industrial lord

Chapter 111 Murder in the Back Alley

Wesson is not a crime-free paradise. Every day, criminals are shown in the square with shackles, and there are prisoners floating in the wind on the wall from time to time.

The place where this case happened is the restaurant street, and it is also an urban area where foreign businessmen gather and live. If it is not handled properly, it will cause bad effects.

After the case happened, Baron Wesson attached great importance to it and immediately issued important instructions, requiring the organization of elite forces to quickly find out the truth of the case and seriously pursue the legal responsibility of the murderer; immediately organize the investigation of the case, further do a good job in publicity work, and prevent rumors from arising.At present, the mood of the citizens is not very stable, and rumors of human sausages have appeared.

The lord is the emperor of the territory. Baron Wessen is also the chief judge of Wessen. Judge Otto is an official appointed and authorized by him. After receiving the notice, he immediately returned to Wessenburg City and came directly to the court to sit in charge.

At present, there are no specialized police organizations or full-time police teams in various places. Police functions are managed by the army, courts and administrative organs respectively.

The investigation of the case was in charge of the magistrate in the court, and Otto immediately sent the best magistrate Dominique in the territory to the scene of the crime.

Dominique is in his early forties this year, with dark golden hair protruding from under the popular peaked cap, and his blue eyes are extremely sharp. Metzger feels as if he is being targeted by a beast when he takes a look at it.

Metzger was called to the side for questioning at the first time. His temperament and strong physique of a pig killer did not look like a good person, and he could kill people if he could kill pigs.

Fortunately, he saw the baron fishing by the river early this morning. When he entered the city, the guards at the city gate had the impression that he was definitely not there when the crime happened, so the suspicion was gone.

Dominique slowly walked back and forth in the alley and found many clues.

A woman's shoe was found in a ditch on the side of the road. The heel was stained with blood, and there were some wear marks, which matched the blood and drag marks on the ground. Matching shoe prints were also found on the ground.

The women's shoes were linen-topped rubber-soled shoes produced at the end of last year. From the wear marks on the soles, it was inferred that the victim walked around frequently. From the style of the shoes, it was inferred that the victim was relatively young. From the price of the shoes, it was inferred that the victim's economic level was not high.

Based on the fact that there are many pubs and restaurants around the crime scene, it can be inferred that the victim was a young woman, most likely a waiter working nearby.

The stone bricks on the ground were uneven, with many protrusions. A small piece of fabric, dark yellow linen, was found on the corner of a brick, which was probably scraped off from the victim's clothes.

In addition to drag marks on the ground, there are also two strings of bloody shoe prints, which are obvious during the daytime, but they are easy to ignore in the dark alley. It can be inferred that the two murderers are novices who don’t know how to clean up their hands, or because of some reasons, they are too late to clean up. .

Following the direction of the blood trail, there was a sewer inlet more than ten meters after the blood stain disappeared, and all the water in the ditch on the side of the road flowed into it.

There is an iron grill above the water inlet. The gap between the grill and the surrounding road surface was originally filled with sludge formed by accumulated dust, and there was no gap.

Now the sludge has obvious defects, and there are many drops beside it, indicating that someone recently opened the iron grille and put it aside.

Two short golden hairs were also found in the gap between two raised stone bricks next to the iron grille.

Dominique immediately asked the waitresses in the surrounding shops to see if anyone who matched the clothing and hair characteristics last night was missing.

Otto was familiar with civil litigation, but not very good at criminal investigation. After reporting to Frederick, he came to the scene to coordinate the work.

"How's the progress?" He asked in a low voice as soon as he saw Dominic, "Now Baron Wesson attaches great importance to this matter, and the market is not peaceful. Some people say that there are people in the city who kill people in the middle of the night to make sausages, and then drag on." Maybe it’s rumored that we have to eat human pies every night.”

"Baron Wesson has ordered the city gates to be closed, and only entry and no exit are allowed."

"Your Excellency also gave old Franz an order that the army from the barracks in the north is coming, and anyone who tries to climb over the city wall will be shot down as a murderer."

"The city defense forces and night watchmen in the city will also be mobilized. Now it's just a search. Maybe martial law will be imposed in the afternoon."

"All ships in the outer port are temporarily prohibited from leaving. It is said that Weissburg University will conduct a polygraph test, and they will not leave until all the merchants and sailors have been screened."

"The news is also quickly spread to the surrounding towns and villages, and the suspects are strictly investigated."

"This matter is serious, and it's up to you."

Dominique suddenly felt tremendous pressure from the sky. It is not that there were no homicide cases before Wesenling. In recent years, there have been several homicide cases due to robbery and theft, drunk fights, emotional disputes, plotting family property, and defaulting on debts. There is no such a big battle.

He immediately reported to Otto: "Judging from the traces left behind, the murderer didn't finish the job, and it's very likely that it was the first murder."

"At present, based on the physical evidence left behind, it has been deduced that the victim is most likely the young female waiter around."

Then he pointed to the direction of the bloodstain and said, "There are two murderers. Judging from the size of the shoes, they are men. They killed the deceased and dragged her to the sewer."

"During this process, the victim's right shoe fell off, and the person walking behind stepped on it and kicked it into the ditch on the side of the road."

"From this, it can be deduced that the identities of the two murderers are very different. The person with a low status is responsible for dragging the corpse, while the person with a high status never does any work, even when the corpse is destroyed. They should be in a master-servant relationship."

At this time Otto asked: "Is it possible that the so-called high-status people are frightened and lose the ability to work?"

He has tried many cases, and he understands that some impulsive people will start to panic after killing people and regain their senses, their hands are weak and their legs are weak, and it is difficult for them to walk.

"No." Dominique shook his head and said, "If the murderer who walks behind is too flustered, he won't realize that he has stepped on the shoe that the victim dropped, and even if he finds out, he won't care."

"I found a shoe print on the ground that matched the shoe print on the shoe. It was not close to the place where the shoe was found. I rarely kicked it that far."

"The murderer kicked his shoes into the ditch. According to my experience, he is not only sane, but also venting his anger."

"The murderer dragged the body to the sewer, opened the grille and pushed it down, leaving a few clean hairs in the cracks of the bricks on the ground."

"The most important thing we have to do now is find the body in the sewer."

Otto immediately said: "Okay, Baron Wesson gave me the power to coordinate the help of the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Military Affairs. I will ask them to help search the sewers now."

"I'll leave it to you here, if you need my help with anything, just tell me."

The two discussed a few words about the next work arrangement. At the same time, Otto's secretary prepared a written report of the conversation just now and prepared to report to Frederick, and soon they split up.

The bellows in the kitchen of the nearby tavern were moved to the side of the sewer, and the pipes were connected to blow air into it.

The sewers of Wessenburg City are connected to the moat outside. The water is flowing, but there are still poisonous and harmful gases. Occasionally, thieves are clever enough to jump down to avoid being chased, and finally die inside.

A new employee in the court tied a rope around his waist and went down into the sewer. First, he put a magic lamp tied with a wooden block and floated down the current. He squatted in the smelly sewage to observe the internal situation.

The diameter of the pipe here is not small, and the water flow is quite large. The magic lamp floated all the way to the next sewer that was just opened, but nothing was illuminated.

Suddenly, he realized that he seemed to have stepped on something, and a moment later he took out a dagger from the water.

Dominique looked carefully at the dagger in the tray. It was made of ordinary steel, and there were scratches on the surface caused by friction with the scabbard when the dagger was pulled out. There was a family crest on it, and it was uncertain whether it was related to this case.

At this time, someone came to report. After investigation, there was a waitress named Liya in a tavern on the street who met the characteristics found on the scene. She hadn't returned home after get off work last night until now.

(End of this chapter)