1 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:50,253 The shutter's muffled and can't be heard. 2 00:01:50,277 --> 00:01:52,622 The light's infrared and can't be seen. 3 00:01:52,646 --> 00:01:56,192 It's a brand-new model. Automatic and foolproof. 4 00:01:56,216 --> 00:01:58,929 As soon as that safe door opens, the picture's snapped. 5 00:01:58,953 --> 00:02:00,931 Since you already have a darkroom here in the house, 6 00:02:00,955 --> 00:02:03,166 you don't even have to call us to develop it. 7 00:02:03,190 --> 00:02:05,235 We've found it the most effective discourager 8 00:02:05,259 --> 00:02:07,804 of burglaries yet devised. 9 00:02:07,828 --> 00:02:09,872 I don't wanna discourage a burglary, 10 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:11,975 I wanna catch one while it's happening. 11 00:02:11,999 --> 00:02:13,977 Oh. Well, this'll do it. 12 00:02:14,001 --> 00:02:16,079 After you've made the print, turn it over to the police. 13 00:02:16,103 --> 00:02:17,847 They'll find him. 14 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:20,817 I already know where to find him. 15 00:02:20,841 --> 00:02:23,008 He's a member of my household. 16 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:26,156 One of my two nephews. 17 00:02:35,289 --> 00:02:38,768 Your father's will provides that the estate remain in trust 18 00:02:38,792 --> 00:02:40,737 until you are 25, Harry. 19 00:02:40,761 --> 00:02:42,705 Yes. Nine months from now. 20 00:02:42,729 --> 00:02:45,442 Are you in, uh, financial difficulties again? 21 00:02:45,466 --> 00:02:46,576 No. 22 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,378 It's just that he needs money. 23 00:02:48,402 --> 00:02:49,834 How much? 24 00:02:51,638 --> 00:02:53,071 Ten thousand dollars. 25 00:02:54,441 --> 00:02:56,119 What do you need that much money for? 26 00:02:56,143 --> 00:02:57,720 I need it. 27 00:02:57,744 --> 00:03:00,123 For what? 28 00:03:00,147 --> 00:03:01,724 I just need it. 29 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:03,593 Well, I'm trustee of the estate, 30 00:03:03,617 --> 00:03:05,116 and I'm not giving it to you. 31 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:12,569 What're you working on, uncle? 32 00:03:12,593 --> 00:03:14,738 The, eh, La Costa Development. 33 00:03:14,762 --> 00:03:16,739 That's the big one, isn't it? 34 00:03:16,763 --> 00:03:18,441 Figure out where you're gonna put it? 35 00:03:18,465 --> 00:03:20,377 I think so, Elliott. 36 00:03:20,401 --> 00:03:22,579 You ought to be careful the information doesn't get out. 37 00:03:22,603 --> 00:03:25,248 Some people would be willing to give a pretty penny 38 00:03:25,272 --> 00:03:27,150 if they knew where the next Thompson development 39 00:03:27,174 --> 00:03:28,454 was gonna be located. 40 00:03:29,210 --> 00:03:31,120 The price of land would skyrocket. 41 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:35,124 I'm, uh, gratified at your concern, Elliott. 42 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:38,662 I've only now made up my mind. By noon tomorrow, 43 00:03:38,686 --> 00:03:43,500 I'll have had arrangements made to purchase the land. 44 00:03:43,524 --> 00:03:44,524 Ellen? 45 00:03:45,159 --> 00:03:46,202 Yes? 46 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:48,137 Lock it away. 47 00:03:48,161 --> 00:03:49,161 Yes, sir. 48 00:04:04,878 --> 00:04:06,256 Good night, Mr. Thompson. 49 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,491 Daddy says he'd see you at the office tomorrow. 50 00:04:08,515 --> 00:04:10,327 I hope you make a hundred business deals 51 00:04:10,351 --> 00:04:14,130 and a million dollars so you can afford to give Harry a raise. 52 00:04:14,154 --> 00:04:16,700 Well, thank you, Lydia. 53 00:04:16,724 --> 00:04:19,068 Does, uh, he want the money for you? 54 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:21,037 Harry doesn't tell me his financial problems. 55 00:04:21,061 --> 00:04:24,140 I'm only his fiancée, not his wife. 56 00:04:24,164 --> 00:04:26,809 Maybe he wants to give me a solitaire. 57 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:29,268 If he does, I vote for you giving him the money. 58 00:04:31,472 --> 00:04:32,815 Good night, dear. Good night. 59 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:34,217 Harry. Uncle. 60 00:04:34,241 --> 00:04:37,186 Elliott. Good night, Uncle Adam. 61 00:04:37,210 --> 00:04:39,989 Oh, Ellen. You can go. You've had a long day. 62 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:42,253 Oh, thank you, Mr. Thompson. Good night. 63 00:05:27,461 --> 00:05:29,138 You looking for something? 64 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:30,540 My money. 65 00:05:30,564 --> 00:05:31,907 My own money. 66 00:05:31,931 --> 00:05:33,510 Come now, cousin. 67 00:05:33,534 --> 00:05:36,112 We both know you're not after the money in that safe. 68 00:05:36,136 --> 00:05:38,248 Well, what else would I be after? 69 00:05:38,272 --> 00:05:39,482 The map. 70 00:05:39,506 --> 00:05:40,916 The marked map. 71 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:42,385 You're crazy. 72 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:45,955 Okay. Okay, Harry, my boy. 73 00:05:45,979 --> 00:05:48,591 But now I think you better not open that safe. 74 00:05:48,615 --> 00:05:49,792 Well, you... 75 00:05:49,816 --> 00:05:51,994 You could just forget you saw me. 76 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:55,165 Well, you open it and I'll tell the old boy I saw you here. 77 00:05:55,189 --> 00:05:57,333 But why? 78 00:05:57,357 --> 00:06:00,370 Uncle Adam has been watching me like a hawk lately. 79 00:06:00,394 --> 00:06:01,937 If he finds anything missing, 80 00:06:01,961 --> 00:06:03,761 he'll be sure I took it. 81 00:06:21,515 --> 00:06:23,893 Oh, good morning, Ellen. Good morning, Mr. Thompson. 82 00:06:23,917 --> 00:06:25,962 You've been in the darkroom so early this morning? 83 00:06:25,986 --> 00:06:27,831 Yep. 84 00:06:27,855 --> 00:06:30,967 Well, it's good to see you more like yourself, Mr. Thompson. 85 00:06:30,991 --> 00:06:32,836 I have been moping a bit lately. 86 00:06:32,860 --> 00:06:35,505 But I've just had good news. 87 00:06:35,529 --> 00:06:36,639 On that negative? 88 00:06:36,663 --> 00:06:38,441 As a matter of fact, yes. 89 00:06:38,465 --> 00:06:40,710 There's nothing on it. 90 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:43,112 No. Nobody went to this safe 91 00:06:43,136 --> 00:06:45,181 after you put the map in it last night. 92 00:06:45,205 --> 00:06:47,850 Well, of course not. Why should anyone? 93 00:06:47,874 --> 00:06:51,320 Well, I was afraid somebody might. 94 00:06:51,344 --> 00:06:54,391 Do you remember that, eh, parcel of land down by the beach 95 00:06:54,415 --> 00:06:56,125 that I bought last month? 96 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:57,326 The one where the price went up 97 00:06:57,350 --> 00:06:59,763 more than $75,000 over the weekend? 98 00:06:59,787 --> 00:07:02,399 Yeah. I'm ashamed to say that I thought 99 00:07:02,423 --> 00:07:05,301 one of the boys thought more of money than he did of me. 100 00:07:05,325 --> 00:07:07,737 That he would take advantage of your confidence? 101 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:10,172 Well, I should think you would be ashamed. 102 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:13,376 But what has that got to do with the picture? 103 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,945 I wanted to make positive sure, Ellen. 104 00:07:15,969 --> 00:07:17,881 Did you hear me say that I was gonna close 105 00:07:17,905 --> 00:07:20,216 on this piece of property before noon today? 106 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,551 Yes. 107 00:07:21,575 --> 00:07:23,085 Well, now, if Harry and Elliott 108 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:25,655 wanted to make capital of this information, 109 00:07:25,679 --> 00:07:27,791 they'd have tried to get at it. 110 00:07:27,815 --> 00:07:30,192 But neither one of them did. 111 00:07:30,216 --> 00:07:33,029 That safe remained closed all night. 112 00:07:33,053 --> 00:07:35,097 Nobody got at it. 113 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:39,368 No, nobody knows that these 309 acres are located... 114 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:43,339 Between Creek Road past the county line on the north, 115 00:07:43,363 --> 00:07:45,708 west to the border of Market Road, 116 00:07:45,732 --> 00:07:48,812 and east through the county easement. 117 00:07:48,836 --> 00:07:51,581 Three hundred and nine acres in all. 118 00:07:51,605 --> 00:07:53,850 That's the package. 119 00:07:53,874 --> 00:07:55,585 You're a man of vision, Mr. Durstine. 120 00:07:55,609 --> 00:07:57,520 Am I? 121 00:07:57,544 --> 00:08:00,022 I've had people look at this land without realizing that 122 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:03,960 in 15, 20 years, it'll be worth five times the purchase price. 123 00:08:03,984 --> 00:08:06,930 Sometimes events move even faster. 124 00:08:06,954 --> 00:08:09,131 Ten percent down on a 60-day option, you said? 125 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:11,668 That's right. It comes to $37,000. 126 00:08:11,692 --> 00:08:12,836 It's a deal. 127 00:08:12,860 --> 00:08:14,504 Let's go to your office, draw up the papers, 128 00:08:14,528 --> 00:08:15,972 I'll give you my check. 129 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:17,607 Sorry to put you to work on Saturday, 130 00:08:17,631 --> 00:08:19,542 but I've a plane to catch to Philadelphia. 131 00:08:19,566 --> 00:08:21,744 No trouble at all. 132 00:08:21,768 --> 00:08:24,814 I tell you, I can't understand it, Mason. 133 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:27,717 Look here. That land was sold this morning, 134 00:08:27,741 --> 00:08:29,886 and it is impossible for that information 135 00:08:29,910 --> 00:08:31,788 to be gotten out of the safe. 136 00:08:31,812 --> 00:08:34,423 As of late yesterday afternoon, I hadn't made up my mind 137 00:08:34,447 --> 00:08:36,258 where were gonna locate our new development. 138 00:08:36,282 --> 00:08:39,094 You can ask my general manager Jarrett, here. 139 00:08:39,118 --> 00:08:41,564 That's right. Mr. Thompson has always maintained 140 00:08:41,588 --> 00:08:44,233 complete secrecy. Even on the rather extensive 141 00:08:44,257 --> 00:08:48,203 preliminary costs: licenses, rights of way, 142 00:08:48,227 --> 00:08:50,695 and the very expensive commitments. 143 00:08:51,498 --> 00:08:53,175 I see. 144 00:08:53,199 --> 00:08:55,177 Then you went home and marked the map, 145 00:08:55,201 --> 00:08:57,346 baiting the trap for one of your nephews? 146 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:59,515 Yes. 147 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:03,185 Nobody had any, uh, hints or foreknowledge? 148 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:05,087 Nobody possibly could. 149 00:09:05,111 --> 00:09:06,789 And this morning? 150 00:09:06,813 --> 00:09:08,824 Well, the infrared camera was operative 151 00:09:08,848 --> 00:09:10,193 but had not been tripped. 152 00:09:10,217 --> 00:09:12,928 I'm willing to bet my very last cent 153 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:14,330 that that safe was not opened 154 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:16,666 and the map was not removed from it. 155 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:19,402 And yet, through some kind of weird magic, 156 00:09:19,426 --> 00:09:22,071 this very piece of land that I'd marked off in crayon 157 00:09:22,095 --> 00:09:23,539 was sold this morning. 158 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,844 The exact boundaries, Mason. 159 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,945 How much more is this gonna cost you? 160 00:09:28,969 --> 00:09:30,947 Ordinarily, a couple of hundred thousand dollars, 161 00:09:30,971 --> 00:09:32,782 because I would have invested that much more 162 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:35,685 in, eh, preliminary costs. 163 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:39,656 But this time, not a blessed cent. 164 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:43,159 Do you think that I've lived 69 years to be made a fool of 165 00:09:43,183 --> 00:09:44,827 by a boy in his 20's? 166 00:09:44,851 --> 00:09:48,965 You mean, those were, um, fake crayon marks on that map? 167 00:09:48,989 --> 00:09:50,733 Well, I never had the slightest intention 168 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:53,102 of buying that particular acreage. 169 00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:57,540 The only consolation I have is that someone has bought himself 170 00:09:57,564 --> 00:10:00,409 a $37,000 pig in a poke. 171 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:01,811 Someone? 172 00:10:01,835 --> 00:10:03,846 Didn't the real estate office get his name? 173 00:10:03,870 --> 00:10:05,548 Yeah. On his check. 174 00:10:05,572 --> 00:10:06,916 Norman Durstine. 175 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:09,886 Come Monday morning 10:00, it will be presented 176 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:11,654 for collection at a local bank. 177 00:10:11,678 --> 00:10:14,356 Well, with all this information, it shouldn't be too difficult 178 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:15,758 to find this Durstine fellow. 179 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:17,493 Ah. You won't have to. 180 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:19,161 I've got his address too. 181 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:21,798 It's back in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 182 00:10:21,822 --> 00:10:25,902 Let me see. It's, um, 1221 A Street. 183 00:10:25,926 --> 00:10:29,238 He's probably flying back on his way east now. 184 00:10:29,262 --> 00:10:32,408 Just what do you want me to do for you, Mr. Thompson? 185 00:10:32,432 --> 00:10:35,678 Well, I'm stumped, Mason. I need help. 186 00:10:35,702 --> 00:10:38,114 Which one of the boys got into the safe 187 00:10:38,138 --> 00:10:40,505 and told the mysterious Mr. Durstine? 188 00:10:41,207 --> 00:10:42,451 Are you interested? 189 00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:44,687 Oh, yes. 190 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:46,990 If we can't get at the truth at your end, 191 00:10:47,014 --> 00:10:49,058 we'll have to attack it from the other end. 192 00:10:49,082 --> 00:10:52,028 Through this chap who bought the land, this Norman Durstine. 193 00:10:52,052 --> 00:10:54,230 He must have some connection with one of the boys. 194 00:10:54,254 --> 00:10:56,132 We'll just have to find out what it is. 195 00:10:58,158 --> 00:11:00,302 It's the way I set myself up. 196 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:02,105 I wasn't worried about exposure. 197 00:11:02,129 --> 00:11:03,740 The deal would have been over and done with 198 00:11:03,764 --> 00:11:06,042 before it could be traced to me. 199 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:09,912 Now I'm out on a limb for $37,000. 200 00:11:09,936 --> 00:11:12,214 I tried to get in touch with the man to whom I gave the check. 201 00:11:12,238 --> 00:11:15,417 He's out of town, can't be reached. 202 00:11:15,441 --> 00:11:18,855 This doesn't involve you, it only involves me. 203 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:22,324 I'm explaining it to you because these circumstances 204 00:11:22,348 --> 00:11:24,868 force me to increase my demands on you. 205 00:11:27,054 --> 00:11:29,465 I want $100,000. 206 00:11:29,489 --> 00:11:31,333 It was 10 the other day, and I couldn't get that. 207 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:34,704 I may have a day or two before Mason backtracks to me. 208 00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:36,828 You have the same period of time. 209 00:11:38,165 --> 00:11:40,065 A hundred thousand dollars. 210 00:11:41,802 --> 00:11:44,669 Even if it was possible, today's Saturday, the bank's closed. 211 00:11:46,673 --> 00:11:48,985 You own this building, you have a home, 212 00:11:49,009 --> 00:11:51,154 you have two cars, you have a daughter who has jewelry 213 00:11:51,178 --> 00:11:53,856 that was left to her by your wife. 214 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,400 You can arrange it by Monday noon. 215 00:11:57,317 --> 00:11:59,762 You'd take everything? You'd strip me? 216 00:11:59,786 --> 00:12:02,598 When everything comes out, I'm finished here. 217 00:12:02,622 --> 00:12:05,101 I'll have no recourse, no job, nothing. 218 00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:07,605 You'll at least have your profession. 219 00:12:08,995 --> 00:12:10,439 Oh. Am I interrupting? 220 00:12:10,463 --> 00:12:13,264 No. We're just finishing. 221 00:12:14,934 --> 00:12:16,011 How are you, Lydia? 222 00:12:16,035 --> 00:12:17,334 Fine, Mr. Jarrett. 223 00:12:23,009 --> 00:12:25,020 What is it, Dad? 224 00:12:25,044 --> 00:12:26,989 Oh, it's nothing. 225 00:12:27,013 --> 00:12:28,524 No, tell me. 226 00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:33,429 Does it have something to do with $10,000? 227 00:12:33,453 --> 00:12:37,733 Lydia, years ago, when I got my architect's license, 228 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:41,871 there were certain papers: school credits, affidavits, 229 00:12:41,895 --> 00:12:45,063 that, uh, weren't quite in order. 230 00:12:46,332 --> 00:12:47,810 Oh. 231 00:12:47,834 --> 00:12:49,511 I don't know how Jarrett got onto it, 232 00:12:49,535 --> 00:12:51,547 but he has some correspondence with people back east 233 00:12:51,571 --> 00:12:55,339 that could take away my license, if it became known. 234 00:12:56,843 --> 00:12:59,021 Jarrett is making demands on me. 235 00:13:22,836 --> 00:13:24,780 This is it, Perry. 236 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:26,048 Durstine? 237 00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:28,150 Well, it's the address I got from Philadelphia. 238 00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:30,252 It's lucky I had a friend there. I wouldn't have been 239 00:13:30,276 --> 00:13:32,555 on this till Monday or Tuesday. Was it a residence? 240 00:13:32,579 --> 00:13:35,190 No. Just a mailing address. Under a business name. 241 00:13:35,214 --> 00:13:37,092 What name? JandL Construction Company. 242 00:13:37,116 --> 00:13:39,436 And this is the Los Angeles address. 243 00:13:58,437 --> 00:13:59,749 Nobody home. 244 00:13:59,773 --> 00:14:01,550 Yeah. I checked the phone. It's not listed under 245 00:14:01,574 --> 00:14:03,485 the JandL Construction Company. 246 00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:04,620 Paul... 247 00:14:04,644 --> 00:14:06,321 Not listed under the name Durstine either. 248 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:08,758 What's the matter? You hear something? 249 00:14:08,782 --> 00:14:11,262 Yeah, that's a hum of some kind. 250 00:14:11,651 --> 00:14:13,184 The rear of the house. 251 00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:19,123 Coming from in there. 252 00:14:26,132 --> 00:14:28,076 Carbon monoxide. 253 00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:38,187 Is he dead? 254 00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:39,188 Yes. 255 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:41,456 Well, that must be Durstine. 256 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,893 It might be, but he was introduced as Frank Jarrett, 257 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:46,328 general manager of the Adam Thompson Company. 258 00:14:46,352 --> 00:14:50,032 Oh, so he must've realized that the information leak 259 00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:51,901 would be traced back to him. 260 00:14:51,925 --> 00:14:54,503 Well, the poor guy decided to commit suicide. 261 00:14:54,527 --> 00:14:56,305 Wait a minute. No, he didn't. 262 00:14:56,329 --> 00:14:58,774 Not with all those bruises all over his head. 263 00:14:58,798 --> 00:15:01,177 Come on, Paul. Let's call Homicide. 264 00:15:16,216 --> 00:15:20,763 He, uh, looked as though he'd been in a fight, lieutenant. 265 00:15:20,787 --> 00:15:24,833 Was he unconscious when the motor was turned on? 266 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:27,425 The doc says it'll take a while to answer that. 267 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:31,073 Perry. Hm? 268 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:33,509 Did you, uh, know Frank Jarrett? 269 00:15:33,533 --> 00:15:34,877 Yes, I've met him. 270 00:15:34,901 --> 00:15:36,379 Huh? Where? 271 00:15:36,403 --> 00:15:38,080 In my office. Client? 272 00:15:38,104 --> 00:15:40,115 No, no. He was introduced to me 273 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:42,651 as general manager of the Thompson Development Company. 274 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:43,852 Oh. The subdividers. 275 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:45,454 That's right. 276 00:15:45,478 --> 00:15:47,056 What brought you out here? 277 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,991 As a matter of fact, lieutenant, 278 00:15:49,015 --> 00:15:51,493 I was looking for a man by the name of Norman Durstine. 279 00:15:51,517 --> 00:15:53,361 Who's Norman Durstine? 280 00:15:53,385 --> 00:15:54,663 I don't know. 281 00:15:54,687 --> 00:15:56,965 Well, why were you looking for him here? 282 00:15:56,989 --> 00:15:58,367 His trail led here. 283 00:15:58,391 --> 00:15:59,701 Hm... 284 00:15:59,725 --> 00:16:02,804 Looking for Durstine, you wound up finding Jarrett. 285 00:16:02,828 --> 00:16:03,872 Mm-hm. 286 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:07,209 Uh, Paul Drake in on this? 287 00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:10,146 In looking for Durstine? Uh, why, yes. 288 00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:11,647 Where is he? 289 00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:14,383 Performing a chore. 290 00:16:14,407 --> 00:16:18,720 Now, Perry, would you like to tell me all about it? 291 00:16:18,744 --> 00:16:22,858 Lieutenant, I'll, uh, answer any questions I possibly can. 292 00:16:22,882 --> 00:16:26,095 All right. Let's start with who your client is. 293 00:16:26,119 --> 00:16:27,296 Adam Thompson. 294 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:28,730 What are you representing him for? 295 00:16:28,754 --> 00:16:31,022 Uh-uh. You must know Harry Thompson? 296 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:34,703 No, I've never met him. 297 00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:37,940 He's Adam Thompson's nephew. I believe he works for Adam. 298 00:16:37,964 --> 00:16:40,443 Then you don't represent Harry Thompson? 299 00:16:40,467 --> 00:16:42,978 No, I don't. Good. 300 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:46,582 Because we found his wallet on the floor in the house. 301 00:16:46,606 --> 00:16:48,717 The room was a shambles. 302 00:17:20,573 --> 00:17:22,785 Anybody here? 303 00:17:36,655 --> 00:17:38,022 Hello. 304 00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:40,569 Hello. 305 00:17:40,593 --> 00:17:42,471 Hello, 306 00:17:42,495 --> 00:17:43,495 Hello? 307 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:50,545 What are you doing here, Harry? 308 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:52,736 You look like you've been in a fight. 309 00:18:00,380 --> 00:18:01,660 Did you do this? 310 00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:03,792 Yes. 311 00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:05,249 Why? 312 00:18:07,020 --> 00:18:09,465 I was looking for something. 313 00:18:09,489 --> 00:18:11,222 What? 314 00:18:13,993 --> 00:18:16,961 Evidence of your collusion with Frank Jarrett? 315 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:19,141 What collusion? 316 00:18:19,165 --> 00:18:21,743 To buy land I'd selected for subdivision 317 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:24,068 and hold me up for a bonus payment. 318 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:26,115 No. 319 00:18:26,139 --> 00:18:28,551 Oh, no, Uncle Adam, I swear not. 320 00:18:28,575 --> 00:18:29,685 Why, then? 321 00:18:29,709 --> 00:18:31,753 I can't tell you. 322 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:34,297 It has nothing to do with company business. 323 00:18:35,982 --> 00:18:39,328 Did you get into the wall safe at home last night? 324 00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:40,529 No. 325 00:18:40,553 --> 00:18:43,499 Did you learn where I marked off the 309 acres? 326 00:18:43,523 --> 00:18:44,933 No. 327 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:46,402 Elliott said something about that. 328 00:18:46,426 --> 00:18:47,525 I didn't. 329 00:18:50,096 --> 00:18:52,308 You're my brother's son. 330 00:18:52,332 --> 00:18:54,243 I've tried to be a father to you. 331 00:18:54,267 --> 00:18:55,844 I know you have, Uncle Adam. 332 00:19:00,039 --> 00:19:01,183 You Adam Thompson? 333 00:19:01,207 --> 00:19:04,286 Yes. Homicide. Lieutenant Tragg. 334 00:19:04,310 --> 00:19:05,888 Jarrett's office? 335 00:19:05,912 --> 00:19:07,055 Yes, lieutenant. 336 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:09,724 Yeah. What were you, uh, looking for? 337 00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:11,927 Oh, the office was like this when I came in. 338 00:19:11,951 --> 00:19:14,763 Oh, then you, uh, didn't come in together. 339 00:19:14,787 --> 00:19:17,366 Just a moment... I'll handle this, Mason. 340 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:18,834 You Harry Thompson? 341 00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:20,769 Yes. What's this homicide about? 342 00:19:20,793 --> 00:19:22,804 Frank Jarrett was found murdered. 343 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:24,606 Murdered? 344 00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:26,141 Jarrett, dead? 345 00:19:26,165 --> 00:19:28,799 I guess we better take a little trip downtown. 346 00:19:30,936 --> 00:19:32,981 Mason. 347 00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:35,751 Oh, lieutenant, I'm sure you'll tell the boy 348 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:37,520 that he can ask the advice of an attorney 349 00:19:37,544 --> 00:19:39,688 before he answers any of your questions. 350 00:19:39,712 --> 00:19:41,045 Mm-hm. 351 00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:49,931 Did Harry come up here with you, Mr. Thompson? 352 00:19:49,955 --> 00:19:51,622 No. No, he didn't. 353 00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:56,505 Then, uh, he was here when you arrived? 354 00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:58,140 Yes. 355 00:19:58,164 --> 00:20:00,676 Will you act as his attorney, Mason? 356 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:02,244 There are certain elements in this case 357 00:20:02,268 --> 00:20:03,412 of which you may not be aware. 358 00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:04,647 Oh, that's all right. 359 00:20:04,671 --> 00:20:07,383 I just want him to have the best support possible. 360 00:20:07,407 --> 00:20:09,585 Will you? 361 00:20:09,609 --> 00:20:11,275 I'll talk with him. 362 00:20:14,147 --> 00:20:16,725 You know, if he becomes my client, 363 00:20:16,749 --> 00:20:18,327 I'd be committed to him. 364 00:20:18,351 --> 00:20:19,495 What does that mean? 365 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:21,196 I'd let the chips fall where they may. 366 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:22,931 He'd be my primary concern. 367 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:25,434 Oh. Yes, of course. Yes. I understand. 368 00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:28,604 I'll still wanna talk with him before I make any decision. 369 00:20:28,628 --> 00:20:30,805 That mean you wanna find out first 370 00:20:30,829 --> 00:20:32,174 whether he's guilty or not? 371 00:20:32,198 --> 00:20:34,677 No. Just whether I wanna represent him or not. 372 00:20:34,701 --> 00:20:36,661 What was he looking for in there? 373 00:20:38,871 --> 00:20:40,237 He wouldn't tell me. 374 00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:43,852 Maybe he'll tell me. 375 00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:45,553 No, Mr. Mason. 376 00:20:45,577 --> 00:20:47,511 I'm sorry. I can't tell you. 377 00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:50,959 Is it personal? 378 00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:52,694 Yes. 379 00:20:52,718 --> 00:20:55,030 The police are likely to think that your going through 380 00:20:55,054 --> 00:20:57,299 Jarrett's office may be connected with his murder. 381 00:20:57,323 --> 00:20:59,134 I didn't kill him. 382 00:20:59,158 --> 00:21:01,503 But you did go to his house this afternoon. 383 00:21:01,527 --> 00:21:03,372 Yes. Late this afternoon. 384 00:21:03,396 --> 00:21:05,240 On the same matter? 385 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:06,674 Yes. 386 00:21:06,698 --> 00:21:08,576 What time was that? 387 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,745 I got there about ten of 5. 388 00:21:10,769 --> 00:21:12,647 What started the fight? 389 00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:16,584 I accused him of something, and he got difficult. 390 00:21:16,608 --> 00:21:19,687 It must have been something pretty important. 391 00:21:19,711 --> 00:21:21,590 It was. 392 00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:25,561 The police found your wallet on the floor. 393 00:21:25,585 --> 00:21:27,929 I realized it was missing after I left. 394 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:29,998 Was he in the house when you left? 395 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:32,434 On the floor. Out cold. 396 00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:35,470 After you left, what did you do? 397 00:21:35,494 --> 00:21:38,907 I... I'd searched the house with no luck. 398 00:21:38,931 --> 00:21:40,608 I thought the thing I was looking for 399 00:21:40,632 --> 00:21:41,912 might be in his office. 400 00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:44,913 Why didn't you go back for your wallet 401 00:21:44,937 --> 00:21:47,182 when you discovered it was gone? 402 00:21:47,206 --> 00:21:49,251 Didn't you realize it could be evidence? 403 00:21:49,275 --> 00:21:50,652 Evidence of what? 404 00:21:50,676 --> 00:21:52,988 I didn't do anything. 405 00:21:53,012 --> 00:21:54,622 I thought I'd get it later. 406 00:21:54,646 --> 00:21:57,747 I just wanted to get to his office as quickly as possible. 407 00:21:59,518 --> 00:22:01,563 Do you know about the infrared camera 408 00:22:01,587 --> 00:22:04,299 your uncle had installed by the wall safe at home? 409 00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:06,435 Yes. I know about it now. 410 00:22:06,459 --> 00:22:07,802 But I didn't last night. 411 00:22:07,826 --> 00:22:10,306 Do you have any thoughts on how someone could've 412 00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:12,240 circumvented the camera and opened the safe? 413 00:22:12,264 --> 00:22:14,543 No. 414 00:22:14,567 --> 00:22:16,211 No? 415 00:22:16,235 --> 00:22:18,280 No, I have no idea how it could've been done. 416 00:22:18,304 --> 00:22:19,481 What have you told the police? 417 00:22:19,505 --> 00:22:20,816 Nothing. 418 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,084 I just said I wanted to speak to my attorney first. 419 00:22:23,108 --> 00:22:25,428 You know, the way you indicated. 420 00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:28,390 Harry, are you trying to protect someone? 421 00:22:28,414 --> 00:22:31,114 Your uncle? Your, um, cousin Elliott? 422 00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:35,096 Do you have a girl? 423 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,346 Morning, Della. 424 00:22:50,370 --> 00:22:52,330 Morning, Mr. Mason. 425 00:22:59,945 --> 00:23:03,925 Oh, from the tone of your voice, it appears we have a visitor. 426 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:06,127 Mm-hm. She's quite lovely. 427 00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:08,163 Someone I know? 428 00:23:08,187 --> 00:23:09,964 Lydia Logan. Strike a note? 429 00:23:09,988 --> 00:23:11,333 No. 430 00:23:11,357 --> 00:23:14,102 I had time to find out she's engaged to Harry Thompson. 431 00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:16,838 Oh. Has Paul been in? 432 00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:19,007 Mm-hm. He said to tell you that he spoke to 433 00:23:19,031 --> 00:23:20,542 the infrared camera technician, 434 00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:23,011 who stated positively nothing could have gone wrong. 435 00:23:23,035 --> 00:23:25,736 If anyone opened that safe, the picture would've been taken. 436 00:23:27,373 --> 00:23:28,784 All right, Della. 437 00:23:28,808 --> 00:23:30,285 Please ask Miss Logan to come in. 438 00:23:30,309 --> 00:23:31,341 Mm-hm. 439 00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:34,244 Won't you come in? 440 00:23:37,649 --> 00:23:39,769 Won't you, uh, sit down, Miss Logan? 441 00:23:41,487 --> 00:23:44,499 Mr. Mason. 442 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:47,369 Mr. Mason, I trust your discretion 443 00:23:47,393 --> 00:23:48,903 because I know your reputation 444 00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:51,940 and because you represent Harry. 445 00:23:51,964 --> 00:23:55,444 We're going to be married when this is all straightened out. 446 00:23:55,468 --> 00:23:57,379 I'm afraid it's because of me 447 00:23:57,403 --> 00:24:00,716 that he's got himself into trouble. 448 00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:03,885 How? Because 20 years ago, 449 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:06,721 when my father got his architect's license, 450 00:24:06,745 --> 00:24:12,494 certain school papers, credits, weren't quite in order. 451 00:24:12,518 --> 00:24:15,263 And if it became known, he might lose his license. 452 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:16,565 I see. 453 00:24:16,589 --> 00:24:19,334 My father doesn't know how Mr. Jarrett got onto it, 454 00:24:19,358 --> 00:24:21,403 but it seems he had correspondence 455 00:24:21,427 --> 00:24:24,506 that established the irregularities. 456 00:24:24,530 --> 00:24:26,775 So he, uh, blackmailed your father? 457 00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:29,678 Yes. And I told Harry about it. 458 00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:30,679 Go on. 459 00:24:30,703 --> 00:24:32,481 Well, don't you see? 460 00:24:32,505 --> 00:24:34,449 Harry went to Mr. Jarrett's house, 461 00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:35,950 they got in an argument. 462 00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:37,785 And then suddenly, Harry thought that perhaps 463 00:24:37,809 --> 00:24:39,554 the correspondence might be in the office. 464 00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:41,023 That's what he was searching for. 465 00:24:41,047 --> 00:24:44,259 Does your father work for the Thompson Development Company? 466 00:24:44,283 --> 00:24:45,527 Well, he has his own office. 467 00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:47,429 But he has been doing work for them. 468 00:24:47,453 --> 00:24:51,366 Now, as I understand it, your father was not present 469 00:24:51,390 --> 00:24:53,702 when the map was put into the safe. 470 00:24:53,726 --> 00:24:55,158 No. But I was. 471 00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:58,540 Uh, Mr. Thompson went upstairs to bed 472 00:24:58,564 --> 00:25:00,509 when the safe was closed, did he not? 473 00:25:00,533 --> 00:25:02,410 Yes. I believe so. 474 00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:04,980 Did, um, Elliott go upstairs too, 475 00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:06,481 or did he remain in the study? 476 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:09,084 He was in the study when Harry and I left. 477 00:25:09,108 --> 00:25:11,186 And the secretary? 478 00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:12,387 Ellen Foster? 479 00:25:12,411 --> 00:25:14,055 She left the same time we did. 480 00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:17,459 Mr. Mason, I don't know how that map was taken out of the safe. 481 00:25:17,483 --> 00:25:20,696 But I do know that Harry has an idea about it. 482 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,764 An idea about how it was done? 483 00:25:22,788 --> 00:25:24,354 No. An idea who did it. 484 00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:27,436 Who did? 485 00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:30,605 He probably would deny it to you, out of loyalty. 486 00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:33,842 But he said if anyone did it, it had to be either himself... 487 00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:36,467 And he didn't. - -or Elliott. 488 00:25:37,636 --> 00:25:39,548 I didn't know there was a camera there. 489 00:25:39,572 --> 00:25:41,450 Not at that time. 490 00:25:41,474 --> 00:25:43,217 I had no interest in the map, anyway. 491 00:25:43,241 --> 00:25:45,253 But you did know the value it represented. 492 00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:48,289 Well, yes. But I have no head for business. 493 00:25:48,313 --> 00:25:50,124 Or should I say intrigue? 494 00:25:50,148 --> 00:25:52,093 Look, I wouldn't know how to go about capitalizing 495 00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:54,629 on something like that, even if I'd gotten the information. 496 00:25:54,653 --> 00:25:56,297 Do you know the combination to the safe? 497 00:25:56,321 --> 00:25:57,321 No. 498 00:25:58,858 --> 00:26:00,469 You seem surprised, Miss Foster. 499 00:26:00,493 --> 00:26:02,671 Think harder, Elliott. 500 00:26:02,695 --> 00:26:03,961 Hm? 501 00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:07,175 Ellen, hasn't the combination been changed 502 00:26:07,199 --> 00:26:08,365 in the last two years? 503 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:11,201 No, Mr. Carter. 504 00:26:13,071 --> 00:26:15,350 Then I guess I do know it. 505 00:26:15,374 --> 00:26:17,619 I thought you certainly would've changed it, Uncle Adam. 506 00:26:17,643 --> 00:26:20,811 You have a convenient memory at times, Elliott. 507 00:26:21,947 --> 00:26:24,225 I didn't go into that safe. 508 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:26,394 What are you looking for, a scapegoat? 509 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:27,962 I know you've got it all figured out 510 00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:30,132 that whoever got to the map is the murderer. 511 00:26:30,156 --> 00:26:31,933 Well, I'll tell you what happened. 512 00:26:31,957 --> 00:26:33,568 I've already told the district attorney, 513 00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:35,169 I might as well tell you. 514 00:26:35,193 --> 00:26:38,240 You told the district...? 515 00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:41,676 I was in bed. I heard Harry going down the hall. 516 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:43,679 I put on my robe and followed him in here. 517 00:26:43,703 --> 00:26:47,082 I found him right there, with his hand out to open that safe. 518 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:48,383 Did he open it? 519 00:26:48,407 --> 00:26:52,420 No. Not then. Not that I saw. 520 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:53,989 But I didn't. 521 00:26:54,013 --> 00:26:56,725 And the way it shapes up, one of us did. 522 00:26:56,749 --> 00:26:59,494 So now you figure it out. 523 00:26:59,518 --> 00:27:03,698 He didn't follow me in here and stop me from opening the safe. 524 00:27:03,722 --> 00:27:05,822 I followed him and stopped him. 525 00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:12,273 The death was caused by asphyxiation 526 00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:13,709 from carbon monoxide gas 527 00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:16,812 sometime between the hours of 5:30 and 7:00 528 00:27:16,836 --> 00:27:19,180 on the afternoon of Saturday, March the 5th. 529 00:27:19,204 --> 00:27:21,917 Police describe physical details of an unusual nature. 530 00:27:21,941 --> 00:27:24,419 There was a severe contusion on the lower portion 531 00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:25,821 of the back of the head. 532 00:27:25,845 --> 00:27:26,955 And there were other marks: 533 00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:29,624 cuts, lacerations around the face, 534 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:30,892 the forehead and the knuckles. 535 00:27:30,916 --> 00:27:33,061 This gave evidence of physical conflict. 536 00:27:33,085 --> 00:27:36,264 Was this blow on the back of the head severe enough 537 00:27:36,288 --> 00:27:37,466 to cause unconsciousness? 538 00:27:37,490 --> 00:27:39,801 Yes. The blow caused a cranial hemorrhage 539 00:27:39,825 --> 00:27:41,703 which resulted in unconsciousness. 540 00:27:41,727 --> 00:27:43,872 Did your autopsy disclose whether the decedent 541 00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:46,575 was conscious or not during the inhalation 542 00:27:46,599 --> 00:27:48,443 of the carbon monoxide fumes? 543 00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:49,744 The blood clot on the brain 544 00:27:49,768 --> 00:27:51,880 showed evidence of carbon monoxide. 545 00:27:51,904 --> 00:27:54,415 It is apparent therefore that the decedent was alive 546 00:27:54,439 --> 00:27:56,952 but unconscious during the period of time 547 00:27:56,976 --> 00:27:59,320 when the carbon monoxide could have been inhaled. 548 00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:02,011 Thank you. Mr. Mason. 549 00:28:02,715 --> 00:28:04,726 Mr. Drumm. 550 00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:08,229 Uh, doctor, this, uh, contusion on the back of the head, 551 00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:10,832 could it have resulted from a fall? 552 00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:13,067 Without a weapon of some kind being used? 553 00:28:13,091 --> 00:28:15,470 No, sir. It required a heavy instrument. 554 00:28:15,494 --> 00:28:18,573 Oh, iron or steel, perhaps, weighing several pounds. 555 00:28:18,597 --> 00:28:20,976 Was there evidence of more than one blow on the head? 556 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,611 Yes, there was. 557 00:28:22,635 --> 00:28:25,547 Now, doctor, from the point of time, 558 00:28:25,571 --> 00:28:26,815 can you tell which blow 559 00:28:26,839 --> 00:28:29,484 caused unconsciousness, the first or the second? 560 00:28:29,508 --> 00:28:31,620 Well, as to that, I cannot state. 561 00:28:31,644 --> 00:28:33,855 There was nothing in my examination to indicate 562 00:28:33,879 --> 00:28:37,058 the time sequence of the two blows. 563 00:28:37,082 --> 00:28:39,162 Thank you, doctor. That'll be all. 564 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,634 Well, on the 8th of February, a piece of land was purchased 565 00:28:45,658 --> 00:28:48,403 by Mr. Adam Thompson, at a price which had risen 566 00:28:48,427 --> 00:28:51,239 $75,000 practically overnight. 567 00:28:51,263 --> 00:28:53,441 And that's why Mr. Thompson took security measures 568 00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:54,976 on the latest transaction? 569 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,511 Yes, sir. 570 00:28:56,535 --> 00:28:59,614 As Mr. Thompson's confidential secretary, 571 00:28:59,638 --> 00:29:02,183 would you know who purchased that parcel the first time? 572 00:29:02,207 --> 00:29:05,520 Yes. A man by the name of Durstine, connected with 573 00:29:05,544 --> 00:29:08,155 the JandL Construction Company o-of Philadelphia. 574 00:29:08,179 --> 00:29:10,825 In some manner, Mr. Durstine must have obtained information 575 00:29:10,849 --> 00:29:13,628 about Mr. Thompson's proposed land transaction. 576 00:29:13,652 --> 00:29:15,262 Yes. 577 00:29:15,286 --> 00:29:18,499 Now, can you explain your employer's security measures 578 00:29:18,523 --> 00:29:20,168 in the latest transaction? 579 00:29:20,192 --> 00:29:22,570 Well, eh, Mr. Thompson didn't tell anybody 580 00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:24,139 which site he had selected. 581 00:29:24,163 --> 00:29:25,506 H-he never did, anyway. 582 00:29:25,530 --> 00:29:28,643 But, uh, on the night of Friday, March the 4th, 583 00:29:28,667 --> 00:29:31,913 he told each of us in his study that he had marked his map 584 00:29:31,937 --> 00:29:34,750 and that he would purchase the land by noon of the next day. 585 00:29:34,774 --> 00:29:36,384 Well, now, who was in the study at that time 586 00:29:36,408 --> 00:29:38,053 besides Mr. Adam Thompson? 587 00:29:38,077 --> 00:29:41,690 Well, there was, uh, Elliott. Uh, Elliott Carter, that is. 588 00:29:41,714 --> 00:29:45,594 Uh, Harry Thompson, Lydia Logan a-and myself. 589 00:29:45,618 --> 00:29:46,861 Go on, Miss Foster. 590 00:29:46,885 --> 00:29:49,363 Well, I locked the map in the safe. 591 00:29:49,387 --> 00:29:51,600 Well, who knew the combination of that safe? 592 00:29:51,624 --> 00:29:54,268 We all did, e-except Miss Logan. 593 00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:56,271 Now, were you in the house on the following morning, 594 00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:57,773 when the safe was reopened? 595 00:29:57,797 --> 00:30:00,175 Yes, sir. And the map was there. 596 00:30:00,199 --> 00:30:02,410 It had not been removed. 597 00:30:02,434 --> 00:30:04,546 Somebody must've learned about the markings on the map, 598 00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:07,081 because again Mr. Durstine bought the property 599 00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:08,917 before Mr. Thompson was able to do so. 600 00:30:08,941 --> 00:30:09,984 Now, is that true? 601 00:30:10,008 --> 00:30:12,219 Yes. 602 00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:14,823 Now I show you a photograph, 603 00:30:14,847 --> 00:30:17,492 and I ask you to identify it. 604 00:30:17,516 --> 00:30:21,930 That's, uh, Frank Jarrett, Mr. Thompson's general manager. 605 00:30:21,954 --> 00:30:23,197 The deceased. 606 00:30:23,221 --> 00:30:24,332 Yes. 607 00:30:24,356 --> 00:30:26,534 Now, will you relate to the court what transpired 608 00:30:26,558 --> 00:30:29,504 about 4:15 of the afternoon of the murder? 609 00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:33,975 A telephone call came for Mr. Harry Thompson from Miss Logan. 610 00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:35,777 How'd you know it was Miss Logan? 611 00:30:35,801 --> 00:30:37,279 Well, I answer the telephone. 612 00:30:37,303 --> 00:30:38,780 A-and I recognized her voice, 613 00:30:38,804 --> 00:30:40,481 a-and then she said it was Miss Logan. 614 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:42,551 And when she asked to speak to Harry Thompson, 615 00:30:42,575 --> 00:30:43,918 he called her "Lydia." 616 00:30:43,942 --> 00:30:46,287 Well, then, you were present and heard the defendant's 617 00:30:46,311 --> 00:30:47,622 half of the conversation? 618 00:30:47,646 --> 00:30:48,923 Yes. 619 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:50,491 Now, as near as you can remember, 620 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:53,061 will you please tell the court about that conversation? 621 00:30:53,085 --> 00:30:56,031 Well, uh, he said, 622 00:30:56,055 --> 00:30:58,199 "Talk slower, Lydia," 623 00:30:58,223 --> 00:31:00,368 um, and "Why didn't you tell me this before?" 624 00:31:00,392 --> 00:31:02,170 And, uh... 625 00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:05,206 Then he said, um... 626 00:31:05,230 --> 00:31:07,475 "I can take care of Jarrett another way. 627 00:31:07,499 --> 00:31:09,477 Look, honey, don't worry." 628 00:31:09,501 --> 00:31:11,179 And then he hung up. 629 00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:12,781 What did he do then? 630 00:31:12,805 --> 00:31:14,549 He left the house. 631 00:31:14,573 --> 00:31:17,052 And what time was that? 632 00:31:17,076 --> 00:31:19,876 Oh, about, um, half past 4. 633 00:31:21,714 --> 00:31:22,979 Cross-examine. 634 00:31:26,251 --> 00:31:29,497 Miss Foster, do you usually work on Saturdays? 635 00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:31,866 No. Uh, but Mr. Thompson had asked me 636 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,367 to work this particular Saturday. 637 00:31:33,391 --> 00:31:34,769 What time did you arrive? 638 00:31:34,793 --> 00:31:37,471 Oh, about, uh, 9:00. 639 00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:39,640 Perhaps a little after. 640 00:31:39,664 --> 00:31:41,475 What time did you leave? 641 00:31:41,499 --> 00:31:43,644 About, uh, 5:00. 642 00:31:43,668 --> 00:31:46,114 Perhaps a little before. 643 00:31:46,138 --> 00:31:49,050 Now, as Mr. Thompson's confidential secretary, 644 00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:50,551 did he ever tell you of his plans 645 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:53,788 when he was picking out or selecting property to buy? 646 00:31:53,812 --> 00:31:55,356 No, sir. 647 00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:58,459 Did you know that he'd installed an infrared camera, 648 00:31:58,483 --> 00:32:00,962 designed to take the picture of anyone opening the safe? 649 00:32:00,986 --> 00:32:04,599 No, sir. Not until the Saturday morning. 650 00:32:04,623 --> 00:32:06,601 Now, you placed the map inside the safe 651 00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:09,470 and then you closed and locked the safe, is that correct? 652 00:32:09,494 --> 00:32:10,638 Yes, sir. 653 00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:12,107 And you were present the next morning 654 00:32:12,131 --> 00:32:14,675 when Mr. Thompson opened the safe and took the map out? 655 00:32:14,699 --> 00:32:15,977 Yes, sir. 656 00:32:16,001 --> 00:32:18,913 And what did Mr. Thompson say at that time? 657 00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:21,249 That nobody had opened the safe. 658 00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:23,952 That the camera had not taken anyone's picture, 659 00:32:23,976 --> 00:32:26,176 therefore nobody had opened the safe. 660 00:32:27,813 --> 00:32:31,626 Thank you. That'll be all. 661 00:32:31,650 --> 00:32:33,929 Yes, sir. This is a photograph of the man 662 00:32:33,953 --> 00:32:36,031 that gave me the check for the $37,000. 663 00:32:36,055 --> 00:32:39,034 He called himself Norman Durstine. 664 00:32:39,058 --> 00:32:40,835 His check, drawn on a local bank, 665 00:32:40,859 --> 00:32:42,870 was signed "Norman Durstine." 666 00:32:42,894 --> 00:32:46,341 But this man has been identified as Frank Jarrett, the deceased. 667 00:32:46,365 --> 00:32:49,844 Well, I guess it's one and the same. 668 00:32:49,868 --> 00:32:51,212 Whatever he called himself, 669 00:32:51,236 --> 00:32:55,183 he knew exactly which 309 acres to buy. 670 00:32:55,207 --> 00:32:56,651 Thank you. 671 00:32:56,675 --> 00:32:59,321 Did Mr. Harry Thompson open this safe in your presence? 672 00:32:59,345 --> 00:33:02,623 No sir, he did not open the safe in my presence. 673 00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:05,393 But he was at the safe, and he wanted to open it. 674 00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:08,430 Then I went back to bed and don't know what else happened. 675 00:33:08,454 --> 00:33:09,454 Thank you. 676 00:33:10,755 --> 00:33:13,734 The JandL Construction Company of Philadelphia, 677 00:33:13,758 --> 00:33:16,771 authorized signature Norman Durstine, 678 00:33:16,795 --> 00:33:19,574 had three transactions in my bank: 679 00:33:19,598 --> 00:33:22,310 the deposit of $75,000, 680 00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:23,979 the issuance of two checks. 681 00:33:24,003 --> 00:33:28,283 One for $10,000, the second one for $37,000. 682 00:33:28,307 --> 00:33:30,185 You say a check for $10,000? 683 00:33:30,209 --> 00:33:31,386 That's right. 684 00:33:31,410 --> 00:33:34,622 Now I show you a check cashed February the 9th, 685 00:33:34,646 --> 00:33:37,459 just one day after the $75,000 deposit. 686 00:33:37,483 --> 00:33:39,764 I ask you if you can identify it. 687 00:33:40,585 --> 00:33:42,263 Yes, sir. 688 00:33:42,287 --> 00:33:44,099 This is it. 689 00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:47,235 Made to the order of Harry Thompson. 690 00:33:47,259 --> 00:33:50,372 Jarrett gave you a check for 10,000? 691 00:33:50,396 --> 00:33:51,906 What for? 692 00:33:51,930 --> 00:33:54,842 He heard I needed it, so he offered to lend it to me. 693 00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:56,611 Lydia didn't know anything about that. 694 00:33:56,635 --> 00:33:59,436 I ask that this be marked State's exhibit K. 695 00:34:03,108 --> 00:34:04,441 Mr. Mason? 696 00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:09,257 No objection, Your Honor. Your witness, counselor. 697 00:34:09,281 --> 00:34:12,427 No questions, Mr. Drumm. 698 00:34:12,451 --> 00:34:14,595 Now, Miss Logan, you've been adjudged a hostile witness, 699 00:34:14,619 --> 00:34:16,731 you will therefore answer yes or no. 700 00:34:16,755 --> 00:34:18,599 Did you speak to the defendant, Harry Thompson, 701 00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:20,402 on the afternoon of Saturday, March the 5th? 702 00:34:20,426 --> 00:34:21,836 Yes. 703 00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:24,105 And did you tell him that your father was being blackmailed 704 00:34:24,129 --> 00:34:25,706 by Frank Jarrett? And that Jarrett had 705 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:29,043 some damaging correspondence in his possession? 706 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:30,277 Yes. 707 00:34:30,301 --> 00:34:32,246 And is the testimony by Ellen Foster 708 00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:34,481 relative to the defendant's conversation with you 709 00:34:34,505 --> 00:34:35,983 essentially literal? 710 00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:37,418 Yes. The defendant said, 711 00:34:37,442 --> 00:34:39,720 "I can take care of Jarrett another way. 712 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:42,323 Look, honey, don't worry." Is that true? 713 00:34:42,347 --> 00:34:43,424 Yes. 714 00:34:43,448 --> 00:34:44,680 Your witness. 715 00:34:47,519 --> 00:34:50,831 Miss Logan, you are aware that Mr. Jarrett's home 716 00:34:50,855 --> 00:34:52,200 gave evidence of a search? 717 00:34:52,224 --> 00:34:53,567 Yes. 718 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:56,471 And that the defendant admitted to searching for something 719 00:34:56,495 --> 00:34:58,540 in Mr. Jarrett's office at the Thompson Company? 720 00:34:58,564 --> 00:35:01,476 Yes. He was looking for that correspondence. 721 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:03,278 But he didn't kill him for it. 722 00:35:03,302 --> 00:35:06,247 He was just trying to help my father. 723 00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:09,016 Thank you, Miss Logan. That'll be all. 724 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,853 We found the decedent slumped over the wheel of his car. 725 00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:14,589 The garage abuts the house. 726 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:16,691 Lieutenant, did you cause the house to be examined? 727 00:35:16,715 --> 00:35:18,059 Yes, sir. 728 00:35:18,083 --> 00:35:21,463 It showed evidence of a hasty search and, um, a struggle. 729 00:35:21,487 --> 00:35:22,930 Go on, lieutenant. 730 00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:27,135 Well, some, uh, furniture was overturned in the living room, 731 00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:29,737 a lamp smashed. Bloodstains on the rug. 732 00:35:29,761 --> 00:35:32,073 Did you have the bloodstains analyzed? 733 00:35:32,097 --> 00:35:34,075 Type AB. Same as the defendant's. 734 00:35:34,099 --> 00:35:36,833 And the deceased's blood type was O. 735 00:35:40,939 --> 00:35:42,850 Lieutenant, I show you this wallet 736 00:35:42,874 --> 00:35:44,752 and ask you to identify it. 737 00:35:44,776 --> 00:35:48,723 Yes, sir, it was found on the deceased's living room floor. 738 00:35:48,747 --> 00:35:50,958 Inside the wallet, papers identifying it 739 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:53,561 as belonging to the defendant, Harry Thompson. 740 00:35:53,585 --> 00:35:55,830 And I show you this police laboratory report. 741 00:35:55,854 --> 00:35:57,599 Can you identify it? 742 00:35:57,623 --> 00:35:59,434 Yes, sir. These mark the defendant's presence 743 00:35:59,458 --> 00:36:00,768 in the garage. 744 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:05,306 A handprint and fingerprints on the doorsill of the car. 745 00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:08,910 Fingerprints and one forefinger print, in blood type AB, 746 00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:11,245 on the chromium handle of the glove compartment, 747 00:36:11,269 --> 00:36:13,281 and a print on a strip of chromium on the trunk. 748 00:36:13,305 --> 00:36:17,118 And they're all belonging to the defendant, Harry Thompson. 749 00:36:17,142 --> 00:36:18,886 Lieutenant, did you have an occasion to visit 750 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:21,889 the Thompson Company offices on Saturday night, March 5th? 751 00:36:21,913 --> 00:36:24,025 Yes, I did. And what did you find? 752 00:36:24,049 --> 00:36:26,928 Well, the office of Frank Jarrett was in disorder. 753 00:36:26,952 --> 00:36:30,097 In the office were Adam Thompson and Harry Thompson. 754 00:36:30,121 --> 00:36:31,966 You subsequently searched the office? 755 00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:33,701 I did. And what did you find? 756 00:36:33,725 --> 00:36:36,737 In a strongbox behind a file drawer, 757 00:36:36,761 --> 00:36:39,240 a cancelled check with a note, uh, clipped to it. 758 00:36:39,264 --> 00:36:41,575 Now, lieutenant, I show you a cancelled check with a note 759 00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:43,477 written in longhand. Can you identify it? 760 00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:46,413 Yes, sir. This is the original check for $10,000, 761 00:36:46,437 --> 00:36:49,616 made out to Harry Thompson, endorsed by Harry Thompson, 762 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,118 and this is the note clipped to it. 763 00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:53,287 Would you read the note, please? 764 00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:56,390 It says, "Harry Thompson's participation in first deal, 765 00:36:56,414 --> 00:37:00,850 gross $75,000." And is in the handwriting of Frank Jarrett. 766 00:37:02,854 --> 00:37:07,502 Your Honor, I would like to have these marked for identification. 767 00:37:11,163 --> 00:37:13,074 What else haven't you told me? 768 00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:22,917 He lied to me, he neglected to tell me all the truth. 769 00:37:22,941 --> 00:37:25,320 But what's worse, I don't know yet what happened with that map, 770 00:37:25,344 --> 00:37:27,322 and I think it's the key to the whole case. 771 00:37:27,346 --> 00:37:29,757 Well, whoever took that information out of the safe 772 00:37:29,781 --> 00:37:31,526 must've passed it on to Jarrett. 773 00:37:31,550 --> 00:37:32,760 Then, when things went wrong, 774 00:37:32,784 --> 00:37:35,162 he had to kill Jarrett in order to protect himself. 775 00:37:35,186 --> 00:37:39,166 What about the $10,000 check Harry Thompson cashed, Perry? 776 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:41,669 Jarrett loaned him the money, all right. 777 00:37:41,693 --> 00:37:43,971 Harry wanted it to help Victor Logan. 778 00:37:43,995 --> 00:37:45,139 And the note? 779 00:37:45,163 --> 00:37:46,541 He couldn't explain that. 780 00:37:46,565 --> 00:37:49,477 What about the fingerprints all over Jarrett's car? 781 00:37:49,501 --> 00:37:51,979 Harry said when he left Jarrett unconscious in the living room, 782 00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:53,981 he went out to the garage to search the car 783 00:37:54,005 --> 00:37:56,517 for those incriminating letters. 784 00:37:56,541 --> 00:37:58,586 Anything else? Nope. 785 00:37:58,610 --> 00:38:02,857 I haven't had a report on the Jarrett-Durstine research yet. 786 00:38:02,881 --> 00:38:05,025 Della, call Adam Thompson. 787 00:38:05,049 --> 00:38:06,628 Tell him we're on our way to see him. 788 00:38:06,652 --> 00:38:08,496 I'll meet you back in court. Come on, Paul. 789 00:38:12,257 --> 00:38:14,201 I worked on the map here. 790 00:38:14,225 --> 00:38:15,936 And no one could see what you were doing? 791 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:16,937 No one. 792 00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,606 And then what? 793 00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:20,775 Well, Elliott started to approach me, 794 00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:23,043 so I folded the map, put it in the envelope, 795 00:38:23,067 --> 00:38:24,945 and gave it to Ellen to put in the safe. 796 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:27,248 Was there any way of Ellen seeing the map? 797 00:38:27,272 --> 00:38:28,749 No. 798 00:38:28,773 --> 00:38:30,053 How long has she worked for you? 799 00:38:31,008 --> 00:38:32,520 Thirteen years. 800 00:38:32,544 --> 00:38:35,122 All right, go on. 801 00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:38,292 Oh, I've gone over this a hundred times. 802 00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:40,794 I had left the safe open. 803 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:43,431 Ellen took the envelope, put it in the safe, 804 00:38:43,455 --> 00:38:45,333 closed and locked the door. 805 00:38:45,357 --> 00:38:49,036 And from that moment on, if the door were opened, 806 00:38:49,060 --> 00:38:51,572 the camera would've automatically taken a picture. 807 00:38:51,596 --> 00:38:53,574 And it didn't. No. 808 00:38:53,598 --> 00:38:55,776 Then the first thing I did when I came down here 809 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,145 the following morning, was to take the film out of the camera 810 00:38:58,169 --> 00:39:00,414 and develop it. It was blank. 811 00:39:00,438 --> 00:39:03,884 And, uh, during that time, the map was inside the safe. 812 00:39:03,908 --> 00:39:05,519 Yes. 813 00:39:05,543 --> 00:39:10,224 Now, you did all this when you first came down in the morning. 814 00:39:10,248 --> 00:39:12,593 What time did you get up that Saturday morning? 815 00:39:12,617 --> 00:39:15,263 Eight-thirty. Possibly a bit later. 816 00:39:15,287 --> 00:39:17,998 There's a law of logic that says 817 00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:19,400 if you're searching for the truth, 818 00:39:19,424 --> 00:39:22,202 you sometimes have to look for the illogical. 819 00:39:22,226 --> 00:39:24,538 Paul, I'd like you to canvas this neighborhood 820 00:39:24,562 --> 00:39:26,039 for something that might've happened 821 00:39:26,063 --> 00:39:27,475 on the morning of the murder. 822 00:39:27,499 --> 00:39:30,311 Something illogical, like a pink elephant or a wandering lion? 823 00:39:30,335 --> 00:39:31,746 No, nothing that spectacular. 824 00:39:31,770 --> 00:39:36,684 Just something... Something even slightly unusual. 825 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:39,887 All right. Mr. Thompson. 826 00:39:39,911 --> 00:39:42,723 Well, what have you got on your mind, Mason? 827 00:39:42,747 --> 00:39:44,467 A hope. 828 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:47,461 We couldn't find the correspondence 829 00:39:47,485 --> 00:39:49,730 Harry Thompson said he was looking for. 830 00:39:49,754 --> 00:39:52,266 We couldn't find it in Jarrett's house, in his office, 831 00:39:52,290 --> 00:39:54,268 in his effects, anywhere. 832 00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:56,671 Well, suppose there was no incriminating correspondence 833 00:39:56,695 --> 00:39:58,272 at all, lieutenant. 834 00:39:58,296 --> 00:40:00,874 What then would the defendant have been looking for? 835 00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:02,376 The cancelled check. 836 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,779 Oh, but that would be foolish. 837 00:40:04,803 --> 00:40:08,783 Records, photostats of it would still be available at the bank. 838 00:40:08,807 --> 00:40:12,252 Well, then it must've been the correspondence. 839 00:40:12,276 --> 00:40:14,555 But if, as the State contends, 840 00:40:14,579 --> 00:40:17,257 Harry Thompson killed Frank Jarrett, 841 00:40:17,281 --> 00:40:21,662 he would've at the same time have removed the blackmailer, 842 00:40:21,686 --> 00:40:24,398 so the correspondence then would be a non sequitur. 843 00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:25,633 Isn't that right? 844 00:40:25,657 --> 00:40:27,668 I protest the counselor's questioning, Your Honor, 845 00:40:27,692 --> 00:40:29,236 as argumentative and improper. 846 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,272 Furthermore, the State's next witness will clear up 847 00:40:31,296 --> 00:40:33,507 the matter of the blackmail and the correspondence. 848 00:40:33,531 --> 00:40:34,830 Mr. Mason? 849 00:40:36,468 --> 00:40:37,811 I withdraw the questions 850 00:40:37,835 --> 00:40:40,781 objected to by the prosecutor, Your Honor. 851 00:40:40,805 --> 00:40:44,318 And, uh, I have no further questions of this witness. 852 00:40:44,342 --> 00:40:46,387 Mr. Drumm, you may call your next witness. 853 00:40:46,411 --> 00:40:49,045 I call Victor Logan to the stand. 854 00:40:58,122 --> 00:41:00,802 On the afternoon of Saturday, March the 5th, 855 00:41:00,826 --> 00:41:02,437 my daughter came to my office, 856 00:41:02,461 --> 00:41:04,071 just as Frank Jarrett was leaving. 857 00:41:04,095 --> 00:41:07,308 Go on, sir. What had transpired before her arrival? 858 00:41:07,332 --> 00:41:09,009 Jarrett made certain demands on me. 859 00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:10,110 For what? 860 00:41:10,134 --> 00:41:11,913 Money. And why? 861 00:41:11,937 --> 00:41:13,548 Jarrett had some letters, 862 00:41:13,572 --> 00:41:15,550 correspondence with officials back east, 863 00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:17,284 that would've ruined me. - I see. 864 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:18,820 And you told your daughter about this 865 00:41:18,844 --> 00:41:20,721 after Jarrett had left? 866 00:41:20,745 --> 00:41:24,158 Nothing to report on the Jarrett-Durstine business yet. 867 00:41:24,182 --> 00:41:26,449 But I got lucky on the something unusual happening. 868 00:41:28,553 --> 00:41:30,431 And then what, Mr. Logan? 869 00:41:30,455 --> 00:41:32,232 Well, Lydia called Harry and told him. 870 00:41:32,256 --> 00:41:34,468 Then you heard her end of the conversation? 871 00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:37,338 Yes. And what exactly did she say? 872 00:41:37,362 --> 00:41:39,206 Well, she told him everything. 873 00:41:39,230 --> 00:41:42,142 About the correspondence, 874 00:41:42,166 --> 00:41:44,812 the architect's license that I could lose, 875 00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:47,849 money that I needed, all of it. 876 00:41:47,873 --> 00:41:49,851 Thank you, Mr. Logan. 877 00:41:49,875 --> 00:41:51,407 Cross-examine. 878 00:41:56,715 --> 00:42:01,328 Now, Mr. Logan, these "certain demands" made upon you 879 00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:03,531 by Frank Jarrett, 880 00:42:03,555 --> 00:42:06,367 that was, eh, really blackmail, wasn't it? 881 00:42:06,391 --> 00:42:08,268 Yes. 882 00:42:08,292 --> 00:42:11,105 About a month before Jarrett's death, 883 00:42:11,129 --> 00:42:15,676 was it also blackmail when, um, Harry Thompson borrowed $10,000 884 00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:17,478 from Jarrett, and then gave it to you? 885 00:42:17,502 --> 00:42:19,146 Well, no. I... 886 00:42:19,170 --> 00:42:21,437 I hadn't asked Harry for the $10,000 then. 887 00:42:23,742 --> 00:42:25,653 Well, the night before the murder, 888 00:42:25,677 --> 00:42:28,489 Harry Thompson asked his uncle for $10,000. 889 00:42:28,513 --> 00:42:29,657 What about that? 890 00:42:29,681 --> 00:42:31,091 A blackmail then, also? 891 00:42:31,115 --> 00:42:32,259 Yes. 892 00:42:32,283 --> 00:42:35,862 For irregularities in your application 893 00:42:35,886 --> 00:42:37,665 for an architect's license? 894 00:42:37,689 --> 00:42:39,433 Yes, sir. 895 00:42:39,457 --> 00:42:42,069 Eh, Mr. Logan, prior to this hearing, 896 00:42:42,093 --> 00:42:45,239 an investigation into your schooling, your affidavits, 897 00:42:45,263 --> 00:42:49,776 your records showed absolutely no irregularities connected 898 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:53,780 in any way with your architect's application or license. 899 00:42:53,804 --> 00:42:55,482 You went into that? 900 00:42:55,506 --> 00:43:00,554 Yes, and I suggest that the irregularities 901 00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:02,423 were just a fiction, made up by you, 902 00:43:02,447 --> 00:43:05,026 to account for Jarrett's blackmail. 903 00:43:05,050 --> 00:43:08,462 And consequently there were no letters or correspondence. 904 00:43:08,486 --> 00:43:10,865 Mr. Logan, since I have no desire to entrap you, 905 00:43:10,889 --> 00:43:13,935 I must advise you that an investigation is also being made 906 00:43:13,959 --> 00:43:15,970 into the JandL Construction Company: 907 00:43:15,994 --> 00:43:19,573 its officers, its partners, its business and its prospects. 908 00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:22,977 Your Honor, it seems to me that Counsel is going far afield 909 00:43:23,001 --> 00:43:26,380 in his cross-examination of this witness, and I object. 910 00:43:26,404 --> 00:43:28,282 I don't think so, Mr. Drumm. 911 00:43:28,306 --> 00:43:29,517 And I'm extremely interested 912 00:43:29,541 --> 00:43:31,452 in the course this examination is taking. 913 00:43:31,476 --> 00:43:33,821 Proceed, Mr. Mason. 914 00:43:33,845 --> 00:43:37,391 Mr. Logan, I want a truthful answer to a previous question. 915 00:43:37,415 --> 00:43:39,693 About a month before Frank Jarrett's death, 916 00:43:39,717 --> 00:43:42,630 did you ask the defendant to lend you $10,000? 917 00:43:42,654 --> 00:43:46,366 Well, I may... Yes, I did. 918 00:43:46,390 --> 00:43:47,868 And he got the money for you. 919 00:43:47,892 --> 00:43:48,869 Yes. 920 00:43:48,893 --> 00:43:50,471 Did he tell you that Frank Jarrett 921 00:43:50,495 --> 00:43:52,272 had offered to lend the money to him? 922 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:55,075 Well, I... I don't recall that. 923 00:43:55,099 --> 00:43:58,011 Now, isn't it true that this whole $10,000 deal 924 00:43:58,035 --> 00:44:00,581 was for the purpose of implicating Harry Thompson? 925 00:44:00,605 --> 00:44:02,316 Implicating Harry? How? 926 00:44:02,340 --> 00:44:04,919 By making it appear that he was working with Jarrett, 927 00:44:04,943 --> 00:44:07,888 that he was the link to Adam Thompson. 928 00:44:07,912 --> 00:44:10,223 That's what impelled Jarrett to write that little note 929 00:44:10,247 --> 00:44:12,259 and append it to the cancelled check, wasn't it? 930 00:44:12,283 --> 00:44:13,861 I don't know anything about that. 931 00:44:13,885 --> 00:44:15,195 I think you do. 932 00:44:15,219 --> 00:44:17,163 I think when you got the $10,000 from Harry, 933 00:44:17,187 --> 00:44:18,732 you didn't return it to Jarrett. 934 00:44:18,756 --> 00:44:20,233 You put Jarrett off for several weeks, 935 00:44:20,257 --> 00:44:22,135 until finally, he demanded the money. 936 00:44:22,159 --> 00:44:23,604 Why? 937 00:44:23,628 --> 00:44:25,739 Because it had to go into the coffers 938 00:44:25,763 --> 00:44:27,775 of the JandL Construction Company. 939 00:44:27,799 --> 00:44:29,710 Norman Durstine might've needed the money 940 00:44:29,734 --> 00:44:32,145 for an option on a forthcoming land purchase. 941 00:44:32,169 --> 00:44:34,381 You can't prove that. There's no evidence of it. 942 00:44:34,405 --> 00:44:36,550 I'm getting evidence of it now. 943 00:44:36,574 --> 00:44:38,674 On the following day, 944 00:44:40,244 --> 00:44:43,990 when the world of Frank Jarrett, alias Norman Durstine, 945 00:44:44,014 --> 00:44:45,158 crumbled around his ears, 946 00:44:45,182 --> 00:44:48,094 he came to you and blackmailed you, didn't he? 947 00:44:48,118 --> 00:44:50,397 What for? For your unethical conduct. 948 00:44:50,421 --> 00:44:51,632 For your participation with him 949 00:44:51,656 --> 00:44:53,767 in the JandL Construction Company. 950 00:44:53,791 --> 00:44:55,469 JandL, 951 00:44:55,493 --> 00:44:57,938 Jarrett and Logan. 952 00:44:57,962 --> 00:44:59,306 I didn't kill him. 953 00:44:59,330 --> 00:45:01,575 He blackmailed you by threatening to reveal 954 00:45:01,599 --> 00:45:02,776 the whole story, didn't he? 955 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,778 Yes, but I didn't kill him. 956 00:45:04,802 --> 00:45:06,379 I didn't get the information on the map... 957 00:45:06,403 --> 00:45:09,182 Your Honor, I think I can clarify this question 958 00:45:09,206 --> 00:45:10,651 of who did get the information 959 00:45:10,675 --> 00:45:15,121 and who was the link between Frank Jarrett and Adam Thompson. 960 00:45:15,145 --> 00:45:16,657 What do you propose, Mr. Mason? 961 00:45:16,681 --> 00:45:20,041 I would like to recall Ellen Foster. 962 00:45:20,751 --> 00:45:22,629 Miss Foster, we would like to clarify 963 00:45:22,653 --> 00:45:26,066 the enigma of how the information was obtained 964 00:45:26,090 --> 00:45:27,634 from that map. 965 00:45:27,658 --> 00:45:30,203 Yes, sir. I-I wondered about it myself. 966 00:45:30,227 --> 00:45:34,140 An answer occurs to me, but it requires clarification from you. 967 00:45:34,164 --> 00:45:36,109 Yes, sir? An answer? 968 00:45:36,133 --> 00:45:39,913 Well, we've been faced with the impossibility of anyone 969 00:45:39,937 --> 00:45:42,182 opening the safe and removing the map. 970 00:45:42,206 --> 00:45:43,818 Yes, sir. 971 00:45:43,842 --> 00:45:45,753 We should've agreed with that possibility 972 00:45:45,777 --> 00:45:47,076 and gone on from there. 973 00:45:48,546 --> 00:45:50,223 Well, I... I don't understand. 974 00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:53,027 Well, if the information was obtained, 975 00:45:53,051 --> 00:45:54,995 and the map was never taken from the safe, 976 00:45:55,019 --> 00:45:56,897 obviously it was never put into the safe. 977 00:45:56,921 --> 00:45:59,232 Oh. But I put it in. 978 00:45:59,256 --> 00:46:00,400 No, Miss Foster, 979 00:46:00,424 --> 00:46:03,037 you just made it appear as though you did. 980 00:46:03,061 --> 00:46:05,372 But... But it was there in the morning, in the safe, 981 00:46:05,396 --> 00:46:07,140 when Mr. Thompson himself took it out. 982 00:46:07,164 --> 00:46:08,676 It... It was in there then. 983 00:46:08,700 --> 00:46:11,767 Yes, it, um, was in there then. 984 00:46:14,072 --> 00:46:18,185 Miss Foster, a Mrs. Felicity Ambrose 985 00:46:18,209 --> 00:46:22,056 lives directly across the street from the Thompson house. 986 00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:24,725 She owns a pair of Siamese cats. 987 00:46:24,749 --> 00:46:28,328 And at 20 minutes before 9 on Saturday morning, March 5th, 988 00:46:28,352 --> 00:46:30,998 she took in the pint of milk the milkman had just left 989 00:46:31,022 --> 00:46:32,588 at her side door. 990 00:46:34,492 --> 00:46:36,536 Well, what about it? 991 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:40,708 With, uh, gentle prodding, Mrs. Ambrose remembered 992 00:46:40,732 --> 00:46:42,576 an unusual scene across the street. 993 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,411 She remembers seeing you come out of the house, 994 00:46:44,435 --> 00:46:47,114 wearing your coat, and getting into your car 995 00:46:47,138 --> 00:46:48,582 in front of the house, 996 00:46:48,606 --> 00:46:53,520 and picking up a newspaper in the car and starting to read. 997 00:46:53,544 --> 00:46:57,158 Well, I was just looking for something in the paper. 998 00:46:57,182 --> 00:47:00,161 Mrs. Ambrose also noticed from time to time 999 00:47:00,185 --> 00:47:03,030 that you went to the side window of the house and looked in. 1000 00:47:03,054 --> 00:47:05,599 And that about a half an hour later, 1001 00:47:05,623 --> 00:47:07,067 you went back into the house, 1002 00:47:07,091 --> 00:47:09,503 and this time you remained there. 1003 00:47:09,527 --> 00:47:12,273 Well, I was, uh, early for work. 1004 00:47:12,297 --> 00:47:14,508 Well, early or not, wasn't there a special reason 1005 00:47:14,532 --> 00:47:17,878 you didn't remain in the house the first time? 1006 00:47:17,902 --> 00:47:20,002 I just preferred to sit in the car. 1007 00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:27,254 Now, let's go back to the map being out of the safe all night. 1008 00:47:27,278 --> 00:47:28,856 Making its appearance at approximately 1009 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,958 9:15 in the morning, 1010 00:47:30,982 --> 00:47:35,395 when Adam Thompson opened the safe and removed the map. 1011 00:47:35,419 --> 00:47:37,731 I-I... I still don't know the answer. 1012 00:47:37,755 --> 00:47:39,900 Yes, you do. 1013 00:47:39,924 --> 00:47:42,136 Because when you entered the house the first time, 1014 00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:46,573 you went into the study, opened the safe and put the map back. 1015 00:47:46,597 --> 00:47:50,010 That you then heard Mr. Thompson in the darkroom, 1016 00:47:50,034 --> 00:47:52,345 and though you didn't understand why he was there, 1017 00:47:52,369 --> 00:47:54,982 you thought it best not to arrive for work 1018 00:47:55,006 --> 00:47:56,650 until he'd returned to the study. 1019 00:47:56,674 --> 00:47:57,907 That's right. 1020 00:47:59,811 --> 00:48:03,057 I took the film into the darkroom and developed it 1021 00:48:03,081 --> 00:48:05,092 before I opened the safe. 1022 00:48:05,116 --> 00:48:08,829 For that half hour, the safe was vulnerable. 1023 00:48:08,853 --> 00:48:11,754 She must've put the map back then. 1024 00:48:14,893 --> 00:48:16,837 Now, Miss Foster, 1025 00:48:16,861 --> 00:48:21,075 you took the map because of Frank Jarrett, didn't you? 1026 00:48:21,099 --> 00:48:22,542 The information on the map, 1027 00:48:22,566 --> 00:48:24,847 you turned over to Frank Jarrett, didn't you? 1028 00:48:27,906 --> 00:48:30,885 Yes, I did it. 1029 00:48:30,909 --> 00:48:33,053 And I killed Frank. 1030 00:48:33,077 --> 00:48:35,756 He was going to leave me. 1031 00:48:35,780 --> 00:48:37,824 After all those years together, 1032 00:48:37,848 --> 00:48:39,793 and... And all we meant to each other. 1033 00:48:39,817 --> 00:48:43,530 He was going to get together all the money he could, 1034 00:48:43,554 --> 00:48:45,353 a-a-and leave me. 1035 00:48:47,191 --> 00:48:48,569 He... 1036 00:48:48,593 --> 00:48:53,907 In the garage, he... He turned his back on me. 1037 00:48:53,931 --> 00:48:57,199 And I hit him with the wrench, 1038 00:48:58,069 --> 00:49:00,402 and I put him in the car, 1039 00:49:02,773 --> 00:49:07,109 and I turned on... the motor. 1040 00:49:20,524 --> 00:49:23,870 Well... Thanks, Mason. 1041 00:49:23,894 --> 00:49:25,839 I never spent money with greater pleasure. 1042 00:49:25,863 --> 00:49:27,440 Thank you, Mr. Thompson. 1043 00:49:27,464 --> 00:49:30,510 In this instance, your pleasure is my pleasure. 1044 00:49:30,534 --> 00:49:32,178 You know, I had no inkling of a love affair 1045 00:49:32,202 --> 00:49:34,915 between Ellen and... And, uh, Jarrett. 1046 00:49:34,939 --> 00:49:37,884 As I understand it, she followed Harry to the house, 1047 00:49:37,908 --> 00:49:40,687 and then after Harry left, she had a scene with Jarrett. 1048 00:49:40,711 --> 00:49:41,755 That's right. 1049 00:49:41,779 --> 00:49:43,957 Mr. Thompson, did you actually think 1050 00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:46,526 that Harry killed Jarrett? 1051 00:49:46,550 --> 00:49:48,194 I didn't know. 1052 00:49:48,218 --> 00:49:49,596 You see, I was afraid that because 1053 00:49:49,620 --> 00:49:51,231 I hadn't loaned him the money, 1054 00:49:51,255 --> 00:49:52,966 that he might try to get back at me. 1055 00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:54,101 What about Elliott? 1056 00:49:54,125 --> 00:49:55,602 Oh, I never did figure it was Elliott. 1057 00:49:55,626 --> 00:49:58,471 No. He hasn't the temperament nor the courage. 1058 00:49:58,495 --> 00:50:01,274 I understand Harry asked you for another loan. 1059 00:50:01,298 --> 00:50:04,811 Yes. Honeymoon money. 1060 00:50:04,835 --> 00:50:06,813 I gave it to him this time.