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- Isn't she beautiful, Brad?
- Just like her owner.
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1:12:03--
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That's ever better than you expect.
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Oh, Jennifer,
your father's going to be pleased.
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He'll be more than that when she wins,
and Lil's going to be a winner.
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I know it.
Just wait and see.
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How's Dad feeling?
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Active men with heart attacks
don't take well to being kept in bed.
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Well, I'd better get back to those letters.
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Tell daddy the good word, will you, Roberta.
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And be a good secretary--
make him rest!
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- How was it?
- 1:12:03.
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[whistles]
She's got three more weeks training
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at the track before the meet.
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I guess she'll be ready.
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Pessimist. She's ready now.
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Come on.
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Come on, Lil.
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[laughs]
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Mm, Tiger Lil, I love you.
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Now, don't get lipstick all over her nose.
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Oh, it doesn't matter how she looks now.
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She's going home for a nice rest.
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Joe, I've got to stop by school
on the way home,
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so you'll be there before me.
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Don't say anything to Dad, please.
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Let me tell him all about it.
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Sure, sure,
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and won't he be tickled pink.
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You've done real well, real well, Jennifer.
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Tiger Lil!
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She's all right, Jenny.
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Where's Daddy?
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He saved the horses, all right,
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but he had another heart attack,
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and he didn't save himself.
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He's--
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He's dead.
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Your uncle, Mr. Pierson, called.
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If you feel up to it,
he'd like you to come to his office later.
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Thanks, Roberta. Are you leaving now?
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[sighs]
It's hard to say goodbye sometimes.
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- Some people don't even bother to.
- Oh, Roberta.
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Oh, it's all right.
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It's all right.
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You're not even 19 yet.
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You've got your whole life ahead of you
to live and enjoy.
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He never came to see me,
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never even called once
to say he was sorry, not once.
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- Who?
- Brad Shelby.
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Oh, I--
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We got along together so well,
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especially when we were at the races.
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- Roberta, he liked me.
- Jennifer.
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Jennifer.
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You know Madelon Haines?
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The day before your father died,
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Madelon Haines was married in Las Vegas
to Brad Shelby.
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No.
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No, it can't be.
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She's older than he is,
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and she's not pretty at all.
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And she's also a very wealthy woman
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with a big ranch and a string of race horses.
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I don't know whatever it was
that Brad said to you,
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but whatever it was,
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it was just his charming way
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of being irresistible to anything in a skirt.
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Jenny, I'm very sorry.
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Oh, Roberta, I feel like--
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Jenny, listen, I have an idea.
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This place is so big and empty,
and you're all alone now.
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I have a lovely apartment.
Why don't you move in with me?
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You can stay with me until--
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well, until you get straightened out.
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How about it?
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Okay, it's settled. Good.
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We'll call your uncle and...
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we'll tell him you're moving
and you'll come see him later.
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Come here.
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I'm sorry, Jennifer.
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[Jennifer whimpers]
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Having to tell you-- this is the hardest part
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of being executor of your father's estate.
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After all the obligations are met...
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You mean there isn't any money left?
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None at all?
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What do I do, Uncle Emmett?
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You go on just as you have been.
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But what about all those bills?
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That's my job.
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Just wish your father had been
as good a businessman
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as he was a horseman.
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Why, Jenny...
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you're not alone.
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Jennifer, we've never been very close,
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or we'd know each other better.
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We're family now.
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We're the only family either of us has.
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We've got to have faith in each other.
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And the only thing I really have left
is Tiger Lil.
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I've made up my mind, Mr. Durell.
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I'm going to race her.
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I've heard your father say, more than once,
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that the most expensive way
to make money was to race horses.
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Well, after he was sick,
he told me that I could,
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told me some day I'd run the stable.
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Is Joe Mead still training Tiger Lil?
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Yes, he's at the ranch with her now.
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Daddy wanted me to race her
at the fairgrounds for experience,
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before the big track.
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Those are her only three races,
and she won them all.
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Jennifer, I have a surprise for you.
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Your father planned it for you
three years ago,
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when Tiger Lil was foaled.
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He nominated her
for the "Presentation Stakes."
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Paid all the fees in advance, everything.
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Oh, this is wonderful.
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Presentation-- why that's a $75,000 purse.
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All you need to do is apply for stable space
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and get her over here with a trainer.
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Oh, thank you, Mr. Durell.
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You don't know what this means to me.
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Joe? Joe.
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Well, hi, Jennifer.
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Guess what?
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Lil is going to run
in the Presentation Stakes.
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The Presentation?
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Yes, she's eligible.
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Daddy nominated her when she was a foal,
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but he never told me about it.
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I've already applied for stable space.
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You can get her ready
and take her over early next...
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- Joe, those are yours.
- I'm leaving.
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But you can't leave.
You're Tiger Lil's trainer.
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Jennifer, Tiger Lil's been sold.
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- Sold?
- To Brad Shelby.
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Jennifer, she's gone.
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Shelby came over
early this morning and took her.
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Why didn't you stop him?
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There wasn't anything I could do, Jenny.
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Mr. Pierson ordered me to turn her over.
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But she's mine.
Tiger Lil belongs here.
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She can't be sold.
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Nobody will listen to me.
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Can you help me, Mr. Mason?
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Well, that depends.
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Jennifer, in what condition
is your father's estate?
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There's a big mortgage against the ranch
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and loans against the insurance.
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The only thing I really have left
is Tiger Lil.
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Uncle Emmett didn't have
any right to sell her, did he?
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That also depends.
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You're a minor, Jennifer.
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An executor, acting in your behalf,
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could dispose of properties
on his own judgment,
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providing he can show the court
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that the transaction will benefit the estate.
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Tiger Lil wasn't just property.
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I raised her and I love her.
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Doesn't that count?
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Uncle Emmett didn't even tell me.
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What Mr. Pierson did may have been
thoughtless and unkind,
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but not necessarily illegal.
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However, let me look into it.
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I'll see him right away.
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Wait for me at the apartment.
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I'll get back to you there.
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Horse breeding is a rich man's game.
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My brother-in-law wasn't rich.
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A good trainer, yes, but Jennifer's father
simply had no head for business.
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As you can see,
there isn't much to work with.
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When Shelby came to me
with an offer of $50,000 to buy the horse,
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I really had no alternative but to sell.
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I realize you had no alternative but to sell
the other Wakely horses, Mr. Pierson.
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Why didn't you consult with Jennifer
about the sale of Tiger Lil?
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Knowing how Jennifer felt about the horse,
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I believed it was kinder
not to tell her until after it was done.
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She's a badly upset young woman.
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Yes, she took it much harder than I expected.
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Of course I knew from the records
about the Presentation Stakes.
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I realize this is
a great disappointment to her,
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but, Mr. Mason,
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I'm not a gambler.
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I'm a businessman.
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[knock on door]
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Miss Harper, my name is Mason.
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This is my secretary, Miss Street.
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May we see Jennifer, please?
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Oh, she isn't here right now.
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But we asked her to wait her for us.
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Oh, she got a telephone call from some woman.
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She was very excited,
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and from the way she was dressed
and what she said,
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I'm pretty sure she may have gone
out to the ranch, her ranch.
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This woman who called--
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do you know who it was?
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No, I don't.
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Would you like to leave
a message for her, Mr. Mason?
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No, no, we'll--
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we'll just run out to the ranch.
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It's mighty quiet.
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Let's try the house.
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You must be Joe Mead.
This is Miss Street, my name is Mason.
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We're looking for Jennifer.
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Well, she's staying in town
with Roberta Harper.
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We've been there.
It's about the sale of her horse.
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Oh? What about it?
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I'd better talk to her first.
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Any idea where she might be?
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No, I don't.
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Excuse me, but I've got to get moving.
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I've got a job driving
a load of horses to San Bruno.
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Just came back
for some personal things that I--
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Why, the horse trailer's gone.
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[Street]
The horse trailer?
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Perry, you don't think Jennifer would...
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[Mason] Try to steal Tiger Lil?
I don't know.
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Joe, what's the quickest way to get
to the Shamrock Stables?
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[screams]
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Madelon!
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Madelon!
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Madelon!
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[weeps]
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What is it, Vic?
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It's Mr. Shelby.
He's dead.
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I didn't mean to do it.
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I-- I didn't mean to do it.
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I didn't mean to do it!
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[sobbing]
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Brad Shelby just sort of popped out at me.
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I screamed, I guess.
I was scared.
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He grabbed for the spreader,
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and we struggled.
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Then I gave him a push,
and he tripped and fell backwards,
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and I started running,
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but he came right after me.
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Oh, I was frightened.
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I just turned and threw the spreader at him.
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Did you hit him?
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I don't know.
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I didn't look.
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I just ran to the house for help,
but nobody was there.
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After you threw the spreader,
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did Shelby keep on running after you?
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No, I didn't hear--
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If I had missed him,
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he wouldn't been running after me,
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so I must've...
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No, Jennifer, it's unlikely that you hit him.
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Mr. Mason, couldn't he maybe have tripped
and fallen on the spreader?
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Couldn't it have been an accident?
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No, Jennifer,
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and the state will contend
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that Shelby was only trying to prevent
his property from being stolen.
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But I wasn't stealing,
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I was only doing what Madelon Shelby
told me to do when she phoned.
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Madelon Shelby called you?
259
00:15:13,632 --> 00:15:15,031
Yes.
260
00:15:15,167 --> 00:15:17,795
And it was after that,
that you left the apartment.
261
00:15:17,936 --> 00:15:20,700
Yes, Mr. Mason.
262
00:15:20,839 --> 00:15:22,170
Madelon told me on the phone
263
00:15:22,307 --> 00:15:24,969
to come over to the ranch
right away that night and take Lil.
264
00:15:25,110 --> 00:15:27,578
She said that no one,
at least for a few hours,
265
00:15:27,713 --> 00:15:28,975
would be at the Shamrock.
266
00:15:30,048 --> 00:15:31,640
That's exactly what she said.
267
00:15:32,718 --> 00:15:34,185
Yes, I did call her,
268
00:15:34,319 --> 00:15:37,379
but I had absolutely no idea
anything like this would happen.
269
00:15:37,522 --> 00:15:40,889
You must've expected trouble
with your husband at the ranch.
270
00:15:41,026 --> 00:15:42,254
He wasn't supposed to be there.
271
00:15:42,394 --> 00:15:45,386
We had a date to meet
at the Red Coach Inn at 8:30 for dinner,
272
00:15:45,530 --> 00:15:47,896
but he didn't show up.
273
00:15:48,033 --> 00:15:49,330
You know, Mr. Mason,
274
00:15:49,468 --> 00:15:52,232
Shamrock Stables
didn't need Jennifer's filly.
275
00:15:52,371 --> 00:15:55,670
When Jennifer protested the sale,
I was perfectly willing to cancel it.
276
00:15:56,775 --> 00:15:59,710
But why did you want Jennifer
to pick up her horse secretly at night
277
00:15:59,845 --> 00:16:04,407
without telling anyone,
not even your husband?
278
00:16:04,549 --> 00:16:07,382
At the time it just seemed like
the simplest way.
279
00:16:07,519 --> 00:16:09,316
There would be no one at the ranch.
280
00:16:09,454 --> 00:16:12,787
She could pick up the horse
without any interference.
281
00:16:12,924 --> 00:16:15,085
You see, Brad was going
to ship some horses
282
00:16:15,227 --> 00:16:17,354
into Mexico at 6:00 in the morning.
283
00:16:17,496 --> 00:16:20,021
I wanted to be sure
that Tiger Lil didn't go with them.
284
00:16:20,165 --> 00:16:25,159
Am I to understand
that you decided to cancel the sale,
285
00:16:25,303 --> 00:16:27,828
but that your husband
hadn't agreed to the cancellation?
286
00:16:27,973 --> 00:16:31,568
He was a headstrong man,
287
00:16:31,710 --> 00:16:34,770
but buying an unproven filly for $50,000--
288
00:16:34,913 --> 00:16:37,211
well, it just doesn't make sense.
289
00:16:37,349 --> 00:16:40,785
Is $50,000 an unusual price?
290
00:16:40,919 --> 00:16:45,481
At the best, $10,000 would be
a generous price for Tiger Lil.
291
00:16:45,624 --> 00:16:47,956
$50,000 is preposterous.
292
00:16:48,093 --> 00:16:49,924
Then why did you agree to it?
293
00:16:51,797 --> 00:16:54,493
I didn't.
294
00:16:54,633 --> 00:16:58,091
Brad did it on his own,
without consulting me or George Tabor,
295
00:16:58,236 --> 00:17:01,262
our trainer.
296
00:17:01,406 --> 00:17:05,035
I didn't even know about the sale
until Jennifer came to the house.
297
00:17:07,846 --> 00:17:12,044
I only wanted to help Jennifer
when I told her to come and get her filly.
298
00:17:12,184 --> 00:17:14,243
I'm sorry about what happened.
299
00:17:15,654 --> 00:17:16,985
I want to help her now,
300
00:17:17,122 --> 00:17:19,682
if I can.
301
00:17:19,825 --> 00:17:21,793
That's very kind of you, Mrs. Shelby.
302
00:17:21,927 --> 00:17:24,760
Particularly if she has an uncle like that.
303
00:17:24,896 --> 00:17:26,329
What do you mean?
304
00:17:26,465 --> 00:17:29,161
Emmett Pierson
should know something about horses.
305
00:17:29,301 --> 00:17:31,963
Does it strike you as being very honest
306
00:17:32,103 --> 00:17:35,300
to sell Tiger Lil for five times
what the horse was worth?
307
00:17:37,108 --> 00:17:39,599
Because you didn't ask me, I guess.
308
00:17:39,744 --> 00:17:43,145
I had the impression somehow
that you knew how good a deal it was.
309
00:17:43,281 --> 00:17:46,808
Why, had to approve the sale
regardless of Jennifer's feelings.
310
00:17:46,952 --> 00:17:48,078
Mr. Pierson,
311
00:17:48,220 --> 00:17:50,017
did you know that Shelby was buying the horse
312
00:17:50,155 --> 00:17:52,055
without the knowledge
of his wife or their trainer?
313
00:17:52,190 --> 00:17:53,316
Yes.
314
00:17:53,458 --> 00:17:56,052
Considering the ridiculously high price
you received,
315
00:17:56,194 --> 00:17:57,923
didn't that strike you as a little odd?
316
00:17:58,063 --> 00:18:00,395
Well, he knew the horse.
317
00:18:00,532 --> 00:18:02,932
He'd watched her train at the Wakely Ranch
318
00:18:03,068 --> 00:18:04,467
before he married Madelon Haines.
319
00:18:05,637 --> 00:18:08,572
That marriage was sudden,
320
00:18:08,707 --> 00:18:10,470
and, frankly, Shelby was out of his depth.
321
00:18:10,609 --> 00:18:13,077
I believe that's why he wanted
to do something big,
322
00:18:13,211 --> 00:18:14,371
entirely on his own,
323
00:18:14,513 --> 00:18:16,674
to prove himself at the Shamrock Stables.
324
00:18:16,815 --> 00:18:18,874
I think that's why he insisted
on closing the deal,
325
00:18:19,017 --> 00:18:20,382
admittedly an expensive on,
326
00:18:20,519 --> 00:18:22,851
before the Shamrock trainer, George Tabor,
327
00:18:22,988 --> 00:18:24,046
gets back from the East.
328
00:18:24,189 --> 00:18:25,315
When is that?
329
00:18:25,457 --> 00:18:28,790
Next week.
330
00:18:28,927 --> 00:18:34,058
If only I had been less of a businessman
and more of an uncle.
331
00:18:34,199 --> 00:18:36,759
At least I'm glad she has you, Mr. Mason.
332
00:18:38,103 --> 00:18:40,128
You don't think she did it, do you?
333
00:18:40,272 --> 00:18:41,603
I'm convinced she didn't.
334
00:18:41,740 --> 00:18:44,402
Well, then...
335
00:18:44,543 --> 00:18:47,068
It's just that the Sheriff's Office
and the District Attorney
336
00:18:47,212 --> 00:18:49,908
might not agree with me.
337
00:18:50,340 --> 00:18:52,706
Yes, Gertie. Just a minute.
338
00:18:52,843 --> 00:18:54,105
It's Paul.
339
00:18:54,244 --> 00:18:56,075
Excuse me. Yes, Paul.
340
00:18:56,213 --> 00:18:58,181
This is it so far, Perry.
341
00:18:58,315 --> 00:19:00,374
Madelon Shelby
was at the Red Coach last night.
342
00:19:00,517 --> 00:19:03,213
She arrived there about 8:30
and left a little past 9:00.
343
00:19:03,353 --> 00:19:05,344
I don't know where she went after that.
344
00:19:05,489 --> 00:19:07,548
Victor and the two stable hands
were at a poker game,
345
00:19:07,691 --> 00:19:08,988
which broke up early.
346
00:19:09,126 --> 00:19:11,287
George Tabor left the ranch just before noon,
347
00:19:11,428 --> 00:19:13,293
but I haven't been able to find out
where he went.
348
00:19:13,430 --> 00:19:16,399
- George Tabor?
- Yeah, the Shamrock trainer.
349
00:19:16,533 --> 00:19:18,660
He wasn't due back until next week.
350
00:19:18,802 --> 00:19:19,928
Well, I wouldn't know about that,
351
00:19:20,070 --> 00:19:21,401
but he flew in yesterday morning,
352
00:19:21,538 --> 00:19:23,438
was at the ranch from around 10:00,
a little before noon,
353
00:19:23,574 --> 00:19:24,905
and then went into town some place.
354
00:19:25,042 --> 00:19:27,909
What about Joe Mead?
Due back any time now.
355
00:19:28,045 --> 00:19:29,478
I was just on my way
out to the ranch to see him.
356
00:19:29,613 --> 00:19:32,480
All right, Paul, swing by the office.
357
00:19:32,616 --> 00:19:34,345
I'll go with you.
358
00:19:35,752 --> 00:19:39,449
Look, why don't you get out of here, Tabor?
359
00:19:39,590 --> 00:19:42,320
Not until we settle this business
about the filly, Joe.
360
00:19:42,459 --> 00:19:43,949
You knew about Tiger Lil.
361
00:19:44,094 --> 00:19:46,085
You kept your mouth shut and let her be sold.
362
00:19:46,230 --> 00:19:47,697
It was none of my business,
363
00:19:47,831 --> 00:19:48,957
and it wasn't your money,
364
00:19:49,099 --> 00:19:50,760
so it's none of your business either.
365
00:19:50,901 --> 00:19:53,199
Well, I'm making it my business.
366
00:19:53,337 --> 00:19:54,895
Oh, I get it.
367
00:19:55,038 --> 00:19:56,164
You want to be a hero.
368
00:19:56,306 --> 00:19:59,275
Everybody knows
you've been sweet on Madelon for years.
369
00:19:59,409 --> 00:20:02,242
Now that her young husband's
out of the way, you fig--
370
00:20:02,379 --> 00:20:03,471
Hold it.
371
00:20:22,366 --> 00:20:23,560
Joe, this is Paul Drake.
372
00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:24,928
- Hi.
- Howdy.
373
00:20:25,068 --> 00:20:27,332
- Who's your friend?
- That's George Tabor.
374
00:20:27,471 --> 00:20:28,904
He's trainer for Shamrock.
375
00:20:29,039 --> 00:20:30,370
What was all the muscle about?
376
00:20:31,475 --> 00:20:33,909
It's personal-- private matter.
377
00:20:34,978 --> 00:20:36,377
Why did Tabor come to see you?
378
00:20:36,513 --> 00:20:40,643
Well, he didn't like the idea
of Shamrock Stables buying Jennifer's filly,
379
00:20:40,784 --> 00:20:43,412
and he figured I had something to do
with the sale.
380
00:20:43,553 --> 00:20:45,418
- Did you?
- No.
381
00:20:45,555 --> 00:20:48,422
First I knew of any sale
was when Mr. Pierson called up
382
00:20:48,558 --> 00:20:50,583
and ordered me to turn the filly
over to Shelby.
383
00:20:50,727 --> 00:20:53,890
How well did you know Brad Shelby, Joe?
384
00:20:54,031 --> 00:20:56,295
He hung around here at the ranch.
385
00:20:56,433 --> 00:20:58,458
You sure you didn't know him before that,
386
00:20:58,602 --> 00:21:00,467
know enough about his past, perhaps,
387
00:21:00,604 --> 00:21:04,062
to convince him that $50,000
was a fair price for Tiger Lil?
388
00:21:04,207 --> 00:21:05,799
Fifty thous--
389
00:21:07,210 --> 00:21:10,145
Mr. Mason, I told you,
390
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,510
I had nothing to do with that sale.
391
00:21:12,649 --> 00:21:14,446
George Tabor didn't think so, did he?
392
00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,114
I've sent for George Tabor.
He'll be here in a minute.
393
00:21:19,256 --> 00:21:22,350
Would you mind telling me
why you wanted to see him?
394
00:21:22,492 --> 00:21:26,451
Since our talk this morning, I've learned
that Mr. Tabor returned yesterday.
395
00:21:26,596 --> 00:21:29,087
- That's right.
- Quite unexpectedly.
396
00:21:29,232 --> 00:21:31,826
Yes. He finished up early and came on home.
397
00:21:31,968 --> 00:21:33,663
We were hoping he could shed some light
398
00:21:33,804 --> 00:21:36,170
on a rather puzzling aspect
of the sale of Jennifer's filly.
399
00:21:36,306 --> 00:21:38,501
But George was out of town
when the sale was made.
400
00:21:38,642 --> 00:21:39,631
That's true,
401
00:21:39,776 --> 00:21:42,301
but he was at the Wakely Ranch
less than an hour ago
402
00:21:42,446 --> 00:21:44,744
talking very emphatically
to Joe Mead about it.
403
00:21:45,949 --> 00:21:49,715
George, this is Mr. Perry Mason,
Jennifer Wakely's attorney,
404
00:21:49,853 --> 00:21:50,945
and Mr. Drake.
405
00:21:51,088 --> 00:21:54,580
You have an enviable reputation, Mr. Tabor.
406
00:21:54,725 --> 00:21:56,249
I understand the Shamrock Stables
407
00:21:56,393 --> 00:21:58,588
have never purchased a horse
without your okay,
408
00:21:58,729 --> 00:22:01,323
that is until they bought Tiger Lil.
409
00:22:01,465 --> 00:22:04,866
- Would you get to your point, Mr. Mason?
- Is that why you went to see Joe Mead?
410
00:22:05,001 --> 00:22:06,901
That's none of your business.
411
00:22:07,037 --> 00:22:08,698
George.
412
00:22:08,839 --> 00:22:10,864
You talked to Joe Mead.
What did he tell you?
413
00:22:11,007 --> 00:22:12,634
Among other things,
414
00:22:12,776 --> 00:22:15,540
that he had nothing to do with the sale.
415
00:22:15,679 --> 00:22:16,668
He's a liar!
416
00:22:16,813 --> 00:22:19,475
[Drake] Mr. Tabor, you were
awfully mad about something.
417
00:22:19,616 --> 00:22:23,143
Was it possibly because
Mr. Shelby took advantage of your absence
418
00:22:23,286 --> 00:22:26,653
by making a very shrewd purchase of his own?
419
00:22:26,790 --> 00:22:28,348
"Shrewd purchase."
420
00:22:28,492 --> 00:22:30,960
Tiger Lil is a very promising filly.
421
00:22:32,396 --> 00:22:34,296
I'm going to show you gentlemen something.
422
00:22:34,431 --> 00:22:36,331
You got here just in time.
423
00:22:36,466 --> 00:22:38,866
You might as well see it too, Madelon.
424
00:22:39,002 --> 00:22:43,496
I'm going to show you
what Mr. Shelby paid $50,000 for.
425
00:22:48,912 --> 00:22:50,903
[Tabor]
Run her till I tell you to stop, Vic.
426
00:23:02,125 --> 00:23:04,320
- [Tiger Lil neighing]
- Something's wrong.
427
00:23:06,229 --> 00:23:07,560
She's limping.
428
00:23:10,467 --> 00:23:11,900
That's enough, Vic.
429
00:23:15,772 --> 00:23:17,831
A fracture of the Os Pedis, Madelon,
430
00:23:17,974 --> 00:23:19,635
not serious enough to have her destroyed,
431
00:23:19,776 --> 00:23:21,903
but serious enough
even if properly treated,
432
00:23:22,045 --> 00:23:24,570
chances are she'd never run again.
433
00:23:24,714 --> 00:23:26,739
She's had that bone trouble for weeks, Mason.
434
00:23:26,883 --> 00:23:29,477
That's what I went to see Joe Mead about.
435
00:23:29,619 --> 00:23:33,077
Brad Shelby paid $50,000 for a horse
436
00:23:33,223 --> 00:23:34,622
that'll never run another race again
437
00:23:34,758 --> 00:23:36,055
as long as it lives.
438
00:23:39,079 --> 00:23:41,343
Now, the autopsy surgeon testified
439
00:23:41,481 --> 00:23:42,812
that in his opinion,
440
00:23:42,949 --> 00:23:45,144
based on an examination of the fatal wounds,
441
00:23:45,285 --> 00:23:48,686
the spreader could not have been thrown
from any distance,
442
00:23:48,822 --> 00:23:49,948
particularly by a woman,
443
00:23:50,090 --> 00:23:52,957
in order to inflict such wounds.
444
00:23:53,093 --> 00:23:54,856
As a homicide expert, Sergeant Landro,
445
00:23:54,995 --> 00:23:56,223
do you agree with that opinion?
446
00:23:56,363 --> 00:23:59,264
Yes, that spreader wasn't thrown.
447
00:23:59,399 --> 00:24:02,459
It was thrust into the body at close range.
448
00:24:02,602 --> 00:24:04,331
Thank you, Sergeant.
That'll be all.
449
00:24:04,471 --> 00:24:05,597
Your witness.
450
00:24:08,241 --> 00:24:13,076
Sergeant Landro,
were there any other fingerprints
451
00:24:13,213 --> 00:24:14,840
on the metal handle of the spreader,
452
00:24:14,981 --> 00:24:16,812
other than those of the defendant?
453
00:24:16,950 --> 00:24:20,215
Yes, we found one set belonging
to the decedent.
454
00:24:20,353 --> 00:24:22,253
If someone held the spreader like this,
455
00:24:22,389 --> 00:24:24,482
with their hands on the wood,
not the metal,
456
00:24:24,624 --> 00:24:27,855
would you have picked up
the fingerprints of that person?
457
00:24:27,994 --> 00:24:30,326
Well, the contour and surface of that wood
458
00:24:30,463 --> 00:24:33,864
are such that they don't lend themselves
easily to retaining fingerprints.
459
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,161
[Mason]
You didn't answer my question.
460
00:24:36,303 --> 00:24:39,238
Someone could have held the spreader
by the wood part of the handle,
461
00:24:39,372 --> 00:24:41,431
and we wouldn't have found any fingerprints.
462
00:24:44,744 --> 00:24:46,405
Well, when I saw it was the Wakely trailer,
463
00:24:46,546 --> 00:24:49,140
I figured I'd better go over
and see what was going on,
464
00:24:49,282 --> 00:24:53,184
and there she was, standing over Mr. Shelby
with that spreader sticking in him.
465
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:54,548
[Burger]
Tell me this,
466
00:24:54,688 --> 00:24:56,747
why, when you saw the Wakely trailer,
467
00:24:56,890 --> 00:24:59,950
did you fell that you should go
and see what was going on?
468
00:25:00,093 --> 00:25:04,530
Because Mr. Shelby and Miss Wakely
had a fight that afternoon about the filly.
469
00:25:04,664 --> 00:25:08,657
Really? Did you happen to hear
what was said during that fight?
470
00:25:08,802 --> 00:25:10,599
I did-- I did happen to hear Miss Wakely say
471
00:25:10,737 --> 00:25:13,228
that she'd get that filly back and
that he wouldn't stop her.
472
00:25:13,373 --> 00:25:17,810
Oh, boy, was she--
She was crying mad when she left that ranch.
473
00:25:17,944 --> 00:25:19,844
Now, Miss Harper,
474
00:25:19,980 --> 00:25:22,175
when Miss Wakely returned to the apartment,
475
00:25:22,315 --> 00:25:25,079
after discovering
that her horse had been sold,
476
00:25:25,218 --> 00:25:28,449
did she tell you anything
about going to see Brad Shelby?
477
00:25:28,588 --> 00:25:31,216
- Yes.
- What did she tell you about it?
478
00:25:31,358 --> 00:25:34,953
Oh, something about
he wouldn't let her take Lil back.
479
00:25:35,095 --> 00:25:39,293
Miss Harper, I'm not interested
in "something about."
480
00:25:39,432 --> 00:25:41,457
I want to know exactly what she said.
481
00:25:41,601 --> 00:25:43,034
She said...
482
00:25:44,671 --> 00:25:49,506
"I thought I hated Brad Shelby
when he married Madelon Haines.
483
00:25:49,643 --> 00:25:52,134
I didn't know how much I hated him until now.
484
00:25:52,278 --> 00:25:53,745
In other words, Mrs. Shelby,
485
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,145
you made arrangements to return the horse,
486
00:25:57,283 --> 00:26:01,811
out of your sympathy
for the defendant's love for the animal
487
00:26:01,955 --> 00:26:06,289
and in the belief that no one would be
present at the stable
488
00:26:06,426 --> 00:26:09,054
during those few hours that night
to interfere with her taking the animal.
489
00:26:09,195 --> 00:26:11,663
- Is that correct?
- Yes.
490
00:26:11,798 --> 00:26:13,891
I think that'll be all, Mrs. Shelby.
Thank you.
491
00:26:14,034 --> 00:26:16,264
Cross-examine.
492
00:26:18,304 --> 00:26:21,705
Jennifer stated to you that she would go
along with your arrangements?
493
00:26:21,841 --> 00:26:24,867
When Roberta called her to the phone
and I told her,
494
00:26:25,011 --> 00:26:27,445
she was quite excited and said
she'd come right out.
495
00:26:27,580 --> 00:26:30,743
Mrs. Shelby, were you also concerned
that Jennifer get her horse that night
496
00:26:30,884 --> 00:26:33,910
because your husband planned to ship
some horses to Mexico the next morning
497
00:26:34,054 --> 00:26:37,387
and you wanted to be sure
that Tiger Lil didn't go with them?
498
00:26:37,524 --> 00:26:38,718
Yes, that's right.
499
00:26:38,858 --> 00:26:41,793
When did your trainer George Tabor
get back from the East?
500
00:26:42,796 --> 00:26:44,957
That morning, about 10:00.
501
00:26:45,098 --> 00:26:46,429
Mrs. Shelby, is it possible
502
00:26:46,566 --> 00:26:48,659
that your husband knew
that he had bought a crippled horse
503
00:26:48,802 --> 00:26:50,895
and, with George Tabor's unexpected return,
504
00:26:51,037 --> 00:26:54,097
knew that he had to get that horse away
before it was discovered?
505
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,767
- Objection, Your Honor.
- I'll withdraw the question.
506
00:26:57,911 --> 00:27:02,610
You say you went to the Red Coach Inn
at 8:30 to meet your husband.
507
00:27:02,749 --> 00:27:03,875
You waited until nine,
508
00:27:04,017 --> 00:27:05,917
then drove to several other places
looking for him
509
00:27:06,052 --> 00:27:09,021
and arrived home a little after 10:00.
510
00:27:09,155 --> 00:27:12,147
How long does it take to drive
from your ranch to the Red Coach Inn?
511
00:27:12,292 --> 00:27:14,192
About 20 minutes, normally.
512
00:27:14,327 --> 00:27:16,261
Then why did you leave the ranch at 7:00
513
00:27:16,396 --> 00:27:17,624
for an 8:30 appointment?
514
00:27:17,764 --> 00:27:19,425
[Madelon]
I stopped for a drink.
515
00:27:19,566 --> 00:27:22,194
[Mason]
At a place called The Tambourine.
516
00:27:22,335 --> 00:27:24,064
Did you meet someone there?
517
00:27:24,204 --> 00:27:26,900
- I met George Tabor.
- Why, Mrs. Shelby?
518
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,066
I object, Your Honor.
That's improper cross-examination.
519
00:27:30,210 --> 00:27:33,805
Your Honor,
George Tabor is the Shamrock trainer.
520
00:27:33,947 --> 00:27:37,246
Mr. Burger himself felt that
the whereabouts of the Shamrock staff
521
00:27:37,383 --> 00:27:39,715
was important enough to bring it out
in direct examination.
522
00:27:39,853 --> 00:27:44,415
Only where it bore on matters
germane to this case, Your Honor.
523
00:27:44,557 --> 00:27:46,957
If you can show relevancy, Mr. Mason,
524
00:27:47,093 --> 00:27:49,118
I will overrule the objection.
525
00:27:49,262 --> 00:27:55,064
Why did you see George Tabor
before you went on to meet your husband?
526
00:27:55,201 --> 00:27:59,069
Well, he came back from the trip early.
527
00:27:59,205 --> 00:28:01,139
I wanted to find out how it had gone.
528
00:28:01,274 --> 00:28:03,936
Couldn't you have done that at the ranch
when he arrived that morning?
529
00:28:04,077 --> 00:28:07,376
He went back into town
before I had a chance to talk to him.
530
00:28:07,514 --> 00:28:09,106
Mrs. Shelby, isn't it true
531
00:28:09,249 --> 00:28:11,945
that George Tabor had checked
into a hotel that afternoon
532
00:28:12,085 --> 00:28:14,451
with every intention
of not returning to the ranch?
533
00:28:14,587 --> 00:28:16,020
Yet he called there at 4:00.
534
00:28:16,156 --> 00:28:20,456
Now, I ask you again,
why did you meet George Tabor?
535
00:28:20,593 --> 00:28:23,460
He called and told me
that Brad had fired him.
536
00:28:23,596 --> 00:28:25,393
I had to see him and straighten it out.
537
00:28:25,532 --> 00:28:28,160
And was he still fired
when you left to meet your husband?
538
00:28:28,301 --> 00:28:29,632
No, he wasn't.
539
00:28:29,769 --> 00:28:31,327
When you told Jennifer Wakely
540
00:28:31,471 --> 00:28:33,063
that she could have her horse back,
541
00:28:33,206 --> 00:28:35,197
did you ask her to return the $50,000,
542
00:28:35,341 --> 00:28:37,639
or in your sympathy for the girl,
543
00:28:37,777 --> 00:28:39,768
did you tell her she didn't have to return
the money?
544
00:28:39,913 --> 00:28:41,642
Mr. Mason,
545
00:28:41,781 --> 00:28:44,944
my husband was no businessman.
546
00:28:45,084 --> 00:28:48,781
It was worth that money, to me,
to find out the truth
547
00:28:48,922 --> 00:28:51,447
before it was too late.
548
00:28:51,591 --> 00:28:53,456
It had become increasingly apparent to me
549
00:28:53,593 --> 00:28:56,061
that I was going to have
to take control again,
550
00:28:56,196 --> 00:28:59,893
and in running my ranch,
I need George Tabor.
551
00:29:01,167 --> 00:29:02,794
What you mean then, Mr. Tabor,
552
00:29:02,936 --> 00:29:05,871
is that an injury such as you have described,
553
00:29:06,005 --> 00:29:08,098
while not apparent superficially,
554
00:29:08,241 --> 00:29:10,573
would disable the filly
as far as racing is concerned?
555
00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:12,371
- Is that correct?
- That's right.
556
00:29:12,512 --> 00:29:16,380
How did you happen to discover the injury?
557
00:29:16,516 --> 00:29:17,676
Well, in the first place,
558
00:29:17,817 --> 00:29:19,944
I didn't like the conditions of the sale,
559
00:29:20,086 --> 00:29:22,714
and when I finally got to take
a close look at the filly,
560
00:29:22,856 --> 00:29:24,153
she did favor one leg.
561
00:29:24,290 --> 00:29:25,780
[Burger]
So what did you do then?
562
00:29:25,925 --> 00:29:27,483
[Tabor]
We moved her a few times.
563
00:29:27,627 --> 00:29:31,119
She did seem to favor the leg a little,
so we ran her, and she came up lame.
564
00:29:31,264 --> 00:29:32,629
Would you say that running her
565
00:29:32,765 --> 00:29:36,257
was the only way to determine
the nature of her injury?
566
00:29:36,402 --> 00:29:37,562
That's right...
567
00:29:37,704 --> 00:29:39,569
aside from an X-ray.
568
00:29:39,706 --> 00:29:41,367
Then Mr. Shelby,
569
00:29:41,507 --> 00:29:44,738
not being suspicious
and not having X-rayed or run the filly,
570
00:29:44,878 --> 00:29:46,436
would have no way of knowing about it?
571
00:29:46,579 --> 00:29:48,274
Joe Mead knew she was lame.
572
00:29:48,414 --> 00:29:52,748
Mr. Tabor, would you mind confining
your comments to answering my questions?
573
00:29:52,886 --> 00:29:56,720
Could even an expert
have been able to tell
574
00:29:56,856 --> 00:30:01,384
that the filly was suffering from a fracture
of the Os Pedis just by looking at her?
575
00:30:01,527 --> 00:30:03,222
[Tabor]
Probably not.
576
00:30:03,363 --> 00:30:04,660
I'd say no.
577
00:30:04,797 --> 00:30:07,095
Thank you, Mr. Tabor.
578
00:30:07,233 --> 00:30:12,068
And now to put Mr. Mason's mind at ease,
579
00:30:12,205 --> 00:30:15,732
what did you do that night
after you saw Mrs. Shelby?
580
00:30:15,875 --> 00:30:18,844
I had dinner,
went back to my hotel, and went to bed.
581
00:30:18,978 --> 00:30:20,878
And did you stay there all night, sir?
582
00:30:21,014 --> 00:30:22,606
Yes.
583
00:30:22,749 --> 00:30:24,546
Thank you.
584
00:30:24,684 --> 00:30:26,447
Mr. Mason.
585
00:30:26,586 --> 00:30:30,488
Mr. Tabor, assuming that Tiger Lil were sound
586
00:30:30,623 --> 00:30:32,955
and you had wanted to buy her,
587
00:30:33,092 --> 00:30:36,459
what would you have considered a fair,
even generous, price?
588
00:30:36,596 --> 00:30:38,086
She was very promising,
589
00:30:38,231 --> 00:30:41,132
but I doubt if I would have gone
as high as 10,000.
590
00:30:41,267 --> 00:30:43,792
Now, in your earlier testimony,
591
00:30:43,937 --> 00:30:46,064
precisely what did you mean in saying,
592
00:30:46,205 --> 00:30:49,106
"when I finally got a chance
to take a look at the filly"?
593
00:30:49,242 --> 00:30:51,642
I started to look her over
the morning I got back,
594
00:30:51,778 --> 00:30:53,336
but Shelby stopped me.
595
00:30:53,479 --> 00:30:54,605
He said that could wait,
596
00:30:54,747 --> 00:30:56,977
that he had some errands
for me to run in town.
597
00:30:57,116 --> 00:30:59,311
Later, as you know,
he came into town and fired me.
598
00:30:59,452 --> 00:31:02,148
And after he fired you,
you checked into the hotel?
599
00:31:02,288 --> 00:31:04,722
That's right,
and he made it pretty clear
600
00:31:04,857 --> 00:31:07,485
that I wasn't to pick up my things
the next day, when he'd be there.
601
00:31:07,627 --> 00:31:10,994
Then, if Tiger Lil had been shipped
to Mexico the next morning at 6:00,
602
00:31:11,130 --> 00:31:12,688
as Mr. Shelby planned,
603
00:31:12,832 --> 00:31:15,892
you'd never have had a chance
to look her over.
604
00:31:16,035 --> 00:31:17,093
Thank you, Mr. Tabor.
605
00:31:17,236 --> 00:31:20,296
I have some questions on re-direct,
Your Honor.
606
00:31:21,307 --> 00:31:26,301
Mr. Tabor, for some reason
Mr. Mason would have us believe
607
00:31:26,446 --> 00:31:29,973
that the decedent went to fantastic lengths
608
00:31:30,116 --> 00:31:32,016
to keep you from looking at a horse.
609
00:31:32,151 --> 00:31:34,119
Now, when you went into that stall
610
00:31:34,253 --> 00:31:37,984
and he stopped you by saying
that he had errands for you to do in town,
611
00:31:38,124 --> 00:31:40,354
did he indeed have errands
for you to do in town?
612
00:31:40,493 --> 00:31:41,790
He did.
613
00:31:41,928 --> 00:31:44,123
And when he fired you,
did he give you a reason?
614
00:31:44,263 --> 00:31:46,458
[Tabor]
He said that I wasn't needed anymore,
615
00:31:46,599 --> 00:31:49,227
that he was taking over
the duties of trainer himself.
616
00:31:49,369 --> 00:31:52,236
Did he ever once tell you to stay away
from that filly?
617
00:31:52,372 --> 00:31:53,498
No.
618
00:31:53,639 --> 00:31:56,107
[Burger]
Thank you.
619
00:31:56,242 --> 00:31:58,039
Yes, I understand Miss Wakely was upset
620
00:31:58,177 --> 00:32:00,577
because her filly had been sold,
621
00:32:00,713 --> 00:32:04,376
but you knew the filly
had been injured in the fire, Mr. Mead,
622
00:32:04,517 --> 00:32:05,882
and was lame.
623
00:32:06,019 --> 00:32:08,920
It's hard for me to understand
why you kept this a secret.
624
00:32:09,055 --> 00:32:10,682
She lost her father in that fire,
625
00:32:10,823 --> 00:32:12,814
and I figured that was enough to take
in one dose.
626
00:32:12,959 --> 00:32:16,725
But, Mr. Mead, you continued to keep quiet
even when the horse came up for sale.
627
00:32:16,863 --> 00:32:19,798
Certainly that wasn't to spare
Mr. Shelby's feelings, was it?
628
00:32:19,932 --> 00:32:22,730
I didn't have time to tell him
even if I wanted to.
629
00:32:22,869 --> 00:32:25,201
I didn't know he figured on buying her.
630
00:32:25,338 --> 00:32:28,239
[Burger] Until you were actually told
to turn her over to him?
631
00:32:28,374 --> 00:32:29,398
That's right.
632
00:32:29,542 --> 00:32:31,908
When he picked her up,
he was sure in no talking mood.
633
00:32:32,045 --> 00:32:34,411
Then, as far as you knew at that time,
634
00:32:34,547 --> 00:32:37,311
neither Mr. Shelby nor Miss Wakely
knew the filly was lame.
635
00:32:37,450 --> 00:32:38,474
[Mead]
That's right.
636
00:32:38,618 --> 00:32:41,519
After you told Miss Wakely
that her filly had been sold,
637
00:32:41,654 --> 00:32:42,916
what did she do?
638
00:32:43,056 --> 00:32:45,752
She went in the tack room
and called her uncle.
639
00:32:45,892 --> 00:32:49,521
And did she mention Brad Shelby to you
640
00:32:49,662 --> 00:32:51,220
after making that phone call?
641
00:32:51,364 --> 00:32:55,425
Well, she was mad, and she didn't mean it.
642
00:32:55,568 --> 00:32:58,366
I want to know what she said, Mr. Mead.
643
00:32:58,504 --> 00:33:00,199
Remember, now, you're under oath.
644
00:33:00,339 --> 00:33:02,102
What were her words?
645
00:33:02,241 --> 00:33:07,736
Well, she said,
"Brad Shelby's not going to have Tiger Lil.
646
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,643
I'll get him back if I--"
647
00:33:10,983 --> 00:33:12,678
"...if I have to kill him."
648
00:33:15,188 --> 00:33:18,749
Perry, there's something I don't understand.
649
00:33:18,891 --> 00:33:20,688
If Brad Shelby paid $50,000
650
00:33:20,827 --> 00:33:22,294
for a horse he knew was lame,
651
00:33:22,428 --> 00:33:26,797
he couldn't have thought it
was going to last forever, could he?
652
00:33:26,933 --> 00:33:29,333
All right, so he fired George Tabor.
653
00:33:29,469 --> 00:33:33,496
Someone else was bound to spot it.
654
00:33:33,639 --> 00:33:36,437
Your question contains four assumptions,
655
00:33:36,576 --> 00:33:38,305
only three of which happen to be true.
656
00:33:38,444 --> 00:33:41,413
Don't tell me he didn't know
the horse was lame.
657
00:33:41,547 --> 00:33:43,572
Oh, I think he knew all right, Della.
658
00:33:43,716 --> 00:33:46,742
Knowing was partly why Shelby
was rushing off to Mexico.
659
00:33:46,886 --> 00:33:49,787
I guess that he planned to involve Tiger Lil
660
00:33:49,922 --> 00:33:52,482
in some sort of unfortunate accident
down there.
661
00:33:53,526 --> 00:33:54,925
Of course.
662
00:33:55,061 --> 00:33:57,791
If he destroyed the horse,
then nobody would know she was lame.
663
00:33:57,930 --> 00:33:59,022
[door opens]
664
00:34:00,466 --> 00:34:02,627
Well, Paul, did you find out?
665
00:34:02,768 --> 00:34:04,827
Yeah, I found out, and I wish I hadn't.
666
00:34:04,971 --> 00:34:08,873
Perry, for that girl's sake, just this once
I wish you had been wrong.
667
00:34:09,008 --> 00:34:11,203
Here's the stuff you wanted
on Emmett Pierson's finances.
668
00:34:11,344 --> 00:34:12,675
Emmett Pierson?
669
00:34:12,812 --> 00:34:14,939
- Oh, no.
- Oh, yes.
670
00:34:15,081 --> 00:34:17,242
Her only living relative, her legal guardian,
671
00:34:17,383 --> 00:34:20,216
and he's sure involved
in some sort of a payoff.
672
00:34:20,353 --> 00:34:25,154
Paul, we've two days until Court reconvenes.
I'd like you to take a little trip.
673
00:34:25,291 --> 00:34:28,624
Well, if it's not asking too much,
would you mind telling me where?
674
00:34:29,662 --> 00:34:31,630
Why don't you start in Mexico?
675
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,428
Mr. Mason, are you ready to proceed?
676
00:34:38,569 --> 00:34:42,027
Joe, you stayed on at the ranch
after the fire.
677
00:34:42,173 --> 00:34:44,607
- You lived there?
- That's right.
678
00:34:44,742 --> 00:34:48,041
Did Emmett Pierson ever come
to the ranch and examine Tiger Lil?
679
00:34:48,179 --> 00:34:49,703
No, he didn't.
680
00:34:49,847 --> 00:34:51,314
Are you certain?
681
00:34:51,449 --> 00:34:55,476
- Surely you weren't there all of the time.
- Well, no.
682
00:34:55,620 --> 00:34:58,487
Were you ever away when
Emmett Pierson knew you would be gone?
683
00:34:59,957 --> 00:35:02,118
Y-Yeah, I was--
684
00:35:02,260 --> 00:35:03,887
the day I took the mares to the auction,
685
00:35:04,028 --> 00:35:06,622
just three days before Tiger Lil was sold.
686
00:35:06,764 --> 00:35:09,232
You sure Mr. Pierson knew
that you would be gone?
687
00:35:09,367 --> 00:35:11,494
He's the one who told me to go.
688
00:35:13,271 --> 00:35:14,738
[Mason]
Thank you, Joe.
689
00:35:14,872 --> 00:35:16,897
Mr. Pierson, before we get down to matters
690
00:35:17,041 --> 00:35:18,565
that actually pertain to this case,.
691
00:35:18,709 --> 00:35:20,802
let's see if we can once again clear
the atmosphere
692
00:35:20,945 --> 00:35:23,880
of the confusing innuendos
693
00:35:24,015 --> 00:35:28,577
with which Mr. Mason continually
tries to obscure the simple facts.
694
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:33,156
Did you ever deliberately order Joe Mead
away from Wakely Ranch
695
00:35:33,291 --> 00:35:36,954
for the purpose of examining
Tiger Lil in secret?
696
00:35:37,094 --> 00:35:38,493
As a matter of fact, I did.
697
00:35:38,629 --> 00:35:42,087
Oh. Just a minute, Mr. Pierson,
you never discussed this with me.
698
00:35:42,233 --> 00:35:43,894
You mean you--
699
00:35:44,035 --> 00:35:46,299
you examined the filly before the sale?
700
00:35:46,437 --> 00:35:48,667
- You knew she was lame?
- Yes, sir.
701
00:35:48,806 --> 00:35:50,068
Did you tell Mr. Shelby?
702
00:35:50,207 --> 00:35:52,675
[Pierson]
He was the one who told me about it.
703
00:35:52,810 --> 00:35:54,437
He said he wanted to buy the horse
704
00:35:54,578 --> 00:35:57,046
because he felt
he owed Jennifer something for...
705
00:35:58,416 --> 00:35:59,940
treating her the way he did.
706
00:36:00,084 --> 00:36:01,915
Oh, you mean the sale of the horse
707
00:36:02,053 --> 00:36:04,283
was actually a cover-up for a gift.
708
00:36:05,623 --> 00:36:06,715
Yes, sir.
709
00:36:06,857 --> 00:36:09,121
Now, Mr. Pierson, think carefully.
710
00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:12,286
Did Miss Wakely know the horse was lame?
711
00:36:12,430 --> 00:36:13,920
No, sir.
712
00:36:14,065 --> 00:36:16,659
Then nothing's been changed, has it?
713
00:36:16,801 --> 00:36:19,201
It still remains a simple fact
714
00:36:19,337 --> 00:36:24,206
that when the defendant met Brad Shelby
at the stable that night,
715
00:36:24,342 --> 00:36:26,333
she was taking back what she thought
716
00:36:26,477 --> 00:36:28,707
was a sound and promising race horse,
717
00:36:28,846 --> 00:36:31,076
and her way was being blocked
718
00:36:31,215 --> 00:36:32,978
by the man she hated.
719
00:36:34,085 --> 00:36:36,713
I have no further questions of this witness
at this time, Your Honor.
720
00:36:36,854 --> 00:36:38,082
Mr. Mason.
721
00:36:39,423 --> 00:36:40,754
Mr. Pierson,
722
00:36:40,891 --> 00:36:43,416
you were named executor
of Howard Wakely's estate, were you not?
723
00:36:43,561 --> 00:36:44,653
Yes, sir.
724
00:36:44,795 --> 00:36:46,854
What shape was that estate in?
725
00:36:46,997 --> 00:36:50,091
Will there be enough left
to provide for Jennifer?
726
00:36:50,234 --> 00:36:52,202
Well, actually, after taxes and--
727
00:36:52,336 --> 00:36:54,429
Taxes, Mr. Pierson?
728
00:36:54,572 --> 00:36:55,903
Inheritance taxes?
729
00:36:56,040 --> 00:37:01,103
Well, I-- not inheritance taxes, no, but--
730
00:37:01,245 --> 00:37:04,237
Income taxes, Mr. Pierson,
731
00:37:04,382 --> 00:37:05,974
the three years of income taxes
732
00:37:06,117 --> 00:37:08,244
Howard Wakely still owed the government
when he died?
733
00:37:08,386 --> 00:37:11,014
Are those the taxes
you were going to refer to?
734
00:37:11,155 --> 00:37:12,713
Yes.
735
00:37:12,857 --> 00:37:17,021
And then there was the matter
of the mortgage on the property, both cars,
736
00:37:17,161 --> 00:37:20,619
and just about every tangible asset
your brother-in-law owned.
737
00:37:20,765 --> 00:37:22,096
Is all this necessary?
738
00:37:22,233 --> 00:37:24,224
Hasn't the poor child been hurt enough?
739
00:37:24,368 --> 00:37:28,429
- Have those overdue taxes been paid?
- Yes.
740
00:37:28,572 --> 00:37:31,735
- Mortgage on the house been paid up?
- Yes.
741
00:37:31,876 --> 00:37:34,344
Where did you get the money
for all this, Mr. Pierson?
742
00:37:37,281 --> 00:37:39,374
Basically from the sale of the horse.
743
00:37:39,517 --> 00:37:42,748
From the sale of the horse, Mr. Pierson,
or was that money yours?
744
00:37:42,887 --> 00:37:44,377
No, no, no, you're--
745
00:37:44,522 --> 00:37:47,923
As obviously fond as you seem to be
of your niece, Mr. Pierson,
746
00:37:48,058 --> 00:37:51,585
and knowing how deeply attached
she was to her horse Tiger Lil,
747
00:37:51,729 --> 00:37:53,196
tell me this--
748
00:37:53,330 --> 00:37:55,798
why did you agree to sell the filly?
749
00:37:55,933 --> 00:37:57,662
He wanted it.
He bought it.
750
00:37:57,802 --> 00:38:01,101
So he did, Mr. Pierson.
So he did, for $50,000.
751
00:38:01,238 --> 00:38:03,365
That was the price, wasn't it?
752
00:38:05,409 --> 00:38:08,469
The Court Reporter can't record
a movement of your head, Mr. Pierson.
753
00:38:08,612 --> 00:38:09,874
You'll have to answer vocally.
754
00:38:10,014 --> 00:38:14,110
Now, $50,000 was the price
for Tiger Lil, wasn't it?
755
00:38:14,251 --> 00:38:15,479
Yes.
756
00:38:15,619 --> 00:38:19,612
Why then, on the day Brad Shelby gave you
a check for $50,000,
757
00:38:19,757 --> 00:38:22,089
did you liquidate
your entire life's savings--
758
00:38:22,226 --> 00:38:25,992
your bank accounts, bonds and stock,
your real estate,
759
00:38:26,130 --> 00:38:27,597
every penny you had?
760
00:38:27,731 --> 00:38:29,323
To whom did you give your life's savings?
761
00:38:29,467 --> 00:38:31,901
To whom did you give $40,000 in cash?
762
00:38:34,905 --> 00:38:37,999
Your Honor, I should like to recall
Roberta Harper to the stand.
763
00:38:41,212 --> 00:38:46,309
You were secretary to Jennifer's father,
Howard Wakely, for two years.
764
00:38:46,450 --> 00:38:47,542
During that time,
765
00:38:47,685 --> 00:38:50,950
did the late Howard Wakely
ever receive from an insurance doctor
766
00:38:51,088 --> 00:38:54,717
a report on the physical condition
of his brother-in-law Emmett Pierson?
767
00:38:54,859 --> 00:38:57,293
Yes, I think he did--
768
00:38:57,428 --> 00:38:58,417
Yes, I'm sure of it.
769
00:38:58,562 --> 00:39:02,259
Mr. Pierson was trying to take
out a big policy on his own life,
770
00:39:02,399 --> 00:39:05,027
naming his niece, Jennifer,
as beneficiary.
771
00:39:05,169 --> 00:39:06,534
"Trying," Roberta?
772
00:39:08,038 --> 00:39:09,403
He was turned down, I think.
773
00:39:09,540 --> 00:39:15,809
An uninsurable man, trying to help
his niece, worried about her security.
774
00:39:15,946 --> 00:39:19,313
Had Emmett Pierson ever been involved
in any business dealings--
775
00:39:19,450 --> 00:39:22,419
where a race horse was concerned--
with the late Howard Wakely?
776
00:39:22,553 --> 00:39:24,384
No, not that I know of.
777
00:39:24,522 --> 00:39:27,548
Had he ever been involved
in a race horse deal with Brad Shelby?
778
00:39:27,691 --> 00:39:30,558
I was Brad Shelby's wife
for a short period of time,
779
00:39:30,694 --> 00:39:32,491
not his secretary.
780
00:39:32,630 --> 00:39:34,222
I know of no such deals.
781
00:39:34,365 --> 00:39:36,492
Since you were Howard Wakely's secretary,
782
00:39:36,634 --> 00:39:38,363
I assume that where he was concerned,
783
00:39:38,502 --> 00:39:41,027
you were a little more familiar
with his business dealings?
784
00:39:41,171 --> 00:39:42,433
Yes, that's right.
785
00:39:42,573 --> 00:39:44,438
As secretary, you typed letters,
786
00:39:44,575 --> 00:39:47,544
took messages,
placed and received many phone calls?
787
00:39:47,678 --> 00:39:48,872
Yes.
788
00:39:49,013 --> 00:39:50,537
Would you say you were familiar
789
00:39:50,681 --> 00:39:53,741
with the voices of the people
who called often during that time,
790
00:39:53,884 --> 00:39:55,977
familiar enough to identify them, I mean?
791
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,610
Yes, by all means.
792
00:39:57,755 --> 00:40:00,485
Who were some of those who called
more or less regularly?
793
00:40:00,624 --> 00:40:04,151
Well, Mr. Pierson and Dr. Orson,
794
00:40:04,295 --> 00:40:06,695
Mr. Wakely's broker Mr. Atkins,
795
00:40:06,830 --> 00:40:08,161
Brad Shelby called,
796
00:40:08,299 --> 00:40:09,425
and Madelon Haines--
797
00:40:09,567 --> 00:40:11,660
Mrs. Shelby, that is--
798
00:40:11,802 --> 00:40:13,030
and Jennifer, of course.
799
00:40:13,170 --> 00:40:16,628
Then, Roberta,
800
00:40:16,774 --> 00:40:20,767
the telephone call Jennifer
received in your apartment
801
00:40:20,911 --> 00:40:23,471
the night of the murder--
802
00:40:23,614 --> 00:40:27,072
you knew it was Madelon.
803
00:40:27,217 --> 00:40:29,913
You knew it was Madelon who called Jennifer.
804
00:40:30,054 --> 00:40:31,351
Why did you lie to me?
805
00:40:31,488 --> 00:40:33,217
Madelon Shelby
knew she was talking to you
806
00:40:33,357 --> 00:40:35,757
when she called to tell Jennifer
to come and get her horse.
807
00:40:35,893 --> 00:40:37,793
Why did you lie to Miss Street and me?
808
00:40:37,928 --> 00:40:41,796
Why did you say you didn't know the identity
of the woman who had called Jennifer?
809
00:40:41,932 --> 00:40:43,695
I must have made a mistake.
810
00:40:43,834 --> 00:40:46,302
Just like the mistake Brad Shelby made
811
00:40:46,437 --> 00:40:47,836
by marrying Madelon Haines,
812
00:40:47,972 --> 00:40:49,496
thinking you had divorced him?
813
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,073
I did divorce him.
814
00:40:51,208 --> 00:40:53,938
- Did you? Where?
- In Mexico.
815
00:40:54,078 --> 00:40:56,205
My investigator checked in Mexico.
816
00:40:56,347 --> 00:40:58,577
He found out you started
divorce proceedings seven years ago
817
00:40:58,716 --> 00:41:00,149
and suddenly dropped the action.
818
00:41:00,284 --> 00:41:01,751
You never got the divorce.
819
00:41:01,885 --> 00:41:04,012
No, I didn't.
820
00:41:04,154 --> 00:41:06,247
Seven years ago, when I met Brad,
821
00:41:06,390 --> 00:41:09,086
I thought he had money, was rich.
822
00:41:09,226 --> 00:41:11,251
He fooled me-- tricked me!
823
00:41:11,395 --> 00:41:13,260
He took every cent I'd scrimped and saved.
824
00:41:13,397 --> 00:41:15,126
$10,000 he took from me,
825
00:41:15,265 --> 00:41:16,391
and then he walked out,
826
00:41:16,533 --> 00:41:18,296
and he left me alone and broke.
827
00:41:18,435 --> 00:41:20,869
I started a divorce,
828
00:41:21,005 --> 00:41:23,405
and then I changed my mind.
829
00:41:23,540 --> 00:41:24,837
Some day he'd want that divorce
830
00:41:24,975 --> 00:41:26,203
and and he'd pay for it,
831
00:41:26,343 --> 00:41:27,401
pay good.
832
00:41:27,544 --> 00:41:31,742
When he married Madelon Haines
and found out you'd never divorced him,
833
00:41:31,882 --> 00:41:34,407
how much did you ask him to pay?
834
00:41:34,551 --> 00:41:36,109
$40,000.
835
00:41:36,253 --> 00:41:39,654
The 40,000 in cash Emmett Pierson
gave Brad Shelby?
836
00:41:39,790 --> 00:41:42,315
[sighs]
Yes.
837
00:41:42,459 --> 00:41:46,953
Mr. Pierson was going to turn over
his life savings to Jennifer anyway,
838
00:41:47,097 --> 00:41:52,865
so it was an easy way for him to get
an extra $10,000 for her,
839
00:41:53,003 --> 00:41:56,837
and it was a way for Brad to write off
$50,000 of Madelon's money.
840
00:41:56,974 --> 00:41:59,306
[Mason]
Brad Shelby's hurried trip to Mexico--
841
00:41:59,443 --> 00:42:02,640
it was for more than just getting rid
of Tiger Lil, wasn't it?
842
00:42:02,780 --> 00:42:06,216
It was to obtain the quick divorce
you had refused to go through with.
843
00:42:06,350 --> 00:42:07,374
Yes.
844
00:42:07,518 --> 00:42:09,452
And lying to me about that call--
845
00:42:09,586 --> 00:42:12,783
that was to keep me from going
to the Shamrock Stables that night
846
00:42:12,923 --> 00:42:16,120
because you had a date to meet
Brad Shelby and collect your $40,000.
847
00:42:17,428 --> 00:42:19,919
Roberta, before you killed him...
848
00:42:21,765 --> 00:42:23,357
did he give you the money?
849
00:42:24,968 --> 00:42:27,334
Yes, I have the money,
850
00:42:27,471 --> 00:42:29,837
still have it.
851
00:42:29,973 --> 00:42:32,999
He was drunk, ugly.
852
00:42:33,143 --> 00:42:34,974
After he gave me the money,
853
00:42:35,112 --> 00:42:37,637
he heard Jennifer take her horse
out of the stable.
854
00:42:37,781 --> 00:42:40,215
He ran after her.
855
00:42:40,350 --> 00:42:41,544
He grabbed at her.
856
00:42:41,685 --> 00:42:43,550
She ran away toward the house.
857
00:42:44,555 --> 00:42:47,888
I stopped him after she threw
the spreader and missed him.
858
00:42:48,025 --> 00:42:50,118
I was scared.
I was scared for Jennifer.
859
00:42:50,260 --> 00:42:53,093
I threatened to tell Madelon
if he didn't leave the girl alone.
860
00:42:53,230 --> 00:42:55,562
He was furious.
861
00:42:55,699 --> 00:42:59,499
He said, as long as I lived, I was a threat,
862
00:42:59,636 --> 00:43:02,799
I could tell Madelon
that their marriage wasn't legal.
863
00:43:02,940 --> 00:43:04,669
I said, "I'll give you back the money."
864
00:43:04,808 --> 00:43:07,902
I'd go away, I'd get the divorce,
I'd never even see him again.
865
00:43:08,045 --> 00:43:11,708
He just kept shaking his head and grinning.
866
00:43:11,849 --> 00:43:14,841
He'd make sure.
That's what he said.
867
00:43:14,985 --> 00:43:19,547
He'd make sure
that I'd never be in the way.
868
00:43:20,791 --> 00:43:22,418
I--
869
00:43:22,559 --> 00:43:23,890
I was scared.
870
00:43:24,027 --> 00:43:27,292
I picked up the spreader...
871
00:43:32,035 --> 00:43:34,026
Jenny, believe me,
872
00:43:34,171 --> 00:43:37,538
I was frightened for you,
873
00:43:37,674 --> 00:43:39,539
but I couldn't say anything
874
00:43:39,676 --> 00:43:42,338
without giving back the money.
875
00:43:42,479 --> 00:43:44,242
D-Don't you see?
876
00:43:44,381 --> 00:43:46,611
The money's mine.
877
00:43:46,750 --> 00:43:48,342
It's mine.
878
00:43:51,096 --> 00:43:55,556
Roberta had a sick, desperate need
for money, for security,
879
00:43:55,701 --> 00:43:57,931
so she stole
from your brother-in-law's accounts.
880
00:43:58,070 --> 00:44:00,470
I spotted the false entries on the books--
881
00:44:00,606 --> 00:44:03,837
$10,000 missing.
882
00:44:03,976 --> 00:44:05,705
Jenny had suffered enough already.
883
00:44:05,845 --> 00:44:07,745
I couldn't let her think
her father was dishonest.
884
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:11,247
I had to cover it at any cost.
885
00:44:11,383 --> 00:44:14,250
What-- What made you suspect Roberta,
Mr. Mason?
886
00:44:14,386 --> 00:44:16,684
I believed that Jennifer
was telling the truth,
887
00:44:16,822 --> 00:44:19,848
so someone else
had to have been there that night.
888
00:44:19,992 --> 00:44:23,291
When I realized that Roberta
had lied about that call,
889
00:44:23,429 --> 00:44:26,296
when we found that she had begun
a divorce action in Mexico
890
00:44:26,432 --> 00:44:27,456
and then stopped it,
891
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,467
it wasn't too difficult to put
the whole story together.
892
00:44:30,603 --> 00:44:34,596
Agreeing to Shelby's proposition
was a hard decision, Mr. Mason.
893
00:44:34,740 --> 00:44:38,471
I knew it was morally, if not legally, wrong,
894
00:44:38,611 --> 00:44:40,306
but I was desperate.
895
00:44:40,446 --> 00:44:42,346
Tiger Lil was Jennifer's only asset.
896
00:44:42,481 --> 00:44:44,540
Was?
897
00:44:44,683 --> 00:44:46,378
- Looks as though she's still an asset.
- [Tiger Lil neighing]
898
00:44:46,519 --> 00:44:48,043
What?
899
00:44:52,825 --> 00:44:53,883
Isn't it wonderful?
900
00:44:54,026 --> 00:44:55,425
Lil's going to be a mother.
901
00:44:55,561 --> 00:44:59,053
Prospective father-- the Shamrock's best.
902
00:44:59,198 --> 00:45:03,100
So we could start our new stables
with a new blood line,
903
00:45:03,235 --> 00:45:05,726
that is if you'll be my partner,
Uncle Emmett?
904
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:09,130
So long.
905
00:45:09,180 --> 00:45:13,730
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