JUNE 1, 2003

MYSTERY

HOTEL  MURDER

The Beartown constable was walking in front of the Beartown Hotel when he heard a woman scream "Help!"  He ran into the lobby and up the stairs to room 203.
Identifying himself, he looked through the open door and saw a man slumped in an easy chair.  A quick examination revealed he had just been killed by a bullet through the heart.
"Try to calm down and tell me what happened." said the Constable.
"I'm Agnes Potter," sobbed the woman. "A few moments ago I heard a knock on the door.  A voice said 'Telegram.'  I opened the door.  A masked man stood there with a gun in his gloved hand.  He shot my husband, tossed the gun into the room, and ran."
Observing the automatic on the floor, the Constable saw it was equipped with a silencer.  Returning to the hall, he noted the door at one end marked EXIT.
Reentering the room, he stepped on something hard.  It turned out to be an empty cartridge shell.  Farther to the left was another empty shell.  Both were of the caliber to match the pistol.
Embedded in the wall, about two feet above the seated body, the Constable discovered a second bullet.
"Alright Mrs. Potter," he said sternly, "Now tell me the truth!"
How did the Constable know Mrs. Potter was lying?

Check the next issue of Beartown News for the answer.

FROM LAST MONTH

BEARTOWN  CONSTABLE
NEEDS HELP

The Beartown Constable has been kidnapped and finds himself in a small cabin with four walls.  Each wall has a window and all the windows face south.  The Constable sees a bear outside one of the windows. 
What color is the bear?

The bear is white; a polar bear.  The exclusive location, with all views being to the south, can only be the North Pole.

FISHING MYSTERY

One spring day two fathers and two sons went fishing at their favorite pond.  They fished and talked all morning and by noon everyone had caught one fish.  As the two fathers and two sons walked back home, everyone was happy because each had a fish even though only three fish had been caught.
Two fathers and two sons.  Only three fish and no fish were lost.  HOW CAN THIS HAVE HAPPENED?

Only three people went fishing.  A boy, his father, and his grandfather: two sons and two fathers.

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