1 00:01:30,557 --> 00:01:31,834 Hey, wait a minute. 2 00:01:31,858 --> 00:01:33,336 You're not locking up, are you? 3 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:34,804 I was just gonna check in at the hotel 4 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:36,139 and come right back for a haircut. 5 00:01:36,163 --> 00:01:38,408 Little lunch, little fishing in the crick, little nap 6 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:40,265 and, uh, back at 2... 7 00:01:42,603 --> 00:01:45,581 Yeah, well, I'll be thrown into the dog pound by then. 8 00:01:45,605 --> 00:01:47,317 Is there another barber in town? 9 00:01:47,341 --> 00:01:49,719 Come in. I'll cut the grass. 10 00:01:49,743 --> 00:01:51,488 Probably wouldn't catch anything anyway. 11 00:01:51,512 --> 00:01:53,056 Ha! Thanks. 12 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,460 The fishing's been pretty good up Rainbow Ranch. 13 00:01:56,484 --> 00:01:59,162 I've been spending my vacation there. 14 00:01:59,186 --> 00:02:02,053 This sure is beautiful country. 15 00:02:04,558 --> 00:02:06,136 Stranger here, eh? 16 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,506 Yeah, that's right. I've never been here before in my life. 17 00:02:09,530 --> 00:02:11,608 Never even been in California. 18 00:02:18,339 --> 00:02:20,484 Ever try a beaver? 19 00:02:20,508 --> 00:02:21,684 A beard? 20 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:24,020 I'm not the type. 21 00:02:24,044 --> 00:02:26,278 Good chance to see what you'd look like. 22 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:30,393 There. That's what I mean. 23 00:02:30,417 --> 00:02:33,752 Listen, my boss would take one look at this and... 24 00:02:35,589 --> 00:02:37,700 Hey, that doesn't look so bad after all. 25 00:02:37,724 --> 00:02:39,369 Bad? 26 00:02:39,393 --> 00:02:41,304 It's downright striking. 27 00:02:41,328 --> 00:02:44,808 Okay, I'll be fearless. The haircut can wait. 28 00:02:44,832 --> 00:02:46,810 Now, hold on. I was just testing. 29 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:48,711 I didn't mean you to go walking around in the thing. 30 00:02:48,735 --> 00:02:50,914 Oh, relax. Maybe I like it. 31 00:02:50,938 --> 00:02:52,615 Here. Go get yourself some lunch. 32 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,239 And thanks again. 33 00:03:30,444 --> 00:03:31,654 Yes? 34 00:03:31,678 --> 00:03:33,089 Oh, uh, I'd like a room, please. 35 00:03:33,113 --> 00:03:35,825 I'll just be staying one night, I guess. 36 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:48,037 Uh, I'd like a bath, of course. 37 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:49,405 The barber said there'd be... Amy. 38 00:03:49,429 --> 00:03:51,007 This here's Mr. Bob Lansing. 39 00:03:51,031 --> 00:03:53,376 That's his name. He's from Salt Lake City. 40 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:54,944 He's just traveling through, that's all 41 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:57,780 He's a stranger. 42 00:03:57,804 --> 00:03:59,215 I'm afraid we're all full up. 43 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:01,306 Uh, no, you're not. Now, Amy. 44 00:04:03,343 --> 00:04:06,789 I don't care what he is or who he calls himself. 45 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:09,025 There's no room in my hotel. Goodbye. 46 00:04:35,475 --> 00:04:38,354 Well, hello, there. Small world. 47 00:04:38,378 --> 00:04:40,390 Remember me? I was up at Rainbow Ranch. 48 00:04:40,414 --> 00:04:42,926 Oh, yeah. Flaherty's the name. J.J. 49 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:44,994 I travel in hardware, mostly. 50 00:04:45,018 --> 00:04:46,396 Everybody's crazy in this town. 51 00:04:46,420 --> 00:04:48,764 What's wrong? No rooms. 52 00:04:48,788 --> 00:04:50,133 She's lying. I know she is. 53 00:04:50,157 --> 00:04:52,501 Well, maybe you scared the poor woman with your beard. 54 00:04:52,525 --> 00:04:55,471 No wonder. You need a guitar. 55 00:04:55,495 --> 00:04:57,773 Okay. Who cares? 56 00:04:57,797 --> 00:04:59,442 So long, Mr. Flaherty. 57 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:01,510 Maybe I can make Las Vegas by dark. 58 00:05:01,534 --> 00:05:03,946 You said at supper last night you had an errand to run 59 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:06,916 over here in Outcast. I thought you'd stay over a day. 60 00:05:06,940 --> 00:05:10,153 Yeah, that's right. It's just a favor for a friend. 61 00:05:10,177 --> 00:05:11,854 To look up some guy here. 62 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:13,723 I didn't think it was too important though. 63 00:05:13,747 --> 00:05:16,693 All I mean is, son, if you wanna see this guy, 64 00:05:16,717 --> 00:05:19,329 I know a better place to stay than this. 65 00:05:19,353 --> 00:05:22,265 It's a new motel. It's got air conditioning. 66 00:05:22,289 --> 00:05:23,329 Care to join up? 67 00:05:24,925 --> 00:05:26,102 Why not? 68 00:05:33,767 --> 00:05:37,314 So, uh, she just up and spit in your eye. 69 00:05:37,338 --> 00:05:39,805 Is that it? Well, it wasn't only her. 70 00:05:41,241 --> 00:05:44,987 No, thanks. The barber gave me kind of a strange look too. 71 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:46,489 Then this guy in the hotel lobby, 72 00:05:46,513 --> 00:05:47,724 he even gave me a funny look. 73 00:05:47,748 --> 00:05:49,992 Uh, it's the beard, that's all. 74 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:53,095 Hey, what was the name of that guy you wanted to look up? 75 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:54,731 There's a phone book here. 76 00:05:54,755 --> 00:05:56,766 Oh, I've got his address, thanks. 77 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:58,468 Say, by the way, Mr. Flaherty, 78 00:05:58,492 --> 00:06:00,970 what happened to the fishing? 79 00:06:00,994 --> 00:06:04,396 You got to the ranch yesterday. Why'd you leave so quick? 80 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:09,045 What's the matter, you think I'm prying? 81 00:06:09,069 --> 00:06:11,214 Maybe you think I've been following you? 82 00:06:11,238 --> 00:06:12,837 Oh, of course not. 83 00:06:17,344 --> 00:06:20,457 Look, all I'm gonna do is see a guy named Bell. 84 00:06:20,481 --> 00:06:24,026 A friend, a very old friend, an old man in Salt Lake, 85 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:26,929 he asked me to thank Mr. Bell for some things, that's all. 86 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:28,398 See, this old man in Salt Lake, 87 00:06:28,422 --> 00:06:31,956 he's, uh... He's headmaster of an orphanage. 88 00:06:34,094 --> 00:06:36,054 It's the same orphanage I grew up in. 89 00:06:38,699 --> 00:06:42,367 Only now everybody around here's looking cross-eyed at me. 90 00:06:44,338 --> 00:06:46,048 See you later. 91 00:07:12,999 --> 00:07:14,744 It's Frederick W. Bell's office, isn't it? 92 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:16,145 Yes. Thank you. 93 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:18,615 Oh, just a minute. If you'll wait until I announce you... 94 00:07:18,639 --> 00:07:20,750 I don't wanna be announced. But he's busy. Please. 95 00:07:20,774 --> 00:07:22,952 Maybe I wanna surprise him. Here, now, 96 00:07:22,976 --> 00:07:25,121 what's going on? 97 00:07:25,145 --> 00:07:26,856 Are you Mr. Bell? Yes. 98 00:07:28,148 --> 00:07:30,226 Then I guess you're not my father, are you? 99 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:32,027 Or my uncle, or my brother. 100 00:07:32,051 --> 00:07:33,362 Your what? 101 00:07:33,386 --> 00:07:34,930 What on earth are you talking about? 102 00:07:34,954 --> 00:07:36,265 Well, I wish I knew. 103 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:38,835 Uh, I sort of expected you to look like me, I guess. 104 00:07:38,859 --> 00:07:41,237 Or I'd look like you. 105 00:07:41,261 --> 00:07:42,739 I must look like somebody around here. 106 00:07:42,763 --> 00:07:44,940 It's all right, Betty. You can go to lunch now. 107 00:07:44,964 --> 00:07:46,108 I'm sorry, sir. 108 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:47,810 Dr. Kennedy in Salt Lake 109 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:49,645 asked me to drop by, that's all. 110 00:07:49,669 --> 00:07:51,547 But when everybody in town seemed to recognize me, 111 00:07:51,571 --> 00:07:54,650 I thought he might have had something else in mind. 112 00:07:54,674 --> 00:07:56,385 But I guess he just wanted me to stop by 113 00:07:56,409 --> 00:07:57,808 and thank you for your gifts. 114 00:07:59,346 --> 00:08:02,191 I don't know what you're talking about, young man. 115 00:08:02,215 --> 00:08:03,793 Now, if you'll please leave. 116 00:08:03,817 --> 00:08:06,396 Oh, it's really quite confidential, sir. 117 00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:08,431 I mean, if there's any reason for that. 118 00:08:08,455 --> 00:08:10,300 But Dr. Kennedy said there'd been several gifts 119 00:08:10,324 --> 00:08:12,968 to the school from here over a period of years. 120 00:08:12,992 --> 00:08:14,870 I guess he traced them to you. 121 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:16,339 Anyway, he thought you'd like to know 122 00:08:16,363 --> 00:08:17,807 how much they were appreciated. 123 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:20,310 I told you, I don't know what you're talking about. 124 00:08:20,334 --> 00:08:22,345 Now, don't raise your voice, dear. 125 00:08:22,369 --> 00:08:24,880 Vivian. For heavens' sakes, what are you doing here? 126 00:08:24,904 --> 00:08:25,881 Looking for money. 127 00:08:25,905 --> 00:08:27,082 I thought you were going 128 00:08:27,106 --> 00:08:29,318 into Los Angeles with Tom Quincy. 129 00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:33,322 Now, don't start gossip about your own wife, dear. 130 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:35,157 Oh, Vivian, please. 131 00:08:35,181 --> 00:08:37,426 Who's your handsome young friend? 132 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:39,295 Vivian Bell. Bob Lansing. 133 00:08:39,319 --> 00:08:42,831 I'll be with you in a minute. The young man's made a mistake. 134 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:44,066 Oh. 135 00:08:44,090 --> 00:08:45,802 You see, there are other Fred Bells. 136 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:47,337 You've got the wrong person, that's all. 137 00:08:47,361 --> 00:08:49,772 And, oh, yes, there's also a town 138 00:08:49,796 --> 00:08:51,407 by the name of Outcast in Nevada. 139 00:08:51,431 --> 00:08:54,444 In Nevada? No, there isn't, dear. 140 00:08:54,468 --> 00:08:56,508 Will you please just wait for me? 141 00:08:58,338 --> 00:08:59,816 Anyway, explain this 142 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:01,183 to your doctor friend. 143 00:09:01,207 --> 00:09:02,952 And I'm sorry if I just didn't seem to know 144 00:09:02,976 --> 00:09:04,053 what you were talking about. 145 00:09:04,077 --> 00:09:05,521 Why, Fred, I didn't know 146 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:07,923 you were having your hair cut? 147 00:09:07,947 --> 00:09:08,924 Uh, howdy, Mrs. Bell. 148 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:10,360 Hello, Jeff. 149 00:09:10,384 --> 00:09:14,029 Uh, young feller. I guess you're pretty busy now, sir. 150 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:15,987 Uh, excuse me. 151 00:09:18,925 --> 00:09:22,605 All right, who is it everybody thinks I am? 152 00:09:22,629 --> 00:09:24,106 Who do I look like? 153 00:09:24,130 --> 00:09:26,141 I... 154 00:09:26,165 --> 00:09:28,110 I don't know what you're talking about. 155 00:09:28,134 --> 00:09:29,812 Oh, really, Fred. 156 00:09:29,836 --> 00:09:32,181 It's bubbling all over town. 157 00:09:32,205 --> 00:09:34,283 They're saying, "He's come back. 158 00:09:34,307 --> 00:09:37,353 "It's his ghost. It's his son, maybe. 159 00:09:37,377 --> 00:09:40,311 The spitting image of the town's most awful criminal." 160 00:09:41,415 --> 00:09:42,658 What do you suppose it feels like 161 00:09:42,682 --> 00:09:44,694 to be the son of a murderer? 162 00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:52,535 "On May 12, 1939, a man named Lin Aberdeen 163 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,670 "held up the First Pioneer Bank in Outcast. 164 00:09:54,694 --> 00:09:56,105 "Aberdeen was shot and wounded 165 00:09:56,129 --> 00:09:58,107 "by a guard as he made his getaway. 166 00:09:58,131 --> 00:10:00,743 "That evening, the bank robber was spotted in a produce truck, 167 00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:02,177 "trying to leave town. 168 00:10:02,201 --> 00:10:05,047 He was then shot and killed by deputy sheriff." 169 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:07,416 Are there any pictures there? 170 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,752 It was in all the papers at the time. 171 00:10:09,776 --> 00:10:11,153 May I see them? 172 00:10:11,177 --> 00:10:13,589 This isn't a complete report. 173 00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:17,260 I had a man start checking the minute you phoned in. 174 00:10:17,284 --> 00:10:20,819 He located these in a couple of hours. 175 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:28,170 Look. What do you think? 176 00:10:28,194 --> 00:10:29,472 It's your face, all right. 177 00:10:29,496 --> 00:10:30,907 Even without the beard. 178 00:10:30,931 --> 00:10:32,341 They're absolutely identical. 179 00:10:32,365 --> 00:10:33,776 In that gunfight, 180 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,345 Aberdeen killed a couple of deputy sheriffs. 181 00:10:36,369 --> 00:10:38,848 Shot them down in cold blood, right? 182 00:10:38,872 --> 00:10:40,249 Uh, the report says that... 183 00:10:40,273 --> 00:10:42,384 So it's true, then? 184 00:10:42,408 --> 00:10:44,353 I am the son of a murderer. 185 00:10:44,377 --> 00:10:46,856 Now, don't jump to conclusions. 186 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:48,891 Why not? 187 00:10:48,915 --> 00:10:51,894 Mr. Mason, anybody who didn't grow up an orphan 188 00:10:51,918 --> 00:10:54,363 can never even imagine what it's like. 189 00:10:54,387 --> 00:10:57,466 Who was my father? Who was my mother? 190 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:58,968 It's all you ever think about. 191 00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:02,438 Well, it is true that there was an infant son somewhere. 192 00:11:02,462 --> 00:11:04,574 Apparently Aberdeen's wife was... 193 00:11:04,598 --> 00:11:07,643 Yeah, a son. Sure. Me. 194 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:09,812 I tell you, you get eyes in the back of your head. 195 00:11:09,836 --> 00:11:11,714 Every time somebody gives you a funny look, 196 00:11:11,738 --> 00:11:14,450 you say "Maybe that's a relative of mine." 197 00:11:14,474 --> 00:11:16,552 And the second I walked into that dirty town, 198 00:11:16,576 --> 00:11:17,954 everybody in the place started to... 199 00:11:17,978 --> 00:11:19,755 Now, Bob, take it easy. 200 00:11:19,779 --> 00:11:22,157 Look, you don't understand. 201 00:11:22,181 --> 00:11:26,095 My big mystery turns out to be a killer, that's all. 202 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:27,830 Pa? 203 00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:29,198 Oh, he was such a big hero 204 00:11:29,222 --> 00:11:31,723 they shot him down in the streets. 205 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:35,771 You know, I think it was very wise of you 206 00:11:35,795 --> 00:11:37,840 to come into Los Angeles to see an attorney. 207 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:39,942 Well, I thought maybe you could help me 208 00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:42,311 check out all the records and things. 209 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:43,612 You'd be even wiser, Bob, 210 00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:45,013 if you'd leave this whole thing 211 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:48,183 in the hands of Dr. Kennedy and myself. 212 00:11:48,207 --> 00:11:50,853 Sometimes the truth is not found easily. 213 00:11:50,877 --> 00:11:52,154 Why would that Mr. Bell 214 00:11:52,178 --> 00:11:55,457 send presents to the orphanage? 215 00:11:55,481 --> 00:11:56,492 Why would he? 216 00:11:56,516 --> 00:11:59,128 I'm afraid that's his business. 217 00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:02,632 And, uh, the law protects his privacy. 218 00:12:02,656 --> 00:12:06,235 Yeah, but, Mr. Mason, everybody in that town acted strange. 219 00:12:06,259 --> 00:12:07,970 Why? What's wrong with those people? 220 00:12:07,994 --> 00:12:11,007 Mm-hm. Money, I guess. 221 00:12:11,031 --> 00:12:12,129 Money? 222 00:12:13,199 --> 00:12:14,977 When Aberdeen robbed that bank, 223 00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:17,647 he got away with nearly $100,000. 224 00:12:17,671 --> 00:12:20,783 Somehow, before he was killed, 225 00:12:20,807 --> 00:12:22,084 he got rid of that money. 226 00:12:22,108 --> 00:12:24,854 It was never recovered. Never found. 227 00:12:24,878 --> 00:12:27,790 Can you imagine all the local gossip there must've been? 228 00:12:27,814 --> 00:12:31,060 It's no wonder that face of yours created such a stir. 229 00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:32,494 Huh. 230 00:12:32,518 --> 00:12:35,954 So I'm a clue in a treasure hunt too. 231 00:12:37,523 --> 00:12:40,736 Okay, thanks very much, Mr. Mason, for everything. 232 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,839 Miss Street. 233 00:12:42,863 --> 00:12:44,941 I'll stir them up, all right. 234 00:12:44,965 --> 00:12:46,575 I'll find the truth. 235 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:48,165 Bob. 236 00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:51,002 You ought to let us handle it. 237 00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:54,784 How can I? 238 00:12:54,808 --> 00:12:57,675 I told you, you don't know how I feel. 239 00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:02,791 The boy's come back from Los Angeles and he's pretty upset. 240 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:04,894 What's that have to do with me? 241 00:13:04,918 --> 00:13:07,697 Well, he's asking questions all around, Mr. Quincy. 242 00:13:07,721 --> 00:13:11,466 You know, a kid like that gets a bee in his bonnet... 243 00:13:11,490 --> 00:13:13,636 So the whole town's gone batty again 244 00:13:13,660 --> 00:13:16,338 looking for Aberdeen's money. 245 00:13:16,362 --> 00:13:20,208 Well, that happens periodically, every year or two, Mr., uh... 246 00:13:20,232 --> 00:13:23,245 Flaherty. J.J. 247 00:13:23,269 --> 00:13:25,548 So don't bother me with it. 248 00:13:25,572 --> 00:13:26,849 They're a bunch of fools. 249 00:13:26,873 --> 00:13:28,450 It doesn't take much to stir them up. 250 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:30,753 Well, I don't just mean the money. 251 00:13:30,777 --> 00:13:33,388 At least not just yet, I don't. 252 00:13:33,412 --> 00:13:35,691 Thought you said you represented some insurance company. 253 00:13:35,715 --> 00:13:38,494 That's right, sir, The robbery was a bonded loss. 254 00:13:38,518 --> 00:13:41,063 Naturally I wanna find the honeypot first. 255 00:13:42,722 --> 00:13:44,500 Well, I'll tell you what, Mr., uh... 256 00:13:44,524 --> 00:13:45,868 Flaherty. 257 00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:48,137 You just stay on the case another 20 years or so, 258 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:49,405 and maybe you'll get it solved. 259 00:13:49,429 --> 00:13:50,940 But if you think that boy showing up 260 00:13:50,964 --> 00:13:53,542 is gonna lead you to anything, you're... You're mistaken. 261 00:13:53,566 --> 00:13:57,613 Yes, sir, but, uh, suppose I mention the name Bell? 262 00:13:57,637 --> 00:14:00,116 Fred Bell. He works for me. 263 00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:03,386 That's what I hear. Manages your trucking firm. 264 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:05,388 One of my firms. 265 00:14:05,412 --> 00:14:07,489 Big position though. 266 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,425 He used to be just a clerk. 267 00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:12,061 In 1939, yeah. 268 00:14:12,085 --> 00:14:14,463 In the bank though. 269 00:14:14,487 --> 00:14:17,166 Matter of fact, he was the clerk in the bank 270 00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:19,001 on the day it was held up. 271 00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:21,603 That's the way I understood it. 272 00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:25,408 Well, you're the detective, Mr. Flaherty. 273 00:14:25,432 --> 00:14:26,775 Go ahead. 274 00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:29,211 I'm not just scratching fleas. 275 00:14:29,235 --> 00:14:31,881 You aware this Fred Bell has been sending gifts 276 00:14:31,905 --> 00:14:34,082 to an orphanage for more than 20 years? 277 00:14:34,106 --> 00:14:35,384 The same orphanage 278 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:37,141 this Bob grew up in? 279 00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:40,923 Well, uh, 280 00:14:40,947 --> 00:14:43,125 maybe it's charity. 281 00:14:43,149 --> 00:14:46,395 Or maybe an interest in somebody there. 282 00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:49,498 I'm not gonna add two and two and give you seven. 283 00:14:49,522 --> 00:14:52,634 Fred's always been a pushover for Girl Scout cookies, 284 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:53,869 Christmas turkeys. 285 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,505 The, uh, boy doesn't know all this yet. 286 00:14:56,529 --> 00:15:00,409 I had a friend do some checking for me in Salt Lake City. 287 00:15:00,433 --> 00:15:02,811 The gifts were all in cash. 288 00:15:02,835 --> 00:15:04,635 They added up to more than... 289 00:15:06,539 --> 00:15:08,372 $40,000. 290 00:15:11,310 --> 00:15:15,224 So you give it some thought, hm? 291 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:17,793 Oh, just any little help you can come up with. 292 00:15:17,817 --> 00:15:21,163 I'll be glad to cut you in on the reward. 293 00:15:21,187 --> 00:15:24,901 Of course you're pretty well fixed here. 294 00:15:24,925 --> 00:15:27,125 But rewards, they accrue interest. 295 00:15:28,962 --> 00:15:31,362 Indeed they do, Mr. Quincy. 296 00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:40,749 Where is he? Who, dear? 297 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:42,551 That fool husband of yours. 298 00:15:42,575 --> 00:15:45,621 I'm not going to tell you until you change your jacket. 299 00:15:45,645 --> 00:15:46,889 We're going dancing. 300 00:15:46,913 --> 00:15:48,958 Where is he? 301 00:15:48,982 --> 00:15:50,993 Well, he's probably watching television. 302 00:15:51,017 --> 00:15:53,351 You know how much he likes westerns. 303 00:15:55,521 --> 00:15:58,322 Did Flaherty upset you that much? 304 00:15:59,826 --> 00:16:02,238 You know Fred's been sending money someplace for years? 305 00:16:02,262 --> 00:16:06,008 I found out about it this afternoon. Why? 306 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:08,543 What's he think he's doing, anyway? 307 00:16:08,567 --> 00:16:09,678 That fool. 308 00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:13,515 Blasted, blasted fool. 309 00:17:26,512 --> 00:17:29,479 Once a thief, always a thief. 310 00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:14,569 Wait a minute! 311 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:15,570 Hey, wait a minute! 312 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:17,139 I wanna talk to you! 313 00:18:17,163 --> 00:18:18,441 No. Please, not here. 314 00:18:18,465 --> 00:18:19,763 Listen... No! 315 00:18:29,509 --> 00:18:31,387 Mr. Bell. 316 00:18:31,411 --> 00:18:33,489 Oh, Mr. Bell. 317 00:18:33,513 --> 00:18:35,690 It's me, Jeff Douglas. 318 00:18:35,714 --> 00:18:38,127 You got a few minutes? 319 00:18:38,151 --> 00:18:40,351 I didn't hear your television on. 320 00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:45,234 You asleep in there? 321 00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:19,602 Mason, eh? 322 00:19:19,626 --> 00:19:21,937 Perry Mason, the attorney? 323 00:19:21,961 --> 00:19:23,672 Well, well, well. 324 00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:26,108 Well. 325 00:19:26,132 --> 00:19:28,844 If I wasn't such a fair-minded person, Mr. Mason, 326 00:19:28,868 --> 00:19:31,113 I wouldn't let you have a room in my hotel. 327 00:19:31,137 --> 00:19:32,648 Why, thank you. 328 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,351 And, uh, my secretary may need some space 329 00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:36,918 to transcribe some notes. 330 00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:39,087 But her typing won't make much noise. 331 00:19:39,111 --> 00:19:42,657 You're here to see that young man in jail, aren't you? 332 00:19:42,681 --> 00:19:45,094 I didn't know he'd asked for any anybody yet. 333 00:19:45,118 --> 00:19:47,963 I am planning to see Bob Lansing, yes. 334 00:19:47,987 --> 00:19:49,887 Bob Aberdeen, it ought to be. 335 00:19:51,324 --> 00:19:53,935 You won't do him any good, Mr. Mason. He's guilty. 336 00:19:53,959 --> 00:19:55,604 You seem remarkably well-informed. 337 00:19:55,628 --> 00:19:57,539 Well, I ought to be. 338 00:19:57,563 --> 00:20:00,976 Twenty years ago, that boy's father killed my brother. 339 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,546 He was deputy sheriff and his wife was gonna have a baby. 340 00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:07,049 I saw my brother die right out there on that street 341 00:20:07,073 --> 00:20:09,151 where that crosswalk is now. 342 00:20:09,175 --> 00:20:10,452 I see. 343 00:20:10,476 --> 00:20:11,953 Lin Aberdeen cheated this town 344 00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:14,156 out of a fair trial and conviction. 345 00:20:14,180 --> 00:20:15,957 But just you watch. 346 00:20:15,981 --> 00:20:19,161 We'll give his son the gas chamber, all right. 347 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:24,522 Della, take the bags upstairs. I'll meet you at the courtroom. 348 00:20:34,434 --> 00:20:36,345 I know I didn't do what you told me. 349 00:20:36,369 --> 00:20:37,779 About letting you handle things. 350 00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:41,049 About not coming back to Outcast, at least. 351 00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:43,385 Well, I did come back. 352 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:44,819 Maybe I wanted to make trouble. 353 00:20:44,843 --> 00:20:47,789 To stir things up. 354 00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:49,591 Sure, I wanted to. 355 00:20:49,615 --> 00:20:51,593 You wanted to kill him? 356 00:20:51,617 --> 00:20:53,728 No. 357 00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:55,563 To make people think I knew where the money was, 358 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:57,432 that's one crazy idea I had. 359 00:20:57,456 --> 00:20:59,001 Lin Aberdeen's money? 360 00:20:59,025 --> 00:21:01,425 Sure, my father's. 361 00:21:03,162 --> 00:21:04,672 If people wanted something to point at, 362 00:21:04,696 --> 00:21:07,642 I'd give them something to point about. 363 00:21:07,666 --> 00:21:11,579 You were feeling pretty sorry for yourself, weren't you? 364 00:21:11,603 --> 00:21:12,647 Maybe. 365 00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:14,816 What time last night did you decide 366 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,352 that Mr. Bell had found the money? 367 00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:20,055 Oh, you figured that out too, huh? 368 00:21:20,079 --> 00:21:21,890 He must have, Mr. Mason. 369 00:21:21,914 --> 00:21:23,992 Years ago he must have. 370 00:21:24,016 --> 00:21:26,362 And made those payments to your orphanage ever since? 371 00:21:26,386 --> 00:21:29,832 Sure. Conscience money. 372 00:21:29,856 --> 00:21:32,000 Maybe he really was mixed up in that bank robbery 373 00:21:32,024 --> 00:21:34,035 or killing those deputies or something. 374 00:21:34,059 --> 00:21:35,904 So last night you went out to his house 375 00:21:35,928 --> 00:21:37,539 to accuse him of those crimes? 376 00:21:37,563 --> 00:21:40,709 No, I just wanted to ask him. To find out. 377 00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:42,077 And he resisted you? 378 00:21:42,101 --> 00:21:43,845 Well, I didn't fight him. 379 00:21:43,869 --> 00:21:47,383 They had to take three stitches in your scalp, I understand. 380 00:21:47,407 --> 00:21:48,950 I fell. 381 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:51,687 That was from the corner of the table or something. 382 00:21:51,711 --> 00:21:53,888 Mr. Bell's skull was fractured. 383 00:21:53,912 --> 00:21:55,790 He was literally beaten to death. 384 00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:57,426 But I didn't do it! 385 00:21:57,450 --> 00:21:58,893 Then who did, the barber? 386 00:21:58,917 --> 00:22:01,029 I don't know. 387 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:02,965 I was unconscious for a while, I guess. 388 00:22:02,989 --> 00:22:04,254 I... I must've been. 389 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:15,110 I, uh, talked with Dr. Kennedy last night. 390 00:22:15,134 --> 00:22:17,545 In Salt Lake City? Mm-hm. 391 00:22:17,569 --> 00:22:19,881 I asked him if he had any particular reason 392 00:22:19,905 --> 00:22:22,750 for asking you to contact Mr. Bell. He didn't. 393 00:22:22,774 --> 00:22:24,353 He simply wanted you to see him 394 00:22:24,377 --> 00:22:27,289 because you were vacationing in the area. 395 00:22:27,313 --> 00:22:29,757 Well, did you ask him anything about my background? 396 00:22:29,781 --> 00:22:31,759 Yes. 397 00:22:31,783 --> 00:22:34,329 He said you'd been left in a bus station. 398 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,298 That they could never locate the Mexican woman 399 00:22:36,322 --> 00:22:38,934 who'd been traveling with you from California. 400 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:40,135 But when? When was it? 401 00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:43,472 Two weeks after the robbery. 402 00:22:43,496 --> 00:22:46,908 You were just a few years old at that time. 403 00:22:46,932 --> 00:22:50,967 About the same age as the Aberdeen boy. 404 00:22:52,238 --> 00:22:54,483 Well, I guess I did enough 405 00:22:54,507 --> 00:22:57,986 feeling sorry for myself last night. 406 00:22:58,010 --> 00:22:59,688 If you're worried about handling my case... 407 00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:01,189 Bob. 408 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:05,126 I've already opened an office in my hotel room. 409 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:07,228 Now, let's go over 410 00:23:07,252 --> 00:23:09,397 the whole story again 411 00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:11,588 right from the beginning. 412 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:16,338 It's dreadful my not being able to help you, Mr. Mason. 413 00:23:16,362 --> 00:23:18,640 But I didn't even learn 414 00:23:18,664 --> 00:23:20,676 I was a widow until after midnight. 415 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:22,578 You'd been over here at Mr. Quincy's house 416 00:23:22,602 --> 00:23:23,878 earlier in the evening? 417 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:25,647 Yes. 418 00:23:25,671 --> 00:23:27,916 We're on several committees together, 419 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:29,217 Mr. Quincy and I. 420 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:30,608 So I understand. 421 00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:34,989 What time did you leave here, Mrs. Bell? 422 00:23:35,013 --> 00:23:38,260 About 10:30. 423 00:23:38,284 --> 00:23:42,130 That awful man, Mr. Flaherty, made Tom angry. 424 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,832 And Tom tried to get my husband on the phone and couldn't, 425 00:23:44,856 --> 00:23:46,468 and that made it worse. 426 00:23:46,492 --> 00:23:49,071 So I went out by myself. 427 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:50,305 The police found me later 428 00:23:50,329 --> 00:23:53,141 at the little lounge down the highway. 429 00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:55,999 Then when was the last time you saw your husband? 430 00:23:57,103 --> 00:23:59,214 At dinnertime. About 8:00. 431 00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:02,217 Did your husband ever discuss, uh, 432 00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:05,520 certain gifts he'd sent to, uh, Salt Lake City? 433 00:24:05,544 --> 00:24:09,491 My husband did not discuss his finances with me, Mr. Mason. 434 00:24:09,515 --> 00:24:12,127 But at dinner... 435 00:24:12,151 --> 00:24:14,752 did he say anything about expecting to see anyone? 436 00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:19,167 Oh, you have the wrong idea, Mr. Mason. 437 00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:21,837 The last time I saw my husband 438 00:24:21,861 --> 00:24:25,173 was when I was going out for dinner. 439 00:24:25,197 --> 00:24:28,577 He was just sitting there. He didn't say anything. 440 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:31,079 I don't even remember if he said good night. 441 00:24:31,103 --> 00:24:34,049 You had a rather unusual marriage, didn't you? 442 00:24:34,073 --> 00:24:37,541 There are only unusual people, Mr. Mason. 443 00:24:39,645 --> 00:24:41,022 Tom and I wanted to get married 444 00:24:41,046 --> 00:24:44,681 but my husband did not believe in divorce. 445 00:24:52,824 --> 00:24:55,237 All right, gorgeous, I have it. 446 00:24:55,261 --> 00:24:57,205 J.J. Flaherty. 447 00:24:57,229 --> 00:25:00,875 Mm-hm. He's some sort of an insurance investigator. 448 00:25:00,899 --> 00:25:02,611 And, uh, Mr. Quincy, 449 00:25:02,635 --> 00:25:04,712 find out what his financial holdings are 450 00:25:04,736 --> 00:25:06,014 throughout the state. 451 00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:07,415 Oh, and Paul, 452 00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:09,618 see if there's an underwriter's report on the robbery. 453 00:25:09,642 --> 00:25:12,842 May 12th, 1939. 454 00:25:14,146 --> 00:25:16,090 All right. I have that. 455 00:25:16,114 --> 00:25:18,893 Now, when does Perry want me up there? 456 00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:20,995 The hearings will start tomorrow, 457 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:23,139 so we don't have much time, but... 458 00:25:24,823 --> 00:25:26,690 Wait a minute. 459 00:25:29,461 --> 00:25:30,972 Paul, there is something else. 460 00:25:30,996 --> 00:25:33,675 Perry wants you to double-check every newspaper on the robbery. 461 00:25:33,699 --> 00:25:35,843 It might help us to know if there was even a hint 462 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:37,827 that Aberdeen might've had an acco... 463 00:25:39,438 --> 00:25:42,250 Accomplice? 464 00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:44,553 Is that what you were gonna say? 465 00:25:44,577 --> 00:25:48,189 Well, Perry better check the newspaper files there. 466 00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:50,848 It's probably only a weekly but... 467 00:25:52,351 --> 00:25:53,351 Della? 468 00:25:54,987 --> 00:25:57,298 Two heads of lettuce, please. Yes. 469 00:25:57,322 --> 00:25:59,835 And a box of strawberries, nice and fresh. 470 00:25:59,859 --> 00:26:01,703 If you please. 471 00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:03,271 Five pounds of potatoes. 472 00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:05,874 Am I going too fast for you? 473 00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:06,930 Potatoes. 474 00:26:10,002 --> 00:26:12,068 No organization. 475 00:26:13,539 --> 00:26:14,949 I don't know where Fred's mind was, 476 00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:16,607 but his books are in a mess. 477 00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:20,489 It'll take me six months to get this cleared up. 478 00:26:20,513 --> 00:26:23,692 How long was he manager of your trucking business? 479 00:26:23,716 --> 00:26:26,027 You mean, why did I keep him here? 480 00:26:26,051 --> 00:26:28,963 Set up like this? Fancy house and all? 481 00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:31,900 You figure that out, Mr. Mason. 482 00:26:31,924 --> 00:26:33,869 Nearly everyone else has. 483 00:26:33,893 --> 00:26:36,004 I've, uh, spoken with Mrs. Bell. 484 00:26:36,028 --> 00:26:38,373 I gather you're to be congratulated soon. 485 00:26:38,397 --> 00:26:40,837 If we get married that'll be our business. 486 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:44,846 Tell me, did you know Fred Bell as early as 1939? 487 00:26:44,870 --> 00:26:47,082 We grew up together around here. 488 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:50,285 How about Lin Aberdeen? 489 00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:52,220 Was he ever a friend of Bell's? 490 00:26:52,244 --> 00:26:53,888 Search me. 491 00:26:53,912 --> 00:26:55,690 Could've been. 492 00:26:55,714 --> 00:26:58,694 Aberdeen came here a few months before he robbed the bank. 493 00:26:58,718 --> 00:27:01,362 Got fired from a janitor's job, 494 00:27:01,386 --> 00:27:02,564 mowed a few lawns. 495 00:27:02,588 --> 00:27:04,032 Oh? 496 00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:06,234 What's the matter, Mr. Mason, 497 00:27:06,258 --> 00:27:08,670 you worried about where all my money came from? 498 00:27:08,694 --> 00:27:09,838 Well, I'll tell you. 499 00:27:09,862 --> 00:27:12,674 I was poor, ambitious, and during World War II 500 00:27:12,698 --> 00:27:14,709 I was lucky enough to miss the draft. 501 00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:16,377 Now, if you'll let me get back to my books. 502 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:18,747 Anything there in Bell's records 503 00:27:18,771 --> 00:27:20,248 to suggest a money shortage? 504 00:27:20,272 --> 00:27:22,272 Or maybe a surplus? 505 00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:27,555 What if Bell did have all that loot all these years? 506 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:29,257 Wouldn't help the boy's case any. 507 00:27:29,281 --> 00:27:32,282 On the contrary, Mr. Quincy. 508 00:27:33,619 --> 00:27:36,564 One way or another that loot, as you call it, 509 00:27:36,588 --> 00:27:37,699 is a motive for murder. 510 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:42,337 For almost every person in this town. 511 00:27:42,361 --> 00:27:44,401 Thank you, Miss Gordon. You're welcome. 512 00:27:48,734 --> 00:27:50,312 It's been some time since I worked 513 00:27:50,336 --> 00:27:51,780 for the insurance company, yes. 514 00:27:51,804 --> 00:27:53,648 My investigator said five years. 515 00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:56,083 I'm on my own now, you might say. 516 00:27:56,107 --> 00:27:58,353 What they used to call a bounty hunter, is that right? 517 00:27:58,377 --> 00:28:00,121 Well, I'll sure split. 518 00:28:00,145 --> 00:28:02,490 Uh, give you anything that'll help your boy. 519 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:04,592 But I'm afraid, as far as digging up 520 00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:06,227 an old accomplice goes... 521 00:28:06,251 --> 00:28:07,995 There were plenty of witnesses to the fact 522 00:28:08,019 --> 00:28:10,198 that Aberdeen was alone when he held up the bank. 523 00:28:10,222 --> 00:28:11,533 I've dug that far myself. 524 00:28:11,557 --> 00:28:13,735 And check, uh, if anybody gave him a hand 525 00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:16,003 between then and the evening at the time he was killed. 526 00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:17,772 It would be pretty hard to turn up any evidence 527 00:28:17,796 --> 00:28:19,207 of any man it could be. 528 00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:20,742 You mean, there might have been a woman? 529 00:28:20,766 --> 00:28:25,179 Well, now, I haven't scratched there yet, but, uh... 530 00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:26,483 Hey, where are you going? 531 00:28:29,908 --> 00:28:32,119 When did this happen? Early this morning. 532 00:28:32,143 --> 00:28:34,656 Little weekly newspaper they got here. 533 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,441 Fire burned out every file they had. 534 00:28:38,450 --> 00:28:39,594 "Keep out. 535 00:28:39,618 --> 00:28:41,496 Property of Tom Quincy." 536 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,900 Sure, Quincy owns everything in this town. 537 00:29:05,411 --> 00:29:06,421 Th-there he was. 538 00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:08,122 Uh, him, the defendant, 539 00:29:08,146 --> 00:29:10,057 trying to get out the back way and couldn't. 540 00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:12,360 Mr. Bell, he was down on the floor. 541 00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:15,831 I, uh, think I asked you what time it was, Mr. Douglas. 542 00:29:15,855 --> 00:29:17,598 I don't want our friend from Los Angeles 543 00:29:17,622 --> 00:29:19,400 to be objecting to all this talk. 544 00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:22,804 It was about 11:15 I walked in there, sir. 545 00:29:22,828 --> 00:29:25,996 Thank you. Your witness. 546 00:29:27,967 --> 00:29:31,512 Did you at any time see the defendant strike Mr. Bell? 547 00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:34,349 Well, uh, no. I just got there. You see... 548 00:29:34,373 --> 00:29:36,451 Did you, uh, hear any sounds of struggle 549 00:29:36,475 --> 00:29:38,153 as you approached the house? 550 00:29:38,177 --> 00:29:40,856 No. Of course, I wasn't listening. 551 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,757 And I walk pretty fast. 552 00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:45,227 Why were you in such a hurry to see Mr. Bell? 553 00:29:45,251 --> 00:29:46,628 I'd heard the defendant 554 00:29:46,652 --> 00:29:49,197 asking about him in a couple of bars earlier. 555 00:29:49,221 --> 00:29:51,633 I guess I was curious, that's all. 556 00:29:51,657 --> 00:29:53,334 In a couple of bars? 557 00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:55,003 You mean, you were following the defendant 558 00:29:55,027 --> 00:29:56,004 from place to place? 559 00:29:56,028 --> 00:29:57,773 Your Honor. 560 00:29:57,797 --> 00:29:59,507 Well, I'm not the only one. 561 00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:01,609 Half the town was out that night. 562 00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:08,505 I'll withdraw the question, if you think it's irrelevant. 563 00:30:13,278 --> 00:30:15,518 Thank you, that's all. 564 00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:18,660 Mr. Bell died of a massive intracerebral hemorrhage. 565 00:30:18,684 --> 00:30:21,763 This was caused by several blows with a blunt instrument. 566 00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:24,699 Such as the heavy bookend I've just showed you? 567 00:30:24,723 --> 00:30:25,867 Yes. 568 00:30:25,891 --> 00:30:29,537 And did the samples of blood found on the bookend 569 00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:31,072 match that of the victim? 570 00:30:31,096 --> 00:30:32,740 They did. 571 00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:35,143 May it please the court, I would like to introduce 572 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:37,779 this murder weapon as People's Exhibit A. 573 00:30:37,803 --> 00:30:39,014 Any luck, Paul? 574 00:30:39,038 --> 00:30:42,017 No, but I have these notices planted all over town. 575 00:30:42,041 --> 00:30:43,974 Uh, counselor? 576 00:30:58,791 --> 00:31:00,957 I have no objection to the exhibit. 577 00:31:01,994 --> 00:31:03,838 So mark it. 578 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,006 Thank you, doctor. 579 00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:07,397 There'll be no further questions now. 580 00:31:08,934 --> 00:31:10,645 Uh, doctor, 581 00:31:10,669 --> 00:31:12,513 could the blows that killed Mr. Bell 582 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:13,848 have been struck by a woman? 583 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:14,883 I suppose so. 584 00:31:14,907 --> 00:31:16,517 That's a pretty heavy bookend. 585 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:18,419 Thank you. 586 00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:21,422 Now, when you were first called to the scene of the crime, 587 00:31:21,446 --> 00:31:23,591 did you also have reason to examine the defendant? 588 00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:26,127 Objection, Your Honor. 589 00:31:26,151 --> 00:31:28,229 There's a regular time for the defense 590 00:31:28,253 --> 00:31:29,931 to present its own testimony. 591 00:31:29,955 --> 00:31:31,499 Well, now, it seems to me you suggested 592 00:31:31,523 --> 00:31:33,368 there was a fight, Mr. Prosecutor. 593 00:31:33,392 --> 00:31:35,170 Well, now, in a fight it isn't always possible 594 00:31:35,194 --> 00:31:36,637 to separate the blows. 595 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:39,507 Now, I think I'd call that laying a foundation. 596 00:31:39,531 --> 00:31:40,875 Overruled. Proceed. 597 00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:42,143 Well, doctor? 598 00:31:42,167 --> 00:31:43,778 I examined the boy, yes. 599 00:31:43,802 --> 00:31:46,480 He had one contusion with slight lacerations. 600 00:31:46,504 --> 00:31:47,749 Exactly where was that? 601 00:31:47,773 --> 00:31:49,150 The parietal region. 602 00:31:49,174 --> 00:31:51,052 Now, that's right on top of the head, isn't it? 603 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:52,386 Yes. 604 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:54,989 Uh, doctor, do you think it possible 605 00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:57,659 for someone to stumble or fall in such a manner 606 00:31:57,683 --> 00:31:59,994 so as to injure the very top of the head? 607 00:32:00,018 --> 00:32:03,119 You mean, uh, bump it on something? 608 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:07,568 Well, I suppose in certain circumstances. 609 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:10,372 I'll ask a much easier question, then. 610 00:32:10,396 --> 00:32:11,873 Isn't it much more possible 611 00:32:11,897 --> 00:32:13,641 that the defendant was struck by that blow 612 00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:17,211 after he was down and already stunned or unconscious? 613 00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:19,347 Objection, Your Honor. 614 00:32:19,371 --> 00:32:20,982 Of all the argumentative... 615 00:32:21,006 --> 00:32:23,885 I'll sustain that one, all right. 616 00:32:23,909 --> 00:32:25,508 No further questions. 617 00:32:29,148 --> 00:32:32,360 At what time did he leave the motel room? 618 00:32:32,384 --> 00:32:34,963 Well, Bob came back from Los Angeles just after supper. 619 00:32:34,987 --> 00:32:36,330 It was about 7:30. 620 00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:38,599 And we gabbed for a few minutes and then he went out. 621 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:41,269 It was about, uh, 20 of 8, I'd say. 622 00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:44,172 Ah. You, uh, didn't accompany him? 623 00:32:44,196 --> 00:32:46,174 I hadn't eaten. 624 00:32:46,198 --> 00:32:47,776 You see, I'd been nosing around 625 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,410 the newspaper office pretty late. 626 00:32:49,434 --> 00:32:51,545 I guess I had the same curiosity 627 00:32:51,569 --> 00:32:53,948 about old papers as Mr. Mason seems to. 628 00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:55,283 Uh, to tell you the truth, 629 00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:57,252 I didn't find anything worth paying money for. 630 00:32:57,276 --> 00:33:00,388 I'm sure you could find a better time to talk to Mr. Mason. 631 00:33:00,412 --> 00:33:02,757 Just answer the questions. Yes, sir. 632 00:33:02,781 --> 00:33:05,693 So the last time you saw the defendant 633 00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:08,819 was at 20 minutes to 8, Mr. Flaherty? 634 00:33:10,455 --> 00:33:12,333 I didn't see him at all 635 00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:15,036 except that afternoon in my husband's office. 636 00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:16,838 That was the only time. 637 00:33:16,862 --> 00:33:19,841 And did your husband later discuss that visit with you? 638 00:33:19,865 --> 00:33:22,977 Or in any way mention the defendant's name? 639 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:25,679 He did on my way out that evening. 640 00:33:25,703 --> 00:33:27,514 My husband was sitting on the porch 641 00:33:27,538 --> 00:33:29,717 and I asked him 642 00:33:29,741 --> 00:33:31,953 if there was anything I could do. 643 00:33:31,977 --> 00:33:33,287 Do about what? 644 00:33:33,311 --> 00:33:36,491 What was the reason for your concern? 645 00:33:36,515 --> 00:33:39,961 Well, he seemed worried and upset. 646 00:33:39,985 --> 00:33:42,397 Defeated, you might say. 647 00:33:42,421 --> 00:33:44,832 I see. 648 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:48,336 And, uh, what was your husband's answer, Mrs. Bell? 649 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,906 He said there was nothing anybody could do. 650 00:33:51,930 --> 00:33:55,043 Please tell us his exact words, if possible. 651 00:33:55,067 --> 00:33:58,646 The last words spoken to you by the deceased. 652 00:33:58,670 --> 00:34:01,515 He said, 653 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:03,785 "Do you know who that boy is?" 654 00:34:03,809 --> 00:34:06,554 And I said, "No." 655 00:34:06,578 --> 00:34:07,788 And he said, 656 00:34:07,812 --> 00:34:10,046 "It's Bob Aberdeen." 657 00:34:10,983 --> 00:34:12,293 Aberdeen? 658 00:34:12,317 --> 00:34:14,662 Are you sure your husband didn't say "Lansing"? 659 00:34:14,686 --> 00:34:17,498 Was he so positive who he was? 660 00:34:17,522 --> 00:34:20,089 He said "Aberdeen." 661 00:34:21,693 --> 00:34:22,725 That's all. 662 00:34:24,429 --> 00:34:25,562 Cross-examine. 663 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,045 Uh, Mrs. Bell, 664 00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:32,447 how old are you? 665 00:34:32,471 --> 00:34:34,516 Objection. 666 00:34:34,540 --> 00:34:36,717 Aside from its lack of diplomacy, 667 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:39,287 the question is completely irrelevant and immaterial. 668 00:34:39,311 --> 00:34:41,088 Sustained. 669 00:34:41,112 --> 00:34:43,090 I'll avoid the direct question, Your Honor. 670 00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:45,059 However, since the prosecution has introduced 671 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,028 the name Aberdeen, could you tell us, 672 00:34:47,052 --> 00:34:48,963 Mrs. Bell, what the name meant to you? 673 00:34:48,987 --> 00:34:52,766 Had you ever met Lin Aberdeen, for instance? 674 00:34:52,790 --> 00:34:54,435 It's possible. He... 675 00:34:54,459 --> 00:34:57,371 He was in town a few months before his death. 676 00:34:57,395 --> 00:35:00,108 Yes, 1939. 677 00:35:00,132 --> 00:35:02,977 But in what way might you have met? 678 00:35:03,001 --> 00:35:04,412 Would he have patted you on the head 679 00:35:04,436 --> 00:35:07,015 or perhaps asked you for a date? 680 00:35:07,039 --> 00:35:09,384 It wouldn't have been either, Mr. Mason. 681 00:35:09,408 --> 00:35:13,187 In 1939, I hadn't even graduated from high school, 682 00:35:13,211 --> 00:35:15,723 Yes, of course. 683 00:35:15,747 --> 00:35:18,659 You left Mountain Union High, without graduating, 684 00:35:18,683 --> 00:35:19,660 in 1936. 685 00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:22,763 Objection. 686 00:35:22,787 --> 00:35:24,365 Strike that last question. 687 00:35:24,389 --> 00:35:26,167 Your Honor, perhaps I should drop 688 00:35:26,191 --> 00:35:27,935 this entire line of inquiry. 689 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:30,720 That would be well-advised, counselor. 690 00:35:34,533 --> 00:35:37,245 Now, concerning your husband's, uh, 691 00:35:37,269 --> 00:35:38,913 last words about the defendant. 692 00:35:38,937 --> 00:35:42,183 He only said, "Do you know who that boy is?" 693 00:35:42,207 --> 00:35:44,686 And then he said... "That blasted boy!" 694 00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:45,687 What? 695 00:35:45,711 --> 00:35:47,988 That's what he said. 696 00:35:48,012 --> 00:35:50,391 "That blasted ugly delinquent." 697 00:35:50,415 --> 00:35:52,560 "That dirty troublemaker." 698 00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:54,829 Yes. He's come here to kill me." 699 00:35:54,853 --> 00:35:56,397 That's what he really said. 700 00:35:56,421 --> 00:35:59,601 "He's just like his father. 701 00:35:59,625 --> 00:36:01,902 "He's a lying, stealing, 702 00:36:01,926 --> 00:36:04,205 murdering, thieving..." 703 00:36:07,733 --> 00:36:11,200 Your husband really said all those things? 704 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:21,256 Before I reprimand the witness, Mr. Mason, 705 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:22,457 if you wish to make objection, 706 00:36:22,481 --> 00:36:23,891 I'll strike these last words. 707 00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:26,661 But why should we just strike the last words, Your Honor? 708 00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:29,264 Because, obviously, this witness became hysterical with anger. 709 00:36:29,288 --> 00:36:31,732 She was making a statement with the sole purpose 710 00:36:31,756 --> 00:36:33,100 of getting back at you 711 00:36:33,124 --> 00:36:35,103 and wasn't trying to tell the truth. 712 00:36:35,127 --> 00:36:36,837 Exactly. 713 00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:39,773 But how do we know that just the last words were perjured? 714 00:36:39,797 --> 00:36:41,642 Why not the entire testimony? 715 00:36:41,666 --> 00:36:43,043 Well, would you like to make a motion 716 00:36:43,067 --> 00:36:45,146 to strike her entire testimony on that ground? 717 00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:48,616 No, Your Honor. 718 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,951 I prefer to let her testimony stand 719 00:36:50,975 --> 00:36:53,510 just as it is. 720 00:36:55,614 --> 00:36:57,891 You may step down. 721 00:37:07,925 --> 00:37:10,204 I told the defendant I wouldn't serve him any more drinks. 722 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:12,473 Why not? He kept trying to pick fights 723 00:37:12,497 --> 00:37:14,875 with anybody who wouldn't say his old man was a great guy. 724 00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:16,878 So I told him to get out. 725 00:37:16,902 --> 00:37:19,313 Before he left were there any particular questions 726 00:37:19,337 --> 00:37:20,381 that he asked you? 727 00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:21,849 Yes, uh, 728 00:37:21,873 --> 00:37:24,251 he asked where the local graveyard was 729 00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:26,253 and I... I told him. 730 00:37:26,277 --> 00:37:28,523 And then he asked how he could find Mr. Bell's house. 731 00:37:28,547 --> 00:37:30,947 And dumb me, I told him that too. 732 00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:35,229 Mr. Bell told me he was in trouble. 733 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:38,065 There was people in Salt Lake who talked too much, he said. 734 00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:40,301 Uh, just a moment, Mrs. Douglas. 735 00:37:40,325 --> 00:37:42,670 Let's set things in order. 736 00:37:42,694 --> 00:37:45,139 Just where did you see Mr. Bell? 737 00:37:45,163 --> 00:37:47,508 He was sitting on his own front porch 738 00:37:47,532 --> 00:37:49,310 all alone on the night of the murder. 739 00:37:49,334 --> 00:37:53,247 And, uh, how did you happen to see him there on the porch? 740 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:56,150 Well, I was out looking for my husband, Jeff Douglas. 741 00:37:56,174 --> 00:37:58,486 I wanted him to come home. 742 00:37:58,510 --> 00:38:01,922 Didn't want any of that Aberdeen nonsense around my family. 743 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:03,924 Only, Mr. Bell, he hadn't seen Jeff. 744 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:07,328 Ah. Now, Mrs. Douglas, 745 00:38:07,352 --> 00:38:09,430 since you spoke to the deceased 746 00:38:09,454 --> 00:38:11,565 just moments before his death, 747 00:38:11,589 --> 00:38:13,534 tell us exactly what happened. 748 00:38:13,558 --> 00:38:15,469 Well, when I asked him about Jeff, 749 00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:17,471 he just mumbled about Salt Lake 750 00:38:17,495 --> 00:38:20,374 and something about people handing out 751 00:38:20,398 --> 00:38:22,776 figures they shouldn't. Uh, use only Mr. Bell's 752 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,511 exact words, please. 753 00:38:24,535 --> 00:38:27,014 Well, all that stuff didn't make sense, 754 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:29,083 so I didn't pay attention. 755 00:38:29,107 --> 00:38:31,118 Only then I asked him if he wasn't sick 756 00:38:31,142 --> 00:38:32,619 and he said, 757 00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:35,589 "Amy, I'm so sick I'm gonna be dead." 758 00:38:35,613 --> 00:38:37,891 Well, that scared me, so I asked him why 759 00:38:37,915 --> 00:38:40,794 and he said, "Bob Aberdeen's here. 760 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:43,464 And now he'll get me." 761 00:38:43,488 --> 00:38:45,799 So I said, "Don't you want me to call somebody or something?" 762 00:38:45,823 --> 00:38:49,403 And he said, "No. Go away. 763 00:38:49,427 --> 00:38:52,128 It won't do no good. He'll get me." 764 00:38:54,565 --> 00:38:55,576 So then I went away 765 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,434 and that was all there was to it. 766 00:39:03,074 --> 00:39:04,540 Your witness. 767 00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:13,494 Your Honor, my cross-examination of this witness 768 00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:15,496 may be fairly extensive. 769 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,080 Even setting aside hearsay elements. 770 00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:22,303 Well, it's after 4:30, if you'd care to recess. 771 00:39:22,327 --> 00:39:23,404 Mr. Prosecutor? 772 00:39:23,428 --> 00:39:25,428 I have no objection. 773 00:39:27,765 --> 00:39:30,844 This court is recessed until 9:30 tomorrow morning. 774 00:39:39,578 --> 00:39:40,955 Well, here are some more. 775 00:39:40,979 --> 00:39:43,858 I found an old lady who has her shelves lined with them. 776 00:39:43,882 --> 00:39:45,159 Uh, any luck? 777 00:39:45,183 --> 00:39:46,828 Not so far. 778 00:39:46,852 --> 00:39:49,196 You know, it would help if you were sure 779 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:50,765 what we were looking for. 780 00:39:50,789 --> 00:39:53,868 Something worth burning down a newspaper for. 781 00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:55,737 There's an awful lot here about Hitler. 782 00:39:55,761 --> 00:39:58,740 And the closing of the local CCC camp. 783 00:39:58,764 --> 00:40:00,675 Well. 784 00:40:00,699 --> 00:40:02,710 How about the Duke of Windsor? 785 00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:05,346 Wait a minute. Here's something about a bankruptcy. 786 00:40:05,370 --> 00:40:07,047 Some little trucking company. 787 00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:08,516 What's the date? 788 00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:10,585 April 15, 1939. 789 00:40:10,609 --> 00:40:11,853 That's before the robbery. 790 00:40:11,877 --> 00:40:13,988 Well, look here. Look here. 791 00:40:14,012 --> 00:40:16,424 "Unsuccessful attempt to get going, 792 00:40:16,448 --> 00:40:17,992 "our sympathies to young 793 00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:20,895 Tom Quincy." 794 00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:23,765 All right, everything around this date. 795 00:40:23,789 --> 00:40:25,299 Now let's really get to work. 796 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,909 Uh, a moment, Your Honor. 797 00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:38,078 The defense does not wish to cross-examine this witness. 798 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:39,881 Oh? 799 00:40:39,905 --> 00:40:42,650 Well, last night you suggested a rather lengthy 800 00:40:42,674 --> 00:40:44,485 cross-examination of this witness. 801 00:40:44,509 --> 00:40:47,988 Uh, defense now feels it might be best to allow the prosecution 802 00:40:48,012 --> 00:40:50,324 to finish its case as quickly as possible. 803 00:40:50,348 --> 00:40:52,982 I therefore have no questions of Mrs. Douglas. 804 00:40:54,252 --> 00:40:56,172 Very well. Uh, you may be seated. 805 00:40:57,955 --> 00:41:01,324 I call Mr. Tom Quincy to the stand. 806 00:41:09,066 --> 00:41:11,112 The last time I saw Fred Bell 807 00:41:11,136 --> 00:41:13,547 was in the office that afternoon. 808 00:41:13,571 --> 00:41:15,849 However, at that time he made no mention at all 809 00:41:15,873 --> 00:41:17,284 about the boy being here. 810 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:20,354 Uh, so it wasn't until Mr. Flaherty called on you 811 00:41:20,378 --> 00:41:23,624 later in the evening that you had any idea what was going on? 812 00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:24,791 That is correct. 813 00:41:24,815 --> 00:41:27,428 Was that also the first you heard 814 00:41:27,452 --> 00:41:29,363 of certain gifts which Mr. Bell 815 00:41:29,387 --> 00:41:31,332 may have made to a certain orphanage? 816 00:41:31,356 --> 00:41:33,000 It was. 817 00:41:33,024 --> 00:41:35,769 Now, Mr. Quincy, since that time, 818 00:41:35,793 --> 00:41:38,305 have you discovered any further information 819 00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:39,862 concerning such gifts? 820 00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:42,543 I have. 821 00:41:42,567 --> 00:41:45,045 Would you please tell the court in your own words? 822 00:41:45,069 --> 00:41:48,115 Bell made deposits and withdrawals 823 00:41:48,139 --> 00:41:50,885 in a separate fund that he had control of. 824 00:41:50,909 --> 00:41:53,220 Would you clarify, please? 825 00:41:53,244 --> 00:41:56,023 Well, apparently Bell used this fund 826 00:41:56,047 --> 00:41:58,425 to build up large stores of cash. 827 00:41:58,449 --> 00:41:59,760 And then he'd balance it 828 00:41:59,784 --> 00:42:02,497 by sending those gifts to Salt Lake City. 829 00:42:02,521 --> 00:42:03,931 Uh, one moment. 830 00:42:03,955 --> 00:42:07,234 Mr. Mason, you may have objection here 831 00:42:07,258 --> 00:42:08,969 if financial records are gonna be discussed 832 00:42:08,993 --> 00:42:10,137 without being produced. 833 00:42:10,161 --> 00:42:11,705 May it please the court, 834 00:42:11,729 --> 00:42:14,775 our only present purpose is to confirm a source of anger 835 00:42:14,799 --> 00:42:16,377 between the defendant and the deceased. 836 00:42:16,401 --> 00:42:18,178 To confirm a motive for murder. 837 00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:20,214 Uh, defense is quite willing to concede 838 00:42:20,238 --> 00:42:23,684 that money stolen from a local bank in 1939 839 00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:25,720 may quite well have become 840 00:42:25,744 --> 00:42:29,122 a part of the murder by way of motivation, 841 00:42:29,146 --> 00:42:31,858 or perhaps by setting in motion causes 842 00:42:31,882 --> 00:42:33,261 which culminated in murder. 843 00:42:33,285 --> 00:42:35,563 Thank you. 844 00:42:35,587 --> 00:42:37,507 That's all for this witness then. 845 00:42:43,227 --> 00:42:46,073 Now, these deposits you say Mr. Bell made 846 00:42:46,097 --> 00:42:48,509 to a certain account. 847 00:42:48,533 --> 00:42:51,044 Uh, is it your belief, Mr. Quincy, 848 00:42:51,068 --> 00:42:53,180 that they came from that stolen money? 849 00:42:53,204 --> 00:42:56,317 Well, I'd never be able to prove such a thing, of course. 850 00:42:56,341 --> 00:42:59,074 Could you tell if the, uh, money came from blackmail? 851 00:43:00,378 --> 00:43:02,155 I don't understand the question. 852 00:43:02,179 --> 00:43:05,881 Very well, I'll ask a quite different question, then. 853 00:43:06,851 --> 00:43:08,261 Mr. Quincy, did you set fire 854 00:43:08,285 --> 00:43:10,331 to your own newspaper office the other day? 855 00:43:10,355 --> 00:43:12,199 Your Honor, I object. 856 00:43:12,223 --> 00:43:13,467 Sustained. 857 00:43:13,491 --> 00:43:15,502 I'd like to answer that question, Your Honor. 858 00:43:15,526 --> 00:43:17,271 I absolutely did not. 859 00:43:17,295 --> 00:43:19,072 I've only owned that newspaper for a few years 860 00:43:19,096 --> 00:43:21,441 and I don't know of anything in it that was worth burning. 861 00:43:21,465 --> 00:43:23,243 Never mind, Mr. Quincy. 862 00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:25,001 Strike both question and answer. 863 00:43:34,412 --> 00:43:38,492 Mr. Quincy, I read in the paper that in April of 1939, 864 00:43:38,516 --> 00:43:40,160 you were filing bankruptcy proceedings, 865 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:42,863 but there was only one notice. 866 00:43:42,887 --> 00:43:44,632 A careful reading of the newspapers 867 00:43:44,656 --> 00:43:45,900 for the next two years 868 00:43:45,924 --> 00:43:47,902 showed that the bankruptcy must have been stopped. 869 00:43:47,926 --> 00:43:51,104 That somehow you must have stayed on in business. 870 00:43:51,128 --> 00:43:55,810 Well, it wasn't much of a business in those years. 871 00:43:55,834 --> 00:43:58,178 I had a couple of used trucks, 872 00:43:58,202 --> 00:43:59,713 I managed to get a few hauling jobs 873 00:43:59,737 --> 00:44:02,516 and keep my head above water That's about what happened. 874 00:44:02,540 --> 00:44:05,318 But then in late l941, or early '42, 875 00:44:05,342 --> 00:44:07,821 you went to San Francisco. 876 00:44:07,845 --> 00:44:09,222 By the time you returned to town, 877 00:44:09,246 --> 00:44:11,958 you'd become quite successful in several new lines. 878 00:44:11,982 --> 00:44:14,227 There was a war on, remember? 879 00:44:14,251 --> 00:44:17,665 I told you I was lucky enough to miss the draft. 880 00:44:17,689 --> 00:44:19,667 I'm afraid, Mr. Mason, that quite a few people 881 00:44:19,691 --> 00:44:21,535 made money during those years. 882 00:44:21,559 --> 00:44:23,604 But only if they had cash to invest. 883 00:44:23,628 --> 00:44:26,640 Now, my question is this, Mr. Quincy: 884 00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:28,075 concerning Mr. Bell's records, 885 00:44:28,099 --> 00:44:31,045 isn't it possible that since the murder, 886 00:44:31,069 --> 00:44:33,547 you might have altered those records 887 00:44:33,571 --> 00:44:36,917 so as to have concealed some involvement of your own? 888 00:44:36,941 --> 00:44:39,120 Objection, Your Honor. 889 00:44:39,144 --> 00:44:40,487 Sustained. 890 00:44:40,511 --> 00:44:42,523 You'll just have to confine yourself to subjects 891 00:44:42,547 --> 00:44:43,758 that are relevant, counselor. 892 00:44:43,782 --> 00:44:45,514 Your Honor. 893 00:44:50,388 --> 00:44:52,399 Now, Mr. Quincy, 894 00:44:52,423 --> 00:44:54,535 Mrs. Bell stated that on the night of the murder, 895 00:44:54,559 --> 00:44:56,137 she left your house at about 10:40. 896 00:44:56,161 --> 00:44:57,872 Is that correct? 897 00:44:57,896 --> 00:44:58,973 That's correct. 898 00:44:58,997 --> 00:45:00,841 What did you then do? 899 00:45:00,865 --> 00:45:01,976 I went to bed. 900 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,033 Before or after Mr. Douglas' visit? 901 00:45:05,904 --> 00:45:07,003 Before or after what? 902 00:45:08,673 --> 00:45:10,317 Your Honor, I would like the court reporter 903 00:45:10,341 --> 00:45:12,452 to read back certain portions of testimony 904 00:45:12,476 --> 00:45:14,922 given by Mr. Jeff Douglas. 905 00:45:14,946 --> 00:45:16,456 Wait, Your Honor. 906 00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:20,194 Yes, I was in bed. 907 00:45:20,218 --> 00:45:21,962 And I heard somebody outside, 908 00:45:21,986 --> 00:45:23,664 but I don't know who it was. 909 00:45:23,688 --> 00:45:26,100 You know, I think it might be easier 910 00:45:26,124 --> 00:45:28,357 to recall the other witness, counselor. 911 00:45:30,829 --> 00:45:34,641 Y-yes, sir, I said I looked for Mr. Bell several places. 912 00:45:34,665 --> 00:45:37,011 You stated that you looked for him downtown, 913 00:45:37,035 --> 00:45:40,014 then at Mr. Quincy's house on the way back, is that correct? 914 00:45:40,038 --> 00:45:41,548 Uh, yes, sir. 915 00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:43,918 I started to knock, but I guess Mr. Quincy 916 00:45:43,942 --> 00:45:46,486 was in bed already, like he said. 917 00:45:46,510 --> 00:45:49,890 Did you happen to notice whether or not his car was in the drive? 918 00:45:49,914 --> 00:45:51,826 Well, uh, no. 919 00:45:51,850 --> 00:45:53,727 No, I... I'm not sure it was. 920 00:45:53,751 --> 00:45:55,871 Can't you be more positive than that? 921 00:45:59,924 --> 00:46:01,102 Yes, sir. 922 00:46:01,126 --> 00:46:03,604 I guess the reason I didn't really knock 923 00:46:03,628 --> 00:46:05,639 was because the car wasn't there. 924 00:46:10,869 --> 00:46:12,079 Your Honor, in view of the fact 925 00:46:12,103 --> 00:46:13,848 that there may be conflicting testimony here, 926 00:46:13,872 --> 00:46:15,082 with the court's permission, 927 00:46:15,106 --> 00:46:17,306 I would now like to cross-examine Mrs. Douglas. 928 00:46:18,609 --> 00:46:20,721 Very well. 929 00:46:20,745 --> 00:46:24,158 Now, please repeat all you can remember of Mr. Bell's words. 930 00:46:24,182 --> 00:46:28,528 There was people there who talked too much, he said. 931 00:46:28,552 --> 00:46:32,432 Yes, and, um, giving out figures they shouldn't. 932 00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:34,869 Uh, figures about money, is that what you mean? 933 00:46:34,893 --> 00:46:36,771 Exactly. 934 00:46:36,795 --> 00:46:38,706 Because if I recall the statement 935 00:46:38,730 --> 00:46:39,907 of one other witnesses... 936 00:46:39,931 --> 00:46:42,009 Your Honor, how long a parade of witnesses? 937 00:46:42,033 --> 00:46:44,011 Hold on, Mr. Prosecutor. 938 00:46:44,035 --> 00:46:46,013 Your Honor, I'm now refering 939 00:46:46,037 --> 00:46:48,115 to the statement made by Mr. Flaherty 940 00:46:48,139 --> 00:46:50,784 concerning what he told Mr. Quincy at 10:30. 941 00:46:50,808 --> 00:46:54,722 That is, the private information about the figures and amounts 942 00:46:54,746 --> 00:46:55,889 of Mr. Bell's donations 943 00:46:55,913 --> 00:46:57,191 to that orphanage. 944 00:46:57,215 --> 00:46:58,458 Proceed. 945 00:46:58,482 --> 00:47:01,161 Your Honor, no one else had that information. 946 00:47:01,185 --> 00:47:04,397 Yet one half-hour later, news of it had reached Mr. Bell. 947 00:47:04,421 --> 00:47:06,421 I would like to know who told him. 948 00:47:07,558 --> 00:47:10,904 I think Mr. Quincy might return to the stand now. 949 00:47:10,928 --> 00:47:13,696 Uh... Uh, just a moment. 950 00:47:16,834 --> 00:47:18,078 I was there. 951 00:47:18,102 --> 00:47:20,135 I was there, all right, I... 952 00:47:22,573 --> 00:47:25,752 I was mad enough to wring his neck, 953 00:47:25,776 --> 00:47:29,155 but I... I... I didn't kill him. I... 954 00:47:29,179 --> 00:47:30,880 I didn't kill him, I... 955 00:47:33,083 --> 00:47:35,596 You see, I... I couldn't have, 956 00:47:35,620 --> 00:47:40,100 because he was dead when I got there. 957 00:47:40,124 --> 00:47:43,269 Mr. Quincy, I hardly need remind you 958 00:47:43,293 --> 00:47:45,606 that you perjured yourself many times. 959 00:47:45,630 --> 00:47:48,408 I know, Your Honor, I... But I had to lie. 960 00:47:48,432 --> 00:47:51,277 You see, if I... If I'd have told you I'd been there, 961 00:47:51,301 --> 00:47:53,446 why, I'd have to tell you the whole truth. 962 00:47:53,470 --> 00:47:55,448 The whole truth about me and the... 963 00:47:55,472 --> 00:47:56,939 The whole truth about Aberdeen. 964 00:47:58,709 --> 00:48:00,320 Sure, I got the money, all right. 965 00:48:00,344 --> 00:48:03,123 Aberdeen gave it to me. 966 00:48:03,147 --> 00:48:05,125 He was hurt, he knew he was gonna die 967 00:48:05,149 --> 00:48:08,028 and so he gave me the money in return 968 00:48:08,052 --> 00:48:10,864 for taking care of his boy. 969 00:48:10,888 --> 00:48:13,656 You go ahead and you blame me all you want. 970 00:48:15,726 --> 00:48:17,671 But I didn't kill anyone. 971 00:48:17,695 --> 00:48:20,007 May it please the court, 972 00:48:20,031 --> 00:48:21,775 there is really only one other person 973 00:48:21,799 --> 00:48:23,839 who could have murdered Fred Bell, 974 00:48:24,602 --> 00:48:27,081 who could have first talked with him 975 00:48:27,105 --> 00:48:29,585 and then returned to kill him. 976 00:48:33,878 --> 00:48:37,157 Flaherty, J.J. 977 00:48:37,181 --> 00:48:38,892 I almost got away with it. 978 00:48:45,355 --> 00:48:48,368 Flaherty spotted you walking toward Bell's house, 979 00:48:48,392 --> 00:48:50,370 followed you back there to see what would happen. 980 00:48:50,394 --> 00:48:53,207 What happened gave him the golden opportunity. 981 00:48:53,231 --> 00:48:54,842 Yeah, only why did he have to kill the guy? 982 00:48:54,866 --> 00:48:56,676 Well, to keep him quiet. 983 00:48:56,700 --> 00:48:58,145 Flaherty had been working on the case 984 00:48:58,169 --> 00:49:00,013 for a number of years, hoping, I suppose, 985 00:49:00,037 --> 00:49:02,116 just for the reward. 986 00:49:02,140 --> 00:49:06,220 When he stumbled into the fact that Quincy had turned $100,000 987 00:49:06,244 --> 00:49:08,555 into $2 million, he got bigger ideas. 988 00:49:08,579 --> 00:49:10,858 Poor Mr. Bell knew the whole story. 989 00:49:10,882 --> 00:49:12,259 And with you on the scene, 990 00:49:12,283 --> 00:49:14,427 Bell would have come out with the whole story. 991 00:49:14,451 --> 00:49:16,196 But with Bell dead, 992 00:49:16,220 --> 00:49:17,731 Flaherty could take over... 993 00:49:17,755 --> 00:49:21,423 The blackmailing of Mr. Quincy in professional style. 994 00:49:23,928 --> 00:49:26,206 What about the fire? Did he start that too? 995 00:49:26,230 --> 00:49:27,908 Of course. 996 00:49:27,932 --> 00:49:30,577 He found that same newspaper item we found, 997 00:49:30,601 --> 00:49:32,112 and he didn't want anything in the world 998 00:49:32,136 --> 00:49:33,296 to interfere with his plan. 999 00:49:35,106 --> 00:49:36,549 Thanks. 1000 00:49:39,310 --> 00:49:41,855 You know, after all is said and done, 1001 00:49:41,879 --> 00:49:43,556 my father was still what he was. 1002 00:49:43,580 --> 00:49:45,893 He did try to take care of you, Bob. 1003 00:49:45,917 --> 00:49:47,627 Yeah, I guess so. 1004 00:49:47,651 --> 00:49:48,762 Doesn't seem to matter much. 1005 00:49:48,786 --> 00:49:51,664 Doesn't matter at all, Bob, 1006 00:49:51,688 --> 00:49:52,888 because you are what you are.