1 00:02:43,340 --> 00:02:44,340 Who's in here? 2 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,880 We're having a lot of guests today, so move the monitors back. Give them plenty 3 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:20,880 of room. 4 00:03:29,820 --> 00:03:30,820 Damn. 5 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,000 Problem? Someone broke in here last night. 6 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:37,260 Really? Why would anyone break in? 7 00:03:37,620 --> 00:03:42,580 Well, it's probably some viewer desperately seeking my recipe from 8 00:03:42,580 --> 00:03:43,580 Boat. 9 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,040 Listen, about the guest I scheduled today. 10 00:03:50,260 --> 00:03:52,900 That darling little chef from the Brittany. 11 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,960 If you tell me he had to cancel, you're going to break my heart. He didn't 12 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,080 cancel. He'll be on next week. 13 00:03:58,360 --> 00:03:59,700 So who's going to be on today? 14 00:04:01,420 --> 00:04:04,160 Well, I'm sure you've heard that Michael's in town promoting his new 15 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,200 You're not serious. 16 00:04:07,300 --> 00:04:08,300 He'll be here in 30 minutes. 17 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,700 Oh, now I know it'll be a little awkward for you. 18 00:04:11,220 --> 00:04:12,220 Awkward? 19 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:16,440 Victoria. 20 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:21,240 Like it or not, right now, Michael Edwards is hot. His book is going to be 21 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,200 bestseller. Everything that is in that book, I taught him in the 12 years we 22 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,680 were married. Victoria, you are the last word on cooking in Atlanta. 23 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,640 But we're having a hard time selling the show in syndication. 24 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:37,960 We need guests like Michael Edwards, or there won't be any show. 25 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,000 Michael is on the show. 26 00:04:44,540 --> 00:04:48,120 You'll notice that as I cook the sauce over high heat, I... Stir it constantly. 27 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,480 The point is you want this sauce to thicken and not burn. 28 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,580 Right you are again, Michael. That was very well put. 29 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,320 How's your book doing? I hear it's just flying off the stand. As a matter of 30 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,840 fact, I hear it's selling extremely well coast to coast. 31 00:05:02,220 --> 00:05:07,180 I hear it's the result of 12 years of research. It seemed like 12 centuries. 32 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,860 Had we more time, I would pour this heated sauce over the meat and 33 00:05:13,020 --> 00:05:17,310 stir gently, and then... Simmer until the veal is thoroughly heated. 34 00:05:17,830 --> 00:05:21,850 But because we are almost out of time, I'll just show you the results. 35 00:05:22,790 --> 00:05:24,230 There it is. May I taste it? 36 00:05:26,150 --> 00:05:26,630 This 37 00:05:26,630 --> 00:05:39,570 is 38 00:05:39,570 --> 00:05:43,310 remarkably good and remarkably similar to a recipe you'll find in my book. 39 00:05:43,830 --> 00:05:44,830 What a coincidence. 40 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:57,740 Dave, we have a problem. Stop the tape. 41 00:06:01,180 --> 00:06:07,400 Too late. 42 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:08,920 He's dead. 43 00:06:21,740 --> 00:06:22,579 Now get it. 44 00:06:22,580 --> 00:06:24,520 Hook it. What a fine dog. 45 00:06:25,420 --> 00:06:26,840 What a good dog. Come on. 46 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:28,400 Come on, Max. 47 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:29,980 Come on. Now you wait outside. 48 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,040 Wait right here. Wait right here. 49 00:06:32,460 --> 00:06:33,460 Wait right here. 50 00:06:33,980 --> 00:06:34,980 Hello, ladies. 51 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:36,940 Fine day, isn't it? 52 00:06:37,380 --> 00:06:38,380 All right. 53 00:06:38,660 --> 00:06:40,040 One cow he heard from. 54 00:06:40,380 --> 00:06:41,480 Now somebody else. 55 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:48,280 What do I need to do? 56 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:50,520 Talk to me. 57 00:06:52,060 --> 00:06:53,960 You got a problem I need to know about. 58 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,100 Well, Daddy, just tell them how good they'll go with dumplings. 59 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:01,120 I don't know, Charlene. 60 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,240 One day they will, one day they won't. 61 00:07:07,180 --> 00:07:08,180 Life's a mystery. 62 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:09,340 So I hear. 63 00:07:11,220 --> 00:07:12,220 Watch your step. 64 00:07:13,820 --> 00:07:14,820 Years of training. 65 00:07:17,460 --> 00:07:19,200 You hear that Victoria Edwards was arrested? 66 00:07:19,580 --> 00:07:20,580 Yeah, I saw it on the news. 67 00:07:20,660 --> 00:07:23,580 They say her ex -husband died of eating her cooking. 68 00:07:24,540 --> 00:07:29,500 Frank Daniels had an anonymous tip to run an autopsy. And there was poison 69 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:32,400 in her ex -husband's system. And there was a bottle of it found in Victoria's 70 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:37,100 house. Now, Daddy, if I seem to know a lot about it, it's because we 71 00:07:37,100 --> 00:07:38,740 Victoria at her bail hearing yesterday. 72 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:41,580 We represented her? 73 00:07:42,020 --> 00:07:43,560 Well, I represented her for us. 74 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:45,740 Are you cooking something? 75 00:07:46,060 --> 00:07:47,900 No. You making cornbread? 76 00:07:48,380 --> 00:07:49,380 No. 77 00:07:50,510 --> 00:07:51,650 Somebody's making cornbread. 78 00:07:58,070 --> 00:08:01,230 Daddy, this is Victoria Edwin. How do you do? How do you do? 79 00:08:01,510 --> 00:08:03,610 You can take the cornbread out. Everything is ready. 80 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:04,970 Nice and hot. 81 00:08:05,910 --> 00:08:08,890 Victoria and I got talking about her case, and one thing led to another. 82 00:08:09,550 --> 00:08:14,730 And then we got to talking about you, and again, one thing led to another. 83 00:08:15,390 --> 00:08:18,470 And then finally it came out that your favorite meal was cornbread. 84 00:08:18,990 --> 00:08:21,390 Country fried steak, cream corn, and fried tomato. 85 00:08:22,090 --> 00:08:24,990 And taking your case might need a little persuasion. 86 00:08:25,210 --> 00:08:28,050 So I thought I'd prepare a little country repast. 87 00:08:28,530 --> 00:08:30,330 Well, Miss Victoria, two things. 88 00:08:30,970 --> 00:08:35,890 One, I'm working on some very difficult cases right now. And yes, this is one of 89 00:08:35,890 --> 00:08:38,250 my favorite meals. And you know who used to make it? 90 00:08:38,570 --> 00:08:39,549 Your mother. 91 00:08:39,549 --> 00:08:43,210 So, uh, why don't you sit down and try some? 92 00:08:47,910 --> 00:08:50,030 I don't think I can even watch you eat it. 93 00:08:51,510 --> 00:08:53,670 My nutritionist has me on a food group diet. 94 00:08:54,750 --> 00:08:55,750 Today it's fruit. 95 00:08:56,870 --> 00:08:58,750 Oh, I have to make a call. 96 00:08:59,370 --> 00:09:00,370 Cancel luncheon day. 97 00:09:02,170 --> 00:09:03,170 Excuse me. 98 00:09:09,970 --> 00:09:10,970 What do you think? 99 00:09:12,430 --> 00:09:13,650 Tell me about your ex -husband. 100 00:09:14,990 --> 00:09:17,150 Well, when I married Michael, he was... 101 00:09:17,770 --> 00:09:18,770 Very attractive. 102 00:09:19,070 --> 00:09:20,070 Very charming. 103 00:09:21,530 --> 00:09:22,690 So I got him cooking. 104 00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:28,230 And the next thing I know, not only is he divorcing me, but he's taking over 105 00:09:28,230 --> 00:09:29,950 gourmet show I started in New York. 106 00:09:30,330 --> 00:09:32,370 I wound up with a cooking school in Atlanta. 107 00:09:32,950 --> 00:09:34,490 You don't use much sugar, do you? 108 00:09:34,730 --> 00:09:35,730 No. 109 00:09:36,330 --> 00:09:37,830 Did you dip the steak in batter? 110 00:09:38,130 --> 00:09:39,710 No, no. Just a little flour. 111 00:09:40,030 --> 00:09:41,790 It's not fried in bacon grease, is it? 112 00:09:42,210 --> 00:09:45,190 No. A very light vegetable oil. 113 00:09:45,550 --> 00:09:46,550 You know... 114 00:09:46,869 --> 00:09:51,370 My mother used to make this, and I'd eat it while I listened to Lone Ranger on 115 00:09:51,370 --> 00:09:52,370 the radio. 116 00:09:53,770 --> 00:09:55,210 Mama wasn't a very good cook. 117 00:09:56,230 --> 00:09:59,910 Now that I look back, I don't know whether it was the meal I enjoyed so 118 00:09:59,910 --> 00:10:01,270 Lone Ranger. 119 00:10:05,650 --> 00:10:07,710 So, you gonna take the case? 120 00:10:08,330 --> 00:10:10,670 Lord, Charlene, I'm in love. 121 00:10:21,740 --> 00:10:22,619 Good morning, people. 122 00:10:22,620 --> 00:10:26,460 Good morning, Tyler. How are you? I'm pretty well. Look at that self 123 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:32,420 smile. I just won the Junior Chamber of Commerce chili cook -off. $2 ,000. 124 00:10:32,860 --> 00:10:38,580 $2 ,000? That must be some chili. A Victoria Edwards recipe, chili made with 125 00:10:38,580 --> 00:10:42,520 chicken, with a peanut butter sauce with a few secret ingredients of my own on 126 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:43,159 the side. 127 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:44,039 Sounds awful. 128 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,340 Ah, Tyler, meet Victoria Edwards. 129 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:47,700 This is Tyler Hudson. 130 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:49,320 I'll investigate. 131 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,540 My dear lady, it is a pleasure to meet you. I really miss your show. 132 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:53,760 Well, thank you. 133 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:55,880 What did you find out down at the police lab? 134 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,400 Sodium cyanide. 135 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:00,120 Sodium cyanide. 136 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,620 We'll kill you in between heartbeats. 137 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:07,580 Who do you know that wants to kill you? 138 00:11:09,820 --> 00:11:10,820 Kill me? 139 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,420 Why do you think it was meant for me? 140 00:11:12,980 --> 00:11:14,920 Because you taste the things you cook on your show. 141 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:16,240 Of course. 142 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,540 And since Michael was on, I was instructed to feature him as much as 143 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:24,960 I let him do all the tasting. 144 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:26,500 And this is Atlanta. 145 00:11:27,140 --> 00:11:29,200 Michael Edwards didn't have any enemies here, did he? 146 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,160 No, I wouldn't think so. 147 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,520 Well, I'll bet whoever broke in here that night planted the poison. 148 00:11:36,020 --> 00:11:39,460 A security guard told the police that he saw a light come on in here 149 00:11:39,460 --> 00:11:43,840 momentarily. And I'll bet that's the light that comes on when you open the 150 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:44,840 refrigerator door. 151 00:11:44,980 --> 00:11:47,060 All the ingredients were kept in there. 152 00:11:47,750 --> 00:11:49,290 That's how someone planted the poison. 153 00:11:50,630 --> 00:11:53,410 I'd like to go over to your house and check out where the police found that 154 00:11:53,410 --> 00:11:55,250 bottle of sodium cyanide, but I'll need a key. 155 00:11:55,630 --> 00:11:57,650 My housekeeper will let you in. 156 00:11:57,850 --> 00:11:58,850 Oh, great. Thanks. 157 00:11:59,090 --> 00:12:00,090 Later. 158 00:12:01,870 --> 00:12:04,390 You got any enemies? 159 00:12:05,550 --> 00:12:09,270 Well, naturally, anybody in my position makes enemies. 160 00:12:10,610 --> 00:12:13,170 People in my world take their food pretty seriously. 161 00:12:13,750 --> 00:12:14,750 I mean... 162 00:12:14,910 --> 00:12:18,250 Do you know anybody that really has it in for you? 163 00:12:21,350 --> 00:12:26,330 Well, Christopher Hoyt, I suppose, and Peter Leone, perhaps. 164 00:12:27,410 --> 00:12:29,050 Possibly Stefan Lichtman. 165 00:12:29,710 --> 00:12:35,950 But I can't imagine they'd go so far as to... They were here. 166 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:41,590 They were all here as guests when Michael was poisoned. 167 00:12:42,319 --> 00:12:45,440 Tyler, I want you to stick close to Miss Edwards for the time being. 168 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:46,760 I will. 169 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,840 Could you get that pan down for me, please? I have a slight problem with 170 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,320 heights. My dear lady, retrieving your pan is my pleasure. 171 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:57,600 Thank you. 172 00:12:59,060 --> 00:13:00,060 Look at that. 173 00:13:05,140 --> 00:13:06,140 Frank, 174 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,140 Ben, you free for lunch? 175 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:15,320 All right, I'm here. 176 00:13:22,580 --> 00:13:23,580 Are you wired? 177 00:13:24,340 --> 00:13:29,480 Yes, I am wired, but the question is, why am I wired? I need you to help me. 178 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:30,480 what? 179 00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:35,200 Find the person who killed Michael Evans. 180 00:13:36,140 --> 00:13:37,880 Is everything all right, Mr. Hoyt? 181 00:13:38,220 --> 00:13:42,320 The pate is dry, the wine warm, the vinaigrette too oily. 182 00:13:42,910 --> 00:13:46,510 The butter rock hard, and there is enough sand in these oysters to declare 183 00:13:46,510 --> 00:13:47,610 beachfront property. 184 00:13:48,230 --> 00:13:52,310 You know, it seems to me I've read your column in the Atlantic Examiner for 185 00:13:52,310 --> 00:13:53,310 years. 186 00:13:53,770 --> 00:13:54,770 Six. 187 00:13:55,050 --> 00:13:57,250 How do you feel about Victoria Edwards? 188 00:13:58,770 --> 00:14:02,350 Well, actually, I am surprised that she hasn't poisoned more people one way or 189 00:14:02,350 --> 00:14:04,070 another. That woman doesn't cook. 190 00:14:04,290 --> 00:14:08,810 She folds, spindles, and mutilates. I really do wish I could be of more help, 191 00:14:08,830 --> 00:14:12,510 but unfortunately, I am dedicated to telling the truth. Good. 192 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:13,799 Good, good. 193 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:18,960 You know, I've heard that you publicly stated that she damaged your reputation. 194 00:14:19,420 --> 00:14:23,360 Didn't several newspapers drop your syndicated column? I believe your book 195 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:24,360 fell through. 196 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:29,700 Oh, well, it's true. She did ridicule me on a pathetic cooking show, but... 197 00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:33,320 Well, actually, see, that could only enhance my reputation. 198 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,700 You didn't try to get her off the show? 199 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,480 You know, I was rather annoyed at the time. 200 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,480 Yeah, perhaps I, uh... 201 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,860 I mentioned it to the station manager, you know, inexplicably. 202 00:14:45,340 --> 00:14:46,860 You know, I have lost my appetite. 203 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,240 Check, please. 204 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,640 Why were you at the taping of our last show? 205 00:14:52,220 --> 00:14:56,120 Oh, well, I wanted to interview Michael Edwards afterwards, you know, for my 206 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:57,120 column. 207 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:01,480 Where were you the night before around 11 o 'clock? 208 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,580 No, you really do ask an awful lot of questions. 209 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,400 Actually, I was having... 210 00:15:09,690 --> 00:15:10,790 Dinner with some friends of mine. 211 00:15:12,370 --> 00:15:17,750 Mr. Matlock, if there is another time, I beg you, please, let me choose the 212 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:18,750 restaurant. 213 00:15:19,950 --> 00:15:21,570 Yeah, well, this does look about right. 214 00:15:23,570 --> 00:15:24,570 Thank you. 215 00:15:25,210 --> 00:15:26,210 Bye -bye. 216 00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:32,590 Good thing he stopped when he did. 217 00:15:34,310 --> 00:15:37,570 How'd you like it? Good. I didn't think that pate was too dry, did you? 218 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,860 How about some Italian for the main course? 219 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,200 How is it? Al dente? 220 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,680 Very al dente, but good. 221 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,820 How was the new place you opened, Mr. Leone? I never got down there. 222 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:53,300 It's much better than here. 223 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,920 I suppose you know your Victoria Edwards put me out of business. 224 00:15:57,260 --> 00:15:58,260 She didn't say that. 225 00:15:58,980 --> 00:16:03,780 She did say that you solicited her opinion, and when she gave you a bad 226 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:04,860 you got very upset. 227 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,240 Upset? I'm a modern chef. 228 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,660 She's so old school, I doubt she even knows how to spell Nouvelle Cuisine. 229 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:17,360 If my restaurant had time to catch on, she and her heavy sauce -laden recipes 230 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,080 would be out in the cold. That's why she put me under. 231 00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:21,740 Big loss? 232 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,060 Just a million dollars. 233 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,720 You must understand, Mr. Matlock, for people like us, food isn't an 234 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:29,200 It's a passion. 235 00:16:29,380 --> 00:16:32,740 Do you make it a habit of attending the tapings of Victoria shows? 236 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,540 I wanted Michael Edwards to come here for dinner. 237 00:16:36,140 --> 00:16:37,140 Anything else? 238 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:38,379 Some zavaglioni? 239 00:16:38,380 --> 00:16:39,380 No, thanks. 240 00:16:39,780 --> 00:16:42,380 Where were you the night before the murder, around 11 o 'clock? 241 00:16:44,820 --> 00:16:47,140 Why do you ask? 242 00:16:47,380 --> 00:16:49,120 I'll just say, more than curiosity. 243 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,140 I can always subpoena you, if you prefer. 244 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:54,640 That's not necessary. 245 00:16:54,940 --> 00:16:59,540 I was here, going over my receipts, as I do every night. 246 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:01,460 Alone? Yeah. 247 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Anything else? 248 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:05,440 Maybe the check? 249 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:06,720 Lunch is on the house. 250 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:09,839 Thank you. 251 00:17:10,540 --> 00:17:11,700 Well, that's more like it. 252 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:13,839 Want to go someplace for dessert? 253 00:17:14,460 --> 00:17:19,819 My bakery has sponsored her cooking show since the day it went on the air, Mr. 254 00:17:19,859 --> 00:17:23,380 Matlock. It must have been very distressing to you when she threatened 255 00:17:23,380 --> 00:17:25,339 you. I cannot tell you how hurt I was. 256 00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:27,200 It would be a terrible injustice. 257 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,600 According to her, your quality's gone downhill. 258 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:35,320 I know what she's been saying, that we are flipping preservatives into our 259 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:37,920 Using nonfat milk, carob powder? 260 00:17:38,510 --> 00:17:40,890 margarine in the pastries. Not a word of truth in it. 261 00:17:41,150 --> 00:17:44,370 Well, maybe she caught you on a day when you were temporarily out of things. 262 00:17:44,650 --> 00:17:48,770 This isn't just a business, Mr. Matlock. This is my life. I'm guaranteeing my 263 00:17:48,770 --> 00:17:52,830 public, my special, sweet -toothed public, that my pastries will be of the 264 00:17:52,830 --> 00:17:56,410 consistent high quality they expect of Stefan Lichtman. 265 00:17:56,670 --> 00:17:58,090 Tell me this, Mr. Lichtman. 266 00:17:59,210 --> 00:18:04,410 Where were you the night before Michael Edwards was poisoned, around 11? 267 00:18:05,690 --> 00:18:07,370 I was here, alone. 268 00:18:08,470 --> 00:18:09,630 Working on the wedding cake. 269 00:18:10,230 --> 00:18:11,230 Oh. 270 00:18:11,730 --> 00:18:13,030 Well, thank you, Mr. Clayton. 271 00:18:13,470 --> 00:18:15,030 May I give you something else? 272 00:18:15,550 --> 00:18:17,670 Oh, no, not for me, sir. 273 00:18:18,550 --> 00:18:20,130 Eclair? Cream puff? 274 00:18:22,130 --> 00:18:25,590 Well, give him one for his cat. 275 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:56,419 Yeah, hi. 276 00:18:56,420 --> 00:18:59,040 I'm Charlene Matlock, one of Victoria's attorneys. 277 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:00,680 Oh. May I come in? 278 00:19:01,620 --> 00:19:03,060 Oh, certainly, certainly. Come in. 279 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,860 Oh, dear, I've got a casserole here. Will you excuse me for a minute? 280 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:12,700 Where did they find the poison? 281 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,260 Oh, that shelf to the left of the sink over there. 282 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:18,600 Ma 'am? 283 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,540 Oh, sure. You're going to need a footstool. Those are on the top shelf. 284 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:22,560 thanks. 285 00:19:30,410 --> 00:19:32,150 one thing for sure. It wasn't there last week. 286 00:19:33,770 --> 00:19:36,890 Did either of you have any guess that could have brought it and planted it up 287 00:19:36,890 --> 00:19:38,070 here? No. 288 00:19:38,450 --> 00:19:40,950 Nobody's been in the house besides us for ages. 289 00:19:43,330 --> 00:19:47,690 I hated telling the police that, but the truth... 290 00:19:47,690 --> 00:19:54,070 Hold up. 291 00:19:55,450 --> 00:19:57,090 What about the man who just left here? 292 00:19:57,730 --> 00:19:59,150 What are you talking about? What man? 293 00:19:59,820 --> 00:20:01,220 The man I saw running out the back. 294 00:20:01,780 --> 00:20:04,240 Oh, you're mistaken. I don't think so. 295 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,880 I could track him down and ask him. All right, all right, all right. 296 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,040 He's a friend. 297 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:12,600 A good friend. 298 00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:15,760 A married friend. 299 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,840 Well, um, how often did you see him last week? 300 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:24,760 Every day. 301 00:20:25,340 --> 00:20:27,600 He's a neighbor. I mean, we go out to lunch or... 302 00:20:27,980 --> 00:20:31,580 To the movies or... So somebody could have come in here while you were out 303 00:20:31,580 --> 00:20:32,800 your friend and planted the poison. 304 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,120 Yes, but I'm not going to say that on the stand. 305 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,020 If this got out, it could ruin him. I'm not going to do that to him. 306 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:45,800 Boy, that took all afternoon, but it wasn't worth it. 307 00:20:46,140 --> 00:20:47,140 Here you go, Chuck. 308 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:51,880 And when you take a guy to lunch, you take a guy to lunch. You know what the 309 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:52,880 folks used to say? 310 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:54,180 What's that? Them good eats. 311 00:20:55,980 --> 00:20:56,980 Now, Frank. 312 00:20:57,850 --> 00:21:03,490 On this tape, see if there's anything in the voice, the tone, the phrase, 313 00:21:03,650 --> 00:21:07,590 anything from these three men that sounds like the anonymous tip you got on 314 00:21:07,590 --> 00:21:08,569 phone. 315 00:21:08,570 --> 00:21:09,570 Go ahead, Chuck. 316 00:21:09,830 --> 00:21:11,770 And Chuck, put a foam filter on it. 317 00:21:12,090 --> 00:21:16,150 They're going to get too oily, the butter rock hard, and there is enough 318 00:21:16,150 --> 00:21:18,470 these oysters to declare this beachfront property. 319 00:21:18,770 --> 00:21:19,770 No. 320 00:21:20,090 --> 00:21:21,090 Next. 321 00:21:22,050 --> 00:21:23,290 I'm a modern chef. 322 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:27,730 She's so old school, I doubt she even knows how to spell Nouvelle Cuisine. 323 00:21:29,670 --> 00:21:30,670 Go to the baker, Jeff. 324 00:21:33,850 --> 00:21:34,850 But it's not true. 325 00:21:35,370 --> 00:21:39,610 I know what she's been saying. That we are slipping preservatives into our 326 00:21:41,970 --> 00:21:43,230 Let me hear Leonie again. 327 00:21:47,690 --> 00:21:48,930 I'm on modern, Jeff. 328 00:21:49,450 --> 00:21:53,370 She's so old school, I doubt she even knows how to spell Nouvelle Cuisine. 329 00:21:55,340 --> 00:21:56,340 That could be him. 330 00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:58,079 Thanks, Chuck. 331 00:21:58,080 --> 00:21:59,080 Now, wait a minute, Ben. 332 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:01,800 I said that could be him, not was him. 333 00:22:02,220 --> 00:22:03,580 That's not a positive ID. 334 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:06,100 It's a start. 335 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:08,040 It's a start. 336 00:22:40,149 --> 00:22:41,149 Mr. Leone? 337 00:24:02,209 --> 00:24:06,450 I made roast pork, mashed potatoes, greens, gravy, just for you. 338 00:24:06,710 --> 00:24:08,910 Oh, thanks. I'm still trying to get over yesterday. 339 00:24:09,270 --> 00:24:10,270 You're not going to eat anything? 340 00:24:10,430 --> 00:24:11,269 I don't think so. 341 00:24:11,270 --> 00:24:14,770 I thought you said you didn't eat much. I didn't. I got full watching Frankie. 342 00:24:15,070 --> 00:24:17,650 Well, that's your loss. Victoria said they're platter down right over here. 343 00:24:18,430 --> 00:24:19,430 Charlene, mashed potato? 344 00:24:19,550 --> 00:24:20,840 No. Food group. 345 00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:21,979 Full grain. 346 00:24:21,980 --> 00:24:24,060 Yeah, well, I'm in the group, too, and I'll have a group of those potatoes. 347 00:24:25,580 --> 00:24:26,580 What'd you find out downtown? 348 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,000 Not much. 349 00:24:28,060 --> 00:24:29,840 Police don't have a line on Leone's killer? 350 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:31,299 Not yet. 351 00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:35,260 All I know is I went over there last night to have a talk with him. When I 352 00:24:35,260 --> 00:24:39,020 arrived, he was sitting with his face in a plate of spaghetti. Tyler passed that 353 00:24:39,020 --> 00:24:40,820 fork. I believe I will have a little taste. 354 00:24:41,060 --> 00:24:42,060 All right. 355 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:49,150 Anyway... I think it was Leone that pimped Lieutenant Daniels where the 356 00:24:49,150 --> 00:24:50,150 was in your house. 357 00:24:50,410 --> 00:24:53,090 And I think he had a partner in the murder of your actor. 358 00:24:53,550 --> 00:24:55,270 What was the partner? I don't know. 359 00:24:56,010 --> 00:25:00,470 We'll have to see if Stefan Lichtman and Christopher Hoyt can account for their 360 00:25:00,470 --> 00:25:01,470 time last night. 361 00:25:01,710 --> 00:25:02,910 I'll talk to Hoyt in the morning. 362 00:25:03,610 --> 00:25:05,790 Tyler, why don't you snoop around Lichtman's bakery? 363 00:25:06,050 --> 00:25:07,050 Pass the greens. 364 00:25:09,350 --> 00:25:13,450 You know what the old folks used to say? 365 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:15,320 Them some eat. 366 00:25:25,660 --> 00:25:29,020 The autopsy was performed on Mr. Edwards the night of this month. 367 00:25:29,780 --> 00:25:32,760 According to the medical examiner, what was the cause of death? 368 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,760 A toxic dose of sodium cyanide. In other words, he was poisoned. Yes, he was. 369 00:25:37,940 --> 00:25:41,780 After receiving these findings, did you then search the Victoria Edwards School 370 00:25:41,780 --> 00:25:42,509 of Cooking? 371 00:25:42,510 --> 00:25:44,550 Yes, we did. Did you find any sodium cyanide? 372 00:25:44,790 --> 00:25:49,050 Yes, we did. The police lab technicians found a substantial amount of sodium 373 00:25:49,050 --> 00:25:54,770 cyanide in the remnants of the Blanquet de Vaux that Mrs. Edwards had cooked on 374 00:25:54,770 --> 00:25:59,550 her show and served to the decedent, which is how he ingested the poison. 375 00:25:59,830 --> 00:26:02,210 Did you then search Mrs. Edwards' home? 376 00:26:02,510 --> 00:26:03,510 Yes, we did. 377 00:26:06,350 --> 00:26:10,550 I show you People's Exhibit 3 and ask if you recognize it. 378 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:16,780 Yes, I do. It has my mark on it and my initials. Then you know what's in it. 379 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:18,400 Sodium cyanide. 380 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:20,240 Where was it found? 381 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,020 In the kitchen of Mrs. Edwards' home. 382 00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:24,720 No further questions? 383 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,160 Cross -examine? 384 00:26:26,380 --> 00:26:27,620 No questions, Your Honor. 385 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:29,140 You may step down. 386 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,100 Why didn't you ask him about Peter Leone's murder? 387 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,360 Well, it's not relevant yet. 388 00:27:22,060 --> 00:27:23,060 What are you doing back here? 389 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,300 Um, you see, I'm... You're supposed to report in up front. 390 00:27:27,620 --> 00:27:28,620 I didn't know that. 391 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,180 You're not supposed to be back here without wearing one of these. 392 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:32,640 Now put it on, I'll get you started. 393 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,840 Um, you're here about the job, aren't you? 394 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,500 Yeah, yeah, of course. 395 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,940 Look, I just don't have that much experience. 396 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:42,400 Have you been pasted before? 397 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,120 Yes. Then you're experienced. 398 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:45,479 Uh -huh. 399 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,040 Okay, your work area's over here. 400 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,260 You paste one from each tray. 401 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:51,300 Then you work your way through all these racks. 402 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:53,390 As we bake them, we bring them to you. 403 00:27:54,010 --> 00:27:55,010 Okay, sit here. 404 00:27:55,890 --> 00:27:57,130 Assistance for discards. 405 00:27:59,650 --> 00:28:00,650 Now eat. 406 00:28:02,030 --> 00:28:05,470 Eat? You are Miss Edwards' live -in housekeeper? 407 00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:07,490 Yes. Yes, I am. 408 00:28:08,330 --> 00:28:14,770 Now, we've heard testimony that shortly after Michael Edwards' death, this vial 409 00:28:14,770 --> 00:28:17,050 of sodium cyanide was found in the kitchen. 410 00:28:17,930 --> 00:28:21,820 Prosecution contends that it was put there by... Victoria Edwards. I don't 411 00:28:21,820 --> 00:28:22,820 suppose you put it there. 412 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:23,900 No, I didn't. 413 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:31,720 Now, I understand that for some time you've been involved in some community 414 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:32,720 service work. 415 00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:35,220 On the side. 416 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,220 In your spare time. 417 00:28:39,140 --> 00:28:41,320 Yes. Yes, that's right, I have. 418 00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:46,280 And you were doing this prior to and just after Michael Edwards' murder? 419 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:47,680 Yes. 420 00:28:49,450 --> 00:28:53,990 Do these activities cause you to go out of the house? 421 00:28:54,370 --> 00:28:56,070 Yes. How often? 422 00:28:57,570 --> 00:28:58,590 Practically every day. 423 00:28:59,070 --> 00:29:04,390 Were you in the habit of locking Ms. Edwards' house when you were out? 424 00:29:04,770 --> 00:29:06,390 No, I'm afraid I wasn't. 425 00:29:06,630 --> 00:29:10,250 So someone could have slipped in and out of the house without your knowing it? 426 00:29:11,410 --> 00:29:18,230 Yes. I understand that you were present when the police found this vault. 427 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:20,390 Is that correct? 428 00:29:21,070 --> 00:29:23,150 Yes. Yes, that's correct. I was. 429 00:29:23,570 --> 00:29:28,610 Would you explain to the court exactly where the vial was found? 430 00:29:29,170 --> 00:29:33,350 Oh, it was in the top shelf of the cabinet just to the left of the sink. 431 00:29:34,450 --> 00:29:36,190 Isn't that an inconvenient place? 432 00:29:37,050 --> 00:29:40,030 You have to use a footstool to get up there. 433 00:29:41,530 --> 00:29:47,950 So whenever Ms. Edwards wanted to get something from that shelf, she used a 434 00:29:47,950 --> 00:29:51,060 footstool? Well, actually, she'd get me to do it for her. 435 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:54,840 Ms. 436 00:29:55,540 --> 00:29:57,820 Edwards has a fear of heights, doesn't she? 437 00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,200 Oh, yes. 438 00:30:00,540 --> 00:30:07,260 So you're saying that this vial was on a shelf that you have to use a footstool 439 00:30:07,260 --> 00:30:11,880 to get to in a place where Ms. Edwards would never have put it herself. 440 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:13,200 Yes, that's right. 441 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,640 Objection. Calls for conclusion. 442 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:17,360 Sustained. 443 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,580 I'm sorry, Your Honor, no further questions. 444 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:21,240 Mr. Burgess? 445 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,100 May I have a moment, Your Honor? 446 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:27,680 I spoke with Hoyt. 447 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:28,920 Was he cooperative? 448 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:33,280 He was surly, as a matter of fact. But he did say he was at home last night, 449 00:30:33,340 --> 00:30:34,340 alone. 450 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:36,940 Could he have killed Peter Leone? 451 00:30:38,580 --> 00:30:39,580 Maybe. 452 00:30:46,770 --> 00:30:47,629 Okay, buddy. 453 00:30:47,630 --> 00:30:48,990 Fun's over. Time to go home. 454 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:01,540 Still hungry, buddy? 455 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,280 What's happening in there? 456 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:06,160 Just a few of Mr. Lickman's friends. 457 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:07,620 Coffee and cakes. 458 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:09,480 With their own keys. 459 00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:25,100 What do you want? 460 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:32,500 What's happening? 461 00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:33,700 You are. 462 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:56,560 Good morning. 463 00:33:56,780 --> 00:33:58,500 Morning. Where's Charlene? 464 00:33:58,910 --> 00:34:02,410 At a nutritionist. Now he thinks she's allergic to eggs. Pretty soon she'll be 465 00:34:02,410 --> 00:34:03,650 down to ice water and crackers. 466 00:34:03,890 --> 00:34:04,890 What's the news? 467 00:34:05,030 --> 00:34:06,690 Have I got news. 468 00:34:06,990 --> 00:34:12,070 The bakery, right? There I am snooping around the bakery and I get caught. 469 00:34:12,330 --> 00:34:16,290 But the guy that caught me thinks that I'm there for a job as a taster. 470 00:34:16,670 --> 00:34:22,389 So I taste. And I taste until my blood sugar level is reaching dangerously high 471 00:34:22,389 --> 00:34:23,389 levels, okay? 472 00:34:23,929 --> 00:34:27,600 Undaunted, at the closing bell, I begin to snoop some more. And I... I get 473 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:32,580 caught again, right? So I go outside, and I'm going to do some exterior 474 00:34:32,580 --> 00:34:35,159 snooping, and I get caught again. 475 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:39,060 Now, was Tyler Hudson daunted by this? You ask yourself, no. 476 00:34:39,980 --> 00:34:44,400 Now, I get thrown back inside the bakery and surrounded by some very lethal 477 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:50,480 -looking men, and then I see it. What? A card table. These men were there to 478 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:51,600 play poker. 479 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,679 That's how I got the news. 480 00:34:54,900 --> 00:34:59,100 I convinced them that I am a compulsive gambler and an easy mark. I show them my 481 00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:02,460 $2 ,000 from the chili cook -off and am immediately dealt in. 482 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:07,360 This brings me to the three salient points. One, Stephan Lichtman had an 483 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,020 for the night Peter Leone was murdered. 484 00:35:09,420 --> 00:35:10,420 Poker game. 485 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,260 Two, Stephan Lichtman had two partners that he was going to open up a new 486 00:35:14,260 --> 00:35:16,760 restaurant with. Peter Leone and Christopher Hoyt. 487 00:35:17,620 --> 00:35:18,700 What's point number three? 488 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,000 I don't know. 489 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,860 Point number three is they're not very good poker players because my $2 ,000 is 490 00:35:24,860 --> 00:35:26,800 now $20 ,000. 491 00:35:27,020 --> 00:35:28,260 $20 ,000? 492 00:35:29,020 --> 00:35:30,020 Wow. 493 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:31,520 $20 ,000. 494 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:39,020 So, Christopher Hoyt has an alibi for the night of the break -in. No alibi for 495 00:35:39,020 --> 00:35:40,160 the night of Peter Leone's murder. 496 00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:45,440 Stephan Lichtman, no alibi for the night of the break -in, has one for the night 497 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:46,440 of the murder. 498 00:35:47,460 --> 00:35:49,040 They're in business together, all right. 499 00:35:51,210 --> 00:35:52,210 So what do we do now? 500 00:35:53,170 --> 00:35:56,150 If we can just figure out how the poison got in the stew. 501 00:35:57,630 --> 00:35:58,630 Hmm. 502 00:36:07,370 --> 00:36:08,370 Charlene. 503 00:36:09,550 --> 00:36:10,550 Charlene? 504 00:36:10,830 --> 00:36:11,830 Eggs. 505 00:36:12,850 --> 00:36:13,850 Eggs? 506 00:36:15,350 --> 00:36:16,350 Eggs. 507 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:22,098 Two eggs. 508 00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:25,520 I ordered six the day before to be delivered along with the veal. 509 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:27,240 I only used four. 510 00:36:27,860 --> 00:36:28,860 Why is that? 511 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,740 The recipe requires two eggs. 512 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:36,440 And I initially intended to make it in three stages, which would require six 513 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,420 eggs. But, of course, the producer came and told me that Michael was going to be 514 00:36:39,420 --> 00:36:43,480 on the show and that I'd have to give him all this extra time. So I decided to 515 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:48,120 make the blanquette in two stages instead, and I only used four eggs. 516 00:36:55,120 --> 00:37:00,220 Are you sure these are the eggs that were in the refrigerator the night 517 00:37:00,220 --> 00:37:00,879 the show? 518 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,120 Oh, they have to be. 519 00:37:03,060 --> 00:37:05,440 I mean, the school has been closed since the day Michael died. 520 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,920 We're the only ones that have been in here, except for the police. 521 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,000 Your Honor, as discussed earlier in chambers and now for the record, I 522 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,580 my objection to Mr. Matlock's latest piece of courtroom history on us. Your 523 00:37:22,580 --> 00:37:23,580 Honor! 524 00:37:24,230 --> 00:37:28,930 Prosecution has masterfully established that Michael Edwards was killed by the 525 00:37:28,930 --> 00:37:33,090 poison in the veal stew prepared by my client. It's essential to our case that 526 00:37:33,090 --> 00:37:35,710 we establish exactly how the poison got there. 527 00:37:36,330 --> 00:37:40,030 Objection overruled. I do trust, however, this won't take too much of the 528 00:37:40,030 --> 00:37:41,030 court's time. 529 00:37:41,190 --> 00:37:42,149 No, Your Honor. 530 00:37:42,150 --> 00:37:45,710 As soon as Ms. Edwards gets organized, I'll call my next witness, Mr. 531 00:37:45,850 --> 00:37:46,850 Christopher Hoyt. 532 00:37:47,030 --> 00:37:50,150 I understand you're a food critic, Mr. Hoyt. 533 00:37:51,010 --> 00:37:52,830 Yes, for the ethanter examiner. 534 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:57,120 Given the particulars, I bet you followed this case with a great deal of 535 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:58,120 interest. 536 00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:59,600 I find it interesting, yes. 537 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:04,340 It's not every day that French cuisine is used as a murder weapon. 538 00:38:05,060 --> 00:38:06,160 Of course, you're aware. 539 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,900 It wasn't the veal stew that killed Michael Edwards. It was something that 540 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:11,900 put into the stew. 541 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:13,440 Well, of course. 542 00:38:13,580 --> 00:38:18,880 And so far, nobody has been able to figure out how it was put into the stew. 543 00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:22,380 Well, I'm aware of that, too. I mean... 544 00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:27,200 Miss Edwards couldn't just have dumped sodium cyanide in there in full view of 545 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:30,400 an audience any more than she could do it in this courtroom. Right, Mr. Hoyt? 546 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:32,060 Well, I suppose. 547 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:37,240 So the poison had to be in one of the ingredients she was using. 548 00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:38,980 Objection. Calls for conclusion. 549 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:40,800 Sustained. 550 00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:43,200 I think I know. 551 00:38:44,900 --> 00:38:50,500 But once again, to try to discover what ingredient the poison was in... 552 00:38:50,830 --> 00:38:55,210 I've asked Miss Edwards to make another... Blanquette de veau. Yeah, or 553 00:38:55,210 --> 00:38:56,210 stew. 554 00:38:56,310 --> 00:39:00,110 Now, the veal and the cream are fresh. All the other ingredients came from 555 00:39:00,110 --> 00:39:02,570 cooking school and have been examined by the police. 556 00:39:06,430 --> 00:39:08,050 Might even let you taste it. 557 00:39:08,910 --> 00:39:09,910 Give us a critique. 558 00:39:11,550 --> 00:39:15,150 As a food expert, can you tell us what Miss Edwards is doing now? 559 00:39:16,290 --> 00:39:17,290 Of course. 560 00:39:38,730 --> 00:39:42,550 She is preparing the cream sauce that goes atop the veal. 561 00:39:45,730 --> 00:39:49,190 Oh, as a food critic, do you know Ms. Edwards? 562 00:39:50,630 --> 00:39:51,630 Of course. 563 00:39:52,450 --> 00:39:53,450 You like Ms. Edwards? 564 00:39:54,910 --> 00:39:57,810 I am indifferent to Ms. Edwards. 565 00:40:00,190 --> 00:40:04,190 Oh, excuse me, Mr. Hoyt. The stew looks about ready. 566 00:40:11,509 --> 00:40:12,509 Looks delicious. 567 00:40:15,310 --> 00:40:16,310 Go ahead. 568 00:40:18,030 --> 00:40:19,550 Oh, no, thank you. I don't want any. 569 00:40:22,370 --> 00:40:23,370 Why not? 570 00:40:23,830 --> 00:40:24,830 Something wrong with it? 571 00:40:26,110 --> 00:40:28,550 I just said I don't want to eat any. 572 00:40:30,090 --> 00:40:31,210 Why not, Mr. Hoyt? 573 00:40:32,490 --> 00:40:33,610 Why won't you taste it? 574 00:40:37,390 --> 00:40:38,390 You think it's poison? 575 00:40:40,940 --> 00:40:44,560 As I told you before, the veal and the cream are fresh. 576 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,480 All the other ingredients are from the cooking school. 577 00:40:50,180 --> 00:40:51,180 Won't you taste it? 578 00:40:57,300 --> 00:41:00,160 Well, can I have another volunteer? 579 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:01,700 Somebody from the audience. 580 00:41:03,580 --> 00:41:04,580 Mr. Lichtman. 581 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:08,900 Anybody. 582 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:41,660 The eggs have been injected with poison. 583 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:44,660 Say again, please. 584 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:52,260 The eggs have been injected with poison. 585 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:57,900 The eggs. 586 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:07,980 The only ingredient the police couldn't examine. 587 00:42:11,450 --> 00:42:16,610 Because once an egg has been used and the shell thrown into the disposal, 588 00:42:17,010 --> 00:42:19,150 there's nothing to examine. 589 00:42:22,070 --> 00:42:28,230 But only whoever broke into the cooking school the night before the murder 590 00:42:28,230 --> 00:42:33,030 and planted the doctored eggs could have known that. 591 00:42:37,630 --> 00:42:38,770 I didn't do it. 592 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,560 I was with some friends. I know someone who will swear to it. 593 00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:45,240 I know. 594 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,520 Isn't it true that Peter Leone was an accomplice? 595 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,520 And didn't he make the anonymous phone call to the police? 596 00:42:55,020 --> 00:42:56,020 Yes. 597 00:42:56,660 --> 00:43:01,080 And after Lieutenant Daniels and I had lunch with him, he was very frightened. 598 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,460 And you were afraid he had talked to us. 599 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:04,760 So you killed him. 600 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,400 No. And wasn't the other accomplice that man? 601 00:43:08,810 --> 00:43:09,810 Stephan Lichtman. 602 00:43:15,770 --> 00:43:19,370 Isn't it true that he's the one who broke into the cooking school and 603 00:43:19,370 --> 00:43:23,490 substituted the injected eggs? And isn't it true that three of you were going to 604 00:43:23,490 --> 00:43:26,850 open a new restaurant, but you didn't have enough faith in each other's 605 00:43:27,170 --> 00:43:30,250 And you were afraid that Victoria Edwards could ruin you. 606 00:43:30,610 --> 00:43:36,450 So you, Leone Lichtman, conspired to poison the stew in hopes of killing 607 00:43:36,450 --> 00:43:37,450 Victoria Edwards. 608 00:43:42,890 --> 00:43:44,010 I don't have to prove it. 609 00:43:50,890 --> 00:43:57,710 You see, these are the two eggs from 610 00:43:57,710 --> 00:44:04,170 the cooking school that were not used in the veal stew. 611 00:44:07,810 --> 00:44:10,250 You see those tiny holes? 612 00:44:14,790 --> 00:44:16,390 That's where the poison was injected. 613 00:44:18,510 --> 00:44:22,070 So you see, I don't have to prove anything. 614 00:44:23,050 --> 00:44:28,410 All I have to do is show reasonable doubt that Victoria Edwards killed her 615 00:44:28,410 --> 00:44:29,410 -husband. 616 00:44:31,110 --> 00:44:36,670 I leave in the capable hands of the prosecuting attorney the stock, the 617 00:44:36,710 --> 00:44:37,710 the onions. 618 00:44:39,110 --> 00:44:40,110 And whoever. 619 00:44:45,100 --> 00:44:46,760 I wouldn't make an omelet without it. 620 00:44:47,540 --> 00:44:48,600 No further questions. 621 00:44:54,060 --> 00:44:56,500 We find the defendant not guilty. 622 00:44:56,820 --> 00:44:58,200 This court is adjourned. 623 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,040 We did it. 624 00:45:00,260 --> 00:45:02,900 Everyone enjoyed it. Make that two. 625 00:45:06,220 --> 00:45:07,620 Let's get out of here. 626 00:45:15,690 --> 00:45:16,910 You know, it's nearly lunch. 627 00:45:17,550 --> 00:45:23,050 Well, how about some cornbread, country fried steak, sliced tomatoes, and 628 00:45:23,050 --> 00:45:24,050 creamed corn? 629 00:45:24,570 --> 00:45:26,430 You got any old tapes of the Lone Ranger?