Chapter 13 set

"According to you, you were not at the Hilton Hotel this evening, or at eleven o'clock last night?" Officer Michael said after listening to John's statement. "Yes," John said, "I was walking east from the south of the city, miles away from the Hilton Hotel." "Oh," Officer Michael exchanged glances with Detective Dulles, who was sitting on the side taking notes.Dulles mused: "It appears he has an alibi, although it does not seem very reliable." Hearing Dulles say this, John yelled loudly: "What do you mean? Why do you say that my alibi is unreliable? Haven't you already investigated? Sandy can also prove that I have been there all night. It's with her!"

Facing John's questioning, Detective Dulles did not respond, but kept his head down and kept taking notes.The grumpy police officer Michael couldn't help it anymore. He yelled at John: "Can a woman like Sandy be easily believed? For money, she can make up all kinds of lies!" "Aren't you too much?" John shrugged his broad shoulders helplessly and said, "At one o'clock in the morning, your men broke into my house and brought me here without any explanation. reason?" "We brought you under investigation for a good reason!" interrupted Detective Dulles. "If you hadn't been suspicious, why would we have summoned you in the middle of the night?"

Just as John was about to refute what Detective Dulles said, Officer Michael beside him said calmly: "Mr. Dulles, go out and see Pearson. Why hasn't he come back when he went out to investigate the case?" Dulles understood Officer Michael's meaning, and walked out of Officer Michael's office to the Homicide Squad's office opposite. Before going out, he did not forget to close the door behind him. Watching Detective Dulles walk out of the office, Officer Michael moved closer to John and said, "It's just the two of us here now, let's have a good talk, I hope you can cooperate."

"Okay. What else do you want to know?" John said. "At eleven o'clock last night, that is, three hours ago, two young men wearing masks and carrying weapons came to the hotel. They forced the hotel staff to open the warehouse, where the safes of the guests were stored... ..." "Yes!" John yawned impatiently, "You told me about this case just now, but what does it have to do with me?" Officer Michael stared at John closely. He felt that John's yawn just now seemed to be faked, because there was a very nervous look in his gray eyes. "Don't worry," Officer Michael continued, ignoring John's interruption, "the hotel guards rushed over after hearing the news, and they stopped the robber at the hotel entrance. The robber shot and wounded a guard, and then Running out the gate and fleeing to a car that was already waiting at the corner of the street, the rest of the guards returned fire, killing one of the robbers while the other got into the car and fled.”

"Well, a very good story!" laughed John, "but what's your purpose in telling me all this?" "Do you know who the robber who was killed was? His name is Raymond, you should know him?" Officer Michael said, "You have been in prison together, that's why we summoned you here." John smoothed his red and messy hair with his hands, and said slowly: "Yes, Raymond is my cellmate, but since he was released from prison, we have no contact with each other. What evidence do you have to prove that?" Prove that I participated in this robbery? Let me tell you, I was at Sandy's place from seven to twelve o'clock last night, you can ask her to know."

Officer Michael did not speak, but leaned back on the back of the wide chair, meditating silently.In fact, Officer Michael did not have sufficient evidence to prove that John was involved in the robbery, but based on his inference, John was probably related to the robbery. Just then, the door opened and it was Detective Dulles.He walked to Officer Michael's desk and said excitedly: "Pearson just came back, he investigated a new case." "Oh? A new case?" Officer Michael glanced at John and asked curiously, "Tell me, what is the case?" "The scene was quite tragic. The victim was stabbed six times all over his body. You can ask Pearson for details later." Dulles sat down while talking, and picked up a pen and notepad.

John looked at the two police officers and said, "Let me go! Do you want me to take the blame if you can't catch the murderer?" "Don't talk nonsense, tell your problem honestly!" Officer Michael snapped, "Is it you and Raymond..." "You're making a false accusation!" John interrupted Officer Michael, "I wasn't there at all, I was with Sandy!" He said, standing up unconvinced. "Sit down!" Officer Michael said angrily, "Mr. Dulles, if he is dishonest again, handcuff him to the chair!" John was so frightened that he quickly sat back on the chair, but he kept mumbling: "Arrest people without evidence, I want to sue you..."

"As long as you answer our questions honestly, we will never make it difficult for you." Officer Michael's tone softened a little, "You said that you were with Sandy from seven o'clock to twelve o'clock last night, right?" "Yes. I stayed at Sandy's until twelve o'clock, but it was too late, so I said goodbye to her and went back to my home." John said angrily, "Who would have imagined that I would be killed by you at one o'clock in the middle of the night?" Brought to the police station." "Can you swear that what you say is true?" Officer Michael asked.

"Of course, I can guarantee that everything I say is true!" John said. While swearing to Officer Michael that he had nothing to do with the robbery, John sneaked a look at Detective Dulles, who was quickly writing records in his notebook.John couldn't figure out what kind of medicine they were selling in the gourd. He frowned, crossed his legs, and then put them down again. Obviously, he was very disturbed. Officer Michael turned to Detective Dulles and said, "Mr. Dulles, what happened when you and Pearson went to John's apartment at one o'clock in the morning."

"John was sleeping when Pierson and I got there," Dulles said. To the police station for investigation, Pierson called Sandy on a pay phone to see if what John said was true." "What did I say? What did Sandy say?" John said confidently, "She must tell you that what I said is true, right?" Dulles said calmly: "In fact, Pierson didn't talk to Sandy on the phone. He talked to the landlord of Sandy's apartment." "I don't understand, why don't you just ask Sandy?" John looked confused. "Because Sandy's phone was never answered, Pierson called the landlord and asked her to help find..." At this point, Detective Dulles stopped, and he kept smoking.

"Yes, Sandy usually sleeps very hard." John said expectantly, "But I think you finally got in touch with her, right?" Dulles was noncommittal, but turned his head to look at Officer Michael. "Oh, let's put it this way, Pearson found Sandy." Officer Michael said, "By the way, John, I have one thing that is very puzzling. Why do you not only deny that you are with her, but insist that you are with her?" How about together?" "Mr. Police Officer, what do you mean? I didn't understand." John's buttocks were writhing uncomfortably on the chair, and he was still fiddling with his shirt collar with one hand, "I was indeed with Sandy last night. , do you have any questions?" Detective Dulles closed the notepad, turned to Officer Michael and said, "Mr. Officer, I want to tell you that someone may have seen John in Sandy's room at the time, and John knew he was seen, so he He simply admitted this. He must be betting that we cannot confirm the time of death of the deceased, but in fact, experienced forensic doctors can judge the exact time of death..." "Yes, we will ask the best forensic doctor to conduct an autopsy tomorrow to find out when she died. In this way, it will be clear whether what John said is true or not!" Officer Michael agreed. "Wait a minute," shouted John, who had been listening for a long time, "what were you talking about just now?" "We were talking about Sandy just now." "Sandy?" John's eyes widened. Officer Michael said slowly: "You said she was your witness, so Officer Pearson went to the apartment to look for her, but... something happened to her..." Hearing this, John stood up from the chair all of a sudden, with big drops of sweat slowly dripping down his cheeks, and said nervously: "Could it be...you said just now that someone was stabbed six times... Is it Sandy?" After a while of silence, Detective Dulles said: "Yes, she was dead when Pierson found her. According to preliminary speculation, she was killed last night..." "No!" John yelled, "Sandy... I didn't kill her!" "But you said just now that you were with Sandy from seven o'clock to twelve o'clock last night. How do you explain it?" Officer Michael asked. "I..." John was speechless for a moment. After a while, John finally lowered his head and said, "I'll confess everything. I was the one who robbed the hotel with Raymond in a mask yesterday. I thought we could make a fortune, but the guards blocked us in and we knocked him down." It was only then that we managed to escape with a guard, and Raymond was also killed on the way to escape, and we didn’t grab anything.” "Then why did you swear that Sandy can testify for you?" Officer Michael asked. "Ah!" John sighed, "Before the robbery, I called Sandy and promised to give her a sum of money, on the condition that she help me to perjure myself." "But now that Sandy is dead, we think you are the biggest suspect who killed her!" Officer Michael said. "I can take you to my gun," John said, taking a deep breath. "After robbing the hotel, I threw the gun into a ditch, which is proof that I actually robbed the hotel yesterday. Instead of killing Sandy!" "Okay, I'll ask Pearson to take you to find a gun. If you dare to play tricks again, I will show you some color." Officer Michael said to John. "I will cooperate honestly, Mr. Police Officer, I just participated in the robbery, but I didn't get any money, I hope you will deal with it leniently!" John said tremblingly. After John was taken away by the police, Officer Michael said to Detective Dulles with a smile: "A criminal who robs and murders rarely pleads guilty. Of course, John didn't know that the hotel guard who was injured was injured. Otherwise, he would never have confessed on his own initiative." "That's right!" Detective Dulles said, "Oh, by the way, Sandy has been taken to the police station. Would you like to listen to her statement?"