1 minute to solve the case

Chapter 16 Confusion and Illusion (1)
rainbow in the sun
After the rain, a rainbow appeared in the sky, people walked out of their homes one after another, breathing the fresh air, and the streets gradually became lively.Suddenly, a sharp siren sounded on the street. Looking around, it turned out that the sound came from a bank.A masked man rushed out of the bank and mixed into the crowd on the street.

The police quickly sealed off the scene, and according to the description of the bank staff, three suspects were arrested, and they all defended themselves.

Suspect A said: "I was opposite the bank at the time, and when I heard the alarm, I came to watch the excitement."

Suspect B said: "After the rain stopped, I was enjoying the rainbow on the side of the road, but the sunlight was too dazzling. I saw an optical shop next to the bank, so I went in and bought a pair of sunglasses."

Suspect C said: "When I passed by the bank, there was a thunderstorm outside, so I had to hide from the rain inside. I didn't expect to encounter robbery."

After the police chief finished the notes and asked them to sign, he said to the police officers beside him, "I already know who the perpetrator is, because someone just lied and exposed his identity as the perpetrator."

Who lied and exposed his identity as the criminal?

Because a rainbow can never appear directly in front of the sun, when looking at a rainbow, it is impossible to see the sun, let alone feel the glare of the sun.It can be inferred from this that the confession of suspect B revealed his identity as the criminal.

hanging suicide
Carlo, an old man with a left leg amputated, was hanged in his apartment this winter, only to be found a day later.The body was a long way from the floor. If it was a suicide, there should have been something like a stool at the scene, but they couldn't find it.Since Carlo has only one leg, it is impossible for him to jump that high anyway, let alone wrap the rope around his neck in the air.Therefore, the police concluded that it was homicide.

The only doubtful point is that Carlo had invested in high-value life insurance more than two months before his death, so he was suspected of insurance fraud.Judging from the scene, the door was locked from the inside of the house, and it was completely in a state of a closed room isolated from the outside world.For the sake of prudence, the insurance company entrusted Ram Detective Agency to conduct an investigation.

Detective Ram came to the police station to check the scene inspection records, from which he found an empty cardboard box at the foot of the deceased.The police at the scene believed that it was impossible for Carlo to hang himself by stepping on an empty box. If the box was filled with ice, it would not collapse if he stepped on it.However, there are no water marks on the box and the ground.

So, what did Carlo step on to hang himself?
Carlo took advantage of the properties of dry ice.He used that cardboard box as a footing for hanging, but he put a piece of dry ice in the box.Dry ice is very hard and can be safely used as a stool.At the same time, due to the sublimation phenomenon of dry ice, when the body is found, the dry ice has disappeared without a trace, and the box and the floor will not be wet.

brotherhood
In the evening, Inspector Finger was sitting at the bar counter drinking. When the bar was about to close, the owner's brother came in.

"Hey! Come from afar, let's have a drink." The owner made a glass of blended whiskey mixed with soda water and ice cubes and handed it to the younger brother, but the younger brother refused to drink.Finger is a regular customer of this bar, so he knows that the two are half-brothers. Recently, because of the lawsuit over the inheritance rights of the late father, the younger brother is afraid of being killed by the older brother, so he is always on guard.

Seeing my younger brother guarding himself so much, my elder brother was a little displeased: "It's specially made for you, why don't you drink it? Are you afraid that I will poison the wine? Well, if you don't believe me, I'll drink it first." As he said, brother He picked up the glass and drank half of it, and then handed the glass to his brother.

The younger brother saw that there was nothing unusual after his elder brother drank it, so he dispelled his doubts, carefully picked up the glass, and slowly tasted the whiskey.

However, the next day's newspaper published the news that his younger brother died suddenly due to food poisoning last night. Seeing this sudden incident, Inspector Finger was also shocked.However, Inspector Finger thought about it carefully, and saw through this vicious murderous plot.

So, how did my brother get poisoned?
The older brother put the poison in the ice cubes. The ice cubes hadn’t melted when the elder brother drank, but the younger brother drank slowly. The ice cubes had melted in the water at that time, so he would be poisoned.

Deep Sea Detective
Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 40 meters, there is an American Institute of Aquatic Zoology.The water pressure there is equivalent to 5 atmospheres.There are Professor Bell and three assistants A, B, and C in the institute.

One day, after lunch, the three assistants put on their diving suits and went separately to conduct research in the ocean.At around 1:50 p.m., the scientist on land came to the institute. As soon as he entered the door, he was horrified to see Professor Bell lying on the ground covered in blood, dead.The police went to the scene to investigate and found that Bell was shot and killed at around 1:[-], and the murderer was one of the three assistants.

But the three assistants all said that they left the institute around 12:40.

A said: "I swam about 15 minutes after I left and came to a sunken ship to observe a pod of dolphins."

B said: "I went to the submarine volcano about 10 minutes away from here as usual. When I came back, I saw A beside the sunken ship at about 1 o'clock."

C said: "After I left the research institute, I swam onto the land and reached the ground at about 12:55. At that time, I was chatting with the administrative lady in the land office." The administrative lady also proved that C was indeed in the office around 1 o'clock inside.

After listening to the confessions of the three assistants, the police said: "Among you is a liar who concealed the crime of shooting the professor."

Can you deduce who shot the professor?

C is the murderer who shot the professor.Because the research institute is at a depth of 40 meters underwater, there is about 5 atmospheres of pressure. If you want to swim from such a depth to the sea surface, you must rest several times in the middle so that your body can gradually adapt to the change in pressure. 15 minutes is not enough to swim to the surface of the sea, C lied.

nameless fire

Roentgen is a famous optical scientist. He always put books and sundries in a mess, which is also his notorious bad habit.

One morning, Roentgen, who was washing his face, suddenly had an inspiration and wanted to write down his feelings in a paper. So, before his face was dry, he flew to the table, ignoring the drops of water on his face dripping intermittently. , Roentgen picked up the pen and wrote down the thoughts just now.

Roentgen was very satisfied with his miraculous conception, until then he felt that his face was wet, and he couldn't tell whether it was the sweat of excitement or the water droplets that hadn't been wiped off.After drying his face and getting dressed, he went out for a walk.

It took him a long time before he returned home. As soon as he entered the door, he felt a burning smell. Most of the study room had been burned down. The servant found out and extinguished the fire in time, so it didn't spread to other rooms.

"Ah! How could there be a fire?" Roentgen asked the servant as soon as he entered the door.

"I couldn't figure it out either. At first, I only felt that there was a burst of thick smoke from the window, and then there was a flame coming out, and I realized that it was on fire." The servant replied.

Roentgen carefully observed the burnt table beyond recognition. Among the burned books and manuscripts was a glass plate 20 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide.

Seeing the glass plate, Roentgen suddenly came to his senses and understood the cause of the fire.

What exactly started the fire?
When Roentgen washed his face, he came to the study before drying his face, and the water dripped from his face and fell on the glass plate.When the water drops are irradiated by sunlight, they become hemispherical due to the surface tension, so they act as a convex lens. The focus of the sunlight passing through the water drops is just on the manuscript under the glass plate, thus causing a fire.

biologist
Fabre is a famous biologist in modern times. When Fabre was immersed in the writing of "Insects" in Chenian village in southern France, something happened in the village.

One day, Fabre ran into policeman Camus.

The policeman Camus smoked his pipe and said: "Monsieur Fabre, do you know Galto, the vineyard owner?"

"I heard that he is a coin collector." Fabre said.

"That guy is a very eccentric person who specializes in collecting ancient foreign coins that cannot be used. He also keeps an owl in his study. The owl was killed this morning and its belly was cut open. There is another thing Strange thing. Last night, a guest from Marseilles lived in Galto's house, named Luca. He is also a coin collector, and he came to show Galto ancient Japanese coins. The two looked at each other in the study, thinking that While visiting Howe’s collection, Mr. Luca suddenly found that three of the ancient Japanese coins he had brought were missing.”

"Has it been stolen by a thief?" Fabre asked.

"No, there were only the two of them in the study. So Galto must have stolen it, and Mr. Luca also suspected it. Under his questioning, Galto took off his clothes on the spot and voluntarily underwent a body search. Needless to say, no coins were found. I searched all over the study room, but I still can’t find it.” Camus patrolman said with certainty, as if he had personally verified it at the scene.

"Didn't Luca see when Galto stole the coins?"

"Yes, he said that he was looking at the collection one by one with a magnifying glass, and he didn't pay attention at all. However, Galto didn't leave the study room at that time, and the windows were closed, so it was impossible to hide the stolen coins outside the study room. "

"So, what was Galtor doing then?"

"Oh, he was feeding the owls."

"That's it!" Fabre figured out the whole story.

Owls have a habit of swallowing mice and small birds whole, and excreting the undigested bones with their feces.As a biologist, Fabre deduced that the perpetrator Galto took advantage of this habit of the owl and wrapped three coins in the meat for the owl to swallow.The next day, Galto couldn't wait to kill the owl and take out the coins.

lying partner
Bink, Mawson, and Brown were partners in a prestigious jewelry company in New York.During the summer, they flew to Florida together for vacation.

One afternoon, Bink took Mawson, a fisherman who was not familiar with water, to go fishing on a yacht, while Bron, a bird lover, stayed alone in the villa.

Unfortunately, Bink returned with Mawson's body.He said that Mo Sen was leaning out of the side of the boat to fish, but due to the strong wind and waves, the ship was bumped violently, and Mo Sen lost his balance and fell into the water. When he rescued Mo Sen from the boat, Mo Sen was already drowned.But Bron had another description for the police. He was sitting in the backyard of the villa to enjoy the shade, and found a rare orange-red bird flying by. He built a nest on a palm tree. By coincidence, his binoculars were accidentally pointed at the sea, and he saw Bink and Mawson wrestling into a ball on the yacht, and Bink suddenly pushed Mawson's head into the water.

After listening to Bronn's account, Sergeant Green said, "Browne, your confession is false."

Why did the sheriff make such a judgment?
Bronn's testimony shows how little he knew about birds.Because palm trees have no branches, only large leaves, birds do not build nests on them.Therefore, his confession is false.

fake scene
Stone, a black girl, works as a servant in a white family of Dutch descent.The owner of the house is a nagging old woman.Because of the high wages, Stone had to swallow his humiliation and work in her house.One hot evening, when Stone finished his work and was about to return to the black ghetto, the hostess stopped her and started nagging endlessly, and Stone contradicted the hostess in a fit of anger.As a result, the old woman jumped into a rage and cursed loudly: "You nigger, how dare you contradict me..." Because of being too excited, the old woman suddenly had a heart attack and died on the spot.

Panicked, Stone wanted to call an ambulance immediately, but immediately dismissed the idea.Because the only person present was himself, and he had another dispute with the master.If the police knew all this, they would definitely suspect that she had killed the old woman.So in a hurry, she dragged the old woman's body into the kitchen, closed the kitchen window, and opened the door of the large refrigerator.In this way, the cold air in the refrigerator can lower the temperature in the room, and the corpse will be cooled quickly. When she comes to work the next day, she will close the door of the refrigerator and open the window to allow the kitchen to return to normal temperature.Then, she could report to the police as if she had just discovered the body.

Will Stone's plan succeed?

will not succeed.Because there is a radiator in the refrigerator, when the refrigerator discharges cold air, the radiator also emits heat, so the indoor temperature will not change greatly.

blackened silver hairpin

Belle, the only daughter of the tavern owner, is charming and charming, and her romantic affairs emerge in endlessly.One day, she disappeared.Her body was found the next day in the woods behind the tavern.A silver hairpin pierced deeply into her heart.Detective Green pulled out the silver hairpin from the corpse, and wiped off the blood on it with white paper.The top of the silver hairpin is very sharp and gleaming, and can be used as a self-defense weapon. The handle end is as black as if it had been smoked.

"Is this Belle's thing?" Green asked the saloonkeeper. "Yes, it was given to her by her boyfriend Harry some time ago."

Green called his assistant to find Harry.Harry behaved dignifiedly, but there was a sulfurous smell on his body. On closer inspection, Harry's hands and fingers were yellow and his skin was dry, probably due to a skin disease.

"It's really a headache. Let's apply sulfur medicine. Will it work?" Green said sympathetically. "It's much better, but the smell of medicine is too strong." Harry hid his hands behind his back as if he didn't want anyone to see him. "It is said that you are going to be engaged to Belle, aren't you?"

"I have this plan, but Belle said that I will push..."

"So you killed Belle because you hated her for a change of heart?"

"What kind of talk is this? I'm definitely not the murderer! I'm not speaking ill of dead people, but Belle has other men."

"I have evidence of your murder, please tell the truth!"

On what basis did Green determine that Harry was the murderer?
The blackening of the silver hairpin is the evidence.Harry, who was suffering from a skin disease, applied sulfur potion on his hands. When he held the silver hairpin with the drugged hand, a chemical reaction occurred, which would turn the handle of the silver hairpin black.

baby tears

The Detroit Police Department received an anonymous report not long ago that a criminal gang named "Flying Wolf" who kidnaps and sells babies is planning to move a batch of "goods" to the country to exchange for cash.

The police organized police forces to go to the train station to arrest the perpetrator.At the exit of the train station, a pretty young woman with a crying baby in her arms was approaching the ticket gate with the slowly flowing crowd.

"What's the matter with this child? Is he sick?" Mary, a plainclothes policeman disguised as a station attendant, asked with concern.

The pretty young woman glanced resentfully, and sighed: "Oh, this child has just been one month old, and our husband and wife are too busy to take care of her. As a result, my daughter caught a cold and caught a cold. It's really worrying." She said while wiping the child's tears .

Mary stepped forward and touched the baby girl's head, it was really hot: "Madam, how old is Ling Qianjin?"

"It's only been one month and three days until today, alas!" The pretty young woman sighed again, and kept wiping away her tears.

There was a cold light in Mary's eyes, and she said, "Ma'am, you are under arrest!"

Why did Mary arrest the young woman?

A baby's lacrimal glands can only grow three months after birth, and this baby girl kept shedding tears when she was just one month old, which is obviously fake.

Self-defeating
One morning at 07:30, as soon as Interpol Charlie sat down in the office, a man ran out panting to report the crime.He said: "Officer, I am a bachelor. I was on a business trip a month ago, and I just came back today. When I got home, I found that the door was broken by thieves." Charlie rushed to the reporter's residence, only to see that the door lock was broken It was broken, the clothes were thrown on the ground, and an old wall clock on the wall was still running.Charlie took a hard look at the circumstances and concluded that the whistleblower was lying.

Why did Charlie make such a judgment?

The old wall clock would only move when it was wound up frequently. The reporter said that the wall clock should have stopped long ago after a business trip for a month, so he was lying.

invisible murder
After the tragedy, the entire crew didn't know what to do, and finally decided to let the director Robin go to Mrs. Thomson and talk to her about the pension.

The incident happened a week ago. Mr. Thomson died unexpectedly during the rehearsal. The cause of death was a broken neck bone caused by falling from a high altitude. This dangerous action was ordered by the great director Robin. His wife believed that the director murdered her husband.

Not long after, the great director died of poisoning in his car with a cigar in his mouth.

The police examined the cigars and found that the cigars were not poisonous, and it was found that Robin had not drunk anything at Mrs. Thomson's house.

How did the murderer kill Robin?
The murderer was Mrs. Thomson.She thought Robin killed her husband, so she wanted to kill Robin.She closed the garage door as Robin started the car's engine.Because the garage was airtight, Robin inhaled a large amount of carbon monoxide emitted by the car, coupled with the catalytic effect of cigar smoke, and died of poisoning.

mass suicide
Eight middle school students met for an outing in the deep mountains, rested in a closed cabin late at night, and took out the food that had been prepared, and grilled it on the charcoal stove.

Suddenly, they found that there was no drinking water, so they asked the braver student Yamamoto to go out to fetch water.Yamamoto finally found the water source, but lost his way.

It was not until the next morning that Yamamoto returned to the hut. He saw many police officers outside the hut, and the seven students inside were carried out. Everyone died with black faces. Yamamoto was extremely frightened.

The police questioned Yamamoto and found that their leader was a cult believer.

Are these students a collective suicide?
This was an accident, not a mass suicide.Burning charcoal in a closed hut will generate carbon monoxide continuously. If there is no ventilation, the people in the room will be poisoned.

Scientist's murder
One night, Hewitt, an assistant in the research institute where the chemist Noah worked, was suddenly killed by a bomb in the duty room.

Noah rushed to the scene and saw Hewitt lying on the bed with a lot of glass slices pierced into his face and chest, and the bed was covered with blood. He was apparently killed by an explosion in his sleep.There was broken glass all over the floor and the bottom of a large diameter shattered glass bottle.It seemed that the explosion was caused by something inside the glass bottle.Noah picked up a fragment and smelled it, it smelled of alcohol.This is strange, there is no smell of gunpowder or traces of burning, how did it explode?

(End of this chapter)