1 00:00:51,172 --> 00:00:52,697 [AUDIENCE CHATTERING AND SHOUTING] 2 00:01:01,349 --> 00:01:03,044 [AUDIENCE CHEERING] 3 00:01:03,217 --> 00:01:04,309 Get up, you bum. 4 00:01:04,485 --> 00:01:05,919 You can sleep later. 5 00:01:09,524 --> 00:01:11,618 He's faking it. It's a fix! 6 00:01:11,793 --> 00:01:13,192 He's going in the water. 7 00:01:13,361 --> 00:01:14,385 Get up, you-- 8 00:01:14,562 --> 00:01:15,586 [GAGGING] 9 00:01:15,763 --> 00:01:17,162 Jack! Jack! 10 00:01:17,332 --> 00:01:18,731 What's wrong? 11 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:19,924 My chest. 12 00:01:20,101 --> 00:01:22,229 I can hardly... Aah! 13 00:01:22,403 --> 00:01:25,862 MARILYN: Jack! Oh, Jack! Somebody, please, get a doctor! 14 00:01:27,175 --> 00:01:29,303 [MURMURING] 15 00:01:31,913 --> 00:01:34,507 - I'm Dr. Caudere. - Oh, doctor, what's wrong with him? 16 00:01:34,682 --> 00:01:36,480 Stand back, everyone. Give this man some room. 17 00:01:36,651 --> 00:01:38,847 Please doctor, what is it? 18 00:01:39,020 --> 00:01:40,613 I think he's having a coronary. 19 00:01:40,788 --> 00:01:42,779 Oh, no. 20 00:01:43,391 --> 00:01:45,189 Look out, look out. 21 00:01:52,934 --> 00:01:54,163 Please, hurry. Hurry! 22 00:01:54,335 --> 00:01:57,236 Gentlemen, help him on the stretcher with his feet. 23 00:01:57,405 --> 00:01:59,339 [SIREN WAILING NEARBY] 24 00:02:17,358 --> 00:02:18,792 Coronary disability. 25 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,190 Over 500 percent increase in the last three years. 26 00:02:21,362 --> 00:02:23,763 It doesn't make any sense. 27 00:02:23,931 --> 00:02:26,798 Our corporate attorney, Mr. Lanphier, he can't understand it. 28 00:02:26,968 --> 00:02:29,437 We have one of the finest actuarial departments in the country. 29 00:02:29,604 --> 00:02:32,403 Mr. Groody has had 30 years of experience, and he can't explain it. 30 00:02:32,573 --> 00:02:36,100 What we need from you, Mr. Mason, is a fresh, impartial study of our problem. 31 00:02:37,045 --> 00:02:41,505 Surely, Los Angeles isn't undergoing a sudden epidemic of coronaries. 32 00:02:41,683 --> 00:02:44,709 After all, you don't write your policies by mail order. 33 00:02:44,886 --> 00:02:46,081 All these people were examined 34 00:02:46,254 --> 00:02:48,552 then screened before you wrote their policies. 35 00:02:48,723 --> 00:02:51,055 Ours is a small company, Mr. Mason. 36 00:02:51,225 --> 00:02:54,092 Personally, I'd hate to give up writing this type of protection. 37 00:02:54,262 --> 00:02:56,128 Not only has it been very profitable in the past 38 00:02:56,297 --> 00:02:58,925 but many people need and depend upon it. 39 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:02,263 But a bankrupt company, big or small, is no protection 40 00:03:02,437 --> 00:03:04,462 and won't make anybody happy. 41 00:03:05,540 --> 00:03:07,133 All right. 42 00:03:10,044 --> 00:03:12,069 Perhaps I might confer with Mr. Groody. 43 00:03:12,246 --> 00:03:13,941 Anything. 44 00:03:21,889 --> 00:03:23,948 As your attorney, I want to go on record here and now 45 00:03:24,125 --> 00:03:25,923 against bringing Mason into this. 46 00:03:26,094 --> 00:03:27,118 Why? His reputation-- 47 00:03:27,295 --> 00:03:29,286 He has no experience in our business. 48 00:03:29,464 --> 00:03:32,024 He could involve us in legal situations we'll all regret. 49 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,100 Have you thought of that? 50 00:03:37,705 --> 00:03:40,231 - Oh, Doreen. - Yes, sir. 51 00:03:40,408 --> 00:03:42,069 This is Mr. Perry Mason. 52 00:03:42,243 --> 00:03:43,870 He's just undertaken a... 53 00:03:44,045 --> 00:03:45,911 Well, uh, a special legal study for the company. 54 00:03:46,547 --> 00:03:48,641 - It's a pleasure. - My pleasure. 55 00:03:48,816 --> 00:03:50,113 GROODY: Ms. Wilde is my assistant. 56 00:03:50,284 --> 00:03:53,117 Doreen, could you run copies of all our disability composites, 57 00:03:53,287 --> 00:03:54,345 computer cross-analysis, 58 00:03:54,522 --> 00:03:57,753 and lists of all of our disability policyholders now being compensated? 59 00:03:58,292 --> 00:03:59,919 Yes, sir. Anything else? 60 00:04:01,129 --> 00:04:02,153 What else is there? 61 00:04:13,674 --> 00:04:16,006 - Making any progress? GROODY: Heh. 62 00:04:16,177 --> 00:04:17,736 Well, we've been at it long enough 63 00:04:17,912 --> 00:04:22,179 to have taken the square root of minus one and made mathematical history. 64 00:04:22,350 --> 00:04:23,374 That's only the difficult. 65 00:04:23,551 --> 00:04:26,043 The impossible might take us a little longer. 66 00:04:26,220 --> 00:04:27,278 Impossible? 67 00:04:27,455 --> 00:04:28,513 Like what? 68 00:04:28,689 --> 00:04:32,319 Such as determining why a high percentage of disability policyholders 69 00:04:32,493 --> 00:04:35,519 are suffering and dying of heart attacks. 70 00:04:35,696 --> 00:04:38,495 I seem to be wrong, Mr. Groody. 71 00:04:38,666 --> 00:04:39,997 Wrong about what? 72 00:04:40,168 --> 00:04:43,934 They're having the heart attacks, yes, but they aren't dying. 73 00:04:44,105 --> 00:04:47,268 Oh, it's true. They're incapacitated. That's our problem, you see. 74 00:04:47,441 --> 00:04:49,603 We have to continue paying disability benefits as long-- 75 00:04:49,777 --> 00:04:51,108 Why aren't they dying, Mr. Groody? 76 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,043 Serious coronaries? 77 00:04:53,214 --> 00:04:55,740 Isn't the mortality rate normally high? 78 00:04:55,917 --> 00:04:56,941 Oh, yes. About 10 percent. 79 00:04:57,118 --> 00:05:00,053 Well, what is it among your policyholders? 80 00:05:01,956 --> 00:05:04,220 It's less than 1.8 percent. 81 00:05:06,327 --> 00:05:07,817 Company's been so close to the problem 82 00:05:07,995 --> 00:05:10,692 they've apparently overlooked this disparity. 83 00:05:10,865 --> 00:05:12,924 Aren't these disability cases examined 84 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:15,364 and certified by your own company physician? 85 00:05:15,536 --> 00:05:19,063 Oh, yes, and reexamined and re-certified at regular intervals 86 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:20,833 with new electrocardiograms. 87 00:05:21,943 --> 00:05:26,608 Mr. Groody, could you arrange for me to obtain these electrocardiograms 88 00:05:26,781 --> 00:05:29,842 and have them examined by an independent cardiologist? 89 00:05:31,519 --> 00:05:32,953 I suppose I could. 90 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,919 They're in Dr. Chauncy Hartlund's office. 91 00:05:37,658 --> 00:05:38,921 You don't think that he might... 92 00:05:39,093 --> 00:05:41,494 I don't think anything as yet. 93 00:05:41,662 --> 00:05:43,892 But there has to be an explanation somewhere 94 00:05:44,065 --> 00:05:45,794 for all those lively disabilities. 95 00:05:46,767 --> 00:05:49,202 It might be in his files, huh? 96 00:05:49,370 --> 00:05:53,204 Well, I'll get at it first thing in the morning. 97 00:05:55,676 --> 00:05:57,701 - Good night, Mr. Mason. - Good night. 98 00:05:57,879 --> 00:05:58,903 Good night. 99 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:00,707 DELLA: Good night. 100 00:06:02,250 --> 00:06:03,376 Well, who did what to whom? 101 00:06:03,551 --> 00:06:05,610 And I hope it's good because you've just torn me away 102 00:06:05,786 --> 00:06:07,845 from a very delectable divorcee. 103 00:06:08,022 --> 00:06:10,081 How's your bedside manner, Paul? 104 00:06:10,258 --> 00:06:11,521 PAUL: My what? 105 00:06:11,692 --> 00:06:14,753 Feel like cheering up a few convalescent coronaries? 106 00:06:14,929 --> 00:06:17,421 - He's putting me on. - He means it. 107 00:06:17,899 --> 00:06:20,163 MASON: You know, these poor gentlemen really have it made. 108 00:06:20,635 --> 00:06:22,194 They're too weak to work. 109 00:06:22,370 --> 00:06:24,896 None of them recover, but none of them die either. 110 00:06:25,072 --> 00:06:26,096 Oh. 111 00:06:26,274 --> 00:06:29,073 Every month they collect a nice fat check. 112 00:06:29,243 --> 00:06:31,439 Yes, but, uh, don't they have to be examined? 113 00:06:31,612 --> 00:06:33,011 Regularly. 114 00:06:33,180 --> 00:06:35,478 Yet they rarely die, Paul. 115 00:06:35,650 --> 00:06:37,675 That's all we have to go on. 116 00:06:37,852 --> 00:06:38,978 They rarely die. 117 00:07:11,052 --> 00:07:12,781 Time for your medicine, honey. 118 00:07:12,954 --> 00:07:14,547 Let's take it with your iced tea, huh? 119 00:07:18,559 --> 00:07:19,890 MRS. SMITH: No, let me do that. 120 00:07:20,061 --> 00:07:21,495 You don't wanna exert yourself. 121 00:07:21,662 --> 00:07:24,131 You know what the doctor said. 122 00:08:49,417 --> 00:08:50,748 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 123 00:09:01,929 --> 00:09:03,590 PAUL: Pretty good form, huh? 124 00:09:03,764 --> 00:09:05,630 Especially for a coronary. 125 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,234 Of all the cases we've checked, 126 00:09:07,401 --> 00:09:09,165 and I mean we've covered a lot of them, 127 00:09:09,336 --> 00:09:11,304 this is the only one that's worth following up. 128 00:09:11,739 --> 00:09:13,935 - Who is he, Paul? PAUL: Jackie David. 129 00:09:14,108 --> 00:09:15,906 Years ago he was a club fighter in town. 130 00:09:16,077 --> 00:09:18,444 Less than a month ago he had a massive heart attack. 131 00:09:18,612 --> 00:09:20,842 He certainly made an amazing recovery. 132 00:09:21,482 --> 00:09:22,506 Miraculous. 133 00:09:27,655 --> 00:09:28,781 Well, that's it. 134 00:09:28,956 --> 00:09:30,651 Show's over. 135 00:09:31,092 --> 00:09:34,323 I don't know when I've enjoyed one more. 136 00:09:37,798 --> 00:09:41,496 Della, call that heart specialist for the company. 137 00:09:41,669 --> 00:09:42,932 Dr. Chauncey Hartlund? 138 00:09:43,437 --> 00:09:44,927 Yes, ask him to order the great fighter 139 00:09:45,106 --> 00:09:48,633 to come to his office for a reexamination. 140 00:09:53,380 --> 00:09:54,711 [CHUCKLES] 141 00:09:54,882 --> 00:09:56,611 Well, Clay, what was that all about? 142 00:09:56,784 --> 00:09:58,274 Just had my annual checkup. 143 00:09:58,452 --> 00:10:01,046 You know what my sawbones told me? 144 00:10:01,222 --> 00:10:05,819 He told me that I've got the veins of a man half my age. 145 00:10:05,993 --> 00:10:08,462 To what do you attribute your good fortune? 146 00:10:08,629 --> 00:10:10,028 Clean living. 147 00:10:10,197 --> 00:10:14,156 Proper breathing, and the fact that I come from magnificent stock. 148 00:10:14,735 --> 00:10:16,066 Is that so? 149 00:10:16,237 --> 00:10:18,865 Oh, we County Cork Clays are corkers. 150 00:10:19,039 --> 00:10:22,168 Do you know that my favorite Uncle Finian was 87 151 00:10:22,343 --> 00:10:25,142 when he took his fifth bride. 152 00:10:25,312 --> 00:10:26,404 And that's what killed him. 153 00:10:26,580 --> 00:10:28,378 Don't you believe it. 154 00:10:28,549 --> 00:10:32,508 He died 20 years later lifting his horse out of a peat bog. 155 00:10:32,686 --> 00:10:34,017 By himself. 156 00:10:34,188 --> 00:10:36,350 By himself. 157 00:10:41,862 --> 00:10:42,886 Mr. Mason. 158 00:10:43,063 --> 00:10:44,292 Well, Mr. Lanphier. Sit down. 159 00:10:44,465 --> 00:10:46,763 - Have some coffee? - No, thank you. 160 00:10:46,934 --> 00:10:49,767 You know, I've been meaning to talk with you. 161 00:10:49,937 --> 00:10:53,032 When we tried to get the electrocardiograms from Dr. Hartlund 162 00:10:53,207 --> 00:10:54,265 he referred us to you. 163 00:10:54,441 --> 00:10:55,499 That's right. 164 00:10:55,676 --> 00:10:58,873 I advised him he was perfectly within his rights in refusing. 165 00:10:59,046 --> 00:11:00,536 In my opinion, it would be a violation 166 00:11:00,714 --> 00:11:03,513 of the confidential doctor-patient relationship, 167 00:11:03,684 --> 00:11:05,118 but that's not why I'm here. 168 00:11:05,286 --> 00:11:06,310 Mr. Watson told me 169 00:11:06,487 --> 00:11:08,922 that you're planning to call in Jack David for re-examination. 170 00:11:09,089 --> 00:11:10,113 Why, yes. 171 00:11:10,291 --> 00:11:11,554 As legal counsel for the company 172 00:11:11,725 --> 00:11:13,716 I wanted to talk to you before you went ahead. 173 00:11:13,894 --> 00:11:17,057 It's less than a month since Mr. David suffered a serious coronary. 174 00:11:17,231 --> 00:11:18,528 I'm aware of that. 175 00:11:18,699 --> 00:11:19,894 Well, according to Dr. Hartlund 176 00:11:20,067 --> 00:11:22,695 the man's electrocardiogram is one of the worst he's ever read. 177 00:11:23,871 --> 00:11:27,808 I've familiarized myself with the David case, Mr. Lanphier. 178 00:11:27,975 --> 00:11:32,276 And I hope you've also familiarized yourself with the legal aspects. 179 00:11:32,446 --> 00:11:34,380 When I heard from Mr. David's attorney-- 180 00:11:34,548 --> 00:11:36,778 - He's retained-- - Mr. Arthur Wendell. 181 00:11:36,951 --> 00:11:39,352 He wanted me to be aware of the full consequences 182 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,750 if anything should happen to his client. 183 00:11:41,922 --> 00:11:44,892 I've had dealings with Mr. Wendell before. 184 00:11:45,059 --> 00:11:51,487 He, uh, specializes in personal injury cases, and he is very able. 185 00:11:51,665 --> 00:11:54,259 You might say formidable. 186 00:11:54,435 --> 00:11:57,336 Shall I report that you've reconsidered? 187 00:11:57,504 --> 00:12:02,567 No, tell Mr. Watson, that as president of the company, 188 00:12:02,743 --> 00:12:06,680 if he wants to call off our arrangement that's fine. 189 00:12:06,847 --> 00:12:10,010 But if I'm to continue, I don't want my hands tied. 190 00:12:12,052 --> 00:12:14,521 Now if you'll excuse me. 191 00:12:20,794 --> 00:12:22,694 [PHONE RINGS] 192 00:12:23,497 --> 00:12:24,965 Hello? 193 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,132 Emergency? Who's calling? 194 00:12:30,704 --> 00:12:32,172 Yes, it's all right, put him through. 195 00:12:32,339 --> 00:12:34,137 My name is Jack David, Mr. Mason. 196 00:12:34,308 --> 00:12:35,969 I'm sorry to get you up so late 197 00:12:36,143 --> 00:12:38,510 but there's something I've got to tell you, I'm scared. 198 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:40,670 Scared of what? 199 00:12:40,848 --> 00:12:42,646 I can't talk now. I've gotta hang up. 200 00:12:42,816 --> 00:12:45,080 Tomorrow we can talk in the doctor's office, Mr. Mason, 201 00:12:45,252 --> 00:12:47,448 but we've gotta be alone, see? 202 00:12:49,223 --> 00:12:50,713 Mr.-- 203 00:13:01,235 --> 00:13:03,226 HARTLUND: Do you think he'll show? 204 00:13:03,404 --> 00:13:07,841 He has to, Dr. Hartlund, or be disqualified for disability payments. 205 00:13:08,008 --> 00:13:09,339 I don't mind admitting, Mr. Mason, 206 00:13:09,510 --> 00:13:12,207 I have serious misgivings concerning this procedure. 207 00:13:12,379 --> 00:13:13,642 After talking to Mr. Lanphier-- 208 00:13:13,814 --> 00:13:15,111 What did he tell you? 209 00:13:15,282 --> 00:13:19,048 That an insurance company doctor's in a very vulnerable position? 210 00:13:19,219 --> 00:13:21,415 Some consider us fair game for malpractice suits or... 211 00:13:21,588 --> 00:13:23,078 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 212 00:13:30,331 --> 00:13:32,026 [MARILYN GRUNTS] 213 00:13:32,199 --> 00:13:34,429 [DAVID PANTING] 214 00:13:34,601 --> 00:13:36,660 Mr. Mason, I came. 215 00:13:37,604 --> 00:13:39,094 I tried to get here on time. 216 00:13:39,273 --> 00:13:40,399 [GROANS] 217 00:13:40,574 --> 00:13:44,568 - Nurse, oxygen. - Oh, doctor, help him, please. 218 00:13:54,755 --> 00:13:56,849 Quick, adrenalin. 219 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:02,861 I'll do everything I can, but I'm afraid we're too late. 220 00:14:03,030 --> 00:14:05,021 Oh, no. 221 00:14:06,367 --> 00:14:08,529 You killed my husband. 222 00:14:08,702 --> 00:14:10,898 You and that insurance company making him come here 223 00:14:11,071 --> 00:14:12,368 when you knew how he was. 224 00:14:12,539 --> 00:14:13,870 You murdered him. 225 00:14:17,344 --> 00:14:19,506 [SOBBING] 226 00:14:36,063 --> 00:14:39,328 I presume you're aware that we can sue you for everything you have, 227 00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:41,161 and don't be surprised, Dr. Hartlund, 228 00:14:41,335 --> 00:14:44,100 if the medical board picks up your license. 229 00:14:44,271 --> 00:14:46,603 And as for this high-powered lawyer here, 230 00:14:46,774 --> 00:14:50,176 he's flirting with a felony manslaughter charge. 231 00:15:35,189 --> 00:15:36,623 Well? 232 00:15:37,357 --> 00:15:38,756 Well, what? 233 00:15:38,926 --> 00:15:40,189 Well, men in that condition 234 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,319 don't usually drop dead two days later of a coronary. 235 00:15:44,498 --> 00:15:46,330 Sometimes they do. 236 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:48,662 You read the obituary columns, don't you? 237 00:15:48,836 --> 00:15:50,099 It just doesn't make sense. 238 00:15:50,270 --> 00:15:51,465 The day we took those pictures 239 00:15:51,638 --> 00:15:53,970 the man apparently was as healthy as you or I. 240 00:15:54,141 --> 00:15:57,008 So I ordered him in for reexamination. 241 00:15:57,177 --> 00:16:00,272 But, Hamilton, he called me in the middle of the night. 242 00:16:00,447 --> 00:16:02,882 He was afraid of something or somebody. 243 00:16:03,050 --> 00:16:05,747 Didn't you say he'd had a previous coronary? 244 00:16:05,919 --> 00:16:08,388 - A month earlier. MASON: But it was part of a pattern. 245 00:16:08,555 --> 00:16:12,583 Insured people who apparently have heart attacks, 246 00:16:12,759 --> 00:16:15,091 draw disability, and stay alive. 247 00:16:15,262 --> 00:16:19,790 Oh, Perry, I know you're bucking Artie Wendell and a liability action, 248 00:16:19,967 --> 00:16:21,833 and I know these things can be expensive. 249 00:16:22,002 --> 00:16:26,371 Wendell is even pushing me to press manslaughter charges against you. 250 00:16:26,540 --> 00:16:28,804 Naturally I'm not gonna do that, or anything, 251 00:16:28,976 --> 00:16:30,603 until I get the coroner's report. 252 00:16:31,111 --> 00:16:32,374 What about the pictures? 253 00:16:32,546 --> 00:16:37,245 I can't get Perry off the hook by creating an imaginary crime. 254 00:16:37,417 --> 00:16:40,387 There's not a shred of evidence that a crime has been committed. 255 00:16:40,554 --> 00:16:42,249 Hamilton, 256 00:16:44,658 --> 00:16:47,787 Jack David was murdered, and I'll prove it. 257 00:16:47,961 --> 00:16:51,124 Perry, if you do that, I'll follow through with everything I've got. 258 00:16:51,298 --> 00:16:52,595 Until then, 259 00:16:52,766 --> 00:16:56,634 or unless the coroner's office turns up something irregular at the inquest, 260 00:16:56,803 --> 00:16:58,862 I'm afraid it's your problem, not mine. 261 00:17:05,846 --> 00:17:06,938 I must tell you, Mr. Mason, 262 00:17:07,114 --> 00:17:09,583 the company attorney, Mr. Lanphier, called me this morning. 263 00:17:09,750 --> 00:17:11,013 He explained my legal position 264 00:17:11,184 --> 00:17:13,278 and told me they don't want a court fight. 265 00:17:13,453 --> 00:17:17,356 That's tantamount to admission of liability, civil and criminal. 266 00:17:17,524 --> 00:17:19,322 Well, Lanphier says a court trial, 267 00:17:19,493 --> 00:17:22,190 the notoriety might be enough to push the company into bankruptcy. 268 00:17:22,362 --> 00:17:24,194 He wants to negotiate a settlement. 269 00:17:24,364 --> 00:17:25,695 Look, doctor, 270 00:17:25,866 --> 00:17:28,096 I believe we have a murder here, not a heart attack. 271 00:17:28,268 --> 00:17:29,736 You can't go along with Lanphier. 272 00:17:29,903 --> 00:17:31,530 I am a doctor, Mr. Mason. 273 00:17:31,705 --> 00:17:33,969 Now, I won't let Lanphier dictate to me in medical matters 274 00:17:34,141 --> 00:17:37,008 any more than I'd allow you to tell me what to do. 275 00:17:38,812 --> 00:17:42,407 SHELBY: You understand the purpose of a pre-inquest conference? 276 00:17:43,016 --> 00:17:44,040 We're here to determine 277 00:17:44,217 --> 00:17:46,914 whether this death is or is not a case for the coroner's office. 278 00:17:47,087 --> 00:17:49,078 We have no prescribed procedure. It's all informal. 279 00:17:49,256 --> 00:17:53,352 However, at Mr. Mason's request, we are having a transcript made. 280 00:17:53,527 --> 00:17:55,291 Now, then. 281 00:17:55,462 --> 00:17:57,863 "Circumstances surrounding the sudden death of Mr. Jack David 282 00:17:58,031 --> 00:18:00,193 in the outer office of Dr. Chauncey Hartlund 283 00:18:00,367 --> 00:18:03,098 at approximately 10:05 a.m. yesterday." 284 00:18:03,270 --> 00:18:09,039 I see here that Mr. David was, uh, under the care of Raul Caudere. 285 00:18:09,209 --> 00:18:10,677 You're a cardiologist? 286 00:18:10,844 --> 00:18:12,676 I'm a cardiopathist. 287 00:18:12,846 --> 00:18:14,940 My methods for treating the heart muscle are unique. 288 00:18:15,115 --> 00:18:19,484 I combine modern medical knowledge with amazing new physical techniques. 289 00:18:19,653 --> 00:18:20,745 SHELBY: New techniques? 290 00:18:20,921 --> 00:18:21,945 CAUDERE: Yes. 291 00:18:22,122 --> 00:18:24,352 Unusual methods and esoteric drugs 292 00:18:24,524 --> 00:18:27,459 which I discovered while in the Mato Grosso of South America. 293 00:18:27,628 --> 00:18:29,153 SHELBY: I see. 294 00:18:29,329 --> 00:18:31,957 Well, then, what can you tell us about Mr. David's condition? 295 00:18:32,132 --> 00:18:35,227 His life was hanging from a slender thread, so thick. 296 00:18:35,402 --> 00:18:38,235 The slightest exertion... 297 00:18:39,773 --> 00:18:42,504 Only complete rest could have saved his life. 298 00:18:42,676 --> 00:18:44,440 Unfortunately, when he was compelled 299 00:18:44,611 --> 00:18:48,980 to visit my learned colleague's office...poof. 300 00:18:50,684 --> 00:18:52,652 SHELBY: The routine postmortem discovered 301 00:18:52,819 --> 00:18:54,685 a massive myocardial infarction 302 00:18:54,855 --> 00:18:56,220 sufficient to cause death. 303 00:18:56,790 --> 00:18:58,519 Now, in these circumstances 304 00:18:58,692 --> 00:19:02,094 since there was a qualified physician, Dr. Hartlund, present, 305 00:19:02,262 --> 00:19:04,924 I see no reason for this to become a coroner's case. 306 00:19:05,098 --> 00:19:08,500 If Dr. Hartlund certifies the apparent cause of death. 307 00:19:08,669 --> 00:19:10,603 SHELBY: Is he ready to so testify? 308 00:19:10,771 --> 00:19:12,034 Oh, I don't know. 309 00:19:12,205 --> 00:19:14,105 That would be Dr. Hartlund's decision. 310 00:19:14,675 --> 00:19:16,165 SHELBY: Well, doctor? 311 00:19:18,011 --> 00:19:22,414 I, uh, have no knowledge as to the cause of death of the deceased. 312 00:19:22,582 --> 00:19:24,380 SHELBY: I see. 313 00:19:24,551 --> 00:19:27,748 Well, that throws this case in the jurisdiction of this office 314 00:19:27,921 --> 00:19:31,949 with automatic autopsy and subsequently a formal inquest. 315 00:19:32,426 --> 00:19:34,588 Thank you all for attending. 316 00:19:37,531 --> 00:19:38,555 What does that mean? 317 00:19:38,732 --> 00:19:42,965 It means that this smart lawyer isn't satisfied with killing your husband. 318 00:19:43,136 --> 00:19:45,969 He's using a legal trick to delay a just settlement. 319 00:19:46,139 --> 00:19:47,368 But he won't get away with it. 320 00:19:47,541 --> 00:19:52,240 He's going to end up either disbarred or behind bars. 321 00:20:02,556 --> 00:20:04,046 Well? 322 00:20:05,058 --> 00:20:08,221 Well, so many things go through your mind. 323 00:20:08,395 --> 00:20:09,419 Could you be wrong? 324 00:20:09,596 --> 00:20:11,325 Could you be responsible for someone's death? 325 00:20:11,498 --> 00:20:14,468 Could you have pushed your clients toward bankruptcy? 326 00:20:14,634 --> 00:20:15,692 Perry, I don't believe that 327 00:20:15,869 --> 00:20:18,133 and anyone who knows you wouldn't believe it. 328 00:20:20,974 --> 00:20:22,442 Is something wrong? 329 00:20:22,609 --> 00:20:23,940 Della, 330 00:20:24,111 --> 00:20:26,341 how long has it been since you had a medical checkup? 331 00:20:26,513 --> 00:20:28,504 A medical checkup? 332 00:20:28,682 --> 00:20:29,706 [CHUCKLES] 333 00:20:29,883 --> 00:20:31,942 I feel fine, just fine. 334 00:20:33,019 --> 00:20:35,818 There's a specialist in town. 335 00:20:36,356 --> 00:20:39,223 He works all kinds of medical wonders. 336 00:20:39,392 --> 00:20:43,886 Why don't you make an appointment, see him tomorrow? 337 00:20:45,065 --> 00:20:48,296 Dr. Raul Caudere. 338 00:20:48,835 --> 00:20:50,234 Cardiopathist? 339 00:20:50,403 --> 00:20:52,701 Cardiopathist. 340 00:20:52,873 --> 00:20:54,773 What is a cardiopathist? 341 00:20:54,941 --> 00:20:56,909 I wish I knew. 342 00:21:04,184 --> 00:21:08,178 WATSON: Naturally, we all regret this terrible, tragic business. 343 00:21:08,355 --> 00:21:09,823 Mr. Watson's office called. 344 00:21:09,990 --> 00:21:11,890 He wanted me here for an emergency meeting. 345 00:21:12,058 --> 00:21:13,082 I wanted you here. 346 00:21:13,260 --> 00:21:16,321 They called this meeting because I asked them to. 347 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:21,799 Mr. Wendell. 348 00:21:21,968 --> 00:21:23,629 Doctor. 349 00:21:24,704 --> 00:21:26,866 What's the purpose of these meeting, Mr. Watson? 350 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,031 Mr. Lanphier thought it best to arrange a conference 351 00:21:29,209 --> 00:21:30,973 with Mrs. David's representative. 352 00:21:31,144 --> 00:21:33,476 We're seeking to avoid the notoriety of 353 00:21:33,980 --> 00:21:36,005 an open inquest and a newspaper circus. 354 00:21:36,716 --> 00:21:40,516 So far, Mr. Wendell's attitude has been completely fair and reasonable. 355 00:21:41,021 --> 00:21:42,511 We're hopeful that we can negotiate-- 356 00:21:42,689 --> 00:21:44,487 You mean you're offering to settle? 357 00:21:44,658 --> 00:21:47,753 LANPHIER: Please, Mason, you're here to listen. I'm handling this. 358 00:21:47,928 --> 00:21:50,454 Not until I've been removed from the case. 359 00:21:50,630 --> 00:21:52,496 Mr. Watson, if you yield to this pressure, 360 00:21:52,666 --> 00:21:54,896 it's the same as paying off a blackmailer. 361 00:21:55,068 --> 00:21:57,696 - All right. I have heard enough. LANPHIER: Please, Mr. Wendell. 362 00:21:57,871 --> 00:22:00,863 You said that you wanted to negotiate a fair and honest settlement. 363 00:22:01,041 --> 00:22:03,009 You said that you wanted to avoid an inquest. 364 00:22:03,176 --> 00:22:05,235 I came here prepared to be reasonable. 365 00:22:06,079 --> 00:22:07,103 I made a mistake. 366 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,079 But I will not make the same mistake again. 367 00:22:10,250 --> 00:22:12,014 From now on we are going to play rough. 368 00:22:12,185 --> 00:22:16,622 We are going to collect, gentlemen, every cent that the law allows. 369 00:22:16,790 --> 00:22:19,191 It may be just a formality, 370 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,453 but you still have to prove your case in court. 371 00:22:21,628 --> 00:22:24,188 Don't worry. We will. 372 00:22:28,335 --> 00:22:29,359 See what you've done? 373 00:22:29,536 --> 00:22:31,971 It's all your fault, everything that's happened. 374 00:22:32,138 --> 00:22:34,539 I warned you from the beginning, Mr. Watson. I told you. 375 00:22:34,975 --> 00:22:36,773 MASON: Just one moment. 376 00:22:36,943 --> 00:22:39,503 I'm aware of the position in which I've apparently placed you, 377 00:22:39,679 --> 00:22:41,374 your company, and myself. 378 00:22:42,282 --> 00:22:44,273 But there are times when you have to fight 379 00:22:44,451 --> 00:22:47,011 as a matter of moral and ethical principle, 380 00:22:47,187 --> 00:22:51,681 even though it might seem easier or less painful or cheaper to give in. 381 00:22:51,858 --> 00:22:52,984 LANPHIER: Cheaper? 382 00:22:53,159 --> 00:22:56,561 It's solvency or bankruptcy, life or death for this company. 383 00:22:56,730 --> 00:22:58,755 I haven't finished. 384 00:22:58,932 --> 00:23:01,333 Wendell is making excessive, immoderate statements, 385 00:23:01,501 --> 00:23:03,663 but he's fighting tooth and nail on behalf of his client 386 00:23:03,837 --> 00:23:06,238 as any conscientious attorney would. 387 00:23:06,873 --> 00:23:10,776 Now, I'm advising you most urgently as lawyer to client, 388 00:23:11,645 --> 00:23:14,239 this is one of those times where you don't yield. 389 00:23:14,414 --> 00:23:17,907 However, whatever you or Mr. Lanphier 390 00:23:18,084 --> 00:23:21,611 or Dr. Hartlund among you may decide to do, 391 00:23:21,788 --> 00:23:23,916 I am still going to fight. 392 00:23:29,596 --> 00:23:31,428 Good day, gentlemen. 393 00:23:55,388 --> 00:23:59,325 If only one-half of my patients were in such bloom as you, 394 00:23:59,492 --> 00:24:00,926 I would have to close my doors. 395 00:24:01,094 --> 00:24:03,688 Heh. Well, then what's the matter with me, doctor? 396 00:24:03,863 --> 00:24:08,926 Nothing that a few pleasant drops of my cardsyn tonic-- 397 00:24:09,102 --> 00:24:11,469 - Uh, cardsyn? - Yes, --will not correct. 398 00:24:12,105 --> 00:24:14,699 Well, I don't understand about these things. 399 00:24:14,874 --> 00:24:16,205 It's very simple. 400 00:24:16,376 --> 00:24:20,938 You see, we human beings are ray creatures. 401 00:24:21,114 --> 00:24:22,843 Now, my cardsyn tonic 402 00:24:23,016 --> 00:24:26,953 is a blend of various radiation-absorbent substances, eh? 403 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,144 I see. 404 00:24:28,321 --> 00:24:31,814 Now, my thermoticular machine provides just the proper rays 405 00:24:31,992 --> 00:24:33,790 in just the proper amplitudes 406 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:41,560 to make the cardsyn molecules mildly, pleasantly, healthfully radioactive. 407 00:24:42,535 --> 00:24:44,765 - Drink up. - Uh, but, uh... 408 00:24:44,938 --> 00:24:47,032 I have other patients waiting. 409 00:24:47,774 --> 00:24:49,401 Yes, sir. 410 00:24:54,414 --> 00:24:56,178 [DOORBELL BUZZES] 411 00:25:01,388 --> 00:25:05,347 - Yes? Oh, it's you. - Mrs. David, please. 412 00:25:05,525 --> 00:25:10,258 If the jury at the inquest decides your husband died of natural causes 413 00:25:10,430 --> 00:25:13,832 as a result of my ordering his reexamination, 414 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,901 I'll do everything I can to see that you get a just settlement. 415 00:25:17,070 --> 00:25:19,971 But I don't believe he did die of natural causes. 416 00:25:20,140 --> 00:25:21,437 What are you saying? 417 00:25:21,941 --> 00:25:24,774 I think someone deliberately caused your husband's death. 418 00:25:24,944 --> 00:25:27,140 I think he was murdered. 419 00:25:31,851 --> 00:25:34,115 Oh, uh, excuse the room. 420 00:25:34,287 --> 00:25:36,722 I'm getting the place ready to rent. 421 00:25:36,890 --> 00:25:41,293 Mr. Mason, you said you think Jackie was murdered? 422 00:25:41,461 --> 00:25:44,362 Mrs. David, did you ever have a suspicion 423 00:25:44,531 --> 00:25:47,228 that your husband might have been faking a heart condition? 424 00:25:47,934 --> 00:25:51,393 We have motion picture films of him jumping rope, punching a bag 425 00:25:51,571 --> 00:25:53,266 and sparring with a little boy 426 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,000 two days before he came to Dr. Hartlund's office. 427 00:26:00,613 --> 00:26:05,016 Your husband had been having problems for a long time, hadn't he? 428 00:26:05,185 --> 00:26:08,815 Ever since he threw that fight and was barred from ever boxing again. 429 00:26:10,657 --> 00:26:13,524 A natural born loser, that was Jack. 430 00:26:13,693 --> 00:26:16,890 Whatever the deal, job, family, friends, heh, 431 00:26:17,063 --> 00:26:18,258 no matter how good it looked, 432 00:26:18,431 --> 00:26:21,298 he'd find a way to louse it up and lose them all. 433 00:26:21,468 --> 00:26:22,492 But you married him. 434 00:26:22,669 --> 00:26:23,659 MRS. SMITH: Why not? 435 00:26:23,837 --> 00:26:25,703 Anything was better than the life I was leading. 436 00:26:25,872 --> 00:26:27,271 A practical nurse. 437 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,408 You know what that means? Heh. 438 00:26:29,576 --> 00:26:30,873 I thought I was getting a husband 439 00:26:31,044 --> 00:26:33,376 and I end up with another invalid patient. 440 00:26:36,182 --> 00:26:41,052 Tell me, Mrs. David, the morning of the examination, 441 00:26:41,221 --> 00:26:43,451 was there anything unusual? 442 00:26:43,623 --> 00:26:46,991 Did your husband seem nervous or worried? 443 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,218 He was all shook up. 444 00:26:48,394 --> 00:26:49,691 Said he wasn't gonna go. 445 00:26:49,863 --> 00:26:52,127 Started to phone somebody and then changed his mind. 446 00:26:52,298 --> 00:26:53,629 That's why I called Jerry. 447 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,268 - Who? - Jerry. 448 00:26:55,435 --> 00:26:56,664 He's the timekeeper on the job 449 00:26:56,836 --> 00:26:58,895 where Jack worked before he had the attack. 450 00:26:59,072 --> 00:27:01,973 They were old friends so I thought maybe Jerry could talk to him, 451 00:27:02,142 --> 00:27:04,201 settle him down before Wendell came. 452 00:27:04,377 --> 00:27:06,209 And did he calm him down? 453 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,645 Well, he tried to, but it didn't do any good. 454 00:27:10,083 --> 00:27:12,245 Then Mr. Wendell came and picked us up. 455 00:27:12,418 --> 00:27:14,819 MASON: And took you directly to Dr. Hartlund's office? 456 00:27:14,988 --> 00:27:18,185 No, we stopped by that Dr. Caudere's office on our way, 457 00:27:18,358 --> 00:27:21,851 but Jack wouldn't go in, said he was feeling too bad. 458 00:27:24,397 --> 00:27:26,525 May I see your insurance policy? 459 00:27:26,699 --> 00:27:28,963 Sure. Why not. 460 00:27:44,284 --> 00:27:47,447 I just wanted to check the death benefits. 461 00:27:48,788 --> 00:27:53,282 Well, at least your husband left you in good financial position. 462 00:27:53,459 --> 00:27:56,622 Heh. The only good thing Jack ever did in his life. 463 00:27:56,796 --> 00:27:58,525 And, boy, you should have heard him scream 464 00:27:58,698 --> 00:28:00,598 every time he had to pay a premium. 465 00:28:03,369 --> 00:28:05,701 He had the whole wall papered with medical degrees. 466 00:28:05,872 --> 00:28:06,896 MASON: From where? 467 00:28:07,073 --> 00:28:09,440 I don't know. They were in French. 468 00:28:09,609 --> 00:28:11,976 Anyway, then he gave me this cardsyn tonic. 469 00:28:12,145 --> 00:28:13,806 My heart started racing and skipping beats. 470 00:28:14,547 --> 00:28:16,413 Well, the question is, was it beneficial? 471 00:28:16,583 --> 00:28:17,607 Now, let's see. 472 00:28:17,784 --> 00:28:21,243 You look flushed but beautiful. How are you feeling? 473 00:28:21,421 --> 00:28:24,186 Heh. Since you put it that way, I feel great. 474 00:28:24,357 --> 00:28:26,792 But, uh, I don't know if it's from your compliments 475 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:28,428 or Dr. Caudere's treatment. 476 00:28:29,429 --> 00:28:30,988 May I have the appointment card? 477 00:28:31,564 --> 00:28:33,532 Right here. 478 00:28:35,668 --> 00:28:38,729 Paul, get this card to the lab. 479 00:28:38,905 --> 00:28:40,168 See if they can lift some prints 480 00:28:40,340 --> 00:28:43,605 that will help us get a rundown on the great cardiopathist. 481 00:28:44,077 --> 00:28:45,101 All right. 482 00:28:45,278 --> 00:28:47,144 Oh, uh, did my insurance come through? 483 00:28:47,747 --> 00:28:48,908 You're fully covered. 484 00:28:49,082 --> 00:28:50,447 The policy's backdated three years. 485 00:28:50,850 --> 00:28:52,511 Good. Well, I gotta run. 486 00:28:52,685 --> 00:28:54,517 Just got time to punch in for the second shift. 487 00:28:54,687 --> 00:28:55,711 Be careful, Paul. 488 00:28:55,888 --> 00:28:59,017 It's been a long time since you put in any hard physical labor. 489 00:28:59,192 --> 00:29:01,058 Della, my love, I'm an ox. 490 00:29:01,227 --> 00:29:03,662 Besides which, I've got the timekeeper in the palm of my hand. 491 00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:07,357 I expect to spend most of the day taking breaks. 492 00:29:49,942 --> 00:29:52,741 One week on this job, and you know what I'd like, Jerry? 493 00:29:52,912 --> 00:29:54,243 What's that, Steele? 494 00:29:54,414 --> 00:29:59,215 To maybe have that crane drop a tiny load on my toe, just once. 495 00:29:59,385 --> 00:30:01,376 Yeah. 496 00:30:01,554 --> 00:30:03,784 I was figuring the other night, 497 00:30:05,058 --> 00:30:09,017 all the money I spent to Safeline for disability insurance, and for what? 498 00:30:09,195 --> 00:30:10,685 Nothing. Nothing ever happens to me. 499 00:30:11,731 --> 00:30:13,699 - Safeline, huh? - Uh-huh. 500 00:30:15,034 --> 00:30:16,866 I, uh... 501 00:30:17,036 --> 00:30:19,164 You like tacos, Steele? 502 00:30:19,339 --> 00:30:21,205 I can take them or leave them alone, why? 503 00:30:21,374 --> 00:30:22,842 Ought to try Nappy's. 504 00:30:23,009 --> 00:30:24,408 - Whose? - Nappy Tyler. 505 00:30:24,577 --> 00:30:27,046 Has a little taco stand around the corner. 506 00:30:27,213 --> 00:30:28,612 Might be worth your while. 507 00:30:32,185 --> 00:30:33,744 PAUL: Mm-mm. 508 00:30:35,588 --> 00:30:37,113 Delicious, Nappy. 509 00:30:37,290 --> 00:30:40,260 Jerry mentioned you might be interested in a little layoff. 510 00:30:40,426 --> 00:30:41,587 You've been talking to Jerry? 511 00:30:41,761 --> 00:30:44,526 Oh, we cut up a few touches from time to time. 512 00:30:45,398 --> 00:30:47,696 Now, maybe I know a guy can help you work it out. 513 00:30:47,867 --> 00:30:50,029 How? By maybe breaking one of my legs for me? 514 00:30:50,203 --> 00:30:52,194 Nothing that drastic. 515 00:30:52,372 --> 00:30:54,898 Interested? Wanna talk about it? 516 00:30:55,074 --> 00:30:56,769 What can I lose talking? 517 00:31:29,942 --> 00:31:31,637 It's Nappy. 518 00:31:32,612 --> 00:31:34,512 Is he in? 519 00:31:46,325 --> 00:31:47,986 [RINGING] 520 00:31:48,761 --> 00:31:50,559 Perry Mason's office. 521 00:31:50,730 --> 00:31:52,858 Well, the working man. Where are you, Paul? 522 00:31:53,032 --> 00:31:55,023 I'm in a booth at the corner of Sunset and Sycamore. 523 00:31:55,201 --> 00:31:57,192 I'm to meet my next contact here. Is Perry in? 524 00:31:57,370 --> 00:31:59,031 No, he's out preparing for the inquest. 525 00:31:59,205 --> 00:32:00,866 It's in two hours. Can you be there? 526 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,166 Well, I'll try. 527 00:32:02,341 --> 00:32:04,673 Tell Perry I think I've found out how they operate. 528 00:32:04,844 --> 00:32:07,541 There's a guy named Nappy who has a stand near the construction site. 529 00:32:07,713 --> 00:32:09,112 I think he's their steerer and-- 530 00:32:09,282 --> 00:32:11,250 [CAR HORN HONKING] 531 00:32:11,417 --> 00:32:13,249 Hold it, Della, I gotta run. Here's my contact. 532 00:32:13,419 --> 00:32:14,614 I'll check in later. 533 00:32:14,787 --> 00:32:16,482 Paul? 534 00:32:47,353 --> 00:32:49,481 There was something funny about it the minute I saw it. 535 00:32:49,655 --> 00:32:51,384 GROODY: Oh, Doreen. 536 00:32:53,426 --> 00:32:55,258 I wonder if you-- 537 00:32:58,898 --> 00:33:00,332 What's this? 538 00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:02,992 You told me to report anything I found irregular. 539 00:33:03,169 --> 00:33:04,864 Yes, but to me. I'm head of this department. 540 00:33:05,037 --> 00:33:06,334 Not to anyone else. 541 00:33:06,506 --> 00:33:08,235 I'm sorry. 542 00:33:09,075 --> 00:33:10,941 What's irregular about this? 543 00:33:11,110 --> 00:33:15,775 There was no Rod Steele file in that drawer yesterday, I'm positive. 544 00:33:15,948 --> 00:33:19,248 You might be mistaken. I'll check it out myself. 545 00:35:13,332 --> 00:35:15,130 Get Dr. Hartlund, 546 00:35:15,301 --> 00:35:17,395 Medical Arts Building. 547 00:35:17,570 --> 00:35:19,265 Poison. 548 00:35:22,041 --> 00:35:23,531 REPORTER: Mr. Burger, you're on camera. 549 00:35:23,709 --> 00:35:24,767 May we have a comment? 550 00:35:24,944 --> 00:35:27,641 Have you decided whether or not to prosecute Perry Mason? 551 00:35:27,813 --> 00:35:30,976 Now, gentlemen, let me make my position perfectly clear. 552 00:35:31,150 --> 00:35:34,450 It's true, I'm here on petition of the attorney for the deceased, 553 00:35:34,620 --> 00:35:35,746 but merely as a spectator. 554 00:35:35,921 --> 00:35:37,582 But certainly under the circumstances you-- 555 00:35:37,757 --> 00:35:41,091 Officially, I don't know anything about the circumstances. 556 00:35:41,260 --> 00:35:43,592 Now, if the inquest proceedings 557 00:35:43,763 --> 00:35:47,893 establish possible criminal liability on the part of anyone concerned, 558 00:35:48,067 --> 00:35:49,796 then and only then, 559 00:35:49,969 --> 00:35:52,233 I might consider taking criminal action. 560 00:35:52,672 --> 00:35:55,801 And then and only then will I make a statement. 561 00:35:55,975 --> 00:35:57,136 Hey, there's Mason. 562 00:35:57,309 --> 00:35:59,038 Oh, Mr. Mason. 563 00:35:59,211 --> 00:36:01,145 Mr. Wendell tells us that this David case could be 564 00:36:01,313 --> 00:36:02,439 the end of your legal career. 565 00:36:02,615 --> 00:36:03,741 What do you say? 566 00:36:03,916 --> 00:36:06,817 Heh. I think his statement may be slightly premature. 567 00:36:06,986 --> 00:36:08,750 You've found evidence to refute their charges? 568 00:36:08,921 --> 00:36:09,945 I didn't say that. 569 00:36:10,122 --> 00:36:11,715 You haven't found evidence? 570 00:36:11,891 --> 00:36:13,620 I didn't say that either. 571 00:36:13,793 --> 00:36:16,763 Gentlemen, why don't we wait and see what develops at the inquest? 572 00:36:16,929 --> 00:36:19,159 Well, what about L.A. Safeline, Mr. Mason? 573 00:36:19,331 --> 00:36:22,130 Rumor is that they wanna settle and you won't let them, 574 00:36:22,301 --> 00:36:23,894 and now they're going to go broke. 575 00:36:24,070 --> 00:36:25,731 Any statements regarding L.A. Safeline 576 00:36:25,905 --> 00:36:28,840 will have to come from Mr. Reve Watson, not from me. 577 00:36:29,008 --> 00:36:32,638 What about today, now? Is Safeline in this with you or against you? 578 00:36:32,812 --> 00:36:34,211 WATSON: Ready, Mr. Mason? 579 00:36:35,881 --> 00:36:37,872 Excuse us, please. 580 00:36:42,088 --> 00:36:43,920 NAPPY: Pardon me, fellows. 581 00:36:44,090 --> 00:36:45,819 Say, uh, do you mind opening the door for me? 582 00:36:45,991 --> 00:36:47,550 No. 583 00:36:48,427 --> 00:36:50,054 Thanks. 584 00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:56,860 You have been summoned and sworn as coroner's jurors 585 00:36:57,036 --> 00:37:00,006 to inquire into the cause of death of Jack B. David. 586 00:37:00,539 --> 00:37:03,770 The primary purpose of an inquest is to secure information 587 00:37:03,943 --> 00:37:05,775 for the possible use of the District Attorney 588 00:37:05,945 --> 00:37:09,939 and others charged with the prosecution of criminal acts. 589 00:37:10,116 --> 00:37:12,107 You are not concerned with any civil liability 590 00:37:12,284 --> 00:37:15,618 that may exist or be involved in this case. 591 00:37:15,788 --> 00:37:19,452 Your verdict should reflect only the results of this inquiry. 592 00:37:20,025 --> 00:37:25,725 We will call as our first witness the medical examiner, Dr. Shelby. 593 00:37:25,898 --> 00:37:29,528 Coronary thrombosis, resulting in massive myocardial infarction 594 00:37:29,702 --> 00:37:32,194 sufficient to cause death. 595 00:37:32,371 --> 00:37:35,534 And you found no evidence of drugs or stimulants? 596 00:37:36,008 --> 00:37:38,102 SHELBY: All standard test procedures were carried out. 597 00:37:38,277 --> 00:37:39,335 Results were negative. 598 00:37:40,813 --> 00:37:41,837 Mr. Coroner-- 599 00:37:42,014 --> 00:37:45,917 Uh, Mr. Coroner, I suggest you remind Mr. Mason this is not a court of law. 600 00:37:46,085 --> 00:37:49,851 This is an inquest proceeding, and no cross-examination is allowed. 601 00:37:50,022 --> 00:37:51,490 I know my job, Mr. Wendell, 602 00:37:51,657 --> 00:37:54,991 and I feel perfectly confident I can do it without your help. 603 00:37:56,195 --> 00:37:59,995 Mr. Coroner, I have one or two clarifying questions for the witness. 604 00:38:00,533 --> 00:38:01,557 Very well. 605 00:38:01,734 --> 00:38:03,862 Dr. Shelby, there are such drugs 606 00:38:04,036 --> 00:38:07,165 which can induce a heart reaction similar to a coronary? 607 00:38:07,339 --> 00:38:08,568 SHELBY: Yes. 608 00:38:08,741 --> 00:38:10,175 But as I testified, 609 00:38:10,342 --> 00:38:13,505 our autopsy procedure includes tests for all such drugs. 610 00:38:13,679 --> 00:38:15,306 All such known drugs. 611 00:38:15,881 --> 00:38:19,579 Now, assuming the presence of an unknown drug with similar properties, 612 00:38:19,752 --> 00:38:22,187 would your standard autopsy procedures have discovered it? 613 00:38:22,354 --> 00:38:23,685 It's very doubtful. 614 00:38:23,856 --> 00:38:25,381 MASON: Thank you, Doctor. 615 00:38:25,558 --> 00:38:26,650 That's all I have. 616 00:38:27,359 --> 00:38:29,259 DEPUTY: Witness excused. 617 00:38:30,162 --> 00:38:31,630 Perry. 618 00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:35,459 [SOBBING] 619 00:38:35,634 --> 00:38:37,728 Uh, excuse us, Mr. Coroner. 620 00:38:37,903 --> 00:38:40,133 - What's wrong? - Dr. Hartlund just called. 621 00:38:40,306 --> 00:38:42,297 Paul's had a heart attack. 622 00:38:42,474 --> 00:38:44,238 He's dying. 623 00:39:10,169 --> 00:39:12,536 This doesn't seem possible. 624 00:39:13,105 --> 00:39:16,075 Rugged as Paul was, the way he kept himself in condition. 625 00:39:16,242 --> 00:39:18,574 It's probably the only reason he's lasted at all. 626 00:39:19,111 --> 00:39:21,136 All these years, 627 00:39:21,313 --> 00:39:24,510 the things he's done for us, the risks he's taken. 628 00:39:25,951 --> 00:39:28,147 And to have this happen. 629 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:29,549 A heart attack. 630 00:39:30,356 --> 00:39:31,551 It wasn't a heart attack. 631 00:39:33,192 --> 00:39:34,557 I saw the emergency report. 632 00:39:34,727 --> 00:39:36,217 - It said-- - I know. 633 00:39:36,395 --> 00:39:39,626 But when I got here they told me that before Paul passed out at the Y, 634 00:39:39,798 --> 00:39:41,562 he called my name and said one word: 635 00:39:41,734 --> 00:39:43,293 - "Poison.” - Poison. 636 00:39:43,469 --> 00:39:46,837 If I'd treated Paul for a coronary, like Jack David, he'd be dead now. 637 00:39:47,273 --> 00:39:49,241 But we didn't. We pumped his stomach, 638 00:39:49,408 --> 00:39:51,399 administered an emergency medication. 639 00:39:51,577 --> 00:39:53,204 And he is holding his own? 640 00:39:53,379 --> 00:39:54,403 For now. 641 00:39:58,017 --> 00:40:01,954 I'm going to ask for a postponement of that inquest. 642 00:40:02,121 --> 00:40:04,590 There's nothing you can do here. 643 00:40:05,491 --> 00:40:08,950 I don't anticipate a crisis for several hours. 644 00:40:09,662 --> 00:40:12,825 I'll notify you immediately of the slightest change. 645 00:40:15,701 --> 00:40:17,362 All right, thank you, doctor. 646 00:40:17,970 --> 00:40:19,665 I know you'll do your best for him. 647 00:40:26,645 --> 00:40:29,842 He's still weak, still unconscious. But he's holding on. 648 00:40:30,849 --> 00:40:33,784 I don't care, I'd like to wait here. 649 00:40:33,953 --> 00:40:35,682 Until we're sure Paul's all right. 650 00:40:37,823 --> 00:40:40,121 Of course. 651 00:40:40,292 --> 00:40:42,192 You wait here. 652 00:40:43,295 --> 00:40:45,093 [SOBBING] 653 00:41:00,746 --> 00:41:02,145 Where's Mr. Lanphier? 654 00:41:02,314 --> 00:41:04,874 I don't know. He should be here. 655 00:41:08,687 --> 00:41:10,382 LANPHIER: Ms. Street. 656 00:41:12,358 --> 00:41:14,918 What's Mason trying to pull now? 657 00:41:15,094 --> 00:41:16,118 What do you mean? 658 00:41:16,295 --> 00:41:18,286 A disability claim on Rod Steele. 659 00:41:18,464 --> 00:41:20,728 The timekeeper on the construction job sent the papers in. 660 00:41:20,899 --> 00:41:22,492 I got them a little while ago. 661 00:41:22,668 --> 00:41:23,794 Isn't Rod Steele covered? 662 00:41:23,969 --> 00:41:27,837 Oh, yes. Mason and Mr. Watson set that up against my advice. 663 00:41:28,007 --> 00:41:30,271 Does Mason expect us actually to pay this claim? 664 00:41:30,442 --> 00:41:31,773 It's impossible. 665 00:41:31,944 --> 00:41:33,036 Why? 666 00:41:33,212 --> 00:41:37,513 Well, it says right here, uh, "Rod Steele, Hospital Room 328." 667 00:41:37,683 --> 00:41:40,414 There's no Rod Steele in this or any other room here. 668 00:41:40,586 --> 00:41:43,612 There's a Paul Drake in Room 328. 669 00:41:46,425 --> 00:41:47,688 - How's Paul? - Slightly stronger. 670 00:41:47,860 --> 00:41:49,225 He's holding his own. 671 00:41:49,395 --> 00:41:50,453 What are these? 672 00:41:50,629 --> 00:41:52,461 Paul, that is, Rod Steele's, disability claim. 673 00:41:52,631 --> 00:41:54,292 Mr. Lanphier brought them to the hospital. 674 00:41:54,466 --> 00:41:55,831 He wants you to handle it. 675 00:41:56,001 --> 00:41:58,026 - Lanphier himself? DELLA: Mm-hm. 676 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,871 DEPUTY: We call Raul Caudere. 677 00:42:05,044 --> 00:42:08,139 Contrary to my warning, Mr. David insisted on going. 678 00:42:08,313 --> 00:42:09,838 There's not a slightest doubt in my mind 679 00:42:10,015 --> 00:42:11,813 that the unnecessary exertion, 680 00:42:11,984 --> 00:42:13,975 the nervous strain of the examination, 681 00:42:14,153 --> 00:42:17,885 caused his already damaged heart to fail. 682 00:42:18,057 --> 00:42:22,722 Mr. Coroner, again for clarification, may I question the doctor? 683 00:42:25,397 --> 00:42:28,298 [SPEAKING IN FRENCH] 684 00:42:31,937 --> 00:42:35,305 DEPUTY: Mr. Mason, are you trying to confuse the doctor? 685 00:42:35,474 --> 00:42:37,875 On the contrary, Mr. Coroner. 686 00:42:38,043 --> 00:42:40,205 I'm attempting to remove the language barrier 687 00:42:40,379 --> 00:42:42,473 by addressing him in his native tongue. 688 00:42:42,648 --> 00:42:45,276 Is it possible that I have confused him? 689 00:42:45,451 --> 00:42:48,250 Or is it possible that he isn't French at all? 690 00:42:48,420 --> 00:42:49,910 And that he isn't a doctor? 691 00:42:50,089 --> 00:42:52,353 I trust the record of the proceedings will show 692 00:42:52,524 --> 00:42:54,822 that I have objected to the line of questioning. 693 00:42:54,993 --> 00:42:56,085 It's all right, Mr. Wendell. 694 00:42:56,261 --> 00:42:59,253 I'm used to being called a quack 695 00:42:59,431 --> 00:43:03,095 because I haven't the establishment M.D. after my name. 696 00:43:03,268 --> 00:43:05,737 But, Mr. Mason, neither did the man who discovered curare, 697 00:43:05,904 --> 00:43:09,363 the arrow poison, now used in delicate surgery. 698 00:43:09,541 --> 00:43:12,511 Nor the man who found the coca leaves chewed by the Incas 699 00:43:12,678 --> 00:43:15,204 the source for painkilling cocaine. 700 00:43:15,380 --> 00:43:18,680 Nor Rauwolfia serpentina, from which came tranquillizers. 701 00:43:18,851 --> 00:43:21,684 That's all very fine, doctor. 702 00:43:23,088 --> 00:43:26,752 But they didn't have police records such as, 703 00:43:26,925 --> 00:43:28,689 "Conley Dunaway, convicted in Washington 704 00:43:28,861 --> 00:43:31,694 for practicing medicine without a license.” 705 00:43:31,864 --> 00:43:34,128 Isn't Conley Dunaway your legal name, doctor? 706 00:43:34,299 --> 00:43:35,789 His fingerprints match yours. 707 00:43:37,836 --> 00:43:40,100 All right, Mr. Mason, that's true. 708 00:43:40,272 --> 00:43:42,036 But afterwards I did go down to South America 709 00:43:42,207 --> 00:43:45,006 to study with the native doctors where I learned the art of cardiopathy. 710 00:43:45,177 --> 00:43:47,202 - From their secrets. MASON: Secrets? 711 00:43:47,379 --> 00:43:49,541 Such as how to administer an unknown native remedy 712 00:43:49,715 --> 00:43:52,412 and make a perfectly healthy man appear a coronary case? 713 00:43:52,584 --> 00:43:55,815 CAUDERE: It also made him feel refreshed, rejuvenated, full of pep. 714 00:43:56,455 --> 00:43:59,447 What amazes me, Mr. Caudere, is that you admit to this fraud 715 00:43:59,625 --> 00:44:02,526 as if you feel no guilt, as if you'd done no harm. 716 00:44:02,694 --> 00:44:05,163 Whom did I harm? My patients? Heh. 717 00:44:05,330 --> 00:44:08,095 To the contrary, Mr. Mason, I made them feel very happy. 718 00:44:08,267 --> 00:44:09,996 Happy as permanent invalids 719 00:44:10,169 --> 00:44:12,433 collecting every month from L.A. Safeline? 720 00:44:13,038 --> 00:44:14,870 How did you collect your kickback, Caudere? 721 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,509 In cash, or did you simply add it to your bills? 722 00:44:17,676 --> 00:44:19,542 Those few dollars my patients drew? 723 00:44:19,711 --> 00:44:21,941 Heh. Now, how could that hurt an insurance company? 724 00:44:22,114 --> 00:44:23,878 MASON: The thousands who may no longer 725 00:44:24,049 --> 00:44:27,246 be able to buy disability insurance because of your fraudulent activity. 726 00:44:27,419 --> 00:44:28,443 Haven't you harmed them? 727 00:44:28,620 --> 00:44:30,384 And what about the deceased, Jack David? 728 00:44:30,556 --> 00:44:33,924 Didn't your secret cardsyn tonic do more than stimulate a coronary? 729 00:44:34,092 --> 00:44:35,457 Didn't it cause his death? 730 00:44:35,627 --> 00:44:37,652 CAUDERE: It did not. It couldn't. 731 00:44:37,829 --> 00:44:40,196 A normal dosage of cardsyn is harmless. 732 00:44:40,365 --> 00:44:42,766 That lovely young lady you sent to spy on me? 733 00:44:42,935 --> 00:44:46,303 She received the same dosage with no ill effects, Mr. Mason. 734 00:44:46,471 --> 00:44:48,405 MASON: And a proper dosage was administered 735 00:44:48,574 --> 00:44:50,906 - to a Mr. Rod Steele? - Yes. 736 00:44:51,076 --> 00:44:55,070 Then why is Rod Steele, in actuality Private Investigator Paul Drake, 737 00:44:55,247 --> 00:44:57,614 lying in the hospital unconscious, at the point of death 738 00:44:57,783 --> 00:44:59,911 after drinking your harmless cardsyn? 739 00:45:00,686 --> 00:45:02,814 CAUDERE: Mr. Mason, I swear I didn't know about Steele, 740 00:45:02,988 --> 00:45:04,478 uh, Mr. Drake. 741 00:45:04,656 --> 00:45:05,987 MASON: That may be. 742 00:45:06,158 --> 00:45:08,286 Mr. Coroner, there is another person present 743 00:45:08,460 --> 00:45:11,225 who can further clarify this matter for you and the District Attorney. 744 00:45:11,396 --> 00:45:14,491 DEPUTY: At this point I have to agree with Mr. Wendell. 745 00:45:14,666 --> 00:45:18,261 Uh, we're getting a little bit too far out into the left field 746 00:45:18,437 --> 00:45:21,065 from normal inquest proceedings, Mr. Mason, 747 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:24,801 but very well, witness excused. 748 00:45:25,277 --> 00:45:26,802 Call your witness, Mr. Mason. 749 00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:29,645 Ms. Doreen Wilde. 750 00:45:38,857 --> 00:45:40,222 Did you know about Caudere? 751 00:45:40,392 --> 00:45:43,384 No, Mr. Wendell. Honest. I swear I didn't. 752 00:45:43,562 --> 00:45:45,496 Miss Wilde, Mr. Goody tells me 753 00:45:45,664 --> 00:45:48,861 that yesterday you were suspicious of the policy in your files, 754 00:45:49,034 --> 00:45:52,698 the policy issued to Rod Steele and dated back three years. 755 00:45:52,871 --> 00:45:53,895 Well, I... 756 00:45:54,072 --> 00:45:56,131 You brought it to Mr. Groody's attention. 757 00:45:56,308 --> 00:45:59,039 But you also made a phone call to someone about it. 758 00:45:59,211 --> 00:46:00,940 Now, to whom did you place that call? 759 00:46:02,581 --> 00:46:04,845 Miss Wilde, we can prove that you are the one who selected 760 00:46:05,017 --> 00:46:06,951 the heart attack prospects in the disability files 761 00:46:07,119 --> 00:46:12,182 and passed them along to contact men like Nappy Tyler and Jerry Ormond. 762 00:46:12,357 --> 00:46:15,987 But you are implicated in a great deal more than insurance fraud now. 763 00:46:16,461 --> 00:46:18,953 You're implicated in murder and attempted murder. 764 00:46:19,131 --> 00:46:23,125 Mr. Coroner, it is no longer a matter of proper inquest procedure. 765 00:46:23,302 --> 00:46:25,293 This young lady is without counsel. 766 00:46:25,470 --> 00:46:29,202 Mr. Mason is deliberately violating her constitutional rights. 767 00:46:29,374 --> 00:46:30,967 How, Mr. Wendell? 768 00:46:31,143 --> 00:46:35,979 Mr. Mason's own words, involving her in murder and attempted murder. 769 00:46:36,148 --> 00:46:39,277 Anything she says may be self-incriminating. 770 00:46:39,451 --> 00:46:42,113 My advice to this young lady is to answer no more questions 771 00:46:42,287 --> 00:46:44,654 until she's obtained her own legal counsel. 772 00:46:45,123 --> 00:46:46,682 MASON: Mr. Wendell is right. 773 00:46:46,858 --> 00:46:49,350 I have overstepped. 774 00:46:49,928 --> 00:46:53,228 Uh, my apologies, Ms. Wilde. 775 00:46:53,398 --> 00:46:55,662 DEPUTY: You may leave the stand. 776 00:46:55,834 --> 00:47:00,567 Mr. Coroner, I have instructed the police to seal off this inquest room. 777 00:47:00,739 --> 00:47:03,174 No one will be allowed to enter or leave here 778 00:47:03,342 --> 00:47:06,209 until these proceedings have been concluded. 779 00:47:06,378 --> 00:47:09,439 Well, Mr. Ormond, I'm afraid we're forced to start at the very bottom 780 00:47:09,614 --> 00:47:12,276 to trace how this fraud group worked. 781 00:47:12,451 --> 00:47:14,681 I guess the very bottom is you. 782 00:47:14,853 --> 00:47:16,480 You are the low man on the roster. 783 00:47:16,655 --> 00:47:20,285 Uh, is that why you subpoenaed me? 784 00:47:20,459 --> 00:47:21,620 MASON: That's right. 785 00:47:21,793 --> 00:47:25,661 Well, I guess there's no use trying to bug out. 786 00:47:25,831 --> 00:47:30,098 The fact is, uh, I picked up a few bucks steering guys along. 787 00:47:30,268 --> 00:47:32,737 I made the phone calls, set them up. 788 00:47:32,904 --> 00:47:34,736 That was the end of my part of it. 789 00:47:36,108 --> 00:47:39,043 What about the disability claims? 790 00:47:39,211 --> 00:47:41,976 Was it your responsibility to file them on your project? 791 00:47:42,147 --> 00:47:43,740 ORMOND: Oh, strict orders. 792 00:47:43,915 --> 00:47:46,941 Same with most construction outfits. 793 00:47:49,721 --> 00:47:54,352 Is, uh, this one in your handwriting? 794 00:47:55,927 --> 00:48:00,626 Yeah, sure, that's for my good buddy, Rod Steele. 795 00:48:00,799 --> 00:48:02,927 Good buddy. Like you and Jack David? 796 00:48:04,002 --> 00:48:05,128 Uh... 797 00:48:05,303 --> 00:48:07,169 Yeah, 798 00:48:07,339 --> 00:48:08,829 kind of like that. 799 00:48:09,007 --> 00:48:13,604 Actually, uh, Jackie and I, we knew each other much longer. 800 00:48:14,279 --> 00:48:17,010 Look, uh, that's about it, isn't it? 801 00:48:17,182 --> 00:48:18,843 I told you all I know. 802 00:48:19,017 --> 00:48:21,145 Not all, Mr. Ormond. 803 00:48:21,319 --> 00:48:23,344 I think you know quite a bit more, 804 00:48:23,522 --> 00:48:27,083 such as why Jack David was afraid, why he was ready to talk. 805 00:48:27,259 --> 00:48:28,954 And how the poison got into his system 806 00:48:29,127 --> 00:48:30,424 the morning of the examination. 807 00:48:30,595 --> 00:48:32,620 ORMOND: Eh, you're off your rocker. 808 00:48:32,798 --> 00:48:34,857 David never went near Caudere, 809 00:48:35,033 --> 00:48:36,364 but you were with him, alone, 810 00:48:36,902 --> 00:48:39,928 while Mrs. David and Mr. Wendell waited outside. 811 00:48:40,105 --> 00:48:42,267 And what about your good buddy Rod Steele 812 00:48:42,441 --> 00:48:44,000 when you found out he was a plant? 813 00:48:44,176 --> 00:48:46,304 ORMOND: How could I know he was a plant? 814 00:48:46,478 --> 00:48:47,968 MASON: Because you were the ringleader. 815 00:48:48,146 --> 00:48:49,511 It was you Doreen Wilde called 816 00:48:49,681 --> 00:48:52,616 when she found the fake policy planted in the files. 817 00:48:52,784 --> 00:48:55,185 You had plenty of time to get to the YMCA gym 818 00:48:55,353 --> 00:48:59,847 and arrange the overdose of harmless cardsyn for your good buddy. 819 00:49:00,025 --> 00:49:02,153 You're making that all up. 820 00:49:02,327 --> 00:49:04,159 You can't prove it, none of it. 821 00:49:04,329 --> 00:49:06,093 Can't I? 822 00:49:06,264 --> 00:49:08,790 Do you know when you signed your confession? 823 00:49:08,967 --> 00:49:11,459 When you filled out this disability form. 824 00:49:11,636 --> 00:49:14,264 It was Rod Steele who had the heart attack in the gymnasium. 825 00:49:14,439 --> 00:49:17,500 It was Rod Steele who was loaded into the emergency ambulance. 826 00:49:17,676 --> 00:49:19,735 But Rod Steele was never admitted to the hospital. 827 00:49:19,911 --> 00:49:23,176 It was Paul Drake who was identified and checked in by Dr. Hartlund. 828 00:49:23,882 --> 00:49:28,046 You see, Mr. Ormond, right here on this line, in your handwriting. 829 00:49:28,220 --> 00:49:31,315 "Rod Steele, Room 328." 830 00:49:31,490 --> 00:49:34,391 Now, you couldn't have gotten that information from the hospital. 831 00:49:34,559 --> 00:49:36,493 To write that, you had to know that Rod Steele 832 00:49:36,661 --> 00:49:38,993 and Paul Drake were the same man. 833 00:49:54,980 --> 00:49:57,142 I don't know what else to do. I've tried everything. 834 00:49:57,315 --> 00:49:58,578 But you said Paul was better. 835 00:49:58,750 --> 00:49:59,842 That's what I said. 836 00:50:00,018 --> 00:50:02,077 Now I don't know what else to do. I give up. 837 00:50:02,254 --> 00:50:04,689 I thought he was out of danger. 838 00:50:05,257 --> 00:50:07,726 Not unless we get him out of here. 839 00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:09,886 See why I've given up? 840 00:50:10,729 --> 00:50:13,323 Well, look who's come to visit my bed of pain. 841 00:50:13,498 --> 00:50:15,193 DELLA: Bed of pain, my foot. 842 00:50:15,367 --> 00:50:16,926 You've never had it so good. 843 00:50:18,203 --> 00:50:21,195 No Oriental potentate ever had it so good. 844 00:50:21,373 --> 00:50:22,568 Boy, here we go again. 845 00:50:22,741 --> 00:50:24,209 First the doctor, now you two. 846 00:50:24,376 --> 00:50:26,470 Jumping to conclusions, making accusations. 847 00:50:26,645 --> 00:50:28,135 Just look at me. 848 00:50:28,313 --> 00:50:29,712 I'm a very sick man. 849 00:50:30,582 --> 00:50:33,449 [MASON AND DELLA CHUCKLE]