Question

g The famous detective Percule Hoirot was called in to solve a baffling murder mystery. He determined the following facts: (a) Lord Hazelton, the murdered man, was killed by a blow on the head with a brass candlestick. (b) Either Lady Hazelton or a maid, Sara, was in the dining room at the time of the murder. (c) If the cook was in the kitchen at the time of the murder, then the butler killed Lord Hazelton with a fatal dose of strychnine. (d) If Lady Hazelton was in the dining room at the time of the murder, then the chauffeur killed Lord Hazelton. (e) If the cook was not in the kitchen at the time of the murder, then Sara was not in the dining room when the murder was committed. (f) If Sara was in the dining room at the time the murder was committed, then the wine steward killed Lord Hazelton.

Answer 1

The chauffeur killed Lord Hazelton

This case can be solved from the facts discovered by Detective Percule Hoirot. The first fact to keep in mind is that:

• Lord Hazelton was killed by a blow on the head with a brass candlestick.

From this, it can be inferred that fact C. is not true because he did not die from a fatal dose of strychnine. In addition, it can be concluded that at the time of the murder in cook was not in the kitchen.

If the cook was not in the kitchen at the time of the murder, that means Sara was not in the dining room at the time of the murder (fact E). So it can be concluded that it was Lady Hazelton who was in the dining room.

If Lady Hazelton was in the dining room at the time of the murder, the one who killed Lord Hazelton was the chauffeur (Fact D)

According to the above, the one who killed Lord Hazelton was the chauffeur.

Note: This question is incomplete because the question is missing. Here is the question.

• Who murdered Lord Hazelton?

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