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time again. Time for the man you either
hate or love but can't ignore.
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Time for the man to whom nothing is
sacred except the truth.
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Time for the most controversial program
on the air, the Barney Austin Show.
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Now, let's get right down to business.
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Let's see, our first call tonight is to
some nut who says I called him a
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chiseler because he's holding up freeway
construction.
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This chiseler's name is... Lewis Ogden.
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Clinton.
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Seven.
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Oh.
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Seven.
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Nine.
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Nine.
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And don't forget to turn down your
radio, Mr. Ogden.
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Hello? Hello.
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Barney Austin.
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I've got your card. What's your beep?
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I just want you to know I'm suing you
for libel and slander.
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People like you shouldn't be allowed on
the air.
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I never lost one yet, Mr. Chisler.
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See you in court.
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Well, here's one I ought to shake up the
boys in the control room. I have a note
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here from the man who owns this station,
Mr. Kevin Steele.
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Okay, boss.
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If this is a gag, turn your radio down
anyway, huh?
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Adams to...
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Chief, Barney Austin.
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I want to... How did you get in here?
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Put that gun away.
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Chief,
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what is it?
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What's happened?
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Chief, answer me.
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Get the police over to Steele's place.
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It was close.
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Are you all right? I think so.
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Have a first aid kit in the car.
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This is Holly. I just got back. Clara
and Ronnie were here and they've both
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gone. Did Clara leave a message with you
at the switchboard?
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Have you seen them?
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All right. Thanks.
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Ronnie, what is it?
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What happened? What's wrong?
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Oh, now calm down, Holly.
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Well, where's Clara?
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Clara's husband phoned. He must have had
an attack, so she went to see him. I
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just came over to watch Ronnie. Well,
where have you been?
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I couldn't sleep, so I thought a little
ride might do him some good.
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Looks like it did.
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Yeah, put him to bed.
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How did you get your arm?
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It was a little accident. I was driving
too fast.
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Kevin wasn't home and I was... Holly,
you know I believe everything you say.
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Are you sure Kevin Steele didn't do this
to you? I told you, he wasn't home.
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Holly, your ex -husband was home. He was
murdered tonight.
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The last report said he was shot with a
.38 caliber revolver.
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All right, Mr. Richards, which one of
them brought her car in for repairs?
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Keep your hands to your sides, please.
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Yeah, that's the girl.
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The third one.
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She asked for an insurance estimate.
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New glass in one door and some chrome
trim.
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Sergeant Bryce.
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Thank you, Mr. Richards. We'll be in
touch with you. Now put him through.
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Perry Mason.
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Will you show Mr. Richards out,
Sergeant? Yes, sir. Steve Drum.
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Steve, what are you doing there?
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They finally get smart and transfer you
from homicide to traffic?
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I thought I was supposed to identify a
woman who was in an accident, I
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I'm still with homicide, Perry.
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And you were supposed to identify this
woman. And if you do, she won't be an
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accident victim.
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She'll be a killer. Look, I made a
simple accident report.
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But now you're a key witness in a murder
case.
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Perry, come on. Where are you? What's
up?
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I'm sorry, but my probate case was
called late.
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I really don't see how I can get down
there today.
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Get them out, Bryce. Yes, sir.
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Turn those lights on.
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All right, girls. We can leave.
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Okay, I understand, Perry. I'll tell you
what. Let's wait till it gets dark so
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the conditions will be similar, and I'll
take the suspect up to the scene. Say,
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uh, two hours, eight o 'clock. Shall I
pick you up?
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That's the girl, all right.
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You get the brass ring, Perry.
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Her name is Holly Andrews, and you just
clinched the case for the DA's office.
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On my identification alone, well, you
identified her in the area of the murder
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at the time of the murder, and you've
come up with the motive.
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Steele is worth over $10 million, and
although they were divorced, their four
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-year -old son is now the richest kid in
L .A. County.
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Did she receive much of a settlement at
the time of the divorce?
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According to what we were able to piece
together, she divorced him before he
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ever found out he was going to be a
father. She didn't ask a dime from him.
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Apparently Steele was difficult to live
with and she wanted out.
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Murder is a pretty permanent way of
getting out.
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I knew it, Perry.
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I give you a set of circumstances and
all of a sudden you start thinking like
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the lawyer for the defense. Well, do me
a favor, will you?
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Start thinking like the state star
witness for a change.
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Why are they doing that? I told you
where I had the accident. I know what
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told me, Miss Andrews. Now, Perry, you
saw her car come down from that road,
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right?
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Yes. That road goes up to Steele's
place. Now, according to your report...
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The accident took place at ten minutes
after twelve.
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Steele was murdered at six minutes after
twelve. Look, you know I was at the
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house, and you know where the accident
occurred. That doesn't prove anything.
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What did you do with the gun, Miss
Andrews?
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I didn't touch the gun.
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You just saw it on the floor by the
body, huh?
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I didn't see the gun, and I didn't see
the body, and that's the third time I've
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told you so.
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Miss Andrews, you're being held on
suspicion of murder. Do you understand
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No, I'm stupid. Well, I'm going to tell
you once more, and in the presence of
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witnesses. You have a right to be
represented.
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And I'm going to tell you once more in
the presence of witnesses, I didn't do
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anything and I'm not afraid to answer
questions.
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Okay, let's go up to the house.
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Steve, I asked Paul to pick me up either
here or at the house since he hasn't
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arrived yet. Well, I don't want to leave
you stranded, Perry. Come on up there
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and wait. But Perry, do me a favor, will
you?
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Restrain yourself.
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Keep quiet.
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You know, Steve, if that girl did kill
Steele...
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She certainly carries off a bluff very
well.
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And if she didn't, she certainly has
plenty of spunk.
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Now, Miss Andrews, where did you stand
when you looked in?
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Here, by the French doors.
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Steve, if you can get inside, you could
turn the lamp on.
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You're a guest here. I'm sorry.
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This key was found in your purse.
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I know that.
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Was this the key you used to get inside?
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I didn't go inside. The key was just
still on my key ring. I hadn't taken it
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since I moved out of this tomb.
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Sergeant.
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Go inside and turn on the lamp. Yes,
sir.
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Now, Miss Andrews, I want you to tell me
exactly what you saw when you looked in
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the window the night of the murder.
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There were no lights on except the light
on the end table.
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The radio was on. I could see it. I
could hear it.
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The only furniture that... Now, you're
talking about the furniture. What
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furniture? The bookcase, the coffee
table, just the furniture near the
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fireplace.
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Would you describe the fireplace,
please?
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It's marble. There's a painting over the
fireplace.
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The fire was on.
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Miss Andrews, you saw all this, but you
couldn't see steel.
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That's right.
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Story check, Steve.
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With one exception.
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There's no painting over the fireplace.
What painting?
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This room hasn't been touched since the
murder.
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You didn't see the painting either when
you examined the room yesterday?
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I was examining a dead body, a very dead
body.
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All right, let's go in.
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Ready, Perry?
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Just a few minutes, Paul.
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Meantime, take a look around back.
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Does your return bother you that much?
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Everything in this place bothers me.
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Every wall, every door.
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That's all that's left of Kevin Steele.
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A chalk mark.
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Not one kind word for the deceased?
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If you can find one person with a kind
word for Kevin Steele, I'll find one
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Why did you hate him, Miss Andrews?
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I don't think you understand.
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Let me show you something.
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Kevin Steele may have died last night,
but part of me died in this room nearly
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five years ago.
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Did this room have anything to do with
what happened last night?
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How do you explain a man's ego?
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His conceit.
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His belief that the world exists for
only his benefit.
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He had to have everything completely his
way.
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He had visitation rights, but he never
exercised them.
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He wanted Ronnie for himself alone.
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A few times we went out socially, he was
furious if I even spoke to another man.
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You're not checking coats on the strip
anymore, he'd say.
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You're my wife, try acting decent.
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All right, so he gave you a bad time,
Miss Andrews.
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How does this room figure in that?
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We had a visitor one day, Dan Thorne.
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You knew Dan Thorne at that time? Dan
Thorne was a stranger. He wanted
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for his military academy.
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When Kevin indicated that he might
invest in the school, Dan came back with
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plans he'd drawn up.
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Kevin wasn't home. Dan and I went over
the plans in this room.
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That's what we were doing when Kevin
returned and saw us here.
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He wouldn't let me explain.
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I thought they'd kill each other.
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Why didn't they?
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Someone walked in.
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Who?
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It's unimportant.
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His name's Jackson. He used to help
Kevin with his art collection.
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Why was the room left this way?
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As a reminder that I was to never be
alone again with another man.
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I'd stayed married to Kevin Steele out
of wound up as insane as he was.
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All right, Sergeant, lock up.
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Harry, we'll be seeing you.
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Well, thanks for letting me tag along.
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Boy, you're more than welcome. I didn't
know that you were interested in sob
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stories.
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Mr. Mason, you're an attorney.
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Do you think I'm guilty?
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I think anyone who'd talk as freely and
answer questions as willingly as you
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have is either innocent or a fool.
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And I don't think you're a fool.
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How'd you like to take on a client who
probably can't pay you?
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In the first place, a client whose son
is going to inherit $10 million could
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probably pay off in gold bullion.
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And in the second place, Mr. Mason is
already engaged for this case as a
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for the state.
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He's right, Miss Andrews. If the
district attorney calls me, I'll have to
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testify to everything I've seen and
heard up to this moment.
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I'll chance it.
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Get some sleep. I'll see you tomorrow.
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Something told me I should have sent you
home down on the road, Mr. Mason.
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You wanted me to find somebody, but I
never expected this.
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You're a little frail for second -story
work, aren't you?
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Picked a strange time for a robbery.
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Not robbery.
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I was taking what's mine.
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My name's Abel Jackson. I run a small
gallery on Beverly Boulevard.
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I bought many paintings for Kevin
Steele, but he refused to pay me for
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I paid out $75 ,000 of my own money,
every cent I had for this Vandermeer.
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But he refused to pay me back until the
canvas was appraised by an expert from
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Chicago.
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Well, he was killed before the expert
could come here.
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I had neither the money nor the painting
nor anything in writing to prove it was
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mine. I had to have the picture back.
Can't you see that? I can see you're not
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very good businessman.
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Well, you can't be a good businessman
with a God. And that's what Kevin Steele
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thought he was.
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You ended on with it or he'd ruin you.
All right, Mr. Jackson, you may leave.
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But I advise you to make yourself
available for questioning.
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May I take my painting with me?
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Don't press your luck. You better clear
out.
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Why did you give him a break?
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He can't run far.
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And besides, he's put up a $75 ,000
bond.
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I didn't even know Kevin was dead until
I got home and Dan told me.
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But I've told the police all of this.
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Did you tell them why you went to
Steeles?
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No. Would you tell me?
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Gordon Sellers called me.
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He owns one of the independent radio
stations. He's had a running feud with
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ex -husband ever since Kevin hired
Barney Austin away from him.
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Well, last night they had another big
argument.
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And after Kevin left...
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Mr. Sellers called to warn me. About
what?
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Kevin was going to get a court order to
have our son taken away from me.
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Ever since he'd found out about Ronnie,
he'd been trying to do exactly that.
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I was so scared after I talked to Mr.
Sellers.
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Then since Clara was with Ronnie...
Clara? Clara Michaels.
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I had to work awfully late getting out
tuition notices for next semester. Clara
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was sitting for me.
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I went to the house to plead with Kevin.
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Knowing full well there was no way of
convincing him.
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Then when he didn't answer the doorbell,
I thought I was too late. I thought he
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was already on his way.
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That's why I was driving down the hill
too fast. That's why I was so anxious to
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get away from you.
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You didn't hear anything inside the
house?
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Voices? An argument?
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Shots? No.
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Only the radio. It was tuned into Barney
Austin's show.
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And the police say that Steele was
killed with Dan Thorne's gun.
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Do you have any idea how the gun got
into the murder room?
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Well, a few months ago when Kevin first
threatened to foreclose on Dan, I...
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I went to see him. We argued as usual.
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He took the gun away from me.
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Is there any reason to bring Dan into
this?
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Would he object to being brought into it
if he knew it might help you?
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I don't know.
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Dan's been awfully good to me. He gave
me a job when I was dead broke.
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He even let me live on the grounds.
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I don't know. I can't answer for him.
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All right.
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We'll let him answer for himself.
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Would you do something for me?
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Today's Ronnie's birthday.
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His presents are at my house.
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Clara's with him.
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I'll see that he gets his presents.
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Come on, break it up, break it up, break
it up. Come on now, no fighting.
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We're back in the game.
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Come on, come on.
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Daniel Thorne?
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Yes, that's right.
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I'm Paul Drake, a private investigator
working with Holly Andrews' attorney.
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I wonder if you could give us some
information.
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What sort?
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Well, Kevin Steele was killed with your
gun.
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Holly told the police you didn't know
how the gun got in the house.
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Was that the truth?
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No.
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No, it wasn't.
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How did it get there?
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I gave Holly the gun.
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Showed her how to use it.
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In case she had to protect herself from
Steele.
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Did Steele loan you the money to start
this school?
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I approached him, but he refused.
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Maybe Holly told you about the big
ruckus we had.
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You're sure he didn't hold the notes on
this place?
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I didn't say that.
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I arranged financing.
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The first couple of years, I managed to
get extensions on my payments.
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But a little while after she left them
and had Steele's child...
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I got the word Steele bought up my
mortgage.
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How did you feel about that?
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Scared.
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Thank you very much, Miss Street. I'll
see that Ronnie gets these with his
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How is he, Mrs. Michaels?
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Oh, he's fine.
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He's a real good boy.
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So good, it's hard to believe he has
Kevin Steele's blood.
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You didn't like Mr. Steele?
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I know you're not supposed to be
disrespectful of the dead.
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But between you and me, I hated him.
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Not only for what he did to Holly.
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Let me show you something.
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That's what Kevin Steele did for me.
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He made a wreck, an invalid out of my
husband.
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Stepped on poor Charlie like he was a
bug.
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But why Mrs. Michaels?
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Because we crossed him.
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You see, Holly used to live with us.
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Before she married Steele.
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She was pregnant when she left her
husband, but she wanted to keep it a
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So she came to us.
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And Charlie and I helped her. We found
her a room in a private hospital under
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another name where she could have her
baby without Kevin knowing.
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But he found out not right away.
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But when he did, Charlie was in real
estate.
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All of a sudden, his notes are called
in.
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His credit's no longer good, and the
real estate commission get complaints,
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they lift his license.
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And ever since, Charlie's been in that
wheelchair, just sitting and
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staring.
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If I sound glad that Steele is dead,
it's because I am glad.
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I only wish it could have been somebody
besides Holly.
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But if ever there was a case of
justifiable homicide, why, after all
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years, would she do it now?
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Who knows?
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Maybe because he was going to take
Ronnie away from her.
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Legally.
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And that does it for tonight, you
wonderful Barney Austin haters. Turn the
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dial at KRMQ again tomorrow night. Same
time, same old stand.
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And maybe I can make you mad enough to
do something about the world around you.
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Good night and unpleasant dreams.
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Glad to know you, Mason.
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I'm honored that you're a fan.
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As a lawyer, I'm intrigued.
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You always seem to border on the edge of
libel. And I come out smelling like a
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daisy? I have some smart attorneys of my
own.
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Your secretary said you wanted to hear
that tape. It's... Wow.
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Feedback.
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Somebody goofed.
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00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:54,830
Sorry about that, Barney. It was my
mistake.
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You're not paid to make mistakes.
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I shouldn't have lost my temper, but
guys like that get to me. I'm not really
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such a tough guy.
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00:24:06,690 --> 00:24:08,410
From your show, I gather that you were.
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00:24:09,630 --> 00:24:10,970
You think I'm really a heel?
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00:24:11,930 --> 00:24:14,470
You probably work at building that kind
of public image.
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I'm the last of the vigilantes.
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00:24:32,110 --> 00:24:34,310
I was just a cog in the machine, Mr.
Mason.
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My office looked like a broom closet.
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00:24:38,590 --> 00:24:40,610
Obviously, you must have become the
whole machine.
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Yeah, I like a one -man show.
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It's my show.
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My existence.
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My lifeblood.
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00:24:47,390 --> 00:24:48,390
You're very fortunate.
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Give me that tape now.
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00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:56,290
Okay, boss.
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If this is a gag, turn your radio down
anywhere.
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00:25:00,450 --> 00:25:01,450
Adam...
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1, 2, 7, 3, 9, 9.
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00:25:11,070 --> 00:25:13,730
Hello? Chief? Barney Austin? Oh.
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00:25:14,130 --> 00:25:16,790
Well, I wanted... How did you get in
here?
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Put that gun away before... Chief?
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00:25:20,830 --> 00:25:21,830
Chief, what is it?
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00:25:22,790 --> 00:25:23,790
That's it.
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You get anything out of that?
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00:25:27,570 --> 00:25:31,250
I'm not sure yet. Well, if it'll help,
take this copy with you.
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00:25:31,470 --> 00:25:32,830
The police have the original for my
files.
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00:25:34,050 --> 00:25:35,050
Thank you.
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00:25:36,930 --> 00:25:39,750
Oh, Mr. Austin, one thing might help.
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00:25:40,190 --> 00:25:42,050
Do you know the circumstances of that
call?
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Why Mr.
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Steele wanted you to call him?
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Oh, I'm afraid I can't help you there.
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00:25:47,890 --> 00:25:50,510
Nobody could predict what the chief
would do from one minute to the next.
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00:25:52,730 --> 00:25:55,430
Could it have had anything to do with
Gordon Sellers?
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00:25:56,450 --> 00:25:57,450
Why do you ask that?
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We heard that Sellers and Steele were
involved in a bitter argument a few
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prior to the murder.
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00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,180
Yeah, I see what you mean.
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00:26:04,660 --> 00:26:09,220
Now, if Sellers went up there to finish
the argument, you might say, it just
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00:26:09,220 --> 00:26:10,220
could be.
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00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:16,199
Hello, Paul.
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00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,260
I'm sorry I'm late.
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00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,660
Does Della know we'll be here? She does,
and she'll refer all calls.
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00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:21,920
What's the deal?
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00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:23,660
Well, I have a hunch we'll be having
company.
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00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:25,080
Did you get to the county museum?
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Right after I saw Thorne.
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00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,480
I'm going to have a report that Jackson
gave us a snow job.
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00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:31,400
Paintings of forgery.
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00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,960
There hasn't been a genuine Vandermeer
in this country in 120 years.
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00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:37,240
The museum people were surprised he'd
even try.
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00:26:37,780 --> 00:26:39,800
Jackson's had a fine reputation for 40
years.
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00:26:40,740 --> 00:26:42,280
Well, score one for your hunch.
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00:26:44,660 --> 00:26:45,660
Mr. Mason?
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00:26:46,220 --> 00:26:47,360
Mr. Gordon Sellers.
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00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:48,920
You expected me?
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00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,640
Just as soon as you'd finished talking
with Barney Austin.
422
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,800
Now, please sit down. This is Mr.
Paldre.
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00:26:54,020 --> 00:26:55,020
All right.
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00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,320
Well... Barney called me. He's a friend.
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00:26:58,740 --> 00:27:00,120
I figured I'd want to help Holly.
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00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,160
I've got nothing to hide, so here I am.
427
00:27:03,420 --> 00:27:04,420
What can I do for you?
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00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,920
Holly said you had a bitter argument
with her ex -husband the same day he was
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killed. Aren't you telling us what it
was about?
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00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:12,560
I guess not.
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00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:16,540
It wasn't our first argument. If he were
still alive, it wouldn't be the last.
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00:27:17,060 --> 00:27:18,940
Didn't Barney Austin work for you at one
time?
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00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:21,520
I started him in radio.
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00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,520
Developed the Barney Austin show.
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00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:25,920
And steel took him away from me.
436
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,460
Was Austin that important?
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00:27:29,340 --> 00:27:30,340
He was.
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00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:32,580
He is. Top rated in late night radio.
439
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,080
And that was the subject of the
argument?
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00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:36,600
No.
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00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,740
After Barney left, I found a
replacement.
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00:27:39,980 --> 00:27:41,040
Started a new show.
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00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:42,800
The Larry Stevens Show.
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00:27:43,860 --> 00:27:47,980
Three months ago, Steele began trying to
take Larry away from me just as he had
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00:27:47,980 --> 00:27:52,080
Barney. Well, yesterday I found out
about it. And things came to a head.
446
00:27:52,750 --> 00:27:54,630
But why would Steele want Larry Stevens?
447
00:27:54,930 --> 00:27:56,730
Barney Austin's the biggest moneymaker
in town.
448
00:27:57,290 --> 00:27:59,270
Nobody ever asked Kevin Steele for
reasons.
449
00:27:59,690 --> 00:28:01,850
But I did ask Barney. I thought he might
know.
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00:28:02,790 --> 00:28:05,250
Exactly why did you call Holly?
451
00:28:05,510 --> 00:28:06,930
I told you, I like the girl.
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00:28:07,650 --> 00:28:09,650
Steele told me what he was planning to
do to her.
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00:28:09,970 --> 00:28:13,750
He was a legal petition to prove that
she was an unfit mother. For moral
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reasons. Take the child away from her.
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00:28:15,490 --> 00:28:17,750
A scandal like that could have wrecked
Thorne's school.
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00:28:18,350 --> 00:28:20,170
I don't think there was any hanky
-panky.
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00:28:20,730 --> 00:28:24,130
But you've got to understand, Steele was
an unscrupulous tyrant.
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00:28:24,490 --> 00:28:27,970
He'd been watching Holly and her
boyfriend, this, uh, what's his name,
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for six years. War he'd nail him. Who
was supposed to sign the petition?
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00:28:32,990 --> 00:28:37,410
From what I gather, members of the
household staff and, uh... Oh, yes,
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00:28:37,410 --> 00:28:38,750
Michaels. He did mention her.
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00:28:39,010 --> 00:28:41,770
Paul, we'd better have a look at that
petition before we go into court
463
00:28:42,250 --> 00:28:43,530
Is there anything else I can do?
464
00:28:45,950 --> 00:28:48,530
Yes, Mr. Sellers. Come to think of it,
there is.
465
00:29:01,450 --> 00:29:05,090
Several hundred thousand people actually
heard this murder committed.
466
00:29:06,330 --> 00:29:12,150
And the records of the radio station,
now admitted in evidence, show the exact
467
00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:14,970
time the shots were fired, six minutes
after midnight.
468
00:29:16,450 --> 00:29:21,250
Now, what time was it when you saw the
defendant, Holly Steele, on the Canyon
469
00:29:21,250 --> 00:29:23,330
Road adjacent to the decedent's
property?
470
00:29:24,310 --> 00:29:25,690
Ten minutes past midnight.
471
00:29:26,350 --> 00:29:28,610
Would you describe the circumstances,
please?
472
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,840
The defendant had an accident. Her car
ran off the road. I stopped to be of
473
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:33,940
help. Mr.
474
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,400
Mason, I'm going to read to you from the
police department accident report.
475
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:42,120
You were quoted as saying, the young
woman was extremely nervous. She had a
476
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,960
on her arm. She had been traveling at a
high rate of speed.
477
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,820
She left the scene before I could render
first aid, unquote.
478
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:50,520
Are those your words, Mr. Mason?
479
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:55,600
Yes. Now, you visited the scene of the
murder with the police and the defendant
480
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:56,780
next day, didn't you?
481
00:29:57,530 --> 00:30:01,510
I'm sure the district attorney realizes
that as the defendant's attorney, I
482
00:30:01,510 --> 00:30:05,310
cannot be required to... But, Mr. Mason,
you were not attorney for the defendant
483
00:30:05,310 --> 00:30:09,150
until after you had visited the scene of
the crime. Now, please tell us, to
484
00:30:09,150 --> 00:30:13,350
begin with, the distance from the house
to the spot where the defendant ran off
485
00:30:13,350 --> 00:30:13,949
the road.
486
00:30:13,950 --> 00:30:16,510
I'd estimate it at a little over half a
mile.
487
00:30:16,790 --> 00:30:18,990
Very good. It's exactly seven -tenths of
a mile.
488
00:30:19,630 --> 00:30:23,590
Now, driving at a moderate rate of
speed, how long did it take you to cover
489
00:30:23,590 --> 00:30:25,150
distance? I don't recall.
490
00:30:25,740 --> 00:30:31,260
Police experiments showed that driving
with extreme caution, it took less than
491
00:30:31,260 --> 00:30:32,260
two minutes.
492
00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:36,560
Now, you, of course, have the defendant
traveling at a high rate of speed, so
493
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,420
it's obvious, isn't it, that the four
minutes that elapsed between the time of
494
00:30:40,420 --> 00:30:44,300
the shots and the time the defendant ran
off the road, is the district attorney
495
00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:48,960
putting questions to me or merely
getting speculation into the record? I'm
496
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:53,020
sorry, Mr. Mason, I'm so used to your
insistent voice behind me.
497
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:58,340
Keeping me in line with your brilliant,
incessant objections, I have just one
498
00:30:58,340 --> 00:30:59,299
more question.
499
00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:03,360
How did you gain access to the murder
house that next night?
500
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:05,620
Lieutenant Drum arranged that.
501
00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:09,920
Yes, but you were with Lieutenant Drum,
able to observe him, weren't you? How
502
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:10,920
did he get in?
503
00:31:11,020 --> 00:31:12,140
Why don't you ask him?
504
00:31:12,380 --> 00:31:16,440
Isn't it true that the defendant
assisted in this process? Didn't the
505
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,460
actually... The defendant said she had
been there on the night of the murder.
506
00:31:20,940 --> 00:31:22,520
I didn't ask you that, sir.
507
00:31:22,890 --> 00:31:25,530
She denied having killed him. She said
she heard the radio blaring.
508
00:31:25,790 --> 00:31:27,770
She willingly answered all questions.
509
00:31:27,990 --> 00:31:32,570
She explained very clearly why she'd
gone there. Your Honor, this witness is
510
00:31:32,570 --> 00:31:34,870
being responsive at all.
511
00:31:35,290 --> 00:31:37,670
You have any further questions, Mr.
Berger?
512
00:31:37,890 --> 00:31:43,070
Yes, Your Honor. I want this witness to
tell us how the police gained access to
513
00:31:43,070 --> 00:31:46,210
the murder house on the occasion of his
visit there with them.
514
00:31:46,570 --> 00:31:50,010
As the witness suggests, you might
question the police on that score.
515
00:31:50,730 --> 00:31:54,190
But if you want to continue the
examination... Thank you, Your Honor.
516
00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:56,890
The witness is excused.
517
00:32:00,250 --> 00:32:04,310
Yes, sir. The key taken from the
defendant's purse was used to gain
518
00:32:04,310 --> 00:32:08,530
night. Did the defendant say why she had
the key in her purse? Yes, sir. She
519
00:32:08,530 --> 00:32:11,050
said she hadn't taken the trouble to
remove it from her key ring.
520
00:32:11,610 --> 00:32:14,090
After nearly five years since the
divorce?
521
00:32:15,730 --> 00:32:17,210
That's what she said, Mr. Berger.
522
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:22,740
Lieutenant, your investigations
established that the murder weapon was a
523
00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:27,460
caliber service revolver registered to
Daniel Thorne, the defendant's employer.
524
00:32:28,060 --> 00:32:31,580
Now, when you arrested the defendant,
did you have occasion to question her
525
00:32:31,580 --> 00:32:32,580
about this weapon?
526
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,220
Yes, sir. She admitted that Mr. Thorne
had given it to her.
527
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,360
And now, Lieutenant, let's discuss the
fingerprints that you were able to... If
528
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,840
the purpose of the prosecution is to
establish that the defendant was at the
529
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,460
house the night of the murder, defense
will stipulate.
530
00:32:47,070 --> 00:32:48,070
Thank you, Mr. Mason.
531
00:32:48,590 --> 00:32:50,170
That's all, Lieutenant. Cross -examine.
532
00:32:51,410 --> 00:32:53,790
I have no questions of Lieutenant
Drummond.
533
00:32:56,470 --> 00:33:00,990
So because of the recorded broadcast of
the event itself, your examination
534
00:33:00,990 --> 00:33:04,730
confirmed rather than established the
time of death. Is that correct, Doctor?
535
00:33:05,090 --> 00:33:06,090
That's correct.
536
00:33:06,110 --> 00:33:07,110
Thank you, sir.
537
00:33:07,770 --> 00:33:08,770
Cross -examine.
538
00:33:10,090 --> 00:33:12,370
How did you establish the post -mortem
interval?
539
00:33:12,670 --> 00:33:14,910
We were fortunate in this case. We had
two known facts.
540
00:33:15,580 --> 00:33:18,180
The time the shots were fired, the time
the body was discovered.
541
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,780
It was only a matter of maybe 15 minutes
before the police arrived.
542
00:33:22,740 --> 00:33:24,940
Obviously, no deterioration was evident.
543
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,720
Did you note if any analytic processes
had taken place?
544
00:33:29,060 --> 00:33:30,060
No, Mr. Mason.
545
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,680
The non -medical facts were conclusive.
546
00:33:33,260 --> 00:33:34,520
Thank you. That's all.
547
00:33:34,940 --> 00:33:41,160
Well, I heard Kevin Steele accuse Mr.
Thorne and the defendant of carrying on
548
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:42,160
while he was away.
549
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,880
It's been a long time. I don't remember
any details.
550
00:33:45,580 --> 00:33:49,500
And did you have occasion to visit the
Steele home again after overhearing this
551
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:54,860
fight? I handle Mr. Steele's art
acquisitions, so I was in and out all
552
00:33:55,220 --> 00:33:59,080
Well, did you notice any other evidence
of friction between the defendant and
553
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,180
her husband, for example?
554
00:34:00,780 --> 00:34:03,000
And did they agree about art purchases?
555
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,400
They couldn't agree on the time of day.
556
00:34:05,860 --> 00:34:08,040
No, I only dealt with Mr. Steele.
557
00:34:08,260 --> 00:34:09,260
Why was that, sir?
558
00:34:09,639 --> 00:34:13,980
Well, about a month after the fight, I
noticed that Mrs. Steele, the defendant,
559
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,080
had gone.
560
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,219
He hadn't given her a dime, but she'd go
on anyway.
561
00:34:18,580 --> 00:34:19,580
Thank you, sir.
562
00:34:19,620 --> 00:34:20,880
Take the witness, Mr. Mason.
563
00:34:23,620 --> 00:34:26,739
Did Mr. Steele always pay promptly and
in full?
564
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,840
Well... Now, let's not waste the court's
time, Mr. Jackson. We both know the
565
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,040
facts. He stole from me for years.
566
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,780
Held back on my commissions, that's the
same thing.
567
00:34:36,060 --> 00:34:39,159
But you arranged to get your commissions
paid in full, did you not?
568
00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:42,860
Well, I took the painting, but I've
already admitted that to the police.
569
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,239
You tried to pass off that painting and
Mr. Steele caught you at it.
570
00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:49,940
Then you tried to take it back after his
death to remove the evidence of fraud.
571
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:54,000
Were you also in and out of that house
on the night of the murder?
572
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:55,960
Objection.
573
00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:00,400
Your Honor, it's been established in
previous testimony that the painting
574
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,960
missing from the murder room was taken
by Mr. Jackson.
575
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:08,060
It seems pointless to intimidate a
witness over an already acknowledged
576
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:09,400
All right, Mr. Berger.
577
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:11,080
I'm through with the witness.
578
00:35:11,860 --> 00:35:12,860
For now.
579
00:35:13,950 --> 00:35:15,150
Yes, I gave her the gun.
580
00:35:15,570 --> 00:35:16,930
She was afraid of Steele.
581
00:35:17,430 --> 00:35:18,610
And she had a right to be.
582
00:35:19,130 --> 00:35:23,570
I saw her about a week after... About a
week after I had the battle with Steele.
583
00:35:24,230 --> 00:35:25,330
Her face was swollen.
584
00:35:25,570 --> 00:35:26,570
He'd beaten her.
585
00:35:27,070 --> 00:35:31,670
So you did see her again, even after
Steele had warned her not to see you.
586
00:35:31,670 --> 00:35:32,930
was purely accidental.
587
00:35:33,790 --> 00:35:37,230
I was talking to Clara Michaels about
acting as nurse for my school when I was
588
00:35:37,230 --> 00:35:37,888
planning it.
589
00:35:37,890 --> 00:35:40,830
And Holly, the defendant, came by to see
her.
590
00:35:41,050 --> 00:35:42,790
Let's get back to the gun, Mr. Thorne.
591
00:35:43,690 --> 00:35:47,710
The defendant did ask you for the gun
before she saw Steele the first time,
592
00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:50,950
isn't that so? I mean, you didn't
volunteer it or suggest it.
593
00:35:51,470 --> 00:35:53,130
All right, she asked for it.
594
00:35:53,670 --> 00:35:58,570
And after she had seen him, and I assume
had no further use for the gun, she
595
00:35:58,570 --> 00:35:59,870
gave it back to you, is that right?
596
00:36:00,090 --> 00:36:03,130
Well, no. No, as a matter of fact, she
didn't. That'll be all. Thank you very
597
00:36:03,130 --> 00:36:04,630
much, sir. You're a witness, Mr. Mason.
598
00:36:06,110 --> 00:36:10,650
Did the defendant tell you why she was
going to see Mr. Steele that first time?
599
00:36:11,090 --> 00:36:14,570
Yes. He bought up my mortgage, and he
was threatening... The defendant?
600
00:36:14,890 --> 00:36:15,910
Please let me finish.
601
00:36:16,550 --> 00:36:18,210
He was threatening to foreclose.
602
00:36:18,690 --> 00:36:22,990
So he threatened you, Mr. Thorne. And
the defendant went to him to ask him to
603
00:36:22,990 --> 00:36:23,990
give you time, is that correct?
604
00:36:24,330 --> 00:36:29,170
Yes. Mr. Thorne, when the defendant went
back to see the decedent on the night
605
00:36:29,170 --> 00:36:31,770
he was murdered, do you know why she
went there?
606
00:36:32,490 --> 00:36:34,310
Yes. He was going to take Ronnie.
607
00:36:35,510 --> 00:36:37,050
That's her child, away from her.
608
00:36:37,290 --> 00:36:39,790
He tried for six years, and
successfully.
609
00:36:40,590 --> 00:36:43,430
Why was that night any different from
any of his other attempts?
610
00:36:43,810 --> 00:36:46,290
He wasn't above barging in and forcibly
taking the child.
611
00:36:47,150 --> 00:36:51,690
But in this case, he was getting
together a custody petition, accusing
612
00:36:51,690 --> 00:36:55,730
being an unfit mother and implicating
me, all of which is ridiculous.
613
00:36:56,510 --> 00:37:00,150
Knowing that it might reflect on your
school, you nonetheless allowed her...
614
00:37:00,150 --> 00:37:02,650
didn't ask my permission. Thank you, Mr.
Thorne.
615
00:37:03,310 --> 00:37:05,510
Oh, one thing more.
616
00:37:06,330 --> 00:37:09,310
When the defendant took your gun and
didn't return it,
617
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,040
Did she explain why she couldn't give it
back to you? Yes.
618
00:37:13,980 --> 00:37:16,020
She told me Steele had taken it away
from her.
619
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:20,680
So as far as you know, anyone entering
Steele's house on the night of the
620
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:21,940
could have used that gun.
621
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,460
Yes, I suppose so.
622
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:28,040
I'm through with it.
623
00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:30,200
Well, I'm not quite.
624
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:32,220
One moment, Mr. Thorne.
625
00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:37,720
You say the defendant told you Steele
took the gun away from her.
626
00:37:38,170 --> 00:37:40,630
Now, did Steele himself ever tell you
that?
627
00:37:41,450 --> 00:37:44,290
No. Did anyone else ever tell you that?
628
00:37:44,970 --> 00:37:46,290
No. Why would they?
629
00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:50,090
So all we really have is the word of the
defendant herself.
630
00:37:52,470 --> 00:37:57,830
No, I never saw anything wrong going on
between Holly and Dan Thorne. Never.
631
00:37:58,490 --> 00:38:04,230
Oh, come on now. A man like Kevin Steele
was not planning to use your statement
632
00:38:04,230 --> 00:38:05,230
in that petition.
633
00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:09,510
Unless he had grounds to believe that
you were willing and able to say that
634
00:38:09,510 --> 00:38:14,710
had seen the defendant and her employer
behaving immorally in the presence of
635
00:38:14,710 --> 00:38:15,488
the child.
636
00:38:15,490 --> 00:38:19,730
That's what the petition alleges. And
that would certainly constitute grounds
637
00:38:19,730 --> 00:38:21,530
for his gaining custody of the child.
638
00:38:21,810 --> 00:38:23,050
The decedent knew that.
639
00:38:23,270 --> 00:38:24,270
Well, I didn't know it.
640
00:38:24,630 --> 00:38:28,370
I never even heard of the petition until
the lieutenant there showed it to me.
641
00:38:28,790 --> 00:38:33,530
Didn't you tell me in my office... I
told you that Steele had asked me
642
00:38:33,530 --> 00:38:34,830
about it some time ago.
643
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:36,600
That's all.
644
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:37,959
Very well.
645
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:38,960
Cross -examine.
646
00:38:41,240 --> 00:38:44,880
Mrs. Michaels, let's be fair with Mr.
Berger.
647
00:38:45,180 --> 00:38:48,960
Isn't it a fact that you told Miss
Street... I told your secretary about
648
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,240
petition after the murder.
649
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,880
And you just told Mr. Berger that you
heard about it from Lieutenant Drumm.
650
00:38:56,020 --> 00:39:00,320
Well, what I meant was I... I heard
about the details of it from the
651
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:02,560
Thank you for making that clear.
652
00:39:04,049 --> 00:39:07,970
Now, Mrs. Michaels, how did you know
about the petition? I mean, generally,
653
00:39:08,110 --> 00:39:09,470
before that time.
654
00:39:09,830 --> 00:39:12,190
Well, I don't really remember.
655
00:39:12,790 --> 00:39:15,410
Isn't it true that you went to the
decedent's home on the night of the
656
00:39:15,410 --> 00:39:16,750
and that he... No, that's not true.
657
00:39:17,190 --> 00:39:21,290
Then where did you go when you called
Mr. Thorne to sit with the defendant's
658
00:39:21,290 --> 00:39:24,550
son? My husband was suddenly taken
terribly ill.
659
00:39:25,070 --> 00:39:26,210
I had to go home.
660
00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:27,530
Did you call a doctor?
661
00:39:28,610 --> 00:39:30,990
No, I... Mrs. Michaels.
662
00:39:32,270 --> 00:39:36,670
Is it not a fact that you went to see
Kevin Steele that night?
663
00:39:37,330 --> 00:39:43,510
No. I started to go, but I didn't. I
changed my mind.
664
00:39:43,970 --> 00:39:45,610
Why were you going there, Mrs. Michaels?
665
00:39:46,490 --> 00:39:47,950
Steele said he wanted my signature.
666
00:39:48,550 --> 00:39:50,110
He'd already ruined Charlie.
667
00:39:50,390 --> 00:39:52,110
He'd already taken everything he had.
668
00:39:52,490 --> 00:39:57,750
And now he told me either I sign or he'd
take what little we had left.
669
00:39:58,470 --> 00:39:59,690
But I couldn't lie.
670
00:39:59,970 --> 00:40:01,330
I couldn't let that...
671
00:40:02,130 --> 00:40:03,130
Animal, take Ronnie.
672
00:40:03,530 --> 00:40:06,690
Mr. Thorne testified that he relieved
you at 11 o 'clock.
673
00:40:07,330 --> 00:40:11,090
Now, where did you go if you did not go
to Steele's residence and you did not go
674
00:40:11,090 --> 00:40:14,670
home? Well, I went up Sunset, but I
didn't turn to Coldwater.
675
00:40:15,290 --> 00:40:17,350
Then I went on to Westwood.
676
00:40:17,870 --> 00:40:21,570
I tried to call Steele to tell him that
I wouldn't sign no matter what he did.
677
00:40:21,950 --> 00:40:24,090
Tried to call him? I couldn't get any
answer.
678
00:40:24,410 --> 00:40:25,490
How long did you try?
679
00:40:27,170 --> 00:40:28,170
Oh, until...
680
00:40:28,510 --> 00:40:30,130
Maybe about quarter past twelve.
681
00:40:30,550 --> 00:40:31,870
Did you get a busy signal?
682
00:40:32,210 --> 00:40:33,730
There wasn't any answer.
683
00:40:33,990 --> 00:40:34,990
You're certain about that?
684
00:40:35,530 --> 00:40:38,630
Yes. More certain than you were about
the petition?
685
00:40:39,790 --> 00:40:41,490
Yes, I'm positive.
686
00:40:41,990 --> 00:40:45,790
Mrs. Michael, several hundred thousand
people won't corroborate your testimony.
687
00:40:45,970 --> 00:40:49,710
They heard Kevin Steele answer his phone
at the very time you say you couldn't
688
00:40:49,710 --> 00:40:50,710
get an answer.
689
00:40:50,830 --> 00:40:52,670
Your Honor, I'm going to excuse this
witness.
690
00:40:53,750 --> 00:40:55,950
Subject to recalling her to the stand.
691
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,380
Well, the defendant got all excited.
692
00:41:03,660 --> 00:41:07,240
Said that she'd tried everything to get
Steele to leave her and her boy alone,
693
00:41:07,460 --> 00:41:10,540
and that... And that what, Mr. Sellers?
694
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:16,320
That there wasn't anything to do short
of... short of killing him.
695
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:18,100
Thank you, sir.
696
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:19,560
Cross -examine.
697
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:26,800
Mr. Sellers, apparently you were quite
busy making phone calls that day. You
698
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,700
called Barney Austin, you called the
defendant.
699
00:41:29,140 --> 00:41:30,520
I was just trying to help.
700
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,700
Now, you told us you had an argument
with the decedent because he was taking
701
00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:37,380
your star performer, Larry Stevens, away
from you.
702
00:41:37,740 --> 00:41:42,240
We are to understand, I assume, that Mr.
Steele paused in an argument and said,
703
00:41:42,420 --> 00:41:46,280
By the way, I'm going to take my son
away from his mother.
704
00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:48,380
Well, it wasn't exactly like that.
705
00:41:48,620 --> 00:41:49,840
Then how was it?
706
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:54,280
He broke off our discussion and said
that he had to leave because of this
707
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,620
about his son, his wife, and Thorne.
708
00:41:56,820 --> 00:41:59,120
After this heated argument, he told you
that?
709
00:41:59,340 --> 00:42:00,340
Yes.
710
00:42:00,930 --> 00:42:04,910
Listen, Mr. Mason, I've been over
backwards trying to cooperate with you.
711
00:42:05,190 --> 00:42:06,410
Just what are you getting at?
712
00:42:06,970 --> 00:42:12,570
Mr. Sellers, there's no intent on my
part to impugn your testimony.
713
00:42:12,870 --> 00:42:15,690
I'm simply trying to put all the facts
before the court.
714
00:42:15,990 --> 00:42:17,750
Now tell us, had Mr.
715
00:42:17,990 --> 00:42:21,510
Steele in fact managed to take your star
performer away from you?
716
00:42:21,790 --> 00:42:24,070
Yes. That was the second time, wasn't
it?
717
00:42:25,010 --> 00:42:28,250
The first time he took Barney Austin
away from your station.
718
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,300
And from a look at the court records,
you were in considerable financial
719
00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:34,000
difficulty before you recovered from
that loss of revenue.
720
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:35,340
But I did recover.
721
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:37,760
And Barney and I remained friends.
722
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,500
Yes, I recall that you talked to Mr.
Austin, too.
723
00:42:40,820 --> 00:42:41,819
Now, why?
724
00:42:41,820 --> 00:42:46,060
I wanted to find out what he knew about
Steele trying to take my man away from
725
00:42:46,060 --> 00:42:46,819
me, that's all.
726
00:42:46,820 --> 00:42:48,680
And what did Mr. Austin tell you?
727
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,380
Nothing. He didn't know anything about
it.
728
00:42:52,940 --> 00:42:53,940
Thank you, Mr. Sellers.
729
00:42:55,220 --> 00:42:56,220
You may stand down.
730
00:42:57,220 --> 00:42:58,220
Your Honor.
731
00:42:58,510 --> 00:43:02,850
At this point, and with the court's
indulgence, we would like to attempt a
732
00:43:02,850 --> 00:43:05,690
faithful recreation of the Barney Austin
show, The Night of the Murder.
733
00:43:06,950 --> 00:43:08,690
How is that possible, Mr. Mason?
734
00:43:09,150 --> 00:43:11,730
By using an exact transcript of the
tape.
735
00:43:12,330 --> 00:43:17,370
Mr. Sellers has agreed as a public
service to use his radio station, and
736
00:43:17,470 --> 00:43:21,490
Barney Austin has volunteered to assist
us.
737
00:43:21,770 --> 00:43:27,330
Your Honor, Mr. Mason is about to launch
another of his courtroom spectaculars.
738
00:43:28,090 --> 00:43:31,990
And while I admit that in the past these
have been as entertaining and diverting
739
00:43:31,990 --> 00:43:37,930
for me as for the spectators, I just
fail to see... Mr. Mason, it's vital to
740
00:43:37,930 --> 00:43:41,010
defense that we establish the precise
sequence of events on the night of the
741
00:43:41,010 --> 00:43:42,010
murder.
742
00:43:42,630 --> 00:43:43,770
Very well, Mr. Mason.
743
00:43:44,070 --> 00:43:45,850
You may proceed with your demonstration.
744
00:43:47,010 --> 00:43:50,190
Subject to the right of the district
attorney to object at any stage.
745
00:43:55,090 --> 00:43:56,150
We're ready, Your Honor.
746
00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:58,840
Mr. Austin, please.
747
00:44:02,380 --> 00:44:03,920
Oh, a technicality.
748
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:08,680
Since Mr. Austin will, in effect, be
giving testimony, perhaps he should be
749
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:09,680
sworn in at this time.
750
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:11,660
As your witness, Mr. Mason?
751
00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:13,680
As my witness, Mr. Berger.
752
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:16,300
The clerk will administer the oath.
753
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:19,520
Raise your right hand.
754
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,460
Do you sound this word to tell the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
755
00:44:22,460 --> 00:44:24,600
truth? I do. State your name. Barney
Austin.
756
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:25,800
Be seated.
757
00:44:26,670 --> 00:44:31,330
Your Honor, there we have a studio
microphone on a direct line to Mr.
758
00:44:31,390 --> 00:44:32,368
station.
759
00:44:32,370 --> 00:44:36,190
Mr. Austin's words will be broadcast
over the air on a specially assigned
760
00:44:36,190 --> 00:44:40,690
frequency and will be received here on
the radio the decedent used.
761
00:44:41,450 --> 00:44:45,490
The telephones are private lines
provided by the phone company.
762
00:44:46,010 --> 00:44:50,370
Now, if Your Honor, please, Mr. Sellers
has agreed to play the part of the
763
00:44:50,370 --> 00:44:51,550
decedent Kevin Steele.
764
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:56,420
This is the tape transcript.
765
00:44:57,700 --> 00:45:00,380
I remind you, Mr. Sellers, that you are
still under oath.
766
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,440
Well, here's one that ought to shake up
the boys in the control room.
767
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,680
This note's from the man who owns this
station, Kevin Steele.
768
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:18,000
Okay, boss. If this is a gag, turn your
radio down anyway, huh?
769
00:45:19,720 --> 00:45:20,720
Adams.
770
00:45:22,260 --> 00:45:23,260
Two.
771
00:45:24,350 --> 00:45:28,650
Seven, three, nine, nine.
772
00:45:32,690 --> 00:45:34,090
Hello? Jake?
773
00:45:34,730 --> 00:45:35,730
Barney?
774
00:45:35,990 --> 00:45:37,250
Mr. Mason, what's wrong?
775
00:45:38,150 --> 00:45:39,570
Mr. Mason, what's wrong?
776
00:45:39,950 --> 00:45:41,170
I'm sorry, Your Honor.
777
00:45:41,390 --> 00:45:46,050
Your Honor, Mr. Mason promised us an
exact reenactment. The last detail,
778
00:45:46,050 --> 00:45:49,070
true. Three, nothing wrong, gentlemen.
It's feedback.
779
00:45:49,770 --> 00:45:52,630
If you've listened to my show, you know
that's why I asked the guy on the other
780
00:45:52,630 --> 00:45:54,070
end to turn the volume down on his
radio.
781
00:45:54,570 --> 00:45:57,930
Yes, but thousands and thousands of
people will confirm the fact that there
782
00:45:57,930 --> 00:45:59,410
no feedback on the air that night.
783
00:45:59,650 --> 00:46:01,330
But Steele's radio was on.
784
00:46:01,670 --> 00:46:05,230
I testified that the defendant said she
heard it, and Lieutenant Drum's
785
00:46:05,230 --> 00:46:09,510
testimony will confirm it. Then when
Austin called Mr. Steele's number and
786
00:46:09,670 --> 00:46:12,990
Steele answered it, why wasn't there
feedback on the broadcast?
787
00:46:13,390 --> 00:46:15,610
Mr. Austin, would you explain that,
please?
788
00:46:16,590 --> 00:46:18,850
Uh, I don't know.
789
00:46:19,150 --> 00:46:23,510
Everybody who listened to the broadcast
that night heard Mr. Steele answer the
790
00:46:23,510 --> 00:46:27,830
telephone and then heard the murder
committed. Not the murder, but what
791
00:46:27,830 --> 00:46:28,830
purported to be the murder.
792
00:46:29,370 --> 00:46:33,610
A tape recording of Steele's voice and
the recorded sound of two gunshots.
793
00:46:34,430 --> 00:46:36,710
Mr. Mason, I made that call.
794
00:46:37,690 --> 00:46:39,450
I don't think you called Mr.
795
00:46:39,670 --> 00:46:40,850
Steele's number, Mr. Austin.
796
00:46:41,170 --> 00:46:45,190
You remember Mrs. Michaels testified
that she tried to call Steele several
797
00:46:45,190 --> 00:46:46,190
and couldn't get an answer.
798
00:46:46,330 --> 00:46:47,730
I recall that testimony.
799
00:46:48,570 --> 00:46:51,670
Someone saw to it that Mr. Austin would
not call the correct number.
800
00:46:52,190 --> 00:46:57,270
That someone edited together a tape of
Steele's voice from other radio
801
00:46:57,270 --> 00:47:00,690
conversations and put it on an answering
device at another phone.
802
00:47:00,990 --> 00:47:01,990
But that's impossible.
803
00:47:02,650 --> 00:47:06,550
No one could have gotten away with it.
No one is going to get away with it, Mr.
804
00:47:06,610 --> 00:47:07,610
Sellers.
805
00:47:07,790 --> 00:47:13,710
The reason Clara Michaels got no answer,
the reason Holly Andrews didn't see
806
00:47:13,710 --> 00:47:16,270
Steele, was because he was already dead.
807
00:47:17,100 --> 00:47:21,020
killed prior to the broadcast by the
person who planned so well to commit the
808
00:47:21,020 --> 00:47:24,880
perfect murder. A murderer who could
count on the corroboration of thousands
809
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:25,880
witnesses.
810
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:39,300
This is Barney Austin.
811
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:41,220
Leave your message when you hear the
signal.
812
00:47:42,500 --> 00:47:44,100
But he was my friend.
813
00:47:45,009 --> 00:47:48,330
Kevin Steele was my friend. I had no
reason to... What happened, Mr. Austin?
814
00:47:49,170 --> 00:47:51,770
Did King Kevin decide to get rid of King
Barney?
815
00:47:52,510 --> 00:47:55,170
Did he decide to take away your
microphone, your crown?
816
00:47:55,490 --> 00:47:57,550
When Sellers called me, I knew what
Steele was up to.
817
00:47:57,890 --> 00:48:01,070
I knew why he wanted me to phone him. So
he could fire me on the air.
818
00:48:01,890 --> 00:48:05,910
And when I went to him, all I asked was
for time. The time to work something
819
00:48:05,910 --> 00:48:06,910
else out.
820
00:48:06,950 --> 00:48:08,970
But the king didn't make bargains, did
he?
821
00:48:10,190 --> 00:48:11,370
But I had it planned.
822
00:48:12,410 --> 00:48:14,230
I had it so perfectly planned.
823
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:16,300
Except for one thing.
824
00:48:17,860 --> 00:48:20,880
You forgot to turn down the radio.
825
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,480
Nobody pulls the rug out from under
Barney Austin.
826
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,940
Nobody. I don't get pushed around.
827
00:48:28,820 --> 00:48:32,280
I'm the one who calls the shots. Me,
Barney Austin.
828
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:38,840
Hurry it up, boys.
829
00:48:39,060 --> 00:48:40,180
Lights out in ten minutes.
830
00:48:47,950 --> 00:48:48,948
That's the truth.
831
00:48:48,950 --> 00:48:52,010
Time for the most controversial program
on the air.
832
00:48:52,550 --> 00:48:54,430
The Larry Stevens Show.
833
00:48:56,470 --> 00:48:59,710
And a big fat hello to all you Larry
Stevens haters.
834
00:49:00,130 --> 00:49:02,670
It's nice. Clay, will you turn that
thing off?
835
00:49:03,050 --> 00:49:04,049
What for?
836
00:49:04,050 --> 00:49:05,470
This fellow's sensational.
837
00:49:05,870 --> 00:49:07,770
He really kills them.
838
00:49:08,730 --> 00:49:09,830
The king is dead.
839
00:49:10,050 --> 00:49:13,450
Long live the king. Those to prove
Dylan.
840
00:49:15,210 --> 00:49:17,710
really changes. Life goes on very much
the same.
841
00:49:18,010 --> 00:49:22,170
So let's call our first member of the
Larry Stevens should drop dead club.
842
00:49:22,430 --> 00:49:25,390
And remember please to turn down your
radio.
67004
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