1 00:00:58,125 --> 00:01:01,004 And this is our prized Matisse, 2 00:01:01,028 --> 00:01:03,439 an example of the master's middle period. 3 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:06,709 Notice how he handles his light by the use of pure tone. 4 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:09,246 This is the Matisse I've been reading about? 5 00:01:09,270 --> 00:01:13,049 Yes. Our most recent purchase and one we're very proud of. 6 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:14,217 Hm. 7 00:01:17,978 --> 00:01:21,358 Miss, uh, are you with the museum? 8 00:01:21,382 --> 00:01:24,694 Yes. I'm the new assistant to Mr. Harkens, the director. 9 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:26,562 Mm-hm. I am Sylvester Robey 10 00:01:26,586 --> 00:01:28,331 of the Robey Galleries. Oh, yes. 11 00:01:28,355 --> 00:01:29,999 I'd like to see Mr. Harkens at once. 12 00:01:30,023 --> 00:01:32,290 May I ask what about, sir? 13 00:01:37,731 --> 00:01:39,932 Henri Matisse. 14 00:01:43,971 --> 00:01:45,081 I can't believe it. 15 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:48,285 I simply can't believe it. 16 00:01:48,309 --> 00:01:50,053 It's just not possible. 17 00:01:50,077 --> 00:01:51,654 I'd be most happy, Mr. Harkens, 18 00:01:51,678 --> 00:01:53,356 if you would secure another opinion. 19 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:56,659 Oh, I'm not doubting you. I know your reputation. 20 00:01:56,683 --> 00:01:59,595 I can see it myself now. 21 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:02,098 The brush strokes on the patina... 22 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:04,334 What will Amelia say? 23 00:02:04,358 --> 00:02:05,768 Mr. Harkens' mother. 24 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,904 Oh, yes. I've met her. 25 00:02:07,928 --> 00:02:09,973 But surely the picture's insured. 26 00:02:09,997 --> 00:02:11,908 For $100,000. 27 00:02:11,932 --> 00:02:13,410 Oh? 28 00:02:13,434 --> 00:02:16,212 I read somewhere that you paid a million francs for it, 29 00:02:16,236 --> 00:02:18,348 which is over $200,000. 30 00:02:18,372 --> 00:02:22,040 I was supposed to increase the policy and I forgot. 31 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:26,222 Oh, my mother will kill me. Absolutely kill me. 32 00:02:31,818 --> 00:02:33,551 Good morning, Mrs. Harkens. 33 00:02:38,625 --> 00:02:39,705 Clark. 34 00:02:40,694 --> 00:02:41,938 Yes, Mrs. Harkens? 35 00:02:41,962 --> 00:02:43,906 Where is the new Matisse? 36 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:46,243 In Mr. Richard's office, ma'am. 37 00:02:46,267 --> 00:02:47,977 And what is it doing there? 38 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:49,946 Mr. Richard didn't say. 39 00:02:49,970 --> 00:02:52,048 Just told me to bring it in. 40 00:02:52,072 --> 00:02:53,416 Mm-hm. 41 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,285 If I notify the police, 42 00:02:55,309 --> 00:02:57,454 Mother will find out and if I don't, 43 00:02:57,478 --> 00:02:59,322 well, we'll never get the original back. 44 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:01,906 Richard? 45 00:03:02,282 --> 00:03:03,715 Richard. 46 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:09,132 Mother. 47 00:03:09,156 --> 00:03:11,634 May I ask what this is doing here? 48 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:13,870 Speak up. 49 00:03:13,894 --> 00:03:15,739 Sylvester Robey wanted to see it. 50 00:03:15,763 --> 00:03:17,274 Sylvester Robey? 51 00:03:17,298 --> 00:03:20,510 He's a charlatan and a scoundrel. 52 00:03:20,534 --> 00:03:22,612 Well, why should he want to look at it? 53 00:03:22,636 --> 00:03:23,946 Well, he wanted to see how it stood 54 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:25,250 the air trip from Paris. 55 00:03:28,042 --> 00:03:31,054 And that's not what he wanted. 56 00:03:31,078 --> 00:03:33,689 He wanted to know why we were displaying a copy, 57 00:03:33,713 --> 00:03:34,690 instead of the original. 58 00:03:34,714 --> 00:03:38,161 Where is the original? 59 00:03:38,185 --> 00:03:39,462 I don't know. 60 00:03:39,486 --> 00:03:40,596 Stolen? 61 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:42,098 I'm afraid so. 62 00:03:42,122 --> 00:03:44,800 Let me see the night watchman's reports. 63 00:03:44,824 --> 00:03:46,091 All right. 64 00:03:59,540 --> 00:04:02,052 Come here, June. 65 00:04:02,076 --> 00:04:04,320 It states here that you and a man named David Lambert 66 00:04:04,344 --> 00:04:06,622 were in the museum last night. 67 00:04:06,646 --> 00:04:09,492 Yes, he was waiting for me to finish work. 68 00:04:09,516 --> 00:04:13,296 Mother, I gave June some reports to make up for me. 69 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,465 You keep out of this. 70 00:04:15,489 --> 00:04:17,500 David Lambert, 71 00:04:17,524 --> 00:04:20,970 34 years old, Chicago Art Institute, 72 00:04:20,994 --> 00:04:22,738 Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. 73 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:26,197 Abstractionist and penniless. 74 00:04:27,401 --> 00:04:30,246 Are you engaged to this man? 75 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:32,581 He's married, Mrs. Harkens, 76 00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:34,083 but if you're thinking he had anything 77 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:35,418 to do with this, you're mistaken. 78 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:37,753 Am I mistaken in saying that he paid his way through school 79 00:04:37,777 --> 00:04:39,589 in Paris by copying old masters in the Louvre? 80 00:04:39,613 --> 00:04:42,158 No. 81 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:44,160 Did you help him steal the picture, June? 82 00:04:44,184 --> 00:04:46,262 Mrs. Harkens... 83 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:48,064 I want you to go to him. 84 00:04:48,088 --> 00:04:50,367 Tell him he's to bring back that Matisse tonight. 85 00:04:50,391 --> 00:04:52,369 Otherwise I shall have you both arrested. 86 00:04:52,393 --> 00:04:54,371 Mrs. Harkens, we didn't take the picture. 87 00:04:54,395 --> 00:04:56,673 The matter is closed. 88 00:04:56,697 --> 00:04:57,940 Pick it up, Richard, 89 00:04:57,964 --> 00:05:00,843 and put it back before people start asking questions. 90 00:05:14,682 --> 00:05:18,194 David Lambert, you haven't heard a single word I've said. 91 00:05:18,218 --> 00:05:20,997 It's a habit I got into while we were married, Liza. 92 00:05:21,021 --> 00:05:23,032 Well, it happens we're still married, 93 00:05:23,056 --> 00:05:24,434 even though you seem to be doing 94 00:05:24,458 --> 00:05:25,801 your best to forget it. 95 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:29,071 Me? I wasn't the one who filed suit for divorce. 96 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:32,074 No. I did, in the apparently vain hope 97 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:34,844 you'd try to make something of yourself. 98 00:05:34,868 --> 00:05:36,979 Just look at this junk. 99 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:38,181 You can paint. 100 00:05:38,205 --> 00:05:39,816 I've still got some of those things you did 101 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,217 while we were in Paris. 102 00:05:41,241 --> 00:05:43,119 But who could tell from these? 103 00:05:43,143 --> 00:05:44,687 I suppose you'd like me to paint 104 00:05:44,711 --> 00:05:48,090 those, uh, bath-oil, syrupy cherubs 105 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:50,660 with idiotic smiles like you do. 106 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:52,750 They sell, darling. 107 00:05:55,155 --> 00:05:56,499 And I see you think enough of them 108 00:05:56,523 --> 00:05:58,935 to keep at least one around. 109 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:01,927 That's to inspire me not to do likewise. 110 00:06:04,631 --> 00:06:07,710 Still the same impetuous Dave, 111 00:06:07,734 --> 00:06:09,912 but the funny thing is I miss you. 112 00:06:09,936 --> 00:06:12,648 In fact, I miss you quite a lot. 113 00:06:12,672 --> 00:06:15,651 Are you in, uh, some kind of trouble again? 114 00:06:15,675 --> 00:06:17,320 No trouble, darling. 115 00:06:17,344 --> 00:06:18,821 Things are going fine. 116 00:06:18,845 --> 00:06:20,289 So fine I'd like you to come back 117 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:22,891 and share them with me. 118 00:06:22,915 --> 00:06:25,027 All I want is for you to go to the courthouse 119 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:27,430 and get that final decree. 120 00:06:27,454 --> 00:06:29,865 Suppose we make a bargain? 121 00:06:29,889 --> 00:06:31,934 You come back for, say, a month, 122 00:06:31,958 --> 00:06:33,869 and, uh, if it doesn't work 123 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:36,272 I promise to sign the papers. 124 00:06:36,296 --> 00:06:37,407 Uh-uh. 125 00:06:37,431 --> 00:06:40,676 No more spider traps for this fly, honey. 126 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:43,579 No? Well, let me just straighten you out. 127 00:06:43,603 --> 00:06:47,150 You'll never get that divorce you're so hot for if you don't. 128 00:06:47,174 --> 00:06:48,317 Think it over. 129 00:06:51,445 --> 00:06:52,721 Who's that? 130 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:55,791 June, and she'll be delighted to see you. 131 00:06:55,815 --> 00:06:57,915 Well, I don't want to see her. 132 00:07:01,321 --> 00:07:02,753 Call me tonight. 133 00:07:09,430 --> 00:07:12,208 Oh, I was afraid you weren't here. 134 00:07:12,232 --> 00:07:13,743 Hey, what's up? 135 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:16,067 So much I-I don't know where to begin. 136 00:07:17,838 --> 00:07:20,884 Mrs. Harkens at the museum thinks... 137 00:07:20,908 --> 00:07:22,351 I smell perfume. 138 00:07:22,375 --> 00:07:24,920 My almost ex-wife just left the scene, 139 00:07:24,944 --> 00:07:26,856 via the back door. JUNE: Liza? 140 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,190 What did she want? 141 00:07:28,214 --> 00:07:29,692 I'm not quite sure, 142 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:31,428 but I think she's looking for a bodyguard. 143 00:07:31,452 --> 00:07:32,928 Oh, uh, what's all this 144 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:34,864 about old lady Harkens? 145 00:07:34,888 --> 00:07:38,067 Well, the new Matisse is missing, 146 00:07:38,091 --> 00:07:40,637 and Mrs. Harkens thinks that we stole it 147 00:07:40,661 --> 00:07:42,505 from the museum last night. 148 00:07:42,529 --> 00:07:44,240 You're kidding. No. 149 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:46,009 She says if the picture isn't back by tonight, 150 00:07:46,033 --> 00:07:48,177 she's going to have us both arrested. 151 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:49,746 Well, how do you like that? 152 00:07:49,770 --> 00:07:52,048 I've always wanted to achieve fame in the art world, 153 00:07:52,072 --> 00:07:54,651 and here it comes. Dave, this isn't funny. 154 00:07:54,675 --> 00:07:56,553 You know what a Matisse is worth. 155 00:07:56,577 --> 00:07:58,154 I haven't bought any lately. 156 00:07:58,178 --> 00:08:00,924 Well, this one cost over $200,000. 157 00:08:00,948 --> 00:08:04,583 I'm sorry, honey. You're right, this isn't funny. 158 00:08:06,252 --> 00:08:08,631 Perry, I know you're busy, 159 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:10,733 but there's a young couple in the outer office 160 00:08:10,757 --> 00:08:11,968 and, uh, they'd like to see you. 161 00:08:11,992 --> 00:08:13,369 They say it's very urgent. 162 00:08:13,393 --> 00:08:15,393 I am quite busy. 163 00:08:16,697 --> 00:08:18,797 She's quite pretty. 164 00:08:22,102 --> 00:08:24,970 I don't supposed you noticed what the young man looked like. 165 00:08:26,106 --> 00:08:28,039 Would you like to see for yourself? 166 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:31,442 Come in, won't you? 167 00:08:32,913 --> 00:08:34,958 Thank you. 168 00:08:34,982 --> 00:08:38,160 Uh, you don't know me, Mr. Mason, but you bought 169 00:08:38,184 --> 00:08:40,763 one of my paintings a couple of years ago. 170 00:08:40,787 --> 00:08:42,164 Kids and pigeons on the steps 171 00:08:42,188 --> 00:08:43,566 of the Palace of Justice in Paris? 172 00:08:43,590 --> 00:08:46,803 Of course I remember you. You're David Lambert. 173 00:08:46,827 --> 00:08:48,904 That's right. And, uh, 174 00:08:48,928 --> 00:08:50,473 this is June Sinclair whom I hope to make 175 00:08:50,497 --> 00:08:52,375 a happy bride one of these days. 176 00:08:52,399 --> 00:08:54,176 And who hopes you'll keep us out of jail 177 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,640 in the meantime, Mr. Mason. 178 00:08:57,571 --> 00:08:58,614 Sit down, won't you? 179 00:08:58,638 --> 00:08:59,638 Tell me about it. 180 00:09:06,179 --> 00:09:07,657 I still think I should go in with you. 181 00:09:07,681 --> 00:09:10,259 After all, it's me she's mostly accusing. 182 00:09:10,283 --> 00:09:12,628 We're in trouble enough already. You stay here. 183 00:09:12,652 --> 00:09:14,163 Well, call me if you need help. 184 00:09:14,187 --> 00:09:15,353 We will. 185 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:30,780 Figuring out some new ways for stealing pictures, Davy Boy? 186 00:09:30,804 --> 00:09:32,015 What are you doing here? 187 00:09:32,039 --> 00:09:33,382 Appointment. 188 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:35,018 Don't forget to call me tonight. 189 00:09:35,042 --> 00:09:37,754 Or better yet, come around. 190 00:09:37,778 --> 00:09:41,758 Hey. What was that crack about stealing pictures? 191 00:09:41,782 --> 00:09:43,648 Just a joke, darling. 192 00:09:53,326 --> 00:09:54,971 It's a beautiful piece of work. 193 00:09:54,995 --> 00:09:56,472 Yes. 194 00:09:56,496 --> 00:09:59,463 Only a real expert could tell it from the original. 195 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:03,479 Richard, this is Mr. Mason. 196 00:10:03,503 --> 00:10:05,748 Richard Harkens, the museum's director. 197 00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:07,550 Perry Mason? 198 00:10:07,574 --> 00:10:10,453 Well, then you must be representing June. 199 00:10:10,477 --> 00:10:12,354 Not that I blame her for getting a lawyer. 200 00:10:12,378 --> 00:10:14,323 I think my mother's absolutely wrong. 201 00:10:14,347 --> 00:10:16,059 Have you told her that? 202 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:19,462 My mother regards me as a vegetable 203 00:10:19,486 --> 00:10:21,931 that somehow has learned how to talk. 204 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:24,288 No, she wouldn't listen. She never has. 205 00:10:25,491 --> 00:10:26,802 Oh, by the way, she's in my office, 206 00:10:26,826 --> 00:10:28,137 if you'd like to talk to her. 207 00:10:28,161 --> 00:10:29,572 I'd very much like to. 208 00:10:29,596 --> 00:10:31,807 You do want the Matisse back, don't you? 209 00:10:31,831 --> 00:10:33,075 Naturally. 210 00:10:33,099 --> 00:10:35,177 And isn't it worth spending a few paltry dollars 211 00:10:35,201 --> 00:10:37,480 to save almost a quarter of a million? 212 00:10:37,504 --> 00:10:40,249 What I should do is turn you over to the police. 213 00:10:40,273 --> 00:10:42,385 You and June and that husband of yours 214 00:10:42,409 --> 00:10:43,886 are all in this together. 215 00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:45,220 Possibly. 216 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:47,623 But you'll never force him to give the picture back. 217 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:49,058 Dave's stubborn. 218 00:10:49,082 --> 00:10:50,192 We'll see. 219 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:52,728 Yes. Wait till tonight. 220 00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:55,464 When he doesn't appear, contact me, 221 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:57,900 if you're willing to accept my terms. 222 00:10:57,924 --> 00:10:59,602 The money must be in cash. 223 00:11:00,927 --> 00:11:04,239 Mother, June is here with her attorney. 224 00:11:04,263 --> 00:11:05,663 The side door. 225 00:11:06,766 --> 00:11:08,165 Just a moment. 226 00:11:12,639 --> 00:11:13,738 Come in. 227 00:11:19,145 --> 00:11:20,489 How do you do, Mrs. Harkens? 228 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:21,657 My name is Mason. 229 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:23,292 Well, if you've come here to make trouble, 230 00:11:23,316 --> 00:11:24,827 Mr. Mason, I won't have it. 231 00:11:24,851 --> 00:11:28,064 It seems to me you already have a certain amount of trouble. 232 00:11:28,088 --> 00:11:31,667 Which I don't wish to discuss with any lawyer except my own. 233 00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:34,137 Show them both out, Richard. 234 00:11:34,161 --> 00:11:36,105 I have no wish for a discussion, Mrs. Harkens, 235 00:11:36,129 --> 00:11:37,874 but I must tell you this: 236 00:11:37,898 --> 00:11:39,475 If you persist in your accusations 237 00:11:39,499 --> 00:11:41,210 against Miss Sinclair and Mr. Lambert, 238 00:11:41,234 --> 00:11:44,814 there will be a discussion, and in court. 239 00:11:44,838 --> 00:11:47,684 I'm sure you'll find the position of defendant 240 00:11:47,708 --> 00:11:50,620 in a slander suit extremely uncomfortable. 241 00:11:50,644 --> 00:11:53,789 I hope you will consider this carefully. 242 00:11:57,784 --> 00:11:58,784 Thank you. 243 00:12:06,593 --> 00:12:07,792 Dave? 244 00:12:11,531 --> 00:12:13,075 Richard. 245 00:12:13,099 --> 00:12:14,944 David's not here? 246 00:12:14,968 --> 00:12:17,379 No, I don't know where he is. 247 00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:18,848 Well, um, 248 00:12:18,872 --> 00:12:20,939 maybe I'd better tell you, then. 249 00:12:22,676 --> 00:12:24,654 June, 250 00:12:24,678 --> 00:12:27,723 Liza Carson has all but told Mother 251 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:30,325 David took the Matisse. 252 00:12:30,349 --> 00:12:31,961 She was lying. 253 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:34,296 Well, Mother doesn't seem to think so, 254 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,633 because Liza offered to return the picture for $25,000 255 00:12:37,657 --> 00:12:40,002 and a promise that David wouldn't be prosecuted. 256 00:12:40,026 --> 00:12:42,137 She wanted it that way because she said David 257 00:12:42,161 --> 00:12:45,295 was coming back. Coming back? 258 00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:47,976 Are you sure, Richard? 259 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,814 Just as sure as I am that Mother's 25,000 is right here. 260 00:13:39,085 --> 00:13:40,263 Who is it? 261 00:13:40,287 --> 00:13:42,020 June Sinclair. 262 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:45,990 Just a second. 263 00:13:50,463 --> 00:13:53,676 Well, this is a surprise, 264 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:55,945 though I can't truthfully say a pleasant one. 265 00:13:55,969 --> 00:13:57,146 What do you want? 266 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:58,514 I want to talk to Dave. 267 00:13:58,538 --> 00:14:00,783 He's not here. His car is outside. 268 00:14:00,807 --> 00:14:03,419 Do you want to search the house? 269 00:14:03,443 --> 00:14:04,821 No. 270 00:14:04,845 --> 00:14:07,656 But I would like to talk to you, Liza. 271 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:10,026 Not tonight, darling. I'm expecting someone. 272 00:14:10,050 --> 00:14:13,151 Several someones, in fact, and I have to get dressed. 273 00:14:15,922 --> 00:14:19,435 Why did you tell Mrs. Harkens that Dave stole the Matisse? 274 00:14:19,459 --> 00:14:21,270 Who said I told her anything? 275 00:14:21,294 --> 00:14:22,805 Richard Harkens. 276 00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:24,540 Well, isn't that cozy? 277 00:14:24,564 --> 00:14:26,843 You and Richard swapping secrets. 278 00:14:26,867 --> 00:14:29,178 You'd be better off with him than with Dave, you know. 279 00:14:29,202 --> 00:14:31,147 Did you steal the Matisse, Liza? 280 00:14:31,171 --> 00:14:33,349 Don't be silly. How could I steal it? 281 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:35,451 How can you return it, if you didn't steal it? 282 00:14:35,475 --> 00:14:37,153 Well, maybe I'm not returning it. 283 00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:38,487 Maybe I'm just picking up 284 00:14:38,511 --> 00:14:41,390 a little extra pocket money from the Harkens family. 285 00:14:41,414 --> 00:14:43,059 In any case, it's none of your business. 286 00:14:43,083 --> 00:14:44,894 It is where it concerns Dave. 287 00:14:44,918 --> 00:14:47,296 What are you trying to do? Why don't you answer me? 288 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,898 Answer me! Why are you lying about him? 289 00:14:49,922 --> 00:14:51,834 Let go of me. 290 00:14:51,858 --> 00:14:53,002 I should let you have it. 291 00:14:53,026 --> 00:14:54,770 I could, you know. 292 00:14:54,794 --> 00:14:56,705 Say you came up here and attacked me. 293 00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:58,674 Nobody'd be the wiser. 294 00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:01,543 But I won't. Not now. 295 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:04,546 I've got bigger fish to fry. 296 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,682 Can you make it to the door under your own power, darling? 297 00:15:06,706 --> 00:15:09,974 Then get moving. 298 00:15:22,388 --> 00:15:24,232 What are you doing here? 299 00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:26,769 Stop it. Stop it! 300 00:15:59,926 --> 00:16:01,192 Hello. 301 00:16:02,728 --> 00:16:04,495 Yes, this is Perry Mason. 302 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:07,966 Yes, June. 303 00:16:10,103 --> 00:16:11,247 Well, if it's urgent, 304 00:16:11,271 --> 00:16:13,471 shouldn't you tell me over the telephone? 305 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:19,009 All right. I'll be there in 15 minutes. 306 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:46,804 June? 307 00:16:48,274 --> 00:16:49,540 June. 308 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:38,634 Hold it. 309 00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:40,702 Drop the picture and turn around slowly, 310 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:42,160 hands in the air. 311 00:17:56,475 --> 00:17:58,453 Well, I guess we can talk a little more now, Perry, 312 00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:01,623 that I've got the machinery going. 313 00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:04,626 You're sticking with your story about a client calling you? 314 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:06,095 And asking me to come here. 315 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,831 Only when you got here the client had disappeared. 316 00:18:08,855 --> 00:18:09,998 That's right. 317 00:18:10,022 --> 00:18:11,533 And you won't say who the client is. 318 00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:13,602 Not until we have a chance to confer. 319 00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:15,503 Lieutenant Tragg. Yeah? 320 00:18:15,527 --> 00:18:17,928 There's a piece of jewelry here, under the chair. 321 00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:27,916 It's a gold clip. 322 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:31,953 Threads snagged in the catch, as though it had been torn off. 323 00:18:31,977 --> 00:18:33,288 Initials: “J.S.” 324 00:18:33,312 --> 00:18:34,956 Is the J.S. who dropped this 325 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:37,559 by any chance your client, counselor? 326 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:39,928 You know I can't answer that, lieutenant. 327 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:41,930 Um, put this in an envelope, sergeant. 328 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:43,965 Take care of it, will you? Yes, sir. 329 00:18:43,989 --> 00:18:46,801 As I recall, you said that after you found the body 330 00:18:46,825 --> 00:18:48,537 you started for the telephone. 331 00:18:48,561 --> 00:18:50,039 To call you, as a matter of fact. 332 00:18:50,063 --> 00:18:52,374 But as an actual matter of fact, you weren't calling, 333 00:18:52,398 --> 00:18:54,576 you were looking at this 334 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,534 when the officers entered. 335 00:18:57,703 --> 00:18:59,581 And that's the puzzle. 336 00:18:59,605 --> 00:19:01,850 With the corpse back there, the telephone here, 337 00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:04,619 why did you detour to look at this? 338 00:19:04,643 --> 00:19:06,721 I'll have to explain that later. 339 00:19:06,745 --> 00:19:09,024 All I ask is a civil question and you act as though 340 00:19:09,048 --> 00:19:12,528 I'd committed murder or something. 341 00:19:12,552 --> 00:19:14,796 What's going on? 342 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:16,698 How come you're here, Mr. Mason? 343 00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:18,267 Who are you, young man? 344 00:19:18,291 --> 00:19:19,968 David Lambert. 345 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:22,905 And all I want to know is... Is who swiped my car? 346 00:19:22,929 --> 00:19:25,362 You'd think with a dozen cops around... 347 00:19:37,143 --> 00:19:39,610 So somebody finally caught up with her. 348 00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:46,695 I suppose I should shed a tear or two, 349 00:19:46,719 --> 00:19:48,730 but I... 350 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:50,354 I'm just fresh out. 351 00:19:54,059 --> 00:19:56,105 Who killed my wife, mister, uh...? 352 00:19:56,129 --> 00:19:58,107 Lieutenant Tragg, Homicide. 353 00:19:58,131 --> 00:20:00,476 When did you see your wife tonight, Mr. Lambert? 354 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:02,211 I didn't see her at all. 355 00:20:02,235 --> 00:20:05,114 He admitted his car was parked out in front, lieutenant. 356 00:20:05,138 --> 00:20:06,615 What was it doing there? 357 00:20:06,639 --> 00:20:10,185 Uh, may I suggest that you have a talk with me 358 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:11,686 before you make any statement, Dave? 359 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:12,854 This is your client, then? 360 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:14,189 Mr. Lambert is a client. 361 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:17,559 Did you telephone Mr. Mason and ask him to come over here? 362 00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:19,394 Uh, no statement. 363 00:20:19,418 --> 00:20:20,895 How about telling us where you've been 364 00:20:20,919 --> 00:20:23,732 for the last hour or so? 365 00:20:23,756 --> 00:20:25,667 No statement. 366 00:20:25,691 --> 00:20:27,736 Counselor, would you care to explain 367 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,405 why you were so interested in this? 368 00:20:30,429 --> 00:20:31,573 Where'd this come from? 369 00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:33,108 Mean something to you, Mr. Lambert? 370 00:20:33,132 --> 00:20:35,332 Well, of course. It's one of m... 371 00:20:38,103 --> 00:20:39,848 No statement. 372 00:20:39,872 --> 00:20:41,750 How about you, counselor? 373 00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:43,240 No statement. 374 00:20:45,211 --> 00:20:48,223 Are you positive you gave Liza Carson the money? 375 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:50,091 Of course, Mother. 376 00:20:50,115 --> 00:20:51,960 That's what you told me to do. 377 00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:54,596 I told you to get your hands on the Matisse first. 378 00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:57,199 Well, she promised to show me where it was in the morning. 379 00:20:57,223 --> 00:20:58,733 And you believed a woman like that? 380 00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:02,238 Mother, I am not as stupid as you might think. 381 00:21:02,262 --> 00:21:03,839 I had her sign a receipt. 382 00:21:03,863 --> 00:21:05,140 Well, tear it up. 383 00:21:05,164 --> 00:21:07,443 No Harkens has ever been mixed up in a murder case 384 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:11,146 and no Harkens ever will, even to save $25,000. 385 00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:14,037 So tear it up, at once. 386 00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:21,257 Yes? 387 00:21:21,281 --> 00:21:23,325 The modern wing? 388 00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:25,761 I'll look into it. 389 00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:28,719 Now, I want you to burn those scraps. 390 00:21:36,762 --> 00:21:40,041 And one of you is on guard here every minute the museum is open? 391 00:21:40,065 --> 00:21:43,445 Yes. We work two-hour shifts. 392 00:21:43,469 --> 00:21:45,280 You by any chance a detective? 393 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:46,781 I'm a private investigator. 394 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:49,084 Then maybe I should tell you something. 395 00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:50,552 That is, if you're working on the case 396 00:21:50,576 --> 00:21:52,221 of the lady artist that got shot last night. 397 00:21:52,245 --> 00:21:54,289 I am. 398 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:55,491 I saw her picture 399 00:21:55,515 --> 00:21:56,792 in the paper this morning. 400 00:21:56,816 --> 00:21:57,959 She was one of those 401 00:21:57,983 --> 00:21:59,762 been making copies of the Matisse here, 402 00:21:59,786 --> 00:22:00,851 like her: 403 00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:06,991 She came in two days... - Clark. 404 00:22:12,031 --> 00:22:14,776 You are employed here to watch, not talk. 405 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,367 I'm sorry, ma'am. 406 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,607 Who was that? My boss. 407 00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:25,854 Thanks. 408 00:22:37,223 --> 00:22:40,135 Mrs. Harkens, Mr. Harkens, this is indeed a pleasure. 409 00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:42,805 These cherubs, they're Liza Carson's? 410 00:22:42,829 --> 00:22:45,341 The very last she painted. 411 00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:47,909 A great loss. 412 00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:49,144 You know, of course, 413 00:22:49,168 --> 00:22:51,079 they're to be auctioned off next Thursday. 414 00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:53,282 So it says in your catalogue. 415 00:22:53,306 --> 00:22:56,573 Richard, wait for me in the car, please. 416 00:22:58,611 --> 00:23:02,324 And now, Mr. Robey, where is my Matisse? 417 00:23:02,348 --> 00:23:03,925 I don't know, Mrs. Harkens. 418 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:04,993 No? 419 00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:06,528 You tried to buy that Matisse yourself, 420 00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:07,663 didn't you, Robey? 421 00:23:07,687 --> 00:23:09,498 Yes, and as usual, you outbid me. 422 00:23:09,522 --> 00:23:12,668 Could you have discovered that Liza Carson had the picture 423 00:23:12,692 --> 00:23:14,002 and killed her to get it yourself? 424 00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:16,104 No, no, Mrs. Harkens. 425 00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:18,741 Liza was my friend. 426 00:23:18,765 --> 00:23:20,041 I loved her. 427 00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:21,710 Well, the picture 428 00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:24,713 can't have disappeared into thin air. 429 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:26,737 I want you to... 430 00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:34,956 I offered Liza Carson $25,000 for the return of that painting. 431 00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:36,625 I'll make you the same offer. 432 00:23:41,621 --> 00:23:42,919 Mrs. Harkens. 433 00:23:55,635 --> 00:23:57,200 Mr. Harkens. 434 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:00,148 Hello, Mr. Harkens. 435 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:02,183 I got your message, Mr. Mason. 436 00:24:02,207 --> 00:24:05,053 I thought perhaps it would be better if I came here. 437 00:24:05,077 --> 00:24:07,010 Thank you. Sit down. 438 00:24:10,215 --> 00:24:13,462 I'm curious as to why your mother is so positive 439 00:24:13,486 --> 00:24:17,120 that June Sinclair and David Lambert stole the Matisse. 440 00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:19,568 Perhaps you'd better ask her. 441 00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:21,035 I wanted your opinion. 442 00:24:21,059 --> 00:24:23,338 I don't know why mother instantly jumped 443 00:24:23,362 --> 00:24:25,740 on June and David. 444 00:24:25,764 --> 00:24:27,041 The only thing I can think of is, 445 00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:31,179 it would be almost impossible 446 00:24:31,203 --> 00:24:34,883 for just anyone to have smuggled the picture out, 447 00:24:34,907 --> 00:24:37,052 it would be very difficult for them. 448 00:24:37,076 --> 00:24:40,021 I see. Mr. Mason, 449 00:24:40,045 --> 00:24:42,257 the real reason I came here... 450 00:24:42,281 --> 00:24:45,694 I know June is in love with Dave, 451 00:24:45,718 --> 00:24:47,896 but if it'll help her, 452 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,065 I'll say I stole the Matisse. 453 00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:52,200 You'd do that for her? 454 00:24:52,224 --> 00:24:54,503 Yes. 455 00:24:54,527 --> 00:24:56,605 The police would ask you to produce it. 456 00:24:56,629 --> 00:24:58,106 Well, I could say... 457 00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:02,110 I could say that I had hidden it downstairs in the storeroom. 458 00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:03,578 That-that someone had seen me, 459 00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:05,547 or they just stumbled on it, 460 00:25:05,571 --> 00:25:08,584 and took the opportunity to steal it for themselves. 461 00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:10,986 It might work. 462 00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:13,143 Too bad I can't accept your offer. 463 00:25:15,047 --> 00:25:17,180 I can't even lie for someone. 464 00:25:19,051 --> 00:25:22,330 Mr. Mason, 465 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:24,432 what is it that puts a man out of step 466 00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:25,934 with the people around him? 467 00:25:25,958 --> 00:25:29,972 Perhaps he hears a different music, Mr. Harkens. 468 00:25:29,996 --> 00:25:31,740 Perhaps. 469 00:25:31,764 --> 00:25:34,698 Thank you, Mr. Mason. Good day. 470 00:25:38,738 --> 00:25:40,104 Oh, excuse me. 471 00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:42,651 Perry, I just heard from June. 472 00:25:42,675 --> 00:25:44,586 Where is she? At David's studio. 473 00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:49,758 And you really think that I should give myself up? 474 00:25:49,782 --> 00:25:51,192 Yes, I do, June. 475 00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:52,761 I understand about last night now, 476 00:25:52,785 --> 00:25:53,962 having heard your story, 477 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:56,506 but running away was a mistake. 478 00:25:56,856 --> 00:25:58,199 Dave. 479 00:25:58,223 --> 00:26:00,368 Oh, Dave. They let you go. 480 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:04,138 Yeah, yeah. They let me go, but I'll never know why. 481 00:26:04,162 --> 00:26:06,474 I, uh, went your “no statement” route 482 00:26:06,498 --> 00:26:08,376 to the bitter end, Mr. Mason. 483 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,111 Didn't Lieutenant Tragg say anything to you 484 00:26:10,135 --> 00:26:11,313 when he let you go? 485 00:26:11,337 --> 00:26:14,349 No, he just called me into the office and said scram. 486 00:26:14,373 --> 00:26:17,652 Oh, yeah. He did say something about not leaving town, 487 00:26:17,676 --> 00:26:19,120 but that's all. 488 00:26:19,144 --> 00:26:20,988 Do you think that means they're after me? 489 00:26:21,012 --> 00:26:22,957 I don't see how he could be. 490 00:26:22,981 --> 00:26:25,181 I didn't mentioned you, and neither did Dave. 491 00:26:26,218 --> 00:26:27,962 Why should he be after you, June? 492 00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:31,065 June was in the studio when Liza Carson was killed. 493 00:26:31,089 --> 00:26:32,690 Last night? 494 00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:35,904 What were you doing there, honey? 495 00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:37,639 I was looking for you. 496 00:26:37,663 --> 00:26:39,741 She saw your car in the street. 497 00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:42,009 She went in, had a quarrel with Miss Carson. 498 00:26:42,033 --> 00:26:44,579 When she was leaving, she heard shots from the bedroom. 499 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:46,448 She went back, found Miss Carson, 500 00:26:46,472 --> 00:26:47,638 then telephoned me. 501 00:26:49,241 --> 00:26:52,086 But why weren't you there when they grabbed me? 502 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:54,456 Well, after I called Mr. Mason, 503 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,991 I realized that you'd be involved because of your car, 504 00:26:57,015 --> 00:27:00,795 so I-I rushed out and I moved it to another street. 505 00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:03,831 When I came back, the police were there. I... 506 00:27:03,855 --> 00:27:05,822 I lost my head and ran. 507 00:27:07,893 --> 00:27:09,671 That wasn't too bright. 508 00:27:09,695 --> 00:27:11,239 What can we do? 509 00:27:11,263 --> 00:27:13,508 Well, first, June and I are going down to headquarters. 510 00:27:13,532 --> 00:27:16,110 No need to trouble yourself, counselor. 511 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:18,446 I'd be more than happy to provide transportation 512 00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:20,115 for Miss Sinclair. 513 00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:22,985 You are June Sinclair, aren't you? 514 00:27:23,009 --> 00:27:24,185 Yes. 515 00:27:24,209 --> 00:27:26,722 I have a warrant for your arrest, Miss Sinclair. 516 00:27:26,746 --> 00:27:28,924 Charge of first degree murder. 517 00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:41,637 On the surface, Your Honor, 518 00:27:41,661 --> 00:27:44,906 this case fits an all too familiar pattern, 519 00:27:44,930 --> 00:27:47,976 where the mistress of a married man rids him and herself 520 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,145 of his wife by means of murder. 521 00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:52,014 But entwined in this pattern 522 00:27:52,038 --> 00:27:55,517 are the threads of a $200,000 grand larceny. 523 00:27:55,541 --> 00:27:57,986 The State has not yet accused the defendant 524 00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:00,155 or the husband, or anyone else, for that matter, 525 00:28:00,179 --> 00:28:03,191 of being implicated in this theft of an art masterpiece 526 00:28:03,215 --> 00:28:05,427 from the world famous Harkens Museum. 527 00:28:05,451 --> 00:28:09,764 But the entwinement is such that the State intends 528 00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:14,936 to delve rather deeply into this secondary aspect of the case, 529 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,404 provided the court is agreeable. 530 00:28:16,428 --> 00:28:17,428 Mr. Mason? 531 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:20,842 Your Honor, the defense is aware 532 00:28:20,866 --> 00:28:23,611 that the deputy prosecutor is an authority on art, 533 00:28:23,635 --> 00:28:25,980 and he is welcome to delve where he desires. 534 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:30,885 If the defense finds the delving irrelevant or objectionable, 535 00:28:30,909 --> 00:28:31,920 it will say so. 536 00:28:31,944 --> 00:28:34,422 That seems fair enough. 537 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:36,713 You may present your first witness, Mr. Hanson. 538 00:28:38,283 --> 00:28:39,994 As I said, I live across the street, 539 00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:42,129 so I didn't hear the shots too clearly. 540 00:28:42,153 --> 00:28:45,433 Just heard them and wondered what it was. 541 00:28:45,457 --> 00:28:49,403 And then I saw a young woman run out and race off in an old car 542 00:28:49,427 --> 00:28:51,439 that was parked in front. 543 00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:54,141 And later I saw another car pull up 544 00:28:54,165 --> 00:28:56,778 and a man got out and hurried into the house. 545 00:28:56,802 --> 00:29:00,314 Mrs. Forbes, is the young woman you saw run out 546 00:29:00,338 --> 00:29:02,350 anywhere in this courtroom? 547 00:29:02,374 --> 00:29:03,485 Oh, why, yes. 548 00:29:03,509 --> 00:29:05,453 Right over there. Miss Sinclair. 549 00:29:05,477 --> 00:29:07,021 And the man you saw enter the house? 550 00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:08,623 Oh, he's sitting right there beside her. 551 00:29:08,647 --> 00:29:11,926 Let the record show the witness has identified 552 00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:15,229 Miss Sinclair's attorney, Perry Mason. 553 00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:16,887 Your witness, Mr. Mason. 554 00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:20,189 No questions. 555 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:25,974 I realize you are a reluctant witness, Mr. Lambert, 556 00:29:25,998 --> 00:29:28,275 but you must answer the prosecution's questions 557 00:29:28,299 --> 00:29:30,745 fully and truthfully. 558 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:32,680 Okay, Your Honor. 559 00:29:32,704 --> 00:29:34,816 Yes, I've been in love with June Sinclair for some time. 560 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,520 And your wife refused to give you a final divorce? 561 00:29:38,544 --> 00:29:41,422 I think it was only a question of her not facing the fact 562 00:29:41,446 --> 00:29:43,057 that I no longer loved her. 563 00:29:43,081 --> 00:29:46,093 Now, isn't it true that you were short of cash? 564 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:48,596 Constantly. 565 00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:52,155 And the painting represented quite a bit of money, didn't it? 566 00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:54,903 I object, Your Honor. 567 00:29:54,927 --> 00:29:56,838 The witness may very well be hostile, 568 00:29:56,862 --> 00:29:58,372 but he's not on trial. 569 00:29:58,396 --> 00:30:01,442 Mr. Hanson, you're making some point here? 570 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:04,612 If the court will bear with me, I will connect it all up. 571 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:06,447 Very well, I will overrule the objection, 572 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:08,282 subject to your connecting up all this evidence 573 00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:10,819 with the germane issues of the case. 574 00:30:10,843 --> 00:30:13,121 You may proceed, Mr. Hanson. 575 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:17,025 Mr. Lambert, since you were in love with June Sinclair, 576 00:30:17,049 --> 00:30:20,528 and she in love with you, did she tell you 577 00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:22,296 that she was going to see your wife that night? 578 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:23,665 No. 579 00:30:23,689 --> 00:30:26,901 Did you tell her that you were going to see your wife? 580 00:30:26,925 --> 00:30:30,304 No. No? 581 00:30:30,328 --> 00:30:32,841 Why did you go to see your wife? 582 00:30:32,865 --> 00:30:36,111 She had made a remark about, uh, a painting. 583 00:30:36,135 --> 00:30:37,245 Ah. 584 00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:38,913 The missing Matisse. 585 00:30:38,937 --> 00:30:41,016 Did she accuse you and Miss Sinclair 586 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:42,450 of stealing it? 587 00:30:42,474 --> 00:30:45,520 No. She didn't directly accuse either one of us. 588 00:30:45,544 --> 00:30:47,823 But she gave the impression that you did? 589 00:30:47,847 --> 00:30:51,159 What did she say when you went to her? 590 00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:52,293 Nothing. She wasn't home. 591 00:30:52,317 --> 00:30:53,862 What did you do? 592 00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:56,664 Well, since it was after 11, I figured she'd be home soon, 593 00:30:56,688 --> 00:30:59,567 so I went around the corner to the neighborhood bistro 594 00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:01,202 and had a beer. 595 00:31:01,226 --> 00:31:04,305 It took you an hour and a half to drink one glass of beer? 596 00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:06,040 I had several, and by the time I got back, 597 00:31:06,064 --> 00:31:07,642 the cops were there and my car was gone. 598 00:31:07,666 --> 00:31:09,877 Did you see Miss June Sinclair during this period of time? 599 00:31:09,901 --> 00:31:10,979 No, I didn't. 600 00:31:11,003 --> 00:31:13,436 Is there anyone to corroborate your alibi? 601 00:31:16,808 --> 00:31:18,407 No one I know. 602 00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:25,860 I now show you this gold pin, which has been identified 603 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:27,729 as having been found in Miss Carson's studio 604 00:31:27,753 --> 00:31:29,097 the night of the murder. 605 00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:31,121 Do you recognize it? 606 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:34,804 Answer the question, Mr. Lambert. 607 00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:42,866 I gave it to June on her last birthday. 608 00:31:44,636 --> 00:31:47,281 Yes, I took the pin from Miss Carson's studio 609 00:31:47,305 --> 00:31:50,185 directly to the police crime lab and I examined it there. 610 00:31:50,209 --> 00:31:52,620 What did you find, lieutenant? 611 00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:54,655 Adhering to the catch, 612 00:31:54,679 --> 00:31:57,125 some torn strands of lavender wool. 613 00:31:57,149 --> 00:31:58,593 They were compared microscopically 614 00:31:58,617 --> 00:32:00,829 and fluoroscopically with strands taken from the coat, 615 00:32:00,853 --> 00:32:04,365 worn by the defendant the time of her arrest. 616 00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:07,335 And we found the strands to be identical. 617 00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:09,037 Which indicated to you, 618 00:32:09,061 --> 00:32:10,872 as an expert in matters like this...? 619 00:32:10,896 --> 00:32:13,608 A struggle, in which the pin was torn 620 00:32:13,632 --> 00:32:14,675 from Miss Sinclair's coat 621 00:32:14,699 --> 00:32:16,211 by the deceased. 622 00:32:16,235 --> 00:32:18,379 I object, Your Honor. 623 00:32:18,403 --> 00:32:20,414 I grant that the witness is an expert, 624 00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:21,916 but he's not clairvoyant. 625 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,918 That pin might have been torn off by anyone. 626 00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:25,387 Objection sustained. 627 00:32:25,411 --> 00:32:26,788 The witness may offer an opinion, 628 00:32:26,812 --> 00:32:30,058 but only within the realm of his special knowledge. 629 00:32:30,082 --> 00:32:32,760 Strike the witness' last answer. 630 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:35,363 Now, Lieutenant, in your microscopic and fluoroscopic 631 00:32:35,387 --> 00:32:37,331 examination of the defendant's coat, 632 00:32:37,355 --> 00:32:39,000 did you find anything further? 633 00:32:39,024 --> 00:32:42,904 Yes. On the right arm, elbow and shoulder, 634 00:32:42,928 --> 00:32:44,472 I found traces of face powder 635 00:32:44,496 --> 00:32:46,936 identical to that used by the deceased. 636 00:32:50,002 --> 00:32:52,146 And what did you do, Mr. Robey, 637 00:32:52,170 --> 00:32:54,248 when you discovered this was not a real Matisse, 638 00:32:54,272 --> 00:32:55,850 but a copy put in its place? 639 00:32:55,874 --> 00:32:57,886 I immediately informed Richard Harkens, 640 00:32:57,910 --> 00:32:59,776 the museum's director. 641 00:33:03,849 --> 00:33:06,727 Now, let me call your attention to this half-finished copy 642 00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:08,396 found in Liza Carson's studio. 643 00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:09,997 Oh, yes. I've seen that before. 644 00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:11,766 It is the work of Miss Carson? 645 00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:13,634 No, no, no. It's the work of David Lambert. 646 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,169 He left it with her when they separated. 647 00:33:15,193 --> 00:33:17,471 Ah, I see. 648 00:33:17,495 --> 00:33:19,307 And this copy from the museum? 649 00:33:19,331 --> 00:33:22,610 It never occurred to me before, but of course. 650 00:33:22,634 --> 00:33:24,879 That must be the work of David Lambert too. 651 00:33:24,903 --> 00:33:27,148 Thank you, Mr. Robey. 652 00:33:27,172 --> 00:33:29,492 You may cross-examine, Mr. Mason. 653 00:33:35,981 --> 00:33:39,460 Mr. Robey, as close, personal friend of Miss Carson, 654 00:33:39,484 --> 00:33:41,562 you were well-acquainted with her work, were you not? 655 00:33:41,586 --> 00:33:44,398 Oh, yes, yes. I sold a good many pictures for her. 656 00:33:44,422 --> 00:33:45,599 As a matter of fact, 657 00:33:45,623 --> 00:33:47,668 in my weekly art sale at my gallery tonight, 658 00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:49,237 I am offering four of her cherubs. 659 00:33:49,261 --> 00:33:51,806 Aren't they part of her estate? 660 00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:54,342 Oh, no. I bought them from her the day before she, uh... 661 00:33:54,366 --> 00:33:56,010 Before she died. 662 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:57,645 At her insistence, I might add. 663 00:33:57,669 --> 00:33:59,280 She said she wanted them out of the studio. 664 00:33:59,304 --> 00:34:01,816 Wasn't that insistence rather odd 665 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,484 from an artist of her stature? 666 00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:05,509 Well, I suppose she needed the money. 667 00:34:06,278 --> 00:34:07,788 Perhaps. 668 00:34:07,812 --> 00:34:09,590 Now, to get back to your intimate knowledge 669 00:34:09,614 --> 00:34:12,093 of Miss Carson's work. In your opinion, 670 00:34:12,117 --> 00:34:15,419 couldn't she just as well have painted this as David Lambert? 671 00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:20,523 Yes. Yes, she could have. 672 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,725 Thank you, Mr. Robey. 673 00:34:24,496 --> 00:34:26,507 Yes, sir, I'm a guard during the days. 674 00:34:26,531 --> 00:34:27,675 And nights? 675 00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:30,578 Well, sir, there's an outside watchman. 676 00:34:30,602 --> 00:34:32,981 And who was on duty this particular night? 677 00:34:33,005 --> 00:34:36,851 Well, now, I took Jim Roscoe's turn that night. 678 00:34:36,875 --> 00:34:39,687 I know Miss Sinclair, and I can't say 679 00:34:39,711 --> 00:34:41,956 that she took anything out at all. 680 00:34:41,980 --> 00:34:44,959 But I guess that's like seeing something a hundred times. 681 00:34:44,983 --> 00:34:47,595 Your eyes take it for granted. 682 00:34:47,619 --> 00:34:51,654 So I didn't notice either one of them carrying anything out. 683 00:34:52,524 --> 00:34:53,823 Cross-examine. 684 00:34:55,027 --> 00:34:56,326 No questions. 685 00:34:58,130 --> 00:35:01,242 And on Miss Carson's promise to turn over the real Matisse 686 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:04,913 in the morning, you gave her the $25,000 dollars? 687 00:35:04,937 --> 00:35:06,614 Yes, but I believe she merely promised 688 00:35:06,638 --> 00:35:08,449 to tell me where it was. 689 00:35:08,473 --> 00:35:10,385 Did anyone other than your mother know 690 00:35:10,409 --> 00:35:13,410 that you were going to give Miss Carson the $25,000? 691 00:35:17,082 --> 00:35:18,681 Miss Sinclair. 692 00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:20,716 Mr. Mason? 693 00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:27,068 Mr. Harkens, when did you give Miss Carson the money? 694 00:35:27,092 --> 00:35:30,504 I, uh... I went over there right after I talked with June. 695 00:35:30,528 --> 00:35:33,241 Then you must have been there when Miss Sinclair arrived. 696 00:35:33,265 --> 00:35:34,808 Oh, no, I wasn't. 697 00:35:34,832 --> 00:35:37,511 I didn't see June. 698 00:35:37,535 --> 00:35:41,149 Mr. Harkens, how do you account for the money not being found 699 00:35:41,173 --> 00:35:42,516 in Miss Carson's studio? 700 00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:44,752 I-I don't know. 701 00:35:44,776 --> 00:35:46,421 I suppose the murderer took it. 702 00:35:46,445 --> 00:35:48,055 Or else you never gave it to her. 703 00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:50,425 Oh, yes, I did. 704 00:35:50,449 --> 00:35:52,727 Here. 705 00:35:52,751 --> 00:35:54,062 My mother told me to tear that up 706 00:35:54,086 --> 00:35:58,032 and burn it to avoid scandal. 707 00:35:58,056 --> 00:36:00,991 But I didn't burn it, as you can see. 708 00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:07,008 And when Liza Carson came to your office, 709 00:36:07,032 --> 00:36:11,079 she actually accused her husband and June Sinclair 710 00:36:11,103 --> 00:36:13,081 of having stolen the Matisse? 711 00:36:13,105 --> 00:36:15,716 You just heard me tell Mr. Hanson that. 712 00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:17,051 And on the strength of that story, 713 00:36:17,075 --> 00:36:18,419 and without further proof, 714 00:36:18,443 --> 00:36:21,956 you authorized the payment of $25,000 to Miss Carson? 715 00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:24,092 I authorized no such thing. 716 00:36:24,116 --> 00:36:27,695 My son is a fool, Mr. Mason. 717 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:28,896 He was to get the painting 718 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,264 before he gave her the money. 719 00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:33,801 But the $25,000 did come from your personal account? 720 00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:37,071 Naturally, since Richard hasn't a dime. 721 00:36:37,095 --> 00:36:41,242 Mrs. Harkens, why did you set about recovering the picture 722 00:36:41,266 --> 00:36:43,826 in this manner instead of going to the police? 723 00:36:45,304 --> 00:36:47,215 I don't think that's any of your business. 724 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:51,252 I believe it may very well be the court's business. 725 00:36:51,276 --> 00:36:52,920 Well, I'm not going to answer the question. 726 00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:54,789 Mrs. Harkens, 727 00:36:54,813 --> 00:36:56,891 I must caution you that a refusal to answer 728 00:36:56,915 --> 00:36:58,995 will put you in contempt of court. 729 00:36:59,617 --> 00:37:02,062 But now, since the hour is late, 730 00:37:02,086 --> 00:37:04,065 and if it is agreeable with counsel, 731 00:37:04,089 --> 00:37:06,668 I will adjourn court until 10:00 tomorrow morning. 732 00:37:06,692 --> 00:37:10,360 And in the interim I suggest you give thought to your position. 733 00:37:11,230 --> 00:37:12,507 Mr. Mason? 734 00:37:12,531 --> 00:37:14,409 No objection, Your Honor. 735 00:37:16,235 --> 00:37:17,467 Court will adjourn. 736 00:37:19,304 --> 00:37:21,316 Perry, why don't you eat something? 737 00:37:24,943 --> 00:37:26,254 Hi, Perry. 738 00:37:26,278 --> 00:37:28,590 Here are the copies of Liza Carson's handwriting you wanted, 739 00:37:28,614 --> 00:37:31,292 and here's the catalogue for that auction tonight. 740 00:37:31,316 --> 00:37:33,861 I never knew you were interested in cherubs. 741 00:37:33,885 --> 00:37:36,097 I am when I have a client accused 742 00:37:36,121 --> 00:37:39,066 of killing the person who created them. 743 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:41,436 Paul, are you sure the Harkens examined those cherubs 744 00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:42,970 that day at Robey's gallery? 745 00:37:42,994 --> 00:37:44,994 Sure. They were talking to Robey about them. 746 00:37:46,732 --> 00:37:48,175 Hardly seems the kind of thing 747 00:37:48,199 --> 00:37:52,580 Mrs. Harkens would be interested in buying: a smiling cherub. 748 00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:55,250 Well, they aren't all smiling. 749 00:37:55,274 --> 00:37:56,651 What do you mean? 750 00:37:56,675 --> 00:37:59,175 Well, three of them are, but one of them is crying. 751 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:03,090 Now, ladies and gentlemen, 752 00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:05,293 what you've been waiting for all evening: 753 00:38:05,317 --> 00:38:08,630 the first of Liza Carson's cherubs. 754 00:38:09,787 --> 00:38:12,032 Now, may I have a bid, please? 755 00:38:12,056 --> 00:38:13,434 Two hundred dollars. 756 00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:15,436 Two hundred dollars. Three hundred. 757 00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:16,904 Four hundred and fifty. 758 00:38:16,928 --> 00:38:18,673 Four hundred and fifty dollars. 759 00:38:18,697 --> 00:38:21,075 Uh, $600. 760 00:38:21,099 --> 00:38:22,876 Six hundred dollars. 761 00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:25,535 I have $600. Do I hear 650? 762 00:38:26,704 --> 00:38:28,015 No further bids? 763 00:38:28,039 --> 00:38:29,772 Sold to Mrs. Vandercord. 764 00:38:31,809 --> 00:38:33,843 Now picture number six. 765 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:38,815 And this, ladies and gentlemen, is unique. 766 00:38:40,051 --> 00:38:42,062 The late Liza Carson was famous 767 00:38:42,086 --> 00:38:43,665 for her laughing cherubs. 768 00:38:43,689 --> 00:38:45,899 This, as you noticed, is crying. 769 00:38:45,923 --> 00:38:48,569 Now, may I have a bid for the crying cherub? 770 00:38:48,593 --> 00:38:51,672 Oh, isn't that cute? 771 00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:53,541 I'll bid $500. 772 00:38:53,565 --> 00:38:55,309 Five hundred dollars. 773 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:57,378 Seven fifty. Eight fifty. 774 00:38:57,402 --> 00:38:58,745 One thousand. 775 00:39:00,071 --> 00:39:02,250 A thousand dollars. 776 00:39:02,274 --> 00:39:04,318 I bid $1500. 777 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:05,653 Sixteen hundred. 778 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:07,321 Two thousand. 779 00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:08,790 Two thousand. 780 00:39:08,814 --> 00:39:10,958 Twenty-five hundred dollars. 781 00:39:10,982 --> 00:39:12,826 I bid 5000. 782 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:14,895 Well, this is ridiculous. 783 00:39:14,919 --> 00:39:18,132 No Liza Carson painting ever sold for half that. 784 00:39:18,156 --> 00:39:19,767 Six thousand. 785 00:39:19,791 --> 00:39:21,769 Six thousand. 786 00:39:21,793 --> 00:39:23,571 Ten thousand. 787 00:39:23,595 --> 00:39:24,838 Fifteen thousand. 788 00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:26,974 Did I hear you say 15,000, sir? 789 00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:28,398 That's right. 790 00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:31,845 I bid 25,000. 791 00:39:31,869 --> 00:39:33,280 Twenty-six thousand. 792 00:39:33,304 --> 00:39:35,916 Twenty-six thousand... 793 00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:37,273 Mr. Harkens? 794 00:39:38,176 --> 00:39:39,542 I, uh... 795 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,958 I'll have to make a telephone call. 796 00:39:43,982 --> 00:39:45,593 Just a moment. 797 00:39:45,617 --> 00:39:48,596 You advertised an auction, Mr. Robey, 798 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:51,265 and that calls for continuous bidding. 799 00:39:51,289 --> 00:39:53,590 That's right, Mr. Harkens. 800 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,173 Well, I, uh... I can't go any higher. 801 00:39:59,197 --> 00:40:00,207 The painting is yours, 802 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:01,475 Mr. Mason. 803 00:40:09,708 --> 00:40:12,186 Your Honor, the adjournment yesterday 804 00:40:12,210 --> 00:40:15,122 interrupted Mrs. Harkens' testimony. 805 00:40:15,146 --> 00:40:17,758 If it please the court, I would like to recall a witness 806 00:40:17,782 --> 00:40:19,360 before proceeding with Mrs. Harkens. 807 00:40:19,384 --> 00:40:20,595 Which witness, Mr. Mason? 808 00:40:20,619 --> 00:40:22,029 Sylvester Robey. 809 00:40:22,053 --> 00:40:23,333 Mr. Hanson? 810 00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:30,705 I'd like to know what kind of demonstration 811 00:40:30,729 --> 00:40:32,206 counsel is planning here, Your Honor. 812 00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:35,976 This relates to the artistic phase of the case 813 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,978 referred to by the prosecution itself. 814 00:40:38,002 --> 00:40:39,947 If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Hanson, 815 00:40:39,971 --> 00:40:42,283 you were the one, originally, who wanted to delve 816 00:40:42,307 --> 00:40:44,318 into the artistic aspect of this case. 817 00:40:44,342 --> 00:40:47,221 Well, not with courtroom high jinks. 818 00:40:47,245 --> 00:40:48,922 Do you formally object to Mr. Mason 819 00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:50,826 recalling Mr. Robey to the stand? 820 00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:55,151 No, I... I won't object. 821 00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:57,320 Mr. Robey, please. 822 00:41:00,825 --> 00:41:02,737 You are still under oath, sir. 823 00:41:02,761 --> 00:41:04,472 Mr. Robey. Yes, sir. 824 00:41:04,496 --> 00:41:06,507 Would you mind performing a small chore? 825 00:41:06,531 --> 00:41:08,842 What chore, sir? 826 00:41:08,866 --> 00:41:11,579 Testing the paint on this picture. 827 00:41:11,603 --> 00:41:14,248 Well, now, I wouldn't want to damage this, uh... 828 00:41:14,272 --> 00:41:16,484 It's quite all right. If you'll recall, 829 00:41:16,508 --> 00:41:19,275 I bought this picture at your auction last night. 830 00:41:19,977 --> 00:41:21,344 Yes. 831 00:41:22,079 --> 00:41:23,824 Well... 832 00:41:23,848 --> 00:41:26,427 All right, Mr. Robey, you may take the witness stand. 833 00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:27,428 I'll perform the test. 834 00:41:27,452 --> 00:41:28,895 Thank you, sir. 835 00:42:17,201 --> 00:42:21,103 A water-based paint, Your Honor, that washes away completely. 836 00:42:25,010 --> 00:42:26,654 The missing Matisse. 837 00:42:26,678 --> 00:42:29,490 That's right, the missing Matisse. 838 00:42:29,514 --> 00:42:30,946 How did you get it, Mr. Robey? 839 00:42:31,750 --> 00:42:33,193 Liza... Miss Carson. 840 00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:35,657 Assigned it to me with the other cherubs for auction. 841 00:42:37,489 --> 00:42:42,670 Now, Mr. Robey, you must do better than that. 842 00:42:42,694 --> 00:42:45,961 Your auction catalog didn't mention a crying cherub. 843 00:42:46,932 --> 00:42:48,175 No. 844 00:42:48,199 --> 00:42:52,379 Isn't it a fact, Mr. Robey, that you stole that Matisse, 845 00:42:52,403 --> 00:42:54,582 and that you then commissioned Miss Carson 846 00:42:54,606 --> 00:42:57,885 to make a painting of a crying cherub over it, 847 00:42:57,909 --> 00:43:00,154 so that it would be immediately identifiable 848 00:43:00,178 --> 00:43:01,889 and yet still be hidden, so to speak? 849 00:43:01,913 --> 00:43:06,193 No, no, Mr. Mason. I didn't steal it. 850 00:43:06,217 --> 00:43:08,796 Although I suppose it amounts to the same thing. 851 00:43:08,820 --> 00:43:11,665 I paid Miss Carson $5,000 to get it for me, 852 00:43:11,689 --> 00:43:14,134 plus a half of anything over that I might get for it myself. 853 00:43:14,158 --> 00:43:15,836 How did you propose that it be stolen? 854 00:43:15,860 --> 00:43:18,873 Well, I got her to paint a copy. 855 00:43:18,897 --> 00:43:20,975 You mean that one there? That's right. 856 00:43:20,999 --> 00:43:23,210 I gave her another $1,000 to bribe one of the guards 857 00:43:23,234 --> 00:43:25,046 to help her exchange the copy for the original. 858 00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:27,737 Did she tell you who this guard was? 859 00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:30,751 Yes. 860 00:43:30,775 --> 00:43:32,687 Thomas Clark. 861 00:43:32,711 --> 00:43:34,622 So with Clark's help, 862 00:43:34,646 --> 00:43:37,058 Miss Carson did steal the picture, did she not? 863 00:43:37,082 --> 00:43:40,494 Yes. Our plan was to sell it back to Mrs. Harkens. 864 00:43:40,518 --> 00:43:42,863 But you never intended 865 00:43:42,887 --> 00:43:46,067 that it come up for public auction? 866 00:43:46,091 --> 00:43:48,535 No, but when Liza was killed, I became frightened. 867 00:43:48,559 --> 00:43:50,270 I thought if the picture was sold at auction, 868 00:43:50,294 --> 00:43:53,474 I could say I knew nothing about it, it was Liza's plot. 869 00:43:53,498 --> 00:43:54,675 So I put it up. 870 00:43:54,699 --> 00:43:58,112 And became more frightened when I bought it. 871 00:43:58,136 --> 00:44:01,616 Now, Mr. Robey, I could theorize that you were frightened 872 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:04,318 not because Liza Carson was killed, 873 00:44:04,342 --> 00:44:05,582 but because you killed her. 874 00:44:07,045 --> 00:44:08,589 But why? 875 00:44:08,613 --> 00:44:10,123 Now, why would I kill her? 876 00:44:10,147 --> 00:44:14,428 To, uh, keep the Matisse. To get back your $5,000. 877 00:44:14,452 --> 00:44:15,830 But I didn't get my money back. 878 00:44:15,854 --> 00:44:18,231 And I didn't want the picture. Not after she was killed. 879 00:44:18,255 --> 00:44:20,967 Mr. Robey, why did you take it upon yourself 880 00:44:20,991 --> 00:44:23,504 to point out that the picture hanging in the museum 881 00:44:23,528 --> 00:44:25,572 was just a copy, and not the original? 882 00:44:25,596 --> 00:44:29,031 Because I couldn't wait to see Amelia Harkens squirm. 883 00:44:30,535 --> 00:44:33,080 For years now she's made me squirm: 884 00:44:33,104 --> 00:44:34,481 outbidding me at auctions, 885 00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:36,050 snapping up the pictures I've wanted, 886 00:44:36,074 --> 00:44:38,052 calling me a charlatan and a fool. 887 00:44:38,076 --> 00:44:41,055 Well, it was my turn now, to make a fool out of her, 888 00:44:41,079 --> 00:44:42,356 and get money for it to boot. 889 00:44:42,380 --> 00:44:43,546 Divine justice. 890 00:44:44,883 --> 00:44:46,159 No further questions. 891 00:44:46,183 --> 00:44:49,730 Mr. Mason, you may complete your cross-examination 892 00:44:49,754 --> 00:44:52,533 of Mrs. Amelia Harkens at this time. 893 00:44:52,557 --> 00:44:54,268 Yes, Your Honor. 894 00:44:54,292 --> 00:44:56,492 You may stand down, sir. 895 00:45:03,601 --> 00:45:05,479 You're still under oath, Mrs. Harkens. 896 00:45:05,503 --> 00:45:06,783 Thank you. 897 00:45:12,210 --> 00:45:13,375 Thank you. 898 00:45:15,947 --> 00:45:18,959 Mrs. Harkens, since your Matisse has been found, 899 00:45:18,983 --> 00:45:22,229 will you tell us why you didn't report its loss to the police? 900 00:45:22,253 --> 00:45:24,131 Pride, Mr. Mason. 901 00:45:24,155 --> 00:45:26,900 An old woman's foolish pride. 902 00:45:26,924 --> 00:45:30,638 Inadequately insured, stolen from under my nose. 903 00:45:30,662 --> 00:45:31,972 I knew its loss would make me 904 00:45:31,996 --> 00:45:35,442 the laughingstock of every museum head in the world, 905 00:45:35,466 --> 00:45:37,577 unless I could recover it myself. 906 00:45:37,601 --> 00:45:39,212 Is that why you sent your son Richard 907 00:45:39,236 --> 00:45:41,048 to the auction last night, to recover it? 908 00:45:41,072 --> 00:45:42,950 Iwas at the auctionrd 909 00:45:42,974 --> 00:45:45,753 until he told me so. And, of course, 910 00:45:45,777 --> 00:45:47,021 he bungled everything, as usual. 911 00:45:47,045 --> 00:45:48,656 It seems to me you were pretty good 912 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:50,357 at that very same thing, Mrs. Harkens. 913 00:45:50,381 --> 00:45:52,793 Accusing innocent people of stealing a Matisse 914 00:45:52,817 --> 00:45:53,994 on the skimpiest evidence, 915 00:45:54,018 --> 00:45:57,464 on the basis of reports from one of your guards. 916 00:45:57,488 --> 00:45:58,999 I was remiss. 917 00:45:59,023 --> 00:46:02,135 A guard who now faces the charge of bribery. 918 00:46:02,159 --> 00:46:04,705 Oh, Your Honor, I protest this type of aside 919 00:46:04,729 --> 00:46:06,473 in which counsel is indulging. 920 00:46:06,497 --> 00:46:09,443 Whether or not a guard faces charges of accepting a bribe 921 00:46:09,467 --> 00:46:11,378 has no bearing on the matter at hand. 922 00:46:11,402 --> 00:46:12,768 Uh, one moment. 923 00:46:14,004 --> 00:46:17,751 Your Honor, I would like to recall Mr. Thomas Clark 924 00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:20,421 to learn how this bribery-theft worked. 925 00:46:20,445 --> 00:46:22,089 So would I. 926 00:46:22,113 --> 00:46:23,090 Mr. Hanson? 927 00:46:23,114 --> 00:46:24,647 Very well. No objections. 928 00:46:26,951 --> 00:46:29,396 No, she never did tell me her name. 929 00:46:29,420 --> 00:46:31,865 Just picked me up in a bar one night 930 00:46:31,889 --> 00:46:36,403 and put the proposition to me, and I fell for it. 931 00:46:36,427 --> 00:46:39,473 Or, rather, the $1,000 she was offering. 932 00:46:39,497 --> 00:46:42,042 How was the theft engineered? 933 00:46:42,066 --> 00:46:46,914 Well, she came in while I was on guard, set up her easel 934 00:46:46,938 --> 00:46:48,782 with the half-finished copy of the Matisse, 935 00:46:48,806 --> 00:46:52,285 and pretended to paint. 936 00:46:52,309 --> 00:46:55,255 I screened off the exhibit briefly 937 00:46:55,279 --> 00:46:58,391 and switched the pictures while she kept watch. 938 00:46:58,415 --> 00:47:00,460 Where did you get the completed copy 939 00:47:00,484 --> 00:47:01,862 you needed to accomplish this? 940 00:47:01,886 --> 00:47:04,364 She had it stuck onto the back of the half finished one. 941 00:47:04,388 --> 00:47:06,667 That's where she put the real painting 942 00:47:06,691 --> 00:47:07,735 when she carried it out. 943 00:47:07,759 --> 00:47:08,736 And then? 944 00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:10,470 That's all. 945 00:47:10,494 --> 00:47:13,273 Except for her handing me the 1,000 as she left. 946 00:47:13,297 --> 00:47:16,343 And you didn't see Miss Carson again? 947 00:47:16,367 --> 00:47:19,046 How could I find her, not knowing her name? 948 00:47:19,070 --> 00:47:20,380 You could have followed her home. 949 00:47:20,404 --> 00:47:22,115 What for? 950 00:47:22,139 --> 00:47:23,717 Why would I want to do that? 951 00:47:23,741 --> 00:47:27,087 You received $1,000 for helping her steal 952 00:47:27,111 --> 00:47:29,723 a Matisse worth $200,000. 953 00:47:29,747 --> 00:47:32,192 Given time to think about it, you might come up with the idea 954 00:47:32,216 --> 00:47:34,094 that the split was inequitable. 955 00:47:34,118 --> 00:47:36,619 Uh, what happened when you followed her home? 956 00:47:45,129 --> 00:47:47,430 You know, it's all going to come out, Mr. Clark. 957 00:47:51,369 --> 00:47:55,649 Including the $5,000 you stole from Miss Carson's house. 958 00:47:55,673 --> 00:47:57,918 The five thousand. 959 00:47:57,942 --> 00:47:59,186 How did you know about that? 960 00:47:59,210 --> 00:48:00,688 Mr. Robey gave her the money, 961 00:48:00,712 --> 00:48:03,724 and now it's missing and unaccounted for. 962 00:48:03,748 --> 00:48:06,793 What happened when you followed her home? 963 00:48:06,817 --> 00:48:09,964 Remember, Mr. Clark, in examining the murder room, 964 00:48:09,988 --> 00:48:13,000 the police found several unidentified fingerprints. 965 00:48:13,024 --> 00:48:15,504 Now that your name has entered the case... 966 00:48:16,361 --> 00:48:18,439 You're right. I... 967 00:48:18,463 --> 00:48:22,409 I did try to cut myself in. 968 00:48:22,433 --> 00:48:25,012 Only, she lied. 969 00:48:25,036 --> 00:48:28,015 She didn't tell me about going to old lady Harkens, 970 00:48:28,039 --> 00:48:29,450 and she said she hadn't been paid yet 971 00:48:29,474 --> 00:48:32,086 for stealing the picture. 972 00:48:32,110 --> 00:48:35,322 But that night, when she was talking to Miss Sinclair 973 00:48:35,346 --> 00:48:39,126 in the studio, I-I searched the bedroom 974 00:48:39,150 --> 00:48:41,817 and found the 5,000. 975 00:48:44,588 --> 00:48:46,000 I was on my way out when she came in 976 00:48:46,024 --> 00:48:48,535 with that toy pistol of hers. 977 00:48:48,559 --> 00:48:50,159 She was going to shoot me. 978 00:48:52,630 --> 00:48:53,862 When I took it away, I... 979 00:48:57,668 --> 00:48:59,135 I shot her. 980 00:49:07,477 --> 00:49:10,657 Perry, about Richard and that 25,000? 981 00:49:10,681 --> 00:49:12,693 He never paid the money to Miss Carson, Paul. 982 00:49:12,717 --> 00:49:14,628 It was only after he learned she was dead 983 00:49:14,652 --> 00:49:16,029 that he forged the receipt. 984 00:49:16,053 --> 00:49:18,932 Ah, it was a bit of petty larceny on his part? 985 00:49:18,956 --> 00:49:20,667 Oh, no. He explained that to us, Paul. 986 00:49:20,691 --> 00:49:22,402 He actually hated the museum. 987 00:49:22,426 --> 00:49:25,338 His mother just kept him around as sort of a whipping boy. 988 00:49:25,362 --> 00:49:27,741 So he figured he'd take the cash and go away someplace 989 00:49:27,765 --> 00:49:29,276 and make a fresh start for himself? 990 00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:31,879 He'll make a fresh start, all right. 991 00:49:31,903 --> 00:49:34,314 She turned a million dollars over to him. 992 00:49:34,338 --> 00:49:35,916 She also gave a very nice wedding present 993 00:49:35,940 --> 00:49:36,917 to June and Dave. 994 00:49:36,941 --> 00:49:39,420 Oh, she was just in a giving mood, Perry. 995 00:49:39,444 --> 00:49:41,755 Don't forget, she also paid your fee. 996 00:49:41,779 --> 00:49:44,858 No, my fee really came from David Lambert. 997 00:49:44,882 --> 00:49:48,061 Just arrived. A portrait of me. 998 00:49:48,085 --> 00:49:49,729 It's an abstract of course, 999 00:49:49,753 --> 00:49:51,921 but I think the likeness is excellent.