Engineer Bob parks his car in a public parking lot. Getting out of the car, he sees a sign that reads: “After parking, driver must pay the cashier and identify the parking slot by the number painted on the concrete.”

Yesterday, four gangsters were arrested by the police. One of the four was suspected of having murdered a policeman during a heist. Each one made two statements under Interrogation.

There are 3 boxes – A, B, and C – containing 11 ties in total, all white or black. The boxes are labeled, but we were told that someone switched the labels on the 3 boxes. They are now all incorrectly labeled.

Hugh was born in and lives in Chicago. He loves his city and is a true-blue Chicagoan. The other day he told a visitor to his beloved city, with a serious tone, to be careful when talking to other people in the city because “all Chicagoans are liars.”

Test your skills of deduction with the August 2023 edition of Riddle Me This: Do they add up? Or not? Based on the number sequences in each of the previous columns, what is the missing number in the last column?