![]() They are BOTH, however, guilty of attempted murder (but that's a different can of worms), with the poisoner clearly bearing the larger share of the "intent to kill" charges That said, I submit to you the following argument/evidence in support of my claim that the Traveler actually end up killing himself (in this specific case): 1- A traveler must always seek to resolve potential animosities (even if having enemies sometime is an unavoidable fact of life, no matter what one does or not) 2- A traveler must always protect his most valuable asset (in this case water) at ALL cost 3- A traveler must always have a worst-case-scenario/contingency plan and be prepared for all eventualities (accidents and/or acts of sabotage) and that in the desert usually means, finding shade/shelter, water, food, and protecting yourself against everything that Nature can possibly throw at you (sunburn, sunstroke, snakes etc.) 4- A desert traveler without sufficient (and honed) survival skills must NEVER travel alone, and must keep his wits about him at all times and quadruply so, for a traveler with enemies hot on his trail. Sounds more like a crime of passion to me, than having the MO signature of a world-class assassin, btw). ![]() Not to mention, technically speaking, neither one of the "enemies" actually managed to KILL the guy (as in putting a loaded gun to his head and pulling the trigger, while he was asleep which they could have easily have done, instead of attempting to mess with his water and hoping to slowly torture him to death. Likewise, the Traveler is the only interested party in preserving his own life which, ultimately, makes him the responsible party, as well. Great Question! Funny how the majority completely disregarded the Traveler's own lack of responsibility / preparedness / risk mitigation and survival skills, which eventually lead/contributed to his demise! This is a pure case of Game Theoretic Risk Management: not unlike Financial Trading, for instance the money is yours, hence the interest and the responsibility to protect it is yours too - it's no use blaming one's loses on "The Crazy Market". He has two enemies following him that are unaware of each other? One night while the man is sleeping, one of his enemies pours strychnine in his water. How the title sounds? (see additional detail.10 points?Ī man is traveling the desert.There are, however, books on treasure hunting, like with metal detectors and so forth. I don't know of any book on specific things being hidden in places, the best bet would be old criminal records, which would give a vague idea where the items might have been stowed. Keep in mind though, one mans trash is another's treasure, so you might be finding more "trash" than treasure. I don't know exactly how people traveled west other than specific trail routs and times, but if you got a map of populated areas over time I'd imagine the amount of hidden treasures would overlay this. The sheriff found the mouth of the cave and waited for the robber to come out, but the robber managed to find his way out of another exit. I visited a cave near Tucson not too long ago where the tour guide told us an interesting story of someone robbing a bank, storing the loot in the cave, then later being chased to the cave by the sheriff. Well, I doubt there's much gold in the Yuma area, but I do remember a few other tails of outlaws hiding loot in other areas of Arizona. But looking at some of the tall land marks, if I were a cowboy that wanted to hid gold, I would hid it close ![]() I know if gold was buried in the desert people would be looking for it.
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