1 00:01:22,983 --> 00:01:24,749 You're home early. 2 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:28,564 Where are you going? 3 00:01:28,588 --> 00:01:31,868 Where have you been all afternoon, Thelma? 4 00:01:31,892 --> 00:01:33,937 I had lunch with Lois. 5 00:01:33,961 --> 00:01:35,805 I told you. 6 00:01:35,829 --> 00:01:39,175 You didn't have lunch with her. 7 00:01:39,199 --> 00:01:42,078 All right, I didn't. 8 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:45,548 I was taking care of something. 9 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:47,083 Not something. 10 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:49,986 You've been seeing someone for a long time now. 11 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:51,643 That's not true. 12 00:01:54,315 --> 00:01:55,992 So now you're gonna pack your little bag 13 00:01:56,016 --> 00:01:57,693 and take a little trip? 14 00:01:57,717 --> 00:01:59,495 You're gonna sulk? 15 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:02,799 This is a little more than just a sulk, Thelma. 16 00:02:02,823 --> 00:02:06,169 I've had enough of this kind of life with you. 17 00:02:06,193 --> 00:02:07,870 You're leaving me? 18 00:02:07,894 --> 00:02:09,372 At least a separation. 19 00:02:09,396 --> 00:02:12,809 A divorce can be worked out later in a civilized way. 20 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:14,811 I'm going to take this opportunity to do some work 21 00:02:14,835 --> 00:02:16,879 on my anti-collision device. 22 00:02:16,903 --> 00:02:19,115 In privacy. 23 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:20,951 And what does that mean? 24 00:02:20,975 --> 00:02:23,386 Who's been going through my papers? 25 00:02:23,410 --> 00:02:24,754 You know no one can get in here 26 00:02:24,778 --> 00:02:26,389 when you lock the door. 27 00:02:26,413 --> 00:02:28,258 Somebody did. 28 00:02:34,554 --> 00:02:37,089 Your car is blocking the driveway. 29 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:44,007 James, I don't want a divorce. 30 00:02:44,031 --> 00:02:45,942 It's not your choice, Thelma. 31 00:02:45,966 --> 00:02:47,532 Now, your car. 32 00:02:49,003 --> 00:02:51,714 You won't get rid of me so easily. 33 00:02:51,738 --> 00:02:54,784 I hadn't anticipated that it would be easy. 34 00:02:54,808 --> 00:02:56,941 Please get your car out of the way. 35 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:21,878 It's been three months now, sergeant, 36 00:03:21,902 --> 00:03:23,646 and all you can tell me here at Missing Persons 37 00:03:23,670 --> 00:03:26,950 is no report and no trace yet. 38 00:03:26,974 --> 00:03:28,684 You haven't heard anything, have you, lady? 39 00:03:28,708 --> 00:03:30,654 No. 40 00:03:30,678 --> 00:03:32,121 No arguments? No warnings? 41 00:03:32,145 --> 00:03:33,356 He just disappeared? 42 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:34,757 Look here, sergeant, 43 00:03:34,781 --> 00:03:36,359 if you're presuming this is simply a case 44 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:37,693 of abandonment... 45 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:39,762 Our experience is, when they leave this way, ma'am, 46 00:03:39,786 --> 00:03:40,931 that's what it is. 47 00:03:40,955 --> 00:03:43,399 That's rather unlikely, sergeant. 48 00:03:43,423 --> 00:03:46,369 James Frazer is in love with his wife. 49 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:48,437 Besides, he has a great many responsibilities 50 00:03:48,461 --> 00:03:50,540 he wouldn't neglect under any circumstances. 51 00:03:50,564 --> 00:03:52,175 Are you a relative, ma'am? 52 00:03:52,199 --> 00:03:53,643 No, I'm just a friend and neighbor. 53 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:57,046 Then what do you think happened to your husband, Mrs. Frazer? 54 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,215 Maybe he was in an accident 55 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:00,450 and had a loss of memory. 56 00:04:00,474 --> 00:04:02,652 Maybe he's in a hospital somewhere. 57 00:04:02,676 --> 00:04:04,254 That's routine check, ma'am. 58 00:04:04,278 --> 00:04:06,456 We'd know by now if any of that was the case. 59 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,025 Well, I want to find out what's happened to him. 60 00:04:09,049 --> 00:04:10,459 A man doesn't just disappear 61 00:04:10,483 --> 00:04:12,195 off the face of the earth, does he? 62 00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:13,863 Sometimes, ma'am. 63 00:04:13,887 --> 00:04:14,998 And sometimes under it. 64 00:04:15,022 --> 00:04:18,067 We aren't giving up looking for him. 65 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,312 I'll only be a few minutes, Lois. 66 00:04:29,336 --> 00:04:30,980 You're an angel for coming along. 67 00:04:31,004 --> 00:04:32,115 Oh, don't be silly. 68 00:04:32,139 --> 00:04:33,516 I told you I'd spend the day with you. 69 00:04:33,540 --> 00:04:34,573 Go ahead. 70 00:04:57,097 --> 00:04:58,896 Thelma? 71 00:05:06,773 --> 00:05:09,018 What did you come here for? 72 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:11,488 Well, not just to see you, Calvin. 73 00:05:11,512 --> 00:05:13,590 I also have to speak to the Haydens. 74 00:05:13,614 --> 00:05:15,492 You mustn't be seen in my office. 75 00:05:15,516 --> 00:05:18,394 If they even suspected about us it would mean real trouble. 76 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:20,018 Okay, darling. 77 00:05:23,123 --> 00:05:24,922 All right. 78 00:05:27,927 --> 00:05:29,561 See you tonight. 79 00:05:39,406 --> 00:05:41,250 Yes? 80 00:05:41,274 --> 00:05:43,052 Who? 81 00:05:43,076 --> 00:05:44,754 Oh, yes, send her in. 82 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:47,178 And tell my brother to come in. 83 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,646 Not quite perfected yet. 84 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:11,314 Thelma, you look exquisite. 85 00:06:11,338 --> 00:06:12,649 If I didn't know better, 86 00:06:12,673 --> 00:06:15,485 I'd say Jim's absence is agreeing with you. 87 00:06:15,509 --> 00:06:18,087 Your registered letter came this morning. 88 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:19,723 What does it mean, Robert? 89 00:06:19,747 --> 00:06:21,257 Just a formality about the contract 90 00:06:21,281 --> 00:06:22,859 between Jim and us. 91 00:06:22,883 --> 00:06:24,461 Sit down, Thelma. 92 00:06:24,485 --> 00:06:26,363 It sounds ominous. 93 00:06:26,387 --> 00:06:27,930 Not at all. 94 00:06:27,954 --> 00:06:30,533 Simply request Jim to show up here. 95 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:33,370 See, we've been developing this anti-collision device. 96 00:06:33,394 --> 00:06:35,972 Might need his expert touch. 97 00:06:35,996 --> 00:06:38,575 What about the contract? 98 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:39,743 You've been married to Jim 99 00:06:39,767 --> 00:06:41,077 for almost three years, Thelma, 100 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:44,080 hasn't he told you the details of our partnership? 101 00:06:44,104 --> 00:06:46,315 I know he owns 40 percent of the company 102 00:06:46,339 --> 00:06:48,150 and you two own 60 percent. 103 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:49,608 That's right. 104 00:06:54,047 --> 00:06:56,693 What's the penalty if Jim doesn't show up? 105 00:06:56,717 --> 00:07:00,062 Well, there is no penalty as such, 106 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:03,299 but you must realize that Jim is the engineering genius. 107 00:07:03,323 --> 00:07:05,335 The inventor in our company. 108 00:07:05,359 --> 00:07:07,103 We need him to handle his end of the firm, 109 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:09,205 just as Arthur handles production. 110 00:07:09,229 --> 00:07:10,707 I handle sales. 111 00:07:10,731 --> 00:07:13,175 And what happens if he doesn't? 112 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:14,966 Something bad? 113 00:07:18,071 --> 00:07:21,850 "If within the three month period you, James Frazer, 114 00:07:21,874 --> 00:07:23,886 "have not assumed your partnership duties 115 00:07:23,910 --> 00:07:25,655 "at the company's place of business, 116 00:07:25,679 --> 00:07:28,958 "this is to notify you that said three month period 117 00:07:28,982 --> 00:07:30,994 "is concluded at 5:00 p.m. 118 00:07:31,018 --> 00:07:33,396 Tuesday, February 2nd." 119 00:07:33,420 --> 00:07:34,930 That's tomorrow. 120 00:07:34,954 --> 00:07:36,433 That's right. 121 00:07:36,457 --> 00:07:38,234 Is everything all right with you, Thelma? 122 00:07:38,258 --> 00:07:40,303 Is there anything we can do? 123 00:07:40,327 --> 00:07:41,937 Yes, you can tell me what Jim forfeits 124 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:43,939 if he doesn't show up at the plant by tomorrow. 125 00:07:43,963 --> 00:07:46,176 He doesn't forfeit anything, Thelma. 126 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,878 What if he's ill or sick somewhere? 127 00:07:48,902 --> 00:07:51,202 Then why hasn't he let us know? 128 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:57,041 What if he's dead? 129 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,080 What makes you say a thing like that, Thelma? 130 00:08:15,529 --> 00:08:17,440 The invading object has to get too close 131 00:08:17,464 --> 00:08:19,397 before it triggers the alarm. 132 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:24,147 It's still a tremendous piece of work by Calvin Boone. 133 00:08:24,171 --> 00:08:27,750 Done by himself without benefit of Jim Frazer. 134 00:08:27,774 --> 00:08:29,185 It's still a calculated risk 135 00:08:29,209 --> 00:08:31,987 if we're thinking of him to replace Frazer. 136 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:34,390 Calculated risk? 137 00:08:34,414 --> 00:08:36,492 Frazer gets 40 percent of millions. 138 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,395 All we have to give Boone is 1,200 a month. 139 00:08:39,419 --> 00:08:41,430 Boone developed the invention up to this point, 140 00:08:41,454 --> 00:08:43,814 why can't he finish it himself? 141 00:08:45,192 --> 00:08:48,504 Imagine eliminating aircraft collisions. 142 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:50,339 That's only the beginning 143 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:51,907 of the unlimited possibilities 144 00:08:51,931 --> 00:08:54,291 of the anti-collision principle. 145 00:09:09,215 --> 00:09:12,328 Do you mind driving downtown with me, Lois? 146 00:09:12,352 --> 00:09:13,896 Of course not. Where to? 147 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,631 First I have to pick up something at the house 148 00:09:15,655 --> 00:09:17,333 and then to a lawyer. 149 00:09:21,394 --> 00:09:23,506 It's quite clear what the involuntary sales clause 150 00:09:23,530 --> 00:09:25,108 means, Mrs. Frazer. 151 00:09:25,132 --> 00:09:27,510 Well, from what little I know of business practices, 152 00:09:27,534 --> 00:09:30,846 it seemed to me that some kind of forfeit is involved. 153 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:32,648 No, not really a forfeit. 154 00:09:32,672 --> 00:09:34,383 Gives the other members of the partnership 155 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:37,820 the right to buy out James Frazer's interest. 156 00:09:37,844 --> 00:09:39,355 And the registered letter? 157 00:09:39,379 --> 00:09:40,623 Puts Frazer on notice 158 00:09:40,647 --> 00:09:42,191 and the Hayden brothers on record. 159 00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:43,593 At 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, 160 00:09:43,617 --> 00:09:45,761 if your husband hasn't appeared at the factory offices, 161 00:09:45,785 --> 00:09:47,162 they can buy him out. 162 00:09:47,186 --> 00:09:48,665 For how much? 163 00:09:48,689 --> 00:09:51,968 Well, there is a formula in the agreement, 164 00:09:51,992 --> 00:09:54,837 arrived at five years ago. 165 00:09:54,861 --> 00:09:56,472 Evaluation of the company 166 00:09:56,496 --> 00:09:59,408 is put at $100,000. 167 00:09:59,432 --> 00:10:01,343 And they can buy out all 40 percent 168 00:10:01,367 --> 00:10:03,279 for $40,000? 169 00:10:03,303 --> 00:10:04,314 That's right. 170 00:10:04,338 --> 00:10:06,515 But the company's worth millions, 171 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:08,684 and they're developing an anti-collision device 172 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:10,553 that will be worth many more millions. 173 00:10:10,577 --> 00:10:12,822 Isn't there any way to stop them, Mr. Mason? 174 00:10:12,846 --> 00:10:14,823 Well, I don't know. 175 00:10:14,847 --> 00:10:17,593 I've only given this document a cursory reading. 176 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:19,428 Well, perhaps you can find something 177 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:20,697 or think of something. 178 00:10:20,721 --> 00:10:23,666 They're trying to take advantage of me. 179 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:27,403 This, uh, disappearance of your husband, Mrs. Frazer, 180 00:10:27,427 --> 00:10:29,672 has he ever done anything like that before? 181 00:10:29,696 --> 00:10:31,908 Well, no. 182 00:10:31,932 --> 00:10:33,676 That's what frightens me so. 183 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:35,111 We've always been so close 184 00:10:35,135 --> 00:10:37,013 and had such a wonderful relationship. 185 00:10:37,037 --> 00:10:39,482 Was he working on anything in particular 186 00:10:39,506 --> 00:10:40,616 when he disappeared? 187 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,874 You mean, like the anti-collision device? 188 00:10:43,610 --> 00:10:45,176 Not that I know of. 189 00:10:46,613 --> 00:10:49,692 And you do have Missing Persons working on it? 190 00:10:49,716 --> 00:10:51,861 I went to them this morning for a report. 191 00:10:51,885 --> 00:10:53,785 They've accomplished exactly nothing. 192 00:10:55,121 --> 00:10:57,232 All right, Mrs. Frazer, 193 00:10:57,256 --> 00:10:59,902 I'll, uh, go over these papers this evening. 194 00:10:59,926 --> 00:11:01,003 Thank you, Mr. Mason. 195 00:11:01,027 --> 00:11:02,104 Goodbye. Goodbye. 196 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:03,372 Goodbye, Miss Street. 197 00:11:03,396 --> 00:11:05,162 Mrs. Frazer. 198 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:12,770 Let's put Paul Drake to work, Della. 199 00:11:15,041 --> 00:11:17,186 Sometimes the mills of the police department 200 00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:20,389 grind exceedingly slow. 201 00:11:42,168 --> 00:11:44,881 Come on in for some coffee, Lois. 202 00:11:44,905 --> 00:11:46,749 Oh, thanks dear, but I think I'll paddle off home 203 00:11:46,773 --> 00:11:49,085 and get outside a cold martini. 204 00:11:49,109 --> 00:11:50,308 Lois? 205 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:52,488 Yes? 206 00:11:52,512 --> 00:11:54,857 Where is he? 207 00:11:54,881 --> 00:11:55,858 What's that? 208 00:11:55,882 --> 00:11:58,461 I said, where's Jim? 209 00:11:58,485 --> 00:12:00,195 Where's Jim? 210 00:12:00,219 --> 00:12:01,697 Well, how should I know? 211 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:04,600 There are millions of dollars involved, Lois. 212 00:12:04,624 --> 00:12:07,136 This is no time for stupid pretenses. 213 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,605 I don't understand, Thelma. 214 00:12:09,629 --> 00:12:11,540 Why do you think that I know where Jim is? 215 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:14,143 Because you've been seeing him behind my back for months. 216 00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:15,210 Did you think I didn't know? 217 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:18,047 Thelma, you're out of your mind. 218 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:20,516 I want him home. 219 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:23,352 So you tell him he'd better show up before... 220 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:26,577 Make it tonight. 221 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:56,373 Thelma! Thelma! 222 00:13:15,261 --> 00:13:16,694 Thelma. 223 00:13:19,231 --> 00:13:20,364 Thelma! 224 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:29,674 Thelma! 225 00:13:35,081 --> 00:13:36,325 Jim? 226 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:38,160 What is it, Jim, is anybody in there? 227 00:13:38,184 --> 00:13:39,261 Thelma. Oh, no! 228 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:41,196 No, you can't do anything! 229 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:44,166 Go on, get out! You'll only kill yourself! 230 00:14:05,478 --> 00:14:08,157 She left this partnership agreement and letter with me. 231 00:14:08,181 --> 00:14:10,225 I advised her on the basis of a quick reading 232 00:14:10,249 --> 00:14:12,895 that your position was vulnerable, but then, 233 00:14:12,919 --> 00:14:16,198 you know the provisions under involuntary sales. 234 00:14:16,222 --> 00:14:18,600 Yes, I-I think so, 235 00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:21,203 but then I've never been too bright about legal matters. 236 00:14:21,227 --> 00:14:22,938 I promised to check the contract thoroughly 237 00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:24,273 to see if there was some loophole. 238 00:14:24,297 --> 00:14:25,641 That's why I'm here. 239 00:14:25,665 --> 00:14:28,778 Well, it's... It's academic now anyway, Mason. 240 00:14:28,802 --> 00:14:30,512 I-I've returned. 241 00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:32,648 It's just that since I'm in jail I can't get to the office. 242 00:14:32,672 --> 00:14:36,052 Well, that's no excuse. The terms are explicit. 243 00:14:36,076 --> 00:14:37,820 If you don't show up by 5:00 today, 244 00:14:37,844 --> 00:14:39,421 you could be bought out by your partners, 245 00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:40,522 jail or no jail. 246 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:42,658 But I-I can't get there. 247 00:14:42,682 --> 00:14:44,248 I'm charged with murder. 248 00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:47,864 Well, let me suggest that you get in touch 249 00:14:47,888 --> 00:14:49,832 with your attorney. 250 00:14:49,856 --> 00:14:51,633 Uh, have him call me. 251 00:14:51,657 --> 00:14:54,103 I'll be very glad to pass on to him, 252 00:14:54,127 --> 00:14:57,428 uh, any observations I might have on the contract. 253 00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:02,144 Mason? 254 00:15:02,168 --> 00:15:04,435 I don't have an attorney. 255 00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:13,655 Who's representing you on this murder charge? 256 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:15,992 No one. 257 00:15:16,016 --> 00:15:19,250 I guess I, uh, will need an attorney, won't I? 258 00:15:21,521 --> 00:15:22,531 Would you represent me? 259 00:15:22,555 --> 00:15:24,066 Did you kill your wife? 260 00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:25,690 No. 261 00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:28,092 No. 262 00:15:29,361 --> 00:15:31,606 You disappeared for three months. 263 00:15:31,630 --> 00:15:34,877 The evening you returned she was murdered. 264 00:15:34,901 --> 00:15:36,545 Why did you come back? 265 00:15:36,569 --> 00:15:39,347 I, uh... 266 00:15:39,371 --> 00:15:42,818 I-I suddenly remembered that clause 267 00:15:42,842 --> 00:15:44,453 in the agreement and... 268 00:15:44,477 --> 00:15:46,121 And then there were some notes I needed 269 00:15:46,145 --> 00:15:47,690 to finish my latest invention. 270 00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:49,925 What notes? Where were they? 271 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:53,729 Relating to radar sensitivity in my workshop. 272 00:15:53,753 --> 00:15:55,965 Did you get them? No. 273 00:15:55,989 --> 00:15:59,301 Then you were not in your workshop at all yesterday. 274 00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:00,870 No, I-I haven't been there 275 00:16:00,894 --> 00:16:03,405 since I left three months ago. 276 00:16:03,429 --> 00:16:05,749 Why did you disappear then? 277 00:16:07,033 --> 00:16:08,944 I'd found out that my wife 278 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:11,213 was seeing at least one other man, 279 00:16:11,237 --> 00:16:13,415 and I wanted to get away 280 00:16:13,439 --> 00:16:15,751 to finish this project I was working on. 281 00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:18,120 It was a most important piece of work. 282 00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:22,691 Your wife said that you and she 283 00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:25,494 had never had any trouble. 284 00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:28,497 That you had had a wonderful marriage. 285 00:16:28,521 --> 00:16:30,565 Oh, we did... 286 00:16:30,589 --> 00:16:34,336 for at least the first day or so of the honeymoon. 287 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,805 That was three years ago. 288 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:38,629 What man was she seeing? 289 00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:41,198 I don't know. 290 00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:45,147 How can you be sure there was anyone? 291 00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:47,116 There were so many lies, 292 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:49,118 and evasions, and evidences of guilt. 293 00:16:49,142 --> 00:16:51,087 I didn't care who it was, Mason, 294 00:16:51,111 --> 00:16:53,589 it was the fact that... That there was somebody, that... 295 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:55,213 That was the terrible thing. 296 00:17:01,387 --> 00:17:03,665 I know how busy you are, 297 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:06,835 but if you could find the time to defend me, I'd... 298 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:08,425 I'd be very grateful. 299 00:17:25,811 --> 00:17:29,158 Here, Mr. Frazer. 300 00:17:29,182 --> 00:17:30,726 Sign this. 301 00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:32,828 Sure, but, uh, what...? 302 00:17:32,852 --> 00:17:34,330 What is it? 303 00:17:34,354 --> 00:17:35,630 Power of attorney. 304 00:17:35,654 --> 00:17:36,698 What's it for? 305 00:17:38,591 --> 00:17:40,057 To clip a few wings. 306 00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:42,905 Before I forget, 307 00:17:42,929 --> 00:17:44,773 do you think you could get to the filing cabinet 308 00:17:44,797 --> 00:17:46,442 in my workshop at home? 309 00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:49,645 I, uh, gave Lieutenant Tragg my key. 310 00:17:49,669 --> 00:17:51,413 I guess he didn't run across the one 311 00:17:51,437 --> 00:17:53,015 I suspect Thelma had made. 312 00:17:53,039 --> 00:17:56,419 I'll see what I can do. 313 00:17:56,443 --> 00:18:00,756 Now, I think we'd better go through your whole story. 314 00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:02,258 Where you've been, when you came back, 315 00:18:02,282 --> 00:18:03,259 and so on. 316 00:18:03,283 --> 00:18:04,993 Oh, all right. 317 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:07,396 Well, when I left town three months ago 318 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:10,366 I, uh... I drove north up Sepulveda... 319 00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:13,135 Most of the three months he stayed at the Wayfair, 320 00:18:13,159 --> 00:18:15,538 a little motel north of the valley. 321 00:18:15,562 --> 00:18:17,039 Working on his invention. 322 00:18:17,063 --> 00:18:19,075 It's about an hour's drive up Sepulveda, Paul. 323 00:18:19,099 --> 00:18:20,509 Registered under his own name? 324 00:18:20,533 --> 00:18:23,145 No, under the name of James Freeman. 325 00:18:23,169 --> 00:18:25,013 All right, what do you want me to do there? 326 00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:26,582 Pack his belongings. 327 00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:27,783 Clothes, papers, everything. 328 00:18:27,807 --> 00:18:29,785 Bring them here? Mm-hm. 329 00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:32,488 Then start a check on that woman neighbor Lois Langley. 330 00:18:32,512 --> 00:18:34,489 Also do some digging into the Hayden brothers. 331 00:18:34,513 --> 00:18:36,625 They're Frazer's partners. 332 00:18:36,649 --> 00:18:38,928 I, uh, hope the police don't get to the Wayfair motel 333 00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:40,029 ahead of me. 334 00:18:40,053 --> 00:18:41,596 They won't. 335 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:42,731 They don't know about it. 336 00:18:42,755 --> 00:18:45,433 Which means they, uh, might resent 337 00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:46,735 our getting there ahead of them? 338 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:49,304 If there's one thing the police want 339 00:18:49,328 --> 00:18:51,240 that our client has in his effects, 340 00:18:51,264 --> 00:18:52,607 we'll give it to them, of course. 341 00:18:52,631 --> 00:18:54,076 Uh, Paul, 342 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:55,477 I'm particularly interested 343 00:18:55,501 --> 00:18:57,946 in this invention Frazer's working on. 344 00:18:57,970 --> 00:19:00,450 All right, Perry, I'll get right on it. 345 00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:08,612 Goodbye, beautiful. 346 00:19:09,782 --> 00:19:11,526 Here it is. 347 00:19:11,550 --> 00:19:13,628 Of course, I don't understand what it's all about, 348 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:15,764 but it's just the way you wanted it. 349 00:19:15,788 --> 00:19:17,154 Oh, this is fine. 350 00:19:18,557 --> 00:19:21,491 And, um, now about the check. 351 00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:24,873 Mm-hm. 352 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:27,943 In the amount of one dollar. 353 00:19:27,967 --> 00:19:30,134 Will you please tell me what I'm buying? 354 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:35,050 Della, I can only tell you 355 00:19:35,074 --> 00:19:36,619 that you're a very rich woman. 356 00:19:36,643 --> 00:19:39,488 At least for the afternoon. 357 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:41,991 Now, don't spend your money too recklessly. 358 00:20:13,979 --> 00:20:16,124 Well, good morning, lieutenant. 359 00:20:16,148 --> 00:20:19,295 Oh, uh, Mr. Mason, Miss Langley. 360 00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:20,663 How do you do? 361 00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:21,930 Neighbor? 362 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:25,634 Yes, I was home last night at the time of the fire. 363 00:20:25,658 --> 00:20:27,803 Please, excuse me. 364 00:20:27,827 --> 00:20:31,229 Oh, lieutenant, if there's anything I can do. 365 00:20:32,632 --> 00:20:34,343 You finished with your experiment? 366 00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:35,744 Yes, almost. 367 00:20:35,768 --> 00:20:37,112 We, uh, have an arson man coming. 368 00:20:37,136 --> 00:20:38,214 You working on the, uh...? 369 00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:39,781 Oh, just running an errand. 370 00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:41,049 What kind of an errand? 371 00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:42,918 I'm gonna get some notes out of the file cabinet. 372 00:20:42,942 --> 00:20:45,387 Well, I'm sorry, Perry, we entered the file cabinet 373 00:20:45,411 --> 00:20:48,123 and we're holding the contents. 374 00:20:48,147 --> 00:20:49,625 Experimenting, lieutenant? 375 00:20:49,649 --> 00:20:52,461 Yes, you might say that. 376 00:20:52,485 --> 00:20:55,364 Uh-huh, ah, you know how to open that door, Perry? 377 00:20:55,388 --> 00:20:58,667 Oh, it looks like something an inventor might contrive. 378 00:20:58,691 --> 00:21:00,736 No doorknob, no lock. 379 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,037 Just that slot. 380 00:21:02,061 --> 00:21:03,105 But it does have a key. 381 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:04,406 Uh-huh. 382 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:05,874 You know how it works? 383 00:21:05,898 --> 00:21:07,142 No, but I know how to work it. 384 00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:09,400 May I? Go ahead. 385 00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:18,920 Pretty clever, isn't it? 386 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:21,624 It's better than a key or a combination lock. 387 00:21:21,648 --> 00:21:23,058 Actually, that's fool proof. 388 00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:24,360 It would seem so. 389 00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:26,395 I got it from Frazer 390 00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:29,197 and there are no duplicates. 391 00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:32,434 His, uh, wife was found in here, you know. 392 00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:34,970 What makes you think in terms of arson, lieutenant? 393 00:21:34,994 --> 00:21:37,939 Thelma Frazer was dead before the fire started. 394 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:39,375 Somebody killed her, 395 00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:40,509 brought her in here, 396 00:21:40,533 --> 00:21:43,279 and set the fire to cover up the murder, 397 00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:45,770 and only Frazer had the key. 398 00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:51,754 I'm sorry my brother isn't here, Mr. Mason. 399 00:21:51,778 --> 00:21:53,622 He would have enjoyed meeting you too. 400 00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:55,257 Thank you. 401 00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:57,641 Watch the cigarette lighter. 402 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:11,373 That's our latest invention. 403 00:22:11,397 --> 00:22:13,442 Not quite perfected. 404 00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:16,211 Of course, it has other applications. 405 00:22:16,235 --> 00:22:18,413 Anti-collision. 406 00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:20,315 Yes, very perceptive. 407 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:22,117 Sit down, Mr. Mason. 408 00:22:22,141 --> 00:22:23,585 Thank you. 409 00:22:23,609 --> 00:22:26,822 Is it, uh, Mr. Frazer's invention? 410 00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:29,358 No, as a matter of fact it's a development 411 00:22:29,382 --> 00:22:32,894 of one of our bright young engineers. 412 00:22:32,918 --> 00:22:35,297 Mind telling me who he is? 413 00:22:35,321 --> 00:22:37,833 His name is Calvin Boone. 414 00:22:37,857 --> 00:22:40,669 He's under long term exclusive contract. 415 00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:42,170 Signed a new deal with him today. 416 00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:44,328 I'd like to meet this bright young man. 417 00:22:48,334 --> 00:22:51,034 Ask Mr. Boone to step into my office, please. 418 00:22:53,639 --> 00:22:55,584 Have you discussed Mr. Boone's new contract 419 00:22:55,608 --> 00:22:58,019 with Mr. Frazer? 420 00:22:58,043 --> 00:22:59,120 No. 421 00:22:59,144 --> 00:23:00,264 Should I have? 422 00:23:01,447 --> 00:23:02,958 Well, isn't he a partner in the company? 423 00:23:02,982 --> 00:23:04,626 Five o'clock today, 424 00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:07,095 that's less than a half hour, 425 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:08,831 he'll no longer be a partner. 426 00:23:08,855 --> 00:23:10,999 You're deliberately taking advantage 427 00:23:11,023 --> 00:23:14,269 of a technicality in your agreement. 428 00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:16,872 Mr. Frazer cannot assume his duties here today 429 00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:18,373 because he's under arrest. 430 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:20,175 Fortunes of war, Mr. Mason. 431 00:23:22,869 --> 00:23:25,080 Yes? 432 00:23:25,104 --> 00:23:27,449 Oh, thanks, never mind. 433 00:23:27,473 --> 00:23:30,073 Calvin Boone's out of the office just now. 434 00:23:31,711 --> 00:23:32,888 I'd like you to meet him 435 00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:34,723 next time you're out this way. 436 00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:37,426 Oh, Arthur, meet Mr. Mason. 437 00:23:37,450 --> 00:23:39,395 He's representing Jim Frazer. 438 00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:41,397 My brother Arthur, Mr. Mason. 439 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:43,287 How do you do? 440 00:23:45,124 --> 00:23:47,002 I take it then your intention 441 00:23:47,026 --> 00:23:50,272 is to buy Mr. Frazer's interest 442 00:23:50,296 --> 00:23:52,808 for $40,000? 443 00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:54,242 That's right. 444 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:57,112 The papers are already prepared. 445 00:23:57,136 --> 00:23:58,947 A more equitable amount would be, 446 00:23:58,971 --> 00:24:01,216 say, $300,000, wouldn't it? 447 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,253 What if it is? 448 00:24:04,277 --> 00:24:06,588 What if it's worth double 300,000? 449 00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:08,490 Can you give us one good reason 450 00:24:08,514 --> 00:24:10,492 why we should pay him more than we have to? 451 00:24:10,516 --> 00:24:14,362 The contract is tight, legal, and definitive. 452 00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:16,097 You can't break it, Mr. Mason. 453 00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:18,567 Oh, I don't wanna break it. 454 00:24:18,591 --> 00:24:21,436 Now, as James Frazer's attorney, 455 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:23,371 I'm asking you for $300,000 456 00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:24,606 for his partnership interests. 457 00:24:27,366 --> 00:24:31,045 I've heard of some of your courtroom maneuvers, Mason. 458 00:24:31,069 --> 00:24:33,281 We're dealing now with contracts, 459 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:34,983 words on paper. 460 00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:36,752 You can't twist them around. 461 00:24:36,776 --> 00:24:39,220 Then you refuse to buy at the $300,000 figure? 462 00:24:39,244 --> 00:24:40,944 That's right. 463 00:24:41,914 --> 00:24:42,925 And you, sir? 464 00:24:42,949 --> 00:24:44,715 I refuse also, Mason. 465 00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:49,886 Thank you, gentlemen. 466 00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:55,577 Mason, uh, what's this all about? 467 00:24:56,362 --> 00:24:59,974 Read your partnership agreement very carefully. 468 00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:02,433 I'll be at my office in the morning. 469 00:25:11,910 --> 00:25:13,422 Well, it was no great problem. 470 00:25:13,446 --> 00:25:15,524 The manager, a Mrs. Nicholas, let me in, 471 00:25:15,548 --> 00:25:16,658 and that package was wrapped 472 00:25:16,682 --> 00:25:18,226 just as you see it. 473 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,861 I don't know what's in it. 474 00:25:19,885 --> 00:25:21,363 What progress downtown, Paul? 475 00:25:21,387 --> 00:25:22,431 Not very good. 476 00:25:22,455 --> 00:25:23,799 There's a quiet air of confidence 477 00:25:23,823 --> 00:25:25,634 emanating from the D.A.'s office 478 00:25:25,658 --> 00:25:27,101 and Homicide's lip is buttoned. 479 00:25:27,125 --> 00:25:28,503 How was she killed? Shot. 480 00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:29,938 Who's gun? 481 00:25:29,962 --> 00:25:31,206 Frazer's. Motive? 482 00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:32,441 I can't find out. 483 00:25:32,465 --> 00:25:34,075 What about other men in her life? 484 00:25:34,099 --> 00:25:35,510 I've got operatives on it, Perry, 485 00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:36,778 but I have nothing to report yet. 486 00:25:36,802 --> 00:25:38,880 All right, Paul, I want you to check on the whereabouts 487 00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:41,064 of the brothers Hayden at the time of the murder and... 488 00:25:42,007 --> 00:25:43,952 Good evening, Perry Mason. 489 00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:46,221 Also a bright young engineer by the name of Calvin Boone. 490 00:25:46,245 --> 00:25:48,022 Okay. One moment please. 491 00:25:48,046 --> 00:25:49,290 Uh, anything on Lois Langley? 492 00:25:49,314 --> 00:25:50,826 No, nothing I've been able to dig up yet. 493 00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:52,861 Paul, Mr. Stewart Connor. 494 00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:54,195 Oh, that's the, uh, 495 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:55,964 that's the operative assigned to Lois Langley. 496 00:25:55,988 --> 00:25:57,365 Yeah? 497 00:25:57,389 --> 00:26:00,535 Well, is he there now? 498 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,070 Good, thanks for calling, 499 00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:04,038 and stay right with Lois Langley. 500 00:26:04,062 --> 00:26:07,475 There's a bright young engineer named Calvin Boone 501 00:26:07,499 --> 00:26:09,419 in Lois Langley's house right now. 502 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:12,747 Well, frankly, Miss Langley, 503 00:26:12,771 --> 00:26:14,882 I was a little surprised at your call. 504 00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:16,918 And you were wondering. 505 00:26:16,942 --> 00:26:18,253 Well, I was wondering if you had 506 00:26:18,277 --> 00:26:20,855 perfected the invention you were working on. 507 00:26:20,879 --> 00:26:23,325 Miss Langley, what do you know about the invention? 508 00:26:23,349 --> 00:26:24,759 Quite a bit. 509 00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:26,994 I'm kind of a silent partner 510 00:26:27,018 --> 00:26:28,630 in Hayden research. 511 00:26:28,654 --> 00:26:30,532 You see, I advanced Robert quite a bit of money 512 00:26:30,556 --> 00:26:31,999 when they started out. 513 00:26:32,023 --> 00:26:33,268 I see. 514 00:26:33,292 --> 00:26:35,237 So it's understandable I should be interested 515 00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:37,004 in your invention, isn't it? 516 00:26:37,028 --> 00:26:39,441 Well, I've just one little final problem to solve 517 00:26:39,465 --> 00:26:41,943 and then it's done. 518 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:44,312 That last problem seems to have been 519 00:26:44,336 --> 00:26:46,314 escaping you for weeks. 520 00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:48,983 I've been working on it. 521 00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:50,585 Oh, really, Mr. Boone, don't you mean 522 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:52,887 you've been working on Thelma? 523 00:26:52,911 --> 00:26:57,392 I drove out to the plant with her yesterday afternoon. 524 00:26:57,416 --> 00:26:59,093 I don't understand. 525 00:26:59,117 --> 00:27:01,329 Well, I waited in the car for her 526 00:27:01,353 --> 00:27:03,431 while she went upstairs. 527 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:06,167 I saw her in your office. 528 00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:07,703 It was rather romantic. 529 00:27:07,727 --> 00:27:11,173 Miss Langley, it's not what you think. 530 00:27:11,197 --> 00:27:14,343 Oh, heavens, I hope that it is. 531 00:27:14,367 --> 00:27:18,535 Mr. Boone, let's be honest, shall we? 532 00:27:20,205 --> 00:27:22,050 That isn't your invention at all. 533 00:27:22,074 --> 00:27:23,885 It's Jimmy Frazer's, 534 00:27:23,909 --> 00:27:25,420 and you've been using Thelma 535 00:27:25,444 --> 00:27:26,755 to get at his notes and sketches 536 00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:28,378 on that anti-collision device. 537 00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:32,093 Did you, uh, 538 00:27:32,117 --> 00:27:34,429 succeed in getting the last part from him? 539 00:27:34,453 --> 00:27:35,764 Well, how could I? 540 00:27:35,788 --> 00:27:37,231 He just came home last night. 541 00:27:37,255 --> 00:27:39,133 I mean last night. 542 00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:41,135 At the Frazer's house. 543 00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:45,373 About, uh, 20 minutes before the fire. 544 00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:47,275 Didn't Jimmy bring the final notes home with him, 545 00:27:47,299 --> 00:27:49,410 and didn't Thelma let you into the workshop to get them? 546 00:27:49,434 --> 00:27:51,079 Of course not, how could she? 547 00:27:51,103 --> 00:27:52,180 Nobody could get in. 548 00:27:52,204 --> 00:27:53,682 Oh, come, Mr. Boone. 549 00:27:53,706 --> 00:27:55,617 Thelma must have had a duplicate key all along. 550 00:27:55,641 --> 00:27:57,819 How else could she leak bits and pieces of the invention 551 00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:59,810 to you from time to time? 552 00:28:00,779 --> 00:28:02,278 What do you want with me? 553 00:28:05,484 --> 00:28:07,651 The company has a chance... 554 00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:11,900 to get rid of Frazer. 555 00:28:11,924 --> 00:28:14,268 The company doesn't need him 556 00:28:14,292 --> 00:28:16,573 if you get the last part of that invention. 557 00:28:17,763 --> 00:28:19,808 And you want me to get it from Frazer. 558 00:28:19,832 --> 00:28:21,843 Well, what if he hasn't got it himself? 559 00:28:21,867 --> 00:28:23,400 Well, let's hope he does. 560 00:28:24,837 --> 00:28:27,516 What if he hasn't solved the last problem? 561 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,584 Or what if he didn't bring it home last night? 562 00:28:29,608 --> 00:28:31,686 And what if he did? 563 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:34,856 And what if you're trying to keep it for yourself? 564 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,458 No, Mr. Boone, 565 00:28:36,482 --> 00:28:39,549 if you haven't got it already, get it. 566 00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:43,898 You know, I really would hate to tell the police 567 00:28:43,922 --> 00:28:45,900 about seeing you at the house last night 568 00:28:45,924 --> 00:28:48,057 just before the fire. 569 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:06,320 Where did you get it? 570 00:29:06,344 --> 00:29:09,223 James Frazer's effects. 571 00:29:09,247 --> 00:29:10,792 It's the invention he's been working on 572 00:29:10,816 --> 00:29:12,115 for the last three months. 573 00:29:15,387 --> 00:29:17,866 Ours works at four inches. 574 00:29:17,890 --> 00:29:20,068 This works at six feet. 575 00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:22,771 Frazer says if that works on an augmented scale, 576 00:29:22,795 --> 00:29:25,640 the problem of air collisions is solved. 577 00:29:25,664 --> 00:29:26,942 But how did you get it? 578 00:29:26,966 --> 00:29:28,610 We've been working on that same principle. 579 00:29:28,634 --> 00:29:29,611 Calvin Boone. 580 00:29:29,635 --> 00:29:30,712 Coincidence, isn't it? 581 00:29:30,736 --> 00:29:32,981 Can't be a coincidence. 582 00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:35,683 Then either Mr. Frazer stole from Mr. Boone, 583 00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:37,552 or Mr. Boone stole from Mr. Frazer. 584 00:29:37,576 --> 00:29:40,354 Must have been Boone who did the stealing. 585 00:29:40,378 --> 00:29:43,091 What difference does it make anyway? 586 00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:44,726 It belongs to the company. Does it? 587 00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:46,762 Yes. 588 00:29:46,786 --> 00:29:48,630 Mason, we took your advice 589 00:29:48,654 --> 00:29:50,532 and studied the partnership agreement. 590 00:29:50,556 --> 00:29:53,001 According to the involuntary sale provision 591 00:29:53,025 --> 00:29:55,236 we were absolutely within our legal rights. 592 00:29:55,260 --> 00:29:59,407 At 5:00 we bought Frazer out. 593 00:29:59,431 --> 00:30:01,165 Here's our check for $40,000. 594 00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:04,946 Sorry, I can't accept it. 595 00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:07,782 Why not? It's certified. 596 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,285 At 5:00 yesterday afternoon 597 00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:12,087 James Frazer no longer owned 598 00:30:12,111 --> 00:30:13,621 any interest in the company. 599 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:14,623 He'd already sold it. 600 00:30:14,647 --> 00:30:16,224 Sold it? How could he? 601 00:30:16,248 --> 00:30:18,659 Oh, he could, all right. 602 00:30:18,683 --> 00:30:21,730 You were so preoccupied with the involuntary sale provision 603 00:30:21,754 --> 00:30:23,687 you overlooked the voluntary sales provision. 604 00:30:26,959 --> 00:30:29,337 I remember now there is one. 605 00:30:29,361 --> 00:30:32,473 That's why you asked us for $300,000 for his interest, 606 00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:34,041 wasn't it? 607 00:30:34,065 --> 00:30:36,077 According to the voluntary sale provision, 608 00:30:36,101 --> 00:30:37,812 he must offer us the chance to buy 609 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:40,415 before he can sell it to someone else. 610 00:30:40,439 --> 00:30:44,152 To whom did Frazer sell his interest? 611 00:30:44,176 --> 00:30:45,508 Miss Street. 612 00:30:47,545 --> 00:30:48,890 Well, that doesn't change the fact 613 00:30:48,914 --> 00:30:50,391 that Frazer developed this invention 614 00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:51,859 while he was still a partner on salary 615 00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:52,860 with the company, 616 00:30:52,884 --> 00:30:54,517 so it belongs to the partnership. 617 00:30:56,221 --> 00:30:59,533 Oh, the, uh, last part 618 00:30:59,557 --> 00:31:03,137 of the voluntary sale provision says, uh, 619 00:31:03,161 --> 00:31:04,706 "In the event of the disollution 620 00:31:04,730 --> 00:31:06,240 "of the partnership, 621 00:31:06,264 --> 00:31:09,110 "all inventions on which any of the partners are working, 622 00:31:09,134 --> 00:31:12,880 "but, uh, those which have not been reduced to patent, 623 00:31:12,904 --> 00:31:14,415 "shall be the property of the person 624 00:31:14,439 --> 00:31:15,917 working on such invention." 625 00:31:15,941 --> 00:31:19,620 Mason, we want that anti-collision device. 626 00:31:19,644 --> 00:31:20,855 We'll make trouble. 627 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:23,080 Not by talking about it. 628 00:31:27,019 --> 00:31:30,165 Pardon me, Mr. Mason, did, uh, Frazer say 629 00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:33,168 he's got that distance problem solved? 630 00:31:33,192 --> 00:31:35,837 You've seen as much of it as I have, Mr. Hayden. 631 00:31:35,861 --> 00:31:37,038 Where were you last night 632 00:31:37,062 --> 00:31:39,196 at the time of the murder, Mr. Hayden? 633 00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:43,100 You, Mr. Hayden? 634 00:31:44,469 --> 00:31:47,982 Well, Mason, we're stuck with a messy situation 635 00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:50,551 involving patents and law suits. 636 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:53,095 You're stuck with a murder. 637 00:32:09,828 --> 00:32:11,539 Yes, sir, this is the murder weapon, 638 00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:13,174 it has my mark on it. 639 00:32:13,198 --> 00:32:15,076 It's registered in the name of the defendant, 640 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:16,210 James Frazer. 641 00:32:16,234 --> 00:32:17,812 I see. I show you now 642 00:32:17,836 --> 00:32:19,681 this flat rectangular piece of metal 643 00:32:19,705 --> 00:32:21,649 and ask if you can identify it. 644 00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:23,284 Yes, that has my mark on it too. 645 00:32:23,308 --> 00:32:25,620 Yes, but would you tell the court, please, what it is? 646 00:32:25,644 --> 00:32:27,254 It's an electronic key. 647 00:32:27,278 --> 00:32:29,457 You can't duplicate it without having 648 00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:32,460 this precise key as a model. 649 00:32:32,484 --> 00:32:35,229 And what door does this electronic key open? 650 00:32:35,253 --> 00:32:37,098 The only door to the workshop 651 00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:38,700 behind the defendant's house. 652 00:32:38,724 --> 00:32:40,201 And where did you find the key? 653 00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:41,869 In the possession of the defendant 654 00:32:41,893 --> 00:32:43,104 at the time of the arrest. 655 00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:44,828 I see. 656 00:32:50,435 --> 00:32:52,279 I call your attention now to these shoes 657 00:32:52,303 --> 00:32:54,282 and ask you to examine them. 658 00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:55,516 Yes, sir. 659 00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:57,052 The defendant was wearing them 660 00:32:57,076 --> 00:32:59,120 at the time of the arrest, approximately 9:15 661 00:32:59,144 --> 00:33:00,922 on the night of the murder and the fire. 662 00:33:00,946 --> 00:33:03,391 All right, but what else is special about these shoes? 663 00:33:03,415 --> 00:33:04,692 Well, spectroscopic analysis 664 00:33:04,716 --> 00:33:05,961 show that parts of the leather 665 00:33:05,985 --> 00:33:07,895 had been soaked with gasoline. 666 00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:09,797 A particular brand of, 667 00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:12,167 uh, green dye gasoline, 668 00:33:12,191 --> 00:33:13,534 called, uh, Emerald. 669 00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:16,537 Is this Emerald gasoline sold locally? 670 00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:18,173 No, it's a new brand. 671 00:33:18,197 --> 00:33:21,209 It's being, uh, tested in the outlying districts. 672 00:33:21,233 --> 00:33:23,673 Your witness. 673 00:33:26,471 --> 00:33:27,915 Lieutenant, you indicated 674 00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:29,951 that a locksmith could not open the door 675 00:33:29,975 --> 00:33:32,087 of that workshop without a key. 676 00:33:32,111 --> 00:33:34,631 Unless he broke down the door. 677 00:33:35,047 --> 00:33:37,558 Oh, isn't it true that there is a way 678 00:33:37,582 --> 00:33:39,193 to duplicate the key by way of making 679 00:33:39,217 --> 00:33:41,062 an electronic analysis of it? 680 00:33:41,086 --> 00:33:43,298 Yes, it could be done that way. 681 00:33:43,322 --> 00:33:46,501 Thank you, lieutenant. That will be all. 682 00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:48,291 Step down, lieutenant. 683 00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:57,511 In my opinion, this fire was deliberately set. 684 00:33:57,535 --> 00:33:58,980 Traces of gasoline 685 00:33:59,004 --> 00:34:02,116 in the floor and baseboard, matches. 686 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:03,418 Spontaneous combustion 687 00:34:03,442 --> 00:34:06,287 was impossible where this fire originated. 688 00:34:06,311 --> 00:34:08,022 I see. I show you now 689 00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:10,524 this burned match and this matchbook 690 00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:11,926 and ask if you recognize it? 691 00:34:11,950 --> 00:34:13,995 Yes, sir, found in the workshop. 692 00:34:14,019 --> 00:34:16,364 Yes, sir, that, uh, partially burned one, 693 00:34:16,388 --> 00:34:18,632 my identifying mark is on it. 694 00:34:18,656 --> 00:34:20,768 A comparison analysis of the torn end 695 00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:24,005 proves it to be from this book of matches. 696 00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:26,941 Paper was ignited, which lead to the gasoline 697 00:34:26,965 --> 00:34:29,344 and, uh, this particular match 698 00:34:29,368 --> 00:34:30,611 failed to ignite the paper, 699 00:34:30,635 --> 00:34:32,914 so it was tossed aside. 700 00:34:32,938 --> 00:34:35,683 Well, the Emerald gas station is down the hill. 701 00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:37,151 I watched him coming from the station 702 00:34:37,175 --> 00:34:38,753 with a gasoline can. 703 00:34:38,777 --> 00:34:41,555 And was this man a regular guest at your motel? 704 00:34:41,579 --> 00:34:43,057 Oh, yes, sir. 705 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,326 Uh, he had been for almost three months. 706 00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:46,660 And what was his name? 707 00:34:46,684 --> 00:34:49,464 Well, he called himself James Freeman, 708 00:34:49,488 --> 00:34:52,200 but that's him over there, the one you call James Frazer. 709 00:34:52,224 --> 00:34:54,068 Let the record show that the witness is pointing 710 00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:55,703 to the defendant James Frazer. 711 00:34:55,727 --> 00:34:57,671 Now, Mrs. Nicholas, I show you this matchbook 712 00:34:57,695 --> 00:34:59,173 and ask if you recognize it? 713 00:34:59,197 --> 00:35:00,641 Sure, that's one of mine. 714 00:35:00,665 --> 00:35:03,911 I had to pay to get that Wayfair Motel printed on there. 715 00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:06,080 You can't get them anywhere else but my motel. 716 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:07,148 I see. 717 00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:09,532 Would Miss Lois Langley please stand up? 718 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:15,556 Mrs. Nicholas, would you look at Miss Langley standing there? 719 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:16,624 Yes, sir. 720 00:35:16,648 --> 00:35:17,825 Have you ever seen her before? 721 00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:19,594 Oh, yes, sir, twice or three times. 722 00:35:19,618 --> 00:35:21,529 Where? At the Wayfair. 723 00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:22,597 My motel. 724 00:35:22,621 --> 00:35:24,199 Would you explain to this court, please, 725 00:35:24,223 --> 00:35:25,833 how you happened to recognize this woman? 726 00:35:25,857 --> 00:35:28,036 Well, she came to visit Mr. James Freeman. 727 00:35:28,060 --> 00:35:30,138 Uh, that is James Frazer, 728 00:35:30,162 --> 00:35:31,739 that one over there. 729 00:35:31,763 --> 00:35:33,843 You may sit down, Miss Langley. 730 00:35:36,368 --> 00:35:38,101 Thank you, Mrs. Nicholas. 731 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:41,971 Your witness, counselor. 732 00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:46,353 Now, you said the defendant 733 00:35:46,377 --> 00:35:47,955 brought the Emerald gasoline 734 00:35:47,979 --> 00:35:48,956 back to the motel in a can. 735 00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:50,724 That's correct. 736 00:35:50,748 --> 00:35:51,960 Were you aware, Mrs. Nicholas, 737 00:35:51,984 --> 00:35:53,527 that Mr. Frazer was engaged 738 00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:54,795 in building a model of some sort? 739 00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:56,898 Yes, sir. 740 00:35:56,922 --> 00:35:59,767 Now, was it possible that he bought the gasoline 741 00:35:59,791 --> 00:36:03,337 in a can to use for cleaning tools and parts? 742 00:36:03,361 --> 00:36:05,339 Well, it's possible, but I can't prove it 743 00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:06,540 one way or the other. 744 00:36:06,564 --> 00:36:08,810 Thank you, Mrs. Nicholas, that will be all. 745 00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:10,744 The witness may step down. 746 00:36:10,768 --> 00:36:13,703 I call Miss Lois Langley to the stand, please. 747 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:19,453 The defendant spoke to you on what day? 748 00:36:19,477 --> 00:36:22,023 November 2nd, two days after Halloween. 749 00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:24,525 Go on, Miss Langley. What did he say to you? 750 00:36:24,549 --> 00:36:26,160 Well, he asked me to keep an eye on Thelma 751 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:28,062 and said he'd get in touch with me. 752 00:36:28,086 --> 00:36:29,363 Did he say why he wanted you 753 00:36:29,387 --> 00:36:30,899 to keep an eye on his wife? 754 00:36:30,923 --> 00:36:33,167 Yes, he wanted to know if she was seeing other men. 755 00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:34,668 And if so, who. 756 00:36:34,692 --> 00:36:37,305 I never stopped hoping I was wrong about her. 757 00:36:37,329 --> 00:36:39,140 Well, you saw the defendant yourself 758 00:36:39,164 --> 00:36:40,941 at the Wayfair Motel, didn't you? 759 00:36:40,965 --> 00:36:42,109 Yes. 760 00:36:42,133 --> 00:36:43,411 What for? 761 00:36:43,435 --> 00:36:44,945 Well, he didn't wanna come back to town, 762 00:36:44,969 --> 00:36:47,782 so he asked me to do certain things for him. 763 00:36:47,806 --> 00:36:50,151 I understand. Now, Miss Langley, 764 00:36:50,175 --> 00:36:53,020 did you have a conversation with the deceased on the... 765 00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:54,511 The day of her death? 766 00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:57,191 Yes. 767 00:36:57,215 --> 00:36:58,560 Would you tell this court, please, 768 00:36:58,584 --> 00:36:59,849 the gist of that conversation? 769 00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:03,798 Well, she accused me of having had an affair 770 00:37:03,822 --> 00:37:04,799 with her husband, 771 00:37:04,823 --> 00:37:06,700 and she made it clear 772 00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:09,136 that she wanted him back in town by that night. 773 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,672 So, what did you do? 774 00:37:10,696 --> 00:37:14,175 Well, I telephoned him and relayed the message. 775 00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:15,376 I told him he'd better get home 776 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:16,944 if he wanted to safeguard his holdings 777 00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:19,514 in the Hayden Research Company. 778 00:37:19,538 --> 00:37:22,738 And did you see the defendant that evening? 779 00:37:23,108 --> 00:37:24,385 Yes. 780 00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:26,809 Where and when? 781 00:37:27,412 --> 00:37:30,324 He was coming out of his workshop... 782 00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:31,692 while it was burning. 783 00:37:31,716 --> 00:37:35,463 And his wife Thelma Frazer, the deceased, was inside? 784 00:37:35,487 --> 00:37:37,332 Yes. 785 00:37:37,356 --> 00:37:38,499 So he said. 786 00:37:38,523 --> 00:37:41,035 I see. 787 00:37:41,059 --> 00:37:43,003 Thank you, Miss Langley. 788 00:37:43,027 --> 00:37:44,494 To you, counselor. 789 00:37:46,398 --> 00:37:49,076 Just a moment if you will, please, counselor. 790 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:52,046 I see it's getting close to 5:00. 791 00:37:52,070 --> 00:37:53,114 If you intend anything more 792 00:37:53,138 --> 00:37:55,015 than a very brief cross-examination, 793 00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:56,717 I'd like to adjourn until morning. 794 00:37:56,741 --> 00:38:00,087 Defense has no objection to the adjournment, Your Honor. 795 00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:01,722 Very well, then, 796 00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:04,814 court will recess until 9:30 tomorrow morning. 797 00:38:08,053 --> 00:38:09,997 How does it look? 798 00:38:10,021 --> 00:38:12,733 Burger's building a nice case. 799 00:38:12,757 --> 00:38:14,268 He making it seem you and Miss Langley 800 00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:15,803 were having an affair. 801 00:38:15,827 --> 00:38:16,870 Anything to it? 802 00:38:16,894 --> 00:38:19,840 No, she told the truth. 803 00:38:19,864 --> 00:38:22,843 I, uh... I asked her to keep an eye on Thelma. 804 00:38:22,867 --> 00:38:25,712 Was it possible for anybody to get hold of your workshop key 805 00:38:25,736 --> 00:38:28,416 long enough to make an electronic analysis of it? 806 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,184 No, not unless it was Thelma 807 00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:32,786 at night after retiring. 808 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:34,655 Did you ever give the workshop key to her? 809 00:38:34,679 --> 00:38:36,357 No. 810 00:38:36,381 --> 00:38:37,624 All right. 811 00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:39,126 We'll get a resolution on it tomorrow, 812 00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:40,816 one way or the other. 813 00:38:48,293 --> 00:38:51,205 Perry, I finally got hold of Calvin Boone, 814 00:38:51,229 --> 00:38:53,607 and I told him about Frazer's electronic device. 815 00:38:53,631 --> 00:38:55,276 I gather the Haydens had already told him 816 00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:56,877 about Frazer's latest addition to it, 817 00:38:56,901 --> 00:38:58,968 but Boone denied any kind of stealing. 818 00:39:00,505 --> 00:39:01,849 We have time for a bite to eat 819 00:39:01,873 --> 00:39:02,950 before it gets dark. 820 00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:04,218 Fine. 821 00:40:04,735 --> 00:40:06,869 Calvin Boone? 822 00:40:09,974 --> 00:40:12,719 I wanted to see how it worked. 823 00:40:12,743 --> 00:40:14,410 I couldn't believe it. 824 00:40:15,813 --> 00:40:17,246 All right, Della. 825 00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:21,828 You wanted to steal it. 826 00:40:21,852 --> 00:40:25,232 No, it's too late for that now. 827 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:26,867 I just wanted to see how Frazer 828 00:40:26,891 --> 00:40:28,202 solved the problem. 829 00:40:28,226 --> 00:40:29,903 Well, he didn't. 830 00:40:29,927 --> 00:40:31,872 But it's working now. 831 00:40:31,896 --> 00:40:34,641 It's stationary. Radio waves. 832 00:40:34,665 --> 00:40:36,910 At least, that's how Frazer explained it to me. 833 00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:38,413 Do you know what that means? 834 00:40:38,437 --> 00:40:40,581 Yes, it will work like this, 835 00:40:40,605 --> 00:40:43,184 but not traveling at high speeds. 836 00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:46,287 In a way, it's the model Frazer was working on. 837 00:40:46,311 --> 00:40:49,623 We had it especially fixed to make it operate. 838 00:40:49,647 --> 00:40:52,715 Apparently it was successful enough to get you here. 839 00:40:54,985 --> 00:40:56,297 Haven't you, uh, 840 00:40:56,321 --> 00:40:58,754 been pretty foolish in doing all these things? 841 00:40:59,990 --> 00:41:01,335 How much do you know? 842 00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:03,271 I'm talking about using someone as a crutch 843 00:41:03,295 --> 00:41:04,972 when you can stand by yourself. 844 00:41:04,996 --> 00:41:07,236 Weren't you second in your class at Cal Tech? 845 00:41:08,767 --> 00:41:09,810 Yes. 846 00:41:09,834 --> 00:41:12,301 With an excellent scientific potential? 847 00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:16,038 Why did you steal from James Frazer? 848 00:41:17,275 --> 00:41:18,719 I don't know. 849 00:41:18,743 --> 00:41:20,787 I guess I was afraid. 850 00:41:20,811 --> 00:41:23,290 I guess I had no security in my ability. 851 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:24,425 I don't know. 852 00:41:24,449 --> 00:41:25,593 How did you get access 853 00:41:25,617 --> 00:41:27,195 to Frazer's notes and papers? 854 00:41:27,219 --> 00:41:29,830 Through Thelma. 855 00:41:29,854 --> 00:41:32,032 Do you want me to tell you about the whole mess? 856 00:41:32,056 --> 00:41:33,967 The whole sordid mess? 857 00:41:33,991 --> 00:41:35,436 Is that what you want? 858 00:41:40,364 --> 00:41:44,411 Miss Langley, the prosecution has sought by innuendo 859 00:41:44,435 --> 00:41:47,281 to establish an illicit relationship between you 860 00:41:47,305 --> 00:41:48,983 and the defendant. 861 00:41:49,007 --> 00:41:51,519 Is there any truth to such an insinuation? 862 00:41:51,543 --> 00:41:53,320 No. 863 00:41:53,344 --> 00:41:55,890 Now, these, uh, errands Mr. Frazer 864 00:41:55,914 --> 00:41:56,891 asked you to do for him, 865 00:41:56,915 --> 00:41:58,025 why did you do them? 866 00:41:58,049 --> 00:41:59,426 Well, why shouldn't I have? 867 00:41:59,450 --> 00:42:02,096 You profess to be a friend of Thelma Frazer. 868 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:03,464 I was. 869 00:42:03,488 --> 00:42:05,332 Yet you spied on her, reported her activities 870 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:09,069 to her husband, and dissembled to her. 871 00:42:09,093 --> 00:42:10,304 With a friend like you 872 00:42:10,328 --> 00:42:13,040 a woman wouldn't need many enemies, would she? 873 00:42:13,064 --> 00:42:15,610 Now, exactly what did you report 874 00:42:15,634 --> 00:42:18,345 to the defendant, Miss Langley? 875 00:42:18,369 --> 00:42:20,347 There were two men Thelma was seeing. 876 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:21,849 Who? 877 00:42:21,873 --> 00:42:23,851 Calvin Boone. 878 00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:26,395 Who else? 879 00:42:27,011 --> 00:42:29,411 Robert Hayden. 880 00:42:41,593 --> 00:42:43,704 How often was she seeing Robert Hayden? 881 00:42:43,728 --> 00:42:45,472 Quite often. 882 00:42:45,496 --> 00:42:46,740 At home? 883 00:42:46,764 --> 00:42:49,443 Yes, and at several of the large and popular 884 00:42:49,467 --> 00:42:51,445 restaurants and nightclubs. 885 00:42:51,469 --> 00:42:52,746 Had she been seeing him 886 00:42:52,770 --> 00:42:54,315 before her husband left town? 887 00:42:54,339 --> 00:42:56,383 Yes. 888 00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:59,319 Now, how did you come by this information, Miss Langley? 889 00:42:59,343 --> 00:43:00,454 She told me. 890 00:43:00,478 --> 00:43:02,623 She had no hesitation in telling me. 891 00:43:02,647 --> 00:43:03,991 Or her husband. 892 00:43:04,015 --> 00:43:05,993 She liked men. 893 00:43:06,017 --> 00:43:07,395 That's what drove Jimmy away, 894 00:43:07,419 --> 00:43:09,697 he couldn't stand knowing she was seeing other men. 895 00:43:09,721 --> 00:43:11,932 Your Honor, the prosecution objects. 896 00:43:11,956 --> 00:43:14,235 This is not proper cross-examination. 897 00:43:14,259 --> 00:43:16,737 Counselor is on a fishing expedition. 898 00:43:16,761 --> 00:43:18,739 I move that that answer be stricken from the record 899 00:43:18,763 --> 00:43:20,507 on the grounds that it's hearsay 900 00:43:20,531 --> 00:43:21,875 and deals with matters not covered 901 00:43:21,899 --> 00:43:23,444 on direct examination. 902 00:43:23,468 --> 00:43:24,778 On the contrary, Your Honor. 903 00:43:24,802 --> 00:43:26,980 It goes to show the bias of this witness 904 00:43:27,004 --> 00:43:29,015 and the state of mind of the defendant. 905 00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:31,952 Well, it may or may not be proper cross-examination, 906 00:43:31,976 --> 00:43:33,487 but it is pertinent evidence 907 00:43:33,511 --> 00:43:35,589 and, uh, I'm going to allow it. 908 00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:37,258 At least to the extent of showing 909 00:43:37,282 --> 00:43:39,802 the defendant's state of mind. 910 00:43:44,555 --> 00:43:47,768 Miss Langley, did you ever see exhibit A, 911 00:43:47,792 --> 00:43:50,837 this key which opens the workshop door? 912 00:43:50,861 --> 00:43:51,906 No. 913 00:43:51,930 --> 00:43:53,474 You mentioned another name 914 00:43:53,498 --> 00:43:55,876 in connection with Thelma Frazer. 915 00:43:55,900 --> 00:43:57,077 Calvin Boone. 916 00:43:57,101 --> 00:43:59,613 Did he ever show you this key, or its duplicate? 917 00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:01,081 No. 918 00:44:01,105 --> 00:44:03,317 Now, isn't it true that shortly before the fire 919 00:44:03,341 --> 00:44:06,053 you saw Calvin Boone at the Frazer residence? 920 00:44:06,077 --> 00:44:07,788 Yes. 921 00:44:07,812 --> 00:44:09,923 And didn't you threaten Mr. Boone 922 00:44:09,947 --> 00:44:12,559 the day after the murder with exposure 923 00:44:12,583 --> 00:44:14,428 if he didn't procure the last part 924 00:44:14,452 --> 00:44:17,598 of the anti-collision invention from Mr. Frazer's workshop? 925 00:44:17,622 --> 00:44:19,366 Certainly not. Why should I? 926 00:44:19,390 --> 00:44:21,134 What concern was that of mine? 927 00:44:21,158 --> 00:44:24,505 Didn't you tell him that you were a silent partner? 928 00:44:24,529 --> 00:44:26,807 And that it would inure to the company's benefit 929 00:44:26,831 --> 00:44:29,476 if Mr. Frazer were bought out? 930 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,078 Well, I am not a partner. 931 00:44:31,102 --> 00:44:32,580 Silent or in any other way. 932 00:44:32,604 --> 00:44:34,215 This whole story is ridiculous. 933 00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:35,716 Then what was your motive? 934 00:44:35,740 --> 00:44:37,952 I had none. I told you. 935 00:44:37,976 --> 00:44:39,620 Why did you telephone the defendant 936 00:44:39,644 --> 00:44:41,789 and urge him to come back to town? 937 00:44:41,813 --> 00:44:43,590 I've already told the court. 938 00:44:43,614 --> 00:44:44,914 Thelma asked me to. 939 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:59,272 Now, what happened on the night of the murder, Miss Langley? 940 00:44:59,296 --> 00:45:01,308 How did you discover that Calvin Boone 941 00:45:01,332 --> 00:45:03,410 was stealing the anti-collision invention 942 00:45:03,434 --> 00:45:04,879 from Mr. Frazer? 943 00:45:04,903 --> 00:45:06,747 Did Boone tell you? No. 944 00:45:06,771 --> 00:45:09,683 Did Thelma Frazer tell you? No. 945 00:45:09,707 --> 00:45:12,386 Was, uh, Robert Hayden at the Frazer residence 946 00:45:12,410 --> 00:45:15,088 that night, Miss Langley? 947 00:45:15,112 --> 00:45:16,424 Yes, I saw him. 948 00:45:16,448 --> 00:45:18,291 He didn't know that I saw him. 949 00:45:18,315 --> 00:45:20,627 He probably was keeping a date with Thelma. 950 00:45:20,651 --> 00:45:22,095 What time? 951 00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:24,531 Oh, uh, right after Boone, 952 00:45:24,555 --> 00:45:26,166 about 20 minutes before the fire. 953 00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:31,105 Miss Langley, do you know Arthur Hayden? 954 00:45:31,129 --> 00:45:32,139 No. 955 00:45:32,163 --> 00:45:33,908 Not even by sight? 956 00:45:33,932 --> 00:45:36,343 Can't you recognize him now in this courtroom? 957 00:45:36,367 --> 00:45:38,679 No. 958 00:45:38,703 --> 00:45:41,063 Would Mr. Arthur Hayden please stand? 959 00:45:45,142 --> 00:45:46,642 Recognize him, Miss Langley? 960 00:45:48,679 --> 00:45:49,912 No. 961 00:45:51,816 --> 00:45:53,327 The murderer had to have access 962 00:45:53,351 --> 00:45:54,862 to the workshop. 963 00:45:54,886 --> 00:45:57,998 Now, the prosecution has made quite a point 964 00:45:58,022 --> 00:46:00,367 of the unique electronic lock on the door. 965 00:46:00,391 --> 00:46:02,636 Wasn't it possible that Thelma Frazer herself 966 00:46:02,660 --> 00:46:04,105 had a duplicate key? 967 00:46:04,129 --> 00:46:05,806 Well, I wouldn't know about that. 968 00:46:05,830 --> 00:46:07,307 Well, I think we can be pretty certain 969 00:46:07,331 --> 00:46:10,144 that Mrs. Frazer did have a duplicate key. 970 00:46:10,168 --> 00:46:13,881 Wasn't she, uh, maintaining Calvin Boone's interest in her 971 00:46:13,905 --> 00:46:17,084 by feeding him the invention bit by bit? 972 00:46:17,108 --> 00:46:19,675 That has nothing to do with me. 973 00:46:20,711 --> 00:46:21,889 When did you find out 974 00:46:21,913 --> 00:46:24,324 Calvin Boone was stealing the invention? 975 00:46:24,348 --> 00:46:25,893 You're repeating yourself, Mr. Mason, 976 00:46:25,917 --> 00:46:28,129 I told you I didn't. 977 00:46:28,153 --> 00:46:31,431 Now, Miss Langley, 978 00:46:31,455 --> 00:46:34,001 we can call Calvin Boone to the stand 979 00:46:34,025 --> 00:46:36,704 to testify to your conversation with him. 980 00:46:36,728 --> 00:46:39,740 Wasn't it a conversation 981 00:46:39,764 --> 00:46:42,509 that put the lie to your seeming disinterest 982 00:46:42,533 --> 00:46:44,433 in consolidated industries? 983 00:46:45,703 --> 00:46:47,514 Tell us actually what happened that night 984 00:46:47,538 --> 00:46:49,817 in the Frazer home, Miss Langley. 985 00:46:49,841 --> 00:46:52,086 Not in the workshop. In the house. 986 00:46:52,110 --> 00:46:53,754 Did you face Mrs. Frazer 987 00:46:53,778 --> 00:46:56,724 with your knowledge of her affair with Calvin Boone? 988 00:46:56,748 --> 00:46:58,125 No, no, I didn't. 989 00:46:58,149 --> 00:47:01,362 Did she persist in trying to link you with her husband? 990 00:47:01,386 --> 00:47:03,285 No. 991 00:47:11,462 --> 00:47:12,907 Now, you stated that the deceased 992 00:47:12,931 --> 00:47:15,542 told you that she and Robert Hayden 993 00:47:15,566 --> 00:47:16,977 saw each other frequently. 994 00:47:17,001 --> 00:47:20,681 Visited certain popular clubs and restaurants together. 995 00:47:20,705 --> 00:47:22,883 Which ones, Miss Langley? 996 00:47:22,907 --> 00:47:25,586 Oh, uh, Briggos, 997 00:47:25,610 --> 00:47:30,357 and, um, La Legra Supper Club. 998 00:47:30,381 --> 00:47:31,959 Now, you must know that all this 999 00:47:31,983 --> 00:47:34,695 can be verified by an investigation. 1000 00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:36,919 I think you've lied, haven't you, Miss Langley? 1001 00:47:38,656 --> 00:47:40,534 I think you've lied about Robert Hayden 1002 00:47:40,558 --> 00:47:43,570 being with Thelma Frazer at these places. 1003 00:47:43,594 --> 00:47:46,172 I think Robert Hayden was at the Supper Club 1004 00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:49,242 and Briggos, but with you. 1005 00:47:49,266 --> 00:47:52,167 Or were you with Arthur Hayden? 1006 00:47:53,771 --> 00:47:55,248 All right. 1007 00:47:55,272 --> 00:47:56,505 All right, I do know Arthur. 1008 00:47:59,109 --> 00:48:00,520 How well? 1009 00:48:00,544 --> 00:48:02,455 Very well. What of it? 1010 00:48:02,479 --> 00:48:03,524 What does that mean? 1011 00:48:03,548 --> 00:48:05,626 It means we now understand your interest 1012 00:48:05,650 --> 00:48:08,361 in having Frazer ousted as a partner. 1013 00:48:08,385 --> 00:48:10,096 You wanted a larger share of the profits 1014 00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:11,198 for Arthur Hayden. 1015 00:48:11,222 --> 00:48:12,866 All right, suppose I did? 1016 00:48:12,890 --> 00:48:14,802 Suppose I did want him out? 1017 00:48:14,826 --> 00:48:17,838 Then that brings us to, uh, 1018 00:48:17,862 --> 00:48:19,706 why you called James Frazer 1019 00:48:19,730 --> 00:48:20,908 and told him to get back to town 1020 00:48:20,932 --> 00:48:23,277 on the pain of losing his partnership. 1021 00:48:23,301 --> 00:48:24,778 The very thing you didn't want. 1022 00:48:24,802 --> 00:48:26,546 Unless, of course, something had happened 1023 00:48:26,570 --> 00:48:28,282 that made it the lesser of two evils. 1024 00:48:28,306 --> 00:48:31,207 Something like murder, Miss Langley. 1025 00:48:32,777 --> 00:48:34,955 Even if it was because Thelma was dead, 1026 00:48:34,979 --> 00:48:37,290 and I'm not saying it was, 1027 00:48:37,314 --> 00:48:38,826 but even if it was, 1028 00:48:38,850 --> 00:48:41,028 why would I want him to come back? 1029 00:48:41,052 --> 00:48:43,463 To involve him in it. 1030 00:48:43,487 --> 00:48:46,199 To throw the onus of murder on him. 1031 00:48:46,223 --> 00:48:49,036 It all fell into place very neatly didn't it, Miss Langley? 1032 00:48:49,060 --> 00:48:52,895 You had access to those Wayfair Motel matchbooks, 1033 00:48:54,699 --> 00:48:58,679 and the Emerald gasoline sold only out of town. 1034 00:48:58,703 --> 00:49:01,347 Did you run out of gas on one of your trips there? 1035 00:49:01,371 --> 00:49:03,550 You're making up a whole plot. 1036 00:49:03,574 --> 00:49:06,119 You made up the plot, Miss Langley. 1037 00:49:06,143 --> 00:49:07,387 After you killed Thelma Frazer. 1038 00:49:07,411 --> 00:49:09,589 No, there wasn't any murder. 1039 00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:11,992 A person has the right to protect themself. There... 1040 00:49:12,016 --> 00:49:13,615 What person? 1041 00:49:15,086 --> 00:49:16,485 What person? 1042 00:49:18,022 --> 00:49:19,633 What person called the defendant 1043 00:49:19,657 --> 00:49:21,501 and told him to come home? 1044 00:49:21,525 --> 00:49:23,170 What person needed help 1045 00:49:23,194 --> 00:49:25,672 in setting the frame up against the defendant? 1046 00:49:25,696 --> 00:49:28,275 And carrying the body to the workshop? 1047 00:49:28,299 --> 00:49:31,333 What person called Arthur Hayden for that help? 1048 00:49:35,940 --> 00:49:38,240 I refuse to answer... 1049 00:49:39,643 --> 00:49:42,323 on the grounds that it may incriminate me. 1050 00:49:52,857 --> 00:49:54,368 Then we're agreed in principle. 1051 00:49:54,392 --> 00:49:56,803 Mr. Frazer doesn't want to hold any rancor. 1052 00:49:56,827 --> 00:49:59,974 And we revert to the status of six months ago. 1053 00:49:59,998 --> 00:50:01,641 I think that's very generous of you, Jim. 1054 00:50:01,665 --> 00:50:03,910 I think so too. 1055 00:50:03,934 --> 00:50:07,514 Mason, why did Miss Langley lie about me? 1056 00:50:07,538 --> 00:50:08,782 She was trying to implicate 1057 00:50:08,806 --> 00:50:10,250 everybody connected with the murder 1058 00:50:10,274 --> 00:50:12,286 to protect herself and Arthur. 1059 00:50:12,310 --> 00:50:14,455 What did happen between Thelma and Lois? 1060 00:50:14,479 --> 00:50:16,223 Miss Langley told her story at headquarters 1061 00:50:16,247 --> 00:50:17,657 just an hour ago. 1062 00:50:17,681 --> 00:50:19,393 It seems that Mrs. Frazer really believed 1063 00:50:19,417 --> 00:50:21,895 that you and Miss Langley had been seeing each other. 1064 00:50:21,919 --> 00:50:24,164 Oh, there was never anything between us. 1065 00:50:24,188 --> 00:50:26,233 Oh, incidentally, Mr. Mason, 1066 00:50:26,257 --> 00:50:27,934 the reason I never told you 1067 00:50:27,958 --> 00:50:30,371 that I'd asked Lois to keep an eye on Thelma 1068 00:50:30,395 --> 00:50:33,840 was because, well, I was ashamed of myself. 1069 00:50:33,864 --> 00:50:35,175 In any event, Mr. Frazer, 1070 00:50:35,199 --> 00:50:37,044 your wife believed that you and Miss Langley 1071 00:50:37,068 --> 00:50:38,379 had been seeing each other 1072 00:50:38,403 --> 00:50:39,946 and that she knew where you were. 1073 00:50:39,970 --> 00:50:41,348 Miss Langley denied this. 1074 00:50:41,372 --> 00:50:43,384 Your wife was so desperate to get you back in town, 1075 00:50:43,408 --> 00:50:45,252 that she took your gun out of the library desk 1076 00:50:45,276 --> 00:50:46,453 and threatened her with it. 1077 00:50:46,477 --> 00:50:48,088 Then it was accidental homicide? 1078 00:50:48,112 --> 00:50:49,323 That's what Miss Langley says. 1079 00:50:49,347 --> 00:50:50,790 The gun went off in the struggle. 1080 00:50:50,814 --> 00:50:53,060 Well, anyway, I'm glad it's all over. 1081 00:50:53,084 --> 00:50:54,794 Well, it may be all over for all of you, 1082 00:50:54,818 --> 00:50:56,830 but it's certainly not over for me. 1083 00:50:56,854 --> 00:50:57,898 Oh, what's unfinished 1084 00:50:57,922 --> 00:50:59,599 as far as you're concerned, Della? 1085 00:50:59,623 --> 00:51:03,837 A little matter of my 40 percent in the company. 1086 00:51:03,861 --> 00:51:06,273 That's right, you own it. 1087 00:51:06,297 --> 00:51:08,775 Of course, I don't mean to be mercenary. 1088 00:51:08,799 --> 00:51:14,081 I'll gladly give up my interest for the purchase price. 1089 00:51:14,105 --> 00:51:15,849 Well, how much? 1090 00:51:15,873 --> 00:51:17,384 One dollar. 1091 00:51:17,408 --> 00:51:19,719 Just exactly what I paid for it. 1092 00:51:19,743 --> 00:51:21,088 That's the least I can expect 1093 00:51:21,112 --> 00:51:24,291 if I'm going to give up the idea of being rich.