"The Devil takes you!" growled James but Morton held him back.

Stephen continued,"...matched the shoes of Martin, but I tell you inspector, this cunning devil just made a hoax. He bought the same shoes as Martin, applied some sand on the soles and made shoe prints on stairs of his house. To prove this, you may also remember inspector, I knocked down a watering can and then I quickly bent down to pick it up. All I wanted to do was to examine the shoe prints of James, and surprisingly, they matched like the shoe prints on the stairs! James told that John had nothing in his wallet. Actually James himself took out the money from his brother's wallet to make it look as if the murderer took the money with him. James told me that he heard footsteps running down the staircase. I deduced that he had made a fake plan as no one was there to witness it. Then I asked James that did he hear his brother screaming for help? He answered no. I felt strange as a person should make a noise if attacked by another man. So keeping the fact: "There was no trace of violence on John's body" in my mind, I deduced that James must have poisoned John's drink or dinner, as a person feels sleepy and dies instantly when he swallows poison. To put it simply, most of the answer lied beneath those shoe prints. Have I spoken the truth, doctor?"

"Y-yes" said James embarrassed.

"Take him away inspector and please free Martin Hopkins." said Stephen.

"Wow Stephen you're clever detective! You solved the case with utmost ease!" said Morton.

"Elementary, my friend." smiled Chris Stephen.

THE END