48 Hours a Day

“It's actually not that difficult," Holmes said, “honestly, I thought I'd heard what Griggson said before, at least the kind that happened on Allen Island in 1832, and it wasn't that big of a deal to go to the scene and see what I found, let's start with John's Textile Factory. ”

Holmston, “Remember what we talked about this afternoon? ”

“Are you talking about the effects of professional rivalry? ”

“Yes, I've been doing research in this area lately, looking for a lot of people from all walks of life in London City, including masons, fishermen, cooks, typists, etc… I go out every morning just before dawn, I've been in the slums until the sun goes down, I've spent a lot of time studying their hand patterns, comparing with each other, and with others in the industry, and the results are remarkable, and I'm just going to sort it out into a paper," Holmes Road, "and just now, by the river, I focused on examining the kid's hand, comparing her hand to my findings, although her body has been soaking in the water for quite some time, there is no doubt that she works in a textile mill, so your previous observations are fine, because the long work made her body a little weak, and she probably was still sick when it happened. ”

“But there are so many textile mills in London, how can you be sure that she's in that John textile mill? ”

“Good question," Holmes said, "I tend to think that the distance between where the body was abandoned and where it was found is very close, which is also a good explanation. The time to discover the body is during the day, although the river is a little foggy, the visibility is actually OK, plus the occasional passing of cruise ships or freighters, and if there are bodies on the river, it is very difficult to float too far away to be discovered. ”

“Wait, but you said her body was soaked in water for quite some time. ”

“Yes,” Holmes smiled cunningly, "but also drew my attention to my words, which I said was that her body had soaked in the water for quite some time, not drifted for quite some time. ”

“What's the difference between the two? ”

“Of course, depending on the state of the body, the time of death of the victim should be last night, after the perpetrator accidentally killed her, the whole person panicked, he threw the body into the river, and should also tie stones or something, so that no one would find out, people would only think that the child was missing, people in the city came and went every day who couldn't mix up, especially for a lower class like her, not many people cared about where she went, know that the police department's attitude towards disappearance and murder was completely different. ”

“Then why was her body found again by the patrol police? ”

“There are many possibilities, maybe the perpetrator was too nervous, did not tie the rope, maybe something happened, broke the rope..." Holmes said, "I'm not bluffing. In addition to my time problems, I did find traces of being tied to the rope on the victim's wrist, so that would make sense. Her body soaked in the water for a long time, but it didn't really take long to get out of the trap and float where it was found. ”

“John's Textile Factory is the nearest textile factory upstream from here, and it was my first suspicion, and I also found some blue crystals in her hair, copper sulfate, which formed after she met water, and coincidentally, next door to John's Textile Factory is a chemical factory, which is the most important basis for my last inference.” Holmes Road.

“At first sight, this has elevated criminal investigations to a level of near sophisticated science.” Zhang Heng also sent a heartfelt compliment.

Holmes heard the compliment, although not saying anything, but the expression on his face seemed to be very pleasant, and he paused to continue, “As for the inference of the perpetrator, it is not great to put it through. ”

“I would like to hear more about it. ”

“We all know that the perpetrator tried to take advantage of the victim, but she was fiercely resisted by the child, she was brave and had been fighting each other, but the power gap between the two sides was too obvious, so she didn't escape eventually, but the guy wasn't comfortable for too long, and the victim grabbed her skin. Although the body was soaked in the water for a long time, some skin tissue still remained in the nail stitches, which is probably why he was angry and strangled her with a single hand. ”

“Wait... did you say your child was strangled? ”

“Exactly.” Holmes is quite certain.

“But wasn't she hit in the head?” Zhang Heng asked.

“Like I said, there was a struggle between the two of them, and from the marks on the wound, I tend to think that her head hit the table, but it wasn't fatal, whether it was suffocation that really killed her or choked her, not choked her in the water, but strangled her throat, bruised her neck, but it wasn't obvious after soaking water, and the average person probably didn't find it easy to say that they knew each other well, at that time, it was already dark, and it was almost impossible for a man and a woman who didn't know each other to live in the same room. ”

“What about height? You said he was about six feet tall. How did you guess?” Zhang Heng asked.

“Well, that takes a little bit of skill," Holmes said, "I simulated them at the time... well, the position, the woman on the lower side of the man, and then against the bruise on the neck, you can determine the direction and angle of the palm of the hand, and then calculate the approximate height of the perpetrator, which is about my size. ”

Holmes talked and finally cleared up all the previous reasoning before serving.

A lot of things in the world are like this. It's amazing and incredible when you first hear the conclusions, but once you know the reasoning process, it doesn't seem so mysterious anymore, it's like magician magic.

“Positive reasoning is easy, such as seeing bread and knowing it's breakfast, but not the other way around. It's also a detective's ability to exercise. If you want to learn, you can start by guessing a profession, and guess what profession he's in, such as the one behind you, from a man's clothes, sleeves, shoes, cocoons on his forefinger, nail covers, shirts, expressions, etc., and just by looking at the table, you can tell he's just back from Afghanistan, he's a military doctor. ”

Zhang Heng heard that for the first time tonight, a strange look on his face appeared. I don't think it's such a coincidence.

Holmes thought Zhang Heng didn't believe it and said, “We can make a bet and see who among us can accurately say more about him. Rest assured, I've never seen him before. ”