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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:58,035 --> 00:01:00,913 Why did Bertie have to park his car there? 2 00:01:01,205 --> 00:01:04,959 Because he's inconsiderate and selfish. 3 00:01:15,802 --> 00:01:18,157 Hello, hello, hello. 4 00:01:18,430 --> 00:01:21,342 Ah. What a welcome sight. 5 00:01:21,641 --> 00:01:24,951 May I assume that a share of this pale restorative is for me? 6 00:01:25,270 --> 00:01:28,501 Naturally. You didn't think Mother was going to swill all of it, did you, Bertie? 7 00:01:28,815 --> 00:01:30,965 Well, of course not, my dear Patricia. 8 00:01:31,234 --> 00:01:34,385 Though I will admit your mother is a woman of infinite capacity. 9 00:01:34,695 --> 00:01:35,684 Mmm. 10 00:01:35,905 --> 00:01:38,897 Though not necessarily for martinis, you understand. 11 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,760 You're droll, Bertie, very droll. 12 00:01:43,078 --> 00:01:46,514 Oh, Lucille, do you suppose cook could hold up dinner a bit? 13 00:01:46,832 --> 00:01:49,790 I kept Bob Fleetwood working so late I asked him to join us. 14 00:01:50,085 --> 00:01:51,200 lf, uh... 15 00:01:51,420 --> 00:01:55,413 If it won't cause an upheaval, you understand. 16 00:01:55,757 --> 00:01:59,750 - Of course not. - Thank you. 17 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:03,082 By the way, Bertie, 18 00:02:03,306 --> 00:02:05,581 your car is blocking the driveway pretty badly. 19 00:02:05,850 --> 00:02:07,442 I had to clip the hedge to miss it. 20 00:02:07,685 --> 00:02:09,721 I know. I thought I was going out again. 21 00:02:09,979 --> 00:02:11,173 I'll-- I'll move it presently. 22 00:02:11,397 --> 00:02:12,750 Well, it could be pretty dangerous 23 00:02:12,982 --> 00:02:14,574 for somebody who doesn't know the drive. 24 00:02:14,817 --> 00:02:17,285 All right, my dear, all right. 25 00:02:17,570 --> 00:02:22,166 Call off the dogs. I'll move my car right now. 26 00:02:29,164 --> 00:02:31,155 [ENGINE STARTS] 27 00:02:54,856 --> 00:02:57,609 Lucille! Pat! 28 00:03:07,034 --> 00:03:08,911 Lucille! 29 00:03:14,291 --> 00:03:16,885 What happened? Who is it? 30 00:03:17,169 --> 00:03:18,727 - It's Bob. - Bob Fleetwood? 31 00:03:18,962 --> 00:03:20,998 - That's right. - Here, put him over here. 32 00:03:21,256 --> 00:03:23,690 - What--? What's wrong? BERTIE: I don't know. 33 00:03:23,967 --> 00:03:27,846 I found him lying in the-- In the driveway, by the hedge. 34 00:03:30,390 --> 00:03:34,099 Oh, no. No, you couldn't have hit anyone. 35 00:03:34,436 --> 00:03:35,869 Is he hurt badly? 36 00:03:38,189 --> 00:03:39,747 I think he's dead. 37 00:03:57,499 --> 00:03:59,888 Anything interesting this bleak Monday morning? 38 00:04:00,169 --> 00:04:04,208 This little item on top might bring you a ray of sunshine. 39 00:04:10,470 --> 00:04:12,301 Just this bare-naked cheque? 40 00:04:12,973 --> 00:04:15,885 Just that bare-naked 2,500 clams. 41 00:04:16,184 --> 00:04:19,176 Della, when it's over 1,000, you don't refer to them as clams, 42 00:04:19,479 --> 00:04:21,071 they become dollars. 43 00:04:22,106 --> 00:04:26,019 Lucille Faxon-Allred, 911 El Paseo Drive, Los Angeles. 44 00:04:26,361 --> 00:04:28,477 - Now, that's what really puzzles me. - What? 45 00:04:28,738 --> 00:04:30,808 Well, there's a wire here from the same woman 46 00:04:31,073 --> 00:04:33,633 that came just a little bit ago, only this is from Mountain View. 47 00:04:33,910 --> 00:04:35,707 Let me see it. 48 00:04:35,995 --> 00:04:38,065 "Please accept cheque for $2,500 49 00:04:38,330 --> 00:04:41,242 as a retainer to represent my daughter, Patricia Faxon, 50 00:04:41,542 --> 00:04:44,181 or myself if the need should arise. 51 00:04:44,461 --> 00:04:46,611 Lucille Faxon-Allred." 52 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,873 - Isn't she married to Bertrand Allred? - Yes, the mining man. 53 00:04:51,218 --> 00:04:53,049 He's a pretty slick operator, I understand. 54 00:04:53,303 --> 00:04:55,863 - Here. - What do you want me to do with it? 55 00:04:56,139 --> 00:04:59,734 Well, it's drawn on our bank. Just deposit it to my special account. 56 00:05:00,060 --> 00:05:03,291 Ask the cashier to give it a good, close look. 57 00:05:03,605 --> 00:05:05,163 You don't know what she wants you to do. 58 00:05:05,398 --> 00:05:07,866 I don't know if it's her cheque. We can give her back the money 59 00:05:08,151 --> 00:05:10,619 if it turns out to be something I don't wanna handle. 60 00:05:10,903 --> 00:05:12,814 Oh, and before you go, 61 00:05:13,072 --> 00:05:15,825 see if you can get her on the telephone. 62 00:05:21,664 --> 00:05:25,737 Information, I'd like Bertrand Allred, 911 El Paseo Drive. 63 00:05:26,085 --> 00:05:27,564 [PHONE RINGS] 64 00:05:27,795 --> 00:05:29,706 - Hello? DELLA: Mrs. Allred, please. 65 00:05:29,963 --> 00:05:33,035 - She's not at home. Who's calling? - Mr. Perry Mason, the attorney. 66 00:05:33,342 --> 00:05:35,902 Can you tell me when she will be home? 67 00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:39,158 Well, is it anything important? Can I take a message? 68 00:05:39,431 --> 00:05:42,150 Just have her call Mr. Mason, please. 69 00:05:42,434 --> 00:05:45,744 Yes, well, all-- All right, I-- I'll tell her. 70 00:05:54,362 --> 00:05:56,114 What about Mrs. Allred's cheque? 71 00:05:56,364 --> 00:05:58,480 Good as gold. I wish we had a dozen of them. 72 00:05:58,741 --> 00:06:01,096 In fact, I gather it didn't even make a dent in her account. 73 00:06:01,369 --> 00:06:02,768 [PHONE BUZZES] 74 00:06:02,995 --> 00:06:04,826 Yes, Gertie? 75 00:06:05,998 --> 00:06:10,435 Hold on, just a minute. Mr. Bertrand Allred is here. 76 00:06:13,339 --> 00:06:15,489 Send him in, please, Gertie. 77 00:06:16,216 --> 00:06:18,889 He didn't waste any time getting here. 78 00:06:23,682 --> 00:06:27,357 Good morning, Mr. Allred. Come in, won't you? 79 00:06:28,395 --> 00:06:30,192 I'm delighted to meet you. 80 00:06:30,438 --> 00:06:32,190 I've heard a great deal about you, of course. 81 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,112 - Who hasn't? Thank you. - Please sit down. 82 00:06:34,359 --> 00:06:36,190 Oh, and Miss Street, my confidential secretary. 83 00:06:36,444 --> 00:06:39,322 - Delighted. - How do you do? 84 00:06:43,076 --> 00:06:46,386 Are you representing my wife, Mr. Mason? 85 00:06:46,704 --> 00:06:47,898 Why do you ask? 86 00:06:48,664 --> 00:06:51,815 I shall be quite frank with you, Mr. Mason. 87 00:06:52,126 --> 00:06:55,755 But if you don't already know this, I hope you will regard it as confidential. 88 00:06:56,589 --> 00:07:00,138 My wife has run away with Bob Fleetwood, my secretary. 89 00:07:00,467 --> 00:07:03,664 Actually, "secretary" is a misnomer. He really was my right hand. 90 00:07:04,304 --> 00:07:06,101 - When was this? - Night before last. 91 00:07:06,348 --> 00:07:11,297 Saturday night, to be exact. It really stunned me, Mr. Mason. 92 00:07:12,521 --> 00:07:16,480 What is it exactly you are here to see me about, Mr. Allred? 93 00:07:16,816 --> 00:07:18,010 If Lucille wants a divorce, 94 00:07:18,234 --> 00:07:19,826 heaven knows I shan't stand in her way, 95 00:07:20,069 --> 00:07:22,060 much as I would regret it. 96 00:07:22,322 --> 00:07:24,313 But if you could just persuade her to come back 97 00:07:24,574 --> 00:07:27,725 and to go about it a little less sensationally, you know-- 98 00:07:28,035 --> 00:07:30,788 You're concerned only about the newspapers? 99 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:35,358 Well, to tell the truth, I need Bob. 100 00:07:35,710 --> 00:07:38,065 Now, I'm dissolving a partnership with a man named Jerome, 101 00:07:38,337 --> 00:07:40,567 and actually, Bob is much closer to many of the details 102 00:07:40,839 --> 00:07:43,478 than either Jerome or myself. 103 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:44,987 And all you want me to do, 104 00:07:45,219 --> 00:07:46,937 if I should happen to be in touch with them, 105 00:07:47,179 --> 00:07:48,817 is urge them to come back. 106 00:07:49,056 --> 00:07:52,412 I'll cooperate with them in any way they wish. 107 00:07:52,726 --> 00:07:53,715 Very well. 108 00:07:53,935 --> 00:07:55,334 If the opportunity arises, 109 00:07:55,562 --> 00:07:59,237 I'll be glad to pass along your message, Mr. Allred. 110 00:07:59,566 --> 00:08:02,876 You have been most generous with your time. 111 00:08:05,613 --> 00:08:07,683 [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES] 112 00:08:07,949 --> 00:08:10,224 Della, see if Paul Drake can come in. 113 00:08:10,493 --> 00:08:13,929 I wanna find this Lucille Faxon-Allred. 114 00:08:14,247 --> 00:08:17,683 You're going to represent her when you don't even know what she wants? 115 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,434 I don't know what she wants, Della, 116 00:08:20,711 --> 00:08:25,023 but any woman married to Bertrand Allred can use some help. 117 00:08:45,151 --> 00:08:48,223 I'm so glad you could come, Mr. Mason. 118 00:08:48,530 --> 00:08:52,409 - Did you hear from my mother? - Yes, I heard from her. 119 00:08:54,285 --> 00:08:56,196 Mr. Mason... 120 00:08:58,247 --> 00:08:59,521 Well, you see, Mr. Mason, 121 00:08:59,749 --> 00:09:02,024 I thought it was silly just to retain a lawyer 122 00:09:02,293 --> 00:09:03,567 and not explain anything to him. 123 00:09:03,794 --> 00:09:07,070 So I'm gonna tell you all about it, and I'll do whatever you say, 124 00:09:07,381 --> 00:09:10,214 even if you think I should go to the police. 125 00:09:10,509 --> 00:09:11,544 You probably don't realise 126 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,955 that you're a very singular person, Miss Faxon. 127 00:09:14,221 --> 00:09:16,781 - Go ahead. - Well... 128 00:09:17,558 --> 00:09:21,187 The night before last, Saturday, I-- 129 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,351 I hit a man with my car. 130 00:09:23,605 --> 00:09:25,800 You know we have some high hedges in front of our place? 131 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:27,658 - Yes. - Well, that night, Bertie parked-- 132 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:30,859 - Your father? - No, no, he's my stepfather. 133 00:09:31,154 --> 00:09:33,509 He parked his car so that it stuck out in the driveway and-- 134 00:09:33,782 --> 00:09:36,057 And I had to swerve to keep from hitting it. 135 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:38,263 I don't quite understand. 136 00:09:38,494 --> 00:09:42,931 I was driving pretty fast and, well, I felt this sort of a-- 137 00:09:43,291 --> 00:09:45,441 A thump, and-- And I thought it was the hedge, 138 00:09:45,710 --> 00:09:48,747 and then later, when Bertie went out to move his car, 139 00:09:49,046 --> 00:09:50,843 well, he found Bob. 140 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:54,207 - Was he injured badly? - Yes, we thought he was dead. 141 00:09:54,510 --> 00:09:55,738 And then he came to, 142 00:09:55,970 --> 00:09:58,245 but he didn't know who he was or anything. 143 00:09:58,514 --> 00:09:59,913 You mean he had amnesia? 144 00:10:00,140 --> 00:10:03,098 Mm-hm. But Bertie was going to take him to the hospital, 145 00:10:03,393 --> 00:10:05,065 and then he said, "What if he should die?" 146 00:10:05,312 --> 00:10:07,064 Well, I would be charged with manslaughter 147 00:10:07,314 --> 00:10:08,986 and maybe even prisoned. 148 00:10:09,232 --> 00:10:10,745 - Go on. - So-- 149 00:10:10,984 --> 00:10:13,054 So Mother and Bertie took him away someplace, 150 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:14,594 but I don't know where. 151 00:10:14,821 --> 00:10:16,174 And what did you do? 152 00:10:16,406 --> 00:10:19,876 - I stayed here, but... - But what? 153 00:10:20,201 --> 00:10:23,034 I don't know, Mr. Mason. 154 00:10:25,289 --> 00:10:28,087 It just doesn't seem right letting Mother get all involved 155 00:10:28,376 --> 00:10:31,129 just to cover up for me. 156 00:10:31,420 --> 00:10:33,012 And besides, 157 00:10:33,255 --> 00:10:37,089 if Bob does die, I'm not going to try to hide it. 158 00:10:37,426 --> 00:10:40,736 And if he doesn't, well, what do we gain? 159 00:10:41,388 --> 00:10:45,347 And the way things are, I don't exactly trust my stepfather. 160 00:10:45,684 --> 00:10:47,481 What do you mean, "the way things are"? 161 00:10:47,728 --> 00:10:52,119 Well, Mother's divorcing Bertie and he's pretty upset about it. 162 00:10:52,482 --> 00:10:56,077 You see, she has quite a fortune, and it isn't community property. 163 00:10:56,403 --> 00:10:57,392 Has it occurred to you 164 00:10:57,612 --> 00:10:59,967 that you might not have hit Fleetwood with your car? 165 00:11:01,408 --> 00:11:04,047 But if I didn't, what happened to him? 166 00:11:04,327 --> 00:11:07,399 Suppose someone slugged Fleetwood and then left him lying there, 167 00:11:07,705 --> 00:11:09,457 where he would have been if you had hit him. 168 00:11:13,085 --> 00:11:17,363 Do you think Bertie tried to kill him and put it on me? 169 00:11:17,715 --> 00:11:18,989 I don't know. 170 00:11:19,216 --> 00:11:21,446 But if he did, it means he's dangerous, 171 00:11:21,719 --> 00:11:24,756 and the danger could extend to your mother. 172 00:11:27,182 --> 00:11:29,457 - Well, looks like you ran into the rain. - Uh-huh. 173 00:11:29,727 --> 00:11:31,126 - What did you run into? - Pay dirt. 174 00:11:31,353 --> 00:11:34,948 Mrs. Allred is registered at the Mountain View Motel. 175 00:11:35,274 --> 00:11:36,787 How long will it take us to get there? 176 00:11:37,025 --> 00:11:39,744 About an hour. Sooner if this rain lets up. 177 00:11:46,368 --> 00:11:50,202 - Oh, hello, Della. - Hello. 178 00:12:30,118 --> 00:12:32,393 - You sure this is the right unit? - This is it. 179 00:12:32,662 --> 00:12:35,540 But shouldn't we check at the office before we go in? 180 00:12:35,832 --> 00:12:38,551 I don't think that will be necessary. 181 00:12:55,476 --> 00:12:57,307 Face powder. 182 00:13:04,318 --> 00:13:05,751 I guess we're a little late, Paul. 183 00:13:05,986 --> 00:13:08,978 They haven't been gone long. It's still warm in here. 184 00:13:09,281 --> 00:13:11,795 Ice cubes haven't quite melted. 185 00:13:34,555 --> 00:13:35,954 That room has been occupied. 186 00:13:36,182 --> 00:13:38,059 - Fleetwood? - Probably. 187 00:13:38,309 --> 00:13:39,628 Well, there are only two glasses. 188 00:13:39,852 --> 00:13:41,843 Apparently, Mr. Allred wasn't with them. 189 00:13:42,104 --> 00:13:44,459 Their daughter told me the three of them went away together, 190 00:13:44,731 --> 00:13:47,040 and Allred told me his wife and Fleetwood ran off together. 191 00:13:47,317 --> 00:13:48,989 - Who's telling the truth? - Good question. 192 00:13:49,236 --> 00:13:50,908 See what you can find out from the manager. 193 00:13:51,154 --> 00:13:53,065 - I'll wait in the car. - Okay. 194 00:14:01,664 --> 00:14:04,258 Perry, they left about 20 minutes ago. 195 00:14:04,542 --> 00:14:06,453 The manager remembers hearing their car pull out. 196 00:14:06,711 --> 00:14:08,383 And earlier, Mrs. Allred went to the office 197 00:14:08,629 --> 00:14:12,941 and put through a call to El Paseo 67729. 198 00:14:13,301 --> 00:14:14,290 When we get back to town, 199 00:14:14,510 --> 00:14:18,549 get your men started looking for Fleetwood and Mrs. Allred again. 200 00:14:18,889 --> 00:14:20,641 Put a tail on her husband when you locate him. 201 00:14:20,891 --> 00:14:22,370 Okay. 202 00:14:30,025 --> 00:14:32,858 Mr. Mason, this is my mother. 203 00:14:33,153 --> 00:14:36,782 I'm relieved to see you, Mrs. Allred. 204 00:14:37,741 --> 00:14:38,776 How do you do, Mr. Mason? 205 00:14:38,992 --> 00:14:40,744 Well, I'm a bit confused at the moment. 206 00:14:40,994 --> 00:14:44,304 According to your husband, you ran away with Bob Fleetwood. 207 00:14:44,622 --> 00:14:46,897 Why, that's preposterous to think such a thing. 208 00:14:47,167 --> 00:14:51,080 I see. Then where is Bob Fleetwood? 209 00:14:51,963 --> 00:14:52,952 I don't know. 210 00:14:53,172 --> 00:14:56,244 MASON: Well, you were with him at the Mountain View Motel, weren't you? 211 00:14:56,551 --> 00:14:58,269 Yes. 212 00:14:58,928 --> 00:15:01,567 Then what happened? 213 00:15:02,098 --> 00:15:04,089 Well, we were sitting in the motel room last night, 214 00:15:04,350 --> 00:15:06,705 waiting for my husband to arrive, having a drink. 215 00:15:06,977 --> 00:15:08,933 Bob seemed perfectly comfortable. 216 00:15:09,188 --> 00:15:11,827 But then he excused himself and went into his room. 217 00:15:12,107 --> 00:15:14,382 - Through the bathroom? - Yes. 218 00:15:14,651 --> 00:15:16,243 When he didn't come back for a long time, 219 00:15:16,486 --> 00:15:18,158 I began to get worried, so I called to him. 220 00:15:18,405 --> 00:15:21,124 He didn't answer. I went into his room and he'd gone. 221 00:15:21,408 --> 00:15:25,037 Just walked out through the door, taken my car and driven away. 222 00:15:25,745 --> 00:15:28,976 Had, uh, Fleetwood regained his memory? 223 00:15:29,290 --> 00:15:31,758 No. I don't know. 224 00:15:32,043 --> 00:15:33,999 What time did he leave? 225 00:15:34,254 --> 00:15:38,293 What time? Well, about a quarter to 9. 226 00:15:38,633 --> 00:15:41,147 Mr. Mason, this whole thing has me so upset, I-- 227 00:15:41,427 --> 00:15:44,180 I'm afraid I'm not very clear-headed in an emergency. 228 00:15:44,472 --> 00:15:47,145 How did you get back here from the motel? 229 00:15:47,433 --> 00:15:48,502 I brought her. 230 00:15:48,726 --> 00:15:50,079 Mother called me here earlier, 231 00:15:50,311 --> 00:15:52,222 when Bertie didn't show up at the motel. 232 00:15:52,479 --> 00:15:55,835 - Had he been there? - Yes, off and on all weekend. 233 00:15:56,150 --> 00:15:58,345 He was keeping an eye on Bob Fleetwood. 234 00:15:58,610 --> 00:16:00,805 What time did you arrive at the Mountain View? 235 00:16:01,071 --> 00:16:02,629 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 236 00:16:05,992 --> 00:16:10,429 Why, hello. This is Lieutenant Tragg of Homicide. 237 00:16:10,789 --> 00:16:13,542 Mrs. Allred. Her daughter. 238 00:16:16,753 --> 00:16:20,792 Are you Mrs. Allred's lawyer, Mason, or are you just acting as an MC? 239 00:16:21,132 --> 00:16:24,920 I happen to be her attorney, lieutenant. 240 00:16:25,636 --> 00:16:28,275 When was the last time you saw Robert Fleetwood, Mrs. Allred? 241 00:16:29,223 --> 00:16:31,214 You're entitled to the reasons for any questions 242 00:16:31,475 --> 00:16:33,750 before you answer them, Mrs. Allred. 243 00:16:34,019 --> 00:16:35,008 Very well. 244 00:16:35,229 --> 00:16:38,380 Your car was found at the bottom of a canyon completely wrecked. 245 00:16:38,691 --> 00:16:43,367 - Fleetwood was in that car and dead. - Dead? 246 00:16:45,614 --> 00:16:47,252 Well, then he must have... 247 00:16:47,491 --> 00:16:48,606 [LUCILLE SIGHS] 248 00:16:48,825 --> 00:16:52,374 I last saw him about a quarter of 9 last night, lieutenant. 249 00:16:52,704 --> 00:16:54,979 You and your daughter had better come in to headquarters. 250 00:16:55,248 --> 00:16:57,967 Well, now, wait a minute, Tragg. There's no justification for that. 251 00:16:58,251 --> 00:17:01,288 Isn't there? The car was in neutral. 252 00:17:01,588 --> 00:17:04,227 Nobody drives down a steep grade like that. 253 00:17:04,507 --> 00:17:07,101 Somebody stopped the car, got out, released the brake, 254 00:17:07,385 --> 00:17:09,899 and let the car plunge down the grade and through the guardrail. 255 00:17:10,179 --> 00:17:13,057 In other words, Fleetwood was murdered. 256 00:17:13,349 --> 00:17:15,385 Your client left the Mountain View Motel 257 00:17:15,643 --> 00:17:17,793 with Fleetwood in that car, 258 00:17:18,062 --> 00:17:21,737 and about a half an hour later, she returned alone and on foot, 259 00:17:22,066 --> 00:17:24,705 at which time her daughter picked her up. 260 00:17:24,985 --> 00:17:28,216 Now you, uh, still think there's no justification? 261 00:17:28,530 --> 00:17:29,519 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 262 00:17:29,740 --> 00:17:31,810 I'll, uh, get that. 263 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,599 I'm afraid there's been a mistake, Mrs. Allred. 264 00:17:48,883 --> 00:17:51,681 - You mean it wasn't my car? - Yes, it was your car. 265 00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:53,005 The facts remain the same, 266 00:17:53,221 --> 00:17:55,496 but there was a mistake in identification. 267 00:17:55,765 --> 00:17:58,962 The, uh, dead man wasn't Fleetwood. 268 00:17:59,268 --> 00:18:02,943 - Who was he? - He was your husband. 269 00:18:03,272 --> 00:18:05,388 - You'd better come along. - Oh, no. 270 00:18:09,903 --> 00:18:11,097 Mother. 271 00:18:20,247 --> 00:18:22,636 Paul said he's onto something big and he's staying with it. 272 00:18:22,916 --> 00:18:24,907 In the meantime, he said that he found out 273 00:18:25,168 --> 00:18:27,602 that Mr. Allred had received severe blows on the head 274 00:18:27,879 --> 00:18:29,073 before he went over the cliff. 275 00:18:29,297 --> 00:18:32,016 In fact, these could've killed him, but the police can't be sure yet. 276 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:33,619 [PHONE BUZZES] 277 00:18:35,261 --> 00:18:37,252 Yes, Gertie? 278 00:18:37,513 --> 00:18:39,583 Oh, good, put him on. 279 00:18:41,267 --> 00:18:42,382 Hello, Paul. 280 00:18:42,602 --> 00:18:45,400 - Perry, I think we found Fleetwood. - Where? 281 00:18:45,688 --> 00:18:47,007 Up the canyon from Mountain View, 282 00:18:47,231 --> 00:18:49,699 about eight miles east in a small ranch house. 283 00:18:50,651 --> 00:18:51,879 Is he all right? 284 00:18:52,111 --> 00:18:53,988 He's still got amnesia, if that's what you mean. 285 00:18:54,238 --> 00:18:56,547 Now, listen. There's a turnoff on a little sideroad. 286 00:18:56,824 --> 00:18:59,099 A man by the name of Overbrook has the ranch. 287 00:18:59,368 --> 00:19:01,518 - You'll see a sign. - Good, Paul. 288 00:19:01,787 --> 00:19:03,982 - We'll see you when we get back. - Okay, Perry. 289 00:19:04,498 --> 00:19:06,409 When we get back from where? 290 00:19:06,666 --> 00:19:08,736 How would you like to be married for a couple of hours 291 00:19:09,002 --> 00:19:13,041 to a fairly nice-looking man about, uh, 40 years old? 292 00:19:17,093 --> 00:19:19,209 [VEHICLE APPROACHES] 293 00:19:24,183 --> 00:19:26,333 [DOG GROWLING, BARKING] 294 00:19:31,691 --> 00:19:32,680 [DOORBELL BUZZES] 295 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:35,414 Good boy. That's enough, I hear it. 296 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:41,514 - Mr. Overbrook? - Yes, ma'am. 297 00:19:41,742 --> 00:19:43,414 Is Robert here? Robert Fleetwood? 298 00:19:43,660 --> 00:19:45,491 - Robert? - Yes. 299 00:19:45,746 --> 00:19:48,306 It's her husband, the man that lost his memory. 300 00:19:48,582 --> 00:19:53,133 Oh, sure, come on in. It's okay, Prince. They're all right. 301 00:19:56,214 --> 00:19:58,774 - How'd you know he was here? - We've been tracing him bit by bit. 302 00:19:59,050 --> 00:20:00,278 - Is he all right? - Yes, ma'am. 303 00:20:00,510 --> 00:20:03,263 I reckon he's been sleeping, mostly. I'll go get him. 304 00:20:03,555 --> 00:20:04,954 Uh, just a moment, Mr. Overbrook. 305 00:20:05,181 --> 00:20:07,012 Chances are, Mr. Fleetwood won't recognise us. 306 00:20:07,266 --> 00:20:08,540 It's happened before. 307 00:20:08,768 --> 00:20:11,157 Sometimes if we appear suddenly, he snaps right out of it, 308 00:20:11,437 --> 00:20:12,665 so don't tell him who we are. 309 00:20:12,897 --> 00:20:15,365 Okay, sure. 310 00:20:20,821 --> 00:20:22,049 Well... 311 00:20:22,281 --> 00:20:23,680 You're a fine boy, Prince. 312 00:20:23,907 --> 00:20:27,263 OVERBROOK: They're right in here. They just wanna talk to you. 313 00:20:33,625 --> 00:20:34,614 Robert. 314 00:20:36,002 --> 00:20:39,199 - Oh, Robert, we were so worried. - What is this? 315 00:20:39,506 --> 00:20:41,144 - Who is she? - Oh, Robert. 316 00:20:41,383 --> 00:20:43,453 Don't you remember me? I'm Mabel, your wife. 317 00:20:43,718 --> 00:20:46,471 You are not. I never saw her before in my life. 318 00:20:47,055 --> 00:20:48,249 How do you know? 319 00:20:49,891 --> 00:20:53,008 Well, I just feel it. 320 00:20:53,311 --> 00:20:55,142 I know, dear. That's the way it was last time. 321 00:20:55,396 --> 00:20:58,911 Don't you remember? Come on, let's go home. 322 00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:04,261 Come on, come on. Come on, Robert. 323 00:21:14,623 --> 00:21:16,659 In view of certain past accusations, lieutenant, 324 00:21:16,917 --> 00:21:19,875 I'd like this instance of my cooperation with the police duly noted. 325 00:21:20,170 --> 00:21:22,081 Remember I turned Fleetwood over to you. 326 00:21:22,339 --> 00:21:24,330 Oh, uh, would, uh, carved in stone be satisfactory, 327 00:21:24,591 --> 00:21:27,105 or shall we etch it in bronze? 328 00:21:27,385 --> 00:21:29,103 Whichever is more expensive. 329 00:21:29,345 --> 00:21:31,222 I also think it would be no more than fair 330 00:21:31,473 --> 00:21:33,782 to tell me just what Fleetwood told you. 331 00:21:34,058 --> 00:21:35,969 Oh, I think you have that coming to you. 332 00:21:36,227 --> 00:21:38,616 Well, before we took him to General Hospital for observation, 333 00:21:38,896 --> 00:21:40,807 Fleetwood said that he was walking along the hedge 334 00:21:41,065 --> 00:21:44,102 at the Allred place Saturday night, and something hit him. 335 00:21:44,402 --> 00:21:47,155 And now, while he can remember everything up to that point, 336 00:21:47,446 --> 00:21:49,437 he can't remember a thing since. 337 00:21:49,698 --> 00:21:50,972 Mm-hm. 338 00:21:52,117 --> 00:21:54,915 That's the way he'd react if he had true amnesia. 339 00:21:55,204 --> 00:21:56,637 [DOOR OPENS] 340 00:21:58,999 --> 00:22:00,318 Mrs. Allred. 341 00:22:02,711 --> 00:22:04,429 Thanks for bringing my client up here. 342 00:22:04,671 --> 00:22:07,310 One good turn deserves another. 343 00:22:10,635 --> 00:22:15,663 Lieutenant Tragg still maintains that you left the motel 344 00:22:16,057 --> 00:22:17,092 with your husband. 345 00:22:17,308 --> 00:22:19,378 Lieutenant Tragg is wrong. I didn't. 346 00:22:20,853 --> 00:22:23,128 And no one could possibly have seen me in that car. 347 00:22:23,398 --> 00:22:24,911 I wasn't there. 348 00:22:25,525 --> 00:22:27,834 You said Fleetwood left the motel about a quarter to 9 349 00:22:28,110 --> 00:22:30,260 and Pat picked you up about a quarter after. 350 00:22:30,529 --> 00:22:33,168 Now, I was there at 9:00. Where were you? 351 00:22:35,034 --> 00:22:39,391 I told you I wasn't very clear-headed in an emergency. 352 00:22:39,747 --> 00:22:41,226 When I was left alone at the motel, 353 00:22:41,457 --> 00:22:43,448 the only thing I could think of was to get away, 354 00:22:43,709 --> 00:22:45,825 to get back home. 355 00:22:46,086 --> 00:22:48,964 I ran down to the road to try and get a hitchhike. 356 00:22:49,256 --> 00:22:52,931 - That was a rather foolish thing to do. - Mr. Mason, I was frightened. 357 00:22:53,260 --> 00:22:56,491 - Of what? - Not "of what." For Pat. 358 00:22:56,805 --> 00:22:58,921 I went through that whole ordeal with Bob Fleetwood 359 00:22:59,182 --> 00:23:01,252 just to protect her. 360 00:23:01,518 --> 00:23:03,986 She's my daughter, Mr. Mason. 361 00:23:04,270 --> 00:23:06,340 She's the only thing in the world I care about. 362 00:23:09,650 --> 00:23:10,639 Then what happened 363 00:23:10,860 --> 00:23:14,091 when you went out to the road to hitchhike? 364 00:23:15,823 --> 00:23:19,418 Well, then I realised how foolish it was, so I-- 365 00:23:19,743 --> 00:23:23,782 I went back to the motel to try and telephone a taxi. 366 00:23:24,123 --> 00:23:27,240 Before I could do that, my daughter arrived. 367 00:23:27,543 --> 00:23:32,492 What was your general feeling about your husband? 368 00:23:34,925 --> 00:23:36,756 Well, a woman naturally likes to feel 369 00:23:37,010 --> 00:23:40,685 that the man she married is rather special. 370 00:23:41,014 --> 00:23:43,005 At first, anyway. 371 00:23:43,808 --> 00:23:47,198 Then to realise gradually, day by day, 372 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,751 more clearly, more inescapably, 373 00:23:51,065 --> 00:23:54,774 he's cheap, common, greedy, a liar 374 00:23:55,111 --> 00:23:58,706 and a cheat, both professionally and personally. 375 00:23:59,031 --> 00:24:03,468 Well, it's a pretty bleak experience, Mr. Mason. 376 00:24:03,828 --> 00:24:05,181 I can well believe it. 377 00:24:05,412 --> 00:24:07,130 I was going to divorce him, 378 00:24:07,373 --> 00:24:11,810 even though he threatened to make it the most shameful case ever tried. 379 00:24:12,169 --> 00:24:14,603 I understand you have a considerable fortune 380 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,758 which wasn't community property. 381 00:24:18,050 --> 00:24:21,008 Do you think he might have been willing to kill you for it? 382 00:24:21,678 --> 00:24:23,430 He might have. 383 00:24:26,141 --> 00:24:28,291 I didn't kill him, Mr. Mason. 384 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:32,633 And if I had, it wouldn't be because I was afraid he might kill me, 385 00:24:32,981 --> 00:24:34,460 if that's what you're getting at. 386 00:24:35,566 --> 00:24:40,640 I wasn't getting at it. But let's say the district attorney will. 387 00:24:43,157 --> 00:24:45,068 My man at headquarters picked something up, Perry. 388 00:24:45,326 --> 00:24:47,476 Fleetwood's girlfriend came to see him at the hospital. 389 00:24:47,745 --> 00:24:49,258 She brought him cigarettes and a razor. 390 00:24:49,497 --> 00:24:51,374 - Who is she, Paul? - Her name's Bernice Archer. 391 00:24:51,624 --> 00:24:53,421 She lives in an apartment out on Laurel. 392 00:24:53,667 --> 00:24:55,259 How long did she stay at the hospital? 393 00:24:55,502 --> 00:24:57,777 - Mm, about half an hour. Uh-huh. - Then she went home? 394 00:24:58,046 --> 00:24:59,843 I think we should call on Miss Archer, Paul. 395 00:25:00,090 --> 00:25:04,402 - Well, you don't need me, do you? - Yes, I want you to question her. 396 00:25:05,554 --> 00:25:06,669 Just say you're a detective, 397 00:25:06,888 --> 00:25:08,480 but not whether you're police or private. 398 00:25:08,723 --> 00:25:10,873 Maybe it'll help get information. 399 00:25:13,186 --> 00:25:15,177 [MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKER] 400 00:25:24,530 --> 00:25:26,441 [DOORBELL BUZZES] 401 00:25:43,507 --> 00:25:45,816 I'm Paul Drake, a detective. I'd like to talk to you. 402 00:25:46,093 --> 00:25:49,449 - May I see your credentials, please? - Surely. 403 00:25:50,430 --> 00:25:53,467 Just a minute, please. 404 00:25:55,894 --> 00:25:58,647 I see. A private detective. 405 00:25:58,938 --> 00:26:01,498 - That's right. - And this gentleman with you? 406 00:26:01,774 --> 00:26:04,846 My name is Mason. I'm an attorney. 407 00:26:05,153 --> 00:26:09,590 - Oh, you're Perry Mason? - That's right. 408 00:26:09,949 --> 00:26:11,985 Well, gentlemen, I don't know what I can do for you, 409 00:26:12,243 --> 00:26:13,995 but if you want to come in for a few minutes, 410 00:26:14,245 --> 00:26:15,360 I suppose it's all right. 411 00:26:15,579 --> 00:26:17,376 MASON: Excuse me. PAUL: Mm-hm. 412 00:26:18,916 --> 00:26:21,953 Thank you, Miss Archer. We just want some information. 413 00:26:22,252 --> 00:26:25,324 So I assume. Won't you sit down? 414 00:26:25,631 --> 00:26:27,349 Thank you. 415 00:26:31,511 --> 00:26:33,308 Now, Miss Archer, 416 00:26:33,555 --> 00:26:36,547 is it too personal a thing to ask if there's a romantic attachment 417 00:26:36,850 --> 00:26:38,568 between you and Bob Fleetwood? 418 00:26:39,102 --> 00:26:43,015 I'm very fond of him, and I think it's mutual. 419 00:26:43,356 --> 00:26:46,632 And naturally, you were quite upset when he called you earlier today. 420 00:26:47,193 --> 00:26:51,391 Oh, but I'm afraid I wasn't, Mr. Mason. Why should I be upset? 421 00:26:51,739 --> 00:26:53,138 You must have known by the papers 422 00:26:53,366 --> 00:26:55,322 that he'd run away with another woman, 423 00:26:55,576 --> 00:26:56,975 that her husband had been murdered. 424 00:26:57,203 --> 00:26:59,000 When he called and told you he had amnesia 425 00:26:59,246 --> 00:27:02,318 and was in the hospital, then you weren't upset? 426 00:27:02,917 --> 00:27:06,068 - I don't quite understand. - It's perfectly simple. 427 00:27:06,378 --> 00:27:09,176 Bob's had brief spells of amnesia before. 428 00:27:09,465 --> 00:27:11,342 The first thing he told me was not to worry, 429 00:27:11,592 --> 00:27:14,152 that he wasn't mixed up in anything. 430 00:27:14,428 --> 00:27:16,066 Well, Miss Archer, you were entirely right 431 00:27:16,305 --> 00:27:18,500 when you said you wouldn't be able to help us. 432 00:27:18,765 --> 00:27:22,041 Thank you again. Good night. 433 00:27:22,352 --> 00:27:25,662 Good night, Mr. Mason, and good luck with Mrs. Allred. 434 00:27:25,980 --> 00:27:28,369 - You'll certainly need it, won't you? - Why? 435 00:27:28,650 --> 00:27:30,481 Well, it won't be easy to get her off, will it? 436 00:27:30,735 --> 00:27:33,886 - She's obviously guilty. - But why are you so sure? 437 00:27:34,197 --> 00:27:35,710 Well, who else could it be? 438 00:27:35,948 --> 00:27:39,065 Mr. Allred obviously went out there secretly in the rented car, 439 00:27:39,368 --> 00:27:42,087 so no one knew he was there except his wife and Bob. 440 00:27:42,371 --> 00:27:45,363 Bob didn't do it, so she must have. 441 00:27:45,666 --> 00:27:47,258 Well, those are the only people we know of 442 00:27:47,501 --> 00:27:49,014 who knew where Allred was. 443 00:27:49,253 --> 00:27:52,086 Lots of others might have known. You, for instance. 444 00:27:52,381 --> 00:27:55,896 Oh, well, you can grasp at straws, of course. 445 00:27:56,218 --> 00:27:58,527 Good night, Mr. Mason. 446 00:28:00,347 --> 00:28:02,303 - Coming, Paul? - Mm-hm. 447 00:28:05,352 --> 00:28:07,024 Good night. 448 00:28:27,290 --> 00:28:28,279 What's he doing here? 449 00:28:28,499 --> 00:28:31,013 Well, I was very disappointed at your loss of memory, Fleetwood, 450 00:28:31,293 --> 00:28:34,205 and, uh, Mason thinks he can help you. 451 00:28:34,922 --> 00:28:38,597 - I don't think you can. - Well, I'll be happy to try. 452 00:28:38,926 --> 00:28:40,245 Now, as I understand it, 453 00:28:40,469 --> 00:28:43,188 since last Saturday night when you were hit on the head, 454 00:28:43,472 --> 00:28:45,383 you couldn't remember a thing that happened to you 455 00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:48,109 until you talked to Lieutenant Tragg yesterday. 456 00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:50,031 However, Monday you made a phone call 457 00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:54,388 from Mountain View to Westgate 69811. 458 00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:57,201 What of it? Why shouldn't I call my girl? 459 00:28:57,485 --> 00:28:59,521 You didn't even know you had a girl then, Fleetwood, 460 00:28:59,779 --> 00:29:00,894 let alone her phone number. 461 00:29:01,114 --> 00:29:03,582 Withholding information in a murder looks even worse 462 00:29:03,866 --> 00:29:06,426 when you could be the killer yourself. 463 00:29:08,204 --> 00:29:10,001 All right. 464 00:29:11,290 --> 00:29:15,806 All right, I'll tell you. I'll tell you what a spot I was in. 465 00:29:16,170 --> 00:29:18,445 Bertrand Allred was about to steal a fortune 466 00:29:18,714 --> 00:29:20,625 from his partner, Stanley Jerome. 467 00:29:20,883 --> 00:29:21,872 How? 468 00:29:22,092 --> 00:29:23,764 Well, they had bought a mining property. 469 00:29:24,011 --> 00:29:26,366 Allred forged a fake report of the survey 470 00:29:26,638 --> 00:29:28,356 showing that it was worthless. 471 00:29:28,599 --> 00:29:30,078 Well, on Saturday night, 472 00:29:30,309 --> 00:29:33,745 I stumbled across the true report showing that it was worth millions. 473 00:29:34,062 --> 00:29:38,897 - You told Allred you found it? - Yeah, that was my mistake. 474 00:29:40,402 --> 00:29:41,437 Well... 475 00:29:45,448 --> 00:29:47,200 I was so surprised, puzzled, 476 00:29:47,450 --> 00:29:49,964 when I saw it, I blurted out, "What's this?" 477 00:29:50,244 --> 00:29:51,962 But when I saw his face, I knew what it was. 478 00:29:52,205 --> 00:29:55,277 He'd started after me. I turned to run. I didn't get very far. 479 00:29:55,583 --> 00:29:57,778 He must have hit me. Anyway, I blacked out. 480 00:29:58,044 --> 00:30:02,276 - I think he thought I was dead. - And the next thing you remembered? 481 00:30:02,631 --> 00:30:05,270 I came to in the living room with the two women in hysterics, 482 00:30:05,551 --> 00:30:08,224 Pat thinking that she'd killed me with her car. 483 00:30:08,512 --> 00:30:11,549 I must have been in a state of shock and I was scared. 484 00:30:11,849 --> 00:30:14,807 Couldn't think of anything else, and so I came up with the amnesia thing. 485 00:30:15,102 --> 00:30:17,491 MASON: That was when Mrs. Allred took you to the Mountain View Motel? 486 00:30:17,771 --> 00:30:18,760 That's right. 487 00:30:18,980 --> 00:30:22,097 Mr. Allred stayed with us at the motel until Sunday night. 488 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,231 Then Monday night, Allred came back to kill me. 489 00:30:24,486 --> 00:30:26,954 I think he was gonna kill his wife too, while he was about it. 490 00:30:27,238 --> 00:30:28,227 Anyway, he pulled a gun, 491 00:30:28,448 --> 00:30:30,325 he made his wife get into the trunk of the car-- 492 00:30:30,575 --> 00:30:32,566 - In the trunk? - I know, but he did. 493 00:30:32,827 --> 00:30:35,341 - He made me drive. - Go ahead. 494 00:30:35,621 --> 00:30:38,340 Well, as we started down the mountain road, 495 00:30:38,624 --> 00:30:41,980 we were creeping along, going downgrade in low gear. 496 00:30:42,295 --> 00:30:44,763 Suddenly I gave it the gun, and then I slammed the brakes on. 497 00:30:45,047 --> 00:30:48,198 Allred was sitting next to me, sideways. Threw him off balance. 498 00:30:48,509 --> 00:30:50,500 He slammed him into the dash, and I grabbed the gun 499 00:30:50,761 --> 00:30:53,719 and conked him with it before he could get up. 500 00:30:54,973 --> 00:30:58,090 But I don't ever want to go through anything like that again. 501 00:30:58,393 --> 00:31:00,384 After that you went to Overbrook's farm. 502 00:31:00,646 --> 00:31:01,715 TRAGG: Why? 503 00:31:01,938 --> 00:31:03,530 Well, Overbrook had lost some money too-- 504 00:31:03,774 --> 00:31:05,492 Quite a bit of it. --in a deal with Allred. 505 00:31:05,734 --> 00:31:08,089 He said that if he ever came on his property, he'd kill him. 506 00:31:08,361 --> 00:31:10,955 Overbrook didn't know me, so I figured I'd be safe. 507 00:31:11,239 --> 00:31:12,513 Anyway, I drove the car up there, 508 00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:15,413 I pulled it off into a muddy field, and then I headed for the house. 509 00:31:15,702 --> 00:31:17,454 - Leaving Mrs. Allred in the trunk? - Oh, no. 510 00:31:17,704 --> 00:31:19,820 No, I was gonna let her out, but when the car stopped, 511 00:31:20,081 --> 00:31:21,275 she managed to open the trunk. 512 00:31:21,499 --> 00:31:24,218 - How could she do that? - I don't know. Maybe it wasn't closed. 513 00:31:24,502 --> 00:31:26,970 Anyway, she jumped out and she took off. 514 00:31:27,254 --> 00:31:29,324 I called to her, but she kept right on running. 515 00:31:29,590 --> 00:31:31,467 Well, since you were so afraid of Allred, why--? 516 00:31:31,717 --> 00:31:32,706 That's enough for now. 517 00:31:32,927 --> 00:31:34,963 - I want to ask-- - I said you could hear his story. 518 00:31:35,220 --> 00:31:36,812 I didn't say you could cross-examine him. 519 00:31:37,056 --> 00:31:39,286 You'll have a chance for that in court. 520 00:31:43,020 --> 00:31:44,009 [DOOR CLOSES] 521 00:31:44,229 --> 00:31:45,457 Just a friendly word 522 00:31:45,689 --> 00:31:48,886 before you get yourself out on a limb for Mrs. Allred. 523 00:31:49,192 --> 00:31:51,228 Just before you got here, I received information 524 00:31:51,486 --> 00:31:54,762 that completely confirms Fleetwood's story in every detail. 525 00:31:55,073 --> 00:31:59,271 And, um, he has no knowledge of that information yet. 526 00:31:59,619 --> 00:32:01,098 Are you gonna tell me what it is? 527 00:32:01,329 --> 00:32:05,959 Well, that's, uh, for the district attorney to say. 528 00:32:19,013 --> 00:32:21,652 And the state will further prove that a witness found tracks 529 00:32:21,932 --> 00:32:22,967 in the muddy field 530 00:32:23,183 --> 00:32:26,732 which show unmistakably where the murder car drove in, 531 00:32:27,062 --> 00:32:29,701 where Fleetwood left it and walked to the house, 532 00:32:29,982 --> 00:32:32,735 where the defendant, Lucille Allred, jumped from the trunk, 533 00:32:33,026 --> 00:32:34,220 ran out to the road, 534 00:32:34,444 --> 00:32:37,038 and where she then walked back and got in the car, 535 00:32:37,322 --> 00:32:40,041 where the car turned around and drove away, 536 00:32:40,325 --> 00:32:44,523 and incidentally, where her lipstick was discovered lying on the ground. 537 00:32:44,871 --> 00:32:47,908 All these facts, the state will prove in support of its contention 538 00:32:48,207 --> 00:32:51,279 that Lucille Allred did willfully and with malice of forethought 539 00:32:51,586 --> 00:32:53,975 drive her husband to the edge of the mountain cliff, 540 00:32:54,255 --> 00:32:55,813 disengage the gears of the car, 541 00:32:56,048 --> 00:32:59,279 and then send him over that cliff to his death. 542 00:33:01,137 --> 00:33:03,332 Do you wish to make an opening statement, Mr. Mason? 543 00:33:04,473 --> 00:33:05,872 Defence will reserve its remarks 544 00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:09,058 for the presentation of its case, Your Honour. 545 00:33:10,437 --> 00:33:13,509 I call Robert Fleetwood to the stand, please. 546 00:33:20,906 --> 00:33:23,056 And what happened then, Mr. Fleetwood, 547 00:33:23,325 --> 00:33:24,678 after you left the Overbrook place 548 00:33:24,909 --> 00:33:27,139 with Perry Mason and Miss Della Street, 549 00:33:27,412 --> 00:33:29,289 the woman who claimed to be your wife? 550 00:33:29,539 --> 00:33:31,689 They brought me to police headquarters. 551 00:33:31,958 --> 00:33:34,870 I think that's all. Cross-examine. 552 00:33:40,299 --> 00:33:42,415 How did it happen that all your identification 553 00:33:42,677 --> 00:33:44,986 and personal effects were on Allred's body 554 00:33:45,262 --> 00:33:46,536 when it was found, 555 00:33:46,764 --> 00:33:49,153 and that you had nothing whatever on your person 556 00:33:49,433 --> 00:33:51,708 when you arrived at police headquarters? 557 00:33:51,977 --> 00:33:54,571 He took all that stuff off of me the night he hit me in the head. 558 00:33:54,855 --> 00:33:57,415 - Why? - I don't know. 559 00:33:57,691 --> 00:33:59,886 You could never tell what was on Allred's mind. 560 00:34:00,152 --> 00:34:02,268 You didn't put these articles in his pocket yourself 561 00:34:02,529 --> 00:34:03,962 after you had knocked him unconscious? 562 00:34:04,197 --> 00:34:05,630 No. 563 00:34:06,199 --> 00:34:09,509 Isn't it true that you could simply have walked out of the motel 564 00:34:09,828 --> 00:34:11,466 on Mrs. Allred any number of times 565 00:34:11,704 --> 00:34:14,662 between Saturday night and Monday night? 566 00:34:14,958 --> 00:34:16,186 I don't know, I guess I could. 567 00:34:16,417 --> 00:34:19,056 Wasn't the real reason you didn't walk out of that motel 568 00:34:19,337 --> 00:34:21,009 the fact that you knew there were millions 569 00:34:21,255 --> 00:34:22,973 in the true mining report, 570 00:34:23,216 --> 00:34:25,127 and that you thought there might be an opportunity 571 00:34:25,384 --> 00:34:28,342 for you to kill Bertrand Allred and then cheat Stanley Jerome 572 00:34:28,637 --> 00:34:30,946 and Mrs. Allred out of their share of this property? 573 00:34:31,932 --> 00:34:33,650 No. 574 00:34:36,020 --> 00:34:37,055 No further questions. 575 00:34:37,271 --> 00:34:39,227 BURGER: Lieutenant Tragg, you were present 576 00:34:39,481 --> 00:34:42,234 when a diagram was made of the Overbrook property, 577 00:34:42,526 --> 00:34:45,040 this diagram which has been enlarged onto this blackboard? 578 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:46,309 Yes, I was. 579 00:34:46,530 --> 00:34:48,521 Can you tell us, of your own personal knowledge, 580 00:34:48,782 --> 00:34:51,501 whether this sketch includes all the tracks 581 00:34:51,785 --> 00:34:53,616 that were found in that area? 582 00:34:53,870 --> 00:34:54,859 Yes, I can. 583 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:58,038 We recorded every track, sign and indentation in the whole area 584 00:34:58,333 --> 00:34:59,971 for a hundred yards around. 585 00:35:00,209 --> 00:35:03,440 - We even put in the dog tracks. - Thank you, lieutenant. 586 00:35:03,755 --> 00:35:05,552 Mr. Overbrook, have you had much experience 587 00:35:05,798 --> 00:35:06,787 as a tracker? 588 00:35:07,008 --> 00:35:09,761 Yes, sir. I was born in big-game country 589 00:35:10,052 --> 00:35:11,770 and I worked as a guide quite a spell, 590 00:35:12,013 --> 00:35:14,368 and I've tracked for the police a time or two. 591 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,198 I wonder if you'd step down to the board 592 00:35:16,433 --> 00:35:18,424 and tell us everything you saw and did 593 00:35:18,686 --> 00:35:21,484 on the morning when you went out to backtrack Robert Fleetwood. 594 00:35:21,772 --> 00:35:24,047 Oh, yes, sir. All right, sir. 595 00:35:25,817 --> 00:35:28,570 Uh, you see, this was the next morning 596 00:35:28,862 --> 00:35:31,217 after Mr. Fleetwood had been to my house. 597 00:35:31,490 --> 00:35:35,608 See, now, this is my house, and I came out here, and this is-- 598 00:35:35,952 --> 00:35:38,546 Oh, Mr. Burger, do you mind if I just use my hands? 599 00:35:38,830 --> 00:35:39,819 - It's-- - Go ahead. 600 00:35:40,039 --> 00:35:43,270 Well, you see, I came out here, and I started there, and I picked up-- 601 00:35:43,585 --> 00:35:44,813 These are Fleetwood's tracks 602 00:35:45,044 --> 00:35:47,956 as he came from the car the night before up to the house. 603 00:35:48,256 --> 00:35:49,245 Okay. 604 00:35:49,465 --> 00:35:52,662 And this is where I started and backtracked him around to here, 605 00:35:52,969 --> 00:35:54,527 where the car had been sitting. 606 00:35:54,762 --> 00:35:59,677 - The car was about there? - Well, yes, sir, just about right there. 607 00:36:00,059 --> 00:36:02,937 Now, this where it backed up and turned around 608 00:36:03,228 --> 00:36:06,061 and drove off down the road, of course. 609 00:36:06,356 --> 00:36:08,108 - Like this? - Yes, sir. 610 00:36:08,358 --> 00:36:10,747 Now, when I got to this point, 611 00:36:11,028 --> 00:36:13,417 I could see right here 612 00:36:13,697 --> 00:36:16,257 that some woman had jumped down from the back of the car, 613 00:36:16,533 --> 00:36:19,650 right from the trunk, and run down to the road, right? 614 00:36:19,953 --> 00:36:21,591 These are her footprints. 615 00:36:21,830 --> 00:36:23,104 And then from here, 616 00:36:23,331 --> 00:36:26,403 she walked back up from the road and got in the car. 617 00:36:26,709 --> 00:36:27,698 Now, wait a minute. 618 00:36:27,919 --> 00:36:29,477 As an experienced tracker, 619 00:36:29,712 --> 00:36:33,785 it was beyond question clear to you that the woman jumped from the car, 620 00:36:34,133 --> 00:36:35,452 ran to the road, 621 00:36:35,676 --> 00:36:37,871 and then walked back up and got in the car again? 622 00:36:38,137 --> 00:36:40,810 Yes, sir. Fellow wouldn't have to be much of a tracker to tell that, 623 00:36:41,098 --> 00:36:42,326 not in that soft ground. 624 00:36:42,933 --> 00:36:45,163 All right, after you'd found these tracks and everything, 625 00:36:45,436 --> 00:36:46,789 what did you do next? 626 00:36:47,021 --> 00:36:50,093 Well, I figured the sheriff ought to know about this, so I-- 627 00:36:50,399 --> 00:36:52,117 I walked back up along here-- 628 00:36:52,359 --> 00:36:53,348 These are my footprints 629 00:36:53,569 --> 00:36:55,446 as I went back up to my little farm road. 630 00:36:55,696 --> 00:36:57,175 --and then along here. 631 00:36:57,406 --> 00:36:59,874 And I got a load of scrap lumber, and I brought it back 632 00:37:00,158 --> 00:37:03,514 and I spread it out along here, so-- And-- 633 00:37:03,828 --> 00:37:07,025 So that people could get out there without messing things up. 634 00:37:07,332 --> 00:37:10,642 Now, let's see. This would have gone something like this? 635 00:37:11,461 --> 00:37:14,612 Yes. Yes, sir. That's-- That's fine. That's... 636 00:37:14,923 --> 00:37:16,117 All right, what then? 637 00:37:16,341 --> 00:37:20,334 Well, then I went back in my house and telephoned the sheriff. 638 00:37:20,678 --> 00:37:22,908 Thank you, sir. You may take your seat. 639 00:37:23,180 --> 00:37:27,253 - Yes, sir. - In the witness stand, Mr. Overbrook. 640 00:37:28,894 --> 00:37:30,486 Yes, sir. 641 00:37:32,106 --> 00:37:34,256 Mr. Overbrook, in your opinion, 642 00:37:34,525 --> 00:37:36,914 could anyone have gotten from that car, 643 00:37:37,194 --> 00:37:39,992 to it or away from it, without leaving tracks? 644 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,555 Heh-heh. Not unless he was a bird. 645 00:37:42,824 --> 00:37:44,303 [BOTH LAUGH] 646 00:37:44,534 --> 00:37:45,523 Cross-examine. 647 00:37:45,994 --> 00:37:48,303 If those are your tracks, you'd better tell me now. 648 00:37:48,580 --> 00:37:49,569 But they're not mine. 649 00:37:49,789 --> 00:37:52,781 I don't know whose they are, but I've told you the truth. 650 00:37:53,084 --> 00:37:55,075 Does counsel wish to cross-examine? 651 00:37:55,336 --> 00:37:59,727 Yes, I beg your pardon, Your Honour. I do have one question. 652 00:38:01,384 --> 00:38:02,783 Mr. Overbrook, 653 00:38:03,010 --> 00:38:04,887 you say that no one could get to or from the car 654 00:38:05,138 --> 00:38:06,491 without leaving tracks. 655 00:38:06,722 --> 00:38:09,361 Now, suppose a very light person in sock feet, say, 656 00:38:09,642 --> 00:38:12,110 making every effort to conceal his tracks-- 657 00:38:12,395 --> 00:38:15,228 Well, do you mean such a person could find no path to that car 658 00:38:15,523 --> 00:38:17,081 which wouldn't be clearly evident? 659 00:38:17,316 --> 00:38:19,546 Mr. Mason, the way the ground is around there, 660 00:38:19,818 --> 00:38:23,652 and there's hardly any grass at all, I'm sorry, it just couldn't be done. 661 00:38:23,989 --> 00:38:26,219 Thank you, Mr. Overbrook. That's all. 662 00:38:26,491 --> 00:38:30,040 JUDGE: You may step down. - That's our case, Your Honour. 663 00:38:30,370 --> 00:38:34,283 I move that the court dismiss this case and free the defendant from custody. 664 00:38:34,624 --> 00:38:36,535 There is certainly no evidence sufficient to show 665 00:38:36,793 --> 00:38:40,263 that she is in any way connected with the death of the deceased. 666 00:38:40,588 --> 00:38:44,786 On the contrary, Your Honour. The evidence here is beyond dispute. 667 00:38:45,134 --> 00:38:47,125 Somebody had to drive the car out of that field 668 00:38:47,387 --> 00:38:49,582 and back up the highway and off into the canyon. 669 00:38:49,847 --> 00:38:52,964 An eyewitness's testimony put the defendant at that car, 670 00:38:53,267 --> 00:38:55,223 and her own footprints in the muddy field 671 00:38:55,478 --> 00:38:57,787 irrefutably confirm that testimony. 672 00:38:58,063 --> 00:39:00,133 The purpose of this hearing 673 00:39:00,399 --> 00:39:02,276 is only to prove that a crime has been committed 674 00:39:02,526 --> 00:39:03,720 and to show reasonable grounds 675 00:39:03,944 --> 00:39:06,139 for believing that the defendant committed that crime. 676 00:39:06,405 --> 00:39:07,440 I've not only proved that, 677 00:39:07,656 --> 00:39:09,647 I've proved that no one else could've committed it. 678 00:39:09,908 --> 00:39:12,661 Yes, your evidence is ample, Mr. Burger. 679 00:39:12,953 --> 00:39:14,068 Motion denied. 680 00:39:14,287 --> 00:39:15,959 However, I see we've reached the noon hour. 681 00:39:16,206 --> 00:39:18,640 Court will adjourn until 2 this afternoon. 682 00:39:18,917 --> 00:39:20,555 Defendant remanded to custody of sheriff. 683 00:39:20,794 --> 00:39:22,785 Stand adjourned. 684 00:39:39,603 --> 00:39:40,877 Lunch, Perry? 685 00:39:41,105 --> 00:39:42,823 We'll grab some sandwiches along the way. 686 00:39:43,065 --> 00:39:44,180 Along what way? 687 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,595 We're going to Overbrook's to examine those prints 688 00:39:46,860 --> 00:39:48,088 and do a little reconnoitring. 689 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:49,719 Come on. 690 00:40:09,924 --> 00:40:11,323 Perry. 691 00:40:12,468 --> 00:40:14,538 Why were you so easy on Fleetwood? 692 00:40:14,804 --> 00:40:18,274 Well, he's lying about Mrs. Allred, but until I know why, 693 00:40:18,599 --> 00:40:20,555 pushing him could do more harm than good. 694 00:40:20,810 --> 00:40:23,119 And he couldn't have driven the car away himself, 695 00:40:23,396 --> 00:40:25,512 because he left just one set of footprints, 696 00:40:25,773 --> 00:40:28,003 leading from the car to the house. 697 00:40:28,275 --> 00:40:30,664 Now, from here to there, where the trunk of the car would be, 698 00:40:30,945 --> 00:40:31,934 it's about six feet. 699 00:40:32,154 --> 00:40:33,872 - Coming and going. - That's right. 700 00:40:34,114 --> 00:40:36,423 Perry, I hate to say this, 701 00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:38,930 but how could Fleetwood be lying about your client? 702 00:40:39,203 --> 00:40:41,558 After all, he knew nothing about the tracks coming back 703 00:40:41,830 --> 00:40:43,900 when he said she ran away from the car. 704 00:40:44,166 --> 00:40:45,394 DELLA: Maybe they're his girlfriend's. 705 00:40:45,625 --> 00:40:47,616 Bernice Archer came out here. Now, she could have-- 706 00:40:47,878 --> 00:40:50,392 No, no, we checked her thoroughly, just as the police must have. 707 00:40:50,672 --> 00:40:52,902 She was positively in town all Monday evening 708 00:40:53,174 --> 00:40:54,846 and all Monday night. 709 00:40:55,093 --> 00:40:58,722 - I tell you, to me it just looks hopeless. - Maybe not. 710 00:40:59,055 --> 00:41:04,448 Della, start here and run toward the road. 711 00:41:04,852 --> 00:41:06,604 But the car was here. There aren't any prints. 712 00:41:06,854 --> 00:41:09,288 I know. Try it anyway. 713 00:41:09,565 --> 00:41:11,283 - Run? - Run. 714 00:41:11,525 --> 00:41:14,085 Starting here. Come on, now. 715 00:41:26,790 --> 00:41:28,940 Oh. Well? 716 00:41:31,169 --> 00:41:34,878 What Paul said may change the whole conception of this thing. 717 00:41:35,924 --> 00:41:38,233 We'd better get back to court. 718 00:41:39,177 --> 00:41:42,886 What I said? What did I say? 719 00:41:44,891 --> 00:41:47,530 Your Honour, I strenuously object to this. 720 00:41:47,810 --> 00:41:50,370 Counsel has had every opportunity to examine Miss Archer. 721 00:41:50,646 --> 00:41:51,715 For him to recall her now-- 722 00:41:51,939 --> 00:41:53,611 Your Honour, I can now definitely state 723 00:41:53,858 --> 00:41:55,849 that if I'm permitted this cross-examination, 724 00:41:56,110 --> 00:41:58,624 I can bring out evidence which will exonerate the defendant 725 00:41:58,904 --> 00:42:01,418 and completely refute Robert Fleetwood's testimony. 726 00:42:02,449 --> 00:42:06,408 Well, in that case, the situation becomes quite different. 727 00:42:06,745 --> 00:42:09,623 The Supreme Court has held that the order of examination of witnesses 728 00:42:09,915 --> 00:42:12,907 is exclusively in the discretion of the trial court. 729 00:42:13,627 --> 00:42:15,936 It has also held that the trial court exists 730 00:42:16,213 --> 00:42:18,010 for the purpose of doing justice 731 00:42:18,256 --> 00:42:21,487 and not for enabling lawyers to practise legal gymnastics 732 00:42:21,801 --> 00:42:23,553 at the expense of the equity. 733 00:42:25,138 --> 00:42:27,891 The court's going along with Mr. Mason here. 734 00:42:28,182 --> 00:42:30,855 Miss Archer, take the stand again, please. 735 00:42:44,490 --> 00:42:47,368 Now, Miss Archer, just a few questions about the night of the murder. 736 00:42:47,660 --> 00:42:48,729 Certainly, Mr. Mason. 737 00:42:48,952 --> 00:42:51,785 You previously testified you spent the evening with your sister. 738 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:53,069 Yes. 739 00:42:53,290 --> 00:42:55,758 Did you get any telephone calls at your sister's house? 740 00:42:56,043 --> 00:42:59,035 Telephone calls? Not that I remember. 741 00:42:59,337 --> 00:43:05,173 Is the phone number Olive 17723 familiar to you? 742 00:43:05,969 --> 00:43:08,039 Yes, that's my sister's number. 743 00:43:09,305 --> 00:43:12,103 I have a record here of a long-distance call 744 00:43:12,392 --> 00:43:15,782 put through to you at that number on Monday, the night of the murder. 745 00:43:16,104 --> 00:43:17,742 Now, I ask you now, 746 00:43:17,980 --> 00:43:20,369 did you speak to Robert Fleetwood that night? 747 00:43:20,942 --> 00:43:24,412 - I may have. - Well, did you or did you not? 748 00:43:24,737 --> 00:43:26,136 Yes, I did. 749 00:43:26,822 --> 00:43:28,494 MASON: Now, Miss Archer, 750 00:43:28,741 --> 00:43:33,610 when you spoke to Mr. Fleetwood on the phone the night of the murder, 751 00:43:33,996 --> 00:43:35,907 did he tell you he needed your help? 752 00:43:36,165 --> 00:43:37,439 ARCHER: No. - Did he tell you 753 00:43:37,666 --> 00:43:41,295 he wanted to involve Mrs. Lucille Allred in a murder already committed 754 00:43:41,628 --> 00:43:43,459 or in process or planned? 755 00:43:43,713 --> 00:43:45,305 No. 756 00:43:45,549 --> 00:43:47,904 Did you drive to the Overbrook place, Miss Archer, 757 00:43:48,176 --> 00:43:49,325 sometime just before dawn 758 00:43:49,552 --> 00:43:51,508 the morning after your visit with your sister? 759 00:43:51,763 --> 00:43:54,675 And weren't yours the woman's tracks found near the car? 760 00:43:54,974 --> 00:43:56,202 No, they were not. 761 00:43:57,352 --> 00:44:00,344 Wasn't this the scheme Robert Fleetwood evolved 762 00:44:00,646 --> 00:44:03,206 to implicate the defendant, Mrs. Lucille Allred? 763 00:44:03,483 --> 00:44:04,802 - No. - No? 764 00:44:05,026 --> 00:44:07,699 Then was it your scheme, Miss Archer? 765 00:44:09,613 --> 00:44:11,205 That's all. 766 00:44:11,449 --> 00:44:13,121 Your Honour, now for a point of proof, 767 00:44:13,367 --> 00:44:16,837 I would like to have Mr. Overbrook return to the witness stand. 768 00:44:17,162 --> 00:44:18,675 Mr. Overbrook, please. 769 00:44:18,914 --> 00:44:19,903 MASON: Now, Mr. Overbrook, 770 00:44:20,124 --> 00:44:22,160 will you kindly explain how the tracks of this woman 771 00:44:22,417 --> 00:44:25,295 prove that she ran from the car to the road 772 00:44:25,587 --> 00:44:27,578 and then walked back to the car from the road? 773 00:44:27,839 --> 00:44:30,717 Well, they just show it, is all. You see, they start there at the trunk-- 774 00:44:31,009 --> 00:44:33,159 No, no, Mr. Overbrook, what I mean is this: 775 00:44:33,428 --> 00:44:34,827 How do these tracks prove 776 00:44:35,055 --> 00:44:39,367 that this woman first didn't walk to the car from the road 777 00:44:39,726 --> 00:44:42,001 and then run from the car to the road? 778 00:44:42,270 --> 00:44:43,623 Well, I-- 779 00:44:43,855 --> 00:44:46,608 Gosh, Mr. Mason, I reckon she could. I never thought about that. 780 00:44:46,899 --> 00:44:49,174 Only-- Now, wait a minute. 781 00:44:49,735 --> 00:44:52,044 After she got back to the car, or in it, 782 00:44:52,321 --> 00:44:54,232 how'd she get from there around and into the trunk 783 00:44:54,490 --> 00:44:56,924 without making any sign? 784 00:44:57,743 --> 00:45:00,735 - What if the car wasn't there? - Huh? 785 00:45:01,038 --> 00:45:03,029 Well, let me illustrate. 786 00:45:03,290 --> 00:45:06,487 Suppose a certain woman wanted to implicate Mrs. Allred 787 00:45:06,793 --> 00:45:10,308 and protect Robert Fleetwood. 788 00:45:11,006 --> 00:45:14,681 And suppose Fleetwood and this woman invented the story 789 00:45:15,010 --> 00:45:16,966 about Mrs. Allred being in the trunk. 790 00:45:17,721 --> 00:45:21,316 And early on the morning after the murder, 791 00:45:21,641 --> 00:45:25,520 this woman took a lipstick of the same brand Mrs. Allred carries 792 00:45:25,853 --> 00:45:29,971 and went out to where the car had been sitting 793 00:45:30,316 --> 00:45:35,344 and left that lipstick there in order to confirm their story. 794 00:45:35,738 --> 00:45:38,935 Now, wouldn't it be quite evident to this woman when she got there 795 00:45:39,241 --> 00:45:42,756 that if she walked out onto that field, she would inevitably leave tracks? 796 00:45:43,078 --> 00:45:44,875 Well, sure, unless she was blind. 797 00:45:45,122 --> 00:45:46,680 But suppose the woman were bright enough 798 00:45:46,915 --> 00:45:49,827 to have walked from here up to here, 799 00:45:50,127 --> 00:45:54,166 and then, by using a piece of brush or something to stand on, 800 00:45:54,506 --> 00:45:57,623 she was able to cross this area here where the car had been, 801 00:45:57,926 --> 00:46:01,680 and then she had run along here back to the road. 802 00:46:02,013 --> 00:46:03,685 Now, if she had done that, 803 00:46:03,932 --> 00:46:06,605 wouldn't she have left the same tracks that you discovered? 804 00:46:06,893 --> 00:46:08,326 Well, she sure would. 805 00:46:08,561 --> 00:46:09,550 And come to think of it, 806 00:46:09,771 --> 00:46:11,443 there was a little bush growing right there 807 00:46:11,689 --> 00:46:14,044 that she could have stepped on and jumped to that other spot 808 00:46:14,317 --> 00:46:16,785 without leaving any sign, because it was already messed up 809 00:46:17,069 --> 00:46:19,981 on account of the fact that the car had been parked right over it. 810 00:46:20,281 --> 00:46:22,272 Then those tracks could have been made 811 00:46:22,533 --> 00:46:24,967 without anyone having been in the trunk of the car at all? 812 00:46:25,244 --> 00:46:28,953 Well, yes, sir. I guess you could be right. 813 00:46:33,293 --> 00:46:35,682 Now, Mr. Overbrook, 814 00:46:35,963 --> 00:46:41,083 is the telephone number Olive 17723 familiar to you? 815 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:45,036 No, sir, I never even heard the number till you brought it up here in court. 816 00:46:45,347 --> 00:46:47,702 But Mr. Fleetwood called that number from your house. 817 00:46:47,974 --> 00:46:50,329 It's a very small house. You must have heard him. 818 00:46:50,602 --> 00:46:51,591 No, sir. 819 00:46:53,021 --> 00:46:54,773 I see. 820 00:46:55,982 --> 00:46:58,655 He must have made the call while you were out of the house. 821 00:47:01,195 --> 00:47:02,548 MASON: Hm. 822 00:47:07,952 --> 00:47:12,468 Now, Mr. Overbrook, the day we called on you, I, uh-- 823 00:47:12,831 --> 00:47:15,823 - I noticed your dog, Prince. - Yes. 824 00:47:16,126 --> 00:47:20,756 I also noticed, uh, they have, uh, his tracks here on the sketch. 825 00:47:21,673 --> 00:47:24,141 Well, anywhere I go, Prince is always with me, 826 00:47:24,426 --> 00:47:27,623 unless I give him a job to do, like watching the house or something. 827 00:47:27,929 --> 00:47:29,203 I see. 828 00:47:29,431 --> 00:47:32,787 Now, will you explain to this court how it happens 829 00:47:33,101 --> 00:47:34,932 that there are so many of Prince's tracks 830 00:47:35,186 --> 00:47:37,746 in this area, where you left the car, 831 00:47:38,022 --> 00:47:42,095 and none at all through here, where you were going to the car? 832 00:47:43,861 --> 00:47:47,137 Well, to tell you the truth, I-- I don't know. 833 00:47:47,448 --> 00:47:49,325 I guess he was, uh... 834 00:47:49,575 --> 00:47:52,965 I guess he was out chasing a rabbit or something. 835 00:47:53,287 --> 00:47:56,484 Isn't it a fact that your tracks here 836 00:47:56,790 --> 00:48:00,749 and your tracks over here were made at two different times, 837 00:48:01,086 --> 00:48:03,839 and that Prince was with you one time and not the next? 838 00:48:04,131 --> 00:48:05,962 Of course not. That's crazy. 839 00:48:06,216 --> 00:48:08,286 How could it be, when you can see right there that--? 840 00:48:08,552 --> 00:48:09,826 I'll tell you how it could be. 841 00:48:10,053 --> 00:48:11,771 On the night of the murder, on Monday night, 842 00:48:12,013 --> 00:48:15,369 when Fleetwood was in bed, you left Prince to watch him. 843 00:48:15,684 --> 00:48:17,879 And right then, without taking your dog along, 844 00:48:18,144 --> 00:48:21,693 you backtracked Fleetwood along here to the car. 845 00:48:22,524 --> 00:48:25,914 Lying in the car, unconscious, you found Bertrand Allred, 846 00:48:26,235 --> 00:48:29,307 a man you hated, a man you had threatened to kill. 847 00:48:29,614 --> 00:48:32,845 And you drove that car out of the field down to the highway, 848 00:48:33,159 --> 00:48:35,036 and then you sent it off into the canyon. 849 00:48:35,286 --> 00:48:37,163 No, no, I never. I never done it. 850 00:48:37,413 --> 00:48:39,085 And later you suddenly remembered 851 00:48:39,331 --> 00:48:42,084 that while your tracks went to where the car had been, 852 00:48:42,376 --> 00:48:44,526 your tracks did not return from the car. 853 00:48:44,795 --> 00:48:48,549 So you got those boards and laid them out on the field like this. 854 00:48:48,882 --> 00:48:52,955 And then you walked out on those boards to this point here, 855 00:48:53,303 --> 00:48:56,693 stepped off and walked back towards the farm road, 856 00:48:57,015 --> 00:49:00,087 making these tracks here at that time. 857 00:49:00,393 --> 00:49:02,668 And then you went to your house. 858 00:49:07,525 --> 00:49:10,085 Isn't that the truth, Mr. Overbrook? 859 00:49:11,237 --> 00:49:13,910 Isn't that exactly the way you killed Bertrand Allred? 860 00:49:14,198 --> 00:49:16,154 No, he was already dead. 861 00:49:17,326 --> 00:49:19,794 No, he was dead when I got there. I just hauled him away. 862 00:49:20,079 --> 00:49:22,195 You can see the spot I was in if they found him there. 863 00:49:22,456 --> 00:49:24,811 - I was afraid-- - No, that's a lie. 864 00:49:25,084 --> 00:49:27,040 That isn't true, that's a lie. He wasn't dead. 865 00:49:27,294 --> 00:49:28,807 He was all right. 866 00:49:29,046 --> 00:49:31,355 [COURT MURMURING] 867 00:49:38,972 --> 00:49:40,724 Well, actually, Paul started me thinking right 868 00:49:40,974 --> 00:49:42,851 when he mentioned the woman's tracks in reverse, 869 00:49:43,101 --> 00:49:45,092 as coming and going. 870 00:49:45,353 --> 00:49:47,992 Well, I guess I can't complain, Perry. 871 00:49:48,273 --> 00:49:49,831 After all, you got an innocent woman off 872 00:49:50,066 --> 00:49:51,419 and you handed me the murderer. 873 00:49:52,610 --> 00:49:54,202 - I did? - Certainly. 874 00:49:54,445 --> 00:49:55,434 Which one? 875 00:49:55,905 --> 00:49:59,181 Why, Overbrook, of course. Don't you see? 876 00:49:59,492 --> 00:50:02,529 Fleetwood never would have left Allred if Allred were dead. 877 00:50:02,828 --> 00:50:05,626 He expected Allred to come to and drive away, 878 00:50:05,915 --> 00:50:07,746 only Overbrook got there first. 879 00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,036 What if Allred was hurt worse than Fleetwood thought 880 00:50:10,294 --> 00:50:11,443 and really was dead? 881 00:50:11,670 --> 00:50:13,740 - Well, in that case, what--? - On the other hand, 882 00:50:14,006 --> 00:50:15,564 Overbrook could be honestly mistaken. 883 00:50:15,799 --> 00:50:17,869 He might have thought Allred was dead when he wasn't, 884 00:50:18,135 --> 00:50:20,444 and the crash could have killed him. 885 00:50:20,721 --> 00:50:22,473 Thank you, Mr. Mason, you've been a big help. 886 00:50:22,723 --> 00:50:24,918 Heh. Anytime at all, Mr. Burger. 887 00:50:25,183 --> 00:50:26,172 BURGER: Heh. 888 00:50:29,062 --> 00:50:31,337 All right, who really did kill Allred? 889 00:50:31,606 --> 00:50:34,678 Overbrook. Burger had it right the first time. 890 00:50:34,984 --> 00:50:38,021 I just couldn't bring myself to the point of agreeing with him. 891 00:50:38,321 --> 00:50:40,516 It might establish a dangerous precedent. 892 00:50:40,681 --> 00:50:42,353 [ALL CHUCKLE] 893 00:50:42,403 --> 00:50:46,953 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 72544

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