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Part C--Problems for Investigation
In this part, you will be presented with a paragraph and several related statements. Sample questions 5
through 9 are based on the following paragraph and statements. Read them carefully and then answer
questions 5 through 9.
On October 30, the Belton First National Bank discovered that the $3,000 it had received that
morning from the Greenville First National Bank was in counterfeit $10, $20, and $50 bills.
The genuine $3,000 had been counted by Greenville First National bank clerk Iris Stewart
the preceding afternoon. They were packed in eight black leather satchels and were stored in
the bank vault overnight. Greenville First National clerk Brian Caruthers accompanied
carriers James Clark and Howard O' Keefe to Belton in an armored truck. Belton First
National clerk Cynthia Randall discovered the counterfeit bills when she examined the serial
numbers of the bills.
During the course of the investigation, the following statements were made:
(1) Gerald Hathaway, clerk of the Greenville bank, told investigators that he had found the bank
office open when he arrived to work on the morning of October 30. The only articles that
appeared to be missing were eight black leather satchels of the type used to transport large sums
of money.
(2) Jon Perkins, head teller of the Greenville bank, told investigators that he did not check the contents
of the black leather satchels after locking them in the vault around 4:30
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. on October 29.
(3) Henry Green, janitor of the Greenville bank, said that he noticed Jon Perkins leaving the bank
office around 5:30
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., one-half hour after the bank closed on October 29. He said that Perkins
locked the door.
(4) A scrap of cloth, identical to the material of the carriers' uniforms, was found caught in the seal
of one of the black leather satchels delivered to Belton.
(5) Brian Caruthers, clerk, said he saw James Clark and Howard O' Keefe talking in a secretive
manner in the armored truck.
(6) Thomas Stillman, Greenville bank executive, identified the eight black leather satchels
containing the counterfeit money that arrived at the Belton First National Bank as the eight
satchels that had disappeared from the bank office. He had noticed a slight difference in the
linings of the satchels.
(7) Virginia Fowler, bank accountant, noticed two $10 bills with the same serial numbers as the
lost bills in a bank deposit from Ferdinand's Restaurant of Greenville.
(8) Vincent Johnson, manager of Ferdinand's Restaurant, told police that Iris Stewart frequently
dined there with her boyfriend.
5.
Which one of the following statements best indicates that satchels containing the counterfeit bills
were substituted for satchels containing genuine bills while they were being transported from
Greenville to Belton?
(A) Statement (1)
(B) Statement (3)
(C) Statement (4)
(D) Statement (5)
(E) Statement (7)
The correct answer is (C). The armored truck carriers had the greatest opportunity to substitute
counterfeit bills for real ones during the transportation procedure. The scrap of material from an armored
truck carrier's uniform caught in the seal of one of the satchels strongly links the carriers to the crime.
