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welcome fellow classic TV enthusiasts
today we delve into a rare gem from
television's past a captivating episode
from the short-lived new Perry Mason
show on December 16th
1973 audiences were gripped by the case
of the frenzied feminists in this
intriguing tale glamorous magazine
editor Marian finds herself accused of
murder after her boss favors another
woman with a coveted job
Perry Mason takes on the challenge
defending Maran in a case that promises
suspense Glamour and a touch of mystery
further enriching the experience is
guest star Carolyn Jones renowned for
her portrayal of mortia in the iconic
1960s TV series The Adams Family Jones
brings her Charisma to this classic tale
enhancing the suspense and mystery join
us as we revisit this vintage episode
and uncover the secrets of the case of
the frenzied
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feminists
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oh
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la
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a
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[Applause]
a okay okay you Beach Bums knock it all
as good friend and best man to be I
would like to propose a toast to our
bridegroom and Carol we all wish him Joy
with that delectable adorable Joy
Montgomery and ears to the bride I hope
she doesn't kill him with
kindness oh you salty old dog I can't
imagine how you con that sweet young
sexy thing into marrying you hey I
waited on her at the bank today she is a
100 lb of absolute
perfection it was just as much of a
surprise to me as this party is after
Edna passed away I thought well I
thought I'd be Beach for good and then
when Dave introduced me to Joy oh holded
Han nobody asked for a speech all we
want to know is have you been taking
your vitamin
pills fellas fellas you're going to have
to Pardon Me for just a you're not going
nowhere till you cut the cake I'll be
right back come I'll be right back I'll
be right back oh hurry it up it's your
party that
guy Mr Carol Barry Mason I'm an attorney
hey something wrong I hope not I he
representing Brian Dexter Mr Dexter
since I was in Cataline on another
matter he called and asked that I
contact you oh he's a very fine
gentleman Mr Dex I here to cause him any
trouble some problem with the papers for
the yach I sold him well the problem is
he gave you his check for $337,000 so
that you can make a cash payment to the
seller that's right well when he tried
to take possession this afternoon the
seller refused because he had not
received the money I don't
understand well you see I was tied up
this morning I asked my fiance to
deliver the cash and I'm sure she must
have just missed him I see Mr Carol
would you mind calling your fiance I'd
be glad to
wait I don't think I can reach her by
phone but all right will you excuse me a
moment
certainly
be
[Applause]
on let's
get have another drink you hurry up
where what you said you saw Joy this
morning in the bank yeah but what was
she doing I mean did she well she tried
but I wouldn't make a date with herel
please
please where she brought in a check
asked me to cash it for said you wanted
it in fresh new bills for some cookie
client of
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yours Hank
heyk Mr
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Carol
Chuck
Char want to sit in for some Jim Ry
hanck you owe us a chance
to you all right old buddy Joy's boat is
gone did you see her not since this
afternoon helped to put some gear
aboard when it came back later she'd
sail where'd she
go I don't
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know
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yeah go ahead please long distance for
Jerry this is Jerry Strand up I'm doing
you a good turn fella I could get my
rear end in a sling if the word gets out
I tipped you about what they know you're
in Catalina they've got a Hitman out of
Detroit looking for you with a contract
in your
name desk how' I get off this island
tonight no way tonight just boat service
tomorrow sir okay I got no choice I want
to check out of here in time for the
first boat in the
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morning
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hey oh I'm sorry I didn't look where
it's okay forget it well at least let me
replace your drink
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okay take it from an old campaigner Hank
chicks are like planes one takes off
another one's coming in front landing
something must have came up an emergency
maybe I've got to find Joy before the
police find
you that hadn't really
registered the police are probably
looking for me right now back in
Avalon they'll send word on
ahead I'll look around but uh there's a
guy at the bar getting a drink keeps
looking at us at least I think he's
looking at
us he's
gone
listen
Hank you aren't the only dude with a
problem in a way you and I got the same
trouble except you're trying to find a
bird and I'm trying to lose one I guess
so of course if I get cut well it's a
pain in a net but uh you get
cut
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well Hank what do you say we give it a
go get us both out the
hook there you go thanks and thanks for
Lending me to 50 I'll pay after I cash a
check and we get back together right
here keys and identification are inside
for the next week your Jerry
Strand
okay oh I
forgot Joy
picture Okay Hank till next Wednesday
and
Oceanside oh and uh
good luck thank
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you
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wo
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he
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uh
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so if I turn myself in admit that I'm
alive they're going to say that I
swindled your Mr Dexter out of
$37,000 and then trying to get away I
killed Jerry to cover my tracks and if
you go on being Jerry
Strand you know nothing about him yet
after two drinks on the steamer you
agreed to switch identities with him
what can I tell
you excuse me Mr Dexter called back Mr
Mason he's a a able to you representing
Mr Carol and he'll go along with the
financial Arrangements meanwhile he'll
keep the whole thing confidential thanks
D thank you very much that's really a
load off of my mind now if I could just
find out what happened to Joy and the
money all right you say you gave her the
check so that she could deliver the cash
to the seller but you never saw the
money no but I do have this now this is
Jerry's money I found it in his trunk
that's why I changed my mind and went
back to find him I see Jerry Strand had
all this money in the trunk of his car
but he had to borrow $50 from you that's
right that's right Mr Carol you left me
waiting at the Yacht Club you knew I was
aware of the missing
cash and wouldn't it seem I'd be the
last person you'd come
to I was reading my obituary in the
paper they said some real nice
things then I saw your picture that case
in Catalina and I remembered our talk on
the island and you were very decent
about it Mr Carol now Mr Mason I know
this doesn't make any sense but what am
I going to
do all
right you stay away from the cottage
today we don't know who was looking over
Jerry's car but we can't have him knock
on what he thinks is Jerry's door and
find you
there I'd better put this in my
safe will you pardon me please
[Applause]
[Applause]
please his story is so wild it's hard to
believe he's invented it do you think
he's telling the truth I don't
know but I'd like to find sign up put
this in the safe then after Hank signs
the Dexter papers take him to lunch a
quiet secluded restaurant a long
leisurely lunch may maybe a movie I want
him out of circulation as long as
possible where are you going to be on a
boat for Hank Carrol's Burial at
Sea Hank Carol loved the sea indeed it
filled his life since the tragic loss of
his beloved wife Edna 8 years ago so we
find it entirely fitting and proper
those of us who loved him his friends
and Associates should carry out his
fervently expressed wish to be buried at
Sea my dear if you would
please just
here we wish Hank Harrell Eternal
peace in the words of the poet
Twilight An Evening Star and one clear
call for
me at get to me especially when it's a
close
friend I still can't believe it of old
Hank he of all people would run off with
the client's
money is that what happened oh I can't
swear that he embezzled it but the thing
is he had no Savvy about money when this
last deal came up he didn't even know
how to handle a cash transaction I had
to make the arrangement with the bank to
cash a $37,000 check it wasn't very
bright of Hank to Endor the check if he
intended to have gone with the
money oh Alice this is Perry M Alice
bton B uh Hank and I shared an office
and uh Alice ran my insurance business
and Hank's yacht brokerage couldn't do
without
her Reverend bu told me Hank had asked
him to perform the marriage
ceremony oh poor Hank he was deluding
himself he decided to buy a honeymoon
Cottage he even fooled Dave into
throwing a bachelor dinner for
him why do you say he was deluding
himself because there was never going to
be any wedding it was all in Hank's mind
I didn't know anything about a honeymoon
Cottage you've spent so much time in
Florida lately you had no idea how Hank
was up in the air about that little
I understood he was marrying a joy
Montgomery who disappeared the night of
disappeared it's a shame she didn't or
even better if she never appeared in the
first
place how could she have the Colossal
nerve after using Hank the way she did
to show up for his
funeral she's
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here
excuse
me
Dave you have any idea what happened to
the money I heard you'd left the island
for a day or so on the mainland when I
read about Hank I came back I suppose
You' talked to the police about the
missing money oh sure I cast a check cuz
Hank asked me to and gave him $37,000 in
new
bills that was the last time I saw son
and it must have been a terrible shock
the man you were planning to marry
killed while absconding with I wasn't
planning to marry
Hank the marriage plans were all in his
mind well they certainly weren't in
mine
hi did Paul get off I dropped him at the
airport he's on his way to Florida most
of the names in Jerry strand's wallet
are in the Miami area why was Jerry
Strand carrying all that money Paul
finds the answer to that question maybe
some of this will begin to make sense
did you enjoy the funeral they more than
most on the way back four Paul bearers
and joy Montgomery got seasick Joy
Montgomery but Hank said I know what
Hank said she said she gave the money to
Hank and said she never even considered
marrying him I don't believe her I
believe Hank it's getting harder all the
time to believe good old Hank by the
time we'd had lunch he told me every
romantic detail and he was so sincere so
plaintive tears came to your eyes and
you knew he was telling the truth as a
matter of fact yes you want to be a
cynic okay but I know if there were no
marriage plans not even witful Hank
would have gone that far planned his
retirement brought a cottage here on the
mainland it doesn't make sense nether
there switching identities with Jerry
Strand make
[Applause]
sense
but if Hank's telling the truth then Joy
Montgomery lied to me I know she did if
she didn't intend marrying Hank then why
did she go to a decorator shop and
select all the furniture for their
honeymoon
Cottage Joy did that Joy did that she
was a very sharp lady with elegant taste
we'd already agreed on fabrics and
colors some very Exquisite pieces she
told you she was the future Mrs Hank
Caroll that's right in fact she said she
was getting married soon never heard of
any wedding
plans was this the
woman I
know but you just said she was the
future Mrs Han Caroll that's what I said
but not this girl she was a more mature
woman Fort Lauderdale isn't a happy
hunting ground for every quick operator
that comes along trying to make a fast
button what is this a perfect stranger
makes a telephone call and suddenly
you're Mr Hospitality I mean why because
I'm worried about Jerry and this man
knows about him I will bet you that this
man is either looking for Jerry to
collect on a poker debt or he is a
friend of Jerry's who thinks he's going
to live off of us for a weekend well
watch what you say and try
listening with your mouth that's asking
a
lot H Mr Drake ice cold and ready to wh
that old whistle huh watch yourself here
darling
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there we go ah frozen
D that's beautiful you know if business
already get slow Mr mise you have a
great future as a
bartender ah no deal I'm retired deep
sea fishing is the only thing I'm
interested in
now now about our friend Jerry is he in
trouble again does he have a habit of
being in trouble oh no it's just that uh
well you see he's the son of a friend of
mine and uh since he died well I've uh
I've sort of tried to look after the boy
every time he gets in trouble with his
bookie he uses Howard as a
reference seen Jerry lately no no as a
matter of fact I haven't but I've heard
him talk about you I was wondering if
you might be able to tell me where I can
find him he owes you money too huh no no
not a scent does he usually carry around
large sums of money
Jerry here's the Jerry and your
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hospitality understand
keep understand
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you're sharp
Jerry I turned this place inside out I
couldn't find a thing I'm not Jerry and
who are we looking for is that the way
you're going to play
it it's about what I
expected collect call 305
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52220 Bill Smith calling
relax hey it's me
again sure I called before left this
address but the lady who
answered all right all right
anyway it's 5021 Beach Hollow Road La
yeah now he's behaving like a real Pro W
even admit his name what name I don't
have
it yeah all home
smth okay all right go
ahead
number
79 yeah I got it what
time
right okay I take him to Lippy no no no
problem I love to ride the
train you know you really fool me Jerry
smoothest in the business they said
nobody would ever take you you for a
paper hanger that's because I'm not
you've got the wrong
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man
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this
lieutenant trag I'm dick Burstein just
joined homicide sorry to get you out but
it's all
right going to take care of that cold no
it's just allergies I always get to when
I get near the beach I'll
live who is she name is Joy Montgomery
her wallet had a driver's license but no
money who owns this place neighbors
don't know was sold recently car
registration is to a Jerry Strand we've
got a
description what else don't touch that
fingerprints uh sorry I know you
wouldn't uh somebody probably the lady
wrote a time and a number on that pad
like maybe a plane was coming in you
know flight number at a time like maybe
she was going to go meet somebody well
that's a pretty long story to get out of
8:42 79 Frisco well I check you the
schedules downtown excuse
me what do you make of all this
well this is the way it looks lady came
home from shopping surprised the burglar
looting the house and he killed her nope
sir look when you don't know say you
don't know answer the questions before
you give the answers now the handwriting
on that notes got a left hand SL the
victim is wearing her watching ring on
her left hand so maybe she didn't write
the note and if it was burglary why
didn't the burglar take the
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jewelry and why did the better leave
that heater door
open and the
groceries with the refrigerator and the
cabinet is empty would a woman buy a
sixpack of beer shaving cream razor
blades and chocolate cookies and if that
car belong to Jerry Strand where is
Jerry
Strand and what do you make of
this ashes under an artificial
log
and why the devil was somebody burning
cash put out an APB on Jerry Strand now
he could have left La at 842 found to
San Francisco on plane bus a train
number 79 attention attention AB Trak
train number 79 has arrived on track 4
description checks am Trak train number
79 has arrived on track 4 from Los
Angeles Santa barbaraa sanis I mean yes
Selena San Francisco police s Jose
you're under arrest I was just kidnapped
I was forced to get on the train and he
held a gun on me all the
way who did look I don't see him now but
I swear to you there was a man with a
gun Hank I've heard some strange stories
from
clients but this one of yours everything
I've told you is true I didn't kill her
you don't believe me I don't know what
to believe why else would you be running
away I was kidnapped Hank it's true like
I said before the man forced me to get
on that train why was he taking you to
San Francisco at the cottage he made a
longdistance call now I don't remember
the number he said he spoke to some
woman before then he told to the party
at the other end that he had Jerry and
he was taking him to Lippy in San
Francisco and this kidnapper held a gun
on you in plain view of pedestrians the
ticket agent passengers the conductor
then when the police spotted you this
mystery man just vanished in thin
air finally you got the picture the man
that kidnapped me he thought I was
someone else Jerry Strand yes and I kept
saying I am a Yacht broker but he was
looking for a paper
hanger a paper hanger yeah yeah why you
tell her Mr Burger we're on our way
down the dist attorney wants to talk to
you all I can tell him is what I just
told you but isn't Jerry
Strand yes I wanted to tell you the man
you booked isn't Jerry Strand I just
found that out myself who is he Hank
Carroll I'll fill in the details
downstairs a you're at it fill in the
details on why your client or the girl
he killed burned up maybe 30 or 40,000
bucks in his fireplace why would anybody
burn money unless it was counterfeit
Perry you know me I'm a simple soul but
even I thought of that Treasury
Department checked it out it was real
money and brand new who's the
lady my
mother very proud of my service as a
city always wanted to see where I worked
now butt out will you liened I just
thought you might be interested in
knowing about Jerry Strand were you a
butt out I'm Perry Mason how do you do
I'm Arlene Pagan I I came all the way
from Fort Lauderdale you see uh my
employer Howard mise and I were very
close to
Jerry and when I heard on the television
news that Jerry had been arrested I I
flew here myself because well Mr maliss
was away on a fishing trip and it's
begun Jerry Strand is dead buried see as
Hank
Caroll oh my
God are you all right oh my God now
she's not the kind that breaks easily if
I'm any judge of women if you were any
judge of women you'd have known Arlene
wasn't malisa's wife I didn't know it I
said they acted married they kept on
smiling sweetly sticking pence in each
other tellas check on the time Marlene
left Florida she said maliss was away on
a fishing trip that's why she came alone
well that makes sense M went deep sea
fishing the day after I was there I
don't know he stepped on a fish lure
anyway the coast guards had to take him
to Miami to the hospital when blood
poisoning set in he's back at home now
under a doctor's care and
inaccessible yes
D yes put him
on hello Mr Wallen
I I came as soon as I heard Hank alive I
I couldn't believe it at first listen
I've got to talk with
him you you see they're putting pressure
on me because I okayed that $37,000
check I'm sorry Mr W but for now I can't
allow anyone to talk to Hank I'll let
you know good
night PA if
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Walland this is the the most confusing
impossible
case I don't believe
it I don't believe
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it the people will prove that he lied
ladies and gentlemen of the
jury in fact he left the trail of Lies
halfway across the state of
California he lied when he contrived to
defraud a boat buyer he lied when he ran
away he lied to Jerry strand when he
convinced strand to exchange
identities he
lied when he played the role of a dead
man now the deceit in Joy Montgomery she
sensed the fraud divined the lie went to
his secret Hideway where she confronted
him and
there he killed
her again he ran This Time by train and
when he was finally apprehended by the
police he tried one one more last
desperate
Lie by explaining his flight as a
kidnapping
huh now the people will piece together
all the fabric of this section and will
proed Beyond reasonable
doubt that the defendant Hank Carol was
finally caught in a net of his own
lies no I didn't think it was exactly a
lie please miss Burton
we don't want to hear what you think but
what you know to be a fact all right I
know Hank believed he was getting
married Joy let him believe it and I
told her so I
see so after he had made plans had
attended a stag party had bought a house
he found out what everyone else knew all
along that Joy had deceived him
objection leading the witness calling
for a conclusion hearsay and assuming
facts not in evidence withdraw the
question through the way this Mr
Mason Miss Burton what did you tell Joy
Montgomery when you learned that the
defendant was going to marry her I told
her I thought it was a joke she was all
wrong for Hank she just wasn't suitable
as compared to
whom are you trying to say I was jealous
of her I'm not trying to say anything
I'm asking you a question the answer is
no I felt sorry for Hank but I wasn't
jealous thank you Miss Burton
[Applause]
one thing
more I have here people's exhibit three
it's an invoice from leonam
decorators have you ever seen it
before yes will you please tell the
court why you signed this invoice as
received by you at the defendant's
cottage I have been perfectly honest I
haven't denied that I was fond of Hank
and I don't deny it now
I helped him furnish the place are we to
understand that you were so fond of him
that you selflessly helped him select
furniture for the cottage he'd bought
for another woman Hank asked me some
questions and I thought he was hinting
around that he wanted you to share that
Cottage no that he needed advice in
selecting things Miss Burton did you
also help plan the bachelor party for
the
defendant I don't know anything about
that you'll have to ask Dave
wallant why sure I kept the party a
secret till the last minute it was
supposed to be a surprise then isn't it
true that the defendant who intended to
be with his fiance that night was
unexpectedly not able to do that well I
guess that's the way it turned
out and she use that time to get away
with the cash I don't know that Mr
Wallen who introduced Joy Montgomery to
Mr Carroll I
did and now Mr one tell me
this did you did you ever visit the
cottage
purchas Carol well I
um I I didn't know about it before till
till Hank took off I didn't ask you that
I asked you if you had ever visited that
Cottage I'll have to
think Mr wallant I do want to be
fair it's already been established the
police question Neighbors about people
who were seen in that area prior to the
[Applause]
murder now
did you go to that
Cottage yes yes I did go out there you
see I didn't know about the place before
I spent a lot of my time down at my
place at Surfside that's in Miami Beach
so it came as a complete surprise to me
when Miss Burton told me that Hank had
bought the cottage now I figured maybe
he left the money there see there was a
lot of pressure on me from the bank
because I okay that 30 $7,000
check no further
questions the people call Miss Arlene
forone no I wasn't surprised when Jerry
was missing he was in Hawk up to his
ears I told him Mr maliss wouldn't bail
him out again so I supposed he'd done
the only thing he could do just drop out
of
sight as far as you know he had no
considerable amount of money when he
left
Miami not thousands and thousands of
dollars if that's what you're driving
at that's exactly what I'm getting
at you're
witness Mr Gan you
testified Mr mise wouldn't bail him out
again are we then to infer that until
this last time he had paid Jerry
strand's
debts well yes as I said I wrote the
checks myself many times why
[Applause]
I don't understand I mean why would your
employer feel
obligated I'm Mr M's secretary I just do
what I'm
told as his secretary did Mr M tell you
to come to Los Angeles when you thought
Jerry was in trouble he was away on a
fishing trip and when I heard on the
television news that Jerry had been
arrested for murder I thought he would
want me to come here and I
did thank
you
that
all so now that's quite
enough are the people call Lieutenant
arthor track so we notifi police at
every stop of vamr train number 79 and
the result the defendant got off of San
Francisco and he was arrested
immediately on the platform by local
police was he with anyone like a
kidnapper no the defendant was alone
when he was
apprehended you're withness
Lieutenant did you examine the fireplace
at the murder site yes and somebody had
built a fire in it well you can that
unusual well this one was he had uh
burnt up a considerable sum of money
perhaps 30 or
$40,000 who is
he was a defendant it was his
house thank
you uh Mr Mason do you move to strike
that last answer as conclusionary no
your honor I'm quite willing to have it
stand the jury can make its own
conclusions your honor that concludes
the people's
case are you ready to proceed with the
case for the defense Mr Mason there
honor the defense moves for the
dismissal of all charges against the
defendant Henry
Carroll on what grounds ever since his
opening statement and over and over in
questioning Witnesses Mr Bergers
contended the defendant's sole
motivation in this case was money so so
is it conceivable that once he had sold
ownership of all that money you say he
lied and killed for he then build a
bonfire with it burned it in his
fireplace oh your honor without some
explanation for that totally irrational
action the prosecution has no motive
whatever for Hank Carroll to have
murdered Joy Montgomery a much more than
Reasonable Doubt exists therefore I
strongly urge that all charges be
dismissed the defendant your once again
we have an instance of council's
well-known propensity for courtroom
maneuver we have been told that he holds
in trust an amount of money roughly
equivalent to that stolen by the def how
do you explain the burned money that's
enough
gentlemen I'm uh going to give proper
consideration to the motion in the
meantime I'll declare a recess until
10:00 tomorrow morning and at that time
Mr Mason you have the money here in
court I think I've been making the same
mistake right from the beginning I
haven't been accepting the possibility
that all all of those wild ridiculous
things that Hank's been telling me have
been
true if they are true
did you check it out with the treasury
Department better from a guy who spent
10 years in Lenwood for being an expert
so so he says it's a number one phony
the only flaw is the hair over Jackson's
ear did you try to name Lippy on him
well that's when I got a Bonus Lippy
operates in San Francisco and he's got a
contact in Florida that's
it the court will take custody of the
money I agree with you Mr Burger it is a
departure from traditional practice but
I've denied the defense motion for
dismissal and the witness is vital to Mr
Mason's case but how can a jury
concentrate on substance when they're
being subjected to all the paraphernalia
of of of of Show Business there's no
other way to obtain Mr M's testimony
without endangering his health we've
already determined that from his doctors
pardon me we're going to be ready to go
on just a minute fine Paul well I'm not
against pioneering or new techniques but
I am against all this razzled Dazzle
calculated to confuse the issues I'm
sure your predecessors were concerned
when clerks stopped using quill pens
this is hardly pioneering variations of
this technique are being being used in
other courts we're all set oh
good since the witness is unable to
appear in person and with the agreement
of the concerned
parties I am allowing the use of
electronic equipment in this courtroom
to examine the witness I want to remind
the witness that he is under oath and
legally accountable for every word of
testimony just as if he were physically
present here in this courtroom proceed
Mr bise we appreciate your cooperation
oh that's that's okay I'm getting kind
of a kick out of it you know the camera
and all Mr bise I'm going to show you
defense exhibit a it's a package of
money which the defendant obtained from
Jerry
Strand Jerry never had that much money
in his
life Mr M I want you to look at this
bill
carefully you recognize
it well yeah it's a it's a $20 bill
how am I supposed to recognize
it try examining the hair over Jackson's
ear is this the kind of Bill Lippy might
call a number one
phony I I I I don't know what you
mean this pleas isn't it true this
counterfeit money belongs to you no
isn't it a fact that you had someone
looking for Jerry Strand because he had
taken off with this package of your
counterfeit money no and that someone
called you asking for instructions and
you gave him orders to take Jerry Strand
oh look I'm a
I'm a very sick man I I can't take too
much of this will Council approach the
bench
please uh Mr Mason we are trying a
murder case not a counterfeit charge now
I want to know exactly where you're
headed you're honor I'm sure that Jerry
Strand was Melissa's paper hanger a
passer of counterfeit money so Steven
saw a chance to make a killing grabbed
the bundle of the phony money for
himself but there's no connection to Joy
Montgomery I can show there is Jerry
switched identities with my client so
that M's Contract Killer would chase him
instead of Jerry now that's the line of
questioning I want to pursue hey well
somebody tell me what's going
on proceed Mr Mason I'm going to advise
the witness of his rights Mr mise you
are U advised that you have a right to
retain counsel and that you need not
answer any questions which may be
self-incriminating
proceed Mr mise will you tell us when
you injured your foot it was the uh 27th
I believe uh yeah the first day out on
the gulf fishing was great but hot I
like you to turn your attention to the
26 the last day you spent at home before
leaving on that fishing trip did you
receive two telephone calls that day
from Los
Angeles I don't remember the telephone
company will Mr mise with the time and
the length and the point of
origination yeah I do remember uh uh one
call just before I sailed on my boat
from a with news about Jerry just before
I sailed on my boat Mr Malay you're
denying under oath there was another
earlier call yes I'm denying it if there
was another call Arlene got it not
me now I don't have to answer any more
of this the judge just said so all right
Mr mise if you won't answer the question
we'll call someone who can miss ban that
telephone call Mr maliss does not
remember do you remember it no Miss ban
if you're protecting no I'm I'm I'm I'm
protecting no one if I had gotten that
call I would have told Mr maliss about
is it not true that you couldn't tell Mr
maliss about that call because you
learned that Jerry Strand was in Los
Angeles that he was apparently staying
in a cottage he had just bought and that
he intended to get married that doesn't
make any sense doesn't it when you
consider that the friend Mr mise
referred to in his testimony mistook the
defendant Hank Carol for Jerry
Strand you were right I I lied about the
phone
call to protect
him I did take that other call and I
told Howard about
it but then I found out that he'd given
orders for Jerry to be killed she's
lying she told me nothing order go on Mr
gun and as soon as he left for the
fishing trip I came here I I was hoping
that I could warn Jerry before The
Killers trapped him in that c but in
previous testimony you told the court
you came here because you thought Jerry
had been arrested for murder now you're
telling his it was to prevent him from
being murdered yes I told you I admitted
that I was lying before to like because
I didn't know what he would do but now I
am telling you the truth Miss ban why
would you risk everything to save
Jerry because I I was in love with him
is that why you helped him steal $50,000
in counterfeit money yeah you ungrateful
shut up you're a fool and you've always
been a fool all right Mr P Gan all right
you said it wasn't that TV report that
brought you to Los Angeles it was that
phone
call yes but it couldn't have been
because you thought he was going to be
killed that wasn't decided until Mr M
got the second call Miss ban isn't it a
fact that you came to Los Angeles
because you thought Jerry had run out on
you I hope they bury you in that chair
you you went to that Cottage and you saw
Joy Montgomery the girl you thought
Jerry was going to marry bending over
the money you thought you would help
Jerry steel and you killed
her I thought he was trying to use
me
and I
saw that girl kneeling
there with all that money in her
hands and all the
time sure was
dead this court will be in
recess the Bay will bring the witness to
my Chambers and Council will join me
there
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thank you very much Mr Miss thank the
next time you decide to switch
identities with somebody I'll to be a
little more careful sure now all I need
is to find somebody that will take on a
$37,000 debt a burned car and be
declared a wife again and pay his fee
that's right your
[Applause]
fee
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