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And now for the finals in the swimsuit competition, representing the Malaysia

Federation, Miss Jane Kwong.

Just about the right size for a camera lens.

Sure is. I think you're being blackmailed, and I think I know why.

Can I make us a drink?

Sure.

Thank you. Good evening.

Just a week ago, just a week ago today, the pageant opened with 82 Pacific

beauties brought here as guests of the Honorable Visitors Bureau. And now here

they are, our 12 finalists, one dozen perfect roses.

Judges, I don't know how you're going to do it.

Our judges represent many parts of the Pacific, including South Korea, Japan,

the Philippines, of course, Hawaii, and from the mainland, U.S. Congressman John

Richard Carr.

Another night in shining armor, huh?

Think he has a crack at the White House? He can give Teddy a run for it in 1984.

And now for

the

finals in the swimsuit competition, our first contestant from Australia, Miss

Shelby Norton.

Representing the Malaysia Federation, Miss Jane Kwong.

100% pure silk.

It's nothing like it.

Makes me feel so rich.

It was a beautiful gift.

Can I make us a drink?

Sure.

You know, you're a very beautiful girl.

Do you have any trouble getting out?

Uh, no. Someone's coming for me.

He's almost out now

Do it.

Who are you? Where's Mr. Chung? Couldn't make it. His glass?

Yes.

Hey, relax.

Relax. So far, you've given a great performance.

What do you mean, so far?

Come on, we'll show you. What are you doing?

Oh, what are you doing? Here we go.

Dono, what have we got?

Not much, I'm afraid.

HPD got the call just after 4 a.m.

Took a while to identify the girl. They called the visitor's bureau who called

us and the pageant director.

Who's the pageant director?

Miss Andrea King.

Ms., Dono, Ms.

Sorry, Steve.

What's the girl doing here? Meeting someone?

Yeah, it looks that way. Looks like she had a new dress for the occasion. The

box is over there.

No evidence of violence or forcible entry.

Could be she just took a dive, or maybe just fell.

How did she get in?

HPD found a key in her purse.

You mean the girl rented this room?

Duke and Chin are checking on that now, Steve.

They're also interviewing the night staff to see if someone came in with

her. Call the coroner, Dano.

Get the results of that autopsy as soon as possible. I want to know exactly how

much alcohol the girl had in her system.

Right.

I'm the head of the pageant. I have to get in here. May I help you?

If you're Mr. McGarrett, you can.

Jane Kwan was one of my girls.

All right, then.

You must be Andrea King.

Yes, that's right.

What can I do for you, Ms. King?

You can stop being patronizing and tell me what's being done.

Oh, I didn't mean to be condescending. I was just using a term women livers seem

to prefer.

How could this have happened to one of my girls?

You realize there could be international consequences.

Jane was a guest in your state.

Yes, I understand that.

Now, maybe you can help us.

Have you any idea what the girl was doing in this room?

I'm sure she was kidnapped.

Kidnapped?

What makes you say that?

Maybe she wanted to be here. Maybe she just slipped out to meet someone.

My girls are carefully chaperoned. We don't permit contact with anyone outside

this pageant.

They're kept very busy.

There's no time for distractions of any kind.

I know you try, Ms. King, but you don't really believe that, do you?

You're one of those people that think beauty contests are some kind of a joke,

aren't you?

Where did you get that idea?

Your attitude.

Oh. Well, let me assure you, Mr.

McGarrett, that the Pacific Islands beauty pageant is not a joke to these

girls, nor to me.

Do you have any idea what a responsibility it is to look after 82

girls for two weeks?

Enormous, I'm sure.

And I appreciate your position, but I'm dealing with death here, not the

swimsuit event.

I won this contest 11 years ago, and I have been associated with one beauty

pageant or another ever since.

I've seen a lot, but never anything like this.

I have to go to my office now and call Jane's parents.

Yeah.

Turn on your TV.

Channel 9.

What? Just do it.

And don't hang up the phone.

She's been identified as Jane Kwan.

Who is this?

A friend.

What do you want, friend?

Meet me at the east end of Kapiolani Park.

In 20 minutes.

And I'll tell you. Listen.

I must have been drugged. I

can't remember anything.

The mind has a way of blocking things that are too painful to remember.

Look.

I'm sure it was an accident.

You didn't mean for her to fall... What do you want?

How much?

No money.

I want a favor.

You're one of a group of individuals who are persecuting a good friend of mine.

I see.

And would that friend happen to be a certain Malaysian businessman who's

currently under investigation by my subcommittee?

Mr. Wing Tai Lee?

As the chairman of the subcommittee, it will be a simple matter for you to de

-emphasize Mr. Lee's role in any possible wrongdoing. You think it would,

do you?

After I initiated that investigation?

You're said to be a genius, Mr. Carr.

I'm sure you will find a way.

And if I can't do you this favor, after all, it's my word against yours that I

was ever in that hotel room.

You have excellent taste in women and in clothes.

I'm only a chaperone when we're doing a pageant. The rest of the time I travel

with Andrea as her secretary.

But you were Jane Kwan's chaperone.

I'm afraid I didn't do a very good job.

How do you think she got out?

She must have slipped out while I went to do Andrea's letters.

I made my last bed check at 11.

Some of the girls told me they received a lot of calls from different men.

Did Jane Kwan ever receive any calls that you know of?

There was a rumor, and that's probably all it was.

What was that?

Oh, some of the girls were saying that Congressman Carr had called Jane.

I'm sure it was just talk.

Congressman Carr wouldn't call Jane. He's one of our judges.

Oh, yeah. You can bet I'd remember her.

She was, uh, something else. Well, was she alone?

I'm afraid so.

At the time, I thought, gee, what a waste for a girl like that to be alone.

But do you remember anything unusual that happened last night?

It was pretty quiet.

No, wait.

That congressman, John Richard Carr, came in last night a little before 1.

Oh? Is he staying here?

No, he's not.

Ever seen him here before?

No. But then an awful lot of people come and go around here.

OK. If you remember anything else, call us if I vote.

Oh, for sure.

A lot of very attractive men try to call us, send us flowers with notes in them,

asking us to meet them.

And do you meet them?

Sometimes.

But I thought you girls all had chaperones.

We're all grown women.

If one of us wants to be with a man, no chaperone is going to stop us.

No, I guess not.

What do you got? Chin's at the hotel, but I wanted to bring you up to date.

Go. Well, for starters, the name on the reservation, Toshio Yamoto, was a phony.

Huh. I figured.

Looks like the room was rented but never used.

Housekeeping said the bed never was used.

There were no room service, phone, or restaurant charges.

What about the dress box we found in the room?

It came from a shop in the hotel mall.

Chin's checking it out.

I'd be interested to know whether it was a regular purchase or a gift.

Good. Seems like all those girls had plenty of chance to get out and plenty

of offers.

In fact, I even heard a rumor that Congressman Carr called Jane Kwan.

That's interesting.

Is he traveling alone?

Yeah.

Steve, I never thought much of it at the time, but we talked to one of the

bellboys.

Guess who went into the hotel last night, just before 1 a.m.? Congressman

John Richard Carr.

Here he is. Here he comes.

What do you think of the pageant?

I think it's a great attraction for Honolulu. I can't think of a better

place to hold it.

What do you think of the girls?

What do I think of the girls?

If it were up to me, I'd declare an 82-way tie for first place. They're

beautiful, all of them.

Congressman, what's new in the Wingtai Lee investigation?

David Chung, Singapore Times.

Would you care to comment on Wing-Tai Lee matter?

No, not at this time.

Excuse me, sir.

Our next contestant in the talent division is Miss Australia Shelby

Norton.

Y50 State Police. May I speak to you privately?

Certainly. Why don't we step into the lobby?

And the thought of you holding me near makes this loneliness soon

disappear.

A contestant in a pageant died in a fall last night.

We're investigating the possibility that it may not have been an accident.

Sorry, I don't see what this has to do with me.

Would you mind telling me where you were between, oh, say, midnight and 4 a.m.

this morning?

Yes, I would mind.

A bellboy at the hotel where Jane Kwan died saw you arrive there shortly before

1 a.m.

Mr. McGarrett, I had a private meeting with someone who has information

relating to the work I'm doing in Congress.

That's, uh... All I'm at liberty to say right now, it's privileged information.

Congressman, I'm conducting a murder investigation now.

We can do this privately or down at my office at Yulani Palace, if you don't

mind the publicity.

Listen, what I know about the girl is what I saw when she walked up and down

the ramp.

Oh? I understand that you called her.

So that's it.

Mr. McGarrett, I'm married to, uh...

beautiful woman, have been for nearly nine years.

When I'm away from home like this, women call me constantly.

Now, if I weren't happily married, all I have to do is to return those calls. Why

would I risk calling a 19-year-old girl in a public situation like this?

So she called you.

That's right.

I'd better get back inside.

Sure, Congressman. That'll be all for now, but I will want to talk to you

again.

Good. Anytime. You'll know where to find me.

Jonathan, what I'd like to know is just how important is Congressman John

Richard Carr?

He's very important.

Could he be having secret meetings here in Hawaii, perhaps?

Possibly.

He chairs a House committee that's investigating a possible bribery scandal

in Congress.

I see.

Someone has been trying to buy decisions favorable to the Malaysian Federation.

Scuttlebutt has it that they're just about to indict, in absentia, of course,

a man named Wing-Tai Lee.

Oh, yeah, Wing-Tai Lee, the Tiger of Sumatra.

Wasn't he the guerrilla leader, the warlord of sorts that gave the Japanese

such a fit during World War II?

Yeah. Now, Steve, I know that I cannot tell you how to do your job,

but unless you're absolutely sure that Carr is involved in that girl's death,

I'd appreciate it if you could keep him out of it.

This is the kind of thing that could put an end to a promising career.

Just like a 12-story fall can put an end to a promising young life, huh,

Jonathan?

If the man is innocent, you can count on my discretion.

But if he's guilty, I'm going to nail him to the wall.

Well, that gives him a fair shake. That's all I can ask.

Thank you, Steve.

Have a good day.

Steve? Yeah.

A lab just called.

The autopsy report on Jane Kwan showed almost no alcohol in her system.

That's interesting.

Something more interesting.

All the glasses were wiped clean, but the coroner found traces of a highly

concentrated sedative on the first finger of her right hand.

So our unknown guest could have had more than ice in his scotch, huh?

Yeah.

Dano, I just got off the phone with Jonathan Kaye.

He told me some very interesting things about Congressman John Richard Carr.

Such as?

Such as, in spite of the fact that he claims to be a happily married man, he

has the reputation of being somewhat of a player around Washington's party

circuit. Maybe he returns some of those women's calls after all, or makes his

own. Maybe.

But being unfaithful is a long way from being a murderer.

Nevertheless, I want a loose tail put on Carr. Have Duke and Chin handle it

themselves.

And, Dano, I want everyone to remember that Carr is innocent until we can prove

guilt. I don't want any mistakes here.

We could end up doing an awful lot of harm.

May I speak to you, please?

Did you notice anything unusual that happened that night?

Someone in the hall, perhaps, that looked out of place?

No, it was quiet.

I made my bed check a little after 11, as usual.

Then Andrea had some letters for me to type.

No one was watching the girls after you made your rounds. I was only gone for 20

minutes. I brought the work to my room.

No one checked on the girls after that?

I didn't think there was any reason.

Mr. McGarrett, they're good girls, all of them.

Just hadn't been for those letters.

Do you often do secretarial work late at night?

Yes, sometimes.

But the letters weren't that important. They could have waited until morning.

Karen!

You're supposed to be supervising our girls, not socializing with Mr.

McGarrett. She's not socializing, Miss King.

If it's anyone's fault, it's me.

Would you mind getting back on the job?

I'm sorry if I caused you any embarrassment.

You and your people are disrupting our entire pageant.

Really? You may not be aware of it, but I'm investigating a murder charge here.

Don't you feel some sort of obligation to find out what happened to Jane Kwan?

I feel an equal obligation to the other contestants.

I appreciate that, but there are questions that have to be asked.

In fact, I have one now.

Oh? I understand that you called Miss Bauer away from her room that night to

give her some letters that had to be typed?

Yes, that's right.

Couldn't they have waited till morning?

Was that her opinion? I didn't say that.

I was just wondering why you called her away at that particular time.

Because that was when I had the letters ready to be typed.

Oh, I see.

You know, Karen was right.

The letters could have waited until morning.

I'm sorry, Mr. McGarrett.

This whole thing has us all terribly upset.

Yeah, I can understand that.

But there will be other questions, Miss King.

I can assure you.

Of course.

I'll do anything I can to help. Thank you.

Kate. May I come in?

Yeah, certainly.

Well, it's a surprise. I thought you couldn't make it.

Well, something came up that changed my mind.

What?

This.

I'll explain.

I knew you'd say that.

I'm ready. Explain.

Kate, I'm in a lot of trouble.

I'd say you are.

This girl is dead.

The same night the photograph was taken.

Oh, my God.

They have... movies of us together.

And now you're being blackmailed.

As you can see, Congressman, I will do almost anything to

convince you.

Yes.

I'll do whatever you say.

Good. Meet me at nine in the morning.

The same place as before.

I have some new evidence for you.

Jack, I need to know.

You didn't kill that girl, did you?

I really don't know.

Look at this, Steve.

How did they find it?

The lab boys found bits of plaster and sawdust along the baseboard.

Here, let me show you.

This is about the right size for a camera lens.

Sure is.

They must have replaced the picture on the other side with a two-way mirror.

Was this room also rented by this mysterious oriental? No, it was rented

by a woman, Steve, a Caucasian.

We're working on her description now.

Good. See what you can find out about Andrea King and her secretary, Karen

Bauer. Something's just not right.

I'll get on it. What about Duke and Chin?

They're still trailing Carr.

Chung? Beautiful morning, isn't it? Save it.

What do you want me to do?

Call a press conference.

Announce that you are in error about Mr.

Lee. Based on what?

You've been having secret meetings here in the islands. You have discovered new

information which clears him. What information?

evidence I was talking about as

you can see

that is proof that another Malaysian businessman actually attempted to bribe

your congressman

you

have to testify where is this

Martin Hokama now.

Unfortunately, Mr. Hokama has recently died.

Heart attack.

I see.

This isn't much.

With your reputation, that should be plenty.

If you announce that this clears Mr.

Lee... As far as you're concerned, then in the eyes of most of the world, he's

cleared.

And what about Jane?

Did I kill her?

I have to know.

When Mr. Lee is vindicated, you will receive the film and you can see for

yourself.

Yes, Governor. I'll get the information, get back to you as soon as possible.

Yes, sir.

Here's the information you wanted on Andrea King and Karen Bauer.

Anything interesting?

Not on Karen Bauer.

Never married, a college graduate, worked as secretary of jobs all her

life. Been with Andrea King a long time. Looks like one of the quiet ones, Dave.

Yeah, but Andrea King is another matter.

Isn't she, though? So she was in the same Washington party circles as

Congressman John Richard Carr.

Oh.

And our elusive friend, Winged Eye Lee.

Yes, Lonnie?

Duke's on line three.

Go ahead, Duke.

Steve, I'm at the convention center.

Chin and I were tailing Carr, like you said.

Yes? He met a man, an Oriental, in Kapi'olani Park.

We couldn't hear them, but the man handed Carr an envelope full of papers.

Are you still with Carr?

Chin is. I followed the other one.

Does he have something to do with the beauty pageant? He's one of the working

press. His name is David Chung.

He's here representing a new syndicate base in Singapore.

Singapore?

Which is right next to the Malaysian Federation.

Good work, Duke. Stay with him. Right, Steve.

What would you like to bet?

That David Chung is the oriental who rents hotel rooms and never uses them.

I could have HPD take a picture of him with a long lens and show it to the

hotel people.

Yeah, do it.

I thought you were filling in Carr.

Oh, I did. Back to his hotel.

HPD's watching.

That gave me a chance to check on who bought that new dress for the dead girl.

Guess who? Tell me.

Congressman John Richard Carr.

In person.

Yes, Lonnie.

Mr. McGarrett, I thought you'd want to know...

It just came over the radio. Congressman Carr has scheduled a press conference

for 6 p.m. at the convention center.

Thank you, Lenny.

And you said Congressman Carr is at his hotel room now?

Yeah.

Thank you, Jim.

Yeah. I have another job for you.

Congressman, may I come in?

Mr. McGarrett, I really don't have time to talk to you right now.

What I have to say is much too important to wait.

Sit down.

My wife, she flew in yesterday.

She's down walking on the beach.

Look, could we get on with this?

I understand that you're having a press conference at 6 o'clock.

Do you intend to discuss the Wing-Tai Lee bribery scandal?

That's right.

How did you know?

I make it my business to know about a lot of things, Congressman.

For instance?

For instance.

I think you're being blackmailed.

And I think I know why.

And I think you're fishing.

Very well.

Less than two hours ago, you met with a man in Kapi'olani Park.

A man by the name of David Chung.

He gave you an envelope with some papers in it. You had me followed. You can't do

that. That's an invasion of privacy. I know the law.

So do I, Congressman.

You're a suspect in a murder investigation.

Now, we have you placed at the hotel the night the girl died.

We also know that you bought the dress that she wore now.

Would you like to discuss the law?

Hey, Garrett.

You know what's at stake here?

I'm not talking about my career.

Yes.

Does your wife know?

Yes.

They sent her a photograph of the girl and me.

I've told Kate everything.

And she's gonna stand by me.

I don't deserve that.

You're a lucky man.

Now, would you like to tell me what happened?

I... Really don't know. Oh, come on, Congressman.

That's the truth.

I... I went to see Jane. How did it start, this affair between you?

She called me a few times. And then when I saw her at the contest... I decided

to call her back.

We got together a couple of times before.

I must have had... too much to drink that night because I remember...

being with her, and the next thing, I woke up in my hotel room. I don't

know what happened.

Maybe I did kill her.

I don't know.

That would explain the traces of sedative the coroner found on the girl's

finger. You were drugged, Congressman.

Go on, won't you?

The next thing I was contacted by this Chung.

They're films of the two of us together in the hotel room.

Classic setup.

Classic. And in exchange for the film, they want you to back off on your

investigation of Wing-Tai Lee.

There's only one problem.

They can make a duplicate negative and as many positive prints as they wish

before they turn the film back to you and go on blackmailing you for the rest

of your life.

Now, if you help us get Chung...

It will considerably strengthen our case against Lee.

There's someone else to prosecute.

I'll do what I can, Congressman, but you realize a lot is sure to come out.

It's my mistake.

I'll face up to it.

I can't condone what you've done, Congressman, but I can understand it.

I'm not sure that a lot of men could resist a girl as attractive and

available as Jane Kwan.

The point is not many men. It's congressmen, senators.

We're supposed to be a cut above.

Well, in our society, things aren't always the way they're supposed to be.

What do you want me to do?

Go on with your press conference.

By then, we should have things well along.

I'm going to pick up David Chung right away.

Yes. Jack?

Kate? Jack?

What's wrong?

I've been kidnapped.

They're going to kill me if you don't do what they say. Please.

You do admit that you know Congressman Carr?

Yes, of course.

And you met him in Kapiolani Park this morning at approximately 9 a.m.? I

didn't go there to meet him. We happened to be there at the same time.

I see.

You were seen giving him an envelope.

What was in it?

Clippings of stories about his investigation into Wing Tai Lee affairs

in Washington, D.C. Just clippings.

Not false evidence that you wanted him to use to clear your friend Lee?

Certainly not.

You were blackmailing him, Mr. Chung.

You took motion pictures of him and Jane Kwan in a compromising situation, didn't

you?

That's all a lie.

Who would say such a thing?

Who? Let me show you.

Congressman, is this the man who's been blackmailing you?

Congressman, is this he?

No.

I know this man. His name is David Chung. He's a reporter.

Why are you saying this?

What are you doing?

You know that we have no case without your corroboration?

That's right. There's no case.

My God, what are you doing to me?

Uh, is there anything else, Mr. McGarrett?

No, you can go.

But I want to speak with the congressman.

Why?

Why? For God's sake, why?

I've changed my mind.

Oh, just like that, and you've changed your mind, so you're going to let him

get away with it. Well, I'm not going to keep quiet.

Yes, well, all you know is what I told you.

So it'll be your word against mine, won't it?

Congressman, there happens to be a murder charge here, and I have enough

circumstantial evidence to have you indicted.

Well, I'll have to take my chances with the grand jury.

So you're going to give up without a fight, just like that?

And then every lousy criminal on the street will be able to say that he can

intimidate and coerce politicians.

None of that matters anymore.

Well, what does matter to you? My wife. My wife. They've taken Kate.

Kidnapped her. I have to do what they say. Do you understand?

When? When did they? Right after you left. She called. They... They made her.

Well, for God's sake, tell me who. Maybe we can do something about it. There

isn't time. What do you mean there's not time? Tell me.

Hotel clerk, identify the Caucasian woman who rented the second room. It was

Karen Bauer.

Karen Bauer? The chaperone? She sent me up.

Let's...

Then you're probably being followed right now.

I'll take care of it.

You go back to being a reporter.

He said Carl would never go to the police.

He didn't. They came to him.

Well, the sooner I get off this island, the happier I'll be.

I can understand that.

In the meantime, take good care of our guest.

You're right.

I did rent the room.

For David Chung?

For, uh, Andrea King.

Andrea King? What would she want with the room?

She said she needed some place to be alone.

I thought she wanted it because she was having an affair with someone.

Is she up in her room now?

No.

She went to the auditorium.

Thank you, Miss Bauer.

Get the list of Andrea King's phone calls. I'll be on my way over to the

auditorium. Right.

Two more hours.

Central, pass me through to McGarrett.

Dano, what did you find?

Andrea King made a lot of calls, but she made one this afternoon right after you

had to release Chung.

It was to a motel out of Pearl City, corner of Ho'opai Street and Waimano

Home Road.

Get some HPD backup and meet me there right away.

Turn on the TV, Sid.

You might as well watch it.

Are you all right, Mrs.

Carr?

Kimo, get a message to the convention center, to Congressman Carr.

Tell him we're on our way with his wife and she's safe.

I hope Steve makes it.

He's only got another half hour.

There's got to be someone at the convention center. Try the box office.

Keep trying.

Everyone must be at the press conference.

See if you can reach Duke and Chin. They should be there by now.

Central, patch me through to Lukella 50.

Central calling Lukella. Come in, please.

Central calling Lukella.

What's this up here?

Oh, boy.

It's going to be close, Steve.

Come on, move it, pal.

Congressman, can you tell us what this press conference is all about?

Let's wait for the press conference.

Well, was it worth it?

If you're under arrest, there's an accessory in the murder of Jane Kwan.

Book her down on murder one.

Ladies and gentlemen.

It is my duty to report to you tonight that yet another congressman has been

ensnared in the intricate web of bribery, blackmail,

and now murder, spun by Winged Ty Lee.

It is my duty to report to you that the name of that congressman is John Richard

Carr.

I must acknowledge...

That I would not be standing here speaking to you if it weren't for the

support, the help of others.

Steve McGarrett of Hawaii Five-O.

And most especially, my wife, Kate.

I'm not asking for your approval, but I am asking for your understanding.