1) funds were embezzled
2) mail from post office was stolen
3) his horce disappeared
4) his storage of whiskey is missing
His wife told him that according to rumors
1) the banker did not steal his horce
2) the postmaster did not embezzle the funds
3) cowboy Joe did not steal mail
Further investigation revealed that
1) the banker did not approach post office
2) the postmaster if afraid of horces
3) cowboy Joe is illiterate and cannot embezzle anything
4) nobody heard anything about the whiskey
(a) who embezzled the funds?
(b) who stole the mail?
(c) who stole sheriff's horse?
(d) what happened to sheriff's storage of whiskey?
2007-11-23 04:49:57 · 4 answers · asked by Alexander 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
the banker embezzled the funds.
the postmaster stole the mail.
Cowboy Joe stole the horse.
the sheriff drank all the whiskey.
2007-11-23 05:01:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
missing items
Funds
Mails
Horse
Whiskey
suspects
Banker - not H nor M
Postmaster - not F nor H
CJ - not M nor F
wife?
qa
banker
qb
postmaster
qc
cowboy Joe
qd
finished by banker, postmaster, cowboy Joe and sheriff's wife in the private party she threw when sheriff's out of town. the woman dared the 3 men to do the thieving while all of them (including her) in drunken state of mind and so they did.
2007-11-23 06:00:40 · answer #2 · answered by Mugen is Strong 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His wife did them all. She had access to the account, burned the mail, sold the horse, and poured the whiskey down the sink drain.
2007-11-23 05:18:44 · answer #3 · answered by ikeman32 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's all the work of aliens from outer space.
2007-11-23 05:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by cidyah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋