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Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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There's no such thing as
ghosts. Banshees, maybe.
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And, of course,
there's the little people.
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You buy me out right now, or we
go to court and you open your books.
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The Internal Revenue
Service does not wait.
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We act quickly and decisively.
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With compassion and
understanding, of course.
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You want to get rich or
do you want to pay taxes?
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I hope he knows what he's doing.
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Tax shelters... and I
missed that semester.
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The stories I could tell you.
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Suicide, murder—
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Who is it?
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Mr. Giles, I told you Mr. Whitman
is tied up and can't be disturbed.
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That's a lot of garbage, honey.
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You go tell Ralphie boy
I want to talk to him now.
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If you'll just take a seat, sir,
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I'm sure it won't be
more than 15, 20 minutes.
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Twenty minutes.
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I left my brother-in-law
running the store.
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In another 20 minutes,
I could be bankrupt.
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Yes, Mr. Whitman.
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Grady, could you step
into my office for a moment?
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Yes, sir.
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Here, you, uh, might
take these two as well.
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And get to know these clients.
If you have any questions, ask.
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Yes, sir.
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We're very pleased with your
progress, both Mr. Carlisle and myself.
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We feel you've, uh, you've
earned this added responsibility.
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Thank you, sir. Ah,
forget the sir. It's Ralph.
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Ralph, right.
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Thank you, Sir Ralph.
I mean, just Ralph.
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Sir. Thank you.
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Yoo-hoo, Mr. Fletcher.
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I brought what you
told me to bring.
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Hi, Mrs. Ellis. Come on in.
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Nice young man.
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I hope he knows what he's doing.
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What the...
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I hear your aunt
is coming for a visit.
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That's nice. You
show her a good time.
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You know, aunts are
very neglected these days.
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Not this one.
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Now, let's see. Let's
start with medical.
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Here. Here's a letter
from my brother Irwin.
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He had an operation and he
asked me to come and help. So I did.
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God rest his soul.
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Um, I'm afraid the I.R.S. won't
consider this a proper deduction.
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It's medical. You said medical.
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But your medical
expenses, Mrs. Ellis.
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You said bring, so I brought.
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Here.
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You go through them and
let me know what's what.
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There you are.
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Are you sure? Tax
troubles I don't need.
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Believe me, government agents won't
be banging down your door with a warrant.
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Ha-ha, that's what
Nixon thought.
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Good night, Mrs.
Ellis. Good night.
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Grady, your aunt
called from her hotel.
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I told her quitting time was sixish, so,
uh, she should be coming by anytime now.
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Oh, thanks, Connie. Yeah.
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Well, I gotta go put
on some war paint.
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Good.
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Oh! It's him. I saw
him! It's him. It's him!
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Grady!
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Aunt Jess.
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So you finally got him,
Caldwell, congratulations.
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Grady, are you all right?
Yeah, yeah. I think so.
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Where's Connie? I-I-I
better see if she's okay.
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Better luck next time, Caldwell.
If you, uh, run into your ghost,
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you be sure to let us
know, huh? Ghost?
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It's, uh, it's a long story, Mrs.
Fletcher. It is J.B. Fletcher, isn't it?
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Grady's illustrious aunt?
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Yes. How do you do?
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Ralph Whitman. Come
on, let me show you around.
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I know Mr. Carlisle
is dying to meet you.
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J.B. Fletcher. Grady's aunt.
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She's a very famous writer.
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Oh, Mrs. Fletcher.
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How delightful to
meet you at last.
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Why, thank you.
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I can see where Grady
gets his sharp mind from.
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I've been a fan of
your books for 20 years.
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Oh? Yes. Well,
thank you very much.
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I always say there's
nothing like a...
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good, old-fashioned love story
to help you forget your cares.
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Well, actually, sir, she, uh...
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Oh, I quite agree
with you, Mr. Carlisle.
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I mean, where would we
be without Barbara Cartland?
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Well, come on, Grady. We have
a reservation for an early dinner.
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It was so nice meeting
you, Mr. Carlisle.
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The pleasure was
all mine. Thank you.
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I'll walk you to the elevator.
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Oh, Paul, the Hammond account.
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The file's in my office. Would
you like to take a look at it tonight?
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No, no, no. I'm leaving
myself in just a minute.
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I apologize, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Uh, Mr. Carlisle's
not much of a reader.
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Oh, he was very gracious.
He wasn't the only one.
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What I really want to hear
about though is the ghost.
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Oh, him. Harry Caldwell,
our security guard,
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and also our, uh, resident ghostbuster
swears we have spooks running around.
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Unbelievable. Right, Grady?
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Um, right, sir.
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I'll explain it to you
over dinner, Aunt Jess.
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Ah, Whitman. Good, good.
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- Trying to catch you.
- Mr. Grimshaw.
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I've been trying to interface
with you now for several days.
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Look, it's nearly
6:30. Can't this wait?
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The Internal Revenue
Service does not wait, Whitman.
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We act quickly and decisively.
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With compassion and
understanding, of course. Of course.
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You, uh, you know
the way, Mr. Grimshaw.
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Excuse me.
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Well, have a nice dinner.
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I have a feeling mine's going to
be a bowl of cereal at midnight.
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Oh, I gotta get my coat
I'll be back in a second.
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Feeling better after
your scare? A little.
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I've never been much
of a believer in ghosts.
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Neither was I until I
went to work in this place.
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Good night again, Mrs.
Fletcher. Good night.
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Good night, Mr. Carlisle.
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He seems, uh, nice.
Oh, yeah, real swell.
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Okay. Let's go.
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Oh, no, no, thanks.
I've got to work tonight.
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Oh, Grady. It's that time
of the year, Aunt Jess.
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For the next couple of
months, it's 16 hours a day.
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Boy, being an accountant sure isn't what
I thought it would be. I am really bushed.
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Well, it doesn't show.
You look wonderful.
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And there's nothing
wrong with your appetite.
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That's because somebody or
something stole my lunch. What?
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Not Mr. Caldwell's ghost?
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You know, there is something.
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Weird noises, sounds
in the wall I can't explain.
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You know, Caldwell says a lot of
stuff's been taken the past few months.
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You know, food,
bits of clothing.
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Well, sounds more like a
petty thief than an apparition.
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That building
really is kinda weird.
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You know, the day of
the '29 crash, a couple
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of stockbrokers went
up to the roof and...
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splat.
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Oh, dear.
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I mean, maybe there's
no connection but— Grady,
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the only things that go bump in the night
in this city are the taxicabs, believe me.
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Good night, Grady.
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Ah, thanks a lot, Aunt Jess.
See you tomorrow. Mm-hmm.
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Taxi.
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Mr. Whitman?
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Mr. Whitman?
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Mr. Whitman, are you still here?
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Mr. Whit...
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Oh, my gosh.
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Operator. Send
help. Send the police.
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Oh— Hello?
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Sir? Hello?
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Send the police where?
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Sir, are you there?
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Hello.
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Sir, sir, are you there?
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Is the lieutenant here?
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Ah. Lieutenant Rafferty?
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That's Hanratty, mum.
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Oh, I'm sorry. I was
looking for Grady Fletcher.
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Ah, then you must be the lad's
aunt. It's a pleasure to meet you.
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Timothy Hanratty
at your service.
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Oh, how do you do? I'm Jessica
Fletcher. I wonder if I could...
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Now calm yourself, ma'am.
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The lad is fine. He's just givin'
a statement to one of me men.
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He'll be along in just
a few more minutes.
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Tell me, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Did you, uh, know the victim?
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Oh, no. I-I just met
him this evening.
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Terrible way to die.
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The lad found him there
in his chair, with the...
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lamp cord tied tightly
around his neck.
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And, uh, as you can see,
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the perpetrator left
behind his calling card.
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But that doesn't make any sense.
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I beg your pardon?
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Well, it-it makes it
seem as if Mr. Whitman
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had been killed by a
madman or a stranger,
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but if a stranger had
walked into his office,
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surely he wouldn't have
remained seated at his desk.
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Ah, an interesting observation.
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And if he had been working alone in
the room, with the outer door locked,
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he would have had to get up
to go and admit whoever it was.
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Ah, your nephew's right, mum.
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You do have a keen mind
for police work, but, uh,
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Mr. Whitman wasn't
the only one here.
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That is to say, your
nephew was on the scene.
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Yes. He, uh, told me that
he had reported the crime.
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That he did.
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So obviously he
didn't kill Mr. Whitman.
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Well, it's unlikely.
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Unlikely? Now,
now, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Let's not be giving ourselves a bellyache
until after we've tasted the stew.
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Ah, wait.
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It seems that our killer has
left more than just a message.
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In all likelihood, that's
Mr. Whitman's hat and coat.
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Most likely, but, uh...
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Then what's that on the floor?
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I think the killer
forgot his hat.
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Mrs. Fletcher.
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This is mine.
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I bought it this morning.
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It must have fallen to
the floor in the confusion.
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Sergeant. Yes.
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Seal up that room. Let no
one in without my authorization.
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Yes, sir. Oh, and, Joe...
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Mm-hmm. When you
finish with young Fletcher,
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tell him his aunt is here.
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Sure will.
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Are you sure? No,
no, no, thank you.
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I am absolutely
devastated by Ralph's death.
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He was like my right arm to me,
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as well as a very
close personal friend.
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Now if there is nothing more, Lieutenant,
I really should get to my office.
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Oh. Then you'll be open today.
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So hard on the heels of the
death of your close personal friend.
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I'm a C.P.A., Lieutenant,
not a sentimentalist.
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Can you believe this?
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Opening the office
after last night?
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Oh. Wait till you've been
here as long as me, Grady.
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Nothing will surprise you.
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Must have been awful,
finding him like this.
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Yeah, I felt like
tossing my dinner.
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That's nice. What?
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Well, I just mean, most
guys would try to act tough.
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Act like it didn't get
to them, you know.
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That's what I like about
you, Grady. Really?
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Thanks. Ah, Fletcher.
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We have some important
matters to discuss.
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Your office? Mr. Grimshaw,
we've had a murder here last night.
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Mr. Whitman— I know about
Whitman. I listen to the radio.
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That's why I'm
talking to you now.
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Come along. I
haven't got all day.
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Bottom line, Fletcher. You've got
48 hours to come up with the figures.
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Figures? What figures?
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Don't play dumb with me, pal.
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It's been tried by
experts, believe me, some
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of whom are doing
three-to-five in Leavenworth.
242
00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:11,771
I don't know what
you're talking about.
243
00:16:11,838 --> 00:16:13,773
Neptune Ventures.
244
00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,368
Whitman said you're the engine
driving that crummy tax dodge.
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00:16:17,443 --> 00:16:18,376
Me?
246
00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:20,777
Save the dumb look.
247
00:16:20,847 --> 00:16:22,577
All I want is one thing.
248
00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:27,518
Facts, figures, names, dates,
places, the whole megillah.
249
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After you.
250
00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:33,050
Oh, geez.
251
00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:35,260
I took the liberty of pullin' a
252
00:16:35,284 --> 00:16:37,495
small file we have on
your activities, mum.
253
00:16:37,563 --> 00:16:41,591
The young lady murdered
by that cosmetic executive,
254
00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:45,365
your very own publisher sent
away because of your ingenuity.
255
00:16:45,438 --> 00:16:48,806
I'm surprised the department
hasn't given you a gold badge.
256
00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:54,939
Well, it's, uh, just a
quirk of mind really.
257
00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:57,040
The way I see things, you know.
258
00:16:57,116 --> 00:16:59,608
You see them quite clearly.
259
00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:03,884
It's a gift. My dear Kathleen
had it, God rest her soul.
260
00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:05,891
Oh, you're a widower. I'm sorry.
261
00:17:05,958 --> 00:17:08,518
Oh, she's happy enough I'm sure.
262
00:17:08,594 --> 00:17:12,895
Hobnobbin' with the rest
of the saints in heaven.
263
00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:16,493
But I suppose the thing I miss
most about her is the evenings...
264
00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:19,300
we'd be discussing my
cases and me sittin' there
265
00:17:19,324 --> 00:17:21,906
listening to her clear,
logical observations.
266
00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:22,998
Be a fine thing...
267
00:17:23,075 --> 00:17:28,104
to have another intelligent
woman to share my thoughts.
268
00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:29,910
Lieutenant.
269
00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:34,613
And I'd deem it a great personal
favor if you'd, uh, call me Timothy.
270
00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:37,919
Timothy.
271
00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:42,257
Have you ever been within kissing
distance of the Blarney stone?
272
00:17:42,328 --> 00:17:43,921
Never had the pleasure.
273
00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:49,127
Tax shelters?
274
00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:52,069
Sorry, Grady, those
were Whitman's babies.
275
00:17:52,138 --> 00:17:53,265
Who's the I.R.S. agent?
276
00:17:53,339 --> 00:17:55,570
Mr. Grimshaw. That figures.
277
00:17:55,641 --> 00:17:59,271
Years ago, Grimshaw tried to
nail Ralph on a tax fraud case,
278
00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:01,743
and Ralph made
mincemeat of him with his
279
00:18:01,767 --> 00:18:04,977
supervisors, so Grimshaw's
been after him ever since.
280
00:18:05,051 --> 00:18:07,077
Well, maybe he got him.
281
00:18:07,153 --> 00:18:10,817
I mean, last night. He was with
Mr. Whitman when we all left.
282
00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:13,485
Yes, I told the lieutenant
that this morning.
283
00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:16,222
He said he'd check it out.
284
00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:18,628
Listen, Grady.
285
00:18:18,698 --> 00:18:22,567
My advise to you is to
show Grimshaw everything,
286
00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:24,570
whatever you and
Ralph were working on.
287
00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:27,505
But, sir, we weren't
working on anything.
288
00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:30,839
I mean, at least not none
of his tax shelters. Really?
289
00:18:30,910 --> 00:18:33,709
I was sure that Ralph said...
290
00:18:36,182 --> 00:18:38,117
Oh, I'm sorry.
291
00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:41,519
I must have misunderstood.
292
00:18:41,587 --> 00:18:45,046
Well, just do the best you can,
293
00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:48,390
and if there's ever any trouble,
294
00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:52,057
remember this firm
is behind you 100%.
295
00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:08,138
Morning, sir. Good
morning, Joe. Any luck?
296
00:19:08,214 --> 00:19:09,409
Not yet.
297
00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:11,417
Ghost hunting.
298
00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:16,013
Sir, that I.R.S. agent
Grimshaw was here.
299
00:19:16,088 --> 00:19:17,750
I took the liberty
to question him.
300
00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:21,225
He admits he was with the
victim until about 7:00, then he left.
301
00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:23,956
Caldwell, the security
guy, saw him go.
302
00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:26,625
Oh, any word about
Whitman's wife?
303
00:19:26,699 --> 00:19:28,429
We're still trying to find her.
304
00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:32,632
Mrs. Whitman has been strangely
missing for the past 18 hours.
305
00:19:32,705 --> 00:19:35,971
Well, if you'll excuse me, Timothy,
I'm going to try and locate my nephew.
306
00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:39,570
Fine, fine. But if you come up with
one of those famous inspirations...
307
00:19:39,645 --> 00:19:41,375
I'll find you.
308
00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:46,518
Mr. Caldwell?
309
00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:48,781
Your guys are wasting
their time, Lieutenant.
310
00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:50,914
This-This old building
is like a rabbit warren.
311
00:19:50,990 --> 00:19:53,858
Now your spook could be
hiding anywhere. Spook, is it?
312
00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:56,589
Mr. Caldwell, you're not telling
me that you believe in ghosts.
313
00:19:56,662 --> 00:19:59,188
You know, I don't know what
I should believe in anymore.
314
00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:02,167
I understand you saw Mr. Grimshaw
leave the building last night.
315
00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:03,827
When was that?
316
00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:07,032
Around 7:00, you say? Right.
317
00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:09,041
And what time did you leave?
318
00:20:09,108 --> 00:20:11,077
Eight o'clock.
319
00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:13,908
Mr. Whitman was alive
and alone when I left.
320
00:20:13,979 --> 00:20:18,144
Easy, man. I'm
makin' no accusations.
321
00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:20,686
The coroner says he couldn't
possibly have died before 9:00,
322
00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:23,951
so if you're tellin' me the truth,
you have nothin' to worry about.
323
00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:33,025
Tax shelters... and I
missed that semester.
324
00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:36,365
And this Neptune Ventures
isn't in anything I've got.
325
00:20:36,435 --> 00:20:38,563
The files must be in
Ralph Whitman's office.
326
00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:41,316
Oh, great. The police have
got it sealed— This is ridiculous.
327
00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:43,809
I have every right to go
into my husband's office.
328
00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:47,711
Lana, the police have it locked
up. There's nothing I can do.
329
00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:49,373
Paul, you make me sick.
330
00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:51,383
Hello again, Mrs. Whitman.
331
00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:52,941
Uh, do I know you?
332
00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:56,716
Well, we haven't actually met, but you
tried to commandeer my taxi last night.
333
00:20:56,789 --> 00:20:59,122
Down, outside this building.
334
00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:02,992
Oh, no, I wasn't at this
building last night. Excuse me.
335
00:21:03,062 --> 00:21:04,462
Ah, Mrs. Whitman.
336
00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:07,989
You were here. And
under the circumstances, I—
337
00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:10,798
I feel obligated to tell
Lieutenant Hanratty.
338
00:21:10,870 --> 00:21:12,805
Wouldn't you rather
just come along with me?
339
00:21:12,872 --> 00:21:15,153
I mean, I'm sure there's some
very reasonable explanation.
340
00:21:16,876 --> 00:21:21,177
Sure, why not? I guess I
have to talk to him eventually.
341
00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:24,416
Catch you later, Paul.
342
00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:28,283
Grady, the Hammond
file is in my office.
343
00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:30,619
You may need it for that
meeting this afternoon.
344
00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:31,782
Yes, sir. Thanks.
345
00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:37,519
Okay. I was here to see
my husband last night.
346
00:21:37,596 --> 00:21:38,596
What of it?
347
00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:42,157
Now, now, Mrs. Whitman.
There's no need to be testy.
348
00:21:42,234 --> 00:21:44,931
I did not kill my
husband. Perhaps not.
349
00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:48,168
But we had a great
difficulty in reaching you.
350
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,301
I-I had a late engagement.
351
00:21:51,377 --> 00:21:55,439
Very late. I also
got up very late.
352
00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:57,506
Not in your own apartment?
353
00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:00,218
No.
354
00:22:02,254 --> 00:22:03,483
Look, Lieutenant.
355
00:22:03,556 --> 00:22:07,721
I had my life and Ralph had his.
356
00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:11,992
Our marriage was a
convenience for both of us,
357
00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:15,057
financially and otherwise.
358
00:22:15,134 --> 00:22:18,127
Well, we-we took
our own vacations.
359
00:22:18,204 --> 00:22:20,469
My taste ran to the
Riviera and Grenoble,
360
00:22:20,539 --> 00:22:23,839
and he liked the Cayman
Islands of all places.
361
00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:27,812
And on those few occasions
when he needed me on his arm,
362
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,748
I smiled at all
the right people.
363
00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:32,876
Any other questions?
364
00:22:32,952 --> 00:22:35,012
Ah, Mrs. Fletcher?
365
00:22:35,087 --> 00:22:37,818
I just wanted to ask, at
the time that I saw you,
366
00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:42,521
I assume your husband was still in the
meeting with the Internal Revenue agent.
367
00:22:42,595 --> 00:22:45,963
Well, yes. Okay, I
actually didn't talk to him.
368
00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:48,227
I got to the office door.
369
00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:51,702
It was locked. I knocked. Nobody
answered so— Excuse me, sir.
370
00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:52,863
Uh, we got trouble.
371
00:22:52,938 --> 00:22:54,065
Upstairs.
372
00:22:55,741 --> 00:23:00,042
I-I-I saw it, soon as I
walked in with my cart.
373
00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,178
There are ghosts here, sir.
374
00:23:03,249 --> 00:23:05,377
Hiding in the walls.
375
00:23:05,451 --> 00:23:10,048
Every place. I-I can
hear 'em, smell 'em.
376
00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:13,786
Now, there, there. There's
no such thing as ghosts.
377
00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:15,384
Banshees, maybe.
378
00:23:15,461 --> 00:23:19,193
And of course, there's the little
people. But ghosts? No, no, no.
379
00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:22,258
It looks fresh, Lieutenant.
380
00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:24,530
I can tell you this. It
wasn't here last night.
381
00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:26,071
Where's that lead?
382
00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:27,401
The office next door.
383
00:23:27,473 --> 00:23:29,135
Let's take a look.
384
00:23:35,614 --> 00:23:37,549
You must have
had quite a fright.
385
00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:41,053
Oh, I still can't
get used to it.
386
00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:44,887
The things that you see
and hear, Mrs. Weems...
387
00:23:44,957 --> 00:23:47,950
Is there any particular place...
388
00:23:48,027 --> 00:23:50,997
where the spirits seem stronger?
389
00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:04,234
I've worked here nearly 40 years,
Mrs. Fletcher, girl and woman.
390
00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:07,576
The stories I could tell you about
what's gone on within these walls...
391
00:24:07,646 --> 00:24:10,639
robbery, suicide, murder.
392
00:24:10,716 --> 00:24:12,241
Would you mind
if I looked around?
393
00:24:12,318 --> 00:24:16,050
Do as you like. I've
had enough of this place.
394
00:25:29,328 --> 00:25:30,796
Who is it?
395
00:25:30,863 --> 00:25:34,231
Just stay right where you are,
ma'am. Don't you come any closer.
396
00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:36,359
Who are you?
397
00:25:36,435 --> 00:25:41,533
It don't matter none. I ain't gonna
hurt you. I haven't hurt anybody.
398
00:25:41,607 --> 00:25:44,133
Then it was you who scrawled
the warnings on the walls.
399
00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:46,610
No. It wasn't me.
400
00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:49,273
I live here. I wouldn't
do that to my home.
401
00:25:49,348 --> 00:25:51,943
Live here? Where?
There's places.
402
00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:54,543
Warm places.
403
00:25:54,620 --> 00:25:57,215
It's better than being
out there in the cold.
404
00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:03,490
I find enough to get by. Some
pieces of clothing, food, things to read.
405
00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:05,957
I get by.
406
00:26:07,499 --> 00:26:09,627
You write real nice
stories, Mrs. Fletcher.
407
00:26:09,701 --> 00:26:13,297
You tell 'em, you tell 'em
that I ain't hurt anybody.
408
00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:15,364
Then you know about
the murder of Mr. Whitman.
409
00:26:15,441 --> 00:26:20,778
I been watchin' all day
from here and there.
410
00:26:20,846 --> 00:26:24,305
This old building's got
passageways that even I ain't found,
411
00:26:24,383 --> 00:26:26,875
with all the remodeling that's
been done over the years.
412
00:26:26,952 --> 00:26:29,717
If you know anything,
you should come forward.
413
00:26:29,788 --> 00:26:31,916
No! I don't know nothing.
414
00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:35,119
Now you tell 'em that.
415
00:26:35,194 --> 00:26:38,995
Now you just walk straight
the way you was going.
416
00:26:39,064 --> 00:26:40,999
It will take you
to the fire stairs.
417
00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:43,467
Wait! Don't go!
418
00:26:45,270 --> 00:26:47,205
Oh.
419
00:26:53,378 --> 00:26:55,813
Timothy, I believed him.
420
00:26:55,881 --> 00:26:59,613
The resident ghost of that
building is definitely not a killer.
421
00:26:59,685 --> 00:27:02,086
I think maybe his blarney
works better than mine.
422
00:27:02,154 --> 00:27:05,090
Oh, no. Look, if he
was a crazed killer,
423
00:27:05,157 --> 00:27:08,958
he could have easily killed me
and left me there in the passage,
424
00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:11,087
and no one would
have been any the wiser.
425
00:27:11,163 --> 00:27:13,274
That seems to leave a
problem for both of us.
426
00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:14,298
Oh?
427
00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:16,767
Well, if this phantom
isn't our killer,
428
00:27:16,835 --> 00:27:19,202
and there was no one else
in the building last night,
429
00:27:19,271 --> 00:27:21,297
that seems to leave
only one possible suspect.
430
00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:22,373
Grady?
431
00:27:22,441 --> 00:27:25,570
Well, he certainly had a great
deal to gain from Whitman's death.
432
00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:29,638
New responsibilities, a
promotion. That's ridiculous.
433
00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:31,650
The thought gives me
no pleasure, Jessica.
434
00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:35,176
But perhaps you have, uh, some
idea that hasn't as yet occurred to me.
435
00:27:35,254 --> 00:27:38,122
Well, I'm sure that Lana
Whitman has occurred to you.
436
00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:40,591
Yes, yes, the merry widow.
437
00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:44,721
Yeah, I mean she may have been
lying about the door being locked.
438
00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:47,994
And I have this feeling that
she had a very strong motive.
439
00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:52,936
Oh, yes, indeed. The lady is involved with
some Bulgarian poet down in the Village.
440
00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:57,534
Aha! And since Ralph Whitman
was right up there financially,
441
00:27:57,609 --> 00:28:02,013
perhaps his death gave Lana
the best of both possible worlds.
442
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,675
I'll check into that. Is
there anything else?
443
00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:07,481
What are you talking
about? He's crazy.
444
00:28:07,553 --> 00:28:09,351
No, no, no, no, no.
445
00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:13,483
No, you defer capital
gains with a trust fund.
446
00:28:13,559 --> 00:28:16,076
You borrow against
the trust and use the
447
00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:18,896
cash to leverage the
buy of the condo units.
448
00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:22,965
Look, Myron,
449
00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:27,370
if you'd prefer to take tax advice
from your son-in-law, be my guest.
450
00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:31,137
Just a minute, Myron. We've unsealed
the Whitman office, Mr. Carlisle.
451
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:32,644
You can use it.
452
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,112
Oh, thank you. Would
you tell Mr. Fletcher that?
453
00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:37,445
Already did. Good.
454
00:28:37,516 --> 00:28:39,508
Myron.
455
00:28:39,585 --> 00:28:42,521
Myron, let me
ask you a question.
456
00:28:42,588 --> 00:28:46,025
Do you want to get rich or do
you want to pay taxes. Which is it?
457
00:28:46,091 --> 00:28:49,721
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
458
00:28:49,795 --> 00:28:53,391
It's as if this Neptune
Ventures doesn't even exist.
459
00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:55,457
But it has to, doesn't it?
460
00:28:55,534 --> 00:28:59,471
I mean, isn't that what
Mr. Grimshaw wants to know about?
461
00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:01,200
He must know something.
462
00:29:01,273 --> 00:29:03,401
Well, if he does,
he's not telling me.
463
00:29:03,475 --> 00:29:05,808
Maybe there's something
here in his appointment book.
464
00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:09,206
My goodness.
465
00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:12,308
He's certainly had a very busy
schedule these past few weeks.
466
00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:13,750
You know, I don't get it.
467
00:29:13,819 --> 00:29:15,811
Mr. Whitman really
was a pretty good guy.
468
00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:18,083
I mean, who'd want to kill him?
469
00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:20,421
Marty Giles. What?
470
00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:22,484
Grady, who's Marty Giles?
471
00:29:22,561 --> 00:29:24,496
Well, he's a client but—
472
00:29:24,563 --> 00:29:26,555
Well, look. He
was here yesterday.
473
00:29:26,632 --> 00:29:27,930
Yeah, mad as hell too.
474
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,300
And there's a penciled-in
notation next to his name.
475
00:29:31,370 --> 00:29:36,571
NV. NV... Neptune's Ventures.
476
00:29:36,642 --> 00:29:40,374
But I checked the files. There
is nothing in here on Neptune.
477
00:29:40,445 --> 00:29:41,469
Are you sure?
478
00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:43,481
Yeah, I'm positive.
479
00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:47,680
That's very odd.
480
00:29:47,753 --> 00:29:53,351
Unless Neptune Ventures was the kind
of thing that you don't keep a file on.
481
00:29:54,593 --> 00:29:57,859
I think we should pay a
visit to this Mr. Marty Giles.
482
00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:01,857
Oh, 60 bucks a pop? Come
on, Marty, you're killin' me.
483
00:30:01,933 --> 00:30:04,402
That's 20 bucks below
what I paid for these things.
484
00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:06,199
Come on, Charlie,
paid? What paid?
485
00:30:06,271 --> 00:30:08,449
You got a receipt for those?
Who you think you're talkin' to?
486
00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:10,738
All right. I lost it, huh?
Speakin' of gettin' lost...
487
00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:14,610
Okay, okay. Sixty bucks,
but you're a thief, Marty.
488
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,876
No kiddin'.
489
00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:18,883
See Elsie.
490
00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:20,350
Pardon me, lady. Pardon me.
491
00:30:20,419 --> 00:30:21,887
Eh, excuse me, Mr. Giles?
492
00:30:21,953 --> 00:30:24,513
Yeah, whatcha selling?
Ah, I beg your pardon?
493
00:30:24,589 --> 00:30:27,616
Anybody calls me Mr. is sellin'.
494
00:30:27,693 --> 00:30:29,161
Excuse me.
495
00:30:29,227 --> 00:30:31,162
If you could just
spare me a moment,
496
00:30:31,229 --> 00:30:34,495
I'd like to talk to you
about Ralph Whitman.
497
00:30:34,566 --> 00:30:36,967
Who are you, his
replacement? What?
498
00:30:37,035 --> 00:30:38,697
Well, I heard he
got knocked off.
499
00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:42,172
I just figured they'd be sendin' over
somebody else to bust my chops.
500
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,232
Elsie, call those
creeps over in the Bronx.
501
00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:45,641
Ask 'em where's those watches?
502
00:30:45,711 --> 00:30:47,839
Ah, Mr. Giles, I'm not
from your accounting office.
503
00:30:47,913 --> 00:30:51,850
Well, that's good. Those gonifs—They
were the start of all my problems.
504
00:30:51,917 --> 00:30:54,045
Oh, you mean you're
going out of business.
505
00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:56,315
Going out of business?
What are you talking about?
506
00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:58,983
Oh, I'm sorry. The
sign in the window.
507
00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:02,858
Lady, that sign has been in the window
since 1968 when I bought this place.
508
00:31:02,928 --> 00:31:05,121
If I wasn't going out
of business, I couldn't
509
00:31:05,145 --> 00:31:07,263
stay in business, not
in this neighborhood.
510
00:31:07,332 --> 00:31:09,733
What are you, from out of
town or something? Actually, yes.
511
00:31:09,801 --> 00:31:11,736
Yeah, figures. Yeah,
I'm Jessica Fletcher,
512
00:31:11,803 --> 00:31:15,604
and my nephew works for Carlisle
and Associates— And I'm not interested.
513
00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:20,669
Look, I know you're very busy, but I
want to ask you about Neptune Ventures.
514
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,577
Whoa, whoa, here.
Who told you about that?
515
00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:26,743
Well, an agent from
the Internal Revenue.
516
00:31:26,818 --> 00:31:28,878
That's it, lady, case
closed. I'm busy.
517
00:31:28,954 --> 00:31:30,286
Oh, but Mr. Giles...
518
00:31:30,355 --> 00:31:32,620
Look, I got nothing to
say to you about nothin'.
519
00:31:32,691 --> 00:31:34,683
Now do yourself a
favor and take a hike,
520
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,060
because I don't wanna do or
say anything ungentlemanly.
521
00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:40,361
Excuse me.
522
00:31:40,432 --> 00:31:43,231
Okay, folks, this ain't no
library. There's no readin' here.
523
00:31:43,301 --> 00:31:44,462
Do it and move out.
524
00:31:44,536 --> 00:31:46,630
Okay, thank you.
525
00:31:47,973 --> 00:31:52,172
Sorry, Mrs. Ellis. Mr. Fletcher's
going to be a little late.
526
00:31:52,244 --> 00:31:56,375
So I'll wait. I've had plenty
of practice. Where is he?
527
00:31:56,448 --> 00:31:57,609
He's at the I.R.S.
528
00:31:57,682 --> 00:31:59,776
Then they're making trouble?
529
00:31:59,851 --> 00:32:03,288
Not at all. It's very normal
for a C. P.A. to be at the I. R.S.
530
00:32:03,355 --> 00:32:07,520
So many initials. I'm
sure that means trouble.
531
00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:18,262
I have had inquiries where the taxpayer
was accompanied by his accountant,
532
00:32:18,336 --> 00:32:21,932
but I've never had an inquiry where the
accountant was accompanied by his aunt.
533
00:32:22,007 --> 00:32:23,600
Well, actually, Mr. Grimshaw,
534
00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:26,167
I am working with the police
on the Ralph Whitman murder.
535
00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:28,213
Unofficially, of course.
536
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,680
I see.
537
00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:33,150
And what does Whitman's death got to do
with my investigation of your nephew's...
538
00:32:33,218 --> 00:32:35,483
involvement with fraud
against the government?
539
00:32:35,554 --> 00:32:37,079
But that has yet to be proved.
540
00:32:37,155 --> 00:32:39,215
Proved?
541
00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:44,787
Madam, we are the Internal Revenue Service.
The burden of proof is on your nephew,
542
00:32:44,863 --> 00:32:47,375
and it is my considered
opinion that he is the
543
00:32:47,399 --> 00:32:49,824
architect behind this
amateurish boondoggle.
544
00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:52,871
Sir, I-I don't even know
what Neptune Ventures is.
545
00:32:52,938 --> 00:32:54,770
No?
546
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,776
Well, neither do I, precisely.
547
00:32:57,843 --> 00:33:00,662
But it has been used
for a write-off for large
548
00:33:00,686 --> 00:33:04,147
so-called losses on the
returns of six Carlisle clients.
549
00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:07,118
One of whom is Marty Giles.
550
00:33:07,185 --> 00:33:10,713
Perhaps I'm interrogating
the wrong Fletcher.
551
00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:14,226
I did try to talk to Mr. Giles about
it, but he refused to speak to me.
552
00:33:14,292 --> 00:33:19,595
And he told me he knew
nothing about it, it was...
553
00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:24,659
How did he put it— "Something
Ralph Whitman put me into."
554
00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:27,336
And since you've been Whitman's
assistant for the past few months,
555
00:33:27,405 --> 00:33:29,636
and now have all his accounts—
556
00:33:32,944 --> 00:33:35,379
Grimshaw.
557
00:33:35,447 --> 00:33:37,814
Really?
558
00:33:37,883 --> 00:33:39,943
Yes, yes, excellent
news. Excellent.
559
00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:42,988
I'll expect a full report by
close of business today.
560
00:33:45,423 --> 00:33:47,756
Huh.
561
00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:50,887
Ah, despite what you
may think, Mrs. Fletcher,
562
00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:53,830
we are not without
heart here at the I.R.S.
563
00:33:53,899 --> 00:33:56,892
We've just made a hairdresser in
Greenpoint a very wealthy woman.
564
00:33:56,968 --> 00:34:02,930
She supplied us with information that
resulted in a $2.6 million tax evasion.
565
00:34:03,008 --> 00:34:08,914
Her 10% informant's fee
will net her a tidy $260,000.
566
00:34:08,980 --> 00:34:13,941
You mean you actually pay people to
inform on their friends and neighbors.
567
00:34:14,019 --> 00:34:17,786
I prefer to think of it as
a reward for patriotism.
568
00:34:19,858 --> 00:34:21,053
Now then, Mr. Fletcher.
569
00:34:21,126 --> 00:34:23,322
Let me ask you
this one more time:
570
00:34:23,395 --> 00:34:26,092
What is Neptune Ventures?
571
00:34:30,201 --> 00:34:35,071
You deal in dollars and cents,
Paul, so let's talk bottom line.
572
00:34:36,207 --> 00:34:41,669
My marriage to Ralph, as you
know, was something less than blissful.
573
00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:43,874
All five years of it.
574
00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:47,545
And since I didn't get much in
the way of love or companionship,
575
00:34:47,619 --> 00:34:49,864
I think I'm entitled
to something tangible
576
00:34:49,888 --> 00:34:52,319
for all those years of
ignominious existence.
577
00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:54,291
Lana, I'm very busy...
578
00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:57,818
Ralph owned five percent of
this money-making machine,
579
00:34:57,896 --> 00:35:01,890
and now it's mine,
and I'm ready to sell.
580
00:35:01,967 --> 00:35:03,435
Are you?
581
00:35:03,501 --> 00:35:06,630
Zoltan wants us to move
to the coast of Spain.
582
00:35:06,705 --> 00:35:09,971
He says New York no
longer inspires him, and...
583
00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:15,002
I think we can manage
very nicely on $500,000.
584
00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:19,978
You have an inflated opinion
of what this business is worth.
585
00:35:20,051 --> 00:35:24,318
$100,000 a year, five years.
586
00:35:24,389 --> 00:35:28,019
I may have sold out cheap
but at least let me collect.
587
00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:31,626
Lana, I have someone
waiting for me.
588
00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:35,258
Listen to me, you
arrogant horse's patootie.
589
00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:39,361
You buy me out right now, or we
go to court and you open your books.
590
00:35:39,437 --> 00:35:44,466
Somehow I-I have this
big, big feeling that...
591
00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:46,477
you really don't
want to do that.
592
00:35:48,546 --> 00:35:50,481
Am I right?
593
00:36:12,303 --> 00:36:13,703
Ah, there you are.
594
00:36:13,772 --> 00:36:17,402
I was just upstairs, looking
for you, Mr. Fletcher. Me?
595
00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:21,708
Gives me no great pleasure, son, but, uh,
I've got to bring you in for questioning.
596
00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:23,772
What? Lieutenant!
597
00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:26,750
The gentleman from the
Internal Revenue, Grimshaw,
598
00:36:26,818 --> 00:36:31,916
he just called with information
that ties your nephew to a tax fraud...
599
00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:34,721
and just possibly to
a motive for murder.
600
00:36:36,628 --> 00:36:38,028
Come along, son.
601
00:36:45,937 --> 00:36:48,270
Have you ever been to
the Cayman Islands, son?
602
00:36:48,339 --> 00:36:52,276
Well, yeah, a couple of times.
603
00:36:52,343 --> 00:36:53,709
Grady, I never knew that.
604
00:36:53,778 --> 00:36:55,906
Well, it was just
business, Aunt Jess.
605
00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:59,815
Mr. Whitman sent me down a couple
of times to meet with some investors.
606
00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:01,352
I was only there a day or two.
607
00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:05,356
And did you do business with the
New Commonwealth Bank and Trust?
608
00:37:05,423 --> 00:37:07,085
No!
609
00:37:07,158 --> 00:37:11,721
The Neptune Ventures setup
was set there about six months ago.
610
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:14,288
It's being held in your name
and the late Ralph Whitman.
611
00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:15,924
This is crazy.
612
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:17,935
And they've got your
signature on the card.
613
00:37:18,002 --> 00:37:20,562
Then it's a forgery. I
never signed anything.
614
00:37:20,638 --> 00:37:24,837
Wait. I seem to remember that Mr. Whitman
spent his vacations in the Caymans.
615
00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:28,471
If anyone's behind this clumsy attempt
to frame Grady, I'm sure it was him.
616
00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:31,641
Well, I'll have a bit o' trouble
askin' him about that, now won't I?
617
00:37:32,851 --> 00:37:36,379
Look, son, Between you
and me and these walls,
618
00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:39,913
I also am having a bit of
trouble believing you're involved.
619
00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:41,323
But the commissioner...
620
00:37:41,392 --> 00:37:44,191
Oh, Timothy, hang
the commissioner.
621
00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:48,199
Since when is an Irishman
intimidated by a bureaucrat?
622
00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:52,135
Now, look, you asked for my
help, now I'm asking for yours.
623
00:37:52,203 --> 00:37:56,140
Now let's have one more look at
those files back at Whitman's office.
624
00:37:58,743 --> 00:38:01,222
Again? Aunt Jess, we've been
through them a dozen times.
625
00:38:01,246 --> 00:38:05,149
But at least now we know
who and what we're looking for.
626
00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:09,278
Mr. Grimshaw gave me a list of six clients
who were involved in Neptune Ventures.
627
00:38:09,354 --> 00:38:13,348
Concentrate on these. Meanwhile, I
am going to have a chat with one of them.
628
00:38:13,424 --> 00:38:15,916
And this time, I am going to
get some straight answers.
629
00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:19,226
Lou, stop busting
my chops, will ya?
630
00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:22,290
I mean, look, you wanna make a
deal with Shelley, make a deal. Just...
631
00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:24,802
Uh, look, the last load of
toasters you shipped me, junk.
632
00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:29,039
You bring me a gross,
I'll go maybe nine fifty.
633
00:38:29,107 --> 00:38:31,941
Otherwise, give Shelley the
headache. Lady, I got no time.
634
00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,536
Make time, Mr. Giles,
or would you rather do it.
635
00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:37,172
Ah, no, someone nice as you
shouldn't go around makin' threats.
636
00:38:37,248 --> 00:38:39,843
I'm sorry, but I don't
have time for the niceties.
637
00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:42,786
You said that the people at
Carlisle Associates were what?
638
00:38:42,854 --> 00:38:44,186
What was that word? Gonifs?
639
00:38:44,255 --> 00:38:46,053
Gonifs— thieves, crooks.
640
00:38:46,124 --> 00:38:48,286
While you are the
soul of honesty.
641
00:38:48,359 --> 00:38:50,045
I'm a businessman not a
social work— I suppose you're
642
00:38:50,069 --> 00:38:51,972
taking in a lot of money the
government doesn't know about?
643
00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:53,487
What is this? Twenty questions?
644
00:38:53,565 --> 00:38:54,799
And your accountants
know all about it.
645
00:38:54,823 --> 00:38:56,243
They might even want
a piece of your action.
646
00:38:56,267 --> 00:38:58,499
Ha, if you think I'm
going to make a comment
647
00:38:58,523 --> 00:39:00,932
on that. They might even
offer some protection.
648
00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,940
You've been watching
too many Cagney movies.
649
00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:04,532
Mr. Giles, at the moment,
650
00:39:04,609 --> 00:39:07,943
my nephew is under
suspicion of murder.
651
00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:11,210
If I have to, I will
gladly trade you for him.
652
00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:15,083
Now how about the truth,
just between you and me.
653
00:39:22,293 --> 00:39:24,888
Okay, somebody got wise
to what I was doing here,
654
00:39:24,963 --> 00:39:28,229
maybe those Carlisle creeps.
655
00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:31,565
I was told to make a
certain investment or...
656
00:39:31,636 --> 00:39:33,696
or they'd go to the IRS
and collect the reward.
657
00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:35,239
You were told by whom?
658
00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:37,306
I don't know. Everything
was done through the mail.
659
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,640
And the investment
was Neptune Ventures.
660
00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:42,203
Yeah. How did you know that?
661
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:43,373
That's not important.
662
00:39:43,448 --> 00:39:47,044
So all the checks that you made
out were to Neptune Ventures.
663
00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:49,519
Yes, and mailed to a P.O. box.
664
00:39:49,587 --> 00:39:52,648
Believe me, it was a lot cheaper than
what the I.R.S. would have done to me.
665
00:39:52,724 --> 00:39:53,987
Blackmail by long distance...
666
00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:58,257
by someone who was very knowledgeable
about your finances, Mr. Giles.
667
00:39:58,329 --> 00:40:01,128
Thank you very much. You've
been very helpful. Listen, lady, uh,
668
00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:02,797
you're not gonna have
to tell the government
669
00:40:02,821 --> 00:40:04,111
about this, are
you? Oh, I'm sorry.
670
00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:05,660
They already know.
671
00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:08,138
Well, that's great.
672
00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:10,266
Now I really am
going out of business.
673
00:40:11,676 --> 00:40:12,939
Neptune Ventures.
674
00:40:13,011 --> 00:40:15,003
We're not even sure it
ties in with the murder.
675
00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:18,345
The killer could be
someone else altogether.
676
00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,612
Maybe even your ghost.
677
00:40:22,687 --> 00:40:26,146
I'm going to go splash
some water on my face.
678
00:40:26,224 --> 00:40:29,490
You take a look. Maybe
you can find something in this.
679
00:40:39,037 --> 00:40:40,562
Oh, hey, Grady? Hmm?
680
00:40:40,638 --> 00:40:43,039
Could you do me a favor?
Yeah, sure, anything.
681
00:40:43,107 --> 00:40:44,302
Um. Oh.
682
00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:46,173
I guess I'm kinda spooked.
683
00:40:46,244 --> 00:40:49,373
Do you mind walking me to the subway?
It'll only take a couple of minutes.
684
00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:51,643
Yeah, I'll get my coat. Thanks.
685
00:40:54,252 --> 00:40:56,244
Okay. Let's go. Okay.
686
00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:03,928
Hammond. Charles S.
687
00:41:07,265 --> 00:41:10,702
Hammond? Where have
I heard that name before?
688
00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:16,664
Oh, dear.
689
00:41:16,741 --> 00:41:19,267
It can't be.
690
00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:21,609
Or can it?
691
00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:23,272
Can it what, Mrs. Fletcher?
692
00:41:23,348 --> 00:41:25,749
Mr. Carlisle, I thought
you'd left for the day.
693
00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:29,481
Oh, the weather's turning ugly,
and I came back for my umbrella.
694
00:41:31,122 --> 00:41:34,354
Hammond, Charles S.
695
00:41:34,425 --> 00:41:37,452
Is this what can't
be, Mrs. Fletcher?
696
00:41:37,528 --> 00:41:40,555
Oh, uh, well, uh,
for a moment...
697
00:41:40,631 --> 00:41:42,896
I thought-I thought it was
a friend of my late husband.
698
00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:46,062
Ah, he and his wife lived in
Cabot Cove for years. And, uh,
699
00:41:46,137 --> 00:41:49,835
then I remembered it
was Charles M. Hammond.
700
00:41:49,907 --> 00:41:51,068
M for Maurice.
701
00:41:51,142 --> 00:41:53,043
Not that gentleman at all.
702
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:58,142
Hmm, interesting coincidence.
703
00:41:58,216 --> 00:42:01,653
Yes. You're very
quick, Mrs. Fletcher.
704
00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:06,987
I'm surprised and a little
saddened that you caught it.
705
00:42:07,058 --> 00:42:08,720
I caught what?
706
00:42:10,328 --> 00:42:11,921
Such a little mistake.
707
00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:14,864
And yet so stupid.
708
00:42:14,932 --> 00:42:16,833
Well, I-I really
must be leaving.
709
00:42:16,901 --> 00:42:19,894
Finding a cab will be
impossible in this weather.
710
00:42:21,339 --> 00:42:24,468
You won't be needing
a cab, I'm afraid.
711
00:42:26,511 --> 00:42:31,176
I just can't believe how
careless I was that first evening.
712
00:42:31,249 --> 00:42:35,880
Ralph was just about to walk you to the
elevator and then he turned to me and said:
713
00:42:35,953 --> 00:42:40,015
Oh, uh, Paul, the
Hammond account.
714
00:42:40,091 --> 00:42:42,531
The file's in my office. Would
you like to look at it tonight?
715
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:45,223
No, no, no, no, no, I'm
leaving myself in just a minute.
716
00:42:45,296 --> 00:42:46,730
No, I'll check it
in the morning.
717
00:42:46,798 --> 00:42:51,429
Then the next day,
that's when I slipped.
718
00:42:51,502 --> 00:42:53,494
The Hammond
file is in my office.
719
00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:55,733
You may need it for that
meeting this afternoon.
720
00:42:56,974 --> 00:43:00,775
I'm sorry, I, uh, I
don't remember.
721
00:43:00,845 --> 00:43:02,074
Of course you do.
722
00:43:03,648 --> 00:43:05,913
And you knew that because
this office was sealed,
723
00:43:05,983 --> 00:43:09,647
there's no way I could
have had that file unless...
724
00:43:10,788 --> 00:43:15,192
I had come back here after
I'd supposedly left for the night.
725
00:43:15,259 --> 00:43:19,458
Oh, I'm sure you had a
perfectly good reason.
726
00:43:19,530 --> 00:43:24,264
Uh, you probably wanted to
chat about business or something.
727
00:43:24,335 --> 00:43:28,136
Actually I came back here to
kill that second-rate blackmailer.
728
00:43:28,206 --> 00:43:29,970
Neptune Ventures.
729
00:43:30,041 --> 00:43:33,944
Oh, you had that
figured out too.
730
00:43:34,011 --> 00:43:36,105
Well, uh, not-not exactly.
731
00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:39,582
I mean, uh, I just
have a theory.
732
00:43:39,650 --> 00:43:40,650
Ah, Grady!
733
00:43:40,718 --> 00:43:43,620
Oh, I don't think he can
hear you, Mrs. Fletcher.
734
00:43:43,688 --> 00:43:47,682
I spotted him walking Connie to
the subway as I was coming in.
735
00:43:47,758 --> 00:43:50,956
And knowing Grady, I doubt
very much if he'll hurry back.
736
00:43:51,028 --> 00:43:52,792
Tell me about your theory.
737
00:43:54,098 --> 00:43:59,901
Well, I-I think that Mr. Whitman
was threatening some of his clients.
738
00:43:59,971 --> 00:44:02,964
I mean, his tax cheaters.
739
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:07,273
And instead of coming right out and
demanding blackmail, he suggested,
740
00:44:07,345 --> 00:44:11,282
strongly suggested, that they should
invest money in Neptune Ventures.
741
00:44:11,349 --> 00:44:12,817
Ah.
742
00:44:14,051 --> 00:44:16,577
Correct in all
respects except one.
743
00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:19,886
Neptune was my scene.
744
00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:27,929
Ralph found out about it, and
he started blackmailing me.
745
00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:31,868
He said he wanted in
or else, so I let him in.
746
00:44:31,936 --> 00:44:34,701
I even let him put his
name on the account.
747
00:44:34,772 --> 00:44:36,400
Yes, and Grady's.
748
00:44:36,474 --> 00:44:38,739
Ah, that was Ralph's idea.
749
00:44:38,809 --> 00:44:41,802
He wanted a patsy to take the
heat in case the deal fell through.
750
00:44:43,548 --> 00:44:47,007
Well, I suppose I
could have gone along,
751
00:44:47,084 --> 00:44:50,213
sharing the bounty with Ralph.
752
00:44:50,288 --> 00:44:53,417
But you know there
is something about...
753
00:44:53,491 --> 00:44:56,552
having a blackmailer's
knife at your throat.
754
00:44:56,627 --> 00:45:00,894
I'd have been at his
mercy for the rest of my life.
755
00:45:00,965 --> 00:45:04,424
Mr. Carlisle, you certainly can't
expect to get away with another murder.
756
00:45:04,502 --> 00:45:06,630
Oh, no? Why not?
757
00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:09,435
I have a perfect
suspect. Our ghost.
758
00:45:09,507 --> 00:45:10,600
Another strangling,
759
00:45:10,675 --> 00:45:13,338
another message
scrawled across the wall.
760
00:45:13,411 --> 00:45:17,576
It's worth a try. Besides
what choice do I have?
761
00:45:24,755 --> 00:45:27,384
Learned this working my
way through Texas, ma'am.
762
00:45:30,261 --> 00:45:32,730
You okay? Oh,
yes, yes, I'm fine.
763
00:45:32,797 --> 00:45:35,665
Aunt Jess, you all
right? Oh, Grady, in here.
764
00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:37,793
I thought I heard a
crash. It was Mr. Carlisle.
765
00:45:38,803 --> 00:45:39,803
Wow!
766
00:45:39,870 --> 00:45:42,465
Did you do that? Oh,
no, no. It was, uh...
767
00:45:58,356 --> 00:46:01,952
Well, now imagine that.
768
00:46:02,026 --> 00:46:04,427
Popped right out of nowhere.
769
00:46:04,495 --> 00:46:07,761
And saved my life, believe me.
770
00:46:07,832 --> 00:46:09,130
You know, Lieutenant.
771
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,898
I don't see any real need for you
to continue your search for him.
772
00:46:12,970 --> 00:46:17,169
Do you? I mean, you have
Mr. Carlisle's confession.
773
00:46:17,241 --> 00:46:20,177
And he never really
took anything of value.
774
00:46:20,244 --> 00:46:21,371
Not really.
775
00:46:21,445 --> 00:46:26,509
Well, I could be searchin' for
months and come up empty.
776
00:46:26,584 --> 00:46:29,645
It's like tryin' to find
one of the little people.
777
00:46:29,720 --> 00:46:33,179
Nah, I-I wouldn't
worry about him at all.
778
00:46:33,257 --> 00:46:34,316
Then how about lunch?
779
00:46:34,392 --> 00:46:37,738
I saw a little place around the corner that
has a special on corned beef and cabbage.
780
00:46:37,762 --> 00:46:40,254
You don't say. I'll
get my coat and hat.
781
00:46:40,331 --> 00:46:41,799
All right.
782
00:46:47,071 --> 00:46:49,540
Oh, no, oh.
783
00:46:49,607 --> 00:46:50,607
Timothy, what is it?
784
00:46:50,675 --> 00:46:53,702
Some thievin' bugger's
pinched me new hat.
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