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Barnaby Jones, a Quinn Martin production.

Starring Buddy Ebsen.

Also starring Lee Merriweather.

Mark Schera.

With guest stars Marlon Mason, Chris Robinson,

Morgan Fairchild, Alyssa Leeds.

Tonight's episode.

Daughter of evil.

The house is beautiful, Andre.

Who decorated it? My wife.

She's really quite artistic.

In fact, that's why she's in Paris.

To pick up humor painting.

I'm glad she's away.

Otherwise, I'd never get to see where you live.

I wish I could bring you here more often.

But then... A little something extra.

You deserve it.

You're going to spoil me.

Andre, my scarf. I must have left it upstairs.

So glad you remembered.

It wouldn't do to have my wife find it now, would it?

Here we are.

Thank you.

Now I'm sure I've got everything.

Good. Shall we go?

Good luck

burglars. Modern science is waiting for you.

End of the line, mister.

Put your hands up behind your head.

You mind if I put this down?

Sure.

Thank you very much, officer. I'll get the rest of the details from Lieutenant

Biddle.

Morning, Barnaby. J .R.? You guys are up a little early, aren't you? California

Meridian insures a LeClaire Emerald collection.

It's a pretty hefty payoff.

There's no doubt the safe was blown by a real pro.

The sloppy part was the homicide. The officer said it was a private security

guard.

Two weeks on the job. Green as grass.

Killed with his own gun.

Isn't it a little odd that security patrol would send one lone man to

investigate a silent burglar alarm?

They did.

The alarm wasn't tripped until a couple of minutes before he was killed.

You got that pinned down pretty close.

Neighbor heard the gunshot. And what was the LeClaire family doing during all

this? Mr.

LeClaire's wife is away on a trip.

LeClaire says he went out for a drive around midnight.

Turned on the alarm system when he left.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, that doesn't figure. How could a burglar get

inside, get the safe open, get out the emerald, and be out here where the guard

was killed all in two minutes?

Offhand, I'd say he couldn't. Maybe Mr.

Leclerc wasn't as alone in the house as he thought he was.

Well, that's pretty close the way we got it figured.

Come on, I'll introduce you to Leclerc.

I realize the insurance company stands to lose half a million dollars, Mr.

Jones.

But our personal loss is beyond price.

Some of those pieces have been in my wife's family for generations.

The implication that perhaps the theft was something other than it seems. Well,

I reasoned that very much. Nothing personal, Mr. Leclerc.

Investigating a theft of this size is a fairly routine matter. Your questions

and we'll be out of your hair.

Well, if it's necessary.

Well, first, Lieutenant Biddle told us that you left your house about 20

before the silent alarm was tripped.

Fortunately for me.

If the lieutenant is correct, the thief was hiding somewhere in the house all

evening. Any idea how or when he could have gotten in?

There are servants here during the day.

Tradesmen come and go.

I suppose someone might get in without too much difficulty.

Mr. Leclerc, we understand that you left your house at about midnight.

Isn't that an awfully strange time to go out?

I... I have recurring insomnia.

Sometimes, driving for an hour relaxes me.

Last night, I drove to the beach. And at the time of the murder, I was buying

gasoline at an all -night service station in Hollywood.

The police have already confirmed it.

All right.

That's about all for now.

We may have to ask your indulgence again if we encounter any new questions.

Well, if you must.

You must.

Oh, not in here, dear. You want to see Mrs. Gray. Back through there.

First door on the right. Right, thanks.

And what's the first thing I see when I open the morning paper?

Uh, hi. I'm Suzy Sinclair. I'm supposed to see Mrs. Gray.

Oh, um, just make yourself comfortable out in the reception office, Suzy. I'll

be with you in a few minutes.

Okay, just a couple minutes, okay?

Okay, so the first thing I see this morning is that Harry iced some security

guard.

Well, I mean it. I am shook.

We all are, Felice.

Nobody wanted it to happen that way.

I know, but it did, Lorette. It did, and it stinks.

Look, I've never been involved in anything this heavy. I never would have

involved in this if I'd known something like this was going to happen.

A wishing won't make it so, Donna. You're going to come out involved up to

pretty little neck no matter how you slice it. Oh, that's terrific, Harry.

That's just really beautiful.

Well, look, I am not going to stand around here with some murder rap hanging

over my head. Now I'm going to split to New York or Acapulco or somewhere.

Please, please.

Let's not start saying rash things now. You're a much brighter girl than that.

I'm just scared.

What am I going to do?

Right now you're going to go home.

You're going to take a couple of these and you're going to get a good night's

sleep.

And then things will look much better tomorrow.

I don't like it. All right, then take a couple of days off.

And then if you still want to leave, we'll try to work something out.

Hey, haven't I always taken good care of my girls?

Yeah.

No complaints.

About you.

You call me tomorrow. We'll have lunch.

Talk things over.

Hey.

Hey, now, don't you fall apart on me. Oh, Harry.

Everything's gonna be just fine.

Just fine.

I'll get rid of that Susie out there.

I'll hang out the do not disturb side.

Don't you feel anything?

The paper said he was a young Vietnam veteran with a family.

Oh, God, did you have to kill him?

Oh, what'd you want me to do? Let him take me in?

I thought we'd all spend the next few years in the slammer.

Look, he was trying to be a hero. His gun went off.

He could have wasted me just as easy.

Maybe that's the way you would have liked it to come out, huh?

Nobody killed, nobody hurt. That's what I wanted.

Well, I know you had this nice, safe, genteel hustle all figured out.

The girl set up the rich johns, I rip them off. Nobody gets hurt. Oh, no,

the insurance companies, right?

Yeah, well, it didn't turn out that way this time.

No, it didn't.

Belief was right. It dinked.

All of it. Everything we've been doing.

Loretta, um, look.

Why don't you let me run the business?

Well, I'll take the pressure off you.

Well, it's a lot better than what you've been hinting around at.

Shutting down the operation completely.

I don't know. I'll think about it.

Right now, I've got an appointment at the hairdresser, and then I'm getting

of town for a while.

Where are you going, Santa Barbara, to see Wendy?

None of your business.

Look, I just meant if you're going to see your daughter, I could tag along.

It's about time I got to meet her.

No chance, Harry.

Hey, you and I had a nice thing going for a long time.

I think you ought to introduce me.

After all, she might be my stepdaughter someday.

Just leave Wendy out of it, Harry.

She's got nothing to do with my life here.

And that includes you especially.

Oh, thank you for letting me know where I stand.

Oh, the emeralds. You better get them fenced out of the country.

And stop hassling me on everything.

It's getting very tiresome.

One doesn't like to gossip about a good customer and a fellow countryman,

Barnaby. Well, I figure, Maurice, one of that million dollars involved is no

longer gossip.

Perhaps not.

Well, I can tell you, Andre Leclerc is financially sound, thanks to his wife's

inheritance, as well as Andre's very nice salary from the shipping company. I

believe they recently made him a vice president of the firm.

Well, it certainly doesn't sound like a guy who would fake a robbery just to

collect the insurance money for the emeralds. What about Leclerc's personal

life? Anything of color there?

As to that, Barnaby, we are men of the world.

If a man seeks a little variety in female companionship, discreetly, of

Well, are you talking about a lot of variety or one or two in particular?

One in particular.

I saw them together several times.

Not here, no, no. This is a family restaurant.

But there is a rather active bar down the street.

I saw them late at night there. Were you ever introduced to her?

Regrettably not.

But I can understand that, Granovich.

She is ravishing.

But what is the name of the place? Maybe somebody knows her there.

The Oak Lodge.

Oh, thank you very much, Maurice.

I want to be...

The smell of the food in here is terrific.

I think we could stick around, maybe have an early lunch or something. Oh,

so sorry. The place hasn't opened for another hour.

Excuse me.

Please, another time.

I will see you again.

If you'd eaten a proper breakfast, you wouldn't be hungry now.

Mom! Hi!

Oh, hey, I like it. But why all of a sudden affection?

Usually it's, um, hey, Mom, where's my new formal?

Oh, sure, I'm excited.

Who wouldn't be a foxy lady, you?

Well, come on, aren't you going to tell me the good news?

What good news?

Honey, really, I don't know what... Hi.

I'm afraid I blew your surprise.

I got here an hour ago, and I told Wendy all about our wedding plans.

You told her what?

I knew you wanted to tell her yourself, but I was just so darn anxious to meet

my new stepdaughter that I... But when I did, I just blurted it out.

Oh, he is so cool, Mom. I'm so happy for all of us.

What is it? You're at?

No, I think we're back to do.

All right, I tried to maneuver you. What else could I do the way you treated me?

Forget it, Harry.

There's no way I'll ever marry you.

I thought I meant something to you. What am I, chocolate?

You know, going into business together spoiled things.

Six months ago, I thought you were the most beautiful.

Admit it, Harry.

Marrying me is one way of getting your hands on the phone exchange and the rest

of it.

That's right. I want the business and you want out of it.

So let me buy it.

Let's settle this later, okay?

Mom?

I lost.

All those double faults catch up with you. Yeah, but you're getting a lot

better. You are. I can tell.

Honey, listen.

Something has come up, and Harry and I are going to have to go back to Los

Angeles now.

We can't have dinner together?

I'm sorry, but I'll make it up to you next Sunday. That's a promise.

Wendy, it was nice meeting you.

I'll see you around.

What happened?

Were you two having a fight just now?

No, it was just a discussion about business.

What if something I did?

Did I come on too strong about you getting married?

Oh, if anybody came on too strong, hey, you're not to worry about anything.

I'll explain it to you on Sunday. We'll spend the whole day together, all right?

Sure. That'll be nice.

Okay. I love you.

Be happy.

I've got to run. See you next weekend.

Sure.

Bye, Steph.

Bye -bye.

Where'd everybody go?

Back to L .A.

Mom said something came up.

Hey, Steph, can I borrow your car tonight?

Oh, I guess.

But I thought you just had your learner's permit.

I don't care.

I've got to get down to L .A.

I think something's really gone wrong for Mom, and I've got to find out what

is.

Well, it certainly didn't take you long to get here.

I thought he said to meet you here. What's up?

Well, my waitress friend at the Oak Lodge knows all about LeClaire's

Seems that Felice dropped in there all the time, and sometimes with other men.

Is that her name, Felice? Mm -hmm. Felice Winters.

One night, one of her dates got so drunk that they had to send him home in a

cab, so she and our little waitress took another cab home, and this is where

Felice was dropped off.

Miss Wendry?

Yes? I didn't want to be Jones.

This is my associate, Jedediah Jones.

We're private investigators.

Oh, what are you investigating?

The jewel theft and murder last night at the home of Andre Leclerc.

Well, what does that have to do with me?

Well, we understand that you and Leclerc were very cozy friends.

I never heard of this guy.

Leclerc?

What about Edward McKay?

Thomas Martinson?

Walter Bennett?

All well -to -do men whose homes were burglarized always while their wives

out of town.

Now, it could be that they invited a call girl to their home, and she, in

cooperation with an accomplice, burglarized them. Look, I don't know

talking about, except that somewhere in there you're inferring that I'm a call

girl.

Well, if you were involved in the LeClair robbery last night, you're a lot

than that.

You're accessory to murder one.

I need you two anyway.

Why don't you just get out of my life, okay?

I think I'll have Betty check that young lady out.

Like to know more about her.

Why don't you sit down and make yourself a drink?

Thanks, I'll do that.

That Lorette said I could have a little time off. I was hoping that meant time

off from you, too.

The problem is, I just got back from Santa Barbara, and I find that a private

detective has been at the Oak Lodge asking questions about you and LeClaire.

Well, I've got a real hot flash for you, Harry.

I've just been talking to two private detectives down by the pool.

And I don't mind telling you they scared the hell out of me.

What did they want, Felice?

They know about the whole operation.

They said murder one, that I could be an accessory to murder one.

Well, there is no way I'm going to sit still for that.

Oh, no, you figured you'd make a deal.

Cop out on Loretta.

Especially on me.

Right.

That's not what... I meant, Harry. I just meant that I would split and go to

York or something. That's all I was talking about.

Harry, don't, please.

Rhett's mother -loving kindness routine is only good up to a certain point,

kiddo.

We're beyond that.

You need a good straightening out, a little reminder about just who runs your

life for you.

Harry, don't, please. Look, I'll do anything you say, really. I will. I'll

anything. Oh, you will, doll.

No.

You looking for Mrs. Gray?

Yes, I am.

Have you seen her?

No, but she should be here in a minute.

Okay, thanks.

Well, they're really getting them young these days. But I guess that's what they

want.

I really don't know what you're talking about.

Listen, you're really lucky to get into a setup like this.

I mean, it's tough out on the street, especially for a girl your age.

But you know the word is that they really take care of their girls here,

know They check out the clients before they send them out, you know, so you

don't end up with some freak out or something Believe me. I've seen my share

those.

Oh Listen, I'm here to see mrs. Gray.

Yeah, mrs. Gray.

Listen, I've been hearing about her ever since I've been in the life She's the

best madam in LA

Are you tripping out or something? I mean, are you all right?

Leland, can I get you something?

I'll be all right. Leave me alone.

Okay.

Honey, those clothes won't do at all. They're much too obvious.

Oh, you want me to go home and change?

No, there's a little boutique up the block where some of my girls do their

shopping. Harry, why don't you just take her there and see what you can find?

Sure, come on down. Let's go.

Okay.

Oh, that other new girl, I'm beginning to get sick or something.

Other?

Yeah, she's in there.

Godmother. Wait, honey, you don't understand.

Baby, I can explain.

Really, gentlemen, was it necessary to come here tonight?

Could it not wait until tomorrow at my office?

No, I'm afraid it can't, Mr. Leclerc. You see, we know all about police

Who?

Felice Winders?

I don't know what you're talking about.

The way it looks to us, Felice and some of the ladies in her line of work have

been setting up wealthy clients for burglary. This has gone far enough,

gentlemen. I must insist you... We're not just talking about stolen jewels and

insurance this time. There's been a murder, and sooner or later it'll all

out.

Was Felice alone long enough to let a burglar in?

Yes.

We were on our way out and she remembered the scarf she'd left in the

I went up for it and left her alone at the front door.

Plenty of time to let an accomplice in.

Naturally, you didn't turn on the burglar alarm until you left the house.

I've been such an idiot.

Can you believe I thought I really meant something to that woman?

Where did you meet Felice? At the Oak Lodge?

Oh, no.

I took her there many times.

She seemed to know the people there.

But I first contacted Philippe through a telephone answering service.

A man must be recommended by a friend who is one of their customers.

Then when they have checked you out and they are satisfied you're not the

police, a rendezvous is arranged.

If one wishes, you can even pay with a credit card.

A very high -toned operation.

Too bad they felt that they had to take on burglary as a sideline.

Hello.

Yes, he's right here.

Your secretary.

Yes, Betty.

Barnaby, I went to Felice Winter's apartment to check up on her. Seems she

serious fall from her terrace.

Couldn't have happened more than a few minutes after you and J .R. talked to

her. Is she hurt badly?

A concussion, several broken bones.

I'm at the hospital now. She's under sedation.

The doctor says she's going to be all right, but he doesn't know when she'll

able to answer questions.

Well, you stay there, Betty, and let me know when she seems to come out of it.

Oh, and be careful, Betty.

This lady has some friends who play pretty rough.

Okay. Not a sign I had every street contact I've got looking for her last

She didn't show up to Santa Barbara.

No, I just called the school a few minutes ago. They haven't heard a word.

I should have gotten out sooner before this happened.

So she found out.

She'll grow up fast.

She'll get used to the idea.

You really think it's that simple?

Yeah, I do.

She's your daughter and she loves you.

She'll forgive you.

All she wants is a little time to figure things out. When she does, she'll turn

up.

I hope you're right.

I think I am, Loretta.

In the meantime, business has to go on.

75 ,000.

I got a local fence to take to Leclerc.

It's not clean to Antwerp right now.

They'll re -fence it over there. It's about half... Half of what we could have

gotten by. But it's safe this way.

It matters anymore.

Look, that's yours.

And when your kid decides to come home to mother, you take off with her.

Get out of the business like you've been wanted to.

But you've got a share in what's here.

That's what I'm trying to tell you.

You keep my share.

Down payment on the operation.

I'll pay you off over the next couple of years out of the profits.

Until you're happy that we're square.

Look, if you want, I'll even put the deal in some kind of writing.

Maybe that is the best way to work things out.

Brett.

All I want you to do is think about it.

Look, are you sure it's our answering service you want? We aren't having any

equipment problems that I know about.

Well, no, you see, the problem is in our switching circuits when you dial out.

You see, probably you've got bad ratchets in your dialing module.

Well, I don't know, but I wish you'd come back after Mrs. Gray gets here. Oh,

come on, honey. Give me a break, will you? I got six more of these after I

here.

Well, okay.

Lorette Service, can I help you?

Oh, yes, Alice.

He asked for you special.

Mm -hmm.

Said he met you when he was here for the trade show last fall.

That's right.

Downtown Towers.

Room 804.

That's right there.

Lorette's service. Thank you. I think I'd better check the front office phone.

Thank you.

Hello, Mr. Robinson.

Has your house burgled lately?

Oh.

Who are you?

Phone company. You, uh, got a little problem here, but I'll be through in a

minute.

You know, it's none of my business, but how old are you?

As of last night, I'm going on a hundred.

And you're right.

None of your business.

Last night, huh?

Sounds heavy.

You've got no idea.

Wendy?

Hi there, mother.

Will you excuse us, please?

Yeah, sure. I'll be finished here in a minute.

No, just leave it that way and go.

You know how ridiculous you look in that get -up.

I don't know.

It does attract a man's attention.

I can understand your wanting to hurt me, Wendy, but don't do it by degrading

yourself. Oh, that's marvelous.

Look who's giving lectures on degrading yourself.

I suppose there's no way I can make you understand.

Oh, but I do, Mother.

For the first time, I understand why I never lived at home.

Why you shipped me off from one private school to another.

Why you never let me be around this cozy little business establishment of yours.

I sent you to those schools, Wendy.

Those very good schools.

So you'd have some of the advantages I never had.

And you paid for those very expensive good schools with money that you got

hookers.

And maybe for being a hooker yourself.

Were you?

Well, were you?

Okay.

So now it's time I started paying you back.

Don't cry, Mom.

Please.

I would have done anything to keep you from knowing.

Can you forgive me?

Can you?

I just hate that it was for me.

That you did all this for me.

It wasn't for you. It was for me.

Because I wanted money.

I needed it when your father skipped.

And this just seemed the easiest way to get it.

Oh, baby.

and clean.

New life.

Please.

Okay.

Will you do something for me?

Wash all that guck off your face.

Oh, baby.

Hi, is Betty Jones or Barnaby Jones there, please?

Jones? One moment.

Miss Jones, telephone.

Then she won't be released right away.

It's just too early to tell until we see more X -rays.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes, hello?

Betty, J .R., is Barnaby there?

Oh, no, J .R., he just went in to see Felice. The doctor says she's coming out

of it. Any message?

Yeah, yeah. Tell him that I got into the answering service office and I found

this client book with some names of burglary victims among a lot of others.

Anyway, I've seen enough evidence to involve Lieutenant Biddle. I think it's

search warrant time.

All right, JR.

I'll call Lieutenant Biddle right now.

I'll talk to you later.

You're scared now, Felice. And that's exactly what whoever did this to you

wanted to happen.

To scare you so that you wouldn't blow the whistle on them.

Yeah, well, it worked.

But don't you see, the only way to be safe, to be really safe, is to put them

where they couldn't do this to you again or to anyone else.

I don't know if I could just get away from here, if I could just go someplace

where he couldn't find me.

You have a broken leg?

How far can you run on that?

You're a nice man, aren't you?

I mean, really nice.

You don't meet too many of those in my line of work.

That might tell you something about your line of work, mightn't it?

Harry Brenner.

Harry Brenner.

He's the one who chased me off that terrace.

He's also the one who killed the guard at LeClaire's house.

Any idea where I might find this Mr.

Brenner? He works for Lorette Gray. He's never very far away from where she is.

Can you believe it?

A nice lady like that.

Do you feel up to describing Brenner for me?

Born to be, J .R. Thought I'd check in.

Jedediah, where are you?

Well, I followed Lorette Gray and her daughter.

They left the answering service, drove to their house in West Hollywood.

Oh, man, did you hear that?

Some jerk in a convertible just went racing by. I thought he was going to

phone booth with him.

You know, I think he's headed to Lorette's place.

Did you get a look at him?

The big guy, dark hair?

Yeah, that looked like him. Who is he?

Harry Brenner, the man who killed the security guard. Where are you?

What are you doing here?

You've got some explaining to do. The records client was everything I need to

keep the business going. Now, where is it?

Gone, just like I'll be as soon as I get packed.

Wendy came back this morning.

Well, that's just peachy keen.

Lorette, you promised me I could buy you out.

Wrong. I never said I'd sell out. I said I'd think about it, which I did, and it

came out no sale.

Even my money's not good enough for you, is it?

Nobody's money, Harry. The business is not for sale.

Why?

Why not?

Because, Harry, I don't want anything left behind that can tie me to what I've

been doing for the last too many years.

Nothing. I want all the way out, just clean out.

What am I supposed to do, just stand here and watch you pack up and take off?

Well, you should have saved some of the money I've been paying you.

Then you could have bought your own stable of girls and gone into business

yourself. Except I don't think it would have worked.

You don't have the makings of a real successful pimp, Harry.

You're not nice enough.

Barnaby, they're still in there, but it's pretty quiet so far.

I found this in your closet. And Fitz, too.

Hi, Mr. Brenner. Yeah, you'll be wearing all my things now, baby.

Come on, let's get everything packed.

Away from there.

I gave you my share of the Claire job, remember?

A little down payment on the business.

It's in the envelope there with your name on it.

Harry, I'm warning you.

All right, where's the rest of them?

In the car, right?

Yeah, you wouldn't have had time to get rid of it.

Will you just stop and lose your head for half a minute?

You're in no position to go pushing me around.

Remember the LeClaire thing?

What you left in front of the house?

I was waiting for that.

Oh, you just said the magic words, Cookie.

Sweet 16, you're coming with me. Come on.

Mom! Now the border scene goes up!

All right, listen.

Listen, we don't have to do it this way. We can do it your way.

Oh, you bet we can, love.

Only my way just changed a little bit.

I mean, I can't stay here and run the business now and I'm with you waving a

murder rap in my face.

No, Wendy's gonna go with me.

And you're gonna clean all your bank accounts out, everything, all your

sell them and get me the cash.

When you do, maybe then you'll get your little girl back in one piece.

Terry, it's not Wendy. Yes, Wendy!

Looks like you really hit the jackpot this time, won't it be?

I expect you're going to live, Mr. Brennan.

That's quite a haul.

All the records from the prostitution operation.

Plus, enough evidence for a strong case in the burglaries.

I think Mrs. Gray will cooperate.

I think she was getting sick of what she was doing about the time it all started

to fall apart.

They're sending a matron to take care of you.

But you're still a minor.

I guess it's the law or something.

Okay.

Whatever.

You'll be all right, baby.

I'm just sorry I have to grow up so fast.

I know it isn't easy, but you've got to try to remember the good things.

That she loved you.

Will I ever get to see her?

I'm sure you will.

And she's going to need all the love you can give her now, Wendy.