The Vault

Mike was a very rich man. There were many servants and a maid at his house. Mike lived in his house and left for work in the morning. One day when he returned from work he saw that his vault was empty. All the money inside the vault was missing.

Mike gets very upset seeing the vault empty. He thought, "Only I know the password of the vault, so how can anyone open that vault?" Now he called Detective Dane to find out. Detective was also accompanied by his partner William. The detective investigated that vault very well. During the investigation, he found a nail piece that was long and his suspicion first came upon the maid. Both of them called the maid and said to her, "What is your nail doing near this locker?"

"Forgive me sir. I don't know how it got here? But I haven't stolen anything." The maid folded her hands and told them both.

Now both of them had a suspect and that was the maid. They had to find out whether the maid had committed the theft or not. They had a proof but still both of them were not convinced by that. Then the detective asked William to investigate further.

After investigating William found another evidence. He told the Detective, "I have found one more proof and I know who the thief is. I can claim that who committed the theft."

After this, all the servants and maids of the house were called into the room. Everyone entered the room. Then the detective said to Mike, "Mike, now tell me who the real thief is?"

"Yes, I will." William said, "There is only one servant in this house who only washes the dishes and his name is John. There is also a smell of soap in the locker which is used to wash the dishes in the kitchen. That's why the thief is John."

John started running away on hearing this, but the other servants caught him. John began to say, "Forgive me, I didn't want to steal. That was my compulsion."

The detective then asked him, "How did you steal, you didn't knew the password?"

"One day, I sneaked into the room and hid under the bed. When the owner was entering the vault's password, I saw the password. I put the nail near the vault so that the entire suspicion would go to the maid. This way I stole the vault."