1 minute to solve the case

Chapter 23: Resourceful strategy (3)
Schnagg asked about the circumstances of the incident, and Benny said: "I haven't stepped out of the box door since I boarded the train. The food and water were delivered by the conductor. Suddenly two people broke in at around 200:[-] in the middle of the night. They were tall and short, wearing masks, only their eyes were exposed, and they wore gloves on their hands. Before I could speak, the tall man knocked me down with a punch, held me with a gun, and beat me again before leaving. Fainted. When I woke up, I found that the cash box was missing. I immediately yelled loudly and called the police to the conductor."

After listening, Schnag picked up the two cigarette butts and asked, "Did you smoke this?"

"No, they did. They came in with a cigarette in each mouth."

"Very good! These two cigarette butts will provide strong evidence for arresting the criminal." After finishing speaking, Schnagg asked: "Then what happened to the scratch on your face!" Penny replied: "This is the tall man The ring on the bandit's finger was cut when he hit me."

After hearing this, Schnag immediately grabbed Benny and explained the reason, so Benny had to bow his head obediently.

On what grounds did Schnag determine that Penny was a robber?
First, how could the robbers have cigarettes in their mouths, since the two robbers were wearing masks when they entered the door, and only their eyes were exposed;

Flaws in fishing tackle

The capital of South Korea, Seoul, is located on the right bank of the lower reaches of the Han River. Li Guangjian, a loan shark who lives in the city, his only pleasure is fishing, so as to relieve his worries and reduce his loneliness.

One day, he got up early as usual, packed his fishing tackle and put it in the car and was about to set off when Jin Zimin suddenly appeared—he had borrowed a lot of usury from Li Guangjian.

"The money you borrowed is due tomorrow, don't forget it," Li Guangjian reminded:
"Today we can only repay the interest, and the principal has not been collected yet. Can we extend it for another month?" Jin Zimin said.

"Okay! Who told you that you are my friend." Li Guangjian was about to issue a receipt after receiving the interest. At this moment, Jin Zimin took out the iron wrench he had prepared from his body, and slammed it on Li's head. The other party died without even humming.

Jin Zimin took back the interest he had just paid, and took out the IOU from the safe, then wrapped Li's body in felt and stuffed it into the back seat of the car, and drove towards the upper reaches of the Han River.

He drove along a tributary of the Han River to the remote Qingliu river beach far away from the village, unloaded the body from the car, took out all the cash and watches and other valuables in the deceased's pockets, and threw the body into the shallow water beach.

Unfortunately, Jin Zimin is a layman to fishing, and he doesn't even know how to tie the fishing line to the fishing rod, let alone attach the sinker and bait.He thought, instead of pretending to be messy, it would be better not to touch it, and threw it on the beach as Li Guangjian had prepared in advance.This could create the false impression that Li Guangjian was attacked by gangsters and killed when he was about to go fishing when he arrived at the fishing ground.

In the past, Jin Zimin drove by here and saw Li Guangjian fishing here two or three times. In any case, this place seemed to be where Li Guangjian fished.

After pretending to be on the scene, Jin Zimin left Li's car here, left quickly, took a long detour on the trunk road, and took a bus back to Seoul.

On the third day, Li Guangjian's body was found lying on the river beach. The policeman in charge of the case was also a fishing fan. After checking the fishing tackle thrown on the river beach, he said decisively: "The dead person is not here." Those who were killed on the river beach were killed before going out to fish, and then their bodies were transferred here. The murderer was probably a layman who knew nothing about fishing.”

May I ask, what flaws did the murderer Jin Zimin leave behind?
The fishing rods, fishing lines, hooks, sinkers, baits, etc. left at the scene were actually used for catching sea fish, that is to say, Li Guangjian was going to go fishing at the seaside that day.

Because Jin Zimin had seen Li Guangjian fishing in the river before, he mistakenly thought that he was also fishing by the river this time, so he transferred the body to the river beach. Although Seoul is far from the sea, people often go fishing by the sea.

Jin Zimin did not confirm with the victim, "Whether to go fishing in the sea or river today", which exposed a big flaw in the forgery scene.

watch in jewelry store
A small jewelry store in a Polish city was closed for 3 days.The clerks all used the three-day holiday to go out of the city to visit relatives. As soon as the store opened on the morning of the fourth day, a customer walked in.He asked the clerk to open the cupboard to see the watch inside.The store owner, Church, came over from the cash desk, opened the window, and let him choose.The customer picked up a watch and fiddled with it for a while, asked the price, said he would consider it, and left.Not long after the customer left, Church found that a string of precious pearl necklaces was missing from the window near the door.He was stunned for a moment, and immediately ordered the clerk to close the store, and then hung up the call to the police.

Within five minutes, Patrolman Vernay arrived at the jewelry store.Church went up to him and said, "I believe the thief is registered at your police station. His actions are so miraculous that even I didn't see them." After he finished speaking, he shrugged his shoulders and showed a bitter expression.

"What does that man look like?" Vernet asked.

Churchill narrowed his eyes: "Very ordinary, tall, wearing a pair of brown glasses, well-dressed, but, face... I didn't see it clearly."

"If he is a habitual thief, there must be his fingerprints in the file, and this store will also leave them."

"I'm afraid it won't. I saw him put on his gloves as soon as he put down his watch."

"Then it must be on the watch. Tell me, please, which watch did the man move?"

"Who knows. There are more than 100 watches hanging in the cabinet, and all customers who come to buy watches have to fiddle with them to see which watch has no fingerprints on it."

"No, I don't think it's as difficult as you say."

Said the patrolman, Vernay, who had picked up a watch with tweezers: "This is the watch that the man touched."

Vernay then took the fingerprints of the murderer from the watch.Soon, Vernay found out and arrested the perpetrator based on this clue.

How did Vernay find the watch with the criminal's fingerprints on it?

The only thing that distinguished the watch that the thief had moved from the other watches in the cupboard was that it was moving.For other watches, even if someone has read and wound them before the holiday, they should have stopped by this time.Because the jewelry store is closed for 3 days.

fake photo
At around 1400 on Saturday afternoon, burglars broke into the home of billionaire Harry, and the treasures of ancient Egypt were stolen.

Detective Moore arrived immediately. After inspecting the scene, Moore thought that from the means of committing the crime, it was very likely that the female thief Lida did it.So Detective Moore quickly found Lida.When asked about the alibi, Lida took out a photo and gave the following answer:
"If it's 1400 on a Saturday afternoon, I'm at the Jockey Club. This is the photo taken by a friend when I was riding. You see, the big clock in the memorial tower refers to 1400, right? So I'm not the perpetrator."

However, Detective Moore only glanced at the photo and saw the trick.

"This fake photo is not a lie, it was taken at 1000 in the morning."

So, what doesn't make sense in the photo?
It is wrong to mount a horse from the right side.In Western riding, even left-handers must mount from the left side of the horse.For Lida's photo, in order to change 1000 in the morning to 1400 in the afternoon, the negative was deliberately turned over and developed, but the position of the horse was ignored.

Porcelain vases from the Song Dynasty

One day, a girl living in Nagoya, Japan walked into the Yamura Detective Agency with a sad expression and asked him for help with a very difficult matter.

It turns out that the girl's parents died, leaving behind a rich inheritance, the most valuable of which is a Chinese porcelain vase from the Song Dynasty.Unexpectedly, her uncle took a fancy to the vase and said he would buy it for 1000 million yen.Because it was a relic of her parents, she did not agree.Later, the uncle said that she would lend him the vase for a day and asked him to take pictures of the vase from various angles so that he could watch it anytime, so the girl had no choice but to lend him the vase.The next day, when the girl went to her uncle's house to pick up a vase, the uncle said with a straight face that he had given her 1000 million yen yesterday, and that there was a maid present at the time, who could testify.

Yamura sympathized with the girl's experience, so he accepted the girl's request. He said to the girl: "Now you accompany me to see your uncle."

When I arrived at her uncle's house, the uncle pointed to the vase and said to Yamura: "I bought it from her for 1000 million yen. I'm so surprised, I obviously gave her money from my wallet , how can she say that I didn’t give it to her? Fortunately, my maid is present, so she can testify.”

"yes".The maid standing aside said, I saw with my own eyes that the face value of each yen is 1 yuan. "

Yamura pondered for a moment, then asked the maid, "Did you really see clearly?"

"Yes, I do see clearly."

After hearing the maid's categorical answer, Yamura said coldly to the girl's uncle: "The girl is right, you didn't give her money at all. If you still insist, then we will go to court and I can show evidence."

Sure enough, when the uncle heard that he was going to court, he obediently returned the vase to the girl.

How did Yamura see through the lies of the girl uncle?
The maid said that he saw with his own eyes that the face value of each yen was 1 yuan.If it is true, then there are 1000 banknotes for 1000 million yen, how can they fit in the wallet?This is clearly a lie.

late night threatening letter
A building located on W Street suddenly caught fire at 100 in the morning. Thick smoke came from room 1015. Firefighters rescued Messi from the room, but her teacher Felletti was burned to death.

After forensic identification, Felletti died of poisoning, about 1 hour before the fire.This shows that someone killed Felletti and set fire to create a false impression.

According to the police investigation, Felletti moved to Macy's place a month ago because of her divorce from her husband Bundy. The couple have not reached an agreement due to property issues.Police officer Monte believed that Bondi was suspected of committing the crime, and immediately took people to Bondi's residence.

At this time, it was Lingzhan 400, and the painter Bondi was still lighting up the lamp to create. Monte explained his purpose, and Bondi said: "I know you will doubt me. It's not surprising. In fact, I am also a victim. You see, I accept it." Here is a threatening letter." As he spoke, he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Police Officer Monte, and saw that it was typed on a typewriter: "I know you are the murderer who killed Felletti and then set fire to him. If you don't want to let Let me tell the truth, you must bring 1900 cash at 40 tomorrow afternoon. Meet at the entrance of the subway in the city center and do not call the police.”

After reading the letter, Monte thought for a while and asked, "Where were you when the fire started?" "I've been painting here," Bundy replied.

Monty said sharply: "No! You are the murderer." As he said that, he asked his subordinates to arrest Bundy. Bundy still wanted to resist, saying that he was innocent.Officer Monte told the reason, and Bundy was speechless for a moment.

Do you know why?

Just 3 hours after the incident, it is impossible for Bundy to receive the letter from the post office in the middle of the night. Obviously, the letter had been prepared long ago.

white cloth on the mast
Recently, Detective Raul has been investigating the case of the murder of city government official Jameson. At dusk, he drove to the seaside port, boarded a sailboat, and found the suspect, Borigin.

After listening to Inspector Lauer's statement that his friend Jameson had been killed, Borigin almost dropped the cigar in his mouth.The inspector asked Borigin where he was at the time of the accident—that is, between 1400 and 1600 that afternoon.

Borigin tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "Oh, the weather was very good that day. I went out to sea for errands at 12:[-] noon. Unexpectedly, the engine broke down two hours after the boat sailed, and there was no wind on the sea that day. , and there were no oars on the boat, my boat was surrounded by the sea and could not dock. In desperation, I found a big white cloth on the boat, wrote two big black characters of 'help' on it, and then put the flag on the mast Lower it down, and raise this white cloth up again."

"Oh?" Detective Raul asked with great interest, "Has anyone seen it?"

Borigin replied with a smile: "Speaking of which, I was quite lucky. About half an hour later, someone came in a motorboat, the man said. He saw my distress signal on the sea 3 miles away, and later , he towed my boat back to the harbor by motorboat, and it was nearly dusk by then."

After Bolikin finished speaking, he exhaled softly.Unexpectedly, Inspector Raul said to him: "Borigin, if it is convenient now, please follow me to the police station immediately."

Borigin's face turned pale: "Why is that?"

Do you know why?

The white cloth is the same as the flag, it is absolutely impossible to float without wind, and of course people cannot read the words on it clearly.It is precisely on this issue that Bolikin showed his flaws.

7 round revolver
One day, five gangsters armed with 5-ring revolvers took away 6 million dollars from Wells Fargo Bank and fled west of the city. After hearing the news, Layton, the bank's security chief, stepped on a motorcycle and chased after the target.

Layton forgot to bring a pistol when he left, and Kelly from the security department immediately summoned several security guards and drove to help.A burst of gunfire led them to a deserted ravine. When they arrived, they saw five gangsters lying dead on the ground, and Layton's left arm was also injured.Kelly hurriedly picked up the robbed silver box from the ground, supported Layton, and returned victorious.That night, Wells Fargo held a celebration party for Layton, and some local officials and Interpol Captain Max were also invited.At the banquet, the chairman of the bank raised his glass to thank Layton, and asked him to introduce the process of bravely fighting the gangsters.

With a smile on his face, Layton walked to the front of the stage: "When I caught up, they were about to share the spoils. A lookout gangster spotted me. He shot me twice and hit my left arm. I rushed up and snatched it. pistol, and killed him with one shot. The other 4 gangsters saw it and all rushed towards me. I hid behind the rock and shot 4 times, knocking them down to the ground. At this time, the rescuers arrived..."

Before the words were finished, Max walked up to Layton with a serious expression and said, "It's time for the end of your play, you and those gangsters are actually on the same team!" The guests were shocked when they heard this.

After examination, Layton was indeed the accomplice of the gangster.He chased him alone, but in fact he was going to share the stolen goods. Later, when the security guards came to help him, he killed his accomplice and intentionally wounded himself because he was afraid of showing his feet.

Excuse me, how did Captain Max see through the scam?
The gangster used a 6-shot pistol. Layton said that the gangster fired two shots at him. He took the gun and killed 5 gangsters. In this way, 6 bullets were fired from the 7-shot pistol. This is the flaw.

ancient murals
Professor Werner, an archaeologist, is walking hard in a remote mountainous area. Beside him is a young man with dark skin.They carried Shen Xun's equipment on their backs, pulled the branches of wild vines next to them, and used their hands and feet step by step, carefully groping forward on the edge of the steep cliff.

This morning, a dark-skinned young man found Professor Werner and said mysteriously: "Yesterday evening, one of my sheep got lost, so I searched everywhere on the mountain, and suddenly found a cave, and I walked in. With a little Sunshine, I saw many paintings on the wall of the cave, but I couldn’t see them clearly. The cave was gloomy and terrifying, so I escaped. I heard that you are an expert in studying ancient murals, so I can take you there.” Weier When the professor heard that this might be a major archaeological discovery, he immediately agreed.He was afraid that others would steal the credit if they found out, so he set off with the young people without telling anyone.

A few days passed, Professor Werner did not come back, but the dark-skinned young man came to the Institute of Archaeology, took out a photo and said: "I found the oldest mural in a cave, and I can sell it to you." Institute Experts looked at it and saw that the photo was a stone wall of a cave, on which were paintings of life scenes of ancient primitive people: a few birds perched on a big tree, and under the big tree were running deer, a group of dwarf savages, A huge dinosaur is being chased, along with the sun, moon and stars.The expert asked: "Where did this photo come from?" The young man said: "It was taken by an archaeologist. He also said that this is the oldest mural and is very valuable."

The expert heard this and quietly went to call the police: "We have a liar here, and he may have murdered the professor!" The police arrived and immediately interrogated the dark-skinned young man. Trying to scam money with photos taken by the professor.

Why did the experts find the dark-skinned youth to be a big liar?
Humans appeared only millions of years after dinosaurs disappeared, but there are pictures of primitive people chasing and killing dinosaurs on the murals. The professor should know that the murals are fake. It is impossible to say that this is the oldest mural, which shows that young people are lying .

The Shooting on the Balcony

The new Olympic Games is about to be held, and all sports teams are stepping up their training.The athletes who lived in the sports apartment did not even rest on Sundays, and took every opportunity to practice hard against the clock.Yili Jeff is a national gymnast who has won the Olympic gymnastics championship for two consecutive times, so people expect him to win the "three consecutive championships" in this gymnastics competition.

On Sunday morning, Yili Jeff got up very early. He lives on the 6th floor of the apartment. There is a large balcony, and there are training equipment in the corner of the balcony.When he came to the balcony, he stretched his legs for a while, bent over for a while, stood on his hands for a while, and pulled up for a while... On the opposite balcony, a child watched it and applauded, but just as the applause fell, there was a "bang" gunshot There was a loud noise, and Yili Defu fell on the balcony and did not move.The child was so frightened that he blindfolded and shouted: "Dad, Dad, the uncle on the other side was beaten to death!"

Detective Inspector McGuire received the report and went straight to the scene.He examined the body and found that the bullet had been shot from the back and exited from the lower abdomen, and a bullet was embedded in the floor of the balcony, matching the dead man's wound exactly.The detective dug out the warhead and found that it was a small-caliber rifle bullet, which was specially used for shooting competitions.

(End of this chapter)