1 00:00:02,894 --> 00:00:04,894 Itheme] 2 00:00:58,283 --> 00:01:00,821 [Della sighs] 3 00:01:00,954 --> 00:01:03,893 Why the sigh? l thought the dinner was excellent. 4 00:01:03,957 --> 00:01:05,424 lt isn't the dinner. 5 00:01:05,425 --> 00:01:08,430 - l'm merely letting out my breath. - Your breath? 6 00:01:09,429 --> 00:01:12,903 l've been holding it ever since we sat down. 7 00:01:13,033 --> 00:01:16,339 Do you realize that this is the first meal we've had in weeks 8 00:01:16,469 --> 00:01:19,676 that hasn't been interrupted by a frantic phone call from someone... 9 00:01:19,807 --> 00:01:22,378 the omice or a worried client? 10 00:01:22,509 --> 00:01:25,882 l almost wish l'd specialized in something a little less strenuous 11 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,612 than criminal law. 12 00:01:27,615 --> 00:01:30,654 [laughs] You know you don't mean that. 13 00:01:30,784 --> 00:01:34,725 No, but l do wish we didn't have to finish that brief tonight. 14 00:01:34,855 --> 00:01:36,715 l was hoping you'd forgotten. 15 00:01:36,757 --> 00:01:38,795 And if l had? 16 00:01:38,927 --> 00:01:42,500 Like a good, dutiful secretary, l would have reminded you... 17 00:01:42,631 --> 00:01:43,823 maybe. 18 00:01:43,865 --> 00:01:46,302 Anyway, we haven't more than a couple of hours' work. 19 00:01:46,434 --> 00:01:48,027 And then... 20 00:01:48,069 --> 00:01:50,069 Waiter, may we have the check, please? 21 00:01:54,709 --> 00:01:57,514 This'll just about clear om my desk. Won't it, Della? 22 00:01:57,646 --> 00:02:00,318 Except for that article you promised the Quarterly Law Review. 23 00:02:00,448 --> 00:02:02,448 Oh, that's not due for a month yet. 24 00:02:06,022 --> 00:02:10,130 You know, these lulls are too rare not to take advantage of them. 25 00:02:10,259 --> 00:02:13,766 Suppose tomorrow you begin a small bonus vacation, 26 00:02:13,896 --> 00:02:15,896 say about week. 27 00:02:17,301 --> 00:02:19,371 - [faint rattling] - Perry. 28 00:02:19,502 --> 00:02:21,706 There's someone in here. Do you hear that? 29 00:02:21,837 --> 00:02:23,837 - [rattling continues] - Yes. 30 00:02:29,846 --> 00:02:32,417 - [baby coos] - Oh, my goodness. 31 00:02:34,718 --> 00:02:36,718 [rattles] 32 00:02:42,659 --> 00:02:44,729 [Drake] This is the darnedest thing l ever heard of. 33 00:02:44,861 --> 00:02:46,289 Della, are you sure all the doors were locked 34 00:02:46,331 --> 00:02:47,355 when you went to dinner? 35 00:02:47,397 --> 00:02:49,158 Yes, l just checked again, 36 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,392 and all the doors are still locked. 37 00:02:50,434 --> 00:02:54,642 And yet here inside and perfectly at home on my desk... 38 00:02:54,772 --> 00:02:56,772 - Leander. - Leander? 39 00:02:56,874 --> 00:02:59,713 These notes were pinned to his blanket. 40 00:03:00,912 --> 00:03:02,505 ''My name is Leander.'' 41 00:03:02,547 --> 00:03:04,984 - [Leander coos] - ''Please, please don't let anybody, 42 00:03:05,116 --> 00:03:07,186 not even the police, take me away.'' 43 00:03:07,319 --> 00:03:09,279 That's odd, to say the least. 44 00:03:09,321 --> 00:03:10,946 This one's even odder. 45 00:03:10,988 --> 00:03:17,034 ''E-V-M 13 - W 19 - 46 00:03:17,162 --> 00:03:18,221 C-O-R-N 47 00:03:18,263 --> 00:03:19,323 S 2T.'' 48 00:03:19,365 --> 00:03:21,024 We'd better get this to a cryptographer. 49 00:03:21,066 --> 00:03:23,069 That's his formula, Paul. 50 00:03:23,202 --> 00:03:24,695 Oh. 51 00:03:24,737 --> 00:03:27,274 We have to find this baby's parents fast. 52 00:03:27,405 --> 00:03:29,810 OtheM/ise l'll have to turn him over to... 53 00:03:29,942 --> 00:03:31,942 whoever you turn babies over to. 54 00:03:32,044 --> 00:03:33,338 You can't do that, Perry. 55 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:35,340 That's just what the note asked you not to do. 56 00:03:35,382 --> 00:03:37,519 Della, how can l take care of a baby that size? 57 00:03:37,649 --> 00:03:38,842 [Della] l can. 58 00:03:38,884 --> 00:03:41,089 l told you l'm living at Helen Leslie's house 59 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:42,947 while she and her family are in Europe. 60 00:03:42,989 --> 00:03:44,614 They should have everything there that l need. 61 00:03:44,656 --> 00:03:45,783 [Drake] Hey, look. 62 00:03:45,825 --> 00:03:47,352 He's laughing. 63 00:03:47,394 --> 00:03:48,786 Of course he is. 64 00:03:48,828 --> 00:03:50,822 He knows you'll do the right thing, Perry. 65 00:03:50,864 --> 00:03:52,457 What is the right thing? 66 00:03:52,499 --> 00:03:54,158 Legally l'm entitled to take 67 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:55,760 whatever measures l deem necessary 68 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:57,028 to protect a client's interest, 69 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:58,663 but who's my client? 70 00:03:58,705 --> 00:04:00,299 Leander, of course. 71 00:04:00,341 --> 00:04:03,580 Unfortunately, Leander's a minor. 72 00:04:03,643 --> 00:04:07,450 ln fact, he's just about the most minor minor l've encountered. 73 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:10,753 Well, not much to go on here. 74 00:04:10,885 --> 00:04:12,543 l can have these checked for latent fingerprints, 75 00:04:12,585 --> 00:04:14,585 but that's about it. 76 00:04:14,688 --> 00:04:16,925 Here, would this medal help, Paul? 77 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:21,664 Regulation St. Christopher's. 78 00:04:21,796 --> 00:04:22,988 What's this? 79 00:04:23,030 --> 00:04:24,890 [Mason] An electric automobile. 80 00:04:24,932 --> 00:04:26,658 [machine whirring] 81 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:28,700 What's that noise? 82 00:04:31,940 --> 00:04:35,446 Mrs. Cosgrove. Mrs. Cosgrove? 83 00:04:35,576 --> 00:04:39,283 Oh, Mr. Drake, l didn't realize anybody was here. 84 00:04:39,414 --> 00:04:40,740 l'll do this later. 85 00:04:40,782 --> 00:04:43,420 No-No, would you come in a minute, please, Mrs. Cosgrove? 86 00:04:45,654 --> 00:04:47,654 Good evening, Mr. Mason, Miss Street. 87 00:04:47,756 --> 00:04:50,093 How long have you been working on this floor tonight? 88 00:04:50,226 --> 00:04:51,918 Why, an hour or so, l'd say. 89 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,332 Started with Crespo and Company, as l always do, 90 00:04:54,464 --> 00:04:56,257 and then came here. 91 00:04:56,299 --> 00:04:58,837 Well, now, what's this? 92 00:05:01,003 --> 00:05:02,630 - [Leander cooing] - Oh-h-ho. 93 00:05:02,672 --> 00:05:09,685 Would you look at the little darlin', smiling like a tiny angel? 94 00:05:09,812 --> 00:05:12,717 Surely never knew you were married, Miss Street. 95 00:05:12,849 --> 00:05:14,849 Oh... l... l'm not. 96 00:05:15,618 --> 00:05:17,179 She's yours, Mr. Mason? 97 00:05:17,221 --> 00:05:21,195 Well, no. No, and just to keep the record straight, 98 00:05:21,325 --> 00:05:23,495 this ''she'' happens to be a he. 99 00:05:23,626 --> 00:05:26,365 - Oh? - Uh... not mine, either. 100 00:05:26,497 --> 00:05:30,204 Holly, did you loan your passkey to anyone tonight? 101 00:05:30,334 --> 00:05:32,334 Oh, no, that's strictly forbidden. 102 00:05:32,436 --> 00:05:34,029 ls there something wrong? 103 00:05:34,071 --> 00:05:36,676 Did you see any strangers in the hallway? 104 00:05:36,807 --> 00:05:38,944 l saw no one, 105 00:05:39,076 --> 00:05:42,450 but l did hear footsteps about half an hour ago... 106 00:05:42,579 --> 00:05:44,140 a woman's, from the heel clicks, 107 00:05:44,182 --> 00:05:45,740 and in a great hurry. 108 00:05:45,782 --> 00:05:47,776 Running down the stairs, they were. 109 00:05:47,818 --> 00:05:49,479 Well, thank you very much. 110 00:05:49,521 --> 00:05:51,521 Not at all. 111 00:05:53,992 --> 00:05:55,551 This is quite a mystery. 112 00:05:55,593 --> 00:05:57,220 You can say that again. 113 00:05:57,262 --> 00:05:58,554 What now, Perry? 114 00:05:58,596 --> 00:06:01,267 All right, Della, the baby's yours... 115 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,937 at least until we see what develops tomorrow. 116 00:06:19,251 --> 00:06:21,923 [Della chuckles] Here, Paul, take the baby, will you, please? 117 00:06:22,054 --> 00:06:23,146 - Who, me? - Yes. 118 00:06:23,188 --> 00:06:24,648 B-But l'm liable to drop him. 119 00:06:24,690 --> 00:06:28,364 Oh. l have to get the keys. Yes. 120 00:06:31,630 --> 00:06:34,402 Uh, Della, here, you better hold him. 121 00:06:34,534 --> 00:06:37,439 Paul, a fine father you'll make. 122 00:06:44,544 --> 00:06:46,204 l don't understand any of this. 123 00:06:46,246 --> 00:06:47,672 Nor do l. 124 00:06:47,714 --> 00:06:49,641 But it's the baby, all right. 125 00:06:49,683 --> 00:06:53,791 lt's the same basket, no doubt of that. 126 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,957 But is it the right baby? 127 00:06:56,089 --> 00:06:58,050 That's what we have to find out. 128 00:06:58,092 --> 00:07:01,966 l realize you can't remember all the incoming calls, Gertie, 129 00:07:02,096 --> 00:07:04,700 but was there an unusual one, 130 00:07:04,764 --> 00:07:07,336 possibly from a woman late this afternoon? 131 00:07:09,236 --> 00:07:11,236 And you told her? 132 00:07:12,707 --> 00:07:14,568 l see. 133 00:07:14,610 --> 00:07:17,214 Yes, that's exactly what l wanted. 134 00:07:17,346 --> 00:07:19,346 Thanks. 135 00:07:22,184 --> 00:07:24,454 Gertie was at the switchboard at 5:3O 136 00:07:24,586 --> 00:07:27,591 when this woman called asking where l could be reached tonight. 137 00:07:27,722 --> 00:07:30,561 Did Gertie say you'd be working tonight? 138 00:07:30,691 --> 00:07:31,718 Did the woman give her name? 139 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,231 No, but at least part of the mystery is solved. 140 00:07:34,363 --> 00:07:37,670 She wasn't just leaving the baby in an empty omice. 141 00:07:37,799 --> 00:07:40,804 Uh, Paul, let me take a look at that again, will you, please? 142 00:07:40,936 --> 00:07:42,762 Here. 143 00:07:42,804 --> 00:07:44,804 Hold out your hand. 144 00:07:46,975 --> 00:07:49,180 - Too hot? - Too hot for what? 145 00:07:49,312 --> 00:07:51,449 For the baby, stupid. 146 00:07:51,581 --> 00:07:53,581 Why don't you ask him? 147 00:07:53,650 --> 00:07:58,694 Paul, do you happen to know any antique car fanciers? 148 00:07:58,821 --> 00:08:02,360 Yeah, one... man named Amos Berry. Why? 149 00:08:02,425 --> 00:08:04,425 Let's pay a call on Mr. Berry... 150 00:08:05,396 --> 00:08:08,000 that is, if Della can get along without us. 151 00:08:08,131 --> 00:08:10,803 Certainly we can get along. Can't we, Leander? 152 00:08:10,933 --> 00:08:13,672 You sure you don't want me to call the Nurses' Registry? 153 00:08:13,803 --> 00:08:16,475 Who needs help with one small baby? 154 00:08:16,607 --> 00:08:18,000 All right. 155 00:08:18,042 --> 00:08:20,479 We'll be back in the morning. 156 00:08:20,611 --> 00:08:22,611 Good night, Mother. 157 00:08:23,580 --> 00:08:25,040 [chuckles] 158 00:08:25,082 --> 00:08:27,082 Night. 159 00:08:27,451 --> 00:08:29,451 Tell me, Leander... 160 00:08:31,088 --> 00:08:33,088 where's your mommy? 161 00:08:52,744 --> 00:08:54,744 Come in. 162 00:08:59,418 --> 00:09:02,257 Hi, Ginny. 163 00:09:02,321 --> 00:09:04,214 What are you doing here, Lester? 164 00:09:04,256 --> 00:09:06,593 l'm just paying a friendly visit. 165 00:09:06,726 --> 00:09:08,726 You don't seem very happy to see me. 166 00:09:10,629 --> 00:09:12,256 How did you find me? 167 00:09:12,298 --> 00:09:14,803 Oh, l always keep track of the people l'm fond of. 168 00:09:14,934 --> 00:09:16,794 l'm very fond of you, Ginny... 169 00:09:16,836 --> 00:09:18,697 in spite of the mistake you made. 170 00:09:18,739 --> 00:09:19,963 Mistake? 171 00:09:20,005 --> 00:09:21,599 Sure. 172 00:09:21,641 --> 00:09:23,501 Not cutting me in on this in the beginning. 173 00:09:23,543 --> 00:09:26,949 l told you a long time ago l'd find you a kid. 174 00:09:27,079 --> 00:09:29,951 lt was my idea, remember? 175 00:09:30,083 --> 00:09:32,120 Where is the kid? 176 00:09:32,252 --> 00:09:33,978 Bedroom? 177 00:09:34,020 --> 00:09:36,057 There's no baby here. 178 00:09:36,189 --> 00:09:38,626 Oh, huh. 179 00:09:40,193 --> 00:09:43,767 [laughs] What is this? 180 00:09:45,332 --> 00:09:47,937 For your pet poodle? Come on, Ginny. 181 00:09:48,068 --> 00:09:50,105 Let's cut out the games and get down to business. 182 00:09:50,238 --> 00:09:53,042 lf by business, you mean blackmail, Lester, 183 00:09:53,174 --> 00:09:54,833 you've got the wrong person. 184 00:09:54,875 --> 00:09:57,313 Blackmail? Ginny, heavens, no. 185 00:09:57,445 --> 00:10:00,250 l mean a partnership, 50-50 on what we make out of the kid, 186 00:10:00,381 --> 00:10:01,474 and that won't be hay, Ginny, 187 00:10:01,516 --> 00:10:03,754 because l've got some angles that you never even thought of. 188 00:10:03,885 --> 00:10:06,857 You've got this all wrong, Lester. 189 00:10:06,988 --> 00:10:10,127 The only thing l want is to be left alone. 190 00:10:10,258 --> 00:10:13,465 Alone. Sure, alone with a suitcase full of money. 191 00:10:13,595 --> 00:10:16,132 Now, Ginny, l'm in this. 192 00:10:16,265 --> 00:10:20,573 Whether you like it of not, l'm in this all the way. 193 00:10:21,903 --> 00:10:24,074 What are you doing? 194 00:10:24,206 --> 00:10:26,878 l'm going to call the police if you don't get out of here. 195 00:10:27,009 --> 00:10:28,335 Oh, all right, the police. 196 00:10:28,377 --> 00:10:30,682 We'll both tell them some very fascinating things. 197 00:10:30,814 --> 00:10:33,118 Want me to dial it for you? What is it, O for operator? 198 00:10:39,855 --> 00:10:41,582 [Ginny gasps] Let go. 199 00:10:41,624 --> 00:10:43,117 - Sure. - Let go. 200 00:10:43,159 --> 00:10:45,019 And get shot? l don't think so. 201 00:10:45,061 --> 00:10:46,087 l'll take this. 202 00:10:46,129 --> 00:10:48,129 Now, be nice, Ginny. Be nice! 203 00:10:48,231 --> 00:10:50,735 Here, here, what's all this? 204 00:10:50,867 --> 00:10:52,728 Who are you? 205 00:10:52,770 --> 00:10:55,007 Wh... None of your business. 206 00:10:55,138 --> 00:10:57,576 l'll show you whose business. 207 00:10:57,708 --> 00:10:59,233 Let go of her, you little pipsqueak, 208 00:10:59,275 --> 00:11:01,613 or l'll poke this clear through you. 209 00:11:03,012 --> 00:11:06,986 Ginny, please tell her how much you want me to stay. 210 00:11:07,116 --> 00:11:09,010 Get out. 211 00:11:09,052 --> 00:11:11,052 Get out of here. 212 00:11:15,125 --> 00:11:17,529 Only, we're still partners, Ginny. 213 00:11:17,661 --> 00:11:20,033 Remember that... still partners. 214 00:11:22,767 --> 00:11:24,259 Scum. 215 00:11:24,301 --> 00:11:25,662 Should we report him? 216 00:11:25,704 --> 00:11:27,707 No. No, he's not important. 217 00:11:27,839 --> 00:11:29,909 Did everything go all right, Mrs. Cosgrove? 218 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,313 Oh, yes, exactly as we planned... 219 00:11:33,445 --> 00:11:36,250 safe and sound in Mr. Mason's hands. 220 00:11:37,915 --> 00:11:39,909 How can l ever thank you? 221 00:11:39,951 --> 00:11:44,025 Time enough for that after you do whatever it is you have to do. 222 00:11:45,090 --> 00:11:46,516 Yes. 223 00:11:46,558 --> 00:11:47,852 l better get started. 224 00:11:47,894 --> 00:11:51,735 l'll, uh, be back sometime tomorrow. 225 00:11:51,864 --> 00:11:53,864 Good luck, dear. 226 00:11:58,905 --> 00:12:03,614 Mrs. Cosgrove, he wasn't crying or anything? 227 00:12:03,676 --> 00:12:07,383 He was having the time of his young life. 228 00:13:05,774 --> 00:13:07,774 [Drake] Mr. Berry? 229 00:13:13,849 --> 00:13:15,175 Mr. Berry? 230 00:13:15,217 --> 00:13:17,217 [Berry] No need to shout. 231 00:13:17,286 --> 00:13:19,657 l can hear as well as l ever did. 232 00:13:19,788 --> 00:13:22,393 Besides, the place is closed this time of night. 233 00:13:24,961 --> 00:13:26,961 Oh, it's you, Mr. Drake. 234 00:13:29,398 --> 00:13:30,658 Rust. 235 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:33,405 Ain't been greased in 30, 40 years. 236 00:13:35,005 --> 00:13:37,477 Miracle she'd run at all. 237 00:13:37,607 --> 00:13:39,877 Ought to be a Humane Society for old cars, 238 00:13:40,010 --> 00:13:41,436 same as for dogs and cats. 239 00:13:41,478 --> 00:13:44,650 Mr. Berry, l'd like you to meet Mr. Mason. 240 00:13:44,781 --> 00:13:46,886 - How's that? - Mr. Mason. 241 00:13:47,018 --> 00:13:49,055 Wants to buy a car, eh? 242 00:13:49,185 --> 00:13:51,990 Well, come back in the morning. You can have your pick, Mr. Basin. 243 00:13:52,122 --> 00:13:55,261 Stanleys, Packards, Franklins... 244 00:13:55,392 --> 00:13:57,997 Uh, Mason, Mr. Berry, not Basin. 245 00:13:58,128 --> 00:13:59,621 Needn't shout. l can hear you. 246 00:13:59,663 --> 00:14:03,937 Actually, Mr. Berry, all we want is some information. 247 00:14:04,001 --> 00:14:05,094 How's that? 248 00:14:05,136 --> 00:14:08,542 Can you tell us the name of the electric brougham 249 00:14:08,672 --> 00:14:10,099 on this St. Christopher medal? 250 00:14:10,141 --> 00:14:12,067 Real old timer. 251 00:14:12,109 --> 00:14:14,646 Detroit Electric? 252 00:14:14,780 --> 00:14:17,518 Land's sake, l believe it is. 253 00:14:17,649 --> 00:14:21,556 A genuine rarity, Mr. Jason. A Kerrick Electrocar. 254 00:14:21,686 --> 00:14:23,923 What do you mean, Mr. Berry, ''a genuine rarity''? 255 00:14:24,056 --> 00:14:25,915 Only six of 'em ever made. 256 00:14:25,957 --> 00:14:27,817 Traction millionaire in Chicago. 257 00:14:27,859 --> 00:14:29,819 Used to build 'em for a hobby... 258 00:14:29,861 --> 00:14:33,134 back in '15, '16... 259 00:14:33,265 --> 00:14:34,791 You must have heard of him... 260 00:14:34,833 --> 00:14:36,126 Leander Kerrick. 261 00:14:36,168 --> 00:14:37,327 [Drake] Leander? 262 00:14:37,369 --> 00:14:39,295 ls Mr. Kerrick still alive? 263 00:14:39,337 --> 00:14:41,064 No. His widow is, though. 264 00:14:41,106 --> 00:14:43,544 Lives in a big place they bought in Beverly Hills 265 00:14:43,676 --> 00:14:44,802 when he retired. 266 00:14:44,844 --> 00:14:46,404 She's got one of these. 267 00:14:46,446 --> 00:14:49,418 Tried to buy it from her, but she wouldn't sell. 268 00:14:49,549 --> 00:14:51,552 Said she was still using it. 269 00:14:51,684 --> 00:14:54,356 [phone rings] 270 00:14:58,092 --> 00:15:00,729 Berry's Antique Cars. 271 00:15:00,861 --> 00:15:02,286 Who? 272 00:15:02,328 --> 00:15:04,328 A Mr. Raisin? 273 00:15:05,264 --> 00:15:08,303 - You know, that has to be for me. - [chuckling] 274 00:15:08,434 --> 00:15:11,808 Uh, thanks. Hello. 275 00:15:11,939 --> 00:15:14,411 l keep hearing sounds outside. 276 00:15:14,541 --> 00:15:16,544 l think someone's trying to get in the house. 277 00:15:16,677 --> 00:15:19,182 All right, Della. We'll be right over. 278 00:15:19,313 --> 00:15:22,152 Come on, Paul. Thank you very much, Mr. Berry. 279 00:15:22,282 --> 00:15:24,282 Not at all, not at all. 280 00:15:25,419 --> 00:15:27,419 Raisin? 281 00:15:28,288 --> 00:15:30,288 Funny name for a fellow to have. 282 00:15:35,362 --> 00:15:37,222 [Drake knocks] 283 00:15:37,264 --> 00:15:39,267 - Who is it? - [Drake] It's us, Della. 284 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,837 Thank goodness you're here. 285 00:15:41,970 --> 00:15:42,995 You all right? 286 00:15:43,037 --> 00:15:44,630 Just scared half out of my wits. That's all. 287 00:15:44,672 --> 00:15:45,698 More noises? 288 00:15:45,740 --> 00:15:46,899 Yes, outside the kitchen door 289 00:15:46,941 --> 00:15:49,246 and then back outside the bedroom again. 290 00:15:49,377 --> 00:15:51,514 Of course, it could be just my imagination 291 00:15:51,646 --> 00:15:54,351 or the wind, a wild animal or some... 292 00:15:54,482 --> 00:15:56,482 - He got in. - [Drake] And how. 293 00:15:58,386 --> 00:16:00,080 Perry, it's been jimmied. 294 00:16:00,122 --> 00:16:01,615 Never mind the window. 295 00:16:01,657 --> 00:16:03,617 Didn't the baby even cry out... 296 00:16:03,659 --> 00:16:05,659 Della? 297 00:16:07,696 --> 00:16:10,368 - Paul, call the police. - What for? 298 00:16:10,499 --> 00:16:12,536 What for? Della, kidnapping comes under... 299 00:16:16,338 --> 00:16:18,338 [Leander cooing] 300 00:16:20,676 --> 00:16:22,676 [Della] Leander's all right. 301 00:16:23,412 --> 00:16:25,683 Didn't l tell you l could take care of him? 302 00:16:53,644 --> 00:16:55,644 Snug little place, isn't it? 303 00:16:58,082 --> 00:16:59,975 Paul, look over there. 304 00:17:00,017 --> 00:17:02,017 [Drake] Ah, looks like the one on the medal. 305 00:17:10,461 --> 00:17:12,088 Yeah, just like l remembered... 306 00:17:12,130 --> 00:17:15,704 tiller instead of a wheel, and look at that vase of flowers. 307 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:18,873 You men there, what are you doing? 308 00:17:19,004 --> 00:17:22,378 lt was our understanding that this was the property of Mrs. Leander Kerrick. 309 00:17:22,507 --> 00:17:24,100 l'm Mrs. Kerrick's cousin. 310 00:17:24,142 --> 00:17:25,802 Oh, yes, Mr. Jarvis Baker. 311 00:17:25,844 --> 00:17:29,785 You are also her business manager, aren't you? 312 00:17:29,915 --> 00:17:31,175 But just who are you? 313 00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:33,554 My name's Mason. l'm an attorney. 314 00:17:33,685 --> 00:17:35,856 Now, her secretary refused me an appointment, 315 00:17:35,989 --> 00:17:38,794 but perhaps you can arrange for me to see Mrs. Kerrick. 316 00:17:38,925 --> 00:17:40,718 See her? About what? 317 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,760 Her grandson. 318 00:17:44,864 --> 00:17:46,864 Follow me. 319 00:17:53,673 --> 00:17:58,850 Wouldn't you say this story of yours was rather incredible, Mr. Mason? 320 00:17:58,979 --> 00:18:02,518 A baby mysteriously locked in your omice 321 00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:06,156 with only a note saying his name was Leander? 322 00:18:06,287 --> 00:18:08,213 Yes, quite incredible, 323 00:18:08,255 --> 00:18:11,060 but the baby also had something else with him... 324 00:18:11,191 --> 00:18:13,191 a St. Christopher medal. 325 00:18:14,862 --> 00:18:16,555 Dolly, are you all right? 326 00:18:16,597 --> 00:18:19,971 That belonged to my husband, Mr. Mason, 327 00:18:20,101 --> 00:18:23,340 and then to my son Lawrence. 328 00:18:23,470 --> 00:18:27,544 We wondered why it wasn't among his emects after his death. 329 00:18:27,676 --> 00:18:31,049 And now, miraculously, it turns up around a foundling's neck. 330 00:18:32,213 --> 00:18:34,718 You seem quite hostile to both the baby and to me, Mr. Baker. 331 00:18:34,849 --> 00:18:35,942 Why? 332 00:18:35,984 --> 00:18:38,556 - Because l don't... - Perhaps l can explain. 333 00:18:38,687 --> 00:18:41,592 - Lenora. - Yes, Mrs. Kerrick. 334 00:18:41,723 --> 00:18:44,395 Will you bring in our other caller, please? 335 00:18:48,730 --> 00:18:50,291 This is... 336 00:18:50,333 --> 00:18:52,771 what did you say your name was, young man? 337 00:18:52,902 --> 00:18:55,139 Menke, ma'am, Lester Menke. 338 00:18:55,271 --> 00:18:57,375 l have an idea they're already acquainted, Dolly, 339 00:18:57,506 --> 00:18:59,943 with each other and with Virginia Talbot, too. 340 00:19:00,076 --> 00:19:02,281 l'm afraid l don't follow you, Mr. Baker. 341 00:19:02,346 --> 00:19:04,071 Mrs. Kerrick does. 342 00:19:04,113 --> 00:19:06,918 Would you repeat the omer you just made me, 343 00:19:07,049 --> 00:19:08,709 for Mr. Mason's benefit? 344 00:19:08,751 --> 00:19:12,158 Well, it... it wasn't an omer. 345 00:19:12,289 --> 00:19:14,289 l merely asked the lady what she'd give 346 00:19:14,358 --> 00:19:17,030 if l could prove that Lawrence Kerrick had a baby son 347 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,266 and if l could find him and the mother for her. 348 00:19:20,396 --> 00:19:22,968 Only you seem to have already found the baby, Mr. Mason. 349 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:24,392 You've got Ginny's baby? 350 00:19:24,434 --> 00:19:26,538 l have a baby. 351 00:19:26,670 --> 00:19:28,563 Who is Virginia Talbot, Mrs. Kerrick? 352 00:19:28,605 --> 00:19:31,310 Lenora knows more about her than l do. 353 00:19:31,441 --> 00:19:33,441 l've seen her, at least. 354 00:19:33,543 --> 00:19:36,181 She was a nurse at the rest home where Lawrence died 355 00:19:36,314 --> 00:19:40,388 and where Mr. Menke claims he was employed. 356 00:19:40,517 --> 00:19:43,122 You can check with Dr. Hogathy, Paul Hogathy. 357 00:19:43,254 --> 00:19:47,428 He's the head man out there, Oak Hill Sanitarium, near Riverside. 358 00:19:47,558 --> 00:19:50,397 And you do know where Virginia Talbot can be found? 359 00:19:50,528 --> 00:19:54,402 Mr. Mason, l think this little drama has progressed far enough. 360 00:19:54,532 --> 00:19:55,658 Drama? 361 00:19:55,700 --> 00:19:57,426 ''Plot'' may be a better word, 362 00:19:57,468 --> 00:19:59,905 a plot to foist a spurious baby on a... 363 00:20:01,407 --> 00:20:03,407 excuse me, Dolly, but l must say it... 364 00:20:03,474 --> 00:20:06,046 on an extremely vulnerable old lady. 365 00:20:06,178 --> 00:20:08,215 Perhaps you're an innocent party to all this, 366 00:20:08,347 --> 00:20:09,606 perhaps not. 367 00:20:09,648 --> 00:20:13,756 ln any event, l suggest you disassociate yourself as soon as possible. 368 00:20:13,886 --> 00:20:16,324 Thank you for your suggestion, Mr. Baker 369 00:20:16,455 --> 00:20:18,316 but l've no intention of withdrawing 370 00:20:18,358 --> 00:20:19,916 until l'm completely satisfied 371 00:20:19,958 --> 00:20:22,697 as to the identity of this baby l've been entrusted with. 372 00:20:22,828 --> 00:20:25,700 Good day, Mrs. Kerrick. May l have the medal, please? 373 00:20:25,831 --> 00:20:27,831 Thank you. Excuse me. 374 00:20:28,734 --> 00:20:29,927 Now, as for you, Menke... 375 00:20:29,969 --> 00:20:32,741 l'm going. You'll be hearing from me. 376 00:20:34,540 --> 00:20:38,682 Jarvis, Mr. Mason is a well known lawyer. 377 00:20:38,812 --> 00:20:41,717 Wouldn't it have been better to have cooperated with him? 378 00:20:41,848 --> 00:20:45,789 Perhaps the baby really is Lawrence's. 379 00:20:45,919 --> 00:20:49,860 You must never allow yourself to think that, Mrs. Kerrick, because... 380 00:20:49,990 --> 00:20:51,984 it can't be. 381 00:20:52,026 --> 00:20:53,484 We explained that, Dolly. 382 00:20:53,526 --> 00:20:55,526 Yes, l... 383 00:20:55,628 --> 00:20:57,423 suppose you have. 384 00:20:57,465 --> 00:20:59,465 Mr. Mason? 385 00:21:03,003 --> 00:21:05,003 l have an idea. 386 00:21:06,408 --> 00:21:08,979 How about you and me making a deal? 387 00:21:09,109 --> 00:21:12,149 You got the baby, and l got the mother. 388 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,851 The baby is actually Lawrence Kerrick's, then? 389 00:21:14,982 --> 00:21:16,708 What dimerence does it make 390 00:21:16,750 --> 00:21:18,750 as long as they think it is? 391 00:21:19,921 --> 00:21:21,381 You just leave that to me. 392 00:21:21,423 --> 00:21:23,895 What l'm likely to leave to you, Mr. Menke, 393 00:21:24,025 --> 00:21:27,665 is a chance to appear before the Grand Jury and testify under oath 394 00:21:27,796 --> 00:21:30,635 as to what you know or do not know about the baby. 395 00:21:38,074 --> 00:21:40,144 Paul, l'd like you to take my car and follow that man. 396 00:21:40,276 --> 00:21:42,203 His name is Menke. l want all... 397 00:21:42,245 --> 00:21:44,482 l know... friends, background, record, if any. 398 00:21:44,613 --> 00:21:46,818 Right, the whole works. 399 00:21:49,352 --> 00:21:51,352 [door closes] 400 00:22:33,998 --> 00:22:35,391 - Mrs. Kerrick? - Yes. 401 00:22:35,433 --> 00:22:37,433 Come in, won't you? 402 00:22:40,038 --> 00:22:42,977 Mr. Mason said you might be paying us a visit. 403 00:22:43,107 --> 00:22:48,551 A painted hussy... blonde, brassy, and hard as nails. 404 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,117 - l beg your pardon? - That's how l pictured you. 405 00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:54,889 lnstead, you're a lady. 406 00:22:55,020 --> 00:22:59,061 Thank you. l hope so. 407 00:22:59,191 --> 00:23:01,191 Would you like to see the baby? 408 00:23:05,431 --> 00:23:06,823 [giggles] 409 00:23:06,865 --> 00:23:09,770 - [Leander cooing] - Come on, honey. 410 00:23:09,902 --> 00:23:12,907 Oh, goodness, goodness. 411 00:23:13,038 --> 00:23:15,041 What do you have? 412 00:23:15,174 --> 00:23:17,178 Lookie here. 413 00:23:17,310 --> 00:23:19,070 Turn around here, hon. 414 00:23:19,112 --> 00:23:21,105 lsn't he adorable? 415 00:23:21,147 --> 00:23:24,286 Yes, quite adorable. 416 00:23:24,417 --> 00:23:27,824 Does... Does he resemble your son? 417 00:23:27,954 --> 00:23:31,126 How can you do a cruel thing like this 418 00:23:31,257 --> 00:23:32,917 to a defenseless... 419 00:23:32,959 --> 00:23:35,263 Mrs. Kerrick, what are you talking about? 420 00:23:35,395 --> 00:23:38,100 l'm... l'm just Mr. Mason's secretary. 421 00:23:38,231 --> 00:23:39,325 Didn't he tell you? 422 00:23:39,367 --> 00:23:42,206 No, he simply gave me this 423 00:23:42,336 --> 00:23:46,143 and said if l wanted to see the baby that had been wearing it, 424 00:23:46,273 --> 00:23:47,566 l'd find him here, 425 00:23:47,608 --> 00:23:50,347 but it makes no dimerence. 426 00:23:50,478 --> 00:23:52,515 lt's still a cruel thing to do, 427 00:23:52,647 --> 00:23:55,019 to try to trap me this way, 428 00:23:55,149 --> 00:23:58,856 but l... l won't be trapped. 429 00:23:58,986 --> 00:24:01,357 You tell Mr. Mason 430 00:24:01,490 --> 00:24:04,094 that l never want to see 431 00:24:04,158 --> 00:24:06,596 or hear of this baby again. 432 00:24:08,397 --> 00:24:10,397 Never. 433 00:24:18,340 --> 00:24:20,340 Poor little fellow. 434 00:24:21,910 --> 00:24:23,910 lt looks like nobody wants you... 435 00:24:26,882 --> 00:24:28,882 except me. 436 00:24:54,977 --> 00:24:56,704 Oh, l-l'm sorry. 437 00:24:56,746 --> 00:25:00,720 l, um... l thought Florence was here alone, Dr. Hogathy. 438 00:25:00,850 --> 00:25:04,123 Well, she was, until l trapped her a couple of minutes ago. 439 00:25:04,188 --> 00:25:06,258 Ginny, you're looking very well indeed. 440 00:25:06,390 --> 00:25:07,816 Thank you. 441 00:25:07,858 --> 00:25:10,028 As a matter of fact, so well, l begin to have hopes 442 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,332 that you will come back here to work with us again. 443 00:25:13,464 --> 00:25:15,323 Well, l... 444 00:25:15,365 --> 00:25:17,159 l haven't made any plans yet, Doctor. 445 00:25:17,201 --> 00:25:19,027 Well, keep us in mind. 446 00:25:19,069 --> 00:25:20,663 Now, if you ladies will excuse me, 447 00:25:20,705 --> 00:25:22,705 l have some work to attend to. 448 00:25:33,651 --> 00:25:34,944 What is it, Ginny? 449 00:25:34,986 --> 00:25:36,714 Oh, Florence, l'm in trouble, 450 00:25:36,756 --> 00:25:38,147 even worse trouble than before. 451 00:25:38,189 --> 00:25:39,315 The baby? 452 00:25:39,357 --> 00:25:41,795 Yes, l went to Yuma last night, 453 00:25:41,926 --> 00:25:45,500 and this morning l called on the doctor you said helped when Leander was born. 454 00:25:45,631 --> 00:25:46,989 Dr. Barrington. 455 00:25:47,031 --> 00:25:49,703 Only, Florence, Dr. Barrington's dead. 456 00:25:49,834 --> 00:25:52,606 That's too bad, 457 00:25:52,738 --> 00:25:56,245 but why did you want to see him, Ginny? 458 00:25:56,375 --> 00:25:59,949 To help me prove that Leander is really mine. 459 00:26:00,079 --> 00:26:04,521 He is mine, isn't he? 460 00:26:04,584 --> 00:26:07,523 What a funny thing to ask. 461 00:26:07,654 --> 00:26:09,581 You know how l was when... 462 00:26:09,623 --> 00:26:11,216 well, when he was born, 463 00:26:11,258 --> 00:26:13,261 only half conscious after the fall l'd taken. 464 00:26:13,393 --> 00:26:15,053 Iflorence] Ginny, you're being ridiculous. 465 00:26:15,095 --> 00:26:16,554 Of course Leander is yours. 466 00:26:16,596 --> 00:26:18,666 l know because l was there. 467 00:26:18,799 --> 00:26:22,373 But... But why, after all this time, do you have to prove it, 468 00:26:22,502 --> 00:26:24,436 l mean, if you're putting him up for adoption? 469 00:26:24,437 --> 00:26:28,546 That was the idea, before he was born, 470 00:26:28,676 --> 00:26:30,335 but now, after these months, 471 00:26:30,377 --> 00:26:33,717 l... l can't let him go. 472 00:26:33,847 --> 00:26:37,053 l just can't, 473 00:26:37,185 --> 00:26:39,689 and l won't let anybody take him away, either. 474 00:26:39,821 --> 00:26:41,925 Someone's trying to take him? 475 00:26:42,056 --> 00:26:44,049 Somebody's following me, 476 00:26:44,091 --> 00:26:46,528 watching the bungalow court in Hollywood where l'm staying, 477 00:26:46,661 --> 00:26:48,661 and the other night a woman came, 478 00:26:48,730 --> 00:26:51,836 and she said if I didn't have Leander adopted immediately, 479 00:26:51,966 --> 00:26:53,966 she'd have the police take him... 480 00:26:54,770 --> 00:26:58,477 because he wasn't really my baby. 481 00:26:58,607 --> 00:27:00,911 - Who was that woman? - l don't know, 482 00:27:01,042 --> 00:27:05,217 but that's why l've just got to prove, some way, he's mine. 483 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,784 Oh, if only we'd registered the birth. 484 00:27:07,915 --> 00:27:12,724 Oh, but Ginny, that was part of what you wanted. 485 00:27:12,856 --> 00:27:16,897 That's why l told Dr. Barrington your regular doctor was going to take over. 486 00:27:17,025 --> 00:27:19,025 He'd leave the registering to him. 487 00:27:23,131 --> 00:27:26,771 lt looks like l'm your only chance, doesn't it? 488 00:27:26,902 --> 00:27:29,540 l'm the only one who really knows. 489 00:27:29,672 --> 00:27:32,844 [Ginny] But J can't have you lose your license. 490 00:27:32,976 --> 00:27:36,182 l should've gone straight to Mr. Mason anyway. 491 00:27:36,312 --> 00:27:38,649 Mr. Mason? 492 00:27:38,782 --> 00:27:41,019 Don't worry. 493 00:27:41,150 --> 00:27:44,222 l won't mention you, no matter what happens. 494 00:27:44,354 --> 00:27:46,354 He's a lawyer, Florence. 495 00:27:47,791 --> 00:27:50,963 He's the one who'II just have to investigate everything. 496 00:27:52,196 --> 00:27:54,196 That's all l can do now. 497 00:28:07,578 --> 00:28:10,484 - Paul, Ginny says... - Never mind, l heard. 498 00:28:12,784 --> 00:28:15,789 We'll talk about it later, all right? 499 00:28:15,921 --> 00:28:17,780 Please. 500 00:28:17,822 --> 00:28:19,822 All right, Paul. 501 00:28:37,677 --> 00:28:41,518 Hello, l'd like to speak to Mr. Jarvis Baker, please. 502 00:28:42,648 --> 00:28:44,007 First, Leander... 503 00:28:44,049 --> 00:28:45,942 checked footprints at every hospital in town, 504 00:28:45,984 --> 00:28:47,011 no identification. 505 00:28:47,053 --> 00:28:49,390 Second, Lester Menke... l tailed him to his boarding house 506 00:28:49,522 --> 00:28:51,048 and then had one of my operatives take over. 507 00:28:51,090 --> 00:28:53,427 - He's still there, as far as l know. - Police record? 508 00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:56,031 None in L.A. but we're getting a report fiom New York, 509 00:28:56,162 --> 00:28:57,321 where Menke used to live, 510 00:28:57,363 --> 00:28:58,890 and the man l sent out to the sanitarium 511 00:28:58,932 --> 00:29:01,169 found that Menke did work there up to several months ago. 512 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:04,774 He was a lone wolf and not well liked. 513 00:29:04,838 --> 00:29:06,665 What else did your man find there, Paul? 514 00:29:06,707 --> 00:29:09,245 Well, for one thing, Lawrence Kerrick was there. 515 00:29:09,376 --> 00:29:10,435 He was a semi-invalid, 516 00:29:10,477 --> 00:29:11,636 subject to blackout spells 517 00:29:11,678 --> 00:29:14,583 as a result of head injuries received in a plane crash a couple of years ago. 518 00:29:14,715 --> 00:29:17,153 He died of an embolism resulting from the injuries. 519 00:29:17,284 --> 00:29:18,878 What about Virginia Talbot? 520 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,880 One kind of interesting rumor... 521 00:29:20,922 --> 00:29:23,894 that she and Kerrick were married just before he died. 522 00:29:24,024 --> 00:29:25,751 - Married. - Somewhere in Nevada. 523 00:29:25,793 --> 00:29:29,065 - We'll try to check it in the morning. - [phone rings] 524 00:29:29,196 --> 00:29:30,489 Hello. 525 00:29:30,531 --> 00:29:32,123 Oh, just one minute. Paul. 526 00:29:32,165 --> 00:29:36,073 Thanks. Hello? Yeah. 527 00:29:36,204 --> 00:29:37,630 He did? 528 00:29:37,672 --> 00:29:38,731 Where? 529 00:29:38,773 --> 00:29:41,078 [chuckles] Thanks. 530 00:29:41,209 --> 00:29:43,212 That's the man l have tailing Menke, 531 00:29:43,344 --> 00:29:45,137 says Menke's visiting a Hollywood bungalow 532 00:29:45,179 --> 00:29:46,773 rented by guess who. 533 00:29:46,815 --> 00:29:48,742 - Virginia Talbot? - Mm-hmm. 534 00:29:48,784 --> 00:29:51,656 Perry, Leander wishes you luck. 535 00:30:01,330 --> 00:30:03,330 [knocking] 536 00:30:07,169 --> 00:30:09,169 Miss Talbot? 537 00:30:15,879 --> 00:30:17,605 Lester Menke. 538 00:30:17,647 --> 00:30:19,650 Must have just happened. l can still smell gunpowder. 539 00:30:19,783 --> 00:30:21,141 [Man] You. You. 540 00:30:21,183 --> 00:30:23,043 Stop, or l'll shoot. 541 00:30:23,085 --> 00:30:25,390 All right, Miss Talbot, Iet's just see what did happen in there, 542 00:30:25,522 --> 00:30:27,522 and remember... 543 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:41,362 And furthermore, Your Honor 544 00:30:41,404 --> 00:30:45,011 the State will prove that the defendant and the deceased, Lester Menke, 545 00:30:45,141 --> 00:30:47,579 were partners in a cold-blooded plot 546 00:30:47,711 --> 00:30:50,550 to try to foist om a borrowed baby 547 00:30:50,681 --> 00:30:52,951 on a wealthy and socially prominent woman 548 00:30:53,085 --> 00:30:55,990 on the pretense that the baby was actually the omspring 549 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:57,479 of her late son, 550 00:30:57,521 --> 00:30:59,081 that the fatal shooting 551 00:30:59,123 --> 00:31:00,784 resulted from a quarrel 552 00:31:00,826 --> 00:31:04,299 over the division of the contemplated spoils of this plot, 553 00:31:04,361 --> 00:31:07,066 and on the basis of this evidence, Your Honor 554 00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:09,937 the State will move that the defendant, Virginia Talbot, 555 00:31:10,068 --> 00:31:13,675 be bound over for trial for the murder of Lester Menke. 556 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,040 Sergeant Brice, l show you this revolver, 557 00:31:17,110 --> 00:31:18,401 already entered in evidence 558 00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:20,370 and identified ballistically as the murder weapon. 559 00:31:20,412 --> 00:31:22,549 l ask if you recognize it. 560 00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:25,754 Yes, it's the revolver l found in the defendant's handbag 561 00:31:25,885 --> 00:31:27,210 after l reached the scene. 562 00:31:27,252 --> 00:31:28,579 [Burger] What did the defendant say 563 00:31:28,621 --> 00:31:30,246 about this discovery of yours? 564 00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:34,530 Nothing. She was cautioned by Mr. Mason, who was present, not to say anything. 565 00:31:35,628 --> 00:31:38,300 [Burger] Cautioned by Mr. Mason, really? 566 00:31:38,431 --> 00:31:40,968 Did you further investigate this revolver? 567 00:31:41,101 --> 00:31:44,140 l checked to see if it was licensed, and it wasn't. 568 00:31:44,270 --> 00:31:46,270 Then l found the store where it had been purchased. 569 00:31:47,540 --> 00:31:49,400 Well, according to my firearms register, 570 00:31:49,442 --> 00:31:52,214 l sold that revolver on... April Tth. 571 00:31:52,345 --> 00:31:54,650 Just four days before it was used to kill Lester Menke? 572 00:31:54,781 --> 00:31:57,285 - Is that correct? - Yes, l guess that's right, sir. 573 00:31:57,416 --> 00:31:58,844 Now, would you look around this courtroom 574 00:31:58,886 --> 00:32:03,127 and tell us who the person was who came into your store on April Tth 575 00:32:03,189 --> 00:32:05,594 and purchased this revolver from you? 576 00:32:09,097 --> 00:32:10,422 [Clerk] That's the one back there, 577 00:32:10,464 --> 00:32:12,464 the elderly lady sitting on the aisle. 578 00:32:21,109 --> 00:32:24,048 Sure, l got the gun for her, 579 00:32:24,179 --> 00:32:27,352 l mean, people watching her day and night, 580 00:32:27,482 --> 00:32:29,208 trying to get in, 581 00:32:29,250 --> 00:32:32,856 and a strange woman coming and threatening to take her baby away. 582 00:32:32,987 --> 00:32:36,461 Now, with regard to this baby that she claimed was hers, 583 00:32:36,591 --> 00:32:37,951 did you do anything? 584 00:32:37,993 --> 00:32:42,101 Well, l... l suggested the baby be put in a safe place 585 00:32:42,230 --> 00:32:45,202 until she got certain things straightened out, 586 00:32:45,333 --> 00:32:47,905 so l took the baby to Mr. Mason's omice. 587 00:32:48,037 --> 00:32:50,307 [Burger] Mr. Mason? 588 00:32:50,439 --> 00:32:51,765 Why Mr. Mason? 589 00:32:51,807 --> 00:32:54,144 l've been his cleaning woman for eight years, 590 00:32:54,276 --> 00:32:56,513 and l know what a fine man he is 591 00:32:56,645 --> 00:32:59,884 and how he's always ready to help people in trouble. 592 00:33:00,016 --> 00:33:01,375 [chuckles] 593 00:33:01,417 --> 00:33:04,189 Well, this seems to disprove the old theory 594 00:33:04,253 --> 00:33:07,325 about no man being a hero to his cleaning woman. 595 00:33:09,159 --> 00:33:10,852 But now on this same night, 596 00:33:10,894 --> 00:33:14,200 when you left the baby on Mr. Mason's doorstep, 597 00:33:14,330 --> 00:33:15,356 so to speak, 598 00:33:15,398 --> 00:33:18,737 did you have any contact with the deceased, Lester Menke? 599 00:33:18,868 --> 00:33:21,873 Yes, when l got back to Miss Talbot's bungalow, 600 00:33:22,005 --> 00:33:23,565 l found her struggling with him, 601 00:33:23,607 --> 00:33:26,279 and believe you me, l got him out of there fast. 602 00:33:26,409 --> 00:33:29,681 But didn't he say anything to you before he left? 603 00:33:29,814 --> 00:33:31,674 Yes, but... 604 00:33:31,716 --> 00:33:34,020 What did he say, Mrs. Cosgrove? 605 00:33:36,821 --> 00:33:38,925 Must l answer that, Your Honor? 606 00:33:39,056 --> 00:33:41,461 l'm afraid you must, Mrs. Cosgrove. 607 00:33:43,094 --> 00:33:45,632 Well, he said something to Ginny to the emect that... 608 00:33:46,631 --> 00:33:50,672 they were still partners and she'd better not forget it. 609 00:33:50,801 --> 00:33:52,801 [Burger] Thank you, Mrs. Cosgrove. 610 00:33:53,272 --> 00:33:55,810 l believe your description of the defendant's actions, 611 00:33:55,941 --> 00:33:57,100 when you went to her bungalow 612 00:33:57,142 --> 00:33:59,479 to investigate what you thought might have been a gunshot, 613 00:33:59,611 --> 00:34:02,783 was that she ran out the back door like a scared rabbit? 614 00:34:02,848 --> 00:34:04,241 Oh, that's right. 615 00:34:04,283 --> 00:34:06,042 A scared rabbit. 616 00:34:06,084 --> 00:34:08,289 l also believe you said that after you heard the noise, 617 00:34:08,420 --> 00:34:11,259 you got out your shotgun and began a search for shells for it. 618 00:34:11,390 --> 00:34:13,894 Yeah, my wife, she found them in a kitchen cabinet. 619 00:34:14,027 --> 00:34:15,285 [Mason] How long did all this take? 620 00:34:15,327 --> 00:34:18,066 [Manager] Oh, three, four minutes, l guess. 621 00:34:18,197 --> 00:34:19,857 [Mason] Or five or six? 622 00:34:19,899 --> 00:34:23,773 Tell me, how long did it then take you to reach Virginia Talbot's bungalow? 623 00:34:23,903 --> 00:34:27,009 Oh, well, two or three minutes. 624 00:34:27,140 --> 00:34:29,210 Making it anywhere from six to nine minutes 625 00:34:29,341 --> 00:34:31,035 after the shot when you got there, 626 00:34:31,077 --> 00:34:32,503 and yet you say Virginia Talbot 627 00:34:32,545 --> 00:34:34,982 came running out like a scared rabbit? 628 00:34:35,114 --> 00:34:37,041 That's how she looked to me. 629 00:34:37,083 --> 00:34:38,542 Didn't it strike you as strange 630 00:34:38,584 --> 00:34:41,523 that someone would spend six to nine minutes with a corpse 631 00:34:41,654 --> 00:34:44,226 and then run like a scared rabbit? 632 00:34:45,225 --> 00:34:47,228 Now, Miss Wood, what happened on the date 633 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:48,787 to which l have drawn your attention, 634 00:34:48,829 --> 00:34:51,768 that is, February 23rd of last year? 635 00:34:51,899 --> 00:34:54,270 Ginny and Lawrence Kerrick eloped. 636 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,938 Eloped? How do you know that? 637 00:34:57,071 --> 00:34:59,810 Because l drove them to a Justice of the Peace, 638 00:34:59,940 --> 00:35:01,533 just over the Nevada line. 639 00:35:01,575 --> 00:35:04,047 [Burger] Did you consider that one of your obligations 640 00:35:04,112 --> 00:35:05,604 as head nurse of the Sanitarium, 641 00:35:05,646 --> 00:35:09,988 to facilitate marriages between patients and nurses? 642 00:35:10,118 --> 00:35:13,457 l considered it an obligation to a friend. 643 00:35:14,656 --> 00:35:16,656 You may cross-examine. 644 00:35:17,158 --> 00:35:19,195 By your use of the word ''elope,'' Miss Wood, 645 00:35:19,327 --> 00:35:21,187 do you mean to convey that no one but you 646 00:35:21,229 --> 00:35:23,701 knew of the marriage, at least for a time? 647 00:35:23,832 --> 00:35:24,924 Yes. 648 00:35:24,966 --> 00:35:27,338 Are you sure you told no one else about it? 649 00:35:29,138 --> 00:35:34,849 Well, l... l did tell one person the next day... Paul, 650 00:35:34,977 --> 00:35:37,681 l mean Dr. Hogathy. 651 00:35:37,813 --> 00:35:39,405 Well, l was shocked. 652 00:35:39,447 --> 00:35:41,718 l'd known, of course, that they were friends, 653 00:35:41,851 --> 00:35:44,288 but l had no idea it would come to marriage. 654 00:35:44,419 --> 00:35:46,791 What did you do when you learned about the marriage? 655 00:35:46,922 --> 00:35:49,360 l immediately informed Mr. Jarvis Baker. 656 00:35:49,492 --> 00:35:51,085 Why Mr. Baker? 657 00:35:51,127 --> 00:35:54,601 Because, as the court-appointed conservator of Lawrence Kerrick's estate, 658 00:35:54,730 --> 00:35:56,730 he had placed him in my care. 659 00:35:56,832 --> 00:35:58,559 l did the only thing possible. 660 00:35:58,601 --> 00:36:01,273 l had the marriage annulled as quickly as possible, 661 00:36:01,405 --> 00:36:04,745 on the obvious grounds that Lawrence was of unsound mind. 662 00:36:04,808 --> 00:36:06,735 How did you get Miss Talbot to accept this? 663 00:36:06,777 --> 00:36:09,449 l pointed out to her that l was Lawrence's conservator 664 00:36:09,579 --> 00:36:12,183 a fact she claimed she hadn't known, and as such, 665 00:36:12,316 --> 00:36:13,808 was in a position to prosecute her 666 00:36:13,850 --> 00:36:16,388 for taking advantage of an incompetent person. 667 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,592 Well, we went out to see Lawrence, to talk to him. 668 00:36:19,723 --> 00:36:21,860 He was having one of his blackout spells 669 00:36:21,993 --> 00:36:23,718 and failed to recognize her. 670 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,154 Well, that did it. 671 00:36:25,196 --> 00:36:27,901 She signed the necessary papers without further protest. 672 00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:32,774 l know l've done the worst thing possible, Mr. Mason, 673 00:36:32,904 --> 00:36:35,008 picking up the gun from the floor and running, 674 00:36:35,139 --> 00:36:37,099 instead of calling the police, 675 00:36:37,141 --> 00:36:40,414 but l thought l should find you first. 676 00:36:40,545 --> 00:36:41,904 Your biggest mistake, Ginny, 677 00:36:41,946 --> 00:36:44,685 was not coming to see me a long time ago. 678 00:36:45,716 --> 00:36:48,521 A long time ago. 679 00:36:48,653 --> 00:36:50,653 Mr. Mason, l... 680 00:36:50,923 --> 00:36:54,429 l really did think l wanted to put my baby out for adoption. 681 00:36:54,559 --> 00:36:59,168 l had been so upset and... and unhappy... 682 00:36:59,298 --> 00:37:01,335 that spur-of-the-moment marriage 683 00:37:01,468 --> 00:37:03,805 and annulment, poor Lawrence dying, 684 00:37:03,869 --> 00:37:05,762 and then, when... 685 00:37:05,804 --> 00:37:09,111 well, all l wanted was... was to forget everything, 686 00:37:09,242 --> 00:37:14,485 to never have to tell or explain to my folks or anybody about any of it. 687 00:37:14,613 --> 00:37:17,118 And then you saw your baby. 688 00:37:17,250 --> 00:37:20,624 After l decided to keep him, 689 00:37:20,753 --> 00:37:25,696 l still hoped that... that l'd never have to tell that Leander was... 690 00:37:28,061 --> 00:37:29,520 was illegitimate. 691 00:37:29,562 --> 00:37:31,522 He's not illegitimate, Ginny. 692 00:37:31,564 --> 00:37:34,469 What l have to prove is that... 693 00:37:34,601 --> 00:37:36,395 he's actually yours. 694 00:37:36,437 --> 00:37:39,844 But l told you that doctor in Yuma is dead... and we... 695 00:37:39,974 --> 00:37:43,948 l mean, l deliberately didn't register the birth. 696 00:37:44,945 --> 00:37:47,884 Which is it, Ginny... l or we? 697 00:37:48,015 --> 00:37:50,152 Please, Mr. Mason, 698 00:37:50,284 --> 00:37:53,089 all this can't have anything to do with Lester Menke's death. 699 00:37:53,220 --> 00:37:54,414 lt just can't. 700 00:37:54,456 --> 00:37:57,662 Paul, l want you to fly to Yuma. 701 00:37:57,791 --> 00:37:59,185 Check on Dr. Barrington yourself. 702 00:37:59,227 --> 00:38:00,652 He may have mentioned the birth to someone. 703 00:38:00,694 --> 00:38:01,820 All right. 704 00:38:01,862 --> 00:38:03,289 Also check around Ginny's cottage. 705 00:38:03,331 --> 00:38:04,723 She says it was isolated, 706 00:38:04,765 --> 00:38:06,359 may have seen another man or woman there. 707 00:38:06,401 --> 00:38:08,361 Will do. 708 00:38:08,403 --> 00:38:10,741 Well, look who's here. 709 00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:15,880 Oh, my darling. 710 00:38:16,011 --> 00:38:19,183 Oh, my precious, precious darling. 711 00:38:26,989 --> 00:38:30,562 Mr. Baker when did you first tell Mrs 712 00:38:30,692 --> 00:38:33,531 about her son's marriage and its subsequent annulment? 713 00:38:33,662 --> 00:38:35,322 Not until a short time ago. 714 00:38:35,364 --> 00:38:36,857 Why this wait? 715 00:38:36,899 --> 00:38:38,902 Mrs. Kerrick is an elderly person. 716 00:38:39,035 --> 00:38:40,462 l didn't want her upset. 717 00:38:40,504 --> 00:38:41,695 l wanted to protect her, 718 00:38:41,737 --> 00:38:43,740 just as l was protecting Lawrence. 719 00:38:43,873 --> 00:38:46,010 Or perhaps protecting yourself? 720 00:38:46,142 --> 00:38:48,280 l... l don't understand. 721 00:38:48,412 --> 00:38:50,616 Oh, l think you do. 722 00:38:50,746 --> 00:38:53,017 lf Lawrence died unmarried and without issue, 723 00:38:53,150 --> 00:38:56,389 you'd be next in line to inherit the Kerrick fortune, wouldn't you? 724 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,192 Are you intimating that l forced the annulment of his marriage 725 00:38:59,323 --> 00:39:00,615 to benefit myself? 726 00:39:00,657 --> 00:39:02,317 You seem to have been unusually quick, 727 00:39:02,359 --> 00:39:03,451 as well as secretive, 728 00:39:03,493 --> 00:39:06,131 about a matter that normally takes weeks or even months. 729 00:39:06,263 --> 00:39:08,635 Well, l happen to have a lot of good friends in Nevada. 730 00:39:08,765 --> 00:39:10,259 Anyway, what dimerence does it make, 731 00:39:10,301 --> 00:39:12,405 as long as Miss Talbot agreed to the annulment? 732 00:39:12,537 --> 00:39:14,537 When did you first tell Mrs. Kerrick 733 00:39:14,638 --> 00:39:17,043 that the defendant claimed to have a baby? 734 00:39:17,175 --> 00:39:18,234 l didn't. 735 00:39:18,276 --> 00:39:20,169 She learned about the baby, just as l did, 736 00:39:20,211 --> 00:39:22,211 from Lenora Graves. 737 00:39:22,646 --> 00:39:25,318 You are Mrs. Leander Kerrick's secretary, l believe, Miss Graves? 738 00:39:25,450 --> 00:39:26,676 Yes. 739 00:39:26,718 --> 00:39:27,877 Would you tell us, please, 740 00:39:27,919 --> 00:39:30,089 what your connection was with the deceased, 741 00:39:30,221 --> 00:39:33,962 with the defendant, and with the baby purported to be hers? 742 00:39:34,092 --> 00:39:38,401 Well, l got a call from a man named Menke, wanting to see Mrs. Kerrick 743 00:39:38,530 --> 00:39:40,567 about locating Lawrence's baby son 744 00:39:40,698 --> 00:39:42,698 and also the mother, Virginia Talbot. 745 00:39:42,767 --> 00:39:45,038 l told Mrs. Kerrick of this, 746 00:39:45,170 --> 00:39:46,997 and she decided to see him. 747 00:39:47,039 --> 00:39:48,966 Then l told Mr. Baker. 748 00:39:49,008 --> 00:39:50,233 [Burger] And what did you do then? 749 00:39:50,275 --> 00:39:53,615 There were two things l thought l'd better check on myself... 750 00:39:53,746 --> 00:39:59,991 the time the annulment degree was entered in Nevada... 2:35 p.m., February 29th... 751 00:40:00,119 --> 00:40:02,122 and the time of Lawrence's death... 752 00:40:02,255 --> 00:40:05,160 3:15 p.m. Iater that same day. 753 00:40:05,291 --> 00:40:06,917 What was the purpose of this? 754 00:40:06,959 --> 00:40:09,464 Well, l thought if we could prove 755 00:40:09,596 --> 00:40:13,103 that even if there was such a baby as Mr. Menke claimed, 756 00:40:13,233 --> 00:40:14,258 it was certainly illegitimate, 757 00:40:14,300 --> 00:40:18,374 the marriage having been annulled before Lawrence Kerrick died. 758 00:40:18,505 --> 00:40:21,612 And on the basis of this idea, what did you do next? 759 00:40:21,741 --> 00:40:23,101 l located Miss Talbot 760 00:40:23,143 --> 00:40:24,802 and told her she'd lose her baby 761 00:40:24,844 --> 00:40:29,553 if she persisted in trying to foist it om on Mrs. Kerrick as her grandson. 762 00:40:29,684 --> 00:40:31,676 [Burger] And what was her reaction to this? 763 00:40:31,718 --> 00:40:35,592 She told me to leave. That's the last time l saw her... 764 00:40:36,857 --> 00:40:38,961 until some time later, of course, 765 00:40:39,093 --> 00:40:41,093 after she was arrested for murder. 766 00:40:46,668 --> 00:40:48,905 He went back to sleep. 767 00:40:49,036 --> 00:40:51,875 You must have really stretched out your cross-examination, Perry. 768 00:40:52,006 --> 00:40:54,344 Hamilton was sure he'd finish up by mid-afternoon. 769 00:40:54,476 --> 00:40:56,469 Well, he wasn't, which gives us some hope. 770 00:40:56,511 --> 00:40:58,514 - [knock on door] - It must be Paul. 771 00:41:04,119 --> 00:41:05,578 What's the good word, Paul? 772 00:41:05,620 --> 00:41:08,459 Disaster on all fronts, both here and Yuma. 773 00:41:08,591 --> 00:41:10,584 - That bad? - Take here, first. 774 00:41:10,626 --> 00:41:13,765 Nothing, absolutely nothing on Paul Hogathy and Florence Wood, 775 00:41:13,895 --> 00:41:15,895 except that he's a refugee doctor from Hungary 776 00:41:15,964 --> 00:41:16,990 and they're in love. 777 00:41:17,032 --> 00:41:19,804 We did manage to get a partial line on Lester Menke... 778 00:41:19,935 --> 00:41:21,228 two convictions in the East 779 00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:23,807 for operating a black-market baby adoption racket. 780 00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:25,099 That's a disaster? 781 00:41:25,141 --> 00:41:26,634 lt is when you hear the Yuma part. 782 00:41:26,676 --> 00:41:28,202 Menke was seen several times 783 00:41:28,244 --> 00:41:29,870 hanging around Ginny's cottage there. 784 00:41:29,912 --> 00:41:33,451 Which could make it seem as if he and Ginny were really partners. 785 00:41:33,584 --> 00:41:34,643 Mm-hm. 786 00:41:34,685 --> 00:41:36,478 l found a friend who had done some investigating there 787 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:37,612 a couple of weeks ago. 788 00:41:37,654 --> 00:41:40,760 Wouldn't tell me anything except that he was hired by Jarvis Baker. 789 00:41:40,890 --> 00:41:42,317 l half expected that. 790 00:41:42,359 --> 00:41:44,018 Now, here comes the shocker. 791 00:41:44,060 --> 00:41:45,353 lt wasn't easy to check 792 00:41:45,395 --> 00:41:47,465 because, of course, Dr. Barrington is now dead, 793 00:41:47,598 --> 00:41:49,257 but where do you suppose the doctor was 794 00:41:49,299 --> 00:41:51,299 on the day Ginny says her baby was born? 795 00:41:51,368 --> 00:41:53,806 ln Mazatlan, Mexico, fishing. 796 00:41:53,888 --> 00:41:55,532 - Wonderful. - Wonderful? 797 00:41:55,539 --> 00:41:57,065 But, Perry, that proves Ginny was lying. 798 00:41:57,107 --> 00:41:59,177 Look, suppose she and Menke borrowed some... 799 00:41:59,309 --> 00:42:02,181 Paul, do you have a portable ultra-violet lamp at your omice? 800 00:42:02,312 --> 00:42:03,406 Yeah. 801 00:42:03,448 --> 00:42:06,119 Good, let's put it to work, along with this. 802 00:42:06,251 --> 00:42:08,321 - And what's that? - Why, it's a subpoena. 803 00:42:15,326 --> 00:42:17,798 Now, Dr. Hogathy, l would like you to... 804 00:42:17,929 --> 00:42:20,466 Please, Mr. Mason, not ''Doctor'' in this country. 805 00:42:20,598 --> 00:42:22,191 Only in my native Hungary. 806 00:42:22,233 --> 00:42:25,005 - You're not certified in California? - Not yet. 807 00:42:25,136 --> 00:42:28,141 l don't practice at the Sanitarium. l only manage it. 808 00:42:28,273 --> 00:42:32,114 Then certainly you'll recognize this ledger? 809 00:42:32,244 --> 00:42:34,171 [Hogathy] Why, yes. 810 00:42:34,213 --> 00:42:36,784 lt is the Sanitarium's vital statistic ledger, 811 00:42:36,915 --> 00:42:38,375 the one you subpoenaed last night. 812 00:42:38,417 --> 00:42:42,124 Would you kindly read this item under February 29th? 813 00:42:42,254 --> 00:42:46,362 [Hogathy] ''Lawrence Kerrick, 32. 814 00:42:46,492 --> 00:42:48,352 ''Cause of death... cerebral embolism. 815 00:42:48,394 --> 00:42:50,499 Time of death... 3:15 p.m.'' 816 00:42:50,630 --> 00:42:55,473 Now, would you read the time again, please, under ultra-violet light? 817 00:42:59,673 --> 00:43:01,777 [Hogathy] Why, it has been altered. 818 00:43:01,907 --> 00:43:04,679 Originally it was 2:15 instead of 3:15. 819 00:43:04,744 --> 00:43:07,015 [Mason] Thank you. 820 00:43:07,147 --> 00:43:09,919 Which means, Your Honor 821 00:43:10,050 --> 00:43:13,256 that Lawrence Kerrick died exactly 20 minutes 822 00:43:13,386 --> 00:43:16,125 before his marriage to Virginia Talbot was annulled 823 00:43:16,256 --> 00:43:19,463 in Nevada at 2:35 p.m. that same day. 824 00:43:20,528 --> 00:43:23,165 Now, did you alter this record, Mr. Hogathy? 825 00:43:23,297 --> 00:43:26,536 No. l would have no reason to do that. 826 00:43:27,934 --> 00:43:29,328 All right! 827 00:43:29,370 --> 00:43:34,179 Yes, l did it, but l had to protect the family. 828 00:43:34,308 --> 00:43:36,445 Mr. Baker has always been so nice to me, 829 00:43:36,577 --> 00:43:39,316 and l... l just couldn't bear to see him Iose his inheritance. 830 00:43:39,447 --> 00:43:42,386 But how did you think that changing the record would amect that? 831 00:43:42,517 --> 00:43:46,491 Well, it would make her baby... if she really had one, which l doubt... 832 00:43:46,622 --> 00:43:48,381 illegitimate. 833 00:43:48,423 --> 00:43:49,649 Miss Graves, 834 00:43:49,691 --> 00:43:52,396 the law expressly states that any issue of marriage, 835 00:43:52,527 --> 00:43:54,697 even though it be later annulled, is legitimate. 836 00:43:54,830 --> 00:43:58,771 So you see, it really made no dimerence when Lawrence Kerrick died. 837 00:43:58,902 --> 00:44:01,674 Did anyone else know of your having altered the record? 838 00:44:01,804 --> 00:44:06,245 No, but afteM/ards, l tried to tell that man Lester Menke 839 00:44:06,308 --> 00:44:07,535 about the times, 840 00:44:07,577 --> 00:44:11,651 to show him that if Virginia Talbot had a baby, it would do her no good, 841 00:44:11,781 --> 00:44:13,507 but he just laughed at me. 842 00:44:13,549 --> 00:44:15,986 And so you caught him in Virginia Talbot's bungalow 843 00:44:16,119 --> 00:44:17,845 later that night and killed him 844 00:44:17,887 --> 00:44:19,213 so he couldn't laugh again? 845 00:44:19,255 --> 00:44:20,548 No. 846 00:44:20,590 --> 00:44:23,362 No, l didn't kill anybody. 847 00:44:23,493 --> 00:44:25,419 l swear. 848 00:44:25,461 --> 00:44:28,701 And l swear l knew nothing of what Lenora had done, nothing. 849 00:44:28,832 --> 00:44:30,124 Mr. Baker 850 00:44:30,166 --> 00:44:32,169 did you or anyone in your employ 851 00:44:32,302 --> 00:44:35,575 ever try to enter a house occupied by Miss Della Street? 852 00:44:35,706 --> 00:44:37,164 Uh, well, you see... 853 00:44:37,206 --> 00:44:39,911 What were you looking for, a certain St. Christopher medal, perhaps? 854 00:44:41,044 --> 00:44:43,984 Well, l admit l was watching what happened to the baby that night. 855 00:44:44,114 --> 00:44:46,451 And do you also admit to suppressing information, 856 00:44:46,583 --> 00:44:49,255 which an investigator of yours had found in Yuma? 857 00:44:49,386 --> 00:44:52,258 No. There wasn't anything to suppress. 858 00:44:52,389 --> 00:44:54,316 All that man found was the name of someone 859 00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:56,996 who visited Miss Talbot several times down there. 860 00:44:57,127 --> 00:44:59,532 - Who was that, Miss Florence Wood? - Yes. 861 00:45:02,032 --> 00:45:03,893 l would have come foM/ard 862 00:45:03,935 --> 00:45:05,461 if l'd thought it would help prove 863 00:45:05,503 --> 00:45:08,408 that Ginny didn't kill Menke, but it wouldn't. 864 00:45:08,540 --> 00:45:11,914 All it would do would be to get me in trouble. 865 00:45:12,043 --> 00:45:16,050 Miss Wood, when Ginny asked you the name of the doctor in Yuma, 866 00:45:16,181 --> 00:45:18,007 why did you conveniently select 867 00:45:18,049 --> 00:45:21,155 one who had died shortly after the time of the baby's birth? 868 00:45:21,286 --> 00:45:23,457 But it was Dr. Barrington. 869 00:45:23,589 --> 00:45:25,114 On the day the baby was born, 870 00:45:25,156 --> 00:45:27,961 Dr. Barrington was in Mazatlan, Mexico, fishing. 871 00:45:28,961 --> 00:45:32,368 No. No, l was with Ginny myself. 872 00:45:33,432 --> 00:45:36,604 l was the one who delivered the baby, Mr. Mason. 873 00:45:39,071 --> 00:45:42,678 l drove Florence to Yuma so she could be with Ginny 874 00:45:42,809 --> 00:45:45,280 the last couple of weeks before the baby was born. 875 00:45:45,411 --> 00:45:48,083 You knew about the expected birth? 876 00:45:48,214 --> 00:45:52,856 Well, Ginny did not know. l did. 877 00:45:52,986 --> 00:45:54,446 l dropped Florence om, 878 00:45:54,488 --> 00:45:57,059 and as l was turning the car around, 879 00:45:57,190 --> 00:45:59,190 she came running out of the cottage. 880 00:45:59,259 --> 00:46:02,698 She had found Ginny unconscious by the stone fireplace. 881 00:46:02,763 --> 00:46:05,101 - A fall? - Yes. 882 00:46:05,232 --> 00:46:07,336 l rushed in, 883 00:46:07,467 --> 00:46:09,672 and as Ginny began to recover consciousness, 884 00:46:09,804 --> 00:46:11,874 the baby started to come prematurely. 885 00:46:12,006 --> 00:46:13,966 l felt there was danger, 886 00:46:14,008 --> 00:46:17,815 and certainly no time to reach a doctor with the necessary qualifications. 887 00:46:17,945 --> 00:46:21,652 Fortunately, l had some sanitarium supplies in the car... 888 00:46:21,783 --> 00:46:24,054 drugs, instruments. 889 00:46:25,988 --> 00:46:30,429 Of course, for me to do all this was completely irregular, 890 00:46:30,558 --> 00:46:32,696 even illegal. 891 00:46:32,828 --> 00:46:35,767 Now l can never practice here in the United States. 892 00:46:35,898 --> 00:46:38,837 Who else besides Florence Wood knew about this? 893 00:46:38,967 --> 00:46:40,894 How about Lester Menke? Did he know? 894 00:46:40,936 --> 00:46:44,777 Yes. Somehow Lester had traced Ginny to Yuma 895 00:46:44,907 --> 00:46:46,600 and had been watching her cottage. 896 00:46:46,642 --> 00:46:50,583 How much had you paid him to keep quiet up to the time of his death? 897 00:46:51,580 --> 00:46:54,853 $6,OOO, all l had in the world. 898 00:46:54,984 --> 00:46:59,525 And when he wanted more, you had no alternative but to kill him. 899 00:47:00,757 --> 00:47:04,096 No, Mr. Mason, l didn't kill him. 900 00:47:04,159 --> 00:47:06,864 l submit you did. 901 00:47:06,996 --> 00:47:10,436 l submit you followed him to Virginia Talbot's bungalow, 902 00:47:10,567 --> 00:47:11,626 where you fought with him 903 00:47:11,668 --> 00:47:14,340 over possession of the revolver he'd taken from her, and then you... 904 00:47:14,471 --> 00:47:19,311 No. No, that's all wrong. l killed him. 905 00:47:19,442 --> 00:47:21,445 l... 906 00:47:21,578 --> 00:47:23,749 l was waiting for Ginny when he came. 907 00:47:23,881 --> 00:47:28,757 l told him he'd have to leave Paul... Dr. Hogathy... alone, 908 00:47:28,886 --> 00:47:30,679 or l'd report him to the police, 909 00:47:30,721 --> 00:47:32,721 but he wouldn't listen. 910 00:47:32,790 --> 00:47:34,148 He wouldn't believe me, 911 00:47:34,190 --> 00:47:35,751 so l went to the phone. 912 00:47:35,793 --> 00:47:39,400 He took out a revolver... Ginny's... and came after me, 913 00:47:39,530 --> 00:47:41,834 and we... we struggled, 914 00:47:41,967 --> 00:47:44,906 and... and the gun went om, 915 00:47:45,036 --> 00:47:47,036 and l ran out the back way 916 00:47:47,105 --> 00:47:49,105 and kept running... 917 00:47:50,508 --> 00:47:52,546 until now. 918 00:47:57,048 --> 00:47:59,920 l believe this belongs to you, Virginia. 919 00:48:12,364 --> 00:48:14,367 Oh, you're quite right, Paul. 920 00:48:14,499 --> 00:48:17,004 Menke was working every possible angle... 921 00:48:17,136 --> 00:48:19,173 Mrs. Kerrick, for finding Leander, 922 00:48:19,304 --> 00:48:20,931 Jarvis Baker and Lenora Graves 923 00:48:20,973 --> 00:48:23,678 in hopes they might pay him for not finding Leander, 924 00:48:23,809 --> 00:48:25,669 and Hogathy for keeping quiet about him. 925 00:48:25,711 --> 00:48:27,404 What do you suppose will happen to Hogathy? 926 00:48:27,446 --> 00:48:29,516 l imagine, under the circumstances, 927 00:48:29,649 --> 00:48:32,821 the Board of Medical Examiners will deal quite leniently with him. 928 00:48:35,254 --> 00:48:36,748 What about Florence? 929 00:48:36,790 --> 00:48:38,960 Didn't l tell you, Ginny? 930 00:48:39,092 --> 00:48:41,092 She's my newest client. 931 00:48:41,527 --> 00:48:45,469 Mr. Mason, how can l ever thank you for all you've done? 932 00:48:45,599 --> 00:48:48,003 [Mrs. Kerrick] Plenty of time for that later. 933 00:48:48,135 --> 00:48:51,442 The thing to do now is to get Leander safely home. 934 00:48:51,572 --> 00:48:53,594 Come on, Virginia. 935 00:48:53,607 --> 00:48:55,607 Come on. 936 00:49:01,950 --> 00:49:04,911 Goodbye, and thank you. 937 00:49:04,953 --> 00:49:07,925 Well, l'd sure hate to be Jarvis Baker 938 00:49:08,056 --> 00:49:09,382 when Mrs. Kerrick gets through with him. 939 00:49:09,424 --> 00:49:10,924 Oh, l'm sure she realizes 940 00:49:10,925 --> 00:49:12,925 he was only doing what he thought best for her. 941 00:49:25,707 --> 00:49:29,214 Della, why all the tears? Everything turned out pretty well. 942 00:49:29,344 --> 00:49:31,344 Wouldn't you cry, too, if... 943 00:49:32,248 --> 00:49:35,187 you lost the only baby you ever had? 944 00:49:35,316 --> 00:49:37,316 [whimpers] 945 00:49:43,726 --> 00:49:46,731 Subtitled By J.R. Media Services, Inc. Burbank, CA 946 00:49:46,781 --> 00:49:51,331 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0