1 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:52,162 Come in, Mr. Stokes. 2 00:00:52,186 --> 00:00:54,064 It, uh, it is Mr. Stokes? 3 00:00:54,088 --> 00:00:56,266 Yes, sir. Merchant Marine. 4 00:00:56,290 --> 00:00:57,400 Sit down if you like. 5 00:00:57,424 --> 00:00:59,035 No, thank you. 6 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:01,137 I understand you want to see one of the prisoners, 7 00:01:01,161 --> 00:01:02,872 a man by the name of Riley Morgan. 8 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:03,974 You're not a relative? 9 00:01:03,998 --> 00:01:05,308 Uh, no, sir. 10 00:01:05,332 --> 00:01:06,576 Close friend, perhaps? 11 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,479 Well, I... I ain't even sure I know the guy. 12 00:01:09,503 --> 00:01:11,714 But if... If I could just see him, 13 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:14,117 uh, well, uh... 14 00:01:14,141 --> 00:01:16,353 Here, sir. Uh. 15 00:01:16,377 --> 00:01:18,288 Maybe you read this. 16 00:01:18,312 --> 00:01:22,192 I-It's an article about this fellow, Riley Morgan. 17 00:01:22,216 --> 00:01:24,161 It says he got life for a murder 18 00:01:24,185 --> 00:01:26,063 he done in L.A. six years ago. 19 00:01:26,087 --> 00:01:29,533 He claimed he had an alibi, but it never held up. 20 00:01:29,557 --> 00:01:31,301 Yes, I remember, it was something about 21 00:01:31,325 --> 00:01:33,570 a witness who couldn't be found. 22 00:01:33,594 --> 00:01:34,938 Or never existed. 23 00:01:34,962 --> 00:01:37,096 Well, Morgan claimed he was a sailor. 24 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:41,010 Mr. Stokes, 25 00:01:41,034 --> 00:01:43,534 Do you want me to believe that you are that sailor? 26 00:01:44,505 --> 00:01:46,749 Well, sir, it... 27 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:49,086 It sure reads like something that happened to me 28 00:01:49,110 --> 00:01:50,520 about six years ago. 29 00:01:50,544 --> 00:01:53,056 I... I remember telling my captain 30 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,125 the reason I was late getting back to the ship was 31 00:01:55,149 --> 00:01:57,427 because I helped a guy with a broken ankle. 32 00:01:57,451 --> 00:02:00,730 Mr. Stokes, why have you waited for six years? 33 00:02:00,754 --> 00:02:04,334 Well, because the same day this happened to me, 34 00:02:04,358 --> 00:02:06,470 my ship pulled out of San Pedro. 35 00:02:06,494 --> 00:02:09,239 Do you mean to say that you didn't read anything 36 00:02:09,263 --> 00:02:10,941 about the trial in the newspapers? 37 00:02:10,965 --> 00:02:14,311 Well, the Kendall murder was a sensational case in Los Angeles. 38 00:02:14,335 --> 00:02:17,914 Well, warden, our next port of call was Yokohama, 39 00:02:17,938 --> 00:02:22,518 and I ain't never learned to read Japanese. 40 00:02:22,542 --> 00:02:24,587 After that I worked a Dutch ship 41 00:02:24,611 --> 00:02:28,124 out of Australia for a couple of years. 42 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:31,627 Sir, when I finally saw that, I... 43 00:02:31,651 --> 00:02:33,629 I couldn't get it out of my head. 44 00:02:33,653 --> 00:02:36,032 Imagine, a guy in for six years 45 00:02:36,056 --> 00:02:38,935 and maybe he's been innocent all that time. 46 00:02:38,959 --> 00:02:42,427 If... If only I can remember what he looked like. 47 00:02:46,066 --> 00:02:48,744 I want Riley Morgan up here right away. 48 00:02:48,768 --> 00:02:52,170 Oh, uh, send several other men for a lineup. 49 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:58,576 Mr. Stokes, you're gonna have to answer a lot of questions. 50 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:08,731 Well, Mr. Stokes? 51 00:03:08,755 --> 00:03:10,900 Well, sir... 52 00:03:10,924 --> 00:03:13,036 It's been a long time. I... 53 00:03:13,060 --> 00:03:15,505 I was afraid he might not be the same. 54 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:17,573 But that's the guy all right. 55 00:03:17,597 --> 00:03:20,509 That one right there. 56 00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:21,911 All right, Morgan. 57 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:22,946 Step forward. 58 00:03:52,466 --> 00:03:55,711 Sure do have a lot of homework tonight. 59 00:03:55,735 --> 00:03:58,370 Hey, Kendall! Jimmie! 60 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:20,836 Oh, here's my mom, I gotta go now. 61 00:04:20,860 --> 00:04:23,020 I'll call you tonight. Okay, see you Kendall. 62 00:04:28,102 --> 00:04:29,645 Hi, Mom! Hi, darling. 63 00:04:29,669 --> 00:04:32,437 Sorry I'm late. Oh, that's okay. 64 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:37,720 Oh, not another note from the commandant. 65 00:04:37,744 --> 00:04:41,757 No, Mom, I don't even know where it came from. 66 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:43,881 It's for you. 67 00:04:48,155 --> 00:04:49,866 Well, aren't you gonna open it? 68 00:04:49,890 --> 00:04:53,392 Well, we can't park here. I'll read it later. 69 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:20,129 Hello, general. 70 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:21,197 Hi, Uncle Roger. 71 00:05:21,221 --> 00:05:22,832 Hello, Roger. 72 00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:24,267 I hope you hadn't forgotten, 73 00:05:24,291 --> 00:05:26,068 this is Black Friday. 74 00:05:26,092 --> 00:05:28,705 Mr. Warren Donner awaits you in the study. 75 00:05:28,729 --> 00:05:30,106 Why don't you handle it, Roger? 76 00:05:30,130 --> 00:05:32,208 You know much more about the business than I do. 77 00:05:32,232 --> 00:05:34,477 It's not quite the same, my dear. 78 00:05:34,501 --> 00:05:36,279 Besides, he has a bundle of papers 79 00:05:36,303 --> 00:05:38,014 requiring your signature. Oh. 80 00:05:38,038 --> 00:05:40,116 He also has some special problems, 81 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:42,352 entailed from reading the newspapers. 82 00:05:42,376 --> 00:05:44,253 Well, can't you entertain him yourself 83 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:47,813 for a few minutes? I'd like to freshen up. 84 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:01,905 Well? Where is she? 85 00:06:01,929 --> 00:06:04,106 Fixing up a bit. She'll be down presently. 86 00:06:04,130 --> 00:06:05,975 Doesn't she know this man, Morgan, 87 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:07,577 has been exonerated and released? 88 00:06:07,601 --> 00:06:09,612 Poor devil. Imagine spending all that time... 89 00:06:09,636 --> 00:06:10,814 Poor devil! 90 00:06:10,838 --> 00:06:12,749 Roger, don't you realize how this is going 91 00:06:12,773 --> 00:06:14,283 to affect the reputation of our family, 92 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:15,718 of our company? 93 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:17,954 When I walked into the board meeting yesterday, 94 00:06:17,978 --> 00:06:20,289 everyone went, "sh!" Just like that. 95 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:22,425 They'd been gossiping about me... 96 00:06:22,449 --> 00:06:24,661 About me, the vice president. 97 00:06:24,685 --> 00:06:27,397 You can imagine what this has done to my wife. 98 00:06:27,421 --> 00:06:29,532 Yes, I suppose Faye must be rather upset. 99 00:06:29,556 --> 00:06:31,401 And why shouldn't she be? 100 00:06:31,425 --> 00:06:34,037 Finding out after six years that her own brother's murderer 101 00:06:34,061 --> 00:06:35,604 must still be running around loose. 102 00:06:35,628 --> 00:06:37,140 Now there'll be a new investigation. 103 00:06:37,164 --> 00:06:39,042 All right, Warren. 104 00:06:39,066 --> 00:06:42,845 I know how difficult it must be for both you and Faye. 105 00:06:42,869 --> 00:06:45,314 But I do wish you would consider Lorraine. 106 00:06:45,338 --> 00:06:48,373 After all, it was her husband who was murdered. 107 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:53,022 All four of us benefited by his death. 108 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:56,059 You, Lorraine, myself, Faye. 109 00:06:56,083 --> 00:06:58,294 Do you know what people are saying already? 110 00:06:58,318 --> 00:06:59,762 "Which one did it?" 111 00:06:59,786 --> 00:07:03,166 "Which one of us really committed that murder?" 112 00:07:37,524 --> 00:07:39,001 Yeah? 113 00:07:39,025 --> 00:07:42,138 Hello? Uh. Who am I talking to, please? 114 00:07:42,162 --> 00:07:44,140 Who're you calling, lady? 115 00:07:44,164 --> 00:07:46,609 I don't know. The letter wasn't signed. 116 00:07:46,633 --> 00:07:48,444 Oh. Mrs. Kendall. 117 00:07:48,468 --> 00:07:50,779 I'm a friend of Riley Morgan. 118 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:53,082 Yeah, th-that's right, my name's Stokes. 119 00:07:53,106 --> 00:07:55,251 Maybe you read it in the papers. 120 00:07:55,275 --> 00:07:57,720 I think you and I ought to meet. 121 00:07:57,744 --> 00:07:59,322 As soon as you can make it. 122 00:07:59,346 --> 00:08:02,925 Just a minute, please. 123 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:05,428 I have to go now. Where will you be? 124 00:08:05,452 --> 00:08:06,829 I say, Lorraine. 125 00:08:06,853 --> 00:08:08,931 Your esteemed brother-in-law is getting the wind up. 126 00:08:08,955 --> 00:08:10,500 All right, Roger! 127 00:08:10,524 --> 00:08:13,002 What was that again? 128 00:08:13,026 --> 00:08:15,338 Yes. Yes, I know where it is. 129 00:08:15,362 --> 00:08:16,972 Yeah, I can be there in a half hour. 130 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:18,741 Yes, yes, all right. 131 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:26,749 Come in. 132 00:08:26,773 --> 00:08:28,884 My dear, it is considered very bad taste 133 00:08:28,908 --> 00:08:31,321 to discriminate against a minority stockholder, 134 00:08:31,345 --> 00:08:32,888 especially when he's so anxious 135 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:34,624 to become a majority stockholder. 136 00:08:34,648 --> 00:08:36,526 Would you mind telling Warren Donner 137 00:08:36,550 --> 00:08:38,260 to mind his own business for a change 138 00:08:38,284 --> 00:08:40,819 and stop snooping into mine. 139 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:46,836 You're it! 140 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:49,138 You're it! 141 00:08:49,162 --> 00:08:52,575 You're it. 142 00:08:52,599 --> 00:08:55,367 You're it. 143 00:08:57,937 --> 00:08:59,315 You're it. 144 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:01,917 You're it. 145 00:09:01,941 --> 00:09:03,753 Mrs. Kendall? 146 00:09:03,777 --> 00:09:05,355 Yes. 147 00:09:05,379 --> 00:09:06,756 I'm Stokes. 148 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:09,024 There's a quiet spot over here 149 00:09:09,048 --> 00:09:10,815 where we can talk. 150 00:09:15,154 --> 00:09:16,332 Sit down, Mrs. Kendall... 151 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:17,900 I'll tell you right off, Mr. Stokes, 152 00:09:17,924 --> 00:09:20,703 I resent the way you got in touch with me. 153 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:22,171 Well, now, I... 154 00:09:22,195 --> 00:09:24,240 I'm real sorry I had to go through 155 00:09:24,264 --> 00:09:25,608 the boy to reach you, but... 156 00:09:25,632 --> 00:09:27,710 he was the only lead I had. 157 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:29,978 Anyway, it's all in a good cause. 158 00:09:30,002 --> 00:09:32,615 Well, if you're talking about Riley Morgan, 159 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:35,618 I... I'm sorry he spent all those years in prison. 160 00:09:35,642 --> 00:09:37,186 But he's free now. 161 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:39,121 That's just the point. 162 00:09:39,145 --> 00:09:40,756 He ain't free. 163 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:45,127 He's got no friends, no relatives, no money. 164 00:09:45,151 --> 00:09:48,163 Can't get a job. 165 00:09:48,187 --> 00:09:49,766 How much do you want? 166 00:09:49,790 --> 00:09:51,634 For myself? 167 00:09:51,658 --> 00:09:53,903 Nothing, not a cent. 168 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:55,070 But the way I figure, 169 00:09:55,094 --> 00:09:57,172 Morgan took somebody off the hot seat. 170 00:09:57,196 --> 00:09:58,641 And that ought to be worth something. 171 00:09:58,665 --> 00:10:01,010 Where is he, Mr. Stokes? 172 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:03,279 Where can I find Riley Morgan? 173 00:10:03,303 --> 00:10:06,282 Well, now, that I don't rightly know. 174 00:10:06,306 --> 00:10:08,684 A man just out of prison. 175 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:09,852 But... 176 00:10:09,876 --> 00:10:12,121 we're in this together, Riley and me. 177 00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:14,457 A word to me is the same as to him. 178 00:10:14,481 --> 00:10:16,759 So you're not even going to tell me where he is 179 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:17,927 until I agree to pay? 180 00:10:17,951 --> 00:10:19,495 Is that it? 181 00:10:19,519 --> 00:10:21,397 Well, I didn't bring any cash, 182 00:10:21,421 --> 00:10:23,032 and I didn't bring my checkbook. 183 00:10:23,056 --> 00:10:25,601 Lady, if your conscience don't tell you 184 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:27,437 that Riley Morgan rates some decent, honest... 185 00:10:27,461 --> 00:10:30,172 My conscience is quite clear! 186 00:10:30,196 --> 00:10:31,707 I wish I'd asked your little boy 187 00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:32,875 what you was like. 188 00:10:32,899 --> 00:10:34,544 If he thought... You stay away from Jimmie! 189 00:10:34,568 --> 00:10:36,211 You hear me? Stay away from him! 190 00:10:36,235 --> 00:10:38,681 All right. Go back home. 191 00:10:38,705 --> 00:10:41,639 I... I won't bother you again. 192 00:10:43,844 --> 00:10:45,387 Mr. Stokes, 193 00:10:45,411 --> 00:10:47,990 wait. 194 00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:51,060 I... I know an injustice has been done. 195 00:10:51,084 --> 00:10:52,462 Now, if you'd just tell me 196 00:10:52,486 --> 00:10:54,430 how much help Mr. Morgan needs, 197 00:10:54,454 --> 00:10:56,532 and... And how I can reach him with it... 198 00:10:56,556 --> 00:10:58,334 Mrs. Kendall, 199 00:10:58,358 --> 00:11:01,203 sometimes when a man is put in prison wrong, 200 00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:02,839 the state pays him something. 201 00:11:02,863 --> 00:11:06,476 Say $10,000, maybe. 202 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,277 But Riley, 203 00:11:08,301 --> 00:11:10,580 he's found it don't work that simple. 204 00:11:10,604 --> 00:11:13,248 He ain't collected one cent. 205 00:11:13,272 --> 00:11:16,919 So I guess maybe half that much, 206 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:19,755 maybe 5000. 207 00:11:19,779 --> 00:11:22,257 That ought to be all anybody'd ever need. 208 00:11:22,281 --> 00:11:25,495 Five thousand. 209 00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:27,396 Well, I'll let you know. 210 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:29,932 I'll phone you, is that all right? 211 00:11:29,956 --> 00:11:32,167 I knew you was really okay. 212 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:34,103 Just a little scared, maybe. 213 00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:35,371 But don't you worry, 214 00:11:35,395 --> 00:11:37,962 there's nothing to be scared of. 215 00:11:43,537 --> 00:11:45,781 Did you get it all down on tape? 216 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:47,182 Yeah. Well, what do you think? 217 00:11:47,206 --> 00:11:48,651 Can you pay me anything? 218 00:11:48,675 --> 00:11:49,919 Stokes, you're a card. 219 00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:51,654 What? What's the matter? 220 00:11:51,678 --> 00:11:53,589 Isn't there anything you could use? 221 00:11:53,613 --> 00:11:55,424 I thought a magazine article 222 00:11:55,448 --> 00:11:56,692 would go big right now. 223 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:59,629 You wrote so much about the trial six years ago. 224 00:11:59,653 --> 00:12:02,164 You're not interested in a few dollars I can give you, 225 00:12:02,188 --> 00:12:03,666 even if the stuff was usable. 226 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:06,335 Okay, I can use the publicity too. 227 00:12:06,359 --> 00:12:08,437 The only way I can get the state to pay Morgan anything 228 00:12:08,461 --> 00:12:09,906 is to get some publicity. 229 00:12:09,930 --> 00:12:13,075 Stokes, you didn't fool the lady and you don't fool me. 230 00:12:13,099 --> 00:12:15,911 You worked real hard not to use the word blackmail, 231 00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:20,148 but a rose by any other name still smells the same. 232 00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:22,985 It looks like you're playing six ends against the middle, 233 00:12:23,009 --> 00:12:25,153 and it's not for Bill Worth. 234 00:12:25,177 --> 00:12:27,497 I don't want any part of your racket. 235 00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:36,331 Well, I'll let you know. 236 00:12:36,355 --> 00:12:38,868 I'll phone you, is that all right? 237 00:12:38,892 --> 00:12:41,136 I knew you was really okay. 238 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,138 Just a little scared, maybe, 239 00:12:43,162 --> 00:12:44,206 but don't you worry, 240 00:12:44,230 --> 00:12:46,798 there's nothing to be scared of. 241 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:50,413 Well, sir? Is it there? 242 00:12:50,437 --> 00:12:51,881 You mean that's all there is? 243 00:12:51,905 --> 00:12:54,550 Well, I thought maybe, somewhere among the things she said. 244 00:12:54,574 --> 00:12:56,218 Well, she didn't say a blasted thing, 245 00:12:56,242 --> 00:12:57,420 neither did he! 246 00:12:57,444 --> 00:12:59,187 Well, I knew what it is you're looking for. 247 00:12:59,211 --> 00:13:00,890 Just what it is you think we might find out? 248 00:13:00,914 --> 00:13:02,291 None of your business. 249 00:13:02,315 --> 00:13:04,359 You just keep after that man. 250 00:13:04,383 --> 00:13:06,061 Write your articles, keep him interested, 251 00:13:06,085 --> 00:13:09,098 find out everything he knows. 252 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:11,000 What was that all about? 253 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:15,170 Isn't it obvious? 254 00:13:15,194 --> 00:13:16,739 Lorraine's up to something. 255 00:13:16,763 --> 00:13:19,976 At least, she's a lot more worried than she ought to be. 256 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:24,046 Hasn't Lorraine always been up to something? 257 00:13:24,070 --> 00:13:27,783 Some day I'll figure her out. 258 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:30,987 Having a woman like that own our company. 259 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:35,324 I thought perhaps you'd learned something 260 00:13:35,348 --> 00:13:37,708 about who killed my brother. 261 00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:51,406 Seems to be news copy prepared for publication. 262 00:13:51,430 --> 00:13:53,609 It arrived this morning, special delivery. 263 00:13:53,633 --> 00:13:54,910 There was a note attached 264 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:58,313 asking me to read the story for inaccuracies. 265 00:13:58,337 --> 00:13:59,582 Well, are there any? 266 00:13:59,606 --> 00:14:01,884 It seems to be just a retelling 267 00:14:01,908 --> 00:14:02,952 of your husband's murder. 268 00:14:02,976 --> 00:14:04,587 Oh, no, it's all distorted! 269 00:14:04,611 --> 00:14:06,388 I mean, the implication 270 00:14:06,412 --> 00:14:08,858 that I benefited so much from Martin's death. 271 00:14:08,882 --> 00:14:11,927 All that innuendo. 272 00:14:11,951 --> 00:14:13,562 I don't recall 273 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:16,499 the true details of the case very well, Mrs. Kendall. 274 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:17,900 Well, there had been some trouble 275 00:14:17,924 --> 00:14:19,802 between my husband and Riley Morgan 276 00:14:19,826 --> 00:14:21,904 over a loan that was to have been repaid 277 00:14:21,928 --> 00:14:23,105 by a certain date. 278 00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:25,508 What were the circumstances of the loan? 279 00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:28,477 I, uh... I wasn't very familiar 280 00:14:28,501 --> 00:14:31,146 with my husband's business at that time. 281 00:14:31,170 --> 00:14:32,815 But in any case, 282 00:14:32,839 --> 00:14:36,118 Morgan tried to ask my husband for an extension of time. 283 00:14:36,142 --> 00:14:40,056 He phoned, wanting to see my husband the next Saturday. 284 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:44,393 But Martin always played golf on Saturdays. 285 00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:46,395 I seem to recall that Mr. Kendall 286 00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:48,364 was killed at a golf course. 287 00:14:48,388 --> 00:14:51,167 In the woods off one of the fairways. 288 00:14:51,191 --> 00:14:52,301 Yes. 289 00:14:52,325 --> 00:14:55,137 Morgan parked his car beyond the woods 290 00:14:55,161 --> 00:14:56,772 and then waited among the trees 291 00:14:56,796 --> 00:14:59,242 until Martin came along. 292 00:14:59,266 --> 00:15:01,344 They quarreled over the money, 293 00:15:01,368 --> 00:15:03,279 so the prosecutor claimed, 294 00:15:03,303 --> 00:15:05,881 and Morgan struck my husband with a golf club. 295 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:08,918 Wasn't there almost a witness? 296 00:15:08,942 --> 00:15:10,753 My brother, Roger. 297 00:15:10,777 --> 00:15:14,023 Roger thought that Martin had lost his ball in the woods, 298 00:15:14,047 --> 00:15:15,557 so he went in to help him find it. 299 00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:18,160 The murderer had tripped as he ran toward his car, 300 00:15:18,184 --> 00:15:19,829 and that delayed him long enough 301 00:15:19,853 --> 00:15:21,264 so that Roger could see him. 302 00:15:21,288 --> 00:15:24,399 Morgan was arrested two days later, Monday, 303 00:15:24,423 --> 00:15:26,835 in a beach cabin near San Diego. 304 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:29,504 Yes, I remember. 305 00:15:29,528 --> 00:15:31,573 The case hinged on when, 306 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:36,112 and of course where, Morgan broke his ankle. 307 00:15:36,136 --> 00:15:38,981 If it happened Friday 308 00:15:39,005 --> 00:15:40,783 it would have been physically impossible 309 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:42,852 for him to have gone to the golf course on Saturday. 310 00:15:42,876 --> 00:15:44,619 Well, Morgan always insisted 311 00:15:44,643 --> 00:15:48,390 th-that a sailor stopped at the cabin that Saturday morning. 312 00:15:48,414 --> 00:15:50,659 But, uh, he was never found 313 00:15:50,683 --> 00:15:52,628 and nobody ever believed he existed. 314 00:15:52,652 --> 00:15:55,698 Now he does exist and Morgan's story is true. 315 00:15:55,722 --> 00:15:58,433 And someone else must have killed your husband. 316 00:15:58,457 --> 00:15:59,802 Yes, I... 317 00:15:59,826 --> 00:16:01,203 I guess that's right. 318 00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:02,537 I'll have an investigator 319 00:16:02,561 --> 00:16:04,807 try to locate Riley Morgan as quickly as possible. 320 00:16:04,831 --> 00:16:06,642 No doubt he's behind all this. 321 00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:09,377 In the meantime, what was that telephone number? 322 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:10,980 Stokes' number? 323 00:16:11,004 --> 00:16:12,402 Um. 324 00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:17,441 Adams 1-0799. 325 00:16:19,178 --> 00:16:21,090 What are you going to do? 326 00:16:21,114 --> 00:16:23,447 Make a date to pay him. 327 00:16:26,252 --> 00:16:30,065 It's all right. I'll be there too. 328 00:16:30,089 --> 00:16:31,133 Hello? 329 00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:33,068 Uh, hello, Mr. Stokes? 330 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:36,204 Say, I was wondering when you were gonna call. 331 00:16:36,228 --> 00:16:39,608 Mr. Stokes, I'd like to talk to you. 332 00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:43,901 Well, this ain't a very good time to arrange things. 333 00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:48,884 Oh, I'm anxious to get it over with too. 334 00:16:48,908 --> 00:16:52,921 Well, suppose we say 10:00 tonight, then. 335 00:16:52,945 --> 00:16:54,690 Same place. 336 00:16:54,714 --> 00:16:56,825 Okay? 337 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:59,550 Yeah. Yeah, I'll be there. 338 00:17:00,820 --> 00:17:04,333 Sorry, a little romantic problem. 339 00:17:04,357 --> 00:17:05,801 Really? 340 00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:07,503 You're certain it had nothing to do 341 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:08,971 with what we've been discussing? 342 00:17:08,995 --> 00:17:10,373 Well, of course not. 343 00:17:10,397 --> 00:17:12,141 If you pay me $10,000, 344 00:17:12,165 --> 00:17:15,744 why should I talk to anybody else? 345 00:17:15,768 --> 00:17:18,647 Yes, I suppose so. But see here. 346 00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:20,816 It's clearly understood that both you and Riley Morgan 347 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,885 are to leave town. Leave the country. 348 00:17:22,909 --> 00:17:25,954 You're to go to faraway places and just never come back. 349 00:17:25,978 --> 00:17:27,545 Right? 350 00:17:34,587 --> 00:17:36,532 Mr. McClaine, you're a real Samaritan. 351 00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:37,866 Poor old Morgan, 352 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:40,558 he'll be thanking you for the rest of his days! 353 00:17:47,267 --> 00:17:48,310 Who was that? 354 00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:49,745 Hey, Riley! 355 00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:51,280 When did you come in? 356 00:17:51,304 --> 00:17:52,981 A minute ago. 357 00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:54,683 You told somebody I'd be thanking him. 358 00:17:54,707 --> 00:17:56,085 Why? 359 00:17:56,109 --> 00:17:57,453 Oh. 360 00:17:57,477 --> 00:17:59,321 The... The desk clerk. 361 00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:02,091 Yeah, he... He made a fix in the bill. 362 00:18:02,115 --> 00:18:05,761 We... We don't owe him so much. 363 00:18:05,785 --> 00:18:07,530 Look, I don't want any charity. 364 00:18:07,554 --> 00:18:09,565 Not from anybody, understand? 365 00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,600 Sure, Riley, sure! 366 00:18:11,624 --> 00:18:14,070 Hey, you... You get enough to eat? 367 00:18:14,094 --> 00:18:16,105 Maybe we'll pick up a steak tonight. 368 00:18:16,129 --> 00:18:19,275 I'll bet you didn't get any of those two-inch steaks in prison, 369 00:18:19,299 --> 00:18:20,675 huh, boy? 370 00:18:20,699 --> 00:18:22,044 Well, I know just the place... 371 00:18:22,068 --> 00:18:26,048 I don't even want charity from you, Stokes! 372 00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:27,282 You, uh, 373 00:18:27,306 --> 00:18:29,384 you did me a favor, I'm grateful. 374 00:18:29,408 --> 00:18:31,186 If I'd collected any money from the state, 375 00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:32,188 you'd have got half. 376 00:18:32,212 --> 00:18:34,657 But I didn't. 377 00:18:34,681 --> 00:18:37,793 So now it's all over between us. 378 00:18:37,817 --> 00:18:40,563 You understand? 379 00:18:40,587 --> 00:18:42,486 All over. 380 00:18:51,264 --> 00:18:53,931 Goodbye, Mom. Bye, dear. 381 00:19:23,329 --> 00:19:25,207 Mom almost hit you! 382 00:19:25,231 --> 00:19:26,608 Where's your mother going, Jimmie? 383 00:19:26,632 --> 00:19:27,910 I don't know. 384 00:19:27,934 --> 00:19:29,477 I bet you if you got sideswiped, 385 00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:31,579 you would have had to put a whole new piece on... 386 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:33,916 What did she say? Nothing! 387 00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:36,084 Oh, except I shouldn't eat so many doughnuts. 388 00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:37,752 I mean about where she was going. 389 00:19:37,776 --> 00:19:39,321 But I just told you. 390 00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:40,722 Is your Uncle Roger here? 391 00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:42,191 I don't know. 392 00:19:42,215 --> 00:19:43,925 But I know he's not in the house. 393 00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:45,260 I had to answer the phone. 394 00:19:45,284 --> 00:19:47,296 Well, who was it? 395 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,033 Mm. Some man called and asked to talk to Mom. 396 00:19:51,057 --> 00:19:54,292 And after he talked to her, she went out. 397 00:19:56,296 --> 00:19:58,274 It's 9:30. A child your age 398 00:19:58,298 --> 00:20:00,264 should be in bed at this hour. 399 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:08,138 You heard me, young man. March! 400 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:25,834 Well, it's 10:00. 401 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:28,726 Where's the historic meeting to take place? 402 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:32,062 Let's walk over there. 403 00:20:40,373 --> 00:20:41,783 Shouldn't someone call a doctor? 404 00:20:41,807 --> 00:20:43,985 What for? He's dead. 405 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:45,521 You know, about ten minutes ago, 406 00:20:45,545 --> 00:20:47,756 I heard something that sounded like the backfire of a car. 407 00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:49,791 Could've been a shot. - It could've been. 408 00:20:49,815 --> 00:20:51,526 Why doesn't anybody call the police? 409 00:20:51,550 --> 00:20:53,695 I don't know, think we'd better go and call them. 410 00:20:58,057 --> 00:20:59,201 Perry, 411 00:20:59,225 --> 00:21:01,169 that guy fits our description of Burt Stokes, 412 00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:03,171 and he sure looks dead. 413 00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:05,274 We'd better leave before the police get here. 414 00:21:05,298 --> 00:21:08,010 Agreed. What're you going to do? 415 00:21:08,034 --> 00:21:10,879 Call on my client. She's going to need a lawyer. 416 00:21:10,903 --> 00:21:14,504 Yeah. Very clever of her to retain one in advance. 417 00:21:17,977 --> 00:21:19,321 Well, hurry up, Jimmie! 418 00:21:19,345 --> 00:21:21,990 Please hurry! 419 00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:23,626 Where are we going, anyway? 420 00:21:23,650 --> 00:21:25,794 Remember Martha, darling? 421 00:21:25,818 --> 00:21:27,729 You know, you used to love her cooking so much, 422 00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:28,797 back in the other house. 423 00:21:28,821 --> 00:21:30,866 You mean the house in Santa Barbara? 424 00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:32,167 Yes. 425 00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:34,603 Well, she wants you to stay with her for a few days. 426 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:37,272 Mother, I've got homework to do. 427 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,274 You don't know how the commandant acts 428 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:41,009 if a kid just leaves school. 429 00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:43,300 Jimmie, will you please get in the car? 430 00:21:48,107 --> 00:21:50,752 Mother, what's the matter? What's happened? 431 00:21:50,776 --> 00:21:54,423 Nothing. I just want you to stay with Martha for a while. 432 00:22:11,364 --> 00:22:13,141 Yes? 433 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:15,243 I'd like to see Mrs. Kendall, please. 434 00:22:16,336 --> 00:22:17,780 You're Perry Mason, the lawyer. 435 00:22:17,804 --> 00:22:19,281 I'm Roger McClaine. 436 00:22:19,305 --> 00:22:22,751 My, uh, sister's out someplace, but, come in, come in. 437 00:22:22,775 --> 00:22:24,920 If it's anything important. 438 00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:27,790 A man named Burt Stokes was shot to death a little while ago. 439 00:22:27,814 --> 00:22:30,659 Good heavens. 440 00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:32,160 Well, I'm... I'm certain 441 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:35,063 my sister doesn't even know such a person. 442 00:22:35,087 --> 00:22:37,098 But isn't it an odd coincidence? 443 00:22:37,122 --> 00:22:38,367 How do you mean? 444 00:22:38,391 --> 00:22:39,435 Well, 445 00:22:39,459 --> 00:22:41,069 Lorraine was unaccounted for 446 00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:43,104 when her husband was killed too. 447 00:22:43,128 --> 00:22:45,641 McCLAINE: Not that I'm telling you anything, of course. 448 00:22:45,665 --> 00:22:49,311 It's just that my sister doesn't go around murdering people. 449 00:22:49,335 --> 00:22:51,279 Is it possible that she's visiting relatives? 450 00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:52,948 She mentioned a Warren Donner and his wife. 451 00:22:52,972 --> 00:22:56,184 Oh, no, no, she can't abide the creatures. 452 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,286 Warren's a necessary evil, that's all. 453 00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:00,522 Every family needs one person that's good at trade, 454 00:23:00,546 --> 00:23:01,789 to manage things. 455 00:23:01,813 --> 00:23:03,558 That's the only reason Lorraine keeps him on. 456 00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:05,994 Keeps him on? 457 00:23:06,018 --> 00:23:08,363 I thought yours was a family business. 458 00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:10,565 Much to Warren's despair, no. 459 00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:11,900 Martin Kendall owned it. 460 00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:14,802 His will mentioned only two people. 461 00:23:14,826 --> 00:23:15,904 Two? 462 00:23:15,928 --> 00:23:18,440 Lorraine and little Jimmie, of course. 463 00:23:18,464 --> 00:23:21,265 Would you care to wait in the study, Mr. Mason? 464 00:23:46,559 --> 00:23:48,903 Mrs. Kendall. 465 00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:51,073 Mr. Mason. What are you doing here? 466 00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:54,676 More to the point, where have you been? 467 00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:56,778 I-I was out of the city. 468 00:23:56,802 --> 00:23:58,780 Mrs. Kendall, you're in very serious trouble. 469 00:23:58,804 --> 00:24:00,148 You don't have much time. 470 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:03,017 Did you got to the park last night to meet Burt Stokes? 471 00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:04,752 Well, I went early. 472 00:24:04,776 --> 00:24:06,788 But I didn't see him, honestly I didn't. 473 00:24:06,812 --> 00:24:08,123 What happened? 474 00:24:08,147 --> 00:24:10,325 Well, 475 00:24:10,349 --> 00:24:13,728 it was dark there and... And I was frightened. 476 00:24:13,752 --> 00:24:16,931 And then suddenly a man jumped at me and h-he grabbed my purse. 477 00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:19,033 Would you recognize this man if you saw him again? 478 00:24:19,057 --> 00:24:21,536 Oh, no. It all happened too fast. 479 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,072 We struggled, and... And then he... 480 00:24:24,096 --> 00:24:28,110 He slipped on some wet ground and I-I got away. 481 00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:30,178 M... Mr. Mason, I... 482 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:33,781 I know now I should've called you, but... 483 00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:35,650 I-I just didn't. 484 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:36,985 McCLAINE: Lorraine! 485 00:24:37,009 --> 00:24:39,287 Where in the name of Tophet have... 486 00:24:40,946 --> 00:24:45,494 Mrs. Kendall, did you kill Burt Stokes? 487 00:24:45,518 --> 00:24:46,561 No. 488 00:24:48,487 --> 00:24:52,100 Lieutenant Tragg. Oh, come in, sir. 489 00:24:52,124 --> 00:24:54,669 What's this, lieutenant, you on a stakeout? 490 00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:56,671 No, Perry. I just heard you were here. 491 00:24:56,695 --> 00:24:59,073 I figured your client would soon be home. 492 00:24:59,097 --> 00:25:01,709 Mrs. Kendall is your client, I suppose? 493 00:25:01,733 --> 00:25:04,179 Well, you certainly didn't give us much time for a conference. 494 00:25:04,203 --> 00:25:06,683 Well, there'll be plenty of time after she's booked for murder. 495 00:25:07,874 --> 00:25:09,184 Which murder? 496 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:10,719 Take your choice. 497 00:25:10,743 --> 00:25:13,455 It's Stokes' death we're charging you with. 498 00:25:13,479 --> 00:25:14,856 I'm afraid we'll be ready for you 499 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,293 on both murders, counselor. 500 00:25:18,317 --> 00:25:20,061 Uh, Mrs. Kendall, 501 00:25:20,085 --> 00:25:22,018 If you please. 502 00:25:31,764 --> 00:25:33,408 Report on Lorraine McClaine Kendall. 503 00:25:33,432 --> 00:25:35,310 Nothing until the age of 21. 504 00:25:35,334 --> 00:25:37,345 Nothing? Well, not yet. 505 00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:40,114 Anyway, that's when she went to work for Martin Kendall 506 00:25:40,138 --> 00:25:43,051 of Kendall Industries. He was, uh, 47 at the time. 507 00:25:43,075 --> 00:25:45,253 Six months later, she became Mrs. Martin Kendall. 508 00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:47,889 Two years later she became Kendall's wealthy widow. 509 00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:50,325 And she's been living in seclusion since. 510 00:25:50,349 --> 00:25:51,660 Lots of seclusion. 511 00:25:51,684 --> 00:25:54,763 Secretary married to her boss. 512 00:25:54,787 --> 00:25:57,833 No wonder there was a little friction in the family. 513 00:25:57,857 --> 00:26:00,669 Uh, Paul. 514 00:26:00,693 --> 00:26:02,737 Paul, what about Roger McClaine? 515 00:26:02,761 --> 00:26:04,272 Is he really her brother? 516 00:26:04,296 --> 00:26:06,908 Yeah. With the kind of background 517 00:26:06,932 --> 00:26:09,177 an octopus couldn't put his finger on! 518 00:26:09,201 --> 00:26:12,948 Writer, sailor, musician, gigolo, necktie salesman, 519 00:26:12,972 --> 00:26:14,115 and undoubtedly a few, uh, 520 00:26:14,139 --> 00:26:15,917 confidence games thrown in there someplace. 521 00:26:15,941 --> 00:26:18,353 Kind of guy that'd cover completely for his sister. 522 00:26:18,377 --> 00:26:20,121 Particularly if she's got a million dollars. 523 00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:21,322 But. 524 00:26:21,346 --> 00:26:23,758 One thing I think you ought to know is this. 525 00:26:23,782 --> 00:26:25,259 If this character Riley Morgan 526 00:26:25,283 --> 00:26:27,328 hadn't been so handy to take the rap six years ago, 527 00:26:27,352 --> 00:26:29,063 there might have been a classic murder case 528 00:26:29,087 --> 00:26:31,933 against Lorraine herself. 529 00:26:31,957 --> 00:26:34,903 You know, 530 00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:36,671 I wonder if Stokes was murdered 531 00:26:36,695 --> 00:26:40,074 because he, uh, knew about all this. 532 00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:42,143 Well, whatever Stokes knows, 533 00:26:42,167 --> 00:26:45,468 it's certainly possible he discussed it with Morgan. 534 00:26:46,572 --> 00:26:48,049 Paul, I... Uh... 535 00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:49,951 Never mind, I'll get back to work. 536 00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:52,409 We'll find that guy or bust! 537 00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:11,506 I didn't even know he was dead. 538 00:27:11,530 --> 00:27:15,043 You, uh, get out of the habit of reading newspapers. 539 00:27:15,067 --> 00:27:16,645 Mr. Morgan, 540 00:27:16,669 --> 00:27:19,636 you've been living in the same hotel with Mr. Stokes. 541 00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:22,751 Yeah. 542 00:27:22,775 --> 00:27:24,119 Until yesterday. 543 00:27:24,143 --> 00:27:26,610 Until I got fed up with him. 544 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,558 Yeah, that's maybe not a very nice thing to say 545 00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:34,696 about a guy who spoke up and got me out of a cell, but... 546 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,833 Well, he... He had ambitions all the time. 547 00:27:37,857 --> 00:27:42,370 I, um, did hear he tried to have your case publicized. 548 00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:45,440 Perhaps in the hope of getting some money from the state. 549 00:27:45,464 --> 00:27:47,575 Mr. Mason, I don't know what all he did. 550 00:27:47,599 --> 00:27:50,679 But yesterday I heard he was maybe turning to blackmail. 551 00:27:50,703 --> 00:27:52,280 Well, that's all I needed to hear. 552 00:27:52,304 --> 00:27:54,182 I, uh, cleared out fast. 553 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:56,018 You must've been a little short of money. 554 00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:59,521 I mean, you cleared out without even asking for a cut? 555 00:27:59,545 --> 00:28:02,423 Six years teaches a man things. 556 00:28:02,447 --> 00:28:04,058 The last part of the world I want to be in 557 00:28:04,082 --> 00:28:05,193 is where there's trouble. 558 00:28:05,217 --> 00:28:06,394 Mr. Morgan, 559 00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:08,263 could Stokes have threatened blackmail, 560 00:28:08,287 --> 00:28:09,531 hinting that you knew something 561 00:28:09,555 --> 00:28:11,466 still unrevealed about the Kendall murder? 562 00:28:11,490 --> 00:28:14,536 Look, I don't know any more than has already been told. 563 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,471 But if I did, I wouldn't tell it. 564 00:28:16,495 --> 00:28:20,564 Not now, or tomorrow, or any time there is. 565 00:28:22,668 --> 00:28:24,980 Mrs. Donner? 566 00:28:25,004 --> 00:28:27,615 Mr. Telford? Yes. 567 00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:29,840 Sit down, won't you? Thank you. 568 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:38,293 You, uh, have some evidence in this park murder? 569 00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:41,429 Well, I... I don't know if it's evidence or not. 570 00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:44,199 It's this letter I got, uh, just yesterday. 571 00:28:44,223 --> 00:28:46,168 From that man Stokes. 572 00:28:46,192 --> 00:28:48,269 My husband thought I should turn it over to someone 573 00:28:48,293 --> 00:28:51,161 here in the District Attorney's office. 574 00:28:52,932 --> 00:28:54,909 Looks like a piece of news copy. 575 00:28:54,933 --> 00:28:56,310 Well, yes it is. 576 00:28:56,334 --> 00:28:59,547 Uh, you'll find a note attached. 577 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:01,983 "Mrs. Donner, you might like to go over this story 578 00:29:02,007 --> 00:29:03,819 "for discrepancies and comments. 579 00:29:03,843 --> 00:29:06,276 Signed, Burt Stokes." 580 00:29:07,780 --> 00:29:09,224 Why should he send this to you? 581 00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:11,793 It's the story about the murder of my brother, 582 00:29:11,817 --> 00:29:13,095 Martin Kendall. 583 00:29:13,119 --> 00:29:16,598 Well, I'll read it with a great deal of interest. 584 00:29:16,622 --> 00:29:18,934 Well, thank you very much for bringing this in. 585 00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:20,835 You've done a great service, Mrs. Donner. 586 00:29:20,859 --> 00:29:24,661 Oh. It was really my husband's idea. 587 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,482 Here you are, Mr. Telford. 588 00:29:34,506 --> 00:29:36,372 Thank you, Mr. Mason. 589 00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:44,492 Mr. Leeman. 590 00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:46,427 Will you state your occupation, please? 591 00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:47,529 I'm an attorney. 592 00:29:47,553 --> 00:29:49,797 I practice in Berkeley, California. 593 00:29:49,821 --> 00:29:52,266 And were you acquainted with the deceased, Burt Stokes? 594 00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:54,869 Yes, sir. He came to me about two months ago 595 00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:57,539 with certain facts bearing on the Morgan trial. 596 00:29:57,563 --> 00:29:58,706 In brief, 597 00:29:58,730 --> 00:30:00,675 Stokes was able to verify the alibi 598 00:30:00,699 --> 00:30:02,109 claimed by Riley Morgan. 599 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:04,546 And what action did you take, Mr. Leeman? 600 00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:06,815 Well, I investigated, of course. 601 00:30:06,839 --> 00:30:08,817 We found a corroborating witness, 602 00:30:08,841 --> 00:30:10,318 the captain of Stokes' ship. 603 00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:12,487 So the, uh, prosecuting attorney 604 00:30:12,511 --> 00:30:14,289 who handled the case withheld objection. 605 00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:17,358 I petitioned for a full pardon for Riley Morgan. 606 00:30:17,382 --> 00:30:19,060 And the pardon was granted. 607 00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:21,285 Thank you, that's all. 608 00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:24,065 Now tell us, Mr. Morgan, 609 00:30:24,089 --> 00:30:25,667 was it your idea or Stokes' 610 00:30:25,691 --> 00:30:27,702 that you come together to Los Angeles? 611 00:30:27,726 --> 00:30:30,071 We didn't come together, he followed me. 612 00:30:30,095 --> 00:30:32,207 Did he discuss the subject of money with you? 613 00:30:32,231 --> 00:30:34,342 Only like I just told you, 614 00:30:34,366 --> 00:30:36,912 when he said the state might pay me something. 615 00:30:36,936 --> 00:30:39,147 When did you first realize 616 00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:41,917 that Mr. Stokes might be working behind your back? 617 00:30:41,941 --> 00:30:43,852 That is, using the circumstances 618 00:30:43,876 --> 00:30:46,387 of your release to extort money? 619 00:30:46,411 --> 00:30:49,024 Well, on the afternoon of the same day he was killed. 620 00:30:49,048 --> 00:30:51,993 I, uh, I came back to the hotel and there he was, 621 00:30:52,017 --> 00:30:54,162 taking this bundle of money from a man 622 00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:56,097 he tried to pretend was the hotel clerk. 623 00:30:56,121 --> 00:30:59,000 Would you recognize that man if you saw him again? 624 00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:00,935 Sure. 625 00:31:00,959 --> 00:31:02,537 That's him, sitting right over there. 626 00:31:02,561 --> 00:31:03,960 Mr. Roger McClaine. 627 00:31:05,631 --> 00:31:08,643 He testified against me in my trial six years ago. 628 00:31:08,667 --> 00:31:10,011 Mr. Morgan, 629 00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:12,847 did Stokes obtain some special knowledge from you, 630 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:15,449 perhaps some unrevealed evidence concerning 631 00:31:15,473 --> 00:31:18,386 who the real murderer of Martin Kendall might have been? 632 00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:19,988 No, sir. 633 00:31:20,012 --> 00:31:23,157 There's nothing I know that I didn't already say in court. 634 00:31:23,181 --> 00:31:25,760 Nothing at all. 635 00:31:25,784 --> 00:31:28,195 How much, Mr. McClaine? 636 00:31:28,219 --> 00:31:32,000 Well, it was actually quite a bit of money. 637 00:31:32,024 --> 00:31:34,268 How much? 638 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:36,671 Ten thousand dollars. 639 00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:39,641 And why did you pay this sum to Stokes? 640 00:31:39,665 --> 00:31:41,375 Because he asked me for it. 641 00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:43,578 Sort of a contribution to help Mr. Morgan. 642 00:31:43,602 --> 00:31:45,547 You see, I'd always felt sorry for the chap. 643 00:31:45,571 --> 00:31:47,849 Mr. McClaine, isn't it true that on that same day, 644 00:31:47,873 --> 00:31:50,885 your sister, Lorraine Kendall, gave you a check for $10,000, 645 00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,486 which you took to the bank and cashed... 646 00:31:52,510 --> 00:31:53,821 Oh, well, about that check, now... 647 00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:58,159 As an unfriendly witness, you will please answer yes or no. 648 00:31:58,183 --> 00:32:00,227 Isn't it true that what you were actually doing 649 00:32:00,251 --> 00:32:02,630 was making a blackmail payment on behalf of your sister, 650 00:32:02,654 --> 00:32:03,998 Lorraine Kendall? 651 00:32:04,022 --> 00:32:06,367 Well, it's true Stokes was a blackmailer. 652 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:08,002 But I was only trying to protect my sister. 653 00:32:08,026 --> 00:32:11,305 That's all, Mr. McClaine. Thank you. 654 00:32:11,329 --> 00:32:13,641 So I guess maybe 655 00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:18,012 half that much. Maybe 5000. 656 00:32:18,036 --> 00:32:19,814 That ought to be all anybody'd ever need. 657 00:32:19,838 --> 00:32:21,718 LORRAINE: Five thousand. 658 00:32:23,575 --> 00:32:25,319 Well, I'll let you know. 659 00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:27,088 I'll phone you, is that all right? 660 00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:30,224 I knew you was really okay. 661 00:32:30,248 --> 00:32:31,960 Just a little scared, maybe. 662 00:32:31,984 --> 00:32:33,428 But don't you worry, 663 00:32:33,452 --> 00:32:35,931 there's nothing to be scared of. 664 00:32:37,156 --> 00:32:39,334 And that concluded the interview, Mr. Worth? 665 00:32:39,358 --> 00:32:41,136 Yes, sir. 666 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,193 That's all for this witness. 667 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:46,174 Mr. Worth, 668 00:32:46,198 --> 00:32:49,311 you testified that you first met Stokes a few weeks ago, 669 00:32:49,335 --> 00:32:51,980 when you were obtaining an interview for a newspaper. 670 00:32:52,004 --> 00:32:53,548 Which newspaper was that? 671 00:32:53,572 --> 00:32:55,683 That was a slip of the tongue, 672 00:32:55,707 --> 00:32:57,285 I guess I'm really a freelance. 673 00:32:57,309 --> 00:32:59,120 My name is pretty well-known. 674 00:32:59,144 --> 00:33:00,755 I know your reputation, 675 00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:02,324 but for whom do you work? 676 00:33:02,348 --> 00:33:04,592 Well, I'm under salary to a trade publication, 677 00:33:04,616 --> 00:33:07,062 but all the newspapers still buy my material. 678 00:33:07,086 --> 00:33:08,651 Which trade publication? 679 00:33:10,189 --> 00:33:12,367 The, um, 680 00:33:12,391 --> 00:33:15,036 Kendall Industries Weekly. 681 00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:17,372 Kendall Industries? 682 00:33:17,396 --> 00:33:21,176 Now, who would be in charge of your department, Mr. Worth? 683 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,911 Oh, a number of men in the public relations department. 684 00:33:23,935 --> 00:33:25,380 I ask who. 685 00:33:25,404 --> 00:33:27,724 What particular person would be in charge? 686 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:31,341 Answer the question, sir. 687 00:33:33,112 --> 00:33:34,411 Mr. Warren Donner. 688 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:42,663 But I have never once discussed this case with Mr. Worth. 689 00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:44,165 Why would I? 690 00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:46,101 Of course. 691 00:33:46,125 --> 00:33:48,269 Now to return to the night of Stokes' murder, 692 00:33:48,293 --> 00:33:50,071 at exactly what time did you see 693 00:33:50,095 --> 00:33:51,939 Lorraine Kendall leave her house? 694 00:33:51,963 --> 00:33:54,075 Well, it was a little after 9:30, 695 00:33:54,099 --> 00:33:57,278 when she came out of that driveway like a wild torpedo. 696 00:33:57,302 --> 00:33:58,579 I spun my wheels, 697 00:33:58,603 --> 00:34:00,648 pulled to a stop. 698 00:34:00,672 --> 00:34:03,184 Didn't she stop her car to see if you were all right? 699 00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:06,454 No. She stepped on the gas and kept right on going. 700 00:34:06,478 --> 00:34:09,790 Then her son Jimmie said that some man had phoned, 701 00:34:09,814 --> 00:34:12,060 but he didn't know who, or where his mother went, 702 00:34:12,084 --> 00:34:13,694 or anything else. 703 00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:14,962 One moment. 704 00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:17,965 That would seem to be both opinion and hearsay. 705 00:34:17,989 --> 00:34:20,502 Mr. Mason, if you care to object? 706 00:34:20,526 --> 00:34:22,470 This line is not important to our case, your honor. 707 00:34:22,494 --> 00:34:24,172 I'll withdraw my last question, 708 00:34:24,196 --> 00:34:27,030 and stipulate that the answer may be stricken. 709 00:34:30,069 --> 00:34:31,279 It was perfectly plain 710 00:34:31,303 --> 00:34:33,181 when I got that letter with the article inside, 711 00:34:33,205 --> 00:34:35,917 that Mr. Stokes wanted some blackmail. 712 00:34:35,941 --> 00:34:38,719 Well, his note implied that, don't you think? 713 00:34:38,743 --> 00:34:41,356 But you had no intention of paying him? 714 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:43,024 Of course not! 715 00:34:43,048 --> 00:34:45,226 I don't have a guilty conscience. 716 00:34:45,250 --> 00:34:47,429 I guess he figured if Lorraine would pay him, 717 00:34:47,453 --> 00:34:49,830 lots of other people might. 718 00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:52,100 Mrs. Donner, do you have any personal knowledge 719 00:34:52,124 --> 00:34:53,435 which might corroborate the fact 720 00:34:53,459 --> 00:34:55,370 that Lorraine Kendall did pay Stokes? 721 00:34:55,394 --> 00:34:58,306 Or at least, uh, intended to pay him? 722 00:34:58,330 --> 00:35:00,041 Well... 723 00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:02,177 I was at her house that night too. 724 00:35:02,201 --> 00:35:04,312 Uh, the night of the murder. 725 00:35:04,336 --> 00:35:06,647 Well, I left about 9:00, 726 00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:09,484 a half hour before my husband arrived. 727 00:35:09,508 --> 00:35:11,719 Lorraine seemed terribly upset. 728 00:35:11,743 --> 00:35:13,788 She kept going in and out of the kitchen 729 00:35:13,812 --> 00:35:15,190 for coffee and things like that. 730 00:35:15,214 --> 00:35:19,961 Please just tell the things you saw and heard, Mrs. Donner. 731 00:35:19,985 --> 00:35:21,762 Once when she went out of the room, 732 00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:23,186 I... I looked in her purse. 733 00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:27,101 Well, only because it had fallen on the floor. 734 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:28,302 It was open! 735 00:35:28,326 --> 00:35:29,904 It was just full of money. 736 00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:31,372 Five thousand dollars. 737 00:35:31,396 --> 00:35:32,840 All new bills. 738 00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:34,876 Thank you, Mrs. Donner. 739 00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:36,565 Your witness. 740 00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:41,749 Mrs. Donner, 741 00:35:41,773 --> 00:35:43,050 when your brother died... 742 00:35:43,074 --> 00:35:45,719 When Martin Kendall was murdered six years ago... 743 00:35:45,743 --> 00:35:47,588 Did you expect to receive any part of his estate? 744 00:35:47,612 --> 00:35:50,057 Well, of course. Wouldn't any sister? 745 00:35:50,081 --> 00:35:52,193 After all, he was only married to Lorraine 746 00:35:52,217 --> 00:35:53,261 for a couple of years. 747 00:35:53,285 --> 00:35:55,596 Did you receive any part of his estate? 748 00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:57,464 No. 749 00:35:57,488 --> 00:35:58,732 When they read his will, I... 750 00:35:58,756 --> 00:36:00,201 Well, I was terribly shocked. 751 00:36:00,225 --> 00:36:02,369 The idea of leaving all that money 752 00:36:02,393 --> 00:36:04,538 to an upstart secretary and an adopted child 753 00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:06,941 that wasn't even his own! 754 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:10,912 I have no further questions of this witness. 755 00:36:10,936 --> 00:36:14,448 Yes, this murder weapon belonged to Stokes. 756 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:17,751 He had a proper permit. 757 00:36:17,775 --> 00:36:20,021 You have heard a doctor express the opinion 758 00:36:20,045 --> 00:36:23,124 that there was a struggle over this gun, 759 00:36:23,148 --> 00:36:25,960 and that shots were fired during that struggle. 760 00:36:25,984 --> 00:36:28,729 Did your investigation reveal anything specific 761 00:36:28,753 --> 00:36:30,198 as to who might have been struggling? 762 00:36:30,222 --> 00:36:31,632 Yes. 763 00:36:31,656 --> 00:36:33,756 We obtained several clear footprints. 764 00:36:35,093 --> 00:36:36,904 Are these the plaster impressions... 765 00:36:36,928 --> 00:36:39,240 The moulages... You made of those footprints? 766 00:36:39,264 --> 00:36:40,774 Yes. Yes they are. 767 00:36:40,798 --> 00:36:43,177 Were you able to make any identification from them? 768 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:45,947 Well, um, this one here 769 00:36:45,971 --> 00:36:48,682 matches the, uh, shoes worn by the deceased. 770 00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:49,884 And these? 771 00:36:49,908 --> 00:36:52,086 Well, those were made by a woman's shoes. 772 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:55,289 We compared them with the shoes worn by Mrs. Lorraine Kendall 773 00:36:55,313 --> 00:36:56,390 on the night of the murder. 774 00:36:56,414 --> 00:36:58,259 The imprints matched perfectly, 775 00:36:58,283 --> 00:37:00,962 even to a broken place on the heel capping. 776 00:37:00,986 --> 00:37:02,830 Your Honor, I ask that these be labeled 777 00:37:02,854 --> 00:37:04,932 People's Exhibits E and F. 778 00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:05,966 Counselor? 779 00:37:05,990 --> 00:37:09,592 Defense has no objection, Your Honor. 780 00:37:10,929 --> 00:37:13,941 And now, Lieutenant Tragg, I will show you some money. 781 00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:17,444 Brand new bills, in the total amount of $5000. 782 00:37:17,468 --> 00:37:20,147 Have you seen this before? 783 00:37:20,171 --> 00:37:22,316 Yes, these have my markings on them. 784 00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:24,051 Yes, I have. 785 00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:25,119 Where? 786 00:37:25,143 --> 00:37:26,254 In a pocket of the corpse 787 00:37:26,278 --> 00:37:27,788 when I arrived at the scene of the crime. 788 00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:29,223 I ask that this money 789 00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:32,626 be labeled Exhibit G, Your Honor. 790 00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:35,096 We've, um, no objection. 791 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:39,267 And that concludes my interrogation of this witness. 792 00:37:39,291 --> 00:37:41,068 Your Honor. 793 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:43,571 In view of certain unexpected developments, 794 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:45,273 and since it is now 3:30, 795 00:37:45,297 --> 00:37:47,609 I would like to ask the court's indulgence. 796 00:37:47,633 --> 00:37:50,044 Very well, counselor. 797 00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:54,115 We'll postpone your cross-examination. 798 00:37:54,139 --> 00:37:57,851 Court's adjourned until 9:00 Monday morning. 799 00:38:11,789 --> 00:38:12,900 Just a second, son. 800 00:38:12,924 --> 00:38:14,235 I'm in a hurry, mister. 801 00:38:14,259 --> 00:38:16,170 Uh. You're Buddy Staples, aren't you? 802 00:38:16,194 --> 00:38:17,472 Jimmie Kendall's best friend? 803 00:38:17,496 --> 00:38:20,975 No, sir. My name is Ferdinand Glotzhammer IV. 804 00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:22,810 Wait a second, son. 805 00:38:22,834 --> 00:38:25,868 Buddy, I'm sorry. I just wanted to tell you that... 806 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,318 Jimmie Kendall's book? 807 00:38:30,342 --> 00:38:32,453 What of it? 808 00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:33,821 I got a postcard, 809 00:38:33,845 --> 00:38:35,890 he wants me to send him his homework, that's all. 810 00:38:35,914 --> 00:38:38,493 Send it? Where? 811 00:38:38,517 --> 00:38:40,194 It's none of your business. 812 00:38:40,218 --> 00:38:41,863 Look, mister, 813 00:38:41,887 --> 00:38:44,666 Jimmie doesn't even know his mother's being tried for murder. 814 00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:46,434 Buddy, 815 00:38:46,458 --> 00:38:47,902 please believe me. 816 00:38:47,926 --> 00:38:49,337 I'm a friend. 817 00:38:49,361 --> 00:38:51,739 My name's Paul Drake. I'm a private investigator. 818 00:38:51,763 --> 00:38:53,608 Private investigator? 819 00:38:53,632 --> 00:38:55,676 I'm working for Perry Mason. 820 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:57,078 His mother's lawyer? 821 00:38:57,102 --> 00:38:58,512 That's right. 822 00:38:58,536 --> 00:39:01,471 Here, see for yourself. 823 00:39:03,074 --> 00:39:04,585 I'll show you the postcard, sir. 824 00:39:04,609 --> 00:39:06,454 Thanks, Buddy. 825 00:39:12,083 --> 00:39:14,729 Now, you said he was here. 826 00:39:14,753 --> 00:39:16,130 Yes, he was here. 827 00:39:16,154 --> 00:39:18,899 But now he's gone, don't you understand? 828 00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:20,335 The police know all about it, 829 00:39:20,359 --> 00:39:21,569 there's no trouble. 830 00:39:21,593 --> 00:39:22,970 Where did Jimmie go? 831 00:39:22,994 --> 00:39:25,973 Well, I have a sister who lives in Canada. 832 00:39:25,997 --> 00:39:27,809 I sent him on a plane this morning. 833 00:39:27,833 --> 00:39:31,713 She'll meet him. They're going on an automobile trip. 834 00:39:31,737 --> 00:39:33,180 I just don't know 835 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:34,415 how you can reach him. 836 00:39:34,439 --> 00:39:36,451 Now, look, we know that Jimmie sent a postcard... 837 00:39:36,475 --> 00:39:39,354 I guess the boy just had things mixed up, that's all. 838 00:39:39,378 --> 00:39:41,956 We are sorry to have troubled you. 839 00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:44,625 Goodbye. Goodbye. 840 00:40:43,541 --> 00:40:45,553 But... 841 00:40:45,577 --> 00:40:48,489 B-But I won't let you talk to him. You can't! 842 00:40:48,513 --> 00:40:49,823 But I have talked to him. 843 00:40:49,847 --> 00:40:51,892 You had no right to do that. 844 00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:55,095 I don't want you for my lawyer! 845 00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:57,498 Jimmie's got nothing to do with this. 846 00:40:57,522 --> 00:40:59,900 I kept him away from the first trial, when he was a baby, 847 00:40:59,924 --> 00:41:01,502 and I want him kept away now! 848 00:41:01,526 --> 00:41:04,104 He's my child. You have no right to interfere! 849 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:05,839 Mrs. Kendall, I have to interfere. 850 00:41:05,863 --> 00:41:07,708 Now, Jimmie is perfectly safe. 851 00:41:07,732 --> 00:41:10,911 He's at my apartment. Miss Street is with him. 852 00:41:10,935 --> 00:41:13,514 He still doesn't know what's going on here. 853 00:41:13,538 --> 00:41:15,416 But he has been guessing, 854 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:16,750 and his guesses can be 855 00:41:16,774 --> 00:41:18,852 a great deal more upsetting than the truth. 856 00:41:18,876 --> 00:41:21,154 You can't take him into that courtroom. I won't let you! 857 00:41:21,178 --> 00:41:24,458 At about 9:30 on the night Stokes was murdered, 858 00:41:24,482 --> 00:41:26,059 Jimmie answered the telephone. 859 00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:27,294 A man asked for you. 860 00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:29,619 Now, who was that man? 861 00:41:32,724 --> 00:41:37,104 Mrs. Kendall, your background hasn't been easy to trace. 862 00:41:37,128 --> 00:41:39,840 When you married Martin Kendall, 863 00:41:39,864 --> 00:41:42,343 apparently you already had a little boy 864 00:41:42,367 --> 00:41:45,546 by a former marriage. 865 00:41:45,570 --> 00:41:50,439 And we found no record of that marriage. 866 00:42:03,488 --> 00:42:06,255 It was in Tijuana. 867 00:42:07,359 --> 00:42:09,804 I was only 19. 868 00:42:09,828 --> 00:42:11,939 I didn't know any better. 869 00:42:11,963 --> 00:42:14,842 Was there a divorce at that time? 870 00:42:14,866 --> 00:42:17,211 An annulment. 871 00:42:17,235 --> 00:42:19,180 That was in Tijuana too. 872 00:42:19,204 --> 00:42:22,249 What was the man's name? 873 00:42:22,273 --> 00:42:24,652 I've never told anybody. 874 00:42:24,676 --> 00:42:27,288 Not one soul. 875 00:42:27,312 --> 00:42:29,356 Only Martin. 876 00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:31,180 He knew. 877 00:42:33,685 --> 00:42:36,530 Martin loved me so. 878 00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:39,233 He adopted little Jimmie as his own. 879 00:42:39,257 --> 00:42:44,137 Mrs. Kendall, who was Jimmie's real father? 880 00:42:44,161 --> 00:42:45,806 Riley Morgan. 881 00:42:45,830 --> 00:42:49,310 Oh, Mr. Mason, now do you understand? 882 00:42:49,334 --> 00:42:51,512 Even Riley kept that secret, 883 00:42:51,536 --> 00:42:52,979 for little Jimmie's sake, 884 00:42:53,003 --> 00:42:55,949 all during that first long trial. 885 00:42:55,973 --> 00:42:59,052 It's the only decent thing he ever did in his life. 886 00:43:07,252 --> 00:43:09,330 Shoes, shoes. 887 00:43:09,354 --> 00:43:13,300 Well, of course we can produce the shoes. 888 00:43:13,324 --> 00:43:15,736 Well, why haven't you? 889 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,505 Your Honor, this is supposed to be a cross-examination, 890 00:43:18,529 --> 00:43:20,207 not a heckling. 891 00:43:20,231 --> 00:43:21,508 Oh, I'm confident 892 00:43:21,532 --> 00:43:24,278 the witness can defend himself, Mr. Prosecutor. 893 00:43:24,302 --> 00:43:26,046 But I do think you might 894 00:43:26,070 --> 00:43:28,416 clarify your purpose here, counselor. 895 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,351 Well, we are concerned about the accuracy 896 00:43:31,375 --> 00:43:33,353 of the police investigation, Your Honor. 897 00:43:33,377 --> 00:43:36,746 If I may continue... You may, counselor. 898 00:43:39,984 --> 00:43:43,931 Lieutenant, you stated, did you not, 899 00:43:43,955 --> 00:43:45,900 that the prints found at the scene of the crime 900 00:43:45,924 --> 00:43:48,736 were definitely those of two people struggling? 901 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:49,970 Yes, sir. 902 00:43:49,994 --> 00:43:51,271 A man and a woman. 903 00:43:51,295 --> 00:43:53,307 How can you be so sure they were struggling? 904 00:43:53,331 --> 00:43:56,410 Well, for instance, here. 905 00:43:56,434 --> 00:43:57,978 A woman wouldn't put pressure down 906 00:43:58,002 --> 00:43:59,680 on the side of the instep like that 907 00:43:59,704 --> 00:44:03,116 unless she were shoving against something violently. 908 00:44:03,140 --> 00:44:05,185 What about the footprints of the man? 909 00:44:05,209 --> 00:44:06,454 Well, this one... 910 00:44:06,478 --> 00:44:08,589 Well, you can see, Your Honor. 911 00:44:08,613 --> 00:44:10,925 Where the man's heel ground sideways. 912 00:44:10,949 --> 00:44:16,564 And here, he staggers almost over onto his ankle. 913 00:44:16,588 --> 00:44:19,132 The prints seem unusually clear, Mr. Mason. 914 00:44:19,156 --> 00:44:23,170 The area was watered shortly before that. 915 00:44:23,194 --> 00:44:25,739 And the soil contains adobe, 916 00:44:25,763 --> 00:44:28,509 ideal for, um, impressions. 917 00:44:28,533 --> 00:44:30,611 What about your identification of the shoes 918 00:44:30,635 --> 00:44:31,846 that made these prints? 919 00:44:31,870 --> 00:44:33,647 Well, Mr. Stokes' shoes, 920 00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:35,415 provided by the coroner, 921 00:44:35,439 --> 00:44:37,918 fitted these imprints perfectly. 922 00:44:37,942 --> 00:44:39,152 And you will notice that 923 00:44:39,176 --> 00:44:41,922 he wore a composition-soled shoe. 924 00:44:41,946 --> 00:44:44,358 Quite distinctive. 925 00:44:44,382 --> 00:44:46,360 Quite. 926 00:44:46,384 --> 00:44:48,518 I see. 927 00:44:50,555 --> 00:44:51,832 Well then, lieutenant, 928 00:44:51,856 --> 00:44:55,168 considering the importance of this testimony, 929 00:44:55,192 --> 00:44:57,404 why haven't you brought all these shoes into court? 930 00:44:57,428 --> 00:44:59,740 Your Honor, this is a preliminary hearing. 931 00:44:59,764 --> 00:45:01,274 It is only necessary to show 932 00:45:01,298 --> 00:45:02,843 that a crime has been committed. 933 00:45:02,867 --> 00:45:04,978 And there is reasonable grounds to believe that 934 00:45:05,002 --> 00:45:07,981 the defendant is connected with the commission of the crime. 935 00:45:08,005 --> 00:45:10,718 If it is made necessary to bring the shoes into evidence now, 936 00:45:10,742 --> 00:45:12,820 then the shoes will be impounded by the court. 937 00:45:12,844 --> 00:45:15,456 And this might preclude additional investigative work 938 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:17,458 contemplated by the police. 939 00:45:17,482 --> 00:45:19,125 Your Honor, may I have a moment? 940 00:45:19,149 --> 00:45:20,627 Yes, you may. 941 00:45:20,651 --> 00:45:22,985 Excuse me, Mr. Telford. 942 00:45:29,159 --> 00:45:31,672 Mr. Mason, do you, or do you not, 943 00:45:31,696 --> 00:45:33,407 want those shoes brought into court? 944 00:45:33,431 --> 00:45:35,409 I most certainly do want the shoes 945 00:45:35,433 --> 00:45:37,210 brought into court, Your Honor. 946 00:45:37,234 --> 00:45:40,113 And in view of new evidence, 947 00:45:40,137 --> 00:45:42,649 I would also like to ask the court's indulgence 948 00:45:42,673 --> 00:45:44,785 in cross-examining a witness 949 00:45:44,809 --> 00:45:48,577 not cross-examined by defense last Friday. 950 00:45:54,118 --> 00:45:55,662 Mr. Morgan, 951 00:45:55,686 --> 00:45:58,499 when you were tried for the murder of Martin Kendall, 952 00:45:58,523 --> 00:46:00,734 what motive did the state attribute to you? 953 00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:03,570 They, uh, they claimed we quarreled 954 00:46:03,594 --> 00:46:06,034 because I hadn't paid back some money I'd borrowed from him. 955 00:46:09,066 --> 00:46:11,812 Have you ever been married, Mr. Morgan? 956 00:46:11,836 --> 00:46:13,346 That's, uh... 957 00:46:13,370 --> 00:46:16,016 That's not what you'd call a relevant question, is it? 958 00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:20,409 Very well, then, I'll ask you another question, Mr. Morgan. 959 00:46:21,813 --> 00:46:24,991 What was your reaction to, um, 960 00:46:25,015 --> 00:46:28,395 Stokes trying to blackmail everyone? 961 00:46:28,419 --> 00:46:31,364 I told you before, I wanted no part of it. 962 00:46:31,388 --> 00:46:32,933 It made you angry. 963 00:46:32,957 --> 00:46:34,568 Yes, it made me angry. 964 00:46:34,592 --> 00:46:36,670 I'd had enough of police investigations. 965 00:46:36,694 --> 00:46:38,939 Yet, on the very night of Stokes' death, 966 00:46:38,963 --> 00:46:41,508 you tried your own hand at blackmail, did you not? 967 00:46:41,532 --> 00:46:43,310 Blackmail by telephone? 968 00:46:43,334 --> 00:46:45,679 It has been stated in this court 969 00:46:45,703 --> 00:46:48,949 that at 9:30 on that night, a little boy answered a telephone. 970 00:46:48,973 --> 00:46:51,618 The boy didn't recognize the voice of the caller, 971 00:46:51,642 --> 00:46:54,155 a man who wanted to talk to the boy's mother. 972 00:46:54,179 --> 00:46:56,556 But when the defendant testifies, as she will testify... 973 00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:59,292 All right! I made that call. 974 00:46:59,316 --> 00:47:02,596 I wanted to ask Lorraine what she was doing about Stokes. 975 00:47:02,620 --> 00:47:03,998 And among other things, 976 00:47:04,022 --> 00:47:07,668 she told you she was to meet Stokes in Plummer Park at 10:00. 977 00:47:07,692 --> 00:47:09,837 Maybe, I don't really remember. 978 00:47:09,861 --> 00:47:12,506 Then you went to the park to confront Stokes. 979 00:47:12,530 --> 00:47:14,041 To intercept him. 980 00:47:14,065 --> 00:47:16,610 You confronted him in great rage. 981 00:47:16,634 --> 00:47:18,045 When he pulled a gun you decided 982 00:47:18,069 --> 00:47:21,314 to put an end to him once and for all, did you not? 983 00:47:21,338 --> 00:47:26,120 Mr. Mason, I was framed once before. 984 00:47:26,144 --> 00:47:28,155 I'm not gonna be framed again. 985 00:47:28,179 --> 00:47:31,125 You struggled with him and then killed him, isn't that right? 986 00:47:31,149 --> 00:47:33,093 No, that is not right. 987 00:47:33,117 --> 00:47:36,563 And then Lorraine arrived. 988 00:47:36,587 --> 00:47:39,900 That seemed to you a great stroke of providence. 989 00:47:39,924 --> 00:47:43,436 You could implicate her so easily. 990 00:47:43,460 --> 00:47:45,961 Not a word of truth. 991 00:47:47,065 --> 00:47:48,709 What are you trying to do to me? 992 00:47:48,733 --> 00:47:51,611 You tried to block her way, to frighten her in the darkness. 993 00:47:51,635 --> 00:47:52,846 You struggled with her. 994 00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:54,314 You grabbed her purse. 995 00:47:54,338 --> 00:47:56,116 When she fled in panic, 996 00:47:56,140 --> 00:47:58,585 you took took the $5000 from that purse, 997 00:47:58,609 --> 00:48:01,521 and you put it into Stokes' pocket, did you not? 998 00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:04,324 Why don't you ask me about the shoes? 999 00:48:04,348 --> 00:48:06,827 I intend to. 1000 00:48:06,851 --> 00:48:09,496 You're not wearing your prison shoes, are you, Mr. Morgan? 1001 00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:10,931 The shoes that were issued you 1002 00:48:10,955 --> 00:48:12,566 when you were released from prison. 1003 00:48:12,590 --> 00:48:15,302 To implicate Lorraine, to make it seem 1004 00:48:15,326 --> 00:48:18,605 that she had struggled with Stokes instead of with you, 1005 00:48:18,629 --> 00:48:21,541 you exchanged shoes with the man that you'd just killed, 1006 00:48:21,565 --> 00:48:22,910 isn't that right, Mr. Morgan? 1007 00:48:22,934 --> 00:48:25,378 Aren't these the shoes that you took from your own feet 1008 00:48:25,402 --> 00:48:27,802 and hurriedly placed on the feet of a corpse? 1009 00:48:38,216 --> 00:48:41,628 You figured it all out, didn't you? 1010 00:48:41,652 --> 00:48:43,797 Well, you must have figured that I killed Stokes 1011 00:48:43,821 --> 00:48:45,587 for the same rea... 1012 00:48:48,059 --> 00:48:50,692 For the same reason I killed Martin Kendall. 1013 00:48:53,898 --> 00:48:56,710 He got in the way of my plans. 1014 00:48:56,734 --> 00:48:59,268 Blackmailing my sweet little wife. 1015 00:49:04,541 --> 00:49:07,076 I got away with the first one. 1016 00:49:08,980 --> 00:49:11,714 Maybe I should have quit when I was ahead, huh? 1017 00:49:17,521 --> 00:49:18,832 Thank you. 1018 00:49:18,856 --> 00:49:21,168 Stokes was butting in, that's why he was killed. 1019 00:49:21,192 --> 00:49:22,402 He made up a story, 1020 00:49:22,426 --> 00:49:24,337 then bribed the captain of a ship to back him up. 1021 00:49:24,361 --> 00:49:26,039 Well, he got Morgan out of prison all right, 1022 00:49:26,063 --> 00:49:28,308 but then he got greedy. We all know the rest. 1023 00:49:28,332 --> 00:49:32,712 I'd so hoped Jimmie wouldn't have to know all these things. 1024 00:49:32,736 --> 00:49:34,714 Morgan did try to keep the secret 1025 00:49:34,738 --> 00:49:36,150 as best he could, Mrs. Kendall. 1026 00:49:36,174 --> 00:49:37,751 Yes, but for only one reason. 1027 00:49:37,775 --> 00:49:40,788 He was thinking of himself, not Jimmie. 1028 00:49:42,513 --> 00:49:43,556 Hi, Jimmie. 1029 00:49:43,580 --> 00:49:45,859 Jimmie, you shouldn't be here. 1030 00:49:45,883 --> 00:49:49,096 Well, golly, I always knew I was adopted, didn't I? 1031 00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:50,898 And anyway, what I wanna know now 1032 00:49:50,922 --> 00:49:55,202 is how you found out about those shoes, Mr. Mason? 1033 00:49:55,226 --> 00:49:56,703 Well, Jimmie, 1034 00:49:56,727 --> 00:50:00,674 when we came across Mr. Stokes, something bothered me. 1035 00:50:00,698 --> 00:50:04,111 Both of his shoelaces had been broken and retied. 1036 00:50:04,135 --> 00:50:06,246 Retied so hurriedly that 1037 00:50:06,270 --> 00:50:08,782 one of them was even tied with a granny. 1038 00:50:08,806 --> 00:50:11,518 And that seemed a foolish mistake for a sailor to make. 1039 00:50:11,542 --> 00:50:13,553 Hey! Instead of a square knot? 1040 00:50:13,577 --> 00:50:15,456 That's enough, Jimmie. 1041 00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:16,957 You know, Mrs. Kendall, 1042 00:50:16,981 --> 00:50:20,293 we might be protecting our children too much these days. 1043 00:50:20,317 --> 00:50:23,463 Mom, it's a whole lot better for me to know the truth 1044 00:50:23,487 --> 00:50:26,488 than to always be guessing about things. 1045 00:50:31,495 --> 00:50:34,341 A square knot. 1046 00:50:34,365 --> 00:50:36,443 Hey, why didn't you get that, Mr. Drake? 1047 00:50:36,467 --> 00:50:37,878 Aren't you a detective? 1048 00:50:37,902 --> 00:50:39,612 Jimmie. 1049 00:50:39,636 --> 00:50:41,670 Well, aren't you?