Chapter 5 Manuscript (Part II)

"Today, I will tell you the truth about this murder," said my friend, standing at the moment in the hall of Cransville Manor, with a serious face. "Oh, Mr. Holmes, did you investigate it so quickly? Then please tell me who killed my wife so cruelly." Mr. Klinger asked eagerly, so excited that he even spilled the coffee in his hand. . "Yes, at this moment I know very well who the murderer is, and I believe that the laws of Great Britain will not condone such a cruel murderer." Holmes turned to Mr. Klinger and said clearly, "The murderer is you." , Mr George Klinger."

"How? You must be mistaken. How could I kill my wife!" Mr. Klinger shouted. "But you have a motive. If Mrs. Klinger dies, then the large family property she inherited - including this Cransville estate - will be yours." Inspector Sutherland said. "But that doesn't mean I'm the murderer," said Mr. Klinger, flushing. Holmes signaled Police Officer Sutherland not to rush to speak with his eyes, but he slowly said to Mr. Klinger: "You are the main culprit, and of course you have an accomplice, that is Hawke. As for why I saw all this, It's very simple, because of a small flaw in your plan, that is, when Hawke knocked on the door of the hostess Mrs. Klinger's room, the first person he went to was not you as the host, but It's me as a guest. If the door can't be opened, of course I have to look for the key, so who else has the key except the hostess? Of course it's the host, but why does Hawk go to find me who also doesn't have a key? It's not that Hawke doesn't want to go to you, but he can't go to you, because you—Mr. Klinger—were not in his room at all.

"After you've killed Mrs. Klinger, climb out of the window, go back to your room, and come out as if nothing happened. All this takes time, and you know that climbing the window is a dangerous thing." Work. Afterwards you can blame everything on the escaped mental patient, which is a perfect scapegoat." "Mr. Holmes, your reasoning is flawed. In fact, I can kill my wife myself. Why do I need an accomplice Hawke?" Mr. Klinger retorted. "Hehe, you must have thought so when I didn't come to the Cransville Manor, but when you saw me coming to the manor, you felt that there must be an accomplice. In fact, Hawke's role is on record Keep an eye on me at all times, lest I come to stop me because I heard the noise that the murder may make; if all goes well, Hawke will let me deal with the door by myself, and prevent me from going to Mr. Klinger, you, Because at that time, no matter how fast you act, you will not be able to return to your room. This is a safe arrangement."

"Then I can wait for you to leave the Cransville Manor before acting. Why do I have to take this risk?" Mr. Klinger retorted again. "This is because you can't wait any longer. Watson's attack shows that the escaped mental patient is near the Cransville estate at the moment, and the patient may be caught at any time. If that happens, you have no scapegoat. Police The focus of the investigation will naturally be on you, after all, you are the biggest beneficiary after Mrs. Klinger's death. "You see, everything is explicable," concluded Holmes. "What about the evidence? The above are all your reasoning, and you have no evidence."

"No, I have." Holmes said calmly. He carefully took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from his pocket and opened it. It was a broken carriage axle. "It was found at the scene of Hawke's car accident. You see, there are obvious traces of man-made damage here, indicating that Hawke did not die in a simple car accident, but was murdered and silenced. It was you who destroyed the carriage in advance, so that Hawke could call the police in the town Died in a car accident on the way, achieving your goal of silence." "But this can only show that Hawke died of murder, and it doesn't mean that Hawke was killed by me?!" Mr. Klinger argued.

"Hehe," Holmes sneered, "it seems that Mr. Klinger doesn't know much about some scientific progress in recent years. Please look at our palms, and you will find that there are many small lines on them. Fingerprints, and everyone's fingerprints are different. As far as I know, this method of individual identification has been used as far back as ancient China and Babylon. I have personally done some research on this, and The results of these studies have helped my old friend at Scotland Yard, Inspector Lestrade, to solve several cases. There is also a Mr. Francis Galton in Britain who, as far as I know, is preparing to take the Some of his research results have been published in books."

"But it doesn't have my fingerprint on it," said Mr. Klinger. "The kind of fingerprints that can be seen with the naked eye we call visible fingerprints, and there are fingerprints that cannot be seen with the naked eye, we call sweat latent fingerprints. They are formed by sweat, or from the fingers, or because the fingers Forms from involuntary contact with areas of the face, fingers, and body that have sebaceous glands. Even if your hands are thoroughly cleaned and dried, if you put your hands on your face or hair, there is a high risk of leaving Sweat latent fingerprints, especially on glass surfaces or smooth wood.

"Many methods can be used to process or extract sweat latent fingerprints for inspection. I personally think that the most common method is to use ash powder or black powder. But on permeable inspection materials, such as paper and thick cardboard, then It is more difficult to extract. I think it is best to use iodine fumigation, iodine can react with the oil in sweat to extract fingerprints. "Well, are you willing to do this experiment? If you are innocent, there must be no fingerprints on it. I promise, it will not hurt at all." Mr. Klinger looked at Holmes and began to laugh. Gradually he laughed more and more, his face became paler, and he even burst into tears.Holmes' complexion gradually changed. He suddenly stepped forward and snatched the coffee cup from Mr. Klinger's hand. Mr. Klinger staggered and fell to the ground, his face turned blue, and the muscles on his face twitched.

"Watson, hurry up!" I hurried to catch up, but it was too late, and Mr. Klinger had already stopped breathing under the violent convulsions. "It's cyanide," I said. Holmes nodded and said, "I didn't expect him to be like this." Police Officer Sutherland said: "Leave the rest to our police, and we will handle it properly. But Mr. Holmes, you are really good. If you count, he will leave fingerprints on this axle." "No, actually I don't know whether Klinger has left fingerprints on it. There is no material here for me to test. What I said just now was just to deceive him." Holmes said slyly.

Leaving the astonished officer Sutherland behind, Holmes walked out of the hall slowly... "Isn't this exactly the same as my reasoning? You lie to me." Fifth Young said dissatisfied. "You haven't finished it yet, so read on, there's more to come." Shen Xiaoqing said. "I'd like to see what other tricks you can play." Fifth Yang said bitterly, and continued to read...