1 00:01:11,980 --> 00:01:12,980 Thank you. 2 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:21,840 Oh, Kevin. 3 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:23,680 Hi, Clark. 4 00:02:24,260 --> 00:02:25,560 What happened to you? 5 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:27,600 You were due back yesterday. 6 00:02:28,140 --> 00:02:31,480 Well, I got hung up there overnight with Lark and a couple of his programmers. 7 00:02:33,940 --> 00:02:35,000 So how did you do? 8 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:37,700 They liked our program. 9 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:39,440 Oh, great. 10 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:41,180 A couple of modifications? 11 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,360 I think they'll go for it. Kevin, we've got to talk. Look, I'm up to my neck in 12 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,180 paperwork. Why don't you fill me in over dinner? 13 00:02:47,540 --> 00:02:48,640 I can't make it tonight. 14 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,340 I promised Diane we'd have dinner together at home. 15 00:02:51,660 --> 00:02:54,800 Kevin, I've got to know what kind of modifications we're talking about here. 16 00:02:55,340 --> 00:02:57,220 Clark, I haven't seen her in over a week. 17 00:02:57,900 --> 00:02:59,820 She's my wife. I'd like to keep it that way. 18 00:03:00,340 --> 00:03:01,560 Kevin. Let's have breakfast. 19 00:03:02,620 --> 00:03:03,860 You know I don't eat breakfast. 20 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:05,500 That's right. 21 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,480 And you remember our mother warned you that if you didn't, you wouldn't grow up 22 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:09,520 big and strong like me. 23 00:03:21,390 --> 00:03:22,390 Hi, sweetheart. 24 00:03:22,570 --> 00:03:23,570 I'm back. 25 00:03:23,910 --> 00:03:26,170 Hi. How was your trip? 26 00:03:26,690 --> 00:03:27,990 Great. It was great. 27 00:03:28,410 --> 00:03:32,330 But there's a couple of things I've got to go over with Clark right away, and 28 00:03:32,330 --> 00:03:34,150 I'm afraid I won't be able to make it home for dinner. 29 00:03:34,550 --> 00:03:35,550 Oh, no. 30 00:03:36,190 --> 00:03:37,930 I've got everything started already. 31 00:03:38,250 --> 00:03:42,590 Well, it'll keep until tomorrow night, won't it? 32 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:43,990 Not really. 33 00:03:45,070 --> 00:03:47,290 I'm sorry, darling. Believe me. 34 00:03:48,310 --> 00:03:50,450 The reason I'm working so hard is for us. 35 00:03:51,340 --> 00:03:52,340 You know that, don't you? 36 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,360 I just wanted you to come home to something special. 37 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,280 I am. 38 00:03:57,860 --> 00:03:58,860 You. 39 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:00,460 I love you. 40 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:02,720 I love you, too. 41 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:25,330 Yes, he's with his brother. 42 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:31,270 That's impossible. 43 00:04:31,550 --> 00:04:32,550 Who is this? 44 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:32,280 Kevin? 45 00:05:36,260 --> 00:05:37,260 Diane. 46 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:39,400 What are you doing here? 47 00:05:40,020 --> 00:05:42,140 Someone called me and said you'd be here. Some woman. 48 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:44,860 Really, Kevin? Where are your manners? 49 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:46,780 Introduce us. 50 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,100 Let's just try outside, honey. What's going on? 51 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:50,780 I'm Elizabeth Benson. 52 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:52,180 And you're? 53 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,120 Diane Benson. 54 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:56,520 What a coincidence. 55 00:05:57,340 --> 00:05:58,880 We all have the same last name. 56 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:00,680 Perhaps my husband. 57 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:07,760 could explain darling your husband he's my husband yours too 58 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:14,660 really kevin an extramarital fling is one thing but an entire second wife 59 00:06:14,660 --> 00:06:23,900 well 60 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:29,400 one lousy turn deserves another you did that yeah 61 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:31,500 I suppose I did. 62 00:06:36,100 --> 00:06:37,100 Diane? 63 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:39,900 Diane? 64 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:44,000 Diane, where are you? 65 00:06:46,980 --> 00:06:51,280 Oh. No, Kevin. No, you've got to let me explain to you. Get out of my way. I 66 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:55,060 don't love her. I love you. Kevin, I'd let go of me. Please. 67 00:06:55,340 --> 00:06:57,820 No, no. I'm not going to lose you. Damn it. 68 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:40,850 Are you okay? 69 00:07:42,130 --> 00:07:43,130 Not really. 70 00:07:43,990 --> 00:07:46,850 Oh, it's going to be all right. Come on in. 71 00:07:47,790 --> 00:07:50,130 It's going to be okay. Just come over here. Take it easy. 72 00:07:55,050 --> 00:07:56,490 Oh, you don't have to do that. 73 00:07:57,050 --> 00:07:58,130 Oh, I got to do something. 74 00:07:59,170 --> 00:08:00,170 How do you feel? 75 00:08:00,790 --> 00:08:01,790 No. 76 00:08:02,770 --> 00:08:03,770 I'm going to go home. 77 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:05,270 Do you think that's a good idea? 78 00:08:06,370 --> 00:08:07,370 Well, I... 79 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:09,660 I've got to try to understand this. 80 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,740 Do you want me to come along for moral support? 81 00:08:12,380 --> 00:08:14,660 That's okay. Let me just follow you in my car. 82 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:35,080 I live here. I live here. 83 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,740 He said we'd have to have breakfast together because he was having dinner 84 00:08:39,740 --> 00:08:40,740 his wife. 85 00:08:42,020 --> 00:08:44,100 I live here. Let me through. What happened? 86 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:45,600 Excuse me. 87 00:08:47,980 --> 00:08:48,979 Mrs. Benson? 88 00:08:48,980 --> 00:08:50,880 Yes? Lieutenant Herman, Atlanta Police. 89 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:52,800 What's going on, Lieutenant? What happened? 90 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,300 I'm afraid your husband's dead. 91 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:59,820 It appears that someone hit him with that vase, causing the fall and 92 00:08:59,820 --> 00:09:00,980 skull on the corner of that table. 93 00:09:01,820 --> 00:09:03,820 No, he was alive when I left him. 94 00:09:04,580 --> 00:09:09,320 We struggled. I... I guess I hit him with my face, but he fell right there 95 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:10,320 he was alive. 96 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:11,860 You did what? 97 00:09:12,060 --> 00:09:13,660 Maybe we better talk about this downtown. 98 00:09:14,540 --> 00:09:16,500 First, she's going to talk to her lawyer. 99 00:09:23,340 --> 00:09:25,040 Hi. Hi, I'm late. 100 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:27,700 What are you doing? 101 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,580 I'm trying to type this brief. It has to be filed by noon. 102 00:09:33,340 --> 00:09:36,480 Typing's not one of my best things. This correction fluid runs. 103 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:38,720 I'll do it. 104 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,400 I'll have it typed and filed in an hour. 105 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:43,880 Okay. 106 00:09:44,540 --> 00:09:46,120 Where were you this morning, anyway? 107 00:09:46,340 --> 00:09:47,340 Oh, my car. 108 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,860 Some hose came loose under the hood and squirted oil everywhere. 109 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:53,560 I had to be towed. 110 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:55,640 Had to go home and change my suit. 111 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:58,500 Well, I was trying to get a hold of you. 112 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 What'd you want? 113 00:10:00,650 --> 00:10:04,990 A friend of mine, Diane Jonas, or Diane Benson, she just got married. The police 114 00:10:04,990 --> 00:10:06,790 have charged her with murdering her husband. 115 00:10:08,550 --> 00:10:10,310 I finally got a hold of Michelle. 116 00:10:10,870 --> 00:10:11,870 You got her? 117 00:10:11,890 --> 00:10:12,890 Yeah. 118 00:10:13,530 --> 00:10:15,050 Her husband was a bigamist. 119 00:10:17,230 --> 00:10:18,230 Bigamist? 120 00:10:19,390 --> 00:10:21,610 Neither of the wives knew anything about each other. 121 00:10:22,250 --> 00:10:24,950 How long had this friend of yours been married for? 122 00:10:25,870 --> 00:10:26,870 Five months. 123 00:10:27,410 --> 00:10:29,170 How long had you been married to the other one? 124 00:10:30,339 --> 00:10:31,219 Don't know. 125 00:10:31,220 --> 00:10:32,220 I'll tell you what. 126 00:10:32,580 --> 00:10:35,940 When you finish typing that brief, I'll take it over to the courthouse. 127 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:37,400 Oh, okay. 128 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:40,260 Mark Herman had a birthday last week. 129 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:41,339 Oh, yeah? 130 00:10:41,340 --> 00:10:44,080 Yeah, I want to ask him how he feels about that. 131 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:46,880 Beg him, huh? 132 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:56,640 Hi, Dad. 133 00:10:57,140 --> 00:10:58,720 Oh, hello, Michelle. 134 00:10:59,410 --> 00:11:03,390 Cassie says you signed up a friend. Yeah. What's her name? Diane Benson. 135 00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:04,630 It's not going to be easy. 136 00:11:05,250 --> 00:11:07,870 Her fingerprints were all over the vase she struck him with. 137 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:12,570 They had a loud public argument. He was two -timing her in a big way. 138 00:11:13,190 --> 00:11:16,270 And the next door neighbor said that Diane was the only one he'd seen 139 00:11:16,270 --> 00:11:18,550 and leaving the house that night. Yeah, that's what Mark said. 140 00:11:18,790 --> 00:11:22,270 I was in talking with Mark Herman about his birthday before. 141 00:11:26,030 --> 00:11:29,070 I wonder how a fella keeps something like that a secret. 142 00:11:29,450 --> 00:11:30,890 The second wife? Yeah. 143 00:11:31,290 --> 00:11:32,290 Beats me. 144 00:11:32,790 --> 00:11:36,330 I guess there were times he had to look busy. 145 00:11:37,510 --> 00:11:38,510 Yeah. 146 00:11:40,830 --> 00:11:44,390 You wonder how you did it, Tommy. They keep everything straight. 147 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:49,430 Phone calls, bills, and which one liked roses, which one liked daffodils, which 148 00:11:49,430 --> 00:11:50,850 one meat, which one fish. 149 00:11:51,350 --> 00:11:53,290 Hell, how do you keep their names straight? 150 00:11:55,210 --> 00:11:57,370 I don't know, but I believe she's innocent. 151 00:11:57,730 --> 00:11:58,730 Well, that's the start. 152 00:11:58,990 --> 00:12:03,450 You know, sometimes it bothers me, living alone with no woman. 153 00:12:04,570 --> 00:12:06,570 But I'm damn proud I want to live with two of them. 154 00:12:24,750 --> 00:12:25,750 Oh, dear. 155 00:12:26,770 --> 00:12:27,770 Are you all right? 156 00:12:29,590 --> 00:12:31,130 Is this Kevin's briefcase? 157 00:12:31,850 --> 00:12:32,850 Yes. 158 00:12:34,450 --> 00:12:36,010 Why didn't the police take it? 159 00:12:37,510 --> 00:12:38,510 I don't know. 160 00:12:39,530 --> 00:12:40,770 Do you know the combination? 161 00:12:42,070 --> 00:12:43,970 913. His birthday. 162 00:12:46,030 --> 00:12:49,050 Your husband went on these out -of -town trips each week? 163 00:12:50,090 --> 00:12:53,170 Yes. Did he leave you a number where he could be reached? 164 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:58,180 No, he always called me at 8 in the morning or 8 in the evening. 165 00:12:58,840 --> 00:12:59,840 Always without fail. 166 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,440 Never told you where he was staying? 167 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,180 No, and I never asked. 168 00:13:06,980 --> 00:13:09,140 When he was home, did you go out very often? 169 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:11,020 No, we hardly went out at all. 170 00:13:25,199 --> 00:13:28,660 Diane, what if... He used to say there's nothing he liked better than coming 171 00:13:28,660 --> 00:13:30,200 home to a meal I'd cooked. 172 00:13:32,060 --> 00:13:34,100 He seemed so happy with our life. 173 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:43,320 How'd it go today? 174 00:13:43,540 --> 00:13:45,340 All I could think about was coming home. 175 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:47,720 Oh, I love you. 176 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:49,320 I made a pot roast. 177 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,300 I love your pot roast. 178 00:14:10,060 --> 00:14:11,060 Excuse me. 179 00:14:22,380 --> 00:14:23,920 It's gonna take some time. 180 00:14:24,180 --> 00:14:25,180 Yeah. 181 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:29,700 Well, there's nothing interesting in the briefcase. 182 00:14:34,060 --> 00:14:35,500 Hi. Hi. 183 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:37,280 Hi. Hi. 184 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:38,920 Is that her? 185 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:41,480 Yeah. Pretty. 186 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,080 You don't think you do? 187 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:45,720 I really don't. 188 00:14:47,060 --> 00:14:51,100 Have you talked with the other Miss Benson? What was the first one? 189 00:14:51,420 --> 00:14:52,420 Not yet. 190 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:59,580 I was thinking, I don't suppose you could... Well, I've got that 191 00:14:59,580 --> 00:15:00,580 Jenkins matter. 192 00:15:01,340 --> 00:15:03,100 You could get a continuance. 193 00:15:03,340 --> 00:15:06,600 Oh, well, we all work out of the same office. 194 00:15:07,050 --> 00:15:09,590 You both do favors for me all the time, so turn about. 195 00:15:09,890 --> 00:15:10,990 Fair play. Thanks. 196 00:15:13,250 --> 00:15:16,830 Oh, where is the other, um... Miss Benson? 197 00:15:17,410 --> 00:15:19,970 Um, she's staying downtown at the Alexander Hotel. 198 00:15:20,890 --> 00:15:22,710 And I'm going over to Kevin's office. 199 00:15:23,530 --> 00:15:26,230 I'll see you later. Yeah, me too. I'll see you later. 200 00:15:26,730 --> 00:15:32,750 So... So... Two of them. 201 00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:36,250 I suppose he... 202 00:15:42,190 --> 00:15:44,010 I'm gonna go talk to your neighbor. 203 00:15:44,870 --> 00:15:46,390 You be okay for a few minutes? 204 00:15:47,350 --> 00:15:48,350 Mm -hmm. 205 00:15:48,890 --> 00:15:50,490 Not allergic to cats, are you? 206 00:15:51,010 --> 00:15:52,010 No, why? 207 00:15:52,250 --> 00:15:55,990 You think cats were disposable bottles or something, the way people toss them 208 00:15:55,990 --> 00:15:58,910 out in the street? It's criminal. It's just criminal. They should be shot. 209 00:15:59,350 --> 00:16:00,830 The people, not the cats. 210 00:16:01,390 --> 00:16:02,470 Sit down, please. 211 00:16:07,150 --> 00:16:08,150 Mrs. 212 00:16:08,910 --> 00:16:10,190 Barrino, um... 213 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:15,260 You told the police that Diane Benson was the only person other than her 214 00:16:15,260 --> 00:16:16,900 who entered their home last night. 215 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:18,320 That's right. 216 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:23,780 No offense, but do you always watch what goes on at your neighbor's homes? 217 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:25,800 I watch TV. 218 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,120 At least I try to. 219 00:16:29,060 --> 00:16:33,780 Frankly, what goes on outside my window is much more interesting. 220 00:16:34,180 --> 00:16:38,520 The police have established that Mr. Benson was murdered at around 9 .30. 221 00:16:39,260 --> 00:16:44,140 Now, Mrs. Burino, isn't it possible that you stepped out of the room or maybe 222 00:16:44,140 --> 00:16:45,780 you dozed off around that time? 223 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:47,360 Absolutely not. 224 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:52,600 I was sitting right here in this chair, petting Louise, sitting in that chair 225 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,880 the whole time. 226 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:56,620 At least I think it was Louise. 227 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:08,500 Miss Benson, I'm Ben Matlock. I work with Michelle. 228 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,180 Thomas, she's the attorney for Diane Benson. 229 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:13,700 Could I, uh... Certainly. 230 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:15,160 Thank you. 231 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:19,119 Oh. 232 00:17:25,020 --> 00:17:26,020 Packing, huh? 233 00:17:26,859 --> 00:17:28,099 I hate funerals. 234 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,380 Never know what to say to the grieving widow. 235 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:32,180 Especially if I'm one of them. 236 00:17:32,820 --> 00:17:33,820 Where's home? 237 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:35,280 Savannah. 238 00:17:36,460 --> 00:17:37,800 That's where you and Kevin lived? 239 00:17:38,380 --> 00:17:39,420 When he was around. 240 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:44,760 I understand there was nothing he liked better than to come back from a trip to 241 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:46,120 a good home -cooked meal. 242 00:17:46,980 --> 00:17:48,620 I wouldn't know about that. 243 00:18:20,270 --> 00:18:21,249 How was your trip? 244 00:18:21,250 --> 00:18:23,130 All I could think about was coming home. 245 00:18:26,810 --> 00:18:27,290 Did 246 00:18:27,290 --> 00:18:45,230 you 247 00:18:45,230 --> 00:18:49,090 know that Kevin had an office here in Atlanta? 248 00:18:50,350 --> 00:18:51,870 Was in business with his brother? 249 00:18:52,170 --> 00:18:53,310 Far as I knew. 250 00:18:53,670 --> 00:18:57,850 Kevin was a one -man management consultant firm which he ran out of our 251 00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:00,370 Kevin bought your home in Savannah? 252 00:19:01,050 --> 00:19:02,470 About a year after we were married. 253 00:19:02,710 --> 00:19:06,650 How could he maintain two separate lifestyles? 254 00:19:08,250 --> 00:19:10,090 Kevin was good at handling money. 255 00:19:11,470 --> 00:19:13,150 Kevin was good at a lot of things. 256 00:19:14,750 --> 00:19:17,170 Well... Not the least of which was lying. 257 00:19:18,670 --> 00:19:22,090 When did you find out about the other wife? 258 00:19:22,890 --> 00:19:23,890 Three days ago. 259 00:19:24,590 --> 00:19:29,410 I pulled a muscle at my evening aerobics class, so I came home early. 260 00:19:29,950 --> 00:19:32,050 That's when I overheard Kevin on the phone. 261 00:19:32,370 --> 00:19:37,170 So I did some checking and flew here to Atlanta for our little surprise party, 262 00:19:37,270 --> 00:19:38,270 you might say. 263 00:19:38,530 --> 00:19:42,270 Oh, you made that anonymous call to Diane. 264 00:19:42,970 --> 00:19:43,970 Of course. 265 00:19:44,290 --> 00:19:45,870 Wouldn't have been a party without her. 266 00:19:46,670 --> 00:19:48,110 Must have been quite a scene. 267 00:19:48,650 --> 00:19:50,010 That was the idea. 268 00:19:50,630 --> 00:19:57,070 Of course, another way of looking at it was kind of to point the finger or put 269 00:19:57,070 --> 00:20:03,430 the spotlight on Diane so that the killer could kind of 270 00:20:03,430 --> 00:20:04,810 slink out of town. 271 00:20:11,010 --> 00:20:13,010 You think I killed Kevin? 272 00:20:13,630 --> 00:20:16,860 Can you... prove where you were at 9 .30 last night? 273 00:20:18,180 --> 00:20:19,180 No. 274 00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:22,540 But then again, I don't have to, do I? 275 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,060 Miss Benson, you've been very cooperative. 276 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,300 You never... No. 277 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:30,900 Never suspected. 278 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:32,720 I was satisfied. 279 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,660 As I said, Kevin was good at a lot of things. 280 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:47,360 May I help you? 281 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:48,719 Oh, hi. 282 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:52,320 You must be Clark Benson. I'm Michelle Thomas. I'm representing your sister -in 283 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,080 -law. Your secretary told me I could wait for you in here. 284 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,400 I see you're clearing out Kevin's office. 285 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:58,720 I have to. 286 00:20:58,980 --> 00:21:00,460 Without him, I can't afford the space. 287 00:21:01,620 --> 00:21:04,840 Hell, without him, I may not be able to keep the business. 288 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:06,580 Your brother was very good. 289 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,000 I know. 290 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,020 My brother was a genius. 291 00:21:10,860 --> 00:21:13,480 See, he was the point man, always sniffing out new clients. 292 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,480 Me? Well, I stayed behind, got the work done. 293 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,320 If I fell behind, he'd pitch in. But the minute we got our heads above water, 294 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:22,780 he'd go out and... Three new clients. 295 00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:24,100 Sounds profitable. 296 00:21:24,260 --> 00:21:25,260 We did all right. 297 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:28,080 Any man with two wives has to be doing better than all right. 298 00:21:28,540 --> 00:21:30,540 Let's just say we had several very good years. 299 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,540 I love my brother, but I sure didn't know him as well as I thought I did. 300 00:21:36,020 --> 00:21:37,460 You didn't know he had three wives? 301 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:39,880 No. 302 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:43,720 I can't excuse or forgive Diane for what happened. 303 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:45,880 But I think I can understand how she felt. 304 00:21:46,740 --> 00:21:49,520 So please, just tell her from me that I'll send her Kevin's things, but I 305 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:50,520 want her coming here. 306 00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:52,920 I never want to see her again. 307 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:54,400 That may be difficult. 308 00:21:55,300 --> 00:21:56,520 We may need you in court. 309 00:21:57,580 --> 00:21:58,760 You'll be getting a subpoena. 310 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:29,940 Patsy, is that you? 311 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,160 Hey, whoa! 312 00:23:31,980 --> 00:23:33,260 Put that down, okay? 313 00:23:33,660 --> 00:23:34,660 You got me. 314 00:23:34,860 --> 00:23:35,880 Who are you? 315 00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:38,360 Judy Benson. 316 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:41,620 Benson? 317 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:43,680 That's right, hon. 318 00:23:44,380 --> 00:23:45,540 Kevin's other wife. 319 00:24:07,020 --> 00:24:07,739 Where is she? 320 00:24:07,740 --> 00:24:08,740 Kitchen. 321 00:24:22,620 --> 00:24:23,620 Well. 322 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:26,080 Ben Matlock. 323 00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:27,660 Judy Benson. 324 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,040 Wife number three. How do you do? 325 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,040 Coffee, 326 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:33,480 Ben? 327 00:24:33,580 --> 00:24:34,640 Oh, no, I better not. 328 00:24:38,380 --> 00:24:39,800 How long have you been married to Kevin? 329 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:41,720 Three years. 330 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:44,940 Guess that makes me the senior member. 331 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:50,680 Judy is a showgirl at a casino in Atlantic City. 332 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:53,280 Oh. 333 00:24:55,220 --> 00:24:57,100 That's where she and Kevin lived. 334 00:24:58,260 --> 00:24:59,260 Atlantic City? 335 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:01,540 Why is everybody so surprised? 336 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:06,240 Atlantic City was his kind of town. He loved it. He thrived on it. 337 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:12,200 The shows, the gambling, the money, the action. 338 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:16,000 You mean Kevin wasn't in bed by ten every night? 339 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,820 Honey, he'd be lucky if he got in bed by ten in the morning. 340 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:28,040 He'd come home from one of his trips and we'd celebrate for days. 341 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:34,400 Hi, doll. 342 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:35,860 How'd it go with the track? 343 00:25:58,600 --> 00:25:59,660 He was fun when he won. 344 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:02,280 He wasn't even fun when he lost. 345 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,520 He was perfect for Atlantic City. 346 00:26:07,180 --> 00:26:08,820 He was perfect for me. 347 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:15,960 So, for three years, you thought Kevin was just 348 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,840 a businessman who traveled a lot. 349 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,160 Yeah. But then I started to miss things. 350 00:26:22,420 --> 00:26:25,160 Little things at first, like jewelry. 351 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:31,320 Then I discovered $30 ,000 had vanished from my private savings account. 352 00:26:31,860 --> 00:26:35,480 Yeah? Yeah, last week. So I hired a private detective. 353 00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:39,100 Discovered he'd used the money to buy a house. 354 00:26:39,860 --> 00:26:40,860 This house. 355 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,140 I don't believe this. 356 00:26:43,900 --> 00:26:47,780 So I flew down right away to find out once and for all what was going on. 357 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:49,700 But I was too late. 358 00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:52,440 I got in yesterday and read that he'd been murdered. 359 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,220 that if I wanted to claim to be his wife, I had to stand in line. 360 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,720 Well, I decided it'd be best not to get involved. 361 00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:03,740 Why did you break in here tonight? 362 00:27:04,820 --> 00:27:08,400 Well, the last thing Kevin took from me was a watch he'd given me from 363 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,140 Christmas. It had my name engraved on it. 364 00:27:12,140 --> 00:27:15,740 Well, I was afraid some smart cop might trace it back to me. 365 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,880 So I figured if he hadn't hogged it yet, it'd be in his briefcase. 366 00:27:20,650 --> 00:27:23,670 Kevin had $300 in cash on him when he died. 367 00:27:24,350 --> 00:27:25,350 That's it, then. 368 00:27:25,430 --> 00:27:27,930 Kevin was really something of a rat, wasn't he? 369 00:27:28,690 --> 00:27:34,130 Maybe Kevin loved not wisely, but too much. 370 00:27:37,750 --> 00:27:40,490 I think that's a very nice way to remember him. 371 00:28:06,419 --> 00:28:07,419 Then, John. 372 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,640 It wouldn't come out. 373 00:28:12,620 --> 00:28:15,560 I knew it wouldn't. Spaghetti sauce never does. 374 00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:22,280 Alfredo. Before he sold to that chain, they used to bring a big napkin, put it 375 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,660 all around. I never used to get my tie and stuff. 376 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,340 But you liked the spaghetti, didn't you? 377 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:33,000 It was okay. It kind of stayed with me. Garlic, I guess. How about you? Oh, 378 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:33,919 fine. 379 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:35,340 Will you like the music? 380 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:37,720 No. It was okay as accordions go. 381 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:43,060 Where's your client? 382 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,700 Over there talking with Benson. 383 00:28:49,340 --> 00:28:51,220 Call that Miss Benson's. 384 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,900 You know, you know that guy. 385 00:28:56,180 --> 00:28:57,360 I know it's wrong. 386 00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:02,780 I know it's wrong, but you gotta, you gotta admire. 387 00:29:03,340 --> 00:29:04,340 No, not admire. 388 00:29:07,380 --> 00:29:08,380 Yeah. 389 00:29:09,340 --> 00:29:14,780 Three. You're not a chauvinist, are you? Oh, no, no, no. No, I just wonder why 390 00:29:14,780 --> 00:29:16,460 he married all of them. 391 00:29:17,140 --> 00:29:19,820 Call it a weakness in his character. 392 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,460 Well, this case shouldn't take too long. 393 00:29:33,580 --> 00:29:34,580 Good night. 394 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:36,240 I think I got this case wrapped up. 395 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,160 I'm glad to hear it, because that's just what the district attorney thinks. 396 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:46,020 And in response to the decedent's brother's accusation, did the defendant 397 00:29:46,020 --> 00:29:47,040 anything? Yes. 398 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:52,080 He was alive when I left. We struggled. I guess I hit him with that vase, but he 399 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:53,080 was alive. 400 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,160 This is Mark Peoples' exhibit number eight. 401 00:29:56,580 --> 00:29:57,760 Do you recognize it? 402 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,200 Yes, that's the vase that we found next to the body and which was stained with 403 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:02,139 blood. 404 00:30:02,140 --> 00:30:04,200 It has also been stipulated... 405 00:30:04,650 --> 00:30:10,750 By the defense, that the fingerprints found on this vase match those belonging 406 00:30:10,750 --> 00:30:11,750 to the defendant. 407 00:30:12,630 --> 00:30:14,050 Thank you, Lieutenant Herman. 408 00:30:15,710 --> 00:30:16,710 It was amusing. 409 00:30:17,490 --> 00:30:19,710 I was rather delighted at the whole scene. 410 00:30:20,570 --> 00:30:22,250 What about Diane Benson? 411 00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:25,350 She seemed surprised. 412 00:30:25,730 --> 00:30:26,730 Shocked, really. 413 00:30:27,450 --> 00:30:28,450 Surprised? 414 00:30:28,790 --> 00:30:30,450 Shocked? Yes. 415 00:30:31,030 --> 00:30:32,170 What did she do? 416 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,760 She blew up. Flew out of the restaurant. 417 00:30:36,140 --> 00:30:37,380 Oh, she was angry. 418 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,060 If looks could kill. 419 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:43,620 Objection, non -responsive. 420 00:30:43,940 --> 00:30:46,720 Sustained. Was she angry or not? 421 00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:49,080 She was madder than hell. 422 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:56,980 Now, Mrs. Barino, you are certain that the person you saw 423 00:30:56,980 --> 00:31:00,020 entering their house that night was the defendant Diane Benson? 424 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,480 Oh, yes. I can see their front door clearly through my window. 425 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:09,980 First Mrs. Benson came home, then Mr. Benson came home, and then Mrs. Benson 426 00:31:09,980 --> 00:31:10,980 left. 427 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,180 Do you recall what time she left? 428 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:15,400 Between 9 and 10. 429 00:31:15,620 --> 00:31:18,680 I know because of a TV show that was on. 430 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:24,040 Did you see anybody else enter or leave the house that night? 431 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:25,480 No one. 432 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:26,980 Are you positive? 433 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:28,540 I'm positive. 434 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:31,260 Thank you, Mrs. Perino. 435 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:32,760 No further questions. 436 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:35,100 Cross -examine. 437 00:31:35,740 --> 00:31:36,740 No questions. 438 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,340 Reserve the right to recall this witness. 439 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:40,340 You may step down. 440 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,440 Prosecution rest, Your Honor. 441 00:31:43,020 --> 00:31:44,020 Very well. 442 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,080 Miss Thomas, is the defense ready? 443 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,000 We are, Your Honor. For our first witness, the defense calls Judy Benson. 444 00:31:51,540 --> 00:31:55,220 And you, too, were married to Kevin Benson at the time of his death? 445 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:56,720 Yes. 446 00:31:57,580 --> 00:32:01,860 Isn't it true that Kevin Benson held himself to $30 ,000 of your money 447 00:32:01,860 --> 00:32:02,860 your knowledge? 448 00:32:03,140 --> 00:32:04,140 Yeah. 449 00:32:05,580 --> 00:32:11,140 $30 ,000 that he used to buy a house here in Atlanta for himself and another 450 00:32:11,140 --> 00:32:14,200 woman. In fact, another wife. 451 00:32:15,220 --> 00:32:18,880 Yes. It must have come as quite a shock when you found out. 452 00:32:19,820 --> 00:32:23,400 Well, I didn't know about the other wives until after he was dead. 453 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,740 I believe you did arrive in town the day before he was murdered, didn't you? 454 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:30,900 So what if I did? 455 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,760 Well, didn't you in fact go to Kevin Benson's home the night of the murder? 456 00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:36,700 No. 457 00:32:38,220 --> 00:32:43,520 Mrs. Benson, at the request of any resident, the Atlanta police will run a 458 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,960 computer check of all automobiles reported to be parked or prowling in 459 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:48,960 residential neighborhoods. 460 00:32:49,420 --> 00:32:53,300 All right. I was in town earlier, and, uh... 461 00:32:53,930 --> 00:32:55,210 I knew about his other wife. 462 00:32:55,910 --> 00:33:01,170 I planned to confront him, but I didn't. I, uh... I just drove around the block, 463 00:33:01,370 --> 00:33:06,030 and then I parked and... tried to get up enough nerve. 464 00:33:07,350 --> 00:33:08,350 Then what? 465 00:33:09,170 --> 00:33:11,790 Well, you gotta realize this whole thing is kind of spooky. 466 00:33:12,650 --> 00:33:14,170 Mrs. Benson, what happened? 467 00:33:16,030 --> 00:33:20,490 Well, I'm walking up this alley when all of a sudden this... Yes? 468 00:33:21,390 --> 00:33:23,510 This... person... 469 00:33:23,740 --> 00:33:26,360 comes rising out of the dumpster. 470 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,800 Scared the hell out of me. So I ran straight to my car, started the engine, 471 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:36,220 didn't take my foot off the gas while I was... I don't know how far away I was. 472 00:33:36,980 --> 00:33:37,980 Oh, I see. 473 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:43,380 Some person crawling around in a dumpster in the middle of the night 474 00:33:43,380 --> 00:33:46,940 appeared, scared you, and then you left. 475 00:33:47,620 --> 00:33:48,620 Yeah. 476 00:33:49,620 --> 00:33:51,440 Well, I suppose it's too bad that... 477 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,480 Mysterious figure can't corroborate your story. 478 00:33:55,020 --> 00:33:56,020 Oh, she can. 479 00:33:58,680 --> 00:33:59,820 It was her. 480 00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:14,840 I was looking for scraps for my cats. 481 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:19,940 I have so many, I can barely afford to feed myself. 482 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,139 I didn't want the neighbors to know. 483 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:29,960 What happened when Mrs. Benson saw you? 484 00:34:30,580 --> 00:34:35,060 She jumped about a foot in the air, and she ran to her car and drove away, just 485 00:34:35,060 --> 00:34:36,060 like she said. 486 00:34:37,460 --> 00:34:38,540 Then what happened? 487 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:41,000 I went back to my house. 488 00:34:41,820 --> 00:34:45,060 Well, then it's true you weren't watching the Benson house all evening. 489 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:49,420 And someone could have entered the home, killed Kevin Benson, and left without 490 00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:50,739 you seeing him or her. 491 00:34:51,210 --> 00:34:52,969 Objection calls for speculation. 492 00:34:54,090 --> 00:34:56,070 Overruled. Answer the question. 493 00:34:58,070 --> 00:34:59,530 I suppose so. 494 00:35:00,710 --> 00:35:01,710 Yes. 495 00:35:03,110 --> 00:35:05,210 Mrs. Perino, why did you lie? 496 00:35:06,210 --> 00:35:07,830 I had to lie. 497 00:35:08,730 --> 00:35:11,750 I couldn't tell the police what I was really doing. 498 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:15,830 They might have reported me to some animal group. 499 00:35:16,590 --> 00:35:19,610 Maybe even put me in some home. 500 00:35:21,550 --> 00:35:22,930 I had to lie. 501 00:35:26,210 --> 00:35:27,270 No further questions. 502 00:35:34,250 --> 00:35:36,970 I thought I had Judy Benson. I really did. 503 00:35:37,470 --> 00:35:39,690 Well, it happens. 504 00:35:40,450 --> 00:35:47,010 I've been in fixes like that where I thought I had them and I didn't have 505 00:35:47,650 --> 00:35:49,250 If it's any consolation. 506 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:52,080 it's no consolation 507 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:23,840 Mr. Matlock, hi. 508 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,240 I knocked. I guess you didn't hear me. 509 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:28,680 Packing, huh? 510 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,660 I figure the house will sell better with me out of it. 511 00:36:32,780 --> 00:36:37,880 I feel terrible about Kevin's using Judy's money like that to buy it. I want 512 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:38,880 pay her back. 513 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,560 Well, remember now, she can still be the killer. 514 00:36:44,260 --> 00:36:45,260 No, she's not. 515 00:36:45,940 --> 00:36:47,200 What makes you so sure? 516 00:36:47,540 --> 00:36:49,000 Because I told her I wasn't. 517 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:50,580 And I believe her. 518 00:36:51,370 --> 00:36:53,930 You want a cup of coffee? I haven't packed the mugs. 519 00:36:54,410 --> 00:36:58,490 Coffee's already made. Oh, no, no. Don't go to any bother. I just stopped by to 520 00:36:58,490 --> 00:37:04,150 see if you know anything about Kevin's other wife, Liz. 521 00:37:05,550 --> 00:37:07,890 Don't forget all those things you have in the buffet. 522 00:37:09,250 --> 00:37:10,250 Hello. 523 00:37:10,570 --> 00:37:11,570 Hi. 524 00:37:12,190 --> 00:37:14,530 I was about to ask where you were. 525 00:37:14,790 --> 00:37:15,790 Or are. 526 00:37:16,130 --> 00:37:17,130 Well, now you know. 527 00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:19,450 I'm a member of this sorority. 528 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,360 Maybe I will have that cup of coffee. 529 00:37:26,980 --> 00:37:30,240 No, no, Mr. Matlock. Reef cases do not go on the table. 530 00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:31,900 Really, they don't? 531 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:33,320 Not in the Benson household. 532 00:37:33,940 --> 00:37:34,940 Oh, where do they go? 533 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,460 On the floor, right next to the front door. 534 00:37:37,860 --> 00:37:40,680 So your wife's sure to trip over at least once a week. 535 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:44,880 Right over there. 536 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:46,840 Okay. 537 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:51,600 Yeah, if nothing else, Kevin was a creature of habit, wasn't he? 538 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,960 Oh, I think one of the most annoying things about him is the way he made me 539 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:57,800 strain the seeds out of his orange juice. 540 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,320 I was always afraid I'd forget that. 541 00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:03,180 I finally refused to do it. 542 00:38:03,660 --> 00:38:04,680 Really? What did he do? 543 00:38:05,780 --> 00:38:07,840 I think that's probably what he meant there. 544 00:38:14,180 --> 00:38:15,220 Mr. Matlock? 545 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,520 Your Honor, at this time, the defense would like to recall Clark Benson to the 546 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,480 stand. Defendant co -counsel Benjamin Matlock will be examining him. 547 00:38:25,900 --> 00:38:26,900 Go get him. 548 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:29,320 You betcha. 549 00:38:33,620 --> 00:38:40,560 Kevin Benson was, uh... was your younger brother, is 550 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:41,339 that correct? 551 00:38:41,340 --> 00:38:44,540 Yes. Were you close as you were growing up? 552 00:38:45,620 --> 00:38:48,000 Yes. Did you approve of him? 553 00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:49,460 Well, of course. 554 00:38:50,380 --> 00:38:52,680 Kevin was outstanding at whatever he did. 555 00:38:53,380 --> 00:38:59,280 Did, uh... Did he have a lot of girlfriends? 556 00:39:00,780 --> 00:39:02,400 I suppose. The usual. 557 00:39:03,260 --> 00:39:04,300 How about yourself? 558 00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:06,840 The usual. 559 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,060 The usual or not many? 560 00:39:16,180 --> 00:39:17,740 Are you a married man? 561 00:39:18,460 --> 00:39:22,790 No. Is there a relationship at the present time? 562 00:39:23,270 --> 00:39:24,270 No. 563 00:39:25,070 --> 00:39:30,170 How about in the past? The usual or not many? 564 00:39:34,050 --> 00:39:38,470 President, we know that Kevin had 565 00:39:38,470 --> 00:39:42,290 three wives. 566 00:39:43,470 --> 00:39:46,830 Now, any way you look at it... 567 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:54,020 That has to be trying on a person in many ways, including 568 00:39:54,020 --> 00:39:56,420 financially, wouldn't you say? 569 00:39:57,220 --> 00:39:58,600 Yeah, I suppose. 570 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:03,760 But Kevin was a successful businessman. 571 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,980 Yes, quite. 572 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:12,400 You know, that's what is interesting to me, along with 573 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:17,180 everything else, is that... 574 00:40:18,670 --> 00:40:24,490 In spite of how bright Kevin was and how successful he seemed to be, he didn't 575 00:40:24,490 --> 00:40:31,230 actually own anything business -wise, did he? I mean, he just worked for you. 576 00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:34,010 Kevin was a genius at what he did. 577 00:40:35,410 --> 00:40:38,070 It made for a great partnership. 578 00:40:38,810 --> 00:40:45,150 But that's not really the case, is it? He wasn't literally your partner. 579 00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:48,290 Technically, the company was in my name, yes. 580 00:40:48,540 --> 00:40:49,560 You started it, didn't you? 581 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:51,140 Yes. And you owned it? 582 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,420 Yes, but it was a partnership in the true sense of the word. 583 00:40:55,740 --> 00:40:58,080 In every sense of the word except financially. 584 00:40:59,220 --> 00:41:02,540 Kevin worked for you. He was literally an employee. 585 00:41:03,220 --> 00:41:06,200 I suppose if you want to be legalistic about it, he was. 586 00:41:06,620 --> 00:41:08,740 But neither of us ever thought about it that way. 587 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:15,020 You didn't think about it that way even after you discovered he had been dipping 588 00:41:15,020 --> 00:41:16,020 in the tail? 589 00:41:16,250 --> 00:41:18,390 Who said he was dipping into the till? 590 00:41:18,810 --> 00:41:23,510 Didn't you order an audit of your company's finances two months ago? 591 00:41:24,010 --> 00:41:30,170 Yes. And didn't the auditor discover certain discrepancies in 592 00:41:30,170 --> 00:41:32,970 Kevin's withdrawal of company's funds? 593 00:41:33,270 --> 00:41:36,810 Kevin and I discussed it, and we worked out a schedule for repayment. 594 00:41:37,890 --> 00:41:41,410 Naturally, I was disappointed this had occurred, but he swore it would never 595 00:41:41,410 --> 00:41:42,410 happen again. 596 00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:51,720 I think the night of the murder, you knew about at 597 00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:53,800 least two of his wives. 598 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:58,200 And you went over to confront your brother on that and the audit. 599 00:41:58,800 --> 00:41:59,800 That's not true. 600 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:03,940 You didn't go into his house after Diane Benson left that night? 601 00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:11,060 No. And you didn't argue with him? And during some kind of struggle, he fell 602 00:42:11,060 --> 00:42:12,060 hit his head and was killed? 603 00:42:12,860 --> 00:42:13,860 Absolutely not. 604 00:42:15,470 --> 00:42:22,470 Your Honor, I'd like to enter into evidence this briefcase. 605 00:42:22,490 --> 00:42:26,030 Call it Defense Exhibit A. 606 00:42:27,510 --> 00:42:29,330 Do you recognize this briefcase? 607 00:42:29,910 --> 00:42:31,490 Yes, that's my brother's briefcase. 608 00:42:31,730 --> 00:42:35,870 And it has his initials, K .H .B. Kevin Henry Benson. Yes. 609 00:42:36,070 --> 00:42:39,570 Do you have a briefcase like it? Yes, they're identical, except for the 610 00:42:39,570 --> 00:42:41,330 initials, of course. And your initials are? 611 00:42:42,630 --> 00:42:44,790 C .L .B. Clark Lee Benson. 612 00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:53,600 Your Honor, this is 613 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,020 People's Exhibit 15. 614 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:03,920 It's a police lab photograph of the scene of the crime. 615 00:43:04,660 --> 00:43:09,500 Let's call this Defense Exhibit B. 616 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,700 This is a detailed blow -up. 617 00:43:13,870 --> 00:43:20,250 Of an object... in the back of the police lab photograph. 618 00:43:21,430 --> 00:43:22,990 What is that, Mr. Veston? 619 00:43:23,950 --> 00:43:25,450 That's Kevin's briefcase. 620 00:43:26,870 --> 00:43:30,250 And it has his initials, K -H -B. 621 00:43:33,610 --> 00:43:35,930 Are my eyes deceiving me? 622 00:43:36,930 --> 00:43:41,050 Or do those initials read C -L -B? 623 00:43:44,330 --> 00:43:45,810 Those are your initials. 624 00:43:46,690 --> 00:43:49,510 That isn't Kevin's briefcase. It's yours. 625 00:43:50,910 --> 00:43:56,330 Yes, well, we must have gotten them mixed up at the office that day. 626 00:43:57,110 --> 00:44:04,030 If that were the case, why do you suppose, if Kevin brought 627 00:44:04,030 --> 00:44:10,230 your briefcase to his house by mistake, why do you suppose he 628 00:44:10,230 --> 00:44:11,950 put it on the sofa? 629 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:19,860 Instead of on the floor by the front door, as he always did. 630 00:44:25,660 --> 00:44:30,700 I bet you switched those briefcases the next morning. 631 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:38,840 Sometime when the police weren't looking, you picked up your 632 00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:42,620 briefcase from the sofa and put Kevin's there. 633 00:44:43,020 --> 00:44:44,020 and its place. 634 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:47,480 These briefcases didn't get mixed up at the office. 635 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:53,580 They got mixed up at his house that night, 636 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:57,900 just after you murdered him, didn't they? 637 00:45:00,860 --> 00:45:02,020 He was a liar. 638 00:45:05,380 --> 00:45:06,660 He was a cheat. 639 00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,060 He was always a womanizer. 640 00:45:14,220 --> 00:45:15,340 But he was my brother. 641 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:19,400 So I took him in. 642 00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:25,820 Three wives. 643 00:45:28,020 --> 00:45:29,140 He cheated them. 644 00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:30,460 He cheated me. 645 00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:32,900 All my life. 646 00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:37,200 Work is all I've ever had. 647 00:45:42,100 --> 00:45:43,440 He took that too. 648 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:46,460 I'm sorry, Mr. Winston. 649 00:45:47,220 --> 00:45:53,600 Just so everyone understands, during your struggle with him, you shoved him. 650 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:56,200 He hit his head. 651 00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:58,940 He fell to the floor dead. 652 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:01,700 Then you panicked. 653 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:08,200 Instead of picking up your briefcase, you picked up his briefcase by the door 654 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:09,320 and ran. 655 00:46:10,380 --> 00:46:13,320 The next day, you switched them. 656 00:46:15,980 --> 00:46:16,980 Is that about it? 657 00:46:20,100 --> 00:46:21,100 Yeah. 658 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:28,400 Well, I guess we did it. We sure did. 659 00:46:29,420 --> 00:46:31,040 It really was something. 660 00:46:32,140 --> 00:46:33,140 Hey, Billy? 661 00:46:35,500 --> 00:46:40,480 You know, I still can't get over that guy. I mean... 662 00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,060 Really?