A wealthy merchant was murdered in his study on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. The window was shattered from the *inside* out. Broken glass littered the garden path below. The butler claimed he heard a gunshot, rushed in, and saw a masked intruder leap through the closed window. Detective Drake took one look at the glass outside and arrested the butler for perjury. Why?
The glass was on the outside
If the window was shattered from the inside out, the broken glass would land outside in the garden path, which it did—but the butler claimed an intruder leaped *in* through a closed window, which would push glass inward, not outward.
About this riddle
Detective riddles are tiny mysteries. Look for the detail in the story that does not fit; it is usually the clue that solves the case.
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