1 00:01:03,030 --> 00:01:04,707 Hey, I wouldn't mind having this myself. 2 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:07,443 Come in handy for snagging the olives out of martinis. 3 00:01:08,602 --> 00:01:10,446 Look at these flies, Paul. 4 00:01:10,470 --> 00:01:13,116 A retired government man up near Palo Alto 5 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:14,784 is teaching me how to hand tie them. 6 00:01:14,808 --> 00:01:16,452 Well, if I were a trout in Scotland, 7 00:01:16,476 --> 00:01:17,888 I wouldn't worry too much. 8 00:01:17,912 --> 00:01:19,356 What do you mean by that? 9 00:01:19,380 --> 00:01:21,391 Look at the record. For three years now 10 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:23,293 you've been polishing up your Highland brogue 11 00:01:23,317 --> 00:01:24,761 and your fly casting, and the closest 12 00:01:24,785 --> 00:01:27,330 you've gotten to Scotland so far is Pasadena. 13 00:01:27,354 --> 00:01:30,000 I know, Paul. 14 00:01:30,024 --> 00:01:31,935 But this time nothing interferes. 15 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,404 Lawyers have as much right to vacations 16 00:01:34,428 --> 00:01:36,539 as, uh, plumbers, 17 00:01:36,563 --> 00:01:38,441 stock brokers, 18 00:01:38,465 --> 00:01:41,077 and/or private investigators. 19 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:42,412 I couldn't agree more, 20 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:44,414 but 8-to-5 you don't make it. 21 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:46,349 Here, look. 22 00:01:46,373 --> 00:01:48,651 Jet non-stop to London. 23 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:50,853 Berth on the night train to Edinburgh. 24 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:52,355 A confirmed two-weeks reservation at 25 00:01:52,379 --> 00:01:55,825 the Inn at Glenkindie in the Cairngorm Mountains. 26 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:57,460 By this time Monday I'll be 27 00:01:57,484 --> 00:02:00,430 knee-deep in some little stream fishing... 28 00:02:00,454 --> 00:02:01,631 Yes, Della? 29 00:02:01,655 --> 00:02:03,800 I know you said no business today, 30 00:02:03,824 --> 00:02:05,601 but, uh, there's a young lady outside 31 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:07,603 who insists on seeing you. 32 00:02:07,627 --> 00:02:09,672 Della, even if Cleopatra were out there 33 00:02:09,696 --> 00:02:10,873 I still wouldn't see her. 34 00:02:10,897 --> 00:02:13,709 I have a feeling she's in trouble. 35 00:02:13,733 --> 00:02:16,846 You always have that feeling about prospective clients. 36 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:19,149 Especially if they're, uh, personable young ladies, 37 00:02:19,173 --> 00:02:20,616 which I'm sure she must be. 38 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,718 She's more than personable, Perry. 39 00:02:22,742 --> 00:02:24,862 You'll fall in love with her at first sight. 40 00:02:27,148 --> 00:02:29,292 Well, it might be better 41 00:02:29,316 --> 00:02:31,561 to explain to her in person. 42 00:02:31,585 --> 00:02:33,130 All right, Della, have her come in. 43 00:02:33,154 --> 00:02:35,714 All right, Della, have her come in. 44 00:02:37,924 --> 00:02:40,225 Miss Smith. 45 00:02:41,762 --> 00:02:43,573 Hello. 46 00:02:43,597 --> 00:02:45,242 This is Mr. Drake, 47 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:47,377 and this is Mr. Mason. 48 00:02:47,401 --> 00:02:48,411 How do you do? 49 00:02:48,435 --> 00:02:51,303 Uh, excuse me, how do you do? 50 00:02:52,406 --> 00:02:54,851 Won't you sit down? 51 00:02:54,875 --> 00:02:56,208 Thank you. 52 00:03:00,147 --> 00:03:01,158 And now, Miss Smith. 53 00:03:01,182 --> 00:03:02,992 I'm Peggy. 54 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:06,363 All right, Peggy. 55 00:03:06,387 --> 00:03:08,965 Now, you wanted to consult me about something? 56 00:03:08,989 --> 00:03:11,168 Yes, Mr. Mason. 57 00:03:11,192 --> 00:03:13,537 Virginia Hobson recommended you. 58 00:03:13,561 --> 00:03:15,472 Virginia Hobson? 59 00:03:15,496 --> 00:03:18,274 She's my best friend at Westcroft. 60 00:03:18,298 --> 00:03:20,343 That's the school I go to. 61 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:22,412 Virginia said her father said 62 00:03:22,436 --> 00:03:24,214 that you were the only lawyer he would go to, 63 00:03:24,238 --> 00:03:25,837 if he were in trouble. 64 00:03:31,078 --> 00:03:33,589 Are you in trouble, Peggy? 65 00:03:33,613 --> 00:03:35,024 Yes. 66 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:38,928 Well, how can I help you? 67 00:03:38,952 --> 00:03:42,732 Could you find out who I am, Mr. Mason? 68 00:03:42,756 --> 00:03:45,001 Find out who you are? 69 00:03:45,025 --> 00:03:47,770 Yes. You see, nobody seems to know. 70 00:03:58,571 --> 00:03:59,983 But you see, Mr. Mason, 71 00:04:00,007 --> 00:04:02,618 I wasn't here when Peggy was enrolled at Westcroft. 72 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:04,720 Miss Clemmens was headmistress then. 73 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:06,322 Well, she must have told you something 74 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:07,756 about Peggy's background. 75 00:04:07,780 --> 00:04:09,058 Oh, I never met Miss Clemmens. 76 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:11,527 She died before I came West. 77 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:13,329 As for Peggy's background, 78 00:04:13,353 --> 00:04:16,366 well, all I know is that she's apparently the offspring 79 00:04:16,390 --> 00:04:18,167 of a Swiss bank and an electronic brain. 80 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:21,605 That's a rather odd combination. 81 00:04:21,629 --> 00:04:23,840 What has she told you? 82 00:04:23,864 --> 00:04:26,008 Well, only that she doesn't think she's Peggy Smith. 83 00:04:26,032 --> 00:04:28,177 And she'd like me to find out who she really is. 84 00:04:28,201 --> 00:04:30,347 And that in the five years she's been here, 85 00:04:30,371 --> 00:04:34,083 she hasn't received one visit or one letter from anyone. 86 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:35,351 That does seem absurd. 87 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:38,455 Absurd, but true, Mr. Mason. 88 00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:40,624 You see, Peggy's tuition is paid by 89 00:04:40,648 --> 00:04:43,093 Tobler and Sons Bank in Geneva, Switzerland. 90 00:04:43,117 --> 00:04:44,760 We bill them quarterly 91 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:47,130 for her clothing, medical expenses, 92 00:04:47,154 --> 00:04:48,965 allowance, summer camp, everything. 93 00:04:48,989 --> 00:04:50,433 And back comes a check. 94 00:04:50,457 --> 00:04:52,101 Miss Lorimer, 95 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:54,104 who brought Peggy here in the first place? 96 00:04:54,128 --> 00:04:57,073 Well, the story goes that she arrived 97 00:04:57,097 --> 00:04:58,641 in a gleaming limousine, 98 00:04:58,665 --> 00:05:00,743 unaccompanied except for a rag doll 99 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:02,212 and a chauffeur, who just left her. 100 00:05:02,236 --> 00:05:04,747 No reference names in her file? 101 00:05:04,771 --> 00:05:07,417 No names at all. 102 00:05:07,441 --> 00:05:11,087 Well, it's certainly a glamorous mystery all right. 103 00:05:11,111 --> 00:05:14,357 Swiss banks, gleaming limousines. 104 00:05:14,381 --> 00:05:17,127 Where does the electronic brain come in? 105 00:05:17,151 --> 00:05:19,562 I'll show you in Peggy's room. 106 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:20,826 Will you come with me, please? 107 00:05:22,456 --> 00:05:25,335 She's just lovely. 108 00:05:25,359 --> 00:05:26,969 Her name is Maggie, 109 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:29,172 and she came here with me. 110 00:05:29,196 --> 00:05:31,674 I used to pretend she was my sister. 111 00:05:31,698 --> 00:05:34,299 But that's only when I was a little girl. 112 00:05:35,969 --> 00:05:38,981 Not that I'd mind having a real sister, 113 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:41,518 or somebody. 114 00:05:41,542 --> 00:05:44,420 Peggy, aren't they good to you here? 115 00:05:44,444 --> 00:05:46,956 Oh, yes. They're very good. 116 00:05:46,980 --> 00:05:48,758 Especially Miss Lorimer. 117 00:05:48,782 --> 00:05:51,461 But teachers aren't the same as a family of your own, 118 00:05:51,485 --> 00:05:53,463 are they, Miss Street? 119 00:05:53,487 --> 00:05:56,287 Well, maybe not. 120 00:05:57,558 --> 00:05:59,536 But if you don't have a family, 121 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,672 who gave you all of these beautiful dolls? 122 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:04,541 I was just going to tell Mr. Mason 123 00:06:04,565 --> 00:06:06,242 about the dolls, Miss Street. 124 00:06:06,266 --> 00:06:07,677 Hi, Mr. Mason. 125 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:09,746 Hi, Peggy. 126 00:06:09,770 --> 00:06:12,248 You were also gonna tell me about the electronic brain. 127 00:06:12,272 --> 00:06:14,584 Oh. Well, that's the only thing I can think of 128 00:06:14,608 --> 00:06:17,220 that could be sending Peggy her dolls. 129 00:06:17,244 --> 00:06:19,055 You see, 130 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:22,091 each year, two of these arrive. 131 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:23,626 One on the day before Christmas, 132 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:25,562 and the other on the 11th of June. 133 00:06:25,586 --> 00:06:27,964 No card, no message, nothing. 134 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:29,332 Just a doll. 135 00:06:29,356 --> 00:06:30,800 Nine since Peggy's been here. 136 00:06:30,824 --> 00:06:34,637 The 11th of June. 137 00:06:34,661 --> 00:06:36,873 Is that, uh, Peggy's birthday? 138 00:06:36,897 --> 00:06:39,041 We think so. 139 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:40,977 Is that your birthday, Peggy? 140 00:06:41,001 --> 00:06:42,979 Nobody ever told me. 141 00:06:43,003 --> 00:06:44,681 Oh. 142 00:06:44,705 --> 00:06:47,417 Oh, surely you remember having a birthday party 143 00:06:47,441 --> 00:06:49,452 before you came here? 144 00:06:49,476 --> 00:06:51,187 We think Peggy was about 3 then, 145 00:06:51,211 --> 00:06:54,090 so naturally her memories are rather dim. 146 00:06:54,114 --> 00:06:55,958 Now, the only names that she can recall 147 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:57,727 are "Auntie" and "Martha." 148 00:06:57,751 --> 00:07:01,464 And Maggie too. She's my own doll. 149 00:07:01,488 --> 00:07:03,032 There's, um, 150 00:07:03,056 --> 00:07:05,268 one lead here. 151 00:07:05,292 --> 00:07:07,370 These dolls all came from the same shop. 152 00:07:07,394 --> 00:07:09,071 Oh. 153 00:07:09,095 --> 00:07:13,142 Kringle's Gifts and Dolls, Gstaad, Switzerland. 154 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:14,711 You know, a good investigator, 155 00:07:14,735 --> 00:07:16,346 working in Geneva and Gstaad, 156 00:07:16,370 --> 00:07:17,547 should, without any trouble, 157 00:07:17,571 --> 00:07:19,349 unearth the person who bought these dolls. 158 00:07:19,373 --> 00:07:21,183 You see, Mr. Mason, 159 00:07:21,207 --> 00:07:23,586 we'd all like to help Peggy find out who she is. 160 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:25,355 But I'm afraid it's just not a thing 161 00:07:25,379 --> 00:07:28,524 that Westcroft School has any business financing. 162 00:07:28,548 --> 00:07:31,115 I understand. 163 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:35,598 I'm afraid we'll have to be going now, Peggy. 164 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:37,734 Goodbye, Mr. Mason. 165 00:07:37,758 --> 00:07:39,869 Bye, honey. 166 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:41,738 May I see you for a moment, Miss Lorimer? 167 00:07:41,762 --> 00:07:44,082 Why, yes, of course. 168 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:46,643 Bye-bye, Peggy. 169 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:49,147 Take good care of Maggie. 170 00:07:50,671 --> 00:07:52,904 Miss Street, but... 171 00:07:56,976 --> 00:07:58,154 But what? 172 00:07:58,178 --> 00:08:02,225 I thought if I could find my family, 173 00:08:02,249 --> 00:08:05,561 and they could see I really wasn't so terrible, 174 00:08:05,585 --> 00:08:07,385 they might want me back again. 175 00:08:08,922 --> 00:08:13,169 Peggy, I'll come and see you. 176 00:08:13,193 --> 00:08:16,795 I'll come and see you real soon. Okay? 177 00:08:19,132 --> 00:08:20,543 Okay. 178 00:08:20,567 --> 00:08:22,767 Goodbye, Miss Street. 179 00:08:24,037 --> 00:08:26,916 Bye. Bye. 180 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:34,323 Perry, it's getting late. We better get going. 181 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:35,959 I'm just about ready. Della... 182 00:08:35,983 --> 00:08:37,059 Oh. 183 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:38,327 It's getting late. 184 00:08:38,351 --> 00:08:39,362 Perry, I was just thinking 185 00:08:39,386 --> 00:08:40,697 about that poor little girl. 186 00:08:40,721 --> 00:08:42,164 Got the tickets, Della? 187 00:08:42,188 --> 00:08:43,432 They're right here. 188 00:08:43,456 --> 00:08:44,601 Look, Perry, 189 00:08:44,625 --> 00:08:45,802 suppose I went to Westcroft... 190 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:47,169 Are you sure they're in order? 191 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:49,071 Everything is in order. 192 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:50,339 Los Angeles to London, 193 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:53,676 by way of Geneva, Switz... 194 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:54,878 Geneva, Switzerland? 195 00:08:54,902 --> 00:08:56,345 Uh, Perry, you better hurry. 196 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:58,449 I, uh, think she's gonna kiss you. 197 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:02,819 I'm only stopping there because I need a new watch. 198 00:09:25,165 --> 00:09:26,776 I received your cable, Mr. Mason. 199 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,778 And I must tell you at once, I can't give you 200 00:09:28,802 --> 00:09:30,980 any information about Peggy Smith. 201 00:09:31,004 --> 00:09:33,082 You must know something about her, Mr. Tobler. 202 00:09:33,106 --> 00:09:36,118 Otherwise you wouldn't be paying for her education. 203 00:09:37,343 --> 00:09:38,721 Tobler and Sons are not paying. 204 00:09:38,745 --> 00:09:40,322 We merely act as agents. 205 00:09:40,346 --> 00:09:41,991 Agents for whom? 206 00:09:42,015 --> 00:09:43,459 I'm sorry, Mr. Mason, 207 00:09:43,483 --> 00:09:45,695 but I cannot tell you that. 208 00:09:45,719 --> 00:09:47,797 Mr. Tobler, 209 00:09:47,821 --> 00:09:49,465 Peggy Smith is a little girl, 210 00:09:49,489 --> 00:09:50,833 a rather pathetic little girl, 211 00:09:50,857 --> 00:09:52,334 who needs a family. 212 00:09:52,358 --> 00:09:54,203 A family to love and to be loved by. 213 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:55,738 You're denying her that. 214 00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:57,574 I have no choice. 215 00:09:57,598 --> 00:09:59,976 Very well then, tell me this. 216 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,145 Do you forward her bills to someone, 217 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:05,548 or has an account been set up for her? 218 00:10:05,572 --> 00:10:07,383 An account, Mr. Mason. 219 00:10:07,407 --> 00:10:09,752 A numbered account. 220 00:10:09,776 --> 00:10:11,520 One with no name attached? 221 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:12,956 Exactly. 222 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:14,190 Except in a secret book, 223 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:15,524 which under the Swiss law, 224 00:10:15,548 --> 00:10:17,594 I'm forbidden to show anyone, 225 00:10:17,618 --> 00:10:20,029 except in case of national emergency. 226 00:10:20,053 --> 00:10:21,898 You could hardly call 227 00:10:21,922 --> 00:10:23,900 the problem of one child in America 228 00:10:23,924 --> 00:10:26,302 a Swiss national emergency, 229 00:10:26,326 --> 00:10:29,271 could one, Mr. Mason? No, thank you. 230 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:31,908 No, I don't suppose one could. 231 00:10:31,932 --> 00:10:35,344 I'm extremely sorry to have bothered you, Mr. Tobler. 232 00:10:35,368 --> 00:10:36,601 Oh, it's quite all right. 233 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:40,538 Bonjour, monsieur. 234 00:10:45,479 --> 00:10:47,389 Mademoiselle? 235 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:49,024 I wish to place a call, 236 00:10:49,048 --> 00:10:51,961 to the United States of America. Los Angeles, California. 237 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:58,033 The number is Crestview 14699. 238 00:11:46,506 --> 00:11:47,917 She's beautiful, isn't she? 239 00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:49,218 Mm. 240 00:11:49,242 --> 00:11:51,154 Do you send many of these to America, Mr. Kringle? 241 00:11:51,178 --> 00:11:52,388 No. 242 00:11:52,412 --> 00:11:55,124 Most of them are sold to tourists here in Gstaad. 243 00:11:55,148 --> 00:11:56,392 Except, of course, 244 00:11:56,416 --> 00:11:58,327 two we send to Los Angeles each year. 245 00:11:58,351 --> 00:12:00,396 Yes, of course. 246 00:12:00,420 --> 00:12:01,597 To, uh, Peggy Smith. 247 00:12:01,621 --> 00:12:02,631 Yes. 248 00:12:03,790 --> 00:12:05,134 Oh, please wait. 249 00:12:05,158 --> 00:12:06,757 I'll be with you in just a moment. 250 00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:13,575 Are you sure that's the man? 251 00:12:13,599 --> 00:12:15,311 I looked at the hotel register. 252 00:12:15,335 --> 00:12:16,378 Perry Mason. 253 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:18,781 Linda, remember when we were kids, 254 00:12:18,805 --> 00:12:20,950 and we used to think this was Santa Claus' shop? 255 00:12:20,974 --> 00:12:22,451 Whatever gave you that idea? 256 00:12:22,475 --> 00:12:24,386 Kringle, stupid. Kriss Kringle. 257 00:12:29,015 --> 00:12:30,793 Miss Osborne, I'll be with you right away. 258 00:12:30,817 --> 00:12:33,337 All right, Mr. Kringle. 259 00:12:33,987 --> 00:12:35,364 Now, uh, 260 00:12:35,388 --> 00:12:37,466 you know Peggy Smith, Herr, uh...? 261 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:39,368 Mason. Yes, I know her. 262 00:12:39,392 --> 00:12:42,471 Then perhaps you can explain something 263 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:44,173 which has been puzzling us here. 264 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:45,374 I'd be glad to try. 265 00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:48,510 Exactly who is Peggy Smith? 266 00:12:48,534 --> 00:12:49,812 A collector of dolls? 267 00:12:49,836 --> 00:12:52,882 Oh, no. She's a little girl in a boarding school. 268 00:12:52,906 --> 00:12:53,983 Hm. 269 00:12:54,007 --> 00:12:55,251 Miss Osborne, 270 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:57,353 our mystery has been solved. 271 00:12:57,377 --> 00:12:59,222 Peggy Smith is a little girl, 272 00:12:59,246 --> 00:13:00,389 just as you thought. 273 00:13:00,413 --> 00:13:02,024 Yes, I heard. 274 00:13:02,048 --> 00:13:03,659 Mr. Kringle told me about the dolls. 275 00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:04,961 We're old friends. 276 00:13:04,985 --> 00:13:06,829 But apparently there's even more mystery, mm? 277 00:13:06,853 --> 00:13:09,098 Well, 278 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:11,467 I would like to find out 279 00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:13,769 who's been paying for the dolls. 280 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:15,872 Why, Tobler and Sons. 281 00:13:15,896 --> 00:13:17,106 A bank in Geneva. 282 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:18,341 How did you know that? 283 00:13:18,365 --> 00:13:21,110 - Mr. Kringle told me. - Mm-hm. 284 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:23,312 And somebody picked out those dolls? 285 00:13:23,336 --> 00:13:25,448 I pick them out, Herr Mason. 286 00:13:25,472 --> 00:13:28,016 Well, when did all this get started, Mr. Kringle? 287 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:29,619 Who ordered the dolls in the first place? 288 00:13:29,643 --> 00:13:33,756 It began, uh, five years ago. 289 00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:35,891 A letter came from the bank 290 00:13:35,915 --> 00:13:37,860 describing a certain doll 291 00:13:37,884 --> 00:13:39,829 and asking it to be sent. 292 00:13:39,853 --> 00:13:43,866 For three dolls it was this way. 293 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:46,535 The fourth, uh, only a check, 294 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:48,637 leaving the selection to me. 295 00:13:48,661 --> 00:13:51,274 And it has been this way ever since. 296 00:13:51,298 --> 00:13:52,741 Odd, Herr Mason, 297 00:13:52,765 --> 00:13:54,911 but, uh, 298 00:13:54,935 --> 00:13:57,379 very good business for Kringle's. 299 00:13:58,671 --> 00:13:59,882 Yes. 300 00:13:59,906 --> 00:14:02,084 And a very baffling business for me. 301 00:14:02,108 --> 00:14:03,385 Excuse me. 302 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:16,232 Everything satisfactory, Monsieur Osborne? 303 00:14:16,256 --> 00:14:17,366 Yes, thank you. 304 00:14:17,390 --> 00:14:18,767 Will you bring us the check, please? 305 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:20,136 Certainly. 306 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:21,237 Bonsoir, monsieur. 307 00:14:21,261 --> 00:14:22,805 Good evening, may I have a table for one? 308 00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:24,307 Yes, monsieur, this way. 309 00:14:24,331 --> 00:14:26,731 Good evening. Good evening. 310 00:14:27,834 --> 00:14:29,945 The man from the doll shop again. 311 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:31,113 Come on, let's go upstairs. 312 00:14:31,137 --> 00:14:32,247 I think I'll go talk to him. 313 00:14:32,271 --> 00:14:33,448 Helene. 314 00:14:33,472 --> 00:14:34,483 Now, darling, 315 00:14:34,507 --> 00:14:36,986 don't play the stuffy husband. 316 00:14:37,010 --> 00:14:38,688 The dolls intrigue me. 317 00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:39,992 So does he. 318 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:45,627 May I join you, Mr. Mason? 319 00:14:45,651 --> 00:14:46,729 Pardon, mademoiselle. 320 00:14:46,753 --> 00:14:49,031 Please do. 321 00:14:49,055 --> 00:14:50,700 Uh, bring another glass, will you please? 322 00:14:50,724 --> 00:14:52,601 Oui, monsieur. 323 00:14:52,625 --> 00:14:54,036 How did you know my name? 324 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:56,471 My sister-in-law told me. 325 00:14:56,495 --> 00:14:58,340 Miss Osborne? 326 00:14:58,364 --> 00:14:59,808 That's right, 327 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:01,977 you were with her in the shop this morning, weren't you? 328 00:15:02,001 --> 00:15:03,178 Thank you. 329 00:15:03,202 --> 00:15:04,513 Yes, and after you left, 330 00:15:04,537 --> 00:15:06,148 Linda told me the story of the little girl 331 00:15:06,172 --> 00:15:07,917 and her nine dolls. 332 00:15:07,941 --> 00:15:09,752 How did you know there were nine dolls? 333 00:15:09,776 --> 00:15:11,086 Thank you. 334 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:12,821 Mr. Kringle said there were, 335 00:15:12,845 --> 00:15:14,456 and if I don't hear the whole story 336 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,759 I shall die of unrequited curiosity. 337 00:15:16,783 --> 00:15:19,328 Unless it's something top secret? 338 00:15:19,352 --> 00:15:21,931 No, I don't suppose it's a secret at all. 339 00:15:21,955 --> 00:15:23,435 Then you'll tell me about it? 340 00:15:24,690 --> 00:15:26,335 Well, unfortunately, Mrs., uh...? 341 00:15:26,359 --> 00:15:27,937 Osborne. 342 00:15:27,961 --> 00:15:29,738 Helene Osborne. 343 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:31,073 Mrs. Osborne, 344 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:33,943 I'm a lawyer working on behalf of a client 345 00:15:33,967 --> 00:15:37,113 and it just wouldn't be ethical for me to talk about it. 346 00:15:37,137 --> 00:15:38,747 Unless, of course, you can convince me 347 00:15:38,771 --> 00:15:41,339 that you have a legitimate interest in the matter. 348 00:15:46,046 --> 00:15:47,757 Have you? 349 00:15:47,781 --> 00:15:51,560 No, it's just curiosity, as I said. 350 00:15:51,584 --> 00:15:53,095 I didn't mean to pry. 351 00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:55,119 Oh, you're not prying. 352 00:15:57,257 --> 00:15:59,769 Helene. It's getting late 353 00:15:59,793 --> 00:16:01,303 and we're leaving at 6 in the morning, 354 00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:02,671 so don't make me twist your arm. 355 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:04,306 All right, Larry. 356 00:16:04,330 --> 00:16:06,308 Perhaps I'll see you before we go, Mr. Mason. 357 00:16:06,332 --> 00:16:07,965 And perhaps you won't. 358 00:16:14,774 --> 00:16:16,819 Do you like our cognac? 359 00:16:16,843 --> 00:16:18,420 Oh, yes, very nice. 360 00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:19,822 Um, I'll have some more, please. 361 00:16:19,846 --> 00:16:20,990 Certainly. 362 00:16:21,014 --> 00:16:23,259 Attractive woman, Mrs. Osbert. 363 00:16:23,283 --> 00:16:24,994 Osborne. 364 00:16:25,018 --> 00:16:27,429 Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Osborne 365 00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:29,498 and Mademoiselle Linda Osborne. 366 00:16:29,522 --> 00:16:30,800 They're very nice people. 367 00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:32,334 Very nice and very rich. 368 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:34,503 They have been coming here for many years. 369 00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:35,704 From Chicago. 370 00:16:35,728 --> 00:16:37,439 No, from Los Angeles. 371 00:16:37,463 --> 00:16:38,941 I thought that you Americans 372 00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:40,976 would know all about each other by now. 373 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,344 Didn't they speak to you? 374 00:16:42,368 --> 00:16:45,414 After they followed you out of the hotel this morning? 375 00:16:45,438 --> 00:16:47,649 Uh, no, I guess we missed each other. 376 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:49,751 What, you're not an American? 377 00:16:49,775 --> 00:16:51,386 Oh, oh, yes, I'm an American. 378 00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:55,257 Uh, I understand they're leaving. 379 00:16:55,281 --> 00:16:56,558 Yes, they are taking a plane 380 00:16:56,582 --> 00:16:58,694 from Geneva tomorrow afternoon, 381 00:16:58,718 --> 00:17:00,095 flying back to America. 382 00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:01,297 I'm sorry they're going. 383 00:17:01,321 --> 00:17:03,199 Yes, I'm sorry they're going. 384 00:17:03,223 --> 00:17:05,267 Tell me, is there anything you'd like me to do for you? 385 00:17:05,291 --> 00:17:06,535 No, uh, everything's fine. 386 00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:07,970 You can leave the bottle, thank you. 387 00:17:07,994 --> 00:17:10,772 Uh, here you are. 388 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:12,897 Oh, merci, monsieur. Merci beaucoup. 389 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:05,194 Hello. 390 00:18:05,218 --> 00:18:06,962 That's right, operator. 391 00:18:06,986 --> 00:18:10,132 The Westcroft School in Brentwood. 392 00:18:10,156 --> 00:18:12,168 I wanted to speak... 393 00:18:12,192 --> 00:18:14,270 Oh, you have? Yes, I'm ready. 394 00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:19,041 Hello? 395 00:18:19,065 --> 00:18:20,409 This is Perry Mason, 396 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:22,633 I'd like to speak to Miss Lorimer, please. 397 00:18:24,304 --> 00:18:26,848 She isn't? 398 00:18:26,872 --> 00:18:28,717 Well, is it possible for Peggy Smith 399 00:18:28,741 --> 00:18:30,908 to come to the telephone? 400 00:18:32,845 --> 00:18:34,545 Went out with whom? 401 00:18:35,915 --> 00:18:37,648 Well, who was the woman? 402 00:18:39,185 --> 00:18:40,951 You don't know? 403 00:18:44,023 --> 00:18:46,056 All right, thank you. 404 00:18:48,595 --> 00:18:50,206 Operator? 405 00:18:51,231 --> 00:18:52,396 Operator. 406 00:18:59,539 --> 00:19:00,983 Hello. 407 00:19:01,007 --> 00:19:02,918 Perry. Where are you? 408 00:19:02,942 --> 00:19:04,453 Gstaad? 409 00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:06,955 Well that's pretty fancy even in summer, isn't it? 410 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:10,292 Me? Oh, I'm just, uh, stealing a couple of your books. 411 00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:12,128 Sure, what's wrong? 412 00:19:12,152 --> 00:19:14,230 Peggy Smith? 413 00:19:14,254 --> 00:19:16,932 Well, shouldn't I notify the police? 414 00:19:16,956 --> 00:19:19,335 Okay, as soon as I check. I'll call you the minute I get... 415 00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:23,339 Wait a minute. You can relax. 416 00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:24,862 Nothing's happened to Peggy. 417 00:19:26,766 --> 00:19:29,044 That's good. 418 00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:32,047 But, Paul, I still want some things done. 419 00:19:32,071 --> 00:19:34,083 A day and night watch put on the school 420 00:19:34,107 --> 00:19:35,650 until I get back. 421 00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:37,886 And this I'd like you to handle personally. 422 00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:39,477 Uh, hold on a minute, Perry. 423 00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:44,259 Female births in the county, 424 00:19:44,283 --> 00:19:47,563 June 11th, seven, eight and nine years ago. 425 00:19:47,587 --> 00:19:50,466 Perry, that'll run into thousands. 426 00:19:50,490 --> 00:19:51,900 Oh. 427 00:19:51,924 --> 00:19:53,802 Just females named Margaret. 428 00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:55,104 Okay. Will do at once. 429 00:19:55,128 --> 00:19:57,127 And, uh, send us a wire and we'll meet you. 430 00:20:24,090 --> 00:20:26,435 Well, this certainly is a coincidence. 431 00:20:26,459 --> 00:20:29,137 Not only the same plane, but the next seat. 432 00:20:29,161 --> 00:20:31,039 My lucky day, Miss Osborne. 433 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,642 Thank you. And your quest for the person 434 00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:35,110 sending the dolls to the little girl? 435 00:20:35,134 --> 00:20:36,579 Were you lucky with that too? 436 00:20:36,603 --> 00:20:39,648 Oh, I might have come across something. 437 00:20:39,672 --> 00:20:40,849 Do you live with your brother 438 00:20:40,873 --> 00:20:43,519 in Los Angeles, Miss Osborne? 439 00:20:43,543 --> 00:20:45,954 No. With my uncle, Courtney Jeffers. 440 00:20:45,978 --> 00:20:47,989 The oil man? 441 00:20:48,013 --> 00:20:50,025 My mother was his sister. 442 00:20:50,049 --> 00:20:52,561 We went to live with him when my father died, 443 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:56,232 and then when Mother died I just stayed on. 444 00:20:56,256 --> 00:20:57,766 You know, I'm surprised 445 00:20:57,790 --> 00:21:00,458 a girl as pretty as you hasn't married. 446 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:04,806 I got as far as the altar once. 447 00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:07,743 Any more questions, Mr. Mason? 448 00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:10,246 Yeah. 449 00:21:10,270 --> 00:21:12,448 Yesterday I had a very curious feeling, 450 00:21:12,472 --> 00:21:14,015 that I was being followed 451 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:17,453 all the way to the toy shop. 452 00:21:17,477 --> 00:21:20,789 Followed by you, 453 00:21:20,813 --> 00:21:23,325 your brother and his wife. 454 00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:25,594 Oh, why, that's absurd. 455 00:21:25,618 --> 00:21:27,796 We were just out for a stroll. 456 00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:31,767 And later did one of you stroll into my room? 457 00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:33,791 With a broken doll? 458 00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:39,040 A broken doll? 459 00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:41,710 And a note attached. 460 00:21:41,734 --> 00:21:43,845 Oh, I don't know anything about it. 461 00:21:43,869 --> 00:21:45,369 What was in the note? 462 00:21:46,806 --> 00:21:49,485 Nothing really. 463 00:21:49,509 --> 00:21:52,688 Probably just a joke of some kind. 464 00:21:52,712 --> 00:21:54,723 Probably just a joke. 465 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:02,397 Eustaces, Newbolds and Lemkos, 466 00:22:02,421 --> 00:22:03,965 they all got a daughter named Margaret, 467 00:22:03,989 --> 00:22:06,301 and I haven't got a clip on any of them. 468 00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:07,636 What's this all about, Paul? 469 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,070 I'm not exactly sure myself. 470 00:22:09,094 --> 00:22:11,106 All I know is I'm supposed to get a list 471 00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:13,142 of all the Margarets born in the county on June 11th, 472 00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:14,676 seven, eight and nine years ago. 473 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:16,512 The County Clerk's Office came up with eight, 474 00:22:16,536 --> 00:22:18,547 along with the names and addresses of their parents. 475 00:22:18,571 --> 00:22:20,115 This Perry Mason business? Uh-huh. 476 00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:21,550 Now, none of these names rang a bell, 477 00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:23,118 so I thought I'd see if you had anything 478 00:22:23,142 --> 00:22:24,386 in your files on any of them. 479 00:22:24,410 --> 00:22:26,054 Paul, you know that newspapers 480 00:22:26,078 --> 00:22:27,656 don't keep clips on just anybody. 481 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:28,990 I know. 482 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:30,659 I have a hunch that this Margaret's parents 483 00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:32,127 aren't just anybody. 484 00:22:32,151 --> 00:22:33,995 Now, the ones you tried were for seven years ago. 485 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:35,531 Let's try the two for eight years ago. 486 00:22:35,555 --> 00:22:36,831 Barry and Elizabeth Fitzjames, 487 00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:38,267 and Clark and Margaret Lawson. 488 00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:40,811 Fitzjames and Lawson. 489 00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:49,166 Nothing on Fitzjames. 490 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:55,717 "Margaret Lawson, see Jeffers." 491 00:22:55,741 --> 00:22:58,487 Jeffers, Jeffers, Jeffers. 492 00:22:58,511 --> 00:23:00,344 Margaret Jeffers, here's one. 493 00:23:01,814 --> 00:23:04,560 "Oil heiress elopes with bond salesman. 494 00:23:04,584 --> 00:23:06,195 "Margaret 'Peggy' Jeffers, 495 00:23:06,219 --> 00:23:07,962 "daughter of oil tycoon Courtney Jeffers, 496 00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:09,964 "early this morning eloped to Las Vegas 497 00:23:09,988 --> 00:23:12,000 with Clark Lawson, a bond salesman." 498 00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:15,070 That's a picture of them. 499 00:23:15,094 --> 00:23:17,072 Oh. Here's some bad news. 500 00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:18,340 What's the matter? 501 00:23:18,364 --> 00:23:21,042 "Oil heiress killed in Palm Springs crash." 502 00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:22,277 Yeah, I remember that one. 503 00:23:22,301 --> 00:23:24,846 When was this? 504 00:23:24,870 --> 00:23:26,248 Six and a half years ago. 505 00:23:26,272 --> 00:23:28,116 Does it say anything about her being survived 506 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:30,319 by a baby daughter? 507 00:23:30,343 --> 00:23:32,153 Well, hm. 508 00:23:32,177 --> 00:23:33,955 You're lucky you got that much. 509 00:23:33,979 --> 00:23:35,490 Courtney Jeffers hates publicity. 510 00:23:35,514 --> 00:23:38,227 And besides being a friend of the publisher of this newspaper, 511 00:23:38,251 --> 00:23:39,994 he's probably one of the most cantankerous 512 00:23:40,018 --> 00:23:41,397 old buffaloes in the city. 513 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:43,854 Martha! 514 00:23:46,492 --> 00:23:48,003 Coming, Mr. Jeffers. I'm coming. 515 00:23:48,027 --> 00:23:50,071 Where the devil is Linda? 516 00:23:50,095 --> 00:23:53,709 It's after 5 and her plane was supposed to land at 3. 517 00:23:53,733 --> 00:23:55,243 She's here, sir. 518 00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:57,846 Then why hasn't she been in to see me? 519 00:23:57,870 --> 00:24:00,248 Well, who'd dare wake an old grizzly bear 520 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:01,950 when he's taking a nap. Oh, Linda! 521 00:24:01,974 --> 00:24:04,453 You're the only one who would dare, Miss Linda. 522 00:24:04,477 --> 00:24:07,289 Go away, go away, go away. 523 00:24:07,313 --> 00:24:09,291 I missed you, child. 524 00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:11,359 When you still had Martha to roar at? 525 00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:12,928 No, it's not the same, 526 00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:15,798 because you always roared back. 527 00:24:15,822 --> 00:24:19,022 Leave that fire alone, Martha, and get out. 528 00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:22,237 Yes, Mr. Jeffers. 529 00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:26,430 You see, what fun is there yelling at her? 530 00:24:27,867 --> 00:24:28,944 How was Gstaad? 531 00:24:28,968 --> 00:24:30,145 Lovely. 532 00:24:30,169 --> 00:24:32,547 Your mother always thought so too. 533 00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:33,782 And your trip back? 534 00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:35,016 All right. 535 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,585 Most of the time I sat next to a man 536 00:24:36,609 --> 00:24:38,153 named Perry Mason. 537 00:24:38,177 --> 00:24:40,789 We didn't hit it off at first, but later I found him charming. 538 00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:42,658 Charming, indeed. 539 00:24:42,682 --> 00:24:44,225 Do you know who Mason is? 540 00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:46,595 He's a criminal lawyer 541 00:24:46,619 --> 00:24:49,764 and he'll charm the gold right out of your back teeth. 542 00:24:49,788 --> 00:24:52,634 Mr. Jeffers. Yes, Benson? 543 00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:55,170 A caller, sir. A Mr. Mason. 544 00:24:55,194 --> 00:24:56,605 Perry Mason? 545 00:24:56,629 --> 00:24:57,973 I believe so, Miss Linda. 546 00:24:57,997 --> 00:25:00,008 Of all the unmitigated gall. 547 00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:01,777 Not three hours off the plane 548 00:25:01,801 --> 00:25:04,346 and he has the nerve to come calling. 549 00:25:04,370 --> 00:25:06,548 Or did you invite him? Not I. 550 00:25:06,572 --> 00:25:08,584 He asked for you, sir. 551 00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:10,552 Me? 552 00:25:10,576 --> 00:25:13,110 Very well. Show him in. 553 00:25:15,381 --> 00:25:16,892 Aren't you staying? 554 00:25:16,916 --> 00:25:18,861 He asked for you, Uncle C. 555 00:25:18,885 --> 00:25:20,328 Right in here, sir. 556 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,163 Thank you. 557 00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:25,133 Mr. Jeffers, my name is Mason. I'm an attorney... 558 00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:27,068 I know who you are. What do you want? 559 00:25:27,092 --> 00:25:28,370 I'm here on behalf 560 00:25:28,394 --> 00:25:30,005 of a young child named Peggy Smith. 561 00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:32,875 Peggy Smith? The name means nothing to me. 562 00:25:32,899 --> 00:25:35,276 I have every reason to believe that she's your granddaughter. 563 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:37,779 Granddaughter? I have no granddaughter. 564 00:25:37,803 --> 00:25:39,314 I have no children. 565 00:25:39,338 --> 00:25:40,782 What are you up to, Mason? 566 00:25:40,806 --> 00:25:42,484 You had a daughter, Margaret, 567 00:25:42,508 --> 00:25:44,252 who married a man named Clark Lawson. 568 00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:45,621 Get out. 569 00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:46,989 I don't quite understand. 570 00:25:47,013 --> 00:25:48,624 Ever since her marriage, 571 00:25:48,648 --> 00:25:51,126 Margaret's name has up until now 572 00:25:51,150 --> 00:25:53,061 been mentioned but twice in this house: 573 00:25:53,085 --> 00:25:56,231 When I disinherited her and when she died. 574 00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:58,166 It is not to be mentioned again. 575 00:25:58,190 --> 00:26:00,769 Very well. 576 00:26:00,793 --> 00:26:03,471 Did you also intend to disinherit your granddaughter? 577 00:26:03,495 --> 00:26:05,607 There was no granddaughter. 578 00:26:05,631 --> 00:26:06,808 According to the records 579 00:26:06,832 --> 00:26:08,544 in the County Clerk's Office there was. 580 00:26:08,568 --> 00:26:11,479 Here's a photostat of the birth certificate. 581 00:26:11,503 --> 00:26:13,181 Are you, by any chance, 582 00:26:13,205 --> 00:26:15,283 representing Clark Lawson? 583 00:26:15,307 --> 00:26:17,886 No, I'm not. Well, he is back of it. 584 00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:22,391 And you, yourself are either a knave or a dupe. 585 00:26:22,415 --> 00:26:24,025 Won't you read this photostat? 586 00:26:24,049 --> 00:26:25,360 It's a forgery. 587 00:26:25,384 --> 00:26:27,863 Or another one of Lawson's tricks. 588 00:26:27,887 --> 00:26:29,352 Get out. 589 00:26:31,457 --> 00:26:34,969 A piece of paper can easily be destroyed, Mr. Jeffers. 590 00:26:34,993 --> 00:26:36,371 But it's another matter 591 00:26:36,395 --> 00:26:38,339 when it comes to one's own flesh and blood. 592 00:26:38,363 --> 00:26:39,841 Won't you at least see Peggy? 593 00:26:39,865 --> 00:26:41,043 Won't you at least talk to her? 594 00:26:41,067 --> 00:26:42,844 Benson! 595 00:26:42,868 --> 00:26:44,412 Yes, Mr. Jeffers? 596 00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:46,781 Show this man out. 597 00:26:46,805 --> 00:26:48,149 That won't be necessary. 598 00:26:57,182 --> 00:26:59,227 It's all right, Mr. Mason. 599 00:26:59,251 --> 00:27:00,962 I like to come out with Della, 600 00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:04,900 and Mr. Jeffers doesn't sound very nice anyway. 601 00:27:04,924 --> 00:27:07,669 Peggy, he's probably very nice. 602 00:27:07,693 --> 00:27:09,971 Perhaps he just wasn't feeling well today. 603 00:27:09,995 --> 00:27:11,506 I suppose so. 604 00:27:13,899 --> 00:27:15,744 Yes, Gertie? 605 00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:17,412 Oh, just a minute. 606 00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:19,614 Would you like to see Linda Osborne? 607 00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:22,450 Linda Osborne? Mm-hm. 608 00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:23,752 Peggy, would you mind 609 00:27:23,776 --> 00:27:25,219 if I spoke to Miss Osborne for a moment 610 00:27:25,243 --> 00:27:26,721 before we start back to school? 611 00:27:26,745 --> 00:27:27,956 No, Mr. Mason. 612 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,123 All right. 613 00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:30,892 Take Peggy into the library, 614 00:27:30,916 --> 00:27:31,960 and bring Miss Osborne in, 615 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:33,361 will you please? I'll get the phone. 616 00:27:33,385 --> 00:27:35,063 Come on. 617 00:27:35,087 --> 00:27:38,433 Uh, Gertie, Della will be right out. 618 00:27:38,457 --> 00:27:40,691 Any word from Paul Drake? 619 00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:43,772 Well, keep on checking. 620 00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:47,776 Thank you. 621 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,045 Well, Miss Osborne, this is rather a surprise. 622 00:27:50,069 --> 00:27:51,646 Won't you sit down? No, thank you. 623 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,147 I had to come, Mr. Mason, 624 00:27:53,171 --> 00:27:55,183 to beg you to please leave my uncle alone. 625 00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:56,284 He's old and ill 626 00:27:56,308 --> 00:27:57,852 and a hoax like this could kill him. 627 00:27:57,876 --> 00:27:59,554 What makes you think this is a hoax? 628 00:27:59,578 --> 00:28:01,489 I grew up with Margaret Jeffers 629 00:28:01,513 --> 00:28:03,291 and I know she never had a child. 630 00:28:03,315 --> 00:28:06,327 Were you with her all the time 631 00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:08,029 between her marriage and her death? 632 00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:09,698 No, but my mother was. 633 00:28:09,722 --> 00:28:11,166 And she certainly would have told me 634 00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:12,600 if Margaret had had a baby. 635 00:28:12,624 --> 00:28:14,169 Didn't Mr. Jeffers tell you 636 00:28:14,193 --> 00:28:16,204 I'd found a record of the birth? 637 00:28:16,228 --> 00:28:18,273 He said records could be forged. 638 00:28:18,297 --> 00:28:21,065 And little girls, can they also be forged? 639 00:28:25,304 --> 00:28:27,824 I heard what you were talking about. 640 00:28:30,409 --> 00:28:33,120 If Mr. Mason is right, 641 00:28:33,144 --> 00:28:35,857 we're maybe relatives, aren't we? 642 00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:38,226 You and me. 643 00:28:38,250 --> 00:28:41,596 I always knew if I belonged to somebody 644 00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:45,600 it just must be somebody as pretty as you are. 645 00:28:45,624 --> 00:28:48,970 I'm Peggy, and this is Maggie. 646 00:28:48,994 --> 00:28:50,660 Don't touch me. 647 00:28:52,832 --> 00:28:54,831 Don't you dare touch me. 648 00:28:55,967 --> 00:28:58,179 You keep her away from me. 649 00:28:58,203 --> 00:29:01,083 You keep her away from our house. 650 00:29:11,850 --> 00:29:15,619 Could I go back to school now, Mr. Mason? 651 00:29:19,391 --> 00:29:21,036 A little more brandy, Helene? 652 00:29:21,060 --> 00:29:23,105 I need something to liven things up. 653 00:29:23,129 --> 00:29:24,606 This has been more like a wake 654 00:29:24,630 --> 00:29:26,775 than a welcome home party. 655 00:29:26,799 --> 00:29:28,399 You two have a quarrel or something? 656 00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:31,713 No. I'm just tired, I guess. 657 00:29:31,737 --> 00:29:33,047 It's been a long day. 658 00:29:33,071 --> 00:29:34,916 Not that long. 659 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:36,785 What's eating you, sis? You're acting as though 660 00:29:36,809 --> 00:29:39,387 your best friend has just kicked the bucket. 661 00:29:39,411 --> 00:29:40,922 Mr. Jeffers. 662 00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:42,857 What is it, Benson? 663 00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:45,359 Mr. Mason is here again, sir. 664 00:29:45,383 --> 00:29:47,028 Mr. Mason? 665 00:29:47,052 --> 00:29:48,296 Yeah, I sent for him, Linda. 666 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,031 He's in the library, sir. 667 00:29:51,156 --> 00:29:52,901 Go away, go away! 668 00:29:52,925 --> 00:29:54,903 Uh, Linda, uh, help me please. 669 00:29:54,927 --> 00:29:57,072 Why is Mason here? What does he want? 670 00:29:57,096 --> 00:29:59,429 You two just sit tight. 671 00:30:13,112 --> 00:30:15,957 I didn't think you'd dare produce her, Mason. 672 00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:18,214 She's right here, Mr. Jeffers. 673 00:30:20,019 --> 00:30:21,228 You brought her here? 674 00:30:21,252 --> 00:30:22,497 Miss Osborne, 675 00:30:22,521 --> 00:30:25,433 I'm sorry I upset you so this afternoon. 676 00:30:25,457 --> 00:30:27,201 I didn't mean to. 677 00:30:27,225 --> 00:30:29,036 Really, I didn't. 678 00:30:29,060 --> 00:30:33,207 Peggy. My Peggy. 679 00:30:33,231 --> 00:30:35,577 Come here, child. 680 00:30:35,601 --> 00:30:37,211 Come to your grandfather. 681 00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:53,862 The foregoing instrument was on the date hereof 682 00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:57,264 by the said Courtney Jeffers subscribed, published 683 00:30:57,288 --> 00:31:00,434 and declared to be his last will and testament 684 00:31:00,458 --> 00:31:02,403 in the presence of us, 685 00:31:02,427 --> 00:31:05,473 who at his request and in his presence, 686 00:31:05,497 --> 00:31:07,942 and in the presence of each other, 687 00:31:07,966 --> 00:31:11,267 have signed the same as witnesses thereto. 688 00:31:13,338 --> 00:31:15,249 Leave the usual underlined places 689 00:31:15,273 --> 00:31:17,451 for the witnesses' signatures, Della, 690 00:31:17,475 --> 00:31:19,242 and that ends that. 691 00:31:21,847 --> 00:31:24,626 I'm so happy for Peggy I could almost cry, 692 00:31:24,650 --> 00:31:26,360 if that makes any sense. 693 00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:27,962 Of course it makes sense. 694 00:31:27,986 --> 00:31:29,631 Under that new will, 695 00:31:29,655 --> 00:31:31,966 Peggy stands to be a very rich girl. 696 00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:34,502 Hm, I'll get it. 697 00:31:34,526 --> 00:31:35,559 Hello. 698 00:31:37,429 --> 00:31:38,540 What's that? 699 00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:42,766 Mr. Mason, something awful has happened. 700 00:31:44,302 --> 00:31:46,714 Something awful. 701 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:49,450 I'm going to need your help. 702 00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:52,642 I... I'm... I'm going to need your help. 703 00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:55,489 Please hurry. 704 00:32:08,127 --> 00:32:10,738 These last three days have been a nightmare. 705 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,373 Questions and questions. 706 00:32:12,397 --> 00:32:13,841 But I didn't kill him, Mr. Mason. 707 00:32:13,865 --> 00:32:15,843 I swear I didn't. 708 00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:18,846 I believe you, Linda. 709 00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:20,615 Now, you must understand 710 00:32:20,639 --> 00:32:23,417 that today will be just the preliminary hearing. 711 00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:25,019 I'll try to clear you, of course, 712 00:32:25,043 --> 00:32:27,789 but if I can't that won't be the end of things. 713 00:32:27,813 --> 00:32:29,256 Not by a long shot. 714 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,025 Now, just remember what I said. 715 00:32:31,049 --> 00:32:33,260 Thank you. 716 00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:34,618 What about Peggy? 717 00:32:36,822 --> 00:32:38,700 I told you. I won't see her. 718 00:32:38,724 --> 00:32:40,902 But why? 719 00:32:40,926 --> 00:32:43,137 Why do you dislike her so, 720 00:32:43,161 --> 00:32:45,728 when all she wants is just someone to be close to? 721 00:32:47,599 --> 00:32:49,377 Because she is so like her mother. 722 00:32:49,401 --> 00:32:51,646 But her mother was your best friend. 723 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:53,181 You grew up together. 724 00:32:53,205 --> 00:32:55,650 Margaret, Peggy's mother, 725 00:32:55,674 --> 00:32:57,952 eloped to Las Vegas with Clark Lawson. 726 00:32:57,976 --> 00:33:00,121 Yes, I do know that. 727 00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:02,824 What you don't know is that 728 00:33:02,848 --> 00:33:05,559 on that very day Clark and I were to be married. 729 00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:06,961 I was left waiting at the church, 730 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:09,864 like a bride in the comics, 731 00:33:09,888 --> 00:33:13,534 only it wasn't funny to me. 732 00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:16,392 Two people I loved most in the world. 733 00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:21,509 Uncle Courtney sided with me, and kept it out of the papers, 734 00:33:21,533 --> 00:33:25,434 but I was crushed. 735 00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:32,253 Peggy brought it all back that day in your office. 736 00:33:32,277 --> 00:33:34,778 Brings it back every time I look at her. 737 00:33:37,549 --> 00:33:39,360 I know it's not her fault. 738 00:33:39,384 --> 00:33:40,795 She's a wonderful little girl, 739 00:33:40,819 --> 00:33:43,619 but I just can't bear to have her around. 740 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:48,836 I hate myself for it, but I... 741 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:52,674 I just can't bear it. I just can't. 742 00:34:00,906 --> 00:34:02,717 The state's evidence will disclose 743 00:34:02,741 --> 00:34:06,354 a motivation based upon a hidden relationship. 744 00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:08,756 Now, if it please the court, I would like to explain. 745 00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:11,092 Mr. Jeffers, at the time of his death, 746 00:34:11,116 --> 00:34:12,460 believed that, 747 00:34:12,484 --> 00:34:14,462 through the activities of Perry Mason, 748 00:34:14,486 --> 00:34:17,999 he had discovered a grandchild about whom he knew nothing. 749 00:34:18,023 --> 00:34:20,335 Now, it may well appear that this young woman 750 00:34:20,359 --> 00:34:21,702 actually was a grandchild. 751 00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:23,804 But that matter will have to be established or refuted 752 00:34:23,828 --> 00:34:25,406 in another court at another time. 753 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:28,109 But the fact that the deceased did believe 754 00:34:28,133 --> 00:34:29,878 that this girl was his grandchild 755 00:34:29,902 --> 00:34:32,914 caused him to prepare to change his will. 756 00:34:32,938 --> 00:34:35,583 And the state contends it was this change in the will 757 00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:37,685 that brought about his murder 758 00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:39,675 at the hands of the defendant. 759 00:34:43,515 --> 00:34:45,459 Now just where did you find that button, 760 00:34:45,483 --> 00:34:46,494 Sergeant Willoughby? 761 00:34:46,518 --> 00:34:47,996 By the dead man's right hand. 762 00:34:48,020 --> 00:34:49,530 Uh, Mr. Jeffers, I mean. 763 00:34:49,554 --> 00:34:50,664 And what did you do about it? 764 00:34:50,688 --> 00:34:52,700 I showed it to Lieutenant Tragg. 765 00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:54,168 And then? 766 00:34:54,192 --> 00:34:56,570 He told me to see if I could find the garment it came from. 767 00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:57,872 Were you successful in this? 768 00:34:57,896 --> 00:34:59,040 I was. 769 00:34:59,064 --> 00:35:02,343 I located it in a closet upstairs. 770 00:35:02,367 --> 00:35:05,468 Now, I ask you to examine this robe. 771 00:35:07,372 --> 00:35:08,816 That's the garment. 772 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,053 You can see where the button was pulled off. 773 00:35:12,077 --> 00:35:14,555 Did you discover to whom this robe belonged? 774 00:35:14,579 --> 00:35:16,891 Yes, sir. To Linda Osborne. 775 00:35:16,915 --> 00:35:18,248 The defendant. 776 00:35:19,885 --> 00:35:22,096 Sergeant Willoughby, I think you heard 777 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,531 the coroner's physician testify that in his opinion 778 00:35:24,555 --> 00:35:26,134 death was caused by a blow 779 00:35:26,158 --> 00:35:28,136 from a rod-like metal object? 780 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:29,670 Yes, sir, I did. 781 00:35:29,694 --> 00:35:31,472 I now show you this poker, 782 00:35:31,496 --> 00:35:32,774 already entered into evidence. 783 00:35:32,798 --> 00:35:34,375 Do you recognize it? Yes, sir. 784 00:35:34,399 --> 00:35:35,643 It's the one I found by the body. 785 00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:37,411 That's my identifying tag on the handle. 786 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:39,914 Did you test this poker in the crime lab? 787 00:35:39,938 --> 00:35:41,048 Yes. 788 00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:42,784 Toward the working end 789 00:35:42,808 --> 00:35:44,451 were traces of blood identical in type 790 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:45,820 to those of the decedent. 791 00:35:45,844 --> 00:35:47,989 On the handle were found fingerprints. 792 00:35:48,013 --> 00:35:49,690 The defendant's fingerprints. 793 00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:50,792 Thank you. 794 00:35:50,816 --> 00:35:52,326 Your witness, Mr. Mason. 795 00:35:52,350 --> 00:35:55,362 Uh, may I see that poker again, Mr. Chamberlin? 796 00:35:55,386 --> 00:35:56,831 Of course. 797 00:35:56,855 --> 00:35:58,132 Looking isn't going to erase 798 00:35:58,156 --> 00:36:00,556 either blood stains or fingerprints, counselor. 799 00:36:01,492 --> 00:36:03,171 Sergeant, 800 00:36:03,195 --> 00:36:06,307 in taking samples of blood for testing in the laboratory, 801 00:36:06,331 --> 00:36:07,975 it was necessary to clean this poker? 802 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:09,811 No, sir. The poker was clean, 803 00:36:09,835 --> 00:36:12,113 except for blood traces. 804 00:36:12,137 --> 00:36:14,782 And all I removed of them were a few dried flakes, 805 00:36:14,806 --> 00:36:16,818 as you can see. 806 00:36:16,842 --> 00:36:18,920 And the only fingerprints found on it 807 00:36:18,944 --> 00:36:20,087 were those of the defendant? 808 00:36:20,111 --> 00:36:21,155 Yes, sir. 809 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,557 Thank you, sergeant. 810 00:36:23,581 --> 00:36:26,061 No more questions at this time. 811 00:36:27,052 --> 00:36:28,796 Uncle Courtney called Linda and me 812 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:30,698 into the library after Mr. Mason left 813 00:36:30,722 --> 00:36:32,499 and told us about the new will. 814 00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:35,269 You two being the sole heirs up to this point? 815 00:36:35,293 --> 00:36:37,371 Well, so we'd been given to understand. 816 00:36:37,395 --> 00:36:39,740 Now, you were cut off completely 817 00:36:39,764 --> 00:36:41,642 in favor of this granddaughter 818 00:36:41,666 --> 00:36:43,845 that had materialized out of thin air? 819 00:36:43,869 --> 00:36:45,746 Well, that's the general idea. 820 00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:47,581 Were you angry about this? 821 00:36:47,605 --> 00:36:49,116 Well, no. No, not really. 822 00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:50,784 Why should we be? I have a job. 823 00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:53,288 After all, it was his money, wasn't it? 824 00:36:54,645 --> 00:36:56,724 Then you didn't go into the library 825 00:36:56,748 --> 00:36:58,726 with your husband and, uh, Miss Osborne? 826 00:36:58,750 --> 00:37:01,162 No, I wasn't included in the will. 827 00:37:01,186 --> 00:37:03,097 But you waited for your husband to come out? 828 00:37:03,121 --> 00:37:05,166 Yes, and when he did he said, 829 00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:06,901 "Let's have another brandy." 830 00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:08,635 And I said, "Why?" And he said, 831 00:37:08,659 --> 00:37:11,906 "Because it isn't every day you lose $9 million." 832 00:37:11,930 --> 00:37:14,141 And then he told me what had happened. 833 00:37:14,165 --> 00:37:17,311 Now, while you were drinking this brandy, Mrs. Osborne, 834 00:37:17,335 --> 00:37:19,446 did you hear anything unusual? 835 00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:22,549 Yes. Linda and Uncle Courtney were shouting at each other 836 00:37:22,573 --> 00:37:24,986 in the library like a couple of Indians on the warpath. 837 00:37:25,010 --> 00:37:27,154 Helene! 838 00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:29,991 Well, Larry, I can't help it. That's how they sounded. 839 00:37:30,015 --> 00:37:32,226 We can do without any outbursts, Mr. Osborne. 840 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,150 Please resume your seat. 841 00:37:35,853 --> 00:37:38,966 Could you hear what they were saying in the library? 842 00:37:38,990 --> 00:37:40,902 No, just their voices. 843 00:37:40,926 --> 00:37:42,937 And then Linda stormed out, 844 00:37:42,961 --> 00:37:44,272 mad as a hatter and ran upstairs. 845 00:37:44,296 --> 00:37:46,674 Objection, Your Honor. 846 00:37:46,698 --> 00:37:49,477 So far as the Mad Hatter is concerned, 847 00:37:49,501 --> 00:37:51,579 the witness is volunteering an opinion. 848 00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:53,481 Objection sustained. 849 00:37:53,505 --> 00:37:56,150 The witness' answer after "Just their voices" 850 00:37:56,174 --> 00:37:57,685 will be stricken. 851 00:37:57,709 --> 00:37:59,887 You will please confine yourself 852 00:37:59,911 --> 00:38:03,091 to answering such questions as you are asked, Mrs. Osborne. 853 00:38:03,115 --> 00:38:04,492 Yes, Your Honor. 854 00:38:04,516 --> 00:38:06,494 Now, what did you and your husband do 855 00:38:06,518 --> 00:38:08,563 after the defendant ran up the stairs? 856 00:38:08,587 --> 00:38:10,064 We went home. 857 00:38:10,088 --> 00:38:12,648 Thank you. 858 00:38:13,057 --> 00:38:15,203 Then you were in the library, Mrs. Benson, 859 00:38:15,227 --> 00:38:16,237 during this quarrel. 860 00:38:16,261 --> 00:38:18,272 I mean this rather noisy discussion 861 00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,874 that went on between Miss Osborne and her uncle? 862 00:38:20,898 --> 00:38:22,543 Yes, sir. 863 00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:24,579 With the warm milk and the two pills 864 00:38:24,603 --> 00:38:27,548 that I always took to Mr. Jeffers at 10:00. 865 00:38:27,572 --> 00:38:29,650 What was the discussion about? 866 00:38:29,674 --> 00:38:32,553 It was about the little girl. 867 00:38:32,577 --> 00:38:34,322 Go on. 868 00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:36,991 Well, Mr. Jeffers was determined 869 00:38:37,015 --> 00:38:38,526 to bring her into the house 870 00:38:38,550 --> 00:38:40,961 so Miss Linda could care for her. 871 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:42,963 What was Miss Osborne's reaction to this? 872 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:44,898 Well, Miss Linda 873 00:38:44,922 --> 00:38:47,502 not only said she would not care for her, 874 00:38:47,526 --> 00:38:49,303 but she would not even 875 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,938 live in the same house with her. 876 00:38:50,962 --> 00:38:54,375 And Mr. Jeffers' reply? 877 00:38:54,399 --> 00:38:57,344 Well, he told her to pack up and get out. 878 00:38:57,368 --> 00:38:59,380 But of course, he did not mean that. 879 00:38:59,404 --> 00:39:01,282 Now, it isn't your function, Mrs. Benson, 880 00:39:01,306 --> 00:39:03,917 to determine what he did or did not mean. 881 00:39:03,941 --> 00:39:06,653 What happened after that? 882 00:39:06,677 --> 00:39:10,379 Uh, Miss Linda ran out of the library. 883 00:39:11,949 --> 00:39:13,327 And you were still in the kitchen 884 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:14,962 at 11:00 that night, Mr. Benson? 885 00:39:14,986 --> 00:39:16,163 Yes, sir. 886 00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:18,099 Polishing the silver, as I do each week. 887 00:39:18,123 --> 00:39:19,400 And your wife was helping you? 888 00:39:19,424 --> 00:39:21,435 No, sir. She'd gone to bed. 889 00:39:21,459 --> 00:39:23,837 Oh, then, this is not the same quarrel 890 00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:25,272 that she testified to? 891 00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:26,873 Oh, no, sir. This... 892 00:39:26,897 --> 00:39:29,732 This was a good hour later. 893 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:33,380 Well, tell us what happened. 894 00:39:33,404 --> 00:39:36,049 Well, I... I went into the dining room 895 00:39:36,073 --> 00:39:38,219 to put some of the silver back. 896 00:39:38,243 --> 00:39:40,721 Suddenly from the direction of the library 897 00:39:40,745 --> 00:39:44,024 I heard Mr. Jeffers speak. 898 00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:46,660 "Linda?" he asked. 899 00:39:46,684 --> 00:39:49,930 Then he said, "No. Oh, no." 900 00:39:49,954 --> 00:39:53,700 Then I heard a kind of thud. 901 00:39:53,724 --> 00:39:56,437 I looked out into the hall 902 00:39:56,461 --> 00:39:58,405 and caught a glimpse of Miss Linda 903 00:39:58,429 --> 00:40:00,949 just disappearing up the hall stairs. 904 00:40:03,535 --> 00:40:05,946 What was she wearing, Mr. Benson? 905 00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:07,515 A robe of some sort. 906 00:40:07,539 --> 00:40:10,385 That's all for the prosecution, Your Honor. 907 00:40:10,409 --> 00:40:13,220 Gentlemen, it's already ten minutes past 11. 908 00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:14,989 And as I have a motion for a new trial 909 00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:16,891 set in another case at this time, 910 00:40:16,915 --> 00:40:19,916 I declare a recess of this court until 2:00 this afternoon. 911 00:40:27,392 --> 00:40:29,670 News, Perry. And at least some of it's good. 912 00:40:29,694 --> 00:40:31,038 You located Tobler? 913 00:40:31,062 --> 00:40:32,806 No, not yet. My people in Switzerland 914 00:40:32,830 --> 00:40:34,408 say they're getting the run around 915 00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:36,043 at both his house and the bank. 916 00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:38,179 Sometimes it's better to use the direct approach. 917 00:40:38,203 --> 00:40:40,614 Della, put in a long-distance call to Mr. Tobler. 918 00:40:40,638 --> 00:40:42,249 Mm-hm. I don't want this phone tied up. 919 00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:43,984 Oh, fine. 920 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:45,619 What about Clark Lawson? 921 00:40:45,643 --> 00:40:47,721 Well, we ran him down through his GI insurance. 922 00:40:47,745 --> 00:40:49,756 He was killed in Korea. No known relatives. 923 00:40:49,780 --> 00:40:53,060 I see. 924 00:40:53,084 --> 00:40:55,362 Is this the poker from the upstairs sitting room? 925 00:40:55,386 --> 00:40:57,097 From Linda's room? Mm-hm. 926 00:40:57,121 --> 00:40:58,865 How did you know it'd be the same? 927 00:40:58,889 --> 00:41:00,467 I didn't. 928 00:41:00,491 --> 00:41:02,236 Just hoped it would. 929 00:41:02,260 --> 00:41:04,371 Well, wait till you see the chemist's report. 930 00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:05,794 Here. 931 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:11,812 What about the other robe? 932 00:41:11,836 --> 00:41:13,214 Apparently doesn't own one, 933 00:41:13,238 --> 00:41:14,582 but I'm having my men check all 934 00:41:14,606 --> 00:41:16,584 the cleaning establishments in the neighborhood. 935 00:41:16,608 --> 00:41:18,419 I hope they find it fast, Paul. 936 00:41:18,443 --> 00:41:19,986 And there's one final thing, 937 00:41:20,010 --> 00:41:21,655 though I don't know what it means. 938 00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:23,290 For the past three years, 939 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:25,058 Larry Osborne has been drawing large checks 940 00:41:25,082 --> 00:41:26,893 to cash on his personal account. 941 00:41:26,917 --> 00:41:29,437 They add up to 10 grand a year. 942 00:41:31,122 --> 00:41:33,667 No clue as to what he's been doing with the money? 943 00:41:33,691 --> 00:41:34,935 Not a one. 944 00:41:36,594 --> 00:41:38,004 Yes, Della. 945 00:41:38,028 --> 00:41:39,640 I got through to Switzerland. 946 00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:41,675 But, Perry, Mr. Tobler's here. 947 00:41:41,699 --> 00:41:43,210 What? 948 00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:46,569 He's here in Los Angeles at the Sunset Hills Hotel. 949 00:41:49,106 --> 00:41:50,951 You're forgetting that I'm a Swiss citizen, 950 00:41:50,975 --> 00:41:52,219 and as such you cannot compel me 951 00:41:52,243 --> 00:41:53,654 to break my own country's laws. 952 00:41:53,678 --> 00:41:55,188 This is a murder case, Mr. Tobler. 953 00:41:55,212 --> 00:41:56,690 A young woman's life is in jeopardy. 954 00:41:56,714 --> 00:41:57,924 I cannot help that. 955 00:41:57,948 --> 00:41:59,727 Then I cannot help giving you this subpoena, 956 00:41:59,751 --> 00:42:02,496 answerable in Superior Court at 2:00 this afternoon. 957 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:03,830 And I can assure you, 958 00:42:03,854 --> 00:42:05,966 if you refuse to answer my questions at that time, 959 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:07,468 you'll be held in contempt of court, 960 00:42:07,492 --> 00:42:09,825 Swiss law or no Swiss law. 961 00:42:14,799 --> 00:42:17,811 I cannot have you do that. 962 00:42:17,835 --> 00:42:21,782 My reputation and the bank's will be ruined. 963 00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:23,784 It can be easily prevented, Mr. Tobler, 964 00:42:23,808 --> 00:42:27,454 by answering the questions now. 965 00:42:27,478 --> 00:42:31,057 You wish to know who created the fund for Peggy Smith? 966 00:42:31,081 --> 00:42:33,460 That's right. 967 00:42:33,484 --> 00:42:37,665 Mr. Jeffers' late sister, Constance Osborne. 968 00:42:37,689 --> 00:42:40,167 The mother of Larry and Linda Osborne? 969 00:42:40,191 --> 00:42:41,602 Yes. 970 00:42:41,626 --> 00:42:42,969 Then you were the one 971 00:42:42,993 --> 00:42:45,071 who notified them of my inquiries? 972 00:42:45,095 --> 00:42:47,675 I notified Larry Osborne. I called him in Los Angeles, 973 00:42:47,699 --> 00:42:50,577 found out he was in Gstaad, and I called him there. 974 00:42:50,601 --> 00:42:53,681 What are doing here in Los Angeles now, Mr. Tobler? 975 00:42:53,705 --> 00:42:56,283 Mr. Mason, 976 00:42:56,307 --> 00:42:59,886 the Tobler bank is not as cold-blooded as you think. 977 00:42:59,910 --> 00:43:02,489 I came here to tell Larry Osborne 978 00:43:02,513 --> 00:43:04,257 we would gladly release 979 00:43:04,281 --> 00:43:07,728 all details about Peggy Smith's fund 980 00:43:07,752 --> 00:43:10,163 if it would save his sister. 981 00:43:10,187 --> 00:43:12,533 And he refused to let you do this? 982 00:43:12,557 --> 00:43:14,435 Yes, Mr. Mason. 983 00:43:14,459 --> 00:43:15,869 I know it was wrong, 984 00:43:15,893 --> 00:43:17,338 but I was hoping Linda would get off 985 00:43:17,362 --> 00:43:19,673 without the story having to come out. 986 00:43:19,697 --> 00:43:22,710 Will you please tell this Court the whole story, 987 00:43:22,734 --> 00:43:24,745 beginning with the Las Vegas elopement 988 00:43:24,769 --> 00:43:27,280 of Margaret Jeffers and Clark Lawson? 989 00:43:27,304 --> 00:43:28,649 Well, in less than two months 990 00:43:28,673 --> 00:43:30,451 Margaret realized what a mistake she'd made 991 00:43:30,475 --> 00:43:32,018 and kicked Lawson out. 992 00:43:32,042 --> 00:43:33,987 I think he joined the Army or something. 993 00:43:34,011 --> 00:43:35,956 Did Mr. Jeffers know that? 994 00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:37,691 Margaret didn't want him to know. 995 00:43:37,715 --> 00:43:40,193 He'd disinherited her, cut off communications. 996 00:43:40,217 --> 00:43:41,928 She wanted to keep it that way. 997 00:43:41,952 --> 00:43:44,331 Uh, even after the baby came? 998 00:43:44,355 --> 00:43:46,267 She let my mother and Martha help her with it, 999 00:43:46,291 --> 00:43:48,302 but she still wouldn't let them tell Uncle Courtney. 1000 00:43:48,326 --> 00:43:49,937 What was done with the baby? 1001 00:43:49,961 --> 00:43:51,872 She was placed in a foster home 1002 00:43:51,896 --> 00:43:53,974 and then in the Westcroft School. 1003 00:43:53,998 --> 00:43:55,943 It was at that same time that my Mother set up 1004 00:43:55,967 --> 00:43:57,478 the fund with the Tobler bank. 1005 00:43:57,502 --> 00:44:00,235 Why didn't she tell Mr. Jeffers about the baby? 1006 00:44:01,339 --> 00:44:03,150 Well, that was the shameful part. 1007 00:44:03,174 --> 00:44:04,585 She... 1008 00:44:04,609 --> 00:44:06,654 She wanted the estate for Linda and me. 1009 00:44:06,678 --> 00:44:08,322 She knew we'd be left out of it 1010 00:44:08,346 --> 00:44:10,024 if he ever found out about Peggy. 1011 00:44:10,048 --> 00:44:12,660 She told me all this just before she died three years ago. 1012 00:44:12,684 --> 00:44:14,383 Told just you, not your sister? 1013 00:44:15,854 --> 00:44:16,964 Just me. 1014 00:44:16,988 --> 00:44:18,332 So you were the one who left 1015 00:44:18,356 --> 00:44:20,301 the broken doll in my room in Gstaad? 1016 00:44:20,325 --> 00:44:22,169 Broken doll? What broken doll? 1017 00:44:22,193 --> 00:44:23,337 Did you kill your uncle? 1018 00:44:23,361 --> 00:44:24,738 No. I'd never do such a thing. Never. 1019 00:44:24,762 --> 00:44:26,307 But you were perfectly willing, 1020 00:44:26,331 --> 00:44:28,275 by keeping silent, to cheat a mere child 1021 00:44:28,299 --> 00:44:29,899 out of her rightful inheritance? 1022 00:44:30,902 --> 00:44:32,513 Yes, I was. 1023 00:44:32,537 --> 00:44:34,247 You were also willing to be blackmailed 1024 00:44:34,271 --> 00:44:35,616 to accomplish that, were you not? 1025 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:37,585 Blackmailed to the tune of 10,000 a year. 1026 00:44:37,609 --> 00:44:39,487 How did you know that? Never mind how. 1027 00:44:39,511 --> 00:44:41,022 Just tell me, who was blackmailing you? 1028 00:44:41,046 --> 00:44:43,212 To whom were you paying the money? 1029 00:44:45,617 --> 00:44:48,328 Uncle Courtney's man, Benson. 1030 00:44:51,789 --> 00:44:54,167 You were recalled to the stand, Mr. Benson, 1031 00:44:54,191 --> 00:44:56,670 for the purpose of clarifying these issues. 1032 00:44:56,694 --> 00:44:59,306 Now, will you please answer the question? 1033 00:44:59,330 --> 00:45:02,009 Well, I don't call it blackmail at all. 1034 00:45:02,033 --> 00:45:04,244 Just a simple business deal. 1035 00:45:04,268 --> 00:45:06,179 It may not be quite so simple 1036 00:45:06,203 --> 00:45:09,750 if Mr. Osborne decides to press charges against you. 1037 00:45:09,774 --> 00:45:12,553 Now, I'd like you to look at this poker. 1038 00:45:12,577 --> 00:45:14,354 It came from what room in Mr. Jeffers' house? 1039 00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:17,157 Why, the library, of course. 1040 00:45:17,181 --> 00:45:19,226 Isn't there another poker just exactly like it 1041 00:45:19,250 --> 00:45:21,128 in Miss Osborne's sitting room upstairs? 1042 00:45:21,152 --> 00:45:23,731 Well, since the poker was missing 1043 00:45:23,755 --> 00:45:25,198 from the downstairs set, 1044 00:45:25,222 --> 00:45:28,368 I thought... Just a moment. 1045 00:45:28,392 --> 00:45:31,071 I'd like you to take a look at this robe again. 1046 00:45:31,095 --> 00:45:32,806 Are you sure 1047 00:45:32,830 --> 00:45:34,775 this is the robe you saw vanishing up the stairs 1048 00:45:34,799 --> 00:45:36,644 after you heard Mr. Jeffers cry out? 1049 00:45:36,668 --> 00:45:39,747 No, I can't say positively. 1050 00:45:39,771 --> 00:45:41,248 Can you say positively 1051 00:45:41,272 --> 00:45:43,250 that the woman in the robe was Linda Osborne? 1052 00:45:43,274 --> 00:45:45,986 Well, I didn't think it could be anyone else. 1053 00:45:46,010 --> 00:45:48,288 Miss Linda was living there. 1054 00:45:48,312 --> 00:45:49,823 Couldn't it have been someone else 1055 00:45:49,847 --> 00:45:51,559 who was familiar with the house? 1056 00:45:51,583 --> 00:45:53,861 Y-Yes, I suppose so. 1057 00:45:53,885 --> 00:45:56,251 Couldn't it have been Helene Osborne, for instance? 1058 00:45:59,023 --> 00:46:00,267 Why, yes, 1059 00:46:00,291 --> 00:46:03,759 I... I guess it could have been Mrs. Osborne. 1060 00:46:06,798 --> 00:46:08,909 I-I admit that, Mr. Mason. 1061 00:46:08,933 --> 00:46:11,211 I did put the broken doll and the note 1062 00:46:11,235 --> 00:46:12,913 in your hotel room. 1063 00:46:12,937 --> 00:46:15,382 But I was trying to help Larry. 1064 00:46:15,406 --> 00:46:18,085 So you knew about Peggy, about who she was? 1065 00:46:18,109 --> 00:46:20,854 Yes. 1066 00:46:20,878 --> 00:46:23,323 Larry told me a long time ago. 1067 00:46:23,347 --> 00:46:26,426 But I didn't kill his uncle. 1068 00:46:26,450 --> 00:46:28,195 I didn't. 1069 00:46:28,219 --> 00:46:30,564 Where were you between 10:30 and 11:30 1070 00:46:30,588 --> 00:46:32,733 on the night of the murder? 1071 00:46:32,757 --> 00:46:34,935 I was with Larry. 1072 00:46:34,959 --> 00:46:36,771 He can tell you that, so can Martha. 1073 00:46:36,795 --> 00:46:39,315 She saw us leave the house together. 1074 00:46:40,331 --> 00:46:41,876 Yes, sir. 1075 00:46:41,900 --> 00:46:44,945 They left together, all right. I know that. 1076 00:46:44,969 --> 00:46:47,414 Of course, I can't say that 1077 00:46:47,438 --> 00:46:50,484 either one of them didn't come back. 1078 00:46:50,508 --> 00:46:53,020 And you, Mrs. Benson? 1079 00:46:53,044 --> 00:46:56,891 Where were you between 10:30 and 11:30? 1080 00:46:56,915 --> 00:46:58,659 I was in bed. 1081 00:46:58,683 --> 00:47:00,360 Are you sure, Mrs. Benson? 1082 00:47:00,384 --> 00:47:02,062 Are you sure you didn't wait 1083 00:47:02,086 --> 00:47:04,298 until Mr. Jeffers was finally alone, 1084 00:47:04,322 --> 00:47:07,890 and then enter the library and kill him? 1085 00:47:09,060 --> 00:47:11,205 What? 1086 00:47:11,229 --> 00:47:13,307 Why, of course not. 1087 00:47:13,331 --> 00:47:15,976 Well, Mr. Jeffers saw that it was Linda. 1088 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:17,211 He called out her name. 1089 00:47:17,235 --> 00:47:18,979 Yes, he called out her name, 1090 00:47:19,003 --> 00:47:20,747 thinking it was Linda. 1091 00:47:20,771 --> 00:47:23,450 But it was you, was it not? 1092 00:47:23,474 --> 00:47:25,052 It was you wearing the robe 1093 00:47:25,076 --> 00:47:27,988 your husband saw vanishing up the stairs? 1094 00:47:28,012 --> 00:47:31,324 Wearing this robe? 1095 00:47:31,348 --> 00:47:33,293 Your robe. 1096 00:47:33,317 --> 00:47:34,962 The robe you sent to the cleaner's 1097 00:47:34,986 --> 00:47:37,498 after vainly trying to wash blood from it. 1098 00:47:37,522 --> 00:47:40,667 Your employer's blood, Mrs. Benson? 1099 00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:42,336 No. 1100 00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:43,670 No. 1101 00:47:43,694 --> 00:47:45,206 No? 1102 00:47:45,230 --> 00:47:48,275 Take a look at this poker, then. 1103 00:47:48,299 --> 00:47:51,011 This is the poker you ran upstairs to get, 1104 00:47:51,035 --> 00:47:53,580 because you knew her fingerprints would be on it 1105 00:47:53,604 --> 00:47:54,782 instead of yours. 1106 00:47:54,806 --> 00:47:56,917 This is the poker you exchanged 1107 00:47:56,941 --> 00:47:58,385 for the real murder weapon. 1108 00:47:58,409 --> 00:48:00,888 And while you were upstairs, 1109 00:48:00,912 --> 00:48:04,524 you tore a button from the defendant's robe, did you not, 1110 00:48:04,548 --> 00:48:06,988 to further incriminate her? 1111 00:48:08,219 --> 00:48:10,865 Won't you tell the truth now, Mrs. Benson? 1112 00:48:10,889 --> 00:48:14,601 Or must I show you that second poker? 1113 00:48:14,625 --> 00:48:16,937 Must I show you the chemist's report 1114 00:48:16,961 --> 00:48:19,573 of finding on that poker minute traces of blood? 1115 00:48:19,597 --> 00:48:21,141 Your employer's blood? 1116 00:48:21,165 --> 00:48:22,609 Stop it! 1117 00:48:22,633 --> 00:48:24,545 The blood of the man you killed. 1118 00:48:24,569 --> 00:48:26,780 It... 1119 00:48:26,804 --> 00:48:29,471 It's true. 1120 00:48:30,908 --> 00:48:36,390 I killed Mr. Jeffers. 1121 00:48:40,018 --> 00:48:41,461 You see, 1122 00:48:41,485 --> 00:48:44,798 we were in his will. 1123 00:48:44,822 --> 00:48:46,533 Quite generously. 1124 00:48:46,557 --> 00:48:51,238 But when Mr. Jeffers found out 1125 00:48:51,262 --> 00:48:53,007 what we'd done, 1126 00:48:53,031 --> 00:48:57,311 how Mr. Larry had been paying us, 1127 00:48:57,335 --> 00:49:02,216 how we had helped keep his grandchild from him... 1128 00:49:06,044 --> 00:49:09,957 then he was going to cut us out. 1129 00:49:09,981 --> 00:49:13,961 He was going to get rid of us. 1130 00:49:13,985 --> 00:49:17,664 He was going to discharge us. 1131 00:49:17,688 --> 00:49:19,967 Oh, don't you see? 1132 00:49:19,991 --> 00:49:25,272 We were going to lose everything. 1133 00:49:33,738 --> 00:49:34,982 I remembered using that poker 1134 00:49:35,006 --> 00:49:36,850 here in the library myself. 1135 00:49:36,874 --> 00:49:37,951 So when the police said 1136 00:49:37,975 --> 00:49:39,385 only your fingerprints were on it, 1137 00:49:39,409 --> 00:49:40,654 I became rather curious. 1138 00:49:40,678 --> 00:49:42,589 That's when he sent Paul upstairs. 1139 00:49:42,613 --> 00:49:45,158 When he discovered the substitution. 1140 00:49:45,182 --> 00:49:47,460 She'd wiped the other poker clean, of course. 1141 00:49:47,484 --> 00:49:49,362 But not quite clean enough. 1142 00:49:49,386 --> 00:49:52,921 I'm so terribly grateful to you, Mr. Mason. Thank you. 1143 00:49:54,491 --> 00:49:56,770 What are your plans now? 1144 00:49:56,794 --> 00:49:59,372 A trip, I think. 1145 00:49:59,396 --> 00:50:03,377 Then perhaps Peggy better go back to Westcroft School. 1146 00:50:03,401 --> 00:50:06,480 Unless, of course, you'd like to take her with you. 1147 00:50:06,504 --> 00:50:09,572 No, I... I'm afraid I can't do that. 1148 00:50:10,774 --> 00:50:12,219 She'd like you to continue 1149 00:50:12,243 --> 00:50:15,155 living here in the house when you get back. 1150 00:50:15,179 --> 00:50:16,523 Thank you, Peggy. 1151 00:50:16,547 --> 00:50:19,226 But I'm afraid I can't do that either. 1152 00:50:19,250 --> 00:50:21,895 Now if you'll all excuse me, please. 1153 00:50:21,919 --> 00:50:23,119 Miss Osborne? 1154 00:50:30,461 --> 00:50:33,740 I just wanted to say goodbye. 1155 00:50:35,599 --> 00:50:37,244 Oh, Peggy.