June 26 newsletter mystery

The Million-Dollar Choice

In a sealed room, three identical doors stand in a numerically sequenced row before you. Behind one is a briefcase containing one million dollars. Behind the second is a venomous snake. Behind the third is nothing at all.

A single note is taped to the wall:

• The money is not behind Door 1.
• The snake is not behind Door 3.
• The snake is not next to the money.

You only get one chance.

Which door should you choose, assuming you want the money? What is behind the other doors?