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Welcome back to Logan City,
Mrs. Reed.
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I'm Donald Briggs.
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I've got a cab waiting over here.
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I booked you a room here, 6D.
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You still haven't told me
what I have to do.
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I've got some calls to make.
We'll discuss it later.
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The lady can manage for herself,
driver. I'm running late.
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Wait for me, driver.
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Mrs. Adams,
I'll be as brief as possible.
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I supplied you with enough facts
so that you would come to Logan City.
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I've got a proposition.
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What makes you think I'd be interested
in any proposition you might make?
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All right, Mrs. Adams.
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You have a son.
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He's a chemical engineering student
at the state university.
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He's engaged to Helen Waters,
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the daughter of one of this town's
leading citizens. Enough?
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Everyone's quite aware of those facts.
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But everyone's not so aware
of the facts concerning the boy's father.
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I know most of them.
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What I don't know
I intend to learn from Lois Reed.
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She just got into town.
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If you dare do anything
to hurt my boy's happiness, I--
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All I wanna do is enhance
my own happiness,
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say, $5,000 worth,
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within 48 hours.
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I'm at the Sands Motel.
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You contemptible blackmailer.
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Around here, a man earns his living
digging up potatoes and beets.
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I dig up information.
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Now, what's the difference?
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The difference
is in the kind of dirt you use.
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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Hey, Mom, what are you doing
at Logan City?
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How did you know I was here?
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I was walking by in front of the hotel
and saw the pickup truck.
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You know, there aren't two trucks
like that in the world.
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- This is Mr. Briggs.
- How do you do, sir?
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How are you, Adams?
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See you soon, Mrs. Adams.
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Hey, Mom,
what did that guy do to you?
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Hey, Briggs.
Hey, what's wrong with my mother?
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Get lost.
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JOE: Hey, you two, break it up.
Come on, break it up.
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All right, what's this all about?
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It's just a little misunderstanding,
that's all, officer.
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What did you see, Charlie?
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Nothing, Joe,
except this kid jumped my fare
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when he was about to get in my cab.
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Aren't you visiting out
at the Waters' place?
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Yeah, that's right.
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I'm Marv Adams.
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I'm on vacation from the university.
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Well, since you're Mr. Waters' guest,
we'll forget it this time,
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but no more of this college scrimmaging
in Logan City. That clear?
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Yes, sir.
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And you have proof that Marv Adams
was Ben Deveraux's son?
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Yeah.
Soon as Deveraux was executed,
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his wife changed their name
to Adams,
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moved from Logan City,
and until I got to work on it,
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seemed to drop off the earth.
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The name of Clyde Waters
has as much prestige
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as any name in the valley.
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Getting him mixed up with
a murderer's son won't do it any good.
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Here's payment for your services.
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Waters,
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what do you plan to do?
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If my daughter insists
on marrying Marv Adams,
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there's no reason to think
the boy's real identity
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would be revealed
after all these years.
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Oh, there's a way to make sure.
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Just add another 5,000 to this
and send it to the Sands Motel.
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Do you really think
I would do a thing like that?
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Well, I don't know you that well,
Mr. Waters,
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but I could ask Lois Reed.
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She just got into town.
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I see.
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Well, I suppose the boy's mother
is here at your request too.
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Why not?
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Maybe I'll arrange for all you old-timers
to have a coffee klatch,
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unless I get my business attended to
and leave town before there's time.
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Goodbye, Mr. Waters.
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It's been a pleasure to work for you.
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MASON: Let's get to some
of the pertinent facts, Mr. Waters.
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My daughter met a young man
in college and became engaged.
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I was concerned about it.
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- Any special reason?
- Helen came to us quite late in life.
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Her mother died
when she was born.
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Well, as you can imagine,
I've sheltered her a great deal.
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Marv is a perfect gentleman.
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Strangely enough, he didn't seem
to know much about his father,
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said he had died
when he was quite young.
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Well, it worried me
and I wanted to know more.
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So I hired this fellow Briggs.
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And Briggs discovered the boy's father
was Ben Deveraux,
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the man who was executed
for murder?
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That's right.
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Murdered his partner
right in Logan City 18 years ago.
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Or at least that's how the jury voted.
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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Come in, Paul.
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You wanted to see me, Perry?
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Mr. Waters, this is Paul Drake
of the Drake Detective Agency.
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- Mr. Drake.
- How do you do, sir?
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Then you will look into the trial,
Mr. Mason?
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I'll look into the transcript anyway.
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Well, that's fair enough.
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I'll expect to hear from you.
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- Right.
- Goodbye, Miss Street, Mr. Drake.
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PAUL:
Bye, Mr. Waters.
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Paul, what kind of luck
do you think you'd have
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investigating an 18-year-old
murder case?
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I got trouble enough
with the modern ones.
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Another detective might help you.
His name is Donald Briggs.
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Better find him.
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Della will give you all the information
we have so far.
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- Going out?
- Logan City. I'll be in touch.
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Well, Mason,
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did the trial transcript interest you?
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Yes, it did, judge.
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I wanna thank you
for digging it out for me.
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Sit down. Sit down.
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How come a little burg like this
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could interest you
in an 18-year-old murder case?
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Murder is murder
wherever you find it.
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So is justice, which was carried out.
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Was it?
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What are you getting at?
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You didn't mention that you were
the prosecutor in that case.
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You didn't ask.
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Now, look, Mason,
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let's you and I
stop beating about the bush.
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All right, I will.
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All through the testimony,
there was reference to a Miss X.
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Why wasn't her identity revealed
during the trial?
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Because she wasn't involved
in the murder or the motive.
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So it was decided there was no use
to have an innocent girl's name
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dragged through that kind of thing.
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And the defence counsel
agreed to that?
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Of course he did.
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Now, look here, Mason,
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we don't have any desire
to have you come into our community
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and start retrying our cases.
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The man's dead.
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What's to be gained
by bringing it up again?
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Something with which
we are both familiar:
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justice.
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Is it always this hot in Logan City?
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This is a cool one, mister.
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You're Perry Mason?
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- That's right.
- I'm Chief Glass, Logan City Police.
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Miss Martha would like to see you
before you leave town.
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- Who?
- Martha Norris.
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Owns the Norris Farms.
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I'm afraid I'm running late--
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I'd suggest that you take the time,
Mr. Mason.
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Follow me.
I'll show you how to get there.
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Come on in.
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My wife should be in right away.
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Some problem concerning
one of the warehouse crews.
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You're not active on the farm?
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Oh, no, I'm retired. Best thing
I could do is stay out of the way.
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Oh, George, did you fix
a cold drink to Mr. Mason?
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Thank you, but not right now,
Mrs. Norris.
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I hope I didn't inconvenience you.
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Oh, that's all right.
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I assumed it was urgent since
you had a policeman wave me down.
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Well,
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I'm not as imperious
as it might seem.
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It's just that in a small community,
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we're all willing to do a favour
for one another.
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And who did you the favour
of reporting I was in town?
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Judge Meeham.
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Mr. Mason,
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you've read the trial transcript,
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you know the facts
of Ben Deveraux's conviction.
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Yes.
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Well, then, I'll tell you a fact
you don't know.
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The man Ben Deveraux killed
was my first husband.
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Deveraux paid for his crime,
it's over.
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There's no use stirring it all up again
just to hurt innocent people.
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Your motives are admirable,
Mrs. Norris,
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but having read the transcript,
I don't think I can drop it so easily.
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Then you're...
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- You're going to proceed further?
- Yes, I am.
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I plan to see Mr. Waters right away.
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Well, good. Suppose we drive over
to the Waters' dairy farm together.
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Yes, we're going over
for the annual barbecue
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Clyde Waters and I have
for our employees' children.
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He's holding it this year.
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[PEOPLE CHEERING]
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[CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYS]
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You know,
magic is the wisdom of the ages.
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It's created by night
and revealed by day.
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It contains secrets
of the vast and shrouded unknown.
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Do we dare penetrate
these secrets?
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Do we dare enter into darkness
and unveil the mysteries?
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Then watch carefully.
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Do not take your eyes from my hands
as I pour the magic elixirs.
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Just fix your mind on the mysterious
words of disenchantment.
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Now we begin.
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Abracadabra
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Alakazam
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Swirl magic waters
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Bubble and boil
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And presto
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Do the duck trick.
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Oh, but first I must have a duck.
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BO Y:
I'll get one.
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Oh, it's a fine duck.
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Is it your thinking
that all ducks can swim?
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CHILDREN:
Yes.
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Then you do not believe there's such
a thing as a duck that can drown.
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- No.
- Oh, well, let's watch carefully.
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All right, back away
from the trough now.
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Back around, come on.
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Move around. Come on.
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This magic water I have here
makes fish walk and pigs fly.
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It also can make a duck drown.
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Now, watch carefully.
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Now, here we go.
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[CHILDREN LAUGHING
& CLAPPING]
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They loved you, Marv.
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- Oh, I'm glad.
- By George, that sure beats me.
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How could you make the duck sink?
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It's a chemical mixture
I made at school.
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It takes the oil
out of the duck's feathers.
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Oh, I get it.
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Come on,
I want you to meet Mr. Mason.
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- My husband-to-be, Marv Adams.
- How do you do? Pleased to meet you.
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- How do you do?
- Mr. Mason,
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you're wanted on the phone.
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- Excuse me.
- Yes, sir.
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- Hello?
- Perry, this is Paul.
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I'm in Logan City.
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What are you doing here?
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Well, this is where
the job brought me.
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That detective, Donald Briggs,
is up here.
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He's registered at the Sands Motel.
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- I got a look at him.
- Anything else?
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Well, I checked on him.
He hasn't got much of a reputation.
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He hangs out mostly in San Diego.
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I can't figure
why he's staying around here.
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Suppose we call on him together?
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Fine. Want me to pick you up?
We could have dinner together.
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No, I have some business
with Mr. Waters.
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You have dinner in town.
I'll meet you at the hotel.
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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.
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