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Chapter 6 Tobias Gregson Shows

What He Can Do

第六章 托拜厄斯·格雷格森大显身手

The papers next day were full of the "Brixton Mystery,"
as they termed it. Each had a long account of the affair, and

some had leaders upon it in addition. There was some
information in them which was new to me. I still retain in my
scrap-book numerous clippings and extracts bearing upon
the case. Here is a condensation of a few of them:

第二天，各家报纸都连篇累牍地刊登着他们所谓的“布里克斯顿谜

案”。每家报纸都有长篇报道，有些还特意写了社论。其中有些消息是

我还不知道的。我的剪贴簿里现在还保存着不少关于这个案子的剪报
和摘录。下面是一些摘取的片段：

The Daily Telegraph remarked that in the history of
crime there had seldom been a tragedy which presented
stranger features. The German name of the victim, the
absence of all other motive, and the sinister inscription on

the wall, all pointed to its perpetration by political refugees
and revolutionists. The Socialists had many branches in
America, and the deceased had, no doubt, infringed their
unwritten laws, and been tracked down by them. After

alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari,
the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the
principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the
article concluded by admonishing the Government and

advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.

《每日电讯报》评论说，在犯罪史上，几乎没有几件惨案比这件
更离奇。被害者的德国名字、不明的犯罪动机、墙壁上邪恶的题字，

所有这些都表明，这是政治流亡犯和革命党所干的勾当。在美国有很
多社会党的流派，而死者毫无疑问是触犯了他们的潜规则，又被他们