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Who Killed Gatsby?

First suspicious point:

No one in Gatsby's house did anything about Gatsby's

death

Nick says: ...my rushing anxiously up the front steps

was the first thing that alarmed anyone. But they

knew then, I firmly believe." ( pg140)

This suggests the people in the house were in on it,

The Chauffeur, the butler and the gardener

If the people in the house were in on it, who

put them up to it?

"The Chauffeur-- he was one of Wolfshiem's

proteges--heard the shots-- afterward he could

only say that he hadn't thought anything

much about them." (pg140)

Consider Wolfshiem's Characterization:

has the "'finest specimens of human molars'"

as his cuff buttons (pg 71)

suspicious-- described as always looking around

Nick asks why he's not in jail for fixing the world

series, Gatsby replies: "They can't get him,

old sport. He's a smart man." (pg. 72)

Wolfshiem doesn't go to Gatsby's funeral:

"I cannot come down as I am tied up in some very important business and cannot get mixed up in this thing now." (pg 143)

Wolfshiem describes a murder the first time he is

introduced to the reader: "I can't forget so long as I

live the night they shot Rosy Rosenthal there." (pg 69)

Gatsby's tied up in some risky business

dealings with Wolfshiem. Tom says: "Walter could have

you up on the betting laws too, but Wolfshiem scared

him into shutting his mouth" (pg 119).

"So Wilson was reduced to a man

"deranged by grief" in order that

the case might remain in

its simplest form." (pg 141)

Other evidence which points to Wolfshiem:

Myrtle's sister uncharacteristically says

nothing, like she'd been paid off:

"but Catherine who might have said anything,

didn't say a word"(pg 141).

Wolfshiem certainly has the means and the motive

Tom knows about Gatsby's work--Gatsby becoming

a liability

If he didn't get caught for fixing the world series

he could get away with Gatsby's murder

My Theory

Tom contacted Wolfshiem while he was finding dirt on Gatsby: "You're one of that bunch that hangs around with Meyer Wolfshiem...I've made a little investigation into your affairs--and I'll carry it further tomorrow" (pg 118)

Wolfshiem saw Gatsby was becoming a liability

Wolfshiem plotted with Tom to murder Gatsby

When Myrtle dies they see their chance to blame the murder on Wilson

Wolfshiem had his associates in the house so that no one would save Gatsby

Tom invites Wilson over saying he has information, sends Wilson to

Gatsby's

Wolfshiem and associates Kill Wilson, kill Gatsby, lay Wilson in the grass nearby

Wolfshiem pays off all those involved in the investigation

But what about Wilson? And the fact that Tom

told him about Gatsby?

Solution: Tom's in on it too

Tom wants Gatsby dead because of his affair with Daisy

knows about Wolfshiem and some of Gatsby's dealings: "That drug store business was just small change" (pg 119)

Could have contacted Wolfshiem, then knew

Wilson would come to him, where he could send

him over to take the blame.

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