The First National Bank of Minnetonka, Minnesota was robbed of $1 million. Using
the clues I am now going to give you, you must determine who perpetrated the
robbery.
Answer: The Ellingtons collaborated to rob the bank, Miss Ellington supplying the
front door key (borrowed from Mr. Greenbags) and Howard supplying the
dynamite. Greenbags had already left for Brazil when the robbery took place. Mr.
Smith was in Dogwalk on the night of the robber. Dirsey Flowers was at the home of
Anastasia’s parents. The Ellingtons were lying when they tried to implicate Smith.
There was no evidence that Arthur Nodough was connected with the robbery in any
way.
Arthur Nodough appeared in Chicago on Monday, November 8, waving a lot of
money.
Dirsey Flowers was carrying $500 when police apprehended him and had thrown a
package into the river as the police approached.
Mr. Greenbags waited in the terminal of O’Hare Field in Chicago for 16 hours
because of engine trouble on the plane he was to take to Mexico City.
The only keys to the bank were held by the janitor and the president of the bank.
The president of the bank, Mr. Albert Greenbags, left before the robbery was
discovered. He was arrested by authorities at the Mexico City airport at noon on
Friday, November 12.
The president of the bank had been having trouble with his wife, who spent all of his
money. He had frequently talked of leaving her.
Miss Ellington said that Smith had often flirted with her.
The hippie-type character, whose name was Dirsey Flowers and who had recently
dropped out of Southwest Arkansas State Teachers College, was found by police in
East Birdwatch, about ten miles from Minnetonka.
In addition to keeping the payroll records, Mr. Ellington was in charge of the
dynamic supplies of the Acme Construction Company.
The front door of the bank had been opened with a key.
Miss Ellington stated that her brother Howard, when strolling to Taylor’s Diner for
coffee about 11:00p.m. on Thursday, November 11, had seen Mr. Smith running
from the bank.
Mr. Smith was found by the FBI in Dogwalk, Georgia, on November 12. He had
arrived there via Southern Airlines Flight 414 at 5:00pm on the 11th.
Anastasia Wall flower of East Birdwatch, Wisconsin, said that she had bought $500
worth of genuine Indian love beads from Dirsey Flowers for resale in her boutique
in downtown East Birdwatch.
The robbery was discovered at 8:00am on Friday, November 12. The bank had
closed at 5:00pm the previous day.
Mr. Greenbags was the only person who had a key to the vault.
Miss Ellington often borrowed the president’s key to open the bank early when she
had an extra amount of work to do.
The airline clerk confirmed the time of Smith’s arrival.
When police tried to locate the janitor of the bank, Elwood Smith, he had apparently
disappeared.
The vault of the bank had been blasted open by dynamite.
Nodough always got drunk on Friday nights.
A strange, hippie-type person had been hanging around the bank on Thursday,
November 11, watching employees and customers.
An Acme employee, Howard Ellington, said that a hippie had been hanging around
the construction company on Wednesday afternoon.
A substantial amount of dynamite had been stolen for the Acme Construction
Company on Wednesday, November 10.
Mr. Smith’s father, a gold prospector in Alaska, had died in September.
Arthur wanted to marry Camellia Smith.
There were no planes out of Dogwalk between 4:00pm and 7:00am.
Miss Margaret Ellington, a teller at the bank, discovered the robbery.
Mr. Greenbag’s half-brother, Arthur Nodough, had always been jealous of his
brother.
Anastasia said that Dirsey had spent the night of November 11 at the home of her
parents and left after pleasant breakfast on the morning of the 12th.
Few rules you must follow:
1. You may not leave your seats until the mystery is solved or until one hour
has passed.
2. You may read your clues to the others, but you may not show them to
anyone.
3. You may organize yourselves in any way you desire.
4. You must all agree on your solution before presenting it
5. I will not answer any questions once the mystery has begun.
Answer: After receiving a superficial gunshot wound from Mr. Jones, Mr. Kelly went
to Mr. Scott’s apartment where he was killed by Mr. Scott with a knife at 12:30am
because Mr. Scott was in love with Mr. Kelly’s wife.
Mr. Kelly’s bloodstains were found in Mr. Scott’s car.
A knife with Mr. Kelly’s blood on it was found in Miss Smith’s yard.
Miss Smith often followed Mr. Kelly.
The elevator man saw Mr. Kelly’s wife go to Mr. Scott’s apartment at 11:30pm.
Mr. Kelly’s wife disappeared after the murder.
The elevator man went off duty at 12:30am.
When police tried to locate Mr. Jones after the murder, they discovered that he had
disappeared.
Mr. Kelly had been dead for one hour when his body was found, according to a
medical expert working for the police.
Miss Smith saw Mr. Kelly go to Mr. Jones’s apartment building at 11:55pm.
Mr. Kelly’s body was found at 1:30am.
When the elevator man saw Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kelly was bleeding slightly, but he did not
seem too badly hurt.
The elevator man said that Miss Smith was in the lobby of the apartment building
when he went off duty.
The elevator operator said that Mr. Kelly’s wife frequently left the building with Mr.
Scott.
It was obvious from the condition of Mr. Kelly’s body that it had been dragged a long
distance.
The elevator operator reported to police that he saw Mr. Kelly at 12:15am.
The knife found in Miss Smith’s yard had Mr. Scott’s fingerprints on it.
The bullet taken from Mr. Kelly’s thigh matched the gun owned by Mr. Jones.
Mr. Jones shot an intruder in his apartment building at 12:00 midnight.
The elevator man saw Mr. Kelly go to Mr. Scott’s room at 12:25 am.
Miss Smith said that nobody left the apartment building between 12:25 and
12:45am.
When he was discovered dead, Mr. Kelly had a bullet hole in his thigh and a knife
wound in his back.
Mr. Kelly’s bloodstains were found on the carpet in the hall outside Mr. Jones’s
apartment.
Only one bullet had been fired from Mr. Jones’s gun.
Police were unable to locate Mr. Scott after the murder.
Mr. Kelly had destroyed Mr. Jones’s business by stealing all his customers.
Mr. Jones had told Mr. Kelly that he was going to kill him.
Mr. Kelly’s body was found in the park.
Hilda’s Revenge
Synopsis: The body of Sir Winston Slugwart III has been found. Sir Winston,
missing for three days, was found stuffed in the trunk of an old, wrecked, abandoned
limousine, which is parked near his alligator pond. He was killed by Hilda Greenleaf
noted environmentalist, because he used the alligators, an endangered species, as a
source for his handmade alligator shoes. Hilda used the Pinky Fu she learned while
serving in the Brown Berets to crush Sir Winston’s cervical vertebrae.
Directions: A crime has been committed. You must find out what the crime was,
who did it, why they did it, and how they did it. You must also be able to give your
reasons for your solutions.
The boy who lifted the weights was part of an April Fool’s joke.
Sir Winston’s alligator pond is next to his beehives.
Willie Snippet lost both of his thumbs in a machine shop accident in late March.
Bruno was met by the authorities upon his return from Transylvania and detained
for questioning about the murder.
Sir Winston Slugwart III planned to cut Willie out of his will.
Willie Snippet, Sir Winston’s nephew, was seen having a heated argument with Sir
Winston on March 31st.
Rhoda Snippet, Sir Winston’s sister is terrified of bees. She won’t go near them.
Transylvanian Airways doesn’t fly on Sundays.
Sir Winston raised alligators so that he could have a supply of hides to make the
alligator shoes he so dearly loved.
Hilda is a well-known environmentalist who works to protect endangered species.
Sir Winston’s cervical vertebrae had been crushed according to the coroner.
Bruno was Sir Winston’s business partner.
Alligators are an endangered species.
Albert discovered the body in the trunk of an old, abandoned, wrecked limousine by
Sir Winston’s alligator pond.
Pinky Fu uses leverage, not strength.
Bees make honey.
Bruno received his trophy while standing before the cheering Transylvanian crowd.
The only way out of Transylvania is via Transylvanian Airways.
Police stated that Sir Slugwart had been dead for exactly 72 hours when his body
was discovered.
During the morning round of lifting at the Transylvanian weight lifting
championships, a small boy ran out on stage and easily lifted a huge set of weights
that Bruno had failed to lift.
Brown Berets were all expert in Pinky Fu.
Because of Sir Winston’s bad management, his business partnership was going
bankrupt.
Mrs. Pickering, Sir Winston’s housekeeper always spends weekends with her sister,
Alva.
Sir Winston’s house is 10 miles from London.
The coroner stated that is would take tremendous strength to inflict the injuries Sir
Winston suffered.
Albert returned from his two-week vacation in Transylvania on April 2nd.
Bruno said he would kill Sir Winston with his bare hands when he learned of their
company’s bankruptcy.
Rhoda and Hilda were members of the Brown Berets, a top-secret army commando
outfit, during the Vietnam War.
Alva and Mrs. Pickering have never missed the 7:00am services at their church.
Hilda had often said people who kill endangered species should be executed.
Nobody other than the 8 people mentioned has anything to do with the murder.
Sir Slugwart’s body was found on Wednesday, April 4th, at 7:00am.
No weapon was used in the murder.
Using Pinky Fu, experts can reduce whole bricks to piles of crushed rock with
nothing but their bare hands.
Sir Winston made an appointment with his lawyer for April 2nd. He planned to have
his will changed.
The Red Cockroach
Synopsis: During a dinner party, Mr. E. Tim Ologist’s nephew stole a rare and
valuable 1-foot long red cockroach by hiding it in his hollow artificial leg. He
planned to sell it to pay off gambling debts.
Directions: A crime has been committed. A correct solution must include what
crime was committed, who committed it, why they did it, and how they did it. You
must also be able to explain your reasons for your solution.
After marrying her for her money. Roger discovered Sarah wouldn’t receive any of it
until her Uncle dies.
Sarah’s father has only one brother. Her mother was an only child.
No one other than the four guests and two servants has anything to do with the
crime.
Several collectors would be willing to pay $1,000,000 for one of the Rubios with no
questions asked.
Mr. Ologist affectionately calls his foot long Rubio Red Gigantica, Ralph.
After Freddie made his phone call and went outside. Roger went inside.
Freddy wears a Leggo.
Clara and Jeeves have worked for Mr. Ologist for 27 years.
Only two specimens of Rubio Roach Gigantica are known to exist.
E. Tim’s Doctor, after E. Tim’s annual physical, July 27th, stated that E. Tim was in
perfect health.
Harry always checks pay phones to see if there’s any change in them. If he finds any,
he puts it back in the phone.
Harry was seen having a heated argument with E. Tim two days before the party.
When Freddy Farout arrived at 7:30pm, July 20th, he appeared shaken.
Freddy had once suffered from the bone disease, Rotitis.
E. Tim gave an anniversary party for his niece and her husband, Sarah and Roger
Sweet on the 30th of July.
Roger is being blackmailed by an ex-girlfriend.
Leggos are completely natural looking artificial legs.
E. Tim Ologist keeps a rare and valuable insect collection in his parlor.
Roger, Sarah, Harry, Freddy, Jeeves, and Clara attended the anniversary party on the
30th.
Leggos, because they are hollow, are lightweight.
As he dressed for the party on July 30th, gangsters burst into Freddy’s apartment
and threatened to kill him if he didn’t pay his gambling debts within one week.
Although they have been offered more money to work elsewhere, Clara and Jeeves
state that they love Mr. O and wouldn’t’ work for anyone else.
While the rest of the guests went out to the pool, Freddy went into the parlor to
make a phone call.
Ralph was discovered missing at 1am, July 31st.
Rotitis always strikes in the left leg. The only way to prevent death is to amputate
the leg within 24 hours.
Freddie owed large gambling debts to the mob.
Mr. O’s cousin, Harry Dingle, was the first to arrive for the party at 7:30pm, July 30th.
Mr. Ologist checked his collection at 7:20 on the 30th of July and everything was in
order.
The Wylcox Affair
Synopsis: Wysteria Wylcox owns a 150-acre estate adjacent to the Easterly School
for Esoteric Estonians. Years ago, Eva Popeton, headmistress of Easterly, convinced
Wysteria to leave her estate to the school when she dies. Recently, however,
Wysteria, whose fortune comes from the Wylcox Hot Dog Company begun buying
their hot dogs from another company. Angered, she called her lawyer and told him
she wanted to have him change her will and leave the estate to someone else. The
lawyer, who is Eva’s boyfriend, called Eva and told her of Wysteria’s plan. Eva, who
is a former circus animal trainer, stole an orangutan from the zoo and turned it
loose in Wysteria’s house. Frightened by the orangutan, Wysteria suffered a fatal
heart attack. She was found dead the next morning by her butler, Stimson.
Eva Popeton is the headmistress of Easterly.
Harry, the trained orangutan, is one of the most popular attractions at the city zoo.
Eva told her secretary she was going to work late January 7th and would lock up
when she finished.
The coroner stated Wysteria died at 8:00pm from a severe heart attack.
Stimson often secretly listened in on the extension phone in Wysteria’s house.
On the morning of January 7th, Wysteria noticed an Oscar Mayer truck unloading hot
dogs at Easterly.
At 9:00am on January 7th, Wysteria called her lawyer and told him she wanted her
estate to stay in the family and would come in to arrange the matter on January 8th.
Pricilla Puddinghead, Lazy Larry’s fiancé, told authorities that on January 5th Larry
said he would soon be rich and they could soon be married.
Wysteria gave Larry $100,000 at his 21st birthday party, January 6th.
One of the people named in this mystery is the murderer.
Banana peels were found scattered about Wysteria’s kitchen after the murder.
Wysteria’s will name Easterly to receive her 150-acre estate.
Harry was obtained from the Cramer Circus when it went out of business.
Doctors stated any kind of sudden shock could be enough to trigger a fatal heart
attack in Wysteria.
Wysteria didn’t know Stimson was an ex-con.
Walter Gypper is Wysteria’s lawyer.
Walter called Eva at 9:30am and told her secretary it was urgent that he talks with
her.
Walter and Eva are often seen together around town.
The coroner stated Wysteria’s face was fixed in an expression of terror when he
performed the autopsy.
Stimson found Wysteria’s body in the kitchen when he arrived for work at 7:00am
January 8th.
Eva once worked as an animal trainer for the Cramer Circus.
Claude Hopper told authorities Wysteria seemed very upset when he lunched with
her January 7th.
Stimson and Walter left for the premier of the new movie, Tar Wars, at 7:30pm,
January 7th.
Easterly School for Esoteric Estonians is located next to Wysteria Wylcox’s estate.
Wysteria is 84 and has a very bad heart.
Wysteria Wylcox owns the Wylcox Hot Dog Company.
The Easterly School recently changed from Wylcox to Oscar Mayer as its hot dog
supplier.
Claude said Larry made a fool of himself, as usual, at his birthday party.
Larry Lazy is Mrs. Wilcox’s nephew and only living relative.
Strange human like footprints were found in Wysteria’s flowerbeds after her death.