1 00:00:43,176 --> 00:00:44,654 Let go of me, will you? 2 00:00:44,678 --> 00:00:47,423 Go on. We've put up with you long enough. 3 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:49,692 All I want to do is talk to Mr. Leonard. 4 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:51,194 Hey. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 5 00:00:51,218 --> 00:00:52,929 Take it easy. You all right, Mr. Pike? 6 00:00:52,953 --> 00:00:54,530 No, I'm not all right. 7 00:00:54,554 --> 00:00:57,267 I came here especially to talk to you, Mr. Leonard. 8 00:00:57,291 --> 00:00:59,169 Well, will you stop pestering him 9 00:00:59,193 --> 00:01:00,837 and let him finish the story? 10 00:01:00,861 --> 00:01:02,205 Yeah, what happened to the midget 11 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:03,273 when the ladder broke? 12 00:01:04,298 --> 00:01:05,542 Hold on, you city boys. 13 00:01:05,566 --> 00:01:06,542 Mr. Pike here 14 00:01:06,566 --> 00:01:08,711 runs a mighty fancy gun club. 15 00:01:08,735 --> 00:01:10,046 You just be nice to him, 16 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:12,182 he just might find you a mallard or two, huh? 17 00:01:12,206 --> 00:01:14,283 Oh. The ducks... That reminds me. 18 00:01:14,307 --> 00:01:15,952 Madison Square Garden... I was promoting... 19 00:01:15,976 --> 00:01:18,454 Mr. Leonard. I gotta talk to you tonight. 20 00:01:18,478 --> 00:01:21,224 Mr. Pike. You've got nothing to say I'll listen to. 21 00:01:21,248 --> 00:01:23,159 I'm a happy man. You're not gonna spoil it. 22 00:01:23,183 --> 00:01:26,017 Now, you go cause trouble for somebody else, huh? 23 00:01:27,454 --> 00:01:29,465 Dad blame it! Why, you're noth... 24 00:04:06,313 --> 00:04:07,457 Mr. Pike? 25 00:04:07,481 --> 00:04:09,114 Is that you, Mr. Pike? 26 00:04:13,654 --> 00:04:16,132 Hey, wait a minute. That's blood. 27 00:04:16,156 --> 00:04:17,367 What happened? 28 00:04:17,391 --> 00:04:20,470 He's lucky he didn't smash the bone. 29 00:04:20,494 --> 00:04:21,893 Is that a gunshot wound? 30 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:26,175 What does Leonard usually use, water pistols? 31 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:27,877 I saw the way he shoved you off 32 00:04:27,901 --> 00:04:29,912 back there in the bar. 33 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:31,848 I'm sorry I couldn't be any help. 34 00:04:31,872 --> 00:04:34,117 Y-you don't have to apologize, Hal. 35 00:04:34,141 --> 00:04:35,418 Job's a job, I guess. 36 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:37,987 Even if you work for a big gasbag like Leonard. 37 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:39,889 Your son's working for him again, isn't he? 38 00:04:39,913 --> 00:04:41,057 I see him over at the house. 39 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:42,158 No. 40 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:43,426 He never did. 41 00:04:43,450 --> 00:04:45,428 Leonard's just a hired manager. 42 00:04:45,452 --> 00:04:47,163 Nothing but a blowhard promoter. 43 00:04:47,187 --> 00:04:48,431 And that's all he ever was. 44 00:04:48,455 --> 00:04:51,067 All right. All right. 45 00:04:51,091 --> 00:04:53,569 Anyway, his wife owns the ranch. 46 00:04:53,593 --> 00:04:55,538 She's the only reason I stick around. 47 00:04:55,562 --> 00:04:57,240 That Denver Leonard 48 00:04:57,264 --> 00:04:59,375 wouldn't know one end of a horse from another. 49 00:04:59,399 --> 00:05:02,611 Or a cow or a mallard, or anything else outdoors. 50 00:05:02,635 --> 00:05:03,980 Well, thank you, Hal. 51 00:05:04,004 --> 00:05:05,949 I guess I can make it home to the gun club, all right. 52 00:05:05,973 --> 00:05:08,451 Mrs. Lopez can tend to a scratch like this. 53 00:05:08,475 --> 00:05:10,008 Tell me what happened, Mr. Pike. 54 00:05:11,311 --> 00:05:13,889 Well, I guess he thought he was just 55 00:05:13,913 --> 00:05:15,724 shooting in the air. 56 00:05:15,748 --> 00:05:19,329 Figured I was trying to block his way maybe. 57 00:05:19,353 --> 00:05:21,264 "Stand back, old man," he says. 58 00:05:21,288 --> 00:05:22,698 "Don't pester me. 59 00:05:22,722 --> 00:05:24,600 I'm warning you for the last time!" 60 00:05:24,624 --> 00:05:26,602 Then wham. 61 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:29,027 Felt like a sledgehammer hit my leg. 62 00:05:30,297 --> 00:05:33,443 Hal. You're dad-blamed, I was so surprised 63 00:05:33,467 --> 00:05:37,013 if I didn't stand there and just watch him drive off. 64 00:05:37,037 --> 00:05:38,381 What are you gonna do about it? 65 00:05:38,405 --> 00:05:41,517 Suppose if I phoned the sheriff's deputy, 66 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:45,221 he'd want to dig around and find that bullet... 67 00:05:45,245 --> 00:05:48,157 and maybe sort of compare it with Leonard's gun? 68 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:49,759 For assault with a deadly weapon, 69 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:52,094 you can put a man in prison. Did you know that? 70 00:05:52,118 --> 00:05:53,796 Yeah. 71 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:55,298 I guess I could. 72 00:05:55,322 --> 00:05:57,533 All right. I'll help you do it. 73 00:05:57,557 --> 00:05:58,601 Let's go. 74 00:06:09,903 --> 00:06:12,148 Well, look who's here. 75 00:06:12,172 --> 00:06:13,516 Hello, Jeff. 76 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:15,051 Uh, Mr. Burger. I, uh... 77 00:06:15,075 --> 00:06:17,620 I wasn't expecting any members out today. 78 00:06:17,644 --> 00:06:19,356 Well, we only had a couple hours of daylight, 79 00:06:19,380 --> 00:06:21,591 but we got seven canvasbacks, anyway. 80 00:06:21,615 --> 00:06:23,292 Mrs. Lopez is fixing us some supper 81 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:24,661 before we go back to town. 82 00:06:24,685 --> 00:06:26,262 Well, I'm sorry. I had some shopping to do 83 00:06:26,286 --> 00:06:29,332 over in Palmdale. I'll go tend to your birds for you, sir. 84 00:06:29,356 --> 00:06:31,768 Now, wait just a minute. I want you to meet my friends. 85 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:34,170 Gentlemen, you wouldn't think to look at this old cactus, 86 00:06:34,194 --> 00:06:35,672 but he's the father of one of the finest 87 00:06:35,696 --> 00:06:36,706 ice skaters in the world. 88 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:38,040 You remember young Fred Pike 89 00:06:38,064 --> 00:06:39,375 on our last Olympic team? 90 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:40,498 That's his boy. 91 00:06:41,535 --> 00:06:42,845 What happened to your leg? 92 00:06:42,869 --> 00:06:45,214 Say, if you're Mr. Burger, the district attorney, 93 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:47,116 - I think you ought to... - Now, wait a minute. 94 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:48,418 Hold on there, Hal. 95 00:06:48,442 --> 00:06:51,354 It's nothing to pester these gentlemen with. 96 00:06:51,378 --> 00:06:52,789 Huh? 97 00:06:52,813 --> 00:06:54,357 You better get on back home. 98 00:06:54,381 --> 00:06:56,926 I can tend to things myself. 99 00:06:56,950 --> 00:06:58,695 Later on, maybe? Huh? 100 00:06:58,719 --> 00:07:01,159 And, uh, much obliged for your help. 101 00:07:10,697 --> 00:07:14,176 Well, I... better see how the supper's coming. 102 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,578 Excuse me, gents. 103 00:07:15,602 --> 00:07:17,168 Jeff. 104 00:07:20,340 --> 00:07:22,185 If there's anything wrong, I wish you'd tell me. 105 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:23,619 Oh, it... 106 00:07:23,643 --> 00:07:25,088 I-it's nothing, Mr. Burger. 107 00:07:25,112 --> 00:07:26,589 Just a... 108 00:07:26,613 --> 00:07:28,424 Just a piece of barbed wire caught my calf. 109 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:29,492 That's all. 110 00:07:29,516 --> 00:07:31,727 I hope you realize that if you need help 111 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:32,795 anytime, I... 112 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:34,597 Oh, yes, sir. I know. 113 00:07:34,621 --> 00:07:36,132 I know that. 114 00:07:36,156 --> 00:07:37,667 It's not your son, is it? 115 00:07:37,691 --> 00:07:38,935 What? 116 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:40,369 Well, I mean, since... 117 00:07:40,393 --> 00:07:42,371 he's not able to skate anymore, 118 00:07:42,395 --> 00:07:43,640 uh, how is Fred? 119 00:07:43,664 --> 00:07:45,374 Has he found something else to interest him? 120 00:07:45,398 --> 00:07:46,809 Oh, sure. 121 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:48,978 He'll get straightened around, all right, Mr. Burger. 122 00:07:49,002 --> 00:07:50,547 Oh, Fred will be fine. 123 00:07:50,571 --> 00:07:52,882 I'm sure of it, Jeff. 124 00:07:52,906 --> 00:07:55,266 If he's anything like his old man, he's gonna turn out fine. 125 00:08:39,886 --> 00:08:41,497 Hey, Fred. You in...? 126 00:08:41,521 --> 00:08:43,399 Oh, we're dancing. 127 00:08:43,423 --> 00:08:45,902 Look, I'm a whirling bird. I'm a cyclone. 128 00:08:45,926 --> 00:08:47,536 I'm the fastest skates alive. 129 00:08:52,132 --> 00:08:53,476 What do you watch it for, huh? 130 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:55,511 Here, I can hold that better than you can. 131 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:57,246 You told me to bring that film. 132 00:08:57,270 --> 00:08:59,015 I told you to bring it to show it to the Culvers, 133 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:00,449 not to mope over it. 134 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:03,119 Look, kid. You just impress this guy enough tonight, 135 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:04,487 and we're back in business. 136 00:09:04,511 --> 00:09:05,622 Who cares about skates 137 00:09:05,646 --> 00:09:07,156 when you can slosh around in money, huh? 138 00:09:07,180 --> 00:09:08,625 Yeah, yeah. 139 00:09:08,649 --> 00:09:11,694 Yeah, that's what you said when you talked me into turning pro. 140 00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:13,963 "Star in your own ice show," you said. 141 00:09:13,987 --> 00:09:16,065 "Dig your own gold mine." 142 00:09:16,089 --> 00:09:18,400 Is it my fault you like to drive cars too fast? 143 00:09:18,424 --> 00:09:20,803 I lost my shirt too, you know. 144 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:22,672 Your wife's shirt. 145 00:09:22,696 --> 00:09:24,874 And let's don't mix things up, Leonard. 146 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:27,944 That show was busted flat before my accident. 147 00:09:27,968 --> 00:09:29,445 Look, kid, what's eating your father? 148 00:09:29,469 --> 00:09:31,681 He buttonholed me again tonight on the way home. 149 00:09:31,705 --> 00:09:33,950 Like that, uh... Who's that old pest in the poem? 150 00:09:33,974 --> 00:09:35,184 The Ancient Mariner. 151 00:09:35,208 --> 00:09:36,719 He stabs you with his eyes, 152 00:09:36,743 --> 00:09:38,054 he grabs your coattails... 153 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:40,523 He just saw a lot of the publicity, that's all. 154 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:41,791 About us doing another ice show, 155 00:09:41,815 --> 00:09:43,359 if we got a star. 156 00:09:43,383 --> 00:09:45,361 And look, Leonard, 157 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:47,830 if this... This Culver dame can't skate any better 158 00:09:47,854 --> 00:09:49,398 than I think she can... 159 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,067 then I don't want any part of it, 160 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:53,803 no matter how filthy rich her husband is. 161 00:09:53,827 --> 00:09:55,138 I suppose you told daddy 162 00:09:55,162 --> 00:09:56,472 that you'd paid some of your bills 163 00:09:56,496 --> 00:09:59,208 by signing my name to a check, huh? 164 00:09:59,232 --> 00:10:02,145 That wasn't the way it was, and you know it. 165 00:10:02,169 --> 00:10:04,580 Besides, you owed me a lot of back money. 166 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:07,505 I can still let the bank holler forgery. 167 00:10:09,009 --> 00:10:09,986 Unless, of course, 168 00:10:10,010 --> 00:10:11,187 you want to talk to the guys 169 00:10:11,211 --> 00:10:12,822 you made that check out to. 170 00:10:12,846 --> 00:10:15,357 So you make up your mind. Yes or no. 171 00:10:15,381 --> 00:10:16,893 We need each other tonight. 172 00:10:16,917 --> 00:10:18,516 Denver, darling. 173 00:10:20,553 --> 00:10:21,720 Just a minute. 174 00:10:23,023 --> 00:10:25,868 I just wanted to ask a question, that's all. 175 00:10:25,892 --> 00:10:27,469 Well... 176 00:10:27,493 --> 00:10:29,739 what's the question? 177 00:10:29,763 --> 00:10:31,741 How do I look? 178 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:37,346 Well, you didn't even say anything about the house. 179 00:10:37,370 --> 00:10:39,348 I don't know what the Culvers will think 180 00:10:39,372 --> 00:10:40,516 about the way we live. 181 00:10:40,540 --> 00:10:41,884 Now, Joanie, honey. 182 00:10:41,908 --> 00:10:43,720 I-I've just seen the Culvers a couple of times, 183 00:10:43,744 --> 00:10:45,421 but they're plain, ordinary people. 184 00:10:45,445 --> 00:10:47,456 Well, I'm putting them out 185 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,591 in the cottage beyond yours, 186 00:10:48,615 --> 00:10:49,926 if that's all right. Mm-hm. 187 00:10:49,950 --> 00:10:51,861 Oh, and I thought they might like champagne. 188 00:10:51,885 --> 00:10:54,931 Well, now. That ought to make the Culvers 189 00:10:54,955 --> 00:10:57,466 think they're right in Shangri-la, huh? 190 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:59,368 Domain of the mighty wind. 191 00:10:59,392 --> 00:11:01,704 The P.T. Barnum of the West. 192 00:11:01,728 --> 00:11:04,829 Oh, but they do have to be impressed, don't they? 193 00:11:06,199 --> 00:11:08,444 I mean, if you're planning some sort of business, 194 00:11:08,468 --> 00:11:12,137 well, oh, this time it just has to succeed. 195 00:11:13,606 --> 00:11:15,551 Oh, darling. 196 00:11:15,575 --> 00:11:18,176 Something ought to succeed, don't you think? 197 00:11:22,548 --> 00:11:23,592 Well, kiddo? 198 00:11:26,619 --> 00:11:28,031 Don't mind me, Mrs. Leonard. 199 00:11:28,055 --> 00:11:30,332 I'm just a... winter sports bum who... 200 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:32,657 Who's your husband's partner. 201 00:11:36,763 --> 00:11:38,007 You won't regret it, sir. 202 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:40,276 No, sir. You'll never regret it. 203 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:42,333 That young man certainly has some good ideas. 204 00:11:43,770 --> 00:11:46,015 Well, this should start the ball rolling anyway. 205 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:48,818 "Tropical Ice" we thought we'd call our revue, huh? Mm-hm. 206 00:11:48,842 --> 00:11:50,619 I'm gonna make a quick trip down to Cuba 207 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:52,555 to investigate the possibilities. 208 00:11:52,579 --> 00:11:56,425 Oh. You're gonna be mighty proud of your wife, Mr. Culver. 209 00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:58,327 Wait 'til you see her spinning around 210 00:11:58,351 --> 00:11:59,896 in those lights, huh? 211 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:02,231 Vita never had much of a chance with the Follies. 212 00:12:02,255 --> 00:12:03,900 Well, Fred tells me that you may have 213 00:12:03,924 --> 00:12:05,401 real talent, Mrs. Culver. 214 00:12:05,425 --> 00:12:07,706 I showed him those motion pictures of her on skates. 215 00:12:08,729 --> 00:12:10,139 We have more of Lake Placid 216 00:12:10,163 --> 00:12:11,640 on the machine now, if you're ready. 217 00:12:11,664 --> 00:12:13,642 Oh, yes. I do wanna see the rest of those 218 00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:14,946 before I go to bed. 219 00:12:22,642 --> 00:12:24,809 Fifty thousand dollars. 220 00:12:28,514 --> 00:12:31,616 The suckers there are in this world, huh? 221 00:12:42,462 --> 00:12:44,540 Dad-blame it. 222 00:13:05,351 --> 00:13:07,029 Fred! 223 00:13:07,053 --> 00:13:08,531 Fred, wait a minute! 224 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:09,998 Son! 225 00:13:10,022 --> 00:13:11,634 What is...? 226 00:13:12,992 --> 00:13:15,971 Well. If it's not the old Ancient Mariner. 227 00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:17,172 Hello, pop. 228 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:19,464 Where's that old albatross of yours, huh? 229 00:13:21,033 --> 00:13:23,546 Fred... I wanna talk to you, son. 230 00:13:23,570 --> 00:13:25,614 A man over in Palmdale today 231 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:27,483 asked me if you were going to Cuba. 232 00:13:27,507 --> 00:13:29,351 He said Leonard had bought a couple of tickets... 233 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:31,253 Cuba? 234 00:13:31,277 --> 00:13:32,955 Oh. No, no, Dad. 235 00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:36,058 I'm supposed to stay here and hold the sack, see? 236 00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:38,193 But no, sir. That's not for me. 237 00:13:38,217 --> 00:13:39,962 I'm not gonna hold the sack anymore. 238 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:41,864 You hear me? Now, listen, son... 239 00:13:41,888 --> 00:13:43,098 Let me go. Son, listen. 240 00:13:43,122 --> 00:13:44,355 Let me go! 241 00:14:09,783 --> 00:14:11,127 Hello? 242 00:14:11,151 --> 00:14:12,594 Who's calling, please? 243 00:14:12,618 --> 00:14:14,485 Jefferson Pike... Oh, hello, Jeff. 244 00:14:15,955 --> 00:14:17,299 Well, of course I meant what I said. 245 00:14:17,323 --> 00:14:18,500 What kind of help do you need? 246 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:20,636 Well, sir, it's about my son. 247 00:14:20,660 --> 00:14:22,805 He's got to have some advice. um... 248 00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:25,041 I thought that maybe someone not quite so close 249 00:14:25,065 --> 00:14:27,109 to official things as you are... 250 00:14:27,133 --> 00:14:28,244 Yes, I understand. 251 00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:29,878 I'll be happy to call anybody you want. 252 00:14:29,902 --> 00:14:31,213 But Jeff... 253 00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:33,516 do you need a criminal lawyer? 254 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:36,218 Oh, yes I do, Mr. Burger. Please. 255 00:14:36,242 --> 00:14:37,653 There's no trouble yet. 256 00:14:37,677 --> 00:14:39,956 Fred's done nothing really wrong, only... 257 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:42,325 well, uh, we can't waste any time. 258 00:14:42,349 --> 00:14:44,526 All right, I won't ask you any more questions. 259 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:45,828 Whom do you have in mind? 260 00:14:45,852 --> 00:14:46,852 Me? 261 00:14:48,088 --> 00:14:50,248 Well, Hamilton, you're not calling me... 262 00:14:52,525 --> 00:14:54,458 Oh, yes, of course. 263 00:14:56,329 --> 00:14:59,608 Yes. I could get out there first thing in the morning. 264 00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:00,792 Here, wait a minute. 265 00:15:05,906 --> 00:15:07,338 Oh, I'm awake, all right. 266 00:15:08,775 --> 00:15:10,819 Just startled at the idea of you staying up so late 267 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:12,989 drumming up business for me. 268 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,039 Are you Mr. Mason? 269 00:15:30,063 --> 00:15:31,040 Yes. 270 00:15:31,064 --> 00:15:32,340 My dad left this note for you. 271 00:15:32,364 --> 00:15:34,376 Says to wait here for him, but I... 272 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,678 I guess it's probably too late now. 273 00:15:36,702 --> 00:15:37,735 What do you mean? 274 00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:40,616 Well, they, uh... 275 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,684 They woke me when they called. 276 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:44,548 Dad's over at the Leonards' now. 277 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:48,178 Mr. Mason... they said somebody... 278 00:15:49,415 --> 00:15:51,660 Somebody killed Denver Leonard. 279 00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:14,449 Fred? Fred, your father's here already. 280 00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:15,885 I think they're looking for you too. 281 00:16:15,909 --> 00:16:17,652 Yeah, I know. Uh, Mrs. Leonard. 282 00:16:17,676 --> 00:16:19,855 This is Mr. Mason. Perry Mason. He's a lawyer. 283 00:16:19,879 --> 00:16:20,856 How do you do? 284 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,057 How do you do? 285 00:16:22,081 --> 00:16:23,492 Oh, I'm so glad you've got someone. 286 00:16:23,516 --> 00:16:25,060 I-I don't know what's gonna happen. 287 00:16:25,084 --> 00:16:27,129 Mrs. Leonard, I, uh... 288 00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:29,665 I'm awful sorry about what happened. 289 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:31,633 Thank you, Fred. 290 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:34,903 Uh, Mrs. Leonard... would you mind telling us 291 00:16:34,927 --> 00:16:36,060 how it happened? 292 00:16:37,396 --> 00:16:38,373 Well... 293 00:16:38,397 --> 00:16:40,776 I don't really know. 294 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,246 He liked to stay out in that cottage of his, you know. 295 00:16:44,270 --> 00:16:46,181 The police say he's been dead 296 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:47,538 since 1 or 2:00. 297 00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:51,155 He'd... been beaten over the head. 298 00:16:51,978 --> 00:16:54,456 But they don't even know what kind of a weapon it was yet. 299 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:55,858 Well, what about the Culvers? 300 00:16:55,882 --> 00:16:57,492 Weren't they in that other cottage? 301 00:16:57,516 --> 00:16:59,361 Oh, they went back to town. 302 00:16:59,385 --> 00:17:00,595 He had that early appointment, 303 00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:02,086 don't you remember? 304 00:17:03,189 --> 00:17:05,067 No, I, uh... 305 00:17:05,091 --> 00:17:06,869 I'm afraid I don't remember anything 306 00:17:06,893 --> 00:17:09,293 about last night... Mrs. Leonard. 307 00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:12,441 Well, it does look like 308 00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:14,076 your footprint, Mr. Pike. 309 00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:16,745 Even though the boy over here hadn't seen you park your car. 310 00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:18,680 All right, I was here. 311 00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:20,149 Sure I was here. 312 00:17:20,173 --> 00:17:22,751 In the neighborhood of 1:00 to 1:30 he said. 313 00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:23,986 He was on his own way to bed 314 00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:25,687 after helping out in the kitchen. 315 00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:26,755 I wanted to see Leonard, 316 00:17:26,779 --> 00:17:28,190 and I wanted to see him alone. 317 00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:29,580 Why? Why, Mr. Pike? 318 00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:34,497 So I could kill him, that's why. What do you think? 319 00:17:34,521 --> 00:17:36,798 Roger, bring your notebook down here. 320 00:17:36,822 --> 00:17:39,168 I didn't figure on being seen, that's all. 321 00:17:39,192 --> 00:17:40,369 Well... 322 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:42,004 those are my fingerprints you're getting 323 00:17:42,028 --> 00:17:43,139 off the door too, aren't you? 324 00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:45,074 So why keep everybody hanging around? 325 00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:46,230 Mr. Pike. 326 00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,845 You know your constitutional rights. 327 00:17:49,869 --> 00:17:52,881 And of course, you have been warned that anything you say... 328 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:54,283 I'll just attend to that, Mr. Mason. 329 00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:55,351 Hello, son. 330 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:56,685 Uh, sergeant, take him in, 331 00:17:56,709 --> 00:17:58,054 have him finish his statement. 332 00:17:58,078 --> 00:17:59,598 You'd better go along too, Mr. Pike. 333 00:18:01,181 --> 00:18:03,692 Perry, you're, uh, interfering with an officer... 334 00:18:03,716 --> 00:18:06,062 in line of duty. Hm. 335 00:18:06,086 --> 00:18:08,797 Lieutenant, I didn't know that this was your territory. 336 00:18:08,821 --> 00:18:11,633 Well, I happen to be here by specific, uh, request. 337 00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:13,436 And I think I have enough authority 338 00:18:13,460 --> 00:18:15,037 to send you on your way. 339 00:18:15,061 --> 00:18:17,540 Well, now. Hello, lieutenant. 340 00:18:17,564 --> 00:18:19,208 Hi, Perry. Glad to see you got here. 341 00:18:19,232 --> 00:18:21,744 You're glad that... 342 00:18:21,768 --> 00:18:23,979 you got here? 343 00:18:24,003 --> 00:18:26,503 Well, I, uh... Oh, I've got to get in here. 344 00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:28,951 Excuse me. 345 00:18:37,884 --> 00:18:39,361 Well, Perry, you didn't exactly 346 00:18:39,385 --> 00:18:40,629 stop my friend, Mr. Pike, 347 00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:42,197 but you slowed him down a little anyway. 348 00:18:42,221 --> 00:18:43,598 At least he's now taken the position 349 00:18:43,622 --> 00:18:45,033 he won't do any more confessing 350 00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:47,202 until they stop the "dad-blame questions." 351 00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:48,871 Hm. 352 00:18:48,895 --> 00:18:50,639 You know, it just doesn't seem likely 353 00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:52,540 that he'd commit a murder at 1:30, 354 00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:56,000 and then make that call to you afterwards at 2:00. 355 00:18:57,403 --> 00:18:59,982 Don't you think he's just trying to protect his son? 356 00:19:00,006 --> 00:19:01,750 Well, he's a funny man, Pike. 357 00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:02,885 He... was here last night, 358 00:19:02,909 --> 00:19:04,153 there's no question about that. 359 00:19:04,177 --> 00:19:05,320 And he does have a temper. 360 00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:07,689 There's no question about that either. 361 00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:09,524 You, uh... 362 00:19:09,548 --> 00:19:10,893 Do you believe he...? 363 00:19:10,917 --> 00:19:11,982 He killed Leonard? 364 00:19:13,385 --> 00:19:16,298 Perry, Jefferson Pike saved my life once. 365 00:19:16,322 --> 00:19:19,168 We were out on Marshes Lake, up in Canada. 366 00:19:19,192 --> 00:19:21,436 Our rubber boat got flipped over in the wind, 367 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:24,239 and... one of the oars caught my ankle. 368 00:19:24,263 --> 00:19:26,008 Pike could have left me in the duck blind 369 00:19:26,032 --> 00:19:27,575 and gone for help. 370 00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:28,944 But it was way below freezing. 371 00:19:28,968 --> 00:19:30,913 So instead he carried me three miles... 372 00:19:30,937 --> 00:19:32,881 all the way to shore. 373 00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:35,550 And in the course of wading through that icy water, 374 00:19:35,574 --> 00:19:36,807 he lost two toes. 375 00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:39,054 That was 12 years ago. 376 00:19:39,078 --> 00:19:41,158 I got him his job here at the club. 377 00:19:43,149 --> 00:19:45,182 Now you may try him for murder. 378 00:19:47,453 --> 00:19:49,397 No, I... 379 00:19:49,421 --> 00:19:51,967 I'll have to disqualify myself. Uh... 380 00:19:51,991 --> 00:19:54,658 remove myself from any prosecution. It... 381 00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:58,173 But it would still be my responsibility. 382 00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,374 And I suppose I have no right 383 00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:01,710 to be talking to you this way. 384 00:20:01,734 --> 00:20:03,367 Let alone suggesting that... 385 00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:09,384 Perry, if Jefferson Pike is arraigned for this crime... 386 00:20:09,408 --> 00:20:12,221 and... if you can find 387 00:20:12,245 --> 00:20:13,977 any merit in the case... 388 00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:17,993 I'll defend him, Hamilton. 389 00:20:18,017 --> 00:20:20,117 Even if he did save your life. 390 00:20:28,261 --> 00:20:30,072 The police have asked me just about everything 391 00:20:30,096 --> 00:20:32,463 they can think of, Mr. Mason. 392 00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:35,544 They ask what that, uh... 393 00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:38,147 whirling thing was that you were doing out there? 394 00:20:38,171 --> 00:20:39,814 Heh. That's a camel spin. 395 00:20:39,838 --> 00:20:41,417 I really can do it much better. 396 00:20:41,441 --> 00:20:42,651 Oh, it looked pretty good to me. 397 00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:43,652 Coffee? 398 00:20:43,676 --> 00:20:44,920 Please. Please. 399 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:46,255 Three coffees, please. 400 00:20:46,279 --> 00:20:48,357 Mr. Leonard was going to star you in a new ice show, 401 00:20:48,381 --> 00:20:49,925 wasn't he? 402 00:20:49,949 --> 00:20:51,626 Oh, well. That wasn't anything 403 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:53,095 very definite yet. 404 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,919 Hm, I don't know, $50,000 seems pretty definite to me. 405 00:20:57,090 --> 00:20:59,368 When was the last time you saw Denver Leonard? 406 00:20:59,392 --> 00:21:01,370 You mean last night? 407 00:21:01,394 --> 00:21:02,726 About 12:45. 408 00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:04,829 Who else was there? 409 00:21:05,864 --> 00:21:07,309 Oh, everyone. 410 00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:09,444 Except Asa. He's my husband. 411 00:21:09,468 --> 00:21:11,446 He went back to the guest cottage earlier. 412 00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:12,636 Hates to miss his sleep. 413 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:16,151 So that left you and Fred Pike 414 00:21:16,175 --> 00:21:18,988 and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard still at the house? 415 00:21:19,012 --> 00:21:20,389 Mm-hm. 416 00:21:20,413 --> 00:21:22,157 And then the champagne was gone, 417 00:21:22,181 --> 00:21:23,458 and Fred left. 418 00:21:23,482 --> 00:21:25,427 So we all said good night. 419 00:21:25,451 --> 00:21:26,795 You went all the way out 420 00:21:26,819 --> 00:21:28,819 to the, uh, guest cottage alone? 421 00:21:30,256 --> 00:21:32,656 Mr. Leonard showed me the way. 422 00:21:33,259 --> 00:21:35,404 I see. 423 00:21:35,428 --> 00:21:36,672 After escorting you, 424 00:21:36,696 --> 00:21:39,141 I suppose he went to his little place there. 425 00:21:39,165 --> 00:21:40,776 That, um... 426 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,800 cottage/study, whatever he called it. 427 00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:46,515 Mr. Mason. Don't ask me to explain 428 00:21:46,539 --> 00:21:48,883 other people's living arrangements. 429 00:21:50,543 --> 00:21:52,020 But then you were the last person 430 00:21:52,044 --> 00:21:54,189 to see Denver Leonard alive, weren't you? 431 00:21:54,213 --> 00:21:56,447 I don't know. Was I? 432 00:21:58,117 --> 00:22:01,896 What happened after he left you at 12:45? 433 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,734 I went straight inside. 434 00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:06,768 And I went right to bed 435 00:22:06,792 --> 00:22:09,037 without even putting up my hair. 436 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:10,272 And until 6:00 this morning, 437 00:22:10,296 --> 00:22:12,441 I neither saw or heard anything more important 438 00:22:12,465 --> 00:22:14,476 than Asa's snoring. 439 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,743 Well... 440 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:17,212 Look, Mr. Mason, believe me, 441 00:22:17,236 --> 00:22:20,282 I think that this murder is a terrible thing, but... 442 00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:21,350 I feel very sorry 443 00:22:21,374 --> 00:22:22,484 for all the people involved. 444 00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:24,719 But it doesn't effect us. 445 00:22:24,743 --> 00:22:26,863 We'd barely met those people. 446 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:31,426 In other words, you'd say... 447 00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:33,884 there was nothing personal between you and Mr. Leonard? 448 00:22:36,389 --> 00:22:38,222 Absolutely nothing. 449 00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:45,641 But how can I help you? 450 00:22:45,665 --> 00:22:48,344 Didn't my wife explain that I was asleep? 451 00:22:48,368 --> 00:22:50,078 Mr. Culver... 452 00:22:50,102 --> 00:22:53,281 I gather you've made most of your money in real estate. 453 00:22:53,305 --> 00:22:56,151 Why should that possibly concern you? 454 00:22:56,175 --> 00:22:58,453 Well, I wanted your opinion on the Leonard place. 455 00:22:58,477 --> 00:23:00,755 It seems, uh, rather elaborate. 456 00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:02,924 It was dark when we arrived. 457 00:23:02,948 --> 00:23:05,194 I had no chance to look around, I'm afraid. 458 00:23:05,218 --> 00:23:07,362 My investigator tells me the property 459 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:09,831 belongs to Mrs. Leonard. 460 00:23:09,855 --> 00:23:12,300 Although the title isn't exactly clear. 461 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:14,002 Apparently... 462 00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:16,605 Mrs. Leonard owes more than she owns. 463 00:23:16,629 --> 00:23:18,006 Is that so? 464 00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:21,109 The problem stems from her husband's various schemes, 465 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:23,111 including their first ice show, 466 00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:25,647 which went bankrupt through mishandling, 467 00:23:25,671 --> 00:23:27,838 or perhaps, uh, dishonesty. 468 00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:31,908 Mr. Mason. Why do you tell me all this? 469 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:35,479 Mr. Culver. You're a businessman. 470 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:41,229 Now, why would you give a... check to Mr. Leonard? 471 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,198 A check for $50,000, 472 00:23:43,222 --> 00:23:45,889 completely unsecured in any way? 473 00:23:50,296 --> 00:23:54,409 I'd hate to be asked that question in court... 474 00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:55,666 I'll admit. 475 00:23:58,637 --> 00:23:59,948 You see... 476 00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:03,151 my wife is considerably younger than I am. 477 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:05,987 And when I persuaded her to marry me, several years ago, 478 00:24:06,011 --> 00:24:07,423 she had hopes of a career. 479 00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:08,857 She still has those hopes. 480 00:24:08,881 --> 00:24:12,060 And you thought you'd help her by financing a show 481 00:24:12,084 --> 00:24:13,828 produced by a man with a reputation? 482 00:24:13,852 --> 00:24:17,432 Mr. Mason, my wife can't skate for sour apples. 483 00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:19,176 Oh, I'm sure you know that by now. 484 00:24:20,259 --> 00:24:21,869 So I wouldn't have cared if Denver Leonard 485 00:24:21,893 --> 00:24:23,538 had just pocketed that money... 486 00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:26,842 if it helped get all this out of her system. 487 00:24:26,866 --> 00:24:28,844 I love Vita. 488 00:24:28,868 --> 00:24:30,245 Very much. 489 00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:32,001 I wouldn't want her to be hurt. 490 00:24:40,912 --> 00:24:43,157 Well, for some time now, 491 00:24:43,181 --> 00:24:47,429 Denver Leonard's had a hold on my son, Mr. Mason. 492 00:24:47,453 --> 00:24:50,131 Oh, Fred's a good boy. 493 00:24:50,155 --> 00:24:51,233 Only, after his accident, 494 00:24:51,257 --> 00:24:53,268 he sort of went to pieces for a while. 495 00:24:53,292 --> 00:24:55,637 Now, he don't know I know this, but... 496 00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:58,262 well, there's even a bad check he wrote once. 497 00:24:59,331 --> 00:25:02,009 M-Mr. Pike... 498 00:25:02,033 --> 00:25:03,612 Fred is gonna have to tell these things 499 00:25:03,636 --> 00:25:04,979 if you don't. 500 00:25:05,003 --> 00:25:08,216 Well... I sure haven't done 501 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,718 everything right in my time. 502 00:25:09,742 --> 00:25:11,586 Oh, I even had a cockeyed, wild notion 503 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:12,621 on how to stop Leonard. 504 00:25:12,645 --> 00:25:14,422 How to pry him loose from Fred. 505 00:25:14,446 --> 00:25:16,124 Uh... 506 00:25:16,148 --> 00:25:18,059 Well, never mind that. 507 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:20,595 And then later... Fred came back 508 00:25:20,619 --> 00:25:23,765 so drunk, he couldn't hardly talk. I... 509 00:25:23,789 --> 00:25:25,489 I just saw red, that's all. 510 00:25:27,393 --> 00:25:28,637 And, um... 511 00:25:28,661 --> 00:25:31,439 you went over to the Leonards at 1:30? 512 00:25:31,463 --> 00:25:33,675 Well, there wasn't much to it. 513 00:25:33,699 --> 00:25:35,009 Door to the cottage was open. 514 00:25:35,033 --> 00:25:37,479 So I just walked right in. 515 00:25:37,503 --> 00:25:39,814 Place was an awful mess. 516 00:25:39,838 --> 00:25:41,249 A mess? 517 00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:43,785 Well, it looked like there had been a fight. 518 00:25:43,809 --> 00:25:46,020 Oh, I fumbled around a bit... 519 00:25:46,044 --> 00:25:47,422 'cause the lights weren't on, but... 520 00:25:47,446 --> 00:25:49,891 But there was plenty of moonlight. 521 00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:51,726 Then I... 522 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:53,695 I saw Leonard lying there on the floor. 523 00:25:53,719 --> 00:25:54,862 Dead? 524 00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:57,387 No. No, I could hear him breathing. 525 00:25:58,757 --> 00:25:59,967 You, um... 526 00:25:59,991 --> 00:26:02,592 You thought Fred had had the fight with him? 527 00:26:05,664 --> 00:26:07,130 What happened next? 528 00:26:08,467 --> 00:26:11,513 Well, I... I finally figured I'd better stop 529 00:26:11,537 --> 00:26:13,014 doing things wrong... 530 00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:14,482 for a change. 531 00:26:14,506 --> 00:26:16,618 So I... I just turned around, 532 00:26:16,642 --> 00:26:19,162 and I walked right out of there, fast as I could. 533 00:26:19,712 --> 00:26:21,055 But I wouldn't have gone back home 534 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:23,591 and called Mr. Burger if I thought that man was dead. 535 00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:25,059 Now, dad-blame it, that's the truth, 536 00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:26,160 and that's all there is. 537 00:26:26,184 --> 00:26:28,330 And I ain't gonna budge from that. 538 00:26:28,354 --> 00:26:30,365 Perry, may I see you a moment, please? 539 00:26:30,389 --> 00:26:31,588 I'll be right back, Mr. Pike. 540 00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:36,538 I was told to inform you 541 00:26:36,562 --> 00:26:39,073 when this case seemed to be about ready for an indictment. 542 00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:41,242 Uh, excuse me, sir. I... 543 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:43,044 My name's Hal Kirkwood. I'm the foreman 544 00:26:43,068 --> 00:26:44,479 out at the Leonard ranch. 545 00:26:44,503 --> 00:26:46,314 I wonder if you'd tell Mr. Pike that I'm sorry, 546 00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:48,583 but I had to show 'em where to find that bullet. 547 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:50,017 Bullet? 548 00:26:50,041 --> 00:26:52,821 Well, Mr. Leonard shot Pike in the leg, Perry. 549 00:26:52,845 --> 00:26:55,490 Our doctor noticed that, of course. 550 00:26:55,514 --> 00:26:57,058 Oh, but I guess that Pike's 551 00:26:57,082 --> 00:26:58,526 told you all about that by now. 552 00:26:58,550 --> 00:27:00,428 Well, they kept asking me about it. 553 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:02,196 I sure didn't want 'em to think that bullet 554 00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:04,332 had anything to do with things at the time of the murder. 555 00:27:04,356 --> 00:27:06,000 Then Pike would really be in hot water. 556 00:27:06,024 --> 00:27:07,469 Uh, they'll need, uh, your signature 557 00:27:07,493 --> 00:27:09,726 on that statement, Mr. Kirkwood, if you please. 558 00:27:13,331 --> 00:27:14,809 We, uh... 559 00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:17,178 have the murder weapon, Perry. Oh. 560 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:18,413 Twelve-gauge shotgun. 561 00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:19,447 Shotgun? 562 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:21,148 Leonard's. 563 00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:23,351 It was used as a club. 564 00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:26,220 The victim's blood and hair were on the butt end. 565 00:27:26,244 --> 00:27:28,690 And on the barrel, where he gripped it... 566 00:27:28,714 --> 00:27:32,226 the fingerprints of your client: 567 00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:34,017 Mr. Pike. 568 00:27:49,968 --> 00:27:52,969 Now, dad-blame it, let's have the whole truth. 569 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:02,679 Be seated, folks. 570 00:28:10,656 --> 00:28:12,333 If the court please... 571 00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,135 I'm Darrel Teshman, the special prosecutor 572 00:28:14,159 --> 00:28:15,503 appointed by the Attorney General 573 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:16,838 for this hearing. 574 00:28:16,862 --> 00:28:18,807 Since Mr. Burger has asked, for personal reasons, 575 00:28:18,831 --> 00:28:22,977 that he and his office be, uh, disqualified... 576 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:25,235 I'm appearing here to prosecute this case. 577 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:28,983 All right, Mr. Teshman, you may proceed. 578 00:28:29,007 --> 00:28:30,952 Thank you, Your Honor. 579 00:28:30,976 --> 00:28:32,854 There were three fractures in the skull. 580 00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:34,155 One in the frontal bone, 581 00:28:34,179 --> 00:28:36,825 and the other two on top, back of the coronal suture. 582 00:28:36,849 --> 00:28:39,494 And were these injuries matched in any way 583 00:28:39,518 --> 00:28:42,063 by the blunt instrument which the police showed you? 584 00:28:42,087 --> 00:28:44,833 That is, the shotgun with its scarred stock, 585 00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:46,200 its unusual toe plate. 586 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:47,602 Uh, they matched exactly. 587 00:28:47,626 --> 00:28:50,171 There is no doubt that was the weapon which caused death. 588 00:28:50,195 --> 00:28:51,361 Thank you, doctor. 589 00:28:52,898 --> 00:28:54,130 Cross-examine. 590 00:28:56,802 --> 00:29:00,381 Uh, doctor, regarding the blow on the top of the head... 591 00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:02,417 isn't that rather an unusual place 592 00:29:02,441 --> 00:29:04,652 to be struck by such an unwieldy weapon? 593 00:29:04,676 --> 00:29:07,388 Not if the victim had already fallen. 594 00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:09,390 Then it's possible all of those blows 595 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:11,793 were inflicted after the victim had fallen? 596 00:29:11,817 --> 00:29:14,028 Quite possible. 597 00:29:14,052 --> 00:29:16,698 Could the deathblows have been inflicted by a woman? 598 00:29:16,722 --> 00:29:18,834 A normally strong 599 00:29:18,858 --> 00:29:20,936 and an athletic woman, yes. 600 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,637 Yes, of course. 601 00:29:22,661 --> 00:29:25,101 Thank you, doctor. That'll be all. 602 00:29:25,831 --> 00:29:27,876 There were no other fingerprints on the barrel. 603 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:29,644 Only the deceased's, Mr. Leonard's, 604 00:29:29,668 --> 00:29:31,368 and the defendant's. 605 00:29:33,205 --> 00:29:36,439 And just exactly where was this murder gun found? 606 00:29:37,509 --> 00:29:39,454 About a mile from the Leonard house. 607 00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:41,890 It was thrown off the road, under a pile of junk. 608 00:29:41,914 --> 00:29:43,491 Is this road the one a person would take 609 00:29:43,515 --> 00:29:45,260 when driving back from Mr. Leonard's place 610 00:29:45,284 --> 00:29:46,928 to Mr. Pike's gun club? 611 00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:47,952 Yes, it is. 612 00:29:49,388 --> 00:29:50,620 Cross-examine. 613 00:29:53,859 --> 00:29:57,038 Lieutenant, uh, this road you just mentioned... 614 00:29:57,062 --> 00:29:59,007 is it also a road a person would take 615 00:29:59,031 --> 00:30:01,409 to, uh, reach the highway into town? 616 00:30:01,433 --> 00:30:03,277 Yes, sir. 617 00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:06,014 Now, lieutenant... 618 00:30:06,038 --> 00:30:08,016 did you find any evidence whatsoever 619 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,185 to indicate that this gun, 620 00:30:10,209 --> 00:30:12,087 which belonged to Mr. Leonard, 621 00:30:12,111 --> 00:30:13,922 was actually in Mr. Leonard's room 622 00:30:13,946 --> 00:30:15,223 prior to the time of his death? 623 00:30:15,247 --> 00:30:17,392 Yes. There were some used patches, 624 00:30:17,416 --> 00:30:20,195 a rod and, uh, cleaning oil on a little table there. 625 00:30:20,219 --> 00:30:21,462 I see. 626 00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:24,699 Now, if we're to adopt the line of thinking 627 00:30:24,723 --> 00:30:26,768 that... Mr. Leonard might have been 628 00:30:26,792 --> 00:30:29,637 cleaning this gun that night... 629 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:31,739 and he might have left it there... 630 00:30:31,763 --> 00:30:34,442 propped up, uh, next to the material 631 00:30:34,466 --> 00:30:38,313 that you've just described as being on the table, 632 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:40,215 and that, uh... 633 00:30:40,239 --> 00:30:43,251 then a person might have entered that room 634 00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:44,975 in the dark, we'll say... 635 00:30:49,148 --> 00:30:51,026 So I suppose there are a number of ways 636 00:30:51,050 --> 00:30:53,862 a man's fingerprints could arrive on a gun, 637 00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:54,963 aren't there, lieutenant? 638 00:30:54,987 --> 00:30:57,298 Your Honor. I object. 639 00:30:57,322 --> 00:30:59,000 Objection sustained. 640 00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:01,464 I have no further questions. 641 00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:07,308 And after you said good night to your husband, Mrs. Leonard? 642 00:31:07,332 --> 00:31:09,443 I went out to the kitchen. 643 00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:11,312 That was a little after 12:30. 644 00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:12,881 What did you do then? 645 00:31:12,905 --> 00:31:14,115 I washed dishes. 646 00:31:14,139 --> 00:31:15,783 We had a boy helping us, 647 00:31:15,807 --> 00:31:17,285 but he wasn't experienced. 648 00:31:17,309 --> 00:31:19,988 You're referring now to, uh, Pedro Guitterez? 649 00:31:20,012 --> 00:31:22,090 Yes. He dried the dishes. 650 00:31:22,114 --> 00:31:23,825 Then I let him go. 651 00:31:23,849 --> 00:31:25,793 It was exactly 1:30. 652 00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:28,330 After that, I went to bed. 653 00:31:28,354 --> 00:31:30,794 Your room is in the main house there? 654 00:31:31,823 --> 00:31:33,034 Yes. 655 00:31:33,058 --> 00:31:35,803 Now... Mrs. Leonard... 656 00:31:35,827 --> 00:31:37,839 you have testified that there was bad feeling 657 00:31:37,863 --> 00:31:39,440 between your husband and the defendant, 658 00:31:39,464 --> 00:31:41,276 Jefferson Pike. 659 00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:42,677 And that it was in some way related 660 00:31:42,701 --> 00:31:46,547 to your husband's partnership with Pike's son. 661 00:31:46,571 --> 00:31:49,117 And that this bad feeling had increased rather bitterly 662 00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:50,518 during the past year or so. 663 00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:52,587 Please. 664 00:31:52,611 --> 00:31:55,323 I just don't know any more than that. 665 00:31:55,347 --> 00:31:57,492 That's all, Mrs. Leonard. 666 00:31:57,516 --> 00:31:59,783 Thank you. 667 00:32:02,288 --> 00:32:05,733 Concerning your guests that evening, Mrs. Leonard. 668 00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:08,258 You'd say that Mr. Culver left the party at 11? 669 00:32:09,395 --> 00:32:10,638 About then. 670 00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:12,908 Uh, what about Fred Pike? 671 00:32:12,932 --> 00:32:15,210 You stated that he'd been drinking rather heavily. 672 00:32:15,234 --> 00:32:17,511 Yes. 673 00:32:17,535 --> 00:32:19,936 Fred left a little after 12:30. 674 00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:22,483 Mrs. Leonard... 675 00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:24,852 why did you allow him to drive home alone 676 00:32:24,876 --> 00:32:26,587 in that condition? 677 00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:28,189 As a matter of fact, 678 00:32:28,213 --> 00:32:29,879 I did say something to Denver. 679 00:32:30,983 --> 00:32:34,562 But he and Mrs. Culver just laughed at me. 680 00:32:34,586 --> 00:32:36,197 They said Fred would be all right, and... 681 00:32:36,221 --> 00:32:38,621 No further questions. 682 00:32:39,824 --> 00:32:42,103 After Mr. Leonard left you at your door, 683 00:32:42,127 --> 00:32:44,772 did you notice what direction he took, Mrs. Culver? 684 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,141 Yes, he went right to his room 685 00:32:46,165 --> 00:32:48,176 in the cottage across the way. 686 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:49,210 He told me so. 687 00:32:49,234 --> 00:32:51,446 Oh, but you stated that, uh... 688 00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:53,614 after you went inside, you didn't hear anything 689 00:32:53,638 --> 00:32:55,183 from the direction of that cottage. 690 00:32:55,207 --> 00:32:58,419 Well, I was asleep within a few minutes. 691 00:32:58,443 --> 00:33:00,455 Well, now, Mrs. Culver... 692 00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:02,959 when Mr. Leonard left you, do you recall what he said? 693 00:33:04,116 --> 00:33:05,226 Well, yes, of course. 694 00:33:05,250 --> 00:33:07,228 He said good night, 695 00:33:07,252 --> 00:33:09,064 and he said he was going hunting in the morning. 696 00:33:09,088 --> 00:33:10,328 Thank you. 697 00:33:12,358 --> 00:33:13,790 Your witness, counselor. 698 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,259 No questions. 699 00:33:18,597 --> 00:33:20,875 You clearly saw Mr. Pike leave his car 700 00:33:20,899 --> 00:33:22,344 and walk toward the cottage? 701 00:33:22,368 --> 00:33:24,645 Yes. Very fast, like he is mad. 702 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,247 What then? 703 00:33:26,271 --> 00:33:28,549 Well, I'm all through my work. 704 00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:30,218 I go home. I walk down the road. 705 00:33:30,242 --> 00:33:32,320 As you walked down the road, 706 00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:34,189 did you see anyone else? 707 00:33:34,213 --> 00:33:36,024 Across the field, past the stables, 708 00:33:36,048 --> 00:33:38,559 I see a flashlight over there. 709 00:33:38,583 --> 00:33:40,428 The foreman, I think. 710 00:33:40,452 --> 00:33:42,563 Mr. Kirkwood, walking by the barn. 711 00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:45,067 Did anyone pass you? Any automobiles? 712 00:33:46,091 --> 00:33:49,737 No. No. Mr. Pike live the other way. 713 00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:52,161 Oh, now, what do you mean by that? 714 00:33:53,332 --> 00:33:55,977 Five, six minutes after I leave, 715 00:33:56,001 --> 00:33:58,668 I hear Mr. Pike's truck drive away. 716 00:34:00,472 --> 00:34:02,250 Hear? 717 00:34:02,274 --> 00:34:04,085 Didn't you see it? 718 00:34:04,109 --> 00:34:06,354 Didn't you look back? 719 00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:08,823 If you could see a flashlight at that distance... 720 00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:10,658 surely you could see headlights. 721 00:34:10,682 --> 00:34:12,193 No, sir. 722 00:34:12,217 --> 00:34:13,427 No lights. 723 00:34:13,451 --> 00:34:14,896 Mr. Pike drive without lights. 724 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,552 Drive away very quick. 725 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:23,071 Then this, uh, Pike came busting up to Mr. Leonard, 726 00:34:23,095 --> 00:34:24,972 where we were standing at the bar. 727 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:27,008 That was about, uh, 7 in the evening. 728 00:34:27,032 --> 00:34:29,977 Did Mr. Pike say anything to you personally? 729 00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:31,412 Heh, he sure did. 730 00:34:31,436 --> 00:34:33,915 He said, "Get out of my way, dad-blame you." 731 00:34:33,939 --> 00:34:36,718 Well, I hadn't done anything to him, but he was sore. 732 00:34:36,742 --> 00:34:39,420 And, uh, then when Mr. Leonard started brushing him off, 733 00:34:39,444 --> 00:34:41,404 why... well, he was still persistent. 734 00:34:42,380 --> 00:34:44,740 Did Mr. Pike say anything else to you personally? 735 00:34:46,218 --> 00:34:48,396 "Let me at that Leonard," he said. 736 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:51,454 "Let me at him, or... Or he'll be sorry." 737 00:34:54,893 --> 00:34:57,671 Well... then I helped him up off the sand 738 00:34:57,695 --> 00:34:59,407 over to his truck. 739 00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:01,876 See, the leg wasn't really hurt very much, so... 740 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:04,345 we went back to the gun club, like I told you. 741 00:35:04,369 --> 00:35:05,546 Oh, did Mr. Pike state clearly 742 00:35:05,570 --> 00:35:07,415 his intentions to you at this time? 743 00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:08,983 Oh, sure. 744 00:35:09,007 --> 00:35:10,919 Soon as his temper blew down a little bit. 745 00:35:10,943 --> 00:35:12,720 That's when he talked about using that bullet 746 00:35:12,744 --> 00:35:14,277 to put Denver Leonard in prison. 747 00:35:16,514 --> 00:35:17,781 Your witness, counselor. 748 00:35:21,219 --> 00:35:23,798 Mr. Kirkwood, whose idea was it 749 00:35:23,822 --> 00:35:25,633 that Mr. Leonard could be put in prison 750 00:35:25,657 --> 00:35:28,591 for assault, uh, with a deadly weapon? 751 00:35:30,028 --> 00:35:31,939 Heh. I don't know. 752 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:34,242 Maybe Pike said it first, or maybe it was me. 753 00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:35,943 And, uh, what happened to the idea? 754 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:37,812 Well, I guess he got cold feet when he saw 755 00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:39,780 the district attorney was out there himself. He... 756 00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:42,549 Now, um, concerning the bullet, Mr. Kirkwood. 757 00:35:42,573 --> 00:35:44,518 The next day you were the one 758 00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:46,888 who showed the police where to look for it, 759 00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:48,055 is that correct? 760 00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:49,157 Yes, sir. 761 00:35:49,181 --> 00:35:51,181 How long did it take to locate? 762 00:35:51,683 --> 00:35:53,027 Well, they... 763 00:35:53,051 --> 00:35:55,562 They thought they were gonna have to use... 764 00:35:55,586 --> 00:35:58,132 you know, screens and things, 765 00:35:58,156 --> 00:35:59,233 but it was right there, 766 00:35:59,257 --> 00:36:00,902 exactly where Mr. Pike told me it happened. 767 00:36:00,926 --> 00:36:04,571 So... oh, it took a couple minutes to find it, I guess. 768 00:36:04,595 --> 00:36:06,607 And suppose I told you that Mr. Pike himself 769 00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:09,111 hadn't been so successful. 770 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:10,644 Huh? 771 00:36:10,668 --> 00:36:13,314 Suppose I told you that Mr. Pike had spent over an hour 772 00:36:13,338 --> 00:36:15,283 on his hands and knees looking for that bullet 773 00:36:15,307 --> 00:36:16,806 in exactly that same spot. 774 00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:21,923 Well... 775 00:36:21,947 --> 00:36:24,067 sand like that, maybe it's a matter of luck. 776 00:36:25,484 --> 00:36:28,630 Suppose I were to ask you, Mr. Kirkwood... 777 00:36:28,654 --> 00:36:31,665 did you drop that bullet there for the police to find? 778 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:33,790 Did what? 779 00:36:35,661 --> 00:36:37,405 No. 780 00:36:37,429 --> 00:36:38,761 What are you talking about? 781 00:36:39,831 --> 00:36:41,175 How would I have any bullet? 782 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:44,279 Perhaps by having found it the night before. 783 00:36:44,303 --> 00:36:45,913 Now, I'll ask you the question once more... 784 00:36:45,937 --> 00:36:47,248 Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute! 785 00:36:47,272 --> 00:36:49,116 Will the court please instruct this witness...? 786 00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:50,307 All right! 787 00:36:52,678 --> 00:36:53,776 Maybe I did. 788 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,492 Yes, sir. 789 00:36:57,516 --> 00:36:58,826 But I didn't do anything wrong... 790 00:36:58,850 --> 00:37:00,461 Why did you do it, Mr. Kirkwood...? 791 00:37:00,485 --> 00:37:02,696 Well, I had to put the thing back where it belonged. 792 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:05,333 Well, you understood my question better than that. 793 00:37:05,357 --> 00:37:07,668 Why did you take the bullet in the first place? 794 00:37:07,692 --> 00:37:09,203 Now, look, I did not do anything with it. 795 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:10,571 I was just going to, that's all. 796 00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:12,773 I kept that bullet in my... Why, Mr. Kirkwood? 797 00:37:12,797 --> 00:37:15,476 Because if Pike was not gonna see Denver Leonard 798 00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:17,278 slapped in jail, I was. 799 00:37:17,302 --> 00:37:20,414 I wouldn't get chicken-hearted. Not with a chance like that. 800 00:37:20,438 --> 00:37:23,484 I would bust that man into kingdom come. 801 00:37:23,508 --> 00:37:25,153 Do you have any idea what it's like 802 00:37:25,177 --> 00:37:26,721 to work for a man like that? 803 00:37:26,745 --> 00:37:29,457 To see the way he treats his own wife? 804 00:37:29,481 --> 00:37:32,426 To see him... cheat and steal? 805 00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:34,395 To ruin a perfectly good ranch? 806 00:37:34,419 --> 00:37:35,419 If you could s... 807 00:37:37,789 --> 00:37:39,400 I'm sorry, sir. 808 00:37:39,424 --> 00:37:41,024 Kingdom come. 809 00:37:43,228 --> 00:37:45,707 I have no more questions. 810 00:37:45,731 --> 00:37:46,896 You may step down. 811 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,712 Gentlemen, I have a regular calendar 812 00:37:50,736 --> 00:37:52,980 which begins at 9:15, 813 00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:55,383 but I should be through by 10. 814 00:37:55,407 --> 00:37:57,051 Therefore, we will continue this hearing 815 00:37:57,075 --> 00:37:59,253 until 10:00 Monday morning. 816 00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:00,357 Court's adjourned. 817 00:38:09,220 --> 00:38:11,420 I'll talk to you shortly. 818 00:38:11,589 --> 00:38:13,134 Perry... they're still saving 819 00:38:13,158 --> 00:38:15,136 a lot of their physical evidence, aren't they? 820 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:16,770 They've already shown more than enough 821 00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:19,573 for a hearing, Della. Take a look at Burger. He knows. 822 00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:21,442 Now, listen, we've got a lot to do, and in a hurry. 823 00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:22,910 Mm-hm. 824 00:38:22,934 --> 00:38:25,479 You take care of things here, I'll go get the car. Mm-hm. 825 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:57,177 Miss, wait, please. 826 00:38:57,201 --> 00:38:58,512 Oh, I won't hurt anything, Pedro. 827 00:38:58,536 --> 00:39:00,514 But this is the place where he was killed. 828 00:39:00,538 --> 00:39:02,816 I know, but Mr. Mason talked to the police. 829 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,285 Go on, Della! 830 00:39:04,309 --> 00:39:05,908 Make some noise now! 831 00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:10,124 Uh, jump up and down, will you, please? 832 00:39:10,148 --> 00:39:11,347 Jump up and down. 833 00:39:30,768 --> 00:39:32,613 What are you doing? 834 00:39:32,637 --> 00:39:35,383 We didn't wanna disturb you, Mrs. Leonard. 835 00:39:35,407 --> 00:39:36,472 Excuse me. 836 00:39:39,244 --> 00:39:40,576 That's enough, Della! 837 00:39:47,085 --> 00:39:48,462 I... 838 00:39:48,486 --> 00:39:51,098 I just wondered if you'd like a cup of tea. 839 00:39:51,122 --> 00:39:53,056 Let's get Della. 840 00:40:02,434 --> 00:40:04,434 Perry, could you come in a minute, please? 841 00:40:11,843 --> 00:40:14,154 Uh, Mrs. Leonard, would you mind if I ask you, 842 00:40:14,178 --> 00:40:15,423 is this the jacket 843 00:40:15,447 --> 00:40:17,447 your husband was wearing that night? 844 00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:21,095 Yes, I guess it is. 845 00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:22,930 Only earlier, in the house. 846 00:40:22,954 --> 00:40:25,666 He wasn't wearing it when... 847 00:40:25,690 --> 00:40:28,068 When they found him. 848 00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:29,626 I'll hang it up. 849 00:40:41,005 --> 00:40:42,916 My alarm went off at 5:30 a.m. 850 00:40:42,940 --> 00:40:44,452 We were gone by 6. 851 00:40:44,476 --> 00:40:46,019 Did anyone get up to see you off? 852 00:40:46,043 --> 00:40:49,189 No. No, I'd particularly asked Mrs. Leonard not to. 853 00:40:49,213 --> 00:40:50,246 Cross-examine. 854 00:40:53,084 --> 00:40:55,095 Now, Mr. Culver... 855 00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:56,731 you stated that you weren't quite certain 856 00:40:56,755 --> 00:40:59,233 of the time you fell asleep that night. 857 00:40:59,257 --> 00:41:02,102 Is anyone ever quite certain of such a thing? 858 00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:04,538 Yet you were able to recall your wife's testimony, 859 00:41:04,562 --> 00:41:08,008 saying that, uh, when she came in at 12:30... 860 00:41:08,032 --> 00:41:10,366 Or, uh, was it 12:45? 861 00:41:12,537 --> 00:41:14,014 Your Honor... 862 00:41:14,038 --> 00:41:15,916 may I ask the court's indulgence, 863 00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:17,618 and request that the court reporter 864 00:41:17,642 --> 00:41:20,721 uh, read back the one or two questions regarding time? 865 00:41:20,745 --> 00:41:22,211 Very well. 866 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:28,170 Mr. Culver had just told of his leaving the house. 867 00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:30,897 "Question: 868 00:41:30,921 --> 00:41:33,033 "Did you then go to the guest cottage to retire? 869 00:41:33,057 --> 00:41:34,368 "Answer: I did. 870 00:41:34,392 --> 00:41:36,837 "Question: At what time did you retire? 871 00:41:36,861 --> 00:41:38,372 "Answer: I didn't look at my watch, 872 00:41:38,396 --> 00:41:40,240 but it was 11 when I left the house." 873 00:41:40,264 --> 00:41:42,309 And the one after that, please. 874 00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:45,312 "Question: You have heard Mrs. Culver testify 875 00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:47,915 "that she came in at 12:45 and went to bed. 876 00:41:47,939 --> 00:41:49,450 "Did you see or hear her? 877 00:41:49,474 --> 00:41:50,952 "Answer: No, I did not. 878 00:41:50,976 --> 00:41:53,688 "Question: So you were asleep by 12:45? 879 00:41:53,712 --> 00:41:56,390 Answer: She said I was asleep then, yes." 880 00:41:56,414 --> 00:41:58,574 Uh, thank you, that's enough. 881 00:42:00,318 --> 00:42:01,796 Uh, Mr. Culver... 882 00:42:01,820 --> 00:42:04,465 you never quite answered those questions. 883 00:42:04,489 --> 00:42:08,235 So now I ask, did you leave the house at 11:00, 884 00:42:08,259 --> 00:42:10,638 and then go directly to the cottage, 885 00:42:10,662 --> 00:42:13,674 and then directly to bed and to sleep? 886 00:42:13,698 --> 00:42:14,942 Well, in my wife's testimony... 887 00:42:14,966 --> 00:42:16,677 Just answer the question yes or no, please. 888 00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:18,178 But I'm not sure I understand... 889 00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:20,047 Mr. Culver... 890 00:42:20,071 --> 00:42:22,016 are you trying to avoid perjuring yourself? 891 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:23,084 Is that it? 892 00:42:23,108 --> 00:42:24,885 Your Honor, I object. 893 00:42:24,909 --> 00:42:26,821 The counselor is browbeating the witness. 894 00:42:26,845 --> 00:42:28,956 Overruled. Answer the questions, Mr. Culver. 895 00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:32,259 I'll ask a simpler one, Mr. Culver. 896 00:42:32,283 --> 00:42:34,929 Now, do you usually sleep with the window shut? 897 00:42:34,953 --> 00:42:37,698 What? No, of course not. 898 00:42:37,722 --> 00:42:39,466 Then before you went to bed that night, 899 00:42:39,490 --> 00:42:41,602 you opened the windows, is that right? 900 00:42:41,626 --> 00:42:44,005 Yes. I suppose so. 901 00:42:44,029 --> 00:42:46,140 Now, isn't it true that if you had opened the window, 902 00:42:46,164 --> 00:42:48,308 sounds from across the way would've been quite clear? 903 00:42:48,332 --> 00:42:50,377 The alleged fight, the murder, 904 00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:52,013 people coming and going? 905 00:42:52,037 --> 00:42:55,304 Yet your wife insisted she heard absolutely nothing. 906 00:42:56,775 --> 00:42:58,152 Vita was asleep. 907 00:42:58,176 --> 00:42:59,987 You saw her asleep? 908 00:43:00,011 --> 00:43:03,223 Well, no, I didn't quite mean that. 909 00:43:03,247 --> 00:43:05,459 Oh, I'm sure you didn't. 910 00:43:05,483 --> 00:43:08,162 Now, we'd like the truth, Mr. Culver. 911 00:43:08,186 --> 00:43:09,630 Were you in bed, 912 00:43:09,654 --> 00:43:11,532 or as a matter of fact, even in that cottage at all, 913 00:43:11,556 --> 00:43:14,123 when she came in at 12:45? 914 00:43:15,827 --> 00:43:17,471 I don't remember. 915 00:43:17,495 --> 00:43:18,973 You don't remember? 916 00:43:18,997 --> 00:43:22,376 I mean... I don't have to answer that. 917 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,511 On grounds of self-incrimination? 918 00:43:24,535 --> 00:43:26,047 No! 919 00:43:26,071 --> 00:43:28,805 I didn't kill him. I don't know anything about it. 920 00:43:30,308 --> 00:43:32,452 Mr. Culver... 921 00:43:32,476 --> 00:43:35,389 do you recall confirming to me that... 922 00:43:35,413 --> 00:43:37,959 your wife's only interest in being at the Leonards' 923 00:43:37,983 --> 00:43:39,359 was in ice skating? 924 00:43:39,383 --> 00:43:40,683 Yes. 925 00:43:47,324 --> 00:43:50,070 Did your wife plan to go to Cuba in the near future? 926 00:43:50,094 --> 00:43:51,205 No. 927 00:43:51,229 --> 00:43:53,207 It was only Leonard who spoke of going. 928 00:43:53,231 --> 00:43:55,977 Were you aware of the fact that during the two weeks 929 00:43:56,001 --> 00:43:57,612 prior to the murder... 930 00:43:57,636 --> 00:44:00,081 your wife had been taking certain inoculations 931 00:44:00,105 --> 00:44:01,916 given usually only to travelers. 932 00:44:01,940 --> 00:44:04,952 Uh, that is, shots for typhoid and yellow fever? 933 00:44:04,976 --> 00:44:06,654 No. That's not true. 934 00:44:06,678 --> 00:44:07,721 It can't be. 935 00:44:07,745 --> 00:44:09,256 I'm prepared to introduce 936 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,024 more exact testimony, Mr. Culver. 937 00:44:11,048 --> 00:44:12,292 Now, tell me something else. 938 00:44:12,316 --> 00:44:15,463 To your knowledge, has your wife used a lipstick 939 00:44:15,487 --> 00:44:19,099 uh, the shade of which is called "Latin Flame"? 940 00:44:19,123 --> 00:44:20,334 Your Honor, I object. 941 00:44:20,358 --> 00:44:21,602 This entire line of questioning 942 00:44:21,626 --> 00:44:23,637 is incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial. 943 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:25,439 Oh, sit down and be quiet. 944 00:44:25,463 --> 00:44:27,074 Objection overruled. 945 00:44:27,098 --> 00:44:28,175 Good. 946 00:44:28,199 --> 00:44:29,439 Proceed, counselor. 947 00:44:33,304 --> 00:44:35,449 Mr. Culver... concerning that lipstick... 948 00:44:35,473 --> 00:44:36,684 But I don't know. 949 00:44:36,708 --> 00:44:38,151 I haven't the slightest idea. 950 00:44:38,175 --> 00:44:40,921 Would it surprise you to learn that lipstick of such a shade 951 00:44:40,945 --> 00:44:43,457 was found on Mr. Leonard's pocket handkerchief? 952 00:44:43,481 --> 00:44:46,749 The handkerchief he was carrying that night? 953 00:44:47,919 --> 00:44:50,097 Now, Mr. Culver... 954 00:44:50,121 --> 00:44:53,834 obviously, either you or your wife is lying. 955 00:44:53,858 --> 00:44:55,569 Stop it! 956 00:44:55,593 --> 00:44:56,670 Stop, I'll tell you! 957 00:44:56,694 --> 00:44:58,739 I'll tell you everything. 958 00:44:58,763 --> 00:45:00,240 He wasn't there. 959 00:45:00,264 --> 00:45:02,443 He wasn't even in the room. 960 00:45:02,467 --> 00:45:03,844 I can't stand it anymore. 961 00:45:03,868 --> 00:45:05,434 He's the one who's lying. 962 00:45:06,571 --> 00:45:08,248 He knew about us. 963 00:45:08,272 --> 00:45:11,485 He knew about Leonard and I. He must have. 964 00:45:11,509 --> 00:45:14,421 He wasn't even in the room, I tell you. 965 00:45:14,445 --> 00:45:16,545 Vita, please. Be quiet. 966 00:45:19,584 --> 00:45:20,894 Uh, Your Honor... 967 00:45:20,918 --> 00:45:22,830 in the interest of justice, 968 00:45:22,854 --> 00:45:24,765 I would like to recall Mrs. Culver 969 00:45:24,789 --> 00:45:26,099 to the witness stand. 970 00:45:26,123 --> 00:45:28,702 Oh, I doubt if prosecution have any objection, hm? 971 00:45:29,961 --> 00:45:32,806 Not under the circumstances, Your Honor. 972 00:45:32,830 --> 00:45:35,008 No, w-wait. Please, I... 973 00:45:35,032 --> 00:45:36,565 I'll have more to explain. 974 00:45:38,536 --> 00:45:39,680 I-I went out for a walk. 975 00:45:39,704 --> 00:45:41,248 I... I couldn't sleep. 976 00:45:41,272 --> 00:45:44,018 I wanted to have a look at the place anyway, so... 977 00:45:44,042 --> 00:45:47,120 I found a flashlight in a mackinaw, 978 00:45:47,144 --> 00:45:48,904 and I went out for quite a while. 979 00:45:49,980 --> 00:45:50,991 Down the road... 980 00:45:51,015 --> 00:45:53,727 back up past the horse pastures... 981 00:45:53,751 --> 00:45:54,862 down by the barn. 982 00:45:54,886 --> 00:45:55,985 I saw a truck leaving. 983 00:45:57,088 --> 00:46:00,167 That must have been Mr. Pike. 984 00:46:00,191 --> 00:46:01,869 When I came back... 985 00:46:01,893 --> 00:46:05,606 my wife seemed to be asleep. 986 00:46:05,630 --> 00:46:07,340 The next day, she didn't say anything. 987 00:46:07,364 --> 00:46:09,799 So I thought I'd just have to keep quiet. 988 00:46:11,669 --> 00:46:14,147 Please, that... That's all I know. 989 00:46:14,171 --> 00:46:16,683 You'll take the stand again, Mrs. Culver. 990 00:46:16,707 --> 00:46:19,853 And I wanna remind you that you're still under oath. 991 00:46:19,877 --> 00:46:21,110 You step down, sir. 992 00:46:24,949 --> 00:46:26,181 Uh... 993 00:46:33,725 --> 00:46:37,104 Now, what was it you wanted to tell us, Mrs. Culver? 994 00:46:39,163 --> 00:46:40,830 I'm not sure now. 995 00:46:42,299 --> 00:46:44,078 It's just that I've been so frightened. 996 00:46:44,102 --> 00:46:45,913 Was it that when you went into the cottage, 997 00:46:45,937 --> 00:46:48,218 your husband wasn't there? 998 00:46:51,442 --> 00:46:54,822 It was after 12:45. 999 00:46:54,846 --> 00:46:57,124 Mr. Leonard and I... 1000 00:46:57,148 --> 00:46:59,459 stood outside for a while. 1001 00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:01,895 And then you became afraid of what your husband 1002 00:47:01,919 --> 00:47:02,952 might have seen? 1003 00:47:05,823 --> 00:47:08,591 I didn't know where he was. 1004 00:47:09,794 --> 00:47:12,806 But I really didn't hear anything... 1005 00:47:12,830 --> 00:47:15,664 except a truck that came and went around 1:30. 1006 00:47:17,434 --> 00:47:20,380 And then finally Asa came in, and... 1007 00:47:20,404 --> 00:47:22,583 I pretended to be asleep. 1008 00:47:22,607 --> 00:47:24,952 Did you think that... your husband 1009 00:47:24,976 --> 00:47:26,620 might have been with Mr. Leonard? 1010 00:47:26,644 --> 00:47:28,689 The next morning, when you heard about the murder, 1011 00:47:28,713 --> 00:47:30,557 did you think your husband might've been the one 1012 00:47:30,581 --> 00:47:32,225 who fought with Mr. Leonard? 1013 00:47:32,249 --> 00:47:33,894 Did you think he was the one 1014 00:47:33,918 --> 00:47:35,863 who stood in the shadow watching, 1015 00:47:35,887 --> 00:47:38,320 while Mr. Pike arrived? 1016 00:47:39,724 --> 00:47:41,669 Because the... 1017 00:47:41,693 --> 00:47:43,771 murderer must have seen Mr. Pike leave 1018 00:47:43,795 --> 00:47:46,361 his fingerprints on this gun, don't you think? 1019 00:47:48,632 --> 00:47:50,644 Mrs. Culver, after Mr. Pike left, 1020 00:47:50,668 --> 00:47:52,746 was it then that your husband... 1021 00:47:52,770 --> 00:47:54,247 picked up this weapon, 1022 00:47:54,271 --> 00:47:56,216 and using it as a brutal club...? 1023 00:47:56,240 --> 00:47:58,285 Oh, I don't know! 1024 00:47:58,309 --> 00:48:00,955 You don't have to blab all that, lady! 1025 00:48:00,979 --> 00:48:02,589 Mr. Mason knows who saw Pike 1026 00:48:02,613 --> 00:48:04,058 leave his fingerprints on that gun. 1027 00:48:04,082 --> 00:48:05,962 He's been aiming at me all along. 1028 00:48:08,152 --> 00:48:10,330 I killed Leonard. 1029 00:48:11,589 --> 00:48:13,856 I killed the big gasbag. 1030 00:48:25,136 --> 00:48:27,181 You know, Perry, I wonder how... 1031 00:48:27,205 --> 00:48:29,316 I wonder how involved that Culver woman 1032 00:48:29,340 --> 00:48:31,719 was with Leonard. Thanks, Jeff. 1033 00:48:31,743 --> 00:48:33,587 She was gonna go traveling with him. 1034 00:48:33,611 --> 00:48:34,955 For a while anyway. 1035 00:48:34,979 --> 00:48:36,523 Heh. Yeah, with her husband's money. 1036 00:48:36,547 --> 00:48:38,592 Oh, hold on there. 1037 00:48:38,616 --> 00:48:40,060 Maybe she just wanted to make certain 1038 00:48:40,084 --> 00:48:42,495 that Leonard really would put her in that ice show. 1039 00:48:42,519 --> 00:48:44,765 Oh, I feel sorry for her. 1040 00:48:44,789 --> 00:48:47,334 Bird like him mixes people up, you know. 1041 00:48:47,358 --> 00:48:49,770 Well, take even Hal Kirkwood now. 1042 00:48:49,794 --> 00:48:51,404 He got so boiling mad at Leonard, 1043 00:48:51,428 --> 00:48:54,141 and so unhappy about the way he treated the Mrs. 1044 00:48:54,165 --> 00:48:55,976 And ruined her ranch... 1045 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,811 well, that's why he killed him, you know. 1046 00:48:57,835 --> 00:48:59,446 Well, that's not entirely 1047 00:48:59,470 --> 00:49:01,548 what he admitted later on, Mr. Pike. 1048 00:49:01,572 --> 00:49:03,717 There was also a question of money involved. 1049 00:49:03,741 --> 00:49:05,318 Blackmail money. 1050 00:49:05,342 --> 00:49:06,486 You see, if he'd just wanted 1051 00:49:06,510 --> 00:49:07,788 to get even with Leonard, 1052 00:49:07,812 --> 00:49:09,422 he would have left that bullet in the sand, 1053 00:49:09,446 --> 00:49:11,658 where it was, for the police to find. 1054 00:49:11,682 --> 00:49:14,627 Incidentally, Perry, I'm glad you caught that point. 1055 00:49:14,651 --> 00:49:16,030 Now, Kirkwood thought that Leonard 1056 00:49:16,054 --> 00:49:17,697 really had shot you, remember? 1057 00:49:17,721 --> 00:49:19,499 Oh, yeah. 1058 00:49:19,523 --> 00:49:20,734 So, what he did was, 1059 00:49:20,758 --> 00:49:23,536 dig up that bullet and then try to sell it to Leonard. 1060 00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:25,973 Leonard wouldn't have known what Hal was talking about. 1061 00:49:25,997 --> 00:49:29,109 He... He must have thought he was off in the head. 1062 00:49:31,468 --> 00:49:33,580 Hey, Dad. I'm ready to go. 1063 00:49:33,604 --> 00:49:36,116 Well, at least some things work out. 1064 00:49:36,140 --> 00:49:38,418 Fred's on his way up to Tahoe. 1065 00:49:38,442 --> 00:49:40,754 A pretty good job up there, I hear. 1066 00:49:40,778 --> 00:49:43,924 Anyway, he's squaring up that check business 1067 00:49:43,948 --> 00:49:45,592 on his own, Mr. Burger. 1068 00:49:45,616 --> 00:49:47,427 I just want you to know that. 1069 00:49:47,451 --> 00:49:49,430 Hurry up, Dad. I gotta go! 1070 00:49:49,454 --> 00:49:52,366 All right. Good riddance, dad-blame it. 1071 00:49:59,797 --> 00:50:02,475 You know, I think I won this case.