Question

In the threee detective anecdotes in what ways were the gloves a red herring

Answer 1

Answer: The gloves are revealed to be only a red herring, its owner is innocent and the gloves are only circumstantial evidence.

Explanation: In Charles Dickens´ “Three ‘Detective’ Anecdotes,” the first anecdote is "The Pair of Gloves." In it, the gloves seem to be a major clue to solve the mystery of who was the murderer of Eliza Grimwood. The story tells the detective´s attempts to find who had cleaned those gloves, to find the owner, suspected of being the murderer.

However, the gloves are revealed to be only a red herring, its owner is innocent and the gloves are only circumstantial evidence.