1 minute to solve the case

Chapter 24: Resourceful strategy (4)
The inspector made further investigation and learned that on the second floor of this apartment lived a shooter, known as the "sharp shooter", so he questioned him. "Sharpshooter" said angrily: "Mr. Detective, you shouldn't suspect me, because I heard that the bullet went into his back and came out of his lower abdomen. The murderer obviously shot from above. I didn't know that on the second floor." Way to shoot him!"

The inspector questioned his neighbors to prove that he did not go out that morning.

So who is the murderer?
Inspector McGuire soon had the answer in his mind.

From the analysis of the situation at the scene, who do you think Inspector McGuire will say is the murderer?

The murderer was a shooter. He shot upwards from the balcony on the second floor while Yili Jeff was practicing his handstand.

Cigarette butts at the door

Mr. Egle is a painter. He was just an ordinary art teacher. After several years of hard work, he finally became a famous painter all over the country.Eggle is very diligent. Over the years, whenever he has time, he takes out his drawing board and brush, takes a cigarette in his mouth, and immerses himself in painting.He is very addicted to smoking. Although smoking makes him cough all the time, he still feels that if he doesn't smoke, he will have no inspiration for creation.

After Egler became famous, the phones in his office and home kept ringing all day long. A TV reporter came to him for an interview, and he was asked to cut the ribbon at the opening of the art exhibition, and the Art Association invited him to make a report. .

On Sunday morning, Mr. Eggler had just woken up when the phone rang again, and the other party said: "Excuse me, I am a salesman of a life insurance company, and I would like to take a moment of your time..." Mr. Eggler was not interested in insurance, I hate insurance salesmen the most.But as a celebrity, he couldn't be rude, so he said, "I'm sorry, I'm not free right now." The other party didn't wait for him to hang up, and quickly said, "Then I'll come this afternoon, and I only need 2 minutes from you. Goodbye!"

Mr. Egler shook his head. Just as he hung up the phone, the phone rang again. He picked up the receiver and said angrily, "I'm not free in the afternoon either... Oh, it's an old friend. I'm free in the afternoon. I'll wait for you." You!" It turned out that it was an old friend of his who called this time. They used to smoke and chat together.

On this afternoon, the painter was murdered at home.Inspector Moen came to the house and found a pile of cigarette butts in the ashtray, and a half-smoked cigarette butt in the doorway: he also learned that two people came in the afternoon, one was a salesman from an insurance company and the other was a painter. Friend, he immediately figured out who the suspect was.

Can you deduce who the suspect is?
A salesman, because if it is an old friend of the painter, they often smoke together, and there is no need to stub the cigarette butts at the door.

Guests in cabin 205
The cruise ship Mary was sailing on the sea and encountered a severe storm. The cruise ship swayed in the wind and waves, like a big cradle, rushing to the top of the waves for a while, and falling into the bottom of the waves for a while.The passengers couldn't take it anymore, and leaned on the railing to vomit. Detective Fawcent lay on the bed, holding the bed tightly with both hands, so as not to roll under the bed.

It wasn't until 1000 in the morning that the wind and waves passed, and the cruise ship gradually stabilized.The captain immediately instructed the sailors to check the equipment of the cruise ship, and the waiters came to each cabin to serve breakfast to the passengers.But Inspector Fawcent didn’t want to eat anything, he fell back to sleep, and heard a “bang” in a daze, thinking that the thermos bottle was broken, and then the captain rushed in and said: “A shooting has occurred, please help investigate! "

Those who were shot dead were passengers in cabin 205.The inspector began his investigation from the adjacent cabin. A middle-aged man lived in cabin 204. He said, "The wind and waves were too strong just now, and I kept holding back my urine. When the boat stopped shaking, I ran to the toilet. When the gunshot rang, I was in the toilet."

A writer lives in cabin 206. He said: "I'm writing a detective novel, and the publisher is waiting to ask for it. I've been writing all night. I was just writing at a critical moment when I heard a gunshot." The manuscript, the lines on it are neat and dense.

The inspector came to cabin 203 again. There was a young man living here. He said hesitantly: "I just...passed cabin 207 and saw the door was open and there was a wallet on the table. I took it and slipped away. Until the gunshot..." He handed over his wallet in a panic.

The captain said: "Let's go to cabin 207 to check again." Inspector Fawcent said, "I don't think there is any need to investigate any more, the suspect is here."

Who does Inspector Fawcett think is a suspect?
The suspect is the writer in cabin 206, because it is impossible for him to write neat words when the ship is shaking, which means that he is lying.

ambulance parked in the middle of the road

Inspector Fawcent came to the police station, ready to search for a piece of information, and suddenly received a call to the police: "Three masked gangsters broke into the Central Bank, stole hundreds of thousands of cash, and then drove away."He immediately rushed out of the office with the police as fast as he could, jumped into the police car, and drove towards the central bank.

Along the way, pedestrians and vehicles heard the siren and gave way one after another. They were about to reach their destination, but they heard the siren from ahead, but it was from an ambulance.

The inspector saw the ambulance parked in the middle of the road surrounded by many people.He jumped out of the police car and inquired. It turned out that there was a man just now who didn't obey the traffic rules and was hit by a truck when he was jaywalking. The wounded were taken to the hospital.But a doctor jumped out of the ambulance and said that they were rushing to save another patient and refused to save the man, so they quarreled on the road.

Detective Fawcent immediately said to the doctor: "It is your doctor's responsibility to save lives and heal the wounded. If you delay any longer, the patient will die. Send the wounded to the hospital!" The doctor had no choice but to wave, and another doctor jumped out of the ambulance. He put the wounded on a stretcher, pushed the ambulance, closed the door, sounded the siren and drove away.

The police car continued to move forward, but the inspector was still concerned about the wounded man, because the moment the car door was closed, he saw the wounded man's head facing outwards, bleeding from the head, could the ambulance arrive at the hospital in time?Can the wounded be rescued?
Suddenly, Inspector Fawcent shouted: "We've been fooled!" He immediately turned around and chased the ambulance.

Why did Inspector Fawcent chase the ambulance?

When the ambulance is rescuing the wounded, it is stipulated that the head of the wounded should be facing inward and the feet facing outward, but the doctor on the ambulance turned it upside down, indicating that the doctor was a fake. In fact, the "doctor" on the ambulance was the criminal. After robbing the bank, he pretended to be a doctor and ran away in an ambulance, but was spotted by Inspector Faust.

Spider web on attic door
Na Luosen is a robber, he is cruel and cunning, he once robbed the central bank and killed two security guards.It took Sheriff Moore 3 years to catch him.He was sentenced to life imprisonment and put in jail.

On this day, another robbery took place at the Central Bank.According to the traces left at the scene, it was found that the characteristics of the criminal were exactly the same as that of Na Luosen.At this time, a shocking news came: Na Luosen escaped from prison, and it was Na Luosen who robbed the bank.

Sergeant Moore thought that he was the one who caught Naroson back then and sent him to prison. Naroson would never let it go and would definitely come to revenge himself, so he wrote a lot of posters and pasted them on mailboxes.The poster used provocative language to deliberately provoke Na Luosen, and asked him to go to place A at 800:[-] a.m. to fight to the death with him. Land A is an abandoned warehouse, where Na Luosen was caught last time.

At 800:[-] that morning, Sergeant Moore came to the warehouse. Based on his feeling, Naroson had already arrived. He drew his pistol, bravely pushed open the door, and rushed in.The warehouse was dark and weeds were overgrown under his feet. Na Luosen's voice came from inside: "Come on, I'm not afraid of you!" He quickly chased after him.However, even walking to the end of the warehouse, Na Luosen was not seen.There is a small attic in the warehouse, could it be on it?He approached the attic and saw that it was covered with cobwebs, making it impossible for Naroson to enter.

At this moment, Sergeant Moore suddenly thought that Na Luosen was hiding in the attic and was aiming at himself in the dark. He quickly squatted down and there was a "bang" gunshot, and a bullet shot from the attic grazed his face. Ears, Narowson is indeed in the attic!Sheriff Moore backhanded Naroson and killed him.

The entrance to the attic is obviously full of spider webs, how did Na Luosen get in?

The cunning Na Luosen caught a few spiders, hid in the attic one day in advance, and then put the spiders at the attic entrance, and the spiders spun silk and webs, sealing the attic entrance.

gold coins in pocket
In the early hours of the morning, the streets of the small town were quiet and empty.Today is Sunday, and it is a cold and rainy day. The adults don't have to go to work, and the children don't have to go to school. Now they are all wrapped in warm quilts and sleeping soundly.

The old Sheriff Higgins was driving a police car and patrolling the streets.Dense raindrops hit the window glass, making a "pop" sound.It became very blurry in front of my eyes.The sheriff turned on the headlights and drove slowly.Suddenly, more than 10 meters away from the front, there is a black figure jumping out from the corner of the wall, who is that?Sheriff Higgins stepped on the accelerator and quickly chased after him.

The shadow crossed a road and turned a corner.Sergeant Higgins stopped the car, opened the door, and opened his eyes wide to see that it was a stray dog. It was a false alarm!He returned to the police car, wiped the rain from his face, and said to himself: "Oh, I'm getting old, my eyes don't work anymore, it's time to retire."

Sergeant Higgins was about to drive away when he suddenly saw a dark shadow on the ground.Could it be that I read it wrong?He jumped out of the car and ran over to see that it was an old man!After inspection, the old man was dead, there was a hole in the back of his head, and blood flowed all over the floor.In the coat pocket, there is a gold coin and a banknote.At this time, there was a figure beside him. It turned out to be Gillette, the milkman.He bent down to look at the old man, and exclaimed, "Oh! Something happened!" The sheriff asked, "How did you know something would happen to him?"

Gillette said: "The old man has a bad habit. He likes to put gold coins in his pockets and make them jingle, as if he is very rich. I warned him that this will attract bad guys to rob. Just now I saw him put his pockets The gold coins in it jingle..."

Sheriff Higgins interrupted Gillette and said: "You are suspected of killing the elderly, please get in the police car!"

Why did Sheriff Higgins suspect that Gillette had killed the old man?
The old man had only a gold coin in his pocket, and the inability to ding meant that Gillette was lying.

death of a governess

Benica is a schoolteacher.She is kind and generous, and she is always eager to help others when they have difficulties.In school, she is deeply loved by students and colleagues, and is selected as an advanced student every year.She has a sister who is 5 years older than Benica, but Benica's father always said: "Benica is more sensible than her sister!"

One morning, the time for class was past, but Benica did not come to the classroom.The students all felt strange, this has never happened before!They went to the dean of education, who called her home, but no one answered the phone.The dean was worried, and rushed to Benica's house, desperately ringing the doorbell, but no one came to answer the door.

The dean felt that something was wrong, so he had to call the police station.Sergeant Harry was called and arrived within minutes.After asking about the situation, he moved closer to the door and looked at the "cat's eye" on the door. It was a viewing hole. People in the room could see people outside through the "cat's eye", but people outside could not. people inside.

Sergeant Harry rang the doorbell a few more times, but still no one answered the door. He called the building administrator and opened the door. Only then did he find Benica lying in a pool of blood in her pajamas, with a knife stuck in her chest.According to the inspection, the time of death was around 2000 last night.The building administrator checked the records and told Sergeant Harry: "Last night, two people came to see Benika one after another. One was from 1950, her sister, and the other was from 2010, her female colleague. Martha, both of them said that no one answered the door after ringing the bell, so they left because they thought Benica was not at home.” Sergeant Harry thought for a while, and said to the police officers beside him: “Among the two people who came to visit, one It is the murderer of Benica! And this person is her sister!"

Why did Sergeant Harry say that her sister was the murderer?
The murderer was her sister, because after someone knocked on the door, Benica would first look through the "cat's eye" to see who the visitor was. If it was a colleague, out of politeness, Benica would change clothes before opening the door, only her own sister , will open the door in pajamas.

old tailor on the steps

One morning, Sheriff Harry was patrolling the streets.He is an old policeman, and he is very familiar with every road and every house here.He walked slowly, and when he met an acquaintance, he smiled and said: "Good morning!" When people saw him, they felt very kind and seemed to have a sense of security.

Sergeant Harry turned a corner, and in front of him was a small building facing the street, where the old tailor Mr. Gorey lived.Mr. Gorey's craftsmanship is quite good. It is said that he made all the clothes worn by the President when he went abroad.Sergeant Harry thought, next week my son is going to have a wedding, I should make a black suit, by the way, Mr. Gorey.

Sergeant Harry was thinking like this, when suddenly, there was a gunshot in front of him.He looked up and saw Mr. Gorey standing on the steps of his house, his face turned towards the door, and slowly falling down.Harry ran over quickly and found that the old man had been shot in the back, and blood gushed from the wound.Mr. Gorey opened his eyes panting, his lips trembling, as if to say something, but without saying it, he stopped breathing.

Sergeant Harry put down the old man, turned around and looked around, saw two people across the road, and ordered loudly: "I am a policeman! You all raise your hands and come slowly!"

Two people came over, and Sergeant Harry began to ask.One of them was a young man. He said: "I am a driver. I just came home from the night shift. I heard gunshots. I looked back and saw an old man fell down slowly. I don't know anything else. "The other one is a middle-aged man, he said: "I have to run every morning for exercise, I happened to run past here just now, I glanced at the opposite side at random, and saw the old man was locking the door, and suddenly the gun went off..." Harry took out the handcuffs , handcuffed the middle-aged man, and said sternly: "You are suspected of shooting the old man, go to the police station with me and clarify!"

Why did Sergeant Harry think the middle-aged man shot the old man?

The old man stood facing the door. No one would know whether he was locking or opening the door. Only those who kept staring at the old man could know that the old man came out and was locking the door, so the middle-aged man was the suspect.

report on rainy night

In the middle of a stormy night, the earth was shrouded in darkness.The people in the small town all turned off their lights and went to sleep. There were only a few street lamps, which cast dim light.At this time, the lights in the police station were brightly lit, and Sergeant Goss and several police officers were waiting by the telephone on duty.Because according to experience, the more the weather is like this, the more cases will happen.

Sure enough, the phone rang.The other party was a man. He seemed to have been greatly frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "Police... the police station? No... not good, I found a... by the river in the town... The dead body..." Sergeant Goss immediately took two police officers, drove the police car into the rain, and sped towards the river.

Under the light of the car, a figure was seen by the river from a distance. Sergeant Gauss and the others got out of the car, flashlighted, and came to the small river.At this time, they saw the figure clearly.He was a tall and thin man, and his whole body, from hair to underwear, was dripping with water and completely soaked.He was pale and nervous.Sergeant Gauss patted him on the shoulder to let him stabilize his emotions before he knelt down to examine the corpse.After a while, the tall and thin man became less nervous, and began to report: "I was walking by the river just now, and suddenly my foot slipped and I fell into the river. Fortunately, I can swim. When I reached the bank, I was caught by something. I stumbled and looked carefully, and it turned out to be a male corpse!" A police officer asked: "It's so dark, can you see it is a male corpse?" The tall and thin man said: "Fortunately, I have a match in my pocket. I lit a match and saw that there were two knife wounds on his neck, blood all over his body, and he was already dead. I was terrified, so I ran to the phone booth and reported the crime to you.”

Another police officer wanted to ask something, but Sergeant Goss said decisively: "There is no need to ask any more, he is a suspect, handcuff him and go back to the police station!"

Why did Sergeant Goss suspect that the informant was the murderer?
The informant swam up from the river, his clothes were all soaked, and the match must have failed, which meant that he was lying, that he had killed someone himself, and then pretended to report the crime in order to get away with it.

who put the tape recorder

Hill Corporation has researched and developed a new set of software that will be applied to the Air Force's fighter jets.This is a national first-level secret project. Foreign intelligence agencies spare no expense to buy the company's personnel and steal software information.At 1300 this afternoon, a new software demonstration meeting was held in the company's conference room.

The meeting was held in absolute secrecy. In the middle of the meeting, an engineer accidentally dropped his pen on the ground. He bent down to pick it up, but found a strange small box under the table. He picked it up and took a look. , It turned out to be a miniature tape recorder used for eavesdropping!
The chief engineer immediately announced the suspension of the meeting and reported the case to the police.Inspector Moen rushed to the scene quickly. He first checked the tape recorder. There was no sound on the tape. After 2 minutes, he heard a slight closing sound of the door. After another 10 minutes, he heard the footsteps and voices of many people coming in.Inspector Moen speculated that the time when the tape recorder was installed was around 1245.According to the investigation, there were a total of two people who might have entered the conference room at that time.Together with the manager, the inspector talked to them separately in the manager's room.

The female secretary came in first, and she said: "I entered the meeting room at 1240:[-], put the documents on the table, and left immediately." The manager looked at her feet and asked angrily: "The company stipulates that you should wear flat heels to work. Shoes, why are you wearing high heels?" The female secretary blushed and said, "I got up late today... I was in a hurry to go to work, so I wore the wrong shoes."

(End of this chapter)