1 00:00:03,303 --> 00:00:05,999 2 00:00:46,212 --> 00:00:49,807 [children playing] 3 00:00:50,817 --> 00:00:54,548 Remember, Timmy, eye on the ball all the way up to the plate. 4 00:00:54,687 --> 00:00:58,088 Get ready now. Okay, now slug it. Slug it! 5 00:00:59,959 --> 00:01:01,824 Come on, Timmy, let's try again, huh? 6 00:01:01,961 --> 00:01:05,055 No. I'll never learn-- never. 7 00:01:05,198 --> 00:01:07,962 Timmy, you remember my telling you 8 00:01:08,101 --> 00:01:11,070 I played on the foundation's ten-and-under all-stars when I was a kid? 9 00:01:11,204 --> 00:01:12,262 Yes. 10 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:13,872 Look-- 11 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:16,168 the same series of operations you're having. 12 00:01:16,309 --> 00:01:18,539 You mean you played all-stars with braces? 13 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:22,637 No, but even before they took them off, I was just about the best hitter around here. 14 00:01:22,782 --> 00:01:24,511 Gee, give me that bat. 15 00:01:24,651 --> 00:01:27,119 - That's the boy. Come on. - That's right, Timmy. Come on. 16 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:29,619 - Let's go! - Okay, kids. 17 00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:31,155 Come on, let's get going now. 18 00:01:31,291 --> 00:01:33,418 - Miss Proctor. - Oh hi, Mr. Gage. 19 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,391 - My uncle would like to see you. - See me? 20 00:01:35,528 --> 00:01:38,019 As soon as possible, or so I was informed. 21 00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:42,232 Thank you. 22 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:45,461 Like to join us? 23 00:01:45,605 --> 00:01:49,735 Me, George Gage, playing games with children? 24 00:01:49,876 --> 00:01:53,277 Don't be ridiculous. 25 00:01:57,117 --> 00:01:58,675 Oh, he's waiting. 26 00:01:58,818 --> 00:02:00,615 What does he want? Why does he want to see me? 27 00:02:00,753 --> 00:02:02,448 I don't know, Joaney. You'd better go right in. 28 00:02:02,589 --> 00:02:05,023 Claudia, is he worse? 29 00:02:11,931 --> 00:02:13,489 [knock at door] 30 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:22,601 Mr. Gage. 31 00:02:22,742 --> 00:02:26,178 Joane, how do you feel... 32 00:02:26,312 --> 00:02:28,212 about Ernest Demming? 33 00:02:28,348 --> 00:02:31,317 Well, since he's Claudia's husband and my brother-in-law, 34 00:02:31,451 --> 00:02:35,649 I suppose I shouldn't say, but I don't like him. 35 00:02:35,788 --> 00:02:40,157 Then can trust you to do what I want. 36 00:02:41,194 --> 00:02:44,095 Joane, my lawyer... 37 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:46,994 Perry Mason... 38 00:02:47,133 --> 00:02:48,964 call him. 39 00:02:49,102 --> 00:02:54,005 Tell him to have a new will for my signature... 40 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:55,801 tonight... 41 00:02:55,942 --> 00:02:57,637 cutting off... 42 00:02:57,777 --> 00:03:01,304 Ernest Demming completely. 43 00:03:01,447 --> 00:03:06,214 You mean it's all to go to your nephew George Gage? 44 00:03:06,352 --> 00:03:08,912 No. To Claudia. 45 00:03:09,055 --> 00:03:12,991 My life work, the foundation-- 46 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:15,219 Claudia's and mine-- 47 00:03:15,361 --> 00:03:18,990 and he must never be able to destroy it 48 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:22,966 as he and my nephew George 49 00:03:23,102 --> 00:03:25,127 are plotting to do. 50 00:03:25,271 --> 00:03:26,363 Plotting? 51 00:03:26,506 --> 00:03:29,441 I have the proof here-- 52 00:03:30,643 --> 00:03:32,804 a copy of an agreement 53 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:35,471 between my nephew 54 00:03:35,615 --> 00:03:38,550 and Demming 55 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:40,915 to split everything 56 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:44,421 no matter who inherits. 57 00:03:44,557 --> 00:03:47,287 Call my lawyer... 58 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:49,657 Perry Mason. 59 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:53,197 Tell him hurry. 60 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:18,958 Ernest Demming, please. 61 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:20,684 [phone ringing] 62 00:04:20,827 --> 00:04:22,488 [Man] I'll get it. 63 00:04:25,498 --> 00:04:27,864 Hello? 64 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:30,367 A change in what? 65 00:04:30,503 --> 00:04:33,802 That's very interesting. 66 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:37,239 Yes, you're right. I had better come out. 67 00:04:45,551 --> 00:04:48,384 It's time for your medicine, Mr. Gage. 68 00:04:48,521 --> 00:04:50,216 Mr. Gage. 69 00:04:50,356 --> 00:04:52,085 Mr. Gage! 70 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:02,233 At last. I've been looking all over for you, Joaney. 71 00:05:02,368 --> 00:05:06,099 What's going on? Dr. Omstead's here and the maid says there's a lawyer. 72 00:05:06,239 --> 00:05:08,537 Mr. Gage went into a coma. 73 00:05:08,675 --> 00:05:10,472 - Oh, Nick. - Oh. 74 00:05:10,610 --> 00:05:13,306 Nick, I'm afraid it means the end of the foundation. 75 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:14,879 But how? 76 00:05:15,014 --> 00:05:17,915 Even if Mr. Gage does die, Ernest Demming will carry on. He always has. 77 00:05:18,051 --> 00:05:19,678 No no, that's just it. 78 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:21,514 Ernest isn't going to carry on. 79 00:05:21,654 --> 00:05:24,748 He made an agreement to divide the estate with George Gage. 80 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:26,756 - George Gage? - Yeah. 81 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:28,190 Who told you that? 82 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:29,852 Old Mr. Gage. 83 00:05:29,996 --> 00:05:31,793 He showed me a copy of the agreement 84 00:05:31,931 --> 00:05:36,129 - just before before he went into the coma. - Oh. 85 00:05:39,572 --> 00:05:42,735 Heart's slightly weaker, but otherwise no change. 86 00:05:44,444 --> 00:05:47,538 As for his regaining consciousness, Mr. Mason, 87 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,012 I'd say the prognosis was unfavorable. 88 00:05:50,149 --> 00:05:52,583 But there is a chance, Dr. Omstead? 89 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:55,483 Yes, but he hasn't much time-- 90 00:05:55,621 --> 00:05:57,919 a few hours at the most. 91 00:05:58,057 --> 00:06:00,218 I see. 92 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,796 Well, thank you. Coming, Claudia? 93 00:06:03,930 --> 00:06:06,228 No, I think I'll stay for a while. 94 00:06:11,571 --> 00:06:13,562 Mr. Mason, how is he? 95 00:06:13,706 --> 00:06:15,469 Not good, Joane. 96 00:06:15,608 --> 00:06:19,408 Dr. Omstead doesn't think he'll ever regain consciousness. 97 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:20,443 Oh no. 98 00:06:20,580 --> 00:06:24,016 Mr. Mason, I'm Ernest Demming's assistant, Nicholas Blake. 99 00:06:24,150 --> 00:06:27,449 What can be done about this new will Joane's been telling me about? 100 00:06:27,587 --> 00:06:29,054 Nothing without Mr. Gage. 101 00:06:29,188 --> 00:06:31,349 You mean Ernest Demming can inherit everything 102 00:06:31,491 --> 00:06:34,016 - even though Mr. Gage doesn't want him to? - I'm afraid so. 103 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,684 And wreck the foundation? 104 00:06:35,828 --> 00:06:39,457 Yes, by simply refusing to support it once he gains control of the estate. 105 00:06:39,599 --> 00:06:41,794 What is this with Ernest? 106 00:06:41,934 --> 00:06:45,836 I thought he'd been a faithful worker for the foundation for years. 107 00:06:45,972 --> 00:06:47,462 I don't know. 108 00:06:47,607 --> 00:06:50,804 He's changed a lot since his first heart attack. 109 00:06:50,943 --> 00:06:54,379 He just doesn't have any interest in the foundation or the children 110 00:06:54,514 --> 00:06:56,573 or Claudia or... 111 00:06:56,716 --> 00:06:59,514 Well, he's found other interests-- 112 00:06:59,652 --> 00:07:01,415 women. 113 00:07:01,554 --> 00:07:04,990 Look, Mr. Mason, why can't you tear up the old will? Wouldn't that fix him? 114 00:07:05,124 --> 00:07:08,252 Even if I could do that, which I can't, 115 00:07:08,394 --> 00:07:11,852 it would only divert everything to George Gage as next of kin. 116 00:07:11,998 --> 00:07:16,833 Where it would go for more high living on the Riviera and another five wives. 117 00:07:17,837 --> 00:07:21,898 I guess the only solution is for some philanthropic soul to up and plug Ernest. 118 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:25,238 Even that wouldn't help, 119 00:07:25,378 --> 00:07:30,111 because if Ernest predeceases Mr. Gage, it again would all go to George. 120 00:07:30,249 --> 00:07:34,117 Do you mean that Claudia, as Ernest's wife, wouldn't inherit? 121 00:07:34,253 --> 00:07:37,222 At the time Mr. Gage's present will was drawn up, 122 00:07:37,356 --> 00:07:40,120 he had complete faith in Ernest. 123 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:42,784 Claudia's name wasn't even mentioned. 124 00:07:42,929 --> 00:07:47,628 The only way she could inherit would be if Ernest would inherit and then die. 125 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:49,166 You have the new will, Joane? 126 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:50,826 Oh, yes. 127 00:07:50,970 --> 00:07:53,939 You understand that Mr. Gage's signature must be witnessed 128 00:07:54,073 --> 00:07:56,337 by at least two people not mentioned in the will? 129 00:07:56,476 --> 00:07:58,944 - Mm-hmm. - All right then. I'll be going. 130 00:07:59,078 --> 00:08:00,909 Thank you, Mr. Mason. Good night. 131 00:08:01,047 --> 00:08:02,742 Good night. 132 00:08:05,284 --> 00:08:07,809 There must be something we can do, Joaney. There must be. 133 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:09,649 Well, my suggestion would be to go to bed 134 00:08:09,789 --> 00:08:12,280 since anything else would be quite futile. 135 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:16,657 Oh, by the way, Mr. Blake, the high living wasn't confined just to the Riviera. 136 00:08:16,796 --> 00:08:20,698 Oh, no no, there was Paris, Rome, London, 137 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:23,267 and quite a number of other places. 138 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:29,171 That and Demming versus 3,000 kids. 139 00:08:29,308 --> 00:08:30,673 I know how you feel, Nick. 140 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:33,210 No, you don't, Joaney, not by a long shot. 141 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:36,076 Not how it feels to be taken in off the street, 142 00:08:36,215 --> 00:08:39,343 off an ash-heap you were using as a playground, 143 00:08:39,485 --> 00:08:43,945 given milk, clean clothes, braces, 144 00:08:44,090 --> 00:08:47,025 operations, hope. 145 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:49,719 Above all, Joaney, hope. 146 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:52,558 That's why I came back to the foundation after I grew up-- 147 00:08:52,698 --> 00:08:54,962 to try to help give other kids hope too. 148 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:57,069 Know what I'm going to do, Joaney? 149 00:08:57,203 --> 00:08:58,636 I'm going to have it out with Ernest Demming. 150 00:08:58,771 --> 00:09:00,170 He isn't here, Nick. 151 00:09:00,306 --> 00:09:03,400 Now Claudia told me that he's still at that hotel in Beverly Hills 152 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:05,010 where he stays when he's in town. 153 00:09:05,144 --> 00:09:06,406 Well, he must have changed plans, then. 154 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,537 His car's outside, and I saw a light in the library. 155 00:09:08,681 --> 00:09:09,705 Now Nick, wait. 156 00:09:09,849 --> 00:09:12,909 Mr. Demming, you may think that... 157 00:09:16,088 --> 00:09:17,817 Mr. Demming? 158 00:09:22,762 --> 00:09:24,195 He's dead. 159 00:09:26,465 --> 00:09:30,094 "Dr. Omstead." Nick, it's his heart medicine. 160 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:32,329 Well, apparently it didn't work. 161 00:09:32,471 --> 00:09:35,668 Do you realize what this means? 162 00:09:35,808 --> 00:09:37,901 Yes. 163 00:09:38,044 --> 00:09:41,571 George Gage is first in line to inherit now. 164 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:44,182 Poor Claudia. 165 00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:45,750 Poor Mr. Gage-- 166 00:09:45,885 --> 00:09:49,946 all the work they've done, their dreams for the foundation... 167 00:09:50,089 --> 00:09:52,990 [Timmy] Mr. Blake? Is that you in there, Mr. Blake? 168 00:09:53,125 --> 00:09:54,285 What is it, Timmy? 169 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:57,328 The bus back to the city-- they're holding it for you. 170 00:09:57,463 --> 00:10:00,330 Timmy, I can't leave just now. Tell the driver to go ahead. 171 00:10:00,466 --> 00:10:04,061 But you said you'd ride with us, tell us a story. 172 00:10:04,203 --> 00:10:06,364 I know. Next time, and that's a promise, Timmy. 173 00:10:06,505 --> 00:10:08,530 - Go ahead. Come on, beat it. - Good night, Mr. Blake. 174 00:10:08,674 --> 00:10:10,141 Good night, Timmy. 175 00:10:12,211 --> 00:10:14,907 Joaney... 176 00:10:15,047 --> 00:10:19,108 will you do something for Timmy and me and the foundation? 177 00:10:19,251 --> 00:10:20,275 Of course. 178 00:10:20,419 --> 00:10:23,081 Go to bed and don't say a word about this to anybody. 179 00:10:23,222 --> 00:10:26,214 But Dick, the-- I don't understand. 180 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:27,917 You're not supposed to. Just go. 181 00:10:28,060 --> 00:10:30,392 - But-- - Please, Joaney. Please. 182 00:10:51,717 --> 00:10:54,515 - Excuse me? - Yes, miss? 183 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:58,852 I'd like to see Mr. Ernest Demming, please; Joane Proctor. 184 00:11:00,926 --> 00:11:02,894 Bungalow 5, please. 185 00:11:04,196 --> 00:11:07,927 Mr. Demming? A Miss Proctor to see you. 186 00:11:08,067 --> 00:11:09,796 Fine. 187 00:11:09,935 --> 00:11:11,869 I'll have a boy show you the way. 188 00:11:12,004 --> 00:11:14,495 Uh, that-- that was Mr. Demming? 189 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,130 Yes. 190 00:11:16,275 --> 00:11:18,709 It's quite all right. I know where the bungalows are. 191 00:11:18,844 --> 00:11:20,573 Thank you. 192 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:23,615 - Joane. - Oh. 193 00:11:23,749 --> 00:11:26,240 I didn't mean to startle you. 194 00:11:26,385 --> 00:11:28,285 Oh, hello, Mrs. Omstead. 195 00:11:28,421 --> 00:11:32,949 Oh, that's quite all right. I've been dropping things all morning. 196 00:11:33,092 --> 00:11:35,253 What in the world are you doing in Beverly Hills? 197 00:11:35,394 --> 00:11:39,228 I brought in some papers in for my brother-in-law. 198 00:11:39,365 --> 00:11:41,230 Ernest is here in the hotel? 199 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:43,631 I would have thought he'd be at Mr. Gage's bedside. 200 00:11:43,769 --> 00:11:46,465 How is Mr. Gage, by the way? 201 00:11:46,605 --> 00:11:49,699 Well, your husband says there hasn't been much change. 202 00:11:49,842 --> 00:11:51,673 As a doctor's wife, 203 00:11:51,811 --> 00:11:54,974 I should know if that's good or bad, but I don't. 204 00:11:55,114 --> 00:11:57,275 Are you free for lunch, Joane? 205 00:11:57,416 --> 00:11:59,907 Well, I-- I don't know. 206 00:12:00,052 --> 00:12:02,577 If you have a chance, join me in the Camelia room. 207 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:06,158 All right. Goodbye, Mrs. Omstead. 208 00:12:17,336 --> 00:12:18,928 Mr. Demming? 209 00:12:20,773 --> 00:12:22,638 [Man's voice] Door's unlocked. Come in. 210 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,079 Who is it? 211 00:12:30,216 --> 00:12:32,116 It-- it's me. Joane. 212 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:34,378 - Oh, am I glad to see you. - Oh, Nick. 213 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,182 That's Ernest's robe. 214 00:12:37,323 --> 00:12:40,190 Nick, why did you have me ask for Ernest at the desk? 215 00:12:40,326 --> 00:12:45,059 What's this all about? Why didn't they find the body found this morning? 216 00:12:45,197 --> 00:12:47,427 Nick, wasn't he really dead? 217 00:12:47,566 --> 00:12:48,965 He's dead, all right. 218 00:12:49,101 --> 00:12:52,127 And his body's in the lake by the estate gates. 219 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:54,068 In the lake? 220 00:12:54,206 --> 00:12:58,233 You put it there? But why? Why did you do that? 221 00:12:58,377 --> 00:13:00,242 I didn't know what else to do, Joaney. 222 00:13:00,379 --> 00:13:03,473 I thought Mr. Gage would die during the night, and when he didn't... 223 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:04,810 Wait a minute, Joaney. 224 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:08,886 Let's take it from the top and then maybe it'll make sense, okay? 225 00:13:10,689 --> 00:13:12,850 All right, look, when I got you out of the library, 226 00:13:12,992 --> 00:13:15,927 all I had in mind was to hide Ernest until after Mr. Gage died, 227 00:13:16,061 --> 00:13:17,824 which I thought would happen any minute. 228 00:13:17,963 --> 00:13:19,362 Don't you see? 229 00:13:19,498 --> 00:13:23,025 If I could have convinced people that Ernest died later than Mr. Gage, 230 00:13:23,169 --> 00:13:26,002 the estate would go to him and then to Claudia. 231 00:13:26,138 --> 00:13:28,470 Only Mr. Gage didn't die. 232 00:13:28,607 --> 00:13:31,371 I know. That was the rub, Joaney. 233 00:13:31,510 --> 00:13:34,911 I took Ernest's body outside so nobody would see it. 234 00:13:35,047 --> 00:13:37,481 I wrapped it in some canvas and then put it in the back of his car. 235 00:13:37,616 --> 00:13:40,744 And then I waited and waited until about 4:00 in the morning 236 00:13:40,886 --> 00:13:43,150 when I realized the plan wasn't going to work. 237 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:48,787 Well, then-- then I got another-- 238 00:13:48,928 --> 00:13:51,590 another not-so-pretty idea. 239 00:13:51,730 --> 00:13:54,597 I tied some sash weights on the canvas 240 00:13:54,733 --> 00:13:56,826 and I dropped the body in the lake. 241 00:13:58,270 --> 00:14:01,000 Then I drove back here in his car. 242 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:04,337 [knock at door] 243 00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:05,704 Who is it? 244 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:08,973 [Man's voice] Room service for your breakfast things, Mr. Demming. 245 00:14:09,114 --> 00:14:10,706 Just a minute. 246 00:14:13,552 --> 00:14:16,180 - Let him in. - Nick, you signed Ernest's name. 247 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:18,187 Naturally. 248 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:30,330 It's over there. 249 00:14:34,273 --> 00:14:36,969 - Oh, here's the check. - Thank you, ma'am. 250 00:14:42,915 --> 00:14:45,281 Nick? Why Ernest's name? 251 00:14:45,417 --> 00:14:47,408 Well, that's my 4:00 idea. 252 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:51,011 If Mr. Gage dies today, and I can keep Ernest alive until after that, 253 00:14:51,156 --> 00:14:54,785 - Claudia will still inherit. - Alive? How could you keep him alive? 254 00:14:54,927 --> 00:14:57,987 You know, Joaney-- fake telephone calls, room-service orders, 255 00:14:58,130 --> 00:15:00,121 signatures on food-and-drink checks, 256 00:15:00,266 --> 00:15:02,496 you asking for him at the desk-- a dozen ways. 257 00:15:02,635 --> 00:15:05,263 But the people he told Claudia that he was staying in town to meet? 258 00:15:05,404 --> 00:15:07,429 What about them? 259 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:09,097 Here are the people. 260 00:15:09,241 --> 00:15:11,505 I thought so. 261 00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:13,703 All right, Nick. Now... 262 00:15:13,846 --> 00:15:17,407 if Mr. Gage should-- well, if he should die today, 263 00:15:17,549 --> 00:15:20,347 how are you going to make it seem that Ernest died afterwards? 264 00:15:20,486 --> 00:15:24,479 That's the crux of my idea. It's foolproof... 265 00:15:24,623 --> 00:15:25,749 I think. 266 00:15:25,891 --> 00:15:28,826 [phone ringing] 267 00:15:28,961 --> 00:15:31,395 - You'd better answer. - What'll I say? 268 00:15:31,530 --> 00:15:33,589 Joaney, that depends on whether you're with me or not. 269 00:15:33,732 --> 00:15:35,791 Now so far you're in the clear. The blame's all mine. 270 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:37,960 One word and I'm done for. But remember, 271 00:15:38,103 --> 00:15:42,369 so are Claudia and Timmy and the foundation. 272 00:15:46,545 --> 00:15:48,240 Hello? 273 00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:50,746 I just got here, Claudia. 274 00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:52,942 Ernest? 275 00:15:53,085 --> 00:15:57,886 Why-- why, he went out with some people. 276 00:15:58,023 --> 00:16:01,186 He didn't say when he'd be back. 277 00:16:02,194 --> 00:16:04,219 Do you want me to take a message? 278 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:09,764 When did you first discover he was missing, Mr. Gage? 279 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:12,427 Early this morning. I suppose I should have called you then, 280 00:16:12,571 --> 00:16:15,199 but I thought someone in the house might have an explanation. 281 00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:19,710 How much would you say the missing-- what'd you say it was? 282 00:16:19,845 --> 00:16:22,609 A samurai warrior-- samurai being the Japanese term 283 00:16:22,748 --> 00:16:24,477 for a certain class of nobles. 284 00:16:24,616 --> 00:16:27,050 And if you were going to ask me what the departed warrior's worth, 285 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:29,313 Mrs. Demming can tell you better than I. 286 00:16:29,455 --> 00:16:31,548 Claudia, this is Detective Boykins. 287 00:16:31,690 --> 00:16:35,456 How do you do? As for the samurai's worth, all I can tell you 288 00:16:35,594 --> 00:16:39,086 is that Mr. Carleton Gage was once offered $8,000 for the pair. 289 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:44,727 Have you any idea as to the how or why of this, Mrs. Demming? 290 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:48,306 No. It seems both mysterious and senseless to me. 291 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,102 Senseless or not, I'd better try to earn my pay. 292 00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:54,178 Mr. Gage, you say the servants are quartered in back? 293 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:56,144 Thank you. I'll find my way out. 294 00:16:57,616 --> 00:17:01,575 And what's the latest bulletin on my esteemed uncle? 295 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,187 There's still no change. 296 00:17:03,322 --> 00:17:05,256 And still no new will in your favor. 297 00:17:05,391 --> 00:17:07,985 Odds are there won't be, but if it does happen, 298 00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:10,823 I'm sure you and I can work things out all right. 299 00:17:14,566 --> 00:17:17,228 Through an agreement like the one Ernest made with you-- 300 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:20,031 to divide the estate, no matter who inherits? 301 00:17:20,172 --> 00:17:23,005 - No, thank you. - Where did you hear about Ernest and me? 302 00:17:23,142 --> 00:17:25,303 I just put some things together. 303 00:17:28,914 --> 00:17:31,610 There's really no use in your waiting, Mr. Gage. 304 00:17:31,750 --> 00:17:33,684 Ernest said if he wasn't back by 5:00, 305 00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:36,014 he's not going to come back until after dinner. 306 00:17:36,155 --> 00:17:38,453 Back from where, Miss Proctor? 307 00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:39,955 Where? 308 00:17:40,092 --> 00:17:43,687 Well, um, I really don't know where he is. 309 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:46,627 Don't know or won't say? 310 00:17:46,765 --> 00:17:49,598 Only four wives, not five as your boyfriend says, 311 00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:53,569 but enough to have taught me to know when a woman is trying to conceal something. 312 00:17:53,705 --> 00:17:56,674 Has something happened to Ernest? 313 00:17:56,809 --> 00:17:59,607 What makes you think anything's happened to him? 314 00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:02,373 Either that or he's deliberately trying to avoid me. 315 00:18:02,514 --> 00:18:04,277 And he has no reason to do that. 316 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:07,180 He wouldn't avoid you, Mr. Gage. 317 00:18:07,319 --> 00:18:09,253 He-- he just-- 318 00:18:09,388 --> 00:18:12,084 He just doesn't know you're looking for him, that's all. 319 00:18:12,224 --> 00:18:16,388 A small voice in here tells me that the lady doth protest too much, 320 00:18:16,528 --> 00:18:20,726 but I'll ignore it provided you see that Ernest gets in touch with me. 321 00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:22,629 I will. 322 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:27,728 "Something fishy here," the small voice mutters-- "something odd." 323 00:18:28,974 --> 00:18:31,067 - Mr. Gage? - Hmm? 324 00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:34,407 - That's the door out. - Oh, yes yes, so it is. yes. 325 00:18:34,546 --> 00:18:37,014 Always had a poor sense of direction. 326 00:18:37,149 --> 00:18:39,777 A poor sense of direction, Miss Proctor, 327 00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:43,115 but a keen sense of smell. 328 00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:53,191 - Shh. - Nick, I can't go on with this. 329 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:55,129 I can't. 330 00:18:55,267 --> 00:18:57,462 I'm scared. 331 00:18:57,603 --> 00:19:00,265 I'm beginning to feel like a criminal. I can't. 332 00:19:00,405 --> 00:19:03,499 Oh, I know, I know, honey. 333 00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:06,270 I thought if we could just hold out a little while longer... 334 00:19:06,411 --> 00:19:11,314 But it's going on! It goes on and on. 335 00:19:11,450 --> 00:19:13,611 Nick, what if the police... 336 00:19:13,752 --> 00:19:16,346 [phone ringing] 337 00:19:32,771 --> 00:19:34,830 Hello? 338 00:19:37,743 --> 00:19:39,210 Yes, Claudia. 339 00:19:41,847 --> 00:19:44,008 When did it happen? 340 00:19:45,784 --> 00:19:47,877 I see. 341 00:19:49,154 --> 00:19:53,454 Yes, we'll be out there as soon as we can. 342 00:19:58,630 --> 00:20:02,066 Mr. Gage just died... 343 00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:05,568 without ever regaining consciousness. 344 00:20:20,385 --> 00:20:23,548 Very sorry, miss, but place is closed. 345 00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,418 I need some help. It's my brother-in-law. 346 00:20:25,557 --> 00:20:29,357 He just slumped over a minute ago. I think it's his heart. 347 00:20:29,494 --> 00:20:30,893 You wish a doctor? 348 00:20:31,029 --> 00:20:34,192 Could you get me some water first? I'm gonna try and get his medicine down him. 349 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:35,561 Hurry, please. 350 00:20:37,336 --> 00:20:38,735 Do you have a phone here? 351 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:40,303 No-- no telephone. 352 00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:43,637 Look, miss-- look. 353 00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:49,237 No... Ernest! 354 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:16,268 Inheriting at 5:20 and dying at 7:15. 355 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:19,707 Ernest Demming had probably the shortest career of any millionaire in history. 356 00:21:19,845 --> 00:21:22,643 The one I feel sorry for is Joane Proctor, 357 00:21:22,781 --> 00:21:27,047 having to stand there helplessly and watch her brother-in-law go over the cliff. 358 00:21:27,185 --> 00:21:29,346 Have they recovered his body yet? 359 00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:31,854 Not according to this paper. 360 00:21:32,991 --> 00:21:37,155 Paul, that samurai armor I told you about-- 361 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,890 the armor that was missing from the Gage house? 362 00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:42,330 I checked with the police. They haven't found a thing yet. 363 00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:45,197 Perry, why are you so interested in the samurai? 364 00:21:45,337 --> 00:21:48,829 It seems such a curious thing to steal-- 365 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:50,874 a pointless kind of theft-- 366 00:21:51,009 --> 00:21:54,410 and happening while there was this trouble with the will. 367 00:21:54,546 --> 00:21:57,481 Well, maybe it's none of my business, 368 00:21:57,616 --> 00:22:01,575 especially since everything appears to have worked out according to Mr. Gage's wishes. 369 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,348 - [phone buzzes] - Yes, Gertie? 370 00:22:04,489 --> 00:22:06,218 Joane Proctor? 371 00:22:06,358 --> 00:22:08,053 She here? 372 00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:10,184 Have her come in, please. 373 00:22:16,468 --> 00:22:18,493 Miss Proctor. 374 00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:24,509 - Mr. Mason, I need your help. - Help? Why, Joane? 375 00:22:24,643 --> 00:22:27,874 It's the police-- the way they've been questioning me 376 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:30,982 as if they thought that I was responsible for Ernest's death. 377 00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:35,109 Now sit down. Sit down. Relax. 378 00:22:35,253 --> 00:22:38,586 I'm sorry. It's just that I'm so tired. 379 00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:43,851 All right, suppose you tell us what you told the police. 380 00:22:43,995 --> 00:22:46,623 This is Mr. Paul Drake. He's associated with us. 381 00:22:46,765 --> 00:22:48,289 Miss Proctor. 382 00:22:48,433 --> 00:22:50,799 Well, to start at the beginning, 383 00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:53,166 Nick and I were in Ernest's bungalow 384 00:22:53,305 --> 00:22:57,435 when Claudia called and told us about Mr. Gage. 385 00:22:57,576 --> 00:22:59,066 Was Ernest there? 386 00:22:59,211 --> 00:23:02,738 No. But he arrived later, 387 00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:05,315 about 6:30. 388 00:23:05,450 --> 00:23:07,213 We told him about Mr. Gage 389 00:23:07,352 --> 00:23:10,879 and then we all started out for Palos Verdes. 390 00:23:11,022 --> 00:23:13,490 The papers say you and Ernest were alone in the car. 391 00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:15,718 We were. 392 00:23:17,262 --> 00:23:19,355 Ernest didn't feel well. 393 00:23:19,498 --> 00:23:23,525 He was dizzy and short of breath, so I said I'd drive for him. 394 00:23:23,668 --> 00:23:26,068 Where was Nicholas Blake? 395 00:23:26,204 --> 00:23:29,367 He had a very important stop to make 396 00:23:29,508 --> 00:23:32,306 at the Gage Foundation home in Santa Monica, 397 00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:35,470 so I let him have my convertible. 398 00:23:35,614 --> 00:23:39,209 I see. And then? 399 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:42,548 It happened... 400 00:23:42,687 --> 00:23:46,521 just after we turned off 101 onto the ocean road 401 00:23:46,658 --> 00:23:49,627 to the Gage estate. 402 00:23:49,761 --> 00:23:52,787 Suddenly Ernest moaned and said, 403 00:23:52,931 --> 00:23:54,796 "Joaney, my heart"... 404 00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:58,767 and toppled over. 405 00:23:58,904 --> 00:24:01,964 I swung off the road to a vegetable stand. 406 00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:03,597 There was a man there. 407 00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:07,803 He was closing up for the night and I asked him for some water 408 00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:11,677 so I could give Ernest one of his heart pills. 409 00:24:11,817 --> 00:24:14,081 Then I followed the man to the stand, 410 00:24:14,219 --> 00:24:17,552 thinking if he had a telephone, 411 00:24:17,689 --> 00:24:19,384 one of us could call a doctor. 412 00:24:20,926 --> 00:24:25,124 He saw it first-- the car. 413 00:24:25,263 --> 00:24:30,257 It was rolling down the hill towards the ocean. 414 00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:33,662 And it went over the cliff. 415 00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:35,102 Had you set the brake? 416 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:39,472 Yes, I did put it on before I followed the man to the stand. 417 00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:41,977 Did this man see you do that? 418 00:24:42,113 --> 00:24:45,344 I'm not sure. 419 00:24:47,152 --> 00:24:50,883 That's the part the police kept going over and over. 420 00:24:51,022 --> 00:24:53,513 Well, even if in your excitement 421 00:24:53,658 --> 00:24:56,957 you didn't set the brake properly, his death was still an accident. 422 00:25:00,932 --> 00:25:04,390 Then I don't have anything to worry about, do I? 423 00:25:04,536 --> 00:25:07,767 Not as long as you're telling the truth. 424 00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:11,239 I am. 425 00:25:11,376 --> 00:25:15,870 Joane, if the police become too bothersome, just call me. 426 00:25:16,014 --> 00:25:17,811 I will. 427 00:25:17,949 --> 00:25:20,076 And thank you. 428 00:25:20,218 --> 00:25:23,449 - Thank you. Goodbye. - Goodbye. 429 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:33,596 Paul, would you like to go surf fishing? 430 00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:35,222 Surf fishing? 431 00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:38,200 In back of a vegetable stand 432 00:25:38,336 --> 00:25:42,295 run by... Ito Kumagi. 433 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,408 You don't think she was telling the truth? 434 00:25:44,543 --> 00:25:47,171 Let's just say I'd like to know what the police are doing 435 00:25:47,312 --> 00:25:51,009 and Mr. Kumagi's answer to one question. 436 00:25:51,149 --> 00:25:53,982 - About the hand brake? - About a some armor-- 437 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,781 samurai armor. 438 00:26:03,495 --> 00:26:05,326 Nick. 439 00:26:05,463 --> 00:26:08,523 I was beginning to wonder if we'd got our signals crossed. Honey, sit down. 440 00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:10,999 - Do you want a drink? - No, thank you. 441 00:26:11,136 --> 00:26:14,333 - Nick, your hand. - It's just a couple of bruised knuckles. 442 00:26:14,472 --> 00:26:16,872 - Getting out of the car? - Yeah, what a scramble that was. 443 00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:20,102 I had to wait until it was in those bushes and by then it was really rolling 444 00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:22,042 and only about 50 feet from the cliff. 445 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:26,913 Oh, Nick, I thought you'd gone over with it too. 446 00:26:27,052 --> 00:26:29,885 I died a thousand deaths until you called. 447 00:26:30,021 --> 00:26:32,251 Everybody thought it was because of Ernest. 448 00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:34,790 So much the better. How'd it go with Perry Mason? 449 00:26:34,926 --> 00:26:36,917 All right, I guess. 450 00:26:37,062 --> 00:26:40,657 He bought your story? And didn't find any holes in it? 451 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:42,892 Oh, that's a relief. 452 00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:46,936 Joaney, I know it hasn't been easy for you bearing the brunt of all this, but it's over. 453 00:26:47,072 --> 00:26:49,131 The happy ending Mr. Gage wanted-- 454 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,765 the foundation safe, Claudia inheriting. 455 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:53,275 I hope you're right. 456 00:26:53,411 --> 00:26:56,209 I am, darling. You'll see. 457 00:26:56,348 --> 00:26:58,714 Nick, what do we do now? 458 00:26:58,850 --> 00:27:02,650 Do? Why, nothing. That's the beauty of this. 459 00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:04,812 There's nothing more to be done. It's done. 460 00:27:17,402 --> 00:27:20,235 A samurai warrior? You must be joking. 461 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:23,068 They no longer exist, even in Japan. 462 00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:25,972 I was referring to a dummy samurai, Mr. Kumagi. 463 00:27:26,111 --> 00:27:28,477 - A dummy? - You know, the kind they have in museums. 464 00:27:28,613 --> 00:27:31,411 Now could the bent-over passenger in the car have possibly been such a figure? 465 00:27:32,717 --> 00:27:34,776 Samurai little person like me. 466 00:27:34,919 --> 00:27:38,218 This man very large person, like you. 467 00:27:38,356 --> 00:27:41,792 Well, so much for the great samurai theory. 468 00:27:41,926 --> 00:27:43,257 Oh, one more thing-- 469 00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:46,523 Did you notice whether or not the girl set the emergency brake in the car? 470 00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:48,496 Police ask that too. 471 00:27:48,633 --> 00:27:52,330 Yes, I saw her reach in, pull on 472 00:27:52,470 --> 00:27:54,995 before she came away from car. 473 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:58,598 Maybe not pull quite hard enough. 474 00:27:58,743 --> 00:28:02,941 Yeah, maybe. Well, thanks very much. 475 00:28:12,824 --> 00:28:16,385 Well well, the top brass of the police department on an outing. 476 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:18,018 Lieutenant Tragg, Lieutenant Anderson. 477 00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:19,221 Well, Paul, hello. 478 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:22,060 Business or a seaside stroll? 479 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,168 Business, I guess. 480 00:28:24,302 --> 00:28:25,894 Perry Mason business? 481 00:28:26,037 --> 00:28:29,495 Lieutenant, just because I do an occasional job for Perry 482 00:28:29,641 --> 00:28:31,006 doesn't mean he's my only client. 483 00:28:31,142 --> 00:28:35,044 About 50 to 1 he is, I'll bet, when there's a possibility of murder involved. 484 00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:36,704 Murder. Here? 485 00:28:36,848 --> 00:28:39,408 Any luck, Jenkins? 486 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:44,147 No. I increased the search pattern to at least 100 feet out-- nothing. 487 00:28:44,289 --> 00:28:46,814 You haven't found Demming yet? 488 00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:49,688 - No, and we're not likely to. - How come? 489 00:28:49,828 --> 00:28:53,093 One of the car doors was open and we figure the body's been washed out to sea. 490 00:28:53,231 --> 00:28:55,028 Here, Lieutenant, last time down 491 00:28:55,166 --> 00:28:59,000 I found this wedged in the seat on the passenger's side. 492 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:01,264 Thank you. 493 00:29:07,011 --> 00:29:09,571 "Gerber's Pharmacy, Palos Verdes. 494 00:29:09,714 --> 00:29:12,046 Dr. Guy Omstead. 495 00:29:12,183 --> 00:29:16,085 One or two when indicated. For: E. Demming." 496 00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:20,089 Most likely the heart pills Miss Proctor told us about. 497 00:29:20,225 --> 00:29:22,420 You'd better put it with the other things. 498 00:29:25,730 --> 00:29:27,698 What's all this? 499 00:29:27,832 --> 00:29:29,925 What the divers have brought up so far. 500 00:29:30,068 --> 00:29:33,128 Hat with Demming's name in it, 501 00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:35,967 briefcase with his initials on it, 502 00:29:36,107 --> 00:29:38,439 and what's probably one of his shoes. 503 00:29:38,576 --> 00:29:41,409 Andy, I don't see anything here that smells of murder. 504 00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:43,275 Well, it's not what's here. 505 00:29:43,414 --> 00:29:46,315 It's something the diver discovered when he first swam into the car. 506 00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:48,248 Oh? What was that? 507 00:29:48,386 --> 00:29:52,049 The emergency brake wasn't on as Miss Proctor said it was, 508 00:29:52,190 --> 00:29:54,624 and the car was in gear as Miss Proctor said it wasn't. 509 00:29:54,759 --> 00:29:59,628 Which makes us wonder a little, Paul, about her story. 510 00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:04,568 Quite frankly, I can't tell you anything about this bottle. 511 00:30:04,702 --> 00:30:07,762 It was supplied by the druggist, as were the tablets. 512 00:30:07,906 --> 00:30:09,806 But this is your prescription, Dr. Omstead. 513 00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:12,000 It would appear so from the label. 514 00:30:12,143 --> 00:30:15,169 "One or two when indicated." 515 00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:17,213 What does indicated mean, Doctor? 516 00:30:17,348 --> 00:30:21,478 You'd know, Lieutenant, if you had angina pectoris. 517 00:30:22,921 --> 00:30:23,853 Excuse me. 518 00:30:23,988 --> 00:30:26,183 I'm sorry, Guy. I didn't know you were with a patient. 519 00:30:26,324 --> 00:30:28,315 Well, hardly a patient, Olive. 520 00:30:28,459 --> 00:30:32,190 This is Lieutenant Anderson from Homicide; my wife. 521 00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:36,357 The Lieutenant's been asking some questions about Ernest. 522 00:30:37,635 --> 00:30:39,865 Ernest? 523 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:42,598 Then his-- his death wasn't wasn't accidental? 524 00:30:42,740 --> 00:30:45,709 Let's just say there are some things we're curious about. 525 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:49,041 One, Doctor, is would Ernest Demming's collapse in the car 526 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:51,671 be the more or less the natural result of a heart attack? 527 00:30:51,816 --> 00:30:53,545 Of a very severe one, yes. 528 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:57,712 I see. Now Doctor, these tablets... 529 00:30:57,856 --> 00:30:59,517 nitroglycerin? 530 00:30:59,657 --> 00:31:03,093 No. In Mr. Demming's case nitroglycerin proved ineffective, 531 00:31:03,228 --> 00:31:04,252 so I prescribed Demerol. 532 00:31:04,395 --> 00:31:07,796 By the way, have you checked those with the druggist? 533 00:31:07,932 --> 00:31:08,990 Why do you ask that? 534 00:31:09,133 --> 00:31:12,034 They don't look quite like the ones Ernest was taking. 535 00:31:12,170 --> 00:31:13,831 They aren't. 536 00:31:13,972 --> 00:31:17,430 In what way are they different, Lieutenant? 537 00:31:17,575 --> 00:31:21,409 Our crime lab is trying to answer that now, Mrs. Omstead. 538 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:23,639 One final thing, Doctor-- 539 00:31:23,781 --> 00:31:26,079 Who did you give this prescription to? 540 00:31:26,217 --> 00:31:28,185 To Ernest Demming, of course. Why? 541 00:31:28,319 --> 00:31:32,380 It was presented at the drug store by a woman. 542 00:31:38,129 --> 00:31:40,097 Whoa! 543 00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:42,426 Grubby little creatures. 544 00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:45,058 Didn't you ever go on a picnic when you were a little boy, Mr. Gage? 545 00:31:45,203 --> 00:31:48,070 Yes. Usually in the Palm Room at the Waldorf Astoria. 546 00:31:48,206 --> 00:31:50,538 - Could I have a word with you? - Certainly. 547 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:58,408 I could have gone to Claudia about this, 548 00:31:58,549 --> 00:32:02,007 but-- except that she in turn might have gone to the police. 549 00:32:02,153 --> 00:32:03,677 The police? 550 00:32:03,821 --> 00:32:07,848 Yes, because I'm embarking, you might say, on a kind of second-hand blackmail. 551 00:32:07,992 --> 00:32:10,790 You see, I saw you and young Mr. Blake 552 00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:13,090 leaving the hotel yesterday evening. 553 00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:15,791 And without Ernest, not with him as you told the police. 554 00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:20,234 But he-- well, he was with us. 555 00:32:20,371 --> 00:32:21,963 Your car was in front. 556 00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:25,974 Demming's car was parked in the rear of Ernest's bungalow. 557 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:28,340 A simple matter to whisk his body out, 558 00:32:28,479 --> 00:32:31,209 place it on the floorboards without anyone seeing. 559 00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:34,614 Mr. Gage, are you intimating-- 560 00:32:34,752 --> 00:32:37,585 I haven't quite finished yet. 561 00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:41,590 Then you drove off in Ernest's car and young Blake in your car. 562 00:32:41,726 --> 00:32:44,957 And at some secluded place near Mr. Kumagi's vegetable stand, 563 00:32:45,096 --> 00:32:48,065 you met, you moved the body into the front seat, 564 00:32:48,199 --> 00:32:50,531 and you staged your accident. 565 00:32:50,668 --> 00:32:54,866 Now whether you did or did not kill Ernest is of little interest to me. 566 00:32:55,006 --> 00:32:57,167 But what is of interest 567 00:32:57,308 --> 00:33:01,074 is that he either died or was killed before Carleton Gage died 568 00:33:01,212 --> 00:33:02,474 and so could not inherit. 569 00:33:02,613 --> 00:33:06,606 Now my terms, to be relayed to Claudia-- 570 00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:08,946 a life annuity of $100,00 a year, 571 00:33:09,087 --> 00:33:13,717 to be paid in Switzerland, or her sister goes to prison. 572 00:33:13,858 --> 00:33:15,723 No! 573 00:33:15,860 --> 00:33:19,660 - How nice to see you, Mr. Mason. - Mr. Gage, Joane. 574 00:33:19,797 --> 00:33:22,027 - Were you looking for me? - And Miss Proctor. 575 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:26,466 Oh, well then I'll go up to the house if I can get through all the bedlam out here. 576 00:33:26,604 --> 00:33:28,663 Will I see you later? 577 00:33:28,806 --> 00:33:30,330 Yes. 578 00:33:33,077 --> 00:33:35,671 Joane, some things have come up that make it essential 579 00:33:35,813 --> 00:33:37,974 I get completely truthful answers from you. 580 00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:42,109 First, did you or did you not put on that emergency brake? 581 00:33:42,253 --> 00:33:43,845 I did put it on, Mr. Mason. 582 00:33:43,988 --> 00:33:48,220 - At the same time leaving the car in gear? - No, I didn't leave it in gear. 583 00:33:48,359 --> 00:33:50,987 - Then how did it get in gear? - I don't know. 584 00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:53,290 Joane, did you kill Ernest Demming? 585 00:33:53,431 --> 00:33:56,764 That's exactly the question I was going to ask the young lady, Mr. Mason. 586 00:33:56,901 --> 00:33:58,869 Well, Miss Proctor, did you? 587 00:33:59,003 --> 00:34:01,699 Don't answer that, Joane, until we've talked further. 588 00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:06,037 But I must. I've got to answer it right now. 589 00:34:06,177 --> 00:34:08,771 I didn't kill Ernest. I didn't! 590 00:34:08,913 --> 00:34:10,813 Well, that's odd, Miss Proctor, 591 00:34:10,948 --> 00:34:13,212 because I have a first-degree-murder warrant 592 00:34:13,351 --> 00:34:15,683 charging that you did kill him. 593 00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:18,750 I didn't. 594 00:34:40,645 --> 00:34:42,613 Joane, this is far enough. 595 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:45,580 I'm going to confess everything and have them take the body out of the lake. 596 00:34:45,716 --> 00:34:47,980 No, Nick. 597 00:34:48,119 --> 00:34:50,849 We can confess later if we have to. 598 00:34:50,988 --> 00:34:52,785 And maybe we won't. 599 00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:55,518 Mr. Mason say that he doubts if they have enough 600 00:34:55,660 --> 00:34:59,596 to bind me over for trial without the body. 601 00:34:59,730 --> 00:35:02,961 So wait, Nick. 602 00:35:05,870 --> 00:35:10,671 Joane, the state is subpoenaing some of the hotel employees as witnesses. 603 00:35:10,808 --> 00:35:13,402 Now did something happen there that might have a bearing on all this? 604 00:35:13,544 --> 00:35:15,774 At the hotel? 605 00:35:15,913 --> 00:35:18,438 - What could have happened there? - I'm asking you. 606 00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:20,710 Well, nothing happened-- nothing. 607 00:35:23,321 --> 00:35:27,724 Superficially, You Honor, this might seem like a spur-of-the-moment crime, 608 00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:31,727 like a woman's sudden impulse to get rid of her stricken 609 00:35:31,863 --> 00:35:35,424 and unconscious brother-in-law in order to save her sister 610 00:35:35,566 --> 00:35:38,034 from the pain of being deserted for another woman 611 00:35:38,169 --> 00:35:42,003 and to insure her sister's monetary well being. 612 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:44,938 But the State will go deeper than that. 613 00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:47,840 The state intends to prove that the crime of murder 614 00:35:47,979 --> 00:35:49,469 had already been committed 615 00:35:49,614 --> 00:35:53,778 before that car was allowed deliberately to plunge into the Pacific 616 00:35:53,918 --> 00:35:56,614 and that this crime was the culmination 617 00:35:56,754 --> 00:36:00,451 of a cold-blooded, shrewdly-calculated murder plot 618 00:36:00,591 --> 00:36:04,550 on the part of the defendant Joane Proctor. 619 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:09,666 You say your late husband never threatened to leave you, Mrs. Demming? 620 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,995 No, he didn't. 621 00:36:12,136 --> 00:36:15,731 Didn't he say to you, and I quote, 622 00:36:15,873 --> 00:36:18,501 "If it weren't for what old man Gage might do to that will of his, 623 00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:22,079 - I'd leave you like a shot?" - He said that, but he didn't mean it. 624 00:36:22,213 --> 00:36:24,374 If he didn't mean it, why did you tell your sister about it? 625 00:36:24,515 --> 00:36:27,882 I didn't. 626 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:30,385 I didn't tell her. 627 00:36:31,822 --> 00:36:35,849 They were talking at the foot of the stairs by those spooky Japanese figures. 628 00:36:35,993 --> 00:36:36,982 And you heard? 629 00:36:37,128 --> 00:36:42,031 Mrs. Demming tell her sister that Ernest-- I mean Mr. Demming-- 630 00:36:42,166 --> 00:36:43,861 was in love with another woman. 631 00:36:44,001 --> 00:36:46,595 Did she say who this other woman was? 632 00:36:46,737 --> 00:36:48,295 She said she didn't know, 633 00:36:48,439 --> 00:36:52,569 but all that kept Mr. Demming from leaving her was Mr. Gage being alive. 634 00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:56,373 Did she say anything about what might happen after Mr. Gage died? 635 00:36:56,514 --> 00:37:00,211 She said she felt certain Mr. Demming, having inherited, 636 00:37:00,351 --> 00:37:01,682 would leave her then. 637 00:37:01,819 --> 00:37:04,947 And did the defendant make any comment in regard to this? 638 00:37:05,089 --> 00:37:09,423 She said that if Mr. Demming left her sister after all their years together, 639 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,120 he deserved to be electrocuted. 640 00:37:13,130 --> 00:37:15,360 You may cross examine, Mr. Mason. 641 00:37:20,705 --> 00:37:24,402 Do you hear this, Miss King? 642 00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:26,442 No, I don't. Why? 643 00:37:26,577 --> 00:37:30,604 You have the most remarkable pair of ears I've encountered in a long time, 644 00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:32,545 with the ability to hear a private conversation 645 00:37:32,683 --> 00:37:34,048 between Mrs. Demming and her husband, 646 00:37:34,185 --> 00:37:36,210 and then one between Mrs. Demming and her sister. 647 00:37:36,354 --> 00:37:39,687 No doubt you also heard of the woman with whom Ernest Demming was infatuated? 648 00:37:39,824 --> 00:37:40,950 Why, I didn't. 649 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:43,083 Wasn't that because you were that woman, Miss King? 650 00:37:43,227 --> 00:37:45,821 Before you answer, I should warn you that a number of canceled checks 651 00:37:45,963 --> 00:37:47,794 made out to you were found among his effects. 652 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:50,833 That was for keeping him up on what went on at the house. 653 00:37:50,968 --> 00:37:54,335 Then you informed him of Mr. Gage's decision to change his will? 654 00:37:54,472 --> 00:37:58,431 Yes, but I never got the money for that. Before he could pay me... 655 00:37:58,576 --> 00:38:00,635 she killed him. 656 00:38:01,779 --> 00:38:05,271 [Mason] Mr. Kumagi, I'd like to return to a part of your testimony 657 00:38:05,416 --> 00:38:07,509 only sketchily touched upon by the state. 658 00:38:07,652 --> 00:38:11,281 Now what were Miss Proctor's exact movements 659 00:38:11,422 --> 00:38:13,049 in connection with the emergency brake? 660 00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:16,318 Well, after she get out, 661 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:19,486 she reach in car through open door 662 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:21,996 and pull it on, like so. 663 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:24,294 You actually saw her do this? 664 00:38:24,435 --> 00:38:25,800 Yes, sir. 665 00:38:25,936 --> 00:38:27,995 Thank you, Mr. Kumagi. 666 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,936 What is your official title, sir, 667 00:38:30,074 --> 00:38:33,373 at the San Fernando plant where this car in question was assembled? 668 00:38:33,511 --> 00:38:34,705 Chief engineer. 669 00:38:34,845 --> 00:38:38,406 And as chief engineer, can you tell us if there were any changes made 670 00:38:38,549 --> 00:38:42,383 in the emergency braking system the year the car was made? 671 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,511 Yes, there was one change 672 00:38:44,655 --> 00:38:46,816 which we've incorporated in this year's model too. 673 00:38:46,957 --> 00:38:49,653 - I'll show you, if I may. - Would you, please? 674 00:38:49,794 --> 00:38:52,422 We'll have to imagine that the engine is running, 675 00:38:52,563 --> 00:38:55,760 - because it only happens then. - What only happens then? 676 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:58,232 When the car is in gear, any gear, 677 00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:01,338 the emergency brake automatically comes off. 678 00:39:03,874 --> 00:39:05,136 [Burger] I see. 679 00:39:05,276 --> 00:39:07,744 Then it would be possible for the defendant, 680 00:39:07,878 --> 00:39:10,176 having bent over and pulled on the emergency brake, 681 00:39:10,314 --> 00:39:12,407 to straighten up and still release it? 682 00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:16,213 Yes, by simply brushing against the gear lever hard enough 683 00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:18,686 to put the car in gear. 684 00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:21,558 Thank you, sir. 685 00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:24,718 You say those tablets are not the ones that you put in this bottle 686 00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:27,422 when filling Dr. Omstead's prescription for the deceased? 687 00:39:27,565 --> 00:39:32,434 No. They're smaller and gray-white rather than cream-white. 688 00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:34,470 Would you please look around this courtroom, sir, 689 00:39:34,605 --> 00:39:38,234 and tell us if you see the person who actually picked up this prescription? 690 00:39:40,878 --> 00:39:43,847 Yes, that's her-- the young lady over there-- 691 00:39:43,981 --> 00:39:45,812 the defendant. 692 00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:49,351 I'd completely forgotten. 693 00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:51,921 He needed his prescription refilled one day 694 00:39:52,056 --> 00:39:55,719 and I-- I took it to the druggist for him. 695 00:39:55,860 --> 00:40:00,593 What did your chemical analysis of these tablets in the police laboratory reveal? 696 00:40:00,731 --> 00:40:03,256 Each of the five tablets we examined contained-- 697 00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:06,199 - Demerol? - No. Benzedrine. 698 00:40:07,638 --> 00:40:11,039 No, Mr. Burger, I certainly did not prescribe Benzedrine. 699 00:40:11,175 --> 00:40:13,143 That's a rather dangerous stimulant. 700 00:40:13,277 --> 00:40:16,713 Taken in conjunction with a severe or even mild heart attack, 701 00:40:16,847 --> 00:40:18,974 it would have a most deleterious effect. 702 00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:22,347 Would it react like cyanide on a normal heart? 703 00:40:22,486 --> 00:40:25,922 Not as drastic as that, but in a way, yes. 704 00:40:26,991 --> 00:40:29,152 Now let me show you these Demerol tablets 705 00:40:29,293 --> 00:40:31,454 which have just been entered in evidence and identified 706 00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:34,962 as being identical to those made up for Mr. Ernest Demming. 707 00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:36,225 Do you recognize those? 708 00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:40,667 Yes, sir. They look like the ones I found stuck down in the couch 709 00:40:40,805 --> 00:40:42,773 in Mr. Demming's bungalow 710 00:40:42,907 --> 00:40:44,704 when I cleaned it the morning after his death. 711 00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:47,675 Well, did you see anyone in the bungalow the day before? 712 00:40:47,812 --> 00:40:50,838 Anyone besides Mr. Demming, that is? 713 00:40:50,981 --> 00:40:53,108 Yes, sir. Her. 714 00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:57,880 I saw her go in that day shortly before noon. 715 00:40:58,889 --> 00:41:03,690 With Carleton Gage dead, Demming would obviously have left his $40-a-day bungalow 716 00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:07,195 and return to Palos Verdes. Now why didn't Demming check out? 717 00:41:07,331 --> 00:41:08,525 I don't understand. 718 00:41:08,666 --> 00:41:10,827 Oh, I think you do, Nicholas. 719 00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:13,163 I think you know that the reason he didn't check out 720 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:14,703 was because he wasn't really there. 721 00:41:14,839 --> 00:41:17,239 Mr. Mason, what are you talking about? 722 00:41:17,374 --> 00:41:18,432 Paul? 723 00:41:18,576 --> 00:41:22,205 No one at the hotel actually saw Ernest Demming that day. 724 00:41:22,346 --> 00:41:24,405 There was someone on the phone saying he was Ernest Demming, 725 00:41:24,548 --> 00:41:26,880 someone telling people calling him that Demming had gone out 726 00:41:27,017 --> 00:41:28,314 and was expected back soon; 727 00:41:28,452 --> 00:41:32,479 and someone forging Ernest Demming's name to food-and-drink checks. 728 00:41:32,623 --> 00:41:35,956 Nicholas, what were you and Joane trying to cover up? 729 00:41:36,093 --> 00:41:40,189 Demming's prior death in order to protect Claudia and the foundation? 730 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:42,526 You know, we can get a handwriting expert 731 00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:45,430 to prove you were the one who forged those room-service checks. 732 00:41:45,569 --> 00:41:49,096 There was no forgery, Mr. Mason. 733 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:51,868 I-- I just wrote his name, 734 00:41:52,009 --> 00:41:54,500 never thinking anybody'd bother to check. 735 00:41:54,645 --> 00:41:58,046 Joane and I found him here in the library the night before. 736 00:41:58,182 --> 00:42:01,549 It was a heart attack, or so we thought. 737 00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:05,621 And, well... 738 00:42:06,857 --> 00:42:10,088 that's when I had my-- 739 00:42:10,227 --> 00:42:11,785 my brainstorm. 740 00:42:11,929 --> 00:42:13,794 Brainstorm is right. 741 00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:17,094 Although I suspect it's as much yours as his, Perry. 742 00:42:17,234 --> 00:42:21,193 Some new phase of that razzle-dazzle technique of yours? 743 00:42:21,338 --> 00:42:23,932 If you feel that way, Hamilton, why did you bother to come out here? 744 00:42:24,074 --> 00:42:26,907 Oh, I wouldn't have missed this for anything in the world, 745 00:42:27,044 --> 00:42:30,104 even if it did mean getting up at daybreak. 746 00:42:30,247 --> 00:42:31,976 They've stopped. 747 00:42:35,085 --> 00:42:37,019 Of course, they'll never find anything. 748 00:42:37,154 --> 00:42:40,123 I happen to believe the body's out there where he says it is. 749 00:42:40,257 --> 00:42:41,815 [laughs] 750 00:42:41,959 --> 00:42:44,086 You know, in a way I hope you're right. 751 00:42:44,228 --> 00:42:47,322 What I want to hear is you explaining how a dead body 752 00:42:47,464 --> 00:42:51,025 got from inside an automobile 30 feet under the Pacific 753 00:42:51,168 --> 00:42:53,728 into a private lake in Palos Verdes. 754 00:42:53,871 --> 00:42:55,736 Levitation? 755 00:42:55,873 --> 00:42:57,773 Or did the corpse swim, Perry? 756 00:42:58,809 --> 00:43:02,404 Mr. Burger! The body, Mr. Burger-- 757 00:43:02,546 --> 00:43:03,808 the diver's found it. 758 00:43:03,948 --> 00:43:06,576 Well, I'll be. 759 00:43:17,895 --> 00:43:20,887 Wouldn't it be better, Mrs. Demming, if you went up to the house? 760 00:43:21,031 --> 00:43:22,896 No, I want to stay. 761 00:43:23,033 --> 00:43:25,627 Fine. Lieutenant, cut it open. 762 00:43:38,115 --> 00:43:40,606 It's the samurai warrior! 763 00:43:47,858 --> 00:43:51,191 I assure you, Your Honor, the state is in no way responsible 764 00:43:51,328 --> 00:43:53,296 for the lurid stories in the newspapers. 765 00:43:53,430 --> 00:43:54,522 Were you, Mr. Mason? 766 00:43:54,665 --> 00:43:56,826 No, Your Honor. I've talked to no reporters. 767 00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:59,697 In any event, Your Honor, the state is now fully prepared 768 00:43:59,837 --> 00:44:01,862 to prove that Ernest Demming did not die 769 00:44:02,006 --> 00:44:04,998 when the defendant and her young friend claimed he did. 770 00:44:05,142 --> 00:44:07,667 Ernest Demming, as a matter of fact, was alive 771 00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:09,779 and at his hotel all the next day. 772 00:44:09,913 --> 00:44:12,245 And it was that night that he was murdered, 773 00:44:12,383 --> 00:44:15,147 just as the state has contended all along. 774 00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:18,347 Yes, I heard it quite clearly. 775 00:44:18,489 --> 00:44:22,289 She-- Joane-- asked for Ernest Demming. 776 00:44:22,426 --> 00:44:24,656 The hotel desk clerk called him, 777 00:44:24,795 --> 00:44:28,231 then told her Mr. Demming wanted to see her in his bungalow. 778 00:44:28,365 --> 00:44:30,265 What's more, when I spoke to her, 779 00:44:30,401 --> 00:44:32,426 she said that she'd come to town at Ernest's request 780 00:44:32,569 --> 00:44:35,402 to bring some papers to him. 781 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:38,398 I'm absolutely sure. 782 00:44:38,542 --> 00:44:41,978 I saw Ernest Demming coming into the hotel; I talked to him for a while 783 00:44:42,112 --> 00:44:43,602 and then he went on to his bungalow. 784 00:44:43,747 --> 00:44:47,376 And this was on the evening prior to the one in which his car went over the cliff? 785 00:44:47,518 --> 00:44:49,986 Yes, and then a little later that evening, 786 00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:51,747 I saw him drive off in a car with Miss Proctor. 787 00:44:51,889 --> 00:44:54,619 - That's not true! - [Judge taps gavel] 788 00:44:56,226 --> 00:44:58,820 It's all right, Joane. It's all right. 789 00:44:58,962 --> 00:45:01,430 You may cross-examine, counselor. 790 00:45:05,035 --> 00:45:08,129 Mr. Gage, I don't understand this. 791 00:45:08,272 --> 00:45:12,208 Do you realize that by testifying that you saw Ernest Demming alive 792 00:45:12,342 --> 00:45:14,242 after the death of Carleton Gage, 793 00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:18,474 you are destroying any chance of inheriting the Gage estate? 794 00:45:18,615 --> 00:45:20,776 You wouldn't have me lie, would you, Mr. Mason? 795 00:45:20,918 --> 00:45:23,648 No, but I'm quite certain you are doing so. 796 00:45:23,787 --> 00:45:25,311 Excuse me, counselor, for interrupting, 797 00:45:25,456 --> 00:45:27,447 but something's come up that I think you'll want to know. 798 00:45:27,591 --> 00:45:31,083 Your Honor, the police have just reported that the body of Ernest Demming 799 00:45:31,228 --> 00:45:33,492 has been recovered, not from any lake, 800 00:45:33,630 --> 00:45:36,758 but from the Pacific Ocean, at a spot not far 801 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:39,460 from where his car made its supposedly fatal plunge. 802 00:45:39,603 --> 00:45:42,401 I'm sure at this time the defense will be more than willing 803 00:45:42,539 --> 00:45:46,134 to agree to a temporary adjournment while autopsy may be performed on the body. 804 00:45:46,276 --> 00:45:48,141 [Judge] Yes, of course. Mr. Mason? 805 00:45:48,278 --> 00:45:52,647 Your Honor, I'm in the midst of a cross-examination. 806 00:45:52,783 --> 00:45:57,049 And now the body's been found, these questions are more important than ever. 807 00:45:57,187 --> 00:45:59,781 Very well. You may proceed. 808 00:46:02,192 --> 00:46:05,992 Mr. Gage, you had an agreement with Ernest Demming 809 00:46:06,130 --> 00:46:09,065 to divide the estate with him if and when he inherited. 810 00:46:09,199 --> 00:46:10,359 I beg your pardon? 811 00:46:10,501 --> 00:46:13,561 And failing to make a similar agreement with his wife Claudia, 812 00:46:13,704 --> 00:46:17,834 did you not then attempt to force an agreement through her sister? 813 00:46:17,975 --> 00:46:20,773 Did you not then threaten to tell the police 814 00:46:20,911 --> 00:46:24,176 that Ernest Demming was not in the car with Joane when she left the hotel, 815 00:46:24,314 --> 00:46:26,339 but that he was, in fact, already dead? 816 00:46:26,483 --> 00:46:29,384 - She told you about that? - Yes, she did. 817 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,852 And regretting the agreement 818 00:46:31,989 --> 00:46:35,186 and wanting to inherit the entire estate yourself, 819 00:46:35,325 --> 00:46:38,123 - you then killed Ernest Hemming? - But I didn't want to inherit. 820 00:46:38,262 --> 00:46:39,854 You didn't want to inherit? 821 00:46:39,997 --> 00:46:42,989 Would you, Mr. Mason, if you had promised four ex-wives 822 00:46:43,133 --> 00:46:46,694 slightly over 150% of the estate in the event you got it? 823 00:46:46,837 --> 00:46:49,533 What you were working for, then, was an under-the-table deal 824 00:46:49,673 --> 00:46:52,369 with either Ernest or Claudia Demming? 825 00:46:52,509 --> 00:46:53,533 Yes. 826 00:46:53,677 --> 00:46:55,645 Then why did you kill Ernest Demming when you had such a deal? 827 00:46:55,779 --> 00:46:57,076 But I didn't kill him. 828 00:46:57,214 --> 00:46:59,114 I submit you did. 829 00:46:59,249 --> 00:47:02,116 I further submit that when you saw Nicholas Blake moving the body, 830 00:47:02,252 --> 00:47:04,686 - you took the samurai warrior from its-- - Hold it, Mr. Mason. 831 00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:08,087 I don't know anything about that samurai. But I do know someone who does. 832 00:47:08,225 --> 00:47:10,352 At least she jumps a foot every time it's mentioned. 833 00:47:10,494 --> 00:47:13,156 Little Miss Snoop over there. Ask her. Ask Miss King. 834 00:47:13,297 --> 00:47:16,789 But I didn't know there was any connection. I mean, well, he took it-- 835 00:47:16,934 --> 00:47:20,461 Dr. Omstead. I'm sorry, Doctor, I just have to tell . 836 00:47:20,604 --> 00:47:23,334 Yes. Yes, I saw him take it. 837 00:47:23,473 --> 00:47:26,670 You watched Nicholas Blake carry the body from of the library, 838 00:47:26,810 --> 00:47:30,109 wrap it in canvas and place it in the back of the car? 839 00:47:30,247 --> 00:47:31,305 Yes. 840 00:47:31,448 --> 00:47:34,849 Why didn't you inform the police instead of substituting the samurai armor 841 00:47:34,985 --> 00:47:37,249 and later disposing of Demming's body in the ocean? 842 00:47:37,387 --> 00:47:41,346 Well, I-- I didn't know what Blake intended to do with the body. 843 00:47:41,491 --> 00:47:45,086 I wanted to make sure, if I could, that it vanished for good. 844 00:47:45,229 --> 00:47:46,594 Why did you want that, Doctor? 845 00:47:46,730 --> 00:47:48,561 So there'd be no autopsy. 846 00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:52,635 Because an autopsy would have shown that you had switched Demming's heart tablets 847 00:47:52,769 --> 00:47:54,361 and thus caused his death? 848 00:47:54,504 --> 00:47:56,233 Yes. 849 00:47:56,373 --> 00:47:59,171 Why did you want him dead? 850 00:48:02,546 --> 00:48:06,812 Would this woman's glove found in Ernest Demming's hotel bungalow 851 00:48:06,950 --> 00:48:08,440 have something to do with it, Doctor? 852 00:48:08,585 --> 00:48:10,644 Recognize it? 853 00:48:14,725 --> 00:48:16,454 No. No, I don't. 854 00:48:16,593 --> 00:48:20,654 It's no use, Guy. You can't protect me any longer. I'm not worth it. 855 00:48:23,934 --> 00:48:25,902 They know the glove belongs to me. 856 00:48:28,405 --> 00:48:30,600 He didn't switch the tablets. I did. 857 00:48:30,741 --> 00:48:34,700 Ernest said he was going back to Claudia to make sure he got the money. 858 00:48:35,779 --> 00:48:38,009 That's all he ever thought of was the money. 859 00:48:40,717 --> 00:48:43,447 He said he never wanted to see me again. 860 00:48:43,587 --> 00:48:47,250 He told me we were through. 861 00:48:47,391 --> 00:48:50,622 Don't you see, Guy? He just never cared about what happened to me. 862 00:48:52,095 --> 00:48:54,859 He didn't care! 863 00:48:59,002 --> 00:49:02,028 Children: Timmy, hit it! Come on! 864 00:49:05,409 --> 00:49:06,808 Perry, this bothers me-- 865 00:49:06,944 --> 00:49:09,879 How did Dr. Omstead know it was his wife who switched the tablets? 866 00:49:10,013 --> 00:49:13,471 She broke down and told him what she'd done when he came home that night 867 00:49:13,617 --> 00:49:15,107 from seeing Mr. Gage. 868 00:49:15,252 --> 00:49:17,880 Why didn't he warn Demming? 869 00:49:18,021 --> 00:49:20,046 Well, he tried to. He hurried back to the house, 870 00:49:20,190 --> 00:49:24,024 but by then Demming was dead and already being moved by Nicholas. 871 00:49:24,161 --> 00:49:26,823 And his thought then was to try to protect his wife. 872 00:49:26,964 --> 00:49:28,989 By the way, what do you suppose will happen to Nicholas and Joane? 873 00:49:29,132 --> 00:49:32,966 Probation, most likely, since their motives were good, 874 00:49:33,103 --> 00:49:35,663 even though their actions were more than slightly illegal.