1 00:00:03,145 --> 00:00:04,748 Itheme] 2 00:00:59,203 --> 00:01:03,077 Yay! The pirates are coming! The pirates are coming. 3 00:01:06,210 --> 00:01:07,545 [typing] 4 00:01:10,047 --> 00:01:12,151 Yay, the pirates are coming. 5 00:01:12,283 --> 00:01:14,186 Carlton Campbell, 6 00:01:14,317 --> 00:01:16,955 what on earth are you doing here? 7 00:01:17,087 --> 00:01:19,024 Shh, don't tell her. Here. 8 00:01:20,624 --> 00:01:21,926 What's this? 9 00:01:22,059 --> 00:01:23,328 Treasure. 10 00:01:23,460 --> 00:01:24,728 [Woman] Carlton? 11 00:01:24,862 --> 00:01:27,367 Don't let the pirates get it. They're after me. 12 00:01:30,701 --> 00:01:32,671 [Woman] Carlton. 13 00:01:34,371 --> 00:01:37,176 - Carlton-- - Hello, Miss Dow. 14 00:01:37,309 --> 00:01:38,577 Oh, l might've known. 15 00:01:38,709 --> 00:01:40,712 l bring him all the way downtown 16 00:01:40,845 --> 00:01:43,583 to have his hair trimmed by Mr. Campbell's barber, 17 00:01:43,715 --> 00:01:44,817 and now l'm worn out 18 00:01:44,949 --> 00:01:46,719 before l've even got the boy tied in the chair. 19 00:01:46,851 --> 00:01:48,420 l take it he got away from you. 20 00:01:48,553 --> 00:01:49,888 Hm. ''Governess.'' 21 00:01:50,021 --> 00:01:51,991 l ought to be called a goatherd. 22 00:01:52,123 --> 00:01:55,262 What are you doing in the building on Saturday? 23 00:01:55,393 --> 00:01:57,430 About 10 thousand things. 24 00:01:57,562 --> 00:02:00,734 Mr. Campbell wants everything in order for Miss Corning when she gets here. 25 00:02:00,865 --> 00:02:04,539 Oh, yes, the royal visit. 26 00:02:04,602 --> 00:02:07,007 l suppose that's why he's playing golf today. 27 00:02:07,139 --> 00:02:12,182 Well, Miss Corning's arriving from South America on Sunday, tomorrow, 28 00:02:12,311 --> 00:02:14,749 and there are all sorts of statements and reports on her holdings 29 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:16,415 that l'm sure she'll want to inspect. 30 00:02:16,548 --> 00:02:18,953 Why doesn't she keep her nose out of things? 31 00:02:19,085 --> 00:02:21,824 Mr. Campbell has been handling her company pe_ectly well 32 00:02:21,954 --> 00:02:23,389 without her, hasn't he? 33 00:02:23,522 --> 00:02:27,028 Miss Dow, l'm terribly busy, 34 00:02:27,159 --> 00:02:30,198 but l think l just might know where to find Carlton. 35 00:02:30,330 --> 00:02:32,434 Now, why don't you go on downstairs to the barber shop? 36 00:02:32,565 --> 00:02:35,203 l promise l'll send him along in the ne_ elevator. 37 00:02:35,335 --> 00:02:36,637 Very well. 38 00:02:36,769 --> 00:02:38,372 Manage things your own way. 39 00:02:47,314 --> 00:02:50,453 All right, Carlton, come along now. The coast is clear. 40 00:03:00,594 --> 00:03:03,666 - [door closes] - l don't want a haircut. 41 00:03:03,730 --> 00:03:06,802 Carlton, where on earth did you get this-- this treasure? 42 00:03:12,806 --> 00:03:14,809 Sure, we do it all the time. 43 00:03:14,942 --> 00:03:19,116 l've got a box in my closet, and l gave him one to put in his closet. 44 00:03:19,247 --> 00:03:21,819 l keep all sorts of valuable things. 45 00:03:23,450 --> 00:03:25,253 But this particular box-- 46 00:03:25,386 --> 00:03:26,689 He doesn't mind. 47 00:03:26,821 --> 00:03:29,458 You see, last night, l put my treasure in his room-- 48 00:03:29,590 --> 00:03:30,992 lt's safer there-- 49 00:03:31,125 --> 00:03:33,930 and this morning l decided to take his instead. 50 00:03:34,061 --> 00:03:34,996 That's all. 51 00:03:35,129 --> 00:03:39,371 Carlton, if your father doesn't know you have this, 52 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:42,004 well, don't you think maybe l better keep it for a while? 53 00:03:42,137 --> 00:03:43,405 Why? 54 00:03:43,538 --> 00:03:44,773 l know. 55 00:03:44,906 --> 00:03:46,309 Why don't we put it in the safe, 56 00:03:46,442 --> 00:03:47,811 and then nobody could touch it, 57 00:03:47,942 --> 00:03:50,681 not even pirates or anybody. 58 00:03:50,812 --> 00:03:52,415 That's a wonde_ul idea. 59 00:03:52,547 --> 00:03:54,417 Besides, you have to run along now. 60 00:03:54,549 --> 00:03:56,987 l promised Miss Dow. 61 00:03:57,119 --> 00:03:59,791 Well, if l can have it back whenever l want 62 00:03:59,922 --> 00:04:02,192 so Daddy won't get mad. 63 00:04:02,324 --> 00:04:03,994 Of course you can. 64 00:04:11,066 --> 00:04:12,769 There. Now, scoot. 65 00:04:12,901 --> 00:04:15,071 Press the button in the elevator marked ''one.'' 66 00:04:16,872 --> 00:04:19,711 Miss Fisher, don't you like me anymore? 67 00:04:21,144 --> 00:04:23,481 Of course l do, darling. 68 00:04:23,612 --> 00:04:25,582 l'm just upset today. 69 00:04:25,714 --> 00:04:27,819 l still so much to do before Miss Corning comes, 70 00:04:27,951 --> 00:04:29,320 and l'm all alone-- 71 00:04:30,987 --> 00:04:32,389 There. 72 00:04:45,602 --> 00:04:47,806 Hello, South Lake Country Club? 73 00:04:47,937 --> 00:04:50,742 l want to speak to Mr. Endicott Campbell, please. 74 00:04:50,874 --> 00:04:52,677 This is his private secretary speaking, 75 00:04:52,809 --> 00:04:54,879 and it's e_remely urgent. 76 00:04:55,012 --> 00:04:57,282 But l just have to speak to him, 77 00:04:57,414 --> 00:05:00,119 - even if he's playing golf or-- or-- - [phone rings] 78 00:05:00,251 --> 00:05:02,054 Excuse me, would you hold on? 79 00:05:03,721 --> 00:05:05,825 Corning Company, mining and investments. 80 00:05:06,924 --> 00:05:09,194 Well, l'm sorry, but we're closed on Saturday. 81 00:05:09,326 --> 00:05:10,762 Oh, is that so? 82 00:05:10,895 --> 00:05:14,368 Well, this is Amelia Corning speaking, whoever you are. 83 00:05:14,499 --> 00:05:17,103 What? Who? 84 00:05:17,234 --> 00:05:18,937 You heard me, young lady. 85 00:05:19,069 --> 00:05:22,843 l'm Amelia Corning, and l'm sitting here in the Los Angeles Airport and-- 86 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:26,212 Well, don't just splutter at me. 87 00:05:26,344 --> 00:05:29,249 When l arrive anyplace, l expect to be greeted. 88 00:05:29,381 --> 00:05:31,785 l expect to be met right now. 89 00:05:40,425 --> 00:05:42,195 l tried to reach Mr. Campbell. 90 00:05:42,327 --> 00:05:44,064 l thought l knew where he was this morning, 91 00:05:44,195 --> 00:05:46,432 but the place l thought he'd gone couldn't seem to locate him-- 92 00:05:46,566 --> 00:05:49,805 Where was that, country club or race track? 93 00:05:49,935 --> 00:05:50,903 Well, of course not. 94 00:05:51,036 --> 00:05:52,639 Mr. Campbell isn't the sort of man-- 95 00:05:52,771 --> 00:05:54,006 Do you like Mr. Campbell, 96 00:05:54,139 --> 00:05:56,744 or do you just think you ought be loyal to him? 97 00:05:56,875 --> 00:06:00,582 Well, l've really only worked for him about a year. 98 00:06:00,712 --> 00:06:02,015 What l meant was-- 99 00:06:02,148 --> 00:06:04,819 You're a very poor liar, Suzanne. 100 00:06:06,252 --> 00:06:08,656 Susan. Susan Fisher. 101 00:06:08,787 --> 00:06:10,490 That's it. Speak louder. 102 00:06:12,592 --> 00:06:13,560 Now, here. 103 00:06:13,693 --> 00:06:17,032 You take care of all the baggage payments and get us a taxi. 104 00:06:17,163 --> 00:06:18,766 My eyes aren't very good, 105 00:06:18,898 --> 00:06:20,433 but there are some _10 bills in there, 106 00:06:20,567 --> 00:06:21,602 and you'd better take several 107 00:06:21,734 --> 00:06:25,273 because first l want you to take me to the hotel to register and then-- 108 00:06:25,405 --> 00:06:27,542 But these are hundred-dollar bills. 109 00:06:29,576 --> 00:06:32,348 That's right. So they are. 110 00:06:32,479 --> 00:06:35,986 The tens are on the other side. 111 00:06:36,116 --> 00:06:37,318 There. 112 00:06:37,451 --> 00:06:40,657 l think you and l are going to get on very well, Susan. 113 00:06:40,786 --> 00:06:44,460 After we leave the hotel, you'll take me straight to the omice. 114 00:06:44,591 --> 00:06:47,998 But on Saturday, with no one else around, 115 00:06:48,128 --> 00:06:50,031 l really don't know enough about the business to-- 116 00:06:50,163 --> 00:06:51,799 Well, l do, young lady, 117 00:06:51,932 --> 00:06:54,169 and l'll give the orders. 118 00:06:54,301 --> 00:06:57,273 Why do you think l arrived here a day early? 119 00:06:57,405 --> 00:06:58,673 Hm? 120 00:07:03,877 --> 00:07:07,084 l'm afraid that's all l can find on the Oklahoma property, Miss Corning. 121 00:07:07,215 --> 00:07:10,321 All right, now what about this Mojave Monarch? 122 00:07:10,451 --> 00:07:12,855 - Mojave? - What do you know about it? 123 00:07:12,987 --> 00:07:15,391 Well, it's a subsidiary company, 124 00:07:15,523 --> 00:07:16,926 gold mining. 125 00:07:17,058 --> 00:07:19,763 They have just that one mine, l believe. 126 00:07:19,894 --> 00:07:21,797 You're lying again. 127 00:07:21,929 --> 00:07:24,768 No, l'm not. 128 00:07:24,899 --> 00:07:27,370 But those books are all we have here, 129 00:07:27,503 --> 00:07:29,707 and the cancelled checks. 130 00:07:29,837 --> 00:07:32,976 l'm sure any other records would be out in Mojave. 131 00:07:33,107 --> 00:07:36,380 There's a man there named Ken Lowry there, l believe. 132 00:07:36,512 --> 00:07:37,947 Hm. 133 00:07:38,079 --> 00:07:40,350 lf you like, l can read you the figures we do have here-- 134 00:07:40,482 --> 00:07:42,385 l can read very well myself, thank you. 135 00:07:42,518 --> 00:07:44,688 lt just takes a little time, that's all. 136 00:07:46,522 --> 00:07:48,259 Well, what about this Smelting Company report? 137 00:07:48,390 --> 00:07:50,427 - Do you still want to see it? - Don't change the subject. 138 00:07:50,559 --> 00:07:52,696 lf it makes you nervous to talk about the Mojave Monarch, 139 00:07:52,828 --> 00:07:53,930 then say so. 140 00:07:54,997 --> 00:07:58,938 Miss Corning, please, if you'd just wait until Mr. Campbell comes... 141 00:07:59,068 --> 00:08:01,606 Will you stop dragging him in? 142 00:08:01,737 --> 00:08:03,941 He may be your immediate superior, Susan, 143 00:08:04,006 --> 00:08:07,011 but once and for all l am the Corning Comp'any. 144 00:08:07,142 --> 00:08:11,851 Furthermore, l think these checks are phonies. 145 00:08:11,980 --> 00:08:13,650 What? 146 00:08:13,782 --> 00:08:15,385 You heard me. 147 00:08:15,518 --> 00:08:18,023 l'm going to take these records with me to the hotel, 148 00:08:18,154 --> 00:08:21,760 and l'm going to have a handwriting expert look at them. 149 00:08:21,891 --> 00:08:26,767 l'll bet Endicott Campbell endorsed all these checks himself. 150 00:08:26,896 --> 00:08:30,603 Oh, no. No. Why, that would be-- 151 00:08:30,735 --> 00:08:33,841 Forgery or embezzlement, of course. 152 00:08:33,970 --> 00:08:35,238 Maybe both. 153 00:08:37,006 --> 00:08:40,813 Now, l want you to put these books into the dispatch case there. 154 00:08:40,944 --> 00:08:42,881 and find another so l can carry the rest. 155 00:08:43,012 --> 00:08:45,217 Miss Corning, please, don't you think that-- 156 00:08:45,349 --> 00:08:48,020 What in heaven's name is that? 157 00:08:48,152 --> 00:08:49,354 Well? 158 00:08:49,487 --> 00:08:52,025 lt's-- It's mine. 159 00:08:52,156 --> 00:08:53,591 Yours. 160 00:08:54,858 --> 00:08:57,496 Don't tell me you keep shoes in the safe. 161 00:08:57,628 --> 00:09:01,068 Unless, of course, it's the lunch you didn't eat today. 162 00:09:01,198 --> 00:09:04,137 No, it's-- it's letters-- 163 00:09:04,201 --> 00:09:06,773 l mean, the only reason l put them in there was because you phoned, 164 00:09:06,904 --> 00:09:08,474 and then l hurried out-- 165 00:09:08,607 --> 00:09:11,011 Never mind, my dear. It's all right. 166 00:09:11,142 --> 00:09:13,580 But now, run into one of the other omices 167 00:09:13,712 --> 00:09:14,947 and find me another briefcase 168 00:09:15,079 --> 00:09:17,217 so we can put these things together. 169 00:09:17,349 --> 00:09:20,988 l'm going to meet your boss for the first time at my hotel room tonight 170 00:09:21,119 --> 00:09:24,391 and l intend to be quite ready for him. 171 00:09:26,992 --> 00:09:29,029 l don't blame you for being upset. 172 00:09:29,161 --> 00:09:32,300 Poor dear, for one reason or another 173 00:09:32,430 --> 00:09:35,202 you really think the same thing l do, don't you? 174 00:09:35,333 --> 00:09:39,040 This Endicott Campbell l hired is nothing but a crook. 175 00:09:56,355 --> 00:09:58,325 [phone rings] 176 00:09:59,358 --> 00:10:01,261 Hello? 177 00:10:01,394 --> 00:10:03,364 Oh, Mr. Campbell, where have you been? 178 00:10:03,496 --> 00:10:05,566 l've left messages all over for you. 179 00:10:07,099 --> 00:10:09,570 Well, Miss Corning's in town, and she wants to see you. 180 00:10:09,703 --> 00:10:10,971 Miss Corning? 181 00:10:11,103 --> 00:10:12,573 What in the name of-- 182 00:10:12,706 --> 00:10:14,442 What did she say? What did she ask you? 183 00:10:15,542 --> 00:10:16,911 Why can't you tell me? 184 00:10:17,043 --> 00:10:18,613 Wait, Mr. Campbell. 185 00:10:18,745 --> 00:10:19,680 There's something else, 186 00:10:19,813 --> 00:10:22,217 something you have to know first. 187 00:10:22,349 --> 00:10:25,621 Your son Carlton came by the omice this morning, with Miss Dow, 188 00:10:25,752 --> 00:10:29,058 and he had a shoebox of yours, 189 00:10:29,189 --> 00:10:30,624 and it was full of money. 190 00:10:30,757 --> 00:10:32,861 Money? 191 00:10:32,993 --> 00:10:34,695 At-- At least what? 192 00:10:35,762 --> 00:10:38,100 Two-hundred th-- 193 00:10:38,232 --> 00:10:40,804 Susan, you're crazy. Absolutely crazy. 194 00:10:40,934 --> 00:10:42,704 He might have had my dress shoes, but-- 195 00:10:43,771 --> 00:10:45,006 Well, of course l don't believe you. 196 00:10:45,138 --> 00:10:46,507 Now, stop all this lying nonsense. 197 00:10:46,641 --> 00:10:48,511 But it's true. 198 00:10:48,643 --> 00:10:51,047 The box is still down there in the omice safe. 199 00:10:52,647 --> 00:10:54,650 Mr. Campbell, l am not a liar. 200 00:10:54,782 --> 00:10:56,184 Well, l think you are. 201 00:10:56,317 --> 00:10:58,153 Of all the stupid, vicious tales, 202 00:10:58,286 --> 00:10:59,888 and to drag my son into it. 203 00:11:00,020 --> 00:11:03,193 All right, Mr. Campbell, if you won't even listen-- 204 00:11:03,258 --> 00:11:06,999 Well, l was only trying to protect you, and-- 205 00:11:07,128 --> 00:11:08,864 and goodbye. 206 00:11:13,869 --> 00:11:18,277 You're positive the little boy didn't look into the box? 207 00:11:18,406 --> 00:11:20,677 l'm sure not, thank heaven. 208 00:11:20,809 --> 00:11:22,478 Why ''thank heaven''? 209 00:11:22,611 --> 00:11:25,048 Even a seven-year-old witness would help. 210 00:11:25,179 --> 00:11:26,281 l don't understand. 211 00:11:26,415 --> 00:11:29,988 You didn't actually count the money, did you? 212 00:11:30,985 --> 00:11:34,057 Well, what if someone should accuse you of taking some of it, Susan? 213 00:11:34,189 --> 00:11:37,261 But it's Mr. Campbell's money. 214 00:11:37,393 --> 00:11:39,697 Carlton wasn't lying. 215 00:11:39,828 --> 00:11:42,033 Well, why should anyone want to accuse me? 216 00:11:42,164 --> 00:11:44,067 To discredit you. 217 00:11:44,199 --> 00:11:49,208 Susan, l gather you've been concerned with certain irregularities within the company. 218 00:11:49,338 --> 00:11:51,943 lt's the Mojave Monarch, 219 00:11:52,074 --> 00:11:54,511 the mine that sends all the bills for us to pay. 220 00:11:54,644 --> 00:11:57,448 Well, the record of income from it is supposed to be kept out there. 221 00:11:57,580 --> 00:11:59,417 What's the matter? Isn't there a record? 222 00:11:59,549 --> 00:12:01,318 A couple of weeks ago, 223 00:12:01,451 --> 00:12:04,490 l learned something quite by accident. 224 00:12:04,554 --> 00:12:06,791 l have a boyfriend who's a rock-hound, 225 00:12:06,923 --> 00:12:08,293 and we were out in the desert, 226 00:12:08,425 --> 00:12:09,560 and coming home, 227 00:12:09,693 --> 00:12:11,028 we saw this sign, 228 00:12:11,161 --> 00:12:14,267 an arrow that said ''Mojave Monarch.'' 229 00:12:14,397 --> 00:12:16,000 Well, l thought it would be fun to go out there 230 00:12:16,132 --> 00:12:17,902 and see what the place looked like. 231 00:12:18,034 --> 00:12:21,740 Well, there isn't anything there anymore. 232 00:12:21,872 --> 00:12:27,449 lt's abandoned, deserted, for years. 233 00:12:27,578 --> 00:12:31,084 What time did Miss Corning want to see your boss, this Mr. Campbell? 234 00:12:31,214 --> 00:12:34,387 8:45. 235 00:12:34,518 --> 00:12:37,624 Della, you take care of locking up, will you? 236 00:12:37,755 --> 00:12:38,790 Right. 237 00:12:38,923 --> 00:12:41,595 Come on, Miss Fisher. l think we'd better attend that meeting. 238 00:12:41,726 --> 00:12:42,694 We? 239 00:12:42,827 --> 00:12:44,864 l'm afraid you are going to need a lawyer. 240 00:12:53,170 --> 00:12:55,507 [Campbell] Susan, 241 00:12:55,639 --> 00:12:57,242 what the devil are you doing here? 242 00:12:57,375 --> 00:12:58,410 Hello, Mr. Campbell. 243 00:12:58,542 --> 00:13:00,245 We're going up to see Miss Corning. 244 00:13:00,378 --> 00:13:01,546 Oh, no, you are not. 245 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:03,115 You've made enough trouble already. 246 00:13:03,180 --> 00:13:06,319 Mr. Campbell, my name is Mason, Perry Mason. 247 00:13:06,451 --> 00:13:08,320 l'm with Miss Fisher as her attorney 248 00:13:08,453 --> 00:13:09,688 Attorney? 249 00:13:09,821 --> 00:13:11,391 Of all the nerve. 250 00:13:11,523 --> 00:13:14,795 And l suppose she's told you that cock-and-bull story about the money? 251 00:13:14,926 --> 00:13:16,529 lt's absolutely true. 252 00:13:16,661 --> 00:13:18,297 And you've told him who your witnesses were, 253 00:13:18,430 --> 00:13:20,600 who saw you find it, put it in the safe? 254 00:13:20,732 --> 00:13:24,106 Susan, you've made up this whole thing to cover some of your peculations. 255 00:13:24,236 --> 00:13:26,941 l don't know what they are yet, but before l fire you, young lady-- 256 00:13:27,072 --> 00:13:28,207 Now, just a moment, Campbell-- 257 00:13:28,340 --> 00:13:30,544 l'll have you know, Mason, that l've been to the omice, 258 00:13:30,675 --> 00:13:32,111 l've looked in the safe, 259 00:13:32,244 --> 00:13:35,083 and there's absolutely no such box there. 260 00:13:35,213 --> 00:13:36,616 lt-- It's gone? 261 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:37,951 Of course it's gone. 262 00:13:38,083 --> 00:13:41,055 Mr. Campbell, who were your witnesses? 263 00:13:41,186 --> 00:13:42,254 l beg your pardon. 264 00:13:42,388 --> 00:13:44,358 Another thing for you to think about-- 265 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:45,959 the Department of Internal Revenue 266 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:47,360 takes a very dim view of people 267 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:49,263 who keep such large amounts of money hidden. 268 00:13:49,395 --> 00:13:50,897 Now, shall we go upstairs? 269 00:14:06,612 --> 00:14:07,547 Will you please tell Miss Corning 270 00:14:07,681 --> 00:14:09,283 that Endicott Campbell is here? 271 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:11,418 ls that the lady in the wheelchair? 272 00:14:11,552 --> 00:14:12,553 That's right. 273 00:14:12,686 --> 00:14:14,956 - She's not here anymore, sir. - What? 274 00:14:15,089 --> 00:14:16,090 She's checked out. 275 00:14:16,222 --> 00:14:18,794 l took her down in the elevator myself, about T:OO. 276 00:14:18,926 --> 00:14:20,329 Oh, no. 277 00:14:20,461 --> 00:14:21,830 Did she say where she was going? 278 00:14:21,962 --> 00:14:23,097 Search me. 279 00:14:23,230 --> 00:14:25,734 One of the boys put her in a cab, though, with her baggage. 280 00:14:25,866 --> 00:14:28,805 Was there a dispatch case? 281 00:14:28,936 --> 00:14:31,675 Did she take two very heavy briefcases? 282 00:14:31,805 --> 00:14:33,175 That's right, 283 00:14:33,307 --> 00:14:35,077 a whole batch of papers and books and things. 284 00:14:35,209 --> 00:14:36,277 Took everything, l guess. 285 00:14:43,785 --> 00:14:45,922 Morning, Paul. Want the Sunday funnies? 286 00:14:46,054 --> 00:14:47,590 l am the funnies. 287 00:14:48,756 --> 00:14:49,824 No luck? 288 00:14:49,958 --> 00:14:51,928 Well, we traced her as far as the railroad station. 289 00:14:52,060 --> 00:14:53,530 Found a porter who remembered the wheelchair. 290 00:14:53,661 --> 00:14:56,098 Miss Corning was interested in some records 291 00:14:56,231 --> 00:14:57,800 that were supposed to be up in Mojave. 292 00:14:57,932 --> 00:15:00,103 Maybe she decided to go up there on the evening train. 293 00:15:00,235 --> 00:15:01,904 No, Perry. 294 00:15:02,037 --> 00:15:04,374 Amelia Corning bought no ticket and boarded no train. 295 00:15:04,439 --> 00:15:06,944 She just went to the ladies' room and disappeared into thin air. 296 00:15:07,076 --> 00:15:09,713 Well, what about her wheelchair and her luggage? 297 00:15:09,845 --> 00:15:12,649 Well, the wheelchair's still there, but not the luggage, 298 00:15:12,781 --> 00:15:15,318 not all those confidential company files your client handed her. 299 00:15:15,450 --> 00:15:18,757 They disappeared with Amelia, Iock, stock, and barrel. 300 00:15:18,888 --> 00:15:20,458 All right, Paul. 301 00:15:20,589 --> 00:15:21,924 You'd better get out to the airport. 302 00:15:22,057 --> 00:15:23,092 Why? 303 00:15:23,224 --> 00:15:25,429 The airport's where we started looking for old ladies in a hurry. 304 00:15:25,561 --> 00:15:27,765 No, l don't mean Amelia Corning would leave from there. 305 00:15:27,897 --> 00:15:30,202 l mean you've got to go out there and meet her when she comes in. 306 00:15:32,201 --> 00:15:33,436 Perry, you were right. 307 00:15:33,569 --> 00:15:34,804 She just came in on the plane. 308 00:15:34,937 --> 00:15:37,075 l have one of my men talking to her right now. 309 00:15:37,206 --> 00:15:40,245 No, no, he gave her a song and dance. He even checked her passport. 310 00:15:40,376 --> 00:15:42,279 lt's really Amelia Corning. 311 00:15:42,411 --> 00:15:43,814 Thank you, young man, 312 00:15:43,947 --> 00:15:47,086 but l don't understand all this folderol. 313 00:15:47,216 --> 00:15:48,852 Who sent you to meet me? 314 00:15:48,985 --> 00:15:51,322 Come, come, young man, speak up. 315 00:15:51,453 --> 00:15:54,760 My name is Amelia Corning, and l expect answers. 316 00:15:56,292 --> 00:15:59,264 l'll have you know l am the Corning Company. 317 00:16:07,304 --> 00:16:08,272 Oh, you're back. 318 00:16:08,405 --> 00:16:09,373 What happened? 319 00:16:09,506 --> 00:16:11,243 We saw Miss Corning. 320 00:16:11,374 --> 00:16:13,344 She was really quite nice, 321 00:16:13,476 --> 00:16:15,479 not nearly so explosive as-- 322 00:16:15,612 --> 00:16:18,217 well, that woman who pretended to be her. 323 00:16:18,348 --> 00:16:21,688 l guess the real Miss Corning doesn't have to put on any acts. 324 00:16:21,819 --> 00:16:23,521 You mean you told her? 325 00:16:23,654 --> 00:16:25,256 Everything? 326 00:16:25,388 --> 00:16:28,127 l'm such a complete idiot. 327 00:16:28,258 --> 00:16:29,995 Now, take it easy. 328 00:16:30,127 --> 00:16:31,262 You're not in jail yet. 329 00:16:31,395 --> 00:16:32,430 Oh, Perry. 330 00:16:32,563 --> 00:16:34,533 Well, l ought to be. 331 00:16:34,665 --> 00:16:36,268 Letting that creature come in and walk away 332 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,804 with every important record the company has. 333 00:16:38,936 --> 00:16:41,341 There's still the matter of that money in the shoebox, Susan. 334 00:16:41,472 --> 00:16:43,275 Miss Corning's not going to take any action against you 335 00:16:43,407 --> 00:16:44,675 until she gets at the truth. 336 00:16:44,809 --> 00:16:47,114 But how can she get at the truth now, Perry, 337 00:16:47,246 --> 00:16:48,715 without any record of the embezzlement 338 00:16:48,847 --> 00:16:51,017 or whatever's been going on at that company? 339 00:16:51,149 --> 00:16:53,419 Mr. Campbell's at her hotel now, 340 00:16:53,551 --> 00:16:54,987 trying to explain. 341 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,057 And l'll bet he's telling her all sorts of lies, 342 00:16:57,189 --> 00:16:59,259 and l'll bet he put that other woman up to what she did, too. 343 00:16:59,390 --> 00:17:00,826 and now he's going to frame poor Susan. 344 00:17:00,959 --> 00:17:02,629 Now, you take it easy, too, Della. 345 00:17:05,063 --> 00:17:08,169 Della, get Paul in here, would you, please? 346 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:10,637 l want him to take a fast trip. 347 00:17:10,769 --> 00:17:11,937 Trip? 348 00:17:12,070 --> 00:17:13,473 To Mojave. 349 00:17:15,574 --> 00:17:17,611 Now, look, l got no time to talk to you, l tell you. 350 00:17:17,743 --> 00:17:19,880 You've got time to stay out ofjail, haven't you? 351 00:17:21,047 --> 00:17:22,917 - Now, see here, Mr. Craik-- - Drake. 352 00:17:23,049 --> 00:17:25,253 l don't know what you think you're talking about, but-- 353 00:17:26,252 --> 00:17:27,387 Oh. 354 00:17:27,519 --> 00:17:29,055 Your name's Ken Lowry. 355 00:17:29,188 --> 00:17:31,292 Supposedly you're manager of this mine, 356 00:17:31,423 --> 00:17:33,928 though it doesn't look like much of a mine anymore, does it? 357 00:17:34,060 --> 00:17:35,696 Police or just private? 358 00:17:36,929 --> 00:17:39,968 l'm trying to help a girl in the Corning Company who's having trouble. 359 00:17:40,099 --> 00:17:41,869 To me you look like the guy responsible. 360 00:17:42,001 --> 00:17:43,471 Oh, no, l'm not. 361 00:17:43,603 --> 00:17:46,408 l work for a living, mister. l just follow instructions. 362 00:17:46,539 --> 00:17:47,874 Whose, Campbell's? 363 00:17:48,007 --> 00:17:50,412 l never met that bird. 364 00:17:50,543 --> 00:17:53,048 Never met Amelia Corning, as a matter of fact. 365 00:17:53,180 --> 00:17:54,749 She hired me like she hires everybody, 366 00:17:54,882 --> 00:17:56,184 from South America, 367 00:17:56,317 --> 00:17:59,690 but, look, that don't mean there's anything wrong with what l done. 368 00:17:59,820 --> 00:18:01,522 Every month 369 00:18:01,654 --> 00:18:04,393 you've been sending in a payroll bill for almost _30,OOO. 370 00:18:04,457 --> 00:18:06,995 Then the Corning Company sends you the money. 371 00:18:07,127 --> 00:18:08,563 Who do you pay it to, gophers? 372 00:18:08,696 --> 00:18:10,966 You're not funny, mister. Now, get om my back. 373 00:18:11,098 --> 00:18:12,734 Not till you answer me. 374 00:18:12,866 --> 00:18:16,005 Look, about a year and a half ago, 375 00:18:16,136 --> 00:18:18,574 just after Miss Corning hired me to run this place, 376 00:18:18,706 --> 00:18:19,841 the vein faulted. 377 00:18:19,973 --> 00:18:21,008 l wrote Miss Corning. 378 00:18:21,142 --> 00:18:22,143 She wrote back and said, 379 00:18:22,277 --> 00:18:24,280 ''We'll let the Los Angeles omice handle it.'' 380 00:18:24,411 --> 00:18:27,683 Then a couple days later she telephoned long distance, 381 00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:29,051 said that due to tax reasons 382 00:18:29,184 --> 00:18:32,256 she just couldn't amord to close down the mine. 383 00:18:32,386 --> 00:18:34,791 l'm supposed to make out a payroll every month, 384 00:18:34,923 --> 00:18:37,127 just as if we're in operation. 385 00:18:37,258 --> 00:18:40,565 Then l cash the company check, take out my own pay and send the rest back. 386 00:18:40,695 --> 00:18:42,665 ln cash, send it where? 387 00:18:42,797 --> 00:18:44,199 Corning Amiliated, 388 00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:45,702 subsidiary company, l guess. 389 00:18:45,834 --> 00:18:47,437 They've got a post-omice box in L.A. 390 00:18:47,569 --> 00:18:48,938 And to date 391 00:18:49,070 --> 00:18:51,842 you foM/arded over _200 thousand in cash that way, right? 392 00:18:51,973 --> 00:18:53,543 l figured it was just a tax thing, 393 00:18:53,675 --> 00:18:55,145 some sort of a write-om, maybe. 394 00:18:55,277 --> 00:18:58,116 For tax things that are too fancy, you get Alcatraz. 395 00:18:58,247 --> 00:19:00,417 l know that, mister. 396 00:19:00,548 --> 00:19:02,018 That's why l'm telling you all this. 397 00:19:02,151 --> 00:19:03,152 What do you mean? 398 00:19:03,219 --> 00:19:05,323 How do you think l've been feeling? 399 00:19:05,453 --> 00:19:07,256 Look, a job's a job and all that, 400 00:19:07,390 --> 00:19:09,962 but when this bird tells me to keep my mouth shut. 401 00:19:10,092 --> 00:19:11,561 What bird? 402 00:19:11,694 --> 00:19:13,163 Campbell, of course. 403 00:19:13,295 --> 00:19:14,798 Calls not more than two hours ago 404 00:19:14,930 --> 00:19:16,566 and tells me not to answer any questions, 405 00:19:16,699 --> 00:19:19,538 don't-- don't tell anybody anything. 406 00:19:19,668 --> 00:19:21,438 Now, look-- look, my friend. 407 00:19:21,570 --> 00:19:23,407 Now l know something's wrong, 408 00:19:23,539 --> 00:19:25,576 and l aim to correct it. 409 00:19:25,708 --> 00:19:27,411 l aim to tell plenty of people. 410 00:19:32,481 --> 00:19:33,482 Yes? 411 00:19:33,616 --> 00:19:35,820 Excuse me, l thought this was Amelia Corning's suite. 412 00:19:35,952 --> 00:19:39,391 lt is, but l haven't the slightest idea where she is. 413 00:19:39,522 --> 00:19:41,058 l suppose she'll be back soon. 414 00:19:41,191 --> 00:19:43,896 My name is Mason, Perry Mason. 415 00:19:44,027 --> 00:19:45,797 This is important. Would you mind if l come in to wait? 416 00:19:45,929 --> 00:19:47,431 Yes, l think l would. 417 00:19:47,564 --> 00:19:49,801 l haven't had a chance to unpack yet, and-- 418 00:19:49,933 --> 00:19:52,037 lt's Mason, the attorney, Sophia. 419 00:19:52,169 --> 00:19:54,374 Oh, the one with that girl at the omice 420 00:19:54,504 --> 00:19:56,674 who's been stealing things or whatever it is. 421 00:19:58,175 --> 00:20:02,684 All right, make yourself comfortable while l wash the airplane om. 422 00:20:04,614 --> 00:20:08,121 l'm Sophia Elliot, Amelia's poor relation. 423 00:20:08,252 --> 00:20:09,821 You've just come from South America? 424 00:20:09,954 --> 00:20:10,989 The afternoon plane. 425 00:20:11,122 --> 00:20:13,392 Miss Elliot lives with Amelia Corning down there. 426 00:20:13,523 --> 00:20:15,126 Tries to keep up with her, you mean. 427 00:20:15,259 --> 00:20:17,964 This is Gomez., Alfredo Gomez. 428 00:20:18,095 --> 00:20:19,932 l met him on a boat once. 429 00:20:20,064 --> 00:20:22,769 He plays marvelous shumleboard. 430 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:26,206 At your service, Mr. Mason. An honor. 431 00:20:26,337 --> 00:20:28,408 l take it you've also come from South America. 432 00:20:28,539 --> 00:20:30,108 South Pasadena. 433 00:20:30,241 --> 00:20:32,546 Amelia didn't leave any note or anything, 434 00:20:32,677 --> 00:20:35,249 so you may have to stay here all evening. 435 00:20:39,051 --> 00:20:40,853 How do you know about Susan Fisher? 436 00:20:42,820 --> 00:20:44,190 l beg your pardon? 437 00:20:45,190 --> 00:20:47,527 l gather you haven't talked to Miss Corning yet. 438 00:20:47,658 --> 00:20:50,530 No, it was the maid who told me she'd gone out. 439 00:20:50,661 --> 00:20:53,901 Then, may l ask, how do you know about Susan Fisher? 440 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,204 Oh, Alfredo. 441 00:20:57,336 --> 00:21:00,308 He knows everything that goes on in that omice. 442 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:01,909 Don't you, Alfredo. 443 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,313 l, too, work for the Corning Company, Mr. Mason, 444 00:21:05,378 --> 00:21:08,217 an associate of the general manager, Endicott Campbell. 445 00:21:08,348 --> 00:21:10,719 He's really the overseas shipping clerk, 446 00:21:10,849 --> 00:21:13,588 and l'm sure it's really Amelia that he'd like to meet someday, 447 00:21:13,719 --> 00:21:15,322 but in the meantime he's sweet, 448 00:21:15,455 --> 00:21:16,991 and he writes me letters. 449 00:21:17,123 --> 00:21:18,258 [phone rings] 450 00:21:18,391 --> 00:21:19,726 Oh, if you don't mind, Alfredo. 451 00:21:19,859 --> 00:21:21,996 That's probably the whirling wheelchair now. 452 00:21:23,263 --> 00:21:25,100 Yes? 453 00:21:25,231 --> 00:21:27,301 Oh, yes, he is. 454 00:21:27,433 --> 00:21:30,205 For you, Mr. Mason. 455 00:21:30,336 --> 00:21:32,073 Thank you. 456 00:21:32,205 --> 00:21:33,307 Hello? 457 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,544 Perry, l can't find Susan. 458 00:21:35,675 --> 00:21:37,545 l know you told her to stay in her apartment, 459 00:21:37,677 --> 00:21:39,480 but she's not there. 460 00:21:39,612 --> 00:21:40,847 l'm in a drugstore now, 461 00:21:40,980 --> 00:21:42,383 and they said that she was here. 462 00:21:42,516 --> 00:21:43,985 She asked about the price of rental cars, 463 00:21:44,118 --> 00:21:45,687 cashed a check, and then ran out, 464 00:21:45,818 --> 00:21:49,458 and, Perry, they say she was wearing a man's hat. 465 00:21:55,595 --> 00:21:56,663 [Mason] Susan. 466 00:22:00,434 --> 00:22:02,004 Oh, am l glad to see you. 467 00:22:02,136 --> 00:22:04,173 What on earth is that? 468 00:22:04,238 --> 00:22:07,077 Well, l really don't know. 469 00:22:07,207 --> 00:22:10,480 Susan, Amelia Corning left just about the same time as you did. 470 00:22:10,611 --> 00:22:11,913 ls there any connection? 471 00:22:12,046 --> 00:22:13,649 Well, she phoned me. 472 00:22:13,781 --> 00:22:15,150 l guess this getup she told me to wear 473 00:22:15,283 --> 00:22:16,785 was so l wouldn't be recognized later on, 474 00:22:16,917 --> 00:22:19,756 but, well, she never showed up. 475 00:22:19,887 --> 00:22:21,890 Never showed up? What are you talking about? 476 00:22:22,023 --> 00:22:24,026 She gave very careful instructions. 477 00:22:24,159 --> 00:22:27,331 l was to go to a rental agency around the corner 478 00:22:27,462 --> 00:22:28,564 and rent a car 479 00:22:28,696 --> 00:22:31,334 and then l was to drive up Sky Mountain Road at-- 480 00:22:31,466 --> 00:22:33,069 that starts just om Sunset-- 481 00:22:33,201 --> 00:22:34,536 where her hotel is, you know-- 482 00:22:34,669 --> 00:22:37,206 l was to go to the last service station on the road 483 00:22:37,339 --> 00:22:39,944 and then 3 484 00:22:40,075 --> 00:22:41,243 Of all the crazy-- 485 00:22:41,376 --> 00:22:42,512 Go on, Susan. 486 00:22:42,644 --> 00:22:45,449 l was to leave the car on a wide place there 487 00:22:45,581 --> 00:22:46,883 and walk back to the service station 488 00:22:47,015 --> 00:22:49,119 and get a can of gasoline. 489 00:22:49,251 --> 00:22:51,154 What in heaven's name for? 490 00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:52,989 Well, she's a very old woman, 491 00:22:53,122 --> 00:22:55,961 and she sounded frightened. 492 00:22:56,092 --> 00:22:58,396 She thought there might be some kind of an emergency 493 00:22:58,527 --> 00:23:02,735 because, you see, l was to drive her out to the desert, to Mojave. 494 00:23:02,798 --> 00:23:05,770 And anyway, she wanted the car to be there for half an hour 495 00:23:05,901 --> 00:23:09,540 so that she could meet me whenever she was sure her taxi wasn't being followed. 496 00:23:09,672 --> 00:23:12,276 Only, well, she never showed up. 497 00:23:12,408 --> 00:23:13,444 How long did you wait? 498 00:23:13,577 --> 00:23:15,046 Until T:30. 499 00:23:15,177 --> 00:23:17,180 Miss Corning said if she wasn't there by then, 500 00:23:17,313 --> 00:23:19,718 it was because she couldn't get away without attracting attention, 501 00:23:19,849 --> 00:23:21,652 so l should just skip it, 502 00:23:21,784 --> 00:23:24,856 so l threw away the gas can, and then l came home. 503 00:23:24,987 --> 00:23:27,659 l've been around the corner for the past half hour. 504 00:23:27,790 --> 00:23:29,226 l just had to have something to eat 505 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:30,894 so that l could figure it out. 506 00:23:31,028 --> 00:23:35,770 Susan, really, of all the gullible creatures. 507 00:23:35,899 --> 00:23:38,603 For one thing, a woman from South America 508 00:23:38,735 --> 00:23:39,837 would scarcely know whereabouts 509 00:23:39,970 --> 00:23:42,307 of the service station on Sky Mountain Road. 510 00:23:42,439 --> 00:23:45,846 Um, Mr. Mason, l know how it all sounds, 511 00:23:45,976 --> 00:23:49,182 but she was so nice to me. 512 00:23:49,312 --> 00:23:51,650 She said she wasn't going to prefer any charges 513 00:23:51,782 --> 00:23:54,153 and that she wouldn't blame me for those missing records 514 00:23:54,285 --> 00:23:55,987 because she knew who was responsible 515 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,493 and l was the only one she trusted. 516 00:23:59,624 --> 00:24:04,166 Susan, l want you to go inside. 517 00:24:04,228 --> 00:24:06,231 l want you to lock your door. Do you understand? 518 00:24:06,364 --> 00:24:09,169 l want you to go inside, stay there, 519 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:10,970 and lock your door. 520 00:24:23,214 --> 00:24:24,917 This must be the wide place. 521 00:24:28,287 --> 00:24:29,922 Look. 522 00:24:48,207 --> 00:24:50,745 - Don't touch it. - Why not? 523 00:24:53,912 --> 00:24:55,849 What are you looking for? 524 00:24:55,981 --> 00:24:58,018 l smell gasoline fumes over this way. 525 00:25:06,626 --> 00:25:08,763 lt's those missing company books. 526 00:25:08,894 --> 00:25:10,163 Yes, l know. 527 00:25:17,270 --> 00:25:18,572 [gasps] 528 00:25:31,485 --> 00:25:32,787 - He's dead. - Who is it? 529 00:25:32,919 --> 00:25:34,455 l've never seen him before. 530 00:25:39,092 --> 00:25:40,428 Mojave Monarch. 531 00:25:42,028 --> 00:25:44,533 Lowry, Ken Lowry. 532 00:25:48,235 --> 00:25:50,539 So you were just out riding on a pleasant evening, 533 00:25:50,671 --> 00:25:51,774 and just happened to stop, 534 00:25:51,906 --> 00:25:54,110 and just happened to notice a dead man. 535 00:25:54,241 --> 00:25:55,276 Not far from the body, 536 00:25:55,409 --> 00:25:57,079 some books and paper soaked with gasoline, 537 00:25:57,211 --> 00:25:58,781 the killer maybe intended to burn. 538 00:25:58,913 --> 00:26:00,950 Only you came along and-- 539 00:26:02,116 --> 00:26:04,588 Oh, this time it better be good this time, Perry. 540 00:26:04,653 --> 00:26:06,890 l'll tell you all l can, Andy. 541 00:26:07,021 --> 00:26:08,524 You bet you will. 542 00:26:08,657 --> 00:26:09,992 Wait up on the road for me, will you, 543 00:26:10,124 --> 00:26:11,125 while the doctor finishes here? 544 00:26:11,259 --> 00:26:13,529 Mind if l wait back at the service station? 545 00:26:13,662 --> 00:26:15,198 l left Della there when we called you. 546 00:26:16,464 --> 00:26:18,835 All right, but no further. 547 00:26:36,586 --> 00:26:38,389 Who sold Susan the can of gasoline? 548 00:26:38,521 --> 00:26:41,560 The fellow over there. He's the only one on duty. 549 00:26:41,691 --> 00:26:43,528 Keep him busy while l make a call. 550 00:26:50,833 --> 00:26:53,004 You don't mind if my little brother uses your phone, do you? 551 00:26:53,135 --> 00:26:54,804 No, no, that's okay. 552 00:26:55,805 --> 00:26:57,208 Your what? 553 00:26:57,340 --> 00:26:59,610 Well, he's not really my brother, 554 00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:03,549 but l did practically raise him. 555 00:27:03,613 --> 00:27:06,118 Why, he's old enough to be your old man. 556 00:27:06,249 --> 00:27:08,921 You don't see very well, do you? 557 00:27:09,051 --> 00:27:10,954 Would you believe l'm 42? 558 00:27:11,087 --> 00:27:12,490 Well, it sure don't show. 559 00:27:12,623 --> 00:27:14,593 Oh, thank you. 560 00:27:14,725 --> 00:27:17,062 Say, tell me a little bit more about that woman 561 00:27:17,193 --> 00:27:18,930 that bought the can of gasoline. 562 00:27:19,061 --> 00:27:21,199 Hello, Paul? 563 00:27:21,331 --> 00:27:22,466 Start making notes fast. 564 00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:23,534 Here's what happened. 565 00:27:23,667 --> 00:27:26,139 But if her hair wasn't blonde, what was it? 566 00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:30,044 Oh, it had some sort of touches of red, l guess, more like yours. 567 00:27:30,173 --> 00:27:31,910 Oh, l don't have any red in my hair. 568 00:27:32,042 --> 00:27:33,577 lt's brown. Look at there. 569 00:27:33,710 --> 00:27:35,580 But, of course, now, if you meant chestnut. 570 00:27:36,915 --> 00:27:39,452 And you've got to find Amelia Corning. 571 00:27:39,584 --> 00:27:42,422 lf she didn't show up out here and she hasn't returned to her hotel yet-- 572 00:27:43,721 --> 00:27:45,090 Right, Paul. 573 00:27:46,591 --> 00:27:49,496 Yes, and the car Susan rented, 574 00:27:49,627 --> 00:27:51,230 l want you to locate that in a hurry. 575 00:27:59,037 --> 00:28:00,506 [no audible dialogue] 576 00:28:24,563 --> 00:28:25,665 You're late. 577 00:28:25,798 --> 00:28:27,601 Andy must have given you quite a third degree. 578 00:28:27,733 --> 00:28:30,138 We had to go down to headquarters and make statements. 579 00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:31,536 This the rental car? 580 00:28:31,537 --> 00:28:33,340 Yep. l've already done what you asked, 581 00:28:33,472 --> 00:28:34,907 had a lab man go over it thoroughly-- 582 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,375 fingerprints, bloodstains, the works. 583 00:28:36,508 --> 00:28:37,443 Will he keep his mouth shut? 584 00:28:37,576 --> 00:28:38,577 Sure, but not forever. 585 00:28:38,711 --> 00:28:39,880 lf the police get interested in your client, 586 00:28:40,012 --> 00:28:41,614 he's going to have to tell them what prints he found, 587 00:28:41,748 --> 00:28:44,653 and what if the police start looking for this car and check it themselves? 588 00:28:44,784 --> 00:28:46,888 All l want is time. 589 00:28:47,019 --> 00:28:48,287 Until you find Amelia Corning, 590 00:28:48,420 --> 00:28:49,890 my client is way out on a limb. 591 00:28:50,022 --> 00:28:52,359 Della, you and Paul take my car. l'll meet in the morning. 592 00:28:52,492 --> 00:28:54,395 What are you going to do? 593 00:28:54,527 --> 00:28:57,699 Maybe l can find a movie that's getting out just about now. 594 00:29:14,547 --> 00:29:15,783 [Boy] Come on, fellows, let's go. 595 00:29:15,916 --> 00:29:17,618 [Boy Wait a minute, l want to finish my malt. 596 00:29:35,603 --> 00:29:36,805 [Boy] Come on, fellows. 597 00:29:36,937 --> 00:29:38,407 [tire hissing] 598 00:29:41,675 --> 00:29:43,445 [hissing stops] 599 00:29:43,577 --> 00:29:45,013 Well, of all the luck... 600 00:29:45,146 --> 00:29:47,918 Hey, fellows. Fellows, would you like to earn some money? 601 00:29:48,050 --> 00:29:50,087 [Boys] Yeah, sure. 602 00:29:50,217 --> 00:29:52,387 l have an appointment in the ne_ block. 603 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:53,555 l'm late, 604 00:29:53,688 --> 00:29:55,457 have to have this tire fixed. 605 00:29:55,590 --> 00:29:58,662 Here, would _20 take care of it? 606 00:29:58,794 --> 00:30:00,797 Twenty bucks, well. 607 00:30:00,929 --> 00:30:01,997 Here's the keys to the trunk. 608 00:30:02,129 --> 00:30:03,297 l want you to use the spare. 609 00:30:03,432 --> 00:30:05,335 You better push it into the curb first. 610 00:30:05,467 --> 00:30:06,635 l'll be back in a few minutes. 611 00:30:06,768 --> 00:30:08,705 [all chattering] 612 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,612 - Come on, push. - Come on, turn that wheel. 613 00:30:14,743 --> 00:30:16,914 [Boy l'm turning, l'm turning. Okay. 614 00:30:17,046 --> 00:30:19,116 Let's go. 615 00:30:26,121 --> 00:30:27,056 Morning, Della-- 616 00:30:27,189 --> 00:30:29,126 Come in. Come in, Counselor. 617 00:30:29,257 --> 00:30:31,562 l'm sorry to say that your lovely secretary 618 00:30:31,694 --> 00:30:34,365 has been detained again at headquarters. 619 00:30:34,497 --> 00:30:35,730 Why? 620 00:30:35,731 --> 00:30:37,233 Last night we told Lieutenant Anderson 621 00:30:37,366 --> 00:30:39,470 everything we knew about finding that man's body. 622 00:30:39,602 --> 00:30:41,572 Yes, but you forgot to mention certain matters 623 00:30:41,704 --> 00:30:43,641 concerning the Corning Company, 624 00:30:43,773 --> 00:30:46,745 and never once did you mention Susan Fisher. 625 00:30:46,876 --> 00:30:49,114 She's a client. That's privileged information. 626 00:30:49,245 --> 00:30:50,313 You have no right to ask. 627 00:30:50,446 --> 00:30:52,783 Now, take it easy, Perry. Take it easy. 628 00:30:52,916 --> 00:30:55,120 We are asking Miss Fisher a few questions, 629 00:30:55,251 --> 00:30:56,620 and we thought it might be a good idea 630 00:30:56,753 --> 00:30:59,959 to ask Della some of the same questions... from a dimerent room. 631 00:31:00,090 --> 00:31:01,091 That's all. 632 00:31:01,224 --> 00:31:03,127 Tragg, this time you're going too far. 633 00:31:03,192 --> 00:31:05,697 And this time you'd better be ready to defend yourself 634 00:31:05,829 --> 00:31:07,164 for concealing evidence. 635 00:31:07,296 --> 00:31:11,237 We know all about that car Miss Fisher rented last night, 636 00:31:11,368 --> 00:31:14,039 the one observed at the scene of the crime, 637 00:31:14,170 --> 00:31:15,940 the one you had picked up later on. 638 00:31:16,073 --> 00:31:17,943 All right, you've located the car. 639 00:31:18,075 --> 00:31:20,246 You're waiting for them to bring it right up here into the omice? 640 00:31:20,377 --> 00:31:21,579 Nope. 641 00:31:21,712 --> 00:31:23,983 l'm waiting for a phone call. 642 00:31:24,115 --> 00:31:28,824 Perry, if we find that you wiped that car om, 643 00:31:28,953 --> 00:31:32,592 if you obliterated one single fingerprint of it, 644 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:34,193 l'm warning you-- 645 00:31:34,324 --> 00:31:35,359 [phone rings] 646 00:31:35,492 --> 00:31:37,897 Oh, there. 647 00:31:38,029 --> 00:31:39,131 Uh, may l? 648 00:31:39,263 --> 00:31:40,599 No. 649 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:42,267 Uh-- 650 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,035 Hello? 651 00:31:44,169 --> 00:31:45,372 Hello-- Yes, speaking. 652 00:31:46,437 --> 00:31:48,440 That's right. Put him on. 653 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:49,741 Police laboratory? 654 00:31:49,874 --> 00:31:51,978 That's right. 655 00:31:52,111 --> 00:31:53,546 Hello, Joe? 656 00:31:56,548 --> 00:32:00,222 You what? How many prints? 657 00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:02,154 Oh, that can't be. 658 00:32:02,287 --> 00:32:04,157 Skip it. 659 00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:06,592 Something wrong, Lieutenant? 660 00:32:06,725 --> 00:32:08,027 [slams down phone] 661 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,165 He says an army must have played handball with that car. 662 00:32:11,296 --> 00:32:13,567 We just threw out that evidence. 663 00:32:13,699 --> 00:32:16,438 l came here to tell you that we're booking Susan Fisher 664 00:32:16,569 --> 00:32:18,906 for murder in the first degree, 665 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,500 Counselor. 666 00:32:21,974 --> 00:32:25,013 Yes, from my examination of the rock you hold there, 667 00:32:25,145 --> 00:32:28,150 l'd say there's no doubt that it's the instrument of murder. 668 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,819 There were not only bits of skin tissue adhering to it, 669 00:32:31,952 --> 00:32:36,493 but its conformation matches the depressed area in the skull, as well. 670 00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:39,627 Doctor, could this blow, which killed Kenneth Lowry, 671 00:32:39,759 --> 00:32:41,161 have been delivered by a woman? 672 00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:42,629 [Doctor] Oh, yes. 673 00:32:42,762 --> 00:32:45,133 Any woman of ordinary strength could have done it, 674 00:32:45,264 --> 00:32:47,101 yes, indeed. 675 00:32:48,902 --> 00:32:49,903 Now, Mr. Campbell, 676 00:32:50,036 --> 00:32:51,372 as l understand what you've said, 677 00:32:51,504 --> 00:32:53,173 the company of which you are general manager 678 00:32:53,306 --> 00:32:54,675 made regular remittances 679 00:32:54,808 --> 00:32:57,045 to the Mojave Monarch Mining Company 680 00:32:57,178 --> 00:33:01,219 for the purpose of undeM/riting its operation, payroll, and other expenses. 681 00:33:01,348 --> 00:33:03,018 - Is that correct? - That's right. 682 00:33:03,084 --> 00:33:04,653 Could you tell us, sir, 683 00:33:04,784 --> 00:33:07,089 how much money was sent to the mining company, 684 00:33:07,221 --> 00:33:09,893 that is, to Ken Lowry, in the last year? 685 00:33:10,024 --> 00:33:15,134 Yes, it was _20T, 563.85. 686 00:33:15,263 --> 00:33:17,901 And that figure would be reflected in the books of your company? 687 00:33:18,032 --> 00:33:21,606 Yes, but l wasn't personally familiar with the mining operation. 688 00:33:21,736 --> 00:33:23,606 Miss Corning, the owner of all the companies, 689 00:33:23,738 --> 00:33:25,273 was in the habit of giving instructions 690 00:33:25,406 --> 00:33:27,810 over the long distance telephone from South America. 691 00:33:27,942 --> 00:33:30,213 She got in touch separately with Mr. Lowry 692 00:33:30,344 --> 00:33:32,080 and gave him special orders, 693 00:33:32,214 --> 00:33:34,718 told him how to handle everything out at Mojave. 694 00:33:34,849 --> 00:33:36,052 At least that's the understanding l had. 695 00:33:36,184 --> 00:33:39,557 Now, let's go back to the matter of the shoebox, 696 00:33:39,687 --> 00:33:42,159 which you learned about from the defendant on the telephone. 697 00:33:42,291 --> 00:33:43,693 Did she make an estimate 698 00:33:43,825 --> 00:33:45,460 as to how many hundred-dollar bills 699 00:33:45,593 --> 00:33:48,666 were in the box before it ''disappeared''? 700 00:33:48,797 --> 00:33:52,905 Yes, she said she guessed it contained close to a couple hundred thousand dollars. 701 00:33:53,035 --> 00:33:56,374 Did you have a conversation with the decedent on that weekend? 702 00:33:56,505 --> 00:33:58,842 Yes, l phoned Mr. Lowry Sunday morning. 703 00:33:58,974 --> 00:34:01,211 l told him there was something fishy going on in the omice 704 00:34:01,343 --> 00:34:04,649 and l'd appreciate it if he didn't discuss any company amairs with anyone. 705 00:34:04,713 --> 00:34:07,185 ln her position as your secretary, 706 00:34:07,317 --> 00:34:09,654 would the defendant have known enough about the business 707 00:34:09,785 --> 00:34:12,790 for her to deal separately with Kenneth Lowry in some way? 708 00:34:12,922 --> 00:34:15,726 Why, of course she would. She was practically my financial assistant. 709 00:34:15,858 --> 00:34:19,197 She handled many of the subsidiary company records herself. 710 00:34:19,329 --> 00:34:21,364 Thank you, Mr. Campbell. l think that'll be all. 711 00:34:21,496 --> 00:34:22,732 Your witness. 712 00:34:24,701 --> 00:34:26,270 Mr. Campbell, 713 00:34:26,401 --> 00:34:28,806 did Kenneth Lowry try to get in touch with you 714 00:34:28,938 --> 00:34:31,777 later that same day, the day he was killed? 715 00:34:31,908 --> 00:34:33,544 Yes, he did, as a matter of fact. 716 00:34:33,676 --> 00:34:35,145 Miss Dow, my son's governess, 717 00:34:35,279 --> 00:34:36,814 said he called the house and would call back later 718 00:34:36,946 --> 00:34:37,947 but he never did. 719 00:34:38,081 --> 00:34:40,920 That was about 5:OO, l think. 720 00:34:41,050 --> 00:34:42,953 Now, concerning the shoebox full of money, 721 00:34:43,087 --> 00:34:44,957 You say you were unable to find such a box 722 00:34:45,089 --> 00:34:46,524 in the safe, where the defendant left it? 723 00:34:46,656 --> 00:34:47,591 That is right. 724 00:34:47,724 --> 00:34:49,929 Was there anyone with you when you went looking for it? 725 00:34:50,060 --> 00:34:50,995 No. 726 00:34:51,128 --> 00:34:53,565 Then it's only your word against the word of the defendant. 727 00:34:53,697 --> 00:34:54,932 lsn't that right? 728 00:34:55,065 --> 00:34:56,367 So far, Mr. Mason, 729 00:34:56,499 --> 00:34:58,336 it is my word against hers, 730 00:34:58,468 --> 00:35:01,140 and so far, at least, l am not accused of killing anyone 731 00:35:01,271 --> 00:35:02,474 to cover my defalcations. 732 00:35:02,539 --> 00:35:04,008 So far. 733 00:35:07,644 --> 00:35:09,881 Oh, Mr. Campbell, 734 00:35:10,013 --> 00:35:11,549 would you by an chance happen to know 735 00:35:11,682 --> 00:35:14,354 of the present whereabouts of your employer, Miss Amelia Corning? 736 00:35:14,485 --> 00:35:16,455 l haven't the slightest idea. 737 00:35:18,622 --> 00:35:21,461 Now, Miss Dow, you say that little Carlton Campbell 738 00:35:21,592 --> 00:35:23,595 was carrying a shoebox 739 00:35:23,727 --> 00:35:26,065 while you were driving the boy downtown to get a haircut? 740 00:35:26,197 --> 00:35:27,463 Yes, that's right. 741 00:35:27,464 --> 00:35:30,136 Can you tell us, of your own knowledge, what was in that shoebox? 742 00:35:30,268 --> 00:35:31,604 Yes, l can. 743 00:35:31,736 --> 00:35:33,806 How do you happen to know what was inside it? 744 00:35:34,939 --> 00:35:36,976 Well, after we were in the automobile, 745 00:35:37,108 --> 00:35:40,348 l took occasion to untie the box when Carlton wasn't looking. 746 00:35:40,478 --> 00:35:43,584 l knew he'd taken the box from his father's closet, 747 00:35:43,715 --> 00:35:46,119 and l thought l should make sure what it was. 748 00:35:46,252 --> 00:35:48,956 Well, naturally, in a way, l felt responsible. 749 00:35:49,088 --> 00:35:52,561 And would you tell us, please, what you saw inside that shoebox? 750 00:35:52,690 --> 00:35:55,395 A pair of black patent-leather dress shoes 751 00:35:55,527 --> 00:35:56,662 belonging to Mr. Campbell. 752 00:35:56,795 --> 00:36:00,502 Thank you very much, Miss Dow. Your witness. 753 00:36:02,368 --> 00:36:04,505 You were driving the car at the time? 754 00:36:04,637 --> 00:36:06,072 l beg your pardon. 755 00:36:06,205 --> 00:36:09,712 You were driving a car with an energetic small boy in the front seat 756 00:36:09,842 --> 00:36:12,847 and untying a box at the same time. 757 00:36:13,846 --> 00:36:16,217 l did it just before we started the car. 758 00:36:16,349 --> 00:36:18,753 You were able to untie and look into that box 759 00:36:18,884 --> 00:36:20,052 without the boy even noticing it? 760 00:36:20,187 --> 00:36:23,760 l tell you l looked, and l saw nothing but shoes. 761 00:36:23,889 --> 00:36:25,459 Did you stop anywhere, 762 00:36:25,591 --> 00:36:26,893 leave the car at any time, 763 00:36:27,027 --> 00:36:27,995 leave the boy at any time? 764 00:36:28,128 --> 00:36:30,432 Absolutely no. 765 00:36:30,563 --> 00:36:33,201 Well, not until he ran upstairs to Miss Fisher's omice, that is. 766 00:36:33,333 --> 00:36:35,470 Before you left the house, then, 767 00:36:35,601 --> 00:36:37,604 was there someone else near the car? 768 00:36:37,737 --> 00:36:39,506 Well, no, other than the boy's own father 769 00:36:39,639 --> 00:36:41,041 when he told us good-bye. 770 00:36:44,778 --> 00:36:46,948 Amelia didn't expect me to come up from South America, 771 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,351 but l thought she might need looking after, 772 00:36:49,484 --> 00:36:50,686 so l sent her a cable, 773 00:36:50,817 --> 00:36:53,522 and l arrived about 4:30 in the afternoon. 774 00:36:53,653 --> 00:36:54,621 l see. 775 00:36:54,754 --> 00:36:58,094 Did you ever have any dealings with a man named Kenneth Lowry? 776 00:36:58,226 --> 00:37:00,597 l never heard of him until after he was dead. 777 00:37:00,727 --> 00:37:03,132 Now, one final question. 778 00:37:03,197 --> 00:37:05,000 Defense counsel has tried to make something 779 00:37:05,132 --> 00:37:09,039 of the fact that no one knows just where Amelia Corning is at the present time. 780 00:37:09,170 --> 00:37:11,507 Does this concern you? 781 00:37:11,639 --> 00:37:14,310 Not particularly, not yet. 782 00:37:14,442 --> 00:37:15,645 Amelia's a whirling dervish. 783 00:37:15,776 --> 00:37:17,479 She's always om somewhere. 784 00:37:18,713 --> 00:37:20,616 Well, it concerns me, naturally. 785 00:37:20,748 --> 00:37:23,085 l seem to be the one employee of the Corning Company 786 00:37:23,217 --> 00:37:25,589 who's made an emort to keep in personal touch with the family 787 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:26,853 in South America. 788 00:37:26,854 --> 00:37:29,626 Now, about the decedent, Kenneth Lowry, 789 00:37:29,757 --> 00:37:31,193 did you have a conversation with him 790 00:37:31,326 --> 00:37:32,428 that same Sunday afternoon? 791 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:33,895 l did. 792 00:37:34,029 --> 00:37:36,299 He telephoned the hotel about 5:30. 793 00:37:36,431 --> 00:37:37,967 Sophia, Miss Elliot, 794 00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:39,402 was dressing for dinner at the moment, 795 00:37:39,535 --> 00:37:41,005 so l answered the telephone. 796 00:37:41,136 --> 00:37:43,006 [Burger] What did Mr. Lowry say to you? 797 00:37:43,138 --> 00:37:44,607 He asked for Miss Corning, 798 00:37:44,740 --> 00:37:46,008 but, of course, she wasn't there. 799 00:37:46,141 --> 00:37:47,978 He said he'd keep trying. 800 00:37:48,110 --> 00:37:50,047 [Burger] Do you remember any specific words 801 00:37:50,178 --> 00:37:51,848 that Mr. Lowry used in this conversation? 802 00:37:51,980 --> 00:37:53,383 Well, he sounded angry. 803 00:37:53,516 --> 00:37:56,555 He said he didn't want to get blamed for things that weren't his fault. 804 00:37:56,685 --> 00:37:59,524 He said if Miss Corning didn't straighten things out herself, 805 00:37:59,655 --> 00:38:02,127 then there'd be darn well plenty of trouble. 806 00:38:02,258 --> 00:38:04,395 Those were his words, you understand. 807 00:38:04,460 --> 00:38:05,595 [Burger] Thank you, Mr. Gomez. 808 00:38:05,727 --> 00:38:06,762 That'll be all. 809 00:38:08,897 --> 00:38:12,204 Mr. Gomez, do your various interests in the Corning Company 810 00:38:12,335 --> 00:38:13,838 include knowledge of the omice safe? 811 00:38:13,970 --> 00:38:15,505 l don't quite see what you're-- 812 00:38:15,637 --> 00:38:17,374 You know the combination of the omice safe? 813 00:38:17,507 --> 00:38:20,279 l most certainly do not. 814 00:38:22,478 --> 00:38:24,181 Well, yes, l examined the rental car 815 00:38:24,314 --> 00:38:26,217 for bloodstains and fingerprints. 816 00:38:26,349 --> 00:38:29,221 Mr. Abert, you're a recognized expert in this field. 817 00:38:29,353 --> 00:38:33,059 As a matter of fact, you sometimes work for the police department, 818 00:38:33,189 --> 00:38:36,462 but this examination you made at the request of a private party. 819 00:38:36,594 --> 00:38:37,729 ls that correct? 820 00:38:37,860 --> 00:38:40,031 For Mr. Paul Drake, a private investigator, 821 00:38:40,164 --> 00:38:42,902 although l understand him to be paid by Mr. Perry Mason. 822 00:38:43,033 --> 00:38:45,637 And what were your findings, Mr. Abert? 823 00:38:45,768 --> 00:38:47,304 There were no bloodstains on the automobile, 824 00:38:47,438 --> 00:38:49,308 but there were identifiable prints. 825 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,010 l later turned these over to the police. 826 00:38:51,141 --> 00:38:54,280 And were you able to recognize whose prints these were? 827 00:38:54,411 --> 00:38:57,049 Yes, we ran a comparison test at headquarters. 828 00:38:57,181 --> 00:38:59,218 There were the defendant's. 829 00:38:59,350 --> 00:39:03,124 Her prints were on the steering wheel, the dash, and one door handle. 830 00:39:03,187 --> 00:39:04,423 And who else? 831 00:39:04,556 --> 00:39:06,091 What other prints were found in that car? 832 00:39:08,659 --> 00:39:10,195 Those of the deceased. 833 00:39:11,662 --> 00:39:13,532 You found the fingerprints of Kenneth Lowry 834 00:39:13,664 --> 00:39:16,036 in the car that was rented to Susan Fisher 835 00:39:16,167 --> 00:39:19,239 and in which she was seen driving to the scene of the crime? 836 00:39:19,371 --> 00:39:21,341 That's right, sir, 837 00:39:21,473 --> 00:39:24,212 full palm, right thumb, three fingers of the left hand. 838 00:39:24,342 --> 00:39:26,279 Thank you, Mr. Abert. That'll be all. 839 00:39:26,411 --> 00:39:27,914 Your witness. 840 00:39:29,347 --> 00:39:30,615 Mr. Abert, 841 00:39:30,616 --> 00:39:34,122 who asked you to make this knowledge known to the proper authorities? 842 00:39:34,252 --> 00:39:35,688 You did, Mr. Mason. 843 00:39:35,820 --> 00:39:36,888 [Mason] No further questions. 844 00:39:37,022 --> 00:39:39,460 Just a moment, Mr. Abert. 845 00:39:39,592 --> 00:39:41,495 Did Counsel ask you to make this disclosure 846 00:39:41,627 --> 00:39:44,899 before or after his client was arrested? 847 00:39:46,298 --> 00:39:47,266 After. 848 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,837 Thank you, Mr. Abert. That'll be all. 849 00:39:49,969 --> 00:39:53,876 Your Honor, this time l call Carlota Aimes Jackson to the stand. 850 00:39:58,010 --> 00:39:59,813 Well, late that afternoon, 851 00:39:59,945 --> 00:40:03,384 l was in the alley behind the Hotel Athenian. 852 00:40:03,516 --> 00:40:04,585 See, l'm a maid there, 853 00:40:04,717 --> 00:40:07,422 and l was getting om from duty. 854 00:40:07,554 --> 00:40:09,457 Would you please tell us what you saw in the alley? 855 00:40:09,589 --> 00:40:12,126 A lady in a wheelchair, 856 00:40:12,258 --> 00:40:13,294 an old lady. 857 00:40:13,427 --> 00:40:14,629 She wore glasses, 858 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:18,367 and there was another lady helping her into a car. 859 00:40:18,498 --> 00:40:20,969 l didn't know it was a lady at first glance 860 00:40:21,101 --> 00:40:23,805 because, well, she was wearing a man's hat 861 00:40:23,937 --> 00:40:26,508 and a trench coat sort of thing. 862 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,811 Did you ever see this other lady again? 863 00:40:28,942 --> 00:40:32,248 Yes, in police headquarters, in the lineup. 864 00:40:32,379 --> 00:40:33,849 [Burger] And who was this other lady 865 00:40:33,980 --> 00:40:35,883 that you saw in the hat and trench coat? 866 00:40:36,016 --> 00:40:36,984 Do you know? 867 00:40:37,117 --> 00:40:39,889 lt was her 868 00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:41,355 the defendant there. 869 00:40:41,489 --> 00:40:43,459 [Burger] And the car that they were getting out of, 870 00:40:43,591 --> 00:40:44,626 did you ever see it again? 871 00:40:44,758 --> 00:40:47,296 Yes, sir, at police headquarters. 872 00:40:47,428 --> 00:40:49,965 lt was the one they was getting the fingerprints out of. 873 00:40:50,097 --> 00:40:52,268 Thank you. Your witness. 874 00:40:55,403 --> 00:40:59,277 Miss Jackson, you say you identified the defendant in the lineup. 875 00:40:59,407 --> 00:41:00,943 Now, had you ever seen her before that? 876 00:41:01,075 --> 00:41:04,214 Well, n-- l had a glimpse of her once, maybe, 877 00:41:04,278 --> 00:41:06,683 when they were taking her up to the show-up room. 878 00:41:06,814 --> 00:41:09,385 Had you ever seen a picture of her before that? 879 00:41:09,517 --> 00:41:11,855 Yes, the police showed me one once 880 00:41:11,986 --> 00:41:14,758 and asked me if that was the lady l saw. 881 00:41:14,889 --> 00:41:17,361 How many conversations have you had with the police, Miss Jackson? 882 00:41:17,493 --> 00:41:20,164 Well, several, l think, maybe about-- 883 00:41:20,295 --> 00:41:21,330 As many as 10? 884 00:41:21,463 --> 00:41:22,665 Well, maybe. 885 00:41:22,797 --> 00:41:25,736 So you weren't quite positive 886 00:41:25,867 --> 00:41:27,035 about what you had seen 887 00:41:27,169 --> 00:41:28,669 when you were first interviewed. 888 00:41:28,670 --> 00:41:31,409 Well, l keep remembering details. 889 00:41:31,540 --> 00:41:33,076 You know-- you know what l mean. 890 00:41:33,208 --> 00:41:36,314 Then you weren't as positive in your ninth conversation as you are now. 891 00:41:36,445 --> 00:41:37,380 Of course l was. 892 00:41:37,513 --> 00:41:38,816 [Mason] Then why did you have the 10th conversation? 893 00:41:38,947 --> 00:41:39,882 [Carlota] l don't know. 894 00:41:40,015 --> 00:41:41,885 Well, let's take the eighth conversation. 895 00:41:42,017 --> 00:41:44,054 Are you more positive now than you were then? 896 00:41:44,186 --> 00:41:46,156 Well, l guess, maybe a little, but-- 897 00:41:46,288 --> 00:41:48,158 And what about the seventh conversation? 898 00:41:48,290 --> 00:41:51,162 More positive in the seventh conversation than you were in the si_h? 899 00:41:51,293 --> 00:41:53,898 - Well, maybe-- - More positive in the si_h than you were in the fifth? 900 00:41:54,029 --> 00:41:56,300 More positive in the fifth than you were in the fourth? 901 00:41:56,432 --> 00:41:58,469 More positive in the fourth than you were in the third? 902 00:41:58,601 --> 00:42:00,271 More positive in the third than you were in the second? 903 00:42:00,403 --> 00:42:03,742 More positive in the second than you were in the first? 904 00:42:03,807 --> 00:42:05,877 l think Perry made that testimony look silly. 905 00:42:06,009 --> 00:42:07,745 And l think maybe his client's guilty. 906 00:42:07,877 --> 00:42:08,979 Just suppose now-- 907 00:42:09,112 --> 00:42:11,216 Just suppose that Susan did lure Amelia Corning out someplace 908 00:42:11,347 --> 00:42:12,282 and disposed of her. 909 00:42:12,415 --> 00:42:13,985 Heaven knows l can't find the old dame, 910 00:42:14,117 --> 00:42:17,591 and personally l think Burger is laying the groundwork in this hearing 911 00:42:17,721 --> 00:42:19,524 so later on he can try Susan for two murders, 912 00:42:19,657 --> 00:42:21,326 the old lady from whom she was embezzling 913 00:42:21,458 --> 00:42:23,093 and the guy that knew too much about it. 914 00:42:23,226 --> 00:42:24,996 Paul, why can't you find the first woman 915 00:42:25,128 --> 00:42:26,063 who impersonated Amelia? 916 00:42:26,196 --> 00:42:28,901 Hired stooge? She could be in TimbuMu by now. 917 00:42:29,032 --> 00:42:30,769 lt's the real one l bet turns up dead any minute. 918 00:42:30,900 --> 00:42:33,070 Give me the rest of what you have there, would you, Paul? 919 00:42:34,071 --> 00:42:37,444 Well, l checked in Mojave for any phone calls made to Ken Lowry 920 00:42:37,575 --> 00:42:38,945 before he came to L.A. 921 00:42:39,076 --> 00:42:40,244 Any results? 922 00:42:40,377 --> 00:42:42,013 Yeah, to hang your client. 923 00:42:42,146 --> 00:42:43,715 There was a message at his boardinghouse, 924 00:42:43,849 --> 00:42:46,053 for him to call operator 6T in Los Angeles. 925 00:42:46,183 --> 00:42:47,585 Later on he must have done it. 926 00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:49,521 That operator traced it for us. 927 00:42:49,654 --> 00:42:51,758 The call was placed by a Miss Smith 928 00:42:51,889 --> 00:42:53,057 from a public phone booth, 929 00:42:53,190 --> 00:42:56,195 just around the corner from Susan Fisher's apartment. 930 00:42:56,327 --> 00:42:58,164 Paul, what about the rental car? 931 00:42:58,295 --> 00:42:59,398 What about it? 932 00:42:59,531 --> 00:43:01,735 Well, you jotted down the mileage when you took the car out. 933 00:43:01,867 --> 00:43:04,205 l noticed that between the mileage in the company books 934 00:43:04,269 --> 00:43:05,804 when Susan returned the car and your figure, 935 00:43:05,936 --> 00:43:07,606 there was nearly a 30-mile discrepancy. 936 00:43:07,739 --> 00:43:09,943 Perry, l double-checked. 937 00:43:10,075 --> 00:43:13,080 No one signed out for that car between the time Susan had it 938 00:43:13,211 --> 00:43:14,513 and the time l got it. 939 00:43:14,646 --> 00:43:16,951 But if nobody else signed it out, then-- 940 00:43:18,483 --> 00:43:19,685 Wait a moment. 941 00:43:21,286 --> 00:43:22,989 Another way, another angle. 942 00:43:24,389 --> 00:43:26,292 Paul, l want you to move fast. 943 00:43:26,424 --> 00:43:27,727 You'll have to go out to the car-rental agency, 944 00:43:27,860 --> 00:43:28,928 then right down to court. 945 00:43:29,060 --> 00:43:30,763 Now, here's what l want you to find out. 946 00:43:36,134 --> 00:43:37,737 May it please the Court, 947 00:43:37,870 --> 00:43:40,842 before we decide whether to omer any defense in this hearing, 948 00:43:40,972 --> 00:43:43,243 l would like to recall a prosecution witnesses. 949 00:43:43,376 --> 00:43:45,113 Your Honor, l'll have to object to that. 950 00:43:45,244 --> 00:43:47,581 This is a favorite trick of Counsel's. 951 00:43:47,713 --> 00:43:49,416 We've already seen how far he's willing to go 952 00:43:49,548 --> 00:43:51,886 to delay the investigation of this case. 953 00:43:52,018 --> 00:43:54,122 [Judge] l don't think that's called for, Mr. Burger. 954 00:43:54,253 --> 00:43:56,223 [Mason] My only desire is to clarify certain points 955 00:43:56,355 --> 00:43:57,423 in evidence, Your Honor. 956 00:43:57,556 --> 00:43:59,159 [Burger] And which prosecution witness 957 00:43:59,292 --> 00:44:01,764 do you require to make this clarification, Mr. Mason? 958 00:44:01,895 --> 00:44:04,065 Mr. Endicott Campbell. 959 00:44:04,130 --> 00:44:05,466 Very well. 960 00:44:05,599 --> 00:44:07,502 Mr. Campbell will return to the stand. 961 00:44:08,735 --> 00:44:12,676 But l've explained about that box at least six times already. 962 00:44:12,806 --> 00:44:14,074 You haven't yet explained 963 00:44:14,207 --> 00:44:16,578 how the box came to be in your son's possession. 964 00:44:16,710 --> 00:44:18,747 Now, when you learned from the defendant 965 00:44:18,879 --> 00:44:20,082 the box contained money-- 966 00:44:20,213 --> 00:44:21,848 l learned nothing of the sort. 967 00:44:21,982 --> 00:44:24,319 Susan told me it contained the money. That's all. 968 00:44:24,451 --> 00:44:26,288 Why do you think for a moment that l'd allow my son 969 00:44:26,420 --> 00:44:29,025 to play games with shoeboxes if l were hiding money in the house? 970 00:44:29,156 --> 00:44:30,692 Then why did you take your son out of town 971 00:44:30,825 --> 00:44:32,728 Saturday afternoon to stay with friends? 972 00:44:32,860 --> 00:44:34,597 l beg your pardon. 973 00:44:34,729 --> 00:44:37,366 Take him where he wouldn't be available for questioning, 974 00:44:37,498 --> 00:44:38,967 as you weren't available, Mr. Campbell, 975 00:44:39,099 --> 00:44:42,038 when my investigator went looking for you and your son the ne_ day. 976 00:44:42,169 --> 00:44:44,340 My son is seven years old. 977 00:44:44,472 --> 00:44:47,744 Can't you understand that when l realized there was obviously going to be trouble, 978 00:44:47,875 --> 00:44:50,814 that something had been going on in the firm that l didn't know anything about, 979 00:44:50,945 --> 00:44:53,784 my first thought was to get him away from all this upset? 980 00:44:53,915 --> 00:44:55,385 Haven't you the sense to realize-- 981 00:44:55,516 --> 00:44:56,551 [Judge taps pencil] 982 00:44:56,684 --> 00:44:58,654 The witness will refrain from personal remarks. 983 00:44:59,721 --> 00:45:02,426 Counselor, l think the manner of your questioning-- 984 00:45:02,490 --> 00:45:06,331 Your Honor l'll have no more questions' of this witness. 985 00:45:06,461 --> 00:45:07,730 lf l may be allowed a moment? 986 00:45:07,863 --> 00:45:09,298 Very well, Mr. Mason. 987 00:45:10,365 --> 00:45:11,835 Mr. Campbell, you may step down. 988 00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:23,349 Your Honor, l would like to request a two-hour recess. 989 00:45:23,479 --> 00:45:25,616 Just a moment, Mr. Mason. 990 00:45:25,748 --> 00:45:27,485 You badgered this last witness 991 00:45:27,616 --> 00:45:30,621 for apparently no other purpose than to use up time. 992 00:45:30,753 --> 00:45:33,158 For this court to tolerate any further delay-- 993 00:45:33,288 --> 00:45:34,523 Just a moment, Mr. Burger. 994 00:45:34,656 --> 00:45:37,228 Your Honor, we now have evidence l would like to examine. 995 00:45:37,359 --> 00:45:38,762 We will then omer that evidence 996 00:45:38,895 --> 00:45:40,832 in pleading a case for the defense. 997 00:45:40,964 --> 00:45:43,969 All right, l see no real objection. 998 00:45:44,099 --> 00:45:46,637 Court is recessed until 4:OO this afternoon. 999 00:45:53,576 --> 00:45:54,678 Perry, will you, for Pete's sake, 1000 00:45:54,811 --> 00:45:56,714 tell us why we're here and where we're going? 1001 00:45:56,846 --> 00:45:57,881 Apartment 308. 1002 00:45:58,014 --> 00:45:59,851 Tragg, we figured the only person 1003 00:45:59,984 --> 00:46:02,188 who could take a rental car out without a record of it 1004 00:46:02,318 --> 00:46:04,021 would be an employee of the rental agency. 1005 00:46:04,154 --> 00:46:05,289 And this dame's a typist there, 1006 00:46:05,422 --> 00:46:07,726 and we're right around the corner from Susan Fisher's apartment. 1007 00:46:11,494 --> 00:46:12,462 Miss Cindy Hastings? 1008 00:46:12,596 --> 00:46:13,530 What do you want? 1009 00:46:13,664 --> 00:46:16,068 - l'm very busy, and l-- - [whimpering] 1010 00:46:16,199 --> 00:46:17,969 My little dog has been ill, and l-- 1011 00:46:18,101 --> 00:46:21,608 Tragg, if you were to see Miss Hastings in a wheelchair, 1012 00:46:21,739 --> 00:46:23,809 complete with gray wig and wearing glasses, 1013 00:46:23,941 --> 00:46:25,043 [gasps] 1014 00:46:26,142 --> 00:46:27,278 Break it in. 1015 00:46:27,411 --> 00:46:29,080 [whimpering] 1016 00:46:30,281 --> 00:46:32,785 - Go on in, Sergeant. - [whimper] 1017 00:46:32,917 --> 00:46:34,520 Tragg, listen. 1018 00:46:35,586 --> 00:46:37,423 [woman crying and gasping] 1019 00:46:39,490 --> 00:46:41,160 [Woman] Help. 1020 00:46:41,292 --> 00:46:43,362 Help me. 1021 00:46:43,494 --> 00:46:48,671 [moaning] Oh, help. 1022 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:50,235 [groaning] 1023 00:46:50,367 --> 00:46:51,603 [Tragg] Well, who in the name of-- 1024 00:46:51,736 --> 00:46:53,071 [Mason] l'd say Amelia Corning, 1025 00:46:53,204 --> 00:46:55,475 the first Miss Corning, the real Miss Corning. 1026 00:46:56,541 --> 00:47:01,317 They-- They kept giving me something. 1027 00:47:01,446 --> 00:47:03,383 l can't move. 1028 00:47:03,448 --> 00:47:04,983 [Tragg] You're all right, lady. 1029 00:47:05,118 --> 00:47:06,720 We'll take you to a hospital. 1030 00:47:08,087 --> 00:47:09,990 But who are they? 1031 00:47:11,156 --> 00:47:12,124 [groans] 1032 00:47:12,257 --> 00:47:15,897 Tragg, l think it's quite simple. 1033 00:47:16,028 --> 00:47:18,633 One of the witnesses on the stand lied, 1034 00:47:18,764 --> 00:47:20,566 had to lie, l guess. 1035 00:47:20,700 --> 00:47:24,373 lf l just found that woman, she'll tell us. 1036 00:47:24,504 --> 00:47:25,806 [Miss Dow] Cindy? 1037 00:47:25,938 --> 00:47:28,275 You shouldn't leave the door open like that. 1038 00:47:29,442 --> 00:47:30,844 Cindy. 1039 00:47:33,779 --> 00:47:36,885 l believe your accomplice ran out the back way, Miss Dow. 1040 00:47:53,700 --> 00:47:55,804 l've always been Amelia Corning. 1041 00:47:55,936 --> 00:47:58,373 l'm strictly an original, Mr. Mason. 1042 00:47:58,505 --> 00:48:02,111 l'm glad you at least realized who the imposter was. 1043 00:48:02,241 --> 00:48:04,713 Well, l didn't really, 1044 00:48:04,778 --> 00:48:08,385 not until the second Amelia Corning disappeared. 1045 00:48:08,515 --> 00:48:11,487 lt was right after that cable saying your relative, Sophia Elliot, 1046 00:48:11,618 --> 00:48:12,953 would be arriving at any moment. 1047 00:48:13,087 --> 00:48:14,255 lt occurred to me 1048 00:48:14,388 --> 00:48:18,496 that the cable would scare only an imposter into running. 1049 00:48:18,625 --> 00:48:20,395 lt was Elizabeth who set up the whole thing, 1050 00:48:20,527 --> 00:48:21,796 like last year. 1051 00:48:21,930 --> 00:48:24,467 lt was Cindy who called Ken Lowry and gave him his instructions. 1052 00:48:24,598 --> 00:48:26,268 For a whole year he cashed checks 1053 00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:27,703 and sent them to a post-omice box 1054 00:48:27,835 --> 00:48:29,003 here in Los Angeles. 1055 00:48:29,137 --> 00:48:31,107 Miss Dow's mistake was to take that money 1056 00:48:31,238 --> 00:48:33,241 and hide it in a shoebox. 1057 00:48:33,373 --> 00:48:34,676 Can you imagine her shock 1058 00:48:34,809 --> 00:48:36,579 when she found out that little Carlton 1059 00:48:36,711 --> 00:48:38,915 had gotten it mixed up with his father's treasure? 1060 00:48:39,047 --> 00:48:40,984 l took that box out of the safe, dear 1061 00:48:41,115 --> 00:48:42,918 when you were out of the omice for a moment. 1062 00:48:43,051 --> 00:48:44,521 lt's still in the hotel manager's safe, 1063 00:48:44,652 --> 00:48:45,687 where l left it. 1064 00:48:45,820 --> 00:48:48,425 Which, of course, is why Miss Dow could never find it. 1065 00:48:48,556 --> 00:48:50,459 l imagine she had a couple of shocks that day. 1066 00:48:50,592 --> 00:48:52,897 First, she thought she had protected herself 1067 00:48:53,028 --> 00:48:54,697 by kidnapping you from the railroad station 1068 00:48:54,830 --> 00:48:56,399 before you could start om from Mojave, 1069 00:48:56,531 --> 00:48:58,501 but then Ken Lowry called the Campbell home, 1070 00:48:58,633 --> 00:49:00,603 and she realized he was going to talk so much 1071 00:49:00,736 --> 00:49:02,940 that she and her friend Cindy would still be caught. 1072 00:49:03,005 --> 00:49:05,810 Everything they did, they did out of sheer desperation. 1073 00:49:05,941 --> 00:49:07,109 They arranged a meeting with Lowry, 1074 00:49:07,243 --> 00:49:08,311 tried to buy him om, 1075 00:49:08,444 --> 00:49:09,412 he wouldn't play, 1076 00:49:09,545 --> 00:49:11,014 so they killed him. 1077 00:49:11,146 --> 00:49:13,183 And Mr. Campbell, 1078 00:49:13,315 --> 00:49:15,352 he had nothing to do with it. 1079 00:49:15,484 --> 00:49:19,225 He was really just a good, honest businessman. 1080 00:49:19,355 --> 00:49:21,993 Now, how could he be a good businessman? 1081 00:49:22,125 --> 00:49:24,329 He didn't even believe his own secretary. 1082 00:49:26,096 --> 00:49:29,803 Hallelujah, dear. We'll fire him. 1083 00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,169 Hallelujah. 1084 00:50:45,911 --> 00:50:48,916 Subtitled By J.R. Media Services, Inc. Burbank, CA 1085 00:50:48,966 --> 00:50:53,516 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0