Two minute mysteries. See if you know the answers!
By: Donald J. Sobol
Dr. Haledjian was walking past the lingerie counters on the ground floor of a crowded department store when he was nearly
gored by a bull.
"Sorry," apologized the slim young man in shirt sleeves. He bowed and proceeded on his way, agilely
steering a papier-mache bull's head through the mob of shoppers.
Behind him trailed two hefty girls ladened with the
bull's hindquarters. They were followed by a procession of slender men: two brunets bearing matador costumes, a redhead carrying
several black petticoats, and four blonds each lugging a bare manikin upside down.
Haledjian observed the parade of
window dressers file into a roped-off area by the back of a display window. He thought nothing of them until an hour later,
when he saw a crowd and several policemen collected by the window.
"Somebody murdered Joe Johnson, a store executive,
as he sat at his desk," said Inspector Winters. "The only possible angle of fire leads back to this display window.
"The
killer," added the inspector, "undoubtedly used a silencer. But what baffles me is why nobody saw him pull the gun."
"Perhaps
I can help," said Haledjian, stepping outside to study the newly decorated window, which was designed to sell toreador pants
at $39.98.
The four manikins, attired as matadors, stood around the papier-mache bull. The background consisted of
a screen painted to resemble a stadium filled with spectators.
"I believe I can recall the face of the murderer," Haledjian
told the inspector. "Shall we go to your office and look through the albums?"
