1 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,020 And that was not the only time he struck her. 2 00:00:46,340 --> 00:00:47,340 Oh, no. 3 00:00:47,780 --> 00:00:52,020 Again, not long afterwards, when they were having guests for an out -of 4 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:54,120 barbering? 5 00:00:54,820 --> 00:00:55,820 Barbecue? 6 00:00:56,220 --> 00:00:57,600 Yes, thank you. Barbecue. 7 00:00:58,540 --> 00:01:03,260 When Lola accidentally tipped the steaks into the fire, he lost his temper with 8 00:01:03,260 --> 00:01:04,259 her. 9 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:08,220 Mr. Patton, the president of his company, was there. He saw it. He can 10 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,280 There were many people there, Your Honor. 11 00:01:10,580 --> 00:01:13,320 When the steaks fell in the fire, he spanked me in front of everybody. 12 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:15,800 Oh, well, now, that's not quite true, Your Honor. 13 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:20,120 When I suggested that the stakes were overdone, she threw them into the fire. 14 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:22,220 You said they were worthless. What was I supposed to do? 15 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,000 I did not say they were worthless. 16 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,460 And as for that spanking... Mr. Bronson, with my understanding, you are not 17 00:01:29,460 --> 00:01:30,800 going to contest this action. 18 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,100 Well, Your Honor, I'm not just going to stay here and let her make me into some 19 00:01:34,100 --> 00:01:35,059 kind of a sadist. 20 00:01:35,060 --> 00:01:36,340 You are a sadist. 21 00:01:36,860 --> 00:01:37,860 That's quite enough. 22 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,880 I realize you're both under an emotional strain. 23 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,880 The breakup of a marriage causes deep wounds, painful wounds. 24 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,640 But you must remember this is a court of law. 25 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:50,200 Yes, sir. 26 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,820 Is there any possibility at all, Mrs. Bronson, of a reconciliation? 27 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:56,940 Of your going back to your husband? 28 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:59,380 I'd rather be dead. 29 00:02:00,980 --> 00:02:02,120 Well, that goes for me, too. 30 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:03,480 Very well. 31 00:02:04,180 --> 00:02:06,740 The plaintiff is granted an interlocutory decree. 32 00:02:09,710 --> 00:02:11,510 You have your divorce, Mrs. Bronson? 33 00:02:13,450 --> 00:02:14,450 Sadist. 34 00:02:14,630 --> 00:02:16,430 Oh, I wish now I'd really belted you. 35 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:18,890 Try it. Just try it. 36 00:02:21,810 --> 00:02:22,970 Perry, thanks for coming out. 37 00:02:23,730 --> 00:02:25,250 Old friend in court never hurts. 38 00:02:26,050 --> 00:02:27,970 She signed the agreement just as you drew it up. 39 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:31,090 I gathered that from the fact you weren't contesting. 40 00:02:32,170 --> 00:02:35,770 And there was no objection to giving you a 90 -day option on her company stock. 41 00:02:37,130 --> 00:02:40,310 She wanted to get rid of me so bad that she probably would have given me the 42 00:02:40,310 --> 00:02:41,850 stock itself if I'd asked for it. 43 00:02:42,710 --> 00:02:46,810 A hundred thousand shares is a high price to pay to get rid of even you, 44 00:02:48,170 --> 00:02:49,170 Well, she's done it. 45 00:02:49,710 --> 00:02:51,010 And we've got what we want. 46 00:02:51,650 --> 00:02:55,250 Control of Bronson Aircraft with her option and your shares and mine. 47 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:19,640 Who's that? 48 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:21,920 Bill Ryder, our chief test pilot. 49 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:23,480 Well, that's that. 50 00:03:24,260 --> 00:03:25,260 Goodbye, Lola. 51 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,260 Shall we get a drink or something? 52 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:30,920 I'd better get back to Los Angeles, Jeff. 53 00:03:31,180 --> 00:03:32,540 Can I give you a lift, Mr. Patton? 54 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,400 Well, thanks, but I gotta go over to the test center with Jeff. 55 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,540 You know, our new plane gets its final checkout tomorrow. 56 00:03:39,060 --> 00:03:40,060 Yes, I know. 57 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:41,500 Good luck. 58 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:03,960 How's it going, Clarence? 59 00:04:04,540 --> 00:04:09,600 Oh, both engines, sweet and smooth as china silk. Too bad that test tomorrow 60 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:10,600 instead of today. 61 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:12,740 Hey, Jeff, you want to check them now? 62 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,640 I just designed planes, Clarence. You make them run. You say the engines are 63 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:17,640 okay, they're okay. 64 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:18,959 Give them another check in the morning. 65 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,540 Figure to about an hour before takeoff. Good. 66 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:27,220 Well, got the seatbelt fastened, baby? 67 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:28,560 Yes. 68 00:04:29,860 --> 00:04:30,860 Good afternoon, gentlemen. 69 00:04:32,070 --> 00:04:33,070 Pleasure to see you again. 70 00:04:34,010 --> 00:04:35,870 I thought I told you to stay away from here, Walker. 71 00:04:36,550 --> 00:04:39,610 Now, Mr. Bronson, it happens that I'm here by invitation. 72 00:04:41,370 --> 00:04:45,510 Well, I thought you ought to hear his latest offer, Jeff. I told you. 73 00:04:46,310 --> 00:04:47,570 I told you too, Walker. 74 00:04:47,870 --> 00:04:49,810 No offers, late or otherwise. 75 00:04:50,350 --> 00:04:51,930 Now, you've got things a little twisted, son. 76 00:04:53,010 --> 00:04:55,530 You see, I'm selling, not buying. 77 00:04:56,130 --> 00:04:57,370 Selling? Selling what? 78 00:04:58,190 --> 00:04:59,970 Well, let's call it insurance. 79 00:05:02,220 --> 00:05:07,220 I have here a confidential report on the Brompton Aircraft Company. 80 00:05:10,540 --> 00:05:15,480 Company has exhausted cash reserves, perfecting an experimental executive 81 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,880 that will outperform all similar aircraft. 82 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:22,840 Should plane be successfully tested and certified, company's common stock, now 83 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:25,980 selling at slightly under $1, will rise sharply. 84 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,160 Might add that should the plane be unsuccessfully tested... 85 00:05:31,450 --> 00:05:32,790 the stock will drop sharply. 86 00:05:33,590 --> 00:05:34,970 No argument about that. 87 00:05:35,590 --> 00:05:38,490 So, why not insure, Mr. Bronson? 88 00:05:40,550 --> 00:05:43,370 $100 ,000 for half of your share of the company. 89 00:05:43,930 --> 00:05:46,110 $50 ,000 to patent for half of his share. 90 00:05:46,910 --> 00:05:50,550 Now, if the plane is successfully tested, we all share in the bonanza. 91 00:05:51,350 --> 00:05:55,510 If it's unsuccessful, why don't you salvage the tidy little nest egg? 92 00:05:56,390 --> 00:05:59,510 You've been trying to move in on our company for nearly a year now, and I'm 93 00:05:59,510 --> 00:06:00,510 up. 94 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,220 Jeff, he's only making a perfectly reasonable offer. Okay. 95 00:06:04,860 --> 00:06:05,860 I'm unreasonable. 96 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,740 Walker, I don't want to see, hear, or smell you again. 97 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,180 Ever. Is that clear? 98 00:06:31,210 --> 00:06:32,710 You helped dad build up this company. 99 00:06:33,610 --> 00:06:37,110 Became president when he died. You know how he dreamed and worked for this 100 00:06:37,110 --> 00:06:38,110 plane. 101 00:06:38,810 --> 00:06:39,810 I know, Jeff. 102 00:06:39,970 --> 00:06:41,590 You also know Walker's reputation. 103 00:06:42,270 --> 00:06:44,930 You give him a foothold, and the next thing you know, he's in control. 104 00:06:45,430 --> 00:06:50,070 Once in control, he'll sell us to Con Air or Skycraft so they can junk our 105 00:06:50,070 --> 00:06:51,290 to protect their own production lines. 106 00:06:52,430 --> 00:06:54,030 I'm not going to sit quiet for that. 107 00:06:54,450 --> 00:06:56,610 Not while it's no longer a dream, but a reality. 108 00:06:58,810 --> 00:06:59,810 Jeff, what if... 109 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:02,080 Reality comes unglued tomorrow. 110 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:03,500 It won't! 111 00:07:04,260 --> 00:07:07,220 That plane will take anything we or the FAA can give it. 112 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,640 Court, you haven't already accepted Walker's offer, have you? 113 00:07:13,940 --> 00:07:15,920 Huh? No, of course not. 114 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,340 Good. By tomorrow, you'll wonder why you ever listened to him. 115 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:21,540 I hope so. 116 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:26,700 Jeff, about you and Lola, I, uh, I'm really very sorry. 117 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,040 I wish I could say the same. 118 00:07:42,430 --> 00:07:43,430 Jeff? 119 00:07:44,390 --> 00:07:45,390 Oh, Violet. 120 00:07:46,450 --> 00:07:48,430 Well, was that Bill just taking off? 121 00:07:51,150 --> 00:07:52,570 Well done, him. 122 00:07:53,970 --> 00:07:55,710 Was he supposed to see you before he left? 123 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,100 Well, when you live in the sagebrush and your husband lives in the city, it 124 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:03,220 would be rather nice if he stopped to wave to you once in a while, don't you 125 00:08:03,220 --> 00:08:04,220 think? 126 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:06,400 Say, Lola wasn't with him, was she? 127 00:08:06,940 --> 00:08:07,940 Yes, she was. Why? 128 00:08:09,060 --> 00:08:12,240 Well, then get out another glass, Dad. We're going to drink a confusion. 129 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:13,920 A confusion? 130 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,500 Yeah. To Lola and Bill. 131 00:08:17,380 --> 00:08:18,380 Why include Lola? 132 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,840 Why not? Bill's been buzzing around her like a bee around a daffodil for the 133 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:23,840 last six months. 134 00:08:24,140 --> 00:08:25,440 Or didn't you know that? 135 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,060 No, I didn't. 136 00:08:27,780 --> 00:08:29,020 I've had other problems. 137 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:31,120 All right. 138 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:34,120 To Lola and Bill. 139 00:08:35,700 --> 00:08:36,700 A confusion. 140 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:37,960 A confusion. 141 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:41,900 Who is it? 142 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:43,280 Jeff. 143 00:08:45,380 --> 00:08:47,280 Jeff? What do you want? 144 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,640 Where's Lola? She's gone to bed. 145 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,140 You can't go in there. 146 00:08:57,969 --> 00:08:59,550 Okay. You give her the message. 147 00:09:00,670 --> 00:09:02,690 You tell her to stay away from Bill Ryder. 148 00:09:03,470 --> 00:09:05,490 Why do you care what happens to Lola now? 149 00:09:06,930 --> 00:09:07,930 I'll tell you. 150 00:09:08,810 --> 00:09:11,830 She's a silly, no -use, extravagant dame. 151 00:09:12,390 --> 00:09:17,990 But I brought her here from Argentina and lived with her for three years, and 152 00:09:17,990 --> 00:09:19,190 feel responsible for her. 153 00:09:19,490 --> 00:09:22,110 Like you would a stray cat that you picked up. 154 00:09:22,710 --> 00:09:23,890 Stray cat, am I? 155 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:26,690 Silly, no -use, extravagant. 156 00:09:27,130 --> 00:09:29,350 Well, let me tell you what you are. A stupid ox. 157 00:09:30,010 --> 00:09:33,930 And as far as Bill Ryder goes, I will see him when, how, and as often as I 158 00:09:34,010 --> 00:09:35,010 So? 159 00:09:36,650 --> 00:09:38,630 So, it's your funeral. 160 00:09:41,830 --> 00:09:44,210 But, uh, let me tell you this. 161 00:09:45,110 --> 00:09:46,570 I won't be among the mourners. 162 00:10:21,740 --> 00:10:23,860 I'm still reading you loud and clear, Bill. 163 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:25,080 Stand by. 164 00:10:25,420 --> 00:10:28,200 He's at 15 ,000 feet. The clouds are just above him. 165 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,040 Tell him he's got to climb to 20 ,000 feet. Clouds or no clouds. 166 00:10:32,220 --> 00:10:33,380 Ground to fly, boy. 167 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,140 Ground to fly, boy. 168 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,600 Climb to 20 ,000 feet. 169 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,020 Did he have to go up that high, Jack? 170 00:10:46,380 --> 00:10:47,560 That's part of the final test. 171 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,060 We're asking the FAA for a certification for 18 ,000 feet. 172 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,180 We want to make sure the plane has a little left to spare. 173 00:10:53,460 --> 00:10:54,460 Oh, I see. 174 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:56,080 Jeff. 175 00:10:57,700 --> 00:10:59,180 He's past 17 now. 176 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:00,820 We want instrument readings at 18. 177 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:12,440 Are you above the clouds yet? Just pulling out now. 178 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:14,680 What's your altimeter reading? 179 00:11:15,220 --> 00:11:16,340 20 ,000 feet. 180 00:11:17,020 --> 00:11:19,240 Still got plenty of climb left in it. 181 00:11:21,430 --> 00:11:22,430 Bill, this is Jeff. 182 00:11:22,530 --> 00:11:23,530 That's far enough. 183 00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:24,750 Level out now. 184 00:11:24,890 --> 00:11:25,990 Level out. Do you read me? 185 00:11:26,390 --> 00:11:27,470 Read you loud and clear. 186 00:11:28,450 --> 00:11:30,570 How soon you want me to jump off the high board? 187 00:11:31,530 --> 00:11:35,490 Start your dive whenever you're ready. And don't forget, a sharp pull out at 12 188 00:11:35,490 --> 00:11:36,490 ,000 feet. 189 00:11:36,870 --> 00:11:39,650 Wilco, sharp pull out at 12 ,000 feet. 190 00:11:40,830 --> 00:11:41,830 Here goes. 191 00:11:54,439 --> 00:11:55,439 25. 350. 192 00:11:56,620 --> 00:11:57,800 It's really moving now. 193 00:11:58,860 --> 00:11:59,860 375. 194 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:02,020 400. 195 00:12:02,820 --> 00:12:04,880 Yeah, I got some vibration in the tail section. 196 00:12:06,020 --> 00:12:07,260 Eight rounds aren't working. 197 00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:09,940 Piece is falling off the wings. 198 00:12:10,820 --> 00:12:12,120 Bill, pull out. 199 00:12:12,620 --> 00:12:13,620 Pull out. 200 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:15,220 Never mind the test. 201 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:16,840 Can't pull out. 202 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:20,580 Stick's dead. Piece is flying off the wings. Eight rounds aren't working. I 203 00:12:20,580 --> 00:12:21,479 can't do anything. 204 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:22,480 I can't. 205 00:12:24,310 --> 00:12:25,470 Bill, come in, Bill. 206 00:12:26,210 --> 00:12:27,210 What's happening? 207 00:12:27,890 --> 00:12:28,890 Come in. 208 00:12:29,650 --> 00:12:30,650 Jeff, the plane. 209 00:12:34,750 --> 00:12:36,330 Get the parts right away. Joe, hurry. 210 00:12:37,310 --> 00:12:38,830 Jeff, look up there. 211 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:55,480 For the company. 212 00:13:06,260 --> 00:13:08,580 Violet, you want the unbornish truth? 213 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,120 We ought to. Have been for months. 214 00:13:11,340 --> 00:13:15,380 Me living here, you out in a sagebrush, never seeing each other like strangers 215 00:13:15,380 --> 00:13:16,380 when we do. 216 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:18,820 Now, why don't you just be a good girl and run along? 217 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,040 Just like that, huh? 218 00:13:23,579 --> 00:13:28,540 Nine years and now I can just run along like a good girl. For nothing. 219 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,800 For not even a share of today's profits at all. 220 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:35,440 Profits? 221 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,500 You think I wrecked that plane this morning? 222 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:40,040 Well, didn't you? 223 00:13:40,580 --> 00:13:41,580 Oh, my. 224 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:45,660 Your imagination just gets bigger and bigger all the time. 225 00:13:47,020 --> 00:13:50,180 No, dear. I think you mean my ears do, don't you? 226 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:55,800 You see, that's one advantage of being ignored so much. You hear all sorts of 227 00:13:55,800 --> 00:14:01,600 things. Now, suppose I told Jeff about your meetings with that man Walker. 228 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:07,420 Do you think he'd kill you or just cripple you for life? 229 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:09,960 Who's that? 230 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:11,400 How should I know? 231 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:16,100 Well, suppose we find out. You're so anxious to get rid of me. 232 00:14:16,340 --> 00:14:19,780 All right, you win. You'll get your cut, Violet. Only take off. 233 00:14:21,579 --> 00:14:23,180 Half? All right, half. 234 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,360 Only get out of here. Use the French doors, will you? 235 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,100 And I'll call you tomorrow. 236 00:14:28,660 --> 00:14:29,660 Oh, no, dear. 237 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:30,840 I'll call you. 238 00:14:38,420 --> 00:14:39,420 See you. 239 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:41,420 Didn't I hear voices? 240 00:14:41,740 --> 00:14:42,920 Oh, sure, on the radio. 241 00:14:44,620 --> 00:14:46,000 Say, how about some champagne? 242 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,480 Just happen to have a bottle in the icebox. 243 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:50,160 Yeah, and that's another bottle. 244 00:14:50,460 --> 00:14:53,840 I'd rather have a brandy. Oh, good. Got even more of that. 245 00:14:55,780 --> 00:14:56,780 Say, Lola. 246 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,140 I wonder if you'd explain something to me. 247 00:15:00,420 --> 00:15:01,420 What? 248 00:15:02,220 --> 00:15:04,480 Well, Leander Walker phoned after you did. 249 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,400 Told me you didn't want to accept this check. 250 00:15:08,860 --> 00:15:09,860 Why? 251 00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:16,100 Perhaps first I wanted to see how much gratitude I was expected to show. 252 00:15:16,660 --> 00:15:20,290 Well, uh... First, I thought... And besides, I wanted to know more about 253 00:15:20,290 --> 00:15:21,290 you did today. 254 00:15:21,630 --> 00:15:27,110 Oh, got a haircut, shaved a second time just for you, and... What you did about 255 00:15:27,110 --> 00:15:28,110 the plane. 256 00:15:29,810 --> 00:15:33,330 Lola, I thought you said you're through with Jeff. 257 00:15:35,930 --> 00:15:36,930 I am. 258 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:42,170 Okay, then what do you care what happens to him or his plane or the company, for 259 00:15:42,170 --> 00:15:43,089 that matter? 260 00:15:43,090 --> 00:15:44,450 Then you did wreck the plane. 261 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:46,150 Look, did or didn't. 262 00:15:46,620 --> 00:15:49,420 You're getting your share, aren't you? You better come out all right. 263 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,000 Walker's going to buy your stock at a special price. 264 00:15:54,860 --> 00:15:56,680 Now, let's get back to that gratitude. 265 00:15:57,620 --> 00:16:00,100 Maybe I should be grateful to Mr. Walker instead. 266 00:16:00,900 --> 00:16:02,100 Did he suggest that? 267 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:09,760 Look, just between you and me, maybe I didn't fly that plane as good as I could 268 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:10,760 have. 269 00:16:11,460 --> 00:16:13,180 I didn't realize you were so clever. 270 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,020 It sounded over the radio as if the plane really was falling apart. 271 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:19,700 Maybe I should have gone on the stage. 272 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,040 I'll tell you one thing, though. 273 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,560 I almost waited too long to jump. 274 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:27,860 That would have been a pity. 275 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:31,820 Because then you wouldn't be able to telephone Jeff and tell him all about 276 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:33,840 Oh, telephone Jeff? 277 00:16:34,540 --> 00:16:35,800 You've got to be kidding. 278 00:16:36,140 --> 00:16:37,500 No, I'm not kidding. 279 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,440 Hey, uh, put that thing down. 280 00:16:40,970 --> 00:16:43,770 I know how to use this, and I will unless you do what I say. Now go and 281 00:16:43,770 --> 00:16:44,770 Jeff's number. 282 00:16:45,710 --> 00:16:47,750 Look, Lola, take it easy. 283 00:16:48,270 --> 00:16:51,190 You don't care for Jeff anymore, and he's the only one getting hurt by this 284 00:16:51,190 --> 00:16:53,830 thing. Why don't you just relax, hon? 285 00:16:54,150 --> 00:16:55,150 Dial the number. 286 00:19:16,090 --> 00:19:17,850 Paula was gone then for an hour and a half? 287 00:19:18,350 --> 00:19:19,350 Yes. 288 00:19:19,450 --> 00:19:24,250 She left around 10 .30 and she returned about five minutes after midnight. 289 00:19:24,750 --> 00:19:27,350 When she came in, she looked as though she'd seen a ghost. 290 00:19:28,350 --> 00:19:31,930 And later, when I tried to find out what had happened, she wouldn't even let me 291 00:19:31,930 --> 00:19:32,930 in her room. 292 00:19:33,150 --> 00:19:34,170 That's when you called Jeff? 293 00:19:34,710 --> 00:19:36,150 No, no, I called Jeff earlier. 294 00:19:37,290 --> 00:19:40,370 That's the first time I tried to place a call to Mr. Bill Ryder. 295 00:19:40,630 --> 00:19:42,110 To ask him what had happened? 296 00:19:42,430 --> 00:19:43,430 Yes. 297 00:19:44,090 --> 00:19:45,190 Tell me, Miss O 'Higgins. 298 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:46,760 Why did you call Jeff? 299 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:52,420 Well, shortly after Lola left, I became alarmed. 300 00:19:52,940 --> 00:19:56,540 I knew perfectly well she was going to the house of Mr. Ryder, and I didn't 301 00:19:56,540 --> 00:19:57,540 think that she should. 302 00:19:57,620 --> 00:19:59,240 So I called Jeff for advice. 303 00:20:00,140 --> 00:20:02,100 And what was his advice? 304 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,060 He said, leave Ryder to me. 305 00:20:06,620 --> 00:20:07,680 And then he hung up. 306 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:13,300 And since 7 o 'clock this morning, I have been placing call after call to Mr. 307 00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:14,940 Ryder, and I haven't gotten any answer. 308 00:20:15,450 --> 00:20:20,470 Wouldn't that, on top of how Lola looked, make one wonder if something had 309 00:20:20,470 --> 00:20:21,470 happened, Mr. Mason? 310 00:20:21,870 --> 00:20:23,270 Jeff didn't answer at the club. 311 00:20:23,570 --> 00:20:25,910 All right. Do you have Mr. Ryder's telephone number? 312 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:27,250 Yes. 313 00:20:27,570 --> 00:20:29,390 Empire 69500. 314 00:20:30,750 --> 00:20:34,790 If something has happened to Mr. Ryder, just what is it you'd like us to do, 315 00:20:34,870 --> 00:20:35,870 Miss O 'Higgins? 316 00:20:36,130 --> 00:20:39,310 I want you to protect Lola in every way that you can. 317 00:20:40,090 --> 00:20:42,070 The same even if nothing has happened. 318 00:20:42,370 --> 00:20:43,610 This Mr. 319 00:20:43,810 --> 00:20:46,250 Ryder seems... It seems to have some kind of a hold over her. 320 00:20:46,530 --> 00:20:48,090 I'm sure of it from her manner. 321 00:20:48,710 --> 00:20:50,830 And you want us to find out what that hold is? 322 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:52,450 Yes. 323 00:20:52,870 --> 00:20:54,170 So it can be dealt with. 324 00:20:55,190 --> 00:20:56,190 No answer. 325 00:20:57,290 --> 00:21:01,690 Well, I can't commit myself as far as representing Lola or Jeff or anyone, 326 00:21:01,690 --> 00:21:04,350 O 'Higgins, until I find out what actually has happened. 327 00:21:05,390 --> 00:21:06,690 We'll be in touch with you later. 328 00:21:07,410 --> 00:21:08,410 Call. 329 00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:21,580 Well, Perry? 330 00:21:22,940 --> 00:21:23,940 Well, Paul? 331 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:34,900 Glass. 332 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:36,720 Think the wind did this, Paul? 333 00:21:37,060 --> 00:21:38,860 Well, if it did, it also unlocked the door. 334 00:21:39,540 --> 00:21:41,400 Maybe we've caught up with Mr. Ryder. 335 00:21:46,620 --> 00:21:48,440 I'd say somebody else caught up with him first. 336 00:21:49,110 --> 00:21:50,110 Somebody with a gun. 337 00:21:51,930 --> 00:21:55,450 And... Not exactly. 338 00:21:56,430 --> 00:21:58,710 11 .58 last night, if this clock's right. 339 00:21:59,790 --> 00:22:01,550 Which pretty well clears Lola Bronson. 340 00:22:02,390 --> 00:22:06,250 She'd have had a hard time making the 15 or so miles to her hotel in five or six 341 00:22:06,250 --> 00:22:10,090 minutes. And she doesn't look like the type to be knocking over the furniture, 342 00:22:10,150 --> 00:22:11,150 either. 343 00:22:11,190 --> 00:22:15,730 From the look of things, I'd say that Ryder discovered a prowler, struggled 344 00:22:15,730 --> 00:22:17,210 him, and got killed in the process. 345 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,340 Somehow I don't think so, Paul. 346 00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:30,420 Operator, I'd like police headquarters. 347 00:22:32,380 --> 00:22:33,380 Yes, emergency. 348 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:36,700 Central Police. 349 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,660 Lieutenant Tragg, homicide, please. 350 00:22:39,260 --> 00:22:41,040 Well, that's good of you to call me, Perry. 351 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:43,780 Normally, you're not quite so thoughtful. 352 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:47,000 Have you been here all the time, Lieutenant? 353 00:22:47,630 --> 00:22:48,630 No, no. 354 00:22:49,030 --> 00:22:53,370 This lady, Mrs. Violet Ryder, came in through this door and discovered her 355 00:22:53,370 --> 00:22:54,370 husband's body. 356 00:22:54,730 --> 00:22:56,270 Called police and they notified me. 357 00:22:56,650 --> 00:22:58,990 Well, Mrs. Ryder, wouldn't you like to wait in the car with the driver? 358 00:22:59,490 --> 00:23:00,710 Yes, I would, thank you. 359 00:23:03,130 --> 00:23:04,930 Well, now, Perry, could we have your story? 360 00:23:06,170 --> 00:23:11,310 Yes, Paul and I came here to see Mr. Ryder on behalf of some stockholders of 361 00:23:11,310 --> 00:23:12,490 Bronson Aircraft Company. 362 00:23:12,790 --> 00:23:14,370 He was their chief test pilot. 363 00:23:14,930 --> 00:23:15,930 Yes, so I'm told. 364 00:23:17,199 --> 00:23:20,620 We noted the broken door when we investigated. We saw the body. 365 00:23:21,540 --> 00:23:24,740 And then, as good citizens should, we put in a call to the police. 366 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,340 Well, then, now, as good citizens, would you and Paul mind clearing out so that 367 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:29,340 we can get to work? 368 00:23:29,820 --> 00:23:34,160 Or should you wait on behalf of your stockholders, Perry? 369 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000 No. 370 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:37,760 No need to stay, Lieutenant. 371 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:40,080 Come on, Paul. 372 00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:49,199 It wasn't a burglary. 373 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:50,400 Glass only on the outside. 374 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:52,120 Broken from the inside. 375 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,060 Uh -huh. And if Tragg hasn't already seen that, he will soon. We'd better 376 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,520 I want you to find Jeff Bronson and bring him back to my office. Meantime, 377 00:23:58,520 --> 00:23:59,600 talk to Lola Bronson. All right. 378 00:24:00,820 --> 00:24:04,100 Of course I'm shocked. Death by violence is always shocking. 379 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:07,600 But why did you find it necessary to come here and tell me in person? 380 00:24:09,340 --> 00:24:10,340 When I saw Mr. 381 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,500 Mason today, I told him about your going to Bill Wright of health last night, 382 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:14,520 darling. 383 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,220 And now you believe it was I who killed him. 384 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,920 Lola, Mr. Mason isn't here to accuse you of anything. 385 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:20,700 He's here to help you. 386 00:24:21,820 --> 00:24:23,540 Why should I want or need help? 387 00:24:24,340 --> 00:24:25,860 I was never in the house at all. 388 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:31,420 I did drive there, but at the door I heard voices, and I just went away. 389 00:24:31,780 --> 00:24:35,880 Tell me, what time was it when you heard these voices inside? 390 00:24:37,620 --> 00:24:39,540 Eleven, or perhaps a few minutes after. Why? 391 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,980 Did one of the voices belong to Jeff? 392 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:43,840 No. 393 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,660 Besides, what would he be doing there? 394 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,220 Mr. Higgins called him last night. 395 00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:50,560 Told him you were there. 396 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:53,260 I'll explain later, darling. 397 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:55,740 But Jeff couldn't have been there. 398 00:24:56,140 --> 00:24:58,820 It was ten minutes past eleven when I called him at his number. 399 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:03,960 Hello? 400 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,280 Yes, he's here. 401 00:25:07,380 --> 00:25:08,380 Mr. Drake. 402 00:25:08,420 --> 00:25:09,420 Thank you. 403 00:25:11,540 --> 00:25:12,540 Hello, Paul. 404 00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:14,360 Any luck with... 405 00:25:20,330 --> 00:25:21,330 Yes, I see. 406 00:25:23,470 --> 00:25:24,470 Thanks. 407 00:25:25,470 --> 00:25:30,650 Well, whether Jeff was there or not, he's been picked up by the police. 408 00:25:31,950 --> 00:25:32,990 On what charge? 409 00:25:33,610 --> 00:25:34,610 Murder. 410 00:25:40,590 --> 00:25:45,890 He traced for us the path of the bullet through the ribcage of the deceased and 411 00:25:45,890 --> 00:25:47,370 into one of the ventricles of the heart. 412 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,500 How far would you say the pistol was held from the decedent's body at the 413 00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:52,479 of the fatal shooting? 414 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:56,420 Ten to twelve inches, judging from the severity and the extent of the powder 415 00:25:56,420 --> 00:26:00,380 burns. Did you discover anything unusual when you examined the body? 416 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,420 Yes, there was a mild contusion or bump on the back of the deceased's head. 417 00:26:05,780 --> 00:26:11,100 Now, as an experienced pathologist who's examined hundreds of bodies, would you 418 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:14,860 say, Doctor, that the decedent had engaged in a violent struggle with some 419 00:26:14,860 --> 00:26:16,860 adversary immediately before death? 420 00:26:17,770 --> 00:26:20,890 I would say there'd been no violent struggle with anyone. 421 00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:22,349 I see. 422 00:26:22,350 --> 00:26:23,730 Thank you, Doctor. That'll be all. 423 00:26:23,950 --> 00:26:24,950 Your witness. 424 00:26:26,210 --> 00:26:30,130 Doctor, in your opinion, from the condition of the body, could the 425 00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:33,210 engaged in a mild struggle with someone before death occurred? 426 00:26:34,110 --> 00:26:39,450 I suppose so, with someone either unwilling or unable to exert much 427 00:26:40,270 --> 00:26:41,390 A woman, perhaps? 428 00:26:43,630 --> 00:26:44,630 Perhaps. 429 00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:46,550 Thank you, Doctor. That'll be all. 430 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:54,120 The moment I saw the glass on the ground outside the French door, I knew it 431 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:58,360 wasn't burglary, even though somebody obviously wanted us to think that it 432 00:26:58,660 --> 00:26:59,660 I see. 433 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,760 Lieutenant, I show you three bullets. 434 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:06,300 One of them has already been identified as having been found in the deceased's 435 00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:09,960 body. Now, I ask if you recognize these two slugs. Oh, yes, sir. They have my 436 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:11,840 identification marks on them. 437 00:27:12,140 --> 00:27:16,260 This one was found in the wall of the deceased's living room, and this one 438 00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:17,340 a log in the fireplace. 439 00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:20,570 How do you account for the fact that three shots were fired? 440 00:27:21,030 --> 00:27:22,030 Well, quite easily. 441 00:27:22,450 --> 00:27:27,550 The murder shot, and then two more to bolster the burglary idea, to make it 442 00:27:27,550 --> 00:27:28,550 like there'd been a struggle. 443 00:27:28,990 --> 00:27:35,210 Your Honor, I move that both question and answer be stricken. The district 444 00:27:35,210 --> 00:27:37,550 attorney has enticed this witness into a conclusion. 445 00:27:38,250 --> 00:27:39,250 Objection sustained. 446 00:27:40,150 --> 00:27:42,370 Question and answer will be stricken from the record. 447 00:27:43,450 --> 00:27:46,550 Yes, I look at the Starzluma telescope almost every night. 448 00:27:47,230 --> 00:27:50,670 Yes, and what did you observe in the general vicinity of the Ryder house? 449 00:27:51,010 --> 00:27:54,470 Well, I made my usual observations about the time I got home from work. 450 00:27:54,910 --> 00:27:56,150 That's near to midnight. 451 00:27:56,770 --> 00:27:59,290 Made my usual sweep of the sky and city. 452 00:27:59,490 --> 00:28:03,250 We're only interested in the decedent's house, Mr. Finney. 453 00:28:03,690 --> 00:28:08,450 Well, I saw a man come out about 12 o 'clock through the French doors and got 454 00:28:08,450 --> 00:28:10,170 into a car parked about a half a block away. 455 00:28:10,970 --> 00:28:13,330 I got the license number when he passed under the streetlight. 456 00:28:13,970 --> 00:28:15,210 That's how they caught him so quick. 457 00:28:15,530 --> 00:28:16,670 When I gave that number to the police. 458 00:28:17,070 --> 00:28:18,770 You're sure about remembering the number? 459 00:28:19,250 --> 00:28:20,250 Excellent memory. 460 00:28:20,630 --> 00:28:21,670 Recall the license number? 461 00:28:21,910 --> 00:28:25,150 Also recall another man tried the doorbell a little bit later. 462 00:28:25,650 --> 00:28:26,950 No answer, so he left. 463 00:28:27,470 --> 00:28:31,330 You later saw another person try to get into the Ryder house and then leave? 464 00:28:32,170 --> 00:28:34,630 Do you recognize that person in this courtroom today? 465 00:28:35,450 --> 00:28:37,030 Yeah, that's him, sitting right over there. 466 00:28:41,250 --> 00:28:43,650 Well, sir, I was just looking for a place to sleep. 467 00:28:44,010 --> 00:28:47,150 Yeah, I'd been in town checking on jobs since it looked like the company was 468 00:28:47,150 --> 00:28:48,230 going broke in a hurry. 469 00:28:48,570 --> 00:28:51,850 Anyway, it was too late to get back to the field, so I thought I'd stay with 470 00:28:51,850 --> 00:28:53,170 Bill. Done it before. 471 00:28:54,330 --> 00:28:56,390 Dropped by there twice that night. There was no one home. 472 00:28:56,890 --> 00:28:59,110 So I went to a motel down the street. 473 00:29:00,030 --> 00:29:03,150 I want to go back now to something that took place earlier. I call your 474 00:29:03,150 --> 00:29:07,890 attention to the scene between Violet Ryder and the defendant at the test 475 00:29:07,890 --> 00:29:10,310 center's administration bungalow the night before the murder. 476 00:29:11,090 --> 00:29:12,710 Loaded. Both of them. 477 00:29:13,070 --> 00:29:15,970 They'd pretty well finished a whole bottle of whiskey before I joined them. 478 00:29:16,170 --> 00:29:17,470 What were they doing at that time? 479 00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:19,690 Well, telling how they fell in love. 480 00:29:20,570 --> 00:29:24,170 Violet was saying how she was just a hat -check girl when Ryder first met her. 481 00:29:24,590 --> 00:29:29,210 And Jeff was telling how he and Ryder had been forced down once in Argentina 482 00:29:29,210 --> 00:29:34,370 how Lola rode up to the plane looking like a goddess on horseback. 483 00:29:34,670 --> 00:29:36,610 Fell in love with her the minute he saw her, Jeff said. 484 00:29:37,530 --> 00:29:41,370 Then, well, then they started drinking confusions. 485 00:29:42,229 --> 00:29:45,690 And Violet, why, she suggested a killing swap. 486 00:29:46,470 --> 00:29:47,470 Killing swap? 487 00:29:47,750 --> 00:29:52,630 Yeah, suggested she kill Lola and that Jeff kill Ryder to pay them back for all 488 00:29:52,630 --> 00:29:55,150 the trouble they caused and no one any the wiser. 489 00:29:56,270 --> 00:29:58,730 And, well, they drank to that. 490 00:29:59,390 --> 00:30:01,210 Of course, I suppose they was just kidding. 491 00:30:02,350 --> 00:30:04,250 Well, of course we were just kidding. 492 00:30:04,990 --> 00:30:07,870 Well, if we were going to do anything like that, you don't think we'd talk 493 00:30:07,870 --> 00:30:11,050 it in front of a sub -cretan of a mechanic, do you? 494 00:30:11,450 --> 00:30:15,310 Mrs. Ryder, you must confine yourself to answering Mr. Mason's questions. 495 00:30:15,670 --> 00:30:17,370 I don't want to have to warn you again. 496 00:30:18,910 --> 00:30:19,910 Okay, Your Honor. 497 00:30:20,770 --> 00:30:24,670 You've described how you found your husband's body, Mrs. Ryder, but you 498 00:30:24,670 --> 00:30:27,510 yet told us when you last saw him alive. Now, when was that? 499 00:30:29,430 --> 00:30:32,670 I guess it was just after he parachuted down that morning. 500 00:30:33,310 --> 00:30:36,050 You're certain you didn't see him later, later that evening? 501 00:30:36,670 --> 00:30:38,510 No, no, of course not. 502 00:30:39,310 --> 00:30:43,490 Oh, look, Mr. Mason, I wish I had have been with him. Then none of this would 503 00:30:43,490 --> 00:30:44,710 ever have happened, never. 504 00:30:47,130 --> 00:30:50,550 Now, Lieutenant, I recalled you at this time because you were the one charged 505 00:30:50,550 --> 00:30:55,270 with the ballistic tests on this pistol, already introduced in evidence as 506 00:30:55,270 --> 00:30:56,270 People's Exhibit 4. 507 00:30:56,530 --> 00:30:57,530 I'm the one. 508 00:30:57,650 --> 00:31:02,190 Now, to review for a moment, you heard how the arresting officer, having been 509 00:31:02,190 --> 00:31:05,770 given the defendant's license number by our friend with the telescope. 510 00:31:06,430 --> 00:31:10,110 went to Mr. Bronson's club downtown and impounded his car. 511 00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:13,830 How he waited there for the defendant to return and then took him into custody 512 00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:14,809 for questioning. 513 00:31:14,810 --> 00:31:15,810 Yes, sir, I heard. 514 00:31:15,950 --> 00:31:19,990 I am, of course, leading this witness, but since this is purely preliminary, I 515 00:31:19,990 --> 00:31:20,990 trust there is no objection. 516 00:31:21,950 --> 00:31:23,570 You may proceed, Mr. Berger. 517 00:31:24,730 --> 00:31:29,990 You have heard also, have you not, how when a proper search was made of the 518 00:31:29,990 --> 00:31:34,490 defendant's car, the officer found this pistol and also this wallet. 519 00:31:35,050 --> 00:31:39,430 identified as belonging to the deceased, wrapped in rags and hidden under the 520 00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:41,430 spare tire in the trunk of the defendant's car. 521 00:31:41,790 --> 00:31:43,590 I heard the officer, so testify. 522 00:31:43,870 --> 00:31:47,930 Now, Lieutenant, I ask you what you found when the officer turned this 523 00:31:47,930 --> 00:31:49,490 over to you for ballistic tests. 524 00:31:49,890 --> 00:31:53,090 I found it was registered to Jefferson Bronson, the defendant. 525 00:31:54,030 --> 00:32:00,210 I found that a test slug matched all three slugs fired from this pistol found 526 00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:01,109 the murder room. 527 00:32:01,110 --> 00:32:02,250 And that meant what? 528 00:32:02,490 --> 00:32:04,270 That the fatal bullet in the other two... 529 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,360 Came from the defendant's pistol. 530 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:08,160 No. 531 00:32:08,300 --> 00:32:09,400 This is all wrong. 532 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,400 Jeff didn't kill Bill Ryder. He couldn't have because I killed him. 533 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,640 Don't pay any attention to her, Your Honor. Sit down. I killed Ryder. 534 00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:18,900 I told Mr. Mason I was never in the house. 535 00:32:19,140 --> 00:32:20,220 That I was being framed. 536 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:21,760 That it was a lie. 537 00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:24,240 We fought over the gun and I shot him. 538 00:32:24,740 --> 00:32:26,260 Then I tried to make it look like a burglary. 539 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,520 That isn't true. I did it. I killed him. 540 00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:31,100 She's lying. 541 00:32:31,620 --> 00:32:32,620 I killed him. 542 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:37,999 Now, Mr. 543 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,840 Bronson, let's have the highlights of your story again, if you don't mind. 544 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,120 Well, Conception called me about 11 .10. 545 00:32:45,060 --> 00:32:47,640 Told me she was worried about Lola being at Ryder's alone. 546 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,240 I told her I'd take care of Ryder, or something like that. 547 00:32:53,140 --> 00:32:54,720 So I got my gun and I drove over. 548 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,420 Had already figured out what he'd done that morning. 549 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,260 And when he let me in and I saw no Lola, I accused him of wrecking the plane. 550 00:33:02,660 --> 00:33:05,280 He got sore and came at me with a poker, so I shot him. 551 00:33:07,219 --> 00:33:09,460 when I got the idea of the fake burglary. 552 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:11,940 And then I fired another shot. 553 00:33:12,780 --> 00:33:15,480 There were two extra slugs found in the living room, Jeff. 554 00:33:16,060 --> 00:33:20,720 I mean, two extra shots to make the struggle look like it was bigger than it 555 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:21,679 was. 556 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:25,840 And the glass with the whiskey, you wiped it clean and put it with the 557 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:30,680 Look, Perry, if Lola had been in the house, which she hadn't, why should I 558 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,020 for her? We're all through. 559 00:33:32,420 --> 00:33:33,780 Why is she covering for you? 560 00:33:34,580 --> 00:33:36,320 Well, who knows why a woman does anything? 561 00:33:38,860 --> 00:33:41,520 Now, would you please return the prisoner to his cell? 562 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:44,980 Thank you, Mr. Bronson. 563 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,800 Well, Perry, which one would you rather defend? 564 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,100 Which one are you going to prosecute? 565 00:33:58,300 --> 00:34:01,040 Well, one thing is certain. They can't both be guilty. 566 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,000 But I'd hate the thought of it being either one of them. They're such nice 567 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,000 people. 568 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:07,080 Nice but stubborn. 569 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:08,760 Hello, Paul. Hi, Perry. 570 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,460 What's Berger going to do, do you know yet? 571 00:34:12,340 --> 00:34:14,340 He'll continue against Jeff, probably. 572 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,280 If only to prove he was right. 573 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:17,820 Of course, he has Jeff nailed. 574 00:34:18,260 --> 00:34:19,260 Weapon, opportunity. 575 00:34:20,020 --> 00:34:21,500 What better motive than jealousy? 576 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,500 Not to mention wrecking a man's plane, ruining his company. 577 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:27,400 It went for that third bullet. 578 00:34:28,420 --> 00:34:29,420 Third bullet? 579 00:34:29,540 --> 00:34:31,320 Jeff said that he fired two shots. 580 00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:36,900 Then amended his story hastily when I reminded him that Tragg had recovered 581 00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:37,899 three slugs. 582 00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:39,520 Somebody else could have fired that pistol. 583 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:40,800 It isn't likely. 584 00:34:41,460 --> 00:34:43,440 But it's about the only thing we have to go on. 585 00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:47,420 Harry, maybe something I just found out fits in with that third bullet. 586 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,960 Remember, you asked us to check the whereabouts of Violet Ryder the night of 587 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,900 murder? What did you come up with? I had one of my men check the register of the 588 00:34:54,900 --> 00:34:56,880 motel where Clarence Keller stayed that night. 589 00:34:57,660 --> 00:35:00,900 Violet was registered there, too. Not three blocks from the Ryder house. 590 00:35:03,020 --> 00:35:05,480 All right, so I was in town. What does that prove? 591 00:35:06,380 --> 00:35:10,600 Proves perjury, Mrs. Ryder, and a possible jail term. Now, would you like 592 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:11,600 to jail? 593 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:13,080 Oh, no. 594 00:35:13,940 --> 00:35:14,940 No. 595 00:35:15,740 --> 00:35:18,400 Oh, please, Mr. Mason, what do you want from me? 596 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:19,680 I want the truth. 597 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:23,040 Now, you did pay a visit to your husband that night, didn't you? 598 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:29,060 Well, yes, but... Well, I knew he was getting some money for that plane that 599 00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:30,060 he'd wrecked and... 600 00:35:30,090 --> 00:35:33,130 Well, I just wanted to talk to him about it, but he pushed me right out of the 601 00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:34,130 house. 602 00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:38,470 Well, look, Mr. Mason, if I told the police one thing, I'd have to tell them 603 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:42,770 other. And, I mean, their knowing about the plane couldn't help anyone, and, 604 00:35:42,790 --> 00:35:46,990 well, I was afraid it might just make things worse for Jeff, that's all. 605 00:35:47,310 --> 00:35:52,090 Now, this money your husband was getting, did you expect to receive a 606 00:35:52,090 --> 00:35:53,090 it? 607 00:35:54,370 --> 00:35:57,590 Yes, but only because I was Bill's wife. 608 00:35:58,140 --> 00:36:00,160 I mean, there was nothing special that I knew. 609 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:05,080 Look, Mr. Mason, why don't you talk to Courtney Patton? He must have been in on 610 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:06,080 the deal, too. 611 00:36:09,980 --> 00:36:12,300 Yeah, I double -crossed Jeff. 612 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,740 I sold Leanna Walker half my stock for $50 ,000. 613 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,160 Insurance, he called it. 614 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:21,480 I'm ashamed. 615 00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:25,720 Aren't you more ashamed of being involved with Ryder and wrecking Jeff's 616 00:36:26,230 --> 00:36:30,150 Oh, now, look, Mr. Mason, I didn't know anything about that. That wreck cost me 617 00:36:30,150 --> 00:36:34,950 plenty, because I still had stock in the company then. 618 00:36:35,850 --> 00:36:36,850 Still had? 619 00:36:38,190 --> 00:36:43,610 I sold Walker the rest of my stock three days ago for ten cents a share. 620 00:36:44,510 --> 00:36:47,970 He'd been trying to get hold of the company for three months, the only way 621 00:36:47,970 --> 00:36:48,970 could think of. 622 00:36:49,050 --> 00:36:50,290 Where can we find Walker? 623 00:36:51,770 --> 00:36:53,870 Gee, was it the Sunset Ritz? 624 00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:57,160 Not now. He could be anywhere. 625 00:37:00,060 --> 00:37:02,580 Wait a minute, will you? I want another drink. 626 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:06,660 Paul, I want an all -out search. 627 00:37:07,300 --> 00:37:10,740 Also recheck the whole telephone calls made from Ryder's place the night of the 628 00:37:10,740 --> 00:37:12,380 murder. Maybe he was in communication with Walter. 629 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,400 Mr. Mason, just for your information, I've decided not to proceed against Lola 630 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,220 Bronson. I don't even want her as a material witness. 631 00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:28,090 As far as I'm concerned, she can clear out right now there are just too many 632 00:37:28,090 --> 00:37:29,090 holes in her story. 633 00:37:30,090 --> 00:37:34,190 As for Mr. Bronson, you can either plead him guilty as charged, or I'll proceed 634 00:37:34,190 --> 00:37:35,190 with the prosecution. 635 00:37:38,250 --> 00:37:40,930 Here's a list of the phone calls made the night of the murder. Release the 636 00:37:40,930 --> 00:37:43,650 call and check those made from Ryder's house. 637 00:37:44,430 --> 00:37:48,710 One to Patton, one to the Sunset Ritz, one downtown to Jeff. 638 00:37:49,670 --> 00:37:52,350 Ryder never called me that night, Perry. Only Conception. 639 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,320 The important one is from the Sunset Ritz. Walker just checked out and took a 640 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:57,320 cab to the airport. 641 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,340 Paul, get your car out of the lot and meet me out in front. 642 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:01,560 All right. 643 00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:03,420 What are you going to do, Perry? 644 00:38:04,420 --> 00:38:07,760 First, you want to tell Mr. Berger and Judge Abernathy that we found the 645 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:08,760 murderer. 646 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:16,960 Thank you. 647 00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:22,420 I was about to despair of you ladies. 648 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,880 At your service again, Mrs. Bronson. And yours too, Mrs. Higgins. 649 00:38:27,540 --> 00:38:28,540 Shall we board the plane? 650 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,360 I think we'd better check our tickets first. 651 00:38:38,220 --> 00:38:39,220 Mr. Walker? 652 00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:43,760 Mason. I'm afraid you're going to miss your flight, Mr. Walker. This is 653 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,380 Bryce. He has a warrant for your arrest. 654 00:38:45,980 --> 00:38:46,980 Arrest? 655 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:48,320 On what grounds? 656 00:38:49,509 --> 00:38:52,070 Conspiracy to defraud, industrial sabotage. 657 00:38:52,310 --> 00:38:53,970 Isn't that why you're leaving for South America? 658 00:38:54,590 --> 00:38:58,470 I'm leaving for South America because that's where Mrs. Bronson is going to 659 00:38:58,470 --> 00:38:59,470 me her stocks. 660 00:39:00,970 --> 00:39:03,890 Mr. Walker, who told you I'd do that? 661 00:39:04,170 --> 00:39:05,950 Your cousin, Miss O 'Higgins. 662 00:39:06,390 --> 00:39:07,750 All right, Mr. Walker, let's go. 663 00:39:13,510 --> 00:39:14,590 Why Conception? 664 00:39:14,810 --> 00:39:16,170 And why didn't you tell me? 665 00:39:16,490 --> 00:39:17,650 I'll tell you on the plane. 666 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:22,820 Lola. Take a moment. 667 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:27,700 I'm afraid there are a lot of things she hasn't told you. 668 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:29,900 What? 669 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,720 She hasn't told you that she followed you to Ryder's house that night. 670 00:39:34,180 --> 00:39:37,220 That she was watching while you struggled with him. Watching when that 671 00:39:37,220 --> 00:39:38,220 went off. 672 00:39:38,420 --> 00:39:41,540 That she must have seen him fall against a chair and knock himself unconscious. 673 00:39:43,660 --> 00:39:44,660 Unconscious? 674 00:39:45,220 --> 00:39:46,260 But he was dead. 675 00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:48,100 No, he wasn't. 676 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:52,100 Because after you ran out, she got hold of the gun. 677 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:54,280 And she killed him. 678 00:39:55,220 --> 00:39:56,360 Isn't that right, Conception? 679 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,140 But how could I have done it? 680 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,720 I was at the hotel telephoning Jeff at that very moment. 681 00:40:04,020 --> 00:40:07,640 You called Jeff not from the hotel, but from Ryder's house. 682 00:40:08,140 --> 00:40:09,460 After Ryder was dead. 683 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,240 We have a record of that telephone call. 684 00:40:14,580 --> 00:40:15,580 Conception? 685 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:22,500 He was an evil man. 686 00:40:23,860 --> 00:40:26,480 I knew he would never rest until he got you. 687 00:40:28,540 --> 00:40:34,600 After you ran, he picked himself up and he went to pour himself a drink. 688 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,000 I took the pistol. 689 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:45,840 But he laughed when I told him he should never see you again or I would have him 690 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:47,320 arrested for what he'd done to Jeff. 691 00:40:49,710 --> 00:40:53,970 He laughed when I told him that you were going back to South America with me. 692 00:40:56,010 --> 00:40:57,010 He laughed. 693 00:40:58,130 --> 00:41:01,170 He took my arm and he twisted it. 694 00:41:04,550 --> 00:41:05,710 I shot him. 695 00:41:09,790 --> 00:41:12,270 Evidence unearthed by my esteemed colleague. 696 00:41:12,650 --> 00:41:16,310 The state will not oppose a defense motion for dismissal. 697 00:41:16,750 --> 00:41:17,850 Defense so moved. 698 00:41:18,410 --> 00:41:19,410 Very well. 699 00:41:19,790 --> 00:41:20,790 Case dismissed. 700 00:41:20,990 --> 00:41:23,350 With the defendant to be released from custody at once. 701 00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:28,110 The court is recessed for 15 minutes. 702 00:41:36,770 --> 00:41:40,130 Well, so ends the mystery of the three shots. 703 00:41:40,490 --> 00:41:45,690 One fired by Lola, one by Jeff, one fired by Conception. I still have a 704 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,960 Why Walker's continued eagerness to buy Bronson's stock? 705 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:54,500 Well, once in control, then by threatening to build another test plane, 706 00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:58,240 force one of the other aircraft companies to buy him out. Only now the 707 00:41:58,240 --> 00:41:59,720 lending Jeff the money to build the plane himself. 708 00:42:01,140 --> 00:42:02,480 Well, I have another mystery. 709 00:42:03,060 --> 00:42:07,420 Oh, no, now, really. You said that Conception called Jeff, figuring he'd go 710 00:42:07,420 --> 00:42:12,300 Ryder's house, think Lola killed him, and then either cover up for her or take 711 00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:13,300 the blame himself. 712 00:42:13,340 --> 00:42:14,340 He did both. 713 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:19,920 But with the divorce, how could Conception think that Jeff still loved 714 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:20,920 enough to do that? 715 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:23,080 Take a look.