What does the secret message mean?
1. So you have deciphered the newspaper clue.
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2. Do you remember seeing any horses around here?
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3. Go to the town square.
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4. Notice anything different about the statue?
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5. There's a message on the pedestal that wasn't there before.
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6. The message reads "941" and "R-E-X".
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7. Notice any other similar numbers around?
(PARTIAL SOLUTION FOLLOWS)
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8. If the cafe is 939 and the building next to the sheriff's is 945, the sheriff's should be 943.
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9. Which makes 941 the alley between them. Let's go there.