1 minute to solve the case

Chapter 48
Gas Mystery
An elderly couple was found dead in their house facing the street. The cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning.Because their room is not big, with only a small window facing the street, it doesn't take much carbon monoxide to kill people.

Neighbor A of the deceased said: "The two of them get up very early on weekdays, but I didn't see them come out at 9 o'clock this morning. I felt strange, so I looked in through the window and found that they had died in the house."

The person from the gas company said: "Although there is a gas pipe in the room, it has not been turned on, and there is no gas leak after inspection. It is not clear how they inhaled the poisonous gas."

Neighbor B said: "Late last night, I heard the car engine beeping for a long time. It may be that someone is repairing the car on the sidewalk."

Therefore, the police quickly found out that they died of murder. The murderer killed them in a strange way. Do you know what method it is?

The murderer introduced the exhaust gas from the car into the room through the small window facing the street. The exhaust gas contained carbon monoxide, and the couple died of poisoning.

Death of the Taming Girl
Mary is the taming girl of the circus, and her forte is to put her head in the lion's maw.

She has performed this stunt hundreds of times and never missed it.

This evening, it was her turn to perform again.Before the performance, she puts on makeup in the dressing room.Finally, as usual, she rubbed some oil into her hair to make it shine under the spotlights.

In a burst of fierce drumming, Mary stuck her head into the mouth of the lion she had trained.All of a sudden, the lion made a strange expression and closed his mouth, and poor Mary died.

After the incident, the police immediately conducted an investigation.

Many people thought it was an accident, because the lion had a sudden wild attack and killed Mary, but after careful observation, they did not find any abnormalities in the lion.

And the police learned from the investigation that the night before the incident, the circus artist Paul had proposed to Mary but was rejected. Paul threatened to kill Mary at the time.Paul was seen sneaking into Mary's dressing room with a glass in his hand before Mary put on makeup for her final show.Various signs indicated that Paul might be related to the case, so the police searched Mary's dressing room again, and finally found that the secret was on the bottle of hair oil.

Can you guess what's going on?

Paul added some irritating oils to the bottle of hair oil. When Mary put her head into the lion's mouth, the lion was stimulated and couldn't help sneezing. He couldn't help but suddenly closed his mouth.

topless dead

On a hot night, a murder occurred in a building in Hong Kong.

A middle school teacher was murdered in his home, naked to the waist, on the hall floor.

After investigation by the police, it was found that the deceased was strangled to death.According to further understanding, the police believe that two people are suspected of murder.

One is the younger brother of the deceased. He was a bad boy who did not seek to make progress. He was addicted to drugs and often asked his older brother for money. The two brothers often quarreled over this.

The other was the parent of a student who was expelled from the class of the deceased. This parent was rude and had a bad temper. Because his son was expelled, he was furious and threatened to beat the deceased to death.

According to the on-site investigation, the police judged the case as follows: the deceased heard the doorbell, saw the person looking for him through the eyes of the police, and opened the door, but was suddenly attacked and died.

Who do you think might be the murderer?

The murderer was the brother of the deceased.Because the deceased was naked from the upper body, the murderer must have known him very well.If it was a parent of a student, the deceased would definitely wear clothes out of politeness and would not be topless.

suspect woman
One night, Jack and his new girlfriend, Lida, are out in a sports car.Suddenly, Jack was shot dead in the right temple by a pistol.Therefore, Lida, who was sitting on Jack's left, was considered a suspect and arrested.

In addition, Mary, who was once abandoned by Jack, was testified by eyewitnesses that she had been there alone in a car of the same model that day, and the motive for the crime was very obvious.However, Mary's car is about 5 cars behind Jack's car.

According to the above situation, who should the real murderer be?

It was Mary who killed Jack.Lida sat on Jack's left, and it was impossible to draw the gun quickly and shoot Jack in the right temple.On the other hand, Mary's car is a sports car of the same model as Jack's. As long as she drives fast and has a chance to cross with Jack, Mary can use this momentary opportunity to shoot Jack.

time error

The robber who robbed a certain bank in Chicago drove east to New York City after committing the crime. After entering the New York City area, he encountered a police inspection post.According to the information sent by the Chicago police, the police at the inspection post thought this person was very suspicious, so they asked him casually:
"What time is it now, please?"

"10:[-]." He answered after looking at his watch.

"So you are the robber who robbed the Chicago bank." The policeman said with certainty.

"Don't talk nonsense, I've been living in New York for a month."

"You lied, your watch time is wrong." The police arrested him after finishing speaking.

So, what clues do the police have to know that the suspect is lying?

In the same country, the time of the two places is likely to be different. There is an hour's time difference between Chicago and New York in the United States.It should have been 11:30 New York time (EST) when officers questioned the suspect.But the suspect drove to New York, but forgot to adjust the time of his watch, so he was discovered by the police.

two dentists
There are two dentists in a remote town, one with excellent skills and the other with very poor skills.

On this day, Mr. B, who had just arrived in the town, wanted to pull out his bad tooth, but he didn't want to waste money on that poorly skilled dentist.

It was nerve-wracking that they were both wearing the same white doctor's uniform, and they were so close friends that a good doctor would never tell anyone that his friend was bad. Mr. B just came to the town not long ago, and he couldn't find a suitable person to inquire about.

However, one point of reference is that among the two of them, one of them has a mouthful of decayed teeth, while the other's teeth are bright and white.Smart reader, do you know any dentist with poor technique?
The one with white and shiny teeth is the poorly skilled dentist.Because I said before that there are only two dentists in this small town, and the skilled dentist is full of cavities because he has no one else to treat his teeth and cannot treat his own teeth.

Lu Aqiang committed suicide
In the TV series "The Spy by the Lake", the driver Lu Aqiang seemed to die in the lake because of a car out of control.After careful investigation and forensic tests, Zhong Gang, the chief of the investigation section of the Public Security Bureau, found that there was something wrong with the water in the deceased's belly.How did the investigation chief and his colleagues analyze the case?Why do you say that Lu Aqiang was killed?

Lu Aqiang's death was not a car accident, but a homicide. The investigation chief and the forensic doctor found that although the water in Lu's abdomen was also the water in the lake, there was a difference between the lake water at the scene of the car accident and the water in Lu's abdomen. After further investigation, the case progressed and it was concluded that it was a homicide.

US military hospital
In 1945, on the eve of the Allied landing in Normandy, in order to collect intelligence, the British Intelligence Department sent intelligence agent Jalen to the German-occupied area.

Ya Lun parachuted from a plane, but unfortunately there was an accident during the landing. When he landed, he injured his brain and passed out in a coma.

When Yalun woke up, he found himself lying in a ward with an American Stars and Stripes hanging on the wall, and the doctors and nurses spoke fluent American English.Yalun was confused. Was he captured by the German army or rescued by the Allied forces?
Is this US military hospital real or fake?Jaron had to make up her own mind.He counted the stars on the American flag. There were 50 stars on it, and Yaron had a sudden insight and found the answer.

Is this a real US military hospital, or a fake?

is fake.Although the United States bought Alaska in 1867 and annexed Hawaii in 1898, it was not until 1949 that these two places were designated as a federal state.In 1945, there were only 48 states in the United States, so there should only be 48 stars on the American flag.

Headlight Mystery
One late night in the 20s, Spanish secret intelligence agent K drove to a small town in the suburbs. Fifteen minutes ago, he intercepted an important piece of information, which was related to the life and death of a power plant 30 kilometers away: At 15 o'clock in the morning the next day, the bomb installed in the unit of the power plant was about to explode.He must report this important information to the secret police organization in the small town, and ask them to rush to the scene to remove the bomb and prevent accidents.

As soon as the car drove out of the sidewalk of the apartment, he found a truck driving towards him at high speed. Based on his decades of experience and intuition, K believed that the truck came from bad people.

Almost as soon as the truck hit his car, K opened the door and jumped out of the car. With a bang, his car was knocked over by the truck.

K rolled on the ground a few times, not caring that his broken knee was covered with blood, and quickly fled to the other side of the sidewalk.Intuitively, he already felt that there were at least two people chasing him behind him.Although he was carrying a pistol, he didn't want to turn around and fight back at the mob behind him.He understood his important task: he must rush to the town, send the information out quickly, and resolve the major crisis in the power plant.He bent over and ran forward desperately, he thought, there might be a taxi at the end of the sidewalk...

The thugs behind him chased closer and closer, but the thugs did not shoot.They want to catch someone alive, and they won't shoot unless absolutely necessary.

This sidewalk is very narrow, only about 5 meters wide.

K was running, when suddenly he noticed another car coming head-on.The car was driving very fast, and the headlights of the two headlights were shining so brightly that K couldn't keep his eyes open.

K was calm in his heart, and when the car approached, he hurriedly dodged to the side of the road... However, when the car passed by K, K was killed.

Is there a big car that is 5 meters wide?Obviously impossible, how is this going on?
When Sergeant M arrived at the scene, the mob and the car had just fled.Inspector M has already intercepted the information about the villain's attempt to blow up the power plant this time through another channel.When K drove away from the apartment, Sergeant M had cleared the power plant of danger.

He was afraid that something might happen to K, so he rushed to K's place in person, but he was a step too late, and K was already killed.

Sergeant M looked at the 5-meter-wide sidewalk, turned on the flashlight and looked at the wheel tracks on the ground, and finally understood how the accident happened: "It seems that K died of wrong judgment."

How did this car accident happen? K had already dodged the car with two headlights on and hid by the side of the road, how could he still be crushed to death?

K saw not one car coming, but two parallel cars.The reason he thought there was only one car coming was because both cars had only one inside light on.

The Strange Case of the Secret Room

Baron Ross is an authentic British gentleman. As a European with profound Christian culture, he admires oriental culture very much.Ross traveled to Asia as a young man and lived in India for a while, where he also learned yoga.After returning to the UK, he continued to practice yoga, so he bought an old gym and converted it into a practice place.Baron Ross is introverted and very pious. He often locks himself in the gym to practice yoga.He prepared food in the room, and usually only came out once a week or two.

Ross brought back four Indians from India and hired them to study yoga with them and introduce yoga to the West.

On this day, four Indians hurried to the baron's house and reported to the baroness: "It's not good! Lord Ross is starving to death!" The baroness rushed to the practice room and saw the baron lying on a bed On the bed, the food he had prepared was placed there intact.Two weeks ago, the baron locked himself here, and the food he prepared could last for more than half a month, but how could he starve to death?

The police came and inspected the gym.It was a solid stone house, and the door was very strong, and it was indeed locked from the inside, and there was no sign that the door lock had been opened.The indoor ground is about 15 meters away from the roof. There is a square skylight on the roof above the bed, but the window is blocked by thick iron bars. Even if the glass window is removed, it is impossible for a thin person to get in through it.In other words, this gym is a secret room completely isolated from the outside world.The police questioned the four Indians because "the first person to spot a crime scene" is often the most suspicious.But the four Indians said in unison: "My lord, in order to be able to practice alone, ordered that no one should disturb him. For two weeks, we have not been here once. Later, we were worried, so we made an appointment to visit him." , knocked on the door for a long time without any movement, looked in through the crack of the window, only to find that the Sir is lying on the bed upright..."

Police inspected the food and found no poison.Because it was winter, the food did not deteriorate, and no murder weapon was found in the room.Therefore, the police wanted to end the case with Rose committing suicide on a hunger strike.However, Mrs. Rose was dissatisfied with this, and visited Holmes personally, asking him to re-investigate the case.

Holmes conducted a detailed investigation of the scene, and finally found from the floor covered with a thin layer of dust: the four feet of the iron bed showed signs of shifting.

So he asked: "Ma'am, does your husband suffer from height fear?"

Mrs. Rose replied: "He became dizzy when he stood on a high place, and his legs were weak and he dared not move. This problem has existed since he was a child..."

"It turns out that the case can be easily solved." Holmes immediately asked the police to arrest the four Indians.The police arrested four Indians who confessed to the murder of Baron Ross, attempted to seize Ross' property, and fled back to India.What is amazing is that the details of the crime they confessed are almost exactly the same as Holmes' reasoning.

Watson, Holmes' assistant, asked Holmes: "How did you make this judgment?"

Yes, how did Holmes come to such a judgment?
While Rose was fast asleep, the four Indians hung a rope with a hook from the roof and hoisted Rose with his bed into the air. Because of his fear of heights, Rose became paralyzed and starved to death.

missing crown

A call came in the home of antique collector Smith.

"Mr. Smith?"

"It's me, who are you?"

"I'm Butler the Thief."

Smith's face twitched in pain.

"It's a prank call again. If it's okay, I'll hang up."

"Don't, don't hang up, I'm not a prank. To tell you the truth, I've taken a fancy to the Egyptian crown you treasure."

Smith's face turned pale.This Egyptian crown is a rare treasure.The crown is inlaid with more than two dozen colorful jewels, including diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires.Among them, a large diamond inlaid on the front of the crown is the most precious.The Egyptian Crown is now in a safe in Smith's study.Safes are custom made and extremely strong.

"I'll pick it up today. It's okay for you to report to the police. I'm afraid they won't be able to help you. However, it's not safe to lock you in the safe. You won't know if it's gone. In short, you should be more careful and turn around See."

The phone hung up.Shocked, Smith hurriedly called the police.

Ten minutes later, Captain Peter led 10 police officers to Smith's home.

"I'm Peter, the police officer. I have already deployed personnel inside and outside your mansion. Please rest assured."

Smith's nervous heart retracted a little bit.

"Is the Egyptian crown in that safe?" Peter said, pointing to the safe in the corner of the study.

"Yes, I usually keep it in the safe that the bank rents. I got it back from the bank because a friend wants to see it tomorrow night. Oh, by the way, it's better to check the safe while you are here. "Smith still clearly remembered what Butler said, so he opened the safe to see if the Egyptian crown was still there.

"Ah, it's so beautiful!" Peter the policeman couldn't help but exclaimed.The "Solomon Crown" that Smith took out from the safe is colorful and dazzling.The policeman Peter never dreamed that there are such beautiful things in the world.

It happened in this instant.Suddenly, the lights in the room went out, and the surroundings became pitch black, and then a gunshot was heard outside the window.

Everyone in the house flocked to the window in unison.Peter yelled out the window, "What happened?"

The police watching out the window reported in a panic: "Suddenly a suspicious figure popped out from the corner of the yard, fired a shot into the sky and ran away."

"Couldn't it be that he fired a shot when he saw the heavy security?" Police Peter thought to himself.

Soon, the electricity came and the room was lit up again.Someone had tampered with the switch outside the house.

At the same time, Smith exclaimed sadly: "Where is it? The Egyptian crown is gone?"

The crown that had just been on the table was gone.

"Wow, what a hell! The rooms are locked, and all the passages are guarded..."

Policeman Peter searched all five people present, but found no crown.

So how did Butler the Bandit steal the crown from the heavily guarded room?

Barrett hid in the chair in the room in advance, while his companion turned off the power and fired guns outside. After the power was cut off, everyone was led to the window by the gunshots, and Barrett took the opportunity to get the crown.

[-]/[-] glass of whiskey

Malone is a cheerful, alcoholic detective.He is a lawyer by profession, and he often gets drunk in bars, but many cases often hit his hands at this time.

(End of this chapter)