1 00:01:03,096 --> 00:01:06,843 Long distance. I want to call Los Angeles, California. 2 00:01:06,867 --> 00:01:10,279 Person-to-person to Mr. Allen Sheridan 3 00:01:10,303 --> 00:01:13,983 at Hollywood 2-4699. 4 00:01:30,624 --> 00:01:31,634 Hello. 5 00:01:34,561 --> 00:01:36,138 Oh, hello, Aunt Sarette. 6 00:01:36,162 --> 00:01:38,641 How's the weather in New York? How's the...? 7 00:01:38,665 --> 00:01:41,244 I haven't received your check yet, Allen. 8 00:01:41,268 --> 00:01:42,445 It's been three months now. 9 00:01:42,469 --> 00:01:44,881 You haven't sent me a penny in three months. 10 00:01:44,905 --> 00:01:46,916 Problems, Auntie. 11 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:50,453 This Ralph Curtis I wrote you about. 12 00:01:50,477 --> 00:01:51,557 Didn't get a letter? 13 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:55,224 Well, now, don't tell me I forgot to mail that. 14 00:01:55,248 --> 00:01:56,893 Well, anyway, you know what a soft touch I am 15 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:58,862 for a guy with troubles. 16 00:01:58,886 --> 00:02:00,963 I just couldn't put him off. 17 00:02:00,987 --> 00:02:03,332 So the money I was supposed to send you, I gave... 18 00:02:03,356 --> 00:02:06,035 Allen, I've never even heard of this Ralph Curtis. 19 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:07,337 Now, tell me the truth. 20 00:02:07,361 --> 00:02:08,804 Aunt Sarette. 21 00:02:08,828 --> 00:02:12,342 Ralph Curtis is a guy I used to play poker with in New York. 22 00:02:12,366 --> 00:02:14,444 Well, if you've thrown it away gambling... 23 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:16,679 Look, I'm going to a meeting right now. 24 00:02:16,703 --> 00:02:18,147 I'll take care of everything. 25 00:02:18,171 --> 00:02:21,451 I'll send you the money over the weekend. I promise. 26 00:02:21,475 --> 00:02:23,620 Allen, you promised your father too. 27 00:02:23,644 --> 00:02:25,354 And it's in his will. 28 00:02:25,378 --> 00:02:27,524 You've got an obligation to me. 29 00:02:27,548 --> 00:02:29,258 Oh, for the love of... 30 00:02:29,282 --> 00:02:31,428 Look, I gotta go. Goodbye. 31 00:02:31,452 --> 00:02:33,985 Don't you dare hang up on me. 32 00:02:47,935 --> 00:02:50,613 Curtis... Ralph. 33 00:02:50,637 --> 00:02:54,150 604 West 8th. 34 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:56,685 No, he hasn't sent me any money. 35 00:02:56,709 --> 00:02:59,411 I haven't heard from him for six months. 36 00:03:01,048 --> 00:03:04,549 Well, I've got these doctor bills, and I'm all alone too. 37 00:03:07,254 --> 00:03:09,334 Well, you shouldn't say that, Miss Winslow. 38 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:13,770 Hello, Miss Winslow? 39 00:03:13,794 --> 00:03:14,971 Hello? Hello? 40 00:03:21,468 --> 00:03:23,146 Information? 41 00:03:23,170 --> 00:03:26,916 The phone number of American Airlines, please. 42 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:28,351 Yes. I'll hold on. 43 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:06,189 Oh. I was giving you 44 00:04:06,213 --> 00:04:07,691 just three-and-a-half minutes more. 45 00:04:07,715 --> 00:04:10,227 And after that, I was going to... 46 00:04:10,251 --> 00:04:12,195 wait for a while. 47 00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:14,052 I was held up by a phone call. 48 00:04:15,222 --> 00:04:16,266 Oh? 49 00:04:16,290 --> 00:04:17,701 My Aunt Sarette in New York, 50 00:04:17,725 --> 00:04:20,459 just wishing me a happy birthday. 51 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:23,172 What's the matter? 52 00:04:23,196 --> 00:04:24,907 Sneak a look over at the guy 53 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:26,075 sitting at the bar. 54 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:28,645 Dark sport coat, white tie. 55 00:04:28,669 --> 00:04:30,947 Darling, what's the matter? You look petrified. 56 00:04:30,971 --> 00:04:32,081 Who is he? 57 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:33,082 Lou Caporale. 58 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:34,384 He's a gambler. 59 00:04:34,408 --> 00:04:36,886 Joyce, I owe him $5,000. 60 00:04:36,910 --> 00:04:38,187 I can't pay it. 61 00:04:38,211 --> 00:04:40,689 What can he do about it? He can't sue you, can he? 62 00:04:40,713 --> 00:04:42,191 Well, there's, um, 63 00:04:42,215 --> 00:04:44,260 nothing he can do if he can't find me. 64 00:04:44,284 --> 00:04:46,017 What do you mean? 65 00:04:47,254 --> 00:04:49,232 Joyce, I've made a plane reservation. 66 00:04:49,256 --> 00:04:50,833 You have? 67 00:04:50,857 --> 00:04:52,101 Well, what do you expect me to do, 68 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,603 stay around here and get killed? 69 00:04:53,627 --> 00:04:55,827 Just you, Allen? Alone? 70 00:04:57,264 --> 00:04:59,376 He's coming over. Well, I just thought we might 71 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,411 take in a show tomorrow night, because if we're gonna 72 00:05:01,435 --> 00:05:03,546 play tennis Sunday morning... Anybody who didn't know 73 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:06,750 any better, Allen, would think you were avoiding me. 74 00:05:06,774 --> 00:05:08,385 Well, that's... 75 00:05:08,409 --> 00:05:10,219 That's quite a trick these days, Lou. 76 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:11,220 You're everywhere. 77 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:14,357 It runs in streaks. You should know. 78 00:05:14,381 --> 00:05:16,359 For a while, you see a guy every night, 79 00:05:16,383 --> 00:05:17,793 then you don't see him at all. 80 00:05:17,817 --> 00:05:20,029 I was coming around when I raised the money. 81 00:05:20,053 --> 00:05:21,230 That's good, Allen. 82 00:05:21,254 --> 00:05:22,565 Come around anytime. 83 00:05:22,589 --> 00:05:24,301 Like tonight, okay? 84 00:05:24,325 --> 00:05:26,269 Tonight? 85 00:05:26,293 --> 00:05:29,606 Well, you're, uh... You're busy right now. 86 00:05:29,630 --> 00:05:32,808 And I wouldn't dream of interfering with your fun. 87 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:34,277 Live it up while you got the chance, 88 00:05:34,301 --> 00:05:36,145 like there's no tomorrow. 89 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:38,948 That sounds very much like a threat, Mr. Caporale. 90 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:43,252 No. 91 00:05:43,276 --> 00:05:44,887 If I'd said, 92 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:47,923 "Get the 5 grand, or you'll bleed," 93 00:05:47,947 --> 00:05:49,459 now, that's a threat. 94 00:05:49,483 --> 00:05:51,694 But I didn't say anything like that, did I? 95 00:05:51,718 --> 00:05:54,597 So, um, I'll see you tonight, kid. 96 00:05:54,621 --> 00:05:57,222 My door's always unlocked to you. 97 00:06:01,662 --> 00:06:03,373 Allen, what are you going to do? 98 00:06:03,397 --> 00:06:04,397 Here. 99 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:07,744 It's every last penny I could scrape up. 100 00:06:07,768 --> 00:06:09,612 Put it in your purse. What for? 101 00:06:09,636 --> 00:06:11,948 I want you to pick up my plane reservation. 102 00:06:11,972 --> 00:06:13,850 The guy's got me watched all the time. 103 00:06:13,874 --> 00:06:15,918 Can't let him think I'm running out on him. 104 00:06:15,942 --> 00:06:18,187 Who else are you running out on, Allen? Me? 105 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:20,223 Baby. 106 00:06:20,247 --> 00:06:23,326 I've got to protect myself, just in case. 107 00:06:23,350 --> 00:06:24,927 Look, I've got a scheme to get the money. 108 00:06:24,951 --> 00:06:26,831 And if I get it, I won't need that plane ticket. 109 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:30,222 Ho-ho. 110 00:06:31,225 --> 00:06:34,058 Honey. Trust me, huh? 111 00:06:35,462 --> 00:06:38,140 Look, the reservation's under the name of William Wyatt. 112 00:06:38,164 --> 00:06:40,577 You go there, meet me at my business manager's office. 113 00:06:40,601 --> 00:06:42,234 Three o'clock, okay? 114 00:06:43,837 --> 00:06:46,316 Don't forget the name: William Wyatt. 115 00:07:07,594 --> 00:07:09,694 Sit down, Allen. I'll be finished in a minute. 116 00:07:11,398 --> 00:07:14,009 Victor... 117 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:15,567 I need $5,000. 118 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:21,317 Doris, would you bring in 119 00:07:21,341 --> 00:07:23,653 Mr. Allen Sheridan's accounts, please. 120 00:07:23,677 --> 00:07:24,909 Thank you. 121 00:07:26,313 --> 00:07:27,623 What's the sudden need for money? 122 00:07:27,647 --> 00:07:30,659 Finally answering one of your aunt's letters? 123 00:07:30,683 --> 00:07:31,994 I owe it to a gambler. 124 00:07:32,018 --> 00:07:34,464 Oh. Come on, Allen. 125 00:07:34,488 --> 00:07:36,132 I've played poker with you, remember? 126 00:07:36,156 --> 00:07:38,167 More likely the gambler owes it to you. 127 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:40,036 Victor, I've got to have that money. 128 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:41,704 I hired you to handle my financial affairs, 129 00:07:41,728 --> 00:07:43,339 not to make jokes. 130 00:07:43,363 --> 00:07:45,207 Now, please. By tonight. 131 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:46,208 Here you are, sir. 132 00:07:46,232 --> 00:07:47,599 Thank you. 133 00:07:51,337 --> 00:07:56,218 Well, Allen, your balance amounts to exactly $14. 134 00:07:56,242 --> 00:07:57,953 I know how little I've got. 135 00:07:57,977 --> 00:07:59,422 Victor... 136 00:07:59,446 --> 00:08:02,792 I want you to loan me the 5,000. 137 00:08:02,816 --> 00:08:04,861 Allen, I'm afraid I'm going to say no. 138 00:08:04,885 --> 00:08:06,863 Oh, it isn't the loan. Even if you had that much money 139 00:08:06,887 --> 00:08:08,765 in your account, I would still have to refuse, 140 00:08:08,789 --> 00:08:09,866 for your own good. 141 00:08:09,890 --> 00:08:12,602 For my own good. 142 00:08:12,626 --> 00:08:14,670 Victor, try to understand. 143 00:08:14,694 --> 00:08:16,873 I've gotta pay up that $5,000 by 10:00 tonight, 144 00:08:16,897 --> 00:08:18,541 or they're gonna kill me. 145 00:08:18,565 --> 00:08:22,044 You know, I've never lost a client that way yet. 146 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:23,713 Oh, you can think of a better way than this 147 00:08:23,737 --> 00:08:26,137 to put the bite on me. 148 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:27,550 Miss Fulton. 149 00:08:27,574 --> 00:08:28,918 Am I interrupting? 150 00:08:28,942 --> 00:08:30,686 No, no, no, of course not. You've just saved me 151 00:08:30,710 --> 00:08:32,555 from a very hairy old story... Allen, he's here. 152 00:08:32,579 --> 00:08:33,623 He's almost behind me. 153 00:08:33,647 --> 00:08:34,647 Who? 154 00:08:46,326 --> 00:08:47,537 Did you get the ticket? 155 00:08:47,561 --> 00:08:48,971 Yes, it's in my purse. 156 00:08:48,995 --> 00:08:51,441 Your plane leaves at 7:00 tomorrow morning. 157 00:08:51,465 --> 00:08:53,042 Allen, I didn't realize you wanted to get 158 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:55,377 so far out of town as Mexico City. 159 00:08:55,401 --> 00:08:57,914 Baby, baby. I ask you to trust me. 160 00:08:57,938 --> 00:08:59,258 I'm still trying to get the money. 161 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:02,893 Excuse me, are you looking for someone? 162 00:09:03,242 --> 00:09:04,353 No, I know where he is. 163 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:06,456 I'm just waiting. 164 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,390 Well, this happens to be my place of business. 165 00:09:08,414 --> 00:09:10,359 Do you mind telling me...? I know where I am 166 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:12,495 and who you are too, so we don't have to waste 167 00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:14,430 time talking, do we? 168 00:09:14,454 --> 00:09:15,965 Just save that for Allen. 169 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:19,301 He could use all the time he can get today. 170 00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:30,780 There's a door into the back hall. You can go out that way. 171 00:09:30,804 --> 00:09:32,047 Victor... Go on. Go on. 172 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:33,738 I'll see what I can do. 173 00:09:51,357 --> 00:09:53,269 It's 5:00. 174 00:09:53,293 --> 00:09:54,570 Where's the girlfriend? 175 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:55,905 I took her home. 176 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:58,574 Like, she didn't want to be around when you bleed? 177 00:10:02,969 --> 00:10:05,381 You know, I thought of throwing in a little physical stuff, 178 00:10:05,405 --> 00:10:08,250 but, uh, what if somebody got scared and hit me back? 179 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:09,885 It was a great performance, Lou. 180 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:13,055 Early George Raft and a touch of beatnik. 181 00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:14,189 Did it sell? 182 00:10:14,213 --> 00:10:15,524 All the way around. 183 00:10:15,548 --> 00:10:17,092 I just talked to Victor. 184 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:18,894 He'll bring you the cash this evening. 185 00:10:18,918 --> 00:10:22,064 Five thousand bills. 186 00:10:22,088 --> 00:10:24,567 You'll get your 500, boy. You earned it. 187 00:10:24,591 --> 00:10:26,935 Only listen, Allen. Didn't you tell me that you were gonna get 188 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:29,505 some really big moola on your birthday or something? 189 00:10:29,529 --> 00:10:31,874 Lou, ever since I came here six months ago, 190 00:10:31,898 --> 00:10:34,109 this guy Victor's been dipping into me, 191 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:36,211 just for handling my allowance 192 00:10:36,235 --> 00:10:39,147 and keeping a few people off my neck. 193 00:10:39,171 --> 00:10:41,250 Do you know how much I paid that leech? 194 00:10:41,274 --> 00:10:42,852 Five thousand bills? 195 00:10:42,876 --> 00:10:44,620 You guessed it, boy. 196 00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:45,988 Now, you don't think he's gonna see 197 00:10:46,012 --> 00:10:47,956 any of that money back, do you? 198 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:50,760 But if he kept people off your neck, Allen? 199 00:10:50,784 --> 00:10:52,795 Are you kidding? 200 00:10:52,819 --> 00:10:55,731 Guy in New York that keeps crying to me for help. 201 00:10:55,755 --> 00:10:58,801 Then there's my old biddy aunt who keeps whining for dough. 202 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:00,603 Now this Joyce keeps hinting around. 203 00:11:00,627 --> 00:11:02,772 I don't know what she wants. 204 00:11:02,796 --> 00:11:04,740 Lou... 205 00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:08,010 I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. 206 00:11:08,034 --> 00:11:10,946 This is it. This time I'm gone for good. 207 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:13,716 I'd sure hate to see Joyce's expression when she finds out 208 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:15,551 that you really do leave town. 209 00:11:15,575 --> 00:11:17,686 You know that trust fund money? 210 00:11:17,710 --> 00:11:19,955 Well, they turn it over to me tomorrow. 211 00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:23,592 One hundred and sixty-two thousand silver sinkers. 212 00:11:23,616 --> 00:11:24,927 All mine. 213 00:11:24,951 --> 00:11:26,729 Whew. 214 00:11:26,753 --> 00:11:30,499 Now, you just bring that chicken feed for traveling expenses. 215 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:32,535 When will you be home? 216 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:33,803 Ten o'clock tonight? 217 00:11:33,827 --> 00:11:36,126 Uh-huh. Ten o'clock. 218 00:11:48,341 --> 00:11:49,473 Anybody home? 219 00:11:51,077 --> 00:11:52,476 Allen? 220 00:12:01,253 --> 00:12:02,453 Allen? 221 00:12:10,597 --> 00:12:11,929 Allen? 222 00:12:23,610 --> 00:12:24,770 Allen? 223 00:12:27,414 --> 00:12:28,613 Allen? 224 00:12:56,910 --> 00:12:58,108 Oh. 225 00:13:25,105 --> 00:13:26,548 If you've been on the plane all night, 226 00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,684 I'm sure you can use some coffee. 227 00:13:28,708 --> 00:13:29,752 Yes. Thank you, dear. 228 00:13:29,776 --> 00:13:31,887 That's very thoughtful. 229 00:13:31,911 --> 00:13:34,924 Is this your first trip to Los Angeles? 230 00:13:34,948 --> 00:13:37,559 Yes. I came out to see a relative: 231 00:13:37,583 --> 00:13:39,962 Allen Sheridan. 232 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:43,099 His father is my cousin, Henry Sheridan. 233 00:13:43,123 --> 00:13:44,433 Well, then... 234 00:13:44,457 --> 00:13:46,090 what brings you first to a lawyer? 235 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:48,804 Well, I... 236 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:51,974 I may need some help. 237 00:13:51,998 --> 00:13:55,111 You see, a number of years ago... 238 00:13:55,135 --> 00:13:58,047 I gave up an apartment, my way of life, in Cincinnati 239 00:13:58,071 --> 00:13:59,314 to go to New York. 240 00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:00,850 Henry's wife had died, 241 00:14:00,874 --> 00:14:03,318 and he needed someone to look after the large house, 242 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:05,754 to manage things. 243 00:14:05,778 --> 00:14:07,123 I understand. 244 00:14:07,147 --> 00:14:09,224 But... last year, 245 00:14:09,248 --> 00:14:10,682 Henry died too. 246 00:14:12,552 --> 00:14:15,131 He didn't leave me anything. 247 00:14:15,155 --> 00:14:16,799 Not... specifically. 248 00:14:16,823 --> 00:14:18,667 Was there a will? 249 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:21,370 Everything reverted to a trust fund. 250 00:14:21,394 --> 00:14:23,572 His son, Allen Sheridan, 251 00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:25,941 was his first heir. 252 00:14:25,965 --> 00:14:28,110 He was to receive control of the money 253 00:14:28,134 --> 00:14:31,213 on his 30th birthday. 254 00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:34,271 Until then, he has a $2,000-a-month allowance. 255 00:14:36,009 --> 00:14:37,954 You say "first heir"? 256 00:14:37,978 --> 00:14:40,756 Henry wanted me to be taken care of. 257 00:14:40,780 --> 00:14:42,347 He said so in his will. 258 00:14:43,449 --> 00:14:45,094 It's just that... 259 00:14:45,118 --> 00:14:46,929 That it was up to Allen's discretion 260 00:14:46,953 --> 00:14:49,899 how much money I should have. That's all. 261 00:14:49,923 --> 00:14:51,266 But, um... 262 00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:53,602 I'm the next heir. 263 00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:56,605 The next in line, in case anything happened... 264 00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:59,175 to... well... 265 00:14:59,199 --> 00:15:02,444 Miss Winslow, have you been unsuccessful 266 00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:03,445 in getting money from him? 267 00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:04,446 Is that the trouble? 268 00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:06,182 Well... 269 00:15:06,206 --> 00:15:09,752 Allen came out here six months ago... 270 00:15:09,776 --> 00:15:11,887 and during the last three months, he hasn't sent me 271 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:13,656 a single penny. 272 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,891 I finally wrote to his business manager. 273 00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:19,116 Someone named, uh, Victor... Latimore. 274 00:15:20,452 --> 00:15:21,830 But he won't answer me either. 275 00:15:21,854 --> 00:15:23,932 Now, when is this, uh... 276 00:15:23,956 --> 00:15:26,035 birthday you spoke of? 277 00:15:26,059 --> 00:15:27,691 Today. 278 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:32,274 Oh. Mr. Mason. 279 00:15:32,298 --> 00:15:34,943 It isn't that I'm greedy for myself. 280 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:37,980 You see, I'm still living in the family house... 281 00:15:38,004 --> 00:15:40,983 and I've had to contract bills in my own name. 282 00:15:41,007 --> 00:15:44,220 I just don't know what to tell people anymore. 283 00:15:44,244 --> 00:15:46,755 And Allen promises... 284 00:15:46,779 --> 00:15:47,779 and promises... 285 00:15:48,714 --> 00:15:49,758 All right. 286 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:51,662 How can we get in touch with him? 287 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:54,130 Oh. 288 00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:56,532 At, um... 289 00:15:56,556 --> 00:15:59,924 Hollywood 2-4699. 290 00:16:19,912 --> 00:16:21,123 Uh, just one moment, please. 291 00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:23,081 Mr. Perry Mason calling. 292 00:16:24,451 --> 00:16:27,796 Hello. I'd like to speak to Mr. Sheridan, please. 293 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:31,033 Well, Mr. Mason, he, uh... He ain't here. 294 00:16:31,057 --> 00:16:32,902 I'm the cleaning woman. 295 00:16:32,926 --> 00:16:34,403 What? 296 00:16:34,427 --> 00:16:36,961 No, he's not asleep. I just cleaned up his bedroom. 297 00:16:38,231 --> 00:16:39,775 Of course I'm sure. 298 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:43,345 Mr. Sheridan's just plain somewheres else. 299 00:16:43,369 --> 00:16:44,746 Oh. 300 00:16:44,770 --> 00:16:47,216 Yes, Mr. Mason. I know who you are. 301 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:48,383 I'll leave a note. 302 00:16:48,407 --> 00:16:49,874 Goodbye. 303 00:16:51,144 --> 00:16:52,888 Oh. He's not dead. Perry. 304 00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:54,290 Thank heaven he's not dead. 305 00:16:54,314 --> 00:16:56,125 Oh. Here. Take her. 306 00:16:56,149 --> 00:16:58,560 He's not dead. 307 00:17:01,787 --> 00:17:03,387 What did you say, Miss Winslow? 308 00:17:05,358 --> 00:17:07,036 Oh. 309 00:17:07,060 --> 00:17:09,271 I'm so ashamed of myself for coming here like this, 310 00:17:09,295 --> 00:17:10,639 Mr. Mason. 311 00:17:12,899 --> 00:17:14,910 I sat in my car all night last night, 312 00:17:14,934 --> 00:17:17,313 wondering what to do. 313 00:17:17,337 --> 00:17:19,882 But he's all right. 314 00:17:19,906 --> 00:17:21,339 Oh, forgive me. 315 00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:26,288 Suppose you tell us the whole story. 316 00:17:26,312 --> 00:17:27,656 Thank you. 317 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,424 I need help. 318 00:17:31,117 --> 00:17:32,283 You see, I... 319 00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:37,032 I never know what he's up to. 320 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:39,568 The tricks he plans 321 00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:42,204 and... the things he says. 322 00:17:42,228 --> 00:17:45,440 Just start at the beginning. 323 00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:47,498 Well... I... 324 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:50,512 I learned from Ralph Curtis... 325 00:17:50,536 --> 00:17:52,181 that Allen hadn't sent him 326 00:17:52,205 --> 00:17:53,315 any money either. 327 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:57,713 Thank you. 328 00:18:57,737 --> 00:18:59,115 Hello, Mr. Mason. Sit down. 329 00:19:01,207 --> 00:19:02,518 What can I do for you? 330 00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:04,953 I'm trying to get in touch with Allen Sheridan. 331 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:06,655 Oh, what for? 332 00:19:06,679 --> 00:19:08,557 Probably a matter you'll be handling. 333 00:19:08,581 --> 00:19:10,359 I'm representing Sarette Winslow. 334 00:19:10,383 --> 00:19:11,460 Oh, yes, in New York. 335 00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:14,296 She's now in Los Angeles. 336 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,598 I'd like to know what Mr. Sheridan's intentions are, 337 00:19:16,622 --> 00:19:18,133 Mr. Latimore. 338 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:20,702 Is he going to respect his late father's wishes, 339 00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:22,438 and provide some kind of permanent 340 00:19:22,462 --> 00:19:23,939 and regular support for Miss Winslow? 341 00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:25,474 Well, Mr. Mason, 342 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:28,577 Allen is hardly the confiding type, I'm afraid. 343 00:19:28,601 --> 00:19:31,280 I understand he has other traits: 344 00:19:31,304 --> 00:19:34,116 quick and easy, generous with promises, 345 00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:36,285 and capricious in the fulfillment of them. 346 00:19:36,309 --> 00:19:37,686 You left out charm... 347 00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:38,753 and persuasiveness. 348 00:19:38,777 --> 00:19:40,388 I apologize. 349 00:19:40,412 --> 00:19:43,091 You should. Last night, he persuaded me 350 00:19:43,115 --> 00:19:44,092 to lend him $5,000. 351 00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:46,561 Oh? What for? 352 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:48,130 He's in trouble... 353 00:19:48,154 --> 00:19:50,299 with a gambler named Lou Caporale. 354 00:19:50,323 --> 00:19:52,767 You know, of course, Mr. Sheridan's getting control 355 00:19:52,791 --> 00:19:54,203 of a fortune... 356 00:19:54,227 --> 00:19:56,004 perhaps as early as today. 357 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:57,539 Today? 358 00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:58,874 Well, he told me his 30th birthday 359 00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:00,331 wasn't until next year. 360 00:20:01,334 --> 00:20:02,377 Today. 361 00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:05,714 Oh. This, um... Caporale. 362 00:20:05,738 --> 00:20:06,881 You know where I can reach him? 363 00:20:06,905 --> 00:20:09,151 Oh, yes. Ye... Um... 364 00:20:09,175 --> 00:20:12,087 1040 Las Palmas, Apartment 4. 365 00:20:12,111 --> 00:20:13,422 I, uh... 366 00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:15,727 delivered the money myself. 367 00:20:16,349 --> 00:20:17,859 Well, Mr. Latimore... 368 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:19,861 where is Sheridan? 369 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:21,830 Oh, I don't know. 370 00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:23,932 Is there anyone else who might help me find him? 371 00:20:23,956 --> 00:20:26,568 Well, he's been going around with a young woman. 372 00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:28,837 Excuse me. 373 00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:30,538 Yes, Doris? 374 00:20:30,562 --> 00:20:33,242 Right. And, uh, get Joyce Fulton's phone number 375 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:34,977 for Mr. Mason. 376 00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:37,379 Yes, Lieutenant Tragg. 377 00:20:37,403 --> 00:20:39,548 Speaking. 378 00:20:39,572 --> 00:20:42,418 Well, I don't know. 379 00:20:42,442 --> 00:20:43,785 Well, is anything wrong? 380 00:20:43,809 --> 00:20:46,488 Well, why have the police...? 381 00:20:46,512 --> 00:20:48,145 I see. 382 00:20:52,051 --> 00:20:53,095 Homicide. 383 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,353 He said they're looking for Allen too. 384 00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:58,202 Well, thank you. 385 00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:00,902 Thank you, Mr. Latimore. 386 00:21:23,683 --> 00:21:25,661 Better cover the whole area. 387 00:21:25,685 --> 00:21:27,845 You can start up there. 388 00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:31,333 Well, hello, Perry. 389 00:21:31,357 --> 00:21:33,835 What's he supposed to be doing on the side of the mountain? 390 00:21:33,859 --> 00:21:36,505 Maybe he's buried up there. What are you here for? 391 00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:39,708 Well, I was in Victor Latimore's office when you called. 392 00:21:39,732 --> 00:21:41,510 I'm working on an estate problem 393 00:21:41,534 --> 00:21:43,712 that may involve Sheridan. 394 00:21:43,736 --> 00:21:45,347 Uh, don't, uh, touch anything, Perry. 395 00:21:45,371 --> 00:21:47,449 We're not finished out here yet. 396 00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:48,950 Blood? Yes. 397 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:50,719 Lot of it. 398 00:21:50,743 --> 00:21:52,588 From the porch? Uh-huh. 399 00:21:52,612 --> 00:21:55,257 It's all cleaned up nice up there. 400 00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:56,492 Whose blood, lieutenant? 401 00:21:56,516 --> 00:21:57,993 We're checking. 402 00:21:58,017 --> 00:21:59,528 Your client in this, uh, money affair 403 00:21:59,552 --> 00:22:01,229 wouldn't be a woman, would it? 404 00:22:01,253 --> 00:22:02,298 Why? 405 00:22:02,322 --> 00:22:04,933 Well, we're looking for a woman. 406 00:22:04,957 --> 00:22:06,201 Sergeant... 407 00:22:06,225 --> 00:22:07,403 you can start over to the east, 408 00:22:07,427 --> 00:22:09,705 and then work down both sides of the road. 409 00:22:09,729 --> 00:22:11,707 Uh, why a woman, lieutenant? 410 00:22:11,731 --> 00:22:14,376 Well, these slatted wooden porches were never designed 411 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,601 for a... A narrow kind of heel like this. 412 00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:20,749 You're sure it's murder, lieutenant? 413 00:22:20,773 --> 00:22:22,317 Well, it's early yet. 414 00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:24,620 I'd like to have a body. 415 00:22:24,644 --> 00:22:26,555 Where is this Allen Sheridan? 416 00:22:26,579 --> 00:22:29,057 He could be anywhere. 417 00:22:29,081 --> 00:22:31,893 Why do you figure it's a woman, lieutenant? 418 00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:34,929 If there was a murder... 419 00:22:34,953 --> 00:22:36,965 how could she have transported the body? 420 00:22:41,593 --> 00:22:43,405 All downhill, isn't it? 421 00:22:43,429 --> 00:22:44,639 Steps. 422 00:22:44,663 --> 00:22:46,141 Nice, handy slope. 423 00:22:46,165 --> 00:22:47,309 Now, just suppose that that's 424 00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:49,177 a rental car parked below there. 425 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:51,180 See how easy it would be to slide a body down 426 00:22:51,204 --> 00:22:52,514 and right into the trunk. 427 00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:55,250 Or roll it over onto the rear seat of a convertible? 428 00:22:55,274 --> 00:22:58,119 And then off it goes, body and all. 429 00:22:58,143 --> 00:23:00,589 Well... we found a few marks. 430 00:23:00,613 --> 00:23:03,659 Little blood on the ivy, but that's how it was, Perry. 431 00:23:03,683 --> 00:23:06,928 Uh, what prompted you to say "rental car," lieutenant? 432 00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:08,397 Well, we happen to know that there was 433 00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:09,764 a rental car here last night. 434 00:23:09,788 --> 00:23:11,800 The Pleas-U-R-Drive Car-Rental people always have 435 00:23:11,824 --> 00:23:14,469 an identifying star on the windshield. 436 00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:16,638 And we have an eyewitness, Perry. 437 00:23:16,662 --> 00:23:18,807 We know, uh, who rented it and where. 438 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:21,210 Now, I think you understand... 439 00:23:21,234 --> 00:23:22,511 that we're looking for a woman 440 00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:24,346 by the name of Sarette Winslow. 441 00:23:24,370 --> 00:23:27,583 Right now, all we want her for is questioning. 442 00:23:27,607 --> 00:23:30,318 But I'm going on record with you. 443 00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:33,088 We want her. Mm. 444 00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:35,746 Well, I'm sure you can always get her, lieutenant. 445 00:23:37,617 --> 00:23:39,294 With a warrant. 446 00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:45,467 Della. Paul. 447 00:23:45,491 --> 00:23:46,491 Hi, Perry. 448 00:23:47,326 --> 00:23:48,303 Miss Winslow settled? 449 00:23:48,327 --> 00:23:50,767 Mm-hm. I took her to a hotel. 450 00:23:53,332 --> 00:23:55,176 Tragg believes that Allen Sheridan 451 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,079 was murdered last night. 452 00:23:57,103 --> 00:23:58,347 Believes? 453 00:23:58,371 --> 00:24:00,782 Uh, no corpse has been found. 454 00:24:00,806 --> 00:24:02,751 Paul, Sheridan left New York 455 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:03,918 six months ago. I want to know 456 00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:04,919 the circumstances. 457 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:05,920 Della, what was the name 458 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:07,322 of that man Miss Winslow mentioned. 459 00:24:07,346 --> 00:24:08,457 Someone you might check with, 460 00:24:08,481 --> 00:24:10,158 Uh, Curtis? Uh, Ralph Curtis. 461 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:11,526 He lives in Manhattan. 462 00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:12,994 I want to know all about 463 00:24:13,018 --> 00:24:15,731 Sheridan's financial dealings in New York and here. 464 00:24:15,755 --> 00:24:16,898 All about Victor Latimore 465 00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:18,467 and his management business. 466 00:24:18,491 --> 00:24:19,735 Perry, do you believe that 467 00:24:19,759 --> 00:24:21,936 Allen Sheridan's been murdered? 468 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,073 Well, it could be another case of his artful dodging. 469 00:24:25,097 --> 00:24:27,242 As far as his being murdered... 470 00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,577 for Miss Winslow's sake, 471 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:29,678 I certainly hope not. 472 00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:32,046 Okay, Perry. Anything else? 473 00:24:32,070 --> 00:24:33,848 Mm-hm. Complete background 474 00:24:33,872 --> 00:24:34,916 on Lou Caporale, gambler, 475 00:24:34,940 --> 00:24:37,852 1040 Las Palmas, Apartment 4. 476 00:24:37,876 --> 00:24:41,356 Della, call this Miss Joyce Fulton... 477 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:43,947 Oleander 2-1652. 478 00:24:49,054 --> 00:24:50,054 Okay, Rudy. 479 00:24:51,324 --> 00:24:53,268 Good day, sir. I'm to see a Miss Fulton. 480 00:24:53,292 --> 00:24:55,693 Miss Fulton. Oh, yes. Right this way. 481 00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:01,743 Miss Fulton? Mr. Mason. 482 00:25:01,767 --> 00:25:02,844 Uh, nothing now, thank you. 483 00:25:02,868 --> 00:25:04,148 Very well. 484 00:25:05,538 --> 00:25:07,716 I hope this was a convenient place for you. 485 00:25:07,740 --> 00:25:10,051 Oh, fine. 486 00:25:10,075 --> 00:25:12,387 Well, now to the point. 487 00:25:12,411 --> 00:25:15,223 How long have you known Allen Sheridan? 488 00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:17,726 Two months. It seems longer. 489 00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:19,127 Did you see him last night? 490 00:25:19,151 --> 00:25:21,963 Sure. He took me to dinner. 491 00:25:21,987 --> 00:25:23,253 And after dinner? 492 00:25:24,557 --> 00:25:26,234 I drove him home. 493 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:28,570 Look, Mr. Mason, I've told all this to the police... 494 00:25:28,594 --> 00:25:31,072 and I haven't seen Allen since last night. 495 00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:33,442 But what time last night? 496 00:25:33,466 --> 00:25:35,877 About 9:00. 497 00:25:35,901 --> 00:25:37,646 And since 9:00 last night, 498 00:25:37,670 --> 00:25:40,148 you've neither seen nor spoken with him? 499 00:25:40,172 --> 00:25:41,550 No. 500 00:25:41,574 --> 00:25:43,017 And from what you told me on the phone, 501 00:25:43,041 --> 00:25:44,686 he hasn't been home, and, heh, 502 00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:46,020 no one seems to know where he is. 503 00:25:46,044 --> 00:25:49,290 So... I can only assume that he left according to plan. 504 00:25:49,314 --> 00:25:50,381 Mm? 505 00:25:51,617 --> 00:25:54,363 What was the plan? 506 00:25:54,387 --> 00:25:56,498 Well, I'd rather not say. 507 00:25:56,522 --> 00:25:58,767 Oh, I mean, I'm sure you're not working for Lou Caporale, 508 00:25:58,791 --> 00:26:01,102 but... I think the fewer the people that know, 509 00:26:01,126 --> 00:26:03,137 the better it'll be for Allen. 510 00:26:03,161 --> 00:26:05,896 Caporale was paid off last night. 511 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:08,744 Really? 512 00:26:08,768 --> 00:26:10,645 Victor Latimore paid him off? 513 00:26:10,669 --> 00:26:12,102 So he says. 514 00:26:13,606 --> 00:26:16,685 Well, I guess I was right. 515 00:26:16,709 --> 00:26:18,620 Imagine, running all the way to Mexico City 516 00:26:18,644 --> 00:26:22,090 just to evade my little clutches. 517 00:26:22,114 --> 00:26:24,092 That where Sheridan went, Mexico City? 518 00:26:24,116 --> 00:26:26,561 Well, I guess so. 519 00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:28,497 He was supposed to leave at 7:00 this morning, 520 00:26:28,521 --> 00:26:29,964 only not if Victor... 521 00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:32,989 Oh, boy. The circles that man can swim in. 522 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:37,427 Now, you said you drove him home last night. 523 00:26:38,564 --> 00:26:39,741 In his car? 524 00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:41,109 No, mine. 525 00:26:41,133 --> 00:26:42,243 Didn't he have one? 526 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:44,201 Yes. It's a convertible. 527 00:26:46,005 --> 00:26:48,483 Only he said he loaned his to someone else. 528 00:26:49,642 --> 00:26:51,809 To a friend, he said. 529 00:26:53,412 --> 00:26:56,658 And Paul, see if a man answering the description of Sheridan 530 00:26:56,682 --> 00:27:00,729 boarded the 7 a.m. flight for Mexico City. 531 00:27:00,753 --> 00:27:02,698 Fine. 532 00:27:02,722 --> 00:27:04,967 Now, what were you gonna say about that convertible? 533 00:27:07,927 --> 00:27:10,193 Oh? 534 00:27:12,698 --> 00:27:14,442 Yes, I have it. 535 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:15,632 Globe Studios. 536 00:27:19,739 --> 00:27:21,683 Sorry, we're checking. 537 00:27:21,707 --> 00:27:23,051 This car belong to you? 538 00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:24,820 No. What's it all about? 539 00:27:24,844 --> 00:27:25,954 Got a driver's license? 540 00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:27,745 Oh, sure. 541 00:27:30,249 --> 00:27:31,581 "Louis Caporale." 542 00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:35,263 It's registered under the name of Allen Sheridan. 543 00:27:35,287 --> 00:27:37,132 He's a friend of mine. 544 00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:38,767 Uh, thank you, officer. 545 00:27:38,791 --> 00:27:41,269 I think I can handle it now. 546 00:27:41,293 --> 00:27:44,005 Mr. Caporale, my name is Mason. 547 00:27:44,029 --> 00:27:45,040 I think you have, uh, 548 00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:46,574 more than one profession, don't you? 549 00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:47,575 What do you mean? 550 00:27:47,599 --> 00:27:48,576 Today you're an actor, 551 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:49,845 last night you were a gambler... 552 00:27:49,869 --> 00:27:51,713 collecting a $5,000 debt. 553 00:27:51,737 --> 00:27:52,948 Well, a bit player's got to have 554 00:27:52,972 --> 00:27:54,850 something working on the side for him. 555 00:27:54,874 --> 00:27:56,384 What's your line, Mason? 556 00:27:56,408 --> 00:27:58,319 I'm trying to locate Allen Sheridan. 557 00:27:58,343 --> 00:27:59,988 Um, I don't know where he is. 558 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:02,157 When was the last time you saw him? 559 00:28:02,181 --> 00:28:03,925 Do I have to answer your questions? 560 00:28:03,949 --> 00:28:05,260 Do you have something to hide? 561 00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:07,562 No, no. Nothing, nothing. 562 00:28:07,586 --> 00:28:09,330 Where'd you get the car? 563 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:11,566 Oh, now, look, Allen loaned it to me. 564 00:28:11,590 --> 00:28:13,701 I was doing a favor for him. I needed transportation. 565 00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:15,303 I explained it all down at headquarters. 566 00:28:15,327 --> 00:28:16,738 I don't have to go over it with you. 567 00:28:16,762 --> 00:28:18,240 Did they tell you down at headquarters 568 00:28:18,264 --> 00:28:20,008 that they think he may have been murdered? 569 00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:21,743 Why, no. 570 00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:24,746 That they suspected his body was hauled away in a car? 571 00:28:24,770 --> 00:28:27,704 You mind opening the trunk, Mr. Caporale? 572 00:28:28,573 --> 00:28:29,918 Something in it? 573 00:28:29,942 --> 00:28:31,086 Well, how should I know? 574 00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:33,021 I never had any reason to open the trunk. 575 00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:34,656 I have no idea what's back there. 576 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,025 Then you don't mind? Now, look, Mr. Mason. 577 00:28:37,049 --> 00:28:38,293 This isn't my car. 578 00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:40,528 I don't know what's back in there. 579 00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:41,885 Shall we see? 580 00:29:00,239 --> 00:29:01,416 Mr. Mason? 581 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,684 Call for you. 582 00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:03,952 A Mr. Drake. 583 00:29:03,976 --> 00:29:07,111 Would you ask him to hold on for a moment? 584 00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:32,180 Yes, hello? 585 00:29:32,204 --> 00:29:33,815 Perry, did you catch Caporale? 586 00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:35,016 Yes, Paul. 587 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,786 Good. Look, I think I have something for you. 588 00:29:37,810 --> 00:29:39,654 I just talked to the airline people. 589 00:29:39,678 --> 00:29:42,724 A William Wyatt took off for Mexico City at 7 a.m. 590 00:29:42,748 --> 00:29:44,025 William Wyatt. 591 00:29:44,049 --> 00:29:45,994 They remembered this guy at the check-in counter. 592 00:29:46,018 --> 00:29:48,663 Said he was all bent over, as though in pain. 593 00:29:48,687 --> 00:29:51,133 I asked whether he could have been hurt or wounded, 594 00:29:51,157 --> 00:29:53,568 and they said he virtually had to be carried onboard. 595 00:29:53,592 --> 00:29:55,070 Go on. 596 00:29:55,094 --> 00:29:56,705 And from what I can make out, 597 00:29:56,729 --> 00:29:59,607 Wyatt answers the general description of Allen Sheridan. 598 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:01,009 All right, thanks, Paul. 599 00:30:01,033 --> 00:30:03,333 I'll see you tonight at the office. 600 00:30:19,852 --> 00:30:21,696 Oh. Afternoon, Perry. 601 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,066 I really came to find you, Mr. Caporale. I need your help. 602 00:30:25,090 --> 00:30:27,401 Uh, is this the, uh, Allen Sheridan car? 603 00:30:27,425 --> 00:30:28,503 That's right, lieutenant. 604 00:30:28,527 --> 00:30:30,572 And Mr. Mason had me open the trunk for him. 605 00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:32,006 Why, Perry, you weren't looking for 606 00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:33,575 something in there, were you? 607 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:35,510 I guess I'm always looking, lieutenant. 608 00:30:35,534 --> 00:30:37,411 You should have been looking down the county road 609 00:30:37,435 --> 00:30:40,282 about five miles from the Sheridan home. 610 00:30:40,306 --> 00:30:42,150 Want to come along while Mr. Caporale 611 00:30:42,174 --> 00:30:43,873 identifies the body? 612 00:30:49,982 --> 00:30:52,127 That's him. 613 00:30:52,151 --> 00:30:53,750 That's Allen Sheridan. 614 00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:58,800 That, uh, warrant you wanted for Sarette Winslow... 615 00:30:58,824 --> 00:31:01,903 You wanna look it over and see if it's in order? 616 00:31:07,232 --> 00:31:08,776 So... 617 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,512 Sheridan established the fictitious William Wyatt, 618 00:31:11,536 --> 00:31:12,981 and then to raise travel money, 619 00:31:13,005 --> 00:31:16,184 he swindled his own business manager out of $5,000. 620 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:18,119 So he could run out on everybody. 621 00:31:18,143 --> 00:31:20,055 Miss Winslow, Victor Latimore, 622 00:31:20,079 --> 00:31:21,823 his latest girlfriend, Joyce Fulton. 623 00:31:21,847 --> 00:31:23,624 Mm-hm. Quite a boy. 624 00:31:23,648 --> 00:31:24,993 Quite a scheme. 625 00:31:25,017 --> 00:31:28,263 Except someone moved in and took advantage of all his plotting. 626 00:31:28,287 --> 00:31:30,631 Somebody now calling himself William Wyatt? 627 00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:32,175 Mm-hm. 628 00:31:37,463 --> 00:31:39,507 Hi, beautiful. Hello, Paul. 629 00:31:39,531 --> 00:31:41,309 Oh, Paul. Any luck? 630 00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:43,945 Well, here's the rundown from New York. 631 00:31:43,969 --> 00:31:46,214 It comes from Gebhardt and O'Riley, 632 00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:48,416 trustees for the estate of Henry Sheridan. 633 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,418 Go on. For some time now, 634 00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:52,420 Allen Sheridan's had it arranged with them 635 00:31:52,444 --> 00:31:54,155 to transfer the bulk of his estate 636 00:31:54,179 --> 00:31:55,991 as soon as he turned 30. 637 00:31:56,015 --> 00:31:57,792 Which he's just done. Check. 638 00:31:57,816 --> 00:32:00,728 Comes to $162,000. 639 00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:03,298 I suppose he had the funds transferred to Mexico City. 640 00:32:03,322 --> 00:32:05,533 To the Bank of Mexico in the name of William Wyatt. 641 00:32:05,557 --> 00:32:07,168 And hold onto your hat. 642 00:32:07,192 --> 00:32:08,803 The funds were not only transferred, 643 00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:09,871 they were cashed. 644 00:32:09,895 --> 00:32:11,239 In Mexico City? Mm-hm. 645 00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:13,441 When? Just before the banks closed, 646 00:32:13,465 --> 00:32:15,510 by someone who properly identified himself 647 00:32:15,534 --> 00:32:17,167 as William Wyatt. 648 00:32:19,038 --> 00:32:20,948 All right, Paul. 649 00:32:20,972 --> 00:32:23,184 I want you to find this William Wyatt. 650 00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:24,619 All right, Perry. 651 00:32:31,884 --> 00:32:33,994 Then the defendant, Sarette Winslow, 652 00:32:34,018 --> 00:32:36,597 confronted Allen Sheridan, her own cousin. 653 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:38,299 And when he resisted her pleas for money, 654 00:32:38,323 --> 00:32:40,001 she contrived to kill him. 655 00:32:40,025 --> 00:32:42,536 Her motives were anger and greed. 656 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,305 And finally, Your Honor, 657 00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:47,174 we intend to demonstrate how, within that same hour, 658 00:32:47,198 --> 00:32:49,543 the defendant returned to the scene of her crime 659 00:32:49,567 --> 00:32:52,480 to obtain and cold-bloodedly to dispose of 660 00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:53,937 the body of her victim. 661 00:32:55,007 --> 00:32:56,007 Mr. Mason? 662 00:32:57,743 --> 00:32:59,721 The defense will reserve its remarks at this time, 663 00:32:59,745 --> 00:33:00,722 Your Honor. 664 00:33:00,746 --> 00:33:03,091 Proceed with the prosecution. 665 00:33:03,115 --> 00:33:05,181 I call Dr. Hoxie to the stand, please. 666 00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:08,730 Causing a fracture just above the right temple. 667 00:33:08,754 --> 00:33:11,398 The second blow struck on the opposite side of the head 668 00:33:11,422 --> 00:33:14,502 on a line below the ear, down across the throat, 669 00:33:14,526 --> 00:33:17,105 severing the external carotid artery. 670 00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:19,573 And, doctor, I show you this section of a glass ashtray, 671 00:33:19,597 --> 00:33:21,976 and ask if this could have caused such wounds. 672 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,144 Yes, sir, it could. 673 00:33:23,168 --> 00:33:25,813 The jagged edge, the weight, everything. 674 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:27,117 Thank you, doctor. 675 00:33:28,239 --> 00:33:29,639 Your witness. 676 00:33:32,243 --> 00:33:33,777 No questions. 677 00:33:36,281 --> 00:33:37,959 We smoked a cigarette on the porch, 678 00:33:37,983 --> 00:33:39,127 and we used this ashtray. 679 00:33:39,151 --> 00:33:40,594 Only it wasn't broken then. 680 00:33:40,618 --> 00:33:42,496 It didn't have that jagged end. 681 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,165 When was this, Miss Fulton? 682 00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:46,634 After we came back from dinner that night. 683 00:33:46,658 --> 00:33:48,569 And I recognize the ashtray 684 00:33:48,593 --> 00:33:50,327 because it was one I gave him. 685 00:33:53,832 --> 00:33:57,145 Now I show you this blanket and ask if you've seen it before. 686 00:33:57,169 --> 00:34:00,582 I have. Allen used to leave it out on the porch. 687 00:34:00,606 --> 00:34:02,305 He used to take sunbaths on it. 688 00:34:03,808 --> 00:34:06,328 I think that'll be all, Miss Fulton. Your witness. 689 00:34:09,848 --> 00:34:12,026 You seem quite familiar with the household details 690 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:13,728 of Mr. Sheridan's home, Miss Fulton. 691 00:34:13,752 --> 00:34:15,062 How is that? 692 00:34:15,086 --> 00:34:16,664 Well, I suppose because I've been there 693 00:34:16,688 --> 00:34:18,066 quite a number of times. 694 00:34:18,090 --> 00:34:20,502 And just what was the relationship between you 695 00:34:20,526 --> 00:34:21,869 and Allen Sheridan? 696 00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:25,173 Well, I'm not sure that I really know. 697 00:34:25,197 --> 00:34:27,875 Allen would never quite declare himself. 698 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:29,877 And I assure you that I hadn't made up my own mind 699 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,279 about things either. 700 00:34:31,303 --> 00:34:32,746 And Miss Fulton... 701 00:34:32,770 --> 00:34:36,084 you said earlier that you left his home, 702 00:34:36,108 --> 00:34:37,986 and that you last saw Mr. Sheridan 703 00:34:38,010 --> 00:34:41,044 about 9:00 on the night he was killed. 704 00:34:42,214 --> 00:34:43,691 Is there any way you can verify that? 705 00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:45,460 No, Mr. Mason. 706 00:34:45,484 --> 00:34:46,783 There isn't. 707 00:34:47,685 --> 00:34:49,864 Thank you, that'll be all. 708 00:34:49,888 --> 00:34:52,855 Lieutenant Arthur Tragg, please. 709 00:34:56,128 --> 00:34:58,739 Now, I ask if you've ever seen this blanket before. 710 00:34:58,763 --> 00:35:00,241 Well, when the, uh, county notified us 711 00:35:00,265 --> 00:35:01,342 that one of their road crews 712 00:35:01,366 --> 00:35:02,610 had uncovered the body of a man, 713 00:35:02,634 --> 00:35:04,678 I investigated personally. 714 00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:06,080 I found this blanket wrapped around 715 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:08,149 the body of Allen Sheridan. 716 00:35:08,173 --> 00:35:09,683 And what did you find on the blanket? 717 00:35:09,707 --> 00:35:12,186 Bloodstains, type B, same as the victim. 718 00:35:12,210 --> 00:35:14,822 Did you also find... 719 00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:17,358 bloodstains on this ashtray? 720 00:35:17,382 --> 00:35:18,659 No, sir. It had been wiped off. 721 00:35:18,683 --> 00:35:20,394 The porch had been wiped off too. 722 00:35:20,418 --> 00:35:21,729 Very carefully. 723 00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:24,132 I believe you said that also applied to the fingerprints. 724 00:35:24,156 --> 00:35:25,133 Yes, sir. 725 00:35:25,157 --> 00:35:27,335 Someone had, uh, tidied up. 726 00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:29,704 Huh. Tidied up. Very well-put, lieutenant. 727 00:35:29,728 --> 00:35:31,806 However, what about the pool of blood under the porch? 728 00:35:31,830 --> 00:35:34,075 Isn't that what started your whole investigation? 729 00:35:34,099 --> 00:35:36,544 Well, it was dark, there were cracks in the porch, 730 00:35:36,568 --> 00:35:39,780 and that was undoubtedly the oversight of the murderer. 731 00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:40,937 I see. 732 00:35:42,374 --> 00:35:44,952 Now, I show you this heel from a woman's shoe. 733 00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:47,088 I ask you where this was found. 734 00:35:47,112 --> 00:35:49,224 It was stuck between the floorboards on the porch. 735 00:35:49,248 --> 00:35:51,326 Is there anything else you can tell us about this heel? 736 00:35:51,350 --> 00:35:53,328 We took some scrapings, and down at the bottom of it, 737 00:35:53,352 --> 00:35:56,063 we found samples of some blood, uh, type B. 738 00:35:56,087 --> 00:35:58,199 That's the same type as that of the deceased. 739 00:35:58,223 --> 00:35:59,734 Yes. The wearer of the shoe 740 00:35:59,758 --> 00:36:00,735 had, uh, undoubtedly 741 00:36:00,759 --> 00:36:03,037 stepped in some of the blood. 742 00:36:03,061 --> 00:36:05,106 Well, were there any fingerprints on this? 743 00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:07,975 Well, um, on the inside facing of the heel, 744 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:10,311 there were two we could identify. 745 00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:12,247 The, uh, thumbprint of the cleaning woman 746 00:36:12,271 --> 00:36:14,949 who tried to, uh, pull it loose from the porch. 747 00:36:14,973 --> 00:36:16,984 And whose was the other print? 748 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:18,319 That of the defendant... 749 00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:20,921 Miss Sarette Winslow. 750 00:36:20,945 --> 00:36:23,224 Now, lieutenant, during the course 751 00:36:23,248 --> 00:36:25,259 of your investigation in this case, 752 00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:28,229 was it necessary for you to examine the records 753 00:36:28,253 --> 00:36:30,831 of automobile rental agencies in the Los Angeles area? 754 00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:32,166 Yes, I did. 755 00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:34,102 Would you tell us what you found, please? 756 00:36:34,126 --> 00:36:37,338 On the evening of the murder, about, uh, 9:00, 757 00:36:37,362 --> 00:36:38,672 the airport office 758 00:36:38,696 --> 00:36:41,208 of the Pleas-U-R-Drive Car Rentals company 759 00:36:41,232 --> 00:36:42,977 signed out a convertible... 760 00:36:43,001 --> 00:36:46,180 to Miss Sarette Winslow of New York City. 761 00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:47,581 I think that'll be all, lieutenant. 762 00:36:47,605 --> 00:36:50,045 Thank you very much. Cross-examine. 763 00:36:50,942 --> 00:36:53,787 Lieutenant, what prompted you to look into the records 764 00:36:53,811 --> 00:36:55,456 of the Pleas-U-R-Drive company? 765 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,691 The statement of an eyewitness. 766 00:36:57,715 --> 00:36:59,360 What eyewitness? 767 00:36:59,384 --> 00:37:02,763 Mr. Louis Caporale. 768 00:37:02,787 --> 00:37:06,256 Thank you, lieutenant. That'll be all. 769 00:37:09,361 --> 00:37:11,072 I started up toward the house 770 00:37:11,096 --> 00:37:12,173 around by the front door. 771 00:37:12,197 --> 00:37:14,375 I looked in, didn't see anybody. 772 00:37:14,399 --> 00:37:16,944 Then this woman came hurrying around from the other side. 773 00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:18,513 She looked like she might be a cripple, 774 00:37:18,537 --> 00:37:20,481 or maybe wearing only one shoe. 775 00:37:20,505 --> 00:37:23,717 She got into the car and, uh, drove away pretty fast. 776 00:37:23,741 --> 00:37:25,386 Now, I ask you to look around this courtroom 777 00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:27,522 and see if you can identify that woman here. 778 00:37:27,546 --> 00:37:29,011 Well, sure. 779 00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:31,247 That's her. 780 00:37:32,817 --> 00:37:34,562 Let the record show that the witness 781 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:37,731 is pointing to the defendant, Sarette Winslow. 782 00:37:37,755 --> 00:37:39,855 Thank you, Mr. Caporale. Your witness. 783 00:37:44,563 --> 00:37:46,340 Mr. Caporale... 784 00:37:46,364 --> 00:37:48,409 after this woman drove away... 785 00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:50,478 just what did you do? 786 00:37:50,502 --> 00:37:53,814 Well, Allen obviously wasn't home, so I left. 787 00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:55,749 You left? 788 00:37:55,773 --> 00:37:57,085 You saw this woman 789 00:37:57,109 --> 00:37:59,653 mysteriously dashing away from your friend's home, 790 00:37:59,677 --> 00:38:01,422 and you didn't investigate? 791 00:38:01,446 --> 00:38:03,057 I figured she was just somebody 792 00:38:03,081 --> 00:38:05,226 who couldn't find him home either. 793 00:38:05,250 --> 00:38:06,694 I thought I'd try him later. 794 00:38:06,718 --> 00:38:08,763 And later, you did look around a bit more. 795 00:38:08,787 --> 00:38:10,331 Did you go out on the porch? 796 00:38:10,355 --> 00:38:11,733 Yes, I did. 797 00:38:11,757 --> 00:38:13,368 And you didn't see a body? 798 00:38:13,392 --> 00:38:15,102 There wasn't any body there. 799 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:16,270 Not at 11:00. 800 00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:18,139 Now, would you please tell the court 801 00:38:18,163 --> 00:38:20,007 what were you really doing there? 802 00:38:20,031 --> 00:38:21,342 Why were you so anxious 803 00:38:21,366 --> 00:38:23,611 to see Sheridan that night? 804 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,779 Well, I'd borrowed his car. 805 00:38:25,803 --> 00:38:28,182 Now, isn't it true that a man named Victor Latimore 806 00:38:28,206 --> 00:38:29,784 had come to see you earlier that evening, 807 00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:31,852 and had given you $5,000? 808 00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:33,154 Oh, now, look. 809 00:38:33,178 --> 00:38:35,823 This was Allen's idea, not mine. 810 00:38:35,847 --> 00:38:38,426 He was just gonna pay me a few bucks 811 00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:40,094 to pick up the dough and deliver it, 812 00:38:40,118 --> 00:38:41,429 and maybe act like a... 813 00:38:41,453 --> 00:38:44,365 Well, like a tough gambler, that's all. 814 00:38:44,389 --> 00:38:46,868 And what did you do with the 5,000? 815 00:38:46,892 --> 00:38:48,035 Well, I was worried. 816 00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:50,237 So I hid it in back of his car. 817 00:38:50,261 --> 00:38:52,774 Look, that's why I had the shakes the next day 818 00:38:52,798 --> 00:38:54,341 when you were looking in the trunk. 819 00:38:54,365 --> 00:38:56,176 But I was gonna turn it in. 820 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,312 In fact, I was on my way over to police headquarters 821 00:38:58,336 --> 00:38:59,781 when... When you stopped me. 822 00:38:59,805 --> 00:39:02,216 Well... Well, that's what I did. 823 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:04,619 I turned it over to Lieutenant Tragg. 824 00:39:04,643 --> 00:39:06,320 Uh, didn't I, sir? 825 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:08,255 No more questions. 826 00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:11,481 I call Victor Latimore, please. 827 00:39:12,651 --> 00:39:14,161 Now, Mr. Latimore, are you acquainted 828 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:16,631 with the defendant, Sarette Winslow? 829 00:39:16,655 --> 00:39:19,066 Well, I met her through Allen in New York. 830 00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:20,201 Occasionally, I'd see her at 831 00:39:20,225 --> 00:39:22,169 the brownstone on 55th Street. 832 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:24,738 Allen, at one time, had a weekly poker game. 833 00:39:24,762 --> 00:39:27,007 Oh, it was just a friendly game, not for blood. 834 00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:28,942 Would you mind explaining to this court, please, 835 00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:30,278 the financial arrangement 836 00:39:30,302 --> 00:39:32,813 between the defendant and Allen Sheridan? 837 00:39:32,837 --> 00:39:33,914 Well, it was very simple. 838 00:39:33,938 --> 00:39:36,684 While he was still living on his allowance... 839 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:40,187 he undertook to send $300 monthly to Miss Winslow. 840 00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:43,023 His father's will suggested an obligation of this kind. 841 00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:46,193 And how did Allen Sheridan fulfill this obligation? 842 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:48,228 Well, he was frequently late with the check, 843 00:39:48,252 --> 00:39:51,532 and many times he omitted sending it altogether. I see. 844 00:39:51,556 --> 00:39:53,501 Did you ever have occasion to talk to the defendant 845 00:39:53,525 --> 00:39:54,935 about this matter? 846 00:39:54,959 --> 00:39:56,771 Oh, she wrote me several times from New York. 847 00:39:56,795 --> 00:39:58,506 She was upset about Allen. 848 00:39:58,530 --> 00:40:01,409 More specifically, what was she upset about? 849 00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:03,211 Oh, about not getting her allowance, 850 00:40:03,235 --> 00:40:04,312 and what was going to happen 851 00:40:04,336 --> 00:40:05,946 when Allen came into his money 852 00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:08,682 in a... A lump sum on his 30th birthday. 853 00:40:08,706 --> 00:40:10,384 You see, she knew that his birthday 854 00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:11,552 was on September 5th 855 00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:12,620 of this year. 856 00:40:12,644 --> 00:40:14,522 I thought it wasn't till next year. 857 00:40:14,546 --> 00:40:16,524 I see. Now, would you tell us, please, 858 00:40:16,548 --> 00:40:20,394 the terms of Allen Sheridan's will? 859 00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:22,163 Well, Allen left no will. 860 00:40:22,187 --> 00:40:24,431 Then what happens to his estate? 861 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:27,201 Well, Miss Winslow is his only relative, 862 00:40:27,225 --> 00:40:29,703 and, of course, is his sole heir. 863 00:40:29,727 --> 00:40:31,405 Thank you, Mr. Latimore. 864 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:32,669 Your witness. 865 00:40:33,598 --> 00:40:35,509 Uh, Mr. Mason... 866 00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:37,378 do you anticipate a lengthy cross-examination 867 00:40:37,402 --> 00:40:38,468 of this witness? 868 00:40:40,037 --> 00:40:41,682 Well, it's possible it could take 869 00:40:41,706 --> 00:40:43,050 quite some time, Your Honor. 870 00:40:43,074 --> 00:40:45,086 In that case, since it's almost the noon hour, 871 00:40:45,110 --> 00:40:47,743 court will recess until 2:00 this afternoon. 872 00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:03,437 Perry... 873 00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:05,239 I finally got a few reports in. 874 00:41:05,263 --> 00:41:06,373 At least we know 875 00:41:06,397 --> 00:41:08,008 where William Wyatt was in Mexico City. 876 00:41:08,032 --> 00:41:09,577 What about Ralph Curtis in New York? 877 00:41:09,601 --> 00:41:11,645 That's the second piece of information we've got. 878 00:41:11,669 --> 00:41:12,813 We can't find him. 879 00:41:12,837 --> 00:41:14,615 But I did get a flash, 880 00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:16,049 if you can call it that. 881 00:41:16,073 --> 00:41:18,051 He did show up in New York. 882 00:41:18,075 --> 00:41:19,420 Uh-huh. When? 883 00:41:19,444 --> 00:41:20,621 Mm, according to a neighbor, 884 00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:22,456 Sunday morning, September 6th. 885 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:23,657 How long was he there? 886 00:41:23,681 --> 00:41:25,526 I don't know. Not more than a few hours. 887 00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:26,860 Perry, heh, 888 00:41:26,884 --> 00:41:28,762 you're awful persistent about this guy, Curtis. 889 00:41:28,786 --> 00:41:30,186 What gives? 890 00:41:31,556 --> 00:41:33,967 Figure it out yourself, Paul. 891 00:41:33,991 --> 00:41:36,303 From all we've learned... 892 00:41:36,327 --> 00:41:39,540 from what you've just told me... 893 00:41:39,564 --> 00:41:42,276 Ralph Curtis and William Wyatt are... 894 00:41:42,300 --> 00:41:44,044 one and the same person. 895 00:41:44,068 --> 00:41:45,068 And Paul... 896 00:41:46,538 --> 00:41:48,782 you've just got to find him. 897 00:41:48,806 --> 00:41:50,086 All right, Perry. 898 00:41:56,982 --> 00:41:58,425 Now, Mr. Latimore... 899 00:41:58,449 --> 00:42:01,863 you said that you knew Allen Sheridan in New York. 900 00:42:01,887 --> 00:42:04,231 Well, since I've been out here on business, 901 00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:06,066 it's only been occasional visits, of course. 902 00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:07,134 Mm, how long have you been 903 00:42:07,158 --> 00:42:08,636 in the personal management business? 904 00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:10,304 Oh, about ten years. 905 00:42:10,328 --> 00:42:12,473 I do income taxes, that sort of thing. Mm-hm. 906 00:42:12,497 --> 00:42:15,510 What percentage did you take of the decedent's income 907 00:42:15,534 --> 00:42:18,094 as your fee for handling his so-called allowance? 908 00:42:19,103 --> 00:42:21,816 Well, in... In this particular case... 909 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,183 25 percent. 910 00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:24,351 Doesn't the normal fee 911 00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:26,487 for the type of service you render 912 00:42:26,511 --> 00:42:27,788 range from, uh, 913 00:42:27,812 --> 00:42:29,890 oh, say, 3 percent to... 914 00:42:29,914 --> 00:42:31,158 maybe 5 percent? 915 00:42:31,182 --> 00:42:33,661 Oh, but Allen needed all sorts of special service. 916 00:42:33,685 --> 00:42:36,163 You see, he came out here with things all tangled up. 917 00:42:36,187 --> 00:42:38,332 Do you, uh, have Mr. Sheridan's power of attorney? 918 00:42:38,356 --> 00:42:40,033 Y-yeah... Uh... Uh, no. 919 00:42:40,057 --> 00:42:41,869 Uh, pardon me. Did you have 920 00:42:41,893 --> 00:42:42,903 his power of attorney? 921 00:42:42,927 --> 00:42:45,539 Yes, but it was revoked. Mm, when? 922 00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,274 I received notice of it last week. 923 00:42:47,298 --> 00:42:49,643 Allen had written the trustees in New York. 924 00:42:49,667 --> 00:42:51,679 Now, if his body hadn't been discovered... 925 00:42:51,703 --> 00:42:54,114 If he'd just disappeared 926 00:42:54,138 --> 00:42:56,116 would you still have been able to continue 927 00:42:56,140 --> 00:42:57,618 using that power of attorney? 928 00:42:57,642 --> 00:42:59,386 Well, I... 929 00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:02,723 I suppose, until all the banks had been notified... 930 00:43:02,747 --> 00:43:04,124 Oh, no. 931 00:43:04,148 --> 00:43:05,559 No, that wouldn't have been proper. 932 00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:07,094 No. 933 00:43:07,118 --> 00:43:09,564 Now, you testified that... 934 00:43:09,588 --> 00:43:11,198 you were... 935 00:43:11,222 --> 00:43:13,067 part of an occasional poker game 936 00:43:13,091 --> 00:43:14,457 held by Allen Sheridan. 937 00:43:15,627 --> 00:43:17,471 Was a...? A man by the name of Ralph Curtis 938 00:43:17,495 --> 00:43:18,706 also part of that game? 939 00:43:18,730 --> 00:43:20,307 Yes, sir. Occasionally. 940 00:43:20,331 --> 00:43:22,343 Was Mr. Curtis one of the special services 941 00:43:22,367 --> 00:43:25,011 you took care of for Mr. Sheridan? 942 00:43:25,035 --> 00:43:26,547 I don't know what you mean. 943 00:43:26,571 --> 00:43:28,315 I mean the defendant wasn't the only person 944 00:43:28,339 --> 00:43:30,851 after Sheridan for money, was she? 945 00:43:30,875 --> 00:43:31,886 Well, 946 00:43:31,910 --> 00:43:33,086 I wouldn't know about that. 947 00:43:33,110 --> 00:43:35,289 Tell me, Mr. Latimore... 948 00:43:35,313 --> 00:43:36,891 were you and Ralph Curtis 949 00:43:36,915 --> 00:43:38,358 blackmailing Allen Sheridan? 950 00:43:38,382 --> 00:43:40,094 I object, Your Honor. 951 00:43:40,118 --> 00:43:42,262 That question is completely incompetent. 952 00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:44,264 Mr. Mason is threatening this witness. 953 00:43:44,288 --> 00:43:45,832 Objection sustained. 954 00:43:45,856 --> 00:43:47,923 No more questions. 955 00:43:57,402 --> 00:43:59,346 At this time, Your Honor... 956 00:43:59,370 --> 00:44:01,548 the prosecution would like to call Ralph Curtis 957 00:44:01,572 --> 00:44:02,772 to the stand, please. 958 00:44:10,281 --> 00:44:12,926 So it was in a vindictive fit of temper 959 00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:14,762 that Allen Sheridan tripped you 960 00:44:14,786 --> 00:44:16,029 and sent you sprawling headlong 961 00:44:16,053 --> 00:44:17,531 down that flight of stairs, 962 00:44:17,555 --> 00:44:18,835 wasn't it? 963 00:44:19,624 --> 00:44:21,568 Go on, Mr. Curtis. 964 00:44:21,592 --> 00:44:24,438 Uh, that was in September of 1958... 965 00:44:24,462 --> 00:44:26,973 in Allen's home in Manhattan. 966 00:44:26,997 --> 00:44:29,443 I went to the hospital for a series of operations, 967 00:44:29,467 --> 00:44:31,144 and it left me as you see me. 968 00:44:31,168 --> 00:44:33,681 And what did Allen Sheridan do about it? 969 00:44:33,705 --> 00:44:35,983 Well, he never once came to the hospital. 970 00:44:36,007 --> 00:44:38,486 So when I found out I wasn't 971 00:44:38,510 --> 00:44:40,120 going to get any better... 972 00:44:40,144 --> 00:44:43,691 I had my lawyer send him a... letter. 973 00:44:43,715 --> 00:44:44,892 That brought him around quick. 974 00:44:44,916 --> 00:44:46,594 What do you mean by that? 975 00:44:46,618 --> 00:44:49,162 He pleaded with me not to sue him. 976 00:44:49,186 --> 00:44:51,587 Said it would tie up his funds and so on. 977 00:44:52,824 --> 00:44:55,168 He said he felt he owed me an obligation... 978 00:44:55,192 --> 00:44:58,271 and that he had an income of $2,000 a month. 979 00:44:58,295 --> 00:45:00,663 He would pay me half for the rest of my life. 980 00:45:02,634 --> 00:45:04,745 Well, he'd crippled me. 981 00:45:04,769 --> 00:45:06,647 Well, did he keep his promise? 982 00:45:06,671 --> 00:45:07,982 Well, he sent me a thousand a month 983 00:45:08,006 --> 00:45:09,082 for two months. 984 00:45:09,106 --> 00:45:10,183 And then he left town. 985 00:45:10,207 --> 00:45:11,685 When was this? 986 00:45:11,709 --> 00:45:13,086 March of this year. 987 00:45:13,110 --> 00:45:14,454 Would you tell us, please, 988 00:45:14,478 --> 00:45:17,424 what transpired on Friday, September 4th of this year? 989 00:45:17,448 --> 00:45:19,827 I received a telephone call 990 00:45:19,851 --> 00:45:22,129 about... 4:00 991 00:45:22,153 --> 00:45:24,033 in the afternoon, New York time. 992 00:45:26,057 --> 00:45:27,635 It was from the defendant, 993 00:45:27,659 --> 00:45:29,269 Miss Sarette Winslow. 994 00:45:29,293 --> 00:45:30,493 And what did she want? 995 00:45:31,362 --> 00:45:34,307 Well, she... wanted to know if... 996 00:45:34,331 --> 00:45:37,044 Allen had sent me a large sum of money recently. 997 00:45:37,068 --> 00:45:39,880 Did she say why she wanted to know such a thing? 998 00:45:39,904 --> 00:45:44,084 Yes. She said that Allen hadn't sent her any. 999 00:45:44,108 --> 00:45:46,453 And he used the excuse 1000 00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:47,810 that he had sent a lot to me. 1001 00:45:48,946 --> 00:45:52,158 I told her he hadn't. 1002 00:45:52,182 --> 00:45:54,283 But... she became angry. 1003 00:45:55,820 --> 00:45:56,864 Might say she... 1004 00:45:56,888 --> 00:45:58,298 She even threatened. 1005 00:45:58,322 --> 00:45:59,900 She said she wasn't gonna let Allen 1006 00:45:59,924 --> 00:46:01,201 lie his way out of this. 1007 00:46:01,225 --> 00:46:02,302 I see. 1008 00:46:02,326 --> 00:46:05,105 What else did she say, Mr. Curtis? 1009 00:46:05,129 --> 00:46:06,540 Well, she said... 1010 00:46:06,564 --> 00:46:08,042 she was gonna settle things with Allen 1011 00:46:08,066 --> 00:46:10,144 once and for all. 1012 00:46:10,168 --> 00:46:11,745 Thank you, Mr. Curtis. 1013 00:46:11,769 --> 00:46:13,069 Your witness. 1014 00:46:18,242 --> 00:46:21,354 I'm curious to know why, Mr. Curtis... 1015 00:46:21,378 --> 00:46:24,591 when Allen Sheridan stopped his payments to you, 1016 00:46:24,615 --> 00:46:27,494 you didn't seek legal relief in the courts. 1017 00:46:27,518 --> 00:46:29,296 Hm. Because the only witness to the attack 1018 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:30,530 was Victor Latimore. 1019 00:46:30,554 --> 00:46:32,599 And when I asked him to testify for me, 1020 00:46:32,623 --> 00:46:36,303 he said that his recollection of the accident... 1021 00:46:36,327 --> 00:46:38,072 was that it had been my fault. 1022 00:46:38,096 --> 00:46:40,574 Why do you suppose he said that? 1023 00:46:40,598 --> 00:46:43,911 Mm. 'Cause Allen Sheridan was paying him to say it. 1024 00:46:43,935 --> 00:46:46,468 Twenty-five percent he got was his payoff. 1025 00:46:47,872 --> 00:46:49,215 Uh, Mr. Curtis, 1026 00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:52,285 did you volunteer to appear as a prosecution witness? 1027 00:46:52,309 --> 00:46:55,422 Well, uh, I didn't resist. 1028 00:46:55,446 --> 00:46:56,957 Well, did you go to the authorities, 1029 00:46:56,981 --> 00:46:58,559 or did the authorities come to you? 1030 00:46:58,583 --> 00:46:59,960 They came to me. 1031 00:46:59,984 --> 00:47:01,528 Where? 1032 00:47:01,552 --> 00:47:02,763 Here in Los Angeles. 1033 00:47:02,787 --> 00:47:05,766 I thought you lived in New York. 1034 00:47:05,790 --> 00:47:07,968 On the afternoon of the murder, you were in New York, 1035 00:47:07,992 --> 00:47:09,926 were you not? Yes, I... 1036 00:47:11,196 --> 00:47:13,874 I spoke to, uh, Miss Winslow... 1037 00:47:13,898 --> 00:47:15,276 in New York. 1038 00:47:15,300 --> 00:47:17,778 And when did you arrive here in Los Angeles? 1039 00:47:17,802 --> 00:47:20,514 About 5:30 in the morning... 1040 00:47:20,538 --> 00:47:23,050 after Allen was killed. 1041 00:47:23,074 --> 00:47:25,286 Five-thirty in the morning, by plane? 1042 00:47:25,310 --> 00:47:26,620 Yes. 1043 00:47:26,644 --> 00:47:28,922 On the morning of September 5th, 1044 00:47:28,946 --> 00:47:30,757 a little before 7:00, 1045 00:47:30,781 --> 00:47:33,582 a man boarded a plane bound for Mexico City. 1046 00:47:35,019 --> 00:47:36,997 He called himself William Wyatt. 1047 00:47:37,021 --> 00:47:39,065 He walked in a manner... 1048 00:47:39,089 --> 00:47:40,066 crippled and bent, 1049 00:47:40,090 --> 00:47:41,368 just as you. 1050 00:47:41,392 --> 00:47:43,537 I ask you now, Mr. Curtis... 1051 00:47:43,561 --> 00:47:45,528 were you that man? 1052 00:47:46,964 --> 00:47:47,964 No. 1053 00:47:49,266 --> 00:47:51,378 The man arrived in Mexico City. 1054 00:47:51,402 --> 00:47:54,848 He picked up a hotel reservation under the name of William Wyatt, 1055 00:47:54,872 --> 00:47:56,283 and before the day was over, 1056 00:47:56,307 --> 00:47:59,186 he withdrew $162,000 1057 00:47:59,210 --> 00:48:01,088 from the Bank of Mexico. 1058 00:48:01,112 --> 00:48:03,690 I'll ask you once again, Mr. Curtis: 1059 00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:05,114 were you that man? 1060 00:48:06,417 --> 00:48:07,460 No. 1061 00:48:07,484 --> 00:48:09,163 You're certainly aware that a man 1062 00:48:09,187 --> 00:48:10,330 with your distinctive 1063 00:48:10,354 --> 00:48:11,364 appearance and walk 1064 00:48:11,388 --> 00:48:14,201 will be easily identifiable... 1065 00:48:14,225 --> 00:48:15,869 to the Bank of Mexico 1066 00:48:15,893 --> 00:48:16,870 in Mexico City, 1067 00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:18,238 to the hotel there. 1068 00:48:18,262 --> 00:48:19,506 Even to fellow passengers 1069 00:48:19,530 --> 00:48:20,562 on an airplane. 1070 00:48:21,899 --> 00:48:23,711 Yes, I... 1071 00:48:23,735 --> 00:48:25,712 I did go to Mexico City. 1072 00:48:25,736 --> 00:48:27,447 Using the name William Wyatt? 1073 00:48:27,471 --> 00:48:29,038 Yes. 1074 00:48:31,075 --> 00:48:34,643 All right, I did take the $162,000. 1075 00:48:35,679 --> 00:48:37,324 But I didn't kill him. 1076 00:48:37,348 --> 00:48:38,592 I just... 1077 00:48:38,616 --> 00:48:42,062 took advantage of what he had already set up. 1078 00:48:42,086 --> 00:48:44,231 It seemed like some sort of... 1079 00:48:44,255 --> 00:48:45,632 justice. 1080 00:48:45,656 --> 00:48:49,036 How did you know about this plan of his, Mr. Curtis? 1081 00:48:49,060 --> 00:48:52,205 You were in New York on the day of the murder. 1082 00:48:52,229 --> 00:48:54,589 Who told you about the plan? 1083 00:48:55,833 --> 00:48:57,844 Well, somebody must have told you. 1084 00:48:57,868 --> 00:48:58,979 I heard about it. 1085 00:48:59,003 --> 00:49:01,882 By telephone? Yes. 1086 00:49:01,906 --> 00:49:04,273 Who could have called you, Mr. Curtis? 1087 00:49:07,078 --> 00:49:08,288 Could it have been someone 1088 00:49:08,312 --> 00:49:09,522 who hated Allen Sheridan 1089 00:49:09,546 --> 00:49:11,257 as much as you did? 1090 00:49:11,281 --> 00:49:12,859 Someone who, after killing him, 1091 00:49:12,883 --> 00:49:13,860 would immediately have 1092 00:49:13,884 --> 00:49:15,161 called you? 1093 00:49:15,185 --> 00:49:17,564 Well, you're only saying "could it have been?" 1094 00:49:17,588 --> 00:49:20,455 I'm now saying... 1095 00:49:21,792 --> 00:49:24,605 who could it have been, Mr. Curtis? 1096 00:49:24,629 --> 00:49:26,695 It must have been someone very close to you. 1097 00:49:27,832 --> 00:49:30,633 Someone also close to Allen Sheridan. 1098 00:49:32,870 --> 00:49:35,448 Someone who knew about the plane ticket. 1099 00:49:35,472 --> 00:49:37,084 Someone who knew about 1100 00:49:37,108 --> 00:49:39,619 William Wyatt and Mexico City, 1101 00:49:39,643 --> 00:49:41,287 and the money there. 1102 00:49:41,311 --> 00:49:42,956 We both know who that someone could be, 1103 00:49:42,980 --> 00:49:44,725 don't we, Mr. Curtis? 1104 00:49:47,852 --> 00:49:50,318 I told you not to come back out here. 1105 00:49:51,655 --> 00:49:52,632 Why did you 1106 00:49:52,656 --> 00:49:54,156 come back out here, Ralph? 1107 00:49:55,559 --> 00:49:57,799 I couldn't leave you here all alone. 1108 00:49:58,662 --> 00:50:00,162 I couldn't. 1109 00:50:01,698 --> 00:50:03,309 Not after... 1110 00:50:03,333 --> 00:50:05,467 After I killed him. 1111 00:50:07,404 --> 00:50:09,504 Yes, I let him die, Ralph. 1112 00:50:10,607 --> 00:50:12,574 Look what he did to you. 1113 00:50:13,844 --> 00:50:17,090 Just look what he did to you. 1114 00:50:27,992 --> 00:50:29,769 She was in love with Ralph Curtis. 1115 00:50:29,793 --> 00:50:31,505 That's why she followed Allen out here. 1116 00:50:31,529 --> 00:50:32,939 To make him pay in some way 1117 00:50:32,963 --> 00:50:35,142 for what he had done to the man she loved. 1118 00:50:35,166 --> 00:50:37,077 What happened that night? 1119 00:50:37,101 --> 00:50:38,912 Joyce and Allen went back to 1120 00:50:38,936 --> 00:50:40,180 his home after dinner. 1121 00:50:40,204 --> 00:50:42,515 Joyce told him that before he ran away again, 1122 00:50:42,539 --> 00:50:44,151 he would have to give Ralph Curtis 1123 00:50:44,175 --> 00:50:45,251 a decent settlement. 1124 00:50:45,275 --> 00:50:46,252 When he laughed at her, 1125 00:50:46,276 --> 00:50:47,854 she hit him twice with an ashtray. 1126 00:50:47,878 --> 00:50:49,689 The first time it broke, and the second time, 1127 00:50:49,713 --> 00:50:51,624 the shattered glass slashed an artery. 1128 00:50:51,648 --> 00:50:53,293 Mm, it shocked and stunned her, 1129 00:50:53,317 --> 00:50:55,295 and she went home as fast as she could. 1130 00:50:55,319 --> 00:50:56,830 And that's when I came along? 1131 00:50:56,854 --> 00:50:57,831 After she had gone? 1132 00:50:57,855 --> 00:50:58,932 That's right. 1133 00:50:58,956 --> 00:51:00,367 By the time you had left, 1134 00:51:00,391 --> 00:51:02,469 Joyce had had time to figure out her plot, 1135 00:51:02,493 --> 00:51:05,305 and to call Curtis and tell him to take the next jet plane out. 1136 00:51:05,329 --> 00:51:08,197 How did you know about Joyce, Mr. Mason? 1137 00:51:10,034 --> 00:51:12,846 Well, mm, as soon as we were able to figure out 1138 00:51:12,870 --> 00:51:15,482 who was posing as William Wyatt... 1139 00:51:15,506 --> 00:51:17,717 it was comparatively simple. 1140 00:51:17,741 --> 00:51:19,519 Oh, I'm so grateful. 1141 00:51:19,543 --> 00:51:21,154 And so thankful.