New Gods of North America.

Chapter 227 Encounter
There are victims, accomplices, and third-party witnesses.
Even if it happened in the West, the leader of the group that escaped would basically be on the wanted list.

Some of the agents helped treat the wounded and prisoners, while others cleaned up the scene.
There were originally ten people on the attacked side, six of them were dead and two were injured. One of them was being bandaged, and the other one seemed to need to be sent to a doctor immediately.
The total number of the other side was estimated to be sixteen or seventeen, with five bodies left at the scene and one person surrendering.

It is still necessary to confirm your identity at this time.

After all, the things found on the victim's body are other people's personal belongings, while the things left behind by the criminals are considered trophies.

The detectives helped the other side to load the bodies of the victims and the seriously injured into the carriage.

Wayne chatted with the leader of the other team for a while, exchanged names and contact information, and got a general understanding of the situation.
Then Wayne learned the name of the leader of the crime team, John Russ.

If we don't take into account the possibility of escape or reinforcement, then the other group should have at least ten people now.

Since the seriously injured did not look very good, the few remaining people on the attacked side rushed to find a doctor.
The two carriages drove away one after the other and soon took their companions away. All we could say was that we would meet again if we were lucky.

If necessary, Wayne and his team will be witnesses in court, or witnesses to assist in confirming the identity of the criminal.
In return, the other party left some guns and bullets to the detective agency. Some horses and supplies that could no longer be taken away were also given to everyone as gifts.

The prisoner who survived was wounded in the leg. He could not run away, and he probably could not die.
After confirming that the dead were not wanted criminals, Wayne gave the prisoner a shovel and asked him to help dig a grave for his dead accomplices. He would then make a few simple wooden tombstones and engrave their names on them to make it easier for law enforcement officers to come and investigate and collect evidence.

This area is remote and probably under the jurisdiction of the county police or state police.

Wayne also asked Doug to give the agents an employee education class, reminding them that if they were not careful, they might be the ones being taken away in the carriage.

Finally, after cleaning up the scene and counting the spoils, there were ten more lever-action rifles and three pistols. Some of the horses had run away, so there were eleven left. By the way, there were also some odds and ends found from saddles or other places.
Afterwards, all the members of the detective agency gathered in the valley and found a place upstream of the river to rest temporarily.

After a while, Wayne and his friends met the team led by Chris Mannix and the town sheriff Mr. Daggett. The two groups really worked together.

Because they had just witnessed an attack, the detectives were on high alert. Several detectives on guard immediately spotted the "scouts" they had sent.
Unfortunately, they didn't seem to meet the survivors who left, so they were now very wary of the people from the detective agency who stayed not too far from the scene.

He looked like a bounty hunter who treated the detective agency as a "robbery".

Wayne was rational and walked over to explain the situation to them, telling them that he had the contact information of the survivors and even brought out the captives to testify.
After hearing this, Sheriff Daggett had a thoughtful look on his face.

After seeing the captives, Chris dispelled his suspicion of Wayne. After all, if the crime was committed by a team, there was no reason for them to keep captives - at least not those who looked so "ordinary", unless Wayne had become accustomed to the two beauties around him and his taste had changed.

Just happened to meet the sheriff, and Wayne also wanted to get rid of the burden:
"Mr. Daggett, although the case did not happen in your town, if you are willing to help bring the prisoner to the county police or state police, I can hand the prisoner over to you now."

Mr. Daggett, who had been so reluctant before, was now willing to help:

"Okay, then I'll take the prisoner away. I will report the case here to the relevant departments later. If you need relevant proof, you can come to the town to find me. Chris can also serve as a witness for our handover."

Mr. Daggett snapped his fingers and someone came out to take the prisoner away. Wayne observed for a while and found that although he had few people under him, they all looked experienced and capable.
In terms of feeling, he is a bit like an old detective who has been in the industry for many years, or a former professional soldier or something.

There is a temperament of being at the top of the food chain.

It seemed that the two gangs had not known each other for long. Chris seemed to have recruited a few more people, and it seemed that they had a slight advantage in numbers.
But at this moment, after they worked together, it was obvious that the team was led by Mr. Daggett.

After slightly allaying the suspicion of the detective agency, Mr. Daggett left with his men.
Inessa observed for a while and seemed to have the same feeling as Wayne, "The people around Mr. Daggett look very professional."

Lina nodded to this, "It feels like they have been secretly observing the manpower and defense of our camp. If they hadn't followed the sheriff, I would have thought they were bad guys who wanted to attack us."

"Not really. After all, Virginia is a prosperous state on the East Coast. It won't be as chaotic as in the West." Wayne responded casually.

Inissa and Lina silently glanced towards the place where the crime had just occurred, shrugged their shoulders in tacit understanding, and did not answer.

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After that, Wayne and his team "scanned line by line" in the area for two days, but they didn't find any new clues.

Wayne was a little suspicious whether the gang had received any news or noticed any signs and changed their plan of action.

It is also possible that the news itself is not accurate.

So the carriage led the horse team that had become a long line, and everyone looked at the direction indicated on the map, intending to find a place closer to digest the spoils first.

The group that ran away didn't seem to have any intention of coming back for revenge.
The detective agency specially gave them an opportunity these two days, but unfortunately they did not cherish it.

I went to a village and sold all the horses and extra stuff. This time the village was more remote and there were fewer villagers, so I didn't even get any money.

Fortunately, some of their furs and American ginseng were pretty good, and there were even some strange herbal raw materials. Wayne and his friends roughly estimated the price and bartered with the villagers. It was always more convenient to carry goods than to carry a bunch of horses.

Leaving the small village and heading back to the area where the crime was most frequent,

The crowd changed direction and went diagonally toward the steam train line.

Then on the third day, when Wayne was out on reconnaissance, he saw a group of people from afar. There were about thirty people in total, and most of them had weapons on them.

(End of this chapter)