1 00:00:47,050 --> 00:00:51,850 Beyond the fact he's not a well man, prison records indicate complete 2 00:00:51,850 --> 00:00:53,930 rehabilitation of Carl Proctor. 3 00:00:54,590 --> 00:00:59,270 In my opinion, nothing would be gained by denying parole. 4 00:01:01,270 --> 00:01:04,290 Thank you, Chief Ironside. We appreciate your coming here. 5 00:01:11,770 --> 00:01:13,310 You all right, Mr. Hopkins? 6 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:23,400 How'd it go? 7 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:24,640 I don't really know. 8 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:25,960 I thought you had it all sorted. 9 00:01:26,260 --> 00:01:27,260 So did I. 10 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,340 Majority was in favor of the parole before the hearing. Now I have the 11 00:01:30,340 --> 00:01:32,040 one of the members changed his mind. 12 00:01:39,740 --> 00:01:40,880 You fire inside? 13 00:01:41,300 --> 00:01:42,300 Parole was denied. 14 00:01:43,180 --> 00:01:44,180 I'm sorry. 15 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:45,200 By one vote? 16 00:01:45,460 --> 00:01:46,460 Why, yes. 17 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:53,420 Thank you for taking the time to appear before us. No trouble. 18 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:54,960 Good day, gentlemen. 19 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:56,040 Good day, sir. 20 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,780 Who is she? 21 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,060 Very attractive woman. 22 00:02:03,380 --> 00:02:04,640 Do you like peacock feathers? 23 00:02:04,980 --> 00:02:05,980 I do. 24 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,200 On peacocks. 25 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:09,720 And on some women. 26 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,220 Are you going to tell us how you call that one? 27 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:16,700 Role denial? 28 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:19,080 Ben Hopkins told me. 29 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:23,840 Not in so many words. A few days ago, he assured me he was going to vote for the 30 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:28,260 parole. Today, at the hearing, he was nervous, tight as a drum. 31 00:02:29,020 --> 00:02:30,420 It looked me in the eye. 32 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:34,880 Hardly the kind of behavior for a man who made a decision. 33 00:02:35,340 --> 00:02:36,740 So he changed his mind. 34 00:02:37,020 --> 00:02:40,500 I'm not so much interested in the fact that he changed his mind as I am in why. 35 00:02:41,060 --> 00:02:42,640 Carl Proctor went to prison. 36 00:02:43,020 --> 00:02:46,500 Still roughly $57 ,000, which was never found. 37 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:48,340 Money he'd built from... 38 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,880 Trusting people who believed in the occult. 39 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,600 50 G's, not bad for Mungo Jumbo. No? 40 00:02:55,020 --> 00:02:57,400 Would seem possible then, wouldn't it? 41 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,440 Somebody didn't want him out? 42 00:03:00,860 --> 00:03:03,460 I think they would want him out so he could leave them money. 43 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,960 None of that. Somebody had already found it, Ed. 44 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:49,698 Thank you. 45 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:50,700 Cheers. 46 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,160 Cheers. 47 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:54,300 All right, say it. 48 00:03:55,060 --> 00:03:58,140 You think I owe you an apology for the way I voted this morning? 49 00:03:58,620 --> 00:04:02,540 You don't owe me a thing, Mr. Hopkins, but I am curious. Why did you change 50 00:04:02,540 --> 00:04:04,220 mind? I don't know. 51 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,280 I can't accept that answer. 52 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:08,280 I don't want to talk about it. 53 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:14,820 Mr. Hopkins, I have too much respect for you to beat about the bush. 54 00:04:16,459 --> 00:04:18,360 Are you in some kind of trouble? 55 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,660 And can I be of any help? 56 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,920 Correct me if I'm wrong. I think I was looking at you the moment you changed 57 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:32,920 your mind. 58 00:04:33,580 --> 00:04:35,520 I asked if you felt all right. 59 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:36,880 Recall that? 60 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:38,520 Yes. 61 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Well? 62 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,960 You're... You're going to find this difficult to believe. 63 00:04:45,370 --> 00:04:48,070 Less difficult than what you've been asking me to believe so far? 64 00:04:49,130 --> 00:04:53,310 Well, when I looked at what I'd written, I saw that it was a no vote. 65 00:04:54,470 --> 00:04:56,130 I have no idea how it got there. 66 00:04:56,550 --> 00:04:57,550 You put it there. 67 00:04:57,890 --> 00:05:02,630 Yes, but when I realized what I'd done, I wanted to change it. Why didn't you? 68 00:05:05,350 --> 00:05:09,730 My hand wouldn't move. It moved when you wrote no, and it moved just now. 69 00:05:16,190 --> 00:05:17,730 interested in the occult. 70 00:05:19,350 --> 00:05:20,910 Only since I read that thing. 71 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:24,810 Came in the mail about a year ago. 72 00:05:25,750 --> 00:05:27,170 Must have been written by the devil. 73 00:05:28,230 --> 00:05:31,750 When you were still a newspaper editor, you wrote at length about Carl Proctor's 74 00:05:31,750 --> 00:05:32,750 arrest and trial. 75 00:05:33,370 --> 00:05:37,310 Isn't it possible you never intended to vote for the parole because of some 76 00:05:37,310 --> 00:05:39,550 deeply entrenched attitude you had at that time? 77 00:05:40,710 --> 00:05:41,990 I'm not sure I understand. 78 00:05:42,450 --> 00:05:44,850 I'm saying you won't find the answer in that book. 79 00:05:45,330 --> 00:05:46,330 Only in yourself. 80 00:05:47,370 --> 00:05:51,650 Possibly, if you reread what you wrote at that time, you might find the answer. 81 00:05:53,150 --> 00:05:54,150 Goodbye, Ben. 82 00:05:59,550 --> 00:06:06,450 Oh, uh, by the way, that was an attractive woman waiting for you at the 83 00:06:06,450 --> 00:06:10,290 hearing. I met her at a cocktail party about a year ago. 84 00:06:12,750 --> 00:06:15,050 I should accept more cocktail invitations. 85 00:06:18,190 --> 00:06:19,770 That's right, Ed. George Hopkins. 86 00:06:19,970 --> 00:06:20,970 A complete breakdown. 87 00:06:21,150 --> 00:06:25,130 All the information you can get on him. Sort of what happens to retired editors. 88 00:06:25,350 --> 00:06:26,350 Source of income. 89 00:06:26,510 --> 00:06:28,610 What he's been doing. Who he's been saving. 90 00:06:28,910 --> 00:06:30,770 I'm with you. Oh, and one other thing. 91 00:06:31,030 --> 00:06:34,550 Pick up a copy of a book called The Occult by Tom Walker. 92 00:06:35,150 --> 00:06:36,570 The Occult. 93 00:06:37,350 --> 00:06:38,350 Tom Walker. 94 00:06:38,730 --> 00:06:39,730 Is that it? 95 00:06:39,770 --> 00:06:40,770 That's it for now. 96 00:06:40,830 --> 00:06:44,940 Chief. There was a message that came for you about half an hour ago. Yes? 97 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:47,000 It's from the warden at San Quentin. 98 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,080 Carl Proctor seems to have turned into worse. He's been moved to the infirmary. 99 00:06:51,300 --> 00:06:52,740 The warden thought you'd want to know. 100 00:06:53,020 --> 00:06:54,020 Thank you, Fran. 101 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:56,120 I should be back no later than seven. 102 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:58,040 Wait for me. 103 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,260 Well, someone's a problem. 104 00:07:00,740 --> 00:07:02,460 Can't wait a new adjustment, I think. 105 00:07:02,780 --> 00:07:04,260 I'm going to have to take her into the shop. 106 00:07:04,580 --> 00:07:05,940 Oh, she gets back to the queue? 107 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:07,300 Yeah, but why? 108 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:10,680 Why happens to be the most troublesome word in the English language. 109 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,360 Back to Big Q. 110 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,600 The doctor told me you can't talk, Carl. 111 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:27,900 I'm sorry about the parole. 112 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:29,940 Next time, I'm sure. 113 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,700 Is there any reason someone wouldn't want you paroled now? 114 00:07:37,220 --> 00:07:40,020 Would it have anything to do with the missing money? 115 00:07:46,860 --> 00:07:48,740 You still believe in the occult, Carl? 116 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:54,640 Is that why you think the doctor won't be able to diagnose your condition? 117 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,140 She... got to him. 118 00:08:05,220 --> 00:08:07,260 The parole, Ben Hopkins. 119 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:10,160 And now to you. 120 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,540 He's gone quite a while without sleep. Before you arrived, we sedated him. 121 00:08:16,610 --> 00:08:19,430 Perhaps now. Of course. I'll see you outside. 122 00:08:30,170 --> 00:08:34,289 Well, with rest, his nerves and muscles will relax so we can continue testing 123 00:08:34,289 --> 00:08:36,010 him. You have no idea what's wrong? 124 00:08:36,770 --> 00:08:40,710 No, except there are recognizable symptoms that seem to be increasing. 125 00:08:41,049 --> 00:08:42,049 Such as? 126 00:08:42,179 --> 00:08:47,080 Most notably, an extreme irritability in his relationships with others, a 127 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,020 complete loss of appetite, and this inability to sleep. 128 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,780 These symptoms could be attributed to many things, couldn't they? 129 00:08:55,420 --> 00:08:57,680 Yes, but we haven't found them yet. 130 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,700 You've no idea what this effort to talk must have cost him. 131 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:06,340 You know, when he was informed of his parole denial, he tried to talk then, 132 00:09:06,340 --> 00:09:07,340 he couldn't. 133 00:09:07,620 --> 00:09:10,720 Finally, I put a pad of paper and a pencil in front of him, but no matter 134 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:11,720 hard he tried, he... 135 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:12,960 Couldn't move his hand. 136 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:18,060 That, um, crucifix. Would you happen to know how long he's had that? 137 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,160 I first noticed that a couple months ago. 138 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,860 I hadn't seen it before when I was examining him. 139 00:09:24,780 --> 00:09:26,580 According to the records, he's an agnostic. 140 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,200 I asked him about that crucifix. 141 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,960 And he was very secretive. Almost angry. 142 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,540 A couple of months when he first became ill. 143 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:38,100 Yes, about that time. 144 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,600 All right, doctor, I'll be calling you to... 145 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,500 Check on his condition, if you don't mind. Not at all. There doesn't seem to 146 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:46,500 anybody else who cares. 147 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:47,499 Thank you. 148 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:48,540 Goodbye. Bye. 149 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:54,600 You notice anything strange in there? 150 00:09:54,820 --> 00:09:56,440 This whole thing's strange to me. 151 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:57,680 I had the bag. 152 00:09:58,180 --> 00:09:59,880 A rosary with crucifix. 153 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,180 The figure on the crucifix was upside down. 154 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:06,840 A mojo? 155 00:10:06,980 --> 00:10:07,980 Or an ordeal. 156 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:09,940 At any rate, curse John. 157 00:10:13,580 --> 00:10:16,440 You said this guy Hopkins couldn't move his hand either. 158 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:20,900 Ben Hopkins didn't want to move his hand, whereas Carl Proctor wanted to and 159 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:25,640 tried and simply couldn't. You heard the doctor. The doctor also said that there 160 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,660 was nothing wrong with Carl Proctor's medicine. 161 00:10:28,020 --> 00:10:31,940 So far as he's been able to determine, but that doesn't rule out the 162 00:10:31,940 --> 00:10:34,680 that he eventually will find the cause. Are you satisfied? 163 00:10:35,140 --> 00:10:36,180 Are you? Yes. 164 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:40,000 Not me. I come from a long line of dissatisfied people. 165 00:10:40,780 --> 00:10:43,420 Who makes no bones about it. No bones at all. 166 00:11:14,849 --> 00:11:20,650 I've been looking all over town for the Occult by Tom Walker. I see your window 167 00:11:20,650 --> 00:11:23,350 features it. I was wondering if you could tell me something about Walker. 168 00:11:23,790 --> 00:11:24,790 Just the author. 169 00:11:25,230 --> 00:11:26,230 Why? 170 00:11:27,030 --> 00:11:29,030 Curious. Have you read the book? 171 00:11:29,810 --> 00:11:31,850 No, but a friend of mine recommended it. 172 00:11:32,450 --> 00:11:36,250 Shouldn't you first be curious about the book and then the author? 173 00:11:37,010 --> 00:11:38,630 Let's just say I'm curious about both. 174 00:11:39,710 --> 00:11:40,710 Charming. 175 00:11:42,290 --> 00:11:43,290 Put them traps. 176 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,500 Shouldn't you also be curious about the friend who recommended the book? 177 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:49,440 Shouldn't you? 178 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,140 No, not at all. 179 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,080 I know all about him. Thank you. 180 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,720 I hope you enjoy the book, Sergeant Brown. 181 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:34,200 Not much. 182 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:35,840 Not much chili. 183 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:37,520 Not much information. 184 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,040 Not much anything. 185 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,820 Here. Read this. 186 00:12:42,430 --> 00:12:43,790 See if you can come up with something. 187 00:12:44,390 --> 00:12:45,209 Like what? 188 00:12:45,210 --> 00:12:46,510 Not much, probably. 189 00:12:47,410 --> 00:12:50,110 Why? Oh, what is that supposed to mean? 190 00:12:50,510 --> 00:12:51,690 It's mumbo -jumbo. 191 00:12:52,270 --> 00:12:55,610 I don't want to read it. As a matter of fact, I didn't even want to buy it. I 192 00:12:55,610 --> 00:12:58,630 suppose you're going to tell me you didn't want to reach into your pocket 193 00:12:58,630 --> 00:13:00,870 the money, but you simply couldn't stop your hand. 194 00:13:01,250 --> 00:13:02,610 No, I'm not going to tell you that. 195 00:13:03,270 --> 00:13:04,910 It was something about Madame Jabez. 196 00:13:05,130 --> 00:13:06,310 What about her? I don't know. 197 00:13:06,530 --> 00:13:07,469 Well, I do. 198 00:13:07,470 --> 00:13:10,450 You apparently didn't like her the moment you saw her. 199 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:13,880 I recall some caustic remark about peacock feathers. 200 00:13:14,180 --> 00:13:18,120 You apparently also didn't want to buy the book because somebody told you the 201 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,640 book was written by the devil. Well, Ed, it was not written by the devil, so 202 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,400 read it and that's an order. 203 00:13:25,980 --> 00:13:28,560 Look who's shouting and getting irritable. 204 00:13:28,780 --> 00:13:33,060 I am not shouting and I am not getting irritable. You're referring to Carl 205 00:13:33,060 --> 00:13:34,060 Proctor's symptoms. 206 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:37,840 That I am. What is going on around here? 207 00:13:38,330 --> 00:13:43,150 Why is everybody beginning to apply the supernatural to perfectly rational, 208 00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:44,510 logical events? 209 00:13:46,730 --> 00:13:47,730 Ironside's office. 210 00:13:49,170 --> 00:13:50,290 Thanks, I'll be right there. 211 00:13:50,550 --> 00:13:51,550 Where? 212 00:13:52,170 --> 00:13:54,290 Financial check on Ben Hopkins is ready. 213 00:13:54,710 --> 00:13:58,190 That's more like it. And Ed, about the book. 214 00:14:00,410 --> 00:14:05,630 I would appreciate it if you found time to read it. 215 00:14:05,850 --> 00:14:06,850 I shall. 216 00:14:07,130 --> 00:14:08,130 Good. 217 00:14:08,450 --> 00:14:13,010 Good. Now, did I shout? 218 00:14:13,810 --> 00:14:15,950 Did I sound irritable that time? 219 00:14:17,510 --> 00:14:18,510 No. 220 00:14:19,290 --> 00:14:20,370 Do you know why? 221 00:14:22,290 --> 00:14:24,490 Because you didn't feel like it? 222 00:14:24,770 --> 00:14:25,770 Exactly. 223 00:14:26,490 --> 00:14:28,250 Because I didn't feel like it. 224 00:14:29,930 --> 00:14:31,290 And thank you, Ed. 225 00:14:31,710 --> 00:14:33,670 Thank you very, very much. 226 00:14:35,950 --> 00:14:37,090 Now, Fran... 227 00:14:37,770 --> 00:14:39,250 I hope you're not tied up tonight. 228 00:14:40,250 --> 00:14:45,750 Well, I planned an exciting evening of washing my hair and doing my nails, but 229 00:14:45,750 --> 00:14:47,410 for you, Chief... Thank you. 230 00:14:48,190 --> 00:14:53,330 I would like you to go to the library, take out as many books as they have on 231 00:14:53,330 --> 00:14:55,270 the occult, fiction and non -fiction. 232 00:14:55,590 --> 00:14:59,930 I hope it'll still be open. It won't be if you just sit there and speculate. 233 00:15:03,770 --> 00:15:05,050 On my way, Chief. 234 00:15:07,230 --> 00:15:08,830 Danger dynamite. We'll issue a fuse. 235 00:15:09,310 --> 00:15:10,310 Good night. 236 00:15:10,610 --> 00:15:11,930 See you in the morning, Chief. 237 00:15:13,990 --> 00:15:14,990 Early. 238 00:15:30,810 --> 00:15:32,630 Can I help it if it was a long trial? 239 00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:42,800 That book Ed's reading, The Occult, is that black magic? 240 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:44,300 Not necessarily. 241 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,380 The occult is supposedly both good and evil. 242 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,460 Black magic is evil. 243 00:15:50,060 --> 00:15:52,320 Has been for 6 ,000 years, Mark. 244 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,740 You don't have to be black to be evil, in case you were wondering. 245 00:15:56,060 --> 00:15:57,220 Tell me something new. 246 00:15:57,540 --> 00:15:59,200 All right, I'll tell you something new. 247 00:15:59,860 --> 00:16:01,900 You just went past the lunar press. 248 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:03,740 Do you think you can turn around and go back? 249 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,200 I'll do my evil best. Of that, I'm sure. 250 00:16:08,810 --> 00:16:11,710 I'm sorry, but Tom Walker wishes to remain anonymous. 251 00:16:12,210 --> 00:16:14,270 Then he does exist, Mr. Butler. 252 00:16:14,510 --> 00:16:18,150 We don't publish ghosts, Chief Ironside. What about ghost writers? 253 00:16:21,410 --> 00:16:27,270 If you don't mind, I have a new book to get out by Tom Walker. 254 00:16:28,630 --> 00:16:30,630 We publish many authors. 255 00:16:30,870 --> 00:16:32,090 Then you have a partner. 256 00:16:32,530 --> 00:16:34,790 I was using the editorial weed. 257 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,900 All right, Mr. Butler, if you want to talk about Tom Walker, that's your 258 00:16:38,900 --> 00:16:42,900 privilege. But I would advise you to keep your royalty statements on him 259 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:44,500 available. For whom? 260 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,740 Internal revenue, for one. Me, for another. 261 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,920 An author has a right to anonymity if he chooses. 262 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:56,740 True. But a court of law also has the right to lift that anonymity if it 263 00:16:56,740 --> 00:16:59,200 chooses. There's nothing illegal in what I'm doing. 264 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,420 Nobody said there was, Mr. Butler. 265 00:17:02,060 --> 00:17:03,200 Nobody said there was. 266 00:17:09,170 --> 00:17:10,930 Nowhere. Straight ahead. 267 00:17:11,210 --> 00:17:15,450 Then turn right at the next corner and continue till we come to Madam J. Bear's 268 00:17:15,450 --> 00:17:16,450 bookstore. 269 00:17:16,490 --> 00:17:17,869 You're buying another book? 270 00:17:18,190 --> 00:17:19,190 Don't do the browsing. 271 00:17:20,150 --> 00:17:22,670 Perhaps she can tell us something about Tom Walker. 272 00:17:23,510 --> 00:17:24,510 God. 273 00:17:25,609 --> 00:17:26,849 I'd like to meet her. 274 00:19:12,110 --> 00:19:13,430 How many times have I told you? He was here. 275 00:19:13,890 --> 00:19:14,890 Who? 276 00:19:15,610 --> 00:19:16,610 Ironside. 277 00:19:18,470 --> 00:19:19,470 How nice. 278 00:19:19,590 --> 00:19:21,830 He must have come here directly after leaving my place. 279 00:19:22,090 --> 00:19:23,410 I've been invited for cocktails. 280 00:19:24,450 --> 00:19:25,550 Why would he do that? 281 00:19:27,150 --> 00:19:30,790 Because his Sergeant Brown bought a copy of the occult here. 282 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:32,730 Don't do it. Stay away from him. 283 00:19:33,010 --> 00:19:35,050 And miss a meeting with a charming man. 284 00:19:35,490 --> 00:19:37,230 He's as charming as a cobra. 285 00:19:37,770 --> 00:19:38,770 Don't you understand? 286 00:19:38,990 --> 00:19:41,110 He's asking questions about Tom Walker now. 287 00:19:41,370 --> 00:19:42,410 He's getting too close. 288 00:19:44,110 --> 00:19:48,730 Would you say the Chief Ironside might make a formidable opponent? 289 00:19:49,130 --> 00:19:51,430 Very much so. This is no ordinary man. 290 00:19:51,730 --> 00:19:53,550 I'm weary of ordinary men. 291 00:19:53,950 --> 00:19:57,590 Could he be as... as, say, Daniel Webster was? 292 00:19:58,290 --> 00:19:59,590 The ultimate opponent? 293 00:19:59,930 --> 00:20:00,930 Every bit. 294 00:20:01,550 --> 00:20:02,550 At last. 295 00:20:03,550 --> 00:20:04,690 Don't forget, Jabez. 296 00:20:05,090 --> 00:20:07,490 Daniel Webster took the devil by the throat. 297 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,260 Well, if Chief Ironside does that, I hope he'll have a different purpose in 298 00:20:12,260 --> 00:20:13,260 mind. 299 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,340 Are you frightened for me, Walter? 300 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,460 Or for yourself? I'm getting some bad vibrations. And if I'm getting them, 301 00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:20,500 others must be too. 302 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,860 Then I suggest you might take one of these. 303 00:20:24,620 --> 00:20:27,340 My blood pressure is fine, thank you. 304 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,440 All I ask is, be careful. 305 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:34,760 Goodbye, Walter. 306 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,040 Sorry, Chief. 307 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:03,600 Nothing more on Ben Hawkins than I gave you this morning. 308 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,800 He lives a quiet, retired life. 309 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,500 All right, then. 310 00:21:08,580 --> 00:21:09,960 Work up Walter Butler. 311 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:11,280 Done? 312 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,400 Extracurricular? Above and beyond the call. 313 00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:21,740 Since you were so interested in the book, I decided to check out the Lunar 314 00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:23,740 Press. That led me to Walter Butler. 315 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:25,300 Which led to? 316 00:21:25,700 --> 00:21:27,300 Nothing shattering so far. 317 00:21:27,950 --> 00:21:30,950 I've only been able to trace him back some nine years around the time Lunar 318 00:21:30,950 --> 00:21:31,950 Press started. 319 00:21:32,470 --> 00:21:33,470 Sounds promising. 320 00:21:33,650 --> 00:21:37,990 And one of his printers thinks he was once a linotype operator. 321 00:21:38,270 --> 00:21:39,270 I'm following that up. 322 00:21:39,830 --> 00:21:42,750 My congratulations on your conscientiousness. 323 00:21:43,650 --> 00:21:46,510 How are you with doing dishes? 324 00:21:46,790 --> 00:21:47,850 Just terrible. 325 00:21:48,330 --> 00:21:49,269 Where's Mark? 326 00:21:49,270 --> 00:21:53,390 Prison infirmary. Carl Proctor? Dr. Ward said it didn't look too good. 327 00:21:54,030 --> 00:21:57,450 I wanted Mark there in case there was a chance of getting a statement from Carl. 328 00:22:00,630 --> 00:22:01,630 Cheer it up, Ed. 329 00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:06,770 Aren't you aware of the therapeutic value of doing dishes? That's somebody 330 00:22:06,770 --> 00:22:07,950 else's dishes, I'm not. 331 00:22:08,750 --> 00:22:10,070 Now open your mind. 332 00:22:11,370 --> 00:22:12,370 Relax. 333 00:22:12,970 --> 00:22:13,970 Go with it. 334 00:22:15,030 --> 00:22:16,030 What do you find? 335 00:22:17,690 --> 00:22:20,310 Scrambled eggs and strawberry jam on wheat toast. 336 00:22:20,590 --> 00:22:22,210 Mark had that. I didn't eat. 337 00:22:24,220 --> 00:22:27,360 Again? All right. Let's take a look at what we know. 338 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,720 Fact one. Fact one, a fairly large sum of money is missing. 339 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,620 Fact two, Carl Proctor believes he's dying because someone is using the 340 00:22:35,620 --> 00:22:39,600 against him. Three, Ben Hopkins thinks he might have vetoed Carl's parole 341 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:40,700 because of the occult. 342 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:45,600 Four, Tom Walker wrote a book on the occult, which I bought from Adam Jabez, 343 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,420 only bookstore in town that sells it. Five, Walter Butler was a linotype 344 00:22:49,420 --> 00:22:51,920 operator before he became the publisher at the Lunar Press. 345 00:22:53,770 --> 00:22:54,770 Answer the door. 346 00:22:56,850 --> 00:22:57,930 I didn't hear anything. 347 00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:00,710 That's because you were talking. Answer the door. 348 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:29,370 haven't been able to eat or sleep since I talked to you. I'm sorry. Any idea 349 00:23:29,370 --> 00:23:33,810 why? You know why. You're harassing me, sending him to poke into my affair. 350 00:23:34,010 --> 00:23:37,350 Are you sure we're the ones harassing you? Perhaps you're doing it to 351 00:23:38,690 --> 00:23:43,870 Mr. Hopkins, I asked you to read over your old editorial, did you? Some of 352 00:23:43,970 --> 00:23:45,190 What about those words? 353 00:23:45,630 --> 00:23:47,410 Didn't they tell you something about yourself? 354 00:23:47,910 --> 00:23:51,130 They were written ten years ago, but still true today. 355 00:23:51,770 --> 00:23:55,210 You were angry about a man who could steal that much money, go to prison for 356 00:23:55,210 --> 00:23:58,870 few years, then come out wealthy while an honest man could work all his life. 357 00:23:58,990 --> 00:24:01,470 The only thing he would have at the end of it would be a lot of debt. 358 00:24:01,750 --> 00:24:04,250 I was only angry at the system, not at a man. 359 00:24:04,550 --> 00:24:05,550 Were you? 360 00:24:05,770 --> 00:24:06,770 Are you now? 361 00:24:07,010 --> 00:24:09,710 I... I... What difference does it make? 362 00:24:09,930 --> 00:24:11,910 You could arrange another hearing for Proctor. 363 00:24:13,310 --> 00:24:14,310 It's too late. 364 00:24:15,870 --> 00:24:16,870 He just died. 365 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,240 Chief? Yes, have you been able to talk to Proctor? 366 00:24:25,860 --> 00:24:26,860 No way. 367 00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:28,420 He died a few minutes ago. 368 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:32,560 Who else knows? 369 00:24:33,260 --> 00:24:34,260 No one. Why? 370 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:35,960 Nothing. 371 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:37,400 See you back here. 372 00:24:40,660 --> 00:24:42,740 For God's sake, how did I know that? 373 00:24:43,060 --> 00:24:46,300 You didn't. Until this very minute, you didn't. None of us did. 374 00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:53,090 You knew he was ill. You felt guilty and you... Simply projected your fears. 375 00:24:55,010 --> 00:24:56,010 I'm tired. 376 00:24:57,710 --> 00:24:58,830 Very, very tired. 377 00:24:59,170 --> 00:25:01,150 Is there anything we can do for you? 378 00:25:02,510 --> 00:25:05,810 I don't think there's anything anyone can do. 379 00:25:07,130 --> 00:25:08,130 Not now. 380 00:25:11,870 --> 00:25:12,930 Good night, gentlemen. 381 00:26:10,350 --> 00:26:12,650 Good morning. Good morning. So how are things this fine day? 382 00:26:13,310 --> 00:26:19,890 Well... Come on, out with it. 383 00:26:21,850 --> 00:26:24,910 Okay, how did you know Ben Hopkins was at the door last night? 384 00:26:25,150 --> 00:26:27,710 I didn't know, but he was there. 385 00:26:28,070 --> 00:26:32,030 How many times have you felt there was someone at the door, you opened it and 386 00:26:32,030 --> 00:26:33,310 found someone there? 387 00:26:34,250 --> 00:26:35,250 Now and then? 388 00:26:35,570 --> 00:26:36,570 Exactly. 389 00:26:37,230 --> 00:26:38,230 Now, Ed... 390 00:26:38,330 --> 00:26:42,150 Suppose you had opened the door last night and no one was there. What would 391 00:26:42,150 --> 00:26:43,150 have thought? 392 00:26:43,210 --> 00:26:47,430 That you only imagined you heard something? I said to answer the door, 393 00:26:47,510 --> 00:26:52,250 obviously, because I thought I heard something. Now, evidently, I had. Now, 394 00:26:52,250 --> 00:26:55,050 we dismiss the fantasy and get on to fact? 395 00:26:56,770 --> 00:26:59,630 We had a little caucus, Chief, and... And? 396 00:26:59,930 --> 00:27:02,170 Well, you're not eating and you're not sleeping. 397 00:27:02,430 --> 00:27:06,770 I am not eating because I'm not hungry. I'm not sleeping because I'm not sleepy. 398 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,500 Therefore, I sat up all night working. 399 00:27:09,740 --> 00:27:13,860 Because during the day, I have to argue with the three of you, and I get nothing 400 00:27:13,860 --> 00:27:14,860 else done. 401 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,300 Uh, Carl Proctor didn't eat or sleep. 402 00:27:18,620 --> 00:27:20,960 And last night, Mr. Hopkins said he couldn't eat or sleep. 403 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:28,880 Proctor had $57 ,000 on his mind, and Hopkins had a guilty conscience on his. 404 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:29,839 have neither. 405 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,220 What is your excuse for not eating, besides not being hungry? 406 00:27:33,420 --> 00:27:35,480 I am trying to lose weight. 407 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,880 I'll get it with time I heard the elevator. 408 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:46,360 Morning, Commissioner. 409 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:47,800 Morning, Ed. 410 00:27:49,980 --> 00:27:50,980 Mark Grant. 411 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:52,040 Morning, Commissioner. 412 00:27:52,580 --> 00:27:53,580 Oh, Dennis. 413 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,200 Coffee? No, thanks. I only have a minute. 414 00:27:56,620 --> 00:27:59,980 I suppose you know that Carl Proctor has died. 415 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:01,640 Yeah, Mark was there. 416 00:28:01,940 --> 00:28:04,100 Oh? What about the missing money? Any progress? 417 00:28:05,580 --> 00:28:07,160 At the moment, none. 418 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,220 You think it was found and then spent? 419 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000 It's possible. 420 00:28:11,180 --> 00:28:15,200 Was there any connection between Proctor and Ben Hopkins? 421 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,160 We're working on that now. 422 00:28:17,780 --> 00:28:18,780 Why? 423 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:20,800 Hopkins killed himself last night. 424 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,380 I left a note for you. 425 00:28:25,260 --> 00:28:28,840 Doesn't make any sense to me, but keep me informed, huh? 426 00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:30,340 Thank you, Dennis. 427 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,460 Does ring of prayer mean anything to any of you? 428 00:28:45,460 --> 00:28:47,500 Yes. Madam Jabez. 429 00:28:47,940 --> 00:28:50,400 It was described in the book I got from Madam Jabez. 430 00:28:51,780 --> 00:28:54,040 We always come back to her, don't we? 431 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:57,320 Madam. 432 00:29:01,220 --> 00:29:02,220 Madam Jabez. 433 00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:05,500 No escort? 434 00:29:06,140 --> 00:29:09,640 This is a pleasure I have no intention of sharing with my staff. 435 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,040 I'm flattered. 436 00:29:11,780 --> 00:29:14,360 I've already ordered. Dry sherry? Perfect. 437 00:29:15,740 --> 00:29:17,980 How did you know? This is my favorite place. 438 00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:20,820 I didn't. 439 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,200 But it happens to be one of mine. 440 00:29:23,780 --> 00:29:24,980 That augurs well. 441 00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:26,300 I hope. 442 00:29:26,580 --> 00:29:27,580 I hope. 443 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:34,280 However, aside from the pleasure of meeting you, I need advice. 444 00:29:34,860 --> 00:29:35,860 For me? 445 00:29:36,260 --> 00:29:37,360 I am flattered. 446 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,480 I seem to be involved in a matter which my staff feels has to do with the 447 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:43,480 occult. 448 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,180 It also concerns someone we both knew. 449 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:47,560 Ben Hopkins. 450 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,580 The man you saw me with at the parole hearing. 451 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,820 I was referring to Carl Proctor. 452 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:54,480 Proctor? 453 00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:58,940 Well, I never knew him. 454 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,480 Not really. 455 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,860 Only in regard to what Ben told me about him. 456 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:06,280 Which was? 457 00:30:06,830 --> 00:30:08,430 He was up for parole, that's all. 458 00:30:09,790 --> 00:30:14,770 I gather you think that I am somehow involved with whatever it is you're 459 00:30:14,770 --> 00:30:16,630 on. By accident, perhaps. 460 00:30:17,230 --> 00:30:20,610 About a year ago, Ben Hopkins received a book through the mail. 461 00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:22,110 The Occult. 462 00:30:22,790 --> 00:30:23,930 By Tom Walker. 463 00:30:24,870 --> 00:30:26,930 Your bookstore is the only one that sells it. 464 00:30:27,250 --> 00:30:32,370 A proctor once practiced the occult before being sent to prison. 465 00:30:32,750 --> 00:30:34,290 For practicing the occult? 466 00:30:35,230 --> 00:30:36,230 For fraud. 467 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:41,500 involving a large sum of money which has never been recovered so far as we know. 468 00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:47,280 Not long after Proctor had been told that his parole had been denied, he made 469 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:48,280 statement. 470 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:50,380 She got to him. 471 00:30:51,140 --> 00:30:53,320 Really, any woman could have gotten to Ben Hopkins? 472 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,620 You are not any woman. 473 00:30:57,700 --> 00:30:59,300 You have special talents. 474 00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:00,900 Really? 475 00:31:01,540 --> 00:31:03,740 And do you believe in those special talents? 476 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,500 I recognize that... 477 00:31:06,750 --> 00:31:07,750 Others might. 478 00:31:08,930 --> 00:31:10,510 Well, I'm afraid I can't help you. 479 00:31:11,550 --> 00:31:14,690 I never knew Carl Proctor, nor anything about his missing money. 480 00:31:15,090 --> 00:31:16,090 All right, then. 481 00:31:18,030 --> 00:31:20,270 You can help me in another area. 482 00:31:20,590 --> 00:31:21,590 And what is that? 483 00:31:23,650 --> 00:31:27,190 How do you and I get invited to the same cocktail parties? 484 00:31:29,170 --> 00:31:30,270 To Tom Walker. 485 00:31:31,610 --> 00:31:33,770 If you hadn't been curious about him. 486 00:31:34,990 --> 00:31:36,210 We might never have met. 487 00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:46,550 Would you mind telling me what that was all about? 488 00:31:47,110 --> 00:31:48,370 Cocktails with Madame Jaber? 489 00:31:49,690 --> 00:31:53,370 You and Ed have cocktails with attractive gals all the time. 490 00:31:53,630 --> 00:31:55,790 Do I ask you what it was all about? 491 00:31:56,090 --> 00:31:58,170 When we do it, you know what it's about. 492 00:31:58,470 --> 00:32:01,290 I may know what it's about, but you're a you. 493 00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:17,709 What's the matter? 494 00:32:17,710 --> 00:32:18,850 It's a carburetor, Dan. 495 00:32:24,730 --> 00:32:26,590 No use, Mark. It's not going to start. 496 00:32:28,330 --> 00:32:30,950 Okay, but what do I do about that truck? 497 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,040 Are you getting the same message I am? 498 00:32:51,060 --> 00:32:52,580 Something like maybe you're next? 499 00:32:53,380 --> 00:32:55,820 That's not the first time the motor's stalled. 500 00:32:56,340 --> 00:32:59,520 Wouldn't start because you flooded it. You know something, Chief? 501 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:04,500 Those rational explanations of yours are going to be the death of you yet. 502 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,000 All night? 503 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,940 Yeah. Same as same. 504 00:33:58,240 --> 00:33:59,240 Anything to eat? 505 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:00,720 Same as same. 506 00:34:04,180 --> 00:34:05,180 That's it. 507 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,719 Oh. Morning, Fran. 508 00:34:13,159 --> 00:34:14,159 Morning, Jeff. 509 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,179 Morning, Ed. Good morning. Mark. 510 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,840 Carl Proctor's burial is this afternoon. 511 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,199 He may have had $57 ,000 at one time. 512 00:34:23,710 --> 00:34:25,330 But he's going to a pauper's grave. 513 00:34:25,889 --> 00:34:27,090 No one's claimed his body? 514 00:34:27,550 --> 00:34:28,550 No. 515 00:34:29,070 --> 00:34:31,270 But I intend to be there when he's buried. 516 00:34:32,389 --> 00:34:35,969 Mark, I want you to make sure his personal belongings are in a suitcase 517 00:34:35,969 --> 00:34:36,969 the grave. 518 00:34:36,989 --> 00:34:40,110 And see that this is included. 519 00:34:40,989 --> 00:34:43,830 It's as close as I could get to Proctor's handwriting, but it won't bear 520 00:34:43,830 --> 00:34:44,830 examination. 521 00:34:45,330 --> 00:34:46,330 Any questions? 522 00:34:46,590 --> 00:34:49,389 Yeah. What does that book you just read have to do with all of this? 523 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:53,239 For one thing, it tells me that Madame Jabez is a devout reader of Washington 524 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:54,860 Irving and Stephen Vincent Benet. 525 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:56,600 What does that prove? 526 00:34:56,820 --> 00:34:57,980 My case, I hope. 527 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:00,660 Ed, how good a photographer are you? 528 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:01,960 I'm superb. 529 00:35:03,380 --> 00:35:04,380 Good enough. 530 00:35:05,020 --> 00:35:07,220 Hey, hold up Walter Butler at the Lunar Press. 531 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,460 Be open about it. Let him see you. 532 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:11,620 If he asks, let him know who it's for. 533 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,340 When you get his picture, the prime will have a list of everyone who employs 534 00:35:16,340 --> 00:35:17,340 winotype operators. 535 00:35:17,980 --> 00:35:20,620 Thanks for telling me. Then we showed the picture to everybody on the list. 536 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:22,280 How'd you guess? 537 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,340 Madam Jabez, this is Robert Ironside. 538 00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:30,640 I have something interesting to do this afternoon. I thought you might care to 539 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,640 join me. 540 00:35:50,860 --> 00:35:53,480 What a pity that a man should die and there's no one here. 541 00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:55,240 You're here. 542 00:35:56,220 --> 00:35:57,320 Because you brought me. 543 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:03,240 Among his belongings. 544 00:36:09,140 --> 00:36:10,600 It's just a blank sheet of paper. 545 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:12,160 You sure? 546 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:13,460 I know these things. 547 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,300 And you're getting to know me. 548 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:20,360 Better and better. 549 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,220 But not nearly as well as you, Carl Proctor. 550 00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:27,860 And of course, it won't surprise you to learn that I hold you responsible for 551 00:36:27,860 --> 00:36:30,620 his death, as well as that of Ben Hopkins. 552 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:35,800 My special talents, as you call them, scarcely include murder. 553 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:43,520 Not in the obvious sense, perhaps, but through suggestion, fear, 554 00:36:43,740 --> 00:36:47,600 anything that would influence susceptible minds. 555 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:50,040 Nowadays they call it psyching out. 556 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:52,480 Hardly a kind of murder. 557 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:54,840 It could be proved, is it? 558 00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:59,100 If it were true, not even by the famous Chief Ironside. 559 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:01,120 Difficult, I agree. 560 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,900 In fact, impossible? 561 00:37:04,540 --> 00:37:05,499 Next to. 562 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:10,120 But it won't be impossible to trace the money Carl Proctor trusted you with. 563 00:37:10,940 --> 00:37:12,700 Are you psyching me out now? 564 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:15,260 Just playing the game. 565 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:17,180 I never play. 566 00:37:23,690 --> 00:37:24,690 For me? 567 00:37:26,630 --> 00:37:27,670 You know things. 568 00:37:29,050 --> 00:37:31,230 Thank you for realizing we wouldn't leave together. 569 00:37:32,010 --> 00:37:34,030 As well as for our little talk. 570 00:37:41,310 --> 00:37:42,310 I'm Jerez. 571 00:37:44,510 --> 00:37:48,130 It was Daniel Webster the devil really wanted, wasn't it? 572 00:37:49,250 --> 00:37:50,250 Was it? 573 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,300 Now it's my turn to be flattered. 574 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:11,240 When I gave a girl the brush, I made her walk home. 575 00:38:11,540 --> 00:38:13,260 That would have been pointless in this case. 576 00:38:13,740 --> 00:38:15,780 Adam Jabez would have used her brew. 577 00:38:16,340 --> 00:38:19,380 The way things are going, I don't know whether you're joking or not. 578 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,200 Nothing to joke about, Mark. 579 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,680 Legally, I can't touch her. 580 00:38:23,940 --> 00:38:26,240 Then that kind of knocks you out of the ballgame, doesn't it? 581 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,380 No. No, it forces me into her ballpark. 582 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:32,600 What's the matter with your arm? 583 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:33,920 Nothing. 584 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:36,340 Move your hand, Chief. 585 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:45,160 Satisfied? 586 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:46,400 No. 587 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:47,940 I almost forgot. 588 00:38:48,590 --> 00:38:50,210 You come from that long line. 589 00:38:53,310 --> 00:38:54,810 Did you get Walter Butler's picture? 590 00:38:55,550 --> 00:38:58,910 Yes. He was a linotype operator, all right, under a different name. 591 00:38:59,330 --> 00:39:00,930 That's what I suspected. 592 00:39:02,150 --> 00:39:06,470 Walter Butler comes right out of the devil in Daniel Webster. Madam Jabez 593 00:39:06,470 --> 00:39:07,910 have made him change his name. 594 00:39:08,170 --> 00:39:09,930 And I'd like him here at 8 tonight. 595 00:39:10,970 --> 00:39:14,150 He wasn't very happy about having his picture taken. I don't know if I can 596 00:39:14,150 --> 00:39:15,049 him into that. 597 00:39:15,050 --> 00:39:19,030 Tell him I'm holding off his arrest for using stolen funds to open his 598 00:39:19,030 --> 00:39:21,310 publishing house, but I might change my mind. 599 00:39:21,950 --> 00:39:22,828 He'll come. 600 00:39:22,830 --> 00:39:23,709 Eight o 'clock. 601 00:39:23,710 --> 00:39:28,430 And, Ed, see to it that he doesn't call or leave any message for Madam J. Biz. 602 00:39:29,530 --> 00:39:30,530 Got you. 603 00:39:31,130 --> 00:39:32,130 Grant, 604 00:39:32,990 --> 00:39:37,730 I'd like you to round up nine mediums. Just let it be known you'll pay the 605 00:39:37,730 --> 00:39:39,890 rate. You won't have any trouble finding them. 606 00:39:40,870 --> 00:39:43,010 Mediums? Seven here at the same time, eight. 607 00:39:46,490 --> 00:39:48,090 Mediums. Front and center. 608 00:39:48,750 --> 00:39:51,170 Come on, Chief. I know there's got to be some kind of duty for me. 609 00:39:52,350 --> 00:39:56,330 You're going to be an underpaid electrician. Well, that I'm good at, 610 00:39:56,330 --> 00:39:59,530 underpaid. You want me to wire something up? A chair, maybe? 611 00:39:59,990 --> 00:40:05,550 Yeah, you'll find the directions all around here. Page 257. That's 257. 612 00:40:07,870 --> 00:40:10,330 Good evening. 613 00:40:11,510 --> 00:40:13,610 First, I would like to thank you all for... 614 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:18,260 Coming on such short notice, your presence here tonight is vital. 615 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:23,000 You all believe that evil can be conquered by a ring of prayer. 616 00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:29,140 I know that when one of your members turns to black magic and misuses the 617 00:40:29,140 --> 00:40:31,280 of the occult, you're all concerned. 618 00:40:32,020 --> 00:40:37,600 If you haven't already sensed it, one of your members has been doing just that. 619 00:40:38,890 --> 00:40:42,710 Since there are nine mediums here and ten are necessary for a ring of prayer, 620 00:40:42,870 --> 00:40:47,790 and since the object of the prayer ring will be against someone who has already 621 00:40:47,790 --> 00:40:50,130 used evil against him, I'm certain Mr. 622 00:40:50,350 --> 00:40:52,890 Butler will cooperate and become the tenth juror. 623 00:40:53,090 --> 00:40:54,090 A jury? 624 00:40:54,450 --> 00:40:59,990 As you may recall in Benet's story, The Devil and Daniel Webster, the devil 625 00:40:59,990 --> 00:41:03,870 handpicked a rigged jury against Daniel in the trial of Jabez Stone. 626 00:41:04,570 --> 00:41:07,590 Daniel managed to defeat them and the devil. 627 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,200 But not without difficulty. 628 00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:14,680 Now, one of the members of that jury was a man named Walter Butler. 629 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:19,720 We're indeed fortunate to have another Walter Butler serving on this jury. 630 00:41:20,180 --> 00:41:21,180 This is ridiculous. 631 00:41:21,420 --> 00:41:24,800 I absolutely refuse to... I can still change my mind, Mr. Butler. 632 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:26,280 Go ahead. 633 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:28,760 Let him go, Ed. 634 00:41:30,980 --> 00:41:33,380 Please take your places now, ladies and gentlemen. 635 00:41:33,620 --> 00:41:35,580 But, sir, we need ten to complete the ring. 636 00:41:36,460 --> 00:41:38,760 I'm sure Miss Belding won't mind filling in. 637 00:41:39,340 --> 00:41:40,460 Come over here, please. 638 00:41:40,860 --> 00:41:42,120 Do you have a piece of chalk? 639 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:45,520 Yes, I have. 640 00:41:48,860 --> 00:41:49,300 You 641 00:41:49,300 --> 00:42:00,140 don't 642 00:42:00,140 --> 00:42:01,140 believe in this stuff. 643 00:42:02,340 --> 00:42:05,760 The only thing that matters is that Madam Jabez does. Let's go. 644 00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:21,830 Hello? 645 00:42:22,590 --> 00:42:23,810 Yes, Walter, what is it? 646 00:42:26,710 --> 00:42:27,710 When? 647 00:42:31,130 --> 00:42:32,430 It won't do any good. 648 00:42:33,470 --> 00:42:34,930 Stop babbling, Walter. 649 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:05,700 You wouldn't be surprised. 650 00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:10,900 All right, Mark, you just wait here. 651 00:43:11,580 --> 00:43:15,620 But Chief, I... What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a muscle spasm 652 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:25,040 Good evening. 653 00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:33,710 Have you tried liniment? 654 00:43:35,510 --> 00:43:36,510 No, not yet. 655 00:43:37,530 --> 00:43:39,250 I knew you were coming, of course. 656 00:43:40,530 --> 00:43:41,530 Yes. 657 00:43:43,550 --> 00:43:46,570 I expected you would. 658 00:43:47,030 --> 00:43:50,050 Then you finally admit to the power of my special talent. 659 00:43:50,290 --> 00:43:53,390 I admit to the power of some people's belief in them. 660 00:43:56,250 --> 00:44:00,950 Perhaps before you leave tonight. 661 00:44:01,550 --> 00:44:02,550 You can be persuaded. 662 00:44:06,010 --> 00:44:07,010 You chilly? 663 00:44:07,470 --> 00:44:08,690 I'll close the window. 664 00:44:09,570 --> 00:44:11,430 I've talked to Walter Butler. 665 00:44:12,370 --> 00:44:14,250 What could he possibly tell you? 666 00:44:14,630 --> 00:44:15,630 Nothing yet. 667 00:44:16,170 --> 00:44:20,070 But I'm sure he'll eventually explain where he got the money to open a 668 00:44:20,070 --> 00:44:21,029 publishing house. 669 00:44:21,030 --> 00:44:23,370 You, of course, know where that money came from. 670 00:44:23,870 --> 00:44:24,870 Do I? 671 00:44:25,650 --> 00:44:28,270 Now, as for the remainder of the money... 672 00:44:29,050 --> 00:44:31,550 I think we both know where that went. 673 00:44:31,970 --> 00:44:33,090 Whatever, don't you understand? 674 00:44:33,870 --> 00:44:35,750 We're different from ordinary people. 675 00:44:36,210 --> 00:44:37,210 Above the law? 676 00:44:40,010 --> 00:44:43,430 It's a high price to pay in order to get a book you stole published when no 677 00:44:43,430 --> 00:44:44,470 other house would handle it. 678 00:44:45,130 --> 00:44:48,890 Then your own bookstore because no one else would handle it. 679 00:44:49,710 --> 00:44:51,430 A book I stole? 680 00:44:51,850 --> 00:44:53,950 As surely as you stole that money. 681 00:44:54,390 --> 00:44:55,670 Tom Walker wrote it. 682 00:44:56,970 --> 00:44:57,970 Tom Walker. 683 00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:02,980 Interesting choice of names for one of your disciples right out of Washington 684 00:45:02,980 --> 00:45:03,980 Irving. 685 00:45:04,580 --> 00:45:06,560 But he lost to the devil, didn't he? 686 00:45:07,220 --> 00:45:09,400 The way Carl Proctor lost to you. 687 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:20,000 You think he ever understood why you did this to him? 688 00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,520 speaking. Madam Jabez is in the hospital, a stroke. 689 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:56,480 When? Oh, about half an hour ago. 690 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:00,200 Why, that's when they stopped preparing. 691 00:46:00,900 --> 00:46:02,600 Now, Fran. Fran, come on. 692 00:46:03,580 --> 00:46:07,560 Well, it is getting to be a more than coincidence. 693 00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:14,340 The ring of prayer and then... Madam Jabez was a victim of her own 694 00:46:14,340 --> 00:46:15,480 Sir, your psychology. 695 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:18,800 I'm sorry it went as far as it did. 696 00:46:19,850 --> 00:46:20,910 Still your arm. 697 00:46:21,350 --> 00:46:22,490 My arm is fine. 698 00:46:22,850 --> 00:46:23,930 And you weren't eating. 699 00:46:24,130 --> 00:46:26,890 I told you... Ironside. 700 00:46:29,110 --> 00:46:32,030 Well, Dennis, your timing couldn't be better. 701 00:46:32,250 --> 00:46:33,930 Hold on. You can check it with Mark. 702 00:46:34,710 --> 00:46:35,710 Oh, Mark. 703 00:46:36,530 --> 00:46:38,730 Commissioner. How much does the chief weigh? 704 00:46:39,130 --> 00:46:42,310 What? Don't give any numbers. Just tell me if he's lost any. 705 00:46:42,730 --> 00:46:46,370 Well, I got him on the scale this morning. He's dropped ten pounds. 706 00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:49,700 All right, Bob, that's five I owe you. 707 00:46:50,780 --> 00:46:52,160 Satisfied. Satisfied? 708 00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:54,860 Satisfied. I just left the line. 709 00:46:55,460 --> 00:46:59,220 Oh, Dennis, I'm afraid you owe me more than that. At least the department does. 710 00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:03,100 What? Matter of expenses connected with this case. 711 00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:04,480 Oh. 712 00:47:04,820 --> 00:47:07,200 $4 .95 for a book. 713 00:47:07,420 --> 00:47:10,940 Then there's a rather substantial item for the services of not. 714 00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:18,540 if there's any mediums for. 715 00:47:19,620 --> 00:47:20,620 Technical advice. 716 00:47:21,780 --> 00:47:23,940 I'll be around to collect in the morning, Dennis. 717 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:25,138 Good night. 718 00:47:25,140 --> 00:47:27,260 Bob, I... Bob, hello. 719 00:47:27,940 --> 00:47:29,620 Gee, there's one thing I still don't get. 720 00:47:30,420 --> 00:47:34,520 After Walter Butler left, why did you keep the mediums, let the ring of prayer 721 00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:35,259 go on? 722 00:47:35,260 --> 00:47:36,260 That couldn't help. 723 00:47:36,700 --> 00:47:37,700 It wouldn't hurt.