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"The glorious gifts of the
gods may not be cast aside."

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"Behold," the noble Homer said.

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"Cometh the java,

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hot, black and delicious."

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Is something wrong, Dad?

6
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Wrong?

7
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No, no, no.

8
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Eggs the way you like them?

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Oh.

10
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Just not enough, that's all.

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Muriell, baby, I'm awfully
hungry this morning.

12
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How about another egg

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and some more of
that venison sausage?

14
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Of course.

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Thank you, baby.

16
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Here we are.

17
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Dad?

18
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Your breakfast is getting cold.

19
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Dad?

20
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What is it, Muriell?

21
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Dad.

22
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He didn't finish his
breakfast and I...

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I'm looking for him.

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It's obvious he's not here.

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Sorry, Nancy.

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Oh, what are you doing

27
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banging around
this time of night?

28
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I'm sorry I woke you, Glamis.

29
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Oh, it's not me, silly.

30
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You might have wakened Hartley.

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Hartley? Hartley Elliott, here?

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Mm-hm.

33
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In the guestroom.

34
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Something went
wrong with his car

35
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when he brought me home,
so of course I asked him

36
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to spend the night
in the guestroom.

37
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Well, Dad didn't
finish his breakfast,

38
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and he hasn't
left for the office.

39
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Well, I just don't
know where he is.

40
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Well, did you look out in
that smelly old shop of his?

41
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Muriell Gilman. Mm-hm.

42
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Now for the address.

43
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6231 Vauxman.

44
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Oh, fine, Miss Gilman.

45
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Yes, and try not
to worry too much.

46
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I'll have Mr. Mason call
as soon as he comes in.

47
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You're very welcome.

48
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Bye.

49
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Gilman.

50
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Carter Gilman.

51
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Morning, Della.

52
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Morning, Perry.

53
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A young woman just called
and she's lost her father

54
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and she seems
terribly frightened.

55
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What do you mean
she's lost her father?

56
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Well, it just so happens
that he disappeared

57
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right in the middle
of breakfast.

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A good place to disappear.

59
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Perry, she found your name

60
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on a list of appointments
in his briefcase.

61
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Do I know him?

62
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Not that I know
of. Carter Gilman?

63
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That rings no bells.

64
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Perry, yesterday
afternoon, late, a man called.

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He wanted an appointment and
said it was of extreme urgency.

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I gave him an
appointment at 11:30.

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Here, 11:30 this morning.

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"Mr. Edward Carter."

69
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Edward Carter, Carter Gilman.

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Mm-hm.

71
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Carter Gilman's address
is 6231 Vauxman.

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Mr. Edward Carter
also left an address.

73
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6231 Vauxman?

74
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I think we better get in touch

75
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with your frightened
young lady right away.

76
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The red stain on the floor

77
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is not blood. It's paint.

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Oh, thank heaven.

79
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But there was obviously
quite a fight in here.

80
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This must have been knocked
over during the struggle.

81
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Your father's workshop?

82
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Yes.

83
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Woodworking is his hobby.

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He's very good at it.

85
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He certainly uses fine woods.

86
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A hundred of these bills
scattered on the floor.

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Ten thousand dollars.

88
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But where did it come from?

89
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I don't know.

90
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That money isn't mine, I
don't want any part of it.

91
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All right, Miss Gilman,

92
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I'll hold it for a while.

93
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Now, other than
you and your father,

94
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who was in the house?

95
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Nancy, my stepmother.

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Glamis Barlow, my stepsister.

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And... And Hartley Elliott,

98
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Glamis' boyfriend.

99
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He spent the night here.

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I saw him leave a
few minutes ago.

101
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Now, you said your
father seemed preoccupied

102
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with something outside
the dining room window?

103
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I guess he saw
something out there.

104
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But why didn't he tell me?

105
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Mr. Mason, do you
think he saw someone

106
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coming into this workshop?

107
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Or someone leaving it.

108
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Now, suppose you find me a
recent picture of your father.

109
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What are you going
to do, Mr. Mason?

110
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Call the police?

111
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No. Not yet.

112
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I'll wait and see what
happens at 11:30.

113
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<i>He's here, Perry.</i>

114
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Uh, bring him in.

115
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Tell Gertie to get
hold of Paul for me.

116
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Mr. Edward Carter.

117
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Mr. Mason.

118
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Uh, won't you sit
down, Mr. Carter?

119
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I believe you told Miss Street

120
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this was a matter
of extreme urgency.

121
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I'm acting on
behalf of a friend.

122
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A very dear friend.

123
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A woman who happens
to be married to a man

124
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who is also a friend of mine.

125
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And her name?

126
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Gilman. Nancy Gilman.

127
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I'm visiting her and her
husband at the moment.

128
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What about Mrs. Gilman?

129
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Mr. Mason, Mrs. Gilman
is being blackmailed.

130
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And, uh, you being her friend,

131
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want me to do
something about it?

132
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Yes, sir, that's why I'm here.

133
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I wanna know what's in her past

134
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so that we know what hold
the blackmailer has over her.

135
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Do you know who
the blackmailer is?

136
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Yes, sir, I do.

137
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A woman private detective
named Vera M. Martel.

138
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She has an office in Las Vegas.

139
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I'd like to know a little more
about, uh, Nancy Gilman.

140
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About her husband, for instance.

141
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Well, Mr. Gilman
was married before.

142
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He has one daughter,
Muriell. She's 20.

143
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He married again and
the second wife, Nancy,

144
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has a daughter
by a prior marriage.

145
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Glamis. Glamis Barlow.

146
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I'm very fond of
the entire family,

147
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and particularly
the two daughters.

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They're as different
as night and day.

149
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But where Mr. and Mrs.
Gilman are concerned,

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they're duplicate and
devoted daughters.

151
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But you think there is
something in Mrs. Gilman's past

152
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which would, uh, lay
her open to blackmail.

153
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Uh, Mr. Carter,

154
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perhaps what you need is
a good private investigator.

155
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But you don't
understand, Mr. Mason.

156
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I want you as an attorney.

157
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Yes, of course, hire
anybody else as necessary,

158
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but you do it.

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Do you happen to know
if there's a workshop

160
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someplace around
the Gilman house?

161
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Why, yes, of course,

162
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I... I've seen it there.

163
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Why do you ask?

164
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Mr. Carter, I'll take your
case on one condition:

165
00:09:04,745 --> 00:09:08,190
I want you to assign to me
all your right, title and interest,

166
00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:09,692
whatever it may be,

167
00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:12,462
to the contents
of that workshop.

168
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All those contents that
exist at the present time

169
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or existed at any other
time during the day.

170
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Well, I'll sign
anything, Mr. Mason,

171
00:09:21,361 --> 00:09:24,306
but, quite obviously since
I'm only a guest at the house

172
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and own nothing in the
workshop or any place else there,

173
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uh, such a paper would
be a legal absurdity.

174
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Hm. I'd simply like to have, uh,

175
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what we lawyers
call, "color of title,"

176
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to give me a legal right
to explore the premises.

177
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Now, if it's agreeable,
I'll have my secretary

178
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get together with
you in the outer office,

179
00:09:45,685 --> 00:09:47,819
draw up a bill of sale
and we'll go right to work.

180
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Look, Mr. Mason.

181
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Apparently I have no choice.

182
00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:02,434
Thank you.

183
00:10:06,005 --> 00:10:07,650
Perry, what on earth?

184
00:10:07,674 --> 00:10:09,585
If that $10,000
from the workshop

185
00:10:09,609 --> 00:10:11,053
now locked in our safe

186
00:10:11,077 --> 00:10:13,055
is money he collected
to pay blackmail,

187
00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:15,991
I'd have a legitimate
excuse to, uh, hold it.

188
00:10:16,015 --> 00:10:19,361
Moreover, I couldn't be
accused of suppressing evidence,

189
00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:21,252
you understand?

190
00:10:30,096 --> 00:10:32,141
Hi, Perry. You wanted to see me?

191
00:10:32,165 --> 00:10:35,645
Suspected blackmail
victim, Mrs. Nancy Gilman.

192
00:10:35,669 --> 00:10:38,781
Nancy Gilman is
supposedly being blackmailed

193
00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:42,384
by a private investigator
named, uh, Vera Martel,

194
00:10:42,408 --> 00:10:44,120
who evidently... Wait a minute.

195
00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:45,454
Wrong tense.

196
00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:46,990
Was, not is.

197
00:10:47,014 --> 00:10:49,492
Your lady private eye
isn't blackmailing anybody.

198
00:10:49,516 --> 00:10:51,182
She's dead.

199
00:10:56,422 --> 00:10:57,433
Where's Gilman?

200
00:10:57,457 --> 00:10:58,634
He called his office

201
00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:00,770
and, whatever it was his
secretary told him, he...

202
00:11:00,794 --> 00:11:02,672
He signed the bill of sale
without even reading it

203
00:11:02,696 --> 00:11:04,106
and just hurried out.

204
00:11:04,130 --> 00:11:07,409
Well, no hope of
catching him now.

205
00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:09,645
Paul, are you sure
Vera Martel is dead?

206
00:11:09,669 --> 00:11:12,047
Well, I didn't check the
corpse personally, but I'm sure.

207
00:11:12,071 --> 00:11:13,315
What happened?

208
00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:14,851
The highway patrol found a body

209
00:11:14,875 --> 00:11:16,318
down a ravine in
the Hollywood Hills.

210
00:11:16,342 --> 00:11:17,653
Turned out to be
one Vera Martel.

211
00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:18,988
Accident?

212
00:11:19,012 --> 00:11:21,357
Supposed to look like it,
but it wasn't. It was murder.

213
00:11:21,381 --> 00:11:23,092
She was strangled
sometime this morning.

214
00:11:23,116 --> 00:11:24,360
Pretty funny routine too.

215
00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:25,595
What do you mean?

216
00:11:25,619 --> 00:11:28,197
Well, Vera's clothes
were loaded with sawdust.

217
00:11:28,221 --> 00:11:30,032
Sawdust from real
expensive wood yet.

218
00:11:30,056 --> 00:11:32,802
And one spot on her dress
was all smeared with red paint.

219
00:11:32,826 --> 00:11:34,103
Figure that one.

220
00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:35,605
I can.

221
00:11:35,629 --> 00:11:37,339
It won't take the
police long either.

222
00:11:37,363 --> 00:11:38,875
What?

223
00:11:38,899 --> 00:11:41,377
I've been playing a blind
hand and I've just been raised.

224
00:11:41,401 --> 00:11:43,245
Paul, I'm gonna start
a little rough probing

225
00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:45,080
in the hope I can push
someone into running.

226
00:11:45,104 --> 00:11:47,216
If they start running, I'll
wanna know where they go

227
00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:48,217
and what they do.

228
00:11:48,241 --> 00:11:49,652
All right.

229
00:11:49,676 --> 00:11:52,021
We checked his
office, he wasn't there.

230
00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:53,956
Now, do you still insist
none of you knows

231
00:11:53,980 --> 00:11:55,457
where Mr. Gilman is?

232
00:11:55,481 --> 00:11:56,993
If you doubt our answers,

233
00:11:57,017 --> 00:11:59,962
why waste our time and
yours with stupid questions?

234
00:11:59,986 --> 00:12:03,032
Would you also characterize
murder as stupid?

235
00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:05,501
It's Dad. I knew
something was wrong,

236
00:12:05,525 --> 00:12:06,636
I knew it.

237
00:12:06,660 --> 00:12:08,203
Oh, relax.

238
00:12:08,227 --> 00:12:10,439
If if he were dead,

239
00:12:10,463 --> 00:12:13,308
Mr. Mason wouldn't
be asking where he is.

240
00:12:13,332 --> 00:12:17,346
Mr. Mason, is there anything
else you wish to know?

241
00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:19,582
Yes.

242
00:12:19,606 --> 00:12:23,240
Did any of you withdraw
$10,000 from the bank?

243
00:12:25,011 --> 00:12:26,956
Does any one of you
know if Mr. Gilman

244
00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:29,413
withdrew $10,000 from the bank?

245
00:12:32,819 --> 00:12:35,653
Do any of you know Vera Martel?

246
00:12:38,792 --> 00:12:40,236
Thanks.

247
00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:42,627
You've been a
big help, all of you.

248
00:12:44,297 --> 00:12:45,942
Mr. Mason.

249
00:12:45,966 --> 00:12:48,410
You pick a name out of
thin air and you throw it at us.

250
00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:50,479
Who is Vera Martel?

251
00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:52,115
She was a private detective.

252
00:12:52,139 --> 00:12:53,983
Possibly a blackmailer.

253
00:12:54,007 --> 00:12:55,752
She was murdered this morning.

254
00:12:55,776 --> 00:12:58,721
Well, what has that
got to do with us?

255
00:12:58,745 --> 00:13:01,490
I have reason to believe
the police are going to claim

256
00:13:01,514 --> 00:13:02,725
that she was strangled to death

257
00:13:02,749 --> 00:13:04,360
in the workshop
behind your garage.

258
00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:06,129
And that $10,000,

259
00:13:06,153 --> 00:13:07,830
either a bribe or
blackmail payment,

260
00:13:07,854 --> 00:13:09,232
was left in that workshop

261
00:13:09,256 --> 00:13:11,667
while someone disposed
of Vera Martel's body.

262
00:13:11,691 --> 00:13:13,302
You're either drunk or crazy.

263
00:13:15,095 --> 00:13:17,306
That is probably the police.

264
00:13:17,330 --> 00:13:19,475
When they're finished,

265
00:13:19,499 --> 00:13:22,400
let me know if you think
they're drunk or crazy.

266
00:13:27,007 --> 00:13:28,751
Well,

267
00:13:28,775 --> 00:13:31,487
Perry Mason answering doors.

268
00:13:31,511 --> 00:13:33,355
Counselor, we
traced a taxi receipt

269
00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:36,159
in a dead woman's
purse to this address.

270
00:13:36,183 --> 00:13:37,593
I have a search warrant here.

271
00:13:37,617 --> 00:13:39,228
You'll find the sawdust
and the red paint

272
00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:40,997
in the workshop
behind the garage.

273
00:13:41,021 --> 00:13:42,965
Excuse me. Sergeant.

274
00:14:32,672 --> 00:14:34,150
Paul.

275
00:14:34,174 --> 00:14:35,818
Hi, Alan. Is she here?

276
00:14:35,842 --> 00:14:37,753
Uh, you were right. She
did come here to Las Vegas.

277
00:14:37,777 --> 00:14:39,488
One of my men spotted
her coming into town.

278
00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:40,522
How'd you figure?

279
00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:42,491
Well, I tailed
her to Victorville.

280
00:14:42,515 --> 00:14:44,093
Just outside of town,
I blew a fuel pump,

281
00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:45,661
got stranded in the
desert and lost her.

282
00:14:45,685 --> 00:14:46,929
But, Las Vegas
was the only place

283
00:14:46,953 --> 00:14:48,064
she could have been going to.

284
00:14:48,088 --> 00:14:49,464
Well, we had the same bad luck.

285
00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:51,433
My man spotted her,
all right, but that's all.

286
00:14:51,457 --> 00:14:53,069
Then he lost her
in downtown traffic.

287
00:14:53,093 --> 00:14:54,336
But we'll find her, don't worry.

288
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:55,571
And I may have something for you

289
00:14:55,595 --> 00:14:56,839
on the girl knowing Vera Martel.

290
00:14:56,863 --> 00:14:58,007
Vera Martel.

291
00:14:58,031 --> 00:14:59,775
Are the cops crawling
all over her office now?

292
00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:00,976
Not that I know of.

293
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,912
Have you got a car?
Yeah, I rented one for you.

294
00:15:02,936 --> 00:15:05,081
Waiting out front
alongside mine. Good.

295
00:15:35,534 --> 00:15:37,613
I had a hunch you
might be headed here.

296
00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:40,049
Oh, I know you're inside.

297
00:15:40,073 --> 00:15:43,018
Now, the cops take a dim
view of breaking and entering.

298
00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:44,352
But then, I'm not a cop.

299
00:15:44,376 --> 00:15:46,789
I'm a friend. I work
for Perry Mason.

300
00:15:46,813 --> 00:15:49,279
So, uh, maybe you
better come on out now.

301
00:15:54,754 --> 00:15:55,831
Carter Gilman?

302
00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:02,571
I don't know who you
are, mister. Not yet.

303
00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:05,040
But you made us move
in before we wanted to.

304
00:16:05,064 --> 00:16:07,776
This place has been
staked out for an hour.

305
00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,479
Gilman, you're under arrest.

306
00:16:10,503 --> 00:16:13,148
You're wanted in Los Angeles
for the murder of Vera Martel.

307
00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:20,189
Thank you.

308
00:16:20,213 --> 00:16:22,091
Uh, I'm lucky they
didn't toss me in the clink.

309
00:16:22,115 --> 00:16:23,592
What about Carter Gilman?

310
00:16:23,616 --> 00:16:25,828
Well, he waived extradition
and they flew him down to L.A.

311
00:16:25,852 --> 00:16:27,563
I imagine they're
booking him now.

312
00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:28,931
Glamis Barlow?

313
00:16:28,955 --> 00:16:30,967
Oh, we found her, all right.

314
00:16:30,991 --> 00:16:33,202
She went straight to her
father's house and stayed there.

315
00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:34,236
Her real father?

316
00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:35,737
Steven A. Barlow.

317
00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:37,873
He and Glamis' mother were
divorced several years ago.

318
00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:39,175
He lives in Las Vegas.

319
00:16:39,199 --> 00:16:41,110
There's only one trouble:

320
00:16:41,134 --> 00:16:43,012
He really isn't the real father.

321
00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:45,280
Well, now, that
really makes sense.

322
00:16:45,304 --> 00:16:47,916
Perry, I think we
hit the jackpot.

323
00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:49,284
I had to get a
friend stoned to do it

324
00:16:49,308 --> 00:16:50,653
and he'll probably hate me,

325
00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:53,588
but I found out why Mrs.
Gilman was being blackmailed.

326
00:16:53,612 --> 00:16:55,924
Before she became
Mrs. Nancy Gilman,

327
00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:57,960
our girl was Mrs.
Steven A. Barlow.

328
00:16:57,984 --> 00:17:00,029
Before that, Miss Nancy Adair,

329
00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:03,165
an, uh, uninhibited
Greenwich Village artist.

330
00:17:03,189 --> 00:17:04,833
Uninhibited?

331
00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:06,635
You mean, her
daughter, Glamis Barlow,

332
00:17:06,659 --> 00:17:08,170
isn't Glamis Barlow?

333
00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:09,371
You guessed it.

334
00:17:09,395 --> 00:17:11,373
The real papa's John Yerman.

335
00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:13,375
Only it seems this
Yerman was a creep

336
00:17:13,399 --> 00:17:15,010
and Nancy came to despise him.

337
00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,545
And, as to Nancy,

338
00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:18,714
impending motherhood alone
was no must for matrimony,

339
00:17:18,738 --> 00:17:21,750
so she left him. Disappeared.

340
00:17:21,774 --> 00:17:24,119
How in the world did you
get all this information?

341
00:17:24,143 --> 00:17:26,889
Well, the answer to
that is part of the story.

342
00:17:26,913 --> 00:17:29,058
Nancy then married
Steven A. Barlow.

343
00:17:29,082 --> 00:17:30,993
Glamis was born, years go by,

344
00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:33,462
she divorces Steven A. Barlow
and marries Carter Gilman.

345
00:17:33,486 --> 00:17:34,963
But in the meantime,

346
00:17:34,987 --> 00:17:36,765
big things are happening
to John Yerman.

347
00:17:36,789 --> 00:17:38,066
He inherits $20 million.

348
00:17:38,090 --> 00:17:41,270
And I suppose Yerman
wanted to find this girl

349
00:17:41,294 --> 00:17:42,371
he'd never seen?

350
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:43,538
That's right.

351
00:17:43,562 --> 00:17:45,074
However, he died a
little over a year ago

352
00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:46,242
without ever seeing her.

353
00:17:46,266 --> 00:17:48,710
Nonetheless, he willed
every cent of his estate

354
00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:50,445
to the unknown child, if alive.

355
00:17:50,469 --> 00:17:53,515
Did his estate,
uh, locate Glamis?

356
00:17:53,539 --> 00:17:54,984
Well, yes and no.

357
00:17:55,008 --> 00:17:57,686
Glamis still doesn't know about
either Yerman or the money.

358
00:17:57,710 --> 00:17:59,688
Nancy, Mrs. Gilman,
went to New York,

359
00:17:59,712 --> 00:18:01,056
established Glamis' identity

360
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,958
and settled with the estate.

361
00:18:02,982 --> 00:18:04,949
How much was involved
in the settlement?

362
00:18:06,219 --> 00:18:08,663
Two million dollars, tax
free, on one condition:

363
00:18:08,687 --> 00:18:10,366
That Glamis, or anyone else,

364
00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:13,202
need never know the true
story of her birth record.

365
00:18:13,226 --> 00:18:15,670
As far as I can find out,
the money's in a secret trust

366
00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:17,739
and Glamis still thinks
that this Steven A. Barlow

367
00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:19,275
in Las Vegas is her real father.

368
00:18:19,299 --> 00:18:20,809
So...

369
00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:24,246
Muriell, Glamis, Nancy, Carter,

370
00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:26,849
and now Steven
Barlow, are involved.

371
00:18:26,873 --> 00:18:28,083
Well, there's one more.

372
00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:29,384
The Gilman's overnight guest.

373
00:18:29,408 --> 00:18:30,919
Glamis' boyfriend,
Hartley Elliott.

374
00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:33,255
Oh, yes. By the way, Paul,

375
00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:35,390
I wanna get to that boy first.

376
00:18:35,414 --> 00:18:36,391
Tonight?

377
00:18:36,415 --> 00:18:37,492
If possible.

378
00:18:37,516 --> 00:18:39,128
I'll check with Della
right after my visit

379
00:18:39,152 --> 00:18:41,230
with Carter Gilman.

380
00:18:41,254 --> 00:18:43,766
Let's go over this.

381
00:18:43,790 --> 00:18:45,333
You were eating breakfast,

382
00:18:45,357 --> 00:18:50,005
you, uh, saw
something or someone

383
00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:51,339
through the dining room windows.

384
00:18:51,363 --> 00:18:53,175
Someone inside the workshop.

385
00:18:53,199 --> 00:18:55,577
It looked like Vera Martel.

386
00:18:55,601 --> 00:18:59,982
You, uh, sent Muriell
to get more food,

387
00:19:00,006 --> 00:19:02,539
so you could go
out to the workshop?

388
00:19:03,742 --> 00:19:05,754
No.

389
00:19:05,778 --> 00:19:09,724
I wanted to watch the
workshop without Muriell knowing.

390
00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:11,860
But you did leave
the dining room

391
00:19:11,884 --> 00:19:12,895
and go out there?

392
00:19:12,919 --> 00:19:14,429
Later.

393
00:19:14,453 --> 00:19:17,199
After I saw somebody
running out of the workshop

394
00:19:17,223 --> 00:19:20,535
upset, frightened
and almost panicky.

395
00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:22,159
Who was it?

396
00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:25,340
A member of my family.

397
00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:26,924
Which member of your family?

398
00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:30,140
Sorry, I'm not
gonna tell you that.

399
00:19:32,404 --> 00:19:34,850
You, uh, went to the workshop.

400
00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:36,451
What then?

401
00:19:36,475 --> 00:19:38,787
Well, I saw the money
scattered around the floor,

402
00:19:38,811 --> 00:19:40,856
signs of a struggle,

403
00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,791
and what appeared
to be a pool of blood,

404
00:19:42,815 --> 00:19:44,426
but no Vera.

405
00:19:44,450 --> 00:19:45,894
I ran outside,

406
00:19:45,918 --> 00:19:48,063
I ran after...

407
00:19:48,087 --> 00:19:49,832
The member of my family.

408
00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:53,001
But I lost her.

409
00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:55,403
I looked around
without much luck

410
00:19:55,427 --> 00:19:57,947
and found myself at a bus stop.

411
00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:03,778
I finally gave up took the
bus downtown from there.

412
00:20:03,802 --> 00:20:06,514
I remembered I had
an appointment with you

413
00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:09,617
and, well, I came
back to your office

414
00:20:09,641 --> 00:20:11,386
instead of going back to mine.

415
00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:13,222
Why were you in such a
hurry to leave me office?

416
00:20:13,246 --> 00:20:16,091
Well, I spoke to my
secretary on the phone.

417
00:20:16,115 --> 00:20:18,396
She said there was a
letter from Vera Martel.

418
00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:21,063
I rushed over to
have a look at it.

419
00:20:21,087 --> 00:20:22,197
It, uh,

420
00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:25,767
contained a carefully
worded suggestion

421
00:20:25,791 --> 00:20:29,293
that she had something
that I might wanna buy.

422
00:20:30,629 --> 00:20:33,575
Well, at that point, Mason,

423
00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:37,779
I decided that perhaps I
should handle matters myself.

424
00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:39,915
So I went straight to Las Vegas.

425
00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:40,983
To do what?

426
00:20:41,007 --> 00:20:42,517
Rifle Vera Martel's office?

427
00:20:42,541 --> 00:20:45,921
Somebody had searched
the place before me.

428
00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:48,223
By the way, how did
you get into her office?

429
00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:50,725
Well, I'd taken impressions
of Vera Martel's keys

430
00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:52,660
and had duplicates
made. You what?

431
00:20:52,684 --> 00:20:54,729
Well, she'd been
hanging around my office

432
00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:57,454
asking questions as
a prospective investor.

433
00:20:59,691 --> 00:21:01,503
I finally found out who she was

434
00:21:01,527 --> 00:21:03,605
and what she was.

435
00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:07,409
One day, I found her car
next to mine in the parking lot.

436
00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:11,046
I, uh, use modeling clay

437
00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:13,282
to make forms for my
woodworking lathes.

438
00:21:13,306 --> 00:21:15,317
I had some in
the trunk of the car

439
00:21:15,341 --> 00:21:18,954
and I used that to
take the impressions.

440
00:21:18,978 --> 00:21:20,122
Who made the keys?

441
00:21:20,146 --> 00:21:21,556
A locksmith.

442
00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:23,258
I can't remember his name.

443
00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:25,493
You will when he's
put on the witness stand

444
00:21:25,517 --> 00:21:27,217
to testify against you.

445
00:21:28,454 --> 00:21:29,564
Witness stand?

446
00:21:29,588 --> 00:21:31,333
Mr. Gilman,

447
00:21:31,357 --> 00:21:32,834
before the police finish,

448
00:21:32,858 --> 00:21:34,436
they'll have a case
not only against you,

449
00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:37,205
but at least one other
member of your family.

450
00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:38,807
Now, I must have the truth,

451
00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:41,043
all of it.

452
00:21:41,067 --> 00:21:42,777
I refuse to tell you.

453
00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:44,279
Very well.

454
00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:46,148
Just think this over:

455
00:21:46,172 --> 00:21:47,950
You may not have
been the only witness.

456
00:21:47,974 --> 00:21:50,852
Someone else may have
seen the frightened person

457
00:21:50,876 --> 00:21:52,421
who ran out of that workshop.

458
00:21:52,445 --> 00:21:55,424
And they'll likely have no
compunction whatsoever

459
00:21:55,448 --> 00:21:58,026
about revealing, in court,
the identity of the person

460
00:21:58,050 --> 00:21:59,127
you're trying to protect.

461
00:22:11,297 --> 00:22:14,609
You wanted to ask me a
few questions, Mr. Mason?

462
00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:17,412
How well do you know the
Gilman family, Mr. Elliott?

463
00:22:17,436 --> 00:22:19,081
Well, I don't.

464
00:22:19,105 --> 00:22:21,183
Except, of course, for Glamis.

465
00:22:21,207 --> 00:22:23,718
And I have met her,
uh, stepsister, Muriell.

466
00:22:23,742 --> 00:22:25,153
You've been going with Glamis?

467
00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:26,654
Yes.

468
00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:29,391
We've been thinking seriously
of getting married, in fact.

469
00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:31,893
Now, that particular night
when you brought Glamis home,

470
00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:34,196
your car battery went
dead, I understand.

471
00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:35,930
Yes.

472
00:22:35,954 --> 00:22:38,266
I stayed overnight in
the Gilman guestroom,

473
00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:40,869
had a new battery
brought over in the morning.

474
00:22:40,893 --> 00:22:42,504
You got up early, then.

475
00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:44,573
Did you see or hear
anything unusual?

476
00:22:44,597 --> 00:22:46,107
As a matter of fact, yes.

477
00:22:46,131 --> 00:22:48,510
I happened to look out of the
window while I was dressing

478
00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:50,412
and I noticed someone
running from the workshop

479
00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:52,347
in back of the garage.

480
00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:53,948
Someone who seemed frightened?

481
00:22:53,972 --> 00:22:55,217
Yes.

482
00:22:55,241 --> 00:22:57,452
I must admit, I
was a bit curious.

483
00:22:57,476 --> 00:22:59,354
But then Glamis
said something to me

484
00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:01,156
that made me realize I
must have been wrong.

485
00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:02,824
Glamis said something?

486
00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:04,560
Uh, sure.

487
00:23:04,584 --> 00:23:07,104
She was the one I thought I saw.

488
00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:10,131
You mean, you saw Glamis
running out of the workshop

489
00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:11,900
just a few minutes
before you heard Muriell

490
00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:13,168
looking for her father?

491
00:23:13,192 --> 00:23:14,303
That's right.

492
00:23:14,327 --> 00:23:17,072
You tell that story
on the witness stand

493
00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:18,973
and you'll be putting
the girl you hope to marry

494
00:23:18,997 --> 00:23:21,610
into the gas chamber
for first-degree murder.

495
00:23:22,635 --> 00:23:24,313
He's kidding, isn't he?

496
00:23:24,337 --> 00:23:25,902
No, I'm afraid not.

497
00:23:28,474 --> 00:23:32,521
Well, if I'm not
subpoenaed, I can't testify.

498
00:23:32,545 --> 00:23:35,045
And if I can't be found,
I can't be subpoenaed.

499
00:23:37,049 --> 00:23:39,027
Mr. Elliott.

500
00:23:39,051 --> 00:23:40,929
If you're thinking
of running away,

501
00:23:40,953 --> 00:23:43,265
as an attorney and
an officer of the court,

502
00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:45,856
I must tell you it's
your duty to testify.

503
00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:48,704
You've done your duty.

504
00:23:48,728 --> 00:23:50,472
Now, don't worry about mine.

505
00:24:00,873 --> 00:24:02,351
There was a broken hyoid bone

506
00:24:02,375 --> 00:24:04,586
and distinctive petechial
hemorrhagic spots.

507
00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:07,656
And could you tell us, doctor,
at what time death occurred?

508
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,792
Vera M. Martel had been
strangled to death manually,

509
00:24:10,816 --> 00:24:14,896
sometime between
7:45 a.m. and 9:15 a.m.

510
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:16,698
She had been dead for some time

511
00:24:16,722 --> 00:24:18,967
before her body was thrown
down the side of the cliff.

512
00:24:18,991 --> 00:24:20,436
And there were bits of sawdust

513
00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:22,137
found under the
decedent's fingernails,

514
00:24:22,161 --> 00:24:23,138
is that correct?

515
00:24:23,162 --> 00:24:24,205
That is correct.

516
00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:25,373
Thank you, Dr. Hoxie,

517
00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:27,409
that'll be all.

518
00:24:27,433 --> 00:24:29,511
This is another
sample of the sawdust

519
00:24:29,535 --> 00:24:31,279
identical to the sawdust

520
00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:34,783
found on the clothes
and body of the victim.

521
00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:36,518
And this, lieutenant?

522
00:24:36,542 --> 00:24:38,487
Yes, those are human hairs

523
00:24:38,511 --> 00:24:40,722
identical to those
of the victim,

524
00:24:40,746 --> 00:24:42,390
Vera M. Martel.

525
00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:43,592
And finally this.

526
00:24:43,616 --> 00:24:44,793
Yes, that's modeling clay.

527
00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:46,829
Now, lieutenant, would
you please tell this court

528
00:24:46,853 --> 00:24:49,431
exactly where you
found the sawdust,

529
00:24:49,455 --> 00:24:50,899
the bits of the decedent's hair,

530
00:24:50,923 --> 00:24:52,835
and the modeling clay?

531
00:24:52,859 --> 00:24:56,071
In the trunk of
Carter Gilman's car.

532
00:25:03,970 --> 00:25:05,981
Uh, continue, Mr. Fellows.

533
00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:09,585
Well, this man came to
me with clay exactly like this.

534
00:25:09,609 --> 00:25:11,720
There were
impressions in the clay.

535
00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:15,223
And, using them, I
made him a set of keys.

536
00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:17,025
Now, these keys in this case

537
00:25:17,049 --> 00:25:19,727
belonged to the
decedent, Vera Martel.

538
00:25:19,751 --> 00:25:21,463
I ask you to examine them

539
00:25:21,487 --> 00:25:23,031
and to tell us if
there's any similarity

540
00:25:23,055 --> 00:25:26,067
between Vera Martel's keys
and the ones you made up.

541
00:25:26,091 --> 00:25:28,236
Yes they're
absolutely identical.

542
00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:30,071
And would you tell
this court, please,

543
00:25:30,095 --> 00:25:33,197
for whom you made a duplicate
set of Vera Martel's keys?

544
00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:37,467
I made them for
Mr. Carter Gilman.

545
00:25:42,608 --> 00:25:44,452
Now, Miss Gilman, when
you left the dining room,

546
00:25:44,476 --> 00:25:46,154
where did you go?

547
00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:47,756
To the kitchen.

548
00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:51,192
I prepared the sausage and
egg that my father had asked for.

549
00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:52,260
And then what?

550
00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:53,829
Well,

551
00:25:53,853 --> 00:25:56,754
when I came back...

552
00:25:58,791 --> 00:26:00,669
my father was gone.

553
00:26:00,693 --> 00:26:02,203
That'll be all.

554
00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:03,505
Your witness.

555
00:26:03,529 --> 00:26:06,141
The defense has no
questions at this time.

556
00:26:06,165 --> 00:26:09,144
The prosecution's next witness
was apprehended a few days ago

557
00:26:09,168 --> 00:26:11,079
at the airport,
trying to leave town.

558
00:26:11,103 --> 00:26:14,237
I call Hartley Elliott
to the stand, please.

559
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,124
Mr. Elliott, when you
were getting dressed

560
00:26:23,148 --> 00:26:24,325
on the morning of the murder,

561
00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:25,749
you stood and looked
out the window?

562
00:26:26,852 --> 00:26:28,063
Yes.

563
00:26:28,087 --> 00:26:30,247
You were able to see
the door of the workshop?

564
00:26:31,523 --> 00:26:32,668
Yes.

565
00:26:32,692 --> 00:26:34,959
Did you see anybody
running out of that door?

566
00:26:38,030 --> 00:26:39,441
I don't remember.

567
00:26:39,465 --> 00:26:41,510
Really, Mr. Elliott?

568
00:26:41,534 --> 00:26:43,645
Well, let me be
more specific then.

569
00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:47,203
Did you see Glamis Barlow
run out of that workshop door?

570
00:26:49,742 --> 00:26:51,119
I refuse to answer.

571
00:26:51,143 --> 00:26:53,176
On what grounds?

572
00:26:54,913 --> 00:26:57,259
No grounds. I simply
refuse to answer.

573
00:26:57,283 --> 00:26:59,561
The witness will answer.

574
00:26:59,585 --> 00:27:02,385
Unless the question tends
to incriminate or degrade him.

575
00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:06,100
I refuse to answer.

576
00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:08,236
Mr. Elliott, unless you
answer that question,

577
00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:10,660
you are going to
jail for contempt.

578
00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:13,041
I refuse to answer.

579
00:27:13,065 --> 00:27:16,144
Very well.

580
00:27:16,168 --> 00:27:17,746
It is the judgment of the court

581
00:27:17,770 --> 00:27:19,213
that you be
committed to county jail

582
00:27:19,237 --> 00:27:20,515
for contempt of this court

583
00:27:20,539 --> 00:27:22,483
and held there until such time

584
00:27:22,507 --> 00:27:23,819
as you either
answer the question

585
00:27:23,843 --> 00:27:26,276
or give just cause why
you shouldn't answer it.

586
00:27:27,446 --> 00:27:29,390
I refuse to answer.

587
00:27:29,414 --> 00:27:31,259
Bailiff,

588
00:27:31,283 --> 00:27:33,803
remove the witness
from the court.

589
00:27:35,554 --> 00:27:38,087
All right, Mr. Burger,
call your next witness.

590
00:27:42,628 --> 00:27:45,162
Glamis Barlow to
the stand, please.

591
00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:49,410
Is Glamis Barlow in the court?

592
00:27:49,434 --> 00:27:51,312
She will be shortly, Your Honor.

593
00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:52,580
I've had her subpoenaed

594
00:27:52,604 --> 00:27:53,982
and, since she's
a material witness

595
00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:56,618
and I was afraid she might
leave the jurisdiction of this court,

596
00:27:56,642 --> 00:27:59,154
I had her taken into
custody a few hours ago.

597
00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:00,822
If it please the court.

598
00:28:00,846 --> 00:28:02,791
Just a moment, Mr. Mason.

599
00:28:02,815 --> 00:28:04,860
Mr. Burger,

600
00:28:04,884 --> 00:28:07,328
this court is conducting
a preliminary hearing.

601
00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:10,265
It is not intended to
function as a grand jury.

602
00:28:10,289 --> 00:28:11,867
I'm well aware of
that, Your Honor.

603
00:28:11,891 --> 00:28:15,069
Your Honor,
apparently Mr. Burger

604
00:28:15,093 --> 00:28:17,038
would like nothing better
than to have Miss Barlow

605
00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:20,107
joined as a codefendant
in a superior court trial.

606
00:28:20,131 --> 00:28:22,410
But I will not stand by and
allow her to be maneuvered

607
00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:24,178
into a situation in
which she might forfeit

608
00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:25,880
her constitutional rights.

609
00:28:25,904 --> 00:28:28,817
The court feels as
you do, Mr. Mason.

610
00:28:28,841 --> 00:28:31,307
Great care will be exercised.

611
00:28:38,718 --> 00:28:41,158
Will you take the stand,
please, Miss Barlow?

612
00:28:47,292 --> 00:28:49,532
Raise your right hand, please.

613
00:28:50,963 --> 00:28:52,473
Do you solemnly
swear to tell the truth,

614
00:28:52,497 --> 00:28:54,176
the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth?

615
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,443
I do.

616
00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:56,511
State your name.

617
00:28:56,535 --> 00:28:57,813
Glamis Barlow.

618
00:28:57,837 --> 00:29:00,157
Be seated, please.

619
00:29:02,942 --> 00:29:05,120
Now, Miss Barlow,

620
00:29:05,144 --> 00:29:07,989
the court advises you that
you do not have to answer

621
00:29:08,013 --> 00:29:10,025
any question which,
in your opinion,

622
00:29:10,049 --> 00:29:11,827
may tend to incriminate you.

623
00:29:11,851 --> 00:29:14,329
Now, remember, any
answers you do give here

624
00:29:14,353 --> 00:29:17,599
may be used against
you at any time.

625
00:29:17,623 --> 00:29:19,167
Now, do you understand that?

626
00:29:19,191 --> 00:29:20,769
Yes, Your Honor.

627
00:29:20,793 --> 00:29:23,205
Very well.

628
00:29:23,229 --> 00:29:24,740
You may proceed, Mr. Burger.

629
00:29:24,764 --> 00:29:26,875
Miss Barlow,

630
00:29:26,899 --> 00:29:30,078
are you acquainted with
the decedent, Vera Martel,

631
00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:32,814
or were you acquainted
with her during her lifetime?

632
00:29:32,838 --> 00:29:35,884
I do not know a Vera Martel.

633
00:29:35,908 --> 00:29:37,419
I call your attention now

634
00:29:37,443 --> 00:29:39,487
to the morning of
the 13th of this month

635
00:29:39,511 --> 00:29:42,424
and I ask you if, between
the hours of 8:00 and 8:30,

636
00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:44,759
you were at your
residence? I was.

637
00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:48,430
Between those times, or at any
other time during that morning,

638
00:29:48,454 --> 00:29:51,232
did you have the occasion
to visit the workshop

639
00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:52,734
of the defendant, Carter Gilman?

640
00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:54,825
Objected to, Your Honor.

641
00:29:56,094 --> 00:29:58,473
The question is
leading and suggestive,

642
00:29:58,497 --> 00:30:00,241
and a deliberate attempt
to make the witness

643
00:30:00,265 --> 00:30:01,810
testify against herself.

644
00:30:01,834 --> 00:30:04,512
The court is inclined
to sustain that objection.

645
00:30:04,536 --> 00:30:06,180
Your Honor,

646
00:30:06,204 --> 00:30:08,082
this witness has been
advised of her rights.

647
00:30:08,106 --> 00:30:10,284
She hasn't been charged
with any crime yet.

648
00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:12,654
Will you state it is
not your intention

649
00:30:12,678 --> 00:30:14,055
to charge her with a crime

650
00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:16,491
the moment this
preliminary hearing is over?

651
00:30:16,515 --> 00:30:18,225
If it please the court,

652
00:30:18,249 --> 00:30:21,429
I will make no statement
whatever at this time

653
00:30:21,453 --> 00:30:23,598
as to the intentions
of the prosecution.

654
00:30:23,622 --> 00:30:26,100
I believe that my
question is perfectly proper

655
00:30:26,124 --> 00:30:28,470
and I demand that
this witness answer it.

656
00:30:28,494 --> 00:30:30,304
Well, I want to
answer the question.

657
00:30:30,328 --> 00:30:31,372
No, no, no!

658
00:30:31,396 --> 00:30:33,329
I wasn't anywhere near the room!

659
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,846
Mr. McCoy, will you please
tell this court where you reside.

660
00:30:37,870 --> 00:30:39,781
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada.

661
00:30:39,805 --> 00:30:41,483
And what is your
occupation, sir?

662
00:30:41,507 --> 00:30:44,352
I'm a card dealer.

663
00:30:44,376 --> 00:30:47,455
Are you acquainted
with Glamis Barlow?

664
00:30:47,479 --> 00:30:49,290
Yeah, I know her by sight.

665
00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:52,727
And I've seen her frequently
around the casino where I work.

666
00:30:52,751 --> 00:30:55,262
Did you happen to see her
on the 13th of this month?

667
00:30:55,286 --> 00:30:57,098
Yes, I did.

668
00:30:57,122 --> 00:30:59,000
Where? If the court please.

669
00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:01,002
This is a continued,
obvious attempt

670
00:31:01,026 --> 00:31:04,438
to try Glamis Barlow as a
codefendant at this hearing.

671
00:31:04,462 --> 00:31:08,142
It is the contention of the
prosecution, Your Honor,

672
00:31:08,166 --> 00:31:11,813
that Carter Gilman killed
Vera Martel in his workshop,

673
00:31:11,837 --> 00:31:14,949
and that Glamis Barlow was
his accomplice in that killing

674
00:31:14,973 --> 00:31:17,619
and in disposal of the body.

675
00:31:17,643 --> 00:31:21,556
Carter Gilman had had duplicates
made of Vera Martel's keys.

676
00:31:21,580 --> 00:31:23,725
The prosecution further claims

677
00:31:23,749 --> 00:31:27,795
that the defendant delivered
those keys to Glamis Barlow,

678
00:31:27,819 --> 00:31:29,597
who then preceded
him to Las Vegas,

679
00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:31,966
where she entered
Vera Martel's office

680
00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:34,769
and searched there for
an incriminating document.

681
00:31:34,793 --> 00:31:36,204
Incriminating to whom?

682
00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:39,841
Incriminating to Glamis
Barlow and Carter Gilman.

683
00:31:39,865 --> 00:31:42,243
I, uh...

684
00:31:42,267 --> 00:31:43,578
I am inclined to rule

685
00:31:43,602 --> 00:31:45,947
that, uh, this line
of questioning

686
00:31:45,971 --> 00:31:47,882
be permissible as
tending to prove motivation.

687
00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:50,618
However, I would like
a statement from you,

688
00:31:50,642 --> 00:31:51,920
Mr. District Attorney,

689
00:31:51,944 --> 00:31:54,155
as to what you expect
to prove by this witness.

690
00:31:54,179 --> 00:31:57,692
It just so happens, Your
Honor, that Vera Martel's office

691
00:31:57,716 --> 00:31:59,627
is just across the
hall from the offices

692
00:31:59,651 --> 00:32:02,496
of the casino which
employs this witness.

693
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,133
He is prepared to make
a positive identification

694
00:32:05,157 --> 00:32:07,802
of Glamis Barlow
as the woman he saw

695
00:32:07,826 --> 00:32:10,739
surreptitiously leaving
Vera Martel's office.

696
00:32:10,763 --> 00:32:12,640
The same office in
which Carter Gilman

697
00:32:12,664 --> 00:32:14,075
was later arrested.

698
00:32:14,099 --> 00:32:16,010
We renew our objections.

699
00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:18,780
There is no proof Carter
Gilman did, in truth,

700
00:32:18,804 --> 00:32:20,949
give any office key
to Glamis Barlow.

701
00:32:20,973 --> 00:32:23,218
Before ruling on this objection,

702
00:32:23,242 --> 00:32:27,055
the court wishes to take this
whole matter under advisement.

703
00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:30,113
This court is adjourned
until 10 a.m. tomorrow.

704
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,895
Perry,

705
00:32:33,919 --> 00:32:35,163
I finally located that ten grand

706
00:32:35,187 --> 00:32:36,264
you found in the workshop.

707
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:37,732
The blackmail money? Good.

708
00:32:37,756 --> 00:32:39,067
Maybe good, maybe not.

709
00:32:39,091 --> 00:32:40,969
Who told you it was
blackmail money?

710
00:32:40,993 --> 00:32:42,570
It had to be.

711
00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:44,739
The money had to belong
to one of the Gilmans.

712
00:32:44,763 --> 00:32:46,707
Obviously the one who
was being blackmailed

713
00:32:46,731 --> 00:32:47,708
by Vera Martel.

714
00:32:47,732 --> 00:32:48,777
Nope, you're wrong.

715
00:32:48,801 --> 00:32:50,311
That money belonged
to Vera Martel.

716
00:32:50,335 --> 00:32:51,980
Belonged to Vera Martel?

717
00:32:52,004 --> 00:32:54,182
She withdrew it from her own
account in a Las Vegas bank.

718
00:32:54,206 --> 00:32:56,384
Ten thousand dollars
in 100 dollar bills.

719
00:32:56,408 --> 00:32:58,887
Well, good evening,
Perry, Paul, Della.

720
00:32:58,911 --> 00:33:00,454
Well, Lieutenant Tragg.

721
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:01,522
What can I do for you?

722
00:33:01,546 --> 00:33:04,058
Nothing. Uh, nothing for me.

723
00:33:04,082 --> 00:33:06,594
Perry, unofficially, and as
a friend, I'm tipping you off.

724
00:33:06,618 --> 00:33:08,830
Two hours after court,

725
00:33:08,854 --> 00:33:11,498
Hartley Elliott cracked
and hollered for the D.A.

726
00:33:11,522 --> 00:33:13,735
He's ready to go on
the stand and testify

727
00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:16,170
as to whom he saw
running out of that workshop:

728
00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:18,005
Glamis Barlow.

729
00:33:18,029 --> 00:33:20,274
All right.

730
00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:21,943
But you didn't just come here

731
00:33:21,967 --> 00:33:24,311
to tell me something
unofficially now, did you?

732
00:33:24,335 --> 00:33:26,480
Somebody else talked, Perry.

733
00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:28,216
This is a subpoena.

734
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,885
<i>Duces tecum</i> directing
you to appear in court

735
00:33:30,909 --> 00:33:32,553
as a prosecution witness.

736
00:33:32,577 --> 00:33:34,722
And ordering you
to bring with you

737
00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:37,413
the $10,000 you took from
the scene of the murder.

738
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,862
I'm sorry, Perry.

739
00:33:40,886 --> 00:33:43,086
Really sorry.

740
00:33:51,296 --> 00:33:55,343
Paul, with your men following
Glamis Barlow in Las Vegas,

741
00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:57,212
wouldn't it have been
impossible for her

742
00:33:57,236 --> 00:33:59,080
to have broken into
Vera Martel's office

743
00:33:59,104 --> 00:34:00,215
without them seeing you?

744
00:34:00,239 --> 00:34:02,583
I swear she never
went near the place.

745
00:34:02,607 --> 00:34:03,952
This dealer, Glenn McCoy,

746
00:34:03,976 --> 00:34:05,486
is prepared to
swear that he saw her

747
00:34:05,510 --> 00:34:06,554
coming out of the office.

748
00:34:06,578 --> 00:34:08,356
Perry, he's got to be lying.

749
00:34:08,380 --> 00:34:09,858
At the time he says he saw her,

750
00:34:09,882 --> 00:34:11,259
my men had her
under surveillance.

751
00:34:11,283 --> 00:34:13,794
I wonder, Paul, I really wonder.

752
00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:17,065
Paul, outside of the
police department,

753
00:34:17,089 --> 00:34:19,967
who is the best lie-detector
technician in town?

754
00:34:19,991 --> 00:34:22,203
Uh, Cartman Jasper.

755
00:34:22,227 --> 00:34:24,605
Della, get hold
of this Mr. Jasper.

756
00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:26,674
I'll need him and his equipment.

757
00:34:26,698 --> 00:34:28,043
When?

758
00:34:28,067 --> 00:34:29,677
Uh, about an hour.

759
00:34:29,701 --> 00:34:31,946
Half an hour if
he can manage it.

760
00:34:31,970 --> 00:34:36,884
Paul, when did, uh, Vera Martel
get that money out of her bank?

761
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:38,986
Ten days before she was killed.

762
00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:40,755
I wanna know
exactly what she did

763
00:34:40,779 --> 00:34:41,956
every hour of those ten days.

764
00:34:41,980 --> 00:34:43,158
Where she went, who she saw.

765
00:34:43,182 --> 00:34:45,415
All right, Perry,
I'll check into it.

766
00:34:46,618 --> 00:34:48,663
Perry, it's too late for bail.

767
00:34:48,687 --> 00:34:51,799
Now, just how do you intend
to get Glamis Barlow out of jail

768
00:34:51,823 --> 00:34:53,568
for the lie-detector test?

769
00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:55,303
The test isn't for Glamis.

770
00:34:55,327 --> 00:34:57,172
It's for her mother,
Mrs. Gilman.

771
00:35:01,967 --> 00:35:04,512
But why is Glamis in
jail in the first place?

772
00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:06,714
If it's just because they
wanna use her as a witness,

773
00:35:06,738 --> 00:35:09,250
it seems to me you could
have gotten her out, Mr. Mason.

774
00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:10,818
You could have done something.

775
00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:12,720
The minute we post a bond,

776
00:35:12,744 --> 00:35:14,255
she'll be rearrested and charged

777
00:35:14,279 --> 00:35:16,157
as an accessory
after the fact of murder,

778
00:35:16,181 --> 00:35:17,592
or as codefendant in the murder.

779
00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:18,859
You're sure of that?

780
00:35:18,883 --> 00:35:20,661
Yes, I'm sure of that.

781
00:35:20,685 --> 00:35:23,565
For the moment, I'd rather
she stay right where she is.

782
00:35:23,589 --> 00:35:26,234
Then exactly what is
it you're doing here?

783
00:35:26,258 --> 00:35:27,602
What is it you want?

784
00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:30,338
I wanna know whether or
not you ever knew Vera Martel.

785
00:35:30,362 --> 00:35:32,273
I never heard of the creature.

786
00:35:32,297 --> 00:35:34,375
She wasn't blackmailing you?

787
00:35:34,399 --> 00:35:36,644
Mr. Mason,

788
00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:39,247
I've lived my own life.

789
00:35:39,271 --> 00:35:43,251
I assume by now you know
the truth about Glamis' birth.

790
00:35:43,275 --> 00:35:46,821
Anyone could dig into my
past and find out about that.

791
00:35:46,845 --> 00:35:48,555
I don't deny it.

792
00:35:48,579 --> 00:35:50,825
You haven't
answered my question.

793
00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:53,560
Not Vera Martel, not anybody,

794
00:35:53,584 --> 00:35:56,131
ever has or ever
will blackmail me.

795
00:35:56,155 --> 00:35:58,275
Mrs. Gilman, are
you telling the truth?

796
00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:02,170
Will you take a
lie-detector test?

797
00:36:02,194 --> 00:36:03,505
Right now? Tonight?

798
00:36:03,529 --> 00:36:06,607
It wouldn't be admissible
in court as evidence,

799
00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:08,676
but if you didn't
know Vera Martel,

800
00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:10,211
if she wasn't blackmailing you,

801
00:36:10,235 --> 00:36:13,169
then at least I'd want the
newspapers to know about it.

802
00:36:15,807 --> 00:36:18,274
You have nothing
to fear, Mrs. Gilman.

803
00:36:19,744 --> 00:36:22,278
The truth will help both your
husband and your daughter.

804
00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:25,659
Well?

805
00:36:27,319 --> 00:36:29,830
Mrs. Gilman, answer my questions

806
00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:32,033
either yes or no.

807
00:36:32,057 --> 00:36:35,236
The polygraph will be
checking on your pulse,

808
00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:38,239
blood pressure, skin resistance

809
00:36:38,263 --> 00:36:40,608
and respiration as you answer.

810
00:36:40,632 --> 00:36:44,078
Avoid any muscular movement

811
00:36:44,102 --> 00:36:47,448
and try to think only of
the questions and answers.

812
00:36:47,472 --> 00:36:49,517
Are you ready?

813
00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:50,639
Yes.

814
00:36:58,016 --> 00:37:00,361
Is your first name Nancy?

815
00:37:00,385 --> 00:37:02,218
Yes.

816
00:37:06,091 --> 00:37:09,103
Are you married
to Carter Gilman?

817
00:37:09,127 --> 00:37:10,526
Yes.

818
00:37:12,597 --> 00:37:15,743
Did you know a person
named Vera M. Martel?

819
00:37:15,767 --> 00:37:17,400
No.

820
00:37:19,938 --> 00:37:22,817
Do you live in Los Angeles?

821
00:37:22,841 --> 00:37:24,385
Yes.

822
00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:27,388
Has anyone tried
to blackmail you

823
00:37:27,412 --> 00:37:29,390
during the past three months?

824
00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:30,579
No.

825
00:37:34,585 --> 00:37:37,353
Are you the mother of a
daughter named Glamis?

826
00:37:44,029 --> 00:37:45,061
Yes.

827
00:37:46,465 --> 00:37:49,832
Do you know Steven A. Barlow?

828
00:37:51,602 --> 00:37:52,768
Yes.

829
00:37:54,139 --> 00:37:57,184
Very good, Mrs. Gilman.

830
00:37:57,208 --> 00:38:00,054
Now, we'll repeat
the same questions,

831
00:38:00,078 --> 00:38:01,155
in the same order,

832
00:38:01,179 --> 00:38:02,223
two more times,

833
00:38:02,247 --> 00:38:04,025
just to make
sure of our results.

834
00:38:04,049 --> 00:38:05,559
Are you ready?

835
00:38:05,583 --> 00:38:07,016
Yes.

836
00:38:09,154 --> 00:38:11,465
I just put her to
bed with a sedative.

837
00:38:11,489 --> 00:38:13,700
She was about ready to collapse.

838
00:38:13,724 --> 00:38:15,236
Well, Mr. Jasper?

839
00:38:15,260 --> 00:38:17,571
As far as your case is
concerned, Mr. Mason,

840
00:38:17,595 --> 00:38:19,140
she's telling the truth.

841
00:38:19,164 --> 00:38:21,242
I'm sure she never
knew Vera Martel

842
00:38:21,266 --> 00:38:23,577
and she's never
been blackmailed.

843
00:38:23,601 --> 00:38:25,179
Well, what about this, uh,

844
00:38:25,203 --> 00:38:27,915
identical reaction each
time to the same question?

845
00:38:27,939 --> 00:38:28,983
There's no doubt of it.

846
00:38:29,007 --> 00:38:30,284
She's lying about Glamis.

847
00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:31,986
Could it be a reaction of shame?

848
00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,488
No, definitely not.

849
00:38:34,512 --> 00:38:36,290
It's something else.

850
00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:39,493
Some emotional disturbance
in connection with the statement

851
00:38:39,517 --> 00:38:41,062
that she has a
daughter named Glamis.

852
00:38:41,086 --> 00:38:43,664
Do you suppose Glamis
isn't her daughter?

853
00:38:43,688 --> 00:38:45,299
That could be, I suppose.

854
00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:49,070
Well, considering her
real father's $20 million

855
00:38:49,094 --> 00:38:52,340
and that Mrs. Gilman has
already taken two million of it,

856
00:38:52,364 --> 00:38:55,231
that certainly should have
been a setup for blackmail.

857
00:38:56,801 --> 00:38:59,041
Now what do you think, Perry?

858
00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:02,649
I think we'd better
get in touch with Paul.

859
00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:04,251
Yeah.

860
00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:05,719
Yeah.

861
00:39:05,743 --> 00:39:07,688
What time?

862
00:39:07,712 --> 00:39:09,579
4:05 to L.A. Good.

863
00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:15,263
Perry, we found something.

864
00:39:15,287 --> 00:39:16,397
Vera Martel?

865
00:39:16,421 --> 00:39:18,266
For nine of her last ten days,

866
00:39:18,290 --> 00:39:19,667
she did nothing
out of the ordinary,

867
00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:22,136
went nowhere unusual
and saw nobody special.

868
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:23,237
The tenth day?

869
00:39:23,261 --> 00:39:25,072
Vera took a plane to
Redding, California.

870
00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:26,274
She stayed there half the day,

871
00:39:26,298 --> 00:39:27,675
then she flew to Los Angeles.

872
00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:29,810
And, of course, she was
murdered here the next morning.

873
00:39:29,834 --> 00:39:31,245
What happened in Redding?

874
00:39:31,269 --> 00:39:33,481
I've got an operative there,
Alan Connors, he's a top man.

875
00:39:33,505 --> 00:39:36,317
He's waiting to
give you a full report.

876
00:39:36,341 --> 00:39:38,118
Go ahead, Connors,
this is Mason.

877
00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:41,055
Well, Vera Martel was
met at Redding Airport

878
00:39:41,079 --> 00:39:42,456
by Phyllis Monroe.

879
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,358
<i>Phyllis drove her straight
to the Monroe estate.</i>

880
00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:45,727
Estate?

881
00:39:45,751 --> 00:39:48,563
Well, the Monroe's are
upper, upper crust in Redding.

882
00:39:48,587 --> 00:39:49,830
The mother's dead.

883
00:39:49,854 --> 00:39:52,600
The father is, or
was, a big shot tycoon.

884
00:39:52,624 --> 00:39:54,968
It's not common
knowledge but, uh,

885
00:39:54,992 --> 00:39:57,305
the old man's had some rough
going business-wise lately.

886
00:39:57,329 --> 00:39:58,472
The daughter, Phyllis,

887
00:39:58,496 --> 00:40:00,074
is the most
attractive dish in town.

888
00:40:00,098 --> 00:40:02,476
How long was Vera
at the Monroe place?

889
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:04,078
A couple of hours.

890
00:40:04,102 --> 00:40:06,047
Vera took the first
plane out of Redding,

891
00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:07,715
the 4:05 to Los Angeles.

892
00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:09,950
Connors, get all you
can on the Monroes.

893
00:40:09,974 --> 00:40:13,287
Most important of all,
get pictures of them.

894
00:40:13,311 --> 00:40:15,223
I want you to fly the
stuff down here tonight

895
00:40:15,247 --> 00:40:17,558
so I have it in my hands before
court convenes in the morning.

896
00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:18,992
Charter a plane if you have to.

897
00:40:19,016 --> 00:40:21,056
But please get
that stuff down here.

898
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,965
Alan, let me know what
time you're going to arrive.

899
00:40:24,989 --> 00:40:26,867
I'll meet you.

900
00:40:26,891 --> 00:40:28,502
If the witness will now answer

901
00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:31,171
all questions
willingly and fairly,

902
00:40:31,195 --> 00:40:33,774
he will be deemed to have
purged himself of the contempt,

903
00:40:33,798 --> 00:40:37,111
and the sentence
will be revoked.

904
00:40:37,135 --> 00:40:39,034
You may proceed.

905
00:40:41,306 --> 00:40:43,851
Mr. Elliott,

906
00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:47,555
did you see Glamis
Barlow at approximately 8:25

907
00:40:47,579 --> 00:40:50,380
on the morning on the
13th day of this month?

908
00:40:51,849 --> 00:40:53,160
Yes, sir.

909
00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:54,928
Where was Glamis Barlow

910
00:40:54,952 --> 00:40:57,152
and what was she
doing when you saw her?

911
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:04,605
She had just come
out of the workshop

912
00:41:04,629 --> 00:41:06,873
and she was running away.

913
00:41:06,897 --> 00:41:09,009
You're sure of
that, Mr. Elliott?

914
00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:10,644
She was not walking,

915
00:41:10,668 --> 00:41:12,713
Glamis Barlow was running away?

916
00:41:12,737 --> 00:41:16,517
Yes, running away.

917
00:41:16,541 --> 00:41:17,821
No more questions.

918
00:41:21,580 --> 00:41:22,757
Your Honor,

919
00:41:22,781 --> 00:41:24,959
I had Mr. Mason
served last night

920
00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:26,727
with a subpoena <i>duces tecum.</i>

921
00:41:26,751 --> 00:41:28,629
I should like to
know at this time,

922
00:41:28,653 --> 00:41:30,064
if he brought to court with him

923
00:41:30,088 --> 00:41:32,066
the evidence that
he surreptitiously

924
00:41:32,090 --> 00:41:34,068
and wrongfully removed
from the scene of the crime.

925
00:41:34,092 --> 00:41:36,070
Your Honor, I must
certainly object.

926
00:41:36,094 --> 00:41:37,304
One moment, Mr. Mason.

927
00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:39,373
Uh, let me understand this.

928
00:41:39,397 --> 00:41:43,110
The prosecution calling
the defendant's lawyer

929
00:41:43,134 --> 00:41:45,179
as a witness against
the defendant himself?

930
00:41:45,203 --> 00:41:47,048
Yes, Your Honor.

931
00:41:47,072 --> 00:41:49,884
When he has certain knowledge
of the commission of a crime,

932
00:41:49,908 --> 00:41:52,320
even the defense
attorney is a proper witness.

933
00:41:52,344 --> 00:41:55,323
I have never defied the process
of this, or any other, court.

934
00:41:55,347 --> 00:41:57,491
Nor do I intend to start now.

935
00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:59,961
When I've completed
my cross-examination

936
00:41:59,985 --> 00:42:02,463
of this witness and I
am called to the stand,

937
00:42:02,487 --> 00:42:04,699
I will answer any
and all questions.

938
00:42:04,723 --> 00:42:06,266
Very well.

939
00:42:06,290 --> 00:42:09,470
The inquiry as to compliance
with the subpoena<i> duces tecum</i>

940
00:42:09,494 --> 00:42:11,238
will be suspended until after

941
00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:13,508
Mr. Mason's
cross-examination of the witness.

942
00:42:13,532 --> 00:42:15,765
You may proceed, Mr. Mason.

943
00:42:21,139 --> 00:42:23,751
How long have you known
Glamis Barlow, Mr. Elliott?

944
00:42:23,775 --> 00:42:25,408
About two months.

945
00:42:26,745 --> 00:42:29,189
I understand you're a
manufacturer's agent.

946
00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:30,825
Within what territory
do you operate?

947
00:42:30,849 --> 00:42:32,894
The state of California.

948
00:42:32,918 --> 00:42:35,095
Exactly where do you live?

949
00:42:36,921 --> 00:42:38,932
Well, I travel a great deal.

950
00:42:38,956 --> 00:42:41,702
Actually, I don't have
a residence as such.

951
00:42:41,726 --> 00:42:45,138
But you do have a legal
address, a place where you vote.

952
00:42:45,162 --> 00:42:47,974
I believe it's the,
uh, city of Redding,

953
00:42:47,998 --> 00:42:50,077
isn't that so, Mr. Elliott?

954
00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:53,381
Uh, yes, that's right.

955
00:42:53,405 --> 00:42:55,938
Now, Mr. Elliott, will
you please tell me the...

956
00:42:57,742 --> 00:42:59,319
Your Honor, may I have a moment?

957
00:42:59,343 --> 00:43:00,588
Very well, Mr. Mason.

958
00:43:00,612 --> 00:43:02,044
But please be brief.

959
00:43:15,961 --> 00:43:17,093
We're waiting, Mr. Mason.

960
00:43:21,199 --> 00:43:24,378
You, uh, said you lived
in Redding, Mr. Elliott?

961
00:43:24,402 --> 00:43:25,680
Yes.

962
00:43:25,704 --> 00:43:27,615
In Redding, did you
happen to know a family

963
00:43:27,639 --> 00:43:29,238
by the name of, uh, Monroe?

964
00:43:30,609 --> 00:43:31,852
G.W. Monroe?

965
00:43:31,876 --> 00:43:33,254
That's right.

966
00:43:35,179 --> 00:43:37,023
Yes, I... I knew him.

967
00:43:37,047 --> 00:43:39,148
And the Monroe
daughter, Phyllis?

968
00:43:41,319 --> 00:43:42,785
Yes, I knew her.

969
00:43:44,155 --> 00:43:45,988
Now, uh, Mr. Elliott,

970
00:43:48,058 --> 00:43:50,638
you testified you
saw Glamis Barlow

971
00:43:50,662 --> 00:43:53,006
running from the workshop.

972
00:43:53,030 --> 00:43:56,076
I show you a photograph.

973
00:43:56,100 --> 00:43:58,660
Is that the person you saw
running from the workshop?

974
00:44:05,543 --> 00:44:08,478
I repeat, is that the person you
saw running from the workshop?

975
00:44:10,515 --> 00:44:12,392
Yes.

976
00:44:12,416 --> 00:44:14,394
That's very
strange, Mr. Elliott,

977
00:44:14,418 --> 00:44:17,431
because that is not a
photograph of Glamis Barlow.

978
00:44:17,455 --> 00:44:21,234
It's a photograph
of Phyllis Monroe.

979
00:44:21,258 --> 00:44:24,071
Now, was it Glamis
Barlow or Phyllis Monroe

980
00:44:24,095 --> 00:44:26,575
you saw running
from that workshop?

981
00:44:28,332 --> 00:44:30,978
Well, I... I don't know.

982
00:44:31,002 --> 00:44:33,180
So now you are not able to swear

983
00:44:33,204 --> 00:44:35,524
it was Glamis Barlow you saw?

984
00:44:36,941 --> 00:44:38,019
No, sir.

985
00:44:38,043 --> 00:44:41,154
Your Honor, I
would like to interrupt

986
00:44:41,178 --> 00:44:43,156
my cross-examination
of Hartley Elliott

987
00:44:43,180 --> 00:44:45,325
long enough to have
Mrs. Nancy Gilman

988
00:44:45,349 --> 00:44:46,629
return to the stand.

989
00:44:49,554 --> 00:44:52,933
Is Glamis Barlow your daughter?

990
00:44:52,957 --> 00:44:54,101
Yes.

991
00:44:54,125 --> 00:44:56,485
What was her father's name?

992
00:44:57,829 --> 00:45:00,273
John Yerman.

993
00:45:00,297 --> 00:45:02,576
Is Phyllis Monroe your daughter?

994
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,466
Yes.

995
00:45:05,870 --> 00:45:08,983
Glamis Barlow and Phyllis Munroe

996
00:45:09,007 --> 00:45:10,851
are identical twins,

997
00:45:10,875 --> 00:45:12,953
both daughters of John Yerman?

998
00:45:12,977 --> 00:45:15,623
Yes.

999
00:45:15,647 --> 00:45:19,793
Was Phyllis aware that she'd
been adopted by the Monroes?

1000
00:45:19,817 --> 00:45:22,462
No.

1001
00:45:22,486 --> 00:45:24,698
She was never legally adopted.

1002
00:45:24,722 --> 00:45:25,821
Nobody knew.

1003
00:45:34,165 --> 00:45:37,544
Your Honor, I have no further
questions of Mrs. Gilman.

1004
00:45:37,568 --> 00:45:38,946
I would now like to continue

1005
00:45:38,970 --> 00:45:41,490
my cross-examination
of Hartley Elliott.

1006
00:45:45,810 --> 00:45:48,010
Did you know Vera Martel?

1007
00:45:50,281 --> 00:45:52,459
Well, uh, yes, I, uh...

1008
00:45:52,483 --> 00:45:55,729
I met her in Las Vegas.

1009
00:45:55,753 --> 00:45:58,821
Did you enter into a
business deal with her?

1010
00:46:00,958 --> 00:46:04,237
Mr. Elliott, when
you first met Glamis,

1011
00:46:04,261 --> 00:46:06,807
you must have realized
she was an identical twin

1012
00:46:06,831 --> 00:46:08,008
to Phyllis Monroe.

1013
00:46:08,032 --> 00:46:09,910
You saw a chance to
pick up some money.

1014
00:46:09,934 --> 00:46:12,012
Blackmail money.

1015
00:46:12,036 --> 00:46:14,381
You hired Vera Martel
to investigate both girls,

1016
00:46:14,405 --> 00:46:15,916
did you not?

1017
00:46:15,940 --> 00:46:17,718
Yes.

1018
00:46:17,742 --> 00:46:19,820
She found out about
the illegitimacy and...

1019
00:46:19,844 --> 00:46:21,088
And the estate.

1020
00:46:21,112 --> 00:46:24,058
But then you started
dating Glamis Barlow.

1021
00:46:24,082 --> 00:46:26,160
The two of you
decided to get married.

1022
00:46:26,184 --> 00:46:28,762
A half interest with Vera
in the blackmail money

1023
00:46:28,786 --> 00:46:31,331
was nothing as compared to
a half interest in Glamis' estate,

1024
00:46:31,355 --> 00:46:35,302
with the opportunity to
set aside the settlement

1025
00:46:35,326 --> 00:46:37,203
and claim $10 million.

1026
00:46:37,227 --> 00:46:40,373
You then told Vera Martel
to drop the whole thing,

1027
00:46:40,397 --> 00:46:41,474
did you not?

1028
00:46:41,498 --> 00:46:43,309
Yes.

1029
00:46:43,333 --> 00:46:44,778
But she lied to me.

1030
00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:46,212
She said she would,

1031
00:46:46,236 --> 00:46:48,481
but then she contacted
Phyllis Monroe

1032
00:46:48,505 --> 00:46:50,617
and she was going
to contact the Gilmans.

1033
00:46:50,641 --> 00:46:53,020
And that would have
killed your chance to share

1034
00:46:53,044 --> 00:46:54,955
in that $10 million.

1035
00:46:54,979 --> 00:46:57,457
So you had to keep Vera
away from the Monroes

1036
00:46:57,481 --> 00:46:58,625
and the Gilmans.

1037
00:46:58,649 --> 00:47:00,627
Yes. Yes!

1038
00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:03,163
Now, the business
of your car not running

1039
00:47:03,187 --> 00:47:05,899
when you brought Glamis
home was all a fake, was it not?

1040
00:47:05,923 --> 00:47:09,202
When Vera Martel arrived
at the Gilman house,

1041
00:47:09,226 --> 00:47:10,904
you intercepted her.

1042
00:47:10,928 --> 00:47:13,040
You weren't in
your upstairs room

1043
00:47:13,064 --> 00:47:15,943
at 8:25 that morning,
you were meeting Vera.

1044
00:47:15,967 --> 00:47:18,111
You took her out to the
workshop to have a talk with her,

1045
00:47:18,135 --> 00:47:20,213
isn't that so?

1046
00:47:20,237 --> 00:47:21,214
Yes.

1047
00:47:21,238 --> 00:47:23,316
And someone interrupted you?

1048
00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:26,252
Phyllis.

1049
00:47:26,276 --> 00:47:29,690
She'd tried to catch
Vera at the hotel,

1050
00:47:29,714 --> 00:47:32,626
followed her out in a taxi.

1051
00:47:32,650 --> 00:47:35,862
That $10,000 wasn't
blackmail money.

1052
00:47:35,886 --> 00:47:37,397
It was Vera's.

1053
00:47:37,421 --> 00:47:39,088
She was using it as bait!

1054
00:47:40,457 --> 00:47:42,302
She'd, uh, given the
money to Phyllis earlier,

1055
00:47:42,326 --> 00:47:44,437
up in Redding, is that correct?

1056
00:47:44,461 --> 00:47:46,172
Yes.

1057
00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:49,610
She told Phyllis that she'd
found out about some property,

1058
00:47:49,634 --> 00:47:51,979
willed to her by
a distant uncle.

1059
00:47:52,003 --> 00:47:55,482
A... A ranch or something.

1060
00:47:55,506 --> 00:47:58,852
Then sweet Vera
made a deal with Phyllis.

1061
00:47:58,876 --> 00:48:01,588
Ten thousand dollars
for a half interest

1062
00:48:01,612 --> 00:48:03,490
in whatever inheritance

1063
00:48:03,514 --> 00:48:05,525
Vera could produce for Phyllis.

1064
00:48:07,451 --> 00:48:09,262
Ten thousand dollars

1065
00:48:09,286 --> 00:48:12,465
for a half interest in a
$10 million inheritance!

1066
00:48:12,489 --> 00:48:15,135
G.W. Monroe was
having business troubles,

1067
00:48:15,159 --> 00:48:18,471
he needed money, so
Phyllis accepted the 10,000.

1068
00:48:18,495 --> 00:48:20,073
Then she got the truth,

1069
00:48:20,097 --> 00:48:23,343
the whole shocking truth.

1070
00:48:23,367 --> 00:48:25,646
Who told her? Her father?

1071
00:48:25,670 --> 00:48:29,850
Yeah, old G.W.

1072
00:48:29,874 --> 00:48:32,786
He told her everything.

1073
00:48:32,810 --> 00:48:34,320
And Phyllis came to Los Angeles

1074
00:48:34,344 --> 00:48:35,421
to catch Vera.

1075
00:48:36,580 --> 00:48:38,525
It was funny. It was real funny.

1076
00:48:38,549 --> 00:48:40,894
She she threw the
$10,000 in Vera's face.

1077
00:48:42,019 --> 00:48:44,459
Then ran off.

1078
00:48:44,855 --> 00:48:47,690
Then what did
you do, Mr. Elliott?

1079
00:48:50,494 --> 00:48:53,206
You quietly put your
hands around the throat

1080
00:48:53,230 --> 00:48:54,675
of this woman who
stood in your way

1081
00:48:54,699 --> 00:48:55,676
and you...

1082
00:48:55,700 --> 00:48:57,111
Yes.

1083
00:49:00,104 --> 00:49:02,950
I choked her.

1084
00:49:02,974 --> 00:49:04,785
I didn't mean to kill her,

1085
00:49:04,809 --> 00:49:06,742
I only wanted to scare her.

1086
00:49:08,679 --> 00:49:11,491
But she fought with me.

1087
00:49:11,515 --> 00:49:13,694
Then I heard somebody
coming out of the house.

1088
00:49:13,718 --> 00:49:15,361
It was Mr. Gilman.

1089
00:49:15,385 --> 00:49:19,032
So I... I jerked Vera
back into the garage.

1090
00:49:19,056 --> 00:49:21,268
I only wanted to keep her quiet,

1091
00:49:21,292 --> 00:49:25,172
but when Mr. Gilman
left the workshop,

1092
00:49:25,196 --> 00:49:27,107
Vera...

1093
00:49:27,131 --> 00:49:30,510
She...

1094
00:49:30,534 --> 00:49:32,001
Sh... She was dead.

1095
00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:43,223
So it was Phyllis you saw

1096
00:49:43,247 --> 00:49:44,825
running out of the
workshop, Mr. Gilman.

1097
00:49:44,849 --> 00:49:46,927
And it was also Phyllis
that McCoy, the dealer, saw

1098
00:49:46,951 --> 00:49:48,428
coming out of Vera's
Las Vegas office.

1099
00:49:48,452 --> 00:49:50,363
She'd been there trying
to gather some evidence

1100
00:49:50,387 --> 00:49:51,698
of her background.

1101
00:49:51,722 --> 00:49:54,300
Since one person can't
be in two different places

1102
00:49:54,324 --> 00:49:55,669
at the same time,

1103
00:49:55,693 --> 00:49:58,739
either you or McCoy
were lying, Mr. Gilman.

1104
00:49:58,763 --> 00:50:01,842
Or you were mistaken, or, uh...

1105
00:50:01,866 --> 00:50:03,877
Or there were two girls.

1106
00:50:03,901 --> 00:50:06,814
When were you sure, Mr. Mason?

1107
00:50:06,838 --> 00:50:08,916
When Mrs. Gilman
took the lie-detector test.

1108
00:50:08,940 --> 00:50:10,050
She was telling the truth

1109
00:50:10,074 --> 00:50:11,584
when she said Glamis
was her daughter,

1110
00:50:11,608 --> 00:50:13,220
but she was only
telling part of the truth.

1111
00:50:13,244 --> 00:50:15,322
Glamis was only
one of two daughters.

1112
00:50:15,346 --> 00:50:18,258
Mr. Mason, what
about the Yerman estate

1113
00:50:18,282 --> 00:50:20,260
and the girls' share in it?

1114
00:50:20,284 --> 00:50:22,796
That's a tricky question.

1115
00:50:22,820 --> 00:50:24,965
Was the two million
on inheritance

1116
00:50:24,989 --> 00:50:26,733
or was it a settlement?

1117
00:50:26,757 --> 00:50:29,569
Will, uh, Phyllis get the
balance of the estate,

1118
00:50:29,593 --> 00:50:33,207
or will she share with
Glamis in the $2 million?

1119
00:50:33,231 --> 00:50:34,975
It's a very thorny
legal problem.

1120
00:50:34,999 --> 00:50:37,011
Well, what can we do about it?

1121
00:50:37,035 --> 00:50:38,812
Well, simple.

1122
00:50:38,836 --> 00:50:40,514
Just hire a good lawyer.