All language subtitles for Matlock s02e18 The Investigation 2

Well, he was lying there, and somebody
hit me over the head, and that's all I

remember.

Here,

I'll take over, Bill. Oh.

You don't have to read me my rights,
Lieutenant. I already know them.

Are you all right, Constable? Oh, I
guess so.

Well, we got a gunshot report about 9 o
'clock from Mantle's across the street.

Same man that saw you drive up 10
minutes later.

Oh.

Did you see anybody else?

Car drive away.

It wouldn't happen to have been a late
model blue sedan.

Yeah.

That's the same one that was here the
other day.

You know these are dangerous people.

You're right there in the middle.

Next time you could get hurt.

What am I going to do about it?

Ben.

Are you all right? Cassie, what are you
doing here? Did somebody call you?

Yeah, one of my men.

I figured you better get to the hospital
and get an x -ray. You might have a

concussion.

I'm free to go.

Thanks, Lieutenant.

I'm sorry they drug you in on this. I'm
okay.

Are you sure? I'm sure.

You don't mind driving me?

What?

The movie.

Is your car ready? Yeah.

That's good.

I'm going up.

Don't touch me. I don't have a gun or a
knife or even a pencil. So don't put

your hands on me Mr.

Gerard, it's Matlock Where is I think
you better

leave mr. Matlock

Mr. Gerard, where are they going?

On a trip.

They going to start a little shooting
match with the Benedicts?

We don't start it.

They did that when they killed that
witness.

We don't know they killed that witness.

Mr.

Gerard, we...

We have to take this stuff one step at a
time.

If you let it escalate, everybody loses.

Particularly your son.

When it suits your purpose, he's my son.

Fuck.

We have that in common.

All right, give all around on Tyler
Hudson.

Oye,

pregúntale si está interesado en un
carro.

He asked if you're interested in a car.

If it's the right kind.

Because, um, Mrs. Martinez has been in
today.

Just what do you want?

I was just wondering, does anybody
around here drive a full -size maroon

wagon? Why?

Last night, a fellow by the name of
Mickey Morrison got himself killed.

And it seems that someone who drives a
full -size maroon station wagon might be

involved. It means nothing to me. What's
it to you?

Well, it seems that whoever killed
Mickey Morrison might really be the

that killed Congressman McGinnis. And
the talk is...

that that someone could maybe be you.

Now, why would I do such an outrageous
thing?

Well, the talk also is that when it
comes to the distribution of illegal

in this city, that you and your family
are number one.

An ugly, unfounded rumor.

There's also talk that the investigation
Congressman McGinnis was conducting

threatened to shut down your entire
operation.

Pure fiction.

Talk also is that you're a very smart
woman.

I confess.

And the word is that someone in your
group stabbed the Congressman and framed

Craig Gentry, knowing that his father
would blame his old enemy, Carl

start a war for revenge.

Now, while the Benedicts and the Gerards
were busy killing each other off, you

and your gang, your family, would move
in and establish yourself as number one

in the city.

You know something?

That's a hell of a good idea. I wish I'd
thought of it.

Get out.

Yes, ma 'am.

Thank you for your time.

Mr. Benedict's expecting you.

We should hope so.

You got me down for five on the home
team, right, Jimmy?

Right.

Thank you for coming by, Mr. Matlock.

Didn't seem I had much choice.

I'd like to get something on the record
with you since you now work for the

Girards. So tell Liz that, Sam, I don't
work for the Girards. And you listen to

what I have to say, please.

We do not want a war.

We have nothing to do with any of this.
I did not kill Mickey Morrison.

He was going to help put the son of the
man I hate away for life.

Why would I kill him?

How about this?

You paid him to give false testimony,
and then he reneged on the deal, and so

you killed him. How about that?

Paul, come over here, please.

I'd like to sit in that chair, please.

Yes, sir.

Tom. Yeah?

Take out your gun and cover, Paul.

Tom, you will count to ten.

When you reach ten, you will pull the
trigger.

Unless I tell you to stop.

Paul, I want you to tell me the truth.

I always tell you the truth.

Now, who is my right -hand man around
here, Paul?

Count. I am. One.

You know everything that goes on around
here, don't you?

Two.

You know I do.

Three. Did I kill Congressman McGinnis?
Four.

No. Do you know who did?

Five. No.

Please, Mr. Benedict.

Six. Do you know who killed that witness
last night?

Seven. No.

Eight. The truth.

Nine. I don't know, for God's sakes,
Carl.

Wait a minute. Stop.

Put your gun away, Tom.

Paul doesn't lie, Mr. Matlock.

I warned you about dangerous people.

Mr. Benedict, I'm Lieutenant Weber.

I don't understand.

Somebody shoots up your place and you
don't see anybody?

It all happened very fast.

What about you, Mr. Matlock?

Well, I'll tell you the truth. I didn't
see much. I saw a lot of flooring

underneath the tables. I gave my
statement to the officer.

All right, thank you.

Hey, Lieutenant.

Carl Benedict is sure it was the Gerard
group who did this.

Uh -huh.

You may have a really hot potato here.

My potato's not any hotter than yours,
you know.

gentlemen are here to see Mr. Girard.

Mr. Girard? Yes.

These two officers want to see you.

Drunk, but hit.

How is he? He's still in surgery.

Oh.

You want a cup of coffee?

Thanks.

You,

uh... Do you remember being a little
boy?

What? Being a little boy.

I remember.

I mean, I remember things.

Seems like a long time ago.

Hell, it was a long time ago.

But I remember.

There you go.

I bet when you were a little boy, you
thought he was it.

I mean, I bet you thought he was the
greatest, didn't you?

They had to take out his spleen.

But he's going to be in intensive care
for a while, but he's going to be all

right.

I mean, at least that's what they say.
Oh.

You're a lucky man.

That's good.

You don't see him?

No.

Keep all around, courtesy of Tyler
Hudson.

What is it this time?

The shootout at the Benedict House.

Oh, you know, by the way.

Sam Gerrard got shot a couple times.

I heard.

You shouldn't have used a maroon station
wagon. That's how I knew it was you.

Bye, Anthony.

You have 60 seconds to convince me not
to use this.

All right, I took a look around in the
back before I came inside. I saw the

maroon station wagon in the garage.

Now, the bullet holes that are in there
now were not there before the shootout

and can be used for the process of
identification.

Now... The Gerards know that they didn't
shoot up the Benedicts, and Sam's hit

was a retaliatory gesture. So as you can
understand, both sides are more than a

little upset. If they find out what you
have done, you can depend on having a

very fine and splendid funeral in the
very near future. Now, I have left the

best parts of this story on Ben
Matlock's answering machine because I

travel without insurance.

Don't shoot, okay?

Hello in there.

Hello, Carl.

Hello, Tom.

Hello, Paul.

Now, don't shoot.

I've got somebody I'd like you all to
meet.

So stand back, keep a good thought,

and kind of aim your guns towards the
ground.

This person, this person may very well
be

an answer to our problem.

So say hello to good news.

Now, if there's any more trouble between
now and the end of the trial, I'm

telling you, your son might as well just
plan to go to prison.

I appreciate what you're trying to do,
Mr. Matlock, but I'm not sure.

You're not going to believe me.

Carl Benedict is here.

And he's alone.

Why is he here?

I asked him to come.

Show him in.

Hello, Carl.

Sam.

It's been a long time.

Yes, it has.

How's your father?

You know him? He never changes.

Give him my regards.

Sam, we were only acting out of what we
thought was self -defense.

We don't want a war with you.

I came here personally as an act of good
faith to tell you this.

I'm truly sorry about what happened.

I accept that.

Thank you for coming.

All right, Mr. Matlock.

I'll agree to your suggestion.

Good. How's Craig?

Um... He's holding up.

You have any children, Mr. Matlock?

Yes.

You get along?

Yes.

That's good.

I'll come again.

Peter?

Mr. Gerard has agreed to a proposal I
made that may get us by our immediate

problems here.

I'm listening.

Somebody must have seen Craig Gentry
after 8 .30 the night of the murder.

people cover the streets. Find someone
who saw him.

You're asking a lot.

I have a big problem with a prosecution
witness who says he saw my client enter

the victim's office building at that
time.

It is essential that I provide him with
a legitimate alibi.

There's no guarantee I can find you
someone.

I know that.

But if you can, Sam Gerard would
consider it repayment for all the

you've caused me.

And it would go some distance in
demonstrating that you didn't frame

Gentry yourself.

That'll be $5 .50.

But didn't I see you on TV?

Yeah. You're the guy that said he saw
Craig Gentry going to that building over

there the night somebody killed the
congressman, right?

Yeah, that's right.

Is this about the same place you parked
that night?

So what if it was?

Well, when you saw him, was he coming
from that direction over there or from

that direction back over there?

What do you want to know that for?

Or was he just standing in front of the
door there? I mean, how long were you

watching him? You know, five seconds,
ten seconds? What?

Hey, who are you?

Well, I'm certainly not the guy that
paid you to perjure yourself, that's for

sure. And I also know about your two
felony convictions.

Just give me my money and get out of the
cab.

Hey, you're going to get a second
chance, you know. They're going to call

back to the stand. And this time, I
wouldn't lie.

Because you can't spend your money in
jail.

Mr. Silvers, you testified earlier that
you saw the defendant

going into an office building at 15589
Peachtree around

825 the night of the murder. That's
right.

Mr. Silvers, are you nearsighted? Did
you wear glasses?

Yeah. Were you wearing glasses the night
of the murder? Yeah.

According... for this copy of a bill
from your optometrist.

Your glasses were being repaired the
night of the murder.

That's right, they were.

But I was wearing these.

I always carry my spares.

Oh.

Well, I guess... I guess you could see
as well...

that night as you ever have. That's
right.

Have you been back to the building since
the murder?

As a matter of fact, I took a fare over
there last night.

Would you recognize that person again?

As a matter of fact, that's him sitting
right there at the end of the first row.

For the record, he's identified Tyler
Hudson.

Did you see anybody else last night?

Yeah, you.

Me? Yeah, that's right. You and him were
standing at the front door talking.

Oh.

About what time was that? Do you recall?

Around 8 .30.

Are you as certain you saw me last night
as you are about seeing

Craig Gentry the night of the murder?

You bet I am.

You know, the problem...

With your seeing me last night, I was
here

last night at 8 .30 with the deputy
district attorney

discussing jury instructions.

There.

That's the man you saw last night and
you thought it was me. You tricked me.

Of course I did.

Tricked you, huh? Yeah.

Are you still sure it was Craig Gentry
you saw outside that building the night

of the murder?

Well, withdraw the question. Nothing
further.

Redirect?

No, Your Honor.

If the court please, the date rests.

This court is adjourned until 9 a .m.
Monday morning, at which time we'll hear

the case for the defense.

You saw Craig Gentry that night?

I was going past the Blue Moose bar.

How did you know it was him?

I saw him on the TV, on the news.

And you're willing to testify?

Yes, sir.

Tell Mr. Gerard this even thing.

No, I have a few more things I need to
clear with Miss Lynn.

What were you doing the night the
congressman was murdered?

I was at my boyfriend Jack's.

I remember watching a news bulletin
about it the next morning during

We are engaged, by the way.

And how is it you happened to see Craig
Gentry? Well, I ran out to get a couple

things at a deli near Jack's condo.

What was the name of the deli, do you
recall?

Sure, Simon's Deli. What's Simon's? We
take out from there all the time. Mr.

Matlock loves their chicken salad.

And that's where you saw Craig Gentry?

No, no, no. I saw him through the window
at the Blue Moose Lounge.

That's a place you've got to pass to get
to the deli from Jack's condo.

Anyway, I saw Mr.

Gentry sitting at the bar.

And what time was that?

About 9, 9 .15.

You're sure about the time?

Yes. Now, the time is very important. If
you saw Craig Gentry in that bar at 9

.15, then he couldn't have been at the
congressman's office building.

And you're positive that it was Craig
Gentry?

Positive.

After all, I did see him twice.

Oh, you made two trips to Simon's?

Like I said, I ran down there around
nine to pick up some sodas, and then

11 or so, Jack and I were starving, so I
ran back down there again to pick up

some ham and cheese sandwiches.

Ham and cheese?

Uh -huh.

Ham and cheese is Jack's favorite.

Anyway, when I went past the Blue Moose
the second time, I looked in the window,

and I noticed he was still sitting at
the bar.

That'll be all, Miss Lynn.

I can go?

Miss Martinez will be in touch.

Oh, nice to meet all of you.

Goodbye.

Problem?

Did she owe you or was she strictly for
hire?

What are you saying?

Simon's a kosher deli. You can't get a
ham sandwich from there.

I thought she was pretty effective.

All she needs is a little rehearsing.
What we need is a legitimate...

Witness.

Nice try.

You'll put in a good word with Mr.
Gerard?

Absolutely.

Morning, Kathy.

Let me know when Ben comes in. I'll be
in Michelle's office. Oh, he's already

here. Huh?

He's not due until 11.

He was here when I got here. He said he
didn't want to be disturbed.

How is he?

Well, let's put it this way. He's not
playing the ukulele.

I'll see if I can cheer him up. Better
not.

He's in there with somebody.

Who? Mr.

Morgenstern from the taxi licensing
board.

What are you doing with him?

Beats me.

Let's go say good morning.

Good morning.

We're expected.

What's going on in there?

Am I late? I wouldn't know.

Mr. Matlock's expecting me.

Uh, Mr. Atkins is here.

Go right in.

What's Ben doing?

I'm Carl Benedict.

They're expecting you.

Right in there.

Cassie, call over to the TV station and
ask them if I can look at that file tape

again. I'll meet you there.

Want to run it again?

Well... What are you doing?

We've been going about this all wrong.

It's not who came out of the building
that's important.

It's who went in.

Lieutenant Weber, how long...

Have you been with the Atlanta police?

17 years.

And how long have you been with the
organized crime division?

12 years.

So, 12 years with the highest grade
detective salary, that'd mean what you

what, $40 ,000, $50 ,000 a year?

Objection. No relevancy.

Your Honor, I beg the court's indulgence
here.

All right, overruled for now.

You may answer.

Yeah, that's about what they pay.

So I guess with pension and medical and
overtime, you must... But still,

with prices as high as they are, it must
be really difficult to make ends meet.

I see where you're going, Counselor. The
departmental regulations allow

moonlighting, and I do make some extra
money as a security consultant.

Oh, so that's how... That's how I have a
condominium in Hawaii, as you have

found, and an Italian sports car in my
garage.

It's a good investment.

And a toy, so what?

Oh.

Yeah, so I guess with the moonlighting,
the security work that you do,

on an annual basis, that... About $150
,000.

You know what I'm going to ask before I
ask you, don't you?

What do you do to make that kind of
money?

I told you, I'm a security consultant.

Well, I mean, do you put in alarm
systems or build special fences or hire

guards? Security, like a lot of things
now, is highly specialized, and I know a

great deal about it.

One of your major clients is Benedict
Industries?

I'd have to consult my records on it.
You didn't anticipate that question, did

you?

What do you do for Benedict Industries?
Give them a little...

Uh, inside information, advance warning
of sting operation?

Objection, Your Honor.

Mr. Matlock's questions are speculative
and insulting.

Sustained. You know better, Mr. Matlock.
Now let's move along.

Yes, sir.

Let's follow this line.

Congressman McGinnis comes down here to
investigate, uh, local organized crime.

Oh, like, uh, say, the, uh, Benedict
Industries.

You're appointed liaison officer. That's
a happy coincidence. The problem is,

Congressman McGinnis was going to
investigate everything and everybody.

And sooner or later, your connection
with the Benedict family had to come up.

the least, there would be an internal
affairs investigation and maybe even

criminal charges against you.

What do you think?

A congressman had to go, and someone
else had to get the blame. What do you

think?

I think you're crazy.

Well, that may be.

The morning the body was discovered, you
arrived at the building with the other

police officers?

Yes, that's right. About what time was
that?

About 7 a .m. About 7 a .m. You know
what happened?

There was a TV news crew that arrived.

that building before the police did and
they had their cameras rolling they

recorded everything everybody who went
in and out of that building and the

police have looked at that tape and and
the tv news people i did everybody

looked at that tape over and over and
over again just hoping they might see

somebody come out of that building it
could be the killer and you know what

Everyone was accounted for. That's
right.

That's right. How about this?

I was looking at that tape again this
morning, and it's in evidence, then the

jury will be viewing it.

I hadn't thought of it before.

But you know what I did not see,
Lieutenant?

I did not see you entering that
building.

Well, I was there. Oh, I have no doubt
that you were there.

But I don't think you entered the
building that morning.

I think you had been there all night.

Oh, no.

I think you waited, as you had several
nights before, for the congressman to be

alone in his offices.

And that night, you killed him.

No. And then you spent the night.

No. Yes.

And then...

The next morning when the police
arrived, you just folded yourself in

You're right. And then you framed the
man you knew had had two heated

with the congressman, Craig Gentry.
Lieutenant, you're not very good at

And I'm not talking about graft. You may
be pretty good at that.

I'm talking about committing murder and
then placing the blame.

On someone else. You're just not good at
it.

There were too many mistakes.

When you planned this, did you have any
idea whose toes you'd be stepping on? I

didn't plan anything.

Let's speculate.

You planted the murder weapon at Mr.
Gentry's home while you were searching

No. You destroyed his alibi by paying
Mickey the bartender to lie.

You further incriminated...

Mr. Gentry, by paying Dick Silvers to
commit perjury. That's not true.

Your Honor, I object.

Can Mr. Matlock substantiate any of
this? You betcha.

A moment longer, Your Honor.

Proceed.

I'm afraid it is true. That's what I
meant by you're not very good at this.

a person has to lie himself, that's one
thing. But when you have to pay someone

else to lie...

You had to kill Mickey.

When it became apparent he was going to
come forward and tell the truth, didn't

you? No.

But Dick Silvers, he played his part
beautifully, didn't he?

I don't know what else to tell you. No.

How long have you known Dick Silvers?

I first laid eyes on him when he came
forward after the murder.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Mr. Silvers has had an interesting
history.

Two felony convictions, 31 arrests in
the past seven years. Isn't that right?

Could be.

He's worked for you for a number of
years, hasn't he?

Objection. Your Honor.

Go ahead.

He has, hasn't he? No. As a gopher or
sometimes private detective, an

informant, kind of your connection with
the underworld, so to speak.

I've used a lot of people, but he was
not one of them. You pay these

sometimes. Sometimes.

you see to it that they avoid
prosecution when they give you

Is that right?

It's common practice, yeah. So what did
you do for Dick Silvers to get him to

lie about seeing Craig Gentry?

I did nothing, and I'm not aware of his
lying.

What, did you get him a new cab?

No. You did get him his own taxi
franchise so he wouldn't have to drive

fleet anymore, didn't you? No.

He does have his own cab and taxi seal,
doesn't he? You tell me.

This is Defense Exhibit F for
identification.

By law, an applicant for a city cab
franchise must not have gotten a felony

conviction in the prior five years.

But that requirement can be waived.

with a recommendation from a law
enforcement or judicial officer.

Now, this is a certified copy of Mr.

Silver's application.

What does it say in the upper right?

Approved Atlanta PD endorsement.

The application doesn't reveal the
endorser's name, does it?

I don't see it, no. Public documents
don't carry that information.

This is Defense Exhibit G for
identification.

This is a certified copy of a document
entitled Memo of Franchise

Approval. And it's signed by
Commissioner Morgenstern himself.

Would you read what it says on the
second line, Lieutenant?

It says, Atlanta police endorsement by
Lieutenant Chet

Weber.

Noted for file.

Noted for file. See, that's not a
mistake.

You just can't trust these bureaucrats
not

to cover for themselves, can you?

We find the defendant, Craig Gentry, not
guilty.

The jury having found the defendant not
guilty, this court is adjourned.

Thank you.

I'll see you back here.

I've been thinking a lot about that
night, ten years ago,

when I walked out.

The worst thing about it was that I
never said goodbye.