You are a group of detectives, journeying along the Mississippi aboard a paddle-wheel steamboat in 1872. Yesterday evening, a theft occurred – a prosperous merchant was transporting papers of immeasurable worth, which have now vanished!
The captain has requested your assistance in discovering the perpetrator, but time is limited. Can you identify the thief responsible before the riverboat arrives in New Orleans, allowing the criminal to disappear into the darkness?
Collaborate and crack all the puzzles collectively as quickly as possible!