Murder on the Orient Express: Evidence
by Mary Harris
1. Scarlet kimono is in Poirot's suitcase
2. The fake conductor and the woman in the red kimono might be the same person
3. Ratchett did not speak French, but the voice that told the conductor to go away spoke in French
4. Mary Debenham was the Countess's teacher in New York
5. The handkerchief found in Ratchett's room belongs to the princess
6. The murder was planned to look like an outside job but was in fact done by a passenger
7. Every person who wrote their address was right-handed with the exception of the princess who refused to write
8. Woman in the red kimono, the second murderer, might have altered the hands on Ratchett's waatch
9. All escape routes in Ratchett's were locked from the other sides or did not have fingerprints on them
10. Hands on Ratchett's pocket watch might have been changed manually
11. Pipe cleaners identical to the one found in Ratchett's room are found in the Colonel's luggage
12. Ratchett's enemy could be a woman in disguise
13. A button of one of the Wagon Lit employees was found in Mrs. Hubbard's room
13.1. Not the Wagon Lit conductor's
14. Ratchett's real name is Cassetti
14.1. Cassetti murdered a baby named Daisy Armstrong and demanded $2000 from her parents
15. "-member little Daisy Armstrong." -- Remember little Daisy Armstrong - found on a letter that was burned in Ratchett's compartment
16. Ratchett's blunt force wounds given randomly and sloppily
17. Ratchett's pocket watch stopped at 1:15 AM, suggesting the murder occurred at 1:15 AM
18. Match that did not belong to Ratchett found in his compartment
19. Pipe cleaner found in Ratchett's compartment
20. Woman's handkerchief found in Ratchett's compartment
21. First and Second Murder Theory: Murderer 1 came in the room, killed Ratchett, and left. Murderer 2 comes in and, without realizing Ratchett is already dead, stabs him some more
21.1. If true, one killer is right-handed and the other is left-handed
22. Ratchett had already been dead for some time when he got some of the stab wounds because there is no evidence of bleeding
23. The Countess described her teacher as somebody that was the exact opposite of Mary and gave her the name Freebody, but failed to consider that Poirot might know the store "Debenham & Freebody"
24. Because the damage to the watch seems purposely misleading, Ratchett must have been murdered earlier than 1:15 AM
25. Mary Debenham, the Princess, and the Countess are the only possibilities to be the fake conductor
26. Poirot's Lists: Pages 236-239 and 241-242
27. Wounds are too deep to be done by a woman, unless she is athletic
28. Window in Ratchett's compartment was wide open, but no finger prints were found on it, so probably not important
29. Ratchett last seen alive at 12:37 AM when he talked to the conductor
30. Ratchett was stabbed 12 times - not suicide
31. Ratchett took a sleeping draught before he was murdered
32. Map of train is on page 91
33. Stabbing was done with the left and right hands
34. Time table on page 128
35. Pipe cleaner might have been dropped to frame the colonel
36. Armstrong Connections
36.1. Edward Masterman - Colonel Armstrong's batman in the war and valet in New York
36.2. Antonio Foscarelli - chauffeur
36.3. Hector MacQueen - uncle was the Armstrong's lawyer
36.4. Hildegarde Schmidt - cook
36.5. Greta Ohlsson - Daisy's nurse
36.6. Mary Debenham - Countess's teacher
36.7. Caroline Hubbard - Linda Arden, grandmother of Daisy Armstrong
36.8. Countess Andrenyi - aunt of Daisy
36.9. Princess Dragomiroff - close friend of Linda Arden
36.10. Colonel Arbuthnot - Colonel Armstrong's best friend
36.11. Cyrus Hardman - in love with the French maid, Susanne, who killed herself
36.12. Pierre Michel - father of Susanne
37. The Countess was the only passenger that didn't stab Ratchett -- her husband, the Count, took her place