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All right, one final
run-through without details.
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Caleb Stone the First.
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Patent medicine king.
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Died 1957, age 88.
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Only you don't know
he's dead, Brooks.
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Don't forget that.
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Great-Aunt Sophia, age 72.
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Great-Aunt Nineveh, age 70.
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Leonard, the houseman,
the family chauffeur.
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Maureen Kelly and the
so-called Caleb Stone IV.
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Picture taken 1946 in
the Stone mansion library.
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All right, turn on the light.
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Now the interior of the house.
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Where's the library?
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To the left, off the
entrance hallway.
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An elk's head over
the stone fireplace.
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Gun racks on the wall.
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On the floor, a bearskin
with a bullet hole in its skull.
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Now, there it is.
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The old Caleb Stone mansion.
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Pretty impressive, huh?
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That and all the money
we'll ever need, Brooks,
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provided you play the
cards I've given you correctly.
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Good luck.
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No peeking, Nineveh.
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Who's peeking?
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Well, maybe I
was... just a little.
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I'll draw from you, dear.
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Goodness, I should
have taken the other one.
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You should have, indeed.
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Game.
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Fives, queens, eights.
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How many?
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17.
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Wasn't that the
doorbell, Sophia?
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Well, it certainly wasn't
the air raid alarm, dear.
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Who could it be at
this time of night?
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It's almost 10:00.
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Well, Leonard will let us
know if it's anyone important.
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17, you said?
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Let me see.
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I thought so.
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28,
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which means that you
now owe me 65 cents.
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Sophia, after 60 years,
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I'm beginning to believe
you're a cardsharp.
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Nonsense.
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It's just that you didn't
inherit the Stone family brains.
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Yes, Leonard?
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A man who says he has news of...
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of young Caleb.
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- Young...?
- Young Caleb?
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Come in, young man. Come in.
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What is this news
you have for us?
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I shouldn't have come this late,
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but I may be
shipping out tomorrow,
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so I took the chance
that you'd still be up.
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But... but you're Caleb.
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Oh, yes, you've come back.
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Please, Miss Nineveh.
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I'm not Caleb.
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Only a friend of his.
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John Brooks.
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A friend?
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But you look just
the way I imagined.
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Nonsense.
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He doesn't resemble
Caleb in the least.
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How did you know
her name was Nineveh?
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Well, I guess because
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Caleb told me about
you both so many times...
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before he died.
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Died?
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Caleb's dead?
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Dead when?
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Two years ago.
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Of typhoid in a
hospital in Shanghai.
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Red China?
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What was he doing there?
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We were deckhands on a
Canadian freighter delivering grain.
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This is the first time I've been
on the West Coast since then.
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I could have written,
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but I didn't know if you
wanted to know about him
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or see the things
that he left with me.
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Things? What things?
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A locket containing a photograph
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of the man he
said was his father.
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Caleb Ill.
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In his Air Force uniform.
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This must have been
taken just before...
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his plane was lost.
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His birth certificate.
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A marriage certificate.
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Caleb Stone Ill
and Maureen Kelly.
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You knew, of course,
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that she was a housemaid here,
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and that the marriage
was declared void.
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Yes, I knew.
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After the funeral expenses,
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there was $37 left.
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You'd better count it.
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Sophia, look.
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What are you doing, Mr. Brooks?
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Doing?
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Oh, the bullet hole.
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I wanted to see
if it was still there
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as Caleb remembered.
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He used to touch the
bear's head just that way.
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Are you absolutely
sure you're not Caleb?
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Nineveh!
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You must have been very
close to Caleb, Mr. Brooks,
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for him to have told you
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things like bullet
holes in bearskin rugs.
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We grew up
together, Miss Sophia.
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You were with him in
St. Mary's Orphanage?
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I was there when he came.
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We were both
about six at the time,
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so, naturally, we became,
well, almost like brothers.
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And then at 16, he
decided to run away to sea.
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And I ran away, too.
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Well, I must be going.
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It's a long haul back
to the harbor, so...
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Oh, well, you mustn't go.
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Not until we've heard
everything about Caleb.
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Won't you stay here tonight?
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You can sleep in his room.
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Nineveh!
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Don't shake your
head at me, Sophia.
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Half this house
happens to be mine.
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I'm sure you must be hungry.
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Little Caleb always was.
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Leonard, find something
for Mr. Brooks to eat
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and something for him to...
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I've heard that
sailors drink rum,
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but I'm afraid all
we have is sherry.
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Sherry will be
fine, Miss Nineveh.
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Oh, good.
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Show Mr. Brooks where
he can wash up, Leonard,
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and then bring a tray in here.
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If you'll come this way, sir.
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Nineveh, you are a
complete and utter idiot.
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I won't sleep a wink tonight.
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Why, he could be anything.
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A confidence man,
a thief, an imposter.
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But, Sophia, dear, he
said he wasn't Caleb,
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so how could he be an imposter?
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I must see if there's any of
that Queen Victoria sherry left
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that Father was so fond of.
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Irene, it's early.
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You can still be out
with perfect propriety.
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So why answer?
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If it's Ernest, he'll
ring every ten minutes
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the rest of the night.
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Yes?
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Who is this?
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Oh, Sophia, I didn't
recognize your voice.
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No, Ernest isn't here.
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He's in Ithaca, New York.
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The National
Trapshooting Contest.
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Said he died where?
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Isn't it a bit risky letting
the young man stay?
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Insists? Why?
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Yes, I'll tell Ernest
when he calls
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and have him call you.
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No, you didn't, dear.
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I was just reading...
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and listening to some music.
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Good night, dear.
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Who was that?
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One of Ernest's aunts.
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Ah, pixilated
Stone sisters, huh?
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That was Sophia.
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And Nineveh seems to be the
one that's pixilated at the moment.
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Oh?
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She thinks some
mysterious young man
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who appeared on
their doorstep tonight
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might be Caleb Stone IV.
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Not the patent medicine baby
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there was all that hullabaloo
about after the war?
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I heard the mother died after
the marriage was proved a fraud.
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She did, but, Wayne,
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that wouldn't prevent the
little boy from growing up.
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They've asked him to stay?
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Well, the pixilated one has.
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Ernest isn't going to like this.
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A new claimant to
the Stone millions.
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Ernest will take care of
him when he comes home.
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No, I will.
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As your family lawyer,
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I'm the one who takes
care of things for Ernest.
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Hadn't you heard?
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♪♪
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You finished, Mr. Brooks?
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Yes, thank you.
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I've just been on the phone
with my nephew's house.
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That's Ernest Stone.
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He'll be here sometime
tomorrow to talk to you.
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He's off hunting somewhere?
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Hunting?
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Caleb told me he's an
expert with a shotgun.
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Yes, he is.
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Are you sure you want
to stay, Mr. Brooks?
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If you'd prefer, I'll go.
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No.
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That would disappoint Nineveh.
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I imagine she has
Caleb's room ready by now.
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I'll have Leonard show you up.
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Don't bother.
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Last room to the left
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at the head of the big stairway?
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Good night, Miss Sophia.
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I think you'll find everything
you need, Mr. Brooks.
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Uh, pajamas, robe and slippers,
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and in the bathroom,
toilet articles.
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I, uh, trust you'll
be comfortable.
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I'm sure I will.
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Mr. Brooks?
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Yes?
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They killed her with
their persecution
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just as surely as if they
had killed her with a gun.
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Killed who?
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The little boy's
mother, Maureen.
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They said she
lied, but they did.
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Old Mr. Stone and
the others, they lied.
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Is Mr. Brooks in there, Leonard?
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Yes, Miss Nineveh.
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I suppose you think
I'm a silly old woman,
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but I always
brought little Caleb
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a hot water bottle at night.
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The bed being
so... big and cold.
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You always brought a
glass of warm milk, too.
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Yes, I did.
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What are you looking for?
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Lions, tigers, elephants.
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What's become of them?
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Changed the wallpaper.
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And the hook over the bed?
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It's gone, too.
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Hook?
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Where the parakeet
cage used to hang.
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The birthday parakeet that
you taught to say "Caleb."
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Don't you remember?
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Oh, yes.
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I remember, Caleb, darling.
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I remember.
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A very considerable
amount of money is involved.
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You've known this young
man less than 24 hours.
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Don't you think he should
be investigated first?
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Mr. Mason, I know
here he's Caleb,
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the little Caleb I
loved so dearly.
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I don't care whether he
calls himself John Brooks
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or Ezra Snodgrass.
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I want my money to go to him.
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As your attorney, Miss
Nineveh, I must tell you
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I believe that you're acting
precipitantly and unwisely.
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I know,
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and I know you're
trying to look out for me,
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but I have made up my mind.
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And if you won't change my will,
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I'll just have to
find another lawyer.
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All right, Miss Stone.
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You'll do it today?
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I'll try.
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Oh, you must do
much more than try.
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I want this settled at once.
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Good day, Miss Street.
266
00:15:37,837 --> 00:15:39,829
Good-bye, Miss Stone.
267
00:15:41,474 --> 00:15:44,638
Well, Della, it looks as
though we have no choice
268
00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:47,269
but to draw up a new will.
269
00:15:47,413 --> 00:15:49,848
Poor thing is obviously
being victimized.
270
00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:52,076
And if it is a confidence game,
271
00:15:52,218 --> 00:15:54,653
it's as nearly foolproof
as any I've ever heard of.
272
00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,985
Imposters have preyed
on little old ladies before.
273
00:15:58,124 --> 00:16:01,788
But he isn't saying
he's Caleb Stone IV.
274
00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:03,760
In fact, he's saying he isn't.
275
00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:05,125
That's the rub.
276
00:16:05,264 --> 00:16:06,264
What can you do?
277
00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:07,759
Well, there's
nothing to prevent us
278
00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:10,268
from investigating this
John Brooks on our own.
279
00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:12,804
And you have one ally, at least,
280
00:16:12,939 --> 00:16:14,737
in Great-Aunt Sophia.
281
00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:16,868
Yes, obviously, she wants
282
00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:18,875
no part of this young man.
283
00:16:21,113 --> 00:16:22,706
Miss Stone gone?
284
00:16:22,849 --> 00:16:25,318
Leaving us in even more
of a rush than before.
285
00:16:25,451 --> 00:16:26,714
Let's have your highlights.
286
00:16:26,853 --> 00:16:29,015
Well, this is going to
come out a little jumbled.
287
00:16:29,155 --> 00:16:31,090
Genealogy first.
288
00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:33,159
Old Caleb Stone, the
patent medicine king,
289
00:16:33,292 --> 00:16:34,783
had four children:
290
00:16:34,927 --> 00:16:37,624
Caleb Il, Sophia,
Nineveh and Samuel,
291
00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:40,892
who died in World War I,
leaving a son, Ernest, now 47.
292
00:16:41,033 --> 00:16:42,695
And Caleb Il?
293
00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:44,201
Survived by Caleb Ill,
294
00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:45,805
one of our three
main characters,
295
00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:47,839
along with Maureen
Kelly, the Stone housemaid,
296
00:16:47,974 --> 00:16:49,636
and her patent medicine baby.
297
00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:52,110
Patent medicine baby?
298
00:16:52,245 --> 00:16:53,304
I'll come to that.
299
00:16:53,446 --> 00:16:54,812
Late in '41,
300
00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:57,178
Caleb Ill was commissioned
lieutenant in the Air Corps
301
00:16:57,316 --> 00:16:59,683
and sent to a base near
Charleston, South Carolina.
302
00:16:59,819 --> 00:17:02,653
A few days before he was to fly
overseas, Maureen joined him.
303
00:17:02,788 --> 00:17:04,086
According to her,
304
00:17:04,223 --> 00:17:06,435
they were married the night
before he took off on a plane
305
00:17:06,459 --> 00:17:08,139
that went down
somewhere over the Atlantic.
306
00:17:08,961 --> 00:17:11,658
Why do you say,
"according to her," Paul?
307
00:17:11,797 --> 00:17:13,356
Wasn't there a
marriage certificate?
308
00:17:13,499 --> 00:17:14,933
There was, which made her
309
00:17:15,067 --> 00:17:17,434
and the baby that followed
and was named Caleb IV
310
00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,038
members of the family.
311
00:17:19,171 --> 00:17:21,402
Until 1946, when
the roof fell in.
312
00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:22,634
The roof fell in?
313
00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:23,868
How?
314
00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:25,171
Through an investigation
315
00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:27,644
started by old patent
medicine king Caleb himself,
316
00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:29,305
and a crotchety old goat of 80,
317
00:17:29,448 --> 00:17:32,077
which proved that their
certificate was a forgery.
318
00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:33,413
Well, what happened then?
319
00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:35,351
A real beaut of a court battle.
320
00:17:35,488 --> 00:17:37,047
It all added up
with a little boy,
321
00:17:37,189 --> 00:17:39,124
nicknamed the Patent
Medicine Baby by the press,
322
00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:40,378
being declared illegitimate.
323
00:17:40,493 --> 00:17:42,928
Poor little fella... It
was none of his doing.
324
00:17:44,597 --> 00:17:45,963
Yes, Gertie?
325
00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:48,624
Mother and child were
allowed to leave the state.
326
00:17:48,768 --> 00:17:50,430
She died in
Charleston a year later,
327
00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:51,610
back where it all started.
328
00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:53,706
Miss Stone's back.
329
00:17:55,107 --> 00:17:56,302
Have her come in.
330
00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:59,503
The boy was put into a
Catholic institution there.
331
00:17:59,645 --> 00:18:00,977
Quite a change...
332
00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:03,241
Heir to millions, then
a penniless orphan.
333
00:18:04,717 --> 00:18:07,084
Mr. Mason, I want something done
334
00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:09,415
without an argument,
done at once.
335
00:18:09,555 --> 00:18:12,582
I want my will changed
so that my money goes
336
00:18:12,725 --> 00:18:14,318
to a young man
named John Brooks.
337
00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:26,532
Good evening, sir.
338
00:18:28,374 --> 00:18:30,775
I'll tell Miss Sophia and
Miss Nineveh you're here, sir.
339
00:18:30,910 --> 00:18:32,902
Thank you.
340
00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:38,577
Mr. Mason.
341
00:18:38,718 --> 00:18:40,550
I'm Irene Stone.
342
00:18:40,686 --> 00:18:42,154
Yes, I know your husband.
343
00:18:42,288 --> 00:18:43,984
Who's on his way
from the airport now
344
00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:46,752
with Wayne
Jameson, his attorney.
345
00:18:46,892 --> 00:18:49,293
Mr. Mason, are you
actually drawing up
346
00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:51,624
new wills for the two sisters?
347
00:18:51,764 --> 00:18:53,198
Did they tell you I was?
348
00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:54,925
Yes, and how can you?
349
00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:56,899
Mr. Jameson says
there's no possible doubt
350
00:18:57,036 --> 00:18:58,156
that they're being deceived.
351
00:18:58,237 --> 00:19:00,001
They don't seem to think so.
352
00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:01,368
Don't you?
353
00:19:01,507 --> 00:19:03,874
Wayne says, if this
man were honest,
354
00:19:04,010 --> 00:19:05,979
is really Caleb, he'd say so.
355
00:19:07,747 --> 00:19:10,478
Evidently, all you're
interested in is your fee.
356
00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:12,380
Well, there won't
be one, Mr. Mason.
357
00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:15,113
- No?
- No.
358
00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:16,517
Because, for one thing,
359
00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:19,455
Ernest isn't a doddering
sentimental old lady.
360
00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:22,721
And for another, he
knew the little boy, too,
361
00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:25,559
and no act or
fancied resemblance
362
00:19:25,698 --> 00:19:27,257
is going to fool him.
363
00:19:33,639 --> 00:19:35,699
You must be the lawyer.
364
00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:39,476
Care for some sherry?
365
00:19:39,612 --> 00:19:41,604
Not right now, thank
you, Mr. Brooks.
366
00:19:42,882 --> 00:19:45,545
I suppose you've come
to deliver a warning.
367
00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:48,883
"Clear out, young man,
before you land in jail."
368
00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,421
Well, why should I?
369
00:19:50,556 --> 00:19:52,821
I haven't done anything
wrong, and I don't intend to.
370
00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:56,492
Do you feel that
making two elderly ladies
371
00:19:56,629 --> 00:19:59,098
believe you are somebody
you're not isn't doing wrong?
372
00:19:59,231 --> 00:20:00,631
You've got it just backwards.
373
00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:03,531
They're making me
into something I'm not.
374
00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:07,973
And I'm beginning to believe
it's not such a bad idea.
375
00:20:08,107 --> 00:20:12,135
Oh, it's a fine idea,
providing it doesn't backfire.
376
00:20:12,278 --> 00:20:15,806
Tell me, how did you
win over Miss Sophia?
377
00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:20,148
Once, to amuse little Caleb,
378
00:20:20,286 --> 00:20:23,017
she taught him to dial the safe.
379
00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:25,590
It was a secret between them.
380
00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:29,662
And when she came in and
found me opening it this morning,
381
00:20:29,795 --> 00:20:33,027
she was won over, as you put it.
382
00:20:33,165 --> 00:20:35,725
Either you're the
most brazen scoundrel
383
00:20:35,868 --> 00:20:37,097
I ever encountered or...
384
00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:38,727
Or what, Mr. Mason?
385
00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:45,477
Could it be that I'm
about to win you over, too?
386
00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:47,273
Oh, there you both are.
387
00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:49,882
You've the documents, Mr. Mason?
388
00:20:50,015 --> 00:20:52,348
Only the preliminary
drafts, Miss Sophia.
389
00:20:52,485 --> 00:20:54,454
There are a number of
details to be worked out.
390
00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:58,581
Oh, and we so hoped it
would be all settled tonight.
391
00:20:58,724 --> 00:21:00,090
Yes, tonight.
392
00:21:00,226 --> 00:21:02,127
Why are you both in such a rush?
393
00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:04,287
Wouldn't you be in
a rush, Mr. Mason,
394
00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:07,195
if, after 15 long years,
395
00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:09,893
you had a chance to
cleanse yourself of guilt?
396
00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:11,995
Guilt?
397
00:21:12,138 --> 00:21:14,471
Yes, guilt.
398
00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:18,169
We want you to hear this,
too, dear, so please stay.
399
00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:22,077
We both loved little
Caleb, loved him very much.
400
00:21:22,214 --> 00:21:23,807
But after the trial,
401
00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:25,815
we let him be cast out.
402
00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:28,443
Because we hadn't the
courage to defy Father.
403
00:21:28,587 --> 00:21:32,354
And it was only after he
died, when Caleb was 17...
404
00:21:32,491 --> 00:21:34,426
That we tried to find him.
405
00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,688
And by then, he'd vanished.
406
00:21:36,829 --> 00:21:40,596
Now you understand why
we're in a rush, Mr. Mason?
407
00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:42,932
Yes.
408
00:21:43,068 --> 00:21:45,765
But Mr. Brooks
maintains he isn't Caleb.
409
00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:48,204
Now, suppose this
were definitely proven.
410
00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:52,374
But we happen to
know he is Caleb.
411
00:21:52,511 --> 00:21:56,039
So, how could it be proven?
412
00:21:57,416 --> 00:21:58,975
They're in the library.
413
00:21:59,118 --> 00:22:02,748
Ernest, at last.
414
00:22:02,888 --> 00:22:04,550
Aunt Sophia, Aunt...
415
00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:06,921
Ernest, this is Mr. Brooks.
416
00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:08,823
The Mr. Brooks.
417
00:22:11,897 --> 00:22:13,991
I suppose you're
a little big now
418
00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:16,762
for that Shetland pony
with the spotted left foreleg.
419
00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:21,531
Spotted right
foreleg, Mr. Stone.
420
00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:23,643
Yes.
421
00:22:23,776 --> 00:22:25,642
So it was.
422
00:22:27,613 --> 00:22:31,143
And so it was... Caleb.
423
00:22:34,386 --> 00:22:36,685
Even if he is Caleb,
which I still doubt,
424
00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:39,656
you could have kept
your big mouth shut.
425
00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:41,784
Now nothing... but nothing...
426
00:22:41,927 --> 00:22:44,294
Can stop those
two crazy old ladies
427
00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:47,423
from willing him every penny
they possess in the world.
428
00:22:47,566 --> 00:22:49,330
And what pennies.
429
00:22:49,468 --> 00:22:51,528
Two-thirds of the Stone estate,
430
00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:54,105
millions that should be ours.
431
00:22:55,975 --> 00:22:58,706
Why can't we fight him on the
grounds that he's illegitimate?
432
00:22:58,844 --> 00:23:01,006
We're not fighting him
on any grounds, darling.
433
00:23:01,146 --> 00:23:03,274
On the fringe of bankruptcy,
434
00:23:03,415 --> 00:23:04,883
living from hand to mouth.
435
00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:06,576
Every dollar you've
inherited, gone,
436
00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:09,018
and most of my money, too.
437
00:23:09,154 --> 00:23:11,282
And you won't fight.
438
00:23:11,423 --> 00:23:13,892
Irene, you're a
very lovely woman
439
00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:16,723
with, uh, just one fault.
440
00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:19,127
You never seem to know
when to mind your own business.
441
00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:21,928
How can you sit there smirking
442
00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:24,502
when you've just
lost yourself not one,
443
00:23:24,637 --> 00:23:26,538
but two inheritances?
444
00:23:26,672 --> 00:23:28,163
I'll let you in on
a little secret:
445
00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:29,832
I haven't lost a thing.
446
00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:32,877
My two esteemed aunts
drew up wills years ago,
447
00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:35,572
leaving everything to charity.
448
00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:39,116
Then, all this time, you've
been lying to me about inheriting.
449
00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:42,551
How else could I have kept
you from leaving me, darling?
450
00:23:53,499 --> 00:23:55,866
Beginning to be afraid you
might have missed the plane.
451
00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:58,664
Well, it was only by the
skin of my teeth I didn't.
452
00:23:58,804 --> 00:24:01,000
You, uh, had some luck, then?
453
00:24:01,140 --> 00:24:03,268
Yeah, but mostly bad.
454
00:24:03,409 --> 00:24:05,435
In the first place,
there's no possible way
455
00:24:05,577 --> 00:24:07,055
of checking the
Shanghai death records
456
00:24:07,079 --> 00:24:09,378
short of sending a spy
behind the Bamboo Curtain,
457
00:24:09,515 --> 00:24:11,814
which is one assignment
I'd just as soon pass up.
458
00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:13,544
What about the
Canadian freighter
459
00:24:13,686 --> 00:24:15,814
that Brooks said he and
Caleb were on at the time?
460
00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:17,924
Well, I ran that one down.
461
00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:19,889
The Saskatchewan Queen.
462
00:24:20,025 --> 00:24:22,119
Company headquarters
in Vancouver have
463
00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:24,730
a John Brooks and a Caleb
Stone listed as crew members
464
00:24:24,863 --> 00:24:27,128
on a Red China trip in 1959,
465
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:29,701
with a notation that they
both jumped ship in Shanghai.
466
00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:32,805
Well, at least part of
Brooks' story is true.
467
00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:34,770
Only, which one died there?
468
00:24:34,907 --> 00:24:36,918
Well, actually, Perry, what
difference does it make?
469
00:24:36,942 --> 00:24:38,467
Well, if the young man's Caleb,
470
00:24:38,610 --> 00:24:41,478
he can wait indefinitely
for his great-aunt's money.
471
00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:44,173
But if he's John Brooks
making them think he's Caleb,
472
00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:46,945
he may decide before
somebody proves he isn't
473
00:24:47,086 --> 00:24:48,486
to hurry things up.
474
00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:50,612
You mean, for
Nineveh and Sophia,
475
00:24:50,756 --> 00:24:53,055
a bathtub accident,
a fall down stairs?
476
00:24:53,192 --> 00:24:54,854
You actually think
that's a possibility?
477
00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:56,292
Yes.
478
00:24:56,428 --> 00:24:57,706
Otherwise, I
wouldn't have called
479
00:24:57,730 --> 00:24:59,007
Lieutenant Anderson at Homicide,
480
00:24:59,031 --> 00:25:01,091
nor would I have paid
for two round-trip tickets
481
00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:03,202
to Charleston, South Carolina.
482
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:04,769
Yeah, first class, too.
483
00:25:04,903 --> 00:25:06,565
You must be worried.
484
00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:22,678
♪♪
485
00:25:39,138 --> 00:25:40,299
Sister Theresa?
486
00:25:40,439 --> 00:25:41,668
Yes?
487
00:25:41,807 --> 00:25:44,436
Two gentlemen who say they
have an appointment to see you.
488
00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:46,841
They say they talked
to you on the telephone?
489
00:25:46,979 --> 00:25:48,106
Yes, of course.
490
00:25:48,247 --> 00:25:49,909
Show them in, please.
491
00:25:57,156 --> 00:25:58,522
Mr. Mason?
492
00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:00,091
Yes. This is Mr. Paul Drake.
493
00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:01,955
- How do you do?
- I'm Sister Theresa.
494
00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:03,426
Won't you sit down, please?
495
00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:05,428
Thank you.
496
00:26:09,668 --> 00:26:12,103
I have the two
boys' records here.
497
00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:13,569
What did you want to know?
498
00:26:13,705 --> 00:26:15,970
Well, everything
you can tell us, Sister.
499
00:26:16,108 --> 00:26:18,543
Uh, were you able to
find any photographs?
500
00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:21,442
We don't do much
photography, Mr. Mason.
501
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:22,900
We feel, while
they boys are here,
502
00:26:23,015 --> 00:26:24,415
they're entitled to privacy.
503
00:26:24,550 --> 00:26:27,714
Perhaps you feel our coming
here is an invasion of privacy.
504
00:26:27,853 --> 00:26:30,288
No, in view of what you've
told me, I believe I'm justified
505
00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:32,414
in giving you what
information I can.
506
00:26:33,892 --> 00:26:38,861
John Brooks,
admitted July 23, 1942.
507
00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:42,399
Doorstep baby,
approximately five days old.
508
00:26:42,534 --> 00:26:43,534
Parents unknown.
509
00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:44,967
Where'd he get his name?
510
00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:48,563
John? From Father John,
who taught the boys carpentry,
511
00:26:48,707 --> 00:26:51,472
and, uh, Brooks from
an English poet, I believe.
512
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,135
As for Caleb, he already
513
00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:55,406
had a name when his
mother left him here
514
00:26:55,547 --> 00:26:57,675
a few weeks before she died.
515
00:26:57,816 --> 00:27:03,984
Admitted December
3, 1948, age six.
516
00:27:05,791 --> 00:27:06,952
Two of my favorites.
517
00:27:07,092 --> 00:27:08,822
Why did they run away?
518
00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:11,226
Because of something cruel
519
00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:15,130
and completely unnecessary
that happened to Caleb.
520
00:27:15,267 --> 00:27:17,133
A newspaper story entitled
521
00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:19,932
"What Became of the
Patent Medicine Baby?"
522
00:27:20,072 --> 00:27:22,064
Locating him here,
523
00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:25,439
and providing a lurid
rehash of the whole case.
524
00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:27,944
And his friend, John Brooks,
vanished at the same time?
525
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,175
But they didn't quite
vanish, Mr. Drake.
526
00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:32,909
Christmas cards
from both the boys.
527
00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:36,983
'58, '59, Liverpool, Vancouver.
528
00:27:37,122 --> 00:27:39,148
And then from John Brooks alone,
529
00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:42,022
Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Bombay.
530
00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:44,653
The other man who
was asking about them
531
00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:46,662
said it was obvious
they'd become sailors.
532
00:27:46,798 --> 00:27:48,198
Other man?
533
00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:49,801
When was this?
534
00:27:49,935 --> 00:27:52,063
Several months ago.
535
00:27:52,204 --> 00:27:53,695
He said he was a
private detective,
536
00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,603
tracing Caleb for
some relatives.
537
00:27:56,942 --> 00:27:58,982
Do you think they could've
been the two great-aunts?
538
00:27:59,111 --> 00:28:01,012
No, I don't think so.
539
00:28:01,146 --> 00:28:03,672
Um, what was the man's name?
540
00:28:03,815 --> 00:28:05,511
Oh, I don't recall
that he told me.
541
00:28:05,651 --> 00:28:07,347
Can you describe him, Sister?
542
00:28:07,486 --> 00:28:09,819
Well-dressed, well-spoken.
543
00:28:09,955 --> 00:28:12,151
I don't suppose you can
recognize him from that.
544
00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:14,556
No, but we'd like to see
545
00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:16,559
if you recognize the
man in this photograph.
546
00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:17,822
Paul?
547
00:28:17,963 --> 00:28:19,556
It was taken with
a telephoto lens,
548
00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:22,190
but it's still a good likeness.
549
00:28:22,334 --> 00:28:25,827
My, how he's grown.
550
00:28:25,971 --> 00:28:27,735
John Brooks, Sister?
551
00:28:27,873 --> 00:28:29,933
Or Caleb Stone?
552
00:28:32,244 --> 00:28:35,237
You say believing this boy
is their own flesh and blood
553
00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:37,246
has made the great-aunts happy?
554
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:38,611
Yes.
555
00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:41,379
Then let them continue
to believe, Mr. Mason.
556
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,512
Let them.
557
00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:48,951
Caleb. Oh, I'm sorry, dear.
558
00:28:49,094 --> 00:28:50,289
I meant John.
559
00:28:50,429 --> 00:28:53,593
We thought, if you're
going to read late,
560
00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:56,258
perhaps you'd like
some sandwiches.
561
00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:58,427
- And...
- No, now, let me tell him.
562
00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:01,938
You spoke at lunch of
an English ale you liked,
563
00:29:02,074 --> 00:29:04,043
so we ordered some.
564
00:29:04,176 --> 00:29:06,577
Is there anything
else you'd like?
565
00:29:06,712 --> 00:29:09,580
No. You've done
far too much already.
566
00:29:09,715 --> 00:29:11,547
Don't read too late, dear.
567
00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:15,279
Remember, we're car
shopping in the morning.
568
00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:19,084
I've decided I don't
really need a car.
569
00:29:19,224 --> 00:29:22,422
If you're worried about
the expense, it's nothing.
570
00:29:22,561 --> 00:29:26,498
Compared to our joy of
having you here with us.
571
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,260
- Good night.
- Good night, dear.
572
00:29:30,402 --> 00:29:32,371
Miss Sophia, Miss Nineveh.
573
00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:36,104
There's something
I... Yes, dear?
574
00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:38,233
Good night.
575
00:30:03,035 --> 00:30:04,663
Hello?
576
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:07,170
Yes, he's here.
577
00:30:07,306 --> 00:30:09,537
Just a minute.
578
00:30:09,675 --> 00:30:11,473
It's for you, Ernest.
579
00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:17,313
Yes?
580
00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:21,284
Can it wait till morning?
581
00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:22,945
You're what?
582
00:30:23,088 --> 00:30:24,681
Oh, no, you're not.
583
00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:26,689
I'll be right over.
584
00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:29,226
A friend, in trouble.
585
00:30:29,361 --> 00:30:31,330
I'm afraid our game
is over, Wayne.
586
00:30:31,463 --> 00:30:33,329
Unless you want
to play with Irene.
587
00:30:33,465 --> 00:30:35,991
A tempting offer, but I
think I'd better buzz off...
588
00:30:36,134 --> 00:30:37,864
after I've finished my drink.
589
00:30:38,003 --> 00:30:39,995
Well, I'll see you tomorrow.
590
00:30:42,274 --> 00:30:44,175
Oh, uh, don't wait up for me.
591
00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:45,429
This may take a little time.
592
00:30:45,544 --> 00:30:46,773
All right, darling.
593
00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:54,252
Wayne, that was John Brooks.
594
00:30:54,386 --> 00:30:56,378
Brooks?
595
00:30:58,357 --> 00:31:00,087
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
596
00:31:00,225 --> 00:31:04,162
And I'm also sure there's
something strange going on.
597
00:31:04,296 --> 00:31:07,460
I saw them talking
yesterday in Ernest's car,
598
00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:08,862
and now this.
599
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,401
Maybe they just took
a liking to each other.
600
00:31:11,536 --> 00:31:13,095
It didn't sound that way.
601
00:31:13,238 --> 00:31:14,934
No, it didn't.
602
00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:18,105
Aren't you going
to finish your drink?
603
00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:20,610
Drink? Oh, no, I've had enough.
604
00:31:20,746 --> 00:31:23,477
I'll see what I can dig
out of Ernest tomorrow.
605
00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:25,516
You'll call me?
606
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:29,986
Don't I always?
607
00:31:56,681 --> 00:31:58,673
♪♪
608
00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:16,231
Oh, Mr. Ernest.
609
00:32:16,368 --> 00:32:18,462
Where is he?
610
00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:25,869
Mr. Brooks?
611
00:32:28,046 --> 00:32:29,412
He was here.
612
00:32:29,548 --> 00:32:31,244
I'll find him.
613
00:32:59,611 --> 00:33:01,512
Close the doors, Brooks.
614
00:33:04,749 --> 00:33:07,446
Now, what's all this
nonsense about pulling out?
615
00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:09,111
It isn't nonsense, Mr. Stone.
616
00:33:09,254 --> 00:33:11,951
I am pulling out tonight.
617
00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:13,581
Unless you get a bigger cut.
618
00:33:13,725 --> 00:33:14,988
That's the next step, isn't it?
619
00:33:15,126 --> 00:33:16,958
No, sir, I want out, period.
620
00:33:18,797 --> 00:33:20,857
You mean that seriously?
621
00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:22,297
But why?
622
00:33:22,434 --> 00:33:25,199
You thought it was a great
idea when I first got hold of you.
623
00:33:25,337 --> 00:33:27,738
That was before I found out
a few things about your aunts,
624
00:33:27,873 --> 00:33:29,865
and about you, Mr. Stone.
625
00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:32,307
A police lieutenant by
the name of Anderson
626
00:33:32,444 --> 00:33:33,969
was here this afternoon,
627
00:33:34,112 --> 00:33:36,240
and he intimated
he'd be very unhappy
628
00:33:36,381 --> 00:33:39,249
if anything should happen to
Miss Sophia or Miss Nineveh.
629
00:33:39,384 --> 00:33:40,249
So what?
630
00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:41,585
You're not going to harm them.
631
00:33:41,653 --> 00:33:42,746
After they sign the wills,
632
00:33:42,888 --> 00:33:45,016
all you have to do is
just sit around and wait.
633
00:33:45,156 --> 00:33:46,852
Yes, but the question is:
634
00:33:46,992 --> 00:33:49,427
Will you just sit
around and wait?
635
00:33:49,561 --> 00:33:51,257
You think I might do
something to them,
636
00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:52,989
my own flesh and blood?
637
00:33:53,131 --> 00:33:55,498
Didn't you do something
to your own flesh and blood
638
00:33:55,634 --> 00:33:56,727
just 15 years ago?
639
00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:59,531
To little Caleb
and to his mother?
640
00:33:59,671 --> 00:34:01,264
What are you talking about?
641
00:34:01,406 --> 00:34:03,637
One of the things I learned
from Leonard, the houseman.
642
00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:05,052
He believes you were responsible
643
00:34:05,076 --> 00:34:06,772
for what happened to them.
644
00:34:06,912 --> 00:34:08,244
He's insane.
645
00:34:08,380 --> 00:34:09,712
Is he?
646
00:34:12,751 --> 00:34:14,117
After he talked to me,
647
00:34:14,252 --> 00:34:16,153
I went through old
Mr. Stone's papers
648
00:34:16,288 --> 00:34:17,483
and I found this.
649
00:34:17,622 --> 00:34:19,420
A report that you sent him
650
00:34:19,558 --> 00:34:22,187
in 1946 from South Carolina.
651
00:34:22,327 --> 00:34:24,660
No record of marriage
between Caleb Stone Ill
652
00:34:24,796 --> 00:34:26,059
and Maureen Kelly
653
00:34:26,197 --> 00:34:27,722
in the Bureau
of Vital Statistics.
654
00:34:27,866 --> 00:34:30,461
No memory on the part of
the alleged justice of the peace
655
00:34:30,602 --> 00:34:32,867
and the witnesses of
ceremony performed.
656
00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:34,849
And an affidavit declaring
the marriage certificate
657
00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:36,136
to be a forgery.
658
00:34:36,274 --> 00:34:39,244
How much did all
that cost, Mr. Stone?
659
00:34:40,512 --> 00:34:43,539
Plenty, if you must
know, but try and prove it.
660
00:34:43,682 --> 00:34:45,082
Anyway, what do you care?
661
00:34:45,216 --> 00:34:46,741
Your friend Caleb's dead.
662
00:34:46,885 --> 00:34:49,445
I care about what happens to
your aunts, even if you don't.
663
00:34:49,588 --> 00:34:50,749
So I'm leaving,
664
00:34:50,889 --> 00:34:52,529
and tomorrow, I'm
writing everything down,
665
00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:54,219
and I'm giving it to someone,
666
00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:57,796
in case you get any
more ideas, Mr. Stone.
667
00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:58,953
Just a second.
668
00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:00,377
Aren't you forgetting something?
669
00:35:00,432 --> 00:35:02,352
That agreement you
signed could land you in jail.
670
00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:03,902
And you, too.
671
00:35:04,970 --> 00:35:06,962
All right, then a
bigger cut... 60-40.
672
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:08,437
50-50!
673
00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,098
Get out of my way, Mr. Stone.
674
00:35:10,241 --> 00:35:12,540
No, you're staying if I've
got to knock your head off!
675
00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:25,046
Are you all right, Mr. Stone?
676
00:35:27,225 --> 00:35:28,989
I guess I...
677
00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:51,583
What in the world
are you doing, dear?
678
00:35:51,716 --> 00:35:53,184
I'm leaving, Miss Nineveh.
679
00:35:53,318 --> 00:35:54,877
It's an emergency.
680
00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:57,546
But don't worry...
I'll keep in touch.
681
00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:01,888
Ernest is making
you leave, isn't he?
682
00:36:02,027 --> 00:36:03,154
I heard you quarreling.
683
00:36:03,294 --> 00:36:05,286
Well, he can't.
684
00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:08,332
I'll not let him.
685
00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:20,510
Dear.
686
00:36:20,645 --> 00:36:21,908
It's all right.
687
00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:24,278
You don't have to go.
688
00:36:25,984 --> 00:36:28,977
Ernest is dead.
689
00:36:37,629 --> 00:36:38,790
Body found in the library,
690
00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:40,364
shotgun apparently
used as a club,
691
00:36:40,498 --> 00:36:42,433
John Brooks held,
first-degree murder.
692
00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:44,468
Well, you sure were
right in your forebodings,
693
00:36:44,602 --> 00:36:45,934
only you got the wrong victim.
694
00:36:46,071 --> 00:36:48,063
I most certainly did.
695
00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:50,573
Ernest Stone must
have gotten proof
696
00:36:50,709 --> 00:36:54,009
that Brooks wasn't Caleb
and confronted him with it.
697
00:36:54,145 --> 00:36:56,239
- Mr. Mason!
- You must help Caleb.
698
00:36:56,381 --> 00:36:58,373
- He didn't kill Ernest.
- I did.
699
00:36:58,516 --> 00:37:00,678
No, dear, I did.
700
00:37:00,819 --> 00:37:04,187
Well, one of us did,
so you must help him.
701
00:37:06,291 --> 00:37:09,159
Gradually, I realized
what a cruel thing
702
00:37:09,294 --> 00:37:12,924
it was to do to two
such nice old ladies.
703
00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:15,033
But then, when
Mr. Stone first came to me,
704
00:37:15,166 --> 00:37:18,432
all I could think
about was the money.
705
00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:20,232
Then this remembering things
706
00:37:20,371 --> 00:37:23,273
that seemingly only Caleb
could have remembered
707
00:37:23,408 --> 00:37:25,400
was the result of his coaching?
708
00:37:26,578 --> 00:37:27,807
Except for a few things
709
00:37:27,946 --> 00:37:30,711
that Caleb told me
when we were kids.
710
00:37:30,849 --> 00:37:34,149
Why are they charging me with
first-degree murder, Mr. Mason?
711
00:37:34,285 --> 00:37:36,049
I didn't kill him intentionally.
712
00:37:36,187 --> 00:37:38,122
The State is going to
contend that you killed him
713
00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:39,747
to keep the money for yourself.
714
00:37:39,891 --> 00:37:41,018
It may even suggest that you
715
00:37:41,159 --> 00:37:43,185
killed Caleb to
initiate the plot.
716
00:37:43,328 --> 00:37:44,796
But Caleb isn't dead.
717
00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:46,659
I can call him and prove he...
718
00:37:46,798 --> 00:37:48,494
Call him where, John?
719
00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:50,465
Where?
720
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:52,867
I don't want to
involve him in this.
721
00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:54,370
Finding him will only bring
722
00:37:54,506 --> 00:37:56,475
all that Patent
Medicine Baby stuff
723
00:37:56,608 --> 00:37:57,735
down on him again.
724
00:37:57,876 --> 00:37:59,936
But he is alive?
725
00:38:00,078 --> 00:38:03,515
No, Mr. Mason, not
as far as I'm concerned.
726
00:38:03,648 --> 00:38:05,514
All right, then.
727
00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:07,676
We'll see you in court.
728
00:38:17,262 --> 00:38:20,494
Paul, I'd like you
to call Caleb Stone.
729
00:38:20,632 --> 00:38:22,260
Call Caleb Stone? Where?
730
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:23,993
Try Information.
731
00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:25,967
New York City first.
732
00:38:26,104 --> 00:38:28,539
It may take a little time.
733
00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:30,164
A little time.
734
00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:32,108
Death resulted from a
massive brain hemorrhage
735
00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:34,941
caused by a violent blow
on the base of his skull.
736
00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:36,604
From my examination
of the wound,
737
00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:40,207
I'd say the blow was delivered
by a cylindrical metal object.
738
00:38:40,351 --> 00:38:41,410
A metal object...
739
00:38:41,553 --> 00:38:43,197
Mr. Mason, the shotgun
hit him on the temple,
740
00:38:43,221 --> 00:38:44,382
not on the back of the head.
741
00:38:44,522 --> 00:38:45,683
Yes, quite possibly.
742
00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:46,824
Thank you, sir.
743
00:38:46,958 --> 00:38:48,324
Mr. Mason?
744
00:38:48,459 --> 00:38:51,691
Uh, Doctor, did your
examination disclose evidence
745
00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:53,059
of any other blows?
746
00:38:53,198 --> 00:38:55,258
Well, a minor contusion
on the left temple,
747
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:56,493
but there was no fracture.
748
00:38:56,634 --> 00:38:58,068
I see.
749
00:38:58,203 --> 00:39:00,263
Now, as to the fatal blow,
750
00:39:00,405 --> 00:39:04,172
could a cylindrical metal
object, such as a shotgun,
751
00:39:04,309 --> 00:39:06,369
have been wielded
with sufficient force
752
00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:08,207
by a woman to have caused death?
753
00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:09,644
Yes, most certainly.
754
00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:11,409
Thank you,
Doctor. That'll be all.
755
00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:13,814
Witness may stand down.
756
00:39:13,952 --> 00:39:15,420
Now, Lieutenant,
what did you find,
757
00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:17,522
in addition to the
body and the shotgun,
758
00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:18,655
there in the library?
759
00:39:18,723 --> 00:39:19,816
An open wall safe,
760
00:39:19,958 --> 00:39:22,928
a partially filled glass
of sherry on a table,
761
00:39:23,061 --> 00:39:24,757
and then on the body itself,
762
00:39:24,896 --> 00:39:26,865
folded up in the
wallet of the decedent,
763
00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:29,194
we found that piece of
paper, uh, that document.
764
00:39:29,334 --> 00:39:31,633
Would you read this
document aloud for us, please?
765
00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:35,765
"July 15, 1963.
766
00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:37,933
"I, John Brooks, hereby
767
00:39:38,076 --> 00:39:40,409
"promise that whatever
property and sums of money
768
00:39:40,545 --> 00:39:42,912
"I inherit from Sophia Stone
769
00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:47,417
"or Nineveh Stone, or both, I
will divide with Ernest Stone
770
00:39:47,552 --> 00:39:51,284
on a ratio of 80% for
him and 20% for me."
771
00:39:51,422 --> 00:39:54,688
It's signed, "John Brooks."
772
00:39:54,826 --> 00:39:56,727
Indianapolis Information?
773
00:39:56,861 --> 00:40:00,957
Uh, I'd like the telephone
number of Caleb Stone, please.
774
00:40:01,099 --> 00:40:03,933
No, I don't know the address.
775
00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:05,764
No Caleb Stone?
776
00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:07,133
Thank you very much.
777
00:40:07,272 --> 00:40:08,467
No luck?
778
00:40:08,606 --> 00:40:11,075
Nope. Uh, I'll shuffle
off to Buffalo next,
779
00:40:11,209 --> 00:40:12,472
and you try Salt Lake City.
780
00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:13,839
Code number's 801.
781
00:40:13,978 --> 00:40:17,005
Yes, I'm positive it was
John Brooks who telephoned.
782
00:40:17,148 --> 00:40:20,880
And what did your husband
say to him, Mrs. Stone?
783
00:40:21,019 --> 00:40:25,047
Well, something like, uh,
"Can't it wait until tomorrow?"
784
00:40:25,189 --> 00:40:27,715
And then, "Oh, no, you're not.
785
00:40:27,859 --> 00:40:29,122
I'll be right over."
786
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:33,561
And then he hung up and
said for me not to wait up,
787
00:40:33,698 --> 00:40:35,792
and then he left.
788
00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:37,562
And never came back.
789
00:40:37,702 --> 00:40:38,965
Mrs. Stone told me who it was,
790
00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:41,129
and it was just enough
of a mystery to cause me
791
00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:42,934
to drive home by way
of the Stone mansion.
792
00:40:43,074 --> 00:40:44,235
And what did you see there?
793
00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:48,206
Ernest, Mr. Stone,
going into the house.
794
00:40:48,346 --> 00:40:52,408
I said, "Ernest, are you dead?"
795
00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:54,212
And when he didn't answer,
796
00:40:54,352 --> 00:40:56,787
I ran out and told
Caleb the good news.
797
00:40:56,921 --> 00:40:59,186
The good news, Miss Stone?
798
00:40:59,324 --> 00:41:02,783
It meant that Caleb could stay.
799
00:41:02,927 --> 00:41:04,919
Mr. Mason?
800
00:41:06,998 --> 00:41:10,196
Just one question, Miss Stone.
801
00:41:10,335 --> 00:41:12,270
Did you kill Ernest?
802
00:41:12,403 --> 00:41:14,235
Yes, I did.
803
00:41:16,607 --> 00:41:18,405
Thank you.
804
00:41:18,543 --> 00:41:20,637
Miss Stone, upon being told
805
00:41:20,778 --> 00:41:22,770
of her legal and
moral obligation
806
00:41:22,914 --> 00:41:24,815
to testify truthfully,
807
00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:27,646
your sister retracted
her statement.
808
00:41:27,785 --> 00:41:30,983
Now, you must
tell the truth, too.
809
00:41:31,122 --> 00:41:34,058
All right.
810
00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:36,388
I didn't kill Ernest, either.
811
00:41:36,527 --> 00:41:38,120
But neither did Caleb.
812
00:41:38,262 --> 00:41:42,358
Miss Stone, do you mean
that, in spite of the agreement
813
00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:44,196
that was read
here in this court,
814
00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:46,998
you still believe John
Brooks to be your nephew?
815
00:41:47,138 --> 00:41:49,130
Of course.
816
00:41:49,273 --> 00:41:51,265
And so does Nineveh.
817
00:41:55,646 --> 00:41:57,046
When did you tell John Brooks
818
00:41:57,181 --> 00:41:59,241
that Ernest Stone
was responsible
819
00:41:59,384 --> 00:42:01,410
for ruining
Maureen Kelly's life?
820
00:42:01,552 --> 00:42:03,748
The afternoon of the murder.
821
00:42:03,888 --> 00:42:06,517
You had proof of this?
822
00:42:06,657 --> 00:42:09,286
Knowing Maureen
was proof enough.
823
00:42:09,427 --> 00:42:11,862
She was a sweet, truthful girl,
824
00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:14,830
incapable of deceiving anyone.
825
00:42:14,966 --> 00:42:18,698
What made you select Ernest
as the villain of the piece?
826
00:42:18,836 --> 00:42:21,601
He was the only one
who stood to gain.
827
00:42:21,739 --> 00:42:25,403
Why did you tell all
this to John Brooks?
828
00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:28,843
Was it because you also
believed he was Caleb?
829
00:42:30,882 --> 00:42:32,817
Yes, Mr. Mason.
830
00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:36,819
I did believe, and I still
do believe he's Caleb,
831
00:42:36,954 --> 00:42:39,890
come back to avenge his mother,
832
00:42:40,024 --> 00:42:42,516
which he did.
833
00:42:44,128 --> 00:42:47,155
I know, operator, but
please keep on ringing.
834
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,533
Perry, we finally
found Caleb Stone.
835
00:42:51,669 --> 00:42:53,103
In Albany, New York.
836
00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:54,535
How on Earth did you find...?
837
00:42:54,672 --> 00:42:56,504
I finally got an answer
from South Carolina.
838
00:42:56,641 --> 00:42:57,734
What did Stone say?
839
00:42:57,875 --> 00:42:59,605
Well, he said to call him back,
840
00:42:59,744 --> 00:43:02,304
and he'd let me know what
plane he was going to catch.
841
00:43:02,447 --> 00:43:04,313
But it, uh, sounds
like he didn't wait.
842
00:43:04,449 --> 00:43:05,769
He was willing to
help us, though?
843
00:43:05,850 --> 00:43:07,361
He was bowled over
by Brooks's trouble,
844
00:43:07,385 --> 00:43:09,616
which he hadn't read about,
and said he'd fly out here
845
00:43:09,754 --> 00:43:11,780
before I even had a
chance to ask him to.
846
00:43:11,923 --> 00:43:13,915
Find out what plane
he takes out of Albany,
847
00:43:14,058 --> 00:43:16,070
then what connecting plane
he catches for Los Angeles,
848
00:43:16,094 --> 00:43:17,289
and meet him at the airport.
849
00:43:17,428 --> 00:43:18,672
That'll probably be
tomorrow morning.
850
00:43:18,696 --> 00:43:20,240
Well, bring him straight
to court if you have to.
851
00:43:20,264 --> 00:43:22,199
Will do.
852
00:43:22,333 --> 00:43:24,029
Della?
853
00:43:25,803 --> 00:43:27,533
I think we may
have a few rabbits
854
00:43:27,672 --> 00:43:29,698
to pull out of a hat
in court tomorrow.
855
00:43:29,841 --> 00:43:32,140
Gentlemen, before we
begin, I'd like to remind you,
856
00:43:32,276 --> 00:43:35,678
this is a homicide hearing,
rather than a genealogical one,
857
00:43:35,813 --> 00:43:38,214
fascinating as that
aspect of the case may be.
858
00:43:38,349 --> 00:43:41,012
The State agrees
completely, Your Honor.
859
00:43:41,152 --> 00:43:43,348
I see Mr. Mason
has reservations,
860
00:43:43,488 --> 00:43:45,047
to which, of
course, he's entitled.
861
00:43:45,189 --> 00:43:46,714
May I have a moment, Your Honor?
862
00:43:46,858 --> 00:43:48,349
Certainly.
863
00:43:50,061 --> 00:43:52,172
Perry, I tried to phone you
at the office, but you'd left.
864
00:43:52,196 --> 00:43:54,041
It's Caleb Stone... He
was picked up by the police
865
00:43:54,065 --> 00:43:55,909
the minute he stepped off
the plane, and, Perry, he's...
866
00:43:55,933 --> 00:43:57,128
I know, Paul. I know.
867
00:43:57,268 --> 00:43:59,703
Well, that was very
considerate of you, Perry.
868
00:43:59,837 --> 00:44:02,807
To find Caleb Stone
ahead of the Albany Police.
869
00:44:02,940 --> 00:44:06,172
Saves the State the
expense of flying him out here.
870
00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:10,611
Your Honor, as the
State's first witness today,
871
00:44:10,748 --> 00:44:12,774
I call Caleb Stone.
872
00:44:22,693 --> 00:44:25,060
The color of a person's
skin doesn't mean much
873
00:44:25,196 --> 00:44:26,494
to six-year-olds.
874
00:44:26,631 --> 00:44:29,328
So we became
friends, Caleb and I.
875
00:44:29,467 --> 00:44:31,129
Brothers, really.
876
00:44:31,269 --> 00:44:32,862
So that when he ran away,
877
00:44:33,004 --> 00:44:34,529
after the stories
in the newspapers,
878
00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:35,901
I ran away, too.
879
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:40,136
Once outside, we decided
to exchange names.
880
00:44:40,278 --> 00:44:44,409
Knowing that even though
I called myself Caleb Stone,
881
00:44:44,549 --> 00:44:48,850
nobody would ever accuse me
of being the Patent Medicine Baby.
882
00:44:50,755 --> 00:44:54,214
For a couple of years at sea, I
took correspondence courses,
883
00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:56,224
education courses, mostly,
884
00:44:56,360 --> 00:45:00,092
'cause I wanted to help
homeless kids like myself.
885
00:45:00,231 --> 00:45:02,928
When I finished the
courses, we were in Shanghai.
886
00:45:03,067 --> 00:45:05,263
I decided to go
back to the States,
887
00:45:05,403 --> 00:45:07,838
but Caleb was afraid
888
00:45:07,972 --> 00:45:11,101
that somebody might still
be trying to... to trace him.
889
00:45:11,242 --> 00:45:14,235
Some newspaper man, maybe.
890
00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:18,281
So we agreed to say, if
asked, that, uh, the white
891
00:45:18,416 --> 00:45:21,682
Caleb Stone had
died in Shanghai.
892
00:45:21,819 --> 00:45:24,220
And you knew nothing of
what was going on here?
893
00:45:24,355 --> 00:45:26,551
Well, Caleb wrote
me about a month ago.
894
00:45:26,691 --> 00:45:28,523
He... he seemed kind of bitter.
895
00:45:28,659 --> 00:45:30,252
He said that
some relative of his
896
00:45:30,394 --> 00:45:32,394
had come looking for him,
but didn't recognize him,
897
00:45:32,430 --> 00:45:35,195
so that now he had
a chance to pay back
898
00:45:35,333 --> 00:45:37,802
the Stone family, in part,
for what they'd done to him
899
00:45:37,935 --> 00:45:38,800
and his mother.
900
00:45:38,936 --> 00:45:39,960
Did he say how?
901
00:45:40,104 --> 00:45:41,299
Not exactly.
902
00:45:41,439 --> 00:45:43,738
He said that the ironic thing
903
00:45:43,874 --> 00:45:47,868
was that it involved his
pretending to be himself.
904
00:45:48,012 --> 00:45:49,310
Did he say who it was
905
00:45:49,447 --> 00:45:51,473
who had given him
this chance for revenge?
906
00:45:51,616 --> 00:45:54,142
No, but obviously,
it was the man
907
00:45:54,285 --> 00:45:55,947
that Sister Theresa
wrote me about,
908
00:45:56,087 --> 00:45:58,750
the man who came
looking for him at St. Mary's.
909
00:45:58,889 --> 00:46:00,585
No, it wasn't Ernest
at the orphanage.
910
00:46:00,725 --> 00:46:02,751
He wasn't away
at the time you say.
911
00:46:02,893 --> 00:46:05,658
You're positive?
912
00:46:05,796 --> 00:46:08,595
And are you equally positive
913
00:46:08,733 --> 00:46:10,167
you weren't away
from your apartment
914
00:46:10,301 --> 00:46:11,997
the night of the murder?
915
00:46:12,136 --> 00:46:13,661
Now, what would
you say, Mrs. Stone,
916
00:46:13,804 --> 00:46:14,964
if I produced another witness
917
00:46:15,072 --> 00:46:17,337
who saw you outside the
French doors to the library?
918
00:46:17,475 --> 00:46:19,341
Leonard.
919
00:46:19,477 --> 00:46:21,343
He was in the library.
920
00:46:21,479 --> 00:46:25,314
I thought perhaps he looked out,
and he saw me when I saw him.
921
00:46:25,449 --> 00:46:27,315
Did you see him
kill your husband?
922
00:46:27,451 --> 00:46:28,749
Of course not.
923
00:46:28,886 --> 00:46:30,787
He was just looking
down at the body,
924
00:46:30,921 --> 00:46:33,914
smiling, and then
he left the room.
925
00:46:34,058 --> 00:46:35,924
All right, Mrs. Stone.
926
00:46:36,060 --> 00:46:38,154
Did you kill your husband?
927
00:46:38,296 --> 00:46:40,026
No. Why would I?
928
00:46:40,164 --> 00:46:42,963
I understand he was
quite heavily insured.
929
00:46:43,100 --> 00:46:44,659
I didn't kill him.
930
00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:46,532
I didn't even go
into the library.
931
00:46:46,671 --> 00:46:49,470
Wayne can tell you that.
He met me when I ran
932
00:46:49,607 --> 00:46:51,166
into the house
by the other door.
933
00:46:51,309 --> 00:46:52,572
Didn't you, Wayne?
934
00:46:52,710 --> 00:46:53,973
It's understandable
935
00:46:54,111 --> 00:46:56,103
why I wouldn't want to
come forward, isn't it?
936
00:46:56,247 --> 00:46:58,216
Not wanting to become
involved, even innocently.
937
00:46:58,349 --> 00:47:00,011
Innocently?
938
00:47:00,151 --> 00:47:02,711
That's a curious word for
you to use, Mr. Jameson.
939
00:47:02,853 --> 00:47:05,118
If you arrived as Ernest
was entering the house,
940
00:47:05,256 --> 00:47:07,418
you must have been
there in plenty of time
941
00:47:07,558 --> 00:47:10,027
to witness the quarrel and
the struggle over the shotgun.
942
00:47:10,161 --> 00:47:11,652
Now, why didn't you intervene?
943
00:47:11,796 --> 00:47:13,526
Or at least report
what had happened?
944
00:47:13,664 --> 00:47:15,155
It was none of my business.
945
00:47:15,299 --> 00:47:17,291
I suggest it was very
much your business,
946
00:47:17,435 --> 00:47:18,835
as the instigator
and hidden partner
947
00:47:18,936 --> 00:47:21,064
in the plot to cheat
the two great-aunts.
948
00:47:21,205 --> 00:47:24,698
And I further suggest, when
you saw the plot explode,
949
00:47:24,842 --> 00:47:26,442
leaving you no share
of the Stone fortune
950
00:47:26,477 --> 00:47:29,447
and possible
exposure, you decided
951
00:47:29,580 --> 00:47:32,345
the next best thing would
be Ernest Stone's wife.
952
00:47:32,483 --> 00:47:34,816
His wife and his insurance.
953
00:47:34,952 --> 00:47:35,952
Nonsense.
954
00:47:36,087 --> 00:47:37,385
I was never in any plot.
955
00:47:37,521 --> 00:47:38,819
I never knew anything about one.
956
00:47:38,956 --> 00:47:40,754
Didn't you, Mr. Jameson?
957
00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:43,317
Sister Theresa,
958
00:47:43,461 --> 00:47:46,898
would you point out for us
the man who came to St. Mary's
959
00:47:47,031 --> 00:47:49,466
asking the whereabouts
of Caleb Stone?
960
00:47:52,236 --> 00:47:55,206
No, no, never mind.
961
00:47:55,339 --> 00:47:57,035
I knew that if Ernest
were exposed,
962
00:47:57,174 --> 00:47:58,369
he'd drag me down with him
963
00:47:58,509 --> 00:48:00,273
and we'd both lose
out on a fortune.
964
00:48:00,411 --> 00:48:02,505
Well, I didn't
want it to happen.
965
00:48:04,215 --> 00:48:06,081
He was sitting on the floor,
966
00:48:06,217 --> 00:48:07,708
only half conscious.
967
00:48:07,852 --> 00:48:09,616
It was perfect.
968
00:48:09,754 --> 00:48:12,087
I went inside, picked
up the shotgun and...
969
00:48:12,223 --> 00:48:13,452
You were right.
970
00:48:13,591 --> 00:48:15,890
There was still his
insurance, his wife.
971
00:48:17,228 --> 00:48:19,823
Yes, I killed him.
972
00:48:19,964 --> 00:48:21,728
I killed him.
973
00:48:34,745 --> 00:48:36,236
What started me
on the right track
974
00:48:36,380 --> 00:48:38,144
was the attitude
of Sister Theresa.
975
00:48:38,282 --> 00:48:40,945
Neither affirming nor
denying you were Caleb.
976
00:48:41,085 --> 00:48:43,577
You figured, if the man in
the photo was an imposter,
977
00:48:43,721 --> 00:48:44,780
she would have said so.
978
00:48:44,922 --> 00:48:46,254
She could see no harm
979
00:48:46,390 --> 00:48:49,224
in Caleb being
accepted here as Caleb,
980
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,159
nor in letting the exchange
of names remain a secret.
981
00:48:52,296 --> 00:48:54,595
Until the death of
Ernest Stone, of course.
982
00:48:54,732 --> 00:48:56,963
But what kept me on the track
983
00:48:57,101 --> 00:48:59,161
was the faith you
two had in Caleb.
984
00:48:59,303 --> 00:49:01,704
Faith which, incidentally,
paid off in another way,
985
00:49:01,839 --> 00:49:06,243
because it turned the spirit
of his revenge into, uh...
986
00:49:06,377 --> 00:49:08,039
What shall I say, Caleb?
987
00:49:08,179 --> 00:49:09,272
The only words.
988
00:49:09,413 --> 00:49:11,245
Love, Mr. Mason.
989
00:49:12,349 --> 00:49:14,250
We knew that would
happen all the time.
990
00:49:14,385 --> 00:49:15,409
You did?
991
00:49:15,553 --> 00:49:17,249
Why, yes, Miss Street.
992
00:49:17,388 --> 00:49:22,854
Because, as you just
said... We had faith.