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Barnaby Jones, starring Buddy Ebsen.

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Also starring Lee Meriwether, with guest
stars Fritz Weaver,

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Harris Ulan, Mario Raccuzzo,

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and Helm.

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Tonight's episode, Conspiracy of Terror.

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So that's the story. I had no real
insurance.

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Nothing.

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Nothing for Helen and the kids.

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So it wasn't tough for me to say that
Charlotte Sheffield and I were having an

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affair.

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And that I killed her in a fit of anger.

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But now you say you didn't.

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No. Sheffield killed her.

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I was dying. I had nothing to lose.

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Lauren Sheffield.

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promised me that if I took the blame,
he'd look after my wife and children.

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Riley, you know very well that you don't
need me for this.

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If you call a press conference, you'd
have your story in the headlines by

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morning.

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No. Uh -huh.

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I don't want that.

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Mr. Terrence,

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the cons here say you can be trusted.

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Your book, uh... Seven Death Row. Yeah.

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You treated those guys right.

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You gotta promise me you'll do this for
me, too.

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I'm listening.

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I'm keeping up my end of the bargain.

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I'll do the time.

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It can't be much longer the way I feel.

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But I gotta be sure that Sheffield keeps
up his end of the deal.

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And he takes care of Helen and the kids.

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What is it you want me to do, Riley?

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When I'm gone, he goes back on his word.

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You can use this story any way you want.

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But I want the story of Charlotte
Sheffield's murder told.

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You can count on it.

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But you'd shake him up a lot more if you
told the authorities now.

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No.

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Then Helen would have nothing.

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Who's there?

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How long have you been standing there?

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It's okay.

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Stacy's my cellmate.

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Yeah, I just come to tell Riley that
he's wanted down to radiology.

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Didn't mean to interrupt anything.

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We'll talk again soon, Riley.

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You will do what I ask?

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Sure.

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Lauren, let me talk to him first.

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Why?

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I have an idea.

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Just give me five minutes. It'll make
things a lot easier.

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All right, Porter.

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If Stacey Vernon's message is correct,
it could mean trouble. I must have that

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tape.

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I was only a stringer, but I worked for
Sheffield's paper for over eight years.

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It wasn't unusual he'd call me up to the
house.

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I'd been there maybe a dozen times
before.

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Mr. Terrence, I'm Porter Long. I
represent... Yes, I know who you

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I'm very busy, Mr. Long.

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Well, I'm sorry for intruding at such a
late hour.

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But I understand you received some
information regarding Mr. Sheffield

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There really isn't any point in our
fencing words.

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I know John Riley didn't kill Charlotte
Sheffield.

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Riley's using you, Mr. Terrence.

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Oh? He wants to get revenge on Lauren.

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The same reason he went after Charlotte.
For some unknown reason, Riley hates

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Lauren.

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I think he has a very good reason
indeed.

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Well, you must understand how a man in
Mr.

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Sheffield's position, the state senate
race, in front of him, publicity like

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this could destroy him. Oh, yes, it
could.

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It could.

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You know, I promised Riley that I'd
remain silent so long as Sheffield took

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of his family.

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I would never go back on my word.

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But the thought of Sheffield gaining a
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have to fight him another way on that.

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I advise against that.

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Lauren.

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Writer of your experience, Mr. Terrence,
must realize that in my position, I can

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do you a great deal of good.

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Or harm.

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Yes, I'm well aware of the power of the
press.

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Good. Then we can do business like two
civilized men.

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I'm afraid your price would be a little
too civilized for me, considering what

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Riley has already told me.

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I knew Charlotte was dead the minute I
saw her.

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Sheffield never turned a hair.

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He asked me to cover up her murder the
same way you'd ask for a second cup of

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coffee. Leave it alone, Sheffield.

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I can't allow this to be held over my
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I warn you, this is loaded.

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Now put the tape on the desk.

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Perhaps we could work something out. The
only reason I haven't gone to the

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police is my promise to Riley.

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Now put it down.

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Now don't tempt me and get out of here,
both of you.

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What are you doing?

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Everybody knows writers are emotionally
unstable.

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Simple case of suicide.

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Don't you see, Mr. Jones, there's no
reason for Jeffrey to commit suicide.

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I've never heard of a good reason for
suicide. I'm more interested in why he

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wouldn't.

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Jeffrey celebrated life.

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He reveled in the challenge of it.

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So did Hemingway.

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Mr. Jones.

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I agented the sale of Jeffrey's first
book.

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And I was there when he won his
Pulitzer.

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I knew him better than anyone.

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I'm sure you did, but if he didn't kill
himself, we're talking about murder.

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And that's a pretty strong medicine to
be taking without a prescription.

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Okay, okay, I know it isn't evidence.

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And you'll probably say it's frivolous.

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Try me, Miss Meyer.

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All right.

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You've probably read about the grand
parties Jeffrey liked to throw. Oh, he

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loved them.

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About the only thing he loved more was
going to someone else's.

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And this Friday, we were to fly to
London for the Duke's costume ball.

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Jeffrey had already selected his outfit.

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And you figure he wouldn't be caught
dead missing that.

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Exactly.

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Ugly death like this? Never.

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It's an embarrassment he'd never impose
on himself.

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Or anyone else.

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What about his writing?

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Was he working on a book?

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Nearly finished.

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And planning another after that.

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Well, the day he died, you know, he
called me. All excited. It was something

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about an interview with an inmate at
state prison.

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Suicide was the last thing on his mind.

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Well, I must admit, he doesn't sound
like a man who was thinking of taking

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own life.

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But the puzzle is, if he didn't, who
did?

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Well, now, that's why I want you to take
the case.

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To find out.

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Well, Miss Meyer, it sounds a little
more like a challenge than an offer.

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Nevertheless, I'll take you up on it.

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Oh, by the way, I hope you all
understand, gentlemen and ladies.

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Forgive me, Bertha.

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I hope you all understand that I want
any mention of the candidacy held at a

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very low key.

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I mean, it's hardly proper if the
Sheffield media toots the Sheffield horn

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loud and too long.

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We don't want a backlash, folks.

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Well, then you want us to hold a low
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officially.

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Not too low, though. I still want to get
elected.

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Frank, I never tried to influence your
column, now did I? But a kind word from

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you wouldn't hurt.

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You forget, Lauren, I'm incorruptible.
Oh, yes.

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That's the very word I had in mind.

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Ah, darling.

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You look lovely.

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Thank you all for coming.

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Are you sure, Lauren?

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There isn't another announcement you
want to tell me about?

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Forget both. I'm a recent widower.

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And for now, at least, a confirmed
bachelor. But I promise if I change my

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you'll have an exclusive.

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I'll hold you to that.

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Silk against satin.

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Smooth all the way.

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Not if this Terrence thing blows up in
our faces.

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How can it? We've destroyed the table.

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What if Riley should decide to talk to
someone else?

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You better make sure he understands what
will happen if he does.

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No one knows the pups. Not now.

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Note here in the apex, John, it appears
to be much clearer than it was a month

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ago.

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Does that mean I'm getting better?

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John, I don't want to build your hopes
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The carcinoma has definitely entered a
state of remission.

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What's the matter?

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I thought you'd be pleased.

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If you don't mind, I'd like to be alone
for a while, okay?

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Take all the time you want.

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Barnaby Jones.

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Took an awful lot of talking and paper
signing to get in here to see you.

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This place is tougher to get into than
Fort Knox.

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It's even tougher to get out of.

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Mr. Jones, didn't you get my message?

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I really don't know anything about
Jeffrey Terrence that you can use.

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Well, there's just a couple of details
that I need.

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Mr. Terrence's agent was very anxious to
find out exactly what he was working on

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at the time of his death.

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Best of my memory, all he did was ask me
general questions.

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How I reacted to prison.

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Stuff like that.

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I guess he thought since I'd been a
newspaper man, I could articulate it

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than most.

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That was Mr. Terrence who asked for the
interview?

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Yes.

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Why do you ask?

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Well, e -newspaper people need a nose
for news. A detective just needs a nose.

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Well, the guards told me that he saw Mr.

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Terrence tape recording your
conversation.

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Yes, I suppose he did.

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I wasn't having a very good day.

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Remember any of the questions?

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Mr. Jones, I'm sorry. I don't even
remember my answers.

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The doctor said that it was because of
the medication I was receiving.

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Yeah, sometimes your memory deserts you
at odd moments.

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I remember once I was introducing my
mother -in -law to a group of people,

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said, folks, I want you to meet my
mother -in -law, Mrs... I couldn't

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her name.

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Believe me, I remember that for that.

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Well, we should have no trouble finding
that tape among Mr. Terrence's things.

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Thank you very much for your time, Mr...
One more thing.

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On the day of the interview...

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Did Mr. Terrence exhibit any signs of
thinking of suicide?

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No.

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Of course, all my years as a newspaper
man, I never met anyone who could say

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when a man on a ledge was going to jump.

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Yeah, I suppose that's true.

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Unless, of course, the man was pushed.

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Thank you, Mr. Riley.

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I hope you decided to use your head in
there, Riley.

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Use my head?

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Well, those friends of yours, they're my
friends now.

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That lawyer Portalong got for me a
couple of months ago.

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He's springing me tomorrow.

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Hey, I'm very happy for you, Stacy.

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Stay happy, then.

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Don't get any more ideas about opening
up your mouth like you did with

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huh?

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Otherwise, your family's had it.

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Long said to remind you that most
accidents take place in the home.

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You know, there's no telling what could
happen if they weren't around to keep an

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eye on the kids.

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You think about it.

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Find anything on the Riley interview?

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No.

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I'll save this for Mr. Terrence.

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I've never seen such organized material.

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Oh, that was Jeffrey's forte as a
writer. Completely organized.

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Ultimate attention to the smallest
detail.

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You can see that again.

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Look at these cassettes.

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I have been for hours.

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Every one of them.

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Everything neatly labeled and cataloged.
That's not what I mean. Every single

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cassette had a full left spool on side
one.

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It means that they were all rewound and
not one of them was taken off the

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machine in the middle of play.

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00:17:06,210 --> 00:17:09,809
Doesn't that just mean that Mr. Terrence
kept his materials ready to use?

251
00:17:09,810 --> 00:17:13,049
Well, I think it tells us a little more
than that. Unless we can find one

252
00:17:13,050 --> 00:17:16,960
cassette that was ejected before it was
rewound, we know there's one missing.

253
00:17:17,410 --> 00:17:18,670
Well, there shouldn't be.

254
00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:21,608
Nothing's been touched since Jeffrey's
body was found.

255
00:17:21,609 --> 00:17:23,109
Well, that's what troubles me.

256
00:17:23,550 --> 00:17:29,710
The counter on the recorder here reads
462, but there's no cassette.

257
00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:35,249
And if Mr. Terrence had rewound that
tape the way he did all of the others,

258
00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:36,630
the counter would read zero.

259
00:17:37,030 --> 00:17:41,090
Right. The last tape he was working on
was removed in the middle of its play.

260
00:17:41,730 --> 00:17:42,780
The Riley interview.

261
00:17:42,781 --> 00:17:46,869
Well, since that's the one we can't
find, that's a pretty good bet.

262
00:17:46,870 --> 00:17:50,389
What puzzles me is why anyone would want
that interview taped badly enough to

263
00:17:50,390 --> 00:17:51,440
kill Jeffrey.

264
00:17:51,441 --> 00:17:55,109
You know, if I'd had any idea that
Riley's letter to Jeffrey would have led

265
00:17:55,110 --> 00:17:55,929
this.

266
00:17:55,930 --> 00:17:57,970
You mean Riley asked for the interview?

267
00:17:58,710 --> 00:17:59,760
Yes, of course. Why?

268
00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,000
He told me it was the other way around.

269
00:18:02,220 --> 00:18:03,270
Then he lied.

270
00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:05,640
Riley pleaded for that interview.

271
00:18:05,860 --> 00:18:07,820
A dying man, Jeffrey couldn't refuse.

272
00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,550
I kind of thought that Riley wasn't
revealing everything he knew.

273
00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,190
Makes you kind of wonder what was really
on that interview tape.

274
00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:19,920
Paul Chan, if Riley doesn't tell you,
there's no one left to ask.

275
00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:21,330
There may be one.

276
00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:26,780
Stacey Vernon, Riley's cellmate, gets
out of prison today.

277
00:18:27,420 --> 00:18:30,980
A high -priced lawyer named Scoval got
him out on a technicality.

278
00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,510
Betty, would you see if you can find out
who hired Mr.

279
00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:37,430
Scoval? I'll get right on it. Oh, where
are you going to be?

280
00:18:37,660 --> 00:18:41,539
Well, I think that Miss Meyer and I are
going to try to give a helping hand to

281
00:18:41,540 --> 00:18:43,590
Mr. Vernon on his road to
rehabilitation.

282
00:19:04,750 --> 00:19:05,800
Hey, C. Vernon.

283
00:19:07,370 --> 00:19:10,010
Yeah. Barnaby Jones is my name.

284
00:19:10,490 --> 00:19:13,620
Miss Barron and I thought you'd probably
need a lift into town.

285
00:19:14,110 --> 00:19:17,710
If things work out right, you could make
a few dollars in the bargain.

286
00:19:17,711 --> 00:19:19,849
Well, what are you talking about?

287
00:19:19,850 --> 00:19:21,170
Well, get in. We'll explain.

288
00:19:44,140 --> 00:19:45,760
I sure appreciate you stopping.

289
00:19:46,220 --> 00:19:50,300
You know, for two years I dreamt about
one of these things. It's funny, huh?

290
00:19:54,380 --> 00:19:56,720
Not checks or booze or cars.

291
00:19:57,300 --> 00:20:01,540
If you accept Ms. Meyer's proposition,
you'll have the money for the whole

292
00:20:01,541 --> 00:20:04,099
Come on, I don't know nothing about
writing.

293
00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:05,150
You don't have to.

294
00:20:05,380 --> 00:20:07,080
I can get someone to handle that.

295
00:20:07,780 --> 00:20:11,679
What I'm interested in is the
information that Jeffrey Terrence

296
00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,000
interview with John Riley.

297
00:20:13,390 --> 00:20:17,370
So if you could recall something, it
could be extremely valuable.

298
00:20:18,730 --> 00:20:19,780
How valuable?

299
00:20:21,030 --> 00:20:23,500
Since it's possible, we could get a book
out of it.

300
00:20:25,450 --> 00:20:27,870
Let's say $10 ,000 for your fee.

301
00:20:35,050 --> 00:20:36,550
Let's say $25 ,000.

302
00:20:42,060 --> 00:20:43,110
Right, $25 ,000.

303
00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:52,900
What's the matter?

304
00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:58,140
I think Mr. Vernon is having trouble
adjusting to the rarefied atmosphere.

305
00:20:58,620 --> 00:20:59,800
Yeah, I sure am.

306
00:21:00,580 --> 00:21:03,960
Lady, I don't know nothing about what
you want. I wish I did.

307
00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:06,220
But you said... First day madness.

308
00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,140
All ex -cons get it.

309
00:21:08,141 --> 00:21:11,629
Hey, listen, I think I'm going to walk
from here.

310
00:21:11,630 --> 00:21:13,130
I got some thinking I want to do.

311
00:21:13,530 --> 00:21:15,330
Thanks for the ride in the hamburger.

312
00:21:16,750 --> 00:21:19,340
You know where to reach us if you
remember anything.

313
00:21:23,150 --> 00:21:24,450
Well, what did I do wrong?

314
00:21:25,290 --> 00:21:28,540
The good thing you're a literary agent,
not a private detective.

315
00:21:28,790 --> 00:21:31,320
You would raise the overhead something
terrible.

316
00:21:31,950 --> 00:21:35,909
Well, I just thought if the amount were
high enough, he'd have to tell us. The

317
00:21:35,910 --> 00:21:39,430
trouble with inflation is it makes a
seller's market.

318
00:21:39,431 --> 00:21:42,309
If Vernon has anything, he'll shop it
around.

319
00:21:42,310 --> 00:21:43,870
Then I think we'll hear from him.

320
00:21:43,950 --> 00:21:47,560
I wasn't very smart of you to come here
like this. You could have been seen.

321
00:21:47,561 --> 00:21:50,889
Don't mean to trouble you, Mr.
Sheffield. It's just that after Mr. Long

322
00:21:50,890 --> 00:21:53,300
that lawyer and all, well, I wanted to
thank you.

323
00:21:53,770 --> 00:21:55,470
Had no idea I'd get out so fast.

324
00:21:55,690 --> 00:21:57,010
Truthfully, neither did I.

325
00:21:57,110 --> 00:21:59,340
Yeah, well, things are sure going my way
now.

326
00:21:59,510 --> 00:22:01,130
I even got an offer to write a book.

327
00:22:05,570 --> 00:22:06,620
What kind of book?

328
00:22:07,690 --> 00:22:08,740
Audrey Meyer.

329
00:22:08,860 --> 00:22:12,060
Mr. Terrence's agent offered me $25
,000.

330
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,730
Seems to think there's a book in the
information that Riley gave Terrence.

331
00:22:16,780 --> 00:22:19,460
She and a detective named Jones met me
when I got out.

332
00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,200
Now, wait a minute. Hold on, Porter.

333
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,380
Let Stacy make his point.

334
00:22:25,700 --> 00:22:29,440
Well, since she seems to think it's
going to be a bestseller, and knowing

335
00:22:29,441 --> 00:22:32,799
Sheffield here was in the publishing
business... You're talking blackmail.

336
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,120
No, I never mentioned that.

337
00:22:34,540 --> 00:22:36,890
I just wanted to give Mr. Sheffield
first crack.

338
00:22:38,670 --> 00:22:39,720
How much?

339
00:22:39,721 --> 00:22:43,869
Well, let's say you were to double that
agent's offer.

340
00:22:43,870 --> 00:22:44,920
$50 ,000.

341
00:22:47,230 --> 00:22:49,880
$50 ,000? I don't have that kind of
money in the house.

342
00:22:50,730 --> 00:22:52,350
Take a down payment for starters.

343
00:22:52,351 --> 00:22:54,329
That's fair enough.

344
00:22:54,330 --> 00:22:55,380
Porter?

345
00:22:56,350 --> 00:22:57,410
Coffee, Mr. Brown.

346
00:23:27,741 --> 00:23:32,389
That's what I have to do until we can
arrange for the rest.

347
00:23:32,390 --> 00:23:33,830
You call when you're located.

348
00:23:34,190 --> 00:23:35,240
Sure, sure.

349
00:23:36,250 --> 00:23:38,950
Listen, it was nice doing business with
you guys.

350
00:23:38,951 --> 00:23:41,529
For a while there, I thought you might
take it wrong.

351
00:23:41,530 --> 00:23:43,830
Oh, no, not at all.

352
00:23:44,110 --> 00:23:48,330
No, I admire a man who recognizes his
assets and uses them.

353
00:23:51,150 --> 00:23:52,210
Good day, Mr. Furman.

354
00:24:08,490 --> 00:24:09,690
can't just kill someone.

355
00:24:10,770 --> 00:24:13,870
I mean, Terrence's death couldn't be
helped.

356
00:24:14,390 --> 00:24:15,440
And Charlotte.

357
00:24:15,870 --> 00:24:21,590
I can understand how in anger she
embarrassed me with her drunken

358
00:24:21,930 --> 00:24:25,689
She was determined to stand in the way
of everything I've ever worked for. I

359
00:24:25,690 --> 00:24:28,249
couldn't allow that any more than I will
allow Vernon.

360
00:24:28,250 --> 00:24:30,990
You're talking about cold, premeditated
murder.

361
00:24:31,210 --> 00:24:32,370
I mean, I'm no saint.

362
00:24:32,750 --> 00:24:33,910
Then do what I ask you.

363
00:24:33,911 --> 00:24:37,749
If you can't kill Vernon, get somebody
else. But Stephen's taken care of

364
00:24:37,750 --> 00:24:38,800
tonight.

365
00:24:45,850 --> 00:24:51,010
No, John never mentioned Jeffrey
Terrence to me. But then, the way things

366
00:24:51,150 --> 00:24:57,570
we don't talk much when I visit, Mr.
Jones. We just touch and hope and pray.

367
00:24:58,670 --> 00:25:00,030
Yes, I can understand that.

368
00:25:01,350 --> 00:25:02,400
Mrs. Riley.

369
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:07,260
Did your husband ever tell you the full
story of Charlotte Sheffield's murder?

370
00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,340
I think he knew it wouldn't do him any
good.

371
00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:13,910
How so?

372
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:21,880
After 15 years, a woman knows some
things about men that she's lived with.

373
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,100
I mean, John would never have had an
affair with that woman.

374
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:37,260
Since your husband was convicted of
killing his wife, doesn't Mr.

375
00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:39,970
Sheffield's generosity seem a little
strange?

376
00:25:44,180 --> 00:25:49,559
I think, uh, after everything that's
happened, Mr. Jones, I'm the last person

377
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,790
that you should ask for a judgment like
that.

378
00:25:52,900 --> 00:25:55,430
Have you spoken to your husband's doctor
lately?

379
00:25:56,420 --> 00:25:57,700
No, no, I haven't.

380
00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:59,480
John asked me not to.

381
00:26:02,090 --> 00:26:04,260
He said he didn't want me counting the
days.

382
00:26:05,050 --> 00:26:09,509
Well, he might not mind so much now,
because according to the doctor, there

383
00:26:09,510 --> 00:26:12,160
going to be a lot more days to count,
maybe even years.

384
00:26:13,630 --> 00:26:16,450
But then why didn't John tell me that?

385
00:26:18,690 --> 00:26:24,169
Sometimes good news kind of sticks in
the throat when you can't put your arms

386
00:26:24,170 --> 00:26:25,910
around the one you want to tell it to.

387
00:26:37,580 --> 00:26:38,630
Okay,

388
00:26:52,660 --> 00:26:53,800
baby, just a second.

389
00:26:58,350 --> 00:27:04,369
Be patient, baby. Be patient. You're 15
minutes early. When Daddy says 8 .30, he

390
00:27:04,370 --> 00:27:05,420
means 8 .30.

391
00:27:06,510 --> 00:27:08,630
Uh, Stacy Vernon?

392
00:27:08,970 --> 00:27:10,710
Yeah. Ah.

393
00:28:09,550 --> 00:28:10,600
Oh, Barnaby.

394
00:28:10,810 --> 00:28:11,860
Brought you here.

395
00:28:12,070 --> 00:28:13,990
Just dropped by to make a reservation?

396
00:28:14,270 --> 00:28:18,209
Nope. Looks like this motel could be
hazardous to your health. What does the

397
00:28:18,210 --> 00:28:19,409
corner make it, Lieutenant?

398
00:28:19,410 --> 00:28:21,470
Suicide. Should be first day blues.

399
00:28:21,471 --> 00:28:23,889
Vernon just got out of the slammer
yesterday.

400
00:28:23,890 --> 00:28:24,909
Yeah, I know.

401
00:28:24,910 --> 00:28:27,429
He wasn't exactly dressed for walking
off a balcony.

402
00:28:27,430 --> 00:28:29,290
Any sign of a first night girlfriend?

403
00:28:29,690 --> 00:28:32,190
Bellhop said she arrived about 45
minutes late.

404
00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:36,410
When Vernon didn't answer the door, they
figured he'd got drunk and passed out.

405
00:28:36,790 --> 00:28:38,350
Gardner found him this morning.

406
00:28:38,351 --> 00:28:39,659
Drink that much?

407
00:28:39,660 --> 00:28:41,950
Enough, judging from the bottles in his
room.

408
00:28:41,951 --> 00:28:44,719
You still haven't told me what you're
doing here.

409
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,059
Well, your office told me where I'd find
you, and then I realized we had an

410
00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:49,110
interest in common.

411
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:54,100
My client offered Vernon a lot of money
yesterday for a little information.

412
00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:56,150
He didn't take it?

413
00:28:56,380 --> 00:28:58,080
I think he put it out for bids.

414
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,520
One thing for sure, he's too smart a con
to take himself out this way.

415
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,490
If I run onto anything, I'll give you a
call.

416
00:29:15,180 --> 00:29:16,980
Barnaby Jones office. May I help you?

417
00:29:16,981 --> 00:29:18,159
It's me, Betty.

418
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,900
Oh, Barnaby.

419
00:29:20,420 --> 00:29:22,530
You caught me halfway out of the
elevator.

420
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,480
You may owe me a pair of new hose.

421
00:29:24,940 --> 00:29:27,340
I'll buy you two pair of new hose if you
help me.

422
00:29:27,660 --> 00:29:29,460
Stacy Vernon was dead when I got here.

423
00:29:29,740 --> 00:29:32,700
Oh, I was just talking about him a few
minutes ago.

424
00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:33,980
Did you get anything?

425
00:29:34,460 --> 00:29:38,759
Maybe. I managed to have lunch with one
of the younger members of the School

426
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:39,810
Ball law firm.

427
00:29:40,340 --> 00:29:42,100
It took some doing.

428
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:47,659
But he finally told me that Vernon's
legal fees were paid by a man named

429
00:29:47,660 --> 00:29:48,710
Long.

430
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:49,890
Porter Long.

431
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:54,519
Am I supposed to know that name? Porter
Long is Lauren Sheffield's right -hand

432
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:58,340
man. And Lauren Sheffield is... I know
who Lauren Sheffield is.

433
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,090
Thanks, Betty.

434
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,900
Go out and buy yourself a whole box of
new hose.

435
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,930
You shouldn't have spent the money on
this.

436
00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:13,500
Lisa told me to tell you that she got
the lead in Antigone.

437
00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:16,200
Antigone? With braces on her teeth?

438
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:17,520
That'll be something.

439
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:20,290
How's Greg?

440
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,820
He's fine. He got quarterback on his
football team.

441
00:30:28,020 --> 00:30:29,070
John.

442
00:30:29,580 --> 00:30:31,620
John, why didn't you tell me?

443
00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:33,550
What?

444
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,240
That you're getting well.

445
00:30:35,860 --> 00:30:36,910
Who said that?

446
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,980
Mr. Jones and I talked to your doctors.

447
00:30:42,260 --> 00:30:43,520
Well, you shouldn't have.

448
00:30:43,660 --> 00:30:45,080
It won't change anything.

449
00:30:46,820 --> 00:30:48,860
John, it would if you would let it.

450
00:30:48,861 --> 00:30:52,619
Mr. Jones says that you're not telling
everything you know about Jeffrey

451
00:30:52,620 --> 00:30:53,670
Terrence's death.

452
00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:55,860
I don't care what Mr. Jones says.

453
00:30:55,861 --> 00:30:59,679
Well, it all has to do with Charlotte
Sheffield's murder, doesn't it?

454
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,580
Stop it, Helen. Leave me alone. Just
leave me alone.

455
00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:05,590
Darling, don't you understand that
there's any time?

456
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:07,800
Anytime at all, a day.

457
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,440
A day that belongs to Craig and Elisa
and to me.

458
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,240
You belong to us, John.

459
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,050
Helen.

460
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:18,450
Helen.

461
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:20,770
Believe me.

462
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,619
If there was anything I could do to get
out of here, to be with you and the

463
00:31:25,620 --> 00:31:27,800
kids, I'd do anything.

464
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:29,380
I'd say anything.

465
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,980
I love you, Helen.

466
00:31:51,180 --> 00:31:54,070
Mr. Jones is investigating the death of
Jeffrey Terrence.

467
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,600
What is it I can do for you, Mr. Jones?

468
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:05,919
The problem is every lead I get takes me
back to Riley. I was hoping you might

469
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,150
be able to provide me with some
information.

470
00:32:09,220 --> 00:32:12,380
I'm sure my personnel department can
give you more than I can.

471
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,640
Well, funny, I thought you two were good
friends.

472
00:32:16,020 --> 00:32:17,070
Why is that?

473
00:32:17,230 --> 00:32:21,809
Well, I talked to Mrs. Riley, and she
told me that you had been continuing to

474
00:32:21,810 --> 00:32:22,569
pay Mr.

475
00:32:22,570 --> 00:32:23,620
Riley's salary.

476
00:32:23,970 --> 00:32:26,800
Now, that seems very generous in light
of the situation.

477
00:32:28,570 --> 00:32:29,620
Mr.

478
00:32:31,010 --> 00:32:33,550
Jones, my wife was not a very discreet
woman.

479
00:32:34,710 --> 00:32:39,830
John Riley was not the first man to
share a bottle with her or her

480
00:32:40,290 --> 00:32:43,970
Now, Porter, maybe Mr. Jones would like
something. No, thank you.

481
00:32:44,650 --> 00:32:46,550
Then you don't blame Mr. Riley.

482
00:32:48,910 --> 00:32:49,960
At first I did.

483
00:32:51,390 --> 00:32:54,400
Charlotte was the kind of woman who
could drive a man to kill.

484
00:32:54,730 --> 00:32:55,780
Any man.

485
00:32:55,890 --> 00:32:57,810
Does that include you, Mr. Sheffield?

486
00:32:58,830 --> 00:33:03,389
Mr. Jones, if I may interrupt, it's
company policy to take care of the

487
00:33:03,390 --> 00:33:04,249
of employees.

488
00:33:04,250 --> 00:33:05,790
Was Stacy Vernon an employee?

489
00:33:09,090 --> 00:33:11,230
Vernon? He was Mr.

490
00:33:11,530 --> 00:33:12,580
Riley's cellmate.

491
00:33:12,790 --> 00:33:15,610
Mr. Long went to great expense and
trouble to get him out.

492
00:33:15,611 --> 00:33:19,049
Porter became interested in his case
while visiting Riley.

493
00:33:19,050 --> 00:33:20,430
I was glad we could be of help.

494
00:33:20,650 --> 00:33:23,250
Too bad Vernon didn't live to enjoy his
freedom.

495
00:33:23,450 --> 00:33:24,630
He died last night.

496
00:33:25,870 --> 00:33:26,920
Oh, that's too bad.

497
00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:32,450
Mr. Jones, I'm afraid I've let the time
slip up on us.

498
00:33:33,310 --> 00:33:35,170
Unless you have some more questions?

499
00:33:35,610 --> 00:33:36,660
Well, just one.

500
00:33:36,930 --> 00:33:38,850
Were you acquainted with Mr. Terrence?

501
00:33:40,190 --> 00:33:43,510
No. No, no. I confess I was an admirer
of his work.

502
00:33:43,511 --> 00:33:47,569
Well, I was hoping you might be able to
tell me why someone would steal the tape

503
00:33:47,570 --> 00:33:48,950
of his interview with Riley.

504
00:33:49,930 --> 00:33:51,530
Well, I'm sorry I can't help you.

505
00:33:53,090 --> 00:33:58,089
But I'm sure a man of your resources
will find the answer ultimately. Oh, I

506
00:33:58,090 --> 00:34:01,730
will. It's kind of like learning to play
the guitar by ear.

507
00:34:02,130 --> 00:34:05,620
You just keep plucking all the strings
until you find the right notes.

508
00:34:06,150 --> 00:34:07,230
Thank you, gentlemen.

509
00:34:37,670 --> 00:34:39,410
Mr. Jones, you're wasting your time.

510
00:34:40,710 --> 00:34:43,480
I don't really feel up to answering any
more questions.

511
00:34:44,110 --> 00:34:45,730
You're looking a lot better to me.

512
00:34:47,389 --> 00:34:49,619
Did you hear what happened to Stacy
Vernon?

513
00:34:50,690 --> 00:34:52,130
They let us watch television.

514
00:34:52,350 --> 00:34:55,090
Did you know it was Lauren Sheffield
that got him out?

515
00:34:55,870 --> 00:34:56,920
What do you want?

516
00:35:00,190 --> 00:35:01,990
I'm very grateful to Mr. Sheffield.

517
00:35:02,930 --> 00:35:03,980
After what I did.

518
00:35:04,830 --> 00:35:06,070
You know the whole story.

519
00:35:06,810 --> 00:35:07,860
All but a part of it.

520
00:35:08,810 --> 00:35:12,569
Why would a man like you, in your state
of health, go after a woman like

521
00:35:12,570 --> 00:35:13,710
Charlotte Sheffield?

522
00:35:15,690 --> 00:35:17,950
Maybe I wanted just one last fling.

523
00:35:19,470 --> 00:35:20,850
That's not much of an answer.

524
00:35:20,851 --> 00:35:24,369
Especially in view of the hell it put
your family through.

525
00:35:24,370 --> 00:35:26,720
Your wife doesn't believe it, and
neither do I.

526
00:35:27,910 --> 00:35:30,350
Well, you're just gonna have to live
with it.

527
00:35:30,690 --> 00:35:32,650
Or die with it, like Jeffrey Terrence.

528
00:35:33,570 --> 00:35:35,190
He tried to help, too, didn't he?

529
00:35:36,810 --> 00:35:39,150
Look, I'm not asking you for help.

530
00:35:39,430 --> 00:35:40,910
But you did ask Terrence.

531
00:35:41,730 --> 00:35:43,350
His agent remembers your letter.

532
00:35:44,910 --> 00:35:48,969
Riley, I can understand why prison
doesn't hold much terror for a man who

533
00:35:48,970 --> 00:35:52,789
he's dying. Especially if a few months
behind bars will provide for his wife

534
00:35:52,790 --> 00:35:54,050
children after he's gone.

535
00:35:54,070 --> 00:35:55,150
You finished, Jones?

536
00:35:55,290 --> 00:35:56,340
Not quite.

537
00:35:56,650 --> 00:35:59,950
The doctors tell me that those months
could be years now.

538
00:36:00,690 --> 00:36:01,870
A small lifetime.

539
00:36:05,690 --> 00:36:07,720
Look... I know what I've done.

540
00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:11,650
And why don't you tell me the truth the
way I believe you told Terrence?

541
00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:14,550
I'm a dead man.

542
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:16,170
Don't you see that?

543
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,890
I learned to live without a long time
ago.

544
00:36:19,580 --> 00:36:24,220
Even if the doctors are right, nothing I
can say is going to change that.

545
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:29,610
I'm a dead man.

546
00:36:30,900 --> 00:36:32,280
Don't you understand that?

547
00:36:33,580 --> 00:36:35,500
Without hope, none of us would be alive.

548
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,200
You missed your calling, Jones.

549
00:36:42,340 --> 00:36:43,680
You should write epitaph.

550
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,240
I'm just dying to make the announcement
about you two.

551
00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:01,290
What say?

552
00:37:01,291 --> 00:37:02,239
Should we let it out?

553
00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:03,290
Let.

554
00:37:04,060 --> 00:37:05,110
All right.

555
00:37:05,111 --> 00:37:09,629
No, sir, but the nothing formal just a
little tidbit or two about how well my

556
00:37:09,630 --> 00:37:13,309
relationship with Miss Mason is coming
along You

557
00:37:13,310 --> 00:37:21,249
know

558
00:37:21,250 --> 00:37:25,909
Frank I just may have an exclusive for
your column What's the matter one of

559
00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:27,490
pen pals need some free space?

560
00:37:27,491 --> 00:37:31,269
Jeffrey Terrence never had to beg for
space when he was alive.

561
00:37:31,270 --> 00:37:35,630
Oh, I'm sorry. The sad news is that he's
yesterday's news now.

562
00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:39,550
Not if that detective I hired, Barnaby
Jones, is right.

563
00:37:39,551 --> 00:37:43,449
He thinks he's unlocked the mystery
surrounding Jeffrey's death.

564
00:37:43,450 --> 00:37:45,190
You mean why he committed suicide?

565
00:37:45,350 --> 00:37:47,770
No. Jones thinks it was murder.

566
00:37:47,771 --> 00:37:52,209
Well, it seems Jeffrey had made some
notes on the project he was working on,

567
00:37:52,210 --> 00:37:53,830
Jones found them this afternoon.

568
00:37:53,831 --> 00:37:57,509
The only problem is, though, they were
in Jeffrey's personal shorthand, but

569
00:37:57,510 --> 00:37:59,630
Jones says in time he can decipher it.

570
00:37:59,990 --> 00:38:03,540
As a matter of fact, he's over at
Jeffrey's place working on them right

571
00:38:03,670 --> 00:38:06,490
He says he should have the answer in
just a few hours.

572
00:38:10,150 --> 00:38:11,410
Come on, will you join us?

573
00:38:24,190 --> 00:38:26,110
Yes, but give me some more of that.

574
00:38:26,111 --> 00:38:30,669
Oh, well, we'll talk about it later,
Frank. Drink your drink.

575
00:38:30,670 --> 00:38:32,960
How could I know he made notes from that
tape?

576
00:38:32,961 --> 00:38:36,529
Well, you'll just have to get in touch
with your friend and see they're

577
00:38:36,530 --> 00:38:37,670
destroyed, won't you?

578
00:38:37,671 --> 00:38:40,069
Have them take care of John's while
you're at it.

579
00:38:40,070 --> 00:38:41,930
Maybe you should reconsider, Lauren.

580
00:38:41,931 --> 00:38:44,509
Maybe there's nothing incriminating in
the notes.

581
00:38:44,510 --> 00:38:45,650
Do as I tell you, Porter.

582
00:38:45,830 --> 00:38:47,330
This time, see that it's final.

583
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,280
You are Barnaby Jones.

584
00:39:37,020 --> 00:39:41,559
I don't recall that we were ever
introduced, but we might have a mutual

585
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,660
acquaintance, Stacy Vernon.

586
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,320
Everybody's got a job to do.

587
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:50,300
He did a very professional one on him.

588
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:52,130
Shut up.

589
00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:54,190
Back away.

590
00:40:02,481 --> 00:40:04,169
of the staff.

591
00:40:04,170 --> 00:40:06,290
There's no writing on here.

592
00:40:06,950 --> 00:40:08,000
On the other paper.

593
00:40:23,410 --> 00:40:27,020
You look comfortable down there. Why
don't you stay right where you are?

594
00:40:27,250 --> 00:40:29,050
All right, Mark. We'll take them here.

595
00:40:31,111 --> 00:40:38,179
Would you mind telling me why you took a
chance like that? You knew I had my men

596
00:40:38,180 --> 00:40:38,999
closing in.

597
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:43,699
Well, I was afraid the long arm of the
law had developed bursitis, and he

598
00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:45,140
look like he was going to wait.

599
00:40:45,380 --> 00:40:47,160
I think I recognize the face. Mr.

600
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:48,410
Trumbull, isn't it?

601
00:40:49,060 --> 00:40:50,110
Read his rights.

602
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:51,490
Never mind that.

603
00:40:51,660 --> 00:40:53,940
I don't speak to nobody until I see my
lawyer.

604
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,730
Give him his rights, take him downtown,
and book him.

605
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,970
They're all jailhouse lawyers these
days.

606
00:41:02,971 --> 00:41:06,629
Sorry, Barnaby. Looks like you struck
out.

607
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:07,710
I wouldn't say that.

608
00:41:07,990 --> 00:41:09,350
More like a foul tip.

609
00:41:14,950 --> 00:41:16,150
Something's gone wrong.

610
00:41:16,430 --> 00:41:18,350
You should have heard something by now.

611
00:41:19,670 --> 00:41:20,720
Relax.

612
00:41:22,210 --> 00:41:24,350
You set yourself a man as a
professional.

613
00:41:26,530 --> 00:41:28,770
He's as good as you say he is, Danny.

614
00:41:40,371 --> 00:41:42,419
you, Mr. Sheffield?

615
00:41:42,420 --> 00:41:45,620
Well, I really don't know. Just a
second, Mr. Jones.

616
00:41:46,060 --> 00:41:47,140
It's all right for her.

617
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:01,060
Well, come on in, won't you? Can I get
you a glass of brandy?

618
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:04,090
No, thank you. I'd only planned to stay
a few minutes.

619
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:05,370
What can I do for you?

620
00:42:05,371 --> 00:42:08,979
Well, I thought you might be interested
in some of the reading I was doing

621
00:42:08,980 --> 00:42:10,579
tonight. It's very enlightening.

622
00:42:10,580 --> 00:42:14,430
especially if you want to include that
Trumbull fellow you had dropped in on

623
00:42:14,740 --> 00:42:17,100
Trumbull? The only one named Trumbull?

624
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,320
Well, possibly he was a friend of Mr.

625
00:42:19,620 --> 00:42:21,600
Long's. The police will decide that.

626
00:42:21,601 --> 00:42:22,879
The police?

627
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:27,119
Yes, they should be here shortly. I
thought it would be helpful to one of

628
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:28,620
you had this little talk first.

629
00:42:29,460 --> 00:42:30,660
What are you driving at?

630
00:42:30,910 --> 00:42:35,410
Well, one of you can get off on a charge
of accessory, but I suspect that Mr.

631
00:42:35,670 --> 00:42:39,989
Sheffield will choose that option
because he has a history of letting his

632
00:42:39,990 --> 00:42:41,610
help take his punishment for him.

633
00:42:42,430 --> 00:42:44,090
You're fishing, Mr. Jones?

634
00:42:44,610 --> 00:42:47,490
I don't think John Riley would say I'm
fishing, not now.

635
00:42:48,970 --> 00:42:51,450
I think you ought to have a talk with
Mr. Riley, Mr.

636
00:42:51,650 --> 00:42:53,890
Long. You might find you have a lot in
common.

637
00:42:54,350 --> 00:42:57,830
After all, you were the last person
standing between Mr.

638
00:42:58,130 --> 00:42:59,290
Sheffield and the...

639
00:42:59,750 --> 00:43:03,070
Police, you may have to become the patsy
for Mr. Terrence's death.

640
00:43:03,350 --> 00:43:04,490
I didn't kill Terrence.

641
00:43:05,110 --> 00:43:07,210
Well, what about Stacey Vernon?

642
00:43:08,050 --> 00:43:09,790
Trumbull didn't do that by himself.

643
00:43:09,810 --> 00:43:10,860
Be quiet, Porter.

644
00:43:13,550 --> 00:43:19,289
Mr. Jones, if there are any charges to
be filed against Porter, be advised he

645
00:43:19,290 --> 00:43:22,129
will have the full weight of Sheffield
Enterprises behind him.

646
00:43:22,130 --> 00:43:23,330
That's very impressive.

647
00:43:23,830 --> 00:43:26,720
You think you can stay afloat with that
load on your back?

648
00:43:32,460 --> 00:43:35,340
I'm not going to let you do to me what
you did to Riley.

649
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:38,850
It's over.

650
00:43:40,020 --> 00:43:42,320
Any deal I make from now on is for
myself.

651
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,650
Can't say I'm really disappointed in
you, Porter.

652
00:43:51,300 --> 00:43:52,440
You're gone, Mr. Jones.

653
00:44:05,051 --> 00:44:09,719
This isn't going to help you any, Mr.
Sheffield.

654
00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:11,460
Like Porter, you lack imagination.

655
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:18,599
You came here tonight because an attempt
was made on your life by a man hired by

656
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:19,650
Porter Long.

657
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,120
Police will never believe that.

658
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,060
Well, I've never met Trumbull.

659
00:44:24,740 --> 00:44:25,790
You hired him.

660
00:44:27,060 --> 00:44:29,530
When Jones confronted you with it, you
panicked.

661
00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:35,100
You tried to kill Mr. Jones, and he was
forced to shoot you with this gun.

662
00:44:35,850 --> 00:44:38,490
But not before you got off a fatal shot
yourself.

663
00:44:39,530 --> 00:44:41,230
You're forgetting about Mr. Riley.

664
00:44:42,190 --> 00:44:47,069
When the police look into Porter's
motive, I'm sure Riley could be

665
00:44:47,070 --> 00:44:51,490
reveal that it was Porter who killed
Charlotte. Porter, over against the bar.

666
00:44:51,990 --> 00:44:53,690
All right, wait a minute. Lauren.

667
00:44:59,230 --> 00:45:00,330
I'll take the rap.

668
00:45:02,930 --> 00:45:03,980
Whatever you want.

669
00:45:06,380 --> 00:45:07,520
you're being sensible.

670
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:36,610
This is an emergency.

671
00:45:36,611 --> 00:45:37,749
Get me the police.

672
00:45:37,750 --> 00:45:42,300
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