1 00:00:00,968 --> 00:00:03,836 Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 2 00:00:03,904 --> 00:00:06,874 There's no such thing as ghosts. Banshees, maybe. 3 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:08,418 And, of course, there's the little people. 4 00:00:08,442 --> 00:00:11,742 You buy me out right now, or we go to court and you open your books. 5 00:00:11,812 --> 00:00:13,872 The Internal Revenue Service does not wait. 6 00:00:13,947 --> 00:00:16,143 We act quickly and decisively. 7 00:00:16,216 --> 00:00:19,050 With compassion and understanding, of course. 8 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:21,247 You want to get rich or do you want to pay taxes? 9 00:00:21,321 --> 00:00:22,653 I hope he knows what he's doing. 10 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:25,056 Tax shelters... and I missed that semester. 11 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:26,525 The stories I could tell you. 12 00:00:26,593 --> 00:00:28,425 Suicide, murder— 13 00:00:29,162 --> 00:00:30,824 Who is it? 14 00:02:30,617 --> 00:02:33,678 Mr. Giles, I told you Mr. Whitman is tied up and can't be disturbed. 15 00:02:33,754 --> 00:02:35,484 That's a lot of garbage, honey. 16 00:02:35,555 --> 00:02:38,218 You go tell Ralphie boy I want to talk to him now. 17 00:02:38,291 --> 00:02:39,571 If you'll just take a seat, sir, 18 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:41,492 I'm sure it won't be more than 15, 20 minutes. 19 00:02:41,561 --> 00:02:42,561 Twenty minutes. 20 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:44,273 I left my brother-in-law running the store. 21 00:02:44,297 --> 00:02:45,977 In another 20 minutes, I could be bankrupt. 22 00:02:55,976 --> 00:02:58,707 Yes, Mr. Whitman. 23 00:02:58,779 --> 00:03:01,442 Grady, could you step into my office for a moment? 24 00:03:02,916 --> 00:03:04,851 Yes, sir. 25 00:03:22,769 --> 00:03:27,002 Here, you, uh, might take these two as well. 26 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:29,873 And get to know these clients. If you have any questions, ask. 27 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:30,943 Yes, sir. 28 00:03:31,011 --> 00:03:34,948 We're very pleased with your progress, both Mr. Carlisle and myself. 29 00:03:35,015 --> 00:03:38,144 We feel you've, uh, you've earned this added responsibility. 30 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:41,416 Thank you, sir. Ah, forget the sir. It's Ralph. 31 00:03:41,488 --> 00:03:43,423 Ralph, right. 32 00:03:43,490 --> 00:03:45,891 Thank you, Sir Ralph. I mean, just Ralph. 33 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:48,087 Sir. Thank you. 34 00:03:54,568 --> 00:03:56,969 Yoo-hoo, Mr. Fletcher. 35 00:03:57,037 --> 00:03:59,097 I brought what you told me to bring. 36 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:01,232 Hi, Mrs. Ellis. Come on in. 37 00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:05,876 Nice young man. 38 00:04:05,946 --> 00:04:07,881 I hope he knows what he's doing. 39 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:16,923 What the... 40 00:04:25,198 --> 00:04:27,667 I hear your aunt is coming for a visit. 41 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:30,670 That's nice. You show her a good time. 42 00:04:30,737 --> 00:04:33,605 You know, aunts are very neglected these days. 43 00:04:33,673 --> 00:04:35,266 Not this one. 44 00:04:35,342 --> 00:04:39,336 Now, let's see. Let's start with medical. 45 00:04:39,412 --> 00:04:42,348 Here. Here's a letter from my brother Irwin. 46 00:04:42,415 --> 00:04:46,284 He had an operation and he asked me to come and help. So I did. 47 00:04:46,353 --> 00:04:48,254 God rest his soul. 48 00:04:48,321 --> 00:04:52,952 Um, I'm afraid the I.R.S. won't consider this a proper deduction. 49 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:55,860 It's medical. You said medical. 50 00:04:55,929 --> 00:04:58,763 But your medical expenses, Mrs. Ellis. 51 00:04:58,832 --> 00:05:00,960 You said bring, so I brought. 52 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:03,503 Here. 53 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:06,836 You go through them and let me know what's what. 54 00:05:06,907 --> 00:05:09,376 There you are. 55 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:23,518 Are you sure? Tax troubles I don't need. 56 00:05:23,590 --> 00:05:27,789 Believe me, government agents won't be banging down your door with a warrant. 57 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:30,387 Ha-ha, that's what Nixon thought. 58 00:05:30,463 --> 00:05:34,195 Good night, Mrs. Ellis. Good night. 59 00:05:34,267 --> 00:05:36,998 Grady, your aunt called from her hotel. 60 00:05:37,070 --> 00:05:41,405 I told her quitting time was sixish, so, uh, she should be coming by anytime now. 61 00:05:41,474 --> 00:05:44,069 Oh, thanks, Connie. Yeah. 62 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:46,613 Well, I gotta go put on some war paint. 63 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,615 Good. 64 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,827 Oh! It's him. I saw him! It's him. It's him! 65 00:06:14,507 --> 00:06:15,668 Grady! 66 00:06:16,743 --> 00:06:18,211 Aunt Jess. 67 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:25,041 So you finally got him, Caldwell, congratulations. 68 00:06:25,118 --> 00:06:27,781 Grady, are you all right? Yeah, yeah. I think so. 69 00:06:27,854 --> 00:06:30,449 Where's Connie? I-I-I better see if she's okay. 70 00:06:30,523 --> 00:06:33,857 Better luck next time, Caldwell. If you, uh, run into your ghost, 71 00:06:33,927 --> 00:06:36,362 you be sure to let us know, huh? Ghost? 72 00:06:36,429 --> 00:06:41,800 It's, uh, it's a long story, Mrs. Fletcher. It is J.B. Fletcher, isn't it? 73 00:06:41,868 --> 00:06:43,996 Grady's illustrious aunt? 74 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,732 Yes. How do you do? 75 00:06:45,805 --> 00:06:49,003 Ralph Whitman. Come on, let me show you around. 76 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:52,409 I know Mr. Carlisle is dying to meet you. 77 00:06:52,479 --> 00:06:56,473 J.B. Fletcher. Grady's aunt. 78 00:06:56,549 --> 00:06:58,882 She's a very famous writer. 79 00:06:58,952 --> 00:07:00,887 Oh, Mrs. Fletcher. 80 00:07:00,954 --> 00:07:03,549 How delightful to meet you at last. 81 00:07:03,623 --> 00:07:05,558 Why, thank you. 82 00:07:05,625 --> 00:07:09,289 I can see where Grady gets his sharp mind from. 83 00:07:09,362 --> 00:07:13,766 I've been a fan of your books for 20 years. 84 00:07:13,833 --> 00:07:18,237 Oh? Yes. Well, thank you very much. 85 00:07:18,305 --> 00:07:20,240 I always say there's nothing like a... 86 00:07:20,307 --> 00:07:24,438 good, old-fashioned love story to help you forget your cares. 87 00:07:24,511 --> 00:07:27,242 Well, actually, sir, she, uh... 88 00:07:27,314 --> 00:07:29,249 Oh, I quite agree with you, Mr. Carlisle. 89 00:07:29,316 --> 00:07:31,911 I mean, where would we be without Barbara Cartland? 90 00:07:31,985 --> 00:07:35,387 Well, come on, Grady. We have a reservation for an early dinner. 91 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:36,999 It was so nice meeting you, Mr. Carlisle. 92 00:07:37,023 --> 00:07:39,925 The pleasure was all mine. Thank you. 93 00:07:39,993 --> 00:07:42,519 I'll walk you to the elevator. 94 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:45,394 Oh, Paul, the Hammond account. 95 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:48,196 The file's in my office. Would you like to take a look at it tonight? 96 00:07:48,268 --> 00:07:50,601 No, no, no. I'm leaving myself in just a minute. 97 00:07:54,741 --> 00:07:57,267 I apologize, Mrs. Fletcher. 98 00:07:57,344 --> 00:07:59,540 Uh, Mr. Carlisle's not much of a reader. 99 00:07:59,612 --> 00:08:02,343 Oh, he was very gracious. He wasn't the only one. 100 00:08:02,415 --> 00:08:04,748 What I really want to hear about though is the ghost. 101 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:07,947 Oh, him. Harry Caldwell, our security guard, 102 00:08:08,021 --> 00:08:13,756 and also our, uh, resident ghostbuster swears we have spooks running around. 103 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:16,228 Unbelievable. Right, Grady? 104 00:08:16,296 --> 00:08:18,288 Um, right, sir. 105 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:20,300 I'll explain it to you over dinner, Aunt Jess. 106 00:08:20,367 --> 00:08:23,030 Ah, Whitman. Good, good. 107 00:08:23,103 --> 00:08:25,572 - Trying to catch you. - Mr. Grimshaw. 108 00:08:25,638 --> 00:08:28,631 I've been trying to interface with you now for several days. 109 00:08:28,708 --> 00:08:31,371 Look, it's nearly 6:30. Can't this wait? 110 00:08:31,444 --> 00:08:34,312 The Internal Revenue Service does not wait, Whitman. 111 00:08:34,381 --> 00:08:36,543 We act quickly and decisively. 112 00:08:36,616 --> 00:08:40,644 With compassion and understanding, of course. Of course. 113 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,087 You, uh, you know the way, Mr. Grimshaw. 114 00:08:43,156 --> 00:08:45,091 Excuse me. 115 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:48,855 Well, have a nice dinner. 116 00:08:48,928 --> 00:08:52,456 I have a feeling mine's going to be a bowl of cereal at midnight. 117 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:56,135 Oh, I gotta get my coat I'll be back in a second. 118 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:01,372 Feeling better after your scare? A little. 119 00:09:01,441 --> 00:09:03,876 I've never been much of a believer in ghosts. 120 00:09:03,943 --> 00:09:06,139 Neither was I until I went to work in this place. 121 00:09:06,212 --> 00:09:08,408 Good night again, Mrs. Fletcher. Good night. 122 00:09:08,481 --> 00:09:10,609 Good night, Mr. Carlisle. 123 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:15,416 He seems, uh, nice. Oh, yeah, real swell. 124 00:09:15,488 --> 00:09:18,219 Okay. Let's go. 125 00:09:36,176 --> 00:09:38,407 Oh, no, no, thanks. I've got to work tonight. 126 00:09:38,478 --> 00:09:41,880 Oh, Grady. It's that time of the year, Aunt Jess. 127 00:09:41,948 --> 00:09:45,180 For the next couple of months, it's 16 hours a day. 128 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:49,450 Boy, being an accountant sure isn't what I thought it would be. I am really bushed. 129 00:09:49,522 --> 00:09:51,889 Well, it doesn't show. You look wonderful. 130 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:54,484 And there's nothing wrong with your appetite. 131 00:09:54,561 --> 00:09:59,659 That's because somebody or something stole my lunch. What? 132 00:09:59,732 --> 00:10:02,258 Not Mr. Caldwell's ghost? 133 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:04,270 You know, there is something. 134 00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:08,206 Weird noises, sounds in the wall I can't explain. 135 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:11,142 You know, Caldwell says a lot of stuff's been taken the past few months. 136 00:10:11,211 --> 00:10:13,009 You know, food, bits of clothing. 137 00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:15,480 Well, sounds more like a petty thief than an apparition. 138 00:10:15,548 --> 00:10:18,609 That building really is kinda weird. 139 00:10:18,685 --> 00:10:21,287 You know, the day of the '29 crash, a couple 140 00:10:21,311 --> 00:10:23,817 of stockbrokers went up to the roof and... 141 00:10:23,890 --> 00:10:25,950 splat. 142 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:27,493 Oh, dear. 143 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:30,086 I mean, maybe there's no connection but— Grady, 144 00:10:30,163 --> 00:10:34,100 the only things that go bump in the night in this city are the taxicabs, believe me. 145 00:10:38,271 --> 00:10:40,001 Good night, Grady. 146 00:10:40,073 --> 00:10:42,770 Ah, thanks a lot, Aunt Jess. See you tomorrow. Mm-hmm. 147 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:44,777 Taxi. 148 00:10:58,191 --> 00:11:00,057 Mr. Whitman? 149 00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:02,454 Mr. Whitman? 150 00:11:02,529 --> 00:11:04,862 Mr. Whitman, are you still here? 151 00:11:04,931 --> 00:11:06,866 Mr. Whit... 152 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:18,208 Oh, my gosh. 153 00:11:21,948 --> 00:11:26,477 Operator. Send help. Send the police. 154 00:11:26,553 --> 00:11:29,079 Oh— Hello? 155 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:31,886 Sir? Hello? 156 00:11:31,958 --> 00:11:33,722 Send the police where? 157 00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:36,021 Sir, are you there? 158 00:11:36,095 --> 00:11:37,427 Hello. 159 00:11:37,497 --> 00:11:40,023 Sir, sir, are you there? 160 00:11:54,514 --> 00:11:56,915 Is the lieutenant here? 161 00:11:56,983 --> 00:11:59,282 Ah. Lieutenant Rafferty? 162 00:11:59,352 --> 00:12:01,844 That's Hanratty, mum. 163 00:12:01,921 --> 00:12:04,117 Oh, I'm sorry. I was looking for Grady Fletcher. 164 00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:07,683 Ah, then you must be the lad's aunt. It's a pleasure to meet you. 165 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,388 Timothy Hanratty at your service. 166 00:12:09,462 --> 00:12:11,774 Oh, how do you do? I'm Jessica Fletcher. I wonder if I could... 167 00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:13,198 Now calm yourself, ma'am. 168 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:15,929 The lad is fine. He's just givin' a statement to one of me men. 169 00:12:16,002 --> 00:12:18,733 He'll be along in just a few more minutes. 170 00:12:18,805 --> 00:12:20,671 Tell me, Mrs. Fletcher. 171 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:23,676 Did you, uh, know the victim? 172 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:25,302 Oh, no. I-I just met him this evening. 173 00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:27,870 Terrible way to die. 174 00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:30,542 The lad found him there in his chair, with the... 175 00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:33,746 lamp cord tied tightly around his neck. 176 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:35,755 And, uh, as you can see, 177 00:12:35,822 --> 00:12:39,452 the perpetrator left behind his calling card. 178 00:12:39,525 --> 00:12:41,892 But that doesn't make any sense. 179 00:12:41,961 --> 00:12:44,157 I beg your pardon? 180 00:12:44,230 --> 00:12:46,768 Well, it-it makes it seem as if Mr. Whitman 181 00:12:46,792 --> 00:12:49,294 had been killed by a madman or a stranger, 182 00:12:49,369 --> 00:12:51,245 but if a stranger had walked into his office, 183 00:12:51,269 --> 00:12:53,465 surely he wouldn't have remained seated at his desk. 184 00:12:53,539 --> 00:12:56,168 Ah, an interesting observation. 185 00:12:56,242 --> 00:12:59,235 And if he had been working alone in the room, with the outer door locked, 186 00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:03,477 he would have had to get up to go and admit whoever it was. 187 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:06,678 Ah, your nephew's right, mum. 188 00:13:06,753 --> 00:13:09,780 You do have a keen mind for police work, but, uh, 189 00:13:09,856 --> 00:13:12,189 Mr. Whitman wasn't the only one here. 190 00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:15,626 That is to say, your nephew was on the scene. 191 00:13:15,695 --> 00:13:18,927 Yes. He, uh, told me that he had reported the crime. 192 00:13:18,998 --> 00:13:20,933 That he did. 193 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,060 So obviously he didn't kill Mr. Whitman. 194 00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:25,537 Well, it's unlikely. 195 00:13:25,605 --> 00:13:28,473 Unlikely? Now, now, Mrs. Fletcher. 196 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:32,808 Let's not be giving ourselves a bellyache until after we've tasted the stew. 197 00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:34,871 Ah, wait. 198 00:13:34,947 --> 00:13:38,213 It seems that our killer has left more than just a message. 199 00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:41,152 In all likelihood, that's Mr. Whitman's hat and coat. 200 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:43,382 Most likely, but, uh... 201 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:46,486 Then what's that on the floor? 202 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,028 I think the killer forgot his hat. 203 00:13:56,102 --> 00:13:57,570 Mrs. Fletcher. 204 00:13:57,637 --> 00:13:59,469 This is mine. 205 00:13:59,539 --> 00:14:01,701 I bought it this morning. 206 00:14:01,774 --> 00:14:05,438 It must have fallen to the floor in the confusion. 207 00:14:12,919 --> 00:14:15,184 Sergeant. Yes. 208 00:14:15,254 --> 00:14:18,713 Seal up that room. Let no one in without my authorization. 209 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:20,123 Yes, sir. Oh, and, Joe... 210 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:23,755 Mm-hmm. When you finish with young Fletcher, 211 00:14:23,830 --> 00:14:25,492 tell him his aunt is here. 212 00:14:25,565 --> 00:14:27,500 Sure will. 213 00:14:37,744 --> 00:14:40,737 Are you sure? No, no, no, thank you. 214 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:45,682 I am absolutely devastated by Ralph's death. 215 00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:48,551 He was like my right arm to me, 216 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:52,615 as well as a very close personal friend. 217 00:14:54,961 --> 00:14:59,831 Now if there is nothing more, Lieutenant, I really should get to my office. 218 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:02,960 Oh. Then you'll be open today. 219 00:15:03,035 --> 00:15:06,062 So hard on the heels of the death of your close personal friend. 220 00:15:06,139 --> 00:15:10,008 I'm a C.P.A., Lieutenant, not a sentimentalist. 221 00:15:16,716 --> 00:15:18,116 Can you believe this? 222 00:15:18,184 --> 00:15:19,914 Opening the office after last night? 223 00:15:19,986 --> 00:15:22,717 Oh. Wait till you've been here as long as me, Grady. 224 00:15:22,789 --> 00:15:25,190 Nothing will surprise you. 225 00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:28,456 Must have been awful, finding him like this. 226 00:15:28,528 --> 00:15:30,861 Yeah, I felt like tossing my dinner. 227 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:32,922 That's nice. What? 228 00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:35,264 Well, I just mean, most guys would try to act tough. 229 00:15:35,334 --> 00:15:37,394 Act like it didn't get to them, you know. 230 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:39,803 That's what I like about you, Grady. Really? 231 00:15:40,873 --> 00:15:43,069 Thanks. Ah, Fletcher. 232 00:15:43,142 --> 00:15:45,407 We have some important matters to discuss. 233 00:15:45,478 --> 00:15:48,676 Your office? Mr. Grimshaw, we've had a murder here last night. 234 00:15:48,748 --> 00:15:51,616 Mr. Whitman— I know about Whitman. I listen to the radio. 235 00:15:51,684 --> 00:15:53,744 That's why I'm talking to you now. 236 00:15:53,820 --> 00:15:56,289 Come along. I haven't got all day. 237 00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:59,484 Bottom line, Fletcher. You've got 48 hours to come up with the figures. 238 00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:02,427 Figures? What figures? 239 00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:05,294 Don't play dumb with me, pal. 240 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:07,469 It's been tried by experts, believe me, some 241 00:16:07,493 --> 00:16:09,768 of whom are doing three-to-five in Leavenworth. 242 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:11,771 I don't know what you're talking about. 243 00:16:11,838 --> 00:16:13,773 Neptune Ventures. 244 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,368 Whitman said you're the engine driving that crummy tax dodge. 245 00:16:17,443 --> 00:16:18,376 Me? 246 00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:20,777 Save the dumb look. 247 00:16:20,847 --> 00:16:22,577 All I want is one thing. 248 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:27,518 Facts, figures, names, dates, places, the whole megillah. 249 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:29,385 After you. 250 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:33,050 Oh, geez. 251 00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:35,260 I took the liberty of pullin' a 252 00:16:35,284 --> 00:16:37,495 small file we have on your activities, mum. 253 00:16:37,563 --> 00:16:41,591 The young lady murdered by that cosmetic executive, 254 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:45,365 your very own publisher sent away because of your ingenuity. 255 00:16:45,438 --> 00:16:48,806 I'm surprised the department hasn't given you a gold badge. 256 00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:54,939 Well, it's, uh, just a quirk of mind really. 257 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:57,040 The way I see things, you know. 258 00:16:57,116 --> 00:16:59,608 You see them quite clearly. 259 00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:03,884 It's a gift. My dear Kathleen had it, God rest her soul. 260 00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:05,891 Oh, you're a widower. I'm sorry. 261 00:17:05,958 --> 00:17:08,518 Oh, she's happy enough I'm sure. 262 00:17:08,594 --> 00:17:12,895 Hobnobbin' with the rest of the saints in heaven. 263 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:16,493 But I suppose the thing I miss most about her is the evenings... 264 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:19,300 we'd be discussing my cases and me sittin' there 265 00:17:19,324 --> 00:17:21,906 listening to her clear, logical observations. 266 00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:22,998 Be a fine thing... 267 00:17:23,075 --> 00:17:28,104 to have another intelligent woman to share my thoughts. 268 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:29,910 Lieutenant. 269 00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:34,613 And I'd deem it a great personal favor if you'd, uh, call me Timothy. 270 00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:37,919 Timothy. 271 00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:42,257 Have you ever been within kissing distance of the Blarney stone? 272 00:17:42,328 --> 00:17:43,921 Never had the pleasure. 273 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:49,127 Tax shelters? 274 00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:52,069 Sorry, Grady, those were Whitman's babies. 275 00:17:52,138 --> 00:17:53,265 Who's the I.R.S. agent? 276 00:17:53,339 --> 00:17:55,570 Mr. Grimshaw. That figures. 277 00:17:55,641 --> 00:17:59,271 Years ago, Grimshaw tried to nail Ralph on a tax fraud case, 278 00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:01,743 and Ralph made mincemeat of him with his 279 00:18:01,767 --> 00:18:04,977 supervisors, so Grimshaw's been after him ever since. 280 00:18:05,051 --> 00:18:07,077 Well, maybe he got him. 281 00:18:07,153 --> 00:18:10,817 I mean, last night. He was with Mr. Whitman when we all left. 282 00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:13,485 Yes, I told the lieutenant that this morning. 283 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:16,222 He said he'd check it out. 284 00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:18,628 Listen, Grady. 285 00:18:18,698 --> 00:18:22,567 My advise to you is to show Grimshaw everything, 286 00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:24,570 whatever you and Ralph were working on. 287 00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:27,505 But, sir, we weren't working on anything. 288 00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:30,839 I mean, at least not none of his tax shelters. Really? 289 00:18:30,910 --> 00:18:33,709 I was sure that Ralph said... 290 00:18:36,182 --> 00:18:38,117 Oh, I'm sorry. 291 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:41,519 I must have misunderstood. 292 00:18:41,587 --> 00:18:45,046 Well, just do the best you can, 293 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:48,390 and if there's ever any trouble, 294 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:52,057 remember this firm is behind you 100%. 295 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:08,138 Morning, sir. Good morning, Joe. Any luck? 296 00:19:08,214 --> 00:19:09,409 Not yet. 297 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:11,417 Ghost hunting. 298 00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:16,013 Sir, that I.R.S. agent Grimshaw was here. 299 00:19:16,088 --> 00:19:17,750 I took the liberty to question him. 300 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:21,225 He admits he was with the victim until about 7:00, then he left. 301 00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:23,956 Caldwell, the security guy, saw him go. 302 00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:26,625 Oh, any word about Whitman's wife? 303 00:19:26,699 --> 00:19:28,429 We're still trying to find her. 304 00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:32,632 Mrs. Whitman has been strangely missing for the past 18 hours. 305 00:19:32,705 --> 00:19:35,971 Well, if you'll excuse me, Timothy, I'm going to try and locate my nephew. 306 00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:39,570 Fine, fine. But if you come up with one of those famous inspirations... 307 00:19:39,645 --> 00:19:41,375 I'll find you. 308 00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:46,518 Mr. Caldwell? 309 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:48,781 Your guys are wasting their time, Lieutenant. 310 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:50,914 This-This old building is like a rabbit warren. 311 00:19:50,990 --> 00:19:53,858 Now your spook could be hiding anywhere. Spook, is it? 312 00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:56,589 Mr. Caldwell, you're not telling me that you believe in ghosts. 313 00:19:56,662 --> 00:19:59,188 You know, I don't know what I should believe in anymore. 314 00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:02,167 I understand you saw Mr. Grimshaw leave the building last night. 315 00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:03,827 When was that? 316 00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:07,032 Around 7:00, you say? Right. 317 00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:09,041 And what time did you leave? 318 00:20:09,108 --> 00:20:11,077 Eight o'clock. 319 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:13,908 Mr. Whitman was alive and alone when I left. 320 00:20:13,979 --> 00:20:18,144 Easy, man. I'm makin' no accusations. 321 00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:20,686 The coroner says he couldn't possibly have died before 9:00, 322 00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:23,951 so if you're tellin' me the truth, you have nothin' to worry about. 323 00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:33,025 Tax shelters... and I missed that semester. 324 00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:36,365 And this Neptune Ventures isn't in anything I've got. 325 00:20:36,435 --> 00:20:38,563 The files must be in Ralph Whitman's office. 326 00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:41,316 Oh, great. The police have got it sealed— This is ridiculous. 327 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:43,809 I have every right to go into my husband's office. 328 00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:47,711 Lana, the police have it locked up. There's nothing I can do. 329 00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:49,373 Paul, you make me sick. 330 00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:51,383 Hello again, Mrs. Whitman. 331 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:52,941 Uh, do I know you? 332 00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:56,716 Well, we haven't actually met, but you tried to commandeer my taxi last night. 333 00:20:56,789 --> 00:20:59,122 Down, outside this building. 334 00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:02,992 Oh, no, I wasn't at this building last night. Excuse me. 335 00:21:03,062 --> 00:21:04,462 Ah, Mrs. Whitman. 336 00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:07,989 You were here. And under the circumstances, I— 337 00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:10,798 I feel obligated to tell Lieutenant Hanratty. 338 00:21:10,870 --> 00:21:12,805 Wouldn't you rather just come along with me? 339 00:21:12,872 --> 00:21:15,153 I mean, I'm sure there's some very reasonable explanation. 340 00:21:16,876 --> 00:21:21,177 Sure, why not? I guess I have to talk to him eventually. 341 00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:24,416 Catch you later, Paul. 342 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:28,283 Grady, the Hammond file is in my office. 343 00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:30,619 You may need it for that meeting this afternoon. 344 00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:31,782 Yes, sir. Thanks. 345 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:37,519 Okay. I was here to see my husband last night. 346 00:21:37,596 --> 00:21:38,596 What of it? 347 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:42,157 Now, now, Mrs. Whitman. There's no need to be testy. 348 00:21:42,234 --> 00:21:44,931 I did not kill my husband. Perhaps not. 349 00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:48,168 But we had a great difficulty in reaching you. 350 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,301 I-I had a late engagement. 351 00:21:51,377 --> 00:21:55,439 Very late. I also got up very late. 352 00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:57,506 Not in your own apartment? 353 00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:00,218 No. 354 00:22:02,254 --> 00:22:03,483 Look, Lieutenant. 355 00:22:03,556 --> 00:22:07,721 I had my life and Ralph had his. 356 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:11,992 Our marriage was a convenience for both of us, 357 00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:15,057 financially and otherwise. 358 00:22:15,134 --> 00:22:18,127 Well, we-we took our own vacations. 359 00:22:18,204 --> 00:22:20,469 My taste ran to the Riviera and Grenoble, 360 00:22:20,539 --> 00:22:23,839 and he liked the Cayman Islands of all places. 361 00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:27,812 And on those few occasions when he needed me on his arm, 362 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,748 I smiled at all the right people. 363 00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:32,876 Any other questions? 364 00:22:32,952 --> 00:22:35,012 Ah, Mrs. Fletcher? 365 00:22:35,087 --> 00:22:37,818 I just wanted to ask, at the time that I saw you, 366 00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:42,521 I assume your husband was still in the meeting with the Internal Revenue agent. 367 00:22:42,595 --> 00:22:45,963 Well, yes. Okay, I actually didn't talk to him. 368 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:48,227 I got to the office door. 369 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:51,702 It was locked. I knocked. Nobody answered so— Excuse me, sir. 370 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:52,863 Uh, we got trouble. 371 00:22:52,938 --> 00:22:54,065 Upstairs. 372 00:22:55,741 --> 00:23:00,042 I-I-I saw it, soon as I walked in with my cart. 373 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,178 There are ghosts here, sir. 374 00:23:03,249 --> 00:23:05,377 Hiding in the walls. 375 00:23:05,451 --> 00:23:10,048 Every place. I-I can hear 'em, smell 'em. 376 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:13,786 Now, there, there. There's no such thing as ghosts. 377 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:15,384 Banshees, maybe. 378 00:23:15,461 --> 00:23:19,193 And of course, there's the little people. But ghosts? No, no, no. 379 00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:22,258 It looks fresh, Lieutenant. 380 00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:24,530 I can tell you this. It wasn't here last night. 381 00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:26,071 Where's that lead? 382 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:27,401 The office next door. 383 00:23:27,473 --> 00:23:29,135 Let's take a look. 384 00:23:35,614 --> 00:23:37,549 You must have had quite a fright. 385 00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:41,053 Oh, I still can't get used to it. 386 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:44,887 The things that you see and hear, Mrs. Weems... 387 00:23:44,957 --> 00:23:47,950 Is there any particular place... 388 00:23:48,027 --> 00:23:50,997 where the spirits seem stronger? 389 00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:04,234 I've worked here nearly 40 years, Mrs. Fletcher, girl and woman. 390 00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:07,576 The stories I could tell you about what's gone on within these walls... 391 00:24:07,646 --> 00:24:10,639 robbery, suicide, murder. 392 00:24:10,716 --> 00:24:12,241 Would you mind if I looked around? 393 00:24:12,318 --> 00:24:16,050 Do as you like. I've had enough of this place. 394 00:25:29,328 --> 00:25:30,796 Who is it? 395 00:25:30,863 --> 00:25:34,231 Just stay right where you are, ma'am. Don't you come any closer. 396 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:36,359 Who are you? 397 00:25:36,435 --> 00:25:41,533 It don't matter none. I ain't gonna hurt you. I haven't hurt anybody. 398 00:25:41,607 --> 00:25:44,133 Then it was you who scrawled the warnings on the walls. 399 00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:46,610 No. It wasn't me. 400 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:49,273 I live here. I wouldn't do that to my home. 401 00:25:49,348 --> 00:25:51,943 Live here? Where? There's places. 402 00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:54,543 Warm places. 403 00:25:54,620 --> 00:25:57,215 It's better than being out there in the cold. 404 00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:03,490 I find enough to get by. Some pieces of clothing, food, things to read. 405 00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:05,957 I get by. 406 00:26:07,499 --> 00:26:09,627 You write real nice stories, Mrs. Fletcher. 407 00:26:09,701 --> 00:26:13,297 You tell 'em, you tell 'em that I ain't hurt anybody. 408 00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:15,364 Then you know about the murder of Mr. Whitman. 409 00:26:15,441 --> 00:26:20,778 I been watchin' all day from here and there. 410 00:26:20,846 --> 00:26:24,305 This old building's got passageways that even I ain't found, 411 00:26:24,383 --> 00:26:26,875 with all the remodeling that's been done over the years. 412 00:26:26,952 --> 00:26:29,717 If you know anything, you should come forward. 413 00:26:29,788 --> 00:26:31,916 No! I don't know nothing. 414 00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:35,119 Now you tell 'em that. 415 00:26:35,194 --> 00:26:38,995 Now you just walk straight the way you was going. 416 00:26:39,064 --> 00:26:40,999 It will take you to the fire stairs. 417 00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:43,467 Wait! Don't go! 418 00:26:45,270 --> 00:26:47,205 Oh. 419 00:26:53,378 --> 00:26:55,813 Timothy, I believed him. 420 00:26:55,881 --> 00:26:59,613 The resident ghost of that building is definitely not a killer. 421 00:26:59,685 --> 00:27:02,086 I think maybe his blarney works better than mine. 422 00:27:02,154 --> 00:27:05,090 Oh, no. Look, if he was a crazed killer, 423 00:27:05,157 --> 00:27:08,958 he could have easily killed me and left me there in the passage, 424 00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:11,087 and no one would have been any the wiser. 425 00:27:11,163 --> 00:27:13,274 That seems to leave a problem for both of us. 426 00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:14,298 Oh? 427 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:16,767 Well, if this phantom isn't our killer, 428 00:27:16,835 --> 00:27:19,202 and there was no one else in the building last night, 429 00:27:19,271 --> 00:27:21,297 that seems to leave only one possible suspect. 430 00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:22,373 Grady? 431 00:27:22,441 --> 00:27:25,570 Well, he certainly had a great deal to gain from Whitman's death. 432 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:29,638 New responsibilities, a promotion. That's ridiculous. 433 00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:31,650 The thought gives me no pleasure, Jessica. 434 00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:35,176 But perhaps you have, uh, some idea that hasn't as yet occurred to me. 435 00:27:35,254 --> 00:27:38,122 Well, I'm sure that Lana Whitman has occurred to you. 436 00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:40,591 Yes, yes, the merry widow. 437 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:44,721 Yeah, I mean she may have been lying about the door being locked. 438 00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:47,994 And I have this feeling that she had a very strong motive. 439 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:52,936 Oh, yes, indeed. The lady is involved with some Bulgarian poet down in the Village. 440 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:57,534 Aha! And since Ralph Whitman was right up there financially, 441 00:27:57,609 --> 00:28:02,013 perhaps his death gave Lana the best of both possible worlds. 442 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,675 I'll check into that. Is there anything else? 443 00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:07,481 What are you talking about? He's crazy. 444 00:28:07,553 --> 00:28:09,351 No, no, no, no, no. 445 00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:13,483 No, you defer capital gains with a trust fund. 446 00:28:13,559 --> 00:28:16,076 You borrow against the trust and use the 447 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:18,896 cash to leverage the buy of the condo units. 448 00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:22,965 Look, Myron, 449 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:27,370 if you'd prefer to take tax advice from your son-in-law, be my guest. 450 00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:31,137 Just a minute, Myron. We've unsealed the Whitman office, Mr. Carlisle. 451 00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:32,644 You can use it. 452 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,112 Oh, thank you. Would you tell Mr. Fletcher that? 453 00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:37,445 Already did. Good. 454 00:28:37,516 --> 00:28:39,508 Myron. 455 00:28:39,585 --> 00:28:42,521 Myron, let me ask you a question. 456 00:28:42,588 --> 00:28:46,025 Do you want to get rich or do you want to pay taxes. Which is it? 457 00:28:46,091 --> 00:28:49,721 Nothing. Absolutely nothing. 458 00:28:49,795 --> 00:28:53,391 It's as if this Neptune Ventures doesn't even exist. 459 00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:55,457 But it has to, doesn't it? 460 00:28:55,534 --> 00:28:59,471 I mean, isn't that what Mr. Grimshaw wants to know about? 461 00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:01,200 He must know something. 462 00:29:01,273 --> 00:29:03,401 Well, if he does, he's not telling me. 463 00:29:03,475 --> 00:29:05,808 Maybe there's something here in his appointment book. 464 00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:09,206 My goodness. 465 00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:12,308 He's certainly had a very busy schedule these past few weeks. 466 00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:13,750 You know, I don't get it. 467 00:29:13,819 --> 00:29:15,811 Mr. Whitman really was a pretty good guy. 468 00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:18,083 I mean, who'd want to kill him? 469 00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:20,421 Marty Giles. What? 470 00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:22,484 Grady, who's Marty Giles? 471 00:29:22,561 --> 00:29:24,496 Well, he's a client but— 472 00:29:24,563 --> 00:29:26,555 Well, look. He was here yesterday. 473 00:29:26,632 --> 00:29:27,930 Yeah, mad as hell too. 474 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,300 And there's a penciled-in notation next to his name. 475 00:29:31,370 --> 00:29:36,571 NV. NV... Neptune's Ventures. 476 00:29:36,642 --> 00:29:40,374 But I checked the files. There is nothing in here on Neptune. 477 00:29:40,445 --> 00:29:41,469 Are you sure? 478 00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:43,481 Yeah, I'm positive. 479 00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:47,680 That's very odd. 480 00:29:47,753 --> 00:29:53,351 Unless Neptune Ventures was the kind of thing that you don't keep a file on. 481 00:29:54,593 --> 00:29:57,859 I think we should pay a visit to this Mr. Marty Giles. 482 00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:01,857 Oh, 60 bucks a pop? Come on, Marty, you're killin' me. 483 00:30:01,933 --> 00:30:04,402 That's 20 bucks below what I paid for these things. 484 00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:06,199 Come on, Charlie, paid? What paid? 485 00:30:06,271 --> 00:30:08,449 You got a receipt for those? Who you think you're talkin' to? 486 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:10,738 All right. I lost it, huh? Speakin' of gettin' lost... 487 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:14,610 Okay, okay. Sixty bucks, but you're a thief, Marty. 488 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,876 No kiddin'. 489 00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:18,883 See Elsie. 490 00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:20,350 Pardon me, lady. Pardon me. 491 00:30:20,419 --> 00:30:21,887 Eh, excuse me, Mr. Giles? 492 00:30:21,953 --> 00:30:24,513 Yeah, whatcha selling? Ah, I beg your pardon? 493 00:30:24,589 --> 00:30:27,616 Anybody calls me Mr. is sellin'. 494 00:30:27,693 --> 00:30:29,161 Excuse me. 495 00:30:29,227 --> 00:30:31,162 If you could just spare me a moment, 496 00:30:31,229 --> 00:30:34,495 I'd like to talk to you about Ralph Whitman. 497 00:30:34,566 --> 00:30:36,967 Who are you, his replacement? What? 498 00:30:37,035 --> 00:30:38,697 Well, I heard he got knocked off. 499 00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:42,172 I just figured they'd be sendin' over somebody else to bust my chops. 500 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,232 Elsie, call those creeps over in the Bronx. 501 00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:45,641 Ask 'em where's those watches? 502 00:30:45,711 --> 00:30:47,839 Ah, Mr. Giles, I'm not from your accounting office. 503 00:30:47,913 --> 00:30:51,850 Well, that's good. Those gonifs—They were the start of all my problems. 504 00:30:51,917 --> 00:30:54,045 Oh, you mean you're going out of business. 505 00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:56,315 Going out of business? What are you talking about? 506 00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:58,983 Oh, I'm sorry. The sign in the window. 507 00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:02,858 Lady, that sign has been in the window since 1968 when I bought this place. 508 00:31:02,928 --> 00:31:05,121 If I wasn't going out of business, I couldn't 509 00:31:05,145 --> 00:31:07,263 stay in business, not in this neighborhood. 510 00:31:07,332 --> 00:31:09,733 What are you, from out of town or something? Actually, yes. 511 00:31:09,801 --> 00:31:11,736 Yeah, figures. Yeah, I'm Jessica Fletcher, 512 00:31:11,803 --> 00:31:15,604 and my nephew works for Carlisle and Associates— And I'm not interested. 513 00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:20,669 Look, I know you're very busy, but I want to ask you about Neptune Ventures. 514 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,577 Whoa, whoa, here. Who told you about that? 515 00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:26,743 Well, an agent from the Internal Revenue. 516 00:31:26,818 --> 00:31:28,878 That's it, lady, case closed. I'm busy. 517 00:31:28,954 --> 00:31:30,286 Oh, but Mr. Giles... 518 00:31:30,355 --> 00:31:32,620 Look, I got nothing to say to you about nothin'. 519 00:31:32,691 --> 00:31:34,683 Now do yourself a favor and take a hike, 520 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,060 because I don't wanna do or say anything ungentlemanly. 521 00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:40,361 Excuse me. 522 00:31:40,432 --> 00:31:43,231 Okay, folks, this ain't no library. There's no readin' here. 523 00:31:43,301 --> 00:31:44,462 Do it and move out. 524 00:31:44,536 --> 00:31:46,630 Okay, thank you. 525 00:31:47,973 --> 00:31:52,172 Sorry, Mrs. Ellis. Mr. Fletcher's going to be a little late. 526 00:31:52,244 --> 00:31:56,375 So I'll wait. I've had plenty of practice. Where is he? 527 00:31:56,448 --> 00:31:57,609 He's at the I.R.S. 528 00:31:57,682 --> 00:31:59,776 Then they're making trouble? 529 00:31:59,851 --> 00:32:03,288 Not at all. It's very normal for a C. P.A. to be at the I. R.S. 530 00:32:03,355 --> 00:32:07,520 So many initials. I'm sure that means trouble. 531 00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:18,262 I have had inquiries where the taxpayer was accompanied by his accountant, 532 00:32:18,336 --> 00:32:21,932 but I've never had an inquiry where the accountant was accompanied by his aunt. 533 00:32:22,007 --> 00:32:23,600 Well, actually, Mr. Grimshaw, 534 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:26,167 I am working with the police on the Ralph Whitman murder. 535 00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:28,213 Unofficially, of course. 536 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,680 I see. 537 00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:33,150 And what does Whitman's death got to do with my investigation of your nephew's... 538 00:32:33,218 --> 00:32:35,483 involvement with fraud against the government? 539 00:32:35,554 --> 00:32:37,079 But that has yet to be proved. 540 00:32:37,155 --> 00:32:39,215 Proved? 541 00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:44,787 Madam, we are the Internal Revenue Service. The burden of proof is on your nephew, 542 00:32:44,863 --> 00:32:47,375 and it is my considered opinion that he is the 543 00:32:47,399 --> 00:32:49,824 architect behind this amateurish boondoggle. 544 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:52,871 Sir, I-I don't even know what Neptune Ventures is. 545 00:32:52,938 --> 00:32:54,770 No? 546 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,776 Well, neither do I, precisely. 547 00:32:57,843 --> 00:33:00,662 But it has been used for a write-off for large 548 00:33:00,686 --> 00:33:04,147 so-called losses on the returns of six Carlisle clients. 549 00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:07,118 One of whom is Marty Giles. 550 00:33:07,185 --> 00:33:10,713 Perhaps I'm interrogating the wrong Fletcher. 551 00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:14,226 I did try to talk to Mr. Giles about it, but he refused to speak to me. 552 00:33:14,292 --> 00:33:19,595 And he told me he knew nothing about it, it was... 553 00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:24,659 How did he put it— "Something Ralph Whitman put me into." 554 00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:27,336 And since you've been Whitman's assistant for the past few months, 555 00:33:27,405 --> 00:33:29,636 and now have all his accounts— 556 00:33:32,944 --> 00:33:35,379 Grimshaw. 557 00:33:35,447 --> 00:33:37,814 Really? 558 00:33:37,883 --> 00:33:39,943 Yes, yes, excellent news. Excellent. 559 00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:42,988 I'll expect a full report by close of business today. 560 00:33:45,423 --> 00:33:47,756 Huh. 561 00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:50,887 Ah, despite what you may think, Mrs. Fletcher, 562 00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:53,830 we are not without heart here at the I.R.S. 563 00:33:53,899 --> 00:33:56,892 We've just made a hairdresser in Greenpoint a very wealthy woman. 564 00:33:56,968 --> 00:34:02,930 She supplied us with information that resulted in a $2.6 million tax evasion. 565 00:34:03,008 --> 00:34:08,914 Her 10% informant's fee will net her a tidy $260,000. 566 00:34:08,980 --> 00:34:13,941 You mean you actually pay people to inform on their friends and neighbors. 567 00:34:14,019 --> 00:34:17,786 I prefer to think of it as a reward for patriotism. 568 00:34:19,858 --> 00:34:21,053 Now then, Mr. Fletcher. 569 00:34:21,126 --> 00:34:23,322 Let me ask you this one more time: 570 00:34:23,395 --> 00:34:26,092 What is Neptune Ventures? 571 00:34:30,201 --> 00:34:35,071 You deal in dollars and cents, Paul, so let's talk bottom line. 572 00:34:36,207 --> 00:34:41,669 My marriage to Ralph, as you know, was something less than blissful. 573 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:43,874 All five years of it. 574 00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:47,545 And since I didn't get much in the way of love or companionship, 575 00:34:47,619 --> 00:34:49,864 I think I'm entitled to something tangible 576 00:34:49,888 --> 00:34:52,319 for all those years of ignominious existence. 577 00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:54,291 Lana, I'm very busy... 578 00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:57,818 Ralph owned five percent of this money-making machine, 579 00:34:57,896 --> 00:35:01,890 and now it's mine, and I'm ready to sell. 580 00:35:01,967 --> 00:35:03,435 Are you? 581 00:35:03,501 --> 00:35:06,630 Zoltan wants us to move to the coast of Spain. 582 00:35:06,705 --> 00:35:09,971 He says New York no longer inspires him, and... 583 00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:15,002 I think we can manage very nicely on $500,000. 584 00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:19,978 You have an inflated opinion of what this business is worth. 585 00:35:20,051 --> 00:35:24,318 $100,000 a year, five years. 586 00:35:24,389 --> 00:35:28,019 I may have sold out cheap but at least let me collect. 587 00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:31,626 Lana, I have someone waiting for me. 588 00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:35,258 Listen to me, you arrogant horse's patootie. 589 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:39,361 You buy me out right now, or we go to court and you open your books. 590 00:35:39,437 --> 00:35:44,466 Somehow I-I have this big, big feeling that... 591 00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:46,477 you really don't want to do that. 592 00:35:48,546 --> 00:35:50,481 Am I right? 593 00:36:12,303 --> 00:36:13,703 Ah, there you are. 594 00:36:13,772 --> 00:36:17,402 I was just upstairs, looking for you, Mr. Fletcher. Me? 595 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:21,708 Gives me no great pleasure, son, but, uh, I've got to bring you in for questioning. 596 00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:23,772 What? Lieutenant! 597 00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:26,750 The gentleman from the Internal Revenue, Grimshaw, 598 00:36:26,818 --> 00:36:31,916 he just called with information that ties your nephew to a tax fraud... 599 00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:34,721 and just possibly to a motive for murder. 600 00:36:36,628 --> 00:36:38,028 Come along, son. 601 00:36:45,937 --> 00:36:48,270 Have you ever been to the Cayman Islands, son? 602 00:36:48,339 --> 00:36:52,276 Well, yeah, a couple of times. 603 00:36:52,343 --> 00:36:53,709 Grady, I never knew that. 604 00:36:53,778 --> 00:36:55,906 Well, it was just business, Aunt Jess. 605 00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:59,815 Mr. Whitman sent me down a couple of times to meet with some investors. 606 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:01,352 I was only there a day or two. 607 00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:05,356 And did you do business with the New Commonwealth Bank and Trust? 608 00:37:05,423 --> 00:37:07,085 No! 609 00:37:07,158 --> 00:37:11,721 The Neptune Ventures setup was set there about six months ago. 610 00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:14,288 It's being held in your name and the late Ralph Whitman. 611 00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:15,924 This is crazy. 612 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:17,935 And they've got your signature on the card. 613 00:37:18,002 --> 00:37:20,562 Then it's a forgery. I never signed anything. 614 00:37:20,638 --> 00:37:24,837 Wait. I seem to remember that Mr. Whitman spent his vacations in the Caymans. 615 00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:28,471 If anyone's behind this clumsy attempt to frame Grady, I'm sure it was him. 616 00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:31,641 Well, I'll have a bit o' trouble askin' him about that, now won't I? 617 00:37:32,851 --> 00:37:36,379 Look, son, Between you and me and these walls, 618 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:39,913 I also am having a bit of trouble believing you're involved. 619 00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:41,323 But the commissioner... 620 00:37:41,392 --> 00:37:44,191 Oh, Timothy, hang the commissioner. 621 00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:48,199 Since when is an Irishman intimidated by a bureaucrat? 622 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:52,135 Now, look, you asked for my help, now I'm asking for yours. 623 00:37:52,203 --> 00:37:56,140 Now let's have one more look at those files back at Whitman's office. 624 00:37:58,743 --> 00:38:01,222 Again? Aunt Jess, we've been through them a dozen times. 625 00:38:01,246 --> 00:38:05,149 But at least now we know who and what we're looking for. 626 00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:09,278 Mr. Grimshaw gave me a list of six clients who were involved in Neptune Ventures. 627 00:38:09,354 --> 00:38:13,348 Concentrate on these. Meanwhile, I am going to have a chat with one of them. 628 00:38:13,424 --> 00:38:15,916 And this time, I am going to get some straight answers. 629 00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:19,226 Lou, stop busting my chops, will ya? 630 00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:22,290 I mean, look, you wanna make a deal with Shelley, make a deal. Just... 631 00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:24,802 Uh, look, the last load of toasters you shipped me, junk. 632 00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:29,039 You bring me a gross, I'll go maybe nine fifty. 633 00:38:29,107 --> 00:38:31,941 Otherwise, give Shelley the headache. Lady, I got no time. 634 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,536 Make time, Mr. Giles, or would you rather do it. 635 00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:37,172 Ah, no, someone nice as you shouldn't go around makin' threats. 636 00:38:37,248 --> 00:38:39,843 I'm sorry, but I don't have time for the niceties. 637 00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:42,786 You said that the people at Carlisle Associates were what? 638 00:38:42,854 --> 00:38:44,186 What was that word? Gonifs? 639 00:38:44,255 --> 00:38:46,053 Gonifs— thieves, crooks. 640 00:38:46,124 --> 00:38:48,286 While you are the soul of honesty. 641 00:38:48,359 --> 00:38:50,045 I'm a businessman not a social work— I suppose you're 642 00:38:50,069 --> 00:38:51,972 taking in a lot of money the government doesn't know about? 643 00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:53,487 What is this? Twenty questions? 644 00:38:53,565 --> 00:38:54,799 And your accountants know all about it. 645 00:38:54,823 --> 00:38:56,243 They might even want a piece of your action. 646 00:38:56,267 --> 00:38:58,499 Ha, if you think I'm going to make a comment 647 00:38:58,523 --> 00:39:00,932 on that. They might even offer some protection. 648 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,940 You've been watching too many Cagney movies. 649 00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:04,532 Mr. Giles, at the moment, 650 00:39:04,609 --> 00:39:07,943 my nephew is under suspicion of murder. 651 00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:11,210 If I have to, I will gladly trade you for him. 652 00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:15,083 Now how about the truth, just between you and me. 653 00:39:22,293 --> 00:39:24,888 Okay, somebody got wise to what I was doing here, 654 00:39:24,963 --> 00:39:28,229 maybe those Carlisle creeps. 655 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:31,565 I was told to make a certain investment or... 656 00:39:31,636 --> 00:39:33,696 or they'd go to the IRS and collect the reward. 657 00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:35,239 You were told by whom? 658 00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:37,306 I don't know. Everything was done through the mail. 659 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,640 And the investment was Neptune Ventures. 660 00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:42,203 Yeah. How did you know that? 661 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:43,373 That's not important. 662 00:39:43,448 --> 00:39:47,044 So all the checks that you made out were to Neptune Ventures. 663 00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:49,519 Yes, and mailed to a P.O. box. 664 00:39:49,587 --> 00:39:52,648 Believe me, it was a lot cheaper than what the I.R.S. would have done to me. 665 00:39:52,724 --> 00:39:53,987 Blackmail by long distance... 666 00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:58,257 by someone who was very knowledgeable about your finances, Mr. Giles. 667 00:39:58,329 --> 00:40:01,128 Thank you very much. You've been very helpful. Listen, lady, uh, 668 00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:02,797 you're not gonna have to tell the government 669 00:40:02,821 --> 00:40:04,111 about this, are you? Oh, I'm sorry. 670 00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:05,660 They already know. 671 00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:08,138 Well, that's great. 672 00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:10,266 Now I really am going out of business. 673 00:40:11,676 --> 00:40:12,939 Neptune Ventures. 674 00:40:13,011 --> 00:40:15,003 We're not even sure it ties in with the murder. 675 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:18,345 The killer could be someone else altogether. 676 00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,612 Maybe even your ghost. 677 00:40:22,687 --> 00:40:26,146 I'm going to go splash some water on my face. 678 00:40:26,224 --> 00:40:29,490 You take a look. Maybe you can find something in this. 679 00:40:39,037 --> 00:40:40,562 Oh, hey, Grady? Hmm? 680 00:40:40,638 --> 00:40:43,039 Could you do me a favor? Yeah, sure, anything. 681 00:40:43,107 --> 00:40:44,302 Um. Oh. 682 00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:46,173 I guess I'm kinda spooked. 683 00:40:46,244 --> 00:40:49,373 Do you mind walking me to the subway? It'll only take a couple of minutes. 684 00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:51,643 Yeah, I'll get my coat. Thanks. 685 00:40:54,252 --> 00:40:56,244 Okay. Let's go. Okay. 686 00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:03,928 Hammond. Charles S. 687 00:41:07,265 --> 00:41:10,702 Hammond? Where have I heard that name before? 688 00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:16,664 Oh, dear. 689 00:41:16,741 --> 00:41:19,267 It can't be. 690 00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:21,609 Or can it? 691 00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:23,272 Can it what, Mrs. Fletcher? 692 00:41:23,348 --> 00:41:25,749 Mr. Carlisle, I thought you'd left for the day. 693 00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:29,481 Oh, the weather's turning ugly, and I came back for my umbrella. 694 00:41:31,122 --> 00:41:34,354 Hammond, Charles S. 695 00:41:34,425 --> 00:41:37,452 Is this what can't be, Mrs. Fletcher? 696 00:41:37,528 --> 00:41:40,555 Oh, uh, well, uh, for a moment... 697 00:41:40,631 --> 00:41:42,896 I thought-I thought it was a friend of my late husband. 698 00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:46,062 Ah, he and his wife lived in Cabot Cove for years. And, uh, 699 00:41:46,137 --> 00:41:49,835 then I remembered it was Charles M. Hammond. 700 00:41:49,907 --> 00:41:51,068 M for Maurice. 701 00:41:51,142 --> 00:41:53,043 Not that gentleman at all. 702 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:58,142 Hmm, interesting coincidence. 703 00:41:58,216 --> 00:42:01,653 Yes. You're very quick, Mrs. Fletcher. 704 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:06,987 I'm surprised and a little saddened that you caught it. 705 00:42:07,058 --> 00:42:08,720 I caught what? 706 00:42:10,328 --> 00:42:11,921 Such a little mistake. 707 00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:14,864 And yet so stupid. 708 00:42:14,932 --> 00:42:16,833 Well, I-I really must be leaving. 709 00:42:16,901 --> 00:42:19,894 Finding a cab will be impossible in this weather. 710 00:42:21,339 --> 00:42:24,468 You won't be needing a cab, I'm afraid. 711 00:42:26,511 --> 00:42:31,176 I just can't believe how careless I was that first evening. 712 00:42:31,249 --> 00:42:35,880 Ralph was just about to walk you to the elevator and then he turned to me and said: 713 00:42:35,953 --> 00:42:40,015 Oh, uh, Paul, the Hammond account. 714 00:42:40,091 --> 00:42:42,531 The file's in my office. Would you like to look at it tonight? 715 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:45,223 No, no, no, no, no, I'm leaving myself in just a minute. 716 00:42:45,296 --> 00:42:46,730 No, I'll check it in the morning. 717 00:42:46,798 --> 00:42:51,429 Then the next day, that's when I slipped. 718 00:42:51,502 --> 00:42:53,494 The Hammond file is in my office. 719 00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:55,733 You may need it for that meeting this afternoon. 720 00:42:56,974 --> 00:43:00,775 I'm sorry, I, uh, I don't remember. 721 00:43:00,845 --> 00:43:02,074 Of course you do. 722 00:43:03,648 --> 00:43:05,913 And you knew that because this office was sealed, 723 00:43:05,983 --> 00:43:09,647 there's no way I could have had that file unless... 724 00:43:10,788 --> 00:43:15,192 I had come back here after I'd supposedly left for the night. 725 00:43:15,259 --> 00:43:19,458 Oh, I'm sure you had a perfectly good reason. 726 00:43:19,530 --> 00:43:24,264 Uh, you probably wanted to chat about business or something. 727 00:43:24,335 --> 00:43:28,136 Actually I came back here to kill that second-rate blackmailer. 728 00:43:28,206 --> 00:43:29,970 Neptune Ventures. 729 00:43:30,041 --> 00:43:33,944 Oh, you had that figured out too. 730 00:43:34,011 --> 00:43:36,105 Well, uh, not-not exactly. 731 00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:39,582 I mean, uh, I just have a theory. 732 00:43:39,650 --> 00:43:40,650 Ah, Grady! 733 00:43:40,718 --> 00:43:43,620 Oh, I don't think he can hear you, Mrs. Fletcher. 734 00:43:43,688 --> 00:43:47,682 I spotted him walking Connie to the subway as I was coming in. 735 00:43:47,758 --> 00:43:50,956 And knowing Grady, I doubt very much if he'll hurry back. 736 00:43:51,028 --> 00:43:52,792 Tell me about your theory. 737 00:43:54,098 --> 00:43:59,901 Well, I-I think that Mr. Whitman was threatening some of his clients. 738 00:43:59,971 --> 00:44:02,964 I mean, his tax cheaters. 739 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:07,273 And instead of coming right out and demanding blackmail, he suggested, 740 00:44:07,345 --> 00:44:11,282 strongly suggested, that they should invest money in Neptune Ventures. 741 00:44:11,349 --> 00:44:12,817 Ah. 742 00:44:14,051 --> 00:44:16,577 Correct in all respects except one. 743 00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:19,886 Neptune was my scene. 744 00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:27,929 Ralph found out about it, and he started blackmailing me. 745 00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:31,868 He said he wanted in or else, so I let him in. 746 00:44:31,936 --> 00:44:34,701 I even let him put his name on the account. 747 00:44:34,772 --> 00:44:36,400 Yes, and Grady's. 748 00:44:36,474 --> 00:44:38,739 Ah, that was Ralph's idea. 749 00:44:38,809 --> 00:44:41,802 He wanted a patsy to take the heat in case the deal fell through. 750 00:44:43,548 --> 00:44:47,007 Well, I suppose I could have gone along, 751 00:44:47,084 --> 00:44:50,213 sharing the bounty with Ralph. 752 00:44:50,288 --> 00:44:53,417 But you know there is something about... 753 00:44:53,491 --> 00:44:56,552 having a blackmailer's knife at your throat. 754 00:44:56,627 --> 00:45:00,894 I'd have been at his mercy for the rest of my life. 755 00:45:00,965 --> 00:45:04,424 Mr. Carlisle, you certainly can't expect to get away with another murder. 756 00:45:04,502 --> 00:45:06,630 Oh, no? Why not? 757 00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:09,435 I have a perfect suspect. Our ghost. 758 00:45:09,507 --> 00:45:10,600 Another strangling, 759 00:45:10,675 --> 00:45:13,338 another message scrawled across the wall. 760 00:45:13,411 --> 00:45:17,576 It's worth a try. Besides what choice do I have? 761 00:45:24,755 --> 00:45:27,384 Learned this working my way through Texas, ma'am. 762 00:45:30,261 --> 00:45:32,730 You okay? Oh, yes, yes, I'm fine. 763 00:45:32,797 --> 00:45:35,665 Aunt Jess, you all right? Oh, Grady, in here. 764 00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:37,793 I thought I heard a crash. It was Mr. Carlisle. 765 00:45:38,803 --> 00:45:39,803 Wow! 766 00:45:39,870 --> 00:45:42,465 Did you do that? Oh, no, no. It was, uh... 767 00:45:58,356 --> 00:46:01,952 Well, now imagine that. 768 00:46:02,026 --> 00:46:04,427 Popped right out of nowhere. 769 00:46:04,495 --> 00:46:07,761 And saved my life, believe me. 770 00:46:07,832 --> 00:46:09,130 You know, Lieutenant. 771 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,898 I don't see any real need for you to continue your search for him. 772 00:46:12,970 --> 00:46:17,169 Do you? I mean, you have Mr. Carlisle's confession. 773 00:46:17,241 --> 00:46:20,177 And he never really took anything of value. 774 00:46:20,244 --> 00:46:21,371 Not really. 775 00:46:21,445 --> 00:46:26,509 Well, I could be searchin' for months and come up empty. 776 00:46:26,584 --> 00:46:29,645 It's like tryin' to find one of the little people. 777 00:46:29,720 --> 00:46:33,179 Nah, I-I wouldn't worry about him at all. 778 00:46:33,257 --> 00:46:34,316 Then how about lunch? 779 00:46:34,392 --> 00:46:37,738 I saw a little place around the corner that has a special on corned beef and cabbage. 780 00:46:37,762 --> 00:46:40,254 You don't say. I'll get my coat and hat. 781 00:46:40,331 --> 00:46:41,799 All right. 782 00:46:47,071 --> 00:46:49,540 Oh, no, oh. 783 00:46:49,607 --> 00:46:50,607 Timothy, what is it? 784 00:46:50,675 --> 00:46:53,702 Some thievin' bugger's pinched me new hat.