Chapter 493 Carpet

In the evening, Wiggins came back to report that the Baker Street team stared at Pearson for a long time without gaining anything. He was working in the chemical plant as usual and did not behave abnormally.

Holmes was not in a hurry, and just let the group of brats continue to stare, while he himself started to finish the paper on the influence of professional opponents.

As a result, Wiggins rushed to call the door the next day. Mrs. Hudson was startled as she was baking bread in the kitchen. Zhang Heng was also woken up by the sound. When he came out of the house, he saw the downstairs Holmes was laughing, and gave Wiggins seven shillings, "One for each of you, two for yourself, go to Sergeant Gregson and tell him that Holmes called him to come to 221B Baker Street." Then he looked up. To Zhang Heng who came down the stairs.

"It's done. This case can finally be concluded. With Pearson arrested, the principal culprit can't escape."

"Huh?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows, "You have collected all the evidence."

"That's right," Holmes said, rubbing his hands together. "Let's have breakfast first, and wait for Gregson by the way. I'll talk about it together when the time comes."

About an hour later, Sergeant Gregson reluctantly came to 221B Baker Street, and said in a loud voice as soon as he entered the door, "I said the case is over, why are you looking for me, our police work is also very busy , I couldn’t sleep much last night.”

"Really, what are you busy with? New case? Still waiting to receive the commendation from the director general." Holmes laughed.

Gregson blushed and muttered, "After all, I have also contributed to this city. This case has been in the newspapers for the past two days. It is normal for the director to attach importance to it."

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

"The real murderer?" Gregson was taken aback.

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

"I've got it." Gregson said impatiently, "I've got a gun too. I never leave these things."

"I don't think you can use a gun. After all, the other party is not a vicious person. Besides, we have experts here." Holmes glanced at Zhang Heng who was beside him as he spoke. It was hard for him to forget what happened yesterday. Still a little swollen.

"Come on, gentlemen."

The three of them did not rush to the chemical plant immediately, but first came to a pawnshop in a carriage. Holmes said to the owner of the pawnshop, "Someone pawned a carpet before. Where is that carpet?"

When the pawnshop owner heard the words, a nervous look appeared on his face, and he cursed secretly, "I knew it."

"Um?"

"I'm not talking about you, gentlemen. I'm talking about the kid who pawned the carpet before. I was suspicious of him at the time. To tell you the truth, I've been in this business for so long and my eyes have seen many people. Dressed like him, it looks like a bitter haha, how could there be such a good carpet, and it was specially picked for trading in the early morning, when the door just opened, I was thinking in my heart, he must have stolen this thing Bar."

"Hey, then you still dare to accept it?" Gregson said.

The boss smiled when he heard this.

"How much did you pay him?" asked Holmes.

"Two... two pounds." The boss said, "I'm thinking about the workmanship and materials. If I really want to buy it, it will cost at least twenty or thirty pounds to get it."

"So you can get ten times the income just by changing hands." Holmes said, "Come on, don't feel bad, this thing is evidence, and it is involved in a murder case. Maybe we can return it after we use it up." Here you go, now, take us to see it first."

"Okay... okay."

The boss brought the three of them to the warehouse where the pawns were stored. Holmes squatted down and could see the blood stains in the middle of the carpet without a magnifying glass.

It had obviously been cleaned and wiped down, but not wiped clean.

"This can't explain anything." Gregson said, but he could hear his tone was a little shaken, and he was a little flustered at this moment, as if to comfort himself, and said, "And the boss also said this It was probably stolen."

"This is the carpet in John Jones's office." Holmes said. "To be honest, I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. I thought he would use a more secure method to deal with this thing."

"Why does this name sound familiar, wait... this is the current owner of John Textile Factory?" Gregson finally remembered where the name came from, "He was the one who received us when we went to the textile factory, Others seem fine."

"The female workers in the textile factory don't think so. This is not the first time he has harassed those female workers in the factory." Holmes said, "Although no one wants to talk about it, I still managed to find out how he After taking over the textile factory from my father, the female workers here often had unplanned pregnancies, and of course most of them kept silent in the end, and left the textile factory after taking a severance pay.”

"It's really not a glorious thing." Gregson's attitude was obviously softened, and he paused, "Well, I admit that I may have missed something before, and Mr. John seems to have some suspicions, but I still want to Said that the kid named Paul is still my number one suspect here, after all, the bloody clothes under his bed are real."

"Don't worry, just listen to me." Holmes smiled.

"It was Molly's turn to clean up on the night of the incident. She was the last person to leave. It happened that the lights in John's office were on at that time, so they were the only ones in the factory at the end, which left him time to commit the crime. Zhang and I went to visit the textile factory the next day. The guy at the door told us that John was not there. Sneaking into John's office, he noticed that his carpet had been replaced. The size of the new carpet was obviously not very suitable. It was probably brought from home for emergency. There was also faint blood stains on the corner of his imposing desk. Seeps into the wood grain, but like you said, that still doesn't explain Molly's clothes under Paul's bed."

It wasn't a complete lump of elm that Gregson was able to sit in the position of sheriff. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "Don't tell me that John blamed Paul. Now that Paul works in the chemical plant next door, John might not even Knowing him, secondly, even if he knew that there was such a person as Paul, it was impossible for him to know where the latter lived. The road in the slum area could make John faint. Probably no one noticed."

"That's right, so I believe there is another accomplice in this case," said Holmes.