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Hands up or I'll shoot.
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Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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Yates has been
coverin' up a murder.
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Folks around here know better than
to make threats against the sheriff.
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Where I come from the
sheriff upholds the law.
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There's one thing I know
how to do is follow orders.
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A trained dog can do that.
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Wayne's a good boy. I think
he'd make a good sheriff.
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Hell, she's crooked’r
than a dog's hind leg.
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Watch yourself.
You could get hurt.
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- Pull over, let him pass.
- I don't think he wants to pass.
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Hang on!
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You're deep in the
dung heap now, old man.
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Breaking and
entering is a felony.
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What's that? I can't hear you. What's
the matter? Cat got your tongue, huh?
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Ease off, Wayne. That's no
way to treat a senior citizen.
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- Yeah, you see
what he done to that gate?
- Let him be.
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Harry, you all right?
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No. Thanks to your deputy.
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Well, you shouldn't
be here, Harry.
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I got a right to
look at Jimmy’s car.
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Not while it's locked
up in my pound.
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It shouldn't be locked up
in your pound. It should've
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been released to Jimmy’s
wife six weeks ago.
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No reason to get riled
up over a little red tape.
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I liked your boy. He
was an honest mayor.
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Yeah, that's what
probably got him killed.
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You know, Harry, it grieves me to see
you hung up on that damn fool notion.
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Jim's death was an
accident, pure and simple.
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Maybe I'll believe that when I
examine this wreck for myself.
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And I mean to do that, Yates—
Even if I have to get a court order.
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Careful now, Harry. A man of your
age, it's dangerous to get so worked up.
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Humph.
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I'll have the county bill
you for that busted gate.
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You do that.
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Beeler, you get away from my
truck before I run over your size 12s.
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I found out about it when I
called Seth Hazlitt from Rome.
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And he told me that he'd heard
about the accident from your mother.
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You shouldn't have canceled
your plans, but I'm glad you're here.
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I'm only sorry I couldn't
have gotten here sooner.
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I have such wonderful memories of
that picnic on the beach at Cabot Cove.
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The two of you cutting
up like a couple of kids.
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And how are you, Linda?
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I'm holding together.
Barely, sometimes.
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I wake up groggy,
and Jim isn't there.
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Yes.
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I find myself inventing places where
he must be— 'cause he can't be dead.
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I miss him so much.
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I know.
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But you are
keeping busy, I hope.
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You mentioned
something on the telephone
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about being involved in
some special election?
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To replace Jim as mayor.
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Oh, I, ah, I promised
to pick up some posters.
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Mind if we make one
quick stop at the city hall?
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Not a bit. Come on.
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Well, I know, George, that
the incumbent has the edge,
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but, uh, the trouble is that I'm not the
incumbent, I'm only the acting mayor.
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What are you trying to
say? That you've got a fight
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on your hands? Hell, it
says that on your poster.
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Well, I don't mind a scrap as
long as there's a crowd behind me.
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The decent element of this
town is solidly behind you.
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You've got me on the city council.
I can deliver most of the others.
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Don't belittle your
position, David.
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Well, the decent element has
yet to stand up and be counted.
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And I'm not so sure whether my
being backed by most of the council...
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equals the civic club's wholesale
endorsement of Orville Yates.
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Kate Gunnerson's civic club? Hell,
she's crooked’r than a dog's hind leg.
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Don't even think
about that bunch.
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Rita, I said no interruptions.
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Oh, that's different.
Send her in.
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Linda Stevens.
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David, I'm sorry to drop
in like this. Oh, hi, George.
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Don't I get a hug
anymore? Always.
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How's it going, kiddo? Oh,
it's better since Jessica arrived.
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Jessica, may I present
George McDaniel’s,
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the best hugger west
of the Mississippi.
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Hello, George. My
pleasure, ma'am.
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And David Carroll.
OH, Jim’s friend.
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He told me about the time you went
hunting jackrabbits and almost shot a cow.
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Is nothing sacred?
In defense of David,
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it was a very small cow,
with very long ears. Oh.
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I dropped by to pick
up some more posters.
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Oh, well, here they are. Uh, I don't
know where you're gonna put them though.
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There isn't an empty square
inch of fence left in this town.
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And I'm tellin’ you. I gotta see
David right now! But, Mr. Stevens—
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Outta my way, girl.
You can't go in there!
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David, I need some kind of legal
paper to use on Sheriff Yates.
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Harry, now what
have you been up to?
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I tried to look at Jimmy’s
brakes and steerin'...
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but Yates and his bully-boy
deputy stopped me cold.
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I asked you not to do it.
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That death car is evidence, and Sheriff
Yates is sittin' on it. Big as you please.
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Evidence? Harry's got it in
his head that Jim was murdered.
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But I thought it was
an accident. It was.
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Oh, a one car accident
on a stretch of straight
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road that Jimmy had
driven over 900 times before.
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Don’t you believe
it! Jessica, I'm sorry.
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I didn't mean to burden
you with Harry's obsession.
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Jessica,
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you be the friend
from back East? Yes.
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Well, then you know my son.
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He wasn't careless,
and he wasn't reckless.
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Somebody tampered with his car.
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And I was fixin' to examine it when
Deputy Beeler got a choke hold on me.
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- He used force on you?
- Thought he was gonna
break my neck.
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That wrecked car should have
been released to Linda within 30 days.
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You had every right to see it,
and they had no right to stop you.
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Getting a court order in the middle of
an election might look like politicking.
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You know, George,
I really don't care.
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Linda, you'll see. Yates has
been coverin' up a murder.
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Get me Judge Reardon.
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Harry, are you sure? Sure
as I'm standin' on this spot.
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Jimmy's wrecked car was right
here. You must be mistaken.
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Well, something stood here until
recently. That oil stain is still fresh.
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Well, you folks have a problem?
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What did you do with Jim’s car?
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Wayne, you know
anything about a missin' car?
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Well, last week you told
me to clean this area up.
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That old piece of junk
was a terrible eyesore.
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Yates, that car was an important piece
of evidence you conveniently got rid of.
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That what you
think, Mrs. Stevens?
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That car is my property, Sheriff.
I want it returned immediately.
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Well, now I'd like to
oblige you, ma'am. But,
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uh, this is a big county
with lots of junkyards.
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By now, it's probably been
shoved into some compactor...
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and scrunched up to
the size of a suitcase.
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I don't think you
understand, Sheriff.
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The court order directs you to
return the car to Mrs. Stevens.
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Surely you don't want a violation
of the law hanging over your head...
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just before election time.
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You must be from out of town.
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Well, what's that
got to do with it?
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Folks around here know better than
to make threats against the sheriff.
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Where I come from,
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folks don't have
to make threats.
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The sheriff upholds the law.
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I don't believe I caught
your name, ma'am.
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Just who the hell is
this Jessica Fletcher?
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My wife says she's
some kind of book writer.
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What kind of books? I don't
know what kind of books.
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Why? You takin'
up readin', Kate?
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Strangers make me edgy.
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That wasn't too smart of you, Orville,
makin’ Jim Stevens’ car disappear.
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Well, maybe I should've left
it there, let 'em all examine it.
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Maybe you should've
got rid of it before that old
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man started asking
questions you can't answer.
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Nobody'd listen to him for a
minute if it wasn’t Jim Stevens’ pa.
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Let me worry about old Harry.
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Strikes me you don't
worry near enough. You
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know, this special
election ain't in the bag.
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- You've got yourself
a real candidate this time.
- Is that right?
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Yes.
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I didn't call this meeting to an end.
Orville, you come back here. You owe us.
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I don't owe you spit
in the wind, Stokes.
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I been savin' your
butts all the while.
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Or ain't that weekend gamblin'
club of yours still wide open?
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Nobody come close to shuttin' you
down but Jim Stevens, and he's gone.
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You've been gettin'
your share, Orville.
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Or maybe it's not enough. That
it, Orville? You lookin' for more?
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Thanks for the suds.
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I wish you could stay
a few days longer.
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Well, I really have to get home.
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Amos Tupper may uphold the law,
but I can't trust him to water my plants.
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And I have so much work to do.
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I could get you a typewriter.
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Linda, when I'm writing, I
am the world's worst company.
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Well, I'll never forget the way
you stood up to Sheriff Yates.
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I don't believe he's covering up anything,
but he's sure not somebody I trust.
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Jim said there's a rumor he won
his first election by the cemetery vote.
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The what?
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Oh, you know, copying names off tombstones
to cast extra votes on election day.
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Oh yeah.
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Yates was a heavy
favorite with the R.I.P. crowd.
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Too bad Jim couldn't prove it.
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What was that?
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Somebody's in the house.
We should call the police.
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Sheriff Yates? I'd rather take
my chances with the burglar.
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Is that loaded? I don't know.
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Hands up or I'll shoot!
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- Ain't that Jimmy’s
old jackrabbit gun?
- Harry.
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My goodness. You
frightened us half to death.
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Well, I rang the
doorbell. Guess it ain't
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workin' again. I'll have
a look at it tomorrow.
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Why are you going
through Jim’s desk?
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Jimmy said he was
gonna clean up this town.
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Now I got to thinkin'
about the illegal gambling
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that goes on every
Friday and Saturday...
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in Gil Stokes's warehouse
near the railroad tracks.
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That isn't a secret. Everybody
in town knows about it.
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Supposing Jimmy had proof that Sheriff
Yates was gettin' his cut off the top,
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that he was like
a partner in it.
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Well, it explains a few things
about law and order in this town.
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But there isn't any
proof. Are you sure?
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Jimmy was very careful.
He would have put it down
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on paper so somebody
would see it just in case...
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Jimmy lost control of his car.
He fell asleep at the wheel.
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Linda, that's what
they want you to think.
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But where is the car?
Where is Jimmy’s car?
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Look, I'm going to put on some
coffee. I can't sleep anyway.
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I guess I do talk
crazy sometimes.
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Not to me. Look,
that car is missing.
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Frankly, if Yates was the
sheriff of my hometown,
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I wouldn't call a
special election.
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I would call the state's
attorney or the exterminator.
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You know, Linda's a smart girl.
Levelheaded most of the time.
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But she's got a blind spot
when it comes to Jimmy’s death.
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Look here, Jimmy's personal effects.
Guess Linda couldn't deal with 'em.
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Hey, look at this ring.
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Ever seen a ring like this?
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Oh, not in years. That's
a horseshoe nail, isn't it?
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Just looks like one, but my
daddy made this specially...
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Mm-hmm. Out of a $10 gold piece.
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He was a blacksmith. He gave it to me
when I was just, well, wet behind the ears.
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Said it was lucky. So I
passed it on to Jimmy.
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And now it's come back to me.
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You know, I ain't
worn a ring in years.
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Still fits.
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Harry, take a look at this.
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It could be a
cipher of some sort.
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Jessica, this here is
just what I was lookin' for.
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A bunch of numbers and letters?
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Surely that can't be the proof of
anything. Maybe this isn't the proof,
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but it tells me
where I can find it.
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And that's where I'm
goin', and when I get it,
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I want you to tell
Linda that I'm takin' it
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straight to Ernie Lenko
at the state police.
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Harry, be careful.
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Don't worry. I ain't gonna
fall asleep at the wheel.
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And thanks, Jessica.
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Mrs. Stevens, I'm gonna
ask you to identify the body...
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since you bein'
practically next of kin.
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Sheriff, is that
really necessary?
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I can make an identification, if you
won't. Matter of form, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Papers need signin'. Won't
take but a few minutes.
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00:16:05,698 --> 00:16:07,166
I'll be all right. Okay.
237
00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:08,997
Come on, Bernard.
Let's get it over with.
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Sure am sorry, Mrs. Stevens.
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00:16:10,903 --> 00:16:13,498
The town won't be the
same without old Harry.
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00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:15,542
There's some benches
there by the front door.
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00:16:15,608 --> 00:16:18,168
Like to find a magazine
or two, ma'am. Excuse me.
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00:16:26,252 --> 00:16:29,711
Sheriff, may I ask you a
question? It's up to you, ma'am.
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00:16:29,789 --> 00:16:33,123
When your deputy came to the
house, he only told Mrs. Stevens...
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that Harry's body had
been found on the highway.
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00:16:35,561 --> 00:16:37,723
Exactly how did he die?
246
00:16:38,798 --> 00:16:42,792
You know that bench out there is a real
nice place to wait. Was he struck by a car?
247
00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:45,862
And why was he alone
out on that highway?
248
00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:49,102
Surely you’re not going to claim
that that was another accident.
249
00:16:49,175 --> 00:16:52,087
You know, for the life of me, ma'am,
I don't think it's any of your business.
250
00:16:52,111 --> 00:16:56,606
Linda is a friend of mine, and
so was Jimmy and so was Harry.
251
00:16:56,682 --> 00:17:02,019
For some reason, nobody wanted to listen
when Harry said his son had been murdered.
252
00:17:02,088 --> 00:17:05,820
You know, I think folks around
here put a lot of faith in proof...
253
00:17:05,892 --> 00:17:08,123
and not in the ravings
of a grievin' old man.
254
00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:12,290
Last night, Harry was sure
that he had turned up proof.
255
00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:15,199
Now I ask you again,
Sheriff: How did he die?
256
00:17:15,268 --> 00:17:18,636
Somebody banged him over the
head and shoved him out of a car.
257
00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:20,969
Coroner says he was dead
before he hit the pavement.
258
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,976
That was sometime
last night. Satisfied?
259
00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:28,413
I see. First the son is killed on one
of your lonely roads, then the father.
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00:17:28,481 --> 00:17:31,974
Are you going to tell me
that that was a coincidence?
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00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:35,920
Harry was mule headed. He
spoke his mind; he got folks riled up.
262
00:17:35,988 --> 00:17:38,433
Anyone could've done it. It didn't
have to be the same one who...
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00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:41,222
The same one who killed Jimmy.
Is that what you were going to say?
264
00:17:41,294 --> 00:17:44,196
No, ma'am. If I said
that, I would be lyin'.
265
00:17:44,263 --> 00:17:46,528
Jim Stevens died
in a car accident.
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00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:48,534
That's official.
267
00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:50,934
Now is there anything else
I can do for you, ma'am?
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00:17:51,003 --> 00:17:54,872
Can I maybe buy you a can
of soda pop from the machine?
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Yates.
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00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:02,678
They told me Linda
was identifying the body.
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00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:06,048
Now that is a lousy thing to put
her through and totally unnecessary.
272
00:18:06,118 --> 00:18:07,746
Somebody had to do it.
273
00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:09,618
Oh, come on, Yates.
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00:18:09,689 --> 00:18:12,302
You could have corroborated
your own identification of Harry
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00:18:12,326 --> 00:18:14,787
with his driver's license and
signed the forms yourself.
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00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:19,054
Maybe... if he had
a driver's license.
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00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:21,529
He drove a pickup truck.
278
00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:24,580
Yes, ma'am. Look, Yates, I don't
know what you’re trying to pull here.
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00:18:24,604 --> 00:18:26,300
But I'm gonna settle it.
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00:18:26,372 --> 00:18:28,884
Now, as Mrs. Stevens’
personal attorney, I have the
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authority to take possession
of Harry's personal effects.
282
00:18:31,811 --> 00:18:35,907
Well, now, that might be a bit of a
problem. Since he didn't have any.
283
00:18:35,982 --> 00:18:39,282
His watch, his wallet, his
ring, the key to his pickup.
284
00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:44,086
We didn't find none of those things
on him. He wasn't even wearin' boots.
285
00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:47,049
What are you talking about?
286
00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:51,325
Why would the killer
take Harry's boots?
287
00:18:52,365 --> 00:18:53,424
That's a good question.
288
00:18:55,568 --> 00:18:59,562
Captain, I am out of patience,
and I am not going to be shined on.
289
00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:03,804
Comstock is having a crime wave,
and you people are just sitting here.
290
00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:05,538
Are you finished?
291
00:19:05,611 --> 00:19:07,944
No, I have lots more
to say on the subject.
292
00:19:08,014 --> 00:19:10,745
Uh, ma'am, may I
break in for a minute?
293
00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:13,547
In the first place, Harry
Stevens was a friend of mine.
294
00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:17,454
I knew him all my life. He was
my track coach when I was a kid.
295
00:19:17,523 --> 00:19:19,458
Turned me into a
pretty good miler.
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00:19:19,525 --> 00:19:21,834
That old man was something
else. So don't tell me
297
00:19:21,858 --> 00:19:24,190
I'm looking the other way
when it comes to Harry.
298
00:19:24,263 --> 00:19:26,198
Now, as far as this
illegal gambling goes,
299
00:19:26,265 --> 00:19:29,633
I'd give a year's salary to
lead a mop-up operation.
300
00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:32,638
Twice I've led raids in
conjunction with Sheriff Yates.
301
00:19:32,705 --> 00:19:34,986
You know what we found in that
hardware company warehouse?
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00:19:35,041 --> 00:19:39,308
Lawn mowers, chain
saws and pickle jar openers.
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00:19:39,378 --> 00:19:43,713
That's all you're going to find,
as long as Yates is running things.
304
00:19:43,783 --> 00:19:45,479
Ma'am, I know the score.
305
00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:48,343
I have a separate file
cabinet full of complaints
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00:19:48,367 --> 00:19:51,183
from suckers who got
trimmed at that warehouse...
307
00:19:51,257 --> 00:19:53,192
and not by a lawn mower.
308
00:19:53,259 --> 00:19:55,660
But if I want to raid the
place, I'm required to tell Yates.
309
00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:59,324
And as soon as I tell him, I
know what I'm going to find there.
310
00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:01,663
Nevertheless, I've still got
to go through the motions.
311
00:20:01,734 --> 00:20:04,203
Something to do with
political jurisdiction?
312
00:20:04,270 --> 00:20:06,671
Yes. And if I want to
make a move on my own,
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00:20:06,739 --> 00:20:10,267
I've got to have hard evidence
connecting Yates with that gambling club.
314
00:20:10,342 --> 00:20:13,676
Well, surely Jim Stevens
supplied some information.
315
00:20:13,746 --> 00:20:16,215
Yes, we worked together on it.
316
00:20:16,282 --> 00:20:21,220
Once, when Yates was in Reno at a sheriff's
convention, we pulled a surprise raid.
317
00:20:21,287 --> 00:20:24,951
We had no more luck then
than we did the other two times.
318
00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:27,152
When was that?
319
00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:30,026
Two nights before Jim’s car crash.
I have my suspicions about that too.
320
00:20:30,096 --> 00:20:33,089
You know, Harry wanted
to see you last night.
321
00:20:33,165 --> 00:20:36,602
He thought something
we found in Jim’s wallet...
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00:20:36,669 --> 00:20:39,537
might lead you to that hard
evidence that you're looking for.
323
00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:44,269
- What's it mean?
- I was hoping you could tell me.
324
00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:47,541
Reminds me of something...
325
00:20:48,881 --> 00:20:51,715
Something you might
find on a library card.
326
00:20:51,784 --> 00:20:53,719
Sorry I can't help you.
327
00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:55,778
You may have already.
328
00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:59,322
Wendell? George McDaniel’s.
329
00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:01,612
Fine. I'm here with
David and thought it'd
330
00:21:01,636 --> 00:21:03,988
be a good idea to touch
base with you about—
331
00:21:12,805 --> 00:21:15,001
Pardon me, I'm
looking for Mrs. Stevens.
332
00:21:15,074 --> 00:21:18,135
Hello, Mrs. Fletcher.
She's inside.
333
00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:21,203
I'm Cindy March. I was
Mayor Stevens’ secretary.
334
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,806
By the way, he just loved that
inscribed book you sent him.
335
00:21:23,883 --> 00:21:26,216
It's still on his
desk. His desk?
336
00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:29,551
Well, his office is
just the way he left it.
337
00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:31,557
I'll show you right in.
338
00:21:33,893 --> 00:21:35,828
Mrs. Stevens, Mrs.
Fletcher is here.
339
00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:38,626
Oh, Jessica. I thought
you'd gotten lost.
340
00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:40,029
Oh, no.
341
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:44,270
Yes, I can see Jim in here.
342
00:21:45,271 --> 00:21:47,240
Can you see Orville Yates?
343
00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:49,241
I won't even try.
344
00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:53,946
David thought it would be better to remain
in his office during the interim period,
345
00:21:54,013 --> 00:21:57,745
and Cindy has been busy getting
the files in order for the next occupant.
346
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:03,312
And you couldn't find it in your heart
to clear out Jim’s personal possessions.
347
00:22:03,389 --> 00:22:05,688
They were a lot alike.
348
00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:09,490
Yes. Strong,
honest, mule headed.
349
00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:16,127
I've been talking to Captain
Lenko, Linda, and he feels as I do...
350
00:22:16,202 --> 00:22:19,036
That Harry was killed by the
same person who killed Jim.
351
00:22:20,606 --> 00:22:23,633
Why do you keep saying that?
352
00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:26,474
Jim wasn't murdered.
353
00:22:27,613 --> 00:22:31,983
Look, what happened to Harry was horrible,
but it had nothing to do with Jim.
354
00:22:32,051 --> 00:22:35,044
Linda, you know that isn't true.
355
00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:36,452
It is.
356
00:22:36,522 --> 00:22:39,287
It must be true.
Please, Jessica,
357
00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:41,987
I don't want to discuss
it, especially not now.
358
00:22:42,061 --> 00:22:44,121
I've been here stuffing
campaign material...
359
00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:46,392
and trying to erase that
image of the morgue.
360
00:22:46,465 --> 00:22:48,730
I can't handle anything else.
361
00:22:49,835 --> 00:22:52,771
Jessica, I didn't know you
were one of my volunteers.
362
00:22:52,838 --> 00:22:56,775
Well, I'm not. You caught me just
as I was about to make my escape.
363
00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:59,402
Oh, good. I have to
leave too. You want a lift?
364
00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:00,478
Yes, thank you.
365
00:23:00,546 --> 00:23:02,208
Linda, you want to come?
366
00:23:03,616 --> 00:23:05,551
What, and miss out on all this?
367
00:23:05,618 --> 00:23:08,554
No, thanks. I'm
developing a rhythm.
368
00:23:08,621 --> 00:23:10,351
I'll stay and finish up.
369
00:23:10,422 --> 00:23:14,052
Well, I'll be back in a little while.
I'm just going to stop at the library.
370
00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:15,059
I'll be here.
371
00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:18,256
Before we go to the library,
I'd like to see where he died.
372
00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:20,265
Harry? Jim.
373
00:23:22,167 --> 00:23:24,159
Let me get my keys,
I'll tell my secretary...
374
00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:27,729
to make up some new
telephone excuses till I get back.
375
00:23:27,806 --> 00:23:29,365
Right.
376
00:23:31,010 --> 00:23:33,000
Since they built
the interstate, not
377
00:23:33,024 --> 00:23:34,947
many people drive
these old country roads.
378
00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:38,416
Jim would have preferred the
solitude, you know, the country feeling.
379
00:23:38,484 --> 00:23:40,885
We're not far from where
he went off the road...
380
00:23:40,953 --> 00:23:42,182
About a mile or so.
381
00:23:53,532 --> 00:23:55,524
Is something wrong?
382
00:23:56,702 --> 00:23:58,637
That truck behind us.
383
00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:04,943
Oh, my goodness.
He's going awfully fast.
384
00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:08,242
Too fast. I haven't
been able to shake him.
385
00:24:08,314 --> 00:24:12,251
He was probably lying in wait on
one of those side roads we passed.
386
00:24:13,519 --> 00:24:16,045
Aren't you letting your-your
imagination run away with you.
387
00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:17,885
Am I?
388
00:24:23,696 --> 00:24:26,325
What's he doing?
389
00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:29,625
David, pull over
and let him pass.
390
00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:31,637
I don't think he wants to pass.
391
00:24:47,086 --> 00:24:49,453
Hang on!
392
00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:11,507
How many fingers
am I holding up? Two.
393
00:25:11,577 --> 00:25:14,012
I don't have concussion.
I wasn't hit on the head.
394
00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:16,480
Now what we need
is a ride back to town.
395
00:25:16,548 --> 00:25:17,572
Yeah.
396
00:25:17,649 --> 00:25:21,484
We can take you as far as the hospital.
Tell me that isn't who I think it is.
397
00:25:24,123 --> 00:25:25,352
Sheriff Yates.
398
00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:37,874
Well, that ain't no way
to treat a nice car like
399
00:25:37,898 --> 00:25:39,914
that, Mr. Carroll. You
oughta be more careful, boy.
400
00:25:39,938 --> 00:25:41,930
Looks like you folks
ran into some trouble.
401
00:25:42,007 --> 00:25:43,407
Ran into a ditch
is more like it.
402
00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:46,240
Sheriff, isn't there some law
about keeping him on a leash?
403
00:25:46,311 --> 00:25:51,181
Easy now. Wayne, go and help them
direct traffic. I'll take care of this.
404
00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:53,343
Yeah, right.
405
00:25:53,419 --> 00:25:57,584
Well, now, Mrs. Fletcher, you
seem to be right on the scene here.
406
00:25:57,656 --> 00:25:59,056
Like to tell me what happened?
407
00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:01,855
A truck forced us off the road.
408
00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:04,386
Did you see this truck, ma'am?
409
00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:06,659
Yes, I saw it clearly.
It was a black one.
410
00:26:06,732 --> 00:26:07,665
What make was it?
411
00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:11,727
Well, I—I don't know one make
from another. Dark black cab.
412
00:26:11,804 --> 00:26:16,902
Did you see who was driving it? Was
he fat, skinny, white, black, hairy, bald?
413
00:26:16,975 --> 00:26:20,434
I couldn't see him because of the
mud splattered on the windshield.
414
00:26:20,512 --> 00:26:22,879
Maybe you can give
me the license number.
415
00:26:22,948 --> 00:26:26,908
It was smeared with
mud too. I couldn't read it.
416
00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:31,582
We are talkin' about the
same truck, aren't we, ma'am?
417
00:26:31,657 --> 00:26:34,320
The one you saw very clearly?
418
00:26:34,393 --> 00:26:38,990
Yes, I saw it. And I also felt it
bump into the rear of David's car.
419
00:26:39,064 --> 00:26:43,468
- And then it pushed you off the road?
- No. I turned off the road
to get away from it.
420
00:26:43,535 --> 00:26:47,666
So you drove it into the ditch under
your own power. Is that the way it was?
421
00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:51,540
- No, that is not the way it was.
- Jessica, he's not gonna listen to us.
422
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,545
Where do you think you're going?
423
00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:55,604
To the hospital.
424
00:27:02,955 --> 00:27:07,552
I feel as though that truck
ran over me a few times.
425
00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:09,434
And I thought soaking
in a hot tub would help
426
00:27:09,458 --> 00:27:11,290
take away some of the
pain from your bruises.
427
00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:13,832
You were in the tub for an hour.
428
00:27:13,899 --> 00:27:16,164
Well, I soaked for ten minutes.
429
00:27:16,235 --> 00:27:18,761
But it took me the rest of
the time to get in and out.
430
00:27:18,837 --> 00:27:21,397
Oh. David said you both
could have been killed.
431
00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,637
Yes, I think the driver could
have killed us if he'd wanted to.
432
00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:28,010
But somehow I don't
think that was his intention.
433
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,106
Don't be too sure.
They killed Harry.
434
00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:31,844
But not Jim?
435
00:27:33,085 --> 00:27:38,285
Linda, whatever it is you've
got bottled up, let it go.
436
00:27:42,928 --> 00:27:45,796
He was happy as a lawyer,
437
00:27:45,864 --> 00:27:49,995
defending the poor,
fighting for justice.
438
00:27:52,171 --> 00:27:53,503
It was so bleak.
439
00:27:53,572 --> 00:27:55,473
Without any kind of future.
440
00:27:55,541 --> 00:27:58,534
I talked Jim into
running for office.
441
00:27:59,945 --> 00:28:04,474
I told him of all the good he could
do operating from a power base.
442
00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:10,613
But all the time, I was selfishly thinking
about the exciting lives we would lead...
443
00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:14,058
in the state capitol or
even in Washington.
444
00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:17,721
And now Jimmy has no life.
445
00:28:17,796 --> 00:28:22,029
If he died because he
was trying to do his job—
446
00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:26,094
I can't live with
that. Listen to me.
447
00:28:26,171 --> 00:28:29,300
Jimmy was murdered,
and it's not your fault.
448
00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:33,436
- It is!
- It is not your fault.
449
00:28:33,512 --> 00:28:38,314
Now Jimmy and his father were
one of a kind— bullheaded, stubborn.
450
00:28:39,518 --> 00:28:43,387
Neither one of them would do
something unless they wanted to do it.
451
00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:45,390
Now you know that.
452
00:28:45,457 --> 00:28:47,688
Serving the people,
serving the town...
453
00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:51,218
That was Jim’s
decision, not yours.
454
00:28:51,296 --> 00:28:55,131
I couldn't face it if it was
politics, if Yates killed him.
455
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,759
Yates? Oh, I wonder.
456
00:28:56,835 --> 00:29:00,465
Your sheriff is a crafty fox.
457
00:29:00,539 --> 00:29:02,474
But if he was responsible,
458
00:29:02,541 --> 00:29:06,239
why would he go to all the trouble of
making Jim’s death look like an accident,
459
00:29:06,311 --> 00:29:08,075
and then turn around...
460
00:29:08,146 --> 00:29:12,140
and leave poor Harry's beaten
body out in the middle of nowhere,
461
00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:14,118
so obviously a murder?
462
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,752
- Jessica.
- Oh. Ow.
463
00:29:18,824 --> 00:29:22,488
Oh, I'm sorry. It's all
right. I forgot myself.
464
00:29:22,561 --> 00:29:25,554
I'm going to make you some
hot soup. Now hop into bed.
465
00:29:25,631 --> 00:29:27,566
Hop.
466
00:29:34,106 --> 00:29:36,041
Oh.
467
00:29:55,727 --> 00:29:58,196
The state police
barracks, please.
468
00:29:58,263 --> 00:30:00,255
Captain Lenko.
469
00:30:00,332 --> 00:30:01,994
Jessica, are you in bed?
470
00:30:02,067 --> 00:30:04,400
Yes!
471
00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:06,665
Captain Lenko? This
is Jessica Fletcher.
472
00:30:06,738 --> 00:30:08,866
How did you know
I'd be here this late?
473
00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:10,533
Well, I had a hunch.
474
00:30:10,609 --> 00:30:12,908
I was going to call you. I
thought you'd be in bed.
475
00:30:12,978 --> 00:30:14,412
What happened this afternoon?
476
00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:19,417
Well, somebody tried to scare me,
and they did a darn good job of it.
477
00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:20,952
That's what I figured.
478
00:30:21,019 --> 00:30:23,331
Of course, that's not what
it says in the sheriff's report.
479
00:30:23,355 --> 00:30:25,790
Captain, I had a
thought on Harry.
480
00:30:25,857 --> 00:30:31,160
In your experience, who
goes around stealing shoes?
481
00:30:31,229 --> 00:30:34,256
Nobody these days, unless
you're flat broke and need them.
482
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:38,896
Oh, I see what you mean. Somebody may
have come along and robbed Harry's body.
483
00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:42,338
A vagrant, a hitchhiker,
something like that. I'll check it out.
484
00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:43,898
Anything else?
485
00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:49,505
Yes. You mentioned a third
raid on Stokes's warehouse,
486
00:30:49,581 --> 00:30:53,484
one that Jim arranged while
Sheriff Yates was out of town.
487
00:30:53,552 --> 00:30:56,317
That's right. And like the other
two times, it didn't come off.
488
00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:57,856
But it should have come off...
489
00:30:57,923 --> 00:31:02,793
with Yates gone, unless
someone else was on the payroll.
490
00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:07,026
A mole in Jim’s office? That's
possible. What made you think of it?
491
00:31:07,099 --> 00:31:10,194
The truck that ran us off
the road was lying in wait.
492
00:31:10,268 --> 00:31:13,602
I mean the driver knew that
we would be coming that way.
493
00:31:13,672 --> 00:31:15,368
Which means the
mole is still there.
494
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,306
Watch yourself.
You could get hurt.
495
00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:22,006
Oh, Jessica.
496
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,320
Can you come in here a
minute, please? Will it take long?
497
00:31:24,349 --> 00:31:26,085
I don't think so. Ernie
Lenko called me last
498
00:31:26,109 --> 00:31:28,150
night, and I started asking
questions this morning.
499
00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:30,155
I found your mole.
500
00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:34,952
Rita, nobody's angry with
you. We just want the truth.
501
00:31:35,026 --> 00:31:37,791
I'm sorry, Mr. Carroll. I guess I
should have said something sooner.
502
00:31:37,863 --> 00:31:40,059
Well, I know. A
conflict of loyalties.
503
00:31:40,132 --> 00:31:43,500
Now, Rita, I want you to tell Mrs.
Fletcher exactly what you told us.
504
00:31:45,504 --> 00:31:48,838
Look. I sure hate sayin' things
about somebody I work with,
505
00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:52,708
but I told Cindy I didn't like
what she was doin'. Cindy?
506
00:31:52,778 --> 00:31:54,110
Where is Cindy anyway?
507
00:31:54,179 --> 00:31:58,173
She hasn't come in yet. You
won't tell her that I told you?
508
00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:01,718
Rita, please, what
has Cindy done?
509
00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:06,256
Now, Mrs. Fletcher,
don't you misunderstand.
510
00:32:06,324 --> 00:32:10,227
I'm not accusing her of anything,
except maybe bad judgment.
511
00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:14,308
I just don't think it's right for her to
be running around with a married man.
512
00:32:14,332 --> 00:32:17,200
Rita, skip the moral issue.
Tell her the man's name.
513
00:32:20,472 --> 00:32:21,531
His name is Wayne.
514
00:32:23,341 --> 00:32:25,276
Wayne Beeler.
515
00:32:35,487 --> 00:32:38,013
No. Wayne. I have to go.
516
00:32:38,089 --> 00:32:40,752
What is the matter
with you this morning?
517
00:32:42,494 --> 00:32:47,159
I woke up a couple of times last
night, thinking about what you told me.
518
00:32:47,232 --> 00:32:48,666
About you and that truck.
519
00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:51,032
Oh, you keep your
mouth shut about that.
520
00:32:51,102 --> 00:32:53,628
What if you'd killed them?
Didn't you think about that?
521
00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:56,300
I wasn't supposed to kill 'em.
522
00:32:56,374 --> 00:32:58,343
I done just like I was told.
523
00:32:59,411 --> 00:33:01,903
There's one thing I know
how to do is follow orders.
524
00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:03,915
A trained dog can do that.
525
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,315
I ain't nobody's dog.
526
00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:10,844
And when I'm sheriff, I'm
gonna be givin' the orders.
527
00:33:10,922 --> 00:33:14,723
I'll make this old county
jump. You just see if I don't.
528
00:33:15,861 --> 00:33:18,854
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey,
where do you think you're going?
529
00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:20,762
To work. I'm late as it is.
530
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,993
You'll go when I say you can go.
531
00:33:25,070 --> 00:33:26,333
Wayne.
532
00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:30,605
You just remember who
you're workin' for, darlin'.
533
00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:40,310
You overheard my conversation...
534
00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:42,445
in the outside office
with Mr. Carroll...
535
00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:45,821
and told Deputy Beeler that we
were driving on the county road.
536
00:33:45,891 --> 00:33:46,891
No.
537
00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:48,893
Oh, Cindy, for heaven's sakes.
538
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:50,053
I swear, Mrs. Fletcher.
539
00:33:50,128 --> 00:33:52,495
I didn't even talk to
Wayne until afterwards.
540
00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:56,228
If I'd have known he was gonna pull a stunt
like that, I would've tried to stop him.
541
00:33:56,301 --> 00:34:00,136
Haven't you been giving him information
ever since you came to work at city hall?
542
00:34:00,205 --> 00:34:02,367
Now, Cindy, don't lie to me.
543
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,705
Two people have been murdered.
544
00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:06,369
Don't make things
worse for yourself.
545
00:34:08,446 --> 00:34:10,381
All right.
546
00:34:10,448 --> 00:34:12,212
Yeah, sometimes I had to.
547
00:34:12,284 --> 00:34:14,480
I was afraid of him.
548
00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:17,421
When Wayne doesn't get his
own way, he can be real mean.
549
00:34:17,489 --> 00:34:19,890
Well-Well, why didn't
you stop seeing him?
550
00:34:21,126 --> 00:34:22,924
I can't.
551
00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:25,589
I love him. He loves me too.
552
00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:28,867
Oh, Cindy.
553
00:34:28,934 --> 00:34:30,459
It's true.
554
00:34:30,535 --> 00:34:33,528
He's gonna ask his wife for a divorce
just as soon as she has her baby.
555
00:34:33,605 --> 00:34:36,006
I know how awful that sounds.
556
00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:38,839
Other people are happy.
557
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:40,845
Oh, God, why is all of
this happening to me?
558
00:34:43,148 --> 00:34:44,810
Cindy, sit down.
559
00:34:46,952 --> 00:34:49,217
Now, I need your help.
560
00:34:49,287 --> 00:34:51,620
I want you to be
totally honest with me,
561
00:34:51,690 --> 00:34:54,888
and I'll do everything
I can to help you.
562
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,259
Now, when you were
Mayor Stevens’ secretary,
563
00:34:57,329 --> 00:35:02,165
did you tell this deputy that the mayor
had arranged for the state police...
564
00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:06,102
to raid the illegal gambling club
while the sheriff was out of town?
565
00:35:06,171 --> 00:35:08,504
No. I didn't even know about it.
566
00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,098
You're sure? I swear.
567
00:35:11,576 --> 00:35:13,511
Well, there's something else.
568
00:35:13,578 --> 00:35:15,786
This morning, I talked
to the public librarian
569
00:35:15,810 --> 00:35:17,606
about something
that Mayor Stevens...
570
00:35:17,682 --> 00:35:21,119
had been carrying around
with him on a slip of paper.
571
00:35:21,186 --> 00:35:25,055
She said that it wasn't
a card catalog number.
572
00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,992
However, she suggested it
might be a legal reference.
573
00:35:30,261 --> 00:35:32,958
When he wanted me to look
up something in his law books,
574
00:35:33,031 --> 00:35:34,522
this is how he'd write it.
575
00:35:34,599 --> 00:35:38,400
Actually, this has two different
references with a lot of different parts.
576
00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:40,439
Would you like me
to find them for you?
577
00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:44,465
Oh, please. You see, I was
puzzled by the six at the beginning.
578
00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:48,638
That's not a six. That's an "S"
for state and "IX" for Volume 9.
579
00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:50,977
Here it is.
580
00:35:52,684 --> 00:35:55,153
Let me see. Page 560.
581
00:35:55,220 --> 00:35:57,746
"D" for Docket 584.
582
00:36:02,894 --> 00:36:04,829
Here it is.
583
00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:07,195
People versus Pawley, 1979.
584
00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:12,361
You found this in a law book?
585
00:36:12,437 --> 00:36:15,430
Where Jim kept it from prying
eyes. His files were too accessible.
586
00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:17,567
It's a signed statement
from an electrician...
587
00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:21,807
who had to make some emergency repairs
at Stokes's warehouse on a Saturday night.
588
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:25,681
He says that Sheriff Yates was
present while people were gambling.
589
00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:30,313
Sworn to and notarized. This is reason
enough not to let him in on the next raid.
590
00:36:30,388 --> 00:36:33,153
It was tucked into a book next
to a case about a local official...
591
00:36:33,224 --> 00:36:35,455
who accepted bribes in
the form of political support.
592
00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:36,961
Fits Yates like a glove.
593
00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:40,192
Well, so does the case in the
other law book, election fraud.
594
00:36:40,265 --> 00:36:45,636
A candidate for office used the cemetery
vote to insure his victory at the polls.
595
00:36:45,704 --> 00:36:48,003
Oddly enough, there was no
evidence tucked into that one.
596
00:36:48,073 --> 00:36:51,202
Maybe Jim was still working
on it. I got something for you too.
597
00:36:51,276 --> 00:36:53,302
You were right
about Harry's shoes.
598
00:36:53,378 --> 00:36:56,107
The police in Castorville
picked up a wino trying
599
00:36:56,131 --> 00:36:58,715
to buy muscatel with,
uh, Harry's credit card.
600
00:36:58,783 --> 00:37:02,914
Is it possible that he killed Harry? Oh,
no, no, no. On the night of the murder,
601
00:37:02,987 --> 00:37:05,684
he was in the
country drunk tank.
602
00:37:05,757 --> 00:37:09,626
They let him go just before dawn, so
they wouldn't have to feed him breakfast.
603
00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:12,357
He was walking out of town. He
must have run into Harry's body.
604
00:37:12,430 --> 00:37:14,558
And took Harry's boots.
605
00:37:14,632 --> 00:37:17,295
Took Harry's everything,
his wallet, his keys.
606
00:37:17,368 --> 00:37:19,837
Two sets of keys? Only one.
607
00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:21,566
That's strange.
608
00:37:21,639 --> 00:37:25,770
I saw Harry pick up Jim’s keys
from the desk before he left the house.
609
00:37:25,844 --> 00:37:29,246
That's strange. I'm sorry. I didn't
mean to interrupt your train of thought.
610
00:37:29,314 --> 00:37:32,842
Oh, no, that's about it. Wallet,
keys, uh, wristwatch and a ring.
611
00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:35,546
Ring? Yeah. Harry's gold ring.
612
00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:38,454
I don't know why
the guy didn't pawn it.
613
00:37:38,523 --> 00:37:40,651
The ring. Of course, of course.
614
00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:42,921
That explains everything.
615
00:37:42,994 --> 00:37:44,587
Would you mind
explaining it to me?
616
00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:48,064
Oh, I will, as soon as you set
up the raid on the warehouse.
617
00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:52,332
I have a feeling that this time you'll
find more than lawn furniture there.
618
00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:57,542
Come on back, come on back.
619
00:37:57,609 --> 00:38:01,205
Okay, baby, give me a little six
puff on 'em. Come on, puff 'em—Six!
620
00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,214
Yeah! Whoo-hoo!
621
00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:08,681
Yeah, come on
back, come on back.
622
00:38:24,702 --> 00:38:26,295
Kate, how's it goin' tonight?
623
00:38:26,371 --> 00:38:28,664
It's still early. The
high rollers can't get
624
00:38:28,688 --> 00:38:30,900
away from their
wives till after midnight.
625
00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:33,638
Here, Orville. Try your luck.
626
00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:35,236
Go ahead. It's on the house.
627
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,043
Not for me, thanks.
628
00:38:37,115 --> 00:38:40,313
Orville's not a big
gambler like his deputy.
629
00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:42,981
Yeah, Wayne ain't
exactly cautious.
630
00:38:43,054 --> 00:38:46,957
He's willing to take
chances to better himself.
631
00:38:47,025 --> 00:38:48,357
That's how you play the game.
632
00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:49,917
What game is that, Kate?
633
00:38:49,994 --> 00:38:53,431
There's only one game.
It has different names.
634
00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:55,467
You talking about politics?
635
00:38:55,533 --> 00:38:59,436
That's one name.
Another is "Gettin' Rich."
636
00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:04,100
In case you hadn't
noticed, I play to win.
637
00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:06,176
That why you told Wayne
Beeler to run Carroll
638
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,271
and the Fletcher woman
off the road yesterday?
639
00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:10,315
Shh! Not so loud.
640
00:39:11,783 --> 00:39:13,115
What makes you say that?
641
00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:14,982
It wasn't me.
642
00:39:15,053 --> 00:39:18,956
I see Wayne actin' like he owns
the place. You givin' him testimonials.
643
00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:21,015
What am I supposed to think?
644
00:39:21,092 --> 00:39:23,288
You should've been
a detective, Orville.
645
00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:26,889
If I was, maybe I'd have known
who killed Jim and Harry Stevens.
646
00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:28,729
Are you crazy? Hold it down.
647
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,701
You think it was Wayne?
648
00:39:30,768 --> 00:39:33,135
It come to me.
Wayne's a good boy.
649
00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:35,435
He does what he's told.
650
00:39:35,506 --> 00:39:37,498
I think he'd make
a good sheriff.
651
00:39:38,576 --> 00:39:40,477
We agreed the mayor
would have a say in that.
652
00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:42,840
The mayor will.
653
00:39:46,150 --> 00:39:48,517
Hello?
654
00:39:48,586 --> 00:39:51,784
David? Is that you?
655
00:39:51,856 --> 00:39:54,052
Oh, I was beginning to
think you weren't coming.
656
00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:56,060
Well, I nearly didn't.
657
00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:59,073
After I got off the phone with you, I
wasn't sure I had the time correctly.
658
00:39:59,097 --> 00:40:01,532
I mean, nobody meets
at city hall at this hour.
659
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:04,763
Forgive me. I'm a writer.
We work at all hours.
660
00:40:04,836 --> 00:40:06,498
But I did think that
this was important.
661
00:40:06,571 --> 00:40:10,941
Well, I've burned the
midnight oil myself on occasion.
662
00:40:11,009 --> 00:40:14,741
You mentioned a piece of evidence
that Jim left in one of his law books?
663
00:40:14,812 --> 00:40:17,501
Yes. His instructions
indicated two law books,
664
00:40:17,525 --> 00:40:19,944
but only one of them
contained a paper...
665
00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:22,749
A letter— Placing
Sheriff Yates...
666
00:40:22,820 --> 00:40:25,289
at the scene of
illegal gambling.
667
00:40:25,356 --> 00:40:29,259
That's great. Then Jim was
able to get something on Yates.
668
00:40:30,361 --> 00:40:33,559
I only wish he'd had a chance to
pass it on to Captain Lenko himself,
669
00:40:33,631 --> 00:40:36,430
but I gave it to him today.
670
00:40:36,501 --> 00:40:41,166
And tonight, he's leading
a raid on the gambling club.
671
00:40:42,173 --> 00:40:43,766
Fantastic. What time?
672
00:40:43,841 --> 00:40:45,776
Oh, in a couple of hours.
673
00:40:45,843 --> 00:40:49,803
Oh, for heaven's sakes. Linda's supposed
to be picking me up, and I've got her keys.
674
00:40:49,881 --> 00:40:52,874
I was supposed to meet her out at
the front door. Would you excuse me?
675
00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:55,079
I'll go if you like.
Oh, no, no, no.
676
00:40:55,153 --> 00:40:57,645
I kept her waiting, and
I'll make the apologies.
677
00:41:07,532 --> 00:41:10,593
Get me Kate
Gunnerson. It's urgent.
678
00:41:10,668 --> 00:41:12,290
What do you mean
she's not available? You
679
00:41:12,314 --> 00:41:14,161
find her quick, and you
give her this message.
680
00:41:14,238 --> 00:41:17,606
You tell her that the state troopers
are gonna hit the place in two hours.
681
00:41:17,675 --> 00:41:18,675
You got that?
682
00:41:20,611 --> 00:41:23,137
Yes, Mr. Carroll. We've
got your warning on tape.
683
00:41:23,214 --> 00:41:25,479
No, I'm sorry, uh,
684
00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:29,419
Kate can't come to the phone
just now, but you can speak to me.
685
00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:32,423
This is Captain Lenko
of the state police.
686
00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:34,717
You can't do this to me.
I'm gonna be the next sheriff.
687
00:41:34,741 --> 00:41:36,951
Let go of me! I'll shove that
badge down your throats!
688
00:41:37,028 --> 00:41:39,964
Now what was that you were
saying about a raid, Mr. Carroll.
689
00:41:41,165 --> 00:41:45,500
Sorry. I must have been
wrong about the time.
690
00:41:45,570 --> 00:41:48,699
You set me up.
691
00:41:48,773 --> 00:41:53,302
Yes. A small part of me
hoped that I was wrong,
692
00:41:53,378 --> 00:41:55,711
but I knew that I wasn't.
693
00:41:55,780 --> 00:41:57,043
What a pity.
694
00:41:57,115 --> 00:42:00,552
You had all the tools, David.
Looks, charm, intelligence.
695
00:42:00,618 --> 00:42:04,350
All right, so I was
working both sides.
696
00:42:04,422 --> 00:42:08,450
Kate Gunnerson and her friends
carry a lot of weight in this town.
697
00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:10,722
I convinced them that
I could be reasonable.
698
00:42:10,795 --> 00:42:12,730
A lot more
reasonable than Yates.
699
00:42:12,797 --> 00:42:15,198
I see.
700
00:42:15,266 --> 00:42:18,259
Look, I'd be no good to
anyone unless I got elected.
701
00:42:18,336 --> 00:42:20,999
Now my relationship
with the gambling crowd...
702
00:42:21,072 --> 00:42:23,473
is nothing more than
temporary expedience.
703
00:42:23,541 --> 00:42:26,010
Oh, no, David, it was
a great deal more.
704
00:42:26,077 --> 00:42:29,206
You were willing to do anything,
705
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,613
consort with anyone, to
launch your political career.
706
00:42:31,682 --> 00:42:33,344
You were even willing
to commit murder.
707
00:42:33,418 --> 00:42:34,647
Whoa! Oh, no.
708
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:37,211
Oh, I'm afraid so.
709
00:42:37,288 --> 00:42:41,316
Now, look, I-I was with you in
the car when we were nearly killed.
710
00:42:41,392 --> 00:42:43,020
Were we?
711
00:42:43,094 --> 00:42:44,687
I don't think so.
712
00:42:44,762 --> 00:42:47,254
Cindy swore she never
warned her boyfriend, the deputy.
713
00:42:47,331 --> 00:42:51,359
So it must have been you who set
up that phony, near-miss accident.
714
00:42:51,436 --> 00:42:54,099
You made an excuse to stop
in your office before we left.
715
00:42:54,172 --> 00:42:58,542
That's when you made the call to Kate
Gunnerson, and she notified Wayne Beeler.
716
00:42:59,977 --> 00:43:01,912
Why would I have
risked my own neck?
717
00:43:01,979 --> 00:43:04,710
To remove yourself as a suspect.
718
00:43:04,782 --> 00:43:08,514
I think that Jim Stevens
discovered you were the one...
719
00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:11,579
who tipped off the gambling club
owners about the raid he'd planned.
720
00:43:11,656 --> 00:43:13,921
He would have given
you a chance to deny it,
721
00:43:13,991 --> 00:43:15,926
because that was his way.
722
00:43:15,993 --> 00:43:20,192
And you responded by
tampering with his car.
723
00:43:20,264 --> 00:43:21,732
That's your way.
724
00:43:24,802 --> 00:43:27,795
Jessica, you are a spellbinder.
725
00:43:28,940 --> 00:43:33,207
It's amazing how you can weave a
story out of the flimsiest of material,
726
00:43:33,277 --> 00:43:35,405
without any evidence whatsoever.
727
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,075
It's true I can't prove
that you killed Jim.
728
00:43:38,149 --> 00:43:42,553
- But I know that you killed Harry.
- I told you I didn't even see
Harry the night he was killed.
729
00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:44,020
No?
730
00:43:44,088 --> 00:43:46,607
Remember in the sheriff's
office when you asked
731
00:43:46,631 --> 00:43:48,958
for the return of
Harry's personal effects?
732
00:43:50,094 --> 00:43:53,428
His watch, his wallet,
his ring, key to his pickup.
733
00:43:53,498 --> 00:43:57,833
If you didn't see Harry that night, how
did you know that he was wearing a ring?
734
00:43:57,902 --> 00:44:00,167
He told me he hadn't
worn one in years.
735
00:44:00,238 --> 00:44:04,938
The fact is, he only put that ring
on shortly before he left the house.
736
00:44:05,009 --> 00:44:06,602
Linda told me of course.
737
00:44:06,677 --> 00:44:09,078
No, David. I couldn't
have told you.
738
00:44:09,147 --> 00:44:11,981
I wasn't in the room
when Harry put the ring on.
739
00:44:12,049 --> 00:44:15,611
I didn't even know about it until Jessica
told me on the way over here tonight.
740
00:44:19,790 --> 00:44:23,522
This isn't really
solid evidence, is it?
741
00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:26,086
Linda, what keys
were on Jim’s key ring?
742
00:44:26,164 --> 00:44:29,999
The car keys, the house
keys, the key to city hall,
743
00:44:30,067 --> 00:44:32,593
and the key to this office.
744
00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:35,538
Harry took Jim’s keys
when he left the house—
745
00:44:35,606 --> 00:44:40,476
The keys that he needed to get
into this building and into this office.
746
00:44:40,545 --> 00:44:44,949
It must have been one of those nights when
you were burning the midnight oil, David.
747
00:44:46,017 --> 00:44:46,882
So what?
748
00:44:46,951 --> 00:44:50,012
Harry came to city hall
to check Jim’s law books.
749
00:44:50,087 --> 00:44:52,522
But he must have heard or
seen something that stopped him.
750
00:44:52,590 --> 00:44:54,684
Something that led him to you.
751
00:44:54,759 --> 00:44:59,220
I'm only guessing but he probably
overheard you on the phone, talking to who—
752
00:44:59,297 --> 00:45:00,890
Kate Gunnerson?
753
00:45:00,965 --> 00:45:04,902
He confronted you, and you responded
to the father as you had to the son.
754
00:45:04,969 --> 00:45:07,063
You struck him down.
755
00:45:07,138 --> 00:45:10,802
Then you took the keys and paper
with the references from his pocket.
756
00:45:13,311 --> 00:45:14,904
After you got rid
of Harry's body,
757
00:45:14,979 --> 00:45:17,676
you came back and searched
through Jim’s law books.
758
00:45:17,748 --> 00:45:22,243
There were two case references,
both of which could apply to the sheriff.
759
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:25,449
But the case in volume nine
about malfeasance in office...
760
00:45:25,523 --> 00:45:30,052
could have equally
applied to the deputy mayor.
761
00:45:30,127 --> 00:45:35,259
That's where Jim probably kept
his documentation of your betrayal.
762
00:45:35,333 --> 00:45:37,859
You must have destroyed it.
763
00:45:37,935 --> 00:45:40,177
When you found the
damaging letter about Sheriff
764
00:45:40,201 --> 00:45:42,703
Yates in volume four, you
switched it to volume nine.
765
00:45:42,773 --> 00:45:44,950
Anyone who found it would
assume that Jim had placed
766
00:45:44,974 --> 00:45:47,006
it there to point out the
sheriff's malfeasance.
767
00:45:48,279 --> 00:45:50,452
Oh, come on now, Jessica.
You can't make a case
768
00:45:50,476 --> 00:45:52,580
out of the absence of
incriminating evidence.
769
00:45:52,650 --> 00:45:54,803
Someone took the
office keys from Harry and
770
00:45:54,827 --> 00:45:57,054
the piece of paper
that indicated the books.
771
00:45:57,121 --> 00:45:58,783
Well, it could have been Yates.
772
00:45:58,856 --> 00:46:02,258
But wouldn't the sheriff have
removed the letter that incriminated him?
773
00:46:02,326 --> 00:46:05,421
I'd love to stay here and
debate with you, Jessica,
774
00:46:05,496 --> 00:46:07,829
but I really am much too busy.
775
00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:13,096
Funny—I can't think of a thing you have
to do except wait for the state police.
776
00:46:14,505 --> 00:46:15,803
Get out of my way, George.
777
00:46:15,873 --> 00:46:17,751
They'll be here before
you get to the front door.
778
00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:20,244
But if you want to try, I'd sure
love to knock your block off.
779
00:46:27,785 --> 00:46:30,914
I really wish I could stay,
Linda. I'm sorry but I can't.
780
00:46:30,988 --> 00:46:34,447
Now don't worry about me,
Jess. I'm going to be fine. Sure?
781
00:46:34,525 --> 00:46:36,187
Positive.
782
00:46:36,260 --> 00:46:38,252
You know, you were right.
783
00:46:38,329 --> 00:46:41,322
Jim was his own
person, right or wrong.
784
00:46:41,399 --> 00:46:44,096
What happened,
it's part of living.
785
00:46:44,168 --> 00:46:46,330
And have you decided
what you're going to do now?
786
00:46:46,404 --> 00:46:48,930
Well, George McDaniel’s
and some of the others,
787
00:46:49,006 --> 00:46:51,532
they want me to run for
mayor. Oh, my goodness.
788
00:46:51,609 --> 00:46:55,478
Yes, and with Kate Gunnerson and Yates and
the rest of that crowd under indictment,
789
00:46:55,546 --> 00:46:58,516
they say I won't have any trouble
winning. Are you going to do it?
790
00:46:59,684 --> 00:47:01,676
I'm a Stevens, aren't I?
67900
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