Chapter 493

In the evening, Wiggins came back to report that the baker street team had been staring at Pearson for a long time and had nothing to gain. He worked in the chemical plant as usual and had no abnormal behavior.

Holmes did not worry, just let the group of kids continue to stare, and he began to finish the paper on the influence of professional opponents.

As a result, on the next day, Wiggins rushed to the door and called. Mrs. Hudson was baking bread in the kitchen. Zhang Heng was also woken up by the sound. When he came out of the room, he saw Holmes downstairs laughing and gave seven shillings to Wiggins. "One person, one person, two of you, go to Sheriff Gregson and say Holmes called him 221B Clark street. " Then he looked up and saw Zhang Heng coming down the stairs.

"Yes, the case can finally be concluded. If Pearson is arrested, the principal offender will not be able to escape."

"Well?" Zhang Heng raised eyebrows, "your evidence has been collected."

"That's right," said Holmes, rubbing his hands. "Let's have breakfast first. By the way, we'll wait for Gregson. I'll talk about it then."

About an hour later, Sergeant Gregson reluctantly came to 221B Baker Street. As soon as he entered, he said in his voice, "I said that the case is over. What else do you want me to do? Our police work is very busy. I didn't sleep much last night."

"Well, what are you up to, new cases? Still waiting for the director's commendation. " Holmes said with a smile.

Gregson blushed and muttered, "after all, I have contributed to the city. This case has been published in the newspapers these two days. It's normal for the director to pay attention to it."

"Yes, but I think it's not too late to celebrate until the real murderer is caught." Said Holmes.

"The real killer?" Gregson was stunned.

"Come with me, it won't take you much time." Holmes said, "by the way, are you handcuffed?"

"Yes, yes." Gregson said impatiently, "I've got the gun, too. I don't leave these things."

"I don't think we can use a gun. After all, the other side is not a vicious one. Besides, we have experts here." As Holmes said this, he glanced at Zhang Heng. It's hard for him to forget what happened yesterday. His eyes are still slightly swollen.

"Come on, gentlemen."

They didn't rush to the chemical plant immediately. Instead, they took a carriage to a pawnshop. Holmes said to the pawnshop owner, "someone pawned a carpet before. Where is that carpet?"

Pawnbroker smell speech, the face immediately showed nervous color, secretly scolded a, "I know."

"Well?"

"Not you, gentlemen. I'm talking about the guy who pawned carpets before. I doubted him at that time. To tell you the truth, I've been in this business for a long time, but I've seen many people's eyes. It's hard to see him dressed like that. How could there be such a good carpet, and I chose to trade it in the morning when I just opened the door, I thought to myself at that time, "don't think he stole it."

"Well, how dare you accept it?" Gregson said.

The boss showed a smile.

"How much did you give him?" Asked Holmes.

"Two Two pounds. " The boss said, "I think about the workmanship and materials. If I really want to take them out and buy them, it will cost 20 or 30 pounds at least."

"So you only need to change hands to get ten times as much profit." Holmes said, "come on, don't feel bad. It's evidence. It's involved in a homicide case. Maybe we can give it back to you after we use it. Now, take us to have a look first."

"Good OK

The boss took three people to the warehouse where they put the pawn. Holmes squatted down and could see the blood in the middle of the carpet without using a magnifying glass.

It was obviously cleaned, but not cleaned.

"That doesn't mean anything." Gregson said, but he could hear that his voice had been shaken. He was a little flustered at this time, as if he was comforting himself. He added, "and the boss also said that this thing might have been stolen."

"This is the carpet in John Jones' office." Holmes said, "to be honest, I didn't expect it to go so well. I thought he would handle it in a more secure way."

"How does the name sound familiar? Wait Is this the current owner of John's textile mill? " Gregson finally remembered where the name came from. "He was the one who received us when he went to the textile mill, and he looked good."

"The women workers in the textile factory don't think so. This is not the first time he has harassed the women workers in the factory." Sherlock Holmes said, "although we don't want to talk about it, I still try to find out that after he took over the textile factory from his father the year before last, the female workers here often had unexpected pregnancies. Of course, in the end, most of them didn't make any noise and left the textile factory after taking a severance payment."

"It's really not a glorious thing," Gregson said, obviously softening his attitude. "Well, I admit that something may have been missed before, and Mr. John seems to have some suspicion, but I still want to say that Paul is still my number one suspect here. After all, his bloody clothes under the bed are real.""Don't worry, listen to me." Holmes laughed.

"On the night of the incident, it was Molly's turn to clean up. She was the last one to leave. At that time, the light in John's office was also on, so at the end, only they were in the factory, which left him time to commit a crime. The next day, Zhang and I went to visit the textile factory, and the guy at the door told us that John was not there, which was very suspicious in itself. After such a thing happened, he said Recently, I should try to appease the female workers in the factory. I found time to sneak into John's office and noticed that his carpet had been changed. The new carpet size was obviously not very suitable. It was estimated that it was picked up from home for emergency. There was a faint bloodstain in the corner of his imposing desk, which seeped into the wood grain, but as you said, it still couldn't be explained Molly's clothes under the bed. "

It's not entirely impossible for Gregson to sit in the position of sergeant. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "don't tell me that John framed Paul. For one thing, Paul works in the chemical plant next door, and John may not know him. For another thing, even if he knows that there is such a person as Paul, he can't know where the latter lives. The road in the slum can make John dizzy, like him If people of the same identity go in and out there too conspicuously, they can't be ignored

"Yes, that's right, so I think there is an accomplice in this case." Said Holmes.

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