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One. One.

Take out my drink. Sure.

Sure.

Drink we want. Drink we'll have.

Get in.

Move over.

Move over, you drunken fool.

Canterville Hall, where a curse is about to live its last.

The Canterville Ghost, Friday night.

Debbie, this is Peter.

Last night, what happened? Was there an accident?

He's not dead.

He's pretty badly hurt, but you didn't kill him.

After I got you home, I went right to a pay booth to call for an ambulance.

He's at County Hospital.

The police have no idea who hit him, and neither does he.

Well, that's hit and run.

I'll call the police and tell them what happened.

How noble.

Quite honest.

Most seemly behavior for the prodigal son of San Marcos, distinguished and

incorruptible chief county engineer.

Aren't they naming something or other after your father?

Oh, yes, yes. The William Harper Kane Aqueduct.

Like father, like son. They can call it the Peter Kane wing of the county jail.

This will kill my father.

The biggest disappointment of his life, anyway.

What am I going to do?

Since I covered up for you last night, it's hit and run for me too, dear boy.

If you tell all.

Are you saying I shouldn't tell the police?

I have a conscience too.

I checked with my lawyer this morning.

There is a way to help him without getting involved ourselves.

And I'll take care of it.

You will?

Oh, it's all right, Peter.

You know I have nothing but money since my parents died.

The least I can do, since I'm the one that hit him, is to take care of it

myself.

Well, if you want to.

The man's name is Joe Witt.

He and his wife, Grace, have a small place they call a ranch in Manzanita

Canyon.

Now, the ranch isn't worth much, and they'd love to be able to retire, but

can't afford it.

Now, if you really want to help them without admitting to a hit -and -run and

getting involved with the law, you could buy their place for a little more than

it's worth.

That would take care of the hospital and the injury. I don't have much money.

A ranch isn't worth more than $3 ,000 or $4 ,000 at the most.

Now, according to my lawyer, $5 ,000 over the market price would retire the

Whits without regret.

$9 ,000.

That's about all I have left for my mother's estate.

Well, it's up to you.

You really don't have to do a thing for them.

They're clean right now. Nobody knows.

No, I wouldn't.

$9 ,000?

$9 ,000?

For what?

I told you it was an investment.

An investment?

An investment in what? A woman named Grace Witt?

It's an investment, Father.

The only things you've ever invested in are booze, fast cars, and faster women.

Now, just who is this Grace Witt, and why did you write her a check for $9

Well, I... Oh.

Excuse me, sir. Yes, Kent.

It's time for the Board of Supervisors meeting.

I'll see you here in my office after lunch, Peter.

Yes, sir.

Still don't like my overruling your recommendation?

It's not up to me to like or dislike it, sir.

But as you know, Mr. Kane, the three additional engineering reports that we

don't confirm the Taxpayer Committee's report.

No, they don't deny it either. You know, of course, that Perry Mason's

representing the Taxpayer Group. Oh, yes.

Kent. How long have you been my assistant?

21 years.

21 years.

You know why you've never advanced, Kent? Because you've got no imagination.

Don't you even suspect something wrong when Mason represents a group of

on a matter like this?

Board of Supervisors, San Marcos County, now in session.

File number 268 -304, Aqueduct Bond Issue, Project Number...

seven three three first district san marcos petition by citizens committee

approved by four fifth vote stop work order and change of route of william

harper kane aqueduct is the chief county engineer present present mr

chairman the quigley construction company roger quigley mr chairman

the citizens committee mason Counsel for the Citizens Committee, Mr. Chairman.

Your clients, Mr. Mason, request a stop work order and a possible change in the

routing of the aqueduct?

That is correct, sir.

Under provisions of Section 15, San Marcos Water Control Act.

I'm sure the county engineer will agree that underground springs beneath a

section of the aqueduct would result in constant earth slippage and possible

contamination by seepage.

These certainly not in conformity with bond specifications.

Where such underground springs do actually exist, yes.

The county engineer's office is aware of a preliminary survey indicating the

strong likelihood of the existence of such springs in the Manzanita Canyon

section of the aqueduct. There is no positive proof that these springs do

actually exist.

But the possibility, however remote, is not ruled out. Mr. Chairman.

I respectfully request that a 90 -day stop work order be issued on the William

Harper Cain Aqueduct for the purpose of a complete survey of the Manzanita

Canyon section.

Now, just a second.

If you vote a stop work order, it's going to cause a tremendous hardship on

and my company.

Over and beyond what the county repays me as supplemental compensation.

As I understand it, the safety and feasibility of the aqueduct itself is at

stake, Mr. Quigley.

There is something else at stake.

Before Mr. Kane makes his recommendation, let's get his hand out

This whole proceeding is a stall to let him change the aqueduct routing because

he owns property on the only possible alternate site inside the canyon.

Section 1472, Manzanita Canyon.

Purchase for $9 ,000 from a Joseph and Grace Witt by check.

Photostatic copies are available from the bank.

And the signature on that check?

Peter Kane.

Know anybody by that name?

A son, perhaps?

A full -scale investigation goes along with a stop -work order, Mr.

Kane. My recommendation is that Mr. Mason's request for a 90 -day stop -work

period be granted.

Is there a motion?

So moved.

I second it.

In favor?

Aye. So ordered.

During this 90 -day period, the county engineer's office will conduct a full

-scale investigation of this problem.

This meeting of the Board of Supervisors is adjourned.

He's not going to get away with this.

I'll go to court and get an injunction if I have to. The court has no legal

right to order the Board of Supervisors to stop taking a voted -on action

quickly. It might, however, award damage.

I can't afford to stop work now, not even for 24 hours.

We'll do the same with Kane as my crew does with any obstacle.

Sweep it out of the way.

If there are underground springs, this is the only possible alternate route

through the canyon.

It goes through section 1472.

Here's a copy of the county title registry.

Section 1472 Manzanita Canyon registered in the name of Joseph Witt and Grace

Witt.

Here's your check to Grace Witt.

Now will you tell me why you paid that woman $9 ,000?

I can't.

You couldn't have done a better job of destroying me and everything I stand for

if you'd put a noose around my neck with your own hands.

What is it?

I just wanted to go over some routine things with you.

By the way, a Miss Bradford has been trying to reach you.

Miss Bradford?

Deborah Bradford?

Yes, that's right.

She said she had some information on the Manzanita property deal.

Who is she, Peter?

She called to talk to you.

I'd better talk first.

You'd better.

Peter has told me everything, Miss Bradford.

All I want from you is corroboration.

I'd say whatever Peter told you about the accident is true.

If the Witts' property conflicts with something you're interested in, you can

blame it on Peter if you want to, but it's just an unlucky coincidence.

Whatever he's done, he'll have to face the consequences.

Have you been his conscience all of his life, Mr. Kane?

I like to think so.

That's what Peter said.

I beg your pardon?

He said you were a man of inflexible virtue, that you'd never done a single

thing wrong in all of your life, and that you expect the same perfection in

Peter.

Is there anything wrong in expecting the best from a son?

With some men, the best is never good enough.

I'll tell you, Mr. Kane, I was going to explain about the wits, Joe in the

hospital with some unexpected complications, but never mind.

What sort of complications?

He needs more operations.

He needs cash.

I'll take care of it myself.

Since Peter's at fault and his obligations are mine, I'll attend to it.

How much?

Oh, a thousand dollars will do it.

Just to protect yourself, Mr. Kane, maybe you'd like to make the check out

me?

What is this?

Who are you? What are you doing in my house?

The honest, incorruptible William Harper Kane.

Are you trying to buy this lady's testimony to clear your son and get

out of the Manzanita Canyon deal?

You want her to make up a little story. Is that what this check is for?

Now, the only thing that'll stop me from reporting this to the district

attorney... is for you to get that stopped work order rescinded and that

resign as county engineer.

Pretty story, Mr. Kane.

Why would Quigley accuse you of buying Deborah Bradford's testimony with that

,000 check?

Well, I suppose that she'd back up Peter's story about the accident with

Witt. That the check for $9 ,000 for his property was a conscience purchase and

the fact that he lived in Manzanita Canyon was just a coincidence.

But why would you have to buy it? It is true, isn't it?

It's what Peter told me.

Don't you believe him?

I don't know.

Do you have some particular reason not to believe him?

Mr. Mason, he's always been a problem.

Among his other faults, he runs away from responsibilities.

What about Miss Bradford?

Doesn't she tell the same story?

Yes, but that's what Quigley says I'm buying with the check for $1 ,000.

How can Quigley hope to prove collusion between Peter and the injured man?

There must be something more to it. Something neither one of us knows about.

Della. Yes, sir?

Della, get Peter Kane on the phone.

Whatever happens, Mr. Mason, I'm going to resign my position as county

And I shall insist that Peter report to the police.

Your resignation will imply some connection with this Joseph Witt, other

the hit -and -run accident.

What else can I do?

Perhaps have a little faith in your son?

Just now you asked your secretary to try and get in touch with Peter.

Do you want to bet she can't? Do you want to bet he's not trying to run away

hide somewhere?

Excuse me, Perry, I can't reach Peter Kane.

Mr. Mason, I'm worried about that aqueduct.

Quigley must not be allowed to destroy it.

Once I'm out of office, there'll be a lot of pressure to rescind the stop work

order.

I only hope you can keep on fighting.

Good day.

Paul just called from San Marcos. He's still investigating the Quigley

Construction Company, and I quote,

Tell Perry Quigley and his company are both in hot water and deep.

He's got over a million and a half dollars outstanding in short -term loans

start this job with no hope for extension.

With or without supplemental damages, even a four -week delay could bankrupt

and his outfit.

We'll call again at 7 o 'clock, unquote.

That's in 10 minutes.

One hour for work, half hour to get to San Marcos.

Tell Paul I'll meet him at the Quigley home at 8 .30.

Right.

I haven't touched a thing that was open like that when I got here.

You better call the police.

I shot Roger Quigley.

You did? When?

Just now.

Put the gun down, Mr. Kane.

Shot him just now. Just right now?

Well, just a minute ago.

That's funny. Paul Drake's been on the premises for at least three or four

minutes. He didn't hear a shot.

We better call the police.

That your gun?

Yes.

Did you have an argument?

An argument?

Yes, of course.

And then I shot him.

Was he facing you when you shot him?

Facing me. You didn't shoot him in the back, did you?

No, no, of course not. How many shots did you fire, Mr. Kane?

Well, I don't know, one, perhaps two. I really don't remember.

You don't remember?

Oh, Mr. Kane, it won't do.

The police will trip you up in a matter of minutes.

They'll know that you're covering up for someone.

Now, what happened here?

I just told you what happened.

Was Peter here?

Was it Peter who killed Quigley?

Is that what you've been doing all along, assuming your son's

If I'm not saying the right things, I'd better keep my mouth shut.

Does that mean you won't tell the police you killed Quigley?

You didn't kill him, did you?

No.

Did you see your son kill him?

No.

Look here, Mr. Mason.

Perhaps I have no right to ask you to represent me, but if you would... As

attorney, I'd have no compulsion to protect your son.

I understand.

He didn't kill...

Della. Good morning.

I'll be right in.

I've seen the papers.

Paul said you must have been at the Quigley home practically on top of the

shooting.

Della, William Kane didn't kill Quigley. He's covering for his son.

And the boy didn't go home all night. Paul put on half a dozen... And I just

pulled him off.

Harry, Peter's here.

He's been waiting to see you all night.

I must say, he's certainly frightened.

Well, show him in.

Mr. Kane?

Mr. Mason, Mr. Kane.

Sit down, won't you? Thank you.

Mr. Mason, they've arrested my father.

I know. He didn't kill Quigley.

He didn't? The only reason he went there was because I left a note saying I was

going.

Did you go?

Yes. What time?

I got there about 8 o 'clock.

What was your reason for going there?

To talk to Quigley. To try to persuade him not to involve my father. That

everything that had happened was my fault.

You mean the hit and run?

Yes.

What about the Manzanita Canyon deal?

I told my father the truth about that. There was no connection.

I didn't know anything about it. What happened with Quigley?

I talked to him. He said flatly he couldn't afford the stop work order.

If I wanted to keep everything out of the public eye, I'd have to convince my

father to rescind it.

Then you left?

Yes. When I got home, the note I left for him was gone. He'd seen it.

He went to Quigley's home to intercept me.

When he found Quigley dead, he thought I'd killed him.

So he got into trouble because of me.

Again.

All right, Peter.

Thank you for coming to us.

Now, if I go to the police, they'll let Dad go, huh?

I don't know.

They could think you were trying to protect him, just as we think he's

protect you.

Paul... I know. Check out the accident.

Peter, where can I reach this Joseph Witt?

I understand it's at the county hospital.

Fine. How about Gracewood?

The Manzanita Canyon place, I suppose.

She has till the end of the month to get out.

I ask you how Roger Quigley found out about the hit -run accident.

Frankly, Mr. Mason, I don't know.

Only you and Peter King knew about it.

And Gracewood, the man's wife.

Oh, yes.

But it does seem an odd coincidence that she would know.

I wonder how Quigley and Systrom just happened to be on hand the other day

those photographs were taken in here.

I've wondered about it myself.

Anne just happened to have a camera.

Very puzzling.

Anne just happened to know that William Kane would be writing a check.

Mr. Mason, you can put whatever interpretation you want on what

far as I'm concerned, I...

Hello?

Oh, yes.

It's for you, Mr. Poldry.

Thank you.

Yes, Paul.

Oh, I see.

All right, thank you, Paul.

Well, that's peculiar.

There's no record of any Joseph Witt at the county hospital.

Oh? Perhaps I misunderstood Mrs. Witt.

Maybe he's at one of the other hospitals.

There's no Joseph Witt at any hospital in San Marcos.

Oh. And none of the ambulance services in the county picked up an accident

victim by the name of Joseph Witt.

Well, I can't understand it. Before you get yourself involved in another lie,

Miss Bradford, there is a Grace Witt, but there's no Joseph Witt. There hasn't

been a Joseph Witt in the last three years.

Then who did Peter hit with his car?

I'd say nobody.

I'd say a dummy, most likely.

I'd say the whole thing was a frame -up.

You, a dummy, and accomplice.

And a drunk at the wheel.

Well, eavesdropping seems to be a habit with you, Systrom.

Mr. Systrom and I are old friends.

Along with Roger Quigley, the deceased.

All right, Mason.

Deb and I may have been involved in some business dealings with Quigley. I

worked for him, remember?

Kane was stubborn and completely wrong.

Now, maybe we did get a little rough with him. A little rough and very dirty.

Okay, Mason.

Rough and dirty.

But what it means is that since there was no accident, there's no alibi for

buying the Manzanita Canyon place.

And that $1 ,000 check Kane made out to Debbie here, that was just a bribe to

support a story that's fake from beginning to end.

Now, any way you look at it, whether he knew Quigley was framing him or Quigley

was threatening to expose him, it kind of gave him a motive to kill, didn't it?

It was caused by a .38 caliber bullet passing through the left ventricle of

heart.

And the time of death, Dr. Auerbach?

Somewhere between the hours of 7 and half past 8 o 'clock.

the night of Tuesday, August 2nd.

As I understand it then, Mr. Kent, after this Citizens Committee petitioned the

Board of Supervisors, you had a report prepared.

Yes.

My own engineering studies showed that there were no underground springs in the

Manzanita Canyon section.

I recommended to Mr. Kane that the work not be stopped and the route be left as

it was.

And what action did Mr. Kane take in regard to your recommendations?

He considered them very carefully.

But he decided to overrule them in favor of supporting the petitioner's

position. Thank you.

You may cross -examine.

Now on the report you submitted to Mr. Kane on the possible existence of

underground springs in Manzanita Canyon, did you order the survey and select the

investigating personnel yourself?

Yes. Your report stated there were no underground springs.

Yes. That's strange, Mr. Kent.

After the board hearing, I had several very fine engineering firms do some

studies in that section.

And all of the firms reported that beyond any possible question of doubt,

are underground springs in that area.

Well, then I guess some mistakes were made.

Yes.

No further questions.

When the hearing ended, Quigley was furious.

He threatened Kane.

Said he'd sweep him out of the way if he had to. Did he?

Thank you, Mr. Systrom.

Cross -examined.

Suppose, Mr. Systrom, we go a little bit deeper into this question of my

client's alleged motives.

Now, you stated that Quigley threatened to sweep Mr. Kane out of his way. What

did you mean by that?

Well, Quigley was threatening to expose Kane's financial involvement in the

possible change of route.

But that had already been done.

In public and before the Board of Supervisors. So the threat was

wasn't it?

No further questions.

Then this check for $9 ,000 does not represent a legitimate valuation of your

Manzanita Canyon Ranch.

$3 ,000 would have been too much.

Then why the extra $6 ,000?

Oh, I'm... All I know is I got a phone call from this lady named Miss Bradford

telling me she knew I was trying to sell my place. She had somebody who was

willing to pay $9 ,000 for it. You think I should have said no?

And, uh, how was the deal concluded?

Well, Miss Bradford brought this Peter Kane out. He gave me the check. I signed

over the deed to him. Weren't you curious about, uh, why you were getting

lucrative deal?

Well, it wasn't all one -sided.

I mean, I knew who the kid's old man was.

So the county wants to build something on my property, and the kid wants to

in on it, courtesy of his old man. It's copacetic with me.

Thank you.

You may cross -examine.

Mrs. Witt, you were saying that Peter Kane's purchase of your farm had nothing

to do with an automobile accident, but was purely a matter of land speculation.

Well, sure, I was saying it.

Listen, I even asked the kid.

Sonny, I said, does your old man know anything about this?

Sure, he says.

I'm buying the place for him to retire to when he quits working.

Retire to that dump?

Three years ago, your husband, Joseph Witt, died.

Yet you failed to notify the title registry office.

This is a photostatic copy of the deed to your property, transferred to Peter

Kane not three years ago, but less than three months ago.

Now, would you please read the two signatures at the bottom of it?

Grace Witt.

Go on.

Joseph Witt.

I guess I just signed it.

No, Mrs. Witt, you didn't sign it.

You forged it.

Isn't it true that you've been in on this frame -up from the very beginning?

Whom did you deal with then?

Roger Quigley?

What did Quigley promise you in addition to the inflated value of your land?

Well, Mrs. Witt, you've admitted to greed and to dishonesty.

What else would you care to admit?

That's all.

I call Peter Kane.

Did Mrs. Grace Witt quote you correctly?

Did you tell her you were buying a place for your father?

Yes or no?

Yes, I told her that, but it wasn't true. Wasn't it?

Well, did you tell her I ran your husband down and I want to buy your home

ease my conscience?

No. No, because Mrs. Witt doesn't have a husband.

Because there was no accident.

There was no hit and run, was there? There was.

It was a frame -up.

I was...

Well, I'd had too much to drink, and Debbie and I... Miss Bradford... Miss

Bradford will testify shortly.

I call your attention to the night of the murder, Tuesday, August 2nd.

Did you visit the deceased Roger Quigley?

I ask if you visited the deceased that night.

Yes. At approximately 8 o 'clock.

Yes. And left approximately 15 minutes later.

Yes.

Roger Quigley was alive then.

Yes. I show you this revolver and ask if you have seen it previously.

Answer him, Peter.

Yes, I've seen it.

At your home?

Yes. Just before you left a note telling the defendant you were going to call on

Roger Quigley?

No, not just before.

I don't remember when I saw the gun last. Perhaps it was several days

But you did leave a note for your father. Yes.

And when you returned home, the note was gone.

So was your father.

Yes. That's all.

Cross -examine.

No questions.

I call Mr. Paul Drake to the stand.

I was supposed to meet Mr. Mason at the Quigley home at 8 .30.

What time did you arrive?

Just a minute or two before that.

Peter Kane said he left at 8 .15.

He said Roger Quigley was alive then.

At half past eight, you and the defense attorney, Perry Mason, went into the

house. The door was open.

What did you find, Mr. Drake?

We found Roger Quigley dead.

And what else did you find?

I should say, who else did you find in the murder room?

William Kane.

The defendant?

Yes. Thank you.

Your witness, Mr. Mason.

Nope.

Now, uh, then what happened, Miss Bradford?

The $1 ,000 was a bribe.

Mr. Kane wanted me to say that there'd been an accident.

And that's why Peter had made out the check for $9 ,000.

And there wasn't a word of truth.

to the whole accident story?

No. Well,

at the moment, Mr.

Cain handed me the $1 ,000 check. Mr. Quigley and his associate, Mr. Systrom,

entered from the back of the house and took a picture.

And then?

Then Roger Quigley told Mr. Cain that he would report to the district attorney

Cain's attempt to suborn perjury unless Cain withdrew the stop work order on the

aqueduct and also resigned as county engineer.

Threatened him, would you say?

Yes, sir.

Miss Bradford, thank you very much.

Cross examine.

Miss Bradford, I'd like you to help me clarify a few points.

It seems to me that if what you described in your testimony was bribery,

must have wanted to go along with it.

What? Well, you were accepting that check, were you not?

The picture taken by Mr. Systrom showed the check in your hand.

How well do you know Charles Systrom?

Casually. Really?

Let's see.

From the State Corporation Commission Office, notice of sale of $100 ,000 of

Quigley Construction Company stock purchased by Deborah E. Bradford, but

registered jointly in the names of Deborah E. Bradford and Charles Systrom.

Notice of stock assignment.

You, Deborah E. Bradford, personally loaned the Quigley Company an additional

$150 ,000 on a note secured by Quigley's own company stock assigned to you and

Charles Systrom.

Would you call a quarter of a million dollars casual?

Charles Systrom and I are engaged to be married.

I just didn't want the publicity about it now.

I see.

How much of the Quigley Construction Company were the two of you to own?

Charles was to become an equal partner.

Was to become?

On completion of the aqueduct.

Were you also aware that to start the aqueduct job, and on the strength of the

county contract, Quigley had borrowed an additional million and a quarter in

short -term non -renewable loans?

We didn't learn about that until after the Citizens Committee petitioned to

construction.

A lengthy delay would have put the company out of business, is that right?

Yes. So your only hope then to save everything was to prevent that delay, is

that right?

Yes, yes.

The only way you could prevent the stop work order was to maneuver William Kane

into a compromising position.

Isn't it true, Miss Bradford, that you were as responsible as Quigley and your

friend Systrom for framing Peter Kane in that accident?

Yes, all right, I was.

And when that didn't stop William Kane, the three of you became desperate.

And with that $1 ,000 check, you framed him just as you framed his son?

Yes.

Now, once you were assured that the work would go on, that the company was safe,

did it ever occur to you that Quigley was no longer needed?

No longer needed?

Yes.

Systrom could handle the aqueduct construction.

And between the stock you owned and the Quigley stock as security for your loan,

you and Systrom could actually take over the company.

If Quigley were dead.

Where were you on the night of the murder, Miss Bradford? I wasn't even in

I was driving in an all -night sports car rally.

What about Systrom? Where was he? No, he didn't kill him. How would you know

whether he killed him or not? You just testified you were driving in a sports

car rally.

Yes, I was.

All -night sports car rally.

Here's, uh...

That's some kind of a small car race?

No, it's not a race. It's a test of driving skill.

Each driver, one car at a time, covers a predetermined course.

He hits a series of checkpoints at exactly the times called for, not sooner

not later.

Now, on that particular night, except for the officials at the checkpoints,

you alone?

In a car, driving a carefully laid -out course under precise timing conditions.

Yes.

Would you remember just when and where you started that night?

And, uh, let's say the first three checkpoints.

We started at Southside Park at 7 o 'clock.

I arrived at the second checkpoint, Sports Arena, at 7

.33.

The country club checkpoint at 8 .10.

The third checkpoint... The third... Oh, yes, the airport at 8 .45.

Excellent, Miss Bradford.

Almost 100 % accuracy.

Almost?

Mm -hmm.

You arrived at the country club not at 8 .10, but at 8 .11.

You arrived at the airport not at 8 .45, but at 8 .47.

You must have checked my official timing record.

Yes, I must.

The official route from the country club to the airport was through the freeway

interchange downtown.

Not a great distance mileage -wise, but time -consuming.

Now, you could have gone, oh, let us say, by Butler Avenue in half the time,

couldn't you?

No, that wasn't the official course. No, it wasn't.

But 2852 Butler Avenue is where Roger Quigley lived.

And the time of his death was between 815 and 825.

Now, if you left the country club at 8 .11, you could have been at Quigley's by

8 .16. Ten minutes to get in, kill Quigley, leave by 8 .25 before the

arrived, down Butler Avenue, across Clarkson Drive, to the airport by 8 .47.

No! Mr. Drake timed it out in a car exactly like yours with no trouble at

No, no!

Now, the murder gun.

Mr. Kane kept the gun in his study.

You were a guest in the Kane home, were you not?

I never saw the gun.

Butler Avenue, Clarkson Drive to the airport.

733 -811 -816 -847.

Timetable for murder.

The Lawrence Kent home is on Clarkson Drive.

1600 Clarkson Drive.

You remember passing his home that night, Miss Bradford?

I didn't kill Roger Quigley, I swear I didn't.

Your Honor.

I'm sure the court is aware to what extent this witness has perjured

With the court's permission, I should like to interrupt her testimony to

Lawrence Kent.

Mr. Parnes?

No objections, Your Honor.

The witness will step down.

Lawrence Kent will take the stand.

Mr. Kent, on the evening of the murder, were you at home?

I was.

Your home has a patio which fronts on Clarkson Drive.

Yes, it does.

As a matter of fact, I was having dinner alone out on the patio that evening.

Are you familiar with the sports car Miss Bradford drives?

It's a rather distinctive vehicle. I've seen and admired it many times.

Now, on the evening of the murder, during the interval of 8 to 8 .45, did

see that car go by your home on Clarkson Drive?

Yes.

All right, Mr. Kent.

Now, did you see Miss Bradford driving that car?

Clarkson Drive is brightly lit. I... I saw Miss Bradford driving.

It's not true. He's lying.

Bayliss, keep that woman under surveillance.

But you did testify that you saw Miss Bradford drive past your home on the

evening of the murder.

Yes, I did.

Mr. Kent.

There are four witnesses who will swear that Miss Bradford drove the official

route on that evening and did not go near your house at all.

I... I saw the sports car go by.

It may not have been hers.

But you testified. You recognized Miss Bradford.

Now, what happened between you and Mr. Quigley, Mr. Kent?

What happened?

What do you mean?

He paid you to help him get the aqueduct contract.

And when it looked as though the job would be prolonged, he'd be bankrupt, he

paid you once again.

This time to submit a false report on the Underground Springs.

Then what happened?

Nothing, nothing happened.

When the defendant, William Kane, ordered an investigation...

You realized that Roger Quigley was the one person who could betray you. What

happened then, Mr. Kent?

He had nothing more to lose.

If the company went, he didn't care what happened to me.

You were in Quigley's house when Peter Kane arrived.

You hid in another room.

When Peter left at 8 .15, you came out of hiding.

You shot and you killed Roger Quigley, did you not?

Yes, yes, I killed him with Mr. Kane's gun.

I wanted him to get blamed.

21 years I worked for him.

21 years.

And he told me when he retired, he was recommending someone else for his

job.

My judgment wasn't sound, he said, after 21 years.

Mr. King was right, wasn't he?

If your judgment had been sound, you wouldn't have accepted bribes.

You wouldn't have gotten mixed up with Quigley or committed a murder.

That's all, Your Honor.

This check for $6 ,000, Peter, is for you.

Grace Witt represents what you overpaid her, a matter of delayed conscience.

Uh, Della, that brief on McGevey versus, uh, McDonald.

Oh, uh, yes, and Perry, there are three points that you haven't covered.

And you'll, uh, need my report on Mrs. McGevey.

Excuse it.

I don't want it.

That's the only money you've got in this world.

My mother's money, not mine.

I think it's time I did something about earning my own.

What, for instance?

I don't know.

What you really should do is... What you really should do is

to figure it out for yourself.

Sorry to be rude.

You weren't, Mr. Mason.

Thank you.

Oh, no, thank you, Father.

He was the one who was sure his hopes for the aqueduct would go the right way.

Is it absolutely necessary to make bad jokes while you're operating?

Absolutely. Hang with the gang of the 4077.

Max, coming up next on the Hallmark Channel.

It's October.

Do I know him? Commander Harmon.

Ram. Is there any way to rattle him, throw him off his game?

No. David James Elliott is Commander Harmon Ram.