All language subtitles for Perry Mason s07e08 Floating Stones

Ah, yes, I remember these from happier
days.

But it is only right I tell you. And you
tell your honored father these stones

are worth far more than $40 ,000.

That includes the price of secrecy.

It must never be known where they came
from, nor that I ever left China to

you.

Arrangements have been made to sell
these diamonds in another country.

They will never be seen in Hong Kong.

Many prayers accompany your return to
your father.

In China today, even prayers must be
submitted for approval in triplicate.

May your years be long, Mr. Ng, and
filled with tranquility.

I say, sir, whoever your young visitor
was, he certainly took off in a rush.

But now about those Mandarin socks.
They're just not... Mr.

Red.

Here, let me help you.

Call him. Call him.

Call the doctor. I think it's his heart
again.

Mr.

Kuehler? Mr. Sherwin.

Very sad occasion.

Depressing. Of course, with the legal
mumbo -jumbo. Just tell us who gets

Very well.

Except for a small bequest of Kong, who
will provide that Miss Julie Ng shall

inherit.

A lot of it?

It's not much, I'm afraid.

There's very little money, just the
house and... Well, I've drawn up a

inventory of the property.

If there are any questions, Missy.

Yes.

There's no mention here of the diamonds.

Diamonds? Well, there was a collection
of them.

My grandfather told me about it on the
phone the other night.

Oh, but I couldn't have overlooked a
thing like... Possibly Mr.

Sherwin.

Diamonds? Never heard of any diamonds,
old boy.

Lewis, I heard the news just now when I
landed here. It's dreadful.

Just dreadful.

It's hard, I understand.

Meet Mr. Ng's granddaughter from San
Francisco.

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know.

I'm Ralph Iverson, O .E. in sales.

May I express my deepest sympathy?

Thank you, Mr. Iverson.

I've done business with your grandfather
off and on for the past ten years, so

if there is anything I can do... Not
unless you took over a few diamonds on

way in.

Am I saying?

Diamonds? Miss Ng, if you could possibly
remember exactly what your grandfather

said... Well, it was all rather garbled.

We had a very bad connection.

He said something about the diamonds,
then something like, you and your mother

will have fewer burdens because of them.

Mr. Ng left some notes in his bedroom.

There might be some reference there.

Excuse me.

Well, I'm in Hong Kong for the day, but
please, don't hesitate to call upon me

anything, anytime.

You're very kind, Mr. Iverson.

As a matter of fact, there is something
I would like to ask you. I'd be

delighted. My grandfather left this
little business to me, and I have no

what to do with it.

I think Mr. Sherwin expected something
from this.

Hello there.

Excusez -moi, madame.

Oh, you're French.

How odd.

Huh?

You remind me of someone I met on a
Mediterranean cruise.

He used the name of Chilton, I believe.

Colonel Chilton?

Oh, of the military, of course. But
since my name is not Chilton... No, no,

He wasn't a real colonel. The police
took him off the boat at Athens, I

Oh, dear.

So it couldn't possibly be you, then.
Excuse me, madame.

You must excuse me. I have official
business, you know.

Official?

Sûreté nationale.

Lovely little knick -knacks, aren't
they?

Considering they're just pieces of pure
carbon.

The second cousin to a piece of... Let's
start off with a series of don'ts.

Don't, uh, conceal them on your person.

Oh, I'm not referring to your clothes.

Fluoroscope, you know.

And, uh...

Don't submerge them in a jar of cold
cream or toothpaste tubes. It's very old

hat.

Well, just what would you recommend?

Pay the duty, old man.

No, no, that's not the question.

The ice is hot.

Well, forget it, old chap.

This is a job for only a professional.

Ralph, the door is locked, for heaven's
sake.

Just a moment.

You break the door in. That's a big
idea.

You got somebody in here?

You see anyone?

What do you want? I'm trying to get some
work done. I forgot something.

It's not in there. Of course it is. You
don't even know what I'm after. What's

wrong with you, Ralph?

Get out of these high heels.

What's this, Ralph?

I don't remember this. It's a gift.

Nothing. A cigarette box for the boss.

Lorraine, look. Why don't you go play
shuffleboard or something?

Just make go and get drunk.

Iverson, my dear fellow, I leave you to
your problems.

I say, what a good thing she wasn't one
of those customs baddies. You really

would have been for it then, wouldn't
you?

I'll think of something, somehow, to do
this.

Well, what would it take for you two,
well, take over, to come out of

retirement?

Well, let me see now.

A free ticket, bar credit, and a small
commission.

Are you sure you can get those stones
past the San Francisco customs?

Nothing could be simpler.

But you don't even have any clothes on
board. My dear fellow, a true

professional is always packed.

There's still time to make a phone call
or two from the pier.

My number one boy could have a bag here
within ten minutes.

All right.

It's a deal.

I'll get the diamonds to you as soon as
we set sail.

And thanks to Raoul.

Thank you very much. Thank you very
much.

Yes, I see.

Good work, Sergeant.

Now, that seems to settle the question.

Now, as I was saying, there's really no
trace of diamonds of any sort.

They've never been seen or heard of by
the people closest to your grandfather.

The queue here, the servants, or Mr.
Scholl.

On balance, there's reasonable doubt the
stones ever existed.

Inspector, hasn't the possibility ever
occurred to you that...

Someone is lying?

Oh, no. Not you, Mr. Q.

Mr. Sherwin, you mean.

You mean you found him?

Yes, we have, Mr. Q.

He even submitted to a search.

Well, he certainly wouldn't be carrying
the diamonds around with him.

I think the diamonds would be in his
possession.

If he had them at all.

Especially in view of the fact he's
sailing for America.

He's sailing?

When? Right now.

Then I'm going after him.

I'm afraid that's rather out of the
question, Miss Eng.

My sergeant just called from the docks.

The SSIO was just casting off.

Must have been. No,

I... Yes, I know, my dear. You came out
on a pilot boat. Sounds very

adventuresome.

Not really. I, uh... I overslept.

Oh, how often I've done that myself.

I recall one time in the Indian Ocean...
Please, excuse me. I have to send a

wireless right away, please.

Barry, remember that little Chinese
-American girl about six months ago? Her

name was Julie Ng?

Yes.

The young girl at Paldrake, located for
a relative in Hong Kong.

Her grandfather.

He passed away last week, and someone
has stolen her inheritance.

Now a man named Tudor Sherwin has stolen
the diamonds.

Diamonds?

Well, we'd better prepare a welcome for
this Mr. Sherwin.

Shall I let Paul know?

Yes, and the custom service.

Lounging like a millionaire.

The Hong Kong police searched him. He
said he didn't have them, but I know he

does.

We'll see here now. He's pretty clever.

Took your grandfather years to catch on
to that boy.

Anyhow, I doubt very much if he'd bring
the diamonds aboard ship.

Oh, Mr. Iverson, I just know he did.

So, if they're in his stateroom now, do
you think I should report it to the

captain? No, no, don't.

Don't put him on his guard.

I think you should let the customs
people handle this later on.

You have informed them, I suppose.

Oh, yes, that's all being taken care of.

Good morning, all.

Beautiful day for a promenade.

Won't you join me, my dear?

Thank you. I don't think I will. I'm
enjoying the view.

Oh, yes, I see what you mean. The
dashing young Englishman.

You've been watching him ever since we
left Hong Kong.

Now, don't blush, my dear.

I notice everything.

Lovely day, isn't it?

It sure is, partner.

You're an American?

Nope.

Texan. Do you know that man he's talking
to?

Oh. Oh, no, my dear.

Not him, of all people.

I'll admit he has a sort of moldy charm,
but he's... Tell me about him. The

moldy one.

Well, I don't know his name yet. Or
rather, the one he's using this trip.

But unless I'm mistaken, he's a very,
very dangerous type of man.

Wouldn't you say so, Mr. Iverson?

My wife is signaling.

Excuse me, ladies.

Well, never mind.

Time for the constitutional.

You come along, my dear?

I think I better say no wireless.

Excuse me.

Some big shot.

Why weren't we at the captain's table?

They gave us dinner out in the boondocks
and all you did was sit there.

What do you expect me to do about it?

Complain. Don't you do enough of that.

Pretty little thing, isn't she?

Keep away from her, you idiot.

She's after the diamonds.

No.

What a shower.

Is she the one you pinched the marbles
from? Never mind.

It was bad enough you got in with that
guy, that Cooper Sherwin.

Say, you don't think she suspects I have
the rocks, do you?

You won't find this so blessed and
amusing if we both wind up with a

rut. Now relax, matey. I'm not going to
get done in by a bit of fluff.

I promise you I'll get the swag through,
so... All right.

But in the meantime, you keep away from
that girl.

Keep away from all of them.

If you have to play around with someone,
do it with someone who's safe.

Oh, wow.

That's not right.

What the devil are you doing here?

I might ask the same question, don't you
think?

Cabin belongs to a Mr.

Terrell, I believe.

I saw you coming in here and I followed
you. I've seen you sneaking around

before. Well, of course you have.

I've been searching for the diamonds,
old boy. What else?

There aren't any diamonds. Don't you
know that?

Well, they're not here.

And they're not in your stateroom.

But that really doesn't prove an awful
lot.

It proves you're a sneak thief.

I'm going to report you to the captain.

Now, just a moment, Mr.

Iverson. Remember those other little
deals you helped Mr. Eng on?

Selling things abroad and so on? What of
them? They were perfectly legitimate.

But speaking of reporting to people,
there's a private inquiry agent in San

Francisco with a full grip on you,
Iverson. They say you cheated Eng for

to $10 ,000 on those sales over the past
five years.

The girl would be interested in that, I
expect?

Sure wouldn't.

You're the kind of man I could
cheerfully strangle.

Ah, but that should wait until after we
land, don't you think?

And the diamonds too, maybe.

Since I can't find them, you've
obviously made arrangements to smuggle

Yes, of course.

We can just wait about everything until
we land, including the size of my share

of the loot to keep in quiet.

And here's what the police gave me.

Gilbert Terrell, alias Chilton,
sometimes called Colonel Chilton, alias

Marquis de Frontenac. What's his racket,
Paul? Smuggling.

He used to be one of the best.

All right. I'm going to meet Julie when
she lands.

You better be at the pier ahead of time
to check the customs.

I have the tickets, Perry.

Tickets? I was going to drive to Long
Beach anyway. I've got a date there

tomorrow night.

The Ione docks in San Francisco call.

Thank you, Bellastree.

What's he going to do, crack a safe?

Lots of hiding places on his ship.

If Terrell leaves the stones on board,
we'll find them.

Hurry it up, men.

What if he tries to slip them past?

All due respect to the man's reputation,
I don't think he's got a prayer.

How good is he, really?

I understand he was actually stuck with
the Titans once in Southampton, 20 years

ago.

Now, look, old man, doesn't diplomatic
immunity mean anything in this country?

I happen to be the charge d 'affaires
for Hunza, you know.

Now, Julie, there's really no proof that
Terrell is carrying any diamonds.

Oh, but I saw Sherwin talking to him all
the time. And he is a smuggler. All

right.

Now, they're going to search everyone
this time.

So you'd better try and relax for a
while.

Mr. Wendell.

How nice. I was hoping you would be on
the job.

How are you, Agatha?

Splendid, dear.

What is Tyrell carrying?

Any idea?

Supposed to be diamonds.

It is diamonds.

Diamonds. I love diamonds.

They're always so expensive.

What do you think my moiety will be this
time?

We'll talk about the reward when we find
the goods.

I'm all in yours.

That man even cleaned my toothpaste.

Oh, and the same to your sphinx -like
friend here.

Oh,

Mr. Mason, look, they're not letting him
go.

Oh, stop him. Didn't Mr. Drake tell you?
I have no luck, Inspector.

Mason, I'm sorry to say we found no
diamonds.

All right, Paul.

In fact, the Hong Kong police doubt very
much whether anybody will ever find

these diamonds. And you know why?

Because they feel exactly the same way I
do right now.

There just are no such diamonds.

Julie, is it possible that you might
have misunderstood something your

grandfather said?

Oh, now you don't believe me either. Now
nobody believes me.

I'm sorry to bother you, Mrs. Iverson.

Is your husband in?

Like always.

Missing? I had to talk to somebody. They
didn't find the diamonds. They don't

even believe there are any.

Well... Even Mr. Mason has to lie down
and rest.

But I thought, if you'd talk to him...
Well, of course, but after all, what

could I really say to him? You could...
Well... Hello?

I say, old man...

Sitting right on top of the telephone.

All right, just a minute. I'll take this
on another phone.

Excuse me.

I'll make some coffee.

Business. Just take a moment.

Yes,

I'm still here.

Search. They all dissected me.

Oh, nonsense. Of course I got them
through.

You weren't really worried about that,
were you?

No, no.

I knew all the time.

Do you really have them?

Well, I don't have them in my pocket. I
can pick them up within five minutes.

Shall I deliver them tonight?

Yes, as soon as possible.

No, no, not here.

Meet me at my office.

I'll be there within one hour.

Talio?

This guy's supposed to be a genius.

But how does he do it?

He drops his stuff overboard with a
marker like any amateur.

Here it is, Captain.

Thank you very much.

Hey, Mary.

Let me quick on. That tide.

You bungling idiots.

Mr. Iverson will kill you for this.

Iverson.

I thought you were the customs.

Oh, boys, boys.

I don't know how you're going to explain
this to Iverson.

Look, buddy, you're not hanging blame on
us.

Me hanging on you?

You hung yourself.

What do you think, Ollie?

Maybe it's better he goes out with Ty,
too, huh?

Now, just a minute, chaps. Let's talk.
Excuse me, gentlemen.

I seem to be lost. I wonder if one of
you could direct me to Market Street.

Right back where you came.

Well, if it isn't the sphinx from the
customs service.

They say you are out of your way. I'll
show you.

Goodbye, chaps, and good fishing.

Who were your friends?

Oh, I haven't the foggiest idea.

I've never seen them before.

Forget it, Sorrel. I saw you fighting
with them over a package.

A package?

A package, he says.

A king's ransom and a hundred feet of
water headed for the Golden Gate.

Those diamonds might as well be in King
Solomon's mines.

The Black Knight, my friend, and that's
the watery troop.

Hello.

Yes, Paul.

What happened?

You heard me.

I called customs and they're getting
divers, but the tide's going up.

You see, Terrell was jumped by a couple
of goons just when he wanted to pick up

the diamonds.

You saw that? Sure I did.

And here's another one for you.

It wasn't Sherwin he was going to
deliver the diamonds to.

It was Iverson.

Terrell was going to deliver them
tonight?

Yep. To Iverson at his office.

Of course, now Terrell's taken off. To
the South Seas, probably.

This he'll never be able to explain.

I guess the score is even now, Julie.

Mr. Iverson is dead.

The blade was driven into the victim's
body between the vertebrae in the left

scapula and between the fists and six
ribs.

It penetrated the left lung, causing
massive hemorrhaging.

Very concisely stated, Doctor. Thank
you.

Mr. Mason.

Doctor, if the aorta had been cut, death
would have been instantaneous, would it

not? Yes, sir, but it was not the case,
otherwise I would have stated so.

Of course.

As it was, the decedent could have lived
after being stabbed for, what, five

minutes? Yes.

Or even longer, perhaps as much as 15 or
20 minutes?

Well, hypothetically it's possible, but
in this instance I really couldn't say.

Well, let's leave it at 15 minutes,
then.

Objection. Counsel is attempting to
legitimatize his own inference.

Sustained.

Mr. Mason's last remark will be struck
from the record.

I have no more questions, Your Honor.

Well, I first met Julie Yang in Hong
Kong for the reading of her

will. What was your relationship to the
grandfather?

His assistant.

We were partners, actually, after a
fashion, but there was nothing in

so everything went to the defendant.

And what was the extent of the estate?

Mostly the reputation of the firm and
some clients.

No personal property?

Oh, yes. The solicitor had it all
catalogued, but no one paid much

it. Why was that, Mr. Sherman?

Well, there was a bit of a flap when no
diamonds turned up.

Now, the diamonds you mentioned in
direct examination, had you ever seen

these alleged diamonds?

Well, no.

Who was present during the discussion
about them?

The solicitor, Louis Q, and Miss Eng.

Iverson arrived in the middle. Did any
of these people admit having seen the

diamonds?

No, but Iverson must have, assuming he
stole them.

Assumptions are not evidence, Mr.
Sherwin.

And neither is hearsay.

So far, there is no evidence that the
diamonds ever existed, is there?

From the testimony given so far, it
seems apparent that the seeds of murder

planted in Hong Kong.

Now, since you were there, Mrs. Iverson,
you may be in a unique position to shed

some light on the matter.

I'll try, but we were only there for one
day, and since Miss Raine was dead, I

guess there wasn't much business in Hong
Kong for Ralph.

Well, isn't it possible that your
husband may have transacted some

you were unaware of?

He could have, sure.

I remember seeing a package in his
suitcase the day we sailed for home.

It was about, um, oh, so big.

When I asked him about it, he got, well,
sort of excited and hustled me out of

the stateroom. Did you ever see that
package again?

No, it was gone the next morning, and he
didn't have it when we went through

customs. Very well.

Now, if you will, I'd like you to give
me a complete account of your husband's

movements on the day of the murder.

Well, we didn't get home from the boat
till nearly six o 'clock.

We had dinner about eight, and after
that, Miss Eng arrived.

Oh, just social visits?

Not with me.

She said nobody believed her about the
diamonds and she wanted Ralph's advice,

but he had to go to the office.

At that hour?

He got a phone call and left.

What did the defendant do?

She made up some excuse about having to
see a cousin in Chinatown and went after

him. Objection, Your Honor.

Sustained. The witness will refrain from
speculating.

Well, they were mighty friendly on the
boat and she did go to his office.

I met Miss Ng when she came aboard in
Hong Kong.

What was it?

Yes, I think we have a very good chance
now.

I'll certainly pass it on to her.

Thank you, Mr. Q.

Sounds like you got what you wanted.

Yes, I did.

All right. Who killed Iverson?

Oh, I haven't the faintest idea, Paul,
but I do have a little job for you.

Now, Julie said there was a cab parked
at the building that night.

So? I have a photograph I want you to
show to every taxi driver in San

Francisco.

I have a message for you from Lewis Q.

I'm not sure I can pass it on properly.

Don't be inscrutable, Mr. Mason.

It's more in the tone than the words.

But I'd rather think he fell in love
with you.

Mr. Mason?

You wish to examine Mr. Gilbert Terrell?

If it please the court, the defense
would like to waive cross -examination

this point, with the right to recall a
little later. I can assure the court

there are reasons which will make it in
the interest of justice to grant this

request. I have no objection to that,
Your Honor.

All right, Mr. Mason.

Prosecution may proceed with its case.

I call Frank Chowan to the stand.

Then after dinner last night, we follow
him, tied out. Right back to Waterfront

again, where he meet that fishing boat.

And like I told you, he got package, all
right.

But he dropped it right into bay.

Just a moment.

Did Mr. Terrell stop anywhere just
before meeting the fishing boat?

Well, he stopped to make phone call.

Do you have any idea whom he called?

Sure.

I sneak up behind telephone booth.

I listen to conversation.

He tell Mr.

Iverson he have diamonds within five
minutes.

Thank you very much.

Mr. Mason.

I have no questions of this witness,
Your Honor, but at this time, I would

to recall a witness.

Very well.

Mr. Terrell, begging the court's
indulgence, the witness we'd like to

Miss Agatha Culpepper.

Mr. Chow, and you may step down.

Miss Culpepper.

No, I am not an informer. I just...

Well, I notify customs whenever I spot
someone on shipboard I know they'll be

interested in. It's a perfectly
legitimate... But you are compensated

little acts of informing. A percentage
of the recovery... The law provides a

perfectly legitimate reward for what I
do.

Dan, you were deprived of that reward,
weren't you, Miss Culpepper?

Conceivably a very substantial reward
when customs was unable to locate any

diamonds. Well, how was I to know he'd
do an amateurish thing like dropping

overboard before we ever landed?

Yes, I certainly was deprived of my
reward.

By Terrell himself not being caught with
the diamonds.

Now, Miss Culpepper, I want you to think
very carefully before answering this

next question.

In your earlier testimony, you stated
that the defendant, Miss Ang, missed the

sailing of the Ione and boarded it only
by coming out on the pilot boat.

Yes, I was on the deck when she came up
the ladder.

Very well.

Was anyone else on the deck at the time?

Oh, yes, lots of people. If you were to
ask me just who, I'm afraid I couldn't

say.

I see.

That's all, Miss Culpepper.

Your Honor, I would now like to recall
Gilbert Terrell.

Mr. Terrell, you were asked by the
district attorney if you had smuggled

something into the United States on this
latest trip.

Now, would you like the clerk to read
back your answer?

No, no, I remember exactly what I said.
I neither smuggled... Nor tempted to

smuggle, and that's that.

All right, then.

Did you ever actually see the diamonds
in question?

Of course.

Iverson showed them to me aboard ship. A
very valuable collection.

Please continue.

Well, he asked me how to get them into
the country and so on, obeyed customs.

Did he ask you to do the job for him?
Did Iverson give you the diamonds to

smuggle in?

Well, I held them at one time, I
suppose.

And as the ship approached San
Francisco...

Did you drop them over the side with a
float attached outside the

custom limits, perhaps, with plans for a
fisherman to pick them up?

I say, Your Honor, isn't this creeping
back into the incrimination bit again? I

mean, really, without counsel here.

May it please the court.

We're here to consider a murder.

Why Mr. Mason should waste time
eliciting further evasions and perjury

suppositions from Mr. Terrell.

On behalf of the witness, Your Honor, I
protest. Mr. Terrell is far too

experienced to risk perjury.

I also believe he's the last man in the
world who'd be amateurish about an act

of smuggling.

Go on, Mr. Mason.

I think I'm interested in this line.

And it would be amateurish, wouldn't it,
Mr. Terrell, to throw a small package

overboard in water so rough a whale
would be hard to locate?

Well, that would depend upon the degree
of panic on the part of the thrower, I

would say. Panic, Mr. Terrell?

You?

And tell us when you really hired that
fisherman.

The one who handed you the package so
conveniently in front of witnesses. The

package you so conveniently dropped into
the bay when those witnesses attacked

you.

Well, I don't remember exactly when.
Wasn't it after the ship had docked?

After you were ashore?

Wasn't the whole thing just a stunt you
arranged for Mr. Iverson's benefit?

Really, old chap?

Like the rest of your performance aboard
ship.

Wasn't it all done so Iverson would
never guess that his diamonds hadn't

the ocean at all?

But I... I had them aboard ship. We...
We didn't stop anywhere.

There was no way I could have... What
about the pilot boat in Hong Kong, Mr.

Terrell?

Miss Ng came out to the ship on it.

Couldn't you have sent the diamonds
ashore by the same pilot boat?

I'm told the Hong Kong police are at
present interviewing a sailor from that

pilot boat who admits he took a package
ashore for someone.

I'm not going to answer you.

All right.

Let's get back to the murder, then.

After your little charade of losing a
package in San Francisco Bay, where did

you go?

Well, I ducked out for Mr. Drake. I
needed a spot to drink. Be careful of

perjury, Mr. Terrell.

Didn't you go straight to Iverson?

Wasn't that the final necessary part of
your act, to tell him the sad story of

how his thugs had caused you to lose his
diamonds?

Only then what happened?

Wouldn't Iverson believe you?

Didn't he, too, guess the truth? And
didn't you then pick up that knife

No!

No, that's not the way it happened.

Mr. Turrell, I can put on the stand a
cab driver who will testify that he

you up at the waterfront and drove you
to Iverson's office building.

But I never went inside.

Look.

Look here. I'll admit the rest about
taking his diamonds and so on.

But I didn't see Iverson.

I didn't get out of the cab.

I didn't kill him. Why didn't you go
inside, Mr. Turrell?

There was someone there ahead of me. I
saw go in, so I waited outside.

Then another woman came along.

Who, Mr. Terrell?

Who was the first one you saw go into
that building?

I'm sorry, now, but it's every man for
himself now.

It was Mrs. Iverson.

I think this would be a good opportunity
for Mrs.

Iverson to take the stand again.

He was going to leave me with nothing.
Nothing. The one time he had a chance to

make some real money.

After all the penny -ante stuff he used
to swindle Mr. Ring on, he finally got a

big one, and he didn't tell me. All
those diamonds.

I saw them on the ship. A gift, he said,
or something for the boss.

But I went back, and I opened the
package, and they were diamonds all

he was going to take them and use them
to write out on me. Well, I just told

I'd inform on him if he did. Then he
started hitting me, and he hit me, and

hit me, and I... I don't know what
happened. and then I grabbed the knife

then...