Solution—Death in the Black Market

Wolstein was not the killer (1) or the deserter (3).

Ritter was neither killer nor deserter (4).

Traynor is eliminated as the murderer (1).

Maloney was not the deserter (3) or the killer (5).

Drake was neither deserter (2) nor killer (4).

Bangor was not the deserter (3) or the murderer (5). Donaper was not the deserter (2).

Salvari was not the deserter (3) or the murderer (5). Consequently Traynor, eliminated only as the killer (1), was the deserter and Donaper, eliminated only as the deserter (2), was the killer.

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?.

—Shakespeare