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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:29,127 --> 00:01:31,595 Welcome back to Logan City, Mrs. Reed. 2 00:01:31,767 --> 00:01:33,723 I'm Donald Briggs. 3 00:01:34,247 --> 00:01:36,124 I've got a cab waiting over here. 4 00:02:01,527 --> 00:02:04,644 I booked you a room here, 6D. 5 00:02:06,087 --> 00:02:07,839 You still haven't told me what I have to do. 6 00:02:08,007 --> 00:02:10,885 I've got some calls to make. We'll discuss it later. 7 00:02:11,047 --> 00:02:14,323 The lady can manage for herself, driver. I'm running late. 8 00:02:36,167 --> 00:02:38,044 Wait for me, driver. 9 00:02:49,767 --> 00:02:52,565 Mrs. Adams, I'll be as brief as possible. 10 00:02:55,287 --> 00:02:58,199 I supplied you with enough facts so that you would come to Logan City. 11 00:02:58,367 --> 00:02:59,800 I've got a proposition. 12 00:02:59,967 --> 00:03:04,245 What makes you think I'd be interested in any proposition you might make? 13 00:03:06,047 --> 00:03:08,356 All right, Mrs. Adams. 14 00:03:08,807 --> 00:03:10,365 You have a son. 15 00:03:10,527 --> 00:03:13,678 He's a chemical engineering student at the state university. 16 00:03:13,847 --> 00:03:15,326 He's engaged to Helen Waters, 17 00:03:15,487 --> 00:03:18,604 the daughter of one of this town's leading citizens. Enough? 18 00:03:18,767 --> 00:03:21,235 Everyone's quite aware of those facts. 19 00:03:21,687 --> 00:03:25,236 But everyone's not so aware of the facts concerning the boy's father. 20 00:03:26,007 --> 00:03:27,360 I know most of them. 21 00:03:27,527 --> 00:03:30,485 What I don't know I intend to learn from Lois Reed. 22 00:03:30,647 --> 00:03:32,842 She just got into town. 23 00:03:33,007 --> 00:03:36,124 If you dare do anything to hurt my boy's happiness, I-- 24 00:03:36,287 --> 00:03:38,596 All I wanna do is enhance my own happiness, 25 00:03:38,767 --> 00:03:42,362 say, $5,000 worth, 26 00:03:42,687 --> 00:03:44,803 within 48 hours. 27 00:03:45,567 --> 00:03:47,523 I'm at the Sands Motel. 28 00:03:47,687 --> 00:03:50,759 You contemptible blackmailer. 29 00:03:50,927 --> 00:03:54,397 Around here, a man earns his living digging up potatoes and beets. 30 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:56,159 I dig up information. 31 00:03:56,327 --> 00:03:57,999 Now, what's the difference? 32 00:03:58,167 --> 00:04:01,398 The difference is in the kind of dirt you use. 33 00:04:01,567 --> 00:04:03,285 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 34 00:04:09,407 --> 00:04:11,079 Hey, Mom, what are you doing at Logan City? 35 00:04:11,247 --> 00:04:12,521 How did you know I was here? 36 00:04:12,687 --> 00:04:15,201 I was walking by in front of the hotel and saw the pickup truck. 37 00:04:15,367 --> 00:04:17,961 You know, there aren't two trucks like that in the world. 38 00:04:18,847 --> 00:04:20,883 - This is Mr. Briggs. - How do you do, sir? 39 00:04:21,047 --> 00:04:22,639 How are you, Adams? 40 00:04:22,807 --> 00:04:25,162 See you soon, Mrs. Adams. 41 00:04:29,567 --> 00:04:31,922 Hey, Mom, what did that guy do to you? 42 00:04:44,647 --> 00:04:47,639 Hey, Briggs. Hey, what's wrong with my mother? 43 00:04:47,807 --> 00:04:49,638 Get lost. 44 00:04:53,287 --> 00:04:56,916 JOE: Hey, you two, break it up. Come on, break it up. 45 00:04:57,367 --> 00:04:58,959 All right, what's this all about? 46 00:04:59,127 --> 00:05:02,164 It's just a little misunderstanding, that's all, officer. 47 00:05:02,327 --> 00:05:03,521 What did you see, Charlie? 48 00:05:03,687 --> 00:05:05,439 Nothing, Joe, except this kid jumped my fare 49 00:05:05,607 --> 00:05:07,757 when he was about to get in my cab. 50 00:05:08,647 --> 00:05:11,639 Aren't you visiting out at the Waters' place? 51 00:05:11,807 --> 00:05:13,160 Yeah, that's right. 52 00:05:13,327 --> 00:05:15,158 I'm Marv Adams. 53 00:05:15,607 --> 00:05:17,518 I'm on vacation from the university. 54 00:05:17,687 --> 00:05:21,157 Well, since you're Mr. Waters' guest, we'll forget it this time, 55 00:05:21,327 --> 00:05:24,683 but no more of this college scrimmaging in Logan City. That clear? 56 00:05:24,847 --> 00:05:26,724 Yes, sir. 57 00:05:42,087 --> 00:05:45,318 And you have proof that Marv Adams was Ben Deveraux's son? 58 00:05:45,487 --> 00:05:47,762 Yeah. Soon as Deveraux was executed, 59 00:05:47,927 --> 00:05:49,883 his wife changed their name to Adams, 60 00:05:50,047 --> 00:05:52,117 moved from Logan City, and until I got to work on it, 61 00:05:52,287 --> 00:05:54,164 seemed to drop off the earth. 62 00:05:56,527 --> 00:05:58,802 The name of Clyde Waters has as much prestige 63 00:05:58,967 --> 00:06:00,923 as any name in the valley. 64 00:06:01,087 --> 00:06:04,523 Getting him mixed up with a murderer's son won't do it any good. 65 00:06:09,527 --> 00:06:12,166 Here's payment for your services. 66 00:06:14,487 --> 00:06:15,966 Waters, 67 00:06:16,607 --> 00:06:18,040 what do you plan to do? 68 00:06:18,207 --> 00:06:21,199 If my daughter insists on marrying Marv Adams, 69 00:06:21,367 --> 00:06:23,278 there's no reason to think the boy's real identity 70 00:06:23,447 --> 00:06:25,517 would be revealed after all these years. 71 00:06:26,047 --> 00:06:28,242 Oh, there's a way to make sure. 72 00:06:28,407 --> 00:06:31,877 Just add another 5,000 to this and send it to the Sands Motel. 73 00:06:32,447 --> 00:06:35,917 Do you really think I would do a thing like that? 74 00:06:36,807 --> 00:06:39,241 Well, I don't know you that well, Mr. Waters, 75 00:06:39,407 --> 00:06:41,284 but I could ask Lois Reed. 76 00:06:42,367 --> 00:06:44,597 She just got into town. 77 00:06:45,487 --> 00:06:47,000 I see. 78 00:06:47,167 --> 00:06:50,079 Well, I suppose the boy's mother is here at your request too. 79 00:06:50,447 --> 00:06:51,675 Why not? 80 00:06:51,847 --> 00:06:55,237 Maybe I'll arrange for all you old-timers to have a coffee klatch, 81 00:06:55,407 --> 00:07:01,562 unless I get my business attended to and leave town before there's time. 82 00:07:02,047 --> 00:07:03,958 Goodbye, Mr. Waters. 83 00:07:05,567 --> 00:07:07,876 It's been a pleasure to work for you. 84 00:07:21,567 --> 00:07:24,684 MASON: Let's get to some of the pertinent facts, Mr. Waters. 85 00:07:24,847 --> 00:07:28,556 My daughter met a young man in college and became engaged. 86 00:07:28,727 --> 00:07:30,080 I was concerned about it. 87 00:07:30,247 --> 00:07:33,683 - Any special reason? - Helen came to us quite late in life. 88 00:07:33,847 --> 00:07:35,644 Her mother died when she was born. 89 00:07:35,807 --> 00:07:38,480 Well, as you can imagine, I've sheltered her a great deal. 90 00:07:38,647 --> 00:07:39,796 Marv is a perfect gentleman. 91 00:07:39,967 --> 00:07:42,435 Strangely enough, he didn't seem to know much about his father, 92 00:07:42,607 --> 00:07:44,837 said he had died when he was quite young. 93 00:07:45,007 --> 00:07:49,364 Well, it worried me and I wanted to know more. 94 00:07:49,527 --> 00:07:51,324 So I hired this fellow Briggs. 95 00:07:51,487 --> 00:07:54,957 And Briggs discovered the boy's father was Ben Deveraux, 96 00:07:55,127 --> 00:07:56,640 the man who was executed for murder? 97 00:07:56,807 --> 00:07:57,876 That's right. 98 00:07:58,047 --> 00:08:00,880 Murdered his partner right in Logan City 18 years ago. 99 00:08:01,327 --> 00:08:03,204 Or at least that's how the jury voted. 100 00:08:03,367 --> 00:08:04,516 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 101 00:08:04,687 --> 00:08:05,836 Come in, Paul. 102 00:08:07,367 --> 00:08:08,482 You wanted to see me, Perry? 103 00:08:08,647 --> 00:08:11,400 Mr. Waters, this is Paul Drake of the Drake Detective Agency. 104 00:08:11,567 --> 00:08:13,205 - Mr. Drake. - How do you do, sir? 105 00:08:13,367 --> 00:08:15,483 Then you will look into the trial, Mr. Mason? 106 00:08:15,647 --> 00:08:17,285 I'll look into the transcript anyway. 107 00:08:17,447 --> 00:08:19,119 Well, that's fair enough. 108 00:08:19,287 --> 00:08:20,481 I'll expect to hear from you. 109 00:08:20,647 --> 00:08:23,525 - Right. - Goodbye, Miss Street, Mr. Drake. 110 00:08:23,687 --> 00:08:25,484 PAUL: Bye, Mr. Waters. 111 00:08:29,087 --> 00:08:31,123 Paul, what kind of luck do you think you'd have 112 00:08:31,287 --> 00:08:33,482 investigating an 18-year-old murder case? 113 00:08:33,647 --> 00:08:35,763 I got trouble enough with the modern ones. 114 00:08:35,927 --> 00:08:38,725 Another detective might help you. His name is Donald Briggs. 115 00:08:38,887 --> 00:08:40,081 Better find him. 116 00:08:40,247 --> 00:08:43,478 Della will give you all the information we have so far. 117 00:08:44,247 --> 00:08:47,876 - Going out? - Logan City. I'll be in touch. 118 00:08:56,967 --> 00:08:58,639 Well, Mason, 119 00:08:59,127 --> 00:09:01,243 did the trial transcript interest you? 120 00:09:02,087 --> 00:09:03,520 Yes, it did, judge. 121 00:09:03,687 --> 00:09:05,803 I wanna thank you for digging it out for me. 122 00:09:05,967 --> 00:09:08,117 Sit down. Sit down. 123 00:09:10,807 --> 00:09:12,206 How come a little burg like this 124 00:09:12,367 --> 00:09:15,040 could interest you in an 18-year-old murder case? 125 00:09:15,207 --> 00:09:17,323 Murder is murder wherever you find it. 126 00:09:17,727 --> 00:09:20,002 So is justice, which was carried out. 127 00:09:20,847 --> 00:09:21,882 Was it? 128 00:09:22,607 --> 00:09:23,722 What are you getting at? 129 00:09:25,287 --> 00:09:27,755 You didn't mention that you were the prosecutor in that case. 130 00:09:27,927 --> 00:09:29,440 You didn't ask. 131 00:09:29,607 --> 00:09:31,006 Now, look, Mason, 132 00:09:31,167 --> 00:09:33,761 let's you and I stop beating about the bush. 133 00:09:33,927 --> 00:09:35,724 All right, I will. 134 00:09:35,887 --> 00:09:39,323 All through the testimony, there was reference to a Miss X. 135 00:09:39,487 --> 00:09:42,081 Why wasn't her identity revealed during the trial? 136 00:09:42,247 --> 00:09:45,205 Because she wasn't involved in the murder or the motive. 137 00:09:45,367 --> 00:09:48,325 So it was decided there was no use to have an innocent girl's name 138 00:09:48,487 --> 00:09:49,966 dragged through that kind of thing. 139 00:09:50,127 --> 00:09:52,038 And the defence counsel agreed to that? 140 00:09:52,207 --> 00:09:53,925 Of course he did. 141 00:09:54,087 --> 00:09:55,486 Now, look here, Mason, 142 00:09:55,647 --> 00:09:58,241 we don't have any desire to have you come into our community 143 00:09:58,407 --> 00:09:59,760 and start retrying our cases. 144 00:10:04,727 --> 00:10:06,001 The man's dead. 145 00:10:06,167 --> 00:10:08,237 What's to be gained by bringing it up again? 146 00:10:09,287 --> 00:10:11,847 Something with which we are both familiar: 147 00:10:12,007 --> 00:10:13,520 justice. 148 00:10:22,367 --> 00:10:24,403 Is it always this hot in Logan City? 149 00:10:24,567 --> 00:10:26,797 This is a cool one, mister. 150 00:10:38,767 --> 00:10:40,246 You're Perry Mason? 151 00:10:40,407 --> 00:10:43,558 - That's right. - I'm Chief Glass, Logan City Police. 152 00:10:43,727 --> 00:10:46,195 Miss Martha would like to see you before you leave town. 153 00:10:46,367 --> 00:10:48,005 - Who? - Martha Norris. 154 00:10:48,167 --> 00:10:49,839 Owns the Norris Farms. 155 00:10:50,007 --> 00:10:51,156 I'm afraid I'm running late-- 156 00:10:51,327 --> 00:10:54,205 I'd suggest that you take the time, Mr. Mason. 157 00:10:54,367 --> 00:10:57,165 Follow me. I'll show you how to get there. 158 00:11:12,687 --> 00:11:13,722 Come on in. 159 00:11:13,887 --> 00:11:15,605 My wife should be in right away. 160 00:11:15,767 --> 00:11:18,406 Some problem concerning one of the warehouse crews. 161 00:11:18,567 --> 00:11:20,523 You're not active on the farm? 162 00:11:20,687 --> 00:11:23,997 Oh, no, I'm retired. Best thing I could do is stay out of the way. 163 00:11:24,167 --> 00:11:27,000 Oh, George, did you fix a cold drink to Mr. Mason? 164 00:11:27,167 --> 00:11:29,158 Thank you, but not right now, Mrs. Norris. 165 00:11:29,327 --> 00:11:30,919 I hope I didn't inconvenience you. 166 00:11:31,087 --> 00:11:32,236 Oh, that's all right. 167 00:11:32,887 --> 00:11:35,845 I assumed it was urgent since you had a policeman wave me down. 168 00:11:38,527 --> 00:11:39,721 Well, 169 00:11:39,887 --> 00:11:42,276 I'm not as imperious as it might seem. 170 00:11:42,447 --> 00:11:43,880 It's just that in a small community, 171 00:11:44,047 --> 00:11:46,277 we're all willing to do a favour for one another. 172 00:11:46,447 --> 00:11:50,281 And who did you the favour of reporting I was in town? 173 00:11:51,647 --> 00:11:52,762 Judge Meeham. 174 00:11:54,727 --> 00:11:56,445 Mr. Mason, 175 00:11:56,807 --> 00:11:58,559 you've read the trial transcript, 176 00:11:58,727 --> 00:12:01,446 you know the facts of Ben Deveraux's conviction. 177 00:12:01,607 --> 00:12:02,596 Yes. 178 00:12:02,767 --> 00:12:05,804 Well, then, I'll tell you a fact you don't know. 179 00:12:05,967 --> 00:12:10,006 The man Ben Deveraux killed was my first husband. 180 00:12:12,647 --> 00:12:14,922 Deveraux paid for his crime, it's over. 181 00:12:15,087 --> 00:12:17,999 There's no use stirring it all up again just to hurt innocent people. 182 00:12:18,847 --> 00:12:22,886 Your motives are admirable, Mrs. Norris, 183 00:12:23,047 --> 00:12:26,198 but having read the transcript, I don't think I can drop it so easily. 184 00:12:28,407 --> 00:12:29,840 Then you're... 185 00:12:30,007 --> 00:12:32,805 - You're going to proceed further? - Yes, I am. 186 00:12:32,967 --> 00:12:35,435 I plan to see Mr. Waters right away. 187 00:12:35,607 --> 00:12:39,077 Well, good. Suppose we drive over to the Waters' dairy farm together. 188 00:12:39,247 --> 00:12:41,044 Yes, we're going over for the annual barbecue 189 00:12:41,207 --> 00:12:43,323 Clyde Waters and I have for our employees' children. 190 00:12:43,487 --> 00:12:45,478 He's holding it this year. 191 00:12:49,367 --> 00:12:51,164 [PEOPLE CHEERING] 192 00:12:51,327 --> 00:12:53,238 [CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYS] 193 00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:57,765 You know, magic is the wisdom of the ages. 194 00:12:57,927 --> 00:13:00,600 It's created by night and revealed by day. 195 00:13:00,767 --> 00:13:03,839 It contains secrets of the vast and shrouded unknown. 196 00:13:04,407 --> 00:13:06,398 Do we dare penetrate these secrets? 197 00:13:06,567 --> 00:13:10,321 Do we dare enter into darkness and unveil the mysteries? 198 00:13:10,487 --> 00:13:12,239 Then watch carefully. 199 00:13:12,407 --> 00:13:15,604 Do not take your eyes from my hands as I pour the magic elixirs. 200 00:13:16,007 --> 00:13:19,556 Just fix your mind on the mysterious words of disenchantment. 201 00:13:20,047 --> 00:13:21,844 Now we begin. 202 00:13:22,007 --> 00:13:24,043 Abracadabra 203 00:13:24,207 --> 00:13:26,482 Alakazam 204 00:13:27,207 --> 00:13:29,437 Swirl magic waters 205 00:13:29,607 --> 00:13:32,280 Bubble and boil 206 00:13:32,767 --> 00:13:34,519 And presto 207 00:13:37,847 --> 00:13:39,166 Do the duck trick. 208 00:13:39,327 --> 00:13:40,760 Oh, but first I must have a duck. 209 00:13:40,927 --> 00:13:42,679 BO Y: I'll get one. 210 00:13:48,887 --> 00:13:51,162 Oh, it's a fine duck. 211 00:13:51,327 --> 00:13:53,557 Is it your thinking that all ducks can swim? 212 00:13:53,727 --> 00:13:55,080 CHILDREN: Yes. 213 00:13:55,247 --> 00:13:58,159 Then you do not believe there's such a thing as a duck that can drown. 214 00:13:58,327 --> 00:14:02,161 - No. - Oh, well, let's watch carefully. 215 00:14:03,487 --> 00:14:05,159 All right, back away from the trough now. 216 00:14:05,327 --> 00:14:06,555 Back around, come on. 217 00:14:06,727 --> 00:14:08,638 Move around. Come on. 218 00:14:08,807 --> 00:14:13,835 This magic water I have here makes fish walk and pigs fly. 219 00:14:14,007 --> 00:14:16,475 It also can make a duck drown. 220 00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:18,717 Now, watch carefully. 221 00:14:26,047 --> 00:14:28,117 Now, here we go. 222 00:14:35,687 --> 00:14:38,645 [CHILDREN LAUGHING & CLAPPING] 223 00:14:41,447 --> 00:14:42,562 They loved you, Marv. 224 00:14:42,727 --> 00:14:44,797 - Oh, I'm glad. - By George, that sure beats me. 225 00:14:44,967 --> 00:14:46,366 How could you make the duck sink? 226 00:14:46,527 --> 00:14:48,119 It's a chemical mixture I made at school. 227 00:14:48,287 --> 00:14:50,005 It takes the oil out of the duck's feathers. 228 00:14:50,167 --> 00:14:51,156 Oh, I get it. 229 00:14:51,327 --> 00:14:53,318 Come on, I want you to meet Mr. Mason. 230 00:14:53,487 --> 00:14:56,638 - My husband-to-be, Marv Adams. - How do you do? Pleased to meet you. 231 00:14:56,807 --> 00:14:58,206 - How do you do? - Mr. Mason, 232 00:14:58,367 --> 00:14:59,436 you're wanted on the phone. 233 00:14:59,607 --> 00:15:01,404 - Excuse me. - Yes, sir. 234 00:15:12,287 --> 00:15:14,676 - Hello? - Perry, this is Paul. 235 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:15,996 I'm in Logan City. 236 00:15:16,487 --> 00:15:17,715 What are you doing here? 237 00:15:17,887 --> 00:15:19,400 Well, this is where the job brought me. 238 00:15:19,567 --> 00:15:21,444 That detective, Donald Briggs, is up here. 239 00:15:21,607 --> 00:15:23,484 He's registered at the Sands Motel. 240 00:15:23,647 --> 00:15:25,877 - I got a look at him. - Anything else? 241 00:15:26,327 --> 00:15:29,160 Well, I checked on him. He hasn't got much of a reputation. 242 00:15:29,327 --> 00:15:31,602 He hangs out mostly in San Diego. 243 00:15:31,767 --> 00:15:33,678 I can't figure why he's staying around here. 244 00:15:34,607 --> 00:15:36,165 Suppose we call on him together? 245 00:15:36,327 --> 00:15:38,921 Fine. Want me to pick you up? We could have dinner together. 246 00:15:39,087 --> 00:15:41,920 No, I have some business with Mr. Waters. 247 00:15:42,087 --> 00:15:44,282 You have dinner in town. I'll meet you at the hotel. 248 00:15:44,447 --> 00:15:46,165 Okay, I'll see you about 8 or so. 249 00:15:46,327 --> 00:15:47,806 All right. 250 00:15:57,967 --> 00:16:00,037 That's Briggs' room. 251 00:16:00,927 --> 00:16:03,680 Oh, uh, I thought you were my taxi. 252 00:16:03,847 --> 00:16:06,156 MASON: Sorry. - Oh, I don't think he's in. 253 00:16:06,327 --> 00:16:08,397 Somebody came by for him about a half hour or so ago. 254 00:16:08,567 --> 00:16:10,956 - I think he left with them. - Thanks. 255 00:16:33,087 --> 00:16:34,566 Perry. 256 00:16:35,967 --> 00:16:37,639 What do you make of this? 257 00:16:40,127 --> 00:16:41,640 Old newspaper clippings. 258 00:16:41,807 --> 00:16:43,877 Funny odour in here. You notice it? 259 00:16:44,047 --> 00:16:45,480 Yeah. 260 00:16:45,647 --> 00:16:47,524 Beginning to get me. 261 00:17:02,247 --> 00:17:05,364 PAUL: Well, there's Donald Briggs. 262 00:17:18,127 --> 00:17:20,766 - Well, doctor? - Been dead a couple of hours, I'd say. 263 00:17:20,927 --> 00:17:23,725 The gas got him as if he'd been hit over the head with a baseball bat. 264 00:17:23,887 --> 00:17:26,162 - Any idea what it was? - Think so. 265 00:17:26,327 --> 00:17:29,478 It seems like someone set a can of hydrochloric acid in the kitchen, 266 00:17:29,647 --> 00:17:32,525 and when it suited them, they tossed in a few cyanide pellets. 267 00:17:32,687 --> 00:17:34,757 Something a chemical student like Marv Adams 268 00:17:34,927 --> 00:17:36,246 would be quite familiar with. 269 00:17:36,407 --> 00:17:38,477 - Marv Adams. - I think he's our boy. 270 00:17:38,647 --> 00:17:40,842 I stopped a fight between him and Briggs yesterday. 271 00:17:41,007 --> 00:17:43,680 - And that's your motive? - Well, it's a start. 272 00:17:43,847 --> 00:17:45,678 Besides, the woman in 6D 273 00:17:45,847 --> 00:17:49,476 saw a pickup truck outside Briggs' place earlier this evening. 274 00:17:49,647 --> 00:17:53,526 It matches that beat-up heap that Adams boy was driving today. 275 00:17:53,847 --> 00:17:57,681 Better go out the Waters' place and pick up that Adams boy. 276 00:17:58,767 --> 00:18:00,803 Paul, I wanna talk to Marv. 277 00:18:06,607 --> 00:18:08,484 Looks like the police have first priority. 278 00:18:08,647 --> 00:18:11,923 No. Marv told me he was leaving for college a day early. 279 00:18:12,087 --> 00:18:14,521 Taking a bus. Maybe we can catch him. 280 00:18:24,567 --> 00:18:26,125 Hey, what's the idea? 281 00:18:26,287 --> 00:18:28,482 Mr. Mason wants to see you. 282 00:18:29,007 --> 00:18:31,157 - I'll miss the bus. - He's parked right around here. 283 00:18:31,327 --> 00:18:32,646 Follow me. 284 00:18:37,647 --> 00:18:39,399 - Get in, Marv. - I gotta be at school by-- 285 00:18:39,567 --> 00:18:42,604 - I'll take you there. - Come on, fella, time's wasting. 286 00:18:44,127 --> 00:18:46,641 - I'll see you back in town, Perry. - Right. 287 00:18:51,887 --> 00:18:54,082 I swear that's all I know about it, Mr. Mason. 288 00:18:54,247 --> 00:18:56,715 I saw Briggs just that once when we mixed it up. 289 00:18:56,887 --> 00:18:58,798 What did you do after you left the barbecue? 290 00:18:58,967 --> 00:19:00,639 Well, I took the pickup truck to my mother. 291 00:19:01,327 --> 00:19:03,966 - Your mother was in Logan City? - Yes, sir. 292 00:19:04,127 --> 00:19:06,038 Why didn't she didn't go out to the Waters' farm? 293 00:19:06,207 --> 00:19:09,165 Well, I asked her to but she seemed to be in a rush to get home. 294 00:19:09,327 --> 00:19:12,205 Look, Mr. Mason, the police can't seriously believe that I killed Briggs. 295 00:19:12,367 --> 00:19:14,483 [SIRENS WAILING] 296 00:19:16,607 --> 00:19:18,086 There's your answer. 297 00:19:32,887 --> 00:19:35,242 All right, Adams. Get out. 298 00:19:36,927 --> 00:19:38,121 I'll take it. 299 00:19:38,287 --> 00:19:40,562 I don't appreciate this, Mr. Mason. 300 00:19:40,727 --> 00:19:42,683 I don't appreciate it one bit. 301 00:19:42,847 --> 00:19:45,122 You knew I was planning to talk to this boy. 302 00:19:45,287 --> 00:19:48,836 MASON: You'll have your opportunity. - No thanks to you. 303 00:19:55,567 --> 00:19:57,956 Mom always told me Dad had been killed in an accident. 304 00:19:58,127 --> 00:20:00,118 Never seemed to wanna talk about it, though. 305 00:20:00,287 --> 00:20:01,276 Now I can see why. 306 00:20:01,447 --> 00:20:04,598 It may have been a terrible miscarriage of justice, Marv, and if it was-- 307 00:20:04,767 --> 00:20:05,756 And if it was? 308 00:20:05,927 --> 00:20:08,805 What do you intend to do about it, bring my father back to life? 309 00:20:08,967 --> 00:20:10,685 - Of course not. - Then forget it. 310 00:20:10,847 --> 00:20:14,442 I told you, I'm not gonna fight this. 311 00:20:15,767 --> 00:20:17,758 Are you afraid by proving yourself innocent 312 00:20:17,927 --> 00:20:20,157 you might prove your mother guilty? 313 00:20:20,847 --> 00:20:22,200 Guard. 314 00:20:22,367 --> 00:20:24,358 Where is your mother, Marv? Let me talk to her. 315 00:20:24,527 --> 00:20:26,165 Let him out. 316 00:20:27,247 --> 00:20:31,160 Mason, you're wanted on the phone. 317 00:20:31,327 --> 00:20:33,045 You can take it right here. 318 00:20:39,527 --> 00:20:43,202 - Hello? - Mr. Mason, this is Lois Reed. 319 00:20:43,367 --> 00:20:45,756 Remember I had the motel room near Mr. Briggs? 320 00:20:46,567 --> 00:20:49,718 - I remember. - I, uh... 321 00:20:49,927 --> 00:20:52,964 I read in the paper that you're gonna handle the Marv Adams case. 322 00:20:53,607 --> 00:20:56,485 - That's right. - Ask Judge Meeham 323 00:20:56,647 --> 00:21:00,276 who really defended Ben Deveraux 18 years ago. 324 00:21:11,967 --> 00:21:13,923 You're the defence counsel now. 325 00:21:14,087 --> 00:21:16,601 So the less you and I have to say, the better. 326 00:21:16,767 --> 00:21:20,362 Unless you'd like to talk about a change in venue. 327 00:21:20,527 --> 00:21:21,676 Why? 328 00:21:21,847 --> 00:21:23,360 Don't you know everybody in this town 329 00:21:23,527 --> 00:21:25,563 is prejudiced against the Deveraux family, 330 00:21:25,727 --> 00:21:27,718 or the Adams' as they call themselves now? 331 00:21:27,887 --> 00:21:29,605 This is a different generation. 332 00:21:29,767 --> 00:21:32,600 There are only a few left I'd suspect of being prejudiced. 333 00:21:32,767 --> 00:21:36,680 You phrased that like a direct indictment against certain parties. 334 00:21:36,847 --> 00:21:39,361 Just who did you have in mind? 335 00:21:39,847 --> 00:21:44,762 Let's start with the attorney who defended Ben Deveraux 18 years ago. 336 00:21:45,567 --> 00:21:47,285 His name was James. 337 00:21:47,447 --> 00:21:48,960 And he's dead. 338 00:21:49,127 --> 00:21:52,563 James did the trial work. Who prepared the case? 339 00:21:52,727 --> 00:21:54,160 Who was the attorney who agreed 340 00:21:54,327 --> 00:21:57,444 to leave the name of Miss X out of the trial? 341 00:22:07,927 --> 00:22:09,485 It was George Norris. 342 00:22:12,967 --> 00:22:15,879 Oh, you're digging up skeletons, all right, 343 00:22:16,447 --> 00:22:18,199 but you're not getting any closer to proving 344 00:22:18,367 --> 00:22:20,005 that Ben Deveraux was innocent. 345 00:22:20,167 --> 00:22:22,635 Or his son either, for that matter. 346 00:22:22,967 --> 00:22:26,846 Let's start with your particular skeleton, and see. 347 00:22:27,247 --> 00:22:29,681 Well, you, uh... 348 00:22:30,007 --> 00:22:34,285 You're familiar with the basic history of that case, of course. 349 00:22:34,447 --> 00:22:37,837 Deveraux and Martha's first husband, 350 00:22:38,007 --> 00:22:41,158 David Latwell, were partners in this place. 351 00:22:41,327 --> 00:22:42,555 But they never did get along. 352 00:22:42,727 --> 00:22:44,604 They had violent arguments about everything. 353 00:22:45,207 --> 00:22:49,644 Including the Miss X who went unnamed? 354 00:22:49,807 --> 00:22:51,684 I told you she was only a side issue. 355 00:22:51,847 --> 00:22:53,724 Why must you keep harping on that one thing? 356 00:22:53,887 --> 00:22:56,162 Because that points up the whole failing of the case. 357 00:22:56,327 --> 00:22:58,602 The defence was completely mishandled, Mr. Norris. 358 00:23:01,047 --> 00:23:02,480 What, you--? 359 00:23:02,767 --> 00:23:05,361 You think I set up the case that way deliberately? 360 00:23:06,527 --> 00:23:07,676 I didn't say that. 361 00:23:09,847 --> 00:23:11,803 Oh, you don't have to. 362 00:23:13,767 --> 00:23:15,883 Was that how it was, Mr. Norris? 363 00:23:17,367 --> 00:23:18,766 No. 364 00:23:21,207 --> 00:23:25,166 No, it was just a shameful lack of ability. 365 00:23:25,847 --> 00:23:28,645 Maybe the man was innocent, maybe guilty, I don't know. 366 00:23:28,887 --> 00:23:32,038 But I do know that the way I set up the defence 367 00:23:32,807 --> 00:23:33,922 is what killed him. 368 00:23:34,767 --> 00:23:38,555 And this Miss X everyone was trying to protect? 369 00:23:41,487 --> 00:23:45,799 No one was interested in protecting the girl, it was her father. 370 00:23:46,127 --> 00:23:48,243 The finest man I've ever known. 371 00:23:48,407 --> 00:23:50,204 Reverend John Logan. 372 00:23:50,367 --> 00:23:51,846 What happened to her? 373 00:23:52,007 --> 00:23:53,599 She left town shortly before the trial. 374 00:23:53,767 --> 00:23:55,439 Got married, divorced. 375 00:23:55,607 --> 00:23:57,962 She didn't even come home when her father died, 376 00:23:58,127 --> 00:24:01,244 or when we held the services renaming the town after him. 377 00:24:01,407 --> 00:24:03,204 Where is she now? 378 00:24:04,887 --> 00:24:09,563 It appears that she was a friend of the dead man, Donald Briggs. 379 00:24:10,167 --> 00:24:14,206 Her name's Reed now, Lois Reed. 380 00:24:18,847 --> 00:24:21,520 Shall we continue this straight-from-the-shoulder bit? 381 00:24:21,687 --> 00:24:23,359 All right. 382 00:24:24,647 --> 00:24:27,366 What did you come back here for, Lois? 383 00:24:28,007 --> 00:24:30,077 It was Briggs' idea. 384 00:24:30,247 --> 00:24:32,442 He wrote me a letter offering a thousand dollars 385 00:24:32,607 --> 00:24:34,598 if I'd visit Logan City for a couple days. 386 00:24:34,767 --> 00:24:36,166 Why? 387 00:24:36,407 --> 00:24:38,637 Well, I was never really quite sure, 388 00:24:38,807 --> 00:24:42,766 except that he seemed to think by producing me, that-- 389 00:24:43,887 --> 00:24:45,366 Thanks. 390 00:24:46,247 --> 00:24:48,841 That he'd shake everybody up real good. 391 00:24:50,047 --> 00:24:52,163 When you lived here, 392 00:24:52,367 --> 00:24:56,201 you knew David Latwell and his partner Ben Deveraux 393 00:24:56,367 --> 00:24:58,039 quite well, I understand. 394 00:24:59,847 --> 00:25:02,645 It was a small town, Mr. Mason. 395 00:25:04,367 --> 00:25:07,245 Do you have any idea who killed David Latwell? 396 00:25:07,447 --> 00:25:09,039 Why get so hot and bothered 397 00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:11,880 over something that happened 18 years ago? 398 00:25:12,047 --> 00:25:13,878 Your client is Marv Adams. 399 00:25:14,047 --> 00:25:15,560 Right. 400 00:25:16,847 --> 00:25:18,360 Except 401 00:25:19,287 --> 00:25:24,077 whoever killed David Latwell very likely killed Briggs also. 402 00:25:25,247 --> 00:25:26,680 Could be. 403 00:25:30,047 --> 00:25:32,925 About two hours before Briggs' body was found, 404 00:25:33,087 --> 00:25:36,841 he came in here and told me what he planned to do. 405 00:25:37,287 --> 00:25:39,243 I told him I quit. 406 00:25:40,807 --> 00:25:42,559 And then he-- 407 00:25:44,567 --> 00:25:46,717 He walked over here 408 00:25:46,887 --> 00:25:50,004 and he picked up this pad 409 00:25:50,167 --> 00:25:52,681 and he wrote down three names. 410 00:25:53,327 --> 00:25:56,205 Then he circled one of them and he said... 411 00:25:57,327 --> 00:26:00,399 ...that was the murdering goose that had laid him the golden egg. 412 00:26:03,487 --> 00:26:06,365 - Did you see those names? - No. 413 00:26:06,527 --> 00:26:09,325 And you did not see Marv Adams with Briggs? 414 00:26:09,487 --> 00:26:14,356 Well, no, but who else but the kid would have been driving that old truck? 415 00:26:14,527 --> 00:26:16,085 His mother? 416 00:26:17,047 --> 00:26:21,359 She would have had a real good motive, wouldn't she? 417 00:26:21,527 --> 00:26:25,076 According to Briggs, three people would have had a real good motive. 418 00:26:25,247 --> 00:26:27,363 As a matter of fact, you. 419 00:26:35,447 --> 00:26:39,599 And what happened when Mr. Briggs came out of the hotel? 420 00:26:40,007 --> 00:26:41,884 He was gonna get in my taxi. 421 00:26:42,047 --> 00:26:43,480 This young fella twisted him around, 422 00:26:43,647 --> 00:26:45,365 wanted to know what he did to his mother. 423 00:26:45,527 --> 00:26:47,245 Well, they spit at each other for a minute 424 00:26:47,407 --> 00:26:49,398 and then this young fella took a poke at him. 425 00:26:50,127 --> 00:26:52,322 CORTLAND: The young fella you're talking about, 426 00:26:52,487 --> 00:26:54,045 do you recognise him in this courtroom? 427 00:26:54,207 --> 00:26:57,165 Sure, that's him sitting right over there, next to that city lawyer. 428 00:26:58,127 --> 00:27:00,925 CORTLAND: Have the record show that the witness is pointing to the defendant, 429 00:27:01,087 --> 00:27:02,076 Marvin Adams. 430 00:27:02,247 --> 00:27:07,560 And have you seen your fianc� perform various magic tricks before? 431 00:27:07,727 --> 00:27:08,716 Yes. 432 00:27:08,887 --> 00:27:11,355 Always involving some chemical formula 433 00:27:11,527 --> 00:27:14,997 such as making smoke or invisible writing? 434 00:27:15,167 --> 00:27:18,159 Why, yes, Marv knows all about those things. 435 00:27:18,327 --> 00:27:19,601 He studied chemistry in college. 436 00:27:19,767 --> 00:27:21,803 And he would also know 437 00:27:21,967 --> 00:27:25,926 that to mix hydrochloric acid and cyanide of potassium 438 00:27:26,087 --> 00:27:28,647 would create a deadly gas, would he not? 439 00:27:28,807 --> 00:27:31,560 Objection. The prosecutor is leading the witness. 440 00:27:32,287 --> 00:27:35,006 I am only trying to make a point that as a chemist, 441 00:27:35,167 --> 00:27:37,123 Marv Adams would have known how to-- 442 00:27:37,287 --> 00:27:39,039 I have placed an objection before this court. 443 00:27:39,207 --> 00:27:42,119 I have a right to a ruling without you continuing to make your point. 444 00:27:42,287 --> 00:27:46,997 Mr. Mason, up here we're not used to having one counsel shout at the other. 445 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:52,921 I beg the court's pardon, 446 00:27:53,527 --> 00:27:56,599 but I do ask for a ruling to be made on my objection. 447 00:27:57,887 --> 00:27:59,605 Sustained. 448 00:28:01,527 --> 00:28:06,396 Yes, the defendant did do a so-called drowning-duck trick. 449 00:28:06,567 --> 00:28:09,639 Which consisted of chemically treating a duck's feathers 450 00:28:09,807 --> 00:28:11,479 so they were no longer water-repellent, 451 00:28:11,647 --> 00:28:14,115 thereby allowing the duck to sink and drown? 452 00:28:14,287 --> 00:28:16,278 Well, Adams did not let the duck drown. 453 00:28:16,447 --> 00:28:19,962 But did he pull the duck from the water when he saw it was sinking? 454 00:28:20,127 --> 00:28:21,606 He didn't have a chance to. 455 00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:24,600 One of the children became frightened and did it first. 456 00:28:24,767 --> 00:28:26,041 So there is no way to know 457 00:28:26,207 --> 00:28:28,437 that the defendant wouldn't have let the duck drown. 458 00:28:28,607 --> 00:28:29,722 Objection. 459 00:28:29,887 --> 00:28:32,037 Once more, the prosecutor is leading the witness. 460 00:28:32,207 --> 00:28:34,357 Then I will rephrase the question. 461 00:28:34,567 --> 00:28:37,240 Not regarding any conjectural tendencies of sadism 462 00:28:37,407 --> 00:28:38,760 on the part of the defendant. 463 00:28:38,927 --> 00:28:41,282 That would still call for a conclusion from the witness. 464 00:28:41,447 --> 00:28:43,403 Just one moment. 465 00:28:44,287 --> 00:28:48,405 I realise this court, as well as this trial, is not up to the dimensions 466 00:28:48,567 --> 00:28:51,365 the defence counsel usually specialises in, 467 00:28:51,527 --> 00:28:53,245 but since he has taken the case, 468 00:28:53,407 --> 00:28:56,399 he will allow the bench to make the necessary decisions. 469 00:28:58,807 --> 00:29:00,957 Again, I am sorry, Your Honour. 470 00:29:01,127 --> 00:29:04,676 Defence counsel is well aware that all decisions in this court 471 00:29:04,847 --> 00:29:07,077 as well as any other must come from the bench. 472 00:29:07,247 --> 00:29:10,876 Good. Then we understand each other. 473 00:29:11,367 --> 00:29:12,482 Objection sustained. 474 00:29:13,687 --> 00:29:14,676 But, judge-- 475 00:29:14,847 --> 00:29:18,601 Harry, when a man's right, he's right. 476 00:29:18,767 --> 00:29:20,439 You can get on with your questions later. 477 00:29:20,607 --> 00:29:22,404 It's time for noon recess. 478 00:29:22,567 --> 00:29:25,684 Court's adjourned till 2:15. 479 00:29:34,887 --> 00:29:37,401 You really did yourself up fine, counsellor. 480 00:29:37,567 --> 00:29:39,444 Don't let this country court fool you, Della. 481 00:29:39,607 --> 00:29:42,724 Judge Meeham knows his law, so does prosecutor Cortland. 482 00:29:42,887 --> 00:29:44,798 If we don't get up a head of steam from somewhere, 483 00:29:44,967 --> 00:29:46,241 we're gonna get beaten. 484 00:29:47,287 --> 00:29:48,606 How is it going? 485 00:29:48,767 --> 00:29:50,598 Up to now, just doing a lot of sidestepping, 486 00:29:50,767 --> 00:29:51,961 hoping for some kind of break. 487 00:29:52,127 --> 00:29:54,038 - Marv Adams still won't help? - No. 488 00:29:54,207 --> 00:29:55,799 Maybe I've found an incentive for him. 489 00:29:55,967 --> 00:29:58,640 I've been up to Southmore again, trying to get a lead on Mrs. Adams. 490 00:29:58,807 --> 00:30:01,082 I had a long talk with a woman who nursed her for a while. 491 00:30:01,247 --> 00:30:03,807 Here. Take a look at what she had to say. 492 00:30:06,727 --> 00:30:10,117 You and Della get lunch at the drugstore. I'll meet you there. 493 00:30:20,207 --> 00:30:22,277 That report correct, Marv? 494 00:30:22,447 --> 00:30:24,438 Yeah, Mom's had a heart condition for years. 495 00:30:24,607 --> 00:30:28,122 And her life expectancy is no more than the nurse stated? 496 00:30:28,287 --> 00:30:30,960 Most of the doctors said she's been living on borrowed time. 497 00:30:31,127 --> 00:30:33,482 How come you're asking me all this? 498 00:30:33,967 --> 00:30:35,082 Well, have you ever thought 499 00:30:35,247 --> 00:30:37,715 that maybe something has happened to her? 500 00:30:37,887 --> 00:30:38,876 What do you mean? 501 00:30:39,047 --> 00:30:41,402 Your mother must know you're in trouble. 502 00:30:52,247 --> 00:30:55,205 Well, do we check and see if she's all right? 503 00:30:56,727 --> 00:30:58,638 We bought a house outside of Westfield. 504 00:30:58,807 --> 00:31:01,685 Used to go there on weekends, do some work. 505 00:31:01,967 --> 00:31:03,798 Mom likes it there. 506 00:31:03,967 --> 00:31:06,401 There's a filling station about five miles east of town. 507 00:31:06,567 --> 00:31:09,035 The mechanic there will tell you how to find it. 508 00:31:44,447 --> 00:31:45,436 Forget it, Della. 509 00:32:30,607 --> 00:32:32,120 PAUL: Hi, Perry. - Hi. 510 00:32:32,287 --> 00:32:35,199 I have Marv's permission to open that box, Paul, so go ahead. 511 00:32:35,367 --> 00:32:38,439 - It did belong to his mother, didn't it? - Mm. Here. 512 00:32:38,607 --> 00:32:40,484 At the time of his father's death, 513 00:32:40,647 --> 00:32:44,276 she packed all the effects from his desk in that box. 514 00:32:50,007 --> 00:32:51,440 Here. 515 00:32:55,407 --> 00:32:59,195 Bills, invoices, order forms, 516 00:32:59,407 --> 00:33:01,557 they're all dated years ago. 517 00:33:02,047 --> 00:33:04,402 About the time Marv's father was accused of murder. 518 00:33:04,567 --> 00:33:08,196 Still, what's so important about--? Oh, wait a minute. 519 00:33:11,447 --> 00:33:12,960 - Know her? MASON: I think so. 520 00:33:13,127 --> 00:33:14,719 PAUL: Sure, that's Lois Reed. 521 00:33:14,887 --> 00:33:16,161 A little less mileage on her. 522 00:33:16,327 --> 00:33:18,363 Hair darker, she's thinner, but same face. 523 00:33:18,527 --> 00:33:20,757 Several snapshots here. They're all Lois Reed. 524 00:33:22,407 --> 00:33:24,284 And this letter. 525 00:33:25,727 --> 00:33:28,002 [MASON READING ON-SCREEN TEXT] 526 00:33:33,927 --> 00:33:37,203 When a marriage is over, the only thing to do is admit it is over. 527 00:33:38,967 --> 00:33:41,242 And I am in love now for the first time. 528 00:33:41,887 --> 00:33:43,445 I'm leaving town for the weekend, 529 00:33:43,607 --> 00:33:47,236 and when I return, we can discuss a property settlement and--" 530 00:33:47,407 --> 00:33:49,967 That's all. Just like he was interrupted and never got back to it. 531 00:33:50,127 --> 00:33:52,277 Sort of a Dear John letter in reverse. 532 00:33:52,967 --> 00:33:55,276 DELLA: How is this going to help Marv? 533 00:33:55,847 --> 00:33:57,883 I don't know that it is. 534 00:33:58,807 --> 00:34:01,196 When I put it together with Lois Reed, 535 00:34:01,367 --> 00:34:03,198 see what we come up with. 536 00:34:20,807 --> 00:34:23,082 Hello, lawyer. 537 00:34:23,327 --> 00:34:25,079 Like a beer? 538 00:34:25,407 --> 00:34:27,238 Dance a little? 539 00:34:28,047 --> 00:34:29,605 MASON: Sorry, Lois, 540 00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:32,600 I don't have a lot of time. 541 00:34:32,767 --> 00:34:34,644 Too bad. 542 00:34:34,927 --> 00:34:38,602 You know, I ought to be real mad at you and the police, 543 00:34:38,767 --> 00:34:41,327 keeping me in this burg. 544 00:34:43,327 --> 00:34:44,999 It's like death warmed over. 545 00:34:45,167 --> 00:34:47,522 I don't think you'll have to stay around much longer. 546 00:34:47,687 --> 00:34:49,245 You wanna know something? 547 00:34:49,407 --> 00:34:51,557 It doesn't really make a lot of difference. 548 00:34:51,727 --> 00:34:54,799 A room's a room no matter where you put it. 549 00:34:55,367 --> 00:34:57,676 And a can of beer 550 00:34:58,087 --> 00:35:00,157 is a can of beer, 551 00:35:01,527 --> 00:35:02,846 if you can find a way to open it. 552 00:35:03,007 --> 00:35:07,717 Lois. Lois, you said you wanted to help Marv. Now I think you can. 553 00:35:07,927 --> 00:35:08,962 How? 554 00:35:09,127 --> 00:35:11,402 During the trial of his father 18 years ago, 555 00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:15,606 there was a Miss X introduced. She was never identified. 556 00:35:16,007 --> 00:35:17,486 That woman was you. 557 00:35:17,647 --> 00:35:19,683 Give the counsellor a brass ring. 558 00:35:20,127 --> 00:35:22,721 Both the prosecution and the defence counsel 559 00:35:22,887 --> 00:35:26,118 felt that your part in the case was incidental. I don't. 560 00:35:27,607 --> 00:35:29,882 You think I killed somebody, counsellor? 561 00:35:30,487 --> 00:35:33,365 I think you can help me find out who did. 562 00:35:33,527 --> 00:35:35,597 Here is a letter written by Ben Deveraux to his wife 563 00:35:35,767 --> 00:35:38,645 just before his partner, Latwell, was killed. 564 00:35:42,007 --> 00:35:44,521 [LAUGHS] 565 00:35:44,687 --> 00:35:48,123 - You think I was gonna marry Ben? - Weren't you? 566 00:35:49,207 --> 00:35:52,404 Do you know what Ben Deveraux looked like? 567 00:35:53,127 --> 00:35:55,880 He was a short, dumpy little man, 568 00:35:56,047 --> 00:35:59,244 square and as bald as a post. 569 00:36:00,687 --> 00:36:06,159 That letter and this picture were both found in Deveraux's desk. 570 00:36:08,607 --> 00:36:13,727 Deveraux and his partner, David Latwell, shared the same desk. 571 00:36:15,487 --> 00:36:17,125 I ought to know. 572 00:36:17,967 --> 00:36:20,925 I was up there often enough, counsellor. 573 00:36:22,807 --> 00:36:25,446 David Latwell was my friend. 574 00:36:27,327 --> 00:36:29,397 He was quite a guy. 575 00:36:33,327 --> 00:36:35,045 Quite a guy. 576 00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,041 Latwell? 577 00:36:44,207 --> 00:36:46,163 I took that picture 578 00:36:46,327 --> 00:36:49,524 on August 23rd, 19-- 579 00:36:49,887 --> 00:36:51,843 Never mind the date. 580 00:36:52,367 --> 00:36:54,358 It was my birthday. 581 00:36:55,567 --> 00:36:57,319 He gave me this. 582 00:36:58,967 --> 00:37:01,925 Sounds like a cheap little romance, doesn't it? 583 00:37:03,047 --> 00:37:05,402 But it wasn't like that at all. 584 00:37:05,847 --> 00:37:07,678 We were in love with each other. 585 00:37:07,847 --> 00:37:10,156 There was nothing we could do about it. 586 00:37:10,687 --> 00:37:13,804 He was the married man and I was the minister's-- 587 00:37:19,167 --> 00:37:23,763 And so we lived unhappily ever after. 588 00:37:30,167 --> 00:37:34,365 Before we proceed, I should like to express the grief of this court 589 00:37:34,527 --> 00:37:36,677 over the sudden death of the defendant's mother, 590 00:37:36,847 --> 00:37:37,996 Wilma Adams. 591 00:37:38,167 --> 00:37:42,285 Also, if defence counsel moves for adjournment, it'll be granted. 592 00:37:44,407 --> 00:37:45,681 On behalf of the defendant, 593 00:37:45,847 --> 00:37:48,919 we thank the court for its kind and gracious consideration, 594 00:37:49,087 --> 00:37:52,159 however, we believe that any delay in proving the defendant's innocence 595 00:37:52,327 --> 00:37:55,603 would be contrary to the last wishes of the deceased. 596 00:37:55,767 --> 00:37:58,327 We are ready to proceed, Your Honour. 597 00:38:00,047 --> 00:38:03,642 So after we cleared out the gas, we removed Donald Briggs' body. 598 00:38:03,807 --> 00:38:07,595 And what was the condition of the room, Chief Glass? 599 00:38:07,767 --> 00:38:11,077 Neat enough. Seemed Mr. Briggs was entertaining when he was killed. 600 00:38:11,247 --> 00:38:12,839 What makes you think he was entertaining? 601 00:38:13,007 --> 00:38:15,157 There were two glasses in the kitchen filled with ice, 602 00:38:15,327 --> 00:38:16,680 so he was mixing drinks. 603 00:38:16,847 --> 00:38:19,486 There were two different brands of cigarettes found in the ashtray. 604 00:38:19,967 --> 00:38:23,721 CORTLAND: Had anyone at the motel seen Mr. Briggs receive visitors? 605 00:38:23,887 --> 00:38:27,562 Well, only the lady in the room a couple of doors down, 606 00:38:27,727 --> 00:38:29,399 Mrs. Lois Reed. 607 00:38:29,567 --> 00:38:33,355 She saw Marv Adams' truck parked in front of Mr. Briggs' room. 608 00:38:34,047 --> 00:38:35,480 Thank you. 609 00:38:35,647 --> 00:38:37,638 No further questions. 610 00:38:37,807 --> 00:38:38,876 MEEHAM: Mr. Mason, 611 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:40,636 you may question. 612 00:38:42,727 --> 00:38:44,479 Chief Glass, 613 00:38:44,687 --> 00:38:46,006 you've stated that Lois Reed 614 00:38:46,167 --> 00:38:48,681 saw a pickup truck in front of Donald Briggs' motel room. 615 00:38:48,847 --> 00:38:51,645 - That's right. - To whom was the truck registered? 616 00:38:51,807 --> 00:38:54,321 Why, the boy's mother, Mrs. Adams. 617 00:38:54,727 --> 00:38:57,195 Then why did you infer it belonged to Marv Adams? 618 00:38:57,367 --> 00:38:59,085 Well, because-- 619 00:38:59,807 --> 00:39:01,559 Well, because I'd seen him driving it. 620 00:39:01,727 --> 00:39:04,002 But on the night of the murder, 621 00:39:04,167 --> 00:39:07,364 is it not possible that someone else was driving that truck? 622 00:39:07,527 --> 00:39:10,519 Well, nobody actually saw Adams driving that night, but-- 623 00:39:10,687 --> 00:39:13,201 Thank you, that's all. Della. 624 00:39:15,487 --> 00:39:17,045 Find out what's keeping Paul, will you? 625 00:39:17,207 --> 00:39:18,401 Right. 626 00:39:20,807 --> 00:39:24,038 CORTLAND: And there is no doubt that the pickup truck you just identified 627 00:39:24,207 --> 00:39:27,563 was the same as the one Marv Adams had been driving that day. 628 00:39:27,727 --> 00:39:29,638 It was the same truck. 629 00:39:29,807 --> 00:39:32,924 Thank you, Mrs. Reed. That will be all. 630 00:39:33,087 --> 00:39:34,679 Mr. Mason? 631 00:39:37,727 --> 00:39:40,685 Mrs. Reed, why did you come back to Logan City? 632 00:39:40,847 --> 00:39:43,520 Why, Mr. Briggs asked me to. 633 00:39:43,687 --> 00:39:45,518 What was his reason for wanting you back? 634 00:39:46,087 --> 00:39:47,520 Well, he-- 635 00:39:47,687 --> 00:39:49,917 He planned to make some people give him money. 636 00:39:50,087 --> 00:39:52,203 He said my being here would make sure they did. 637 00:39:52,647 --> 00:39:54,558 In other words, blackmail. 638 00:39:55,287 --> 00:39:57,118 [CHATTERING] 639 00:40:00,087 --> 00:40:02,043 The blackmail of more than one person? 640 00:40:02,927 --> 00:40:05,646 I don't know who they were, but there were more than one. 641 00:40:09,727 --> 00:40:11,957 Thank you, Mrs. Reed. That's all. 642 00:40:18,607 --> 00:40:20,837 Mr. Briggs' death was caused by gas, 643 00:40:21,007 --> 00:40:24,079 a substance formed by the mixture of hydrochloric acid 644 00:40:24,247 --> 00:40:25,885 and cyanide of potassium. 645 00:40:27,247 --> 00:40:31,320 And these elements are difficult to obtain? 646 00:40:31,487 --> 00:40:32,840 No, the farm would have it, 647 00:40:33,007 --> 00:40:35,646 for insects, pests, things like that. 648 00:40:36,407 --> 00:40:38,523 Then, in such a farm community, 649 00:40:38,687 --> 00:40:42,157 one would not have to be a trained chemist, as Marv Adams is, 650 00:40:42,327 --> 00:40:45,558 to know the results of such poisons on human beings? 651 00:40:45,727 --> 00:40:48,036 - Well, no, they wouldn't. - I see. 652 00:40:48,207 --> 00:40:49,401 [DOOR OPENS] 653 00:40:55,967 --> 00:40:57,559 Your Honour, may I have a moment, please? 654 00:40:57,727 --> 00:40:59,206 Go ahead. 655 00:41:00,767 --> 00:41:01,802 How'd it go, Paul? 656 00:41:01,967 --> 00:41:04,606 They wouldn't let me take Briggs' copies out of the building. 657 00:41:04,767 --> 00:41:06,803 I found the date of the papers and got my own copies 658 00:41:06,967 --> 00:41:08,116 at the newspaper morgue. 659 00:41:08,287 --> 00:41:09,959 It's just what you hoped it'd be, Perry. 660 00:41:10,127 --> 00:41:12,197 See, I marked the spot. 661 00:41:12,967 --> 00:41:14,525 Mm-hm. 662 00:41:15,167 --> 00:41:16,156 Now it all fits. 663 00:41:17,607 --> 00:41:18,676 Thank you, Your Honour. 664 00:41:18,847 --> 00:41:21,805 I have no further questions of this witness. 665 00:41:23,007 --> 00:41:26,397 Your Honour, the prosecution rests its case. 666 00:41:26,607 --> 00:41:30,600 I would now like to call Mrs. Martha Norris. 667 00:41:40,327 --> 00:41:43,000 - You are the wife of George Norris? - Yes. 668 00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:44,759 You were married before? 669 00:41:44,927 --> 00:41:47,441 My first husband was David Latwell. 670 00:41:47,607 --> 00:41:49,438 What became of your first husband, Mrs. Norris? 671 00:41:50,767 --> 00:41:54,442 He was killed, murdered, right here in Logan City. 672 00:41:55,327 --> 00:41:58,239 Are you still familiar with the facts surrounding that case? 673 00:41:58,887 --> 00:42:01,321 One doesn't forget things like that so easily. 674 00:42:01,487 --> 00:42:03,842 I object to this entire line of questioning. 675 00:42:04,007 --> 00:42:06,237 Counsel is changing the issue to another crime 676 00:42:06,407 --> 00:42:09,524 long since solved and handled in the court. 677 00:42:09,687 --> 00:42:11,757 Your Honour, the evidence I seek 678 00:42:11,927 --> 00:42:14,316 is only for the purpose of showing a connection with the crime 679 00:42:14,487 --> 00:42:15,920 for which the defendant is on trial. 680 00:42:16,087 --> 00:42:20,160 Very well. I will overrule the objection with the understanding 681 00:42:20,327 --> 00:42:23,558 that pertinent facts relating to this present case are forthcoming. 682 00:42:23,727 --> 00:42:25,524 Thank you, Your Honour. 683 00:42:25,767 --> 00:42:28,076 Now, Mrs. Norris, 684 00:42:28,247 --> 00:42:30,761 I believe you stated during the Ben Deveraux trial 685 00:42:30,927 --> 00:42:33,680 that the day before your husband was killed, you'd sprained your ankle 686 00:42:33,847 --> 00:42:35,075 and were unable to walk. 687 00:42:36,007 --> 00:42:38,521 Yes, that's right. I'd fallen off a tractor. 688 00:42:39,167 --> 00:42:40,646 Did you call a physician in? 689 00:42:41,767 --> 00:42:45,237 On a farm we learn to take care of those things with no outside help. 690 00:42:45,407 --> 00:42:48,160 But the sprain was completely disabling, 691 00:42:48,327 --> 00:42:50,477 to the point that it would have been impossible for you 692 00:42:50,647 --> 00:42:52,877 to have gotten out of bed the night your husband was shot 693 00:42:53,047 --> 00:42:54,560 on the road leading to your farm. 694 00:42:54,727 --> 00:42:55,716 Of course. 695 00:42:59,647 --> 00:43:01,399 Mrs. Norris, 696 00:43:02,807 --> 00:43:05,844 what was the relationship between you and your husband? 697 00:43:06,007 --> 00:43:08,601 I mean, were you happy together? 698 00:43:08,767 --> 00:43:10,086 CORTLAND: Your Honour, I object. 699 00:43:10,247 --> 00:43:13,523 Counsel has no right to delve into the private life of this witness. 700 00:43:14,607 --> 00:43:16,359 If the-- 701 00:43:16,527 --> 00:43:19,963 If the court will allow the witness to answer this one question, 702 00:43:20,127 --> 00:43:23,961 I shall be able to make clear my reason for this line of enquiry. 703 00:43:24,367 --> 00:43:27,359 Your Honour, I want to answer the question. 704 00:43:27,527 --> 00:43:30,166 Very well. Go ahead, Miss Martha. 705 00:43:33,967 --> 00:43:37,004 My husband and I were very much in love, 706 00:43:37,167 --> 00:43:39,078 before our marriage, 707 00:43:39,247 --> 00:43:41,158 during our marriage, 708 00:43:41,567 --> 00:43:42,841 and right up until-- 709 00:43:43,007 --> 00:43:44,679 MAN: Oh, well... 710 00:43:47,607 --> 00:43:49,279 Order. 711 00:43:55,887 --> 00:43:59,675 If you were very much in love, 712 00:44:00,087 --> 00:44:01,566 then how do you account for the fact 713 00:44:01,727 --> 00:44:04,525 that your husband was planning to divorce you 714 00:44:04,687 --> 00:44:06,803 and marry another woman at the time he was murdered? 715 00:44:06,967 --> 00:44:08,116 That's not so. 716 00:44:10,847 --> 00:44:13,407 Your Honour, I should like to show the witness this letter. 717 00:44:13,567 --> 00:44:14,761 CORTLAND: Objection. 718 00:44:15,487 --> 00:44:18,559 The letter should first be shown to the prosecution. 719 00:44:29,087 --> 00:44:32,238 I... I still object to this procedure, Your Honour, 720 00:44:32,407 --> 00:44:34,921 since no proper foundation has been laid for such evidence. 721 00:44:35,087 --> 00:44:37,806 I am trying to establish a motive other than a fist fight 722 00:44:37,967 --> 00:44:40,276 which could have brought about the murder of Donald Briggs. 723 00:44:40,447 --> 00:44:43,007 Objection overruled. 724 00:44:43,567 --> 00:44:44,716 What about this letter? 725 00:44:45,367 --> 00:44:48,439 Your Honour, this is a trial copy of a typewritten letter 726 00:44:48,607 --> 00:44:51,405 from David Latwell to his wife, Martha Norris. 727 00:44:51,567 --> 00:44:53,876 It has been held all these years by Mrs. Deveraux, 728 00:44:54,047 --> 00:44:57,039 under the mistaken impression that it was written by Ben Deveraux to her. 729 00:44:57,207 --> 00:44:59,243 That is pure hearsay and inadmissible. 730 00:44:59,407 --> 00:45:02,046 Such evidence was never introduced at the original murder trial. 731 00:45:02,207 --> 00:45:04,004 Exactly. It was never introduced 732 00:45:04,167 --> 00:45:05,998 because the defence failed to introduce Miss X, 733 00:45:06,167 --> 00:45:08,283 the one person who could have testified to that fact. 734 00:45:08,447 --> 00:45:10,403 Mr. Mason, you are trying to use this court 735 00:45:10,567 --> 00:45:13,081 as a stage for some of your well-known theatrics. 736 00:45:13,247 --> 00:45:17,001 Gentlemen, there will be no more outbursts like that in this court. 737 00:45:17,167 --> 00:45:20,921 Mr. Mason, I'm inclined to agree with the prosecutor in this matter. 738 00:45:22,167 --> 00:45:25,284 If you have any more questions, I'll listen. 739 00:45:26,007 --> 00:45:27,884 Your Honour, 740 00:45:28,047 --> 00:45:30,402 it is my contention 741 00:45:31,687 --> 00:45:35,646 that the marriage of David Latwell and his wife was a far from happy one. 742 00:45:35,807 --> 00:45:38,844 Which would have no bearing on this case even if it were so. 743 00:45:39,007 --> 00:45:40,963 It would have bearing if she murdered her husband 744 00:45:41,127 --> 00:45:42,606 and Donald Briggs found out about it. 745 00:45:45,367 --> 00:45:49,280 Harry, you were there, you know I was in bed for a week. 746 00:45:49,447 --> 00:45:52,678 - Are you gonna let him--? - Then, Mrs. Norris, 747 00:45:53,807 --> 00:45:56,321 there is no doubt that you were incapacitated 748 00:45:56,487 --> 00:45:59,206 at the time of your husband's murder? 749 00:45:59,567 --> 00:46:02,286 Everyone in town knew I was. 750 00:46:06,727 --> 00:46:08,365 Your Honour, 751 00:46:08,847 --> 00:46:12,476 I submit to the court this newspaper clipping. 752 00:46:12,647 --> 00:46:15,366 It shows some of the crowd at a stock auction 753 00:46:15,527 --> 00:46:18,246 during the county fair at Midland. 754 00:46:18,567 --> 00:46:20,558 It was taken from a newspaper dated the same night 755 00:46:20,727 --> 00:46:21,921 of David Latwell's murder. 756 00:46:22,487 --> 00:46:25,559 It shows David Latwell in the crowd with a young woman 757 00:46:25,727 --> 00:46:28,639 who was the Miss X of the Ben Deveraux trial, 758 00:46:28,807 --> 00:46:30,286 the present Lois Reed. 759 00:46:34,807 --> 00:46:37,640 And standing in the background there 760 00:46:38,327 --> 00:46:40,761 is the woman who swore at the Deveraux trial 761 00:46:40,927 --> 00:46:43,157 and has also sworn here again today 762 00:46:43,327 --> 00:46:45,795 that she was unable to walk at that time, 763 00:46:45,967 --> 00:46:47,764 Martha Norris. 764 00:46:48,647 --> 00:46:50,797 That clipping is identical with the one found 765 00:46:50,967 --> 00:46:52,764 in the possession of Donald Briggs. 766 00:46:52,927 --> 00:46:54,076 It led Briggs to believe 767 00:46:54,247 --> 00:46:56,807 that Martha Norris had murdered her husband. 768 00:46:56,967 --> 00:46:59,606 Briggs approached Martha Norris for reasons of blackmail 769 00:46:59,767 --> 00:47:01,644 and Martha Norris 770 00:47:02,887 --> 00:47:04,878 killed him as well. 771 00:47:07,167 --> 00:47:09,317 She had no right to him. 772 00:47:10,407 --> 00:47:12,762 She had no right to any of them. 773 00:47:13,407 --> 00:47:15,716 David's better off dead. 774 00:47:16,247 --> 00:47:18,363 Look what he would have had. 775 00:47:18,967 --> 00:47:20,639 Just look. 776 00:47:27,847 --> 00:47:30,805 [SOBBING] 777 00:47:38,007 --> 00:47:39,838 Mr. Mason, 778 00:47:40,487 --> 00:47:44,639 there seems to be no probable cause for action against the defendant 779 00:47:44,847 --> 00:47:47,645 and he is ordered to be released from custody. 780 00:47:49,087 --> 00:47:53,399 And I instruct the district attorney to take the necessary steps 781 00:47:53,567 --> 00:47:57,037 to instigate further investigation in this case 782 00:47:57,487 --> 00:47:59,523 as soon as possible. 783 00:48:03,447 --> 00:48:05,324 Court's adjourned. 784 00:48:12,687 --> 00:48:16,316 I still can't believe that Martha's responsible for all this. 785 00:48:16,487 --> 00:48:18,125 To think that she could murder her husband 786 00:48:18,287 --> 00:48:21,165 and then keep his picture around as a constant reminder. 787 00:48:21,327 --> 00:48:23,557 That was the key to the whole thing, Helen. 788 00:48:23,727 --> 00:48:25,126 The only reason to keep the picture 789 00:48:25,287 --> 00:48:27,005 was to remember his great devotion for her. 790 00:48:27,167 --> 00:48:29,158 But Mr. Latwell wasn't devoted to her. 791 00:48:29,327 --> 00:48:31,045 He was planning to run away with Lois Reed. 792 00:48:31,207 --> 00:48:34,438 So Martha had no valid reason and it must have been a cover-up. 793 00:48:34,607 --> 00:48:37,405 And my father was executed because nobody here would believe him. 794 00:48:37,567 --> 00:48:39,558 Oh, Marv, you've gotta try not to think about that. 795 00:48:39,727 --> 00:48:41,524 How can I help it? 796 00:48:41,687 --> 00:48:43,962 My mother died because of it. 797 00:48:44,127 --> 00:48:46,118 Now, listen to me, Marv. 798 00:48:46,287 --> 00:48:48,437 Eighteen years ago, a mistake was made, 799 00:48:48,607 --> 00:48:50,882 a horrible mistake. 800 00:48:51,047 --> 00:48:54,084 But you won't undo the wrong if you let it colour the rest of your life. 801 00:48:54,247 --> 00:48:56,807 I only saw the whole town turn against me overnight. 802 00:48:56,967 --> 00:48:58,798 Did you, Marv? 803 00:48:59,567 --> 00:49:01,000 Helen's part of the town. 804 00:49:04,727 --> 00:49:07,525 Well, don't just stand there, do something. 63039

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