1 00:00:46,647 --> 00:00:48,858 Walter, please listen to me. 2 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:51,328 I'm all ears. 3 00:00:51,352 --> 00:00:53,863 I've tried to make a go of our marriage. 4 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,899 It just hasn't worked. 5 00:00:55,923 --> 00:00:57,389 I'm not complaining, Ruth. 6 00:00:58,759 --> 00:01:00,937 It's been more than two years. 7 00:01:00,961 --> 00:01:03,228 A long time to pay for a mistake. 8 00:01:04,365 --> 00:01:05,814 I want a divorce. 9 00:01:06,967 --> 00:01:09,112 I'd have to fight it, Ruth. 10 00:01:09,136 --> 00:01:12,048 I'd have to drag you through the dirtiest scandal 11 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:13,817 this town has ever seen. 12 00:01:13,841 --> 00:01:16,185 What are you talking about? 13 00:01:16,209 --> 00:01:17,954 You were in love with Jimmy McLain 14 00:01:17,978 --> 00:01:19,689 when you married me. 15 00:01:19,713 --> 00:01:20,990 You're still in love with him 16 00:01:21,014 --> 00:01:22,826 and seeing him behind my back. 17 00:01:22,850 --> 00:01:24,010 That's not true. 18 00:01:24,034 --> 00:01:27,981 Just once, when I ran into him accidentally. 19 00:01:28,005 --> 00:01:30,485 How much money have you got left? 20 00:01:31,207 --> 00:01:33,687 That's all you ever wanted from me. 21 00:01:33,711 --> 00:01:35,822 You haven't returned the $20,000. 22 00:01:35,846 --> 00:01:37,979 About 40,000, right? 23 00:01:39,282 --> 00:01:40,415 Now... 24 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,499 how badly do you want a divorce? 25 00:01:45,523 --> 00:01:49,202 It's all I've got... 26 00:01:49,226 --> 00:01:50,959 All I own. 27 00:01:52,362 --> 00:01:54,941 I won't give it to you. 28 00:01:54,965 --> 00:01:57,132 That's too bad. 29 00:01:58,969 --> 00:02:01,409 But remember what the man said: 30 00:02:02,139 --> 00:02:05,969 "Till death do us part." 31 00:03:21,351 --> 00:03:24,063 You fool. You bungled it. 32 00:03:24,087 --> 00:03:26,487 Let's get him to a hospital. 33 00:03:39,486 --> 00:03:43,132 Jimmy? Jimmy, this is Ruth. 34 00:03:43,156 --> 00:03:45,202 Walter tried to kill me. 35 00:03:45,226 --> 00:03:46,536 What happened? 36 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,622 He wanted to make it look like an accident. 37 00:03:48,646 --> 00:03:50,389 He had a truck try to run me down 38 00:03:50,413 --> 00:03:51,958 right in front of the house. 39 00:03:51,982 --> 00:03:53,710 Now, listen to me, Ruth. 40 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:56,296 What am I gonna do? 41 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,020 Ruth, I want you to listen to me. 42 00:04:00,624 --> 00:04:03,303 Ruth? 43 00:04:03,327 --> 00:04:04,404 Honey? 44 00:04:04,428 --> 00:04:07,273 Yes? 45 00:04:07,297 --> 00:04:10,927 I want you to get in a cab and come right over here. 46 00:04:10,951 --> 00:04:13,630 That'll only make for more trouble. 47 00:04:13,654 --> 00:04:15,787 Will you please do as I say? 48 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:18,101 Yes. 49 00:04:18,125 --> 00:04:19,102 Good. 50 00:04:19,126 --> 00:04:20,436 I'll expect you over here 51 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:21,760 in about 20 minutes, huh? 52 00:04:23,497 --> 00:04:25,642 Goodbye, darling. 53 00:05:54,555 --> 00:05:55,720 Walter? 54 00:05:58,325 --> 00:05:59,524 Walter? 55 00:06:09,803 --> 00:06:10,803 Oh. 56 00:07:29,966 --> 00:07:32,067 Good afternoon, Mrs. Prescott. 57 00:07:33,470 --> 00:07:34,847 Forgive my startling you. 58 00:07:34,871 --> 00:07:36,337 The front door was open. 59 00:07:38,141 --> 00:07:40,358 Burning old love letters? 60 00:07:42,496 --> 00:07:44,891 What are you doing here, Miss Swaine? 61 00:07:44,915 --> 00:07:46,292 Dictation. 62 00:07:46,316 --> 00:07:48,633 Mr. Prescott called the office and... 63 00:07:57,694 --> 00:07:59,460 Mr. Prescott? 64 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:05,366 I found him like this. 65 00:08:06,736 --> 00:08:08,469 I just came in. 66 00:08:11,441 --> 00:08:14,003 Well, I did. 67 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:17,072 Mrs. Prescott, you don't have to convince me. 68 00:08:17,096 --> 00:08:18,975 You'd better try the police. 69 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:21,500 Or haven't you called them yet? 70 00:08:57,854 --> 00:08:59,198 Hello? 71 00:08:59,222 --> 00:09:01,467 Yes, this is Margaret Swaine. 72 00:09:01,491 --> 00:09:03,335 Would you have your truck pick up my baggage 73 00:09:03,359 --> 00:09:06,338 at the Clairmont Hotel tonight at 7:00? 74 00:09:06,362 --> 00:09:09,141 Yes, there will be two trunks and some hand luggage. 75 00:09:09,165 --> 00:09:11,599 Uh-huh. Thank you. 76 00:09:30,704 --> 00:09:32,615 Good afternoon, Mr. Wray. 77 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:34,517 Miss Swaine. 78 00:09:34,541 --> 00:09:37,720 What are you doing in Mr. Prescott's desk? 79 00:09:37,744 --> 00:09:40,823 There may be some papers the police may misunderstand. 80 00:09:40,847 --> 00:09:43,225 What are you talking about? 81 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:45,961 Mr. Prescott is dead. Dead? 82 00:09:45,985 --> 00:09:48,464 I think it was murder. Probably by his wife. 83 00:09:48,488 --> 00:09:49,699 What? 84 00:09:49,723 --> 00:09:51,967 I found her burning what looked like evidence. 85 00:09:51,991 --> 00:09:54,003 A package of letters. 86 00:09:54,027 --> 00:09:55,638 Ruth? 87 00:09:55,662 --> 00:09:57,440 Killed Walter? 88 00:09:57,464 --> 00:09:59,709 No. That's impossible. 89 00:09:59,733 --> 00:10:01,076 Calling the Prescott home, 90 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:02,600 I think you're wasting your time. 91 00:10:05,138 --> 00:10:06,916 There won't be any answer. 92 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:09,819 If she has any sense, Ruth Prescott is at the airport 93 00:10:09,843 --> 00:10:13,022 waiting for the first plane out of the country. 94 00:10:22,188 --> 00:10:24,967 What happened after you called the police? 95 00:10:24,991 --> 00:10:27,303 I came right here. 96 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:29,439 I thought I should see a lawyer. 97 00:10:29,463 --> 00:10:30,907 I thought I needed someone who... 98 00:10:30,931 --> 00:10:33,876 Someone who specialized in criminal law. 99 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:35,666 Were you in love with your husband? 100 00:10:37,554 --> 00:10:38,781 No. 101 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:41,505 Are you in love with Mr. McLain? 102 00:10:42,825 --> 00:10:44,570 Yes. 103 00:10:44,594 --> 00:10:46,394 All right... 104 00:10:48,965 --> 00:10:51,110 tell me once again. 105 00:10:51,134 --> 00:10:53,879 What did you do when you discovered the body? 106 00:10:53,903 --> 00:10:55,414 I phoned the police. 107 00:10:55,438 --> 00:10:57,616 Nothing else? 108 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,219 You're sure there was no gun near the body? 109 00:11:00,243 --> 00:11:02,020 Positive. 110 00:11:07,850 --> 00:11:09,512 Why did you bring this with you? 111 00:11:09,536 --> 00:11:12,315 Well, I couldn't leave him. 112 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:14,572 I could see that something was wrong with his foot. 113 00:11:19,212 --> 00:11:21,590 Your husband was lying there, apparently murdered, 114 00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:25,294 and yet you were concerned about a lame canary? 115 00:11:25,318 --> 00:11:28,230 Della, what is the name of that pet shop 116 00:11:28,254 --> 00:11:29,465 on Mordegan Street? 117 00:11:29,489 --> 00:11:31,701 Mm, Newcome's. Do you want me to call them? 118 00:11:31,725 --> 00:11:33,836 And get hold of Paul. 119 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:35,504 I wanna know all about that accident 120 00:11:35,528 --> 00:11:38,074 with the transfer truck and the parked car. 121 00:11:38,098 --> 00:11:39,608 Where was it? 122 00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:41,443 Cedar, near Chestnut. 123 00:11:41,467 --> 00:11:43,379 I wanna know who the truck driver was 124 00:11:43,403 --> 00:11:46,582 and any possible tie-up between him and Walter Prescott. 125 00:11:46,606 --> 00:11:49,418 Come on, Mrs. Prescott. Where? 126 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:52,543 I'd like to talk to your Mr. McLain before the police do. 127 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:01,964 Gertie, will you get Paul, please? 128 00:12:01,988 --> 00:12:03,321 Yes, right away. 129 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:12,075 He hasn't been dead long. 130 00:12:12,099 --> 00:12:14,110 An hour, maybe two at the most. 131 00:12:14,134 --> 00:12:15,978 We'll know better after the postmortem. 132 00:12:16,002 --> 00:12:17,413 Any idea what caused 133 00:12:17,437 --> 00:12:19,281 those scratches and bruises on his face? 134 00:12:19,305 --> 00:12:21,184 Well, he didn't get 'em from shaving. 135 00:12:21,208 --> 00:12:23,688 Lieutenant. 136 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:30,059 Think the crime lab can do anything with it? 137 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:32,216 We can try. Williams. 138 00:12:35,956 --> 00:12:37,199 And when Ruth told me 139 00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:38,600 she was almost hit by that truck, 140 00:12:38,624 --> 00:12:41,304 I told her to grab a cab and come right over here. 141 00:12:41,328 --> 00:12:42,571 What made you assume 142 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,740 that her husband was responsible? 143 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:48,010 I told him so. That's good enough for me. 144 00:12:48,034 --> 00:12:52,565 But when she arrived here, you were gone. Where? 145 00:12:52,589 --> 00:12:54,450 I went over to see Prescott. 146 00:12:54,474 --> 00:12:57,870 What did you hope to accomplish by that? 147 00:12:57,894 --> 00:13:00,123 I just wanted to talk to him. 148 00:13:00,147 --> 00:13:03,359 Using that telephone would have been the easy way. 149 00:13:03,383 --> 00:13:05,861 He could've hung up on me. 150 00:13:05,885 --> 00:13:07,663 What happened when you saw him? 151 00:13:07,687 --> 00:13:09,465 I didn't. He wasn't home. 152 00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:11,929 So you came right back here? 153 00:13:14,227 --> 00:13:15,805 No... 154 00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:18,474 the door wasn't locked, 155 00:13:18,498 --> 00:13:19,981 so I walked in. 156 00:13:21,718 --> 00:13:24,480 That happens to be the truth. 157 00:13:24,504 --> 00:13:26,687 Go on. 158 00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:31,487 That's the whole story. 159 00:13:31,511 --> 00:13:34,740 No, not quite. 160 00:13:34,764 --> 00:13:37,577 Where did that come from? 161 00:13:37,601 --> 00:13:41,881 I brought it here. No. No, she didn't. 162 00:13:41,905 --> 00:13:43,883 Well, I figured she might need a couple of things, 163 00:13:43,907 --> 00:13:47,319 so I went upstairs to her room and I packed her bag. 164 00:13:47,343 --> 00:13:50,223 Some people might think you were being presumptuous. 165 00:13:50,247 --> 00:13:53,676 I don't care what anyone thinks. 166 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:56,812 That's fairly obvious. 167 00:13:56,836 --> 00:13:58,648 Tell me, Mr. McLain, 168 00:13:58,672 --> 00:14:00,783 just what do you do for a living? 169 00:14:00,807 --> 00:14:02,385 I work in a liquor store. 170 00:14:02,409 --> 00:14:03,886 Do you own a gun? 171 00:14:03,910 --> 00:14:06,105 Now, really, Mr. Mason... Now, look, 172 00:14:06,129 --> 00:14:08,340 he's in love with you. 173 00:14:08,364 --> 00:14:10,810 He knows your husband won't give you a divorce. 174 00:14:10,834 --> 00:14:12,166 That's true, isn't it? 175 00:14:14,237 --> 00:14:16,833 One hundred percent correct. 176 00:14:16,857 --> 00:14:19,902 Then my question about your owning a gun 177 00:14:19,926 --> 00:14:21,770 wasn't entirely out of line. 178 00:14:21,794 --> 00:14:22,794 May I see it? 179 00:14:25,448 --> 00:14:27,126 It's downstairs... 180 00:14:27,150 --> 00:14:29,128 in my car. 181 00:14:31,420 --> 00:14:32,620 Excuse me. 182 00:14:37,944 --> 00:14:40,089 Hello? 183 00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:41,690 Just a moment. 184 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:43,681 It's a Paul Drake for you. 185 00:14:46,152 --> 00:14:48,030 Thank you. 186 00:14:48,054 --> 00:14:49,282 Hello, Paul? 187 00:14:49,306 --> 00:14:50,916 Perry, I'm glad I caught you there. 188 00:14:50,940 --> 00:14:52,485 I got the truck driver identified. 189 00:14:52,509 --> 00:14:53,786 His name's Harry Jonson. 190 00:14:53,810 --> 00:14:55,321 He has a transfer company, 191 00:14:55,345 --> 00:14:58,190 and he's near your section of town right now. 192 00:14:58,214 --> 00:14:59,958 1220 Carroll Street. 193 00:14:59,982 --> 00:15:01,627 You want me to meet you there? 194 00:15:01,651 --> 00:15:03,695 Yes, in 15 minutes. 195 00:15:03,719 --> 00:15:04,985 See you, Paul. 196 00:15:07,590 --> 00:15:11,003 There's a motel in the Valley. It's called The Crestline. 197 00:15:11,027 --> 00:15:13,172 I'd like you to take your belongings and drive out there. 198 00:15:13,196 --> 00:15:15,874 She can stay here with me. 199 00:15:15,898 --> 00:15:17,776 I have a friend down the hall. 200 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,078 I'm happy to know that, but she can't stay here. 201 00:15:20,102 --> 00:15:22,248 But if she hides... I don't want her to broadcast 202 00:15:22,272 --> 00:15:24,483 her whereabouts to the world, and she's not going to hide. 203 00:15:24,507 --> 00:15:26,867 She'll register at the motel under her own name. 204 00:15:29,745 --> 00:15:31,923 Call me when you get settled. 205 00:15:41,524 --> 00:15:43,835 I was coming down Cedar Avenue at a slow speed, 206 00:15:43,859 --> 00:15:45,971 and all of a sudden, this crazy dame crosses the street 207 00:15:45,995 --> 00:15:47,273 just as I'm turning the corner. 208 00:15:47,297 --> 00:15:50,276 She stopped, just like she turned to stone. 209 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:51,477 That crazy dame thinks 210 00:15:51,501 --> 00:15:53,245 you deliberately tried to run her down. 211 00:15:53,269 --> 00:15:56,248 What? Look, mister, do you know anything about air brakes? 212 00:15:56,272 --> 00:15:58,484 A little. There was a break in the line. 213 00:15:58,508 --> 00:15:59,719 I just replaced it. 214 00:15:59,743 --> 00:16:02,471 It looks like it had been cut with a knife. 215 00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:05,040 You know something? You're right. 216 00:16:05,064 --> 00:16:07,042 Any idea who might have done it? 217 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:09,044 Well, it might have been one of my competitors. 218 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:10,645 Mm, which one? 219 00:16:10,669 --> 00:16:13,482 I'd rather not say till I get some proof. 220 00:16:13,506 --> 00:16:16,618 Did you ever hear of a Walter Prescott? 221 00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:18,120 Walter Prescott? 222 00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:19,955 Yeah, 223 00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:21,991 I was trying to get the names of some of the witnesses. 224 00:16:22,015 --> 00:16:24,493 This guy came out and helped me with some first aid. 225 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:25,961 He said he didn't see the accident, 226 00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:26,962 but heard the crash. 227 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:29,564 Yeah. "Walter Prescott." 228 00:16:29,588 --> 00:16:31,700 What was the name of the injured man? 229 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:33,768 Frederick Walden. 230 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:35,971 What did you do with him after the accident? 231 00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:37,439 Well, he was in pretty bad shape. 232 00:16:37,463 --> 00:16:39,058 I thought I'd better get him to a hospital. 233 00:16:39,082 --> 00:16:41,727 I, uh, thought you said your brakes were out. 234 00:16:41,751 --> 00:16:43,729 Well, I can see you've never driven a truck. 235 00:16:43,753 --> 00:16:46,065 All you have to do is use the gears and hand brake. 236 00:16:46,089 --> 00:16:47,432 What about his car? 237 00:16:47,456 --> 00:16:50,435 Well, it was pretty badly bunged up but running okay. 238 00:16:50,459 --> 00:16:52,504 I gave a guy 10 bucks to follow us to the hospital 239 00:16:52,528 --> 00:16:54,140 and take a cab back. 240 00:16:54,164 --> 00:16:55,808 What hospital did you take him to? 241 00:16:55,832 --> 00:16:58,694 That private emergency one over on Pine Avenue. 242 00:16:58,718 --> 00:17:01,564 1900 Pine Avenue to be exact. 243 00:17:01,588 --> 00:17:04,099 Uh, Doc Fowler's place, wasn't it, Mr. Jonson? 244 00:17:04,123 --> 00:17:06,402 That's right. Who are you? 245 00:17:06,426 --> 00:17:08,704 This is Lieutenant Tragg of Homicide. 246 00:17:08,728 --> 00:17:11,207 What's the homicide? There was nobody killed. 247 00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:12,974 The doc said this guy Walden was all right. 248 00:17:12,998 --> 00:17:14,710 Maybe a little dizzy but okay. 249 00:17:14,734 --> 00:17:17,630 Then you didn't tell him about Prescott being murdered? 250 00:17:17,654 --> 00:17:20,216 No. Well, you know about it, Perry. 251 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,751 I heard about it. From whom? 252 00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:25,987 Uh-huh. Privileged information. 253 00:17:26,011 --> 00:17:27,773 Did Prescott drive with you 254 00:17:27,797 --> 00:17:30,175 when you went to the emergency hospital, Mr. Jonson? 255 00:17:30,199 --> 00:17:31,394 No. 256 00:17:31,418 --> 00:17:33,763 When you dropped Walden off at the hospital, 257 00:17:33,787 --> 00:17:36,365 you returned to Cedar and Chestnut street, didn't you? 258 00:17:36,389 --> 00:17:37,933 That's right. I was looking for someone 259 00:17:37,957 --> 00:17:39,368 that might have seen the accident. 260 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:41,821 Did you see Mr. Prescott again at this time? 261 00:17:41,845 --> 00:17:44,907 Yeah, he came out of the house and asked how the guy was. 262 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:47,126 Yes, and then what happened, Mr. Jonson? 263 00:17:47,150 --> 00:17:49,545 Then he went back in the house, and I left. 264 00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:51,547 Where is she, Perry? 265 00:17:51,571 --> 00:17:53,782 Who? Mrs. Prescott. 266 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:56,385 She was seen in her house at 2:30 burning some letters 267 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:58,320 with Mr. Prescott dead on the floor. 268 00:17:58,344 --> 00:18:01,140 So it follows that I'd know her whereabouts? 269 00:18:01,164 --> 00:18:03,609 Well, we find reason to believe that she'd find it desirable 270 00:18:03,633 --> 00:18:05,977 to consult an attorney. 271 00:18:06,001 --> 00:18:07,912 There are thousands of attorneys in the city. 272 00:18:07,936 --> 00:18:10,048 Ha-ha. But only one Perry Mason. 273 00:18:10,072 --> 00:18:11,216 Come on, where is she, Perry? 274 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:13,285 You need a warrant. I've got it. 275 00:18:13,309 --> 00:18:16,021 Suspicion of murder in the first degree. 276 00:18:16,045 --> 00:18:17,325 Gentlemen. 277 00:18:26,890 --> 00:18:29,101 Naturally, I was shocked. 278 00:18:29,125 --> 00:18:31,003 It isn't every day you walk into a room 279 00:18:31,027 --> 00:18:33,973 and find a woman standing over her husband's dead body. 280 00:18:33,997 --> 00:18:37,476 Aren't you being a little overdramatic, Miss Swaine? 281 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:39,644 You said you first saw Mrs. Prescott 282 00:18:39,668 --> 00:18:41,080 at the fireplace. 283 00:18:41,104 --> 00:18:42,214 Yes. 284 00:18:42,238 --> 00:18:43,849 But you didn't see Mr. Prescott 285 00:18:43,873 --> 00:18:45,383 until you walked into the room, 286 00:18:45,407 --> 00:18:48,187 so she couldn't have been standing over his body. 287 00:18:48,211 --> 00:18:50,155 Well, I only meant that... 288 00:18:50,179 --> 00:18:51,190 I know, 289 00:18:51,214 --> 00:18:52,357 but the police aren't apt 290 00:18:52,381 --> 00:18:54,527 to understand a figure of speech. 291 00:18:54,551 --> 00:18:57,663 I'm sure you wouldn't want to give them any wrong ideas. 292 00:18:57,687 --> 00:19:01,784 Now, when did you last speak to Mr. Prescott? 293 00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:03,986 Before lunch. 294 00:19:04,010 --> 00:19:06,655 He told me to have my lunch and meet him at the house. 295 00:19:06,679 --> 00:19:09,825 Did you often go to his home to work? 296 00:19:09,849 --> 00:19:12,545 Yes. 297 00:19:12,569 --> 00:19:15,380 Mr. Wray. Yes? 298 00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:19,251 Do you mind my looking over your company's books? 299 00:19:19,275 --> 00:19:22,921 I wouldn't mind at all, and I wish I could oblige, 300 00:19:22,945 --> 00:19:26,091 but I don't happen to have the books. 301 00:19:26,115 --> 00:19:27,292 Oh, where are they? 302 00:19:27,316 --> 00:19:28,994 Walter took them home with him one night, 303 00:19:29,018 --> 00:19:31,196 about a week ago. 304 00:19:31,220 --> 00:19:34,633 Would you say your, uh, business has been flourishing? 305 00:19:34,657 --> 00:19:37,535 Oh, well, I can't complain. 306 00:19:37,559 --> 00:19:40,038 We're insurance brokers, you know. 307 00:19:40,062 --> 00:19:41,940 And as insurance brokers, 308 00:19:41,964 --> 00:19:43,909 did you insure yourselves? 309 00:19:43,933 --> 00:19:47,012 Yes, Walter and I had a policy covering each other. 310 00:19:47,036 --> 00:19:48,580 To what extent? 311 00:19:48,604 --> 00:19:53,017 Well, his life was insured in my favor for $75,000, 312 00:19:53,041 --> 00:19:57,506 and, uh, mine was insured in his favor for the same amount. 313 00:19:57,530 --> 00:19:59,708 I see. 314 00:19:59,732 --> 00:20:01,743 The articles of partnership provided 315 00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:04,446 that in the event of the death of one of the partners, 316 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:06,381 the wife of the deceased partner 317 00:20:06,405 --> 00:20:09,318 should receive $75,000 in cash, 318 00:20:09,342 --> 00:20:11,187 uh, relinquishing any interest 319 00:20:11,211 --> 00:20:12,677 in the, uh, partnership. 320 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,858 When you collect that 75,000, 321 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:18,644 you're obliged then to turn it 322 00:20:18,668 --> 00:20:20,012 over to Ruth Prescott? 323 00:20:20,036 --> 00:20:21,363 That's right. 324 00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:24,200 How long has that insurance been in force? 325 00:20:24,224 --> 00:20:29,905 Well, we took it out about, uh, two years ago, 326 00:20:29,929 --> 00:20:32,324 when Walter got married. 327 00:20:46,028 --> 00:20:47,972 Mr. McLain? Yeah. 328 00:20:47,996 --> 00:20:49,874 Lieutenant Tragg. 329 00:20:49,898 --> 00:20:51,876 Mind if we come in? 330 00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:54,346 Well... I have to be at work in ten minutes. 331 00:20:54,370 --> 00:20:56,214 Yeah, we only need five. 332 00:20:56,238 --> 00:20:57,349 Well, what do you want? 333 00:20:57,373 --> 00:21:01,286 You know a young lady named, uh, Ruth Prescott? 334 00:21:01,310 --> 00:21:02,487 Yeah. 335 00:21:02,511 --> 00:21:05,123 Any idea where we could locate her? 336 00:21:05,147 --> 00:21:06,758 No. 337 00:21:06,782 --> 00:21:08,527 When'd you last see her? 338 00:21:08,551 --> 00:21:11,430 I don't remember exactly. 339 00:21:11,454 --> 00:21:13,286 You remember approximately. 340 00:21:15,691 --> 00:21:17,602 What's in there? 341 00:21:17,626 --> 00:21:19,270 Nothing. 342 00:21:19,294 --> 00:21:22,974 Mind if I go in? Yeah. Yes, I certainly do. 343 00:21:22,998 --> 00:21:25,844 Look, you guys can't come in here and search this place. 344 00:21:25,868 --> 00:21:27,634 You need a warrant. 345 00:21:30,873 --> 00:21:33,340 That isn't going to stop us, Mr. McLain. 346 00:21:35,845 --> 00:21:38,779 Mrs. Prescott? No. No, she isn't. 347 00:21:40,483 --> 00:21:42,148 It's no use, Jimmy. 348 00:21:43,686 --> 00:21:45,564 I'd like to call my attorney. 349 00:21:45,588 --> 00:21:49,151 You can do that from headquarters. 350 00:21:49,175 --> 00:21:50,440 Mrs. Prescott. 351 00:22:05,725 --> 00:22:08,336 I told you to stay at The Crestline Motel. 352 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:09,504 Well, Jimmy... 353 00:22:09,528 --> 00:22:11,073 Don't you realize the construction 354 00:22:11,097 --> 00:22:12,675 the court will put on this? 355 00:22:12,699 --> 00:22:15,179 The police finding you in his apartment? 356 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:20,816 What did Lieutenant Tragg ask you? 357 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,785 About the business insurance. 358 00:22:22,809 --> 00:22:24,753 The $75,000. 359 00:22:24,777 --> 00:22:26,989 What else? 360 00:22:27,013 --> 00:22:30,492 The... gun. 361 00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:31,927 What gun? 362 00:22:31,951 --> 00:22:34,429 I didn't have a chance to hide it, Mr. Mason. 363 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:36,598 What gun? 364 00:22:36,622 --> 00:22:39,068 I lied to you. 365 00:22:39,092 --> 00:22:41,837 There was a gun near the body. 366 00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:43,172 And the police found it 367 00:22:43,196 --> 00:22:45,140 in your possession when they searched you? 368 00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:46,508 Yes. 369 00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:49,011 The reason... I know the reason. 370 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:50,579 You thought Jimmy shot your husband. 371 00:22:50,603 --> 00:22:53,481 You wanted to protect him. 372 00:22:53,505 --> 00:22:56,351 Everything's my fault, Mr. Mason. 373 00:22:56,375 --> 00:23:00,055 I had no right to assume that it was Jimmy's gun. 374 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:02,557 When he told you that it was in his car, 375 00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:04,314 I didn't believe him. 376 00:23:09,655 --> 00:23:13,435 I spoke to the truck driver who almost ran you down. 377 00:23:13,459 --> 00:23:15,303 He had faulty brakes. 378 00:23:15,327 --> 00:23:18,740 His name is Jonson. Do you recognize it? 379 00:23:18,764 --> 00:23:20,409 No. 380 00:23:20,433 --> 00:23:24,413 Have you ever heard of a man named Walden? 381 00:23:24,437 --> 00:23:26,915 Walden. 382 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:28,467 No. 383 00:23:28,491 --> 00:23:31,436 Did you ever have the impression that the partnership 384 00:23:31,460 --> 00:23:34,423 between your husband and Ernest Wray was not going so well? 385 00:23:34,447 --> 00:23:37,092 They always seemed to get along. 386 00:23:37,116 --> 00:23:39,194 Did your husband ever bring 387 00:23:39,218 --> 00:23:41,452 the firm's account books home? 388 00:23:43,439 --> 00:23:45,650 When I left him, 389 00:23:45,674 --> 00:23:47,686 they were on his desk. 390 00:23:47,710 --> 00:23:50,389 Very well, Ruth. 391 00:23:50,413 --> 00:23:53,692 You're not to answer any more questions. 392 00:23:53,716 --> 00:23:56,562 I want you to say that you're innocent, 393 00:23:56,586 --> 00:24:00,065 that you're perfectly willing to tell the authorities everything. 394 00:24:00,089 --> 00:24:04,035 But that your attorney simply will not let you say one word. 395 00:24:04,059 --> 00:24:06,738 All right? 396 00:24:06,762 --> 00:24:08,762 All right, Mr. Mason. 397 00:24:33,822 --> 00:24:37,602 KMA-752, KMA-628 calling. 398 00:24:37,626 --> 00:24:39,571 They discovered the car about an hour ago. 399 00:24:39,595 --> 00:24:42,040 Who did? The motorcycle officer. 400 00:24:42,064 --> 00:24:43,174 Walden's car? 401 00:24:43,198 --> 00:24:44,576 Yeah, what's left of it. 402 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:45,944 Walden in the car? 403 00:24:45,968 --> 00:24:47,234 His body. 404 00:24:53,642 --> 00:24:55,620 Figure out how it happened, officer? 405 00:24:55,644 --> 00:24:59,757 What makes any accident? Carelessness mostly. 406 00:24:59,781 --> 00:25:02,961 It, uh, was an accident, then? 407 00:25:02,985 --> 00:25:05,530 Sure, what else? 408 00:25:05,554 --> 00:25:07,532 Car 46. 409 00:25:07,556 --> 00:25:10,635 Forty-six at 4-700... 410 00:25:10,659 --> 00:25:14,206 Paul, how far away is that emergency hospital? 411 00:25:14,230 --> 00:25:16,808 The one where Walden was treated after the accident? 412 00:25:16,832 --> 00:25:19,111 Mm, not very far. Maybe ten minutes. 413 00:25:19,135 --> 00:25:22,614 Those doctors are usually on 24-hour-a-day call. 414 00:25:22,638 --> 00:25:24,282 Use any inducement you have to, 415 00:25:24,306 --> 00:25:26,884 but get the doctor that treated Walden over here. 416 00:25:26,908 --> 00:25:29,554 I'll meet you down below. All right, Perry. 417 00:26:00,609 --> 00:26:02,787 Dr. Fowler. Perry Mason. 418 00:26:02,811 --> 00:26:04,556 Sorry to have dragged you out here, doctor. 419 00:26:04,580 --> 00:26:07,058 No more sorry than I am to be dragged. 420 00:26:07,082 --> 00:26:09,027 Would you take a look at the dead man, please? 421 00:26:09,051 --> 00:26:10,428 Look at him? For what? 422 00:26:10,452 --> 00:26:12,892 Identification, possibly. 423 00:26:14,790 --> 00:26:16,701 He's already been identified, Perry. 424 00:26:16,725 --> 00:26:19,204 Frederick Walden from Altaville, California. 425 00:26:19,228 --> 00:26:22,607 What's his line in business? That I'll have to find out. 426 00:26:22,631 --> 00:26:25,710 Apparently an innocent bystander involved in that accident 427 00:26:25,734 --> 00:26:28,146 in front of the Prescott house. 428 00:26:28,170 --> 00:26:30,081 Now he meets a violent end. 429 00:26:30,105 --> 00:26:32,617 Well, the roads around here are pretty tricky, 430 00:26:32,641 --> 00:26:34,952 especially at night. 431 00:26:34,976 --> 00:26:37,689 Okay, what do you wanna know? 432 00:26:37,713 --> 00:26:38,990 Do you recognize him? 433 00:26:39,014 --> 00:26:40,392 No. 434 00:26:40,416 --> 00:26:42,227 You treated him day before yesterday 435 00:26:42,251 --> 00:26:44,128 at your office for cuts and abrasions. 436 00:26:44,152 --> 00:26:47,087 Not him, I didn't. I never saw him before. 437 00:27:08,594 --> 00:27:10,138 The murder weapon was purchased 438 00:27:10,162 --> 00:27:11,606 and registered to Walter Prescott, 439 00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:13,842 the decedent, December of last year. 440 00:27:13,866 --> 00:27:15,910 And where was this gun found, lieutenant? 441 00:27:15,934 --> 00:27:17,412 In the handbag of Ruth Prescott, 442 00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:18,981 the defendant in this case. 443 00:27:19,005 --> 00:27:20,815 I see. Now, in the murder room itself, 444 00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:22,784 did you find anything of an extraordinary nature? 445 00:27:22,808 --> 00:27:24,786 In the fireplace we found the burnt remains 446 00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:26,622 of a packet of letters. 447 00:27:26,646 --> 00:27:28,256 What did you do with these burnt remains? 448 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,558 They were reconstructed at the crime lab. 449 00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:32,227 I show you now these photographs 450 00:27:32,251 --> 00:27:33,528 and ask if you can identify them. 451 00:27:33,552 --> 00:27:37,215 Yes, sir, these are the pictures of the burnt letters. 452 00:27:37,239 --> 00:27:39,084 Thank you, lieutenant. If it please the court, 453 00:27:39,108 --> 00:27:41,019 I should like this gun and these photographs 454 00:27:41,043 --> 00:27:42,575 marked for identification. 455 00:27:46,681 --> 00:27:48,281 Thank you. 456 00:27:51,386 --> 00:27:53,431 No objection. Your witness. 457 00:27:53,455 --> 00:27:55,100 No questions. 458 00:27:55,124 --> 00:27:57,824 I call Margaret Swaine to the stand, please. 459 00:28:03,332 --> 00:28:05,676 The door was open about six inches. 460 00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:07,678 I knocked. There was no answer. 461 00:28:07,702 --> 00:28:10,448 I went into the entry and looked into the living room. 462 00:28:10,472 --> 00:28:12,250 And what did you see? 463 00:28:12,274 --> 00:28:15,253 I saw the body of Mr. Prescott lying on the floor 464 00:28:15,277 --> 00:28:17,455 and Mrs. Prescott at the fireplace, 465 00:28:17,479 --> 00:28:19,824 burning a package of letters. 466 00:28:19,848 --> 00:28:21,859 What time was this, Miss Swaine? 467 00:28:21,883 --> 00:28:23,861 It was 2:30. 468 00:28:23,885 --> 00:28:26,264 How can you be so precise about the time? 469 00:28:26,288 --> 00:28:28,133 I was told to come to the Prescott home 470 00:28:28,157 --> 00:28:29,634 between 2 and 2:30. 471 00:28:29,658 --> 00:28:31,202 I remember looking at my watch 472 00:28:31,226 --> 00:28:33,472 and noticing it was exactly 2:30. 473 00:28:33,496 --> 00:28:34,639 I see. 474 00:28:34,663 --> 00:28:36,541 I ask you now about a visit 475 00:28:36,565 --> 00:28:38,777 to the office of Prescott and Wray 476 00:28:38,801 --> 00:28:40,712 made by the defendant two or three weeks 477 00:28:40,736 --> 00:28:42,447 before her husband's murder. 478 00:28:42,471 --> 00:28:44,616 Yes, sir. Would you please tell this court 479 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,401 what happened on that occasion? 480 00:28:46,425 --> 00:28:49,470 I was alone in the office. 481 00:28:49,494 --> 00:28:51,006 Mrs. Prescott accused me 482 00:28:51,030 --> 00:28:53,208 of seeing her husband after office hours. 483 00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:55,043 I told her the only thing her husband and I 484 00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:57,996 had in common was a business relationship. 485 00:28:58,020 --> 00:29:00,398 What did she say to that? 486 00:29:00,422 --> 00:29:02,100 That she didn't care what my relationship 487 00:29:02,124 --> 00:29:03,885 with Mr. Prescott was. 488 00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:06,120 All she wanted was a divorce. 489 00:29:06,144 --> 00:29:10,157 That if I wouldn't help her, she'd find another way. 490 00:29:10,181 --> 00:29:12,326 That she couldn't go on living with him. 491 00:29:12,350 --> 00:29:14,763 I see. Thank you, Miss Swaine. 492 00:29:14,787 --> 00:29:15,985 Your witness. 493 00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:24,672 Miss Swaine, do you customarily go 494 00:29:24,696 --> 00:29:28,510 into someone's home upon finding the front door ajar? 495 00:29:28,534 --> 00:29:30,912 No, but since Mr. Prescott was expecting me, 496 00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:33,247 I thought he left the door open for me. 497 00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:35,116 Was this visit at 2:30 498 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:37,585 your first visit to his home on that day? 499 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:38,887 Yes, it was. 500 00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:41,256 Had you gone to his home on other occasions? 501 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,793 Yes, when Mr. Prescott wanted me to work there with him. 502 00:29:44,817 --> 00:29:48,046 Did you ever work with Mr. Prescott at your apartment? 503 00:29:48,070 --> 00:29:50,682 No. 504 00:29:50,706 --> 00:29:53,618 I'm not talking about your Halsted Street apartment, 505 00:29:53,642 --> 00:29:55,920 which you rent for $80 a month. 506 00:29:55,944 --> 00:29:59,391 I'm talking about an apartment in the Westwood Arms, 507 00:29:59,415 --> 00:30:00,609 which you're leasing 508 00:30:00,633 --> 00:30:04,034 under the name of Maxine Sterit for $350 a month. 509 00:30:06,005 --> 00:30:10,085 Mr. Mason, I don't know where you got your information, 510 00:30:10,109 --> 00:30:12,153 but that is part of my private life. 511 00:30:12,177 --> 00:30:15,323 It has nothing to do with this case or your client. 512 00:30:15,347 --> 00:30:18,726 On the afternoon of the murder, Miss Swaine, 513 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:21,362 did you have your trunks moved from the Halsted apartment 514 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:23,965 to your more expensive apartment? 515 00:30:23,989 --> 00:30:27,803 Again, I say, that is my private affair. 516 00:30:27,827 --> 00:30:29,771 Not if you were seeing Walter Prescott 517 00:30:29,795 --> 00:30:31,406 at your expensive apartment 518 00:30:31,430 --> 00:30:33,675 and using the name Maxine Sterit. 519 00:30:33,699 --> 00:30:35,832 Were you? 520 00:30:38,270 --> 00:30:40,565 No, I was not. 521 00:30:40,589 --> 00:30:43,701 Thank you. That will be all. 522 00:30:43,725 --> 00:30:45,392 Stand down, please. 523 00:30:50,099 --> 00:30:52,009 You arrived at the Prescott house 524 00:30:52,033 --> 00:30:53,744 at approximately ten minutes to 2. 525 00:30:53,768 --> 00:30:56,047 Was the deceased at home? No. 526 00:30:56,071 --> 00:30:58,349 And how long did you stay in the house? 527 00:30:58,373 --> 00:31:01,652 About five or ten minutes. Ten minutes at the most. 528 00:31:01,676 --> 00:31:02,954 And then? 529 00:31:02,978 --> 00:31:04,322 I left. 530 00:31:04,346 --> 00:31:06,724 What were you doing while you were in the house? 531 00:31:06,748 --> 00:31:09,544 I was packing some of Ruth's things. 532 00:31:09,568 --> 00:31:11,279 She was moving out? 533 00:31:11,303 --> 00:31:12,514 Yes. 534 00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:14,049 She was leaving her husband? 535 00:31:14,073 --> 00:31:15,517 Yes, it was my idea. 536 00:31:15,541 --> 00:31:17,901 I told her she didn't have to... 537 00:31:18,344 --> 00:31:20,622 I told her that she didn't have to stay 538 00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:22,390 in his home anymore. 539 00:31:22,414 --> 00:31:23,414 I see. 540 00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:28,296 Mr. McLain, I show you these photographs of letters 541 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:29,964 previously marked for identification, 542 00:31:29,988 --> 00:31:31,665 and I ask if you recognize 543 00:31:31,689 --> 00:31:34,069 the words, phrases and handwriting. 544 00:31:34,093 --> 00:31:35,703 Yes. 545 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:38,873 Is it your handwriting and did you write these letters? 546 00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:39,991 Yes. 547 00:31:40,015 --> 00:31:42,159 I don't think it will be necessary 548 00:31:42,183 --> 00:31:44,395 to reveal the contents at this time, 549 00:31:44,419 --> 00:31:45,930 but these are love letters 550 00:31:45,954 --> 00:31:48,133 that you wrote to Ruth Prescott, isn't that so? 551 00:31:48,157 --> 00:31:51,402 No. Ruth Jiuevnal. Who? 552 00:31:51,426 --> 00:31:52,604 Ruth Jiuevnal. 553 00:31:52,628 --> 00:31:55,056 I wrote them to Ruth before she was married. 554 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,057 Oh, of course. 555 00:31:56,081 --> 00:31:57,692 And she kept and treasured them 556 00:31:57,716 --> 00:31:59,326 during her marriage to another man. 557 00:31:59,350 --> 00:32:01,029 And only on the day of his murder 558 00:32:01,053 --> 00:32:02,314 did she try to destroy them. 559 00:32:02,338 --> 00:32:03,515 Now, just a min... That's all. 560 00:32:03,539 --> 00:32:05,405 Thank you very much. Your witness. 561 00:32:08,310 --> 00:32:11,556 Mr. McLain, did you take the time 562 00:32:11,580 --> 00:32:14,993 to determine whether or not Mr. Prescott was at home? 563 00:32:15,017 --> 00:32:17,561 Yes, sir. He wasn't. 564 00:32:17,585 --> 00:32:19,497 You're positive? 565 00:32:19,521 --> 00:32:21,832 I only wish I had seen him. 566 00:32:21,856 --> 00:32:23,267 Why? 567 00:32:23,291 --> 00:32:24,524 Because I... 568 00:32:26,261 --> 00:32:28,778 Because I just wanted to talk to him. 569 00:32:40,409 --> 00:32:44,077 Tell me, Mr. McLain, do you own a gun? 570 00:32:46,147 --> 00:32:47,459 Well, you know I do. 571 00:32:47,483 --> 00:32:48,827 Did you happen to have it with you 572 00:32:48,851 --> 00:32:50,027 on that particular day? 573 00:32:50,051 --> 00:32:51,563 Well, I always carry it with me. 574 00:32:51,587 --> 00:32:54,232 The place where I work has been held up several times. 575 00:32:54,256 --> 00:32:55,667 But you weren't going to work, 576 00:32:55,691 --> 00:32:57,035 you were going to see the deceased. 577 00:32:57,059 --> 00:32:59,737 I said I carry it all the time. 578 00:32:59,761 --> 00:33:01,339 Where? 579 00:33:01,363 --> 00:33:03,124 In a shoulder holster. 580 00:33:03,148 --> 00:33:06,794 All right, now, were you wearing that shoulder holster 581 00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:08,778 when you went to the Prescott house? 582 00:33:13,158 --> 00:33:14,336 No. 583 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,660 Thank you, Mr. McLain. That'll be all. 584 00:33:17,963 --> 00:33:20,258 Step down. 585 00:33:22,151 --> 00:33:24,671 I call Harry Jonson to the stand, please. 586 00:33:29,958 --> 00:33:32,670 Well, after leaving Mr. Walden at the emergency hospital, 587 00:33:32,694 --> 00:33:34,205 I drove back to see if I could find 588 00:33:34,229 --> 00:33:36,808 any more witnesses in case there was any trouble. 589 00:33:36,832 --> 00:33:38,442 Mr. Prescott came out of his house 590 00:33:38,466 --> 00:33:40,011 and asked how Walden was. 591 00:33:40,035 --> 00:33:41,880 Now, Mr. Jonson, it's been established 592 00:33:41,904 --> 00:33:43,547 that you left the hospital at 2 p.m. 593 00:33:43,571 --> 00:33:45,016 Is that correct? Yes, sir. 594 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,484 Did you, without detouring, 595 00:33:46,508 --> 00:33:49,154 drive the 11 blocks straight to Cedar and Chestnut? 596 00:33:49,178 --> 00:33:50,905 Yes, sir. Did you subsequently, 597 00:33:50,929 --> 00:33:52,440 at the instigation of the police, 598 00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:54,509 time the duration of this trip? 599 00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:56,878 Yes, sir, five or six times to get an average. 600 00:33:56,902 --> 00:33:58,513 And what was the average time involved? 601 00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:00,015 About eight minutes. 602 00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:02,050 That would put you in front of the Prescott home 603 00:34:02,074 --> 00:34:04,803 at eight minutes after 2, approximately, is that correct? 604 00:34:04,827 --> 00:34:05,837 I guess that's right. 605 00:34:05,861 --> 00:34:08,473 Now, Mr. Jonson, this is very important. 606 00:34:08,497 --> 00:34:10,274 It's been established that the defendant 607 00:34:10,298 --> 00:34:13,594 was in a room with the dead body of her husband at 2:30. 608 00:34:13,618 --> 00:34:14,779 Yes, sir. 609 00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:16,281 We are now establishing the fact 610 00:34:16,305 --> 00:34:18,383 that you must have seen Walter Prescott 611 00:34:18,407 --> 00:34:21,085 between 2 and 2:15. Yes, sir. 612 00:34:21,109 --> 00:34:23,954 And, therefore, the decedent was still alive 613 00:34:23,978 --> 00:34:25,723 until at least 2:15. 614 00:34:25,747 --> 00:34:28,626 Decedent? Oh, yes, sir. He was. 615 00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:30,395 Thank you, Mr. Jonson. That's all. 616 00:34:30,419 --> 00:34:32,930 Your witness. 617 00:34:32,954 --> 00:34:35,466 Uh, Mr. Mason, do you expect your cross-examination 618 00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:37,335 to be relatively lengthy? 619 00:34:37,359 --> 00:34:40,338 Um, Your Honor, I... 620 00:34:40,362 --> 00:34:42,307 have no questions for this witness. 621 00:34:42,331 --> 00:34:44,442 Uh, in that case, Mr. Burger, 622 00:34:44,466 --> 00:34:46,177 and before you call your next witness 623 00:34:46,201 --> 00:34:48,078 and since it is nearing the noon hour, 624 00:34:48,102 --> 00:34:50,670 the court will adjourn until 2:00. 625 00:34:59,615 --> 00:35:01,392 That was a nice point you scored 626 00:35:01,416 --> 00:35:02,927 with the Swaine girl, Perry. 627 00:35:02,951 --> 00:35:04,328 Well, thank you, lieutenant. 628 00:35:04,352 --> 00:35:06,831 Not that it really has any relevance to this case. 629 00:35:06,855 --> 00:35:08,800 Then, uh, maybe it's just a coincidence 630 00:35:08,824 --> 00:35:10,267 that she's planning on leaving town. 631 00:35:10,291 --> 00:35:11,736 Having her trunks picked up tonight. 632 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,471 Now you're reaching. 633 00:35:13,495 --> 00:35:16,262 Why shouldn't she, if she wants to? 634 00:35:22,170 --> 00:35:24,248 Those are the trunks that she had moved 635 00:35:24,272 --> 00:35:26,117 from the Halsted apartment, aren't they, Paul? 636 00:35:26,141 --> 00:35:28,052 Mm-hm. I had a man stationed in the lobby 637 00:35:28,076 --> 00:35:29,053 to see who called on her. 638 00:35:29,077 --> 00:35:30,722 He overheard the arrangements being made. 639 00:35:30,746 --> 00:35:31,806 Who did call on her? 640 00:35:31,830 --> 00:35:33,608 You won't believe this. Ernest Wray? 641 00:35:33,632 --> 00:35:35,476 Uh-huh. I also picked up something else. 642 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:36,644 Go on. 643 00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:38,446 The DA's office was as interested as you 644 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:40,981 in finding out Prescott's bank balance. 645 00:35:41,005 --> 00:35:42,016 How much? 646 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,218 Somewhere in the six-figures. 647 00:35:44,242 --> 00:35:45,353 All right. What else? 648 00:35:45,377 --> 00:35:46,554 Word from Altaville. 649 00:35:46,578 --> 00:35:48,623 Frederick Walden was a top investigator 650 00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:50,447 for the board of fire underwriters. 651 00:35:52,451 --> 00:35:55,463 Insurance investigator Walden... 652 00:35:55,487 --> 00:35:59,434 Prescott and Wray, insurance brokers... 653 00:35:59,458 --> 00:36:02,169 an accident in front of the Prescott home, 654 00:36:02,193 --> 00:36:04,439 and then Walden is found dead 655 00:36:04,463 --> 00:36:07,942 at the bottom of a ravine. 656 00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:10,478 Suppose we were wrong about all this from the beginning. 657 00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:11,534 Suppose... 658 00:36:13,905 --> 00:36:16,050 All right, we'll have to work fast. 659 00:36:16,074 --> 00:36:18,118 Della, I'd like you to buy a trunk or two, 660 00:36:18,142 --> 00:36:20,655 a few suitcases, and have them initialed M.S. 661 00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:21,789 M.S.? 662 00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:23,458 They are to be delivered immediately 663 00:36:23,482 --> 00:36:24,792 to Margaret Swaine's apartment, 664 00:36:24,816 --> 00:36:26,961 the one she rented under the name of Maxine Sterit. 665 00:36:26,985 --> 00:36:30,131 Paul, I'd like you to find out which transfer outfit 666 00:36:30,155 --> 00:36:32,667 Margaret Swaine is using to move that luggage. 667 00:36:32,691 --> 00:36:34,068 All right. I'll meet you back here. 668 00:36:34,092 --> 00:36:36,204 Good. 669 00:36:36,228 --> 00:36:39,407 Della, I'll meet you in front of the Westwood Arms 670 00:36:39,431 --> 00:36:40,508 as soon as you can make it. 671 00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:41,809 I'll take care of the papers. 672 00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:42,833 Right. 673 00:36:46,905 --> 00:36:49,217 Westwood Arms. 674 00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:51,361 Just a moment. I'll connect you. 675 00:36:57,148 --> 00:36:59,126 Oh, just a second. 676 00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:00,430 Just a second. 677 00:37:02,337 --> 00:37:03,781 Where do you think you're going? 678 00:37:03,805 --> 00:37:05,282 Apartment 301. 679 00:37:05,306 --> 00:37:06,586 Who do you want? 680 00:37:09,244 --> 00:37:10,922 Maxine Sterit. 681 00:37:10,946 --> 00:37:12,556 Well, you can't take that up there. 682 00:37:12,580 --> 00:37:15,126 The police issued strict orders. Nothing's to be removed. 683 00:37:15,150 --> 00:37:16,728 Who's removing anything? 684 00:37:16,752 --> 00:37:19,192 But I'm sorry, you can't take it up. 685 00:37:20,122 --> 00:37:21,966 What...? What's the idea? 686 00:37:21,990 --> 00:37:23,868 Well, I ain't takin' this stuff back. 687 00:37:23,892 --> 00:37:25,169 You can't leave it here. 688 00:37:25,193 --> 00:37:26,638 Look, mister, make up your mind. 689 00:37:26,662 --> 00:37:28,773 Here or upstairs, it's all the same to me. 690 00:37:28,797 --> 00:37:30,775 B-but... Well... 691 00:37:30,799 --> 00:37:33,511 Rudy, let him in 301. 692 00:37:33,535 --> 00:37:36,014 Make sure he doesn't touch anything. 693 00:37:36,038 --> 00:37:37,170 Oh, boy. 694 00:37:52,387 --> 00:37:54,087 Lieutenant Arthur Tragg, please. 695 00:37:55,223 --> 00:37:56,456 Yes, I'll wait. 696 00:38:31,393 --> 00:38:33,626 Looks like somebody's gonna do a lot of travelin'. 697 00:38:39,300 --> 00:38:40,833 Excuse me. 698 00:38:42,169 --> 00:38:44,382 Oh, heh, good afternoon. 699 00:38:44,406 --> 00:38:46,984 Did a transfer company leave some luggage here 700 00:38:47,008 --> 00:38:48,519 about ten minutes ago? 701 00:38:48,543 --> 00:38:49,820 Yes. 702 00:38:49,844 --> 00:38:51,789 Well, I'm afraid there's been a dreadful mistake. 703 00:38:51,813 --> 00:38:53,424 You see, that luggage was mine. 704 00:38:53,448 --> 00:38:57,628 Oh, why, the transfer man put it in Apartment 301. 705 00:38:57,652 --> 00:38:59,363 Uh, I don't see how the store 706 00:38:59,387 --> 00:39:01,131 could make an error like that. 707 00:39:01,155 --> 00:39:02,600 Oh, I'm terribly sorry, 708 00:39:02,624 --> 00:39:04,702 but I can't let you take it out until the police arrive. 709 00:39:04,726 --> 00:39:06,771 The police are coming? They're on their way. 710 00:39:06,795 --> 00:39:08,005 Lieutenant Tragg? 711 00:39:08,029 --> 00:39:10,307 That's right. Lieutenant Tragg. 712 00:39:10,331 --> 00:39:11,764 Fine. We'll wait. 713 00:39:20,174 --> 00:39:22,219 So, uh, you see, lieutenant, 714 00:39:22,243 --> 00:39:24,087 it was a perfectly natural mistake. 715 00:39:24,111 --> 00:39:25,088 Oh, of course. 716 00:39:25,112 --> 00:39:26,223 You meant to send the luggage 717 00:39:26,247 --> 00:39:27,792 to your place, and it wound up here. 718 00:39:27,816 --> 00:39:29,560 I gave the man the address. 719 00:39:29,584 --> 00:39:31,161 Yes, Maxine, uh, Sterit's address. 720 00:39:31,185 --> 00:39:34,064 The man in the luggage shop, uh, thought it was yours. 721 00:39:34,088 --> 00:39:35,421 All right. Open up. 722 00:39:40,645 --> 00:39:42,756 There they are. 723 00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:45,660 Well, how come they're all initialed M.S.? 724 00:39:45,684 --> 00:39:47,795 I told the man my name was Miss Street... 725 00:39:47,819 --> 00:39:49,129 Miss, uh... 726 00:39:49,153 --> 00:39:51,666 And he thought you wanted them all monogrammed M.S. 727 00:39:51,690 --> 00:39:53,901 Yeah, I guess I just wasn't thinking. 728 00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:57,772 All right, Perry. What are you up to? 729 00:39:57,796 --> 00:40:00,074 I'm just helping Della claim her luggage. 730 00:40:00,098 --> 00:40:02,844 Well, uh, how can I tell which are hers? 731 00:40:02,868 --> 00:40:06,080 You can't... unless you open them all. 732 00:40:06,104 --> 00:40:08,649 Oh, I can't do that. I haven't got a search warrant. 733 00:40:08,673 --> 00:40:11,469 Della will waive her rights this one time. 734 00:40:11,493 --> 00:40:14,137 Mm-hm. 735 00:40:14,161 --> 00:40:15,327 Sergeant. 736 00:40:18,766 --> 00:40:20,933 Uh, start with those. 737 00:40:40,605 --> 00:40:42,183 Get robbery detail. 738 00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:45,219 I want to know where each one of these furs came from. 739 00:40:53,885 --> 00:40:55,930 So upon the death of Walter Prescott, 740 00:40:55,954 --> 00:40:58,465 Mrs. Prescott stood to gain $75,000? 741 00:40:58,489 --> 00:41:00,534 Is that correct? That is correct, yes. 742 00:41:00,558 --> 00:41:02,258 Thank you, Mr. Wray. Your witness. 743 00:41:04,729 --> 00:41:06,707 Mr. Wray, what would you say 744 00:41:06,731 --> 00:41:10,394 is the value of the business right now? 745 00:41:10,418 --> 00:41:14,866 Well, it's mostly a matter of goodwill, you know. 746 00:41:14,890 --> 00:41:17,235 Would you say $100,000? 747 00:41:17,259 --> 00:41:21,372 Well... yes. 748 00:41:21,396 --> 00:41:22,874 Two hundred thousand? 749 00:41:22,898 --> 00:41:25,326 Well... 750 00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:30,597 While you estimated the value to be 150,000 two years ago, 751 00:41:30,621 --> 00:41:32,166 isn't it true that today 752 00:41:32,190 --> 00:41:34,418 it's worth over a quarter of a million dollars? 753 00:41:34,442 --> 00:41:37,805 Well, everything's gone up, you know. 754 00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:40,841 So with the death of Walter Prescott, 755 00:41:40,865 --> 00:41:42,410 you are a sole owner 756 00:41:42,434 --> 00:41:44,512 of a quarter-million-dollar business. 757 00:41:44,536 --> 00:41:46,013 And the defendant, 758 00:41:46,037 --> 00:41:48,616 far from profiting by her husband's death, 759 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,620 is actually losing money by being forced to take 75,000 760 00:41:52,644 --> 00:41:55,289 for a half interest in the business. 761 00:41:55,313 --> 00:41:57,358 You understand, our good name 762 00:41:57,382 --> 00:41:59,742 is our biggest asset, Mr. Mason. 763 00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:07,718 Mr. Wray, 764 00:42:07,742 --> 00:42:09,853 is it true that in the past several months 765 00:42:09,877 --> 00:42:13,491 some of your accounts have suffered large losses by fire? 766 00:42:13,515 --> 00:42:15,393 Well, uh, yes. 767 00:42:15,417 --> 00:42:16,527 But as I... I said, 768 00:42:16,551 --> 00:42:19,497 our... Our good name is our biggest asset. 769 00:42:19,521 --> 00:42:24,468 Well, the fact that some of your accounts have suffered losses... 770 00:42:24,492 --> 00:42:26,938 doesn't dishonor your firm, does it? 771 00:42:26,962 --> 00:42:30,274 No, but, uh, the insurance companies don't like 772 00:42:30,298 --> 00:42:32,609 averages that, uh, don't average. 773 00:42:32,633 --> 00:42:34,812 If you know what I mean. 774 00:42:34,836 --> 00:42:37,782 I ask you now if a recent great loss by fire 775 00:42:37,806 --> 00:42:39,650 involved expensive furs 776 00:42:39,674 --> 00:42:42,620 on which your company had written the policies. 777 00:42:42,644 --> 00:42:44,989 Uh, Grant and Robert, yes. 778 00:42:45,013 --> 00:42:46,890 How much was that loss? 779 00:42:46,914 --> 00:42:51,551 It was estimated at a $108,000. 780 00:42:52,586 --> 00:42:53,931 Have you ever been acquainted with 781 00:42:53,955 --> 00:42:56,522 a man by the name of Frederick Walden. 782 00:42:57,324 --> 00:42:58,969 Walden? 783 00:42:58,993 --> 00:43:02,606 He was injured in an accident on Chestnut street 784 00:43:02,630 --> 00:43:05,142 and was later found dead at the bottom of a ravine 785 00:43:05,166 --> 00:43:07,077 in Sunrise canyon. 786 00:43:07,101 --> 00:43:11,482 He was top investigator for the board of fire underwriters. 787 00:43:11,506 --> 00:43:14,185 No. I don't know him. 788 00:43:14,209 --> 00:43:16,153 All right. 789 00:43:16,177 --> 00:43:19,223 Three days ago you paid a visit to the Westwood Arms. 790 00:43:19,247 --> 00:43:21,092 Why? 791 00:43:21,116 --> 00:43:24,862 Well, I... I wanted to speak to Miss Swaine. 792 00:43:24,886 --> 00:43:27,865 But Miss Swaine has been staying at her Halsted apartment. 793 00:43:27,889 --> 00:43:30,734 Now, what did you expect to find at the Westwood Arms, Mr. Wray? 794 00:43:30,758 --> 00:43:31,752 Not a thing. 795 00:43:31,776 --> 00:43:32,753 Stolen furs, perhaps? 796 00:43:32,777 --> 00:43:33,754 Well, certainly not! 797 00:43:33,778 --> 00:43:35,055 Your Honor, I object. 798 00:43:35,079 --> 00:43:37,791 I object to counsel's badgering this witness. 799 00:43:37,815 --> 00:43:40,427 His questions are incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial. 800 00:43:40,451 --> 00:43:42,179 And pretty far afield. 801 00:43:42,203 --> 00:43:45,132 Uh, Mr. Mason, the questioning does seem a bit improper. 802 00:43:45,156 --> 00:43:47,001 I, um... 803 00:43:47,025 --> 00:43:49,402 I have no further questions of the witness, Your Honor. 804 00:43:49,426 --> 00:43:52,273 At this moment I should like to recall a previous witness. 805 00:43:52,297 --> 00:43:53,891 Mr. Burger? 806 00:43:53,915 --> 00:43:57,144 Mr. Mason wishes to recall a previous witness. 807 00:43:57,168 --> 00:43:59,579 I beg the court's pardon. Which witness? 808 00:43:59,603 --> 00:44:01,103 Margaret Swaine. 809 00:44:02,707 --> 00:44:03,951 I have no objection, Your Honor. 810 00:44:03,975 --> 00:44:06,287 I think I know what counsel has on his mind. 811 00:44:06,311 --> 00:44:08,656 Miss Swaine, take the stand, please. 812 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,040 Mr. Wray, you may stand down. 813 00:44:13,518 --> 00:44:16,730 Miss Swaine, I believe the police have impounded 814 00:44:16,754 --> 00:44:19,667 the trunks at your Westwoods Arms apartment. 815 00:44:19,691 --> 00:44:23,304 Trunks containing furs worth thousands of dollars. 816 00:44:23,328 --> 00:44:26,006 I ask you now, were you not working in concert 817 00:44:26,030 --> 00:44:28,648 with Walter Prescott to defraud the insurance companies? 818 00:44:31,886 --> 00:44:33,163 I refuse to answer 819 00:44:33,187 --> 00:44:36,600 on the grounds that it may incriminate me. 820 00:44:36,624 --> 00:44:38,736 Did you not take the Westwood Arms apartment 821 00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:41,827 to use as a way station for stolen merchandise? 822 00:44:42,830 --> 00:44:43,974 I refuse to answer 823 00:44:43,998 --> 00:44:45,743 on the grounds that it may incriminate me. 824 00:44:45,767 --> 00:44:49,330 Did you not have a falling-out with Walter Prescott? 825 00:44:49,354 --> 00:44:51,365 I refuse to answer 826 00:44:51,389 --> 00:44:54,001 on the grounds that it may incriminate me. 827 00:44:54,025 --> 00:44:56,103 Which transfer company did you use 828 00:44:56,127 --> 00:44:58,238 to move your trunks, Miss Swaine? 829 00:44:58,262 --> 00:45:02,275 Which transfer company to store that stolen merchandise? 830 00:45:02,299 --> 00:45:04,299 Wasn't it Jonson's transfer company? 831 00:45:05,703 --> 00:45:06,981 I refuse to answer 832 00:45:07,005 --> 00:45:09,767 on the grounds that it may incriminate me. 833 00:45:09,791 --> 00:45:12,202 If the court please, 834 00:45:12,226 --> 00:45:15,139 I would now like to cross-examine Mr. Jonson. 835 00:45:15,163 --> 00:45:17,274 Any objection, Mr. Burger? 836 00:45:17,298 --> 00:45:19,109 Counsel had a chance to cross-examine 837 00:45:19,133 --> 00:45:21,111 this witness before and waived it. 838 00:45:21,135 --> 00:45:22,880 No, Your Honor. I have no objection. 839 00:45:22,904 --> 00:45:24,214 Lieutenant Tragg has just told me 840 00:45:24,238 --> 00:45:25,649 of a new development in this case, 841 00:45:25,673 --> 00:45:28,618 and I welcome Mr. Mason's efforts to explore it. 842 00:45:28,642 --> 00:45:30,037 Thank you, Mr. Burger. 843 00:45:30,061 --> 00:45:32,790 Is Harry Jonson in the courtroom? 844 00:45:32,814 --> 00:45:35,659 Will you take the stand, Mr. Jonson? 845 00:45:35,683 --> 00:45:38,043 You step down, please, Miss Swaine. 846 00:45:48,696 --> 00:45:50,141 Mr. Jonson, 847 00:45:50,165 --> 00:45:52,476 do you know Margaret Swaine? 848 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,112 Yes, sir. I've had business dealings with her. 849 00:45:55,136 --> 00:45:56,564 Business of storage? 850 00:45:56,588 --> 00:45:58,065 Yes, sir. 851 00:45:58,089 --> 00:46:01,401 In fact, I've got some of her stuff in my warehouse now. 852 00:46:01,425 --> 00:46:02,836 Of course, I don't know what's in it. 853 00:46:02,860 --> 00:46:07,958 I just haul it, store it, and ship it out on order. 854 00:46:07,982 --> 00:46:09,660 Referring now to Frederick Walden, 855 00:46:09,684 --> 00:46:10,661 the man you injured... 856 00:46:10,685 --> 00:46:11,962 That was an accident. 857 00:46:11,986 --> 00:46:14,081 To avoid hitting Mrs. Prescott there. 858 00:46:14,105 --> 00:46:16,884 I think that was the first puzzling aspect 859 00:46:16,908 --> 00:46:19,186 of this case, Mr. Jonson. 860 00:46:19,210 --> 00:46:20,955 The assumption that perhaps 861 00:46:20,979 --> 00:46:23,557 a truck had been hired by Walter Prescott 862 00:46:23,581 --> 00:46:25,126 to run down his wife. 863 00:46:25,150 --> 00:46:28,095 But what should have been examined was the possibility 864 00:46:28,119 --> 00:46:30,497 that the truck's mission all along had been 865 00:46:30,521 --> 00:46:32,900 to run down and kill Frederick Walden. 866 00:46:32,924 --> 00:46:34,435 What are you talking about? 867 00:46:34,459 --> 00:46:36,236 Isn't it true that you and Prescott 868 00:46:36,260 --> 00:46:37,388 had planned to kill Walden? 869 00:46:37,412 --> 00:46:39,523 No. 870 00:46:39,547 --> 00:46:43,227 But he was killed eventually, wasn't he? 871 00:46:43,251 --> 00:46:45,862 And with all suspicion far removed. 872 00:46:45,886 --> 00:46:48,816 This time his car was sent hurtling into a ravine. 873 00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,786 Well, he was loopy like the doc said at the hospital. 874 00:46:51,810 --> 00:46:53,988 Yes, you, uh... 875 00:46:54,012 --> 00:46:55,990 You did take Walden to the hospital, didn't you? 876 00:46:56,014 --> 00:46:56,991 You and Prescott? 877 00:46:57,015 --> 00:46:58,359 No. 878 00:46:58,383 --> 00:46:59,664 Prescott didn't. 879 00:47:00,868 --> 00:47:02,713 Now... 880 00:47:02,737 --> 00:47:04,648 we have heard testimony here 881 00:47:04,672 --> 00:47:07,384 that Prescott was not in his house 882 00:47:07,408 --> 00:47:10,254 during the time you took Walden to the hospital. 883 00:47:10,278 --> 00:47:12,506 If you're going to lie about... Who's lying? 884 00:47:12,530 --> 00:47:14,274 He drove him to the hospital. 885 00:47:14,298 --> 00:47:15,609 He didn't go inside the hospital. 886 00:47:15,633 --> 00:47:18,212 He stayed in the van when I took Walden in. 887 00:47:18,236 --> 00:47:20,947 But Mr. Walden was never taken into the hospital. 888 00:47:20,971 --> 00:47:23,184 You're wrong. Doc Fowler treated him. 889 00:47:23,208 --> 00:47:24,185 No, sir. 890 00:47:24,209 --> 00:47:26,753 Dr. Fowler treated someone else. 891 00:47:26,777 --> 00:47:27,888 Shall we bring Dr. Fowler 892 00:47:27,912 --> 00:47:29,356 into court to so testify? 893 00:47:29,380 --> 00:47:31,325 If Doc Fowler didn't treat Walden, 894 00:47:31,349 --> 00:47:32,943 then he must have treated... 895 00:47:32,967 --> 00:47:35,830 Then he could only have treated Prescott. 896 00:47:35,854 --> 00:47:38,565 You're not making sense. 897 00:47:38,589 --> 00:47:40,767 Where did Prescott get those cuts and bruises 898 00:47:40,791 --> 00:47:42,503 if it wasn't when you hit him? 899 00:47:42,527 --> 00:47:44,270 When would I hit him? 900 00:47:44,294 --> 00:47:45,438 At his house. 901 00:47:45,462 --> 00:47:47,340 After you'd explained he could pose as Walden 902 00:47:47,364 --> 00:47:49,309 at the emergency hospital. 903 00:47:49,333 --> 00:47:51,879 Later you would put Walden back into his car 904 00:47:51,903 --> 00:47:54,414 and push the car over a canyon road. 905 00:47:54,438 --> 00:47:57,484 So it would like a separate and distinct accident 906 00:47:57,508 --> 00:47:59,152 from the one in front of the Prescott home. 907 00:47:59,176 --> 00:48:00,604 Why would we do that?! 908 00:48:00,628 --> 00:48:03,507 So that suspicion could never be directed at either of you. 909 00:48:03,531 --> 00:48:06,477 Only, after you killed Walden, you then double-crossed Prescott 910 00:48:06,501 --> 00:48:07,877 and killed him too. 911 00:48:07,901 --> 00:48:09,585 Yes or no, Mr. Jonson? 912 00:48:12,339 --> 00:48:14,952 Oh, he was so smart. 913 00:48:14,976 --> 00:48:17,387 He thought he knew all the answers. 914 00:48:17,411 --> 00:48:20,390 I was the guy that was taking the chances. 915 00:48:20,414 --> 00:48:24,044 And he wanted me to be satisfied with a lousy 10 percent. 916 00:48:24,068 --> 00:48:26,513 Has the fact that you've committed two murders 917 00:48:26,537 --> 00:48:28,387 satisfied you, Mr. Jonson? 918 00:48:40,902 --> 00:48:45,315 Margaret Swaine was cooperating with Mr. Jonson all along. 919 00:48:45,339 --> 00:48:48,585 They were partners in everything except the murder. 920 00:48:48,609 --> 00:48:51,488 I still don't see what put you on the right track. 921 00:48:51,512 --> 00:48:52,556 Hm. 922 00:48:52,580 --> 00:48:55,559 I kept wondering about his condition. 923 00:48:55,583 --> 00:48:57,427 You've got to remember the accident. 924 00:48:57,451 --> 00:48:59,596 Walden was outside in his car, 925 00:48:59,620 --> 00:49:01,231 keeping tabs on your husband. 926 00:49:01,255 --> 00:49:03,500 Only, Prescott knew that Walden was watching him. 927 00:49:03,524 --> 00:49:06,603 So he and Jonson decided to put Mr. Walden away for good. 928 00:49:06,627 --> 00:49:08,238 After Jonson crashed into his car, 929 00:49:08,262 --> 00:49:10,291 they put the injured Walden into the van of the truck. 930 00:49:10,315 --> 00:49:12,426 That's right. 931 00:49:12,450 --> 00:49:14,795 After the discussion at Prescott's house, 932 00:49:14,819 --> 00:49:17,665 Prescott agreed to follow Jonson driving Walden's car. 933 00:49:17,689 --> 00:49:19,132 Hello, Tragg. How are you, Hamilton? 934 00:49:19,156 --> 00:49:20,301 Fine, Perry. 935 00:49:20,325 --> 00:49:21,835 As a matter of fact I couldn't be better. 936 00:49:21,859 --> 00:49:23,470 We just got a full confession from Jonson. 937 00:49:23,494 --> 00:49:24,638 Good. 938 00:49:24,662 --> 00:49:28,142 I believe you know Lieutenant Tragg and Mr. Burger. 939 00:49:28,166 --> 00:49:29,843 Yeah, we met. 940 00:49:29,867 --> 00:49:32,446 I'm sure we'd both rather forget the circumstances. 941 00:49:32,470 --> 00:49:33,813 But you were right, Perry. 942 00:49:33,837 --> 00:49:36,850 They went to the hospital where Prescott posed as Walden. 943 00:49:36,874 --> 00:49:38,385 Then Jonson drove to the ravine 944 00:49:38,409 --> 00:49:41,054 and Prescott again followed him driving Walden's car. 945 00:49:41,078 --> 00:49:43,690 When they got there, they put Walden in his own car 946 00:49:43,714 --> 00:49:44,908 and pushed him into the ravine. 947 00:49:44,932 --> 00:49:47,628 Then Jonson drove Prescott to his house. 948 00:49:47,652 --> 00:49:50,381 And the real battle began. 949 00:49:50,405 --> 00:49:54,585 I'd say Prescott put up quite a battle for his life. 950 00:49:54,609 --> 00:49:56,553 Well, how do you know that? 951 00:49:56,577 --> 00:50:00,223 That's the only explanation for that cage falling down. 952 00:50:00,247 --> 00:50:01,447 Besides... 953 00:50:02,983 --> 00:50:04,833 a little bird told me. 954 00:50:06,621 --> 00:50:08,064 A little bird, huh? 955 00:50:08,088 --> 00:50:09,466 That's the first time I ever heard 956 00:50:09,490 --> 00:50:11,685 of a lame canary turning out to be a stool pigeon.