then consult your notebook and choose “Georg Taubert is a regular at the Blue Lantern”

Return to Georg Taubert’s house and perform the following:

1. Speak to Dora on the east side and consult your notebook, choosing “Georg Taubert is known to be an opium user”
2. Check your notebook and combine “Georg Taubert is known to be an opium user” with “Georg Taubert has no alibi for the night of the crime”
3. Check your notebook and combine “Dora Taubert was seen on the street on the night of the crime” with “Since Georg Taubert’s opium supply had run out, he did not come home”

You have five possible conclusions:

• Georg Taubert is the murderer
• Dora Taubert is the murderer
• Clemens Rodan is the murderer
• Johann Hirsch is the murderer
• It was an accident

To get the following outcomes, set the motives along with the ones above:

• Georg Taubert is the murderer: Georg Taubert with no alibi, Letter delivered, Access with a key, Put out with water, The fireplace has no meaning, Victim under the influence

• Dora Taubert is the murderer: Dora Taubert has no alibi, Letter intercepted, No-one had access, Put out with something, Victim under the influence, something was lowered

• Clemens Rodan is the murderer: Clemens Rodan without an alibi. The secret is motive. No one had access, put out with something, the Victim under the influence, something was lowered
• Johann Hirsch is the murderer: The fight is a motive, Johann Hirsch with no alibi, no one had access, put out with something, Victim under the influence, something was lowered
• It was an accident: No one had access, put out with Water, the fireplace has no meaning, Only creative writing

You get the Silent Scribe achievement regardless of the outcome.

Fatal Final

Inspect the lunchbox below your desk to get the Sausage.

Leave the Police Station and head to the Public Prosecutor’s office just southwest on the map. When you arrive, perform the following:

1. Examine the paper on the ground to the southwest to get Page
2. Check the paper under the desk in the centre to get another Page
3. Check the paper in the armchair on the west side to get a third Page
4. Check the coat rack on the west side to get a Scarf
5. Check the stick to the right of the door you came through to get Stick
6. Use the Stick to reach a piece of paper on the top of the shelf near the door to get a fourth Page
7. Use the four Pages and put them on the central part of the desk in the centre of the room.  Some pages must overlap each other for the blood patterns to match. Don’t forget that the pages must also match the bloodstains on the desk as well. You must put them together like the image below.

You can now access some locations you visited in previous chapters. Head to Villa Uhlich to the northeast on the map. When you arrive, perform the following:

1. Inspect the villa’s top-floor windows
2. Speak to the children on the west side and answer “four brothers and three sisters”. Pursue all speech options
3. Give the Sausage to the dog between the children
4. Put the Scarf in your inventory on the snowman to the east
5. Check your notebook and combine “The Uhlich villa is now home to several tenants” and “The mother of the children is an actress”

Leave the area and go to Christian Hasse’s house to the southwest. When you arrive, perform the following:

1. Check the brown spot on the crates to get Fur
2. Examine the crates by right-clicking on them
3. Speak to the butler at the front door. He asks for a replacement dog. If you have the dog from earlier, you hand them over and get The New Model achievement. Pursue all speech options. If you can’t ask about crates, see #2 and then ask
4. Speak to the coachman and pursue all speech options
5. Consult your notebook while speaking to the coachman and choose “The coachman was the last to see Christian Hasse alive”
6. Check the crates and examine the letters inside. See #2-3 if you can’t access the crates. Read one, then click on the other letters behind the current one to see them all
7. Check your notebook and combine “Christian Haase received threatening letters” with “The threatening letters contain references to plays”
8. Check your notebook and combine “The coachman was the last to see Christian Haase alive” and “The coachman took Christian Haase to the Theatre Square”

Leave the area and head northwest to Gustav Tabert’s house. When you arrive, perform the following:

1. Speak to the maid on the west side and agree to help her. Ask her to tell you about herself
2. Speak to the construction worker in the centre about the maid
3. Talk to the maid about the “Giggling”
4. Inspect the white card on the east side of the construction site
5. Talk to the construction worker and consult your notebook, selecting “The scaffold leads to the roof”
6. Check your notebook and combine “The scaffold leads to the roof” and “Anyone can get onto the scaffold”
7. Return to the construction worker and ask him about the maid. Place your Stick in the toolbox to the right of the construction worker while he isn’t looking
8. Tell the construction worker about the maid but while this is happening, show the maid the Fur
9. Wait for the construction worker to look away by themselves, then flip the pulley switch on the construction site
10. Take Coal from the fallen bag
11. Talk to the maid and pursue all speech options
12. Consult your notebook and choose “Gustav Taubert was banned from the Old Theatre”
13. Check your notebook and combine “Gustav Taubert was banned from the Old Theatre” with “Gustav Taubert did not write reviews for plays at the Old Theatre”

Return to Villa Ulrich and perform the following:

1. Use the Coal on the snowman to give it a face
2. Speak to the children
3. Select the branches on the side of the shed covering a hole to enter
4. Check your notebook and combine “There is a hole in the garage wall behind the bush” and “The hole in the garage wall is large enough for a person to fit through”
5. Check your motives in the notebook and read the green “motives”. They should be “Connections to the theatre” and “Many suspects”
6. Select the blue “motive” that now appears and you reach the Old Theatre.

At the Old Theatre, perform the following:

1. Enter through the side door around the centre of the area
2. Examine the nearby panel for instructions for lighting
3. Click the centre of the panel and you see eight variously shaped buttons. Going clockwise, select:
   1. Button #2
   2. Button #5
   3. Button #3
   4. Button #8
   5. Button #2
4. Speak to the actress on stage and pursue all speech options 
5. Head north(west) to go to the dressing rooms
6. Check the numbers on the lockers and you open your motives sheet. Input the numbers as below:

1. If done correctly, the rows should be:
   1. Top: 1, 9, 2, 10, 3, 11, 4, 12
   2. Bottom: 5, 13, 6, 14, 7, 15, 8, 16
2. Check Locker #10 next to Locker #2. Take the blue book
3. Leave the dressing room and Old Theatre, going east when you leave the building
4. When making your way through the city, go the following directions:
   1. West (angels)
   2. Centre (cats)
   3. West (sparkling hands)
   4. East (vases)
5. When you arrive at the building, check the booth on the right side of the door. You can click the orange area on the booth’s left to enter
6. Click on the envelope on the window to the top-right
7. Select the cash register and press any button. This causes a Cogwheel to pop out; pick it up
8. Leave the booth and move your selector towards the snow below the door. You can find a second Cogwheel
9. Check the trash can to the door’s left to find a third Cogwheel
10. Use the Cogwheels on the cash register
11. Dispense a ticket for yourself by pressing “90, 60, 7, 8” on the register
12. Leave the booth and check the lock on the central door. Use “5590” to enter
13. Inside the theatre, take the Puppet from the table on the right
14. On the left side, move the candlestick and then the tarp on the ground to get another Puppet
15. Check the red box on the right for a third Puppet
16. Check your puppets to ensure you know what they are. The bald puppet is the Scribe, the hat represents the Merchant, and the crown puppet is the King
17. Use the Scribe puppet on the theatre in the centre, then the Merchant followed by the King
18. Once all three are properly placed, interact with the Merchant, King, and Scribe in that order
19. Answer the following motivations:
    1. Because he didn’t support you
    2. Because he didn’t let you perform
    3. Because he panned your performances
20. You can hide the truth or tell it at the end. Tell the truth to get Truth-lover or hide to get the Pragmatist achievements. You can only get one per playthrough or get the other by reloading an earlier save

You get the Fatal Final and Solved it achievements regardless of your choice.

And there you go, the credits should be rolling. Please let us know in the comments what you think about the game and if this guide proved useful.