Chapter 29 Chapter 28 The Man Who Died Twice

Officer Bonn and Esham dragged their tired bodies to Bradoudo at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, but their faces were full of excitement.A federal police officer was with them, and in the back seat were the heavy-faced, unhappy couple Patsy and Elizabeth, surnamed Lin.After the young British couple were sent to Mineola, Bonn felt relieved immediately and stretched his body. At this moment, Bill rushed over. The smug expression on Bonn's face disappeared and was replaced by an expression of uneasiness.Esham was very angry after hearing Adori's message, and cursed some words in his mouth: "What should we do now?"

Born yelled, "Of course I'm catching up from behind!" After that, he climbed back to the police car that got off just now, and the district attorney grabbed his bald head and followed him into the car in a daze. The two were at the Mineola Airport and heard about Professor Yadoli flying the plane to the southwest at six o'clock in the morning. Ten minutes later, the two walked into the cabin of a large plane with three engines and flew to the same target . It was already one thirty in the afternoon when the two arrived in Arroyo. They disembarked on the plain a quarter of a mile from the city. When they arrived at the village hall, a man in a blue uniform was sitting on the steps of the stairs, The broom was at his feet, snoring peacefully.He got up slowly when the officer spoke to him: "Are you from New York? Bonn or Esham, right?"

"right!" "Someone asked me to deliver the letter to you!" He took out the crumpled and sweat-drenched letter from his pocket. The two read the professor's letter in silence, then turned the paper over, and there was Ellery's handwriting on it: "It was really killed!" Esham moaned. "What time did Mr. Quinn leave here?" Bonn asked the administrator. "It's about one o'clock!" replied the administrator. "What's the matter? I think everyone is busy." "Let's go, Esham will lead me!" said the police officer, "I have to see the hut first."

The door to the hut was closed, and Esham and Bonn had a hard time getting over the fence. "You can't walk on footprints!" said the sergeant. "Ah . . . the devious footprints here must be Quinn's!—" The two stood there, looking at the line of footprints that Ellery had observed an hour before. There are two complete sets of footprints. There are no other footprints here except Ellery's footprints. It is quite clear from the footprints. One set enters the hut, and the other set crookedly. Outside the open fence, because of the protruding rocks, the footprints are not very clear. The footprints entering the hut are deeper than the ones leaving, and all footprints are deeper than the right foot.

"That's right, lame footprints," Bonn said to himself, "the first set was weird—" They avoided the two sets of footprints and walked into the door. When the two saw the scene in the hut, their hearts seemed to be dug out because the scene was terrifying.Just like that, on the inner wall of the house, there was a headless man's body nailed to a rough log like a medal.His feet were firmly pinned there, and the blood-stained clothes on his body, which must have been that of the unfortunate headmaster, were dripping on the stone floor and splashing on the walls. Many, and the last time Ellery and Esham came here, the situation has completely changed.The hut is like a slaughterhouse, and there are blood spots on the rush mat. The table where the items were originally placed seems to be used as a chopping board, and there is a decorative T written in blood.

"I can't take it anymore," Bonn said to himself. "It's disgusting. If a murderer like this is caught by me, he must be strangled to death." "I'm going outside!" Esham said, "I can't do it, I'm about to pass out." He staggered out, leaned against the wall, and pressed his hands on his chest. Bonn shrugged, blinked, and walked into the room.He avoided the pool of blood and walked to the corpse. From the nails on his palms and feet, little by little blood oozed out. "About fifteen hours after death," Bonn thought, pumping his fists and looking at the crucified body.On that bright red, hollow corpse with the neck and the tightly bound feet was a crazy caricature of the devil's ugliness... a T-shaped monster made of human flesh.

Bonn felt like he was going to faint, but he fought back.He stepped back, and there were several things near the table, a heavy ax with dried blood on the handle and blade, obviously, it was the tool used to cut off the head of Andreaa Tivar , there is a rolled up bandage next to it, like a doughnut without thickness, the outer layer is dirty and covered with blood.The police officer picked it up carefully, but the moment he picked up the bandage, it fell apart in two. He was a little surprised, it was cut with a sharp knife, probably scissors!The officer guessed, yes, there were scissors dropped in haste on the floor a few feet away.Bonn walked towards the door, Esham's face was still pale, but he seemed to have recovered a little.

"Oh! It's a big place outside, it's a good place to refresh your mind!" Bonn said while holding the bandage, "Look! What is this?" The District Attorney wrinkled his nose and looked embarrassed: "That is gauze wrapped around the wrist. It is stained with blood and iodine has been applied on it. It can be seen that someone was injured." "That's right!" Bonn said with a wry smile, "From the blood stains, it must be an injury to the wrist, because the only thing the human body can wrap around is the wrist. If it's around the ankle, it should be bigger."

"So Kloshak has a wound on his wrist, from fighting, or cutting up the body, but why did he leave the gauze for us to find out? Look at the situation here, the wound must have started a fight. This is evidence, and the gauze was left in a hurry—however, although Klossak wanted to leave the cabin early, it was not really so urgent, and he left the gauze, perhaps because That wound can be covered up, probably covered by the cuff, let's go back inside!" Ersham swallowed his saliva, summoned up his courage and went into the cabin with the police officer, and then Bonn pointed to the ax to show Ersham, there was a nearby bottle that was lying on the ground and was not labeled, it was blue, and there was another Half of the gauze has been loosened.

"That's iodine!" Bonn said. "It can be seen that the murderer took the bottle from the medicine cabinet, but accidentally knocked it over. The glass is a little thick so the bottle is not broken." The two walked to the corner a few feet away from the dead body. On it was a cabinet that Esham had noticed last time. It was full of things, including toothpaste, cotton cloth, a roll of bandages and gauze, and there was an iodine label on it. and bottles labeled Red Potion, and bottles and jars—laxatives, aspirin, zinc oxide ointment, petroleum jelly, and others. "The guy used Pang's stuff. The bandages and the big bottle of iodine were all taken from the cupboard. I think he's worried now, thinking he just put it away."

"Wait a minute!" said Ersham. "Isn't it rash to say that it was Kloshak who was wounded? What if the wounded was the dead? Do you know what I mean? Lothak, then he will fall for him." "Well, you are really not simple!" He straightened his fat shoulders, "We have one thing to do now, and that is to inspect the corpse." "Hey, wait!" Esham moaned worriedly, "I—Bonn! I don't want it!" "What do you say?" said Bonn loudly. "I don't want to! But it must be done!" Ten minutes later, the headless body was lying on the ground. They began to examine the hands and feet. Except for the nail scars, there were no other injuries.Bonn took off the ragged clothes of the deceased, revealing a snow-white carcass. Esham put his hands on his shoulders and leaned against the wall. The police officer turned the horrific corpse over and examined it carefully. "No!" he said, standing up. "Except for the nail mark on the palm, there is no other wound. So it was Kloshak who was injured." "Let's get out of here! Please!" The two took a deep breath of the natural fresh air.After arriving in the village, Bonn found the phone and called the county office. After finding the prosecutor Kermit, they talked a few words, then hung up the phone and came to Esham: "This case has been leaked, we Just asking him for this, Kermit said he would send Police Officer Picard and the medical examiner here, and that I had told him about the new case that just happened in Hankoku, and asked him to give us some freedom of movement." The two left. Go to Arroyo Boulevard and walk towards the pits. "Now for Andrew Pang, they must hold a second autopsy report investigation court." Ersham didn't answer, his nausea didn't subside, and the two immediately hired a car and set off, raising a lot of dust like Ellery an hour and a half ago, and galloped away. His goal was the Ohio River and Stuart. Bienville.