1 minute to solve the case

Chapter 49
That night, Malone went to the bar to drink again.This "drinker" detective never eats food when he drinks. He likes to sit in front of the bar and drink whiskey, chatting with the boss while drinking.The owner of this bar is Jamie, an amiable businessman.

As Malone finished his third glass of whiskey, the owner's brother Tommy walked in. "Tommy! Long time no see, come! Let's have a toast!" Jamie adjusted two glasses of blended whiskey mixed with soda water and ice cubes, handed one of them to his younger brother Tommy, raised the other glass, and said , "A toast for your coming!" Tommy sat down on the bar stool, glanced at his brother, but didn't pick up the glass of wine. Jamie drank the glass of wine in his hand, but Tommy still didn't touch it for him. this glass of wine.

"Why don't you drink it? Are you afraid that I will poison you? Well, if you don't believe me, I'll drink it for you first!" Then, Jamie picked up the glass and took a big sip. Pass the glass to Tommy. "How about it, can you drink it with confidence now?" He said with a smile.

Malone knew why.It turned out that they were half-brothers, and they were in a lawsuit for inheriting the inheritance. Therefore, the younger brother Tommy was afraid of being poisoned to death by his elder brother, so he would not easily drink the right wine from his elder brother.

Since there were customers in front of the bar, Tommy couldn't embarrass his brother in public in front of so many people; at the same time, he saw that his brother was fine after drinking the glass of wine, so he dispelled his doubts and served it cautiously. He raised his glass and slowly drank the remaining half glass of whiskey.

By this time Malone had finished his fourth whiskey.When he was about to drink his fifth cup, Tommy suddenly fell on himself.Malone lifted Tommy up and saw that he was dead.Jamie ran out of the bar counter and asked Malone to help him take his brother to the hospital, and hoped that Malone could prove as a witness that Tommy's death had nothing to do with the glass of wine he just drank.

Malone was stunned by the sudden death.Two brothers drank half of the blended whiskey in the same glass. Why did the elder brother drink all right while the younger brother died suddenly?
Malone, who was half drunk, could intuitively conclude that it must have been Jamie who poisoned him, but everything needed evidence.Experience tells Malone: ​​Some murderers often drink the antidote first, and then play the trick of "sharing a glass of wine" with the other party.Malone immediately took the glass from which Jamie drank his first drink from the bar counter, and tested the residual liquid in the glass for antidote—disappointingly, there was no antidote in the residual liquid.Malone thought again: There is another situation in "drinking a glass of wine together". If only one of the murderer and the victim is left-handed, then when the two drink from large beer glasses, because the hands holding the glass are one left and the other Right, the rim of the cup where two people touch their lips must be on one side.As long as the murderer smears the poison on the rim of the drinking side of the other party in advance, he can skillfully play the murder trick of "drinking a glass of wine together".So Malone suggested that the police who came to solve the case test the rim of the cup.Malone was again embarrassed by the results of the tests, that no poison had been applied to the rim of the cup.

At this time, Jamie sneered at Malone: ​​"Malon, I think you should have another drink! This way you may be more sober, I wish you catch the real murderer!"

Malone then began drinking his fifth whiskey.His head started to heat up and he asked Jamie to put three ice cubes in his glass.Malone drank the wine in one gulp because he drank too hard, and the ice cubes had not yet melted.Malone was really a little drunk, and he half-opened his blind drunken eyes to see the ice cubes in the empty glass glowing white in the light.

"Mallon, do you want to drink again?" Jamie's voice was a little strange, "I think only you can prove my innocence."

"No! I have seen through your trick! You are the murderer who poisoned your own brother!"

Do you understand what's going on?
Jamie injected the colorless and transparent poison into the center of the ice cube, and mixed it into the glass of wine for his younger brother after freezing. The younger brother drank slowly, the ice melted, and the poison was released.

who bugged
The missile project code-named "×P008" is the latest project being developed by our army. Foreign military intelligence agencies have spared no expense on many occasions to bribe personnel to steal the project's secrets.On this day, the chief engineer will report on his work at the demonstration meeting of the scientific research institute. Therefore, the meeting was held in absolute secrecy.Unexpectedly, however, the black hands of foreign intelligence agencies reached into the venue.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting officially started.Just as the director of the scientific research institute was moving the microphone to preside over the meeting, a teacup was knocked over by the wire and fell to the ground. When the chief engineer picked up the teacup on the ground, he found a miniature recorder for eavesdropping installed under the table.The director immediately called the police, and the public security personnel rushed to the scene.Inspection results: There was no sound on the tape of the tape recorder. After 3 minutes, there was a soft closing sound of the door. After 12 minutes, there were the footsteps and voices of the participants entering the venue.Therefore, it is inferred that the time to install the wiretapping recorder was around 2:45 pm.

It was Sunday, and the scientific research institute was on holiday. There were only 3 female employees working overtime in each of the 3 offices. The public security personnel decided to talk to them with the director of the scientific research institute. Three female staff came to the director's office at the same time.

"Report your name and explain why you left the office in the afternoon." The public security officer spoke first.

Hu Xiaojun was the first to answer: "I've been typing in the computer room, I'm so tired, I used to exercise on the balcony."

"What time?"

"The open-air clock on the tall building opposite is 2:45."

"Why do you wear sneakers? Don't you know that the institute stipulates that you should wear flat-heeled shoes to work?" the director asked seriously.

"I sprained my foot playing bowling last night. Today I explained the situation to the deputy director, and he agreed." Hu Xiaojun replied.

"The situation is special, we can forgive it." The director said, and asked another person, "What about you?"

The second person, Yang Lihong, replied: "I was thirsty after lunch, and I went to get water from the water purifier at the other end of the corridor. When I passed the stairs, the wall clock there was also at 2:45."

"Why do you wear high-heeled shoes? Isn't it stipulated that only the flat-heeled shoes issued by the institute are allowed?" The director asked her seriously again.

"I'm short, and I have to meet my boyfriend after get off work, and I don't have time to go home to change. This is the first time I violated discipline, please forgive me." Yang Lihong said, tears were about to flow down.

"Okay, I'll forgive you just once, and the next time will not be an example." The director said, and asked the third Ye Yongshan to answer.

"I'm unlucky today, my stomach feels a little uncomfortable, I went to the bathroom at 2:45 pm..."

Before she finished speaking, the director asked again seriously: "You are so tall, why do you wear high heels?"

"My boyfriend is a basketball player. Compared with him, I am much shorter. Today is Sunday, and I thought overtime work was an exception. Now I know I was wrong. Please forgive me once."

Without waiting for the director to speak, the police immediately stood up and let two of them go, leaving only one to continue interrogating her.As a result, the case was solved and she confessed the crime truthfully.

May I ask which of the three female staff members were left behind by the public security personnel?Why?
The police officers left Hu Xiaojun behind.There was no sound on the recording tape at first, only the slight sound of closing the door, which was the evidence. Hu Xiaojun was wearing sneakers, so naturally there would be no sound of footsteps.

The Mystery of the Most Wanted Man's Hairstyle
One day, police officer Kobayashi came to Luobo's detective agency dejectedly.

"Luo Bo, if you find this guy, please let me know. This is a collage of wanted criminals." Xiao Lin took out a photo from his jacket pocket and handed it to Detective Luo Bo.The people in the photo keep their heads parted.

"What crime did this man commit?"

"In the past month, several hotels in Hawaii have been ransacked by a strange thief. The characteristic of this strange thief is to sneak into the guest room to steal cash and gems while Japanese tourists are bathing in the sea. One day he will be unlucky. Four days A while ago, he was spotted by a hotel waiter while stealing, but he knocked down the waiter and escaped, and then he seemed to have fled to Tokyo by plane. Therefore, the Hawaii police drew a portrait of the prisoner based on the testimony of the waiter, and asked us to help Hunt down." Police Officer Xiaolin gave a rough overview of the situation.

Detective Luo Bo looked at the photo seriously, and then exclaimed: "Oh! If it's this guy, I really know it. It's the guy who just moved into the fourth floor of this apartment yesterday."

"Oh, what a coincidence?"

"Yes, the face is very similar. Only the hairstyle is a little different."

"Anyway. Let's go and see. You take me there."

The two immediately came to the fourth floor and knocked on the door of Room 4.The door opened, and a man poked his head out.

Indeed, this person looks exactly like the wanted person in the photo, but his hairstyle is back.

"Hey, you are the one who ransacked the Hawaiian Hotel!" Police officer Xiaolin sent the wanted photos in front of his eyes.

"How is this possible? My hair, you see! It's back. I've had this hairstyle since more than ten years ago. And isn't the person in this photo combing his hair in a [-]-[-] split? It just looks like Me, but not me." The other party replied.

"As long as you have a comb, you can have whatever hairstyle you want, and your tanned face is enough to prove that you have spent a relatively long time in Hawaii."

"My face is tanned from playing golf. You can doubt it as much as you like, but you can't produce evidence that I combed my hair too much! If you want to arrest me, you must produce evidence." He pretended with a straight face. Do not know.

Even police officer Kobayashi was choked and speechless.

At this time, Detective Luo Bo interjected and said, "Then, please cooperate with me to do an experiment, just do one. Through this experiment, you can prove your innocence. Don't you also want to prove your innocence? "

The other party hesitated for a while, but agreed. "Yes, I don't care what experiment you do, but as long as I can prove my innocence, I will be happy to help you."

Detective Luobo took the other party to a nearby barber shop for an experiment.Therefore, Detective Luo Bo obtained the evidence that he had recently combed his hair in threes and sevens, and immediately exposed his lies.

"As expected of a detective!" Police Officer Xiao Lin admired Detective Luo Bo's intelligence with all his heart.

So, what experiment did Detective Luo Bo do to see through this man's disguise?
Robo had his head shaved.In this way, there are traces of parted hair on his head. Comb the parted hair. After staying in Hawaii for a month, the parted thread will leave traces of sun exposure.

The judge tried the gold coin case wisely

Once upon a time, there was a poor woodcutter in Spain who went to the mountains to collect firewood. He planned to exchange the firewood for money to buy bread for his children.On the way, he picked up a bag with 100 gold coins in it.While counting the money happily, the woodcutter imagined in his mind the picture scroll of wealth and happiness that unfolded in front of him.But then he remembered that the purse belonged to someone, and he was ashamed of what he had thought.So he hid his purse and went to work in the mountains.The woodcutter and his whole family had to starve until the firewood was not sold at night.

The next morning, as was the fashion at the time, the name of the owner of the purse was circulated in the streets, and the person who returned the purse to the owner would receive a reward of 20 gold coins.The owner was a Florentine merchant, and the kind woodcutter came to him and said, "Here is your purse." However, in order to deny the promised reward, the merchant carefully inspected the purse, counted the gold coins, and pretended to be angry. Said: "My good man, this purse is mine, but the money has become less. I have 130 gold coins in my purse, but now there are only 100. There is no doubt that you stole the 30." I'm going. I'm going to sue and demand that you be punished, a thief."

"God is just," said the woodcutter, "and he knows that I am speaking the truth."

The two litigants were taken before a local judge.The judge said to the woodcutter, "Please tell me the truth about what happened."

"Sir, I found this purse on the way to the mountain, and there are only 100 gold coins in it."

"Didn't you think you could live happily with all this money?"

"I have a wife and six children at home, and they are waiting for me to bring home wood for bread. Forgive me, sir! I thought of using the gold under the circumstances, but then I Considering that the money belongs to the owner, he has more rights than me to use the money. So, I hid the money. Instead of going home, I went straight to the mountains to work.”

"Did you tell your wife about the money you found?"

"I was afraid that she would be greedy, so I didn't tell her."

"Are you sure you didn't take any of the things in your pocket?"

"My lord, my wife and my poor boy haven't even had supper, because the firewood hasn't been sold."

"What do you say?" the judge asked the businessman.

"My lord, what this man says is all a lie. I had 130 gold pieces in my purse, and he alone will take the missing thirty pieces."

At this point, the judge had understood the truth of the matter, and he made a ruling skillfully: "Businessman, you enjoy such a high status and reputation, there is no room for us to suspect that you will cheat. Obviously, the woodcutter picked up this one containing The 100-gold purse is not your 130-gold purse."

"Take this purse, good man," said the judge to the woodcutter. "Take it home, and wait for its owner to fetch it."

What is the basis of the judge?

Since the woodcutter could take a small part of the money, he was quite able to keep all the money.He didn't, obviously an honest man, and the judge skillfully punished the greedy businessman.

The Poison Needle on the Bell Tower
Galileo had a beloved daughter named Maria, who worked as a nun in the St. Maathai Monastery not far from Galileo's residence.Galileo often visited his daughter.

One day, Maria wrote a letter to Galileo.The letter read: "Yesterday morning, Sister Sophia died lying on the balcony of the high bell tower. Her right eye was pierced by a very thin poisonous needle about 5 cm long. This bloody poisonous needle is It fell next to the corpse. Some people say that she died after pulling out the poisonous needle herself. The gate under the clock tower was bolted. This is probably because Sophia was afraid that the strong wind would blow the gate open, and closed it after she entered. Therefore, the murderer It is absolutely impossible to sneak into the bell tower. The balcony is on the fourth floor of the bell tower, facing south, about 15 meters above the ground. Below is a river, 40 meters away from the opposite bank. The wind was very strong last night, and the murderer wanted to take the poison from the opposite bank. It is impossible for the needle to hit Sophia in the eye. The dean thinks that Sophia's death is suicide. But, would Sophia, who is extremely devout, commit suicide in such a strange way against the religious rules?..."

After reading the letter, Galileo went to the monastery to visit his daughter.

"That's the bell tower. See the balcony?" In the backyard of the monastery, Maria pointed to the balcony on the bell tower.

The steps of the bell tower were too steep for Galileo to go up, so he visually measured the height of the balcony and the distance to the opposite bank from below, and concluded that it was impossible for the murderer to shoot the poisonous needle from the other side of the river.

"I heard that she was very interested in your theory of earthquakes, and secretly read your "Astronomical Dialogue", which has become a banned book. If the dean finds out, she will probably be kicked out of the hospital. But she is very He is studious and brave. That night, he must have gone up to the bell tower to look at the stars and the moon."

"Is there any possibility of homicide? That is to say, is there anyone who hates her so much that she must be killed?"

"Sophia's family is very rich. She has a half-brother. This spring, her father passed away. Sophia plans to donate all of her inheritance to the monastery. However, that brother objected to her doing so. Threatened that if Sophia dared to do this, she would sue and disinherit her. The day before the incident, her brother sent a small package, which may be very important or valuable. Today, while tidying up her room, The small package is missing. Could it be that the murderer killed her in order to steal the small package?"

Looking at the river flowing under the bell tower, Galileo murmured to himself: "If you dredge the bottom of that river, maybe you can find a telescope there."

The next morning, Maria hurried back to her home and said to Galileo, "Father, I found it. Is this it?" Then she took out a telescope about 47 centimeters long. "The porter found it by diving down to the bottom of the river, and it must have come from Sophia's brother, because I've never seen her own a telescope before. But what does that have to do with murder?"

Galileo took the telescope, looked at it carefully, and said, "Sure enough, it's exactly what I thought."

Galileo went on to explain. "Poor child, he was poisoned by a poisonous needle, but he couldn't shout for help!"

"Why didn't she call for help?"

"Because she made astronomical observations after reading my banned book "Astronomical Dialogue" to clarify the theory of the earth's motion. The dean must not know about this, and she must not shout. She may want to pull out The poisonous needle, healed the wound by himself, but the poison quickly spread and could not be cured."

Who killed Sophia?Why?
Is Sophia's younger brother.He installed poisonous needles in the binoculars in advance, and when Sophia used the binoculars, he adjusted the screws in the binoculars to focus.At this time, Chunchun shot the poisonous needle into her eyes.

Choose where to prosecute

Miss Connie lost her limbs in a car accident. The car that knocked her down was a car made by the American "National Motor Company".In court, although three witnesses testified: Although the driver stepped on the brakes, the car did not stop, but the rear spun and knocked people down.But Mr. Magrell, a lawyer for National Motors, subtly overturned the testimony of these witnesses by using many evidences such as brake marks in the hands of the police.

And Miss Connie couldn't tell whether she slipped on the ice or was hit by the back of the truck, only that she was swept under the truck and crushed limbs and pelvis.In this way, she lost the case.

Miss Jennifer Parker, a well-known lawyer in New York, decided to appear in court to defend Miss Connie.Through the National Computer Center, it was found that this car company had 15 car accidents in the past five years, and the reasons were all the same-the brake system of the product was defective, and the rear of the car would spin when the brakes were suddenly stopped.Then she managed to get all the technical information on the company's truck production and did a detailed study.

(End of this chapter)