… The next day the police arrested
both brothers and charged both with the murder.
The twins were interrogated
separately. The police tried to get at the heart of the matter and told one of
them that they had the goods on another brother, and vice versa. Predictably,
one of them took the spear in his chest to defend his brother.
To the chagrin of the defendants, at
the same time their wives were interrogated too. Under penalty, one of the
wives confessed that on that day her husband had come home at daybreak with a
mixture of fear and malice in his eyes.
All these facts gave rise to doubt,
and the police tried to find new evidence. They examined the scene of the crime
again and found a handkerchief with the fingerprints on it. The prints were
identical with those of the convicted person, of one of the brothers.
So the crime was solved by the
police and the murderer endured the punishment at the hands of the law.
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ReplyDeleteWasn't the murderer wearing gloves when he was standing on the porch of Mrs. Parker's house? Why did the wife eventually confess? Did she bear a grudge against her husband and was only happy to get rid of him?
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