PORT GAMBLE — What happened to Cyrus Walker? Was he murdered or did he wash up on the shores of Port Gamble Bay by natural means?

The answer lies with the Kingston Kiwanis, which is inviting North End residents out to Port Gamble March 24 to help solve the fictitious whodunit.

“It’s like a huge Clue game,” said event organizer and Dauntless Bookstore owner Lyn Playle. “Each character will be at a different store. The public will start in the conference room, where they’ll get a synopsis and a Clue-like game card. From there, they have to try and figure out what happened.”

Kiwanis members will be in various stores or wandering about town dressed in costumes circa 1853, when Walker — one of the town’s founders — was alive. They’ll answer questions — perhaps not completely truthfully — and lead participants either in the right direction or astray.

At 5 p.m., everyone involved will gather at the Port Gamble Pavilion to watch the characters act out what “really” happened to Walker.

“It’s based on Cyrus Walker’s life,” said Port Gamble wedding and events coordinator Julie McAfee. A.J. Pope and William C. Talbot, as well as Walker, are all real historical figures who lived in Port Gamble, she added, and the only real characters in the game. “The rest are made up. We all just got together and got our creative juices flowing. We had the idea, and we just had to make it interesting. I believe the real Cyrus Walker died of natural causes, though, this is entirely made up.”

Among the Kiwanis members, who will don costumes and lead residents through town, are Debbie Anderson, a saloon girl, and Pete DeBoer, a bartender. Both will ad libbing answers that may or may not be trusted.

“I’ve done a little bit of theater, with the Kitsap Opera and other groups, and I really enjoy it,” DeBoer said. “Also, the ticket revenue will go to things we support.”

While Port Gamble business owners chipped in to create a $100 gift certificate that will be raffled at the end of the event to a super sleuth, those who benefit from the Kiwanis’ charity will be the real winners.

“I’m really excited to do it, it’s going to be fun,” Anderson said. “It’s a nice opportunity that Port Gamble as offered Kiwanis. The money will be going to (North Kitsap Boys & Girls Club), food banks and schools. It’ll be in our general fund until we decide to give it out.”