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[ C rowd cheeri ng ]

That's it, Amos.

Let's go. Keep those ha nds h ig h .

Whack h i m , whack h i m .

That's it, that's it!

[ D i ngs ]

O kay, yo u've g iven them 30 rou nds.

Ti me to end it. R ig ht?

Okay. Let's go, Amos.

O h , yea h ! O h , yea h !

Yo u're su pposed to go down .

Sta nd u p a nd ma ke th is loo k good .

B E E RS : Let's go. Let's go, Amos. Let's g o, Am os.

O kay, boy. Go o n .

O h !

O h !

[ Bel l d i ng i ng , crowd boo i ng ]

LO U l S : M r. Ro bi nso n .

M r. Robi nson , a pictu re fo r The Gazette?

Lovely.

N a me is Amos Ro bi nso n . Pa id fig hter.

I ta ke it he fo ug ht to n ig ht.

30 ro u nds with Bo b S u l l iva n .

M U R DOC H : Powder bu rns.

D id yo u recover the m u rder wea po n?

Yes, si r. A derri nger.

[ F i rewo rks wh istl i ng , expl od i ng ]

H ow o ld is the q ueen th is yea r?

I8, l bel ieve.

C RABT R E E : When my g ra nd mother tu rned I8,

l got her so me o ra nges.

They were q u ite j u icy.

B ut a l l th is fi rewo rks busi ness ma kes me wo nder

if l sho u ld have do ne someth i ng m ore.

What a re yo u measu ri ng , si r?

The length a nd the width of the ba rrel .

To determ i ne the spread of the powder.

L'm tryi ng to esti mate

how close the victi m was to the perpetrator.

H ow close was he?

It's ha rd to tel l .

B ut as close as 1 8 i nches, l bel ieve.

-Where is the accused? -J ust down the ha l l .

S i r, the fro nt desk clerk fou nd her

sta nd i ng over the body, g u n i n ha nd .

-H l G G l N S : Sto p her! -FAN N l E : N o! N o!

I d id n't ki l l h i m ! Yo u have to bel ieve me!

N o! Aa h !

H l GG l N S : Sorry, si r. S he's a sl i ppery o ne.

I d id n't d o it! l d id n't ki l l h i m !

Yo u have to bel ieve me!

F leei ng custody to boot.

Th is o ne is as g u i lty as they co me, si r.

S he m ay be g u i lty of so me th i ngs, Geo rge.

B ut shooti ng Amos Ro bi nso n isn't o ne of them .

[ Peo ple cheeri ng ]

I was at my desk when l hea rd a screa m .

It was lo ng a nd i ntense.

L-lt ra ised the ha i r o n the back of my neck.

And when was th is i n relatio n to the shot?

You hea rd a screa m . Yo u m ust have hea rd a shot.

I co u ld have m ista ken it fo r a fi recracker, l su ppose.

They've been go i ng off a l l n ig ht.

Th a n k you . Yo u've been most hel pfu l .

H e's a boxer. Fo ug ht th is even i ng .

Yes, l ca n see that.

H e's q u ite the physica l speci men , isn't he?

Loo k at the size of h is a rms.

-What ti me d id the fig ht end? -Aro u nd 8: 00.

And when was he shot?

H a lf past 11 : 00 o r therea bo uts. Wh at a re you th i n ki ng?

H is nose is bro ken .

I wo u ld expect to see m ore swel l i ng

i n the i nterven i ng ho u rs.

Perha ps it was bro ken after the fig ht?

That wo u ld be o ne expla natio n .

S hot at very close ra nge.

D i rectly i n the hea rt, it wo u ld seem .

L'l l know mo re when l ca n o pen h i m u p.

-Am l free to ta ke the body? -Yes.

Geo rge, ma ke su re no o ne steps i n th is blood .

S i r.

Geo rge.

Where's the accused now?

U h , roo m at the end of the ha l l , si r.

You've d one a prel i m i na ry i nterview?

Yes, si r. H ere a re my notes.

S i r, yo u sti l l haven't to ld me

why yo u th i n k M rs. Ro bi nso n is i n nocent.

N ewto n's th i rd law of motio n , George.

Are yo u go i ng to ru n aga i n?

Tha n k yo u , Co nsta ble. Yo u ca n step o ut.

M rs. Ro bi nso n , l need yo u r hel p.

M y hel p?

L'm tryi ng to fi nd yo u r h usba nd's ki l ler.

-Aren't yo u loo ki ng at her? -l do n't know. Am l?

What does it matter?

-They're go n na ha ng me a nyway. -M aybe yo u're rig ht.

Perso na l ly, l have so mewhat of a n o bsessio n fo r the truth .

H owever, if it's of no co nseq uence...

Good l uck to yo u .

What? H ey.

H ey! Yo u're j ust go n na wa l k away?

I have a m u rder to so lve.

If yo u a re u nwi l l i ng to hel p me --

FAN N l E : l d id n't say that.

B ut a po l ice officer hel pi ng a co lo red wo ma n --

That hasn't been my experience.

H ave a seat.

Yo u say that yo u left the boxi ng m atch

i n the com pa ny of yo u r h usba nd , Amos,

h is ma nager, Ozzie Beers,

a nd yo u went to the M ocki ng bi rd Tavern on Q ueen Street

i n the co m pa ny of a n u n known ma n a nd h is wife.

Ozzie knew them . l d id n't.

Yo u then left the ba r with Ozzie Beers.

-Why not yo u r h usba nd? -H e was busy.

M U R DOC H : Do i ng what?

D ri n ki ng . R u n n i ng a ro u nd .

So yo u retu rned to the hotel . What ha ppened then?

Ozzie went to h is roo m , a nd l went to m i ne.

A l ittle wh i le later,

the fi rewo rks sta rted go i ng off d own by the h a rbor,

so l went to the roof to loo k.

It was l i ke the Fo u rth of J u ly.

Yo u then retu rned to yo u r roo m at h a lf past 11 :00 ,

whereu po n yo u fo u nd the body.

What d id yo u do?

I screa med .

At least l th i n k l screa med .

And then l got down o n my knees to see if he was a l ive.

I s that how yo u got blood o n yo u r d ress?

I g uess so.

And then l-l saw the g u n lyi ng there, so l-l picked it u p.

And th at's when the fro nt desk clerk saw yo u .

Loo ks bad , doesn't it?

-That a l l depends. -O n?

You r d ress. l'l l -- l'l l need yo u to remove it.

Of co u rse.

Where do yo u wa nt me?

Wh at a re you d oi ng? P lease! P ut that back o n .

M rs. Ro bi nso n , l-l si m ply mea nt

that l need yo u r d ress as evidence.

O h .

One of the consta bles wi l l ta ke yo u down to the statio n ,

a nd we'l l get yo u a nother d ress.

Geo rge.

I need yo u to ru n o ut a nd pu rchase a d ress.

O h , we've a l ready got o ne fo r M rs. Ro bi nso n .

N o, it's -- it's fo r me.

Ti red of the old jacket a nd tro users, si r?

L'l l need it to be a med i u m , wh ite.

And l'l l need yo u to ph one th is i n

to the sla ug hterho use o n Tecu mseh .

U h , si r?

[ Bell dings ]

L've j ust spo ken to the C rown prosecuto r.

H e th i n ks we've got eno ug h evidence

that he ca n go to tria l next week.

What?!

M u rdoch , l know that yo u ta ke g reat person a l pride

i n havi ng j ust two speeds -- sl ow a nd dead sl ow.

N o, it's not that, si r.

L-l bel ieve th is wo ma n to be i n nocent.

I n n ocent! B loody hel l .

S he was fo u nd sta nd i ng over the body with a pistol i n her h a nd .

S he fled the scene, for God sa kes.

Yes, but there's no blood spatter o n her d ress.

S he was covered i n blood .

Yes, a la rge blood sta i n

fro m when she crad led her dyi ng h usba nd .

B ut he was shot at close ra nge.

If she had i ndeed pu l led the trigger,

there wo u ld be traces of blood spatter

o n her a rm a nd her d ress.

Yo u ca n prove th is?

-I bel ieve l ca n . -Then yo u'd better.

They've not h u ng a wo ma n i n th is city for some ti me.

N ow, th is wo ma n , she's not got a l ot g oi ng for her.

H igg i ns, get o ut of the way!

S i r, there's a gentlema n to see you .

Detective. Yo u've made a terri ble m ista ke.

Yo u've a rrested the wro ng perso n .

Fa n n ie wo u ld n't do th is.

And who m ig ht yo u be?

L'm Ozzie Beers, Amos Ro bi nso n's ma nager.

Amos was l i ke the so n l never had .

I was ru n n i ng th is gym i n Athens, Geo rg ia,

when l fo u nd h i m l ivi ng o n the streets.

1 4 yea rs old . N ot a friend i n the wo rld .

-When was th is? -That was 1 2 yea rs ago.

At fi rst l had h i m clea n i ng u p a ro u nd the place.

Then l noticed that th is boy had so me i nsti ncts.

Fo r the ri ng?

M m h . Li ke l'd never seen befo re.

So l bro ug ht h i m down to Atla nta.

Sta rted h i m with the loca l kids.

H is fi rst 40 fig hts -- 40 knocko uts.

H e co u ld have been a cha m pio n .

-What ha ppened? -lt a l l got to h is head .

Wo men , d ri n ki ng , ga m bl i ng . There was no end to it.

So u nds l i ke motive fo r a lo ng-sufferi ng wife.

Yea h .

Fa n n ie had been with h i m si n ce they were kids.

Th ro ug h the good ti mes a nd the bad ti mes.

-M U R DOC H : The bad ti mes? -Yea h .

Amos beca me lazy,

a nd it sta rted to show i n the ri ng .

H e sta rted losi ng a lot mo re tha n he wo n .

H e gave S u l l iva n q u ite a beati ng .

[ La ug hs ]

There's a Bo b S u l l iva n i n every town .

To ug h kid who th i n ks h is ha nds a re faster tha n they rea l ly a re

a nd that he ca n ta ke h is pu nch .

B ut let me tel l yo u so meth i ng --

Amos m ig ht not have been what he o nce was,

but he su re co u ld th row a mea n rig ht cross.

D id Amos have a ny enem ies?

B E E RS : Co u rse he d id . Th at was h is job.

I do n't u ndersta nd .

Everywhere he went -- d ifferent town , sa me fig ht.

The l oca l wh ite ch a m p aga i nst the big black brute.

The crowd was never too ha ppy when Amos wo n .

Do yo u th i n k o ne of S u l l iva n's fa ns co u ld have ki l led Amos?

Wel l , we had bottles th rown at us,

kn ives pu l led o n us.

So meti mes l th i n k it's a wo nder

that he was never ki l led before th is.

Detective.

S i r, l've got yo u r d ress.

O h , good . H o ld it u p.

Perfect.

Oh , a nd , si r -- Yo u r pig has a rrived .

N ewto n's th i rd law states that fo r every actio n

there is a n eq ua l a nd o pposite reactio n .

So fi re a bu l let i nto the body,

a nd the body pushes back with eq u a l force.

H ence blood spatter.

That's a bit sn ug i n the boso m , si r.

R ig ht, then .

U m , step fo rwa rd six i nches.

1 8 i n ches. We'l l sta rt there.

Away yo u go.

Wi l l there be m uch spatter, si r?

That's what we're here to fi nd out, George.

H u rry u p. S hoot.

The blood is d ra i n i ng from the pig's fl a n ks.

It's sta ri ng at me, si r.

Geo rge, the a n i ma l is dead .

There's no spi rit left i n the body.

Do pigs have a so u l , then , si r?

N ow, Geo rge!

[ G u nshot ]

Yo u shot a perfectly good pig for th is?

Yes. Loo k at the spray pattern .

F ro m a pig . A dead o ne at that.

The physics a re the sa me.

Yo u've a l ready expla i ned it, M u rdoch .

B ut it's not me yo u need to co nvi nce.

What a re yo u go n na do? S hoot a pig i n co u rt?

Are you g on n a pa rade S i r l saac N ewto n fo r so me

i m beci le o n a j u ry who shovels u p after ho rses fo r a l ivi ng?

-I ho pe it doesn't co me to that. -Yes, but it wi l l co me to that.

So meo ne's been m u rdered .

And l'm n ot g on n a release o u r o n ly suspect

based o n blood spatter from a dead pig .

-B ut, si r -- -l u ndersta nd , M u rdoch .

I rea l ly do.

B ut th is is not so me P resbyteria n schoo lg i rl .

Th is is the H ottentot wife of a -- of a flashy --

N eg ress.

I bel ieve the pro per term is N eg ress.

I d on't ca re what the pro per term is.

What l'm tryi ng to tel l yo u is if th is Negress g oes to tri a l ,

she co u ld ha ng .

[ Fireworks whistling, exploding ]

[ Gunshot ]

Yo u wa nted to see me, si r?

Yes, George, l need yo u to go

o n a nother sho ppi ng tri p fo r me.

L'm not go n na have to wea r a n other d ress, a m l , si r?

N o.

Beca use the lads rea l ly gave me a h a rd ti me when l --

lt's not a d ress, Geo rge.

I need yo u to get...

F i rewo rks.

Yes, l'm pla n n i ng to use them

to cla rify so me deta i ls su rro u nd i ng the shooti ng .

Perm issio n to spea k fra n kly, si r.

J ust say it, Geo rge.

What if Fa n n ie Ro bi nso n is g u i lty?

-S he's not. -Wel l , how ca n yo u be su re?

Beca use of the a bsence of bl ood spatter.

I see.

It seemed to me that yo u r decisio n

had been based o n so meth i ng . . . less co ncrete.

M aybe so meth i ng a bo ut her. A g ut feel i ng .

I ntu itio n . l s that what yo u're suggesti ng?

Wel l , l kn ow that's not scientific,

but l've hea rd there a re so me th i ngs th at one ca n't fa ke --

a gen u i ne sm i le...

l nvo l u nta ry nerve co ntro l . That's what yo u're spea ki ng of.

Perha ps yo u saw so me gen u i ne good ness i n her.

What l saw was the a bsence of blood spatter.

H owever, that's not eno ug h to prove her i n nocence.

So we sha l l have to prove it by other mea ns.

C RABT R E E : S i r.

[ G u nshot ]

Good God !

Detective M u rdoch ! What the devi l?!

N o need to be a la rmed .

It's j ust Co nsta ble C ra btree fi ri ng a g u n .

-I n the hotel? -Yes, we're co nd ucti ng a test.

N ow, yo u say yo u hea rd no g u nshot,

that it was pro ba bly masked by the fi rewo rks.

That's co rrect.

Ah , yes. P lease i nd u lge me.

-Geo rge, have H igg i ns proceed . -Yes, si r.

There's a nother co nsta ble sta nd i ng by outside,

wa iti ng to fi re off.

[ F i recracker explodes i n d ista nce ]

M m h . So me fi rewo rks, eh?

N ow, to my ea r, clea rly not as l oud as a g u nsh ot.

So how is it possi ble yo u co u ld have co nfused the two?

L-l do n't know.

Perha ps that's beca use

yo u were not at yo u r desk the enti re ti me.

Co me o n , ma n . Th i n k!

Th is is i m po rta nt. A wo ma n's l ife is at sta ke.

U h , l m ig ht have go ne o ut fo r a peek at the fi rewo rks.

-When? -F ro m 11 : 00 u nti l q ua rter past.

It -- lt m ust h ave j ust sl i pped my m i nd .

Ah .

Wel l , sho u ld yo u reca l l a nyth i ng else

th at m ig ht h ave sl i pped yo u r m i nd ...

-l'l l be su re to i nfo rm yo u . -Tha n k yo u .

So the g u nshot co u ld have occu rred

ha lf a n ho u r ea rl ier th a n we'd th oug ht.

That wo u ld su ppo rt M rs. Ro bi nso n's cla i m .

-P recisely. -lf she d id n't do it, who d id?

There was o ne very la rge loser at the boxi ng m atch .

Perha ps he d id n't ta ke it wel l .

Bo b S u l l iva n .

What of it?

L'm Detective Wi l l ia m M u rdoch .

L'm i nvestigati ng the m u rder of Amos Ro bi nso n .

-Yea h , too bad a bo ut that. -Yo u do n't seem very so rry.

N obody's sorry. Anyo ne says they a re is a l ia r.

Where were you l ast n ig ht between 11 : 00 a nd m id n ig ht?

S itti ng i n my cha i r with my ha nds i n the ice bucket.

Yo u have witnesses to th is?

I wasn't very good co m pa ny l ast n ig ht.

So re loser, were we?

You ca n on ly l ose when it's a co ntest.

The fig ht was a fix?

Amos was su pposed to go down i n the 31 st.

Basta rd bl i ndsided me.

Who set u p the fix?

-WO MAN : O h ! -MAN : O h h !

N icely do ne!

Very good , very good . Wel l d one.

H el lo.

[ F rench accent ] H el lo.

L'm loo ki ng fo r M r. C utler.

So why do n't yo u ri ng the bel l?

You were at the fig ht last n ig ht, weren't yo u?

-Yes. Were yo u? -N o.

Oh . Too bad . lt was spectacu la r.

L'm g lad the m u rder of M r. Ro bi nso n

hasn't ta i nted yo u r memo ry.

M a'a m .

L've been a ro u nd the fig ht ga me for a l ong ti me, Detective.

The bad bets a nd the good bets ba la nce o ut over ti me.

Even the o nes yo u're certa i n of wi n n i ng?

[ C h uckles ]

Yes. Even those.

H ow m uch d id yo u lose?

$2 , 000, mo re o r less.

Yo u m ust have been very u pset.

H ow m uch do yo u ma ke i n a yea r, Detective?

$400, g ive o r ta ke?

I ma ke 2 00 ti mes that a mo u nt.

Was l u pset? Of cou rse.

E no ug h to ki l l a ma n?

Truth is l stood to ga i n as m u ch as l l ost.

O h? H ow so?

L'd j ust ag reed to buy Ro bi nso n .

L'm so rry -- "buy" h i m?

Ozzie Beers never saw the big pi ctu re.

It was a l l a bo ut the wi n with h i m .

H e fa i led to rea l ize that boxi ng isn't spo rt, it's spectacle --

the pen u lti m ate battle between good a nd evi l .

With Ro bi nso n playi ng evi l .

O h , he was perfect fo r the pa rt.

A h u l ki ng black Go l iath .

I even had a n ickna me.

Amos the An i ma l !

M y wife tho ug ht U nta med Beast was m ore provocative,

but l co nfess a wea kness fo r a l l iteratio n .

Yes. lt's q u ite a feat to red uce a ma n to a sloga n .

M m h , it was a busi ness tra nsactio n .

And how d id M r. Beers respo nd

when you a pproached h i m with th is busi ness tra nsactio n?

I d id n't go to Ozzie Beers, Detective.

Ozzie Beers ca me to me.

B E E RS : Keep ja bbi ng . Keep those ha nds u p.

That's it.

That's it.

Eyei ng the new ta lent?

Wel l , what else a m l to do?

Yes, l su ppose mo u rn i ng wo u ld be o ut of the q uestio n .

Amos was, after a l l , j ust a com m od ity.

Yo u've been spea ki ng to J eb C utler, h u h?

Yo u to ld me Amos Ro bi nso n was l i ke a so n to yo u .

H e was. N ot a wo rd of a l ie i n that.

B ut so meti mes th i ngs cha nge between fathers a nd so ns.

So yo u so ld h i m l i ke a n o ld raceho rse.

B E E RS : l d id it fo r h is own good .

-The ci rcu it was ki l l i ng h i m . -So better a ci rcus.

The way th i ngs were go i ng ,

who'd have known what wo u ld ha ppen to Amos.

M aybe a m a n l i ke J eb C utler co u ld ma nage h i m ,

but a l l l know is l co u ld n't co ntro l h i m a nymo re.

You mea n you cou ld n't get h i m to th row fig hts fo r yo u a nymo re.

I have never asked a boxer to th row a fig ht befo re th is o ne.

And that was o n ly beca use C utler wa nted to bu i ld a riva l ry

between h is ma n a nd Amos.

-And Amos ag reed to th row it. -So why d id he cha nge h is m i nd?

I do n't know.

D id he know yo u were go i ng to sel l h i m?

I su re as hel l d id n't tel l h i m that.

FAN N l E : H e so ld Amos?

H ow co u ld Ozzie do that to h i m?

Do yo u th i n k Amos knew?

If he d id , he never to ld me.

B ut had he known , do yo u th i n k he wo u ld have cha nged h is m i nd

a bo ut th rowi ng the fig ht?

If he felt wro nged .

Amos was h is own ma n , ca pa ble of a nyth i ng .

H e m ust have known .

B ut why d id n't he tel l me?

M aybe he j ust never fo u nd the rig ht ti me.

It wasn't a lways l i ke th is.

We had pla n ned to go to Ca l iforn i a ,

settle down , o nce Amos fi n ished fig hti ng .

Ca n l ask you a perso na l q uestio n?

Why not?

Yo u co u ld have left Amos.

Why d id n't yo u?

I do n't know.

G uess l sho u ld have.

So meth i ng j ust kept me ho ld i ng o n .

D R. OG D E N : H e was shot i n the hea rt.

The bu l let entered the rig ht ventri cle

a nd lodged i n the left atri u m .

H e d ied q u ickly.

Befo re he h it the g ro u nd , l wo u ld i mag i ne.

It a mazes me how so meth i ng so la rge a nd vigo ro us

ca n be broug ht d own by so meth i ng so sma l l .

L've recovered the bu l let, if you'd l i ke to see it.

Yes, l wo u ld . Tha n k yo u .

I s that why wo men were so attracted to h i m?

H ow do yo u mea n?

I s brute strength so co m pel l i ng?

To so me wo men .

M r. Da rwi n ca l ls it sexu a l selecti on .

La rge m a les a ble to defeat other ma les

have mo re reprod uctive success.

Therefo re wo men fi nd them a ppea l i ng .

And what of peacea ble types who l ive i n thei r m i nd?

H ow d o they fa re i n th is g reat Da rwi n ia n strugg le?

So me wo men a re attracted to i ntel l igence.

Others prefer a co m bi natio n .

An i ntel l igent th ug .

A so mewhat i ntrig u i ng co ncept, d on't you th i n k?

M U R DOC H : We have a pro blem .

It's ca l led a l ig ht load .

-A l ig ht load? -Yes.

See the pl ier ma rks here o n the lead?

N ext sl ide.

Tha n k yo u .

N ow, yo u ca n ma ke o ut the vise ma rks here

o n the spent ca rtridge.

It's a n o ld trick.

Remove the sl ug fro m the ca rtridge.

E m pty o ut most of the powder.

And replace the sl ug .

The load has been l ig htened .

N ow, at close ra nge, the bu l let is sti l l dead ly.

B ut the so u nd of the d ischa rge is sig n ifi ca ntly d a m pened .

U h , close the doo r, Geo rge.

And tu rn off the la m p.

R ig ht, then .

[ Po ps ]

That's rema rka ble.

If the doo r of the hotel roo m was closed ,

the front desk clerk may not have hea rd that.

M U R DOC H : lf we ca n't prove what ti me the g u nshot ha ppened ,

then we ca n't sepa rate the ti me of the shooti ng

fro m the d iscovery of Fa n n ie sta nd i ng over the body.

I g uess it's not loo ki ng so good for Fa n n ie after a l l .

N o, it's not.

C RABT R E E : l'l l ag ree it's a setback, si r.

B ut yo u sti l l have the blood-splatter evidence.

With the l ig hter load ,

the m uzzle velocity wo u ld be red uced

a nd the spatter dyna m ics d ifferent.

I su ppose we co u ld a lways sh oot a n other pig .

N o, l'm do ne shooti ng pigs, Geo rge.

P ro blem is there rea l ly is o n ly o ne via ble suspect.

M rs. Ro bi nso n .

M aybe we j ust haven't d ug deeply en oug h .

N o. N o, we haven't.

Go back to the hotel . Tu rn the place u pside down .

If there's so meth i ng we've m issed , l wa nt it fo u nd .

Yes, si r.

H ow wo u ld Fa n n ie Ro bi nso n know how to l ig ht-load a bu l let?

S he co u ld have bo ug ht the bu l let fro m so meo ne who d id .

That wo u ld suggest premed itati on .

I do n't bel ieve she's ca pa ble of that.

Rea l ly? Based o n what?

I d on't kn ow. So meth i ng i n her face.

S he's a very attractive wo ma n .

Yo u th i n k l wa nt to prove her i n nocent

beca use l'm attracted to her?

Any ma n co u ld be swayed , M u rd och .

If l'm swayed by a nyth i ng , it's the truth .

-Better a g u i lty ma n go free. -Exactly.

Yo u have a ny other suspects?

Severa l .

Then fi nd o ut if o ne of them was at the h otel .

The ki l ler's not i nvisi ble, M u rdoch .

So mebody m ust have seen h i m .

M U R DOC H : These a re a l l the photos

fro m the n ig ht of the fig ht?

Wo u ld l keep a nyth i ng fro m yo u?

If yo u tho ug ht it m ig ht sel l a pa per, yes.

Yo u know, Detective,

yo u r pro blem is that yo u haven't q u ite g rasped the system .

What system m ig ht that be?

Oh , come on . Yo u know how th i ngs wo rk.

Yo u a nd me -- We need each other.

I fi nd that ha rd to bel ieve.

Loo k, we need sto ries, a nd yo u co ppers need to loo k good .

And on occasi on yo u need i nfo rmatio n .

Th is a rra ngement so u nds less tha n scru pu lo us.

[ La ug hs ] Scru ples.

Scru ples have noth i ng to d o with it.

Acu men . That's what l'd ca l l it.

R ig ht.

L'l l ta ke th is o ne,

th is o ne -- no, th is o ne's better --

a nd th is o ne.

N o need to tha n k me.

Yo u r natu ra l cha rm co m pels me.

[ Knock o n doo r ]

Co me i n .

S i r, we fo u nd so meth i ng .

It's o n ly a pa rtia l pri nt,

but it sho u ld be eno ug h to ma ke a m atch if we fi nd the ki l ler.

S how me yo u r boot tread , Geo rge.

-As l suspected . -S i r, l swea r it wasn't me.

N o, no, no. lt mea ns the boot is sta nda rd po l ice issue.

Co u ld have been a ny o ne of us.

N o o ne stepped i n the blood i n Amos Ro bi nso n's roo m .

I saw to it perso na l ly.

Then where d id the blood come from?

H e was sh ot here a nd stu m bled back to h is roo m .

N o. lt ca n't be. H e d ied i nsta ntly.

H e was sh ot somewhere else a nd d ragged back to h is roo m .

We j ust have to fo l low the tra i l of blood .

We've been over every i nch of th is h otel , si r.

Th is is the o n ly spot of blood we've fo u nd .

N o, there's a blood tra i l here.

We j ust need so meth i ng sensitive eno ug h to fo l low it.

A blood ho u nd o r so meth i ng .

Ted M a nso n keeps a bitch o n M ercer.

Get it. Yo u know what th is mea ns, do n't yo u?

It mea ns a 1 2 0-po u nd wo ma n

co u ld n't d rag a body twice that weig ht.

Across ca rpet, no less.

M ea ns she's i n nocent.

FAN N l E : Ozzie, l'm sca red .

I know. l know. B ut it's go n na be a l l rig ht.

L'm su re of it.

M rs. Ro bi nso n .

H o pe l'm not i nterru pti ng a nyth i ng .

B ut l bel ieve l have some g ood news.

-Good news? -Yes.

Based o n blood that l fo u nd i n the ha l l ,

l th i n k l ca n prove that yo u r h usba nd

was ki l led i n one l ocati on a nd then moved to yo u r roo m .

B ut th is proves it's not me.

It stro ng ly suggests you r i n n ocen ce.

We sti l l have to determ i ne that

a nd , of cou rse, fi nd o ut who the ki l ler is.

Yo u sa id ki l led elsewhere.

-Yes. -Where?

I was ho pi ng yo u m ig ht be a ble to hel p me with that.

Do you kn ow of a nywhere else he m ig ht have been that n ig ht?

M aybe he went fo r a d ri n k.

Were yo u havi ng a ny tro u ble with a nyo ne else

stayi ng i n the hotel that n ig ht?

Perha ps o ne of S u l l iva n's su ppo rters?

N o. N ot that l ca n th i n k of.

M e neither.

B ut there were lots of peo ple com i ng a nd g oi ng .

Wel l , if yo u th i n k of a nyth i ng .

FAN N l E : Of co u rse.

Ozzie, th is mea ns l'm not go n na ha ng !

See? l knew so meth i ng wo u ld ha ppen .

I knew it.

-[ Sq uea ki ng ] -M U R DOC H : A ferret?

Ted M a nso n too k h is dog h u nti ng .

B ut h is so n swea rs th is ferret wi l l fo l low a tra i l of blood

l i ke no ho u nd he's ever seen .

Let's see what it ca n do.

O kay, boy.

Ta ke a good wh iff. Ta ke a good wh iff.

H ere yo u go.

Co me o n , sweethea rt. There you g o.

[ Sq uea ki ng ]

H ey! Ca refu l , si r, they're -- they're known to bite!

What?!

C ut off access to yo u r -- to yo u r sensitive bits!

I a m ! l a m !

Ah ! Ow!

H e's go i ng u p the sta i rs.

I s it fo l lowi ng the blood at a l l?

L'm so rry, si r. l-l tho ug ht it was wo rth a shot.

[ Sq uea ki ng ]

There he goes.

M U R DOC H : l do n't see h i m .

C RABT R E E : Do yo u th i n k he's h id i ng?

I do n't ca re.

Get Ted J u n io r u p here to ferret h i m o ut.

[ La ug hs ] "Ferret. " That's very good , si r.

H u mo r i n the face of adversity.

I see h i m !

Ca refu l , Geo rge. They're known to bite.

Wel l , yo u have h i m?

I have th is.

Who rented that roo m?

The roo m was rented by a M rs. S m ith .

M rs. S m ith?

We get a lot of S m iths a nd J o nes.

Th is isn't exactly the Q ueen's H otel .

N ow, see here --

You h ave a statuto ry respo nsi bi l ity

to accu rately reco rd a l l --

l get pa id 1 8 cents a n ho u r, a l l rig ht?

If yo u have a pro blem with how l do my jo b,

ta ke it u p with the boss.

F i ne.

L'l l need yo u to loo k at these photos

a nd tel l me if a ny o ne of these peo ple

were here at the hotel l ast n ig ht.

U se th is if it hel ps.

N o.

-N o. -N o ne of them?

If l'd known there was g on n a be a m u rder,

l wou ld h ave pa id mo re attentio n .

N ow, h i m l recog n ize.

-M U R DOC H : Th is ma n? -N o.

-M U R DOC H : H i m? -N o. N o, no.

H i m . H e was here last n ig ht.

We ca ug ht h i m boa rd i ng the 71 8 to Ki ngston .

Where were yo u head i ng i n such a h u rry, M r. S u l l iva n?

-N ew B ru nswick. -Why?

Why not? l'l l never fig ht i n th is town ag a i n .

-I th i n k yo u were ru n n i ng . -S U L L lVAN : F ro m what?

You were at the P ri nce Al bert H otel

the n ig ht of the m u rder, weren't yo u?

Yea h . l had a sco re to settle with Amos.

-So yo u ki l led h i m? -l never ki l led Amos Ro bi nso n .

I j ust gave h i m a taste of h is own med ici ne.

Yo u h it h i m?

The last ti me l saw Amos, he was on h is knees i n the h a l lway,

ho ld i ng h is nose l i ke a l ittle boy.

I do n't bel ieve yo u . l th i n k you're lyi ng .

Wel l , then , l ucky fo r me l've got a witness.

Who?

H el lo, Detective.

Ca re fo r a swi ng?

Were you at the P ri n ce Al bert H otel the n ig ht of the m u rder?

-Who to ld yo u that? -M U R DOC H : Bo b S u l l iva n .

O h , yes. Of co u rse.

M U R DOC H : M o re to the po i nt --

What were yo u do i ng i n a roo m with Amos Ro bi nso n?

Why...

l was sed uci ng h i m .

Does that shock yo u?

D id yo u r h usba nd know of th is enco u nter?

Of co u rse he knew.

H e was i n the roo m with us.

M y wife a nd l have a n u n usua l ma rriage.

If we weren't fo rthco m i ng ea rl ier,

it's beca use we l i ke to keep these th i ngs to ou rselves.

S u rely yo u ca n see that.

I th i n k yo u're both lyi ng to me.

I th i n k yo u a rra nged a rendezvo us with M r. Ro bi nso n .

Yo u fo u nd o ut a bo ut it, a nd i n a jea lo us rage, yo u shot h i m .

N ow yo u've both coo ked u p th is rid icu lo us sto ry.

Is it so rid i cu l ous fo r a ma n to ta ke pleasu re

i n h is pa rtner's pleasu re?

I n th is ma n ner, yes.

[ C l icks to ng ue ] So j udg menta l .

It was clea r M r. Ro bi nso n wasn't i nterested i n fig hti ng fo r me.

L'd ho ped to cha nge h is m i nd .

What J eb mea ns is he ho ped

l wo u ld cha nge M r. Ro bi nso n's m i nd .

And were yo u successfu l i n either sed uctio n?

N o, l'm sad to say.

Seems he'd decided to em ba rk o n h is new l ife.

H e was go i ng to g ive it a l l u p.

H e'd made so me mo ney betti ng o n h i mself.

M y mo ney, as it tu rns o ut.

MARGAR ET: And he was go i ng to g ive h is wife

the l ife she'd a lways wa nted .

H ow d readfu l ly do mestic.

What d id M r. Ro bi nso n do next?

The last we saw of h i m , he wa l ked back to h is roo m .

So h is body wasn't moved .

The tra i l of blood was fro m Amos when he wa l ked back to h is roo m .

B ut that mea ns...

l've bu i lt yo u r ho pes u p.

L'm sorry. l sho u ld n't have do ne that.

N o.

Yo u tried .

Yo u rea l ly tried .

I a ppreciate that.

You kn ow, Amos wasn't a lways bad .

B ut a l l those yea rs of peo ple expecti ng so meth i ng fro m h i m --

me i ncl uded ...

...a l l those pu nches,

n ig ht after n ig ht,

j ust wea rs a ma n down .

So meti mes l wo nder if he had a ny l ove left i n h i m at a l l .

If it hel ps, he d id .

H e was go i ng to keep h is pro m ise

a nd g ive yo u the l ife yo u'd a lways d rea med of.

It does hel p.

Tha n k yo u .

[ Knock o n doo r ]

I hea r yo u're back where yo u sta rted .

So it wo u ld a ppea r.

B RAC KE N R E l D: Yo u u ndersta nd th at she h as to g o to tri a l n ow?

M y co m m iseratio ns, M u rdoch . l know how yo u feel .

-S i r? -l've seen i n nocent men ha ng .

It's the to ug hest pi l l l've ever had to swa l low.

Yo u th i n k she's i n nocent?

I m ust ad m it l was skeptica l at fi rst.

M aybe even i nfl uen ced by the co lo r of her ski n .

B ut yo u've si nce co nvi nced me otherwise.

At least o ne of us is co nvi nced .

B RAC KE N R E l D: Do n't tel l me you're h avi ng d ou bts n ow.

There is n oth i ng that exo nerates her.

Based o n what?

Log ic? The co m pend i u m of evidence?

Wel l , bugger that, M u rdoch .

Yo u th i n k she's i n nocent

based on n oth i ng but yo u r own i ntu itio n .

B ut of what use is that?

I ntu itio n isn't a rel ia ble basis u po n wh ich to fo rm a n o pi n io n .

What ki nd of socks a m l wea ri ng?

Pa rdo n?

B rown , black, o r a rgyle?

-L-l do n't know. -B RAC KE N R E l D: Wel l , g uess.

Argyle.

Wel l , si r, what ki nd of socks a re yo u wea ri ng?

Yo u sho u ld lea rn to trust yo u r i ntu itio n , me o ld m ucker.

I need the key to Ozzie Beers' roo m .

Where were yo u between 1 0: 30 a nd m id n ig ht

the n ig ht of the m u rder?

-I was i n my roo m . -The who le n ig ht?

I went down to the docks fo r a bit a nd watched the fi rewo rks.

-So yo u have no a l i bi? -D id n't know l needed o ne.

D id yo u ha ppen to cha nge yo u r sh i rt that n ig ht?

Yes, l d id .

Befo re o r after yo u went to watch the fi reworks?

Befo re.

-Why? -Beca use l felt l i ke it.

There's no law aga i nst cha ng i ng i nto a fresh sh i rt, is there?

N o.

B ut it does ra ise q uestio ns when you decide to bu rn the old one.

Fo u nd these butto ns i n you r stove.

I a lso fou nd these tra i n tickets.

Sa n F ra ncisco?

L've never been there. l hea r it's q u ite n ice.

Good boxi ng town , too.

Who was the other ticket fo r?

Fa n n ie Ro bi nso n , maybe?

Yo u were ho pi ng she wo u ld leave Amos, weren't yo u?

H e d id n't deserve her.

B ut yo u d id .

I s that why yo u so ld h i m to J eb C utler?

So yo u co u ld fi na l ly get h i m o ut of the pictu re?

M aybe l d id .

B ut coveti ng a nother ma n's wife m ay be a si n ,

but it's not a cri me.

-M U R DOC H : B ut m u rder is. -P rove it.

I went d own to the tra i n statio n .

These tickets were Amos's.

H e had had eno ug h .

H e was go i ng to q u it

a nd g ive Fa n n ie the l ife she had a lways d rea med of.

And he to ld yo u .

So yo u shot h i m po i nt-bla n k i n the hea rt.

[ Gunshot ]

Yo u bu rned yo u r sh i rt beca use it had blood spatter o n it.

I bu rned my sh i rt beca use it sta n k!

Are yo u wi l l i ng to let her ha ng?

-S he wo n't ha ng . -H ow ca n yo u be su re?

N either one of us wa nts to see Fa n n ie ha ng .

B ut on ly you ca n do so meth i ng a bo ut it.

Yo u see, M r. Beers...

...l do n't know what ha ppened i n that roo m .

Perha ps there was a confrontati on .

M aybe it got vio lent.

And maybe yo u had no cho ice but to act i n self-defense.

Do you u ndersta nd what l'm sayi ng , M r. Beers?

It was vio lent.

And he got very, very a ng ry.

I fea red fo r my l ife.

B RAC KE N R E l D : "B ut he kept co m i ng o n .

I then fi red o ne shot to save my own l ife.

S i ncerely, Ozzie Beers. "

Self-defense. A l i kely sto ry, eh?

It's a defense he's entitled to ra ise.

It's ou r obl ig ati on to prove otherwise.

Better a g u i lty ma n go free, eh , M u rd och?

There is o ne th i ng , however.

Wel l? O ut with it.

The g u n d id belo ng to M r. Beers. H e ad m its that.

H owever, the bu l lets were ta m pered with .

-The l ig ht loads. -Exactly.

N ow l wo u ld ask myself,

why wo u ld so meo ne ca rry a g u n l oaded with custom ized bu l lets?

U n less he pla n ned to ki l l i n adva nce.

I sho u ld th i n k the C rown wo u ld have a very stro ng a rg u ment

that th is is i ndeed a case of co ld-blooded m u rder.

I bel ieve M r. Beers is i n fo r a very nasty su rprise.

P recisely.

I th oug ht Ozzie m ig ht have feel i ngs fo r me.

B ut he su re had a fu n ny way of showi ng it.

-Where wi l l yo u go? -l do n't know.

I do n't have a nyth i ng now.

Except fo r my l ife, th a n ks to you .

It seems Amos had bo ug ht these ti ckets.

Sa n F ra ncisco. B ut h ow?

-H e bet o n h i mself i n the fig ht. -[ Gasps ]

H is g ift to yo u .

That sho u ld be eno ug h to sta rt a new l ife.

B ut how co u ld l?

It j ust wo n't seem the sa me witho ut h i m .

I th i n k he wo u ld wa nt yo u to.

-Tha n k yo u . -Good l u ck.

H ow d id yo u know?

Yo u knew rig ht fro m the sta rt l d id n't do it.

When l saw the d ress, l ca lcu lated the a ng le of...

lt was i ntu itio n .

Tha n k yo u .

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