All language subtitles for The Millerson Case (1947)

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so

foreign

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dr edward's office

no he isn't in yet

i don't know when

will you talk to his assistant dr shaw

droidway's office

no sir oh yes professor i'll connect you

with miss white

miss white speaking

yes professor jennings

your psychology class next thursday

afternoon yes i'll remind him

goodbye you wish to see someone

dr odway

what on earth are you dressed up for

my dear miss white for five years now

i've been promising myself a vacation

but you

and that infernal book of yours have

always managed to upset my plans this

time nothing is going to upset them but

how can you go away when your time is

booked solid with appointments and

lectures for the next four weeks

i'll show you

yes doctor come in with a char will you

yes sir

now i've seen everything are you about

to psychoanalyze a trap shooter

no

i'm about to leave on my vacation oh but

you can't do that inspector manning is

calling on you to give an insanity test

to that young matricide i had him on the

phone just now and you promised

professor jennings you'd address a

psychology class thursday afternoon

mm-hmm well dr shaw will keep all my

appointments there you are

the place is all yours

but where will you be supposedly we want

to get in touch with you

well

if that happens uh

you'd better consult a clairvoyant

goodbye

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come on here bp come on take polite to

spirit folks

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you wanted some taters oh yeah give me

five pounds

it's your removal board

huh

oh

so too squire but i

i can't seem to get going this morning

my head keeps it buzzing like a swarm of

bees

you got hot flashes ward

what do you think hank maybe he's gotta

get your summer complaint could be i

heard goldie show walter and simon weldy

are down with it gotta get you a bottle

of dr sam's complaint bitters yeah oh i

reckon i'll close up my shop and go home

i'm getting the misery in my stomach

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sit down and check on me luke you got no

sheriff in to do okay

did you want anything lcd no that's

awesome all right put it on the book

thanks

well you reckon your next mystery are

you uh jeremiah dobbs yep that's me i'm

robert ordway from new york oh yes you

the fella would wreck me a while back

wanting me to fix you up with some

hunting and fishing that's right well

you're too early for the hunting season

don't begin for about another month yet

oh well that'll give me some time to do

a little fishing first yeah

i reckon judd brookstool can take you to

the best trout streams there is that

rockstar well you're rich you wanted a

guide didn't you oh yeah yeah well

judd's about the best woodsman there's

in the whole state

hey judd give me

you'll have to do better than that

sheriff you want me to watch it

this is mr ordway from new york the man

what's the hiring of the guide is

hunting hardy glad to meet you john now

you can take him over to dark sands i

fixed it up for them to give him bed and

board while he's here yes ma'am oh uh

thanks very much mr dobbs i'll be back

later to buy my trout flies i'll pick

you up if you're looking for the kind of

trot flies that'll catch some whoppers

you better drop into my drugstore next

door i got the biggest line of township

maybe you got the biggest line but they

ain't saying your flies is any better

than me yeah so better whose flies catch

the prize trout last year you're in a

mine you're getting my dandruff nixon

well i'll be back later and i'll see you

both anyway yeah

now look here hank you got no right

coming in my store talking business to

my customers who was selling anything to

anybody i was just watching the checker

game over there

how's the uh hunting around here

well you might get a deer off the south

ridge then again you might

all depends on how smart you are with a

rifle

i'm only a fair shot

i'm out of practice

oh i came mainly for fun and get away

from my work

i like folks that don't pretend to be

what they ain't

too bad couldn't come a little later

though kind of this runner's summer

complaint we've been having

summer complaint what's that don't

exactly know except that some folks die

of it real quick

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morning morning emmy this here is mr

ordway he's going to bed and border

spell with you according to jeremiah

dobbs come on way how do you do it mrs

melissa come on in make yourself to home

thank you i'll get you things all right

john

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sparrow was right over here

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ted what city folks you sleeping in but

it's clean

there's a new mattress on the bed well i

think it's grand i do appreciate you

taking me in do what others the good

book says now

come here quick

then

what happened to eve he got shot just

one of them accidents doc sam home no

but he should be here any moment he was

over talking streaking into sue for

summer complaint will you hurry him home

moses yes

bring even to paul's office i'll tend to

until paul gets here

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put him over there judd

how'd you get shot eve

i was carrying a deer on my back

somebody took a shot at it

i thought the hunting season hadn't

opened yet

kids must have got their dates mixed

yeah lie down son

you know who shot you

no

it come from far off

you're lucky son

the bullet just grazed your skin

say judd uh when you get my first aid

kit it's out in the car

and will you get me some uh sterilized

dressing and some antiseptic please wait

i reckon you better not touch until paul

gets here he mightn't like it oh don't

you worry i've treated lots of wounds

even right here in your office don

what's been going on here amy i've been

awakened

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yeah

that's a great bad wound you got eb

you've been waiting for a while for you

to meet this outside of mr ordway who's

to bed and board here for a spell honey

he started to take care of eve

but i told him he'd better wait for you

is it good mr man thanks

nice of you offering to help but i

reckon we can take good care of eve

ourselves ain't gonna do any harm let

them help is it you might learn

something new learn something new you

say that's what them county clinic

doctors keep harping about but i don't

cut into them highfalutin ids

get me a base in the water and some rags

amy yes paw

now fix me up hold us a hickory ashes

and black pepper yes paul

aren't you going to sterilize the wound

you don't need to the pepper will draw

out the inflammation

the ashes will soak up the poison

i'm back here in the office motility

well what's the matter you look scared i

am wart's terrible sick and he's swoon

and my sister belle and i can't bring

him to know how has he had any fever and

chills one minute he was hot in the next

of freezing

uh-huh just as i suspected summer

complained will you come over and happy

i had an automatility after him sneaking

over to county clinic freeze doctrine

please come

i'm a very sick enough to die

get me a bottle of my complaint bitter

jimmy yes paul

now they're there don't take on i'm

gonna help warren

thank you

you continue to eat

the complaints more important in the

wound

uh what does your husband think causes

this sickness uh you call summer

complaint

pau says it's the edibles and the

violent hot weather oh well have they

ever made a bacteriological test of the

uh drinking water or the milk around

here a what

a microscopic test which shows if germs

have made the water or milk unfit to

drink

oh i never heard of anything like that

well that's all right never mind

you reckon i ought to mosey along or you

want me to wait for you you wait john

i'll only be a few minutes

but paul said i was to tend to aid

you're going to

only i'm going to show you how they

treat wounds back in new york

you're a mighty pretty girl bill you

know it

do you think so

sometimes i wished it wasn't my

sister-in-law

daddy bell

where's the sick man he's come too a

little

yeah appears that way

get me a big spoon yes sir

is he all right

he will be when i get some bitters down

him

now matilde don't be so fluttery

ward

word hmm

oh hello doc sam open your mouth let me

give you a dose of medicine

hmm

oh doc you do give such awful taste and

stuff you want to get well don't you ha

history miniatures in the kitchen wants

to know if you want another jug of corn

squeezings

tell him to leave a jug and i'll write

him down for some barber work all right

paul said leave another jug and take it

out and barbarian okay you think you

marred mine up and i took a look at ward

and wished him well nah come on

you keep on taking the bidders every two

hours i'll be back again tonight

hello doc sam hello adrie

ah yes he wants to wish you well

well i swung

when i hit you was down with a complaint

i was expecting to find you sick

underdone but you ain't sick at all i

don't feel so good

well don't let it worry you none you'll

be fit as a fiddle by the first of the

week and ready to shingle my hair

oh

your bangs do need a trimming

fetch me my shears bell

kneel down andre

here you are ward i'll be back to keep

you company in a little spell see that

you do

stoop over

i just can't seem to do it is she oh

that's all right

it can wait

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what internation's going on here

maybe them state policemen are dropping

in to tell you how to do your lawn

what's the idea you can read can't you

all right fellows across the street yeah

what's olish

look for those of you who can't read

this sign means that the county health

officer is putting the whole village of

brook falls under quarantine

all this rumors just because if you

folks you got to touch us on a complete

maybe that's what you call it but it's

actually typhoid fever and nobody's

going to leave this village without

permission from dr wickersham and dr

he's standing with that car the fella in

the great suit

dr wickerson oh yes uh i'd like your

permission to leave here i'm on my

vacation i'd like to do a little hunting

and fishing before i return to new york

how long have you been here uh just a

few hours not long enough to contract

any typhoid how do you know you're not a

doctor

yes yes but i am

robert ordway md ph.d

well this is an unexpected pleasure

doctor thank you shake hands with dr

prescott the staff sergeant at our

county clinic how do you do dr hardway

prescott we're in luck perhaps we can

draft dr ordway into staying and helping

us fight this epidemic he'd certainly be

welcome oh please please gentlemen don't

spoil my vacation i haven't had one in

years all kidding aside doctor we're so

short-handed at the clinic prescott's

the only man i could bring and these

people need help desperately well my

practice has been limited to psychiatry

i'm afraid i wouldn't be much help now

doctor don't tell me you've forgotten

how to use a microscope or make a

subcutaneous vaccination oh no

uh

all right i'll stay in help thanks very

much and we're uh we're making our

headquarters here at the school suppose

we meet you there in about an hour all

right i'll be there

stop saying it's going to be good and

riled over outside of putting into his

business now won't that be too bad sam

miller's going to do what he's told or

else my written account never doesn't

have a sugar to say about that

in case you don't know it acres you'll

be taking orders from the state police

until the quarantine's lifted

why are they putting the quarantine on

the whole village just showing off i

always said doc wickerson was too smart

for his britches he's just mad cause

most you folks won't go to his county

clinic for doctrine well tell them on

the years well ain't nobody gonna poke

medicine in the folks of mine if they

ain't sick and if they try to i'll take

a horse whip tool you're dying right

square we gotta show these outsiders i

can't run things in brook falls

hello ellen minish hurt mary no

was you scared annie when you got stuck

with the needle nah

not much a warrant you're watering a

sheep and you've been a ball and pretty

cat i have not leave her alone come on

annie

you're next day over to death

howdy bill

your name please zeke zil

you were a brave little girl

will you come in oh come on abner

hi i'm sidi hi zeke say judd

do you suppose vaccinating hurts jenny

no it's just the id that scares you

little

momma

i don't want to mow

mom

no

don't be alarmed if you become nauseated

or

your arms start to swell up it'll just

be the reaction to the vaccine it won't

last long well whoever here to making

folks say to keep them well

come on abner we've gone home and tell

your paw about this

next

that's my woman edie mr hardway how do

you do mrs rockstar pleased to meet you

well i'm glad to find that neither one

of you are prejudiced against modern

medicine lion's sakes no but i ain't let

dr sam touch me not since our lives have

died from his doctrine

well i told him so to his teeth didn't i

uh which one of you shall i take first

now you'll go ahead jed

roll up your sleeve judd will please

that highfalutin wickersham in there

yeah and bigger and all get out i'll

take him down a peg or two

hello sam don't hello me

you got a lot of gal are coming here

scaring folks and trying to make a fool

out of me nobody's trying to make a fool

out of you but you'll make one out of

yourself if you don't cooperate with the

clinic when you've got a typhoid

epidemic on your hands typhoid nothing

just a regular runner summer complaint

look sam i'm not going to argue with you

i've got my orders from the state board

of health and i intend to carry them off

i suppose cause you get the law on your

side you're thinking the folks are going

to knuckle down to you but i'm telling

you they won't they will if you tell

them to me

you must be touched in the head i'mma

tell them not to you'll obey the law be

put in jail all right put me in jail and

see what that gets you

well doctor we've completed a survey of

the village and collected some water and

milk samples how many cases of typhoid

did you find eleven positive and four

suspects

two deaths last night and one about a

half an hour ago ward beachy the barber

you hear that sam

three of your patients dead already

aren't my fault they're dying some of

your patients die too don't they yes but

not from homemade potions brewed by

ignorant practitioners like you now look

at here

i've been a doctor in man and beast

around here for more than 30 years never

had no complaints till you opened that

clinic at the county seat i'm sorry

we've been over all that before and i

haven't got time to argue with you

you better plan on doing your

post-mortems tonight all right found a

place where you can do the work yes hank

nixon's undertaking parlor in back of

his drug store good

with him

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discover something very peculiar here

compare these three blood specimens and

tell me what you think

the cell is typhosis hosts of them

that's a specimen from deceased number

one

this is from number two

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more bacillus typhosis right

now take a careful look at

specimen number three here

well this specimen shows no typhoid

bacilli at all right

well that means a third victim didn't

die of typhoid but he did die that we

know

and from something that produced the

same symptoms as typhoid hmm who was the

third victim

uh the village barber walt beachy boy

well as one report we won't have to send

to the state laboratory yeah

yeah but i'm still puzzled by the

symptoms he had

i ran into something similar a few years

ago in a poison murder case oh look lord

way

a typhoid epidemic is bad enough without

dragging murder into it oh i'm not i was

just reminiscing

well there's prescott

well you got through in a hurry you

flatter me i was just starting when i

found something very puzzling what's

that well i wasn't surprised to find

evidence of perforated peritonitis in

the intestinal tract but this is the

first typhoid victim i've ever seen who

had perforations extending through the

whole alimentary canal

such as might have been caused by some

corrosive poison exactly was it beechy's

body examined yes how did you know well

ordway's been puzzled too because

beachy's blood specimen showed no

typhoid bacilli

i think you have a slight case of murder

on your hands

it seems to me that a chemical analysis

of the perforated tissue is an order

what do you think

well sure sure

well let's get to work prescott all

right

good morning callahan good morning good

morning dr wickerson

preston

well good morning paul how are you um

doctor so we've got a case of murder on

our hands huh yeah oh uh meet dr ordway

from new york he's been helping us out

with the vaccination problem here and uh

he's the one who discovered that beachy

didn't die of typhoid this is mort crowl

our county prosecutor i know you're

doctor and harley rumford his

investigator how do you guys

got any suspects

one uh dr sam millerson got a motive

figured out that'll hold water i think

it was revenge beachy quit him for the

county clinic several months ago and

millions been fighting the clinic ever

since it opened

what do you think dr hardway

oh i don't believe i'm entitled to an

opinion i've i've only been in brook

falls such a short time

if beechy quit doctoring with millerson

how could the ladder of poisoning

millerson was called in to treat him the

day before he died well maybe it was

just ignorance rather than criminal

intent oh you don't know him like we do

he may be ignorant about doctoring but

he's cunning and vindictive

harley it looks like your first job is

to call it the beachy home and get the

medicines dr millerson prescribed for

the deceased yes sir

callahan

you get the suspect and bring him here

for questioning yes

what's the matter hank you're all out of

breath

the prosecutor will let me bury ward

how come they won't let you they're

performing a post-mortem arm to find out

what he died from you mean to say they

ain't sure after telling us it wore

typhoid fever i don't know except not

can't bury ward beachy till they say i

can't oh follow me wrong why can't they

let the dead rest in peace

just dr sam millerson here i'm here

i have orders to bring you over to the

school for questioning

questioning

about what you'll find out when you get

over there i'll be danged if i will

nobody's going to make a fool out of me

twice

your move square i'm asking you to come

peaceably but if you want i'll take you

will will you now you keep out of the

square

rick and i know when you're exceeding

your authority you ain't a touching doc

sam unless and you're arresting him for

something and if near he's got a right

to know what for her

all right

ward beachy died of poison

and the county prosecutor thinks he was

murdered no follirol who'd want to kill

a likable feller like ward how'd you

know he was poisoned chemical tests

don't lie well i hope the prosecutor

don't think i poisoned him well you

doctored him didn't you

looks like them county clinic doctors

are out to get me yeah

oh square hey will you tell the sheriff

to drive to the county seat and bring

link hazen back here

i sure will sam

i reckon i'm ready now to go with you

all right

now why should i want to kill a lifelong

friend and hurt his family you were very

angry weren't you and beachy went to the

county clinic for treatment yes i was

and i told him so to his face but being

a christian man when matilda came a

crying that ward needed help i did the

best i could to take care of him you

treated him and he died

i've been a doctor in a lot of other

folks too but none of them ever died a

poison but the others didn't go to the

county clinic

in fairness to millicent i feel it my

duty to advise him that he hasn't been

charged with any crime so he may refuse

to answer any and all questions why

should you advise him you're not his

counsel i'm afraid you're letting

prejudice buy us your good judgment

we're not trying the man he's we're only

seeking information hardway is right

in your opinion when you examined ward

beachy the other day

what was ailing him summer complaint i

still think it was so you gave him what

some of my complaint bitters

dr millerson uh do you mind telling us

what ingredients you use to compound

your complaint bitters not at all

first i boiled some sassafras bark and

some blood root and some burdock leaves

and some golden seal and then i had a

little pulverized bone and a little oil

of wintergreen to give it a good taste

uh did he mention anything there that

sounded like a poison to you wickersham

well i'm not an herbalist but i'll

concede the formula's perfectly harmless

however

that is no proof that he didn't poison

beachy i didn't so help me i didn't

that's all nelson you may go now uh

aren't you going to arrest him not

without some justification you're making

a big mistake i'm not telling you how to

run the county clinic am i

i'm sorry i popped off lickerson it's

all right mort forget it i heard it

coming well

i guess there isn't much we can do now

rumford gets back

so we might as well enjoy a short recess

try it

certainly a beautiful day

i should be out doing a little fishing

too oh no doctor don't run out of us now

we're only halfway through right

here's the bottle of bitters that beat

you was taken before he died according

to mrs speech he took about 10 spoons

full

phew what awful stuff

send this to the state clinical

laboratory for analysis yes yeah i'd

like to uh offer a suggestion if it's in

order go ahead oh so obvious has

probably slept your mind but why not let

rumford find out if nixon sold any

corrosive poison lately if so to whom we

of course who else could have been the

source of the poison why didn't you

think of it rumford why didn't you

according to the druggist he sold one

pound of that poison to doc millicent

and five pounds to ezra miniature the

nursery man but what did millerson tell

you he did with a pound he bought he

claims he used it to make up anointment

for boils and carbuncle ah a whole pound

of that'd make up enough ointment for

all the boils and carbuncles in the

united states he only used about three

ounces what did millerson do with the

rest of it he still has it well i

presume the nurseryman uses the poison

in some sort of a plant spray yes an

erect poison which he manufactures well

then that makes every person who has

bought his plant spray and rat poison a

possible suspect look lord ray you seem

to be trying awfully hard to remove

suspicion from millerson

what was that somebody shot at me

yeah i'm afraid they did

good thing for you doc if that bullet

had been a couple inches lower taking

most of your head off there's a bullet

hole in the window over there chilling

lodge back here somewhere

well here it is why would anybody want

to shoot at me

well that's what we've got to find out

whoever it was didn't hang around after

he fired the shot but he left his

calling card

oh that's a 30 30 shell the same as i

use in my rifle dr ordway did you bring

a 30 30 rifle with you yes yes and he

lives at doc millerson's don't you think

we ought to have a look at it

why yes by all means i'm just as curious

as you are come on

hello

if you came to see the doctor he ain't

home martha macvittie sprained her knee

he's overtended to it no we didn't come

to see him mrs millicent this way

gentlemen

oh that's funny what's funny

why i can tell by the weight that my

rifle's not in the case when did you

last see it

yesterday i was showing it to judd rook

store

what are you laughing at does judd have

access to your room when you're not here

why i know nothing i know well do you

need any more convincing that your host

is the logical suspect oh it'll take

more than that well why don't you

confront millicent and see what he has

to say for himself a good idea

coming along hardway certainly i

wouldn't miss this for anything

there he is

well hello hazen hello

millerson we've been checking up on you

on me but first how long have you been

here oh five minutes maybe what are you

getting at carl

according to mrs mcvitty he arrived at

her place about seven five and left

about half past

it's now 8 25.

you mean to tell me it took you 50

minutes to get from mcvities here

certainly not any fool had no better

than that

what were you doing in the meantime

appears to me that what i do with my own

time is my own business you'll give me a

civil answer i'll put you under arrest

just a minute mr prosecutor

now it's all right with me if you want

to arrest him but if you do

i'm gonna have to ask the squire here to

hold an immediate hearing so i can have

him released on bail that is unless

you're figuring on charging him with

some ridiculous offense like murder

which you can't prove

just say the word link and i'll give you

a hearing right here and now

well i

i'm not ready yet to file a murder

charge against anybody no

i didn't think he was

go ahead would you check a plane sam

well i think i'll call it a night and

get some sleep good night boys

i was just turning back the covers of

your bed yet thanks i'm pretty tired

tonight it might be nice of you to stand

up for pog in them county doctors we

both admire you for it

well nobody should be accused of murder

unless it can be proven no

and paul wouldn't do such a thing he's

too tender-hearted to kill a fly

mrs madison

you've lived in brook falls a good many

years who do you think could have

poisoned beachy

i'd rather not speak my mind then i

wouldn't be hurting anybody maybe so you

you just forget that i asked you

have you been in the house all evening

supplement for a spell while i was out

milking why

my rifle wasn't in this case when i

looked about an hour ago

now it's back

it's been fired

uh hi lieutenant hello littleson one of

these days those breaks of yours are not

going to work then betrayville gazette

will lose its star reporter not so fast

pal i'll have to announce you to the

prosecutor

the press has arrived i see hi you chief

i uh i understand you're investigating a

nice little murder yes that's right well

how about giving me a break who did it

to who ward beachy the town barber came

to his death from poison at the hands of

a person or a person's unknown is that

all you can give me i'm sorry but that's

all i know

why dr roadway what are you doing in

this outpost of civilization

i'm littleton formerly with the times

tribune remember i covered that famous

case you saw the paper doll murders do

you mean to tell me he's a detective too

now don't hold that against me please

well no wonder your suggestions have

proven so helpful i hate to ask you to

give up any more of your vacation but i

certainly would appreciate it if you'd

see this thing through with me wait a

minute now you've you've already got a

competent man on the job well thanks for

them kind words but i'd much rather you

take over this thing's too deep for me

what do you say go ahead you wouldn't

deny me the greatest news story i've had

in years

all right crawl

tell you what i'll start by interviewing

the family of the deceased i believe if

you can get enough people to talk enough

you're bound to stir up something

sit down please

now don't be upset mrs beachy because

if you're frightened you won't

understand what i'm talking about but i

didn't pies and ward

i loved him i

did nobody said you poisoned him

how long were you and ward married

18 years

mostly

mostly

we used to split up once or twice to

year over his romance but tweren't his

fault

he was the handsomest man in brook falls

why even my own sister belle got

fluttery and slow-eyed when he was

around

can you think of anyone who might have

hated him enough to have poisoned him

no i can't

well thanks for your cooperation mrs

beachy

what else do you know

well i know he's dead and i ain't a

grieving nun cause he's a low down being

a mom

did you kill your father jonas no so

help me i couldn't kill my own flesh and

blood

i know you couldn't have son you may go

now thanks

come in

why are you looking at me like that

you're a very attractive girl mr

engelhardt

i can readily understand why your

deceased brother-in-law was attracted by

you

i guess he was kind of taken with me

because he was all the time trying to

spoon when when motility weren't around

but you mustn't rest clem he didn't pies

from ward who's clem

he's my bow clemias works for noey plank

at the blacksmith shop oh i see

did clem know that ward was infatuated

with you

well i told him cause i wanted to get

him a little jealous

but clem wouldn't kill anyone over a

little harmless flirting who did killing

belle

i i'm got the slightest idea cross my

heart

all right thanks for the information

anyway

you mean you're

you're all through talking to me well

for now yes

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hi morning mr crowl morning clem i'd

like you to meet dr ordway who's helping

me investigate the murder glad to meet

you hi clem

was ward really poisoned yes yes he was

i understand uh you're kind of sweet on

bell engle heart boy you're dang right i

am i'm aiming to marry come next june

well and it's no wonder you were mad

when beachy wanted to make up to her

i'll tell him man

i was fixing to swing at him

but i got a fear the folks might get to

gossiping about bell

but somebody else did swing at him cause

he come to a shop one morning with a

black eye

do you know who gave it to him

i'd rather not say we don't care what

you'd rather do it's against the law to

withhold any information so start

talking

well

one night bell and me was to the picnic

grounds we've seen ward and edie rook

stool holding hands

and pretty soon we've seen judder

watching them and

the next morning ward showed up with a

black eye yeah

well you've been very helpful clem thank

you very much we appreciate it

good morning clem

dr audwey do you think judd killed

beachy well he's a likely suspect but so

is everyone else i've talked to so far

who's next the man who makes that plant

spray in rat poison

morning ezra good morning morning

dr ordway would like to ask you some

questions about the poison you use in

making your plant spray and rap killer

uh what you want to know uh i'd like to

see the book you keep for signatures of

everyone who buys these poison mixtures

from me i ain't got no such book

didn't you have to sign your name when

you bought the poison at nixon's drug

store no

hank said he'd do it for me cause i

can't read and write well didn't the

druggers tell you that it was against

the law to resell the poison without

getting the buyers to sign for it no

is it again the law certainly you can be

put in jail for what you've been doing

i'll get me a book right smart

you know

i thought plus you'd come to ask me

about the shooting at the schoolhouse

what do you know about it

well

i was planting some cuttings by lantern

light when i heard a shot

so i blowed out the light and slipped

back in the shadows

by him by a man coming running by

carrying a gun

it was doc sam millerson

you don't like mullison do you no

look what he done to my boy

fiji playing horsey

what did he do

he brought him into the world of dunce

can't you see

get up horsey

well a bunch of brides mr minute glad to

help you

oh horsey

you think he actually saw millerson as

he claims oh i don't know

it's hard to believe a man when he's

nursing such a deep grudge against

another

it's too bad though that he should blame

millerson for what was probably a

biological failure on the part of nature

yeah if it were a biological failure

well who's next on the list judd rook

stool i'm going to try a little

experiment on him tonight

i'm gonna ask you some questions judd

you're gonna answer them truthfully

yes ma'am

why did you first suspect that your wife

edie and wart vichy were on such

friendly terms

last year

at the summer festival

when i watched them dancing together

what did you do about it

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it pretended i was going fishing

then i sneaked back to see what went on

did you see anything that looked

suspicious

i sure did

i seen my woman leaving the picnic

grounds

i was hiding behind the bandstand and i

watched her slip through the woods

toward the creek

i was right on her heels as she sashay

toward the swimming hole

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i'm glad to see you edie honey

oh you're just defeating me tactic no i

ain't cross my heart i'd rather see you

than anybody in the whole world

oh ward you say such pretty words

i gotta say pretty words to the

prettiest woman in the county

i'm stuck on you honey

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go on home where you belong edie i'll

tend to you when i get there yes chad

i reckon i did you wrong judd

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why don't you get up and fight me you

low down skunk

i can't fight you when i'm to blame

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all right

i'll let you go for now

but i'm warning you

you keep away from edie or i'll kill you

and i weren't fooling when i told him

that

and did he keep away from her

you sure

did did you give water to drink a

moonshine with some poison in it

no ma'am so help me no i know you didn't

jud i i was only fooling

come on wake up wake up judd you can't

sleep here all night

what happened

to fall asleep

you slept so soundly you didn't even

hear these men come in

well i'll be a son of a gun

say what was it you told me you wanted

me to do i plumb forgot hi

you're going to treville tomorrow to do

some shopping for me

right sure now i remember

well i'd better be catching some more

sleep if i'm going to get an early start

yeah that's right judd i'll see you

tomorrow

now you know why they call him the crime

doctor oh i'm afraid you gentlemen are

overestimating my accomplishments i

forgot to say my experiment was a

failure

what do you mean a failure did you

notice the emotional expression on

judd's face while he was answering my

questions sure

sure the person speaking while in a

state of hypnosis merely articulates

words from your subconscious mind

therefore having no consciousness there

can be no expression of emotion you mean

judd wasn't hypnotized that's right you

can't hypnotize a person against his

will and judd was too strong will i

sense that the minute i started

he told us that [ __ ] and bull story just

to take suspicion off himself or

probably to shield somebody else uh

maybe his wife eat eating well the

deeper we get into this affair the more

muddled it becomes uh it looks that way

when you stir up dirty water you you've

got to wait for it to settle

well gentlemen shall we uh adjourn yes

might as well

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i'll be there in a minute

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hi mr ordway good morning won't you come

in and set us pal thank you

i sent judd to treyville this morning so

i could have a little talk with you

i've been expecting you sooner

i was wondering when you could take the

hint

you want to sit down

uh mrs rooster i'm afraid you'll

misunderstand uh i'm here on official

business investigating the death of ward

beachy

well why should you ask me i don't know

nothing about his dying you were kind of

sweet on him weren't you

who told you that ellie minich oh i'd

rather not say well if ellie did it

because he shook her and came a running

after me

but i didn't encourage him i got a man

of my own

you were the cause of him getting a

black eye weren't you

did ellie say that by that old fuzzy i

ought to snatch her bald-headed

you didn't answer my question ward

didn't get no black eye on my account

and if she says so she's a big liar

and what's more

she was so jealous of him that i

wouldn't have put it past her to do the

poisoning

well i wonder if she'll speak as well of

you but well thanks very much mrs

rookstown good morning good morning

very miniature

hello darling

is your mother in yes sir

mommy

mommy there's a gentleman here to see ya

all right mary

oh what a nice doll that's lame she's

getting pretty old she's almost three

you know yes

if you want to ask me about ward beachy

i don't know nothing

except there's talk that he was poisoned

i understand he was kind of sweet on you

until he started running after edie rook

stool that's a big lie who told you that

evie you used to meet him on the sly

didn't you

no

no he was nothing to me

the poison was easy for you to get your

husband kept it in the nursery i don't

care if he did i never touched it

but edie she bought some to kill rat so

she said

why don't you ask her about it well i

think i will at least i'll be able to

find out which one of you is telling the

truth

good day mrs minich

edie rockstar huh

so she's been running me down

well i'll show her a thing

does that mean we can leave town for a

reminder yeah you can go anywhere you

like now hooray

mr ordway thank you the warranty's over

folks i'm tearing down the signs you see

the quarantines no more yeah that's what

he said then i'll have to get out the

advertising for the summer festival yeah

i was getting a fear but you have to

postpone the festival on the count of

the quarantine but now we won't have to

well sounds interesting it sure does

luke's got something to celebrate this

yarn you bet they have

it looks like one half fine weather for

jeremiah

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so

you've been on talking about me behind

my back huh no more than you that are

talking about me ellie minute you're a

jealous little hussy that's what you are

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come on here fellas if you want to see a

couple of females of fighting

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you ought to be ashamed of yourselves

go on home

go on home to hulk come on

anything like that

well i wonder what started that brawl

cart calling the kittle black i reckon

say sheriff by the way do they ever have

any uh target shooting contests at these

festivals well not i

well i should think such a contest would

be popular i'd like to donate the prizes

yeah that sure sounds like a good idea

i'd like to enter that contest michelle

me too yeah look will you make the

arrangements then sure will all right

there'll be three prizes for the men and

three for the women twenty-five dollars

fifteen and ten what twenty-five dollars

jumping jupiter for twenty-five dollars

you'll have everybody in town shooting

their head off yeah that's the general

idea the more the merrier

marty jenner severe doctor i'm very

happy to do it

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still a winner

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i don't know

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all right folks go ahead

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next

emmy millerson every minute

every minute

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match ladies and gentlemen

the judges have reached the verdict

i believe the decision

the first prize for the men goes to judd

rook stool with four bulldogs

and a second prize to doc sam millerson

with three bulldogs

and the third prize to clem ogle

now the contest for the ladies was the

prettiest tie you ever see between eddie

rook stewart and ellie minich

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hello

doctor ordway is awarding two first

prizes instead of one

the second prize goes to emmy millerson

and the third prize is to miss bill

engelhardt

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how a few winners will come up here i'll

give you the money

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hey luke

did you win the shooting prize nah

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i couldn't hit the broad side of a barn

hand back upon him in the right left

hand

go see a corner

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everybody swings

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another glass of the lemonade please is

this yours i found it over by the picnic

table

much obliged

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right there

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thank you

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so

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you wait here while i go see who it is

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it's doc sam and he's been shot go get

the sheriff

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what i recognize your voice clem did you

say doc sam's been shot yeah

fellas me hear the gun then we found him

laying here i thought i heard a shot too

something terrible has happened

somebody just shot dr nelson down by the

swimming hole

somebody's got to tell him now whatever

wait a minute i will but not right now

no he's telling anyone else until we

know more about it

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i'm afraid he's dead

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if you don't want to get

put in jail

meet me down by the swimming hole

when it gets dark

i can't figure why anybody want to kill

poor old duck

dang difficult well it's quite obvious

he knew something that was dangerous to

somebody

probably the person who murdered ward

yeah but how did he

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fiji

come here boy

where did you get that gun give a shirt

yeah i know wait a minute sheriff let me

handle this with her

well fiji now you look like a real

soldier

real soldier pg

real gun

will you uh will you let me see nice gun

been fired

recently

initials on here s m

got him

well i thought you locked up all the

rifles for safe keeping sheriff i did dr

samus was among them i took it from him

myself

well that's irony for you millerson gets

killed by his own gun fiji

where did you find gun

bushes

thrown away there

did you see who threw it away

he's a liars what he is maybe he is and

maybe why should i want to shoot doc sam

you can't believe what a dunk says maybe

bees is a lot smarter than anybody's

character

what was you doing alongside the

riverbank

i was down here looking for edie yeah

expect to find any swimming

no but

i found it down here before yet rook

soul

i'm rushing you for the murder of dark

sham but i didn't look so help me

you don't believe i killed him do you

miss dogway don't make no difference

what anybody thinks come along

maybe you'd better go judd he won't be

able to hold you along i'm not sure that

get it going jack

you must have a good reason for

believing judd innocent yes i have

tell you more about it in the morning

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now go to sleep ellie mae

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sleep be a good girl now

my mommy ain't home

oh i came to see you oh come in

while i was over at treyville this

morning i bought you a little present

this is sort of an addition to

your doll family and a sister to lma

thank you

she's beautiful

oh

thank you you're welcome lucky ryan did

you ever see this piece of paper before

i sure have i wrote it myself

you did

yes it's just some writing practice my

happy to do so i get to be a first-rate

writer in school and i can read too

if you don't want to get put in jail

meet me down by the swimming hole when

it gets dark

is your father home i reckon he's out

back somewheres

i think i'll see him before i go okay

thank you again for the beautiful doll

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good morning ezra

howdy

it's a pretty hot day ain't it

yes it sure is

let me pour you a drink of cool inside

that'll be fine

mike's side on a hot day that's right

well

he was looking at you

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gee

that smells good you know what

i'll tell a man it's good

yeah

uh i'd like to buy that whole jug for

nope it ain't for sale

why not

it ain't for sale

why

did you put the same poison in it as you

did the corn whiskey you sold beachy

i wasn't sure that until myra just

confirmed my suspicion that you'd shot

doc millerson you think you're pretty

smart don't you getting a little child

to give a paw away no there's nothing

smart about it it was the obvious thing

for you to do since you can't read it

right you killed [ __ ] because he was

trying to break up your home didn't you

yeah but she ain't gonna get no chance

to prove it again me

because i ain't letting you

huh

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hey

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what's the matter nobody's going to hurt

you

what you're crying for

you're fighting

eddie you take care of her come on

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your mind arresting for the murders of

ward beaches and doc billison you mean

to say that as we hear poison ward yes

he he put poison in the corn whiskey he

sold beachy and he tried to kill me the

same way too the cider and that jug in

the laugh house is poisoned why you dang

fool you made a kilt ward's whole family

i'm locking you up come on don't forget

to release judd rook stool he's as

innocent as killing doc millicent as you

are yes sir

hey you sure you're all right dr hardway

oh i guess soldier

thanks

why of course he's touching the head

nobody in his right mind could carry on

like that

i want to thank you again mr ordway for

getting me out of jail

that sheriff sure had me scared to

pieces well i was glad to be able to do

you a good turn judd i heard why esri

poisoned ward but i came for the life of

me figure out why he shot sam

well when he was planning to murder

beachy

he asked doc millerson how much plant

spray it would take to kill a man and

then after the crime he got afraid that

doc would remember and tell the sheriff

well goodbye john goodbye it's a dang

shame it spoils your vacation you didn't

get a chance to do any shooting well

maybe i'll come back next year that is

if you promise not to have any more

murders

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prowl want you to come right over to the

jail ezra miniature is acting crazy in

the loon what do they expect me to do

give him a sedative they don't know what

to do with him carl wants to put him in

the county jail the sheriff wants to put

him in a nut house all right i'll drive

right over i'll meet you there

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having some trouble huh yeah

this way has been acting yeah frankly

i'm stumped he's actually deranged to be

a miscarriage of justice to prosecute

him well faint insanity is quite easy to

prove

i know a very simple uh test uh get me

in all newspaper would you yes sir

yeah

you can use your treasure just to find

out bring him out for it yesterday

all i have to do is place some paper in

his hand set fire to it if he's actually

insane

he'll hold on to the paper even though

the fire burns his hand sorry

a sane person will will drop the paper

the amenity gets burned

come on andrew

so

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no no he's the same as any of us

the game's up miniature you just trapped

yourself as i expected you would

you heard what i said about the test so

you held on to the burning paper because

you reasoned that that would save your

name well an insane person does not

reason and he would have dropped the

paper at the first sensation of pain

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then take him to treville and put him in

the county jail

taking a load off of my mind dr odway

and i want to thank you for all the help

you've given me it's all right

yeah me too dr erdogay

i've learned a whole lot working with

you and there's anything i can do to

show my appreciation just say so alpha

yes there is something you can do for me

name it i'd like to have that set of

antlers over there well you can have it

but what fur

well if you remember i really came here

to hunt and fish now if i get back home

without even as much as a set of antlers

i'll never hear the last of it

i say

i know where i can get you a half a

dozen more

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you