1 00:01:00,027 --> 00:01:01,359 Mmm. 2 00:01:48,442 --> 00:01:50,843 It's been a long day, hasn't it? 3 00:01:51,011 --> 00:01:53,037 You've been dishwasher and housemaid, 4 00:01:53,213 --> 00:01:55,842 chauffeur and gardener, haven't you? 5 00:01:56,016 --> 00:01:57,040 And in a few moments, 6 00:01:57,217 --> 00:01:59,516 your own buccaneer will be coming home. 7 00:01:59,886 --> 00:02:04,381 What you need is just a touch of Bennet magic. 8 00:02:09,329 --> 00:02:13,289 Try Bennet's new magical Romantique, 9 00:02:13,467 --> 00:02:16,027 at drug stores and beauty salons everywhere. 10 00:02:16,203 --> 00:02:20,732 Romantique will help you capture your buccaneer. 11 00:02:34,454 --> 00:02:37,583 Oh, so it's you, huh? 12 00:02:37,758 --> 00:02:41,422 Well, now, that's a 14-karat surprise. 13 00:02:42,029 --> 00:02:44,931 Well, this is me, Grace. 14 00:02:45,098 --> 00:02:47,067 I wanna know what's holding up the dough. 15 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:50,997 Is that so? 16 00:02:51,471 --> 00:02:56,136 Well, I guess I'm just gonna have to fill you in on a few little facts, baby. 17 00:03:10,991 --> 00:03:13,984 Well, better late than never, my friend. 18 00:03:14,161 --> 00:03:17,121 - I'm one of the Bennet Buccaneers... - Yeah, I know, and I'm Little Egypt. 19 00:03:17,230 --> 00:03:19,222 Come on in. 20 00:03:21,535 --> 00:03:24,664 Ma'am, I wonder if you'd mind answering a few questions for us. 21 00:03:24,838 --> 00:03:27,364 Cut out the dumb act, baby, and give me the dough. 22 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:30,010 Look, lady, I gave you everything I'm supposed to give you. 23 00:03:30,177 --> 00:03:32,669 - You've got my money! Give it to me. - I don't have anything. 24 00:03:32,846 --> 00:03:35,611 You're a thief! And you've got it. Now, I know you've got it. 25 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:37,348 All right. 26 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,521 Okay, you just cool it, mister. Cool it. 27 00:03:42,689 --> 00:03:44,089 I'm making a phone call. 28 00:03:44,257 --> 00:03:47,716 - Lady, I'm getting out of here. - Oh, no, you're not. 29 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:16,014 Operator, quick, get me the police. 30 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:23,888 Hold it. 31 00:04:29,169 --> 00:04:30,535 Okay, jump in. 32 00:04:30,704 --> 00:04:32,263 What for? What's up? 33 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:34,465 Never mind. Come on. 34 00:04:41,815 --> 00:04:42,874 There's another one. 35 00:04:43,450 --> 00:04:45,248 Hold it there. 36 00:04:53,794 --> 00:04:55,990 Halt or I'll fire. 37 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,869 - Hey, what's...? - Inside. 38 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:07,072 Now stand over there with the others, no talking. 39 00:05:08,108 --> 00:05:10,475 You're positive about the money, Mrs. Webb? 40 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:13,614 That Knapp woman paid me her rent a couple of hours ago. 41 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:17,308 She had a roll of bills, must have been 4- or $500. 42 00:05:17,484 --> 00:05:19,844 They're clean. Nothing that could have been a murder weapon. 43 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:21,784 The murder weapon was under the body, 44 00:05:21,955 --> 00:05:23,355 a 4-inch steel hook. 45 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:27,050 V.- Where's Lieutenant Drumm? - Over there. 46 00:05:27,227 --> 00:05:28,957 Thank you, officer. 47 00:05:29,129 --> 00:05:30,825 - Lieutenant Drumm? - I'm Lieutenant Drumm. 48 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:33,296 Oh. I'm Kean. Harlan Kean. 49 00:05:33,466 --> 00:05:35,526 I'm the producer of the Bennet Buccaneer Show. 50 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:36,726 You wanted to see me? 51 00:05:36,903 --> 00:05:39,343 I understand you hired these men. Do you have a list of names? 52 00:05:39,472 --> 00:05:42,636 Oh, yes, of course. Here. There are six in all. 53 00:05:42,809 --> 00:05:44,710 Lieutenant, I really ought to call my office. 54 00:05:44,878 --> 00:05:46,210 This is a very sensitive matter. 55 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:48,678 With the wrong kind of publicity... 56 00:05:49,316 --> 00:05:50,579 Um, ahem. 57 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:54,778 Lieutenant, would you mind not saying anything to the newspapers 58 00:05:54,955 --> 00:05:56,583 until I have time to prepare a release? 59 00:05:56,756 --> 00:05:58,019 I'll make it worth your while. 60 00:05:58,191 --> 00:06:00,231 This isn't a television show, Mr. Kean, it's murder. 61 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,320 You sit over there, I'll call you when I need you. 62 00:06:03,964 --> 00:06:06,900 Look, guy, look, I'm an actor. I'm in between jobs. 63 00:06:07,067 --> 00:06:08,695 The employment office put me onto this 64 00:06:08,869 --> 00:06:11,634 because it's like no work, no check, you follow? 65 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:13,933 I took it, but I don't know nothing else, nothing! 66 00:06:14,107 --> 00:06:15,735 Have him join the others and no talking. 67 00:06:15,909 --> 00:06:17,502 Mrs. Webb. 68 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:21,241 All right, sergeant. 69 00:06:21,414 --> 00:06:23,134 All right, first man, Charles Strout, 70 00:06:23,283 --> 00:06:24,751 step forward. 71 00:06:27,354 --> 00:06:28,378 Too tall. 72 00:06:28,555 --> 00:06:29,579 Stand aside. 73 00:06:29,756 --> 00:06:31,520 Second man, Michael Woods. 74 00:06:33,526 --> 00:06:38,863 Well, he's about the right size, 75 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:40,958 maybe a little chunky. 76 00:06:41,134 --> 00:06:42,534 Did he have any money on him? 77 00:06:42,669 --> 00:06:44,160 Five dollars and 80 cents. 78 00:06:44,471 --> 00:06:46,167 Where's your hook? 79 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:48,906 Step back. 80 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:51,340 Next man, Tony Polk. 81 00:06:52,512 --> 00:06:56,449 Well, he stands sort of like him. 82 00:06:56,950 --> 00:06:58,179 Did he have any money on him? 83 00:06:58,351 --> 00:07:00,684 Three hundred dollars and 41 cents. 84 00:07:00,854 --> 00:07:02,186 Hey. 85 00:07:02,355 --> 00:07:03,653 Hey, he told me he was broke, 86 00:07:03,823 --> 00:07:06,224 gave me a hard luck story, that why I gave him the job. 87 00:07:06,393 --> 00:07:08,153 Where did you get the money, Mr. Polk? 88 00:07:08,295 --> 00:07:10,321 - I borrowed it. - Where's your hook? 89 00:07:10,497 --> 00:07:12,932 I dropped it. DRUMM: Where? 90 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:14,328 Look, I don't know. 91 00:07:14,501 --> 00:07:15,594 That's him. 92 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:17,829 She scratched his face, see? 93 00:07:18,004 --> 00:07:21,031 I saw him hit her with that hook. I saw him kill her! 94 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:32,715 Steve, I've been a parole officer for what, 15 years now? 95 00:07:32,886 --> 00:07:34,115 Yep. 96 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:37,382 So take it from me, nothing surprises me anymore. 97 00:07:37,557 --> 00:07:42,291 I see a no-good bum straighten out and become a mensch, a man. 98 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:47,400 I see a nice kid from a good family go from petty theft to grand larceny. 99 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:49,900 Does it upset me? Do I worry about it? 100 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:51,629 It's just part of the job. 101 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:53,671 I know, Abe. You're a tough operator, 102 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,072 strictly business, never get emotionally involved. 103 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:59,763 In fact, you didn't finance this sandwich and this cup of coffee 104 00:07:59,913 --> 00:08:01,905 because you wanna talk about Tony Polk, no. 105 00:08:02,082 --> 00:08:04,608 This is just a, uh, social call, huh? 106 00:08:04,784 --> 00:08:06,980 So an actor I'm not. 107 00:08:08,021 --> 00:08:10,752 Steve, about this boy, Tony. 108 00:08:11,591 --> 00:08:15,119 All right, he's no angel. He won't win any medals for tact. 109 00:08:15,295 --> 00:08:16,729 He's got a record. 110 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:18,228 But a killer? 111 00:08:18,398 --> 00:08:21,926 That that boy killed a woman, I don't believe it. 112 00:08:22,102 --> 00:08:24,765 Why, Abe, because he's married and has a baby coming? 113 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:26,566 That doesn't change the facts. 114 00:08:26,740 --> 00:08:29,574 He ran when a police officer tried to pick him up. 115 00:08:29,743 --> 00:08:31,803 He had over $300 on him that he said he borrowed 116 00:08:31,978 --> 00:08:33,310 from an unknown friend. 117 00:08:33,947 --> 00:08:37,076 He left the murder weapon in the dead woman's apartment. 118 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:39,776 He was identified by an eyewitness as the killer. 119 00:08:39,953 --> 00:08:42,855 Every piece fits neatly in place, huh? 120 00:08:43,023 --> 00:08:44,286 You going to stop looking? 121 00:08:44,457 --> 00:08:46,016 Abe, of course not. 122 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:48,923 There'll be a complete investigation. 123 00:08:49,562 --> 00:08:54,125 But I can't invent another suspect because you decide to ignore the facts. 124 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:56,698 Abe, he's an ex-con. 125 00:08:56,870 --> 00:08:59,362 He walked into that apartment, saw a lot of money lying around, 126 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:01,667 he killed a drunken woman when she started screaming. 127 00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:03,504 You know what he needs? 128 00:09:03,676 --> 00:09:05,611 A chance to live that night over again. 129 00:09:06,112 --> 00:09:08,877 Steve, I know what he needs. 130 00:09:09,983 --> 00:09:13,181 And with a little luck and a lot of nerve, I'm gonna get it for him. 131 00:09:13,353 --> 00:09:14,946 Perry! 132 00:09:15,121 --> 00:09:17,056 I told the cops my story. 133 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:18,851 I told Abe Heyman. 134 00:09:19,025 --> 00:09:20,665 I told that fuzzy-faced kid they sent down 135 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:22,728 from the public defender's office. 136 00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:24,660 Now you're all ears. 137 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:28,825 What is this, your day to show your face to charity cases? 138 00:09:31,104 --> 00:09:34,302 You find some way to write me off on your income tax? 139 00:09:34,874 --> 00:09:37,034 Or do they give you merit points at the Bar Association 140 00:09:37,177 --> 00:09:40,011 for making calls on enemies of the people? 141 00:09:40,513 --> 00:09:42,414 I mean, what's in it for you? 142 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:45,142 Why are you so anxious to help me? 143 00:09:45,819 --> 00:09:47,617 Well, give me an answer. 144 00:09:47,787 --> 00:09:51,690 Are you finished? I've heard about all the hearts and flowers I can take. 145 00:09:51,858 --> 00:09:54,657 - Nobody asked you to listen. - Sit down. 146 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:56,490 Sit down. 147 00:10:00,166 --> 00:10:02,032 Now, let's understand one another. 148 00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:04,535 I'm not here for your sake. 149 00:10:04,704 --> 00:10:06,195 I'm here because Abe Heyman, 150 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:09,638 a rare man who lives his job 24 hours a day, 151 00:10:09,809 --> 00:10:10,868 believes in you. 152 00:10:11,044 --> 00:10:13,878 Logic tells me he's misplaced his trust. 153 00:10:14,514 --> 00:10:16,483 It's clear enough that you're arrogant, 154 00:10:16,649 --> 00:10:19,278 that you're full of self-pity, that you're rude... 155 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:20,613 I don't want any lectures. 156 00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:22,585 Sit down, Mr. Polk. 157 00:10:25,058 --> 00:10:27,323 Now, let's get one thing out of the way. 158 00:10:27,594 --> 00:10:28,618 Did you kill that woman? 159 00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:31,557 No. I hit her, but not hard enough to hurt her. 160 00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:32,755 And not with the hook. 161 00:10:32,932 --> 00:10:35,231 - Why did you hit her? TONY: Look, I'd been to maybe six 162 00:10:35,401 --> 00:10:37,121 or eight other places with the free samples. 163 00:10:37,270 --> 00:10:39,569 Every one of the people were surprised to see me 164 00:10:39,739 --> 00:10:41,059 and thanked me and that was that. 165 00:10:41,207 --> 00:10:42,436 But this dame was a nut. 166 00:10:42,609 --> 00:10:44,601 The TV set was on to the Buccaneer Show 167 00:10:44,777 --> 00:10:45,801 when she opened the door, 168 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:48,380 and she acted like she was expecting me. 169 00:10:48,781 --> 00:10:51,114 She grabbed my samples, she went tearing through them, 170 00:10:51,284 --> 00:10:52,404 cussing and screaming at me. 171 00:10:52,552 --> 00:10:55,283 She scratched my face, all the time yelling about her money. 172 00:10:55,455 --> 00:10:56,787 Like I took a dime from her. 173 00:10:56,956 --> 00:10:59,255 - Where did you get the money? - Look, I served my time 174 00:10:59,425 --> 00:11:02,395 because I ran bets for a bookie, not for robbery. 175 00:11:03,129 --> 00:11:05,189 You've been out of work for two months. 176 00:11:05,365 --> 00:11:08,096 You told the man who hired you that you were broke. 177 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:10,237 Now, where did you get that money? 178 00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:11,701 I borrowed it. 179 00:11:11,871 --> 00:11:13,396 Where did you get the money? 180 00:11:13,573 --> 00:11:16,304 I got it from the bookie I used to work for. 181 00:11:16,476 --> 00:11:20,106 Consorting with felons, it's a violation of parole for both of us. 182 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,772 But if I rat on the guy, the cops are gonna be all over him. 183 00:11:22,949 --> 00:11:25,475 Now, he was decent to me. I don't wanna get him in trouble. 184 00:11:25,652 --> 00:11:27,177 Get him in trouble? 185 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:29,754 No one could be in more trouble than you are. 186 00:11:29,923 --> 00:11:32,188 That doesn't make any difference. 187 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:33,998 He'd never admit that he gave me the money 188 00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:36,460 or that he even saw me. 189 00:11:36,729 --> 00:11:39,392 As soon as he reads in the papers that I've been arrested, 190 00:11:39,566 --> 00:11:41,125 he'll probably take off. 191 00:11:41,301 --> 00:11:43,827 This is the first time you'd gone out on a promotion. 192 00:11:44,003 --> 00:11:45,232 Who told you what to say? 193 00:11:45,405 --> 00:11:47,101 That Kean fella, the producer. 194 00:11:47,273 --> 00:11:49,833 He gave us a spiel, and then he handed out the list. 195 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:52,478 And the name of Grace Knapp was on your list? 196 00:11:52,645 --> 00:11:54,375 Well, it was on the one I ended up with. 197 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:57,278 See, there was this guy, I think his name's Mike. 198 00:11:57,450 --> 00:11:59,146 And he wanted to swap lists with me. 199 00:11:59,319 --> 00:12:01,652 He said that he knew somebody that had a place on my list 200 00:12:01,821 --> 00:12:03,847 and wanted to surprise them. So we traded. 201 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:06,686 That's when I got the Knapp woman's apartment. 202 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:10,853 Tony, why did you run from the police? 203 00:12:11,164 --> 00:12:13,484 See, if you've got a record, you're used to getting bounced 204 00:12:13,633 --> 00:12:16,159 anytime anything goes wrong within 5 miles of you. 205 00:12:16,336 --> 00:12:18,737 You'd lose your temper, hit some crazy dame, 206 00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:22,171 cops come at you with sirens and a spotlight. 207 00:12:22,442 --> 00:12:24,104 I ran. 208 00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:28,871 Mr. Mason, my wife Beth, this is killing her. 209 00:12:29,048 --> 00:12:30,914 She worked for Abe Heyman in his office. 210 00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:33,144 Well, Abe okayed our getting married. 211 00:12:33,319 --> 00:12:36,448 Ever since I walked out of prison, I've been straight. I paid up. 212 00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:38,322 I've been paying ever since. 213 00:12:38,491 --> 00:12:39,720 Now, Beth's gotta pay. 214 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:43,226 My baby isn't even born yet. My baby's gotta pay. 215 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:46,028 So I swear to you I'm not guilty. 216 00:12:47,567 --> 00:12:50,230 Beth's all alone. I mean, she's still a kid. 217 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:42,221 Hello? I'm sorry, I know it's late, but is Mr. Mason still there? 218 00:13:42,388 --> 00:13:46,450 This is Beth Polk. Mrs. Tony Polk. 219 00:13:52,665 --> 00:13:54,224 Hello? 220 00:13:57,970 --> 00:13:59,063 The line's dead. 221 00:14:02,208 --> 00:14:04,768 You let out a scream and I'll brain you. 222 00:14:11,017 --> 00:14:12,110 Who are you? 223 00:14:12,285 --> 00:14:14,015 Never mind, just give me the dough. 224 00:14:14,187 --> 00:14:17,248 - Dough? - Yes, big eyes, the 25,000 bucks. 225 00:14:17,423 --> 00:14:19,221 Pick it up, sister, I mean right now. 226 00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:20,826 You must be crazy. 227 00:14:20,993 --> 00:14:23,462 I don't know anything about $25,000. 228 00:14:23,629 --> 00:14:24,790 I don't wanna hurt you. 229 00:14:24,964 --> 00:14:27,763 - I don't want to... - I don't have any money! 230 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:36,198 Baby, if you're faking... 231 00:14:36,676 --> 00:14:39,202 Look, I haven't got all night, you know. 232 00:14:40,012 --> 00:14:41,412 Hey. 233 00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:44,414 I didn't mean to shake you up. 234 00:14:45,485 --> 00:14:48,216 It's my dough and I want it. 235 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:03,067 I can't find it. 236 00:15:03,236 --> 00:15:06,229 Now, for the last time, where's the 25 G's? 237 00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:10,600 And I mean now... 238 00:15:45,478 --> 00:15:48,175 You, there! Stay where you are. 239 00:15:54,554 --> 00:15:56,674 We'll have a fingerprint detail here in a few minutes. 240 00:15:56,823 --> 00:15:58,257 Don't touch anything. 241 00:15:58,424 --> 00:16:00,052 Thank you. 242 00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:07,764 This money he wanted, did he talk about any particular sum? 243 00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:11,827 He said he wanted $25,000. 244 00:16:12,004 --> 00:16:14,997 Well, he could have made a mistake. This could be the wrong apartment. 245 00:16:15,174 --> 00:16:16,198 No. 246 00:16:16,509 --> 00:16:18,842 I had the feeling he knew who I was. 247 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:21,640 Did he mention Tony by name? 248 00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:23,510 No, I don't think so. 249 00:16:24,283 --> 00:16:26,243 I think we spotted him out there, but we lost him. 250 00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:28,013 He's still in the area somewhere. 251 00:16:28,187 --> 00:16:30,679 Don't worry, ma'am, we'll stick close. 252 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,891 Perry, she can't stay here alone. 253 00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:35,221 I'll take her home with me. 254 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:38,263 I still feel there's a pattern somewhere, Paul. 255 00:16:38,431 --> 00:16:41,471 - I can't put it together, but it's there. - Mr. Mason, Lieutenant Drumm says 256 00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:44,798 he'll be finished in about five minutes. - Thank you, sergeant. 257 00:16:46,572 --> 00:16:48,837 Well, Grace Knapp moved into the apartment three days 258 00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,169 before she was killed. 259 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:53,177 According to the landlady, she brought nothing with her but luggage. 260 00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:54,866 All right, does that suggest something? 261 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:57,415 Obviously the apartment was a setup, but for what? Murder? 262 00:16:57,583 --> 00:17:00,576 Or something that backfired into murder. 263 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:02,813 Of course there's also the money. 264 00:17:02,989 --> 00:17:06,221 Grace expected Tony, demanded money. 265 00:17:06,392 --> 00:17:08,258 This man who attacked Beth last night 266 00:17:08,427 --> 00:17:10,157 demanded money and thought she had it. 267 00:17:10,329 --> 00:17:12,924 Well, it's not much of a pattern, but it's all we have. 268 00:17:14,567 --> 00:17:16,798 All right, check the rear door, the passageway, 269 00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:19,734 and then we'll be through. I think the... Hello, Perry, Paul. 270 00:17:19,906 --> 00:17:21,266 Thanks for accommodating us, Steve. 271 00:17:21,407 --> 00:17:22,887 Oh, it's the least I could do, Perry. 272 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:25,722 Your client accommodated us, fingerprints on the inside of the door. 273 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:27,608 Steve, he didn't deny being here. 274 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:31,239 Paul, he denied using the hook on her, and his fingerprints were all over it. 275 00:17:31,517 --> 00:17:34,851 Oh, lieutenant, found this on the desk in the bedroom. 276 00:17:37,657 --> 00:17:39,751 Do you have any information on Grace Knapp? 277 00:17:39,926 --> 00:17:41,690 Where she came from, what she was doing here? 278 00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:43,659 Your client took off with her purse, 279 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:45,695 driver's license, identification. 280 00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:47,625 We're checking her laundry marks and luggage. 281 00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:50,532 We ought to hear something soon. Perry, take a look at that. 282 00:17:50,703 --> 00:17:52,672 If that isn't a piece of dramatic irony. 283 00:17:52,838 --> 00:17:53,999 She writes a fan letter, 284 00:17:54,173 --> 00:17:56,108 and some guy dressed in a buccaneer outfit 285 00:17:56,275 --> 00:17:57,834 comes in and kills her. 286 00:17:58,010 --> 00:17:59,478 Now, there's a heck of a coincidence. 287 00:18:00,046 --> 00:18:03,448 Is it also a coincidence that my client's wife was attacked last night? 288 00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:05,778 Coincidence or not, ours is a clear-cut case. 289 00:18:05,952 --> 00:18:07,887 That's a job for the robbery detail. 290 00:18:08,054 --> 00:18:09,852 Well, thanks, Steve. We'll keep in touch. 291 00:18:10,022 --> 00:18:11,354 Perry. 292 00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:13,148 I thought you wanted to look around. 293 00:18:13,326 --> 00:18:15,659 I have. Paul? 294 00:18:16,128 --> 00:18:18,063 Uh, thanks, Steve. 295 00:18:22,902 --> 00:18:24,666 What turned you on? 296 00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:25,896 The pattern, Paul. 297 00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:27,370 The letter, that fits? 298 00:18:27,540 --> 00:18:29,441 Not yet, but it's a piece. 299 00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:32,204 Tony said the TV was on with the Buccaneer Show. 300 00:18:32,378 --> 00:18:34,904 Tony arrives as a buccaneer. 301 00:18:35,081 --> 00:18:39,212 Grace Knapp writes a fan letter to the Buccaneer. 302 00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:50,492 It was nice of you to let us use the fan mail, Mr. Kean. 303 00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:52,598 Glad to do it. Anything to help. 304 00:18:52,765 --> 00:18:55,098 Tell me, how did Grace Knapp's name 305 00:18:55,267 --> 00:18:57,566 get on your original master promotion list? 306 00:18:57,737 --> 00:19:00,036 Over 100,000 people sent in cards. 307 00:19:00,206 --> 00:19:03,404 Their names were picked at random and put on the list for free samples. 308 00:19:03,576 --> 00:19:06,205 Uh, could I see the card that she mailed in? 309 00:19:06,379 --> 00:19:08,075 Heh, I'm afraid not. 310 00:19:08,247 --> 00:19:11,046 Our mail volume is too great to hold postal cards. 311 00:19:11,217 --> 00:19:14,551 Keeping track of fan mail takes a full storage room. 312 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,315 Um, why do you want the card? 313 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:20,949 Because Grace Knapp was in that apartment for only three days. 314 00:19:21,127 --> 00:19:22,151 So? 315 00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:26,093 Never mind. Tell me, suppose she didn't mail in a card. 316 00:19:26,265 --> 00:19:27,985 Could someone else put her name on the list? 317 00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:29,796 For what possible reason? 318 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:33,235 Look, Mr. Drake, I feel sorry for the Polk boy in a way, 319 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:36,535 but my sponsors are raising the roof because, through no fault of mine, 320 00:19:36,709 --> 00:19:37,989 we're in the middle of a murder. 321 00:19:38,144 --> 00:19:41,239 Now, I just want to see this thing cleared up and forgotten. 322 00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:43,942 And so do I, Mr. Kean. 323 00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:48,111 Listen. "Dear Buccaneer, I can't wait for your show. 324 00:19:48,287 --> 00:19:49,949 You're in my mind constantly, 325 00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:52,114 and I think of you as my own buccaneer 326 00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:54,851 who someday I will meet." 327 00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:57,787 Hello, Beth. How are you feeling? 328 00:19:57,963 --> 00:19:59,431 Much better, thanks. 329 00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:02,193 I'm afraid Della's feeding me too well. 330 00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:04,530 Did you find the letters from Grace Knapp, beautiful? 331 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:06,798 No, and we've gone through hundreds of these. 332 00:20:06,972 --> 00:20:10,704 But we do have this. Here, read these. 333 00:20:12,478 --> 00:20:14,037 "Dear Buccaneer, 334 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:17,240 you remind me of Marvin Elders who used to sit across from me 335 00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:19,476 in plane geometry at Waterton High." 336 00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:23,053 "I've been telling my wife that you look just like my sergeant, 337 00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:24,982 and that maybe since you're in show business, 338 00:20:25,124 --> 00:20:26,786 you've changed your name. 339 00:20:26,959 --> 00:20:28,928 It's been 20 years. 340 00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:30,927 But if you're not Sergeant Marve Elders, 341 00:20:31,097 --> 00:20:32,817 you look enough like him to be his brother." 342 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:34,558 And this tops it. 343 00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:37,294 "Dear Buccaneer, I don't know if you remember me, 344 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:40,440 but I could swear I remember you when we worked in the sawmill. 345 00:20:40,606 --> 00:20:42,234 I forget the last name, 346 00:20:42,408 --> 00:20:45,242 but my chum was named Marvin or Mervin, 347 00:20:45,411 --> 00:20:48,176 and we were awfully close back in Waterton." 348 00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:04,526 You've looked through 1950 through 1957. 349 00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:06,188 Want to see more? 350 00:21:06,365 --> 00:21:08,891 Nope, I've seen enough. 351 00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:12,365 - Gee, thanks, mister. - Thank you. 352 00:21:12,538 --> 00:21:14,507 Uh, where can I make a collect call around here? 353 00:21:14,673 --> 00:21:16,073 - Collect? - Uh-huh. 354 00:21:16,242 --> 00:21:18,006 Right there. 355 00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:26,342 Hello? 356 00:21:27,019 --> 00:21:28,920 Oh, yes, put him on. 357 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:32,216 Hello, Paul, any luck? 358 00:21:32,391 --> 00:21:33,450 Number one, 359 00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:36,494 the Bennet Buccaneer, Martin Eldridge, was Marvin Elders 360 00:21:36,662 --> 00:21:38,858 before he left the radio station here five years ago. 361 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:42,490 Steve Drumm just informed me that they've finally placed Grace Knapp. 362 00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:44,159 She's from Waterton. 363 00:21:44,336 --> 00:21:46,202 Another one of those coincidences. 364 00:21:46,372 --> 00:21:49,570 I know that too. But here's the topper. 365 00:21:49,742 --> 00:21:52,837 The Buccaneer not only had another name while he was in Waterton... 366 00:21:54,947 --> 00:21:56,779 That's great, Paul. 367 00:21:56,949 --> 00:21:58,679 See you tonight. 368 00:22:02,755 --> 00:22:05,156 Well, once again, it's time to say goodbye. 369 00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:07,486 Good night, good night. 370 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,128 See you next week. 371 00:22:11,363 --> 00:22:13,798 I thought Mr. Eldridge's charms didn't reach you, Della. 372 00:22:13,966 --> 00:22:15,992 Well, he's much better in person. 373 00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:17,295 Ooh. ELDRIDGE: Oh. 374 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:18,596 Well, hello there. 375 00:22:18,871 --> 00:22:20,863 Mr. Eldridge, I'm Perry Mason. 376 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,942 The lady you've just bumped into is Miss Street, my secretary. 377 00:22:24,109 --> 00:22:26,806 My pleasure and my apologies, Miss Street. 378 00:22:26,979 --> 00:22:28,777 Harlan said you'd be here tonight, Mr. Mason. 379 00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:31,543 Martin, I thought the tempo of that last num... 380 00:22:31,717 --> 00:22:33,242 Oh, hello. 381 00:22:33,419 --> 00:22:36,014 Oh, this is Mrs. Eldridge. Ann, this is Miss Street 382 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:37,656 - Hello. - And Mr. Mason. 383 00:22:37,823 --> 00:22:39,985 Miss Street and I just had a very happy accident. 384 00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:43,129 Oh. You should be paid for doing that on camera. 385 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:44,888 The other girls get paid. 386 00:22:45,431 --> 00:22:48,833 Mr. Eldridge, I wonder if I might talk with you for a few minutes. 387 00:22:49,301 --> 00:22:50,894 Pardon me, maybe later, Mr. Mason. 388 00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:52,197 Did Mr. Kean tell you 389 00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:54,135 that I've taken Tony Polk's case? 390 00:22:54,306 --> 00:22:56,172 The, uh, boy who was arrested? 391 00:22:56,342 --> 00:23:00,040 Well, uh, can we talk in my dressing room? 392 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:02,272 The girls will excuse us. 393 00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:04,343 Excuse me. 394 00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:10,187 Would you care for some coffee? 395 00:23:10,923 --> 00:23:13,791 Was there something in particular, Mr. Mason? 396 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,995 Did you tell the police you were married to Grace Knapp? 397 00:23:17,363 --> 00:23:18,661 How did you find that out? 398 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:20,663 Well, she was blackmailing you, wasn't she? 399 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:30,369 You can't imagine the shock, hearing from her after five years. 400 00:23:30,910 --> 00:23:34,608 She agreed to a divorce when I left if I gave her everything. 401 00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:36,243 Well, I gave her everything, 402 00:23:36,415 --> 00:23:39,613 and she conveniently forgot about the Mexican divorce. 403 00:23:39,785 --> 00:23:41,811 I assumed that... 404 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:45,289 Oh, Mr. Mason, Grace was... 405 00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:49,717 Her death doesn't change the fact. Grace was a tramp. 406 00:23:50,129 --> 00:23:51,654 She found out where you were 407 00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:53,958 and threatened to expose you as a bigamist. 408 00:23:54,133 --> 00:23:55,157 Yes. 409 00:23:55,334 --> 00:24:00,329 Ruin my career, the show, everything. 410 00:24:01,407 --> 00:24:05,777 Mr. Mason, is there any way I can persuade you 411 00:24:05,945 --> 00:24:07,038 not to say anything? 412 00:24:07,346 --> 00:24:09,338 Just until I can find a way to tell Ann. 413 00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:11,982 Your wife doesn't know? - No. 414 00:24:12,151 --> 00:24:15,121 No, I didn't wanna tell her about Grace and me. 415 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:16,846 I didn't see any reason to. 416 00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:19,717 Think of the position it would have put her in, 417 00:24:19,892 --> 00:24:23,590 our marriage declared illegal, publicly. 418 00:24:23,762 --> 00:24:25,094 Who else knows about this? 419 00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:28,166 Harlan. Uh, Mr. Kean. 420 00:24:28,334 --> 00:24:30,394 Well, he knows Grace was blackmailing me, 421 00:24:30,569 --> 00:24:31,696 but he doesn't know why. 422 00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:33,938 How did he find out about the blackmail? 423 00:24:35,107 --> 00:24:36,700 I went to him for money. 424 00:24:38,444 --> 00:24:39,605 You paid her off? 425 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:44,179 Mr. Mason, they told me you'd arrived. 426 00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:47,212 I'm Harlan Kean. 427 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,416 Martin, I think you'd better go out. 428 00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:52,490 Ann thinks you should reshoot the last take. 429 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,366 My star. 430 00:25:02,534 --> 00:25:04,662 Can I pick them or can't I? 431 00:25:04,903 --> 00:25:06,804 I sell everybody on an unknown, 432 00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:09,874 build him into a big name, and all of a sudden he's being blackmailed 433 00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:11,738 and the woman's murdered. 434 00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:17,277 And you gave him the money to pay the lady off. 435 00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:20,578 Hmm, I gave him a loan and a sermon. 436 00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:23,820 I told him I wouldn't try to satisfy a blackmailer with money. 437 00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:26,982 With what would you satisfy a blackmailer, Mr. Kean? 438 00:25:29,228 --> 00:25:30,560 I see what you mean, Mr. Mason. 439 00:25:30,729 --> 00:25:32,288 No, no, no, not me. No. 440 00:25:32,464 --> 00:25:34,490 After all, I did give him the money, didn't I? 441 00:25:34,666 --> 00:25:37,431 How will it affect your show when it becomes general knowledge 442 00:25:37,603 --> 00:25:39,128 that your star is a bigamist? 443 00:25:39,304 --> 00:25:40,636 A bi... 444 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,272 So that's what she had on him. 445 00:25:43,442 --> 00:25:44,569 That boozy hellion. 446 00:25:44,743 --> 00:25:46,974 One look at her, you could see she was a nothing. 447 00:25:47,146 --> 00:25:48,739 You knew her, then. 448 00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:55,351 No, Mr. Mason, I didn't know her. I saw her. 449 00:25:55,521 --> 00:25:57,422 I talked Martin into going over there with me, 450 00:25:57,589 --> 00:25:59,888 not knowing what hold she had on him. 451 00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:02,790 And I had a look at her, then Martin changed his mind, 452 00:26:02,961 --> 00:26:05,441 - wouldn't let me go in and talk to her. - Thank you, Mr. Kean. 453 00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:07,327 Oh, Mr. Mason. 454 00:26:09,268 --> 00:26:11,635 Just what does it take to keep you quiet 455 00:26:11,804 --> 00:26:14,035 till this murder thing's out of the way? 456 00:26:14,206 --> 00:26:17,335 Well, not too much, Mr. Kean. 457 00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:19,774 Only the assurance that it's in the best interest 458 00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:23,006 of both my client and justice. 459 00:26:37,729 --> 00:26:39,288 - Well, welcome home. - Hi. 460 00:26:39,465 --> 00:26:41,105 Waterton must have agreed with you. 461 00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:43,327 - Beth, you're looking fit. - Well, she ought to. 462 00:26:43,502 --> 00:26:46,199 I've got her on my prenatal blue-plate special. 463 00:26:46,371 --> 00:26:47,737 Mothers must have their milk. 464 00:26:50,142 --> 00:26:53,044 I got in about an hour ago, and the office had something for me. 465 00:26:53,212 --> 00:26:55,078 They've been trying to subpoena the buccaneer 466 00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:56,767 who traded lists with Tony, Mike Woods, 467 00:26:56,915 --> 00:26:59,235 - but we haven't been able to find him. - We must find him. 468 00:26:59,518 --> 00:27:00,838 Maybe the newspapers can help us. 469 00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:03,512 I've already planted a story, and I have some other plans. 470 00:27:03,689 --> 00:27:05,749 From his landlady, we got a list of his friends, 471 00:27:05,924 --> 00:27:08,450 and Wood does have some legitimate claim to being an actor. 472 00:27:08,627 --> 00:27:10,867 He's done six or seven bits on the Bennet Buccaneer Show. 473 00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:12,497 So we're working on that aspect too. 474 00:27:12,664 --> 00:27:14,189 There you are. 475 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:17,268 Now, would you like a menu or are you just visiting? 476 00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:18,916 Bring him the best steak in the house. 477 00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:22,872 Now, don't overdo it. If I know Paul, his expense account will reflect 478 00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:24,771 the arduousness of his labors. 479 00:27:26,211 --> 00:27:28,009 Well, if you've seen this, 480 00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:29,660 you'll wanna buy me steak for a month. 481 00:27:29,815 --> 00:27:31,579 From the Waterton Times-News. 482 00:27:33,252 --> 00:27:34,720 Grace was as much a bigamist 483 00:27:34,887 --> 00:27:35,911 as Martin Eldridge. 484 00:27:36,088 --> 00:27:39,456 The husband has a record from bunco to mail fraud. 485 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:44,789 That's him. I know it's him. 486 00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:05,106 Why are you afraid of Harlan Kean? 487 00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:07,685 Ann, I owe him a lot. 488 00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:11,654 You owe him nothing. He's done pretty well for himself. 489 00:28:11,823 --> 00:28:14,622 All he ever thinks about is the show. 490 00:28:14,793 --> 00:28:18,321 Well, I'm thinking about you, about us. 491 00:28:18,497 --> 00:28:21,990 Darling, please, let's stop while we're ahead. 492 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:23,931 There'll be another show, another place. 493 00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:27,470 Darling, I have a contract with Harlan. 494 00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:28,834 I can't walk out. 495 00:28:29,007 --> 00:28:32,068 You have a contract with me, a marriage contract. 496 00:28:32,244 --> 00:28:35,043 Darling, I've had it with the Buccaneer, with Harlan Kean, 497 00:28:35,214 --> 00:28:38,309 with those silly women, with the pressures every week, 498 00:28:38,483 --> 00:28:40,384 and now all this publicity. 499 00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:45,252 We'll talk this all out, I promise. 500 00:29:19,124 --> 00:29:20,956 Okay, glamour boy, 501 00:29:21,126 --> 00:29:23,721 now you wanna keep that pretty face of yours, 502 00:29:23,895 --> 00:29:25,989 - better hand over the money. - What? 503 00:29:26,164 --> 00:29:27,188 Who are you? 504 00:29:27,366 --> 00:29:29,733 The kid they're holding for murder doesn't have the dough. 505 00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:31,961 Grace was supposed to get 25 G's from you. 506 00:29:32,137 --> 00:29:35,107 Well, I gave Grace the money, as agreed. 507 00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:37,903 I don't have the money. 508 00:29:38,443 --> 00:29:40,435 You'd better not be lying 509 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:43,605 because I'll get back to you, Buccaneer. 510 00:29:59,264 --> 00:30:01,665 Honey, I'm Mike Woods. I'm here to read for a part. 511 00:30:01,833 --> 00:30:03,734 Oh, yes, Mr. Woods. Go right in. 512 00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:06,394 Mr. Randolph is expecting you. 513 00:30:11,443 --> 00:30:13,412 How do you do, Mr. Randolph? I'm Mike Woods. 514 00:30:13,578 --> 00:30:15,738 I know. I've been trying to get a hold of you for days. 515 00:30:15,881 --> 00:30:18,715 - We're holding a part for you. - Oh, I'm sorry. I was out of town. 516 00:30:18,884 --> 00:30:20,648 My girlfriend told me that you asked for me. 517 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:22,139 I got here as quickly as I could. 518 00:30:22,287 --> 00:30:24,287 I guess the publicity didn't hurt anything, did it? 519 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,149 Say, by the way, I've got to square myself with the DA first. 520 00:30:28,327 --> 00:30:30,421 I've gotta let him know I'm on hand to testify. 521 00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:31,824 - Sit down, Mike. - Thank you. 522 00:30:31,997 --> 00:30:33,431 You're gonna read for us. 523 00:30:33,598 --> 00:30:35,567 Uh, this is our producer. 524 00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:39,000 Mike Woods meet Perry Mason. 525 00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:43,002 Mm-hm, yeah, I might have known it. 526 00:30:43,175 --> 00:30:46,441 Great big agency like this, you don't have to call me. 527 00:30:47,112 --> 00:30:48,910 Look, I don't have to stay here, you know. 528 00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:51,414 You're gonna hold me here, it's just like kidnapping. 529 00:30:51,583 --> 00:30:54,348 We're gonna hand you a subpoena, Mr. Woods. 530 00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:57,182 After that, you may depart any time you like. 531 00:30:57,356 --> 00:30:59,086 This will bring you to court. 532 00:30:59,257 --> 00:31:00,857 I'd advise you to know the right answers. 533 00:31:01,026 --> 00:31:02,426 What answers? I'm clean. 534 00:31:02,594 --> 00:31:04,654 Why did you leave town? 535 00:31:04,830 --> 00:31:06,230 Oh, come on, now, Mr. Mason, 536 00:31:06,398 --> 00:31:08,492 let's not make a great big deal about this. 537 00:31:08,667 --> 00:31:11,262 I was gonna come back for the trial. I didn't bug out. 538 00:31:11,436 --> 00:31:14,338 The only reason I did leave was because of this publicity. 539 00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:17,999 I wanted to see my face and my name in print, there. 540 00:31:18,176 --> 00:31:19,804 "Young actor missing. 541 00:31:19,978 --> 00:31:24,006 Defense attorney seeks material witness in murder case." 542 00:31:24,182 --> 00:31:25,650 Huh? 543 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,680 Well, what's the matter? It worked, didn't it? 544 00:31:30,856 --> 00:31:33,519 Look, an actor goes on an interview for a job. 545 00:31:33,692 --> 00:31:34,819 Right? You listening? 546 00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:36,518 You know what he hears? 547 00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:38,459 Do you know what he always hears? 548 00:31:38,630 --> 00:31:41,498 "I'm sorry, we're looking for a name." 549 00:31:41,666 --> 00:31:43,328 For a name, he's looking. 550 00:31:43,502 --> 00:31:47,064 Now, what is a name? How does one get a name, huh? 551 00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,164 From publicity, that's all. 552 00:31:49,341 --> 00:31:52,106 Because talent don't mean a thing. 553 00:31:52,277 --> 00:31:56,738 So when this thing comes along, man, it was made-to-order. 554 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:59,646 Mike, the night of the murder, 555 00:31:59,818 --> 00:32:02,982 you talked Tony Polk into trading lists with you. 556 00:32:03,155 --> 00:32:05,147 Yeah, I got a couple of friends on his route. 557 00:32:05,323 --> 00:32:09,124 I checked out the list. You weren't known to anyone on it. 558 00:32:09,294 --> 00:32:11,320 Oh, yeah, they moved just two weeks before. 559 00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:13,056 They didn't get a chance to let me know. 560 00:32:13,198 --> 00:32:15,394 Oh, you can do better than that, Mike. 561 00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:17,627 You'd better get up on your lines 562 00:32:17,803 --> 00:32:20,830 before you get on that stand under oath. 563 00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:25,474 You know, there's a very funny thing about us actors. 564 00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:28,345 You take away the script, 565 00:32:28,647 --> 00:32:30,411 man, we are speechless. 566 00:32:36,755 --> 00:32:38,246 Paul? 567 00:32:39,224 --> 00:32:41,784 Let's thank John Randolph for the use of his office. 568 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:46,193 All right. Perry, do you believe Woods? 569 00:32:46,364 --> 00:32:48,663 About his leaving town? 570 00:32:50,402 --> 00:32:52,769 It's a rather dubious story. 571 00:32:52,938 --> 00:32:55,134 Well, at least we found him. 572 00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:59,176 Now, if the police can just pick up Clayton Douglas... 573 00:33:24,636 --> 00:33:27,071 Well, she was a strange one. 574 00:33:27,239 --> 00:33:31,142 There three days, and drinking like a fish all the time. 575 00:33:31,309 --> 00:33:35,576 And her TV is turned up so as I had to bless her out about it. 576 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:37,613 Never washed a dish, I don't think. 577 00:33:37,782 --> 00:33:40,342 And always on the telephone. 578 00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:44,286 To top it off, she was banging that door shut 579 00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:46,254 or opening it for air. 580 00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:49,417 Paul, I don't understand why Della isn't here. 581 00:33:49,594 --> 00:33:51,634 Well, she told me she was going over to Beth's place 582 00:33:51,763 --> 00:33:54,083 to get some of her things before Beth goes to the hospital, 583 00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:55,512 but that was over two hours ago. 584 00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:57,158 I'll go check. Excuse me. 585 00:33:57,335 --> 00:33:58,775 She expected the White House. 586 00:33:58,937 --> 00:34:00,769 And now, Mrs. Webb, will you tell the court 587 00:34:00,939 --> 00:34:02,499 what you saw on the night of the murder? 588 00:34:03,642 --> 00:34:05,474 Let's see. 589 00:34:05,644 --> 00:34:09,342 I showed you at the doors, how hers was open. 590 00:34:10,015 --> 00:34:13,952 She was talking real loud on the telephone, yelling. 591 00:34:14,286 --> 00:34:16,983 And I started to come out to tell her to hold it down. 592 00:34:17,155 --> 00:34:20,592 And she just kicked the door closed in my face. 593 00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:22,853 I mean later, Mrs. Webb. 594 00:34:23,028 --> 00:34:26,123 Please tell us what happened later when you heard the disturbance 595 00:34:26,298 --> 00:34:28,665 and saw the buccaneer standing in the doorway. 596 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:33,096 Well, sir, she was screaming at the top of her lungs 597 00:34:33,271 --> 00:34:34,637 about him taking her money. 598 00:34:35,273 --> 00:34:38,539 And she swiped him with those long fingernails of hers, 599 00:34:38,710 --> 00:34:40,042 scratched his face. 600 00:34:40,211 --> 00:34:41,577 And what did he do then, 601 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:43,544 after she scratched his face? 602 00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:47,345 Well, that was when he hit her with that thing, that hook. 603 00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:51,580 And she reeled back, fell down on the sofa, 604 00:34:51,756 --> 00:34:55,318 and she never made another move after that. 605 00:34:55,493 --> 00:34:56,825 Is that man you saw 606 00:34:56,995 --> 00:34:59,965 leaving the murder room that night in this courtroom today? 607 00:35:00,131 --> 00:35:02,862 Yes, sir, he is. Right there. 608 00:35:03,034 --> 00:35:05,731 I saw him kill her, all right. 609 00:35:05,904 --> 00:35:08,271 Cross-examine, Mr. Mason. 610 00:35:12,210 --> 00:35:17,046 Mrs. Webb, were you standing in your doorway 611 00:35:17,215 --> 00:35:19,309 when you saw and heard all you testified to? 612 00:35:19,484 --> 00:35:21,350 Yes, I was. 613 00:35:21,686 --> 00:35:25,282 Was the door to the decedent's apartment 614 00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:27,824 wide open or just partially opened? 615 00:35:27,993 --> 00:35:30,326 Like I showed Mr. Burger, it was open enough 616 00:35:30,495 --> 00:35:35,229 so as I could see what was going on, clear and plain. 617 00:35:35,934 --> 00:35:39,200 You saw the defendant strike the woman with a hook? 618 00:35:39,371 --> 00:35:41,499 Yes, like I said. 619 00:35:41,873 --> 00:35:44,104 In which hand was he holding the hook? 620 00:35:44,275 --> 00:35:46,767 - The right hand. MASON: Did he hold it over his head 621 00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:49,540 and strike down with it or was it held to the side? 622 00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:51,979 I think it was over his head. 623 00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:55,086 But it happened kind of fast. It might have been to his side. 624 00:35:55,253 --> 00:35:57,017 Mrs. Webb, it had to be to the side, 625 00:35:57,188 --> 00:35:58,816 since the medical examiner has testified 626 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,926 that the wound was horizontal from left to right. 627 00:36:02,193 --> 00:36:04,458 I guess it was to the side, come to think of it. 628 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:06,692 But since the hook was held 629 00:36:06,865 --> 00:36:08,094 in the right hand, 630 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,564 he would have had to backhand the slash to make such a wound. 631 00:36:11,736 --> 00:36:13,329 Yeah. 632 00:36:14,072 --> 00:36:15,734 I remember now. 633 00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:17,307 That's what he did. 634 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:20,309 His hand was pinned back against his chest 635 00:36:20,478 --> 00:36:23,414 when she was fighting him, and he swung it out like that: 636 00:36:23,581 --> 00:36:25,243 Now, Mrs. Webb, 637 00:36:25,417 --> 00:36:28,012 you mentioned that the decedent was talking on the telephone 638 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:31,554 shortly before her death, yelling, I believe you said. 639 00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:33,817 Can you recall the substance of what you heard? 640 00:36:34,159 --> 00:36:40,622 Something about, "Oh, it's you," and, "That's a 14-karat surprise." 641 00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:43,496 What else did you overhear, Mrs. Webb? 642 00:36:43,768 --> 00:36:47,432 She said, "I wanna know what's holding up the dough." 643 00:36:47,605 --> 00:36:48,766 Thank you, Mrs. Webb. 644 00:36:48,940 --> 00:36:51,540 Now, would step down, please, and once more take the same position 645 00:36:51,676 --> 00:36:54,612 at the door that you did on the night in question? 646 00:37:04,089 --> 00:37:07,856 Now, is the decedent's door open as it was the night of the murder? 647 00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:10,052 A little more. 648 00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:16,260 All right, now hold the hook in your right hand, please. 649 00:37:16,434 --> 00:37:18,494 Now, place it across your chest. 650 00:37:18,670 --> 00:37:20,468 Now, backhand with it. 651 00:37:21,272 --> 00:37:23,264 Now, back out of the door, 652 00:37:23,441 --> 00:37:26,070 close it after you and cross away. 653 00:37:29,881 --> 00:37:31,042 Now, Mrs. Webb, 654 00:37:31,382 --> 00:37:34,011 are you now willing to retract your testimony? 655 00:37:34,185 --> 00:37:35,881 No. Why? 656 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:37,386 It was like I said. 657 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:39,035 Mrs. Webb, you may have thought 658 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:41,523 you saw all of those things happen, but in reality, 659 00:37:41,693 --> 00:37:43,491 you must have surmised that they happened. 660 00:37:43,661 --> 00:37:46,256 It's perfectly obvious that you could not see the hook at all 661 00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:47,956 when it was held in the right hand. 662 00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:51,035 You couldn't even see it when I, standing behind the door, 663 00:37:51,202 --> 00:37:52,642 took the hook away from the buccaneer 664 00:37:52,804 --> 00:37:54,324 as soon as he put it in his right hand. 665 00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:56,939 It's a trick. You tricked me! 666 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:58,974 Call it what you like, Mrs. Webb. 667 00:37:59,144 --> 00:38:00,942 You couldn't see this hook in this courtroom 668 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:02,808 any more than you could see it that night. 669 00:38:02,981 --> 00:38:05,314 He hit her, she fell down. 670 00:38:05,483 --> 00:38:07,679 And she never made another move after that. 671 00:38:07,852 --> 00:38:10,083 How would you know, Mrs. Webb? 672 00:38:10,255 --> 00:38:12,281 From the time the buccaneer apparently struck 673 00:38:12,457 --> 00:38:15,757 till the time the door was fully closed was almost nine seconds. 674 00:38:15,927 --> 00:38:18,920 Now, for all you know, the woman could have been up 675 00:38:19,097 --> 00:38:20,861 and yelling on the telephone the next minute. 676 00:38:21,032 --> 00:38:22,864 You stated flatly 677 00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:25,401 that you saw Tony Polk kill Grace Knapp. 678 00:38:25,703 --> 00:38:27,899 Are you willing to repeat that statement now? 679 00:38:30,608 --> 00:38:32,042 Mr. Kean, you want the court 680 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:35,612 to understand that you gave Martin Eldridge $25,000 681 00:38:35,780 --> 00:38:38,375 for him to give Grace Knapp, the decedent, 682 00:38:38,550 --> 00:38:41,213 and that she, in fact, received that money? 683 00:38:41,386 --> 00:38:43,855 Objection. No foundation to support the fact 684 00:38:44,022 --> 00:38:46,082 that the decedent received such a sum. 685 00:38:46,257 --> 00:38:48,419 No such sum was ever found in the apartment. 686 00:38:48,593 --> 00:38:51,153 Well, of course it wasn't found, Mr. Mason. 687 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:52,888 Your Honor, we intend to show 688 00:38:53,064 --> 00:38:55,693 that this buccaneer element introduced into this case, 689 00:38:55,867 --> 00:38:58,701 including blackmail and related matters not yet in evidence, 690 00:38:58,870 --> 00:39:01,567 only tend to strengthen the State's case. 691 00:39:01,906 --> 00:39:03,534 We intend to show 692 00:39:03,708 --> 00:39:05,973 that what happened that night in that apartment, 693 00:39:06,144 --> 00:39:08,272 when an ex-convict, down on his luck, 694 00:39:08,446 --> 00:39:10,574 was suddenly confronted with a large sum of money 695 00:39:10,748 --> 00:39:13,240 guarded only by a woman, obviously drunk, 696 00:39:13,418 --> 00:39:15,148 could have happened in any apartment 697 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,800 - under similar circumstances. - Before you show anything else, 698 00:39:17,956 --> 00:39:20,983 it is necessary to show that the decedent had received the money. 699 00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:22,760 Objection sustained. 700 00:39:23,328 --> 00:39:24,990 Very well. 701 00:39:26,397 --> 00:39:30,300 Mr. Kean, when did you give Mr. Eldridge the money? 702 00:39:30,768 --> 00:39:32,100 I gave him a check. 703 00:39:32,270 --> 00:39:35,263 Let's see, it was the 8th, a Thursday. 704 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,000 I had to transfer some funds, of course, 705 00:39:37,175 --> 00:39:38,575 to make sure the check was good. 706 00:39:38,743 --> 00:39:40,837 Of course. Did you do that the same day? 707 00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:42,574 Well, no, it was too late. 708 00:39:42,747 --> 00:39:45,467 Actually, I took care of it the next day just before the bank closed. 709 00:39:45,617 --> 00:39:47,142 But the check was cashed. 710 00:39:47,318 --> 00:39:48,342 Yes, sir. 711 00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:52,115 Then Martin Eldridge could not have received the cash 712 00:39:52,290 --> 00:39:55,260 to meet Grace Knapp's demands until just a few hours 713 00:39:55,426 --> 00:39:56,985 before she herself was killed. 714 00:39:57,562 --> 00:40:00,794 Thank you, Mr. Kean, very much. That's all I wanna know. 715 00:40:00,965 --> 00:40:02,661 One moment, Mr. Kean. 716 00:40:02,834 --> 00:40:05,099 There is something I want to know. 717 00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:07,967 You told Mr. Burger about the fatal door-to-door promotion, 718 00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:11,007 but you didn't mention who selected the addresses to be visited. 719 00:40:11,175 --> 00:40:13,110 - Now, who did? - I did. 720 00:40:13,278 --> 00:40:14,438 Was the list available 721 00:40:14,545 --> 00:40:16,673 to a large number of people in your organization? 722 00:40:16,848 --> 00:40:20,808 No. And the name of the decedent was not on the list, Mr. Mason. 723 00:40:20,985 --> 00:40:23,045 Could anyone else have put her name on the list? 724 00:40:23,354 --> 00:40:24,447 No. 725 00:40:24,622 --> 00:40:26,420 Martin, myself and the buccaneers I hired 726 00:40:26,591 --> 00:40:28,471 were the only people who had access to the list. 727 00:40:28,626 --> 00:40:30,959 But you did know where the decedent lived. 728 00:40:31,996 --> 00:40:34,795 - Yes. - No further questions at this time. 729 00:40:35,366 --> 00:40:36,834 Perry. 730 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:39,165 No answer at Beth's apartment or at Della's, 731 00:40:39,337 --> 00:40:41,829 and they haven't been to the doctor's or the hospital. 732 00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:45,702 That's not like Della. She would have called. 733 00:40:46,244 --> 00:40:48,770 Now, there's a 2:00 train leaving here this afternoon, 734 00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:51,075 and I'm going to be on it with my dough. 735 00:40:51,249 --> 00:40:53,809 Now, Eldridge don't have it, but I know he got it anted up, 736 00:40:53,985 --> 00:40:56,454 so that kid husband of yours grabbed it when he killed Grace. 737 00:40:56,621 --> 00:40:57,919 Now, come across. 738 00:40:58,089 --> 00:40:59,352 He didn't kill her. 739 00:40:59,524 --> 00:41:03,325 And he didn't take the money, and I don't have it. 740 00:41:03,494 --> 00:41:05,588 For the tenth time, I don't have it! 741 00:41:05,763 --> 00:41:06,856 Now, I want that money. 742 00:41:07,031 --> 00:41:09,023 It's no use, Beth. 743 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:10,862 Give it to him. 744 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:13,131 Della. 745 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:14,795 Come on. 746 00:41:15,073 --> 00:41:16,473 You dirty little liar. 747 00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:19,008 Get it and leave us alone. 748 00:41:24,782 --> 00:41:26,250 It's in here. 749 00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:29,546 Pretty smart. In there, huh? 750 00:41:31,589 --> 00:41:33,182 Where? 751 00:41:33,358 --> 00:41:35,190 Under the sink. 752 00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:38,154 Way under the sink. 753 00:41:40,565 --> 00:41:42,727 I don't see it. 754 00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:52,275 I tell you, Grace and me just said we were mister and misses 755 00:41:52,443 --> 00:41:53,843 for business reasons. 756 00:41:54,012 --> 00:41:57,449 She didn't wanna get married again, not even to me. 757 00:41:57,615 --> 00:41:59,516 She was a tough dame. 758 00:41:59,684 --> 00:42:01,880 Just not too sharp on some things. 759 00:42:02,053 --> 00:42:03,954 I was the one that recognized Elders. 760 00:42:04,122 --> 00:42:07,684 Or Eldridge as he calls himself on TV. 761 00:42:07,859 --> 00:42:10,158 She didn't see how that meant anything at all to her. 762 00:42:10,328 --> 00:42:11,819 I had to line it up for her. 763 00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:14,124 Then the blackmail scheme was your idea? 764 00:42:14,298 --> 00:42:16,767 Don't try to hang blackmail onto me. 765 00:42:16,934 --> 00:42:20,336 In this state, Grace was entitled to half of everything Marvin had. 766 00:42:20,905 --> 00:42:23,238 You knew about his second marriage, of course. 767 00:42:23,408 --> 00:42:26,469 It was his idea to get married again, not Grace's. 768 00:42:26,644 --> 00:42:28,444 Listen, with all that jack he's knocking down, 769 00:42:28,579 --> 00:42:29,979 she only hit him for 25,000. 770 00:42:30,348 --> 00:42:33,512 Mr. Douglas, why did you break into the Polk apartment 771 00:42:33,684 --> 00:42:35,880 on two occasions and make threats? 772 00:42:36,054 --> 00:42:38,319 I should have known better. 773 00:42:38,689 --> 00:42:41,557 I took Elder's... Eldridge's word for it. 774 00:42:41,726 --> 00:42:43,627 I didn't figure he'd welsh on us. 775 00:42:43,795 --> 00:42:45,593 Welsh? DOUGLAS: Yeah. 776 00:42:45,763 --> 00:42:48,892 Where's the money if Grace got it? And why did she light into your client 777 00:42:49,067 --> 00:42:51,559 if it was delivered like it was supposed to be? 778 00:42:53,438 --> 00:42:54,998 Mike, you've worked several times 779 00:42:55,139 --> 00:42:57,404 as an actor on the Bennet Buccaneer Show, haven't you? 780 00:42:57,575 --> 00:42:59,100 Yeah, I've worked the show. 781 00:42:59,277 --> 00:43:02,179 Did you happen to become acquainted with the show's star, Mr. Eldridge? 782 00:43:02,346 --> 00:43:04,679 Well, I spoke to him sometimes on the set, sure. 783 00:43:04,849 --> 00:43:07,529 Then you would say that you are acquainted with Mr. Eldridge? 784 00:43:07,685 --> 00:43:08,709 Well, yeah, sure. 785 00:43:08,886 --> 00:43:10,206 Could it be that you became 786 00:43:10,354 --> 00:43:11,954 so well acquainted, you and Mr. Eldridge, 787 00:43:12,123 --> 00:43:15,355 that he hired you for another and more confidential kind of work? 788 00:43:15,526 --> 00:43:16,994 I don't know what you mean. 789 00:43:17,161 --> 00:43:19,858 Well, isn't it true that Mr. Eldridge hired you 790 00:43:20,031 --> 00:43:21,727 to deliver the blackmail money that night? 791 00:43:21,899 --> 00:43:24,232 Didn't he have you add the address of the murder apartment 792 00:43:24,402 --> 00:43:25,995 to the list you traded to Tony Polk? 793 00:43:28,639 --> 00:43:31,700 He told me he was having a fling with this girl. 794 00:43:32,076 --> 00:43:35,706 He told me he wanted to trick up a surprise for her birthday. 795 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,315 So I put the address on my list. 796 00:43:38,483 --> 00:43:41,851 Later he gave me this package to mix in with the free samples. 797 00:43:42,019 --> 00:43:44,386 I was supposed to go there and give it to her. 798 00:43:44,555 --> 00:43:46,114 You were supposed to? 799 00:43:46,290 --> 00:43:47,314 Why didn't you, Mike? 800 00:43:47,492 --> 00:43:48,516 I don't know. 801 00:43:48,693 --> 00:43:50,093 Did you decide not to go 802 00:43:50,261 --> 00:43:52,662 when you opened the surprise package and saw the money? 803 00:43:52,830 --> 00:43:54,355 You did open it, didn't you, Mike? 804 00:43:54,532 --> 00:43:58,731 And when you saw that $25,000, you just decided to keep it. 805 00:43:59,137 --> 00:44:01,038 And you traded lists with Tony Polk. 806 00:44:01,205 --> 00:44:03,731 There was no 25,000 in that package. 807 00:44:03,908 --> 00:44:05,206 It was 2,500. 808 00:44:05,510 --> 00:44:07,706 Look, I don't know anything about any blackmail. 809 00:44:07,879 --> 00:44:09,848 I sure didn't figure on any murder. 810 00:44:10,014 --> 00:44:13,041 Yeah, I swapped lists with him, sure, because I figured he was an ex-con. 811 00:44:13,217 --> 00:44:15,937 And then Eldridge, when he found out that the money wasn't delivered, 812 00:44:16,087 --> 00:44:19,087 I could tell him that some other guy went to that apartment. But that's all. 813 00:44:19,223 --> 00:44:23,422 Harlan... Mr. Kean had been telling me all along I couldn't trust her. 814 00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:26,063 So I decided to give Grace just enough 815 00:44:26,230 --> 00:44:28,529 to, uh, make her eager for the rest. 816 00:44:28,699 --> 00:44:32,136 I thought maybe I could tease her into a quiet Mexican divorce. 817 00:44:32,537 --> 00:44:36,065 Then she was killed and... Well, everyone seemed to think 818 00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:38,607 that whoever had the money was the murderer, 819 00:44:38,776 --> 00:44:39,937 so I kept quiet. 820 00:44:40,244 --> 00:44:43,043 I suppose there's logic of a sort to that, Mr. Eldridge. 821 00:44:43,814 --> 00:44:46,807 You sent just enough money, then, to test her reaction. 822 00:44:47,451 --> 00:44:50,250 Now, let us consider that Grace Knapp was known 823 00:44:50,421 --> 00:44:52,390 for a quick and violent temper, 824 00:44:52,790 --> 00:44:55,453 and that she received no money at all that night. 825 00:44:55,626 --> 00:44:58,858 She was hardly the person to hide her feelings in such a situation, was she? 826 00:44:59,030 --> 00:45:01,932 - Hardly. MASON: And she had been drinking. 827 00:45:02,099 --> 00:45:04,459 Let me suggest, Mr. Eldridge, that after her disappointment, 828 00:45:04,602 --> 00:45:08,232 she contacted you and forced you into an immediate interview in person. 829 00:45:08,406 --> 00:45:10,102 - No. MASON: You've already admitted 830 00:45:10,274 --> 00:45:12,470 that it was important, vital to you, 831 00:45:12,643 --> 00:45:15,738 that your second wife remain ignorant of your bigamous state. 832 00:45:15,913 --> 00:45:17,347 So you went to that apartment, 833 00:45:17,515 --> 00:45:20,417 that only you, Harlan Kean and Mike Woods knew about, 834 00:45:20,585 --> 00:45:22,986 she flew into a murderous rage, 835 00:45:23,154 --> 00:45:26,181 and you took up the hook the defendant had dropped, 836 00:45:26,357 --> 00:45:27,381 and you used it. 837 00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:28,821 No, that's impossible. 838 00:45:28,993 --> 00:45:30,928 Impossible? Why impossible? 839 00:45:31,095 --> 00:45:34,259 Well, I told you before, I was doing a show that night. 840 00:45:34,432 --> 00:45:35,866 We weren't working at the studio. 841 00:45:36,033 --> 00:45:38,468 We did a live location stunt, out in the Valley 842 00:45:38,636 --> 00:45:41,071 at the opening of some shopping center. 843 00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,003 There was legal trouble about a guest spot 844 00:45:43,174 --> 00:45:44,802 and they had to cut it. 845 00:45:44,976 --> 00:45:46,376 When Grace was killed, 846 00:45:46,544 --> 00:45:50,345 I was singing to about 1,500 people out there. 847 00:45:50,514 --> 00:45:53,780 The, uh, live portion started at... 848 00:45:54,552 --> 00:45:57,021 Um, I think it was at 8:40. 849 00:45:57,188 --> 00:45:59,783 When you drove to the shopping center for the broadcast, 850 00:45:59,957 --> 00:46:02,791 did you encounter especially heavy traffic? 851 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,826 Well, uh... 852 00:46:05,696 --> 00:46:07,494 Well, I didn't notice. 853 00:46:07,665 --> 00:46:08,963 I wasn't driving. 854 00:46:09,133 --> 00:46:11,159 Your wife drove you? - No. 855 00:46:11,335 --> 00:46:12,963 I drove with one of the men in the crew. 856 00:46:13,137 --> 00:46:16,403 We had to go into the studio for makeup and costume. 857 00:46:16,574 --> 00:46:18,975 My wife always watches the show at home. 858 00:46:19,910 --> 00:46:21,242 Now, we've heard testimony 859 00:46:21,412 --> 00:46:23,404 that Grace Knapp was overheard that night 860 00:46:23,581 --> 00:46:25,880 having a very heated exchange on the telephone, 861 00:46:26,050 --> 00:46:28,713 presumably delivering some sort of ultimatum. 862 00:46:29,153 --> 00:46:30,485 Now, Mr. Eldridge, 863 00:46:30,655 --> 00:46:34,148 with whom would she most logically have had that sort of exchange? 864 00:46:36,460 --> 00:46:37,689 I don't know. 865 00:46:37,862 --> 00:46:39,455 Most logically. 866 00:46:39,630 --> 00:46:40,870 Wouldn't it have been with you? 867 00:46:44,535 --> 00:46:47,972 Okay, she called me, all right. 868 00:46:49,240 --> 00:46:53,405 I left my script at the house and we had to go there and pick it up. 869 00:46:53,577 --> 00:46:55,512 The phone was ringing when I walked in. 870 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,616 Was your wife aware of the call and who it was calling? 871 00:46:58,783 --> 00:47:02,845 The show was already starting. I could hear the music out in the den. 872 00:47:03,020 --> 00:47:05,717 I don't think she even knew I was in the house. 873 00:47:05,890 --> 00:47:08,052 What did Grace Knapp tell you? 874 00:47:08,225 --> 00:47:10,660 Well, she, uh... 875 00:47:11,195 --> 00:47:13,721 Well, she was furious, unreasonable. 876 00:47:13,898 --> 00:47:16,493 I tried to tell her that I did send the money, that... 877 00:47:16,667 --> 00:47:18,427 Well, that there must have been some mistake. 878 00:47:18,569 --> 00:47:20,529 You mean about the delivery of the wrong gauntlet? 879 00:47:20,905 --> 00:47:23,500 Yes, I... 880 00:47:23,674 --> 00:47:26,143 Well, she said the buccaneer had been there. 881 00:47:26,310 --> 00:47:28,404 So after the defendant left that apartment, 882 00:47:28,579 --> 00:47:29,979 Grace Knapp was still alive? 883 00:47:30,348 --> 00:47:32,874 Your Honor, I strongly object. 884 00:47:33,050 --> 00:47:35,781 Defense counsel is leading this witness into a conclusion. 885 00:47:36,087 --> 00:47:37,287 Oh, I think the counsel 886 00:47:37,388 --> 00:47:39,721 is within the limits of proper questioning, Mr. Burger. 887 00:47:39,890 --> 00:47:42,724 Just be careful, Mr. Mason, you remain within those limits. 888 00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:47,222 Yes, Your Honor. But I must confess that, worse than leading the witness 889 00:47:47,398 --> 00:47:51,096 into stating a conclusion, I was leading him into an outright lie. 890 00:47:51,435 --> 00:47:53,961 The telephone conversation overheard by Mrs. Webb 891 00:47:54,138 --> 00:47:57,199 took place before the defendant's visit to the murder apartment. 892 00:47:57,375 --> 00:47:59,344 So how do you explain Grace Knapp's outrage 893 00:47:59,510 --> 00:48:01,430 over the defendant's failure to deliver the money 894 00:48:01,579 --> 00:48:02,911 some minutes before his arrival. 895 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:04,571 All right. 896 00:48:04,749 --> 00:48:07,309 I didn't know about the call. 897 00:48:07,485 --> 00:48:09,818 Mrs. Eldridge, your husband testified 898 00:48:09,987 --> 00:48:12,320 that he received a phone call from Grace Knapp, 899 00:48:12,490 --> 00:48:16,427 and he contradicted his testimony and denied knowledge of the call. 900 00:48:16,594 --> 00:48:18,825 But you were there in the house. 901 00:48:18,996 --> 00:48:21,795 I'm going to ask you for the truth of the matter. 902 00:48:21,966 --> 00:48:24,026 Did your husband take that phone call? 903 00:48:24,201 --> 00:48:26,761 I want to caution you, you're under oath. 904 00:48:27,972 --> 00:48:29,497 No. 905 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,100 No, he didn't take any phone calls. 906 00:48:32,443 --> 00:48:34,036 You took that call from the decedent 907 00:48:34,211 --> 00:48:36,731 and learned for the first time that your husband was a bigamist. 908 00:48:36,881 --> 00:48:38,850 Ann, don't say anything else. 909 00:48:39,016 --> 00:48:42,350 You went to the decedent's apartment after the defendant left, wasn't it? 910 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:45,986 Yes, I came to give her what money and jewelry I had. 911 00:48:46,157 --> 00:48:50,458 I couldn't get in touch with Martin, and I needed time. 912 00:48:50,895 --> 00:48:53,694 I came up the back as she told me. 913 00:48:53,931 --> 00:48:58,130 She was a wild woman, drunk and obscene. 914 00:48:58,636 --> 00:49:01,003 She didn't even look at what I brought. 915 00:49:01,172 --> 00:49:03,732 She showed me the marriage license 916 00:49:04,275 --> 00:49:07,609 and then she came at me with that awful hook. 917 00:49:08,112 --> 00:49:11,241 She grabbed me by the hair. I fought back 918 00:49:12,149 --> 00:49:14,380 and I got the hook from her. 919 00:49:15,186 --> 00:49:16,984 And then I hit her. 920 00:49:17,755 --> 00:49:20,224 I grabbed her purse with the marriage license in it, 921 00:49:20,391 --> 00:49:22,257 and I ran. 922 00:49:23,594 --> 00:49:26,154 And I've been running ever since. 923 00:49:50,855 --> 00:49:53,415 I don't care, I'm not even gonna try to be modest about it. 924 00:49:53,591 --> 00:49:54,615 He's marvelous. 925 00:49:54,792 --> 00:49:58,752 I agree with you, Beth. Look at the intelligence in those eyes. 926 00:49:58,929 --> 00:50:02,058 That boy has got to be, at least, a little bit Irish. 927 00:50:02,233 --> 00:50:03,326 Irish he's not. 928 00:50:03,501 --> 00:50:05,993 If he were, he would have been born talking. 929 00:50:06,170 --> 00:50:07,763 But handsome he is. 930 00:50:07,938 --> 00:50:10,703 Well, it's obvious there aren't any impartial observers among us, 931 00:50:10,875 --> 00:50:12,070 except me. 932 00:50:12,243 --> 00:50:14,007 And as one of his three godfathers, 933 00:50:14,178 --> 00:50:16,773 I'll admit to the fact that he's a very special baby. 934 00:50:17,281 --> 00:50:19,307 Mr. Mason, I'd like to talk about my bill. 935 00:50:19,483 --> 00:50:21,111 I got it, but it's marked paid. 936 00:50:21,285 --> 00:50:22,753 Now that Abe found me a job, I can... 937 00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:25,890 Ah, I've talked it over with Clay and with Abe, 938 00:50:26,056 --> 00:50:28,287 and we decided we didn't want our godson 939 00:50:28,459 --> 00:50:30,485 starting out with any liabilities. 940 00:50:30,928 --> 00:50:35,195 Perry Abraham Terrence Polk starts life free and clear. 941 00:50:35,366 --> 00:50:36,959 Agreed?