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[Thunderclap]
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Sir?
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[Woman]Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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Obviously you're saying
one of us killed him.
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- I never saw that man before.
- This happened about 15 years ago,
didn't it?
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I was in the bar having a drink.
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I have no idea
who this poor, dead fella is.
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If I wanted to knock this guy off,
I would've shot him.
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- I was working on the engine the whole time.
- I don't have to
answer your questions, lady.
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[Screams]
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[Seagulls Screeching]
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Oh, did you reach them?
Yeah, said we'd be there
about 8:00.
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Probably miss the hors d'oeuvres.
Well, no serious loss,
I'm sure.
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Ms. Fletcher, the Maine Sheriffs'
Association lays out the finest spread
east of the Alleghenies.
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Oh, Amos.
Anyway, we'll be there
in time for the drawing.
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They're giving away a big-screen TV,
and I got a feeling it's my lucky night.
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Oh, I sure hope so, Amos.
Mm. Would you get that
to the garage?
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I'll go get the tickets.
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[Thunder Rumbling]
Well, what do you
hope to gain?
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I'm not sure. Look, honey,
nobody's forcing you to come.
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Besides, this is between
him and me.
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Well, I'm coming along, Steve.
All right. You suit yourself.
Just don't get in my way.
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Headin' for Boston?
Oh, Portland.
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A-yah. I like these local buses.
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You can sit back and relax
and enjoy yourself.
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Mmm. Well, most people
can't find the time.
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[Chuckles]
Yeah, ridin' hard and fast toward
a date with the gravedigger.
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[Sniffs]
Smell that air. Be rain in 20 minutes.
You watch. Cyrus Leffingwell.
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Jessica Fletcher.
[Horn Honks]
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Here she comes.
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[Brakes Squeal]
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Afternoon, folks.
This is the local bus to Boston.
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Stopping at Newcastle,
Brunswick, Portland,
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Kennebunk, Dover, Portsmouth,
Amesbury and Ipswich.
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Be leaving in three minutes.
Thank you.
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Here's your ticket, Ms. Fletcher.
Oh, thank you, Amos.
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Oh! Forgot the bags.
Ah.
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Uh, my friend is bringing our things.
We just have a couple of overnight bags.
We don't need to stow them.
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Yes'um.
Doesn't Andy Reardon
usually run this route?
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Yes'um.
Took sick with the flu.
Oh, that's too bad.
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Here we are.
Ms. Fletcher.
Ah, great.
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We better get on board.
Okay.
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Kent.
Hmm?
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Do you know
who that is?
Somebody from the college?
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No. That's J.B. Fletcher.
Oh, didn't recognize him.
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Her. Her, Kent.
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She writes wonderful whodunits.
[Exhales]
Really.
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Driver says we'll be there
with time to spare.
Mm-hmm.
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Anyway, the drawing isn't until
the end of the evening.
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That way they make sure that
no one walks out on them too early.
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Oh, not that they would,
Ms. Fletcher.
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I mean, you're gonna have
those fellas eatin' out of your hand.
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Sounds a bit messy
to me, Amos.
Mm.
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Next stop, Newcastle.
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[Thunderclap]
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[Driver]Where you headed?
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[Man]Uh, Portland.
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It's nine-sixty.
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What's the trouble?
Power lines are down.
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You can get through, but watch it.
There's a lot of flooding up ahead.
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[Driver]Is the road open?Yeah, but I don't know for how long.
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Okay. Thank you.
Take care.
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Excuse me.
You'reJ.B. Fletcher, aren't you?
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Yes, I am.
Oh, I thought so.
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- I think you are a wonderful writer.
- Why, thank you.
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In fact, you're in the top 10
of my "most stolen" list.
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Your what?
Most stolen.I'm a librarian.
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[Chuckles]
We have had to replacecopies of your books...
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a dozen times
over the last couple of years.
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People check them out
and absolutely will not return them.
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[Laughs]
I'm very flattered... I think.
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[Both Chuckle]
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Oh. I'm glad you came by.
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No way out of that mess till morning.
How much to Portland?
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Nine-sixty.Say, weren't you following usfor quite a while?
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I sure was.
Thought I'd be safer with you
running interference.
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- Sorry I passed you now.
- Thank you.
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Uh, sorry, folks, we, uh,
seem to be having a little engine trouble.
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Probably the wet. You can get outand stretch your legs if you wantwhile I check it out.
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[Grunts]
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That didn't take long.
No, but this isn't Portland.
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It isn't?
No. Let's get out
and get some coffee.
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[Groans]
At this rate,
we're gonna miss the fruit cup.
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[Sighs]
Steve, please.
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Why don't you just let it be?
I told you to just
stay out of this. Now, go on.
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Well, howdy, folks.
Come on in. Set yourselves down.
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Thank you.
How'd you get through?
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The radio said the Rockwater
Creek Bridge is washed out.
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We're coming on down
from Cabot Cove.
Is that so?
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They were stopping traffic
they said.
We must be the last ones to get through.
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- Well, we seem to be.
- Mighty fierce storm.
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Reminds me of Agnes back in '72.
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I remember that one.
They were just building the interstate.
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[Groans]
I'm soaked.
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Can you tell me where the restroom is?
Right down the hallway
on your right.
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Thank you.
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Hello. Do you think I might get
a cup of black coffee, please?
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Oh, two, please.
I wish now
I hadn't sent the help home.
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Uh, would it be too much trouble
to have a cup of tea?
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- Comin' right up.
- Thank you.
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Is there somewhere
a man can get a drink?
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Yeah, in the bar. It's closed now,
but if you can hold on a mite,
I'll open it.
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Fine.
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This is the time of year
for storms, of course.
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Statistically speaking, the chance
of rain on any day at this time
of year are about, um, two-to-one.
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As you can see,
my husband's mind is cluttered
with all sorts of interesting trivia.
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Better a little clutter
than an empty attic.
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If we'd been able to afford plane fare,
we wouldn't be stuck in this place now.
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Oh, I don't know.
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Many a night I've been trapped in
a storm-ridden airport. Never bothered me.
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As my late wife used to say,
rest her soul,
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"Only a fool grows ulcers
over something he can't control."
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Excuse me.
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Well, maybe we oughta
take a look at the menu.
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Here's a menu for you, ma'am.
Thank you, Amos.
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Lfigure things the way they are,
we should get something to eat.
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Probably gonna miss
the potato soup.
I would think so.
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I sure am sorry, ma'am.
This is turning into a miserable trip.
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Oh, don't be silly, Amos.
Who knows? We may be
still in time for my speech.
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I sure hope so.
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Do you have a phone
around here somewhere?
Yeah, there's a pay phone outside.
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Here's your tea, ma'am.
Oh, thank you very much.
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- Can I get you folks something to eat?
- Well, I couldn't help but notice
that apple pie over there.
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- It looks homemade.
- My own recipe.
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Would you make that two,
with a slice of cheddar
and some black coffee, please.
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- Coming right up.
- [Sighs]
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Sure had my heart set
on that TV set.
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Our host is quite a baker.
Yeah, could use
a touch more cinnamon.
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I better call Portland,
tell 'em what's happened.
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- Are we leaving now?
- I'm afraid not.
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I just came in
to dry off a bit.
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Wonder what happened to that book?
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Excuse me, sir. Sir?
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[Gasps]
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Well, I suppose we should
notify the bus driver, and, uh...
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Well, I don't suppose we should
move the body until
the local coroner arrives.
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Amos, I know this isn't under
your jurisdiction, but, I mean,
the situation's obvious.
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You or I or one of them...
Yes, ma'am.
I see what you mean.
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Well, whoever killed him
went through his pockets.
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Ironic, isn't it?
What's that?
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Well, a man is released from prison
ready to start a new life,
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only to have it cut short
only a few hours later.
Well, now, why do you say that?
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He could have just as easily been
a visitor or a guard home for the weekend.
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I don't think so.
That's a new suit, Amos,
and those are new shoes.
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He paid for his ticket
with crisp, new bills.
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Hello, what's this?
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Well, you're right.
Here's his release paper.
Name is Gilbert Stoner.
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Stoner.
Mm-hmm.
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Well, the motive
certainly was not robbery.
There's money in the billfold.
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Anything else?
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Just an out-of-date
driver's license and a photograph.
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Someone was looking for something.
Ah.
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Amos, his suitcase is missing.
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Oh... [Chuckles]
I see you had the same idea
I did.
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I thought just as long as
we'd stopped here, I'd get...
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[Screams]
Oh!
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Now, Miriam,
darling, please, it's all right.
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[Crying]
It's not all right.
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You didn't see him
sitting there with that...
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that thing sticking out ofthe back ofhis neck...[Shudders]
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I tried to call the police.
The lines are dead.
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Probably knocked out by the storm.
Dead?
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Do you mean to tell me
we're stuck here with
that killer on the loose?
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Why, he'll just probably
kill us all, one by one.
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Here's some nice, fresh coffee, ma'am.
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It'll take the chill off
and help stop your shakes.
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How do I know it's not you?
How do I know you're not
trying to poison me?
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Well, all right.
Thank you. I'm sorry.
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Coffee's on the house, everyone.
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Uh, folks, name is Amos Tupper.
I'm the sheriff of Cabot Cove.
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Now I realize I have noofficial jurisdiction here,
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but as an officer of the law,I do have an obligationto assume authority...
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until the local police arrive.
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And, uh, I would appreciate
all of your cooperation.
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00:17:01,988 --> 00:17:06,516
Well, I'm sure we'd all be
happy to do so, Sheriff, but, uh,
I never saw that man before.
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Name is Stoner. Gilbert Stoner.
He was released from prison
this afternoon.
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Amos, excuse me,
but there is something that
I seem to remember.
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I came across that name
doing research for a book.
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It had to do with a robbery.I think it was a bank in Augusta.
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00:17:25,144 --> 00:17:29,979
Wait a minute. Stoner... Stoner.
The Danvers Trust Company.
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Sure, I remember that one.
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It was all over the TV for weeks.
Happened about 15 years ago, didn't it?
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Yes, of course.
Three men pulled that off.
They were apprehended, I believe.
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A-yah, at least one of'em was.
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00:17:42,195 --> 00:17:47,030
Amos, it might be helpful
to establish just where everyone was.
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00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:50,263
Oh, that's good thinking,
Ms. Fletcher.
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And, uh, I'm also gonna need to
know all of your names
and why you were on this bus.
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Now, just a moment...
Obviously, you're saying
one of us killed him.
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I think "obvious"
is the right word, sir.
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Unless, of course, this Stoner fellow
somehow managed to...
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reach up behind his head
and stab himself in the back of
the neck with a 10-inch screwdriver.
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I have nothing to hide.
My name is, uh, Ken Radford.
This is my wife, Miriam.
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I'm a math teacher
at St. Eustis College.
Associate professor.
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My wife is a college librarian.
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The head librarian.
And we're on our way
to Boston to do research.
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I was in the video alcove...
over there.
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I was, uh, playing "Road Hog."
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Road Hog?
Yeah. I'm, uh, a student of...
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statistical probabilities,
and, uh, the game has
challenging mathematical parameters.
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- Also, it's fun.
- He's telling the truth.
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I heard him playing the game
when I was in the gift shop.
And you're...
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00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:52,053
Cyrus Leffingwell.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
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00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:55,623
I'm a retired postal worker...
a mailman.
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00:18:55,701 --> 00:18:58,795
But I have no idea who
this poor, dead fellow is.
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What about you?
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00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:08,203
Steve Pascal, computer engineer.
This is my wife, Jane.
We were on our way to Portland.
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I was here the whole time.
And I was outside
using the public phone.
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I couldn't get through
and, eventually, the line went dead.
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00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:17,979
Excuse me, Mr. Pascal,
but I believe I saw you
through the window...
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talking with Mr. Stoner on the bus.
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You appeared to be having
a very heated discussion.
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No, not at all. We just exchanged
a few words, that's all.
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00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:36,699
And you?
Joe Downing.
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00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:39,609
I'm captain of the fishing trawler
MarySue out of Gloucester.
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00:19:39,679 --> 00:19:43,911
Going back to my ship
after visiting family, and,
like this gentleman,
216
00:19:43,983 --> 00:19:47,111
I've never heard ofthe dead man before.
217
00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:48,915
I was in the bar having a drink.
218
00:19:52,325 --> 00:19:57,319
Carey Drayson. I was in the men's room
drying off my clothes on the radiator.
219
00:19:57,396 --> 00:19:59,796
If my car hadn't skidded off the road
I wouldn't even have been here.
220
00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:04,029
Mr. Drayson, that may be true,
but under the circumstances
I'd feel a lot better...
221
00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:06,936
if you explained to the sheriff
why you're wearing a gun.
222
00:20:07,006 --> 00:20:09,702
- [Amos]A gun?
- Oh, good Lord. Kent!
223
00:20:09,775 --> 00:20:13,609
This is my permit
to carry a concealed weapon.
224
00:20:13,679 --> 00:20:17,775
I'm a jewelry salesman.
I carry valuables in that case,
and I have to protect myself.
225
00:20:17,850 --> 00:20:20,978
All the same, I think it would be better
if you handed it over.
226
00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:24,819
Well, I'm sorry, Sheriff. Like you said,
you have no jurisdiction here.
227
00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,381
If there's a killer on the loose,
I want to protect myself.
228
00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:30,054
Besides, if I wanted to
knock this guy off,
229
00:20:30,129 --> 00:20:34,122
I would've shot him,
not used a screwdriver.
230
00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,134
Yes,
231
00:20:37,270 --> 00:20:39,761
I was gonna ask you about that.
232
00:20:45,044 --> 00:20:48,536
Hey, wait a minute.I left my toolbox openin the front of the bus.
233
00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:52,812
Anybody could've taken
that screwdriver out.
Anybody in this room.
234
00:20:52,885 --> 00:20:55,115
I was working on the engine
the whole time.
235
00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:58,679
Yes, but if you were that close,
you must've heard something.
236
00:20:58,758 --> 00:21:02,990
Well, I heard voices raised,
and l-I thought I heard somebody
getting on and off the bus,
237
00:21:03,062 --> 00:21:05,030
- but I didn't pay much attention.
- [Thunderclap]
238
00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:06,792
[Cries Out]
239
00:21:08,567 --> 00:21:11,695
This is a fiercesome storm.
240
00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:14,365
Mr. Pascal, you'll forgive me,
241
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,035
but you and the victimwere not, as you claimed,
242
00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:20,374
having a quiet discussion.
243
00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:24,883
I'm also quite sure that
your resemblance to the gentleman
in this photo is more than coincidental.
244
00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:29,046
It would be very helpful
if you could identify these people.
245
00:21:43,869 --> 00:21:46,360
I don't have to
answer your questions, lady.
246
00:21:46,439 --> 00:21:50,933
Not yours, not anybody's.
247
00:21:52,611 --> 00:21:54,511
Steve.
248
00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:13,358
Steve didn't kill that man.
I know he didn't.
249
00:22:13,432 --> 00:22:18,096
Mrs. Pascal,
what about the man in the photo?
250
00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:21,230
- He was Steve's father.
- [Amos]Was?
251
00:22:21,307 --> 00:22:25,141
He was killed during
the Danvers robbery.
252
00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:28,374
Along with an innocent bystander,
a woman.
253
00:22:28,447 --> 00:22:32,110
Stoner and the other man got away,
but they caught Stoner three days later.
254
00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:35,051
But the other man,
what happened to him?
255
00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:39,615
They never caught him,
and they never recovered
the money from the robbery.
256
00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:43,628
As I recall, it was about $200,000.
Over half a million.
257
00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:46,358
Ma'am, this, uh, missing fella,
258
00:22:46,432 --> 00:22:50,095
do you or your husband
know who he was?
259
00:22:50,169 --> 00:22:52,660
No, I'm sorry.
Mm.
260
00:22:52,738 --> 00:22:54,729
I better take charge of this.
261
00:22:57,576 --> 00:23:00,909
It's probably best
if we all stick together.
262
00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:03,972
Ralph, why don't you
put on another pot of coffee, huh?
263
00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:06,381
Good idea.
264
00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:16,060
[Beeping]
265
00:23:18,130 --> 00:23:20,223
[Video Game Continues]
266
00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:23,291
Who is in there?
Uh, no one.
267
00:23:23,369 --> 00:23:27,635
But that's just the point.
And down at the end of this hallway
is a door leading to the outside.
268
00:23:27,706 --> 00:23:31,301
Huh.
That means that the professor...
269
00:23:31,377 --> 00:23:34,039
could've gone outside
without being seen.
270
00:23:34,113 --> 00:23:37,446
So could've the mailman
or any of the others for that matter.
271
00:23:37,516 --> 00:23:41,179
And-And there's a door
that leads to the outside
from the bar and one in the kitchen.
272
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,585
So where does that leave us?
Outside.
273
00:23:43,656 --> 00:23:46,147
- What?
- You were gonna check outside.
274
00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:49,854
Oh. Yes, ma'am, I sure was.
You wanna come along?
275
00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:52,420
Oh, absolutely.
Okay.
276
00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:57,258
Well, bus driver was right.
277
00:23:57,336 --> 00:24:01,500
Anyone could've taken
the screwdriver out.
That's true.
278
00:24:01,574 --> 00:24:03,565
Excuse me, Amos.
Yeah.
279
00:24:09,582 --> 00:24:12,745
Whatcha looking for?
I wish I knew.
280
00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:14,843
Hey, wait a minute.
Why is that on?
281
00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:18,452
[Jessica]What is it?
That's a damper switch.
282
00:24:18,524 --> 00:24:23,689
I used to be a bus driver
for a whole summer
before I joined the department.
283
00:24:23,762 --> 00:24:27,095
Excuse me, Ms. Fletcher,
I gotta check something out.
284
00:25:32,231 --> 00:25:35,860
I wanna talk to you.
I thought you might.
285
00:25:35,935 --> 00:25:39,427
Look, I'm sorryI lost my temper in there,but I didn't kill Stoner.
286
00:25:39,505 --> 00:25:42,599
Mr. Pascal, could you please
help me with this suitcase?
287
00:25:42,675 --> 00:25:46,167
Everything's getting wetter
by the minute and so am I.
288
00:25:47,313 --> 00:25:49,975
This clothing has been ripped apart.
289
00:25:50,049 --> 00:25:53,883
Well, maybe they found
what they were looking for.
Maybe not.
290
00:25:53,953 --> 00:25:57,787
Mr. Stoner had a... had an overcoat
and a book with him.
291
00:25:57,856 --> 00:26:03,260
Now that should've been with
the suitcase. It doesn't make sense.
Hmm.
292
00:26:03,329 --> 00:26:06,628
Mr. Pascal, suppose you tell
the sheriff what you
and Mr. Stoner argued about.
293
00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:13,294
Yeah. Why not.
294
00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:16,864
I was in junior high school
when my dad was killed.
295
00:26:16,942 --> 00:26:21,743
From that day on, my life was hell.
I mean, I was the son of a thief.
296
00:26:21,814 --> 00:26:26,478
All right, it's true. I took the busin order to meet Stoner becauseI wanted my father's share of the money.
297
00:26:26,552 --> 00:26:30,886
After what I'd been through, I figured
I deserved it. At least, that's what
I thought until I talked to him.
298
00:26:30,956 --> 00:26:33,288
What did he say to youthat made you change your mind?
299
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,657
It wasn't what he said,it was-it was what he was...
300
00:26:35,728 --> 00:26:38,720
a mean, pitiful wreck of a man.
301
00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:42,790
His scheme ruined his entire life,
just like it ruined my father's.
302
00:26:42,868 --> 00:26:46,599
I made up my mind
it wasn't going to ruin mine,
so l-I just walked away from it.
303
00:26:46,672 --> 00:26:49,641
- I left him alone on the bus.
- And that was it?
304
00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:53,542
My wife was right.
305
00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:56,206
It's better to let the past
remain what it is.
306
00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:59,614
Mr. Pascal, I need to know
one more thing.
307
00:26:59,685 --> 00:27:02,677
How did you know that Mr. Stoner
was going to be released today?
308
00:27:03,856 --> 00:27:07,348
That's no secret.
In Tuesday's newspaper.
309
00:27:07,426 --> 00:27:09,917
Let me see that.
310
00:27:13,098 --> 00:27:15,931
"Notorious bank robber
to be released.
311
00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:19,334
Fifteen years ago,
Danvers Trust Company"...
[Continues, Indistinct]
312
00:27:19,405 --> 00:27:23,034
Ah, here's something.
"During the thieves' escape attempt,
313
00:27:23,108 --> 00:27:27,101
"an innocent bystander,
Julie Gibbons, 16, was killed,
314
00:27:27,179 --> 00:27:31,673
along with one of the criminals,Everett Pascal. "
Gibbons?
315
00:27:31,750 --> 00:27:35,083
That's right. Julie Gibbons.
316
00:27:35,154 --> 00:27:40,148
And our bus driver is named
Ben Gibbons.
317
00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:43,217
Well, that seals it then, huh?
318
00:27:43,295 --> 00:27:46,787
Seals what, Amos?
You may not believe this,
Ms. Fletcher,
319
00:27:46,865 --> 00:27:50,062
but I knew who our killer was
a half hour ago.
320
00:27:52,571 --> 00:27:56,405
As I said, I have no
official jurisdiction here.
321
00:27:56,475 --> 00:28:00,468
But I can make a citizen's arrest,
and that's what I plan to do.
322
00:28:01,814 --> 00:28:05,875
Ben Gibbons, I'm placing you
under arrest for the murder
of Gilbert Stoner.
323
00:28:09,088 --> 00:28:12,387
You're crazy. I didn't do it.
Oh, yes, you did.
324
00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:15,621
When Ms. Fletcher turned on
the ignition key in the bus,
325
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:18,891
I noticed that
the damper switch was on.
326
00:28:18,964 --> 00:28:23,799
Now that's an emergency switchto be used only when the enginestarts to run away.
327
00:28:23,869 --> 00:28:27,464
The engine can't be started again
once that switch is thrown...
328
00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:31,373
without the damper
being reset by hand.
329
00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:34,276
Amos, are you sure?
Yes, ma'am.
330
00:28:34,346 --> 00:28:37,440
Now, the damper is in
the engine compartment way in the back,
331
00:28:37,516 --> 00:28:41,976
and you can't reach itwithout using some kind of a tool...
332
00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:44,045
like a very long screwdriver.
333
00:28:44,123 --> 00:28:49,117
Now that means thatnobody took that screwdriverout of your tool kit...
334
00:28:49,194 --> 00:28:51,560
because you had it with you
all the time.
335
00:28:53,799 --> 00:28:56,791
Mr. Gibbons, at the time of
the holdup,
336
00:28:57,970 --> 00:29:02,464
an innocent bystander was killed,
a young woman named Julie Gibbons.
337
00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:06,602
She was my daughter.
338
00:29:07,546 --> 00:29:09,673
[Exhales]
Suppose you tell us what happened.
339
00:29:10,849 --> 00:29:16,515
A day hasn't gone by
that I haven't thought of
revenging her death.
340
00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:20,649
Then I heard that Stoner
was gonna be let out.
341
00:29:20,726 --> 00:29:24,992
I traded routes withthe regular bus driver.
342
00:29:25,063 --> 00:29:29,056
You were right.
I staged the bus breakdown,
343
00:29:30,068 --> 00:29:35,529
and I went back
and worked on the damper,
waiting for him to be alone.
344
00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:39,837
When I went back in the bus,
345
00:29:39,912 --> 00:29:43,746
he was sleeping in his seat
like a baby.
346
00:29:43,816 --> 00:29:47,149
Like he didn't have
her blood on his conscience.
347
00:29:47,219 --> 00:29:51,053
That he should be alive
and my little girl dead...
348
00:29:51,123 --> 00:29:54,115
I just went crazy.
I raised up my am...
349
00:29:54,193 --> 00:29:58,630
and drove that screwdriver
down into his neck.
350
00:29:58,697 --> 00:30:00,995
[Sobbing]
351
00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:08,237
Well, thank God that's over with.
352
00:30:08,307 --> 00:30:12,471
I wish it were, Mr. Leffingwell.But, I'm sorry. It isn't.
353
00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:14,978
That man was not killed by
the screwdriver.
354
00:30:15,047 --> 00:30:18,710
Now hold on, ma'am.
You just heard his confession.
355
00:30:18,784 --> 00:30:24,086
Yes. Yes, Amos,
and I'm sure that Mr. Gibbons is
convinced that he killed Mr. Stoner.
356
00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:27,523
Oh, he stabbed him all right.
357
00:30:27,593 --> 00:30:31,359
But Stoner was not sleeping.
He was already dead.
358
00:30:31,430 --> 00:30:34,331
That's preposterous.How could you possibly know that?
359
00:30:34,399 --> 00:30:40,099
Because, Mr. Drayson, there wasvirtually no blood on the screwdriver,and very little around the wound.
360
00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:42,538
She's right.
How can that be?
361
00:30:42,608 --> 00:30:45,907
Postmortem lividity.
I should've thought of it at the time.
362
00:30:45,978 --> 00:30:49,971
The blood had begun to settlein the lower parts of the body.
363
00:30:50,048 --> 00:30:52,710
He was killed earlier.
Oh, at least 15 or 20 minutes.
364
00:30:52,784 --> 00:30:58,120
- The bruises on his neck.
- But-But, he was sleeping.
I know it.
365
00:30:58,190 --> 00:31:01,682
I killed him. I know I did!
I'm sorry, Mr. Gibbons.
366
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:07,426
But I'm sure that the coroner
will confirm that he died of
strangulation, not stabbing.
367
00:31:31,790 --> 00:31:35,783
Oh, Kent,
how can you eat?
Why not? Being hungry doesn't help.
368
00:31:35,861 --> 00:31:40,355
Ah. No good.
Phone's still out.
369
00:31:40,432 --> 00:31:44,095
You'd think the state police would
stop by, if only to check on things.
370
00:31:44,169 --> 00:31:48,162
Mm.
My son has a C.B.
Back in the office.
371
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:52,734
I don't know how to use it,
but if anyone else does,
they're more than welcome to try.
372
00:31:52,811 --> 00:31:55,405
I know how.
Let me see it.
373
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,812
Sure thing.
Back this way.
374
00:31:57,883 --> 00:32:00,681
That's more like it.
375
00:32:03,989 --> 00:32:06,981
Last year, took my vacation
in Hawaii, it rained.
376
00:32:07,059 --> 00:32:11,462
Year before that, Athens.
It rained. This year, it rained again.
377
00:32:11,530 --> 00:32:13,691
Well, next year, try North Africa.
378
00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:17,360
They have the smallest amount
of rainfall in the world...
statistically speaking, of course.
379
00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:19,666
Never had much use for camels.
380
00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:36,715
This is Carey Drayson, calling fromthe Kozy Korner Kitchen on Route 1.
381
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:40,349
Is anyone receiving me?
Over, please.
Any luck?
382
00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:45,686
Route 1 calling.
Anyone receiving me?
Over, please.
383
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:51,292
Maybe it's too much
to expect in this weather.
Yeah. Maybe.
384
00:32:51,370 --> 00:32:53,531
Mr. Drayson, I don't wanna
appear rude, but,
385
00:32:53,605 --> 00:32:55,971
for a man who carries a gun,
you're awfully careless.
386
00:32:56,041 --> 00:32:59,033
What is that supposed to mean?
387
00:32:59,111 --> 00:33:01,807
You left a valuablejewelry sample casein the other room.
388
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:06,476
Anyone with sticky fingers
or big pockets could've
left you holding an empty bag.
389
00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:10,715
That is, if the case containedjewelry,which I seriously doubt.
390
00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:14,054
Would you mind if
SheriffTupper took a look inside?
391
00:33:14,126 --> 00:33:16,492
Uh, don't bother, Ms. Fletcher.
392
00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:21,396
I'm an investigator for the company
that insured the Danvers Trust robbery.
393
00:33:21,466 --> 00:33:27,200
And you've been assigned to follow
Mr. Stoner from the prison in the hope
that he'll lead you to the stolen money.
394
00:33:27,272 --> 00:33:30,730
That's right.
Looks like that'll be
a little more difficult now.
395
00:33:30,809 --> 00:33:34,108
Yes, I should think so.
On the other hand,perhaps all is not lost.
396
00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:37,444
If we find the killer,
maybe we'll find the money too.
397
00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:41,179
Well, I'm not sure
it's that simple.
398
00:33:42,254 --> 00:33:44,916
Well, Kent and I
didn't want children.
399
00:33:44,990 --> 00:33:48,153
Of course, it's just as well.
On our salaries who can afford them.
400
00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:51,389
You think we can?
401
00:33:52,731 --> 00:33:54,722
Oh. Thanks.
402
00:33:57,169 --> 00:34:02,505
Amos, obviously, whoever took
Stoner's suitcase
was looking for something.
403
00:34:02,574 --> 00:34:04,565
The question is, did they find it?
404
00:34:04,643 --> 00:34:07,043
More than likely,it was Stoner's ex-partner.
405
00:34:07,112 --> 00:34:09,546
Which one of these fellas is it?
406
00:34:09,614 --> 00:34:13,744
Is it the mailman or the college professor?The sea captain?
407
00:34:13,819 --> 00:34:18,313
- Could even be Ralph.
- See, the part that doesn't fit is this.
408
00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:23,157
If Stoner's suitcase turned up,
where's his overcoat
and that book that he carried?
409
00:34:23,228 --> 00:34:26,163
Yeah, there's something odd
about that.
410
00:34:30,402 --> 00:34:33,894
Unless... Amos, let's go.
411
00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:36,304
Go? Go where?
To the bus.
412
00:34:36,374 --> 00:34:39,172
But, Ms. Fletcher,
it's mighty wet out there.
413
00:34:42,614 --> 00:34:44,605
[Amos Grunts]
[Exhales]
414
00:34:44,683 --> 00:34:49,677
Oh, I think... I think...
[Sneezes]
I think I'm catching a cold.
415
00:34:51,156 --> 00:34:55,820
Hmm, just what I thought.
Oh, you think
I'm catching a cold too?
416
00:34:55,894 --> 00:34:59,227
This isn't where Stoner was sitting.
Is that so?
417
00:34:59,297 --> 00:35:04,132
Now, I was sitting right here.
Well, this was Stoner's seat.
418
00:35:04,202 --> 00:35:09,538
Aha. His overcoat
and the book.
419
00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:15,142
"The Night the Hangman Sang
by Hamilton Pound."
420
00:35:16,548 --> 00:35:20,882
First edition.Huh. Strange.
421
00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:26,117
The dust jacket is in tatters,
and yet some of the pages
aren't even cut.
422
00:35:30,195 --> 00:35:33,323
[Thunderclap]
423
00:35:36,768 --> 00:35:41,102
Oh, now what?
Now just stay calm, everybody.
424
00:35:41,173 --> 00:35:45,200
Ralph, have you got a flashlight?
Yeah.
425
00:35:46,678 --> 00:35:49,647
- Right here.
- Do you have any candles?
426
00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:54,083
We don't need 'em. We have
a generator out back. We'll have
plenty of light before you know it.
427
00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:56,086
I'll give you a hand.
428
00:36:11,903 --> 00:36:16,738
[Sighs]
Funny, this reminds me
of camp when I was a little girl.
429
00:36:16,808 --> 00:36:18,935
Sitting around in the dark
telling ghost stories.
430
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:21,774
Only this time
the monsters are real.
431
00:36:32,958 --> 00:36:35,620
When was the last time
you used this thing?
432
00:36:35,694 --> 00:36:38,686
Two, maybe three years ago.
Worked fine then.
433
00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:40,526
[Gunshot]
434
00:36:40,599 --> 00:36:43,898
[Gasps]
That came from the office.
Mr. Drayson.
435
00:36:54,412 --> 00:36:57,074
What happened?
He's been shot.
436
00:36:57,148 --> 00:36:59,082
It's only a flesh wound.
Drayson, who did it?
437
00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:03,780
L-I don't know.
Sheriff, they smashed up
the C.B.
438
00:37:03,855 --> 00:37:06,517
Someone sure doesn't want us
to call out of here.
439
00:37:06,591 --> 00:37:08,923
Well, whoever it is
now has the gun.
440
00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:27,307
- [Amos]The gun seems to be missing, Ms. Fletcher.
- Well, it must be around here somewhere.
441
00:37:27,379 --> 00:37:31,213
I think we oughta try the phones again.
The lines may be fixed by now.
442
00:37:31,283 --> 00:37:36,448
All right. Ralph, you go with him.
I don't want anybody to be
left alone right now. You understand.
443
00:37:39,457 --> 00:37:42,688
You know,
I think the storm is letting up.
444
00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:45,525
[Thunderclap]
445
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:48,862
Damn, that hurts.
Allow me.
446
00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:53,029
A sailor has to knowhow to take care ofhimselfand his mates.
447
00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:55,095
Because when you're on the sea,
448
00:37:55,173 --> 00:37:59,974
you're on an island unto yourself...
as they say.
449
00:38:02,881 --> 00:38:04,872
That's fine work, Captain Downing.
450
00:38:06,318 --> 00:38:11,517
- Thanks.
- Are you absolutely certain you can't
identify the person who hit you?
451
00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:15,423
Well, I wish I could.
I was calling on the C.B.
452
00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:17,688
Someone came up from behind me
and hit me in the back of the head.
453
00:38:17,762 --> 00:38:20,663
I went for my gun, it went off.The next thing I knew,
454
00:38:20,732 --> 00:38:23,200
I was on the floor,and a few minutes lateryou people came in.
455
00:38:23,268 --> 00:38:27,466
Why would someone want to
cut us off from outside?
456
00:38:27,539 --> 00:38:31,532
Because his work isn't finished yet.
We're still alive.
457
00:38:31,609 --> 00:38:34,442
Well, it may be less deadly
than that, Mrs. Radford.
458
00:38:34,512 --> 00:38:39,006
I mean, after all, our attacker
could have killed Mr. Drayson
if he wanted to.
459
00:38:39,084 --> 00:38:42,076
Perhaps he wanted to
find something that Stoner had...
460
00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:45,645
and didn't want interference
until he had located it.
461
00:38:45,724 --> 00:38:47,885
Located what?
I'm not sure.
462
00:38:47,959 --> 00:38:51,190
Maybe something that might lead to
the missing money.
463
00:38:52,597 --> 00:38:54,531
Amos,
464
00:38:56,468 --> 00:38:59,164
Mr. Stoner's book has disappeared.
465
00:38:59,237 --> 00:39:02,900
First the gun, now the book.
What next?
466
00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:04,965
Now wait a minute.
How could anyone steal the book...
467
00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:07,876
and then run back to the office
and hit Drayson over the head?
468
00:39:07,946 --> 00:39:12,007
There wasn't time.
They couldn't have known how long
the lights were gonna be out.
469
00:39:12,083 --> 00:39:16,247
- Maybe the killer had an accomplice.
- This is getting confusing.
470
00:39:16,321 --> 00:39:18,619
And very dangerous
now that the killer has a gun.
471
00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:22,717
If we could just establish
where everyone was
before the lights went out.
472
00:39:22,794 --> 00:39:25,592
- Well, Steve and I were right here.
- So you say.
473
00:39:25,663 --> 00:39:28,530
- What is that supposed to mean?
- Listen, stop fighting.
474
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:30,591
It was dark.
Who knows where anybody was.
475
00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:35,129
Well, the office phone's still out.
So's the pay phone.
476
00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:37,436
We'll try again
in a half hour or so.
477
00:39:37,509 --> 00:39:39,500
Well, why don't we
just try getting out of here?
478
00:39:39,577 --> 00:39:42,910
Oh, no. Hey, that's too dangerous.
The road may not be open yet.
479
00:39:42,981 --> 00:39:47,042
This is safe? I'd rather
take my chances on the bus.
480
00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:49,780
Now, look, folks.The bus driver is right.
481
00:39:49,854 --> 00:39:52,914
I'm afraid we're all stuck here
for a few hours at least.
482
00:39:52,991 --> 00:39:55,459
If we live that long.
483
00:39:55,527 --> 00:39:58,519
Strange you should say that,
Mrs. Radford.
484
00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:04,466
Assuming that one of the men here
is in reality the third member of the trio
who committed the robbery.
485
00:40:04,536 --> 00:40:08,097
Well, don't you thinkyou'rejumping toan awful big conclusion, ma'am?
486
00:40:08,173 --> 00:40:11,336
Well, maybe so.
But one thing I do know...
487
00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:14,776
there was someone on the bus
that Stoner was afraid of.
488
00:40:14,846 --> 00:40:18,179
I could see the look on his facewhen he got on and looked atthe passengers behind me.
489
00:40:18,249 --> 00:40:20,342
But let's get back tothe missing book.
490
00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:22,409
You were right, Sheriff.
491
00:40:22,487 --> 00:40:26,583
There wasn't time for anyone to
steal the book and then attack Drayson.
492
00:40:26,658 --> 00:40:32,153
- Well, then, where would they take it?
- Well, forgive me,
and this is hypothetical.
493
00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:36,223
But it could have been
slipped into a large knitting bag.
494
00:40:36,301 --> 00:40:39,759
And who better to know
the value of a book
than a librarian?
495
00:40:39,838 --> 00:40:43,501
- That's outrageous.
- And insulting as well, Mrs. Fletcher.
496
00:40:43,575 --> 00:40:46,738
Why don't we take a look?
No, no, no.
Absolutely not.
497
00:40:46,811 --> 00:40:50,872
Oh, now, for heaven's sake, Miriam.
If she wants to make a fool of herself,
why don't you just let her do it?
498
00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:53,213
Here, Mrs. Fletcher,here's some...Kent.
499
00:40:56,855 --> 00:40:59,016
Well, I'll be damned.
500
00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:03,186
Miriam, you took the book. Why?
501
00:41:03,261 --> 00:41:07,254
Because a dead man doesn't need
the money you can get for
a rare first edition and we do.
502
00:41:07,332 --> 00:41:10,824
- But that's just an old detective novel.
- Oh, I'm afraid not, Mr. Radford.
503
00:41:10,902 --> 00:41:13,632
You recognize it then?
Yes.
504
00:41:15,373 --> 00:41:20,401
This is the only detective novel
this author ever wrote.
There are very few copies in print.
505
00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:24,972
- How much is it worth?
- Nearly $2,000.
506
00:41:25,049 --> 00:41:28,541
It would be worth even more,
but the jacket's torn
and the binding's been damaged.
507
00:41:30,889 --> 00:41:33,881
It was published around the time
that Stoner was arrested.
508
00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:40,959
He had it all the time.But as the pages weren't even cut,he didn't buy it to read.
509
00:41:54,879 --> 00:41:57,109
[Chuckles]
510
00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:01,178
A safe deposit key.
511
00:42:01,252 --> 00:42:04,517
Is that what you were
looking for, Captain Downing?
512
00:42:04,589 --> 00:42:08,423
Or should I say, Mr. Downing,or whatever your name is.
513
00:42:08,493 --> 00:42:11,087
I think you can drop the pretense
of being a sailor.
514
00:42:11,162 --> 00:42:13,357
A real sailor would've tieda square knot.
515
00:42:13,431 --> 00:42:15,865
Not a granny, as you did.
516
00:42:18,102 --> 00:42:21,765
- [Amos] My overcoat!
- I figured you wouldn't look in
your own pocket. Now stand still!
517
00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:24,034
Don't anybody do anything stupid.
518
00:42:24,108 --> 00:42:28,067
Mrs. Fletcher, I'll take that key now.
519
00:42:39,057 --> 00:42:40,490
[Gunshot][Glass Shatters]
520
00:42:44,495 --> 00:42:49,159
- That makes the whole trip worthwhile.
- Well, I'll say it again.
521
00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:52,896
- Thank goodness that's over with.
- [Grunts]
522
00:42:52,971 --> 00:42:55,633
You're not gonna pin Stoner's murder
on me. I didn't kill him.
523
00:42:55,707 --> 00:42:58,175
You can tell that to
the local authorities
when the storm clears.
524
00:42:58,242 --> 00:43:01,268
I'm telling you, Sheriff.
He was already dead
when I got on the bus.
525
00:43:01,346 --> 00:43:04,679
Yeah, I went through his pockets.L- I got his suitcase.
526
00:43:04,749 --> 00:43:07,843
- But I'm telling you...
he was already dead.
- You're the one that knocked me out then?
527
00:43:07,919 --> 00:43:11,582
Well, I had to. I was buying some time.
I knew that Stoner had hidden
the money somewhere,
528
00:43:11,656 --> 00:43:14,853
and I wanted to find out where
before we had any more cops
nosing around.
529
00:43:14,926 --> 00:43:18,327
So you were Stoner's other partner?
Yeah. The...
530
00:43:18,396 --> 00:43:22,025
The weasel double-crossed me.
He split with the money.
And he hid it away.
531
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:26,093
So Mrs. Fletcher was right.
It was you he was afraid of
when he got on the bus.
532
00:43:26,170 --> 00:43:30,698
You he recognizedin spite of that stupid getup.I'm not stupid, sonny.
533
00:43:30,775 --> 00:43:35,769
You think I'm gonna pull somethingon the bus when all the copshave to do is check to see who I was?
534
00:43:35,847 --> 00:43:40,648
I mean, it wouldn't take 'em long
to put it all together.
Not with my motive.
535
00:43:40,718 --> 00:43:45,280
That's why it's so dumb to thinkI killed him when I'm stuck here...like a rat in a cage.
536
00:43:45,356 --> 00:43:49,452
Like I said, the local authorities
will take charge of this when it clears.
537
00:43:49,527 --> 00:43:52,690
Amos, I am... I am so sorry.
538
00:43:52,764 --> 00:43:56,325
I've been so stupid.
You know, this gentleman
is telling the truth.
539
00:43:56,401 --> 00:44:00,235
- What?
- Not only that,
but you were right all along.
540
00:44:00,304 --> 00:44:03,068
- Forgive me for not seeing it.
- I'm sorry, ma'am. I don't understand.
541
00:44:03,141 --> 00:44:05,974
It's true. Isn't it, Mr. Gibbons?
542
00:44:08,312 --> 00:44:11,645
You did kill Mr. Stoner, didn't you?
543
00:44:13,184 --> 00:44:19,145
Well, ma'am, I stabbed him in the neck.
Like you said. I told you that.
544
00:44:19,223 --> 00:44:23,216
But what you didn't tell us
is that you also strangled him earlier.
545
00:44:23,294 --> 00:44:25,489
You actually killed him twice.
546
00:44:25,563 --> 00:44:28,726
Well, now, ma'am,
I'm sorry, but...
547
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:32,634
No, Mr. Gibbons.I'm sorry because I don'treally think you meant to kill him.
548
00:44:32,704 --> 00:44:36,037
- But you did, and I think it can be proved.
- You sure about that?
549
00:44:36,107 --> 00:44:38,166
When the sheriff and I
first discovered the body,
550
00:44:38,242 --> 00:44:42,406
I noticed there were
small flecks of grease
on Mr. Stoner's collar and lapels.
551
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:47,508
I filed that away and then dismissed itwhen you confessed tothe screwdriver's stabbing.
552
00:44:47,585 --> 00:44:49,917
If the stabbing occurred as you said,
553
00:44:49,987 --> 00:44:54,356
you never would've put your hands
on the front of his shirt or jacket.
554
00:44:54,425 --> 00:44:56,188
You stabbed him from behind.
555
00:45:09,540 --> 00:45:14,034
I didn't start out to kill him.
I really didn't.
556
00:45:14,112 --> 00:45:18,572
I just wanted him to know
how much hurt he had caused.
557
00:45:18,649 --> 00:45:22,813
Everybody had got off the busexcept Stoner and the young guy.
558
00:45:22,887 --> 00:45:28,052
I was working around the engine,just stalling, waiting for Stonerto be alone.
559
00:45:29,060 --> 00:45:32,723
He was mean, cold-mean.
560
00:45:32,797 --> 00:45:38,064
He said he didn't give a damnabout some dumb kidthatjust happened to get in the way.
561
00:45:38,136 --> 00:45:42,300
He had done his timeand there was nothing anybody could do.
562
00:45:42,373 --> 00:45:47,208
"Dumb kid." The sweetest little girlyou ever saw in your life.
563
00:45:47,278 --> 00:45:49,678
Well, all of a sudden,I just went crazy.
564
00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:53,080
I couldn't think aboutanything but killing him.
565
00:46:03,094 --> 00:46:06,086
When I got off the bus,
566
00:46:06,164 --> 00:46:10,328
I was shaking so hard,I thought I was going to pass out.
567
00:46:10,401 --> 00:46:12,892
I realized what I'd done.
568
00:46:12,970 --> 00:46:17,031
I had killed a man.I was no better than he had been.
569
00:46:17,108 --> 00:46:21,010
Just then, I saw the captain come out ofthe diner and get on the bus.
570
00:46:21,078 --> 00:46:23,569
I thought I was a goner.
571
00:46:24,749 --> 00:46:29,584
But when I looked inthe window, the captain wasgoing through Stoner's pockets.
572
00:46:30,588 --> 00:46:32,954
Then he grabbed the suitcaseand took off.
573
00:46:33,024 --> 00:46:37,688
I just... I just stood there
for a few minutes...
574
00:46:37,762 --> 00:46:40,492
trying to figure out what to do.
575
00:46:40,565 --> 00:46:44,331
That's when I knew...
576
00:46:44,402 --> 00:46:47,860
I had to stab him in the neck
with the screwdriver.
577
00:46:47,939 --> 00:46:49,736
But why?
578
00:46:52,577 --> 00:46:54,977
Guess you know the answer to that.
579
00:46:55,046 --> 00:46:59,813
You knew the coroner would figure out
that Stoner died of strangulation
and not a stab wound.
580
00:46:59,884 --> 00:47:03,047
By confessing to killing Stonerwith a screwdriver,
581
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:05,179
no one would figureyou were the original killer.
582
00:47:05,256 --> 00:47:07,918
As Mr. Downing said
a few moments ago,
583
00:47:07,992 --> 00:47:11,325
the police would check backgrounds,
prior relationships.
584
00:47:11,395 --> 00:47:14,728
Downing thought he'd be a key,
perhaps the only suspect.
585
00:47:15,733 --> 00:47:19,999
You thought the only way to
escape arrest for Mr. Stoner's murder
was to confess it.
586
00:47:33,651 --> 00:47:36,017
Poor fella.I feel kind of sorry for him.
587
00:47:36,087 --> 00:47:38,920
I do too, Mr. Leffingwell.
588
00:47:38,990 --> 00:47:43,484
But I do think that a good lawyer
can probably make a good case
for temporary insanity,
589
00:47:43,561 --> 00:47:46,223
and in this case,
it may be justified.
590
00:47:46,297 --> 00:47:51,132
You're not joining us on the bus?
Oh, no. SheriffTupper and I
are going back to Cabot Cove.
591
00:47:51,202 --> 00:47:53,193
In that case, it's been
a great pleasure. Dear lady.
592
00:47:53,271 --> 00:47:55,603
The pleasure was mine,
Mr. Leffingwell.
593
00:47:56,774 --> 00:48:00,767
Amos, what's wrong?
Well, they sure missed you
a the banquet, Ms. Fletcher.
594
00:48:00,845 --> 00:48:04,679
When you didn't show,
Sheriff Bingley ad-libbed a speech
for almost an hour.
595
00:48:04,749 --> 00:48:07,741
[Short Chuckle]
Bingley loves to hear
the sound of his own voice.
596
00:48:07,818 --> 00:48:11,481
[Chuckles]
Oh, dear.
Yeah, but that's not the worst of it.
597
00:48:11,555 --> 00:48:14,422
After his speech they had
a drawing for the big TV set?
598
00:48:14,492 --> 00:48:19,156
I knew we should've been there.
Oh, Amos,
I'm so sorry.
599
00:48:19,230 --> 00:48:23,496
But as nice as that TV set might've been,
I'm sure you can live without it.
600
00:48:23,567 --> 00:48:26,934
But it wasn't my name
they drew, Ms. Fletcher.
601
00:48:28,306 --> 00:48:31,469
- It was yours.
- What?
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