Private Eye Miller received an anonymous threatening letter made of words cut from a magazine. The letter read: 'STOP INVESTIGATING OR YOU WILL BE NEXT.' At the bottom, the sender wrote his own signature in blue ink: 'Your Friend, Arthur.' Miller sighed and threw the letter in the trash, knowing Arthur was completely innocent. What detail proved Arthur didn't send it?
The letter was made of cut-out words
Someone going to the elaborate trouble of cutting out magazine letters to disguise their handwriting would not carelessly sign their own real name in ink at the bottom.
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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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