Tex's Invitation

It's the evening of December 30, 1924, and Tex Rickard is a millionaire who is having a party at his Boston home tonight to invite people to the January groundbreaking for the newest Madison Square Gardens, and to promote some of New York's best boxers. The famous Jack Dempsy is there, plus an up-and-coming guy named Poncho Villa from the Philippines.

Tex pulls you aside, along with seven or eight others, to discuss something in private. Tex's secretary has been scouting out the Boston area for a team of people with unique skills--everything from physical prowess to psychic sensitivity.

A friend of his named Jackson Elias, an author (and skeptic) who investigates the occult and writes about his findings, has just wired Tex to ask for a team of investigators. He has discovered something new about the Carlyle expedition and would like a team of capable, thoughtful people with varied skills to help him look into it. (To learn about the Carlyle expedition, see Collected Evidence.)

Tex sends you all on a train down to NY to meet with Jackson Elias...