Holmes didn't ask the cab driver what happened. He was observing from a distance and didn't want to be seen. I agree, I also think that the cab driver was staged. But then again the cab is a horse carriage and the driver sits in the front, outside of the carriage. So he probably didn't notice anything and it was probably noisy because of the horses' walk.
Part 1 Chapter 6
So Tobias Gregson visits Holmes and tells him that he's solved the case. He's arrested someone named, Arthur Charpentier. Gregson tells Holmes that the person who was murdered, Enoch J. Drebber, was renting a room at the Charpentiers' house. Arthur supposedly chased down Drebber because Drebber wanted his sister to runaway with him. Arthur didn't like it and beat him somewhere in the stomach with a stick, which according to Gregson killed him immediately "without leaving any mark." He drags the body into the Brixton house and Gregson believes the ring and the blood are just traps for the police.
What I continued to notice the fierce competition between the detectives. Gregson mocks Holmes for not inquiring more about the hat that was left behind at the scene. Gregson visited the person who made the hat and found the address to the Charpentiers' house. Being the smart man he is, Holmes had already noticed the hat, but didn't visit the maker. In his conversaton with Gregson, Holmes seemed to be pretty laid back having found out that Gregson solved the case. Holmes probably knew something was wrong with Gregson's theory. In addition, Gregson makes fun of Lestrade because he believed Lestrade "had started off upon the wrong scent." However, Lestrade shows up and presents his findings. He tried to search for a secretary, Joseph Stangerson, who was also involved in the crime, but he finds out that he was murdered at six o'clock in the morning. So the case isn't solved! But Holmes didn't apply his incredible method of deduction this time around. The chapter ends with the cliffhanger.
More on Holmes's character: He takes advantage of other people, especially children. He had his own little group called the Baker Street division of the detective police force. The members were "the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs," and they were children too. Apparently, Holmes believes that these children are "sharp as needles" who "go everywhere and hear everything." I think this group may play a big part in solving this mystery.
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alright, so I guess we figured out the blogging problem :)
and so I guess the cab situation is explained in a better way, because at first I thought the cab was something like you'd ride in New York, but I forgot about the time period so that changes a lot about my perception of things. I'll try and keep it in mind.
It's interesting how Holmes mentions the Arabs, I don't know what to make of it in relation to Holmes' character. I guess it takes a bit of his ethos away because he's relying on children which at times can lie, and fib which makes me kind of question Holmes' as a detective if I had never heard of him.
But I've gotten a bit confused, the case is over now after the other detective found the hat owner? Or is it over according to that detective itself, Holmes' is a bit weird because he has this intuition that the other detective has not fully solved the mystery, it's just inexplainable how a person can just knw, I don't know if I make sense, but I just don't trust Holmes, how relaxed he is, while his competition is "winning the race" and he's just very laid back, and almost cocky in an inconspicious kind of way. I guess the story reminds me of the tortoise and the hare also, slow and steady wins the race, and Holmes is not trying to rush any decisions he is probably going to solve the mystery once, and it will be correct. It's just interesting how Holmes is so care free about the fact that his competition is winning.
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