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Pretty well done on that side,
Mrs. Shelby.
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- How about a drink of water?
- I'd love it.
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One water coming up.
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You know, you're the handiest
handyman I ever knew.
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- Here you go.
- Thank you.
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Frank.
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I wanna make one point clear.
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Your duties around here do not include
the entertainment of Mrs. Shelby.
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I know what my duties include,
Mr. Shelby.
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Then keep the limitations in mind.
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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All right. All right.
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I'm coming. I'm coming.
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- Okay.
- Where's Scott Shelby?
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Now, just a second.
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Take it easy, little man.
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Where is he?
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- You must be Mr. Parker.
- Who are you?
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Art Williams.
I'm Mr. Shelby's accountant.
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Well, Shelby promised to send me
a cheque for $8,500
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by 11:00 this morning.
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It isn't Mr. Shelby's fault, Mr. Parker.
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I didn't finish the job yet.
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I'm supposed to make out
the cheques
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and take them out for signature
this afternoon.
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All right, Williams.
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But you tell Shelby if he doesn't have
a cheque in my hands by 6:00 tonight,
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I'm gonna see him in person.
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And I won't be interested
in just the money anymore.
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[FRANK CLEARS THROAT]
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Oh, yes, Frank?
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All set to transplant these bushes,
Mrs. Shelby.
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Just show me where you want them.
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All right.
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- Frank.
- Yes?
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Would you mind telling me
something?
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Sure.
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Why do you stay here?
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I'm sure you could get
a much better job.
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This place is fine.
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Gets me a roof over my head,
three meals a day.
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And it gives me a little time off
to keep up with my writing.
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Oh?
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Oh, don't get me wrong,
I'm no Ernest Hemingway.
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I'll probably never write
the great American novel,
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or much of anything else.
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Still, I'd like to read
some of your work.
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Well, you're dignifying it,
Mrs. Shelby.
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All I have at the moment
are a couple of notebooks
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full of my impressions
on people and things.
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Well, what's your impression of me?
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I wish I had the right to tell you that,
Mrs. Shelby.
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This where you want it?
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Well.
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Did you have a nice afternoon
with the help?
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I don't know
which would please you more,
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if I denied it or admitted there was
something between us.
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[PHONE RINGING]
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Well, answer it.
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Hello.
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Oh, hello, Ellen.
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I'll talk to her.
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Where have you been?
We've been expecting you since 5:00.
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Well, I'm sorry, Scott.
Arthur and I won't be able to make it.
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Oh.
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I'm sorry. I was looking forward to it.
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Well, I'm very sorry, Scott.
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Tell Marion
we'll make it another time.
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Yes. All right, Ellen.
I'll call you tomorrow.
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There are several things
I wanna talk about.
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Yes, I will.
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Goodbye.
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She's not coming?
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Disappointed?
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- Frankly, no.
- I can understand that.
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Now I'll be free to keep tabs
on the situation,
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so you and your handyman
will have to behave yourselves now.
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Thus, where our record shows
that the date of the crime
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as proved was subsequent
to the indictment,
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judgement must be reversed.
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Corpus Juris Secundum,
volume 24, section 1710.
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No, section 1730.
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- That it?
- That's it.
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I'll type this up right away.
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You'll do nothing of the kind.
Do you know what time it is?
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There's nothing wrong
with your watch. It is late.
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Now get your coat
and I'll take you home.
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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MASON:
Yes?
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Sorry to bust in on you like this,
but there was no one out front.
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That's all right.
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You Perry Mason?
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MASON:
Yes.
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Well, what do you know?
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Why, I know you have
a telegram for me.
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Huh?
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I say, I know you have a telegram
for me.
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Oh, yes. Of course.
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You'll have to sign for it.
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I'll sign for it.
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Nice to meet you, Mr. Mason.
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Wait till I tell the fellows about this.
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Here you are. Thanks.
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Thank you. Thank you, ma'am.
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Perry Mason.
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Bad news?
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"Need help desperately,
expect to be arrested any moment.
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Please contact me in care of Shelby,
Glidden Cove on Pinewood Lake."
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Signed Frank Lawton.
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Lawton?
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Oh, I remember. He was a lieutenant
in your company during the war.
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Isn't he the one
that wanted to be the writer?
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That's the one.
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Remember I told you
what happened to him on D-day?
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Sounds like he's still in trouble.
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Della, "Trouble"
is Frank Lawton's middle name.
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He was shot twice
during the service.
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The week he came home,
his wife was killed in an accident.
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Looks like the jinx is still operating.
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Are we going to Pinewood Lake?
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Not we. Me.
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Wanna bet?
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[PHONE RINGING]
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FRANK:
Hello.
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- Hello.
- Frank. Frank.
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What do you want?
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This is Mr. Shelby.I'm down at the dock.
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Bring my shotgun.
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Hurry.
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Hurry.
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Mr. Shelby?
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[SPLASHES]
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[CLICKING]
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Mr. Shelby.
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SCOTT:
No. Don't!
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No!
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[GUNSHOT]
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Mr. Shelby.
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Mr. Shelby.
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Mr. Shelb--
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Mr. Shelby.
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Mr. Shelby.
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Mr. Shelby.
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MARION: Frank!
- Mr. Shelby.
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What's the matter?
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- What happened?
- I don't know.
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I heard a shot.
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Frank, where's my husband?
Where's Scott?
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[SOBBING]
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MAN:
All right. We'll take over here.
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Did you find him?
Did you find my husband?
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Not yet, ma'am.
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My men have searched
most of Glidden Cove,
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but so far there's no trace.
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I can't understand it.
I just can't understand it.
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I think I'm beginning to, Mrs. Shelby.
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Mr. Lawton, how long did it take you
to get down to the dock?
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I don't know.
A couple of minutes, I guess.
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Maybe less. I'm not sure.
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Huh.
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Mr. Lawton, you said that Mr. Shelby
called you from the dock.
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That's right.
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Well, if he used this phone,
it was a pretty neat trick.
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All right, Tanner, stick with it.
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The divers are coming out to help.
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MAN 1:
Looking for someone?
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Why, yes.
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Where can I find Frank Lawton?
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- Is he expecting you?
- Yes.
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Go on in. Ask for Sergeant Dix.
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- Go ahead.
MAN 2: Nothing in this area.
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Well, move out of the cove
and start searching the lake.
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Yes, sir.
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What's all the excitement for?
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We're looking for Mr. Shelby's body.
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Now, is there another shotgun
in the house?
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No.
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This one's been fired recently.
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Very recently. Who used it?
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I didn't.
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Okay.
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You wait here.
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Mr. Mason, I'm Detective Sergeant
Dix, Sheriff's Criminal Detail.
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How do you do? This is my secretary,
Miss Street.
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- How do you do?
- How do you do?
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I understand that you were sent for
by Frank Lawton.
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Let's say I received a telegram
signed Frank Lawton.
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This wire was filed at 8:30 p.m.
last night.
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Looks like Frank
was anticipating trouble.
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That statement has implications,
sergeant.
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It was intended to.
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We have reason to believe
that Frank Lawton's employer,
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Scott Shelby, was murdered
early this morning.
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Now, he didn't like Shelby.
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But I have the feeling that Frank
is just a little stuck on Mrs. Shelby.
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I see.
Do you mind if I talk with Frank?
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Sure. Come in here.
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FRANK:
Perry.
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What are you doing here?
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I got a telegram
signed with your name.
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FRANK: What?
- Yeah.
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Here it is.
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FRANK:
I didn't send this.
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Well, we'll see about that.
I'll get the original.
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Look, what's going on around here?
What am I being accused of?
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- I'd like to know--
- Take it easy, boy.
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Sheriff, if you'll excuse me,
I'd like to lie down.
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DIX:
Of course, Mrs. Shelby.
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I'll be outside. Don't take too long.
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FRANK: And every so often when
Shelby had a little trouble sleeping,
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he'd go down to the dock
and take a boat ride.
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Claimed it relaxed him.
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MASON: And you knew
about these nocturnal excursions?
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- I knew about them.
- This Ellen Waring you mentioned.
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You feel there was something
between her and Scott Shelby?
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It was supposed to be business.
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But you don't think so.
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What did Mrs. Shelby think?
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I never asked her, Perry.
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But you said that every time
Ellen Waring came here,
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she was accompanied
by their accountant, Art Williams.
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No, not every time.
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And even Williams himself came out
two or three times alone.
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To take some pictures.
He's quite a camera bug.
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How did Williams and Shelby
get along?
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FRANK: How did Shelby
and anyone get along?
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You know anyone else
who had trouble with Shelby?
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Perry, everybody
had trouble with Shelby.
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Oh, I know,
he puts up a big show here.
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But this place
is in mortgage to the hilt.
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He gets prospective clients out here,
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they look around a little bit,
they listen to him,
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and then they give him all their money
and that's the last they ever see of it.
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He even owes me two months' pay.
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Then why did you stay?
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The job wasn't very tough.
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Gave me a chance to write.
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I want a straight answer, Frank.
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Are you in love with Marion Shelby?
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Why,
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I imagine I could be.
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Very easily
with a little encouragement.
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There never was any.
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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- Mason, are you about finished?
MASON: For the moment. Why?
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Will you come with me, please?
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MASON: Is he under arrest?
- Not yet.
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But I hope you'll advise him
to cooperate.
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Or you'll place him under arrest.
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- That's about the size of it.
- Where's his motive?
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- You recognise this?
- You had no right to--
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Now, you take it easy, mister.
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Your friend here's quite a writer.
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I'd like to read you some of his stuff.
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August 10th.
That was just two days ago.
256
00:20:08,927 --> 00:20:11,282
"Sometimes I think
I'll never understand women.
257
00:20:11,447 --> 00:20:14,041
There's no logical reason for Marion
to put up with him.
258
00:20:14,407 --> 00:20:18,719
She's lovely and generous,
qualities that to him are laughable.
259
00:20:18,887 --> 00:20:21,003
I realise how many decent men
are killed.
260
00:20:21,167 --> 00:20:25,319
I wonder why a man like Shelby
should be permitted to live."
261
00:20:26,087 --> 00:20:28,157
That wasn't meant to be read
by anyone.
262
00:20:28,327 --> 00:20:29,726
DIX:
I know.
263
00:20:30,527 --> 00:20:33,519
Does that answer your question
about motive, Mr. Mason?
264
00:20:42,047 --> 00:20:45,517
PAUL: I may be thick, Perry,
but I just don't get it.
265
00:20:45,887 --> 00:20:49,675
Paul, I simply don't believe
Frank Lawton murdered Scott Shelby.
266
00:20:49,847 --> 00:20:52,042
You can say that
because Frank Lawton's your friend.
267
00:20:52,207 --> 00:20:53,526
Yes.
268
00:20:53,687 --> 00:20:57,646
I also say it
because I don't think Shelby is dead.
269
00:20:57,847 --> 00:21:00,077
Well, it's all too pat.
270
00:21:00,247 --> 00:21:02,602
Shelby flimflammed everyone
he did business with.
271
00:21:02,767 --> 00:21:05,804
He's being hounded by creditors,
yet he has plenty of money.
272
00:21:05,967 --> 00:21:09,403
You don't think he staged this whole bit
to cover his disappearance?
273
00:21:10,527 --> 00:21:11,755
Perry, I don't buy it.
274
00:21:11,927 --> 00:21:14,441
Look, you know for a fact
he was on the dock,
275
00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:16,279
and all his boats are still there.
276
00:21:16,447 --> 00:21:18,961
He'd have to be a channel swimmer
to make it across that cove.
277
00:21:19,127 --> 00:21:22,597
He could have had a confederate
waiting in a boat nearby.
278
00:21:22,767 --> 00:21:26,123
Well, let's assume for a moment
you're right.
279
00:21:26,287 --> 00:21:28,755
Any idea
who this confederate might be?
280
00:21:28,927 --> 00:21:32,602
Well, Shelby was in business
with a woman named Ellen Waring.
281
00:21:32,767 --> 00:21:37,283
Only his connection with her seems
to have been more than just business.
282
00:21:37,447 --> 00:21:39,438
That doesn't mean much.
283
00:21:43,367 --> 00:21:48,157
Ellen Waring was supposed to be a
guest of the Shelbys last weekend.
284
00:21:49,087 --> 00:21:52,875
She waited until the last
possible moment to cancel out. Why?
285
00:21:53,487 --> 00:21:54,715
You got me.
286
00:21:54,887 --> 00:21:58,516
I think she was waiting in a boat for
Shelby when he jumped off the dock.
287
00:21:58,687 --> 00:22:02,521
You think that Mr. Shelby is presently
residing in Miss Waring's closet?
288
00:22:02,687 --> 00:22:03,881
It's a possibility.
289
00:22:04,047 --> 00:22:06,277
Perry, you're out
of your ever-loving mind.
290
00:22:06,447 --> 00:22:07,880
That's also a possibility.
291
00:22:08,047 --> 00:22:09,719
Come on, let's go.
292
00:22:39,127 --> 00:22:41,038
Ellen Waring lives in apartment 3E.
293
00:22:41,207 --> 00:22:43,198
- Alone?
- Yeah.
294
00:22:46,047 --> 00:22:48,197
Let's find her garage.
295
00:22:51,447 --> 00:22:53,438
Why the garage?
296
00:22:53,607 --> 00:22:56,246
Assuming Miss Waring
was the confederate in the boat,
297
00:22:56,407 --> 00:22:58,045
and assuming
she brought Shelby here,
298
00:22:58,207 --> 00:22:59,959
she'd have had to use her own car.
299
00:23:00,127 --> 00:23:02,516
If we're lucky, we might find something
to prove that.
300
00:23:02,687 --> 00:23:05,804
All I can say is
you're doing an awful lot of assuming.
301
00:23:19,567 --> 00:23:21,046
Paul.
302
00:23:21,207 --> 00:23:22,925
The car seat.
303
00:23:23,767 --> 00:23:25,723
It's soaking wet.
304
00:23:26,167 --> 00:23:29,477
You know, you could be right.
305
00:23:29,727 --> 00:23:31,877
Let's take a look around.
306
00:23:45,327 --> 00:23:47,204
It hasn't rained lately.
307
00:23:47,367 --> 00:23:49,119
No, it hasn't.
308
00:23:52,327 --> 00:23:53,999
Soaked.
309
00:24:08,127 --> 00:24:09,606
While Perry was phoning you,
sergeant,
310
00:24:09,767 --> 00:24:11,598
I saw a man raise the window
in her apartment.
311
00:24:11,767 --> 00:24:13,598
How do you know it was
Miss Waring's apartment?
312
00:24:13,767 --> 00:24:16,042
It was the corner one on this floor.
313
00:24:16,447 --> 00:24:18,756
You know, this could be a lot better,
Mason.
314
00:24:18,927 --> 00:24:21,077
I could have thought of it.
315
00:24:24,727 --> 00:24:25,762
Yes?
316
00:24:25,927 --> 00:24:27,485
- Miss Ellen Waring?
- Yes.
317
00:24:27,647 --> 00:24:30,525
I'm a police officer. I'd like to ask you
a few questions, please.
318
00:24:30,687 --> 00:24:31,836
About what?
319
00:24:32,007 --> 00:24:34,965
I'd rather not discuss it out here
in the hall. May we come in?
320
00:24:35,127 --> 00:24:37,243
If it's about Scott Shelby,
I don't know anything.
321
00:24:37,407 --> 00:24:39,967
You'd better let me
be the judge of that.
322
00:24:52,447 --> 00:24:56,281
Miss Waring, I'm Detective Sergeant
Dix of the sheriff's office at Pinewood.
323
00:24:56,447 --> 00:24:58,085
This is Mr. Perry Mason.
324
00:24:58,247 --> 00:25:00,078
Mr. Paul Drake.
325
00:25:00,647 --> 00:25:03,320
I heard the news on the radio
just about 20 minutes ago.
326
00:25:03,487 --> 00:25:05,955
What happened, sergeant?
The report wasn't very clear.
327
00:25:06,127 --> 00:25:09,915
Mr. Shelby jumped, fell,
or was thrown off the dock.
328
00:25:10,087 --> 00:25:11,725
They said something about
his being shot.
329
00:25:11,887 --> 00:25:13,115
DIX:
We don't know.
330
00:25:13,287 --> 00:25:14,925
Miss Waring,
I'll come right to the point.
331
00:25:16,007 --> 00:25:19,124
Who else besides you spent the night
in this apartment last night?
332
00:25:19,567 --> 00:25:21,478
What do you mean?
333
00:25:22,207 --> 00:25:24,767
- Who's in the bedroom?
ELLEN: That's none of your business.
334
00:25:25,167 --> 00:25:29,638
Miss Waring, my client, Frank Lawton,
is being held on suspicion of murder.
335
00:25:29,807 --> 00:25:33,117
Scott Shelby disappeared under
mysterious circumstances last night.
336
00:25:33,287 --> 00:25:36,438
- Now, we have information that your--
- Let me get this straight.
337
00:25:36,607 --> 00:25:39,041
You think Scott Shelby's in there.
338
00:25:39,207 --> 00:25:41,163
Is that what you think?
339
00:26:06,647 --> 00:26:07,636
My mother.
340
00:26:07,807 --> 00:26:10,605
She came in
from San Diego last night.
341
00:26:10,767 --> 00:26:12,678
There was a man seen
in your window this morning,
342
00:26:12,847 --> 00:26:15,077
not more than two hours ago.
Who was he?
343
00:26:15,247 --> 00:26:16,885
A friend. Arthur Williams.
344
00:26:17,047 --> 00:26:18,685
Where is Mr. Williams now?
345
00:26:18,847 --> 00:26:21,680
Down the hall.
He has apartment 3A on this floor.
346
00:26:21,847 --> 00:26:23,997
He came in around 7:30
and we had some coffee together.
347
00:26:24,167 --> 00:26:25,156
[DOORBELL BUZZES]
348
00:26:25,327 --> 00:26:27,602
That's probably Arthur now.
349
00:26:32,127 --> 00:26:33,879
Come in, dear.
350
00:26:39,047 --> 00:26:42,323
These gentlemen came to ask me
some questions about Scott Shelby.
351
00:26:42,647 --> 00:26:44,365
Something's happened to him.
352
00:26:44,527 --> 00:26:45,721
What?
353
00:26:45,887 --> 00:26:47,115
I don't know exactly.
354
00:26:47,287 --> 00:26:49,926
Miss Waring,
when did you use your car last?
355
00:26:50,807 --> 00:26:51,796
Yesterday afternoon.
356
00:26:52,207 --> 00:26:54,118
DIX:
How did the seat get wet?
357
00:26:54,287 --> 00:26:58,166
There's a blanket and a pair of men's
shoes in the garage, both soaked.
358
00:26:58,327 --> 00:26:59,885
You were in my garage?
359
00:27:00,047 --> 00:27:02,197
DIX: Yes, ma'am.
- You've got your nerve.
360
00:27:02,567 --> 00:27:03,682
How did they get wet?
361
00:27:06,287 --> 00:27:09,040
Well, Arthur and I are going
for our marriage licence today.
362
00:27:09,207 --> 00:27:10,686
Isn't that right, darling?
363
00:27:10,847 --> 00:27:11,882
Yes.
364
00:27:12,047 --> 00:27:14,607
Yesterday, we decided
to have a picnic to celebrate.
365
00:27:14,767 --> 00:27:16,678
Where did you go on this picnic?
366
00:27:16,847 --> 00:27:18,519
- Well, we--
- To an estate in Oakcliff.
367
00:27:18,687 --> 00:27:20,518
I'm trying to sell for the owner,
Mr. Kleiner.
368
00:27:21,047 --> 00:27:22,958
There are some shade trees
and a small lake
369
00:27:23,127 --> 00:27:25,163
and a barbecue area for picnics.
370
00:27:25,327 --> 00:27:26,885
Art tried some fishing.
371
00:27:27,047 --> 00:27:29,561
He slipped on the bank
and that's how he got wet.
372
00:27:29,727 --> 00:27:32,321
Now, is there anything else
you'd like to know?
373
00:27:34,207 --> 00:27:36,243
May I use your phone, Miss Waring?
374
00:27:37,727 --> 00:27:39,399
Of course.
375
00:27:48,007 --> 00:27:51,238
Pinewood 6-5098, collect.
This is Sergeant Dix.
376
00:27:51,407 --> 00:27:52,806
I'm sorry, Miss Waring.
377
00:27:54,087 --> 00:27:56,521
Oh, I suppose I can't blame you,
Mr. Mason.
378
00:27:56,687 --> 00:27:59,565
But this really has been
an awful imposition.
379
00:27:59,727 --> 00:28:01,604
It occurs to me that you came here
380
00:28:01,767 --> 00:28:03,519
with the intention
of accusing me of murder.
381
00:28:03,887 --> 00:28:05,718
No. Not murder.
382
00:28:06,127 --> 00:28:08,004
DIX:
Oh, hello, Ted.
383
00:28:09,127 --> 00:28:11,038
Oh, when?
384
00:28:12,967 --> 00:28:15,037
There was nothing on it?
385
00:28:16,287 --> 00:28:18,243
Yeah, that figures.
386
00:28:19,367 --> 00:28:22,006
Yeah. Yeah, I'll get there
as soon as I can.
387
00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:23,520
Yeah.
388
00:28:25,967 --> 00:28:28,686
Well, they found Shelby's body.
389
00:28:29,647 --> 00:28:31,478
Oh, no.
390
00:28:36,567 --> 00:28:38,000
When?
391
00:28:38,167 --> 00:28:40,442
About 20 minutes ago.
They fished it out of the lake.
392
00:28:40,607 --> 00:28:42,279
About a mile from the dock.
393
00:28:42,447 --> 00:28:46,759
A good part of his head had been
blasted away by a shotgun charge.
394
00:28:48,367 --> 00:28:51,484
Do you have any more theories,
Mr. Mason?
395
00:28:58,567 --> 00:29:01,445
Well, this looks like the place
she described.
396
00:29:05,127 --> 00:29:06,924
- Easy.
- Thanks.
397
00:29:07,087 --> 00:29:10,284
Well, I can see how he might've
slipped and gotten wet.
398
00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:13,362
Yep, everything matches.
399
00:29:18,727 --> 00:29:21,764
MAN: And the state will prove beyond
any reasonable doubt
400
00:29:21,927 --> 00:29:23,360
that the defendant, Frank Lawton,
401
00:29:23,527 --> 00:29:27,406
did wilfully murder Scott Shelby
on the night of August 12th.
402
00:29:27,567 --> 00:29:31,116
We will prove that the motive
was his desire for his employer's wife,
403
00:29:31,287 --> 00:29:32,766
Marion Shelby.
404
00:29:32,927 --> 00:29:35,157
We will show you a notebook
kept by the defendant,
405
00:29:35,327 --> 00:29:37,761
in which he recorded his hatred
for the deceased
406
00:29:37,927 --> 00:29:40,964
and his desire to do Mr. Shelby
great bodily harm.
407
00:29:41,127 --> 00:29:45,086
Now I call as my first witness,
Detective Sergeant Phillip Dix.
408
00:29:45,247 --> 00:29:47,044
Where did you find that notebook,
sergeant?
409
00:29:47,207 --> 00:29:48,845
In Mr. Lawton's room.
410
00:29:49,007 --> 00:29:50,599
BLACK:
And did he identify the exhibit
411
00:29:50,767 --> 00:29:53,042
- as his own personal property?
- Yes, sir.
412
00:29:53,207 --> 00:29:54,765
BLACK:
Thank you very much, sir.
413
00:29:55,847 --> 00:30:00,238
Now getting back for a moment
to this shotgun, Exhibit 2.
414
00:30:01,287 --> 00:30:03,357
- Did you examine this weapon?
- I did.
415
00:30:03,527 --> 00:30:05,518
And what did you discover
from your examination?
416
00:30:05,687 --> 00:30:07,757
Since it belonged to the deceased,
Scott Shelby,
417
00:30:07,927 --> 00:30:10,521
- naturally his fingerprints were on it.
- Naturally.
418
00:30:10,687 --> 00:30:12,086
Were there any other fingerprints?
419
00:30:12,647 --> 00:30:14,399
Outside of mine and the deputy's,
420
00:30:14,567 --> 00:30:16,637
only the prints belonging
to the defendant,
421
00:30:16,807 --> 00:30:18,638
- Frank Lawton.
BLACK: What about the shells?
422
00:30:18,807 --> 00:30:20,798
Were Mr. Shelby's
fingerprints on them?
423
00:30:20,967 --> 00:30:23,356
No, sir. One barrel was still loaded.
424
00:30:23,527 --> 00:30:25,597
The other barrel
contained an empty shell.
425
00:30:25,767 --> 00:30:28,998
- It had been fired recently, probably--
MASON: Objection.
426
00:30:29,447 --> 00:30:32,644
If the district attorney wishes to have
this witness during his testimony
427
00:30:32,807 --> 00:30:35,605
give an opinion as to whether
that shotgun had been fired recently
428
00:30:35,767 --> 00:30:37,405
before his examination of it,
429
00:30:37,567 --> 00:30:41,003
I think the witness should first qualify
himself as an expert on firearms.
430
00:30:41,167 --> 00:30:43,727
In the meantime,
the sergeant should tell us
431
00:30:43,887 --> 00:30:46,355
only what he saw
and what he heard.
432
00:30:46,527 --> 00:30:47,846
JUDGE:
Objection sustained.
433
00:30:48,007 --> 00:30:49,326
Proceed, Mr. Black.
434
00:30:49,847 --> 00:30:52,122
I have no further questions.
You may cross-examine.
435
00:30:52,287 --> 00:30:53,436
Thank you.
436
00:30:53,607 --> 00:30:55,325
May I?
437
00:30:56,567 --> 00:30:57,841
Now, sergeant,
438
00:30:58,847 --> 00:31:01,725
you just testified that the dead man's
fingerprints
439
00:31:01,887 --> 00:31:03,764
- were not on those shells.
- Yes, sir.
440
00:31:03,927 --> 00:31:06,919
Were the defendant's fingerprints
on those shells?
441
00:31:07,087 --> 00:31:08,440
- No, sir.
- In other words,
442
00:31:08,607 --> 00:31:11,280
there were no fingerprints at all
on the shells, is that right?
443
00:31:11,447 --> 00:31:12,436
Yes, sir.
444
00:31:12,607 --> 00:31:16,600
And you maintain that this is
the weapon used to kill Scott Shelby.
445
00:31:16,767 --> 00:31:18,280
- Is that right?
- I do.
446
00:31:18,447 --> 00:31:19,516
Can you swear that it is?
447
00:31:19,687 --> 00:31:20,915
Your Honour.
448
00:31:21,087 --> 00:31:24,477
Mr. Mason is hoist by his own petard.
He's just had a ruling from the court
449
00:31:24,647 --> 00:31:27,719
that Mr. Dix is not qualified
to give an expert opinion.
450
00:31:27,887 --> 00:31:30,355
I'm not asking for an expert opinion,
Your Honour,
451
00:31:30,527 --> 00:31:33,041
I'm asking only that the witness
give a yes or no answer
452
00:31:33,207 --> 00:31:37,439
as to whether he can swear
that this gun killed Scott Shelby.
453
00:31:37,967 --> 00:31:39,116
I will allow the question.
454
00:31:41,527 --> 00:31:43,279
Well, sergeant?
455
00:31:48,487 --> 00:31:49,966
I cannot swear that it is.
456
00:31:50,127 --> 00:31:53,005
MASON: Then there might have been
some other shotgun.
457
00:31:54,007 --> 00:31:55,281
Yes, sir.
458
00:31:55,447 --> 00:31:57,199
No further questions.
459
00:31:57,367 --> 00:31:59,597
You may step down, sergeant.
460
00:32:02,327 --> 00:32:04,079
Now, Mrs. Shelby,
461
00:32:04,247 --> 00:32:08,763
did the defendant, Frank Lawton,
ever tell you how he felt about you?
462
00:32:10,087 --> 00:32:13,363
His conduct was always
beyond reproach, Mr. Black.
463
00:32:13,527 --> 00:32:14,801
At all times?
464
00:32:16,087 --> 00:32:17,520
At all times.
465
00:32:20,687 --> 00:32:25,158
I would like to read an excerpt
from the defendant's notebook.
466
00:32:25,327 --> 00:32:28,444
This is dated August 1 st.
467
00:32:29,007 --> 00:32:30,645
I quote:
468
00:32:31,047 --> 00:32:32,878
"Perhaps if I had something to offer,
469
00:32:33,047 --> 00:32:36,039
I could go to Marion
and ask her to marry me.
470
00:32:36,807 --> 00:32:39,002
But this is just more wishful thinking.
471
00:32:39,167 --> 00:32:43,638
As long as her husband is alive,
I wouldn't stand a chance."
472
00:32:46,527 --> 00:32:49,519
Do you mean to say that Frank Lawton
never told you that he loved you?
473
00:32:49,687 --> 00:32:51,040
I object, Your Honour.
474
00:32:51,207 --> 00:32:53,323
Counsel is cross-examining
his own witness.
475
00:32:53,847 --> 00:32:55,565
Sustained.
476
00:32:55,847 --> 00:32:58,236
All right, Mrs. Shelby,
would you kindly tell the court
477
00:32:58,407 --> 00:33:00,762
exactly what occurred
on the night of August 12th
478
00:33:00,927 --> 00:33:02,201
after you were asleep.
479
00:33:02,367 --> 00:33:05,484
Well, I don't know
if I was exactly asleep.
480
00:33:05,647 --> 00:33:07,956
I think you might say
I was half-awake.
481
00:33:08,127 --> 00:33:09,162
Did you hear anything?
482
00:33:09,687 --> 00:33:13,396
Yes, I overheard loud voices
from outside the house.
483
00:33:13,887 --> 00:33:16,526
BLACK: Were you able to distinguish
what either of the voices said?
484
00:33:17,567 --> 00:33:18,761
No, sir.
485
00:33:18,927 --> 00:33:21,919
Well, were your husband
and Mr. Lawton in an argument?
486
00:33:22,447 --> 00:33:24,802
I object to that, Your Honour.
487
00:33:25,887 --> 00:33:27,718
Counsel is trying
to lead the witness.
488
00:33:27,887 --> 00:33:30,845
She has already testified that she
could not hear what was being said.
489
00:33:31,447 --> 00:33:33,165
Sustained.
490
00:33:34,367 --> 00:33:36,562
All right, Mrs. Shelby,
after you were awakened
491
00:33:36,727 --> 00:33:39,082
by the loud voices, what did you do?
492
00:33:39,527 --> 00:33:41,995
As I put on my robe and slippers,
493
00:33:42,167 --> 00:33:44,522
I heard a loud gunshot.
494
00:33:44,687 --> 00:33:46,837
I ran out of the house
and down to the dock.
495
00:33:47,447 --> 00:33:48,721
When you arrived at the dock,
496
00:33:48,887 --> 00:33:51,196
what did you see
and what did you hear?
497
00:33:52,567 --> 00:33:57,038
I saw Frank Lawton leaning over
the water and calling:
498
00:33:57,207 --> 00:33:58,879
"Mr. Shelby, Mr. Shelby."
499
00:33:59,047 --> 00:34:00,685
And what did he have in his hand?
500
00:34:02,647 --> 00:34:04,000
A shotgun.
501
00:34:08,207 --> 00:34:10,437
BLACK:
Thank you, Mrs. Shelby.
502
00:34:11,087 --> 00:34:12,281
You may cross-examine.
503
00:34:17,087 --> 00:34:19,396
MASON:
Mrs. Shelby.
504
00:34:19,767 --> 00:34:23,919
Mrs. Shelby, would you describe
yours as a happy marriage?
505
00:34:24,767 --> 00:34:28,760
Basically there was very little affection
between my husband and myself.
506
00:34:28,927 --> 00:34:31,487
Not at any time?
507
00:34:31,927 --> 00:34:32,916
If there was,
508
00:34:33,087 --> 00:34:36,397
my husband's flagrant affair
with Ellen Waring killed any trace of it.
509
00:34:40,367 --> 00:34:42,244
I see.
510
00:34:42,687 --> 00:34:44,962
Just one more question,
Mrs. Shelby.
511
00:34:45,127 --> 00:34:47,083
Did the defendant, Frank Lawton,
512
00:34:47,247 --> 00:34:50,045
ever make improper advances
toward you?
513
00:34:53,447 --> 00:34:54,960
Never.
514
00:34:56,407 --> 00:34:58,637
Thank you. That is all.
515
00:34:59,247 --> 00:35:00,475
JUDGE:
You may step down.
516
00:35:00,847 --> 00:35:02,485
MARION:
Thank you.
517
00:35:04,967 --> 00:35:06,525
Now, Mrs. Williams,
518
00:35:06,687 --> 00:35:08,757
were your dealings with Mr. Shelby
519
00:35:08,927 --> 00:35:12,203
ever based on anything
other than a business relationship?
520
00:35:12,367 --> 00:35:13,516
Absolutely not.
521
00:35:13,687 --> 00:35:16,440
As a matter of fact,
while you were Mr. Shelby's partner,
522
00:35:16,607 --> 00:35:17,960
you were in love with another man.
523
00:35:18,127 --> 00:35:19,355
- Isn't that so?
- Yes.
524
00:35:19,927 --> 00:35:22,919
A man to whom you are now married,
Mr. Arthur Williams.
525
00:35:23,087 --> 00:35:24,315
ELLEN:
Yes.
526
00:35:24,487 --> 00:35:25,761
BLACK:
Thank you, Mrs. Williams.
527
00:35:25,927 --> 00:35:28,077
You may cross-examine.
528
00:35:33,167 --> 00:35:34,680
Would you care for some water?
529
00:35:36,527 --> 00:35:37,926
Thank you.
530
00:35:42,567 --> 00:35:44,046
Mrs. Williams,
531
00:35:44,207 --> 00:35:46,641
you and your husband applied
for a marriage licence
532
00:35:46,807 --> 00:35:49,685
the morning after the death
of Scott Shelby. Is that true?
533
00:35:49,847 --> 00:35:51,678
We were planning it for some time.
534
00:35:51,847 --> 00:35:53,997
The evening before,
you were supposed to be a guest
535
00:35:54,167 --> 00:35:55,919
- at the Shelby home?
- Yes.
536
00:35:56,087 --> 00:35:57,964
You didn't go. Why not?
537
00:35:58,127 --> 00:36:00,357
Well, my mother arrived
from San Diego unexpectedly.
538
00:36:00,807 --> 00:36:02,365
MASON:
What did you do that afternoon?
539
00:36:02,527 --> 00:36:03,926
ELLEN:
We went on a picnic.
540
00:36:04,087 --> 00:36:06,078
And where did that picnic
take place?
541
00:36:06,247 --> 00:36:08,078
At the Kleiner estate in Oakcliff.
542
00:36:08,447 --> 00:36:11,678
Mrs. Williams, I suggest that you were
not on any picnic that afternoon.
543
00:36:11,847 --> 00:36:14,202
And I suggest that you were
some other place entirely.
544
00:36:14,367 --> 00:36:15,356
That's not true.
545
00:36:15,527 --> 00:36:17,279
Your Honour, I object.
546
00:36:17,447 --> 00:36:19,722
These questions are wholly immaterial
to the issues here.
547
00:36:20,247 --> 00:36:23,364
Your Honour, I have a right to attack
the credibility of this witness.
548
00:36:23,727 --> 00:36:26,685
That's perfectly proper
cross-examination, Mr. Black.
549
00:36:27,447 --> 00:36:29,597
- Proceed, Mr. Mason.
MASON: Thank you.
550
00:36:30,047 --> 00:36:32,845
Now, Mrs. Williams,
what time was this supposed picnic?
551
00:36:33,007 --> 00:36:35,726
What time did you get there
and what time did you leave?
552
00:36:35,887 --> 00:36:39,482
Well, we arrived around 2:00
in the afternoon and left around 5:30.
553
00:36:39,647 --> 00:36:41,126
That was the afternoon
of August 12th.
554
00:36:41,287 --> 00:36:42,845
The same day Scott Shelby
was murdered.
555
00:36:43,007 --> 00:36:44,918
- Yes.
- Can you establish the fact
556
00:36:45,087 --> 00:36:49,205
that you were at the Kleiner estate
between 2:00 and 5:30
557
00:36:49,367 --> 00:36:50,766
on the afternoon of August 12th?
558
00:36:50,927 --> 00:36:52,804
I most certainly can.
559
00:36:52,967 --> 00:36:55,162
My husband
is an amateur photographer
560
00:36:55,487 --> 00:36:58,001
and he has some photographs
that were taken there that same day.
561
00:36:58,487 --> 00:37:01,365
Arthur, will you show Mr. Mason
the pictures you took?
562
00:37:23,567 --> 00:37:25,876
Your Honour, I would like to put
Mr. Williams on the stand
563
00:37:26,047 --> 00:37:29,084
to identify these photographs
and introduce them into evidence.
564
00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:31,761
Do you have any objection
to interrupting your cross-examination
565
00:37:31,927 --> 00:37:34,122
- at this time, Mr. Mason?
- None at all, Your Honour.
566
00:37:34,287 --> 00:37:35,720
But it's getting close to lunchtime.
567
00:37:35,887 --> 00:37:38,765
May I suggest a recess
before Mr. Williams goes on?
568
00:37:38,927 --> 00:37:41,316
- Any objection, Mr. Black?
- Not at all, Your Honour.
569
00:37:41,487 --> 00:37:43,876
If Mr. Mason needs time
to catch his breath,
570
00:37:44,047 --> 00:37:45,639
I'd be very happy to give it to him.
571
00:37:45,807 --> 00:37:47,445
This court is adjourned till 2 p.m.
572
00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:52,158
Don't worry, Frank.
573
00:37:54,007 --> 00:37:57,044
It looks like you were kind of hoist
by your own petard again.
574
00:37:57,207 --> 00:38:00,358
Could be. Paul, you're a pretty good
photographer, aren't you?
575
00:38:01,647 --> 00:38:03,444
Come on, Della.
576
00:38:23,207 --> 00:38:26,722
Mr. Williams,
what is your profession?
577
00:38:26,887 --> 00:38:28,115
I'm an accountant.
578
00:38:28,287 --> 00:38:30,926
And did you do an audit
of the Scott Shelby firm?
579
00:38:31,087 --> 00:38:32,281
That is, Shelby and Waring?
580
00:38:33,007 --> 00:38:33,996
ART:
I did.
581
00:38:34,167 --> 00:38:37,000
BLACK: Is that where you met
Ellen Waring, whom you later married?
582
00:38:37,167 --> 00:38:38,156
ART:
Yes, sir.
583
00:38:38,327 --> 00:38:41,160
Now, on the day before
you announced your marriage,
584
00:38:41,327 --> 00:38:44,717
did you and Miss Waring picnic
on the Kleiner estate?
585
00:38:44,887 --> 00:38:46,559
Yes, sir.
586
00:38:47,687 --> 00:38:50,963
Are these the photographs
that you made at that time?
587
00:38:54,967 --> 00:38:56,082
Yes.
588
00:38:56,247 --> 00:38:59,603
Can you prove that these were made
on the afternoon of August 12th?
589
00:38:59,767 --> 00:39:01,917
Yes, I can.
590
00:39:04,207 --> 00:39:07,643
As you can see by this receipt, I took
the film to the Brighton Camera Shop
591
00:39:07,967 --> 00:39:10,686
to be developed promptly
at 10:00 the following morning.
592
00:39:10,847 --> 00:39:12,565
BLACK:
Why do you say promptly at 10?
593
00:39:12,727 --> 00:39:14,558
It was the first opportunity I had.
594
00:39:14,727 --> 00:39:16,957
When we got back from the picnic
it was after 6:00
595
00:39:17,127 --> 00:39:18,606
and the camera shop was closed.
596
00:39:18,967 --> 00:39:22,164
They didn't open again
until 10 the next morning.
597
00:39:22,327 --> 00:39:25,160
I'd like to have this receipt and these
photographs entered in evidence.
598
00:39:28,687 --> 00:39:30,086
You may cross-examine.
599
00:39:31,167 --> 00:39:35,638
Now, Mr. Williams, about your audit
of Mr. Shelby's firm--
600
00:39:36,127 --> 00:39:37,401
I object, Your Honour.
601
00:39:37,567 --> 00:39:40,035
I put Mr. Williams on the stand
to introduce those photographs.
602
00:39:40,487 --> 00:39:43,001
That may have been the district
attorney's purpose, Your Honour.
603
00:39:43,167 --> 00:39:44,805
Nevertheless,
when he asked Mr. Williams
604
00:39:44,967 --> 00:39:46,559
about his profession,
he opened the door.
605
00:39:46,727 --> 00:39:50,117
I should be permitted to pursue this
on cross-examination.
606
00:39:51,687 --> 00:39:53,200
Overruled.
607
00:39:53,367 --> 00:39:55,119
The witness
will answer the question.
608
00:39:55,287 --> 00:39:58,723
Yes, I did an audit
for Shelby and Miss Waring.
609
00:39:58,887 --> 00:40:01,082
Did the books balance?
610
00:40:01,447 --> 00:40:03,836
Well, I don't know exactly
what you mean.
611
00:40:04,247 --> 00:40:07,637
I mean, was Mr. Shelby's
personal account
612
00:40:08,047 --> 00:40:10,402
exactly as it should be?
613
00:40:11,407 --> 00:40:16,401
- No, there was a slight discrepancy.
- Oh, how much?
614
00:40:16,887 --> 00:40:19,720
A hundred and twenty
thousand dollars.
615
00:40:19,887 --> 00:40:21,400
Well,
616
00:40:21,567 --> 00:40:24,081
I'm glad you're so affluent,
Mr. Williams,
617
00:40:24,247 --> 00:40:28,604
that you can dismiss $120,000
as a slight discrepancy.
618
00:40:28,767 --> 00:40:30,598
[CROWD LAUGHING]
619
00:40:41,967 --> 00:40:44,003
Now, Mr. Williams,
620
00:40:44,167 --> 00:40:45,998
I have here a Photostat
621
00:40:46,167 --> 00:40:48,476
of Scott Shelby's personal
bank account.
622
00:40:48,647 --> 00:40:51,320
Would you be good enough to read
the amount of the last withdrawal?
623
00:40:52,087 --> 00:40:53,566
ART:
"One hundred twenty-one thousand,
624
00:40:53,727 --> 00:40:55,001
seven hundred fourteen dollars."
625
00:40:55,167 --> 00:40:58,443
Mr. Black, you'll note
the withdrawal was made in cash.
626
00:40:58,607 --> 00:41:02,441
Now, would you tell us the date
of that withdrawal?
627
00:41:02,647 --> 00:41:03,716
August 11th.
628
00:41:03,887 --> 00:41:05,923
Or the day before Mr. Shelby
was murdered.
629
00:41:06,087 --> 00:41:09,159
Really, Your Honour, this whole line
of questioning is irrelevant.
630
00:41:09,327 --> 00:41:11,477
It is not germane
to the murder of Scott Shelby.
631
00:41:11,647 --> 00:41:12,796
And I maintain it is, sir.
632
00:41:12,967 --> 00:41:15,242
I maintain that it supplies
the motive for the crime.
633
00:41:15,407 --> 00:41:18,797
Scott Shelby had on his person
over $120,000
634
00:41:18,967 --> 00:41:21,640
24 hours before he was murdered.
Now, where is that money now?
635
00:41:21,807 --> 00:41:24,275
- Have you any idea?
- Yes, Your Honour, I have.
636
00:41:24,447 --> 00:41:25,562
You may proceed.
637
00:41:25,727 --> 00:41:27,365
Thank you.
638
00:41:31,327 --> 00:41:33,158
MASON:
Now, Mr. Williams,
639
00:41:33,327 --> 00:41:34,999
your wife testified
640
00:41:35,167 --> 00:41:37,203
that you were an amateur
photographer.
641
00:41:37,367 --> 00:41:38,356
ART:
That's right.
642
00:41:38,647 --> 00:41:40,717
Isn't it true
that most amateur photographers
643
00:41:40,887 --> 00:41:43,685
prefer to develop and print
their own pictures?
644
00:41:43,847 --> 00:41:44,962
I generally do.
645
00:41:45,127 --> 00:41:46,845
But on the morning of August 13th,
646
00:41:47,007 --> 00:41:49,760
you went to a photo shop
to have your film processed.
647
00:41:49,927 --> 00:41:51,246
I wanted the pictures in a hurry.
648
00:41:51,407 --> 00:41:53,637
I didn't know when I could find
time to develop the roll.
649
00:41:54,167 --> 00:41:55,486
Yeah, that sounds reasonable.
650
00:41:56,727 --> 00:42:00,242
Now, this is a receipt for your film.
651
00:42:00,407 --> 00:42:05,435
It's marked 10 a.m., August 13th,
and it is initialled "J.B."
652
00:42:05,607 --> 00:42:06,756
Who's "J.B."?
653
00:42:06,927 --> 00:42:08,679
The proprietor of the
Brighton Camera Shop.
654
00:42:08,847 --> 00:42:13,318
Now, was it his idea to sign this receipt
in this way or did you request it?
655
00:42:14,047 --> 00:42:16,641
Well, I don't remember.
656
00:42:17,087 --> 00:42:18,486
Let me show you another receipt
657
00:42:18,647 --> 00:42:21,081
from the Brighton Camera Shop,
Mr. Williams.
658
00:42:21,247 --> 00:42:24,796
This is for a roll of film taken
to their store by my secretary
659
00:42:24,967 --> 00:42:26,685
a little more than an hour ago.
660
00:42:26,847 --> 00:42:30,760
Do you see any notation of time
on that receipt?
661
00:42:31,327 --> 00:42:32,680
No.
662
00:42:32,847 --> 00:42:35,919
Then apparently marking their receipts
with the exact time
663
00:42:36,087 --> 00:42:38,521
is not one of their
standard operating procedures.
664
00:42:40,487 --> 00:42:43,638
I guess I asked the owner to do it.
665
00:42:44,087 --> 00:42:45,725
Why?
666
00:42:46,887 --> 00:42:49,321
Well, I'm an accountant
by profession.
667
00:42:49,487 --> 00:42:52,638
I like to have all my records
properly detailed.
668
00:42:52,807 --> 00:42:53,956
I see.
669
00:42:54,127 --> 00:42:57,722
What time of the day did you make
these photographs, Mr. Williams?
670
00:42:59,007 --> 00:43:00,599
I don't remember exactly.
671
00:43:00,767 --> 00:43:03,235
It was between 2 and 5:30
in the afternoon.
672
00:43:10,247 --> 00:43:14,718
Mr. Williams, would you examine
these photographs, any one of them?
673
00:43:16,447 --> 00:43:19,200
Now, there's the barbecue
in that one.
674
00:43:19,367 --> 00:43:20,356
Yes.
675
00:43:20,527 --> 00:43:22,722
Does it show a shadow?
676
00:43:22,887 --> 00:43:24,240
Yes.
677
00:43:29,367 --> 00:43:32,086
If the court will excuse me
for a moment.
678
00:43:45,727 --> 00:43:47,524
Mr. Williams,
679
00:43:48,527 --> 00:43:52,884
in what direction is the shadow
of the barbecue pointing?
680
00:43:54,927 --> 00:43:56,155
West.
681
00:43:56,327 --> 00:43:59,000
But that would indicate that the sun
is in the east, wouldn't it?
682
00:43:59,647 --> 00:44:02,445
It would have to be
to cast that shadow.
683
00:44:02,847 --> 00:44:03,882
I guess so.
684
00:44:04,047 --> 00:44:07,084
And if the sun is in the east,
it follows it is morning.
685
00:44:07,247 --> 00:44:08,236
Isn't it true?
686
00:44:08,407 --> 00:44:09,726
I guess so.
687
00:44:09,887 --> 00:44:12,162
Your Honour, I should like
to introduce into evidence
688
00:44:12,327 --> 00:44:14,841
this photograph taken at the lake
on the Kleiner estate
689
00:44:15,007 --> 00:44:17,202
at exactly 1:55.
690
00:44:17,367 --> 00:44:20,006
I should further like to direct
the attention of the court
691
00:44:20,167 --> 00:44:23,045
to the fact
that the afternoon shadow cast
692
00:44:23,207 --> 00:44:26,040
by the barbecue is pointing
directly east,
693
00:44:26,207 --> 00:44:32,077
while the shadow in the photograph
taken by Mr. Williams is pointing west.
694
00:44:35,967 --> 00:44:38,162
JUDGE:
Mark it exhibit number eight.
695
00:44:39,887 --> 00:44:43,243
Now, I'm going to ask you once again,
Mr. Williams:
696
00:44:44,367 --> 00:44:48,246
What time of the day
did you take those photographs?
697
00:44:48,687 --> 00:44:50,120
I'm not sure.
698
00:44:50,287 --> 00:44:53,245
You're not sure because you were
at the Kleiner estate for your picnic
699
00:44:53,407 --> 00:44:56,444
not on the afternoon you stated, but on
the following morning before 10:00.
700
00:44:57,087 --> 00:44:59,760
You took those photographs
on the morning of August 13th,
701
00:44:59,927 --> 00:45:02,999
then you rushed to the Brighton
Camera Shop to have them developed.
702
00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:05,442
Well, isn't that so, Mr. Williams?
703
00:45:06,287 --> 00:45:08,721
- Yes.
- Louder.
704
00:45:08,887 --> 00:45:10,605
- Yes.
- Why?
705
00:45:10,767 --> 00:45:12,758
What were you doing on the afternoon
of the murder
706
00:45:12,927 --> 00:45:14,883
that you felt it essential
to have an alibi?
707
00:45:15,607 --> 00:45:18,360
ART:
Well, we were--
708
00:45:18,527 --> 00:45:20,961
MASON: We're waiting, Mr. Williams.
- Well,
709
00:45:21,127 --> 00:45:24,517
I met with Scott Shelby
that afternoon.
710
00:45:24,687 --> 00:45:26,439
He wanted to disappear.
711
00:45:26,607 --> 00:45:29,075
MASON: And you were going to
help him in this disappearance?
712
00:45:29,647 --> 00:45:30,682
Yes.
713
00:45:30,847 --> 00:45:33,566
I had a boat, was going to wait
a short distance from the dock for him
714
00:45:33,727 --> 00:45:34,921
at 11:00 that night.
715
00:45:35,087 --> 00:45:38,284
How much were you to be paid
for this invaluable aid?
716
00:45:38,447 --> 00:45:39,516
Ten thousand dollars.
717
00:45:39,687 --> 00:45:42,247
So then you figured,
why settle for only $10,000
718
00:45:42,407 --> 00:45:44,637
when you could have had
more than $120,000
719
00:45:44,807 --> 00:45:47,082
- and no one would've been the wiser?
- No.
720
00:45:47,247 --> 00:45:49,124
You mean that thought
never crossed your mind?
721
00:45:49,767 --> 00:45:51,439
Well, I didn't kill him.
722
00:45:51,607 --> 00:45:53,837
I won't go to the gas chamber
for anybody.
723
00:45:54,007 --> 00:45:55,235
I was in the boat,
724
00:45:56,447 --> 00:45:58,722
but she did it. I saw her.
725
00:45:58,887 --> 00:46:00,798
MASON:
Whom did you see? Mrs. Shelby?
726
00:46:01,287 --> 00:46:03,482
ART:
Yes. It was her.
727
00:46:03,647 --> 00:46:04,716
He's a liar.
728
00:46:04,887 --> 00:46:06,639
How can you believe
a man like that?
729
00:46:06,807 --> 00:46:07,922
She gave me $10,000.
730
00:46:08,087 --> 00:46:10,362
She was supposed to
pay me more later.
731
00:46:10,527 --> 00:46:12,597
I left the money at home.
I never even touched it.
732
00:46:12,767 --> 00:46:14,678
Can you prove that Mrs. Shelby
gave you the money?
733
00:46:14,847 --> 00:46:16,758
Yes. And I can prove
why she paid me.
734
00:46:17,367 --> 00:46:19,403
I never go anywhere
without my camera.
735
00:46:19,567 --> 00:46:21,683
And on that night in the boat
I had it with me.
736
00:46:22,287 --> 00:46:26,565
It was loaded with infrared film
with an infrared flashbulb attachment.
737
00:46:27,607 --> 00:46:30,326
I didn't trust Shelby
and I wanted to protect myself.
738
00:46:31,167 --> 00:46:33,237
When I heard the gunshot,
I took the picture.
739
00:46:36,287 --> 00:46:38,243
My wife has it now.
740
00:46:52,367 --> 00:46:54,198
Is that the picture?
741
00:46:54,847 --> 00:46:56,439
Your Honour.
742
00:46:58,807 --> 00:47:01,685
Bailiff. Bring that woman
to the bench.
743
00:47:34,847 --> 00:47:37,441
Well, I don't know.
744
00:47:37,807 --> 00:47:40,640
I may have had Marion
pegged all wrong, Perry.
745
00:47:41,087 --> 00:47:43,362
I still don't understand
why she wanted to frame me.
746
00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:45,757
Well, actually,
it was all Shelby's idea.
747
00:47:45,927 --> 00:47:47,997
Even to getting my name
out of your notebook.
748
00:47:48,167 --> 00:47:50,362
Marion just saw an opportunity
and took advantage of it.
749
00:47:50,527 --> 00:47:52,006
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
750
00:47:52,167 --> 00:47:53,805
Yeah?
751
00:47:54,607 --> 00:47:57,360
- Hi.
MASON: Well, how are you, sergeant?
752
00:47:57,527 --> 00:47:59,165
Fine.
753
00:48:00,407 --> 00:48:02,875
I see you're going to move.
754
00:48:03,047 --> 00:48:05,481
- You blame me?
- No.
755
00:48:05,647 --> 00:48:07,638
We found the rest of the money
and the murder gun.
756
00:48:07,807 --> 00:48:09,399
They were on a plank under the dock.
757
00:48:09,567 --> 00:48:11,956
Oh, I've got something for you too.
758
00:48:12,127 --> 00:48:13,606
Exhibit A.
759
00:48:13,767 --> 00:48:15,041
Thanks.
760
00:48:15,207 --> 00:48:17,596
I think I'm gonna leave the writing
to Hemingway and Steinbeck
761
00:48:17,767 --> 00:48:19,166
from now on.
762
00:48:19,367 --> 00:48:22,086
If you ever get a telegram or a letter
from me, be sure it's a phoney.
763
00:48:22,247 --> 00:48:23,885
Then how am I gonna hear
from you?
764
00:48:24,047 --> 00:48:26,641
If I'm in trouble,
I'll send you a smoke signal.
765
00:48:26,887 --> 00:48:29,799
Come on, Frank.
Let's get out of here.
766
00:48:29,967 --> 00:48:31,878
Here you are, sergeant.
58647
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