1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:01,240 Thank you. 2 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:02,499 Hi, Otto. 3 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:03,459 Hey, Andy. 4 00:01:03,460 --> 00:01:04,318 Where's your new partner? 5 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:05,319 Oh, he'll be right back. 6 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,100 Say, Mama's been asking for you. 7 00:01:07,660 --> 00:01:11,180 It's two Thursday nights in a row now you missed. Ah, your mother's patented 8 00:01:11,180 --> 00:01:12,700 Wiener schnitzel, but only the best. 9 00:01:13,180 --> 00:01:15,600 Tell her I'm sorry, Otto. I've been working hard. Been very busy. 10 00:01:15,940 --> 00:01:18,020 But not too busy to wet nurse a rookie, huh? 11 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,360 Well, after all, the guy's my cousin. 12 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,180 Okay, Lieutenant, sir. 13 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:26,700 It's Jimmy Anderson's first night riding a prowl car instead of pounding a beat. 14 00:01:26,980 --> 00:01:28,480 You want me to keep an eye on him, right? 15 00:01:31,210 --> 00:01:32,210 What are you doing here? 16 00:01:32,390 --> 00:01:37,290 Oh, uh, I had to see somebody, so I just thought I'd, uh, wish me luck on my 17 00:01:37,290 --> 00:01:38,290 first night. 18 00:01:38,750 --> 00:01:39,750 Thanks, Andy. 19 00:01:40,210 --> 00:01:41,550 Come on, Otto. We'll be late for summer. 20 00:01:41,830 --> 00:01:42,830 Okay, let's go. 21 00:01:44,050 --> 00:01:45,750 Don't wait up for us, Danny. We might be late. 22 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:01,518 Something wrong? 23 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:02,520 Could be. 24 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,420 The gate's open and I don't see Pierce anyplace. 25 00:02:05,900 --> 00:02:06,900 Pierce? 26 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:08,400 Ralph Pierce, night watchman. 27 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:14,580 When I got the payroll sitting in the safe overnight, Pierce always... Let's 28 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:17,860 Come on, I said let's go. 29 00:02:25,380 --> 00:02:27,000 I thought you'd left for the night, Lieutenant. 30 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,240 Get your hat, Andy. 31 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:30,780 Homicide? Downtown. 32 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:32,280 Wilson Plastics. 33 00:02:32,660 --> 00:02:33,880 The safest crack. 34 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:35,440 Payroll stolen. 35 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:40,520 And, uh, they shot a policeman. 36 00:02:41,740 --> 00:02:42,740 Your friend. 37 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,320 Otto Norden. 38 00:02:45,060 --> 00:02:46,060 What? 39 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:48,340 Sorry, Andy. He's dead. 40 00:02:50,260 --> 00:02:51,480 What about the kid? 41 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:53,540 Officer James Anderson? 42 00:02:54,460 --> 00:02:56,220 He's all right. He wasn't hurt. 43 00:02:56,860 --> 00:02:58,160 Maybe better if he had been. 44 00:02:59,420 --> 00:03:03,160 One of the plant executives drove up just as the shooting started inside. 45 00:03:04,380 --> 00:03:08,480 He saw Officer James Anderson outside, running away. 46 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,160 Yes, I had just driven up and gotten out of my car when I saw this officer 47 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:16,920 running away from the plant towards the street. 48 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,000 He stopped running when he saw me. 49 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,560 But according to the officer here, you both heard the shots that came from 50 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:23,478 inside the building. 51 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:24,680 Either way, suit yourself. 52 00:03:25,740 --> 00:03:28,340 Well, we both ran in, found the empty safe. 53 00:03:28,910 --> 00:03:29,910 The policeman dead. 54 00:03:30,230 --> 00:03:33,410 Night watchman was drugged and unconscious in a cold room they used for 55 00:03:33,410 --> 00:03:34,410 on the other side of the plant. 56 00:03:35,330 --> 00:03:37,310 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Wilson. 57 00:03:38,130 --> 00:03:39,650 I'll be in my aunt's office for the others. 58 00:03:43,370 --> 00:03:45,790 I ought to send you around the back while he went in the front. 59 00:03:46,410 --> 00:03:49,050 Yes. Now, just beside the back doorway, somebody hit you on the head. 60 00:03:49,350 --> 00:03:52,690 Yes. Or was it like you told me before? You tripped, fell, and bumped your head. 61 00:03:53,230 --> 00:03:54,230 Yes. No. 62 00:03:55,630 --> 00:03:59,130 I'm not sure, Andy. Come on, now. What was it? You tripped and fell or you were 63 00:03:59,130 --> 00:04:02,050 hit? I don't know, Andy. I don't know. 64 00:04:02,710 --> 00:04:04,750 Jimmy, I'm only trying to help. 65 00:04:06,150 --> 00:04:07,150 All right, now. 66 00:04:07,450 --> 00:04:08,450 You were out. 67 00:04:08,830 --> 00:04:14,550 You came to, sick, dizzy, mixed up. You started back to the squad car looking 68 00:04:14,550 --> 00:04:15,369 for Otto. 69 00:04:15,370 --> 00:04:18,510 That's when I saw that guy Wilson drive up and when I heard the shots inside. 70 00:04:19,010 --> 00:04:22,210 I was never inside the plant and I wasn't running away. Believe me. 71 00:04:24,310 --> 00:04:25,820 Andy. About Otto. 72 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:31,640 You know, I... That other lieutenant, uh, Trag, I think, wants to see you, 73 00:04:31,660 --> 00:04:32,660 Lieutenant Anderson. 74 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:33,880 All right, thanks. 75 00:04:35,580 --> 00:04:38,600 Well, now, they, uh, tell me you went and got yourself slugged on the head. 76 00:04:39,380 --> 00:04:40,380 Knocked unconscious, huh? 77 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:41,920 Suppose we take a look at it. 78 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:51,040 Money chest lock is shot. They blew it with nitro. 79 00:04:51,260 --> 00:04:52,420 Too much nitro, Lieutenant. 80 00:04:52,940 --> 00:04:54,420 Made confetti out of everything inside. 81 00:04:54,990 --> 00:04:55,990 The money, too? 82 00:04:56,090 --> 00:04:58,170 Probably not. It was inside the steel compartment. 83 00:04:58,450 --> 00:04:59,209 It wasn't hers. 84 00:04:59,210 --> 00:05:00,210 But it was stolen? 85 00:05:01,270 --> 00:05:02,270 Oh. 86 00:05:02,410 --> 00:05:04,390 Mrs. Lieutenant Anderson, homicide. 87 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:07,210 Mrs. Wilson, president of the company. 88 00:05:07,590 --> 00:05:10,010 And you've met her nephew, Dwight Wilson. 89 00:05:10,650 --> 00:05:11,850 And Mr. Leland. 90 00:05:12,730 --> 00:05:15,710 He is the company treasurer. Well, Mr. Leland. 91 00:05:17,410 --> 00:05:19,510 Records, books, completely destroyed, of course. 92 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,280 We have microfilm copy duplicates, which we didn't keep in the safe of most of 93 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:25,039 the material. 94 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,220 So we shouldn't have too much trouble reconstructing the ledgers, Carrie. 95 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:30,440 The money, Mr. Leland. 96 00:05:30,780 --> 00:05:31,780 How much was stolen? 97 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,900 $60 ,000 in paper currency. 98 00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:36,420 Oh, doctor. 99 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,580 Our night watchman, Pierce. How is he? 100 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,440 Apparently drugged and unconscious. 101 00:05:40,660 --> 00:05:42,640 I sent him to the hospital to have his stomach pumped. 102 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,060 He'll be all right, Mrs. Wilson. 103 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:45,039 Thank you. 104 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,900 And the young policeman who was running away, is he all right? 105 00:05:48,100 --> 00:05:49,520 Fine. What about his head? 106 00:05:49,980 --> 00:05:51,180 Must be hard as a rock. 107 00:05:51,660 --> 00:05:54,840 You know, you'd almost think he imagined he fell or was slugged. 108 00:05:55,100 --> 00:05:57,760 It was just a scratch and barely a bump on his head. 109 00:06:01,180 --> 00:06:02,640 Perfectional crooks, sure. 110 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,380 Pros haven't used nitro in years. 111 00:06:05,740 --> 00:06:07,080 And two ounces of the stuff? 112 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,900 Oh, no, this was strictly amateur night in Dixie. Or an inside job. 113 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,420 Well, I promised I'd take Mrs. Wilson around to see Mama Norton. Thanks, 114 00:06:16,660 --> 00:06:18,940 Andy, the, uh... 115 00:06:19,230 --> 00:06:23,690 The department's internal security already has this, so you might as well, 116 00:06:23,690 --> 00:06:24,690 what it's worth. 117 00:06:24,970 --> 00:06:25,929 Has what? 118 00:06:25,930 --> 00:06:29,910 Well, three days ago, I investigated a reported burglary at a chemical analysis 119 00:06:29,910 --> 00:06:30,910 plant. 120 00:06:31,230 --> 00:06:32,390 A real funny one. 121 00:06:33,230 --> 00:06:37,330 Someone swiped some liquid detergent, a bottle of new perfume they were testing 122 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:43,910 called Naughty Lady, some other cockeyed odds and ends, and two ounces of 123 00:06:43,910 --> 00:06:44,910 nitro. 124 00:06:45,290 --> 00:06:47,310 The same amount used at Wilson Plastics. 125 00:06:47,550 --> 00:06:48,550 One other thing. 126 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:51,220 The thief was seen. 127 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,140 Not his face, but what he was wearing. 128 00:06:55,540 --> 00:06:59,500 Andy, a uniformed policeman was seen leaving that place. 129 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:02,680 This chemical lab that was burgled. 130 00:07:03,580 --> 00:07:04,760 Whose beat was it on? 131 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:09,180 The kid who was transferred to the squad cars two days later. 132 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:11,920 Officer James Sanders. 133 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:18,120 Dedication. 134 00:07:18,700 --> 00:07:21,240 above and beyond the call of duty. 135 00:07:22,020 --> 00:07:28,880 The department's highest decoration, the cross of valor to Officer 136 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,400 Otto Norton. 137 00:07:31,620 --> 00:07:38,360 When the chief handed that to me, he said... It's all 138 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:39,940 right, Mama Norton. It's all right. 139 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,900 Otto died the way he would have wanted to. A good policeman doing his job. 140 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:46,860 Yeah, and he... 141 00:07:47,470 --> 00:07:48,890 He was a good policeman. 142 00:07:49,930 --> 00:07:52,290 He was always so proud of that. 143 00:07:52,810 --> 00:07:55,690 That's certainly something for you to be proud of, Mrs. Norton. 144 00:07:58,010 --> 00:07:59,170 Otto is dead. 145 00:08:01,670 --> 00:08:04,390 And he... He's dead. 146 00:08:06,650 --> 00:08:08,490 Why all the tears? 147 00:08:09,530 --> 00:08:15,170 It's not every woman who has two things to be proud of. A son who was a hero 148 00:08:15,170 --> 00:08:19,710 and... And the finest wienerschnitzel this side of the unit. Oh, the 149 00:08:19,710 --> 00:08:20,750 wienerschnitzel. 150 00:08:22,010 --> 00:08:28,810 Every Thursday he would come. He was like my son. Both my sons. It was 151 00:08:28,810 --> 00:08:29,810 such fun. 152 00:08:30,210 --> 00:08:34,530 Put that back, Andy. I'm going to make for Mrs. Wilson some tea. 153 00:08:35,270 --> 00:08:37,010 Mama. Mama, wait. 154 00:08:39,230 --> 00:08:40,610 Oh, that's a present. 155 00:08:41,950 --> 00:08:44,230 That's the last present Otto gave me. 156 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,340 That's only a few days ago. 157 00:08:47,140 --> 00:08:48,320 That's a perfume. 158 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,800 A fine perfume. Look. 159 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:52,680 Naughty lady. 160 00:08:54,820 --> 00:08:56,480 Now, Mama, this is important. 161 00:08:57,300 --> 00:08:59,200 Where did Otto get this perfume? 162 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:01,420 Oh, I don't know. 163 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:03,960 Oh, yeah, he said his partner. 164 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:07,340 What's his name? Jimmy. Jimmy gave it to him. 165 00:09:15,310 --> 00:09:16,770 Mrs. Wilson is expecting me. 166 00:09:21,070 --> 00:09:22,070 Mrs. Wilson? 167 00:09:22,350 --> 00:09:23,350 Yes, Rita? 168 00:09:23,930 --> 00:09:25,150 Lieutenant Anderson is here. 169 00:09:25,470 --> 00:09:26,590 Oh, have him wait a moment, please. 170 00:09:26,990 --> 00:09:30,790 Call Howard Duncan and ask him to bring that time clock with him. And then show 171 00:09:30,790 --> 00:09:31,790 both gentlemen in. 172 00:09:33,070 --> 00:09:34,690 After all that's happened. 173 00:09:35,670 --> 00:09:36,670 Robbery, murder. 174 00:09:36,750 --> 00:09:38,530 Is this the time to bring it up again? 175 00:09:39,590 --> 00:09:41,430 I thought the issue was settled, Arthur. 176 00:09:41,950 --> 00:09:45,130 We are not buying out Hillman Plastics or any other company. 177 00:09:45,390 --> 00:09:46,390 You're wrong, Karen. 178 00:09:46,830 --> 00:09:52,170 We have a $2 million defense contract, ours for the asking, if we buy out 179 00:09:52,170 --> 00:09:56,470 Hillman. The answer was no before. It'll be no again tonight at the board 180 00:09:56,470 --> 00:09:59,490 meeting. You, your nephew, and Gerald Leland. 181 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:01,430 Against Duncan and me. 182 00:10:02,030 --> 00:10:04,310 Always three to two against progress. 183 00:10:05,010 --> 00:10:08,110 Well, you'd better have the great Mr. Perry Mason here tonight. 184 00:10:08,390 --> 00:10:09,870 Our company attorney? Why? 185 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:12,760 I'm going to make my proposal once more. 186 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:17,120 If it is voted down again, I am handing in my resignation. 187 00:10:17,580 --> 00:10:19,680 You better do some thinking about that, Carrington. 188 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:21,920 Come in, gentlemen. 189 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,860 Lieutenant, Mr. Duncan is our general manager. 190 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:32,740 I asked him to bring the recording time clock that Pierce carried. 191 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:34,119 Thank you. 192 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,440 Mr. Duncan, will you unlock it for me, check the recording disc, and see what 193 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,720 was the last time Pierce punched in on his clock that night? 194 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,040 Certainly glad to, Lieutenant. 195 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:44,120 Just a moment, Mr. Duncan. 196 00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:49,860 Now, I don't know whether the lab can check this out or not, but that sure 197 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:51,160 like a fresh bullet crease to me. 198 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:53,720 But I don't understand. 199 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,600 Officer Otto Norden fired one shot before he was killed. 200 00:10:58,020 --> 00:10:59,020 Wait a minute. 201 00:10:59,220 --> 00:11:03,740 If that shot hit this case, then Pierce wasn't unconscious on the other side of 202 00:11:03,740 --> 00:11:04,679 the plant. 203 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:05,980 Pierce must have been present. 204 00:11:06,860 --> 00:11:08,460 He must have seen who robbed the safe. 205 00:11:09,229 --> 00:11:14,010 That or Pierce did it himself, not realizing the policeman's bullet struck 206 00:11:14,010 --> 00:11:17,650 case and tipped off the fact that he was lying. 207 00:11:21,470 --> 00:11:22,790 This is Ralph Pierce's place. 208 00:11:23,850 --> 00:11:27,210 Just a second, fellas. I'd like to see that search warrant you said you had. 209 00:11:29,650 --> 00:11:30,589 Did Mr. 210 00:11:30,590 --> 00:11:32,430 Pierce go to work tonight as usual? 211 00:11:32,870 --> 00:11:33,649 Uh -huh. 212 00:11:33,650 --> 00:11:35,710 Just like I told the cop that was here earlier. 213 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,700 Yeah, this looks okay. You can go ahead and search. 214 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:40,400 There's another policeman looking for Pierce. 215 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:41,800 Did he tell you his name? 216 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Yeah. 217 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:44,480 That's funny. 218 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:45,960 It's just like yours, Anderson. 219 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:48,420 Well, call me if you need anything. 220 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,080 About $30 ,000, I'd say, Lieutenant. 221 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,500 Half the money that was stolen, Mr. Duncan. 222 00:11:57,540 --> 00:11:59,000 What about the serial number, Steve? 223 00:12:00,140 --> 00:12:01,079 I'd check. 224 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,400 This is part of the robbery money. There's no question of it. 225 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,200 One partner's share, maybe. 226 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:09,340 Let's go pick up Pierce. 227 00:12:19,780 --> 00:12:23,820 These are my figures and analysis of the diversification plan involving the 228 00:12:23,820 --> 00:12:25,040 purchase of film and plastics. 229 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,280 Here, here. 230 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:32,060 I now advise, as I have in the past, against the move. 231 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,900 just as Mrs. Wilson would expect you to do. 232 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,360 If I'm consistent, Mr. Morrell, so are you. 233 00:12:37,620 --> 00:12:41,220 This matter has come up repeatedly, and with the same result, a three to two 234 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:42,220 vote against purchase. 235 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,660 However, if you insist on wasting time and voting again, despite the obvious 236 00:12:47,660 --> 00:12:50,940 meaning of the figures I quoted, why, I can't... I don't care what the figures 237 00:12:50,940 --> 00:12:53,140 signify. It's expand or die. 238 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:55,500 I say again, there's no alternative. 239 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,220 We must diversify. 240 00:12:57,560 --> 00:13:00,320 But, Arthur, in terms of profits of a... 241 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:02,660 Reasonable return on invested capital. 242 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,380 I must reiterate Mrs. Wilson's basic concern, which I confess I share. 243 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:08,820 All right, Gerald, that's enough. 244 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,560 I think we've just about talked this thing into the ground. 245 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,920 Unless there are any objections, I'm going to call for a vote. 246 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:17,920 Carrie Wilson, no. 247 00:13:19,020 --> 00:13:20,020 Arthur Morrell? 248 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:21,240 Yes. 249 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:22,840 Gerald Leland? 250 00:13:23,580 --> 00:13:24,580 No. 251 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,580 I assume, Arthur, that you have Howard Duncan's proxy. 252 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,039 I do. 253 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,320 Howard Duncan votes yes. 254 00:13:34,300 --> 00:13:35,300 Dwight Wilson? 255 00:13:37,940 --> 00:13:41,540 If it's not too much trouble, nephew, would you give us your usual negative 256 00:13:41,540 --> 00:13:43,520 vote? I vote yes. 257 00:13:45,740 --> 00:13:46,740 What? 258 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:53,100 Excuse me. I'm sorry to interrupt you, but this is urgent. We can't find Ralph 259 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:54,740 Pearson the plant. Now, if any of you have... 260 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,620 What was that shooting? Told him, I think. Sounded like he was chasing... 261 00:14:29,620 --> 00:14:38,180 It's 262 00:14:38,180 --> 00:14:39,720 Ralph Pierce, the night watchman. 263 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,020 Looks like he's been strangled to death. 264 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,300 Since this board of rights hearing is not a criminal proceeding... 265 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,620 A finding of guilt does not require conviction in the minds of the board 266 00:14:55,620 --> 00:14:58,380 to a moral certainty or beyond a reasonable doubt. 267 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,960 A finding of guilty based on a preponderance of evidence is sufficient. 268 00:15:03,340 --> 00:15:05,220 The accused will raise his right hand. 269 00:15:06,860 --> 00:15:08,360 The accused will rise. 270 00:15:11,260 --> 00:15:13,140 Guilty as charged. 271 00:15:18,260 --> 00:15:19,940 They dismissed him from the force. 272 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,520 I'm sorry, Jimmy. 273 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:23,360 Never mind that hearing business, Andy. 274 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,960 We hoped it wouldn't, but five minutes ago, evidence turned up that finished 275 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:27,960 case. 276 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,000 James Anderson, I have a warrant for your arrest for the murder of Ralph 277 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:41,860 This searing transcript of Jimmy's dismissal, everything I've heard about 278 00:15:41,860 --> 00:15:46,840 case, Andy, seems conclusive that the robbery must have been tied in with 279 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:47,769 murder. 280 00:15:47,770 --> 00:15:50,950 Andy, if there was ever a case where a police officer's hand was caught in the 281 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:52,070 till, this has got to be it. 282 00:15:52,390 --> 00:15:56,190 I agree with you, Paul. There was a policeman involved in that theft, all 283 00:15:56,250 --> 00:15:59,290 but which policeman? You don't mean Otto Norden, the policeman who was killed? 284 00:15:59,850 --> 00:16:01,270 Yes, Perry, I'm afraid I do. 285 00:16:01,710 --> 00:16:03,850 But he was killed trying to stop the robbery. 286 00:16:04,190 --> 00:16:05,190 What robbery? 287 00:16:05,490 --> 00:16:09,390 That phony, obviously planned performance at Wilson Plastics? 288 00:16:10,010 --> 00:16:14,210 Who was the brave Otto Norden protecting the payroll from? The night watchman? 289 00:16:14,830 --> 00:16:17,670 Remember, we found that stolen money hidden under Pierce's mattress. 290 00:16:18,110 --> 00:16:19,190 Only half of it. 291 00:16:19,910 --> 00:16:21,970 Why do you paint Otto into that picture? 292 00:16:22,770 --> 00:16:28,830 The perfume, the stolen nitro. Remember, the witness never saw a face, only a 293 00:16:28,830 --> 00:16:33,430 uniform. Well, Otto Norton wore a uniform, all right. But so did Jimmy 294 00:16:33,550 --> 00:16:34,529 and it was his beat. 295 00:16:34,530 --> 00:16:39,110 Jimmy knew nothing about Wilson Plastics, or its night watchman, or its 296 00:16:39,390 --> 00:16:40,450 But Otto did? Yes. 297 00:16:41,230 --> 00:16:44,830 Otto sent Jimmy around to the rear where the waiting night watchman knocked him 298 00:16:44,830 --> 00:16:46,490 out. That's the way I figure it. 299 00:16:47,050 --> 00:16:49,110 Now, suppose Pierce had already blown the safe. 300 00:16:49,490 --> 00:16:51,550 He and Otto argue over the money. 301 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:56,790 Pierce shot Otto, stashed the money away somewhere, drank that drug coffee, and 302 00:16:56,790 --> 00:16:58,470 waited for the police to come. 303 00:16:58,810 --> 00:16:59,930 Neat package, Andy. 304 00:17:01,130 --> 00:17:03,770 But it leaves one large question unanswered. 305 00:17:05,130 --> 00:17:08,670 Forgetting why for the moment, just tell me, who killed Pierce? 306 00:17:10,940 --> 00:17:13,480 His death may have had nothing at all to do with the robbery. 307 00:17:14,180 --> 00:17:15,400 Or with your cousin, Jimmy. 308 00:17:15,940 --> 00:17:17,180 Come on, Andy, get off it. 309 00:17:18,099 --> 00:17:21,760 If Otto Norton was mixed up in that robbery, there must have been a motive 310 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:22,760 evidence of such. 311 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:27,220 Have you spoken to Mrs. Norton concerning the possibility of her son's 312 00:17:27,220 --> 00:17:28,220 involvement? 313 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:33,300 No. 314 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:39,040 Perry... She's been... Well, she's been... 315 00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:41,190 Practically like my mother, too. 316 00:17:42,410 --> 00:17:47,350 All she's got left is the memory of a dead hero and a mantelpiece full of 317 00:17:47,350 --> 00:17:48,890 citations and medals. 318 00:17:52,710 --> 00:17:54,990 I'd rather cut off my arm than hurt her. 319 00:17:56,610 --> 00:18:00,390 And what would you rather do in place of allowing a cousin to be convicted of 320 00:18:00,390 --> 00:18:02,450 murder? Well, that's why I'm here, Perry. 321 00:18:03,590 --> 00:18:05,450 I'd like you to defend the kid. 322 00:18:09,130 --> 00:18:10,130 All right, Andy. 323 00:18:11,750 --> 00:18:13,030 But what about you? 324 00:18:14,430 --> 00:18:15,470 Will you defend him? 325 00:18:15,870 --> 00:18:22,350 If I find evidence involving him, I'll... I'll put him into the gas 326 00:18:22,350 --> 00:18:23,350 myself. 327 00:18:24,490 --> 00:18:28,370 I know going back to that plant was the kind of stupid stunt only a fool rookie 328 00:18:28,370 --> 00:18:33,170 would pull, but... Mr. Mason, I didn't kill him. 329 00:18:34,750 --> 00:18:37,730 Ralph Pierce was dead when I stumbled over his body in that cold room. 330 00:18:38,830 --> 00:18:40,830 Then I heard Detective Tolan coming and I ran. 331 00:18:42,050 --> 00:18:43,170 Now that's the truth. 332 00:18:43,510 --> 00:18:47,450 The police report indicates the Pierce had been searched from head to toe after 333 00:18:47,450 --> 00:18:48,450 he was killed. 334 00:18:48,650 --> 00:18:49,650 Were you responsible? 335 00:18:50,690 --> 00:18:54,090 No, I never searched him. Why would I do that? Why were you in the plant in the 336 00:18:54,090 --> 00:18:55,090 first place? 337 00:18:55,590 --> 00:19:00,510 Well, I wanted to clear myself and I couldn't be caught there investigating. 338 00:19:00,850 --> 00:19:03,570 I'd been trying to figure out when and how his lunch got drugged that night. 339 00:19:04,130 --> 00:19:06,690 I'd already found out he had his lunch fixed at a small restaurant. 340 00:19:07,290 --> 00:19:10,710 Pick it up every night or take it to the plant, put him in his locker where he 341 00:19:10,710 --> 00:19:13,030 kept it locked until he went for it at midnight. 342 00:19:14,750 --> 00:19:17,130 His coffee could have been drugged in the restaurant. 343 00:19:18,010 --> 00:19:20,330 Someone in the plant could have gotten into his locker. 344 00:19:21,590 --> 00:19:22,810 Or he drugged it himself. 345 00:19:24,130 --> 00:19:27,250 Knowing the police would drive by looking for him, he was taking a big 346 00:19:28,150 --> 00:19:30,130 Unless one of those cops was his accomplice. 347 00:19:30,890 --> 00:19:33,290 Jimmy, you were one of those cops. 348 00:19:34,910 --> 00:19:35,910 I know. 349 00:19:36,970 --> 00:19:40,430 And I know that Mrs. Norton says I gave Otto that perfume, but Mr. Mason, I 350 00:19:40,430 --> 00:19:41,490 never saw that perfume. 351 00:19:42,390 --> 00:19:44,690 And I never stole that nitro from that chemical lab. 352 00:19:45,530 --> 00:19:51,090 So, if you weren't the one, then it had to be Otto Norton. 353 00:19:52,670 --> 00:19:54,290 It had to be Otto, Mr. Mason. 354 00:19:56,610 --> 00:19:58,870 You knew me, Otto, Mr. Mason? 355 00:20:00,510 --> 00:20:05,400 Please understand, Mrs. Norton, as attorney for Andy's cousin, It's 356 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,800 for me to find out what I can about everyone involved in this case. 357 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:12,040 That Jimmy is a bad boy. He's no good. He ran away. 358 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:18,220 If it wasn't for him... So I'll answer what questions I can. 359 00:20:20,020 --> 00:20:25,960 Concerning that bottle of perfume... Did Otto actually say that Jimmy gave it to 360 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:26,960 him? 361 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,760 Well, he said something about his partner. 362 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,680 Can't remember exactly the words, but that's what he said. 363 00:20:36,980 --> 00:20:42,400 Isn't it possible, Mrs. Norton, that you might have misunderstood him, that you 364 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:43,219 were mistaken? 365 00:20:43,220 --> 00:20:45,720 It's also possible that I'm a liar. 366 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,300 I didn't say that. 367 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:50,780 You didn't have to say it, Mr. Mason. 368 00:20:52,100 --> 00:20:55,740 I know about the robbery with the perfume. 369 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:01,580 I know it was a man in a policeman's uniform who took the perfume and the 370 00:21:01,580 --> 00:21:07,100 to blow up Mrs. Wilson's safe. I know also that the place that was robbed was 371 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:11,180 the young Anderson's beat. Beat or not, Jimmy wasn't the only uniformed 372 00:21:11,180 --> 00:21:12,180 policeman in Los Angeles. 373 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,220 You are calling my heart to a thief. 374 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:16,840 Am I, Mrs. Norton? 375 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:18,760 Or are you? 376 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:20,700 My heart was no crook. 377 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,340 He was a policeman. 378 00:21:22,940 --> 00:21:24,340 A good policeman. 379 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:26,820 What are you trying to do? 380 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,160 Destroy his name? 381 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,100 Take away all I have left in the world? 382 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:34,680 That Jimmy Anderson. 383 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:36,480 He's the one. 384 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,240 He killed the watchman. He killed my Otto. 385 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:42,420 Go back to your killer. I don't want to talk about him. 386 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:43,900 You're bad. 387 00:21:43,980 --> 00:21:46,540 You're both bad. Trying to hurt my Otto. 388 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:51,260 Jimmy Anderson is fighting for his life. 389 00:21:51,540 --> 00:21:53,760 He's just a scared kid. I'm trying to help him. 390 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:56,780 Don't you understand, Mrs. Norton? 391 00:21:57,060 --> 00:21:58,620 Jimmy is not guilty. 392 00:21:59,380 --> 00:22:00,820 So who is guilty? 393 00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:02,220 My Otto? 394 00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:04,940 My Otto cut out the grave to kill that man? 395 00:22:05,220 --> 00:22:06,540 We're talking about the perfume. 396 00:22:06,860 --> 00:22:08,000 Talking about the robbery. 397 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:10,420 So why should he steal? 398 00:22:43,610 --> 00:22:44,610 Wilson, gentlemen. 399 00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:46,650 You said you wanted to see us. 400 00:22:47,010 --> 00:22:48,390 Well, here we are, Perry. 401 00:22:48,690 --> 00:22:51,850 Well, would you tell us why you want to see us? That is, if it isn't too much 402 00:22:51,850 --> 00:22:54,110 trouble. No trouble at all, Mr. Morrell. 403 00:22:54,610 --> 00:22:58,190 You see, I believe one of you murdered Ralph Pierce. 404 00:22:58,870 --> 00:23:00,230 You're out of your mind. 405 00:23:00,550 --> 00:23:02,330 That's been said before many times. 406 00:23:02,610 --> 00:23:07,150 Mr. Mason, I thought that James Anderson was under arrest for Pierce's murder. 407 00:23:07,430 --> 00:23:08,430 He is. 408 00:23:08,510 --> 00:23:09,870 The night Pierce was murdered. 409 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,060 Those of us here in this room were the only ones in the plant. 410 00:23:13,340 --> 00:23:15,500 Aside from Pierce and James Anderson. 411 00:23:16,820 --> 00:23:19,780 That's right. Pierce went on duty at 8. We met in this room at 9. 412 00:23:20,620 --> 00:23:24,360 At the time James Anderson arrived and stumbled onto Pierce, Pierce was already 413 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:30,720 dead. So if young Anderson is telling the truth, if, then one of us killed 414 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:31,980 Pierce before we met at 9. 415 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:33,400 That would be correct. 416 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,120 What time did James Anderson enter the building? 417 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,980 At approximately quarter to 10. 418 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:41,720 Then you're wrong, Mr. Mason. 419 00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:46,000 It would have been physically impossible for any one of us to have killed 420 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Pierce. 421 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:48,040 Why? 422 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:50,820 Well... Go ahead and tell him, Mr. Duncan. 423 00:23:51,340 --> 00:23:52,780 You'll find out in court anyway. 424 00:23:54,140 --> 00:23:58,800 The last time Pierce punched in on his rounds was in a cold room at 10 o 425 00:23:59,460 --> 00:24:03,940 We were all in here from 9 o 'clock until the body was found, and not one of 426 00:24:03,940 --> 00:24:04,940 left this room. 427 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,260 The only other person in the plant was Officer James Anderson. 428 00:24:09,399 --> 00:24:10,399 There's more, Perry. 429 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,320 We found the rest of the money that was stolen from the safe. 430 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:14,800 Where? 431 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,300 Hidden in Jimmy's apartment. 432 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,260 I personally checked the serial numbers of the currency the police showed me. 433 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:25,980 With what result, Mr. Leland? 434 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:31,700 The $60 ,000 recovered by the police was the identical $60 ,000 to that stolen 435 00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:32,619 from our safe. 436 00:24:32,620 --> 00:24:33,539 I see. 437 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:34,900 Thank you, sir. I think that'll be all. 438 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:36,440 Your witness, Mr. Mason? 439 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:43,520 Now, Mr. Leland, would you say that the decedent, Ralph Pierce, was a good night 440 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,500 watchman? Your Honor, I object to that question. 441 00:24:46,820 --> 00:24:49,660 That calls for an opinion and a conclusion of the witness. 442 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,120 As attorney for his company, you should know that he's not plant superintendent. 443 00:24:54,020 --> 00:24:55,520 He's company treasurer. 444 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:57,160 Objection sustained. 445 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:00,780 All right, Mr. Leland. 446 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:06,980 As company treasurer, can you tell us whether or not the night watchman, Mr. 447 00:25:07,140 --> 00:25:08,720 Pierce, was covered by a bond? 448 00:25:09,180 --> 00:25:11,460 Oh, yes, Mr. Mason. Most emphatically so. 449 00:25:12,140 --> 00:25:14,540 We'd be derelict indeed in not paying to have him bonded. 450 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:20,700 Was there any trouble in having him bonded? I don't specifically recall, but 451 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:22,000 shouldn't imagine so. 452 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:25,340 You see, Mr. Mason, Ralph Pierce was a former Los Angeles policeman. 453 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,240 I also know he left the police department involuntarily, that he'd been 454 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:33,250 resign. Well, perhaps the bonding company was aware of that fact and 455 00:25:33,250 --> 00:25:34,310 increased their rates. 456 00:25:34,670 --> 00:25:37,910 I can't answer that question without checking the records of the bonding 457 00:25:37,910 --> 00:25:40,450 company. Well, didn't your own company keep such records? 458 00:25:41,190 --> 00:25:45,770 Naturally, Mr. Mason, of course. But we lost those specific records, I'm sure, 459 00:25:45,790 --> 00:25:50,250 when the nitroglycerin explosion that opened the safe also destroyed the 460 00:25:50,250 --> 00:25:51,250 contents of the safe. 461 00:25:51,650 --> 00:25:54,550 Including the list of serial numbers of the stolen money? 462 00:25:55,670 --> 00:25:58,770 Yes, that list was destroyed, as a matter of fact. 463 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:02,620 Then how could you give the police the list of serial numbers of the stolen 464 00:26:02,620 --> 00:26:06,920 money? There were microfilm records of about 90 % of the safe's contents. 465 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:12,340 Microfilm records not involved in the explosion, including, most fortuitously, 466 00:26:12,340 --> 00:26:15,060 microfilm copy that we had made of that serial number list. 467 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:17,400 No further questions. 468 00:26:19,060 --> 00:26:23,400 To your knowledge, Lieutenant, did the defendant, James Anderson, know the 469 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,300 decedent, Ralph Pierce, prior to the robbery at Wilson Plastics? 470 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:27,700 Yes, sir, I know that recently. 471 00:26:28,380 --> 00:26:32,340 When Jimmy Anderson was at the police academy, one of his instructors was 472 00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:34,940 Pierce. He was still on the force at that time. 473 00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:39,920 Now, Lieutenant Tragg, I show you this certified copy of a police department 474 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,600 assignment order. 475 00:26:42,020 --> 00:26:46,360 I ask you in what manner this assignment order refers to the defendant. 476 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,640 Yes, sir. This order transferred Officer James Anderson, the defendant, from a 477 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:55,720 beat to the prowl car detail, and assigned him to Officer Otto Norden's 478 00:26:56,250 --> 00:27:01,910 A prowl car whose customary patrol area included the Wilson Plastics plant, 479 00:27:02,130 --> 00:27:06,550 where the former instructor of the defendant was now employed as a night 480 00:27:06,550 --> 00:27:07,550 watchman. Is that correct? 481 00:27:07,930 --> 00:27:11,990 Yes, sir. And now, Lieutenant, I understand that another homicide 482 00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:16,810 Lieutenant Anderson, recovered one half of the money stolen in that robbery and 483 00:27:16,810 --> 00:27:20,690 that you yourself recovered the other half. Would you tell us, please, exactly 484 00:27:20,690 --> 00:27:21,950 where you found that money? 485 00:27:22,210 --> 00:27:23,029 Yes, sir. 486 00:27:23,030 --> 00:27:25,590 Under some clothes and a suitcase inside a closet. 487 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,020 In the apartment of the defendant, James Anderson. 488 00:27:31,180 --> 00:27:35,260 Death was caused by traumatic asphyxia, induced by means of manual 489 00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:38,380 strangulation. Then the murderer used his hands, Doctor. 490 00:27:38,820 --> 00:27:43,760 No, most likely his forearm, clamping the victim's throat while the assailant 491 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:44,760 stood behind him. 492 00:27:44,900 --> 00:27:45,900 All right, Doctor. 493 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,860 Now, one last question. Would you estimate the time of death for me? 494 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:53,340 Oh, in my opinion, the decedent was murdered between 10 and 10 .30. 495 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:54,640 Thank you, Doctor. That'll be all. 496 00:27:55,130 --> 00:27:56,130 Your witness, Mr. Mason. 497 00:27:57,490 --> 00:28:02,030 Doctor, in a situation where a body is discovered reasonably soon after death, 498 00:28:02,290 --> 00:28:06,230 what in your examination permits you to determine the time of death? 499 00:28:06,550 --> 00:28:11,490 Oh, I'd say such factors as the temperature of the corpse, the degree of 500 00:28:11,490 --> 00:28:16,070 lividity or post -mortem markings on the body, and, of course, the degree of 501 00:28:16,070 --> 00:28:17,070 rigor mortis. 502 00:28:17,190 --> 00:28:21,450 By temperature, you mean that if a body is warm, death was recent, and if a body 503 00:28:21,450 --> 00:28:24,390 is cold, death was further removed in time. 504 00:28:25,690 --> 00:28:29,790 Precisely. What was the condition of Ralph Pierce's body when you examined it 505 00:28:29,790 --> 00:28:30,850 little after 10 .30? 506 00:28:31,170 --> 00:28:34,430 Cold. Wouldn't that indicate that he'd been killed before 10? 507 00:28:34,910 --> 00:28:35,910 Ordinarily, yes. 508 00:28:36,030 --> 00:28:40,270 But in this case, Mr. Mason, if you didn't know, the decedent was slain in a 509 00:28:40,270 --> 00:28:45,010 refrigerated room, a factor which would considerably accelerate the lowering of 510 00:28:45,010 --> 00:28:49,070 temperature. Now, in this matter of lividity, I gather the markings were 511 00:28:49,070 --> 00:28:52,370 discernible, leading you to a conclusion that death was recent. 512 00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:53,630 Yes. 513 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,700 I believe, Doctor, that rigor mortis was the third factor you mentioned. 514 00:28:58,140 --> 00:29:03,200 Now, was rigor mortis marked in your examination of the decedent? 515 00:29:03,540 --> 00:29:04,540 Very much so. 516 00:29:04,700 --> 00:29:09,280 Now, wouldn't that indicate that death had occurred before 10, at 9 .30, at 9, 517 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,980 at 8 .30, perhaps even as early as 8 o 'clock? 518 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,400 It could, conceivably, yes, but not in this case. 519 00:29:15,660 --> 00:29:16,659 And why not? 520 00:29:16,660 --> 00:29:22,680 If a person dies quietly, without muscular activity, rigor mortis is slow 521 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:23,680 gradual. 522 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,820 But a person being strangled from behind, struggling for his life, has 523 00:29:27,820 --> 00:29:28,900 muscular activity. 524 00:29:29,220 --> 00:29:31,560 Bringing on more rapid rigor mortis. 525 00:29:31,980 --> 00:29:35,760 In situations like this, we have had cases of instantaneous rigor mortis. 526 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:41,020 And is it not also a medical fact, Doctor, that cold can hasten the onset 527 00:29:41,020 --> 00:29:41,819 rigor mortis? 528 00:29:41,820 --> 00:29:45,940 Yes. And didn't you point out carefully to me a few moments ago, Doctor, that 529 00:29:45,940 --> 00:29:48,760 the body of Ralph Pierce had been found in a refrigerated room? 530 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:50,280 Why, yes. 531 00:29:53,379 --> 00:29:58,620 Doctor, without a post -mortem examination, how would you fix the time 532 00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:02,880 Oh, I'd say you could do it roughly based on the time the body was 533 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,980 and time the decedent was last known to have been alive. 534 00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:11,500 Obviously, death occurred between those times. You examined the body at 10 .30. 535 00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:15,180 When was the decedent last known to be alive? 536 00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:18,540 At 10, when he punched in on the time clock. 537 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:20,480 Oh, you know about the time clock. 538 00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:22,020 Of course. 539 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,580 Did you know about it when you made your post -mortem examination? 540 00:30:25,780 --> 00:30:28,960 Did you know about it when you made your conclusions concerning the time of 541 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,540 death? Yes, I was told. 542 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:34,480 Yes. 543 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:35,840 Yes, I knew. 544 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:37,080 Thank you, doctor. 545 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:38,260 No further questions. 546 00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:43,720 You then obtained a search warrant and went through Ralph Pierce's rooms. What 547 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:44,720 did you find? 548 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:49,400 $30 ,000, half of the $60 ,000 that had been stolen. 549 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:54,920 And then you proceeded to Wilson Plastics' plant to arrest Ralph Pierce. 550 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:55,859 there? 551 00:30:55,860 --> 00:30:56,920 He was there, all right. 552 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:58,240 Murdered. 553 00:30:58,580 --> 00:31:00,540 What else did the police find at that plant? 554 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:05,440 Detective Tolan saw a man, unrecognizable, fleeing from the scene 555 00:31:05,540 --> 00:31:07,280 attempting to run out of the plant. 556 00:31:07,980 --> 00:31:12,160 Detective Tolan yelled at the man to stop, fired a couple of shots, but the 557 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:12,759 got away. 558 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:17,680 However, we heard testimony here from a driver of a delivery truck who heard 559 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:18,680 those shots. 560 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:22,270 And who was later able to identify that man who ran from the scene of the crime. 561 00:31:22,350 --> 00:31:23,350 Isn't that so? 562 00:31:23,470 --> 00:31:24,470 Yes, sir. 563 00:31:24,810 --> 00:31:29,070 Our investigation proved that man was the defendant. 564 00:31:30,090 --> 00:31:31,330 I think that'll be all, Lieutenant. 565 00:31:32,130 --> 00:31:33,330 Your witness, Mr. Mason. 566 00:31:36,610 --> 00:31:37,610 No questions. 567 00:31:37,750 --> 00:31:39,170 Your witness is excused. 568 00:31:51,630 --> 00:31:55,210 As the court knows, in a preliminary hearing, it is only incumbent on the 569 00:31:55,210 --> 00:32:00,510 prosecution to show reasonable grounds to believe, first, that a crime was 570 00:32:00,510 --> 00:32:03,850 committed, and second, that the accused is the person who committed that crime. 571 00:32:04,470 --> 00:32:08,430 I'm sure that learned counsel in his defense will provide us with a 572 00:32:08,430 --> 00:32:12,510 which includes his usual calculated confusion of the facts. 573 00:32:13,230 --> 00:32:17,230 But at the moment, Your Honor, I feel more than certain that we have presented 574 00:32:17,230 --> 00:32:19,530 an unshakable prima facie case. 575 00:32:20,780 --> 00:32:23,680 Therefore, the state rests and moves that the defendant be bound over. 576 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,620 Mason, you may proceed with your defense at this time. 577 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,720 Your Honor, we have no defense. 578 00:32:50,399 --> 00:32:53,200 Contracts and check for the purchase of human plastics. 579 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:56,760 And ready and unsigned for more than a week. 580 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,960 We have stalled this thing more than long enough. 581 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:02,460 Gerald, sign, please. 582 00:33:03,980 --> 00:33:07,440 Mr. Mason said he was coming right over. I think it's no more than common 583 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,680 courtesy to... I can take it to court for relief. 584 00:33:10,540 --> 00:33:13,760 And force compliance with board -approved action. Is that what you want? 585 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:15,720 Sign. 586 00:33:17,770 --> 00:33:21,610 When he finishes, you sign, Carrie. I don't think you ought to do that, 587 00:33:22,070 --> 00:33:23,370 Our eminent counsel. 588 00:33:23,990 --> 00:33:25,670 More new allegations, Mr. Mason? 589 00:33:26,150 --> 00:33:27,170 Facts, not allegations. 590 00:33:28,190 --> 00:33:31,190 A shortage in the company books of $25 ,000. 591 00:33:31,870 --> 00:33:32,870 What? 592 00:33:33,250 --> 00:33:34,930 Do you know about this, Gerald? 593 00:33:35,550 --> 00:33:36,550 Yes, Mr. Wilson. 594 00:33:37,090 --> 00:33:41,070 I notified Mr. Mason when the auditors informed me of the seeming discrepancy. 595 00:33:42,010 --> 00:33:45,970 Unfortunately, there were not microfilm copies of all the records destroyed in 596 00:33:45,970 --> 00:33:46,970 the robbery. 597 00:33:47,210 --> 00:33:52,970 Until we recreate the book step by step from supporting documents, we can't be 598 00:33:52,970 --> 00:33:54,410 sure there is a shortage. 599 00:33:55,130 --> 00:33:57,090 You said facts, plural. 600 00:33:58,010 --> 00:34:04,530 The Security Exchange Commission has withheld approval of the Hillman 601 00:34:04,530 --> 00:34:08,210 deal, its purchase and transfer of stock. 602 00:34:08,750 --> 00:34:09,790 That's impossible. 603 00:34:10,030 --> 00:34:11,030 I don't believe it. 604 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:15,719 If the angel Gabriel appeared before you on Judgment Day, Mr. Morrell, I think 605 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:17,060 you'd ask to see his union card. 606 00:34:17,420 --> 00:34:21,380 On the day before the vote to buy Hillman Plastics, someone bought large 607 00:34:21,380 --> 00:34:22,400 of Hillman stock cheap. 608 00:34:22,780 --> 00:34:26,300 Two days later, after the prospective purchase had been announced, the stock 609 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:27,300 went up ten points. 610 00:34:27,659 --> 00:34:31,639 That same someone then sold his stock for a profit of over $100 ,000. 611 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:35,280 You. 612 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:37,500 You changed your vote. 613 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,860 You knew this was going to happen. 614 00:34:40,750 --> 00:34:41,750 No, Aunt Carrie. 615 00:34:41,969 --> 00:34:44,630 I swear I didn't buy a single share of Hillman's stock. 616 00:34:45,469 --> 00:34:46,469 Tell her, please. 617 00:34:46,929 --> 00:34:48,690 I didn't buy that stock, did I? 618 00:34:48,989 --> 00:34:50,130 I don't know, Mr. Wilson. 619 00:34:50,429 --> 00:34:54,630 The only clues we have as to the identity of the purchaser are a post 620 00:34:54,630 --> 00:34:55,889 number and the name Jay Smith. 621 00:34:56,750 --> 00:34:59,170 Unfortunately, we don't know who Jay Smith is. 622 00:34:59,730 --> 00:35:04,030 All of which raises the interesting question of exactly why the safe was 623 00:35:05,050 --> 00:35:06,050 Why? 624 00:35:07,110 --> 00:35:10,590 $60 ,000 seems to me to be a lot of why, Mr. Mason. 625 00:35:10,930 --> 00:35:15,010 The safe was blown up to destroy certain records, not for the purposes of 626 00:35:15,010 --> 00:35:16,010 stealing money. 627 00:35:16,730 --> 00:35:18,730 Ralph Pierce was killed because he knew the truth. 628 00:35:22,410 --> 00:35:23,410 All right, Donald. 629 00:35:25,250 --> 00:35:29,110 The day of the robbery, was a package delivered here? 630 00:35:30,550 --> 00:35:31,550 Yes. 631 00:35:32,410 --> 00:35:34,290 Just after Otto left for work. 632 00:35:34,790 --> 00:35:36,230 That package, Mrs. Norton. 633 00:35:36,650 --> 00:35:37,650 Is it still here? 634 00:35:38,650 --> 00:35:40,970 Why do you ask? What was in that package? 635 00:35:41,750 --> 00:35:44,550 Now, it may have contained half the money stolen from the safe. 636 00:35:45,390 --> 00:35:48,290 But it was delivered here before the safe was robbed. 637 00:35:49,130 --> 00:35:54,830 No. No, I told you before. My Otto was good. He was not bad. He would have 638 00:35:54,830 --> 00:35:56,550 nothing to do with such things. 639 00:35:56,890 --> 00:36:00,990 Mrs. Norton, I'm not so sure Otto was really involved either. 640 00:36:01,710 --> 00:36:05,170 But if my theory is right, there's one person who is sure of it. 641 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,280 Who? Who is that? 642 00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:08,500 The murderer. 643 00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:11,160 I don't understand. 644 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:17,180 I can't... Is that package still here in his apartment? 645 00:36:17,860 --> 00:36:18,860 No. 646 00:36:19,240 --> 00:36:25,320 The next day, after Otto was killed, I looked for the package. 647 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:27,460 It was gone. 648 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:32,460 Well, the murderer took it while you were out and later on planted it in Jim 649 00:36:32,460 --> 00:36:34,700 Anderson's apartment. That's why all the money's been found. 650 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:39,040 Someone wanted certain records in the safe destroyed. They made a deal with 651 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:40,040 Pierce. 652 00:36:40,140 --> 00:36:43,220 The payoff for doing the job was the money in the safe. 653 00:36:43,700 --> 00:36:44,700 $60 ,000. 654 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:47,560 Half delivered here and half found in Pierce's room. 655 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:51,220 Which means that the person who engineered the whole job didn't keep a 656 00:36:51,220 --> 00:36:55,980 that money. However, Pierce had discovered a strip of microfilm missing. 657 00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:57,700 a copy of the records that had been destroyed. 658 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:02,900 So he went after it, stole it, and then tried to shake down the man who'd hired 659 00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:03,900 him for more money. 660 00:37:04,330 --> 00:37:06,030 for which effort Pierce was killed. 661 00:37:06,670 --> 00:37:11,530 Now the question is, did the murderer get the microfilm back? We know Pierce's 662 00:37:11,530 --> 00:37:12,530 body was searched. 663 00:37:13,010 --> 00:37:15,610 We know the film wasn't found elsewhere. 664 00:37:16,350 --> 00:37:21,290 So unless he does have the film, the murderer must be getting fairly panicky. 665 00:37:22,170 --> 00:37:24,990 Yes, but why are you telling me all this? 666 00:37:25,290 --> 00:37:32,110 If the murderer believed that your son was Pierce's accomplice, they might 667 00:37:32,110 --> 00:37:33,330 also believe that... 668 00:37:33,550 --> 00:37:35,470 Pierce contacted you after Otto's death. 669 00:37:37,030 --> 00:37:39,350 How would he believe a thing like that? 670 00:37:39,770 --> 00:37:40,770 He would. 671 00:37:41,170 --> 00:37:42,890 If you made it convincing enough. 672 00:37:44,810 --> 00:37:51,350 You mean you want... the murderer to think that I... That you know where 673 00:37:51,350 --> 00:37:52,350 hid the film. 674 00:37:54,610 --> 00:37:56,510 You can do it over the phone, Miss Norton. 675 00:37:56,950 --> 00:37:59,570 This is the number and this is what Mr. Mason wants you to say. 676 00:38:02,910 --> 00:38:04,830 You don't know all this. 677 00:38:05,070 --> 00:38:08,590 You don't know for sure. You only think this is what happened. 678 00:38:08,910 --> 00:38:14,630 If it didn't, Mrs. Norton, then either Jimmy is a thief or your son was a 679 00:38:18,830 --> 00:38:20,710 Would you get me the number, please? 680 00:38:39,199 --> 00:38:41,940 This is Erna Norton. 681 00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:46,220 I know who Jay Smith is. 682 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,880 And I know where the film is. 683 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:53,480 Pierce called me. 684 00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:59,600 He hid it where no one else would think of looking for it. 685 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:05,780 If I tell the police, they'll know about it. 686 00:39:07,370 --> 00:39:08,450 About Otto. 687 00:39:10,170 --> 00:39:11,890 I don't want that. 688 00:39:13,450 --> 00:39:15,770 I don't ever want that. 689 00:39:17,410 --> 00:39:18,810 So take it. 690 00:39:20,490 --> 00:39:23,690 In... In the cold room. 691 00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:54,390 You don't have to look further. 692 00:39:59,590 --> 00:40:03,090 We found it earlier and left it there before I had Mrs. Norton call you. 693 00:40:03,610 --> 00:40:07,290 Missing microfilm that proves you embezzled $25 ,000 from the company. 694 00:40:07,570 --> 00:40:10,570 That microfilm could send you to jail. 695 00:40:11,370 --> 00:40:14,610 Just as Ralph Pierce was sent to his death. 696 00:40:15,110 --> 00:40:16,490 I swear I didn't kill him. 697 00:40:17,150 --> 00:40:18,750 How could I? I was at that meeting. 698 00:40:18,970 --> 00:40:22,530 So was I. So was everyone connected with the company. From nine o 'clock on. 699 00:40:23,260 --> 00:40:26,260 But Pierce was killed before 9 o 'clock. Pierce was killed before that meeting 700 00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:27,260 even started. 701 00:40:27,980 --> 00:40:32,560 Then one of the people at the meeting put Mrs. Norton called me. 702 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,020 Her second call was made to you. 703 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,240 But her first call was made to a man who gave himself an alibi by tampering with 704 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:40,240 that time clock. 705 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:42,280 You, Mr. Leland. 706 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:49,720 Yeah. 707 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,620 He blackmailed me, Mr. Mace. 708 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:53,260 That's why I changed my vote. 709 00:40:53,580 --> 00:40:56,460 He threatened to send me to jail if I didn't vote to buy Hellman Plastics. 710 00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:59,060 A sale which would have made him $100 ,000. 711 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,260 The name you used was Jay Smith, was it not? 712 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,380 You knew that in court, didn't you? 713 00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:13,000 And you knew the actual time Ralph Pierce was killed when you questioned 714 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:14,280 doctor. Yes. 715 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,260 And I knew something you didn't know. 716 00:41:17,980 --> 00:41:19,440 The truth about Otto Norton. 717 00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:22,440 But he was never Pierce's accomplice in that robbery. 718 00:41:25,620 --> 00:41:28,080 You couldn't prove any of it. 719 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,120 Not even Perry Mason could prove it. 720 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:34,120 No, I couldn't prove it, Mr. Leland. 721 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:36,400 But you could. 722 00:41:36,980 --> 00:41:37,980 And you have. 723 00:41:41,340 --> 00:41:44,880 So, now you know everything. 724 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:48,020 Just the two of you. 725 00:41:49,130 --> 00:41:50,330 I'm afraid not, Mr. Leland. 726 00:41:54,130 --> 00:41:55,450 Well, what are you gonna do with that gun? 727 00:42:18,730 --> 00:42:20,090 Mr. Mason, come in. 728 00:42:23,410 --> 00:42:25,330 What did you find, Mr. Mason? 729 00:42:25,550 --> 00:42:26,710 I just left headquarters. 730 00:42:27,570 --> 00:42:30,930 Between Leland's confession and our own investigation, everything is just about 731 00:42:30,930 --> 00:42:31,930 explained. 732 00:42:32,050 --> 00:42:33,050 Even the perfume? 733 00:42:33,810 --> 00:42:35,730 It was stolen by a man in uniform. 734 00:42:36,110 --> 00:42:37,850 But it wasn't Jimmy and it wasn't Otto. 735 00:42:38,650 --> 00:42:41,110 It was Otto's former partner on the police force. 736 00:42:41,830 --> 00:42:44,030 A man who had kept his uniform. 737 00:42:44,850 --> 00:42:45,850 Ralph Pierce. 738 00:42:46,570 --> 00:42:48,430 Well, apparently Pierce hated your son. 739 00:42:49,270 --> 00:42:52,110 He blamed Otto for his having been tossed off the police force. 740 00:42:53,590 --> 00:42:55,930 Planned to frame him for that phony robbery. 741 00:42:56,450 --> 00:42:57,910 That explains the money, too. 742 00:42:58,870 --> 00:43:03,410 After Pierce killed your son, he stole the money back from his apartment and 743 00:43:03,410 --> 00:43:04,450 planted it on Jimmy. 744 00:43:05,390 --> 00:43:06,470 Poor Jimmy. 745 00:43:08,210 --> 00:43:11,650 I guess he still hoped to blame the robbery on a policeman. 746 00:43:13,250 --> 00:43:14,450 Then my Otto... 747 00:43:16,330 --> 00:43:18,130 Until you could tell me for sure. 748 00:43:19,210 --> 00:43:21,470 I couldn't even look at this. 749 00:43:22,610 --> 00:43:24,570 Your son earned his decoration. 750 00:43:27,350 --> 00:43:28,710 Hey, anybody home? 751 00:43:29,030 --> 00:43:30,030 Come in. 752 00:43:31,470 --> 00:43:34,870 Oh, Andy, it's so good to see you. 753 00:43:35,070 --> 00:43:39,990 Good to see me? You sound surprised, Mama Norton. Weren't you expecting me? 754 00:43:40,490 --> 00:43:41,490 Expecting you? 755 00:43:41,530 --> 00:43:42,610 Oh, it's Thursday. 756 00:43:43,410 --> 00:43:44,410 Wienerschnitzel night. 757 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:47,060 And I didn't even shop today. 758 00:43:47,620 --> 00:43:48,980 We shopped for you. 759 00:43:50,340 --> 00:43:54,500 Mrs. Norton, please. It means a great deal to me. Please don't say no. 760 00:43:56,520 --> 00:44:02,360 Officer Jimmy Anderson, if you eat my food, you have to call me Mama Norton.