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Hi, this is Linda Hansfield.

I can't take your call right now,

but if you leave your name and number at the beep,

I'll get right back to you.

Thanks.

This is Larry, uh, at Pronto Printing.

Your business cards are ready.

Say, maybe when you pick 'em up,

we could go for a drink or something.

What do you say?

Hello, Mrs. Hansfield,

this is Rosemary Barnes.

That matter we talked about last week,

I've decided to go with another investigator.

Sorry.

Hi, my name is Brad Loomis.

I'm with the investment firm of James, Ashford and Town.

I'd like to talk to you about invest...

Sorry I'm late.

Well, talk fast.

My kids have got swim lessons in half an hour.

You heard her.

Talk fast.

Well, you... This meeting wasn't my idea.

But your secretary called my secretary.

Not mine.

You called.

No, he called and told my son

I was supposed meet you two here. I did not.

What, you calling my son a liar?

Wait a minute. Hold it.

Hold it. Hold it.

What the hell's going on here?

Oh, my grandmother was right.

She always said you can tell

how well people know each other

by how intensely they argue.

Uh, Mr-Mr-Mr. Sands.

Oh, and Mr. Barr, then, and, uh, Mrs. Proctor.

Uh, Ben Matlock.

I'm sorry for the confusion.

I called the meeting.

Would you care for a drink?

What do you want?

Uh, I'm just trying to find out

who killed Rob Casey. You remember

Rob Casey.

Uh, he was the man

who was gonna send each of you a set

of these.

Why would

a complete stranger send me a photograph?

Well, he needed $40,000.

And he needed it quick.

And, uh, my guess is that, uh,

these, uh, pictures tell a story

you'd assume the police not hear.

Are you saying

he was trying to blackmail one of us?

Or-or all of you.

But, as I say, that's-that's a guess.

The man with all the answers is dead.

Uh... is there anything else, Mr. Matlock?

Uh, as a matter of fact, yes.

Uh... party favors.

There you are.

Here you go.

Hi.

I'd like to see Jeffrey Barr.

He had some kind of emergency meeting.

Are you interested in having something videotaped?

Uh, no.

It's personal.

I'm an old friend of his.

Tyler Hudson.

You have heard him speak of me, haven't you?

No.

Well, I don't get into town very often.

I guess out of sight, out of mind.

Do you mind if I wait?

Sure.

You can wait in my office.

Uh... out here is okay.

Excuse me.

Hello, Vid-Proof.

Oh, that's terrible.

I'm so sorry.

Hold on.

I'll pull your tape right now.

Mm-hmm.

I have your tape right here, Mr. Franklin.

Shall I messenger it over to your insurance company?

That's what we're here for.

If you need anything else, just call us.

Mr. Hudson?

Hello, Linda.

How'd you get in here?

Tyler.

He's the reason your answering machine doesn't work.

We figured you'd stop by to see why.

Please just leave.

Somebody doesn't want you to talk to me.

You don't understand.

Then make me understand.

They got my boy.

Someone broke in here last week

and they stole the log I kept on Rob Casey.

And left a note.

Said they have David.

If I didn't testify against Michael Koskoff

I'd never see him again.

I'm sorry.

I'm just trying to buy some time.

I'm going crazy.

Did they say when they'd contact you again?

Sometime today.

David has asthma.

If he gets upset or frightened, he's gonna get very sick.

Does he know his medication?

He knows what he needs.

Well, he's-he's bright.

And, uh, he's inventive.

Maybe he'll figure out a way to get it.

If whoever has him lets him.

And why would they care?

Somebody in on this thing made a desperate move.

Very desperate.

Somebody's coming to this drugstore

to pick up David's medicine.

He's probably in there already.

So soon?

Mr. Marshal said someone called in the prescription.

Well, that was less than an hour ago.

Linda, when this guy comes out of the drugstore, be cool.

Sure. The object here

is for him to lead us to David, okay? Okay.

All right.

Now, look, Linda, just take it easy, okay?

This is going to work.

I promise.

Hello?

Thank you, Mr. Marshal.

There you go.

Yeah, that's him.

That's one of Dominic Vincent's hoods.

Linda! Linda!

Where is my kid?!

Get him!

Tyler, get him!

Get him!

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Here's the kid's prescription.

I had some trouble picking it up.

Ben Matlock.

Hello, Ben?

Tyler, where are you?

I'm across the street from a house at 6624

Langdon Avenue.

I saw him.

Uh, one of Dominic Vincent's goons

just dropped off his prescription.

Yeah, well, we can't do anything

that might get David hurt, so just don't do anything.

Stay in your car, watch the house.

You got it.

Right.

We have to do something.

I know.

Mr. Matlock, I'm shocked.

I respect family.

I wouldn't kidnap a kid.

Whoever took David Hansfield works for you.

Hey, Dom?

You birdied the sucker.

All right.

I don't know anything about this kidnapping,

but I'll look into it.

I appreciate it.

I expect to see David very soon.

With a little luck, Mr. Matlock.

You do believe in luck, don't you?

Whatever works, Mr. Vincent.

Linda, what the hell are you doing here?

You didn't think I was gonna wait in the office?

I guess not.

How many men in there?

There's one, I think.

The guy that grabbed David left.

Let's go. Wait a minute.

Now, Ben specifically said for us to wait.

Let go of me. Wait a minute!

Now, what are you gonna do,

just walk up and knock on the door?

That's my kid in there!

You got a better idea?

Hold on a minute.

Close the door!

If you're not careful, you might wind up getting him hurt.

Let's be smart about this, okay?

Stop or I'll shoot!

Here's pop and chips, kid.

Knock yourself out.

Oh, no!

There they go again.

And this time, I'm going to stop him.

Hi. Do you know anything about cars?

I think there's something wrong with mine.

I don't know.

Please do something.

I don't know if I can do anything.

Bless you.

Yeah, this is... See?

Your radiator's bone dry.

When's the last time you checked it?

I don't know.

Never.

It'll be here any minute.

Hello, David.

Remember me?

You're that guy who works for my mom.

With your mom.

I work with your mother.

Where is she? She's outside.

I want her to come in.

She wants you to come out.

No!

Hmm.

David, your mother is waiting for you

outside.

That's what the other guy said.

No!

Hmm.

Did you have

a hose or-or a bucket? A what?!

A bucket. A bucket.

No. Maybe some, uh, distilled water?

It-It comes in a bottle.

All right, I'll get some of that.

That'd be great. You mean now?

Well, yeah, I mean now. What...? What was...?

There's this thing. I think... I think this is it.

Thing... You... What? What?

That's the kid's mother!

Oh!

Oh.

Hey, lady, get back in the house!

Ow, lady! No!

Oh!

Hey... Move in...

Hey.

Oh. There you go.

Say, he's all right. Oh, David.

He's okay.

Let's see...

Thank you.

Vincent's hood died before he reached the hospital.

Oh, what about the one who was holding David?

He was one of the lesser hoods.

Oh, he just hadn't been convicted of murder yet.

I had a feeling you'd go after David yourself.

I couldn't help it. I... I know.

He's your son.

I'm glad I have a hot line to the police.

Thanks.

Mm.

I've caused you a lot of trouble.

I lied in court, I hurt the case.

Remember I told you,

being a woman in this business isn't easy.

Well, like the fella says,

ain't nothin' easy.

We got over one hump.

Now let's see if we can get over...

another one.

Okay, uh, Kim, bedtime is at 8:30.

Yuck!

9:00.

And there are peanut butter cookies

and apple juice in the fridge

for their snack.

All right. I probably won't be home

till late, so just feel free.

Make yourself comfortable, okay?

Okay. Don't worry about a thing.

Bye, Mom. Oh. Mmm!

Bye. Mmm!

Bye. Mmm!

Bye-bye, sweeties. Okay.

Bye. Listen to Kim.

All clear.

Here we go.

Phone line...

Phone line... Phone line...

Bingo. Alarm line.

Okay, alarm's off. Go.

Freeze.

Clear.

Okay.

That's it.

We're in.

Put that down

and place your hands behind your heads!

Oh... Oh, yeah, you're in trouble now.

Breaking into a post office

is a federal offense, gentlemen.

Oh, and ladies.

So's kidnapping.

And I want to see you serve every minute on that.

And then there's first-degree murder.

That's not exactly a misdemeanor.

So who's gonna be the first

to give himself a break?

Who's gonna tell us what's going on here?

Nobody?

Okay.

All right, take 'em downtown.

Tyler, you...?

I just might have something.

The safe and the guns from the pictures.

Yeah.

Maybe Charles Demming can tell us what they mean.

Here we go.

Uh, Ben Matlock, Linda Hansfield, Charles Demming.

Pleasure.

Well, I understand you'd like me

to identify one of our safes.

If you can.

That's not one of ours.

But it has your name on it.

That's just a label. Here, I'll show you.

You see,

somebody peeled that off one our boxes just like that.

We would never do that.

But just to be sure,

there would be a serial number on the bottom.

88474263.

No, that's not definitely not one of ours.

Well, did one of these ever get away from you, lose it, misplace it?

Uh, one was stolen once. When?

Uh, four years ago. It was the only time anyone

ever broke in and got away with any jewelry.

I remember that robbery.

Yeah? Yeah.

The insurance company

reimbursed me for every item that was stolen.

Right down to the last earring.

Hey, you had a record of everything?

I have a videotape of everything.

Oh...

Jeffery Barr's company did the videotaping?

Yeah, two months, two months before the store was robbed

and nothing was ever recovered. Hmm.

This is it, folks.

Three people committed the break-in

while a fourth person waited in the car outside.

Sound familiar?

Same M.O. as the post office.

Only back then,

three people did the breaking in

because Rob Casey was still alive.

You think the guns in that safe

are the ones used in the jewelry heist?

Tyler just called from Ballistics,

and those guns were not used in the heist.

You're kidding?

No.

They weren't even manufactured till two years ago.

Neither was the safe.

And you know that label

that was on the safe?

Rob Casey put that label there?

Because he was bluffing?

And as soon as we find out who fell for it...

Mr. Barr,

how long have you known Mitchell Sands and Nancy Proctor?

Um, on the, on the advice of counsel,

I invoke my Fifth Amendment rights

and I decline to answer that question.

Uh, how about the decedent Rob Casey?

On the advice of counsel,

I invoke my Fifth Amendment rights, and I...

Fine, fine, fine, fine.

Uh, Mr. Barr, uh, you go into people's homes

and businesses and videotape

their possessions for insurance policies, is that correct?

Yeah, that's correct.

Okay.

Uh, here is a, uh, videotape

that we subpoenaed from your company library,

and the name of the man you made it for

is right here on the box.

Would you read that name aloud for us, please?

It's "Mitchell Sands."

Mitchell Sands, okay.

And your name's on here, too. Why?

It's because you're the one who made the videotape,

right?

Answering that question might tend to incriminate me...

Oh, that's fine,

fine, fine. We have a cassette player right here.

And all we have to do is pop it in,

and we'll hear your voice behind the camera

and see you talking to your client Mitchell Sands

and his former girlfriend Nancy Proctor.

All right, all right, all right,

I, uh, I had a passing acquaintance

with both of them, but that was four years ago.

Four years ago. Okay.

Now here's another videotape that we subpoenaed,

and would you read the name that's on this box?

"Charles Demming Jewelers."

Right. And the date?

"April seven, 1985."

And your name's on here, too.

That's correct.

Uh, just two months after you made this videotape,

this jewelry store was robbed. Do you remember that?

Vaguely.

Vaguely?!

Because of this videotape, the insurance company

covered the entire $2 million loss.

Now you remember?

Yes, I remember.

Yeah.

I've looked at this tape and it's interesting.

I'm talking detail.

Anybody, anybody who looked at this tape

would get a very good idea of the security system

in this store, particularly your passing acquaintance

Mitchell Sands, who was once an electrical engineer.

Objection: relevance.

Relevancy, relevancy!

I'm gonna show relevancy!

Overruled.

Thank you.

Uh, this safe... was found in a post office box

registered to Rob Casey. Maybe you recognize it.

And on the bottom, there's a sign,

little tag there that says

"Charles Demming Jewelers." You recognize that?

No.

Well, let's see if you recognize this.

Oh, oh-oh.

The police ran ballistic tests on these

this morning and dusted them for prints.

Care to guess what they found?

Look, that doesn't mean that I killed Casey.

Say again? I said that,

that, this does not mean I killed Rob Casey!

They found nothing.

Rob Casey was bluffing.

These were not the safe and the guns that were used in the heist.

My guess is he got rid of them four years ago

like he was supposed to.

But then he got to thinking.

And he went out and he bought this safe and these guns

as kind of a little insurance policy

in case if and when he ever wanted to blackmail his former

associates: Mitchell Sands, Nancy Proctor and you.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Where were you at 6:00 the night Rob Casey was killed?

I was, I was videotaping...

Don't tell me that you were

at Mr. and Mrs. Dorfmans because

I know you left there before 5:30.

So where were you really, Mr. Barr?

I, uh, I went to Nancy Proctor's house.

I had to talk to her.

And did you?

No. No, she wasn't there.

So we don't know where you were really, do we?

Yeah, ask the babysitter.

She saw me. She'll tell you I was there.

Her name was Kim Kyoto.

She saw me! She'll say I was there right at 6:00! Ask her!

I'm done.

If the killer isn't Mitchell Sands,

I'll eat your hat.

I don't wear a hat.

Well, if you did, I'd eat it.

Well, according to the biggest crime boss in the state,

he's not.

But Nancy Proctor was at her son's piano lesson.

I checked it out myself.

I-I checked out the ice cream parlor

she took him to afterwards.

I even know what flavors they ordered.

Well... we're missing something.

What makes you think we're gonna find it here?

I don't know. This is where he was killed.

Uh...

Dadgum.

Well, I'll be dadgum.

What you got?

A 1936 proof set.

How did the fire department miss this?

I guess they weren't looking for something like this.

They valuable?

I look for stuff like this all the time.

That penny: $200.

See that Buffalo Head nickel?

$700.

The dime, about $400.

The 50 cent? $2,000.

Oh.

Ooh, what's this worth?

25 cents.

Why so little?

It's a 1987 quarter.

Oh.

This would be worth

much more as a set than if you broke it up.

You'd never break this up.

Do you think there might be a 1936 quarter

around here somewhere?

Not if we're lucky.

Keep looking.

Chin up, wrists down.

Freeze those fingers.

Higher, higher. Sit up straight.

Elbows in.

Keep going. Steady, steady.

Feel the tempo. That's it. So,

you have more questions about Artie Proctor?

Yes, I forgot to ask you when I was here before.

Did his mom drop him off for his lesson,

and then pick him up later, or did she wait for him?

Artie's lesson is only a half hour.

Nancy always waits for him.

So his mother was in here from 6:00 to 6:30?

Oh, not in here, no.

No, in the library.

Parents must wait in here.

Their presence in there would distract the students.

Hmm.

Shoulders back, wrists down.

Tempo, tempo.

Uh, do you always keep these doors closed?

Yes.

So you wouldn't know for sure

whether she stayed or left.

No, I wouldn't.

Mrs. Proctor will be here at 4:00 tomorrow

for Artie's regular lesson.

Shall I ask her and then call you?

No, no, no, please don't say anything.

All right.

Thank you for your time, though.

Uh, y-you say, uh,

Artie-Artie's regular lesson was Wednesdays at 4:00?

Yes. But on the... BOTH: 17th...

he came at 6:00?

Oh, Mrs. Proctor called the night before

and asked if she could reschedule.

Artie's one of my favorites; I said fine.

Oh, well, that's fine.

Thank you. Uh-huh.

We enjoyed that.

Casey's house is five minutes from here.

She killed him.

She snuck out, she killed him, she snuck back in.

Oh, he wants my spot.

The note said if I didn't testify

against Michael Koskoff,

that I'd never see my son again.

Huh.

So is that what you did?

I testified earlier that I saw

Michael Koskoff leaving the scene of the murder

when, in fact, I didn't see anybody at all.

Why would someone force you to lie in court like that?

So that Michael Koskoff would be convicted and...

the real murderer... the person who kidnapped my son,

would get away.

When you found your son, he was wearing a jacket.

Yes.

I asked you to bring that jacket to court with you today.

This is it.

I ask that this jacket be marked

Defense Exhibit "J" for identification.

It shall be so marked.

Thank you.

Uh, is this your son's jacket?

No.

And when I examined it...

I found this label sewn into the lining.

What does it say?

It says "Artie Proctor."

Nancy Proctor, Mr. Barr and Mr. Sands' mutual friend,

has a son named Artie, doesn't she?

Yes, she does.

No further questions.

No questions.

Witness may step down.

Mr. Matlock.

Call Nancy Proctor to the stand.

You recognize this coat?

Yes, it used to be my son's.

Used to be?

He lost it several weeks ago.

I have no idea how it ended up here.

I think you have a very good idea.

I think you're a good mother and you would never let

anybody's little boy go without a warm jacket.

Are you saying that I had something to do

with the kidnapping?

You had everything to do with it.

That is not true.

I have two small children of my own.

I think kidnapping is the most despicable,

the most heinous of all crimes.

And that's exactly why you thought

you could get away with it.

You knew you had a surefire way to get another mother...

Linda Hansfield...

To help convict Michael Koskoff

and get you off the hook for the murder of Rob Casey.

Objection.

No foundation.

Assumes facts not in evidence.

Sustained.

Okay.

Um, uh, where were you between 6:00 and 6:30 p.m.

on March 17?

I was at my son's weekly piano lesson.

I was waiting for him there.

Uh, does he usually have his lesson at 6:00?

Well, usually it's at 4:00.

I, uh, had to reschedule it.

I forget why.

But you were waiting for him right there in the room?

Yes.

Now, are you sure?

We have spoken with the music teacher.

Well, I was actually in another room.

Uh-huh.

Uh, where, where did you park that evening?

Where did I park?

Objection.

Relevance?

Your Honor, I must be able

to ask this witness where she parked.

It goes to the alibi, and this coat demands it.

Overruled.

So, so... thank you... Where did you park that evening?

Which side of the street... North or south?

The... south side.

Mm! Mm, mm, mm.

Did you get a ticket?

No.

No?

Well, uh, these people all parked

on the same side of the street that you say you parked,

but they all got tickets.

Do you know why?

I have no idea.

Rush hour traffic regulation.

There's a sign right in front of the house.

Maybe because you usually go at 4:00, you never noticed it.

Now, why did all these people get parking tickets

and you didn't?

The meter maid somehow missed me.

Or maybe you missed her.

Did you sneak out of that house,

drive the less than two miles to Rob Casey's house,

go in, kill him,

drive back, sneak back in the library

at the music teacher's just before the lesson ended?

No.

You were in on that jewelry store heist

four years ago, weren't you?

And everything went fine for a while,

but then Rob Casey began to realize

the only way out of his problems

was to blackmail you,

and you knew that he worked for Michael Koskoff

and you knew where the gun was kept

and you stole that gun and you killed Rob Casey.

None of that is true.

Where'd you go after the music lesson?

I, uh, I took my son

to get ice cream, as I always do.

Uh-huh.

You went to a parlor at Ninth and Maple?

Yes.

And you ordered one butter pecan cone and one fudge ripple cone?

Yes.

And you paid $1.80 for them in exact change?

I don't remember.

Well, the boy who waited on you remembered...

because...

this is one of the coins you paid him with...

A 1936 quarter.

He kept it because he knew it was old.

He thought maybe it was valuable, and it was

much more valuable than he thought.

It's a proof.

Thing about a coin like this is

the only place you can find them now is

in a collection or in a, a store

like Rob Casey worked in.

What were you doing with it?

I have no idea.

Thing about coin proofs is you have to have

a whole set from one year... Penny,

nickel, dime, quarter, 50-cent piece...

And Rob Casey had that.

Kept it in a plastic box on a table.

I know because I found it.

It was melted, but everything was there

except this quarter.

I found, I found a quarter.

It was a 1987.

Now, how do you suppose that 1987 quarter was there,

and you wound up with this 1936?

I don't know.

How about this?

You went over there ostensibly to give him the blackmail money.

He knew you, so he let you in the back door.

You put your purse down on the table

where he kept his coin collection,

opened your purse to take out the blackmail money,

but you took out a pistol.

I don't know what happened then.

You shot him and he fell on the table

or he jumped at you as you shot him

and you both fell on the table.

Anyhow, you and him and the table and your purse

and a coin collection all went to hell in a tea kettle.

I mean, stuff went everywhere.

Well, you had to get out of there,

so you picked up your purse,

see if you had anything else on the floor,

maybe lipstick or powder puff or a comb or something.

Here's a coin, pick it up, put it in there, get out of there.

And then you went to the ice cream parlor

and bought some ice cream.

Only thing is you overpaid by almost a thousand dollars.

He was blackmailing all of you, wasn't he?

How did you get picked to kill him?

Did, did you volunteer or did you draw straws?

Maybe you ought to invoke the Fifth.

How do you feel?

Happy is how I feel, happy and, and relieved

and eager to get back to my coin shop.

Tyler.

Congratulations.

Congratulations to you.

You know, we make a pretty good team.

This is going to work out okay.

Uh, what is going to work out okay?

Well, I'm glad to see you've settled your differences.

This is going to work out okay.

What's going to work out okay?

Linda's agreed to work with us from time to time.

Do you like hot dogs?

Uh, can't stand 'em.

This is not going to work out okay.