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NARRATOR:In the criminal justice system
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the people are representedby two
separateyet equally important groups,
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the policewho investigate crime
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and the district attorneyswho prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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That's beautiful, Lennie.
A real antique.
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Oh, yeah?
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When that semi-auto of yours jams up,
this antique will still be firing.
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Sure, until it runs
out of bullets. All six.
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It's not how many, Rey, it's where they go.
Come on, reel it in.
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Check it out.
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These goggles, the lenses
are all distorted.
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(PHONE RINGING)
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Curtis. Yeah,
okay, we got it.
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Where the hell is CSU?
You want to secure that door?
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What are you doing here?
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Investigating a homicide.
You called it in.
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She called it in.
We responded.
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Yeah, and you confirmed it.
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Victim, Mr. Wickets.
You got a first name?
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His first name is Mister.
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He's a horse, Detective.
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(CURTIS CHUCKLES)
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What is this, April Fools'
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No, we just thought
it was funny.
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We thought that dispatch
would get the joke.
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What joke?
We said, " Mr. Wickets,
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"four legs,
1,100 pounds."
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What did you think it was,
fat siamese twins?
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Come on, Lennie,
let's get out of here.
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Aren't you going
to do anything?
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Look, miss, we're not the horse
police, all right? Come on.
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I saw a man in a green
oilskin jacket walking out.
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He turned his head,
so I couldn't see his face.
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Maybe he was the one who did it.
Did what?
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How do you know this horse didn't
expire from horse disease?
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You see that manure?
Lennie, can we go now?
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Well, wait a minute.
Yeah, all right, I see it. So what?
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Solid fecal balls,
and it's warm.
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BRISCOE: I'll take
your word for it.
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The only natural cause that kills a healthy
young horse in its stall is colic.
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That's a blocked bowel.
Mr. Wickets wasn't blocked.
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I only left him
alone for an hour.
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He was fine when I left.
He was a wonderful horse.
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Miss, look, I'm sorry for your loss, but
this is really a case for the ASPCA.
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You two, call somebody?
OFFICER: Okay.
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And he was worth
half a million dollars.
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Does that make him
important enough?
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Look, miss, I thought these horses were
for giving kids rides in the park.
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He was a show horse.
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Our truck from the farm in Pennsylvania
broke down on the way to Massachusetts.
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He was only here for the night.
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New York really is
a rough town for tourists.
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BRISCOE: The girl who
called 911, Susan Bauer,
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she's an assistant trainer.
Works for the owner, Richard Brandson.
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I didn't become a detective
to investigate dead animals.
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Oh, come on, Wilbur.
Somebody killed a horse.
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You're not gonna let them
get away with it, are you?
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What am I, in some kind
of trainee program?
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VAN BUREN: You've got your
assignment, Detective. Fine.
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You want me to question the
horse's friends and neighbors?
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Find out if maybe he was having
some problems in his love life?
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It's a nothing case.
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Say something one more time.
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Rey, one beautiful
afternoon at Belmont Park
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I wheeled an exacta, and a long
shot named Nooch's Dream came in.
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Paid $1,211.
So?
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So, after that, I took an
interest in his career.
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He retired to stud,
and he died in a barn fire.
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Killed for the insurance
money. It happens.
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Do a background check
before you see the owner.
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Members of our association
tend to be well-to-do.
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Horse showing isn't
a hobby for postal clerks.
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How about a postal clerk
with a great horse?
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How's he going to feed it?
Train it? Transport it?
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Richard Brandson had the resources, and he thought Mr.
Wickets had the talent.
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You mean a horse isn't a horse?
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Hardly.
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This one had excellent confirmation.
Beautiful hip and shoulder angles.
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Brandson bragged that he spotted him
across a field on a farm in Putnam County.
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He bought him on the spot
for his daughter to ride.
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Brandson is her coach.
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Fine. So they lived
happily ever after.
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Well, actually, no. It turned out that Mr.
Wickets had a habit of dropping a leg.
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Took down rails at the jumps.
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Wasn't this maybe a little
embarrassing for Mr. Brandson?
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He predicted that Mr. Wickets would take
his daughter to the Junior Nationals.
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He has other horses, but, still,
he had to be disappointed.
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BRANDSON: I apologize for Ms. Bauer calling you.
She must have been hysterical.
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Actually, she seemed pretty calm.
Really?
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Well, how guilt-ridden
did she seem?
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She was supposed to stay with Mr.
Wickets all night. Instead, she went to dinner.
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She felt guilty, so she made up
this whole thing about the colic?
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Well, she's a junior trainer,
not a veterinarian.
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My horse died
of natural causes.
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Seem pretty calm
about it yourself.
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Well, I don't cry in public,
but my daughter is devastated.
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Losing Mr. Wickets was like
losing a member of the family.
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Mr. Brandson, Mr. Bennett said he needs to talk
to you before your board meeting tomorrow.
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Yeah, later, Jennifer.
Anything else?
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We heard Mr. Wickets
had some problems.
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He was young, he was inexperienced.
He was getting better every week.
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Could you tell us, sir,
was the horse insured?
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Hudson Casualty.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
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People who kill horses for insurance
money used to use barbiturates.
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Then we developed
a test for that.
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They switched to insulin,
we got a test for that.
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What now, letter bombs?
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Ping-pong balls.
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They shove them up a horse's
nostrils so he can't breathe.
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He kicks, thrashes, gasping for air.
It can go on for 10 or 15 minutes.
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Or there's electrocution.
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You wire them up with
one end up his rectum
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and the other down his throat,
and throw the switch.
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It's less painful,
and it looks like colic.
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Do you think somebody threw
the switch on Mr. Wickets?
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With the lawsuits today?
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We're not allowed to operate on the basis
of what we think, only what we know.
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The horse's remains are going to the
Cornell Veterinary College in lthaca
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for a necropsy.
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My father called
me with the news.
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Took me an hour to stop crying.
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Where'd he call you from?
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Our farm in Pennsylvania.
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We were both going to fly to Boston today.
The show starts tomorrow.
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He was going with you?
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Yes. I never compete
without him there.
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Why?
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Well, we just need to make sure of the facts.
Mr. Wickets was very valuable.
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Well, they told me
it was colic.
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CURTIS: Were there any
signs that he was sick?
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No.
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I should have noticed.
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Mr. Wickets and I, we
communicated through our bones.
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When was the last time
you rode him?
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The day before he died.
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He seemed fine.
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(SIGHS)
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I'm sorry. I guess...
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It's just kind of hard for me
to realize that he's gone.
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Well, I have to get
to class, so...
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(SNIFFLES)
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So you think Brandson
really killed her horse?
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He figured he was
doing her a favor.
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She was in love with Mr. Wickets.
Mr. Wickets was a loser.
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So kill the horse and
put her on a winner.
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Well, if he did it,
he ought to be shot.
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Not for what he did to the horse,
but for what he did to her.
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He did it.
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She just told us he was gonna be
with her at the horse show tomorrow.
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His secretary said his big
board meeting is tomorrow.
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So what were you gonna do, conduct your
meeting on a cell phone from the horse arena?
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Or are you so rich you can
be in two places at once?
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You knew the horse
would be dead,
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that's why you didn't worry about
the schedule conflict, right?
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Thanks for coming by,
gentlemen.
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I really am very busy.
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Well, you're gonna be
a lot busier.
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You and your defense attorney.
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Now why would that be, Detective?
There's no possible crime here.
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I believe insurance fraud
is against the law.
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So what?
I'll withdraw my claim.
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BRISCOE: As soon as we
started snooping around,
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Brandson calls the insurance company
and says he doesn't want the money.
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Necropsies are expensive,
so they called it off.
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No necropsy, no proof Mr.
Wickets didn't die of natural causes.
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You think the department
would go a couple of grand
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to find singe marks
on a horse's ass?
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To investigate no crime?
I can't even get pencils with erasers.
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So the guy has a zillion dollars.
He just buys his way out of a beef?
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Unbelievable in
the United States.
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You know, conspiracy to commit
insurance fraud is still a crime,
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even if Brandson backed out.
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That's a tough case, Lennie.
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Not if we find his accomplice,
and the accomplice rolls over.
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We got the records from five
different insurance companies
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that have dead horses
on the books.
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Now, the farm where Brandson
discovered his horse
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has had two colic deaths
in the last 18 months.
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Plus, two more found in
horses that came from there.
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It's owned by a guy
named Lyle Christopher.
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Excellent work, Detective,
for a nothing case.
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CHRISTOPHER: Of course I know Richard Brandson.
He's bought several horses from me.
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I was hoping to see him again when
I go up to my farm this weekend.
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I'm surprised anybody in the horsey set
gets anyplace near you, Christopher.
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You're a regular Typhoid Mary.
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I beg your pardon?
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Mattawin Dancer, died May 1994.
Lord Dan, died August of '94.
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Nathan's Folly, died July 1995.
Mr. Wickets...
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Mattawin Dancer and Lord Dan
had serious health problems,
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and Nathan's Folly, well,
his owners were sloppy.
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Fed him moldy hay.
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And Mr. Wickets? What, Brandson
couldn't afford the fresh stuff?
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That was a tragedy.
Horses die.
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BRISCOE: Yeah, eventually.
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Just seems like the
well-insured ones
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seem to go a little sooner
when they're around you.
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I think we're done now.
Yeah, almost.
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You want to tell us where
you were on Sunday night?
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In the bar
at the Hampton Hotel,
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killing dry martinis,
not horses.
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You know how many bars won't
let you smoke cigars anymore?
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Yeah. Not enough.
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Well, Mr. Christopher,
he enjoys his Havanas.
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Was he enjoying them
here on Sunday night?
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Yeah. Yeah,
he closed me up.
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BRISCOE: Was he alone?
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No, he's not the solitary type.
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There was a lady with him for
a while, then she went home.
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Then some friend
of his shows up.
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Maitre d' had to lend
him a sport jacket.
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Why? What was he wearing?
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I don't know,
something Field and Stream.
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Green?
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Yeah. It was totally
inappropriate.
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We pulled some LUDs.
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Now, as soon as he heard
his horse truck broke down,
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Richard Brandson
called Lyle Christopher.
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Christopher hangs up and calls a hotel
in Massachusetts near the horse show.
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He talks to a guest
named Mr. Brown.
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Now, five hours later,
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just enough time for somebody to drive
down from Massachusetts to New York,
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Mr. Christopher calls a hotel
here and talks to a Mr. White.
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VAN BUREN: The same man?
Mmm.
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Their descriptions match.
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Two hours later, Susan
Bauer sees a green jacket
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walking away from
the dead horse.
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Thirty minutes after that, a man in a green
jacket joins Christopher for a drink.
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To Mr. Wickets,
rest in peace.
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So Christopher's
the middle man,
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and the guy in the jacket
is the hit man.
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And Brandson's the one who set
the whole thing in motion.
233
00:12:23,456 --> 00:12:24,889
It's going to be fun
nailing his ass.
234
00:12:24,957 --> 00:12:29,087
I hate to spoil your party, Lennie,
but the big fish here is Christopher.
235
00:12:29,162 --> 00:12:33,963
He's linked to four dead horses, plus,
his out-of-state records just came in.
236
00:12:34,033 --> 00:12:36,900
Indictments for fraud
in New Jersey and Virginia,
237
00:12:36,969 --> 00:12:39,437
dropped when he made
restitution to the victims.
238
00:12:39,505 --> 00:12:40,767
So they won't talk.
239
00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,274
Well, if he ran two cons,
he ran 100.
240
00:12:43,342 --> 00:12:47,472
Check the lawsuit indexes.
See who Christopher hasn't settled with.
241
00:12:51,551 --> 00:12:57,547
My late husband was so careful
to be sure I'd be provided for.
242
00:12:57,623 --> 00:13:01,184
My money was in bonds, but interest
rates were dropping, and...
243
00:13:01,260 --> 00:13:03,125
And Mr. Christopher
had a suggestion?
244
00:13:03,196 --> 00:13:04,686
Yes.
245
00:13:04,764 --> 00:13:09,827
He sold me a retired thoroughbred
he said was a promising jumper.
246
00:13:09,902 --> 00:13:14,032
It had a fraudulent
identification tattoo on its lip.
247
00:13:14,107 --> 00:13:18,339
So when you checked it out, the
record of another horse came up?
248
00:13:18,411 --> 00:13:21,073
A much better one.
249
00:13:21,147 --> 00:13:25,277
Before I figured that out,
I was on Lyle's farm one day,
250
00:13:25,351 --> 00:13:29,344
it really is a lovely spot, he
was showing me a maiden mare.
251
00:13:29,422 --> 00:13:33,950
He said she had a sister who had
produced extremely valuable foals.
252
00:13:34,026 --> 00:13:38,986
Just then, a man showed up,
demanding $50,000 Lyle owed on her.
253
00:13:39,065 --> 00:13:41,556
Lyle told me he had
a cash flow problem.
254
00:13:41,634 --> 00:13:43,568
He was desperate
to keep that horse.
255
00:13:43,636 --> 00:13:45,831
He said he'd make
me a full partner.
256
00:13:47,406 --> 00:13:49,033
I wrote the check.
257
00:13:49,108 --> 00:13:52,373
It's an old game, Mrs.
Fairchild, because it works.
258
00:13:52,445 --> 00:13:57,405
The District Attorney in Putnam
County told me it was a civil matter.
259
00:13:57,483 --> 00:13:59,678
Probably going
to lose my house.
260
00:14:00,686 --> 00:14:02,176
I was such a fool.
261
00:14:02,255 --> 00:14:05,418
Well, we talked to three other people,
ma'am, they were fooled, too.
262
00:14:05,491 --> 00:14:06,651
Women?
263
00:14:08,327 --> 00:14:12,957
You see, Lyle and I were going to be
married until he took all my money.
264
00:14:13,032 --> 00:14:15,967
Then he said he'd fallen
in love with somebody else,
265
00:14:16,035 --> 00:14:19,562
that they were engaged.
God help her.
266
00:14:19,639 --> 00:14:20,970
Do you know who she is?
267
00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,564
Ruth Thomas.
268
00:14:23,476 --> 00:14:26,968
I understand her late husband
provided for her very nicely.
269
00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,114
Mrs. Thomas?
She's not home.
270
00:14:30,183 --> 00:14:31,741
Do you know when she'll be in?
271
00:14:31,817 --> 00:14:33,114
Three weeks.
272
00:14:33,186 --> 00:14:36,053
She's on a cruise around the world.
She left two months ago.
273
00:14:36,122 --> 00:14:39,216
Would you ask her to call
us when she gets back?
274
00:14:39,292 --> 00:14:41,385
I'll give it to her.
Thanks.
275
00:14:42,395 --> 00:14:46,126
Just got engaged, and she goes on a
three-month cruise without her fiancé?
276
00:14:46,199 --> 00:14:49,930
With this fiancé, she's better off
in a long-distance relationship.
277
00:14:50,002 --> 00:14:51,560
You know, if she figured
that out for herself,
278
00:14:51,637 --> 00:14:53,764
maybe she knows something
about him we can use.
279
00:14:53,839 --> 00:14:55,704
And maybe she'd
want to tell us.
280
00:14:55,775 --> 00:14:58,266
Time to haul out the
signal flags, matey.
281
00:14:58,344 --> 00:14:59,641
(CURTIS CHUCKLES)
282
00:14:59,712 --> 00:15:04,149
Yeah, the New York City Police Department.
We're looking for Ruth Thomas.
283
00:15:06,419 --> 00:15:07,977
I'll hold.
284
00:15:08,054 --> 00:15:11,455
It's amazing. You're talking to
some guy cruising off of Bora Bora.
285
00:15:11,524 --> 00:15:14,618
We used to get dressed up just
to talk to my uncle in Buffalo.
286
00:15:16,495 --> 00:15:17,962
Are you sure?
287
00:15:19,232 --> 00:15:22,633
Well, this is very important.
Will you check again, please?
288
00:15:22,702 --> 00:15:24,135
They can't find her.
289
00:15:24,203 --> 00:15:26,933
Maybe she's on the poop deck.
They looking for her?
290
00:15:28,307 --> 00:15:34,337
Yeah. Okay.
All right. Thank you.
291
00:15:36,315 --> 00:15:37,612
She never got on the boat.
292
00:15:37,683 --> 00:15:40,743
A man called their office the day it left
New York and said he was her nephew,
293
00:15:40,820 --> 00:15:43,152
said that she was sick and
she wasn't going to make it.
294
00:15:43,222 --> 00:15:45,690
They put someone in her
cabin at the next stop.
295
00:15:47,026 --> 00:15:48,618
Who you calling?
296
00:15:53,366 --> 00:15:55,960
Hello, is this Mrs.
Thomas' housekeeper?
297
00:15:56,035 --> 00:15:58,265
Yeah, this is
Detective Briscoe again.
298
00:15:58,337 --> 00:16:01,932
Yeah, can you tell me how to get
in touch with Mrs. Thomas' nephew?
299
00:16:03,909 --> 00:16:06,309
Well, thank you. Thank you.
300
00:16:07,246 --> 00:16:09,111
Mrs. Thomas doesn't
have a nephew.
301
00:16:14,387 --> 00:16:15,479
I don't understand.
302
00:16:15,554 --> 00:16:19,888
If Mrs. Thomas isn't on
that boat, where is she?
303
00:16:19,959 --> 00:16:24,293
We don't know. Now, did she call
you after she left here that day?
304
00:16:24,363 --> 00:16:25,591
No.
305
00:16:25,665 --> 00:16:28,429
Has she been in touch at all?
She send you a postcard?
306
00:16:28,501 --> 00:16:30,935
Mrs. Thomas wouldn't
write to me.
307
00:16:31,003 --> 00:16:34,564
How do you get your pay while she's gone?
Your money for household expenses?
308
00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,609
Mrs. Thomas's lawyer.
He takes care of everything.
309
00:16:37,677 --> 00:16:40,475
Exactly when did
you see her last?
310
00:16:40,546 --> 00:16:42,673
The day the ship sailed.
311
00:16:42,748 --> 00:16:46,377
The limousine driver came to get
her, and she walked out that door.
312
00:16:46,852 --> 00:16:49,013
I had this lady in my
car two months ago?
313
00:16:49,088 --> 00:16:50,783
That's what your
dispatcher says.
314
00:16:50,856 --> 00:16:53,120
Do you know how many people I've
carried in the last two months?
315
00:16:53,192 --> 00:16:55,092
You picked her up on East 56th.
316
00:16:55,161 --> 00:16:58,619
You might've taken her to the
passenger ship terminal.
317
00:16:58,698 --> 00:17:00,495
Oh, yeah. Yeah,
the cruise-ship lady.
318
00:17:00,566 --> 00:17:02,761
Yeah, she talked my ear off
about the Panama Canal.
319
00:17:02,835 --> 00:17:04,700
She said the boat was going
through the Panama Canal.
320
00:17:04,770 --> 00:17:07,603
But did you see her
actually get on the ship?
321
00:17:07,673 --> 00:17:10,039
I don't wait around.
I'm not driving a school bus.
322
00:17:10,109 --> 00:17:13,943
Did she stop or talk to anybody
when she got out of your car?
323
00:17:14,013 --> 00:17:15,207
I have no idea.
324
00:17:19,452 --> 00:17:21,716
I have access to one
of Mrs. Thomas' accounts
325
00:17:21,787 --> 00:17:23,721
to cover her mortgage
and maintenance and so on,
326
00:17:23,789 --> 00:17:26,781
but I wasn't expecting to hear from her
again until she got back from her trip.
327
00:17:26,859 --> 00:17:28,622
Which, as far as you knew,
she was on?
328
00:17:28,694 --> 00:17:31,925
Yes. This is
very disturbing.
329
00:17:31,997 --> 00:17:35,330
Were you handling any unusual
legal matters for Mrs. Thomas
330
00:17:35,401 --> 00:17:37,801
before she left,
besides paying her bills?
331
00:17:37,870 --> 00:17:39,770
Well, she had talked to me
about a civil matter,
332
00:17:39,839 --> 00:17:41,773
but I'm afraid that's
all I can tell you.
333
00:17:41,841 --> 00:17:43,103
Even though she's missing?
334
00:17:43,175 --> 00:17:44,574
Well, especially since
she's missing.
335
00:17:44,643 --> 00:17:47,544
If she were here, she could waive
the attorney-client privilege.
336
00:17:47,613 --> 00:17:51,447
So, you and us, we're going to go
around in some circles, aren't we?
337
00:17:51,517 --> 00:17:52,711
There's nothing I can do.
338
00:17:52,785 --> 00:17:53,945
All right, how about this?
339
00:17:54,019 --> 00:17:58,012
If what she saw you about involved
a man named Lyle Christopher,
340
00:17:58,090 --> 00:17:59,614
you scratch your ear.
341
00:18:01,861 --> 00:18:03,920
You're interested
in Mr. Christopher?
342
00:18:03,996 --> 00:18:05,361
Should we be?
343
00:18:07,066 --> 00:18:09,432
Well, I don't think it would be
violating privilege to tell you
344
00:18:09,502 --> 00:18:11,129
that Mrs. Thomas has
a very close friend
345
00:18:11,203 --> 00:18:13,865
with whom she spoke about
the events of her life.
346
00:18:13,939 --> 00:18:15,429
Her name is Judith Grayson.
347
00:18:16,208 --> 00:18:18,267
(TREMBLING)
Oh, God, he killed her.
348
00:18:18,344 --> 00:18:22,713
Mrs. Grayson, all we know so
far is she's not on the boat.
349
00:18:22,782 --> 00:18:25,012
Do you know why
she booked that cruise?
350
00:18:25,084 --> 00:18:27,279
To get away from
Lyle Christopher.
351
00:18:29,088 --> 00:18:30,919
He threatened her?
352
00:18:30,990 --> 00:18:34,391
No. She threatened him.
353
00:18:36,529 --> 00:18:38,360
Oh, God, it's my fault.
354
00:18:38,431 --> 00:18:39,557
What is?
355
00:18:40,466 --> 00:18:46,632
After Ruth's husband died, she didn't go out for years.
She'd been so devoted to him.
356
00:18:46,705 --> 00:18:49,003
I told her that she
had to have a life.
357
00:18:49,074 --> 00:18:50,564
She was still a young woman.
358
00:18:50,643 --> 00:18:52,611
And she took your advice?
359
00:18:54,647 --> 00:18:57,480
And met Lyle
at some horse show.
360
00:18:57,550 --> 00:18:59,347
Boy, did he see her coming.
361
00:18:59,418 --> 00:19:00,817
Bogus investments?
362
00:19:00,886 --> 00:19:03,821
And candlelit dinners, romance,
363
00:19:03,889 --> 00:19:06,756
and expensive horses that
belonged in the glue factory.
364
00:19:06,826 --> 00:19:09,056
CURTIS: When did
Mrs. Thomas catch on?
365
00:19:10,029 --> 00:19:14,898
About three months ago.
She wasn't a stupid woman.
366
00:19:14,967 --> 00:19:19,836
She told Lyle she wanted every penny
back, or she'd go to the police and sue.
367
00:19:19,905 --> 00:19:22,305
She gave him until she
got back from the cruise.
368
00:19:22,374 --> 00:19:24,706
And how did Lyle take the news?
369
00:19:26,145 --> 00:19:28,443
He had an explanation
for everything.
370
00:19:28,514 --> 00:19:32,314
This horse had a rare glandular condition.
That one...
371
00:19:32,384 --> 00:19:34,375
Ate moldy hay?
372
00:19:34,453 --> 00:19:36,318
Whatever.
373
00:19:36,388 --> 00:19:38,219
She was his one great love.
374
00:19:39,525 --> 00:19:42,619
He was still trying to convince
her the night before she sailed.
375
00:19:42,695 --> 00:19:44,128
He took her to dinner.
376
00:19:45,297 --> 00:19:48,494
He took her to Gaucheron.
Fixed price dinner, $100 a head.
377
00:19:48,567 --> 00:19:51,900
Yeah, and they argued through at least 98
bucks of it, according to their waiter.
378
00:19:51,971 --> 00:19:53,939
But Christopher took
her home afterwards?
379
00:19:54,006 --> 00:19:56,975
Hey, why not? He knew where
she'd be the next morning.
380
00:19:57,042 --> 00:20:00,876
The limo driver drops her off, she still has
a hundred yards to go to get on the boat.
381
00:20:00,946 --> 00:20:04,040
And Christopher's there in the
crowd for a surprise farewell.
382
00:20:04,116 --> 00:20:05,378
Probably brought her flowers.
383
00:20:05,451 --> 00:20:08,943
"My darling, please forgive me.
Let's go sit in my car for a minute and talk."
384
00:20:09,021 --> 00:20:12,821
It's beautiful. No one's expecting to
see her for the next three months.
385
00:20:12,892 --> 00:20:16,191
Yeah, then he calls the cruise line
with some cock-and-bull story.
386
00:20:16,262 --> 00:20:19,493
And by the time Ruth Thomas doesn't
come home, the trail is cold.
387
00:20:19,565 --> 00:20:21,089
And that's where we are.
388
00:20:21,166 --> 00:20:22,463
We'll heat it up.
389
00:20:24,370 --> 00:20:26,770
Now you're taking interest
in my personal life?
390
00:20:26,839 --> 00:20:28,966
Are you engaged to Ruth Thomas?
391
00:20:29,041 --> 00:20:30,235
Yes. Why?
392
00:20:30,309 --> 00:20:32,209
Have you heard from her lately?
393
00:20:32,278 --> 00:20:33,404
Is that your business?
394
00:20:33,479 --> 00:20:35,071
Yes, it is.
She's missing.
395
00:20:35,147 --> 00:20:37,547
Well, just because she's not at
home doesn't mean she's missing.
396
00:20:37,616 --> 00:20:39,777
She's taking a cruise
on the Royal Star.
397
00:20:39,852 --> 00:20:42,377
Without you?
398
00:20:42,454 --> 00:20:44,718
Do you mind telling me
what this is all about?
399
00:20:44,790 --> 00:20:47,987
What it's about, Christopher,
is that she's not on the ship.
400
00:20:48,060 --> 00:20:49,391
Don't be ridiculous.
401
00:20:49,461 --> 00:20:50,860
Have you heard from her?
402
00:20:52,698 --> 00:20:53,858
No.
403
00:20:53,933 --> 00:20:57,801
Your fiancée goes away for three
months, and she doesn't write?
404
00:20:57,870 --> 00:21:02,000
We were having a separation.
We had some problems.
405
00:21:02,074 --> 00:21:04,065
What do you mean,
she's not on the ship?
406
00:21:04,143 --> 00:21:05,804
We called.
She's not there.
407
00:21:05,878 --> 00:21:07,277
There must be some mistake.
408
00:21:07,346 --> 00:21:10,179
There's a Venezuelan couple
living in her cabin.
409
00:21:10,249 --> 00:21:14,447
Now, do you mind telling us
what you did the day she left?
410
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,956
I went sailing myself.
I have a small sloop.
411
00:21:18,023 --> 00:21:19,752
I was very upset
that she had gone,
412
00:21:19,825 --> 00:21:23,522
and being on the water, that's
my place to get away, to think.
413
00:21:23,596 --> 00:21:25,928
And where do you think
Mrs. Thomas is?
414
00:21:25,998 --> 00:21:28,990
I told you, we had some problems.
She must have changed her plans.
415
00:21:29,068 --> 00:21:32,060
Ruth's a wealthy woman.
She could be anywhere.
416
00:21:33,138 --> 00:21:38,041
Mr. C. Only used his boat a few times last season.
I remember that day.
417
00:21:38,110 --> 00:21:39,975
It was blowing up a storm.
418
00:21:40,045 --> 00:21:41,569
CURTIS: He went out
in a storm?
419
00:21:41,647 --> 00:21:43,274
Small craft warnings.
420
00:21:43,349 --> 00:21:44,839
He go out alone?
421
00:21:44,917 --> 00:21:46,179
Yeah, I think so.
422
00:21:46,251 --> 00:21:47,741
Remember anything else?
423
00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:50,448
Yeah, he asked me if I could
open the security gate
424
00:21:50,522 --> 00:21:52,649
so he can drive his
car onto the dock,
425
00:21:52,725 --> 00:21:54,750
so he could get it
right up next to his slip.
426
00:21:54,827 --> 00:21:56,124
Is that unusual?
427
00:21:56,195 --> 00:21:59,790
Usually he parks in that lot across
there and just walks inside.
428
00:21:59,865 --> 00:22:01,833
Why did he want to be next
to his boat that day?
429
00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:03,834
He said he had some
heavy gear to load.
430
00:22:03,902 --> 00:22:05,199
Did you see what it was?
431
00:22:05,270 --> 00:22:07,329
No. I asked if he
wanted some help,
432
00:22:07,406 --> 00:22:10,102
you know, to build up a little
goodwill toward the season-end tip.
433
00:22:10,175 --> 00:22:11,540
BRISCOE: Yeah, and?
434
00:22:11,610 --> 00:22:13,100
He told me not to bother.
435
00:22:15,681 --> 00:22:17,478
You wouldn't, by any chance,
have any evidence?
436
00:22:17,549 --> 00:22:20,074
He goes sailing in a storm
with a heavy load
437
00:22:20,152 --> 00:22:23,315
he doesn't want anybody to see.
The same day the lady disappears.
438
00:22:23,389 --> 00:22:24,754
That doesn't prove anything.
439
00:22:24,823 --> 00:22:28,384
Christopher had damn good reason
to want Mrs. Thomas dead.
440
00:22:28,460 --> 00:22:30,018
That's motive.
441
00:22:30,095 --> 00:22:33,496
Christopher's right. She's a rich woman.
She could be anywhere.
442
00:22:33,565 --> 00:22:35,760
The limo driver dropped
her at the pier.
443
00:22:35,834 --> 00:22:37,461
Where she could
have grabbed a cab.
444
00:22:37,536 --> 00:22:38,901
To where, Xanadu?
445
00:22:38,971 --> 00:22:42,338
Christopher must have grabbed her
between the sidewalk and the ramp.
446
00:22:42,408 --> 00:22:45,309
Must have? Are you going
to testify as a psychic?
447
00:22:45,377 --> 00:22:47,345
CURTIS: How about we at least
get a search warrant?
448
00:22:47,413 --> 00:22:48,880
To search what? Earth?
449
00:22:48,947 --> 00:22:51,916
You're telling us there's no
way we can get this bastard?
450
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,751
Those lawsuits against him, the
bogus horses, the swindles.
451
00:22:57,823 --> 00:23:01,486
Yeah, but some D.A. Told one of his
victims those are all civil matters.
452
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,222
Individually, yes,
but put them together,
453
00:23:04,296 --> 00:23:06,423
you've got a scheme to defraud.
454
00:23:06,498 --> 00:23:09,092
He probably jaywalked
a couple of times, too.
455
00:23:09,201 --> 00:23:11,066
Pick him up.
For a low-grade felony?
456
00:23:11,136 --> 00:23:14,333
Either we play it this way, gentlemen,
or we don't play it at all.
457
00:23:20,345 --> 00:23:23,837
CLERK: " Docket 85694,
People v. Lyle Christopher.
458
00:23:23,916 --> 00:23:26,544
"The charge is scheme to
defraud in the first degree."
459
00:23:26,618 --> 00:23:27,915
JUDGE TORLEDSKY:
Do we have a plea?
460
00:23:27,986 --> 00:23:29,817
We move to stay this
proceeding, Your Honor,
461
00:23:29,888 --> 00:23:33,483
pending resolution of litigation
that is the basis of the indictment.
462
00:23:33,559 --> 00:23:36,084
And what litigation would
that be, Mr. Linde?
463
00:23:36,161 --> 00:23:40,257
Several civil matters that the People, for
some reason, are trying to criminalize.
464
00:23:40,332 --> 00:23:44,564
The defendant beat us to that, Your Honor.
His crimes are specified in our complaint.
465
00:23:44,636 --> 00:23:47,434
They're good-faith business disputes.
We're in the wrong courthouse.
466
00:23:47,506 --> 00:23:49,474
Sorry, Counselor,
but it's the People's ball.
467
00:23:49,541 --> 00:23:51,372
They get to decide
where to play.
468
00:23:51,443 --> 00:23:52,671
Then we plead not guilty.
469
00:23:52,745 --> 00:23:56,146
At last. I was beginning to
think you get paid by the word.
470
00:23:56,215 --> 00:23:58,649
Bail's $25,000,
cash or bond. Next.
471
00:23:58,717 --> 00:23:59,877
(GAVEL BANGS)
472
00:24:02,421 --> 00:24:07,791
Is this prosecution an appropriate
use of your time and my budget?
473
00:24:07,860 --> 00:24:09,259
It gives us some leverage.
474
00:24:09,328 --> 00:24:13,458
What, to cut a deal
on a minor felony,
475
00:24:13,532 --> 00:24:17,400
he's going to plead to the murder of
a woman you don't even know is dead?
476
00:24:17,469 --> 00:24:20,438
You're reading your
law journal upside down.
477
00:24:20,506 --> 00:24:22,201
Simultaneous with his arrest,
478
00:24:22,274 --> 00:24:24,868
we got search warrants for
Christopher's car, apartment,
479
00:24:24,943 --> 00:24:26,911
boat and farm,
and seized all his records.
480
00:24:26,979 --> 00:24:28,173
Wonderful.
481
00:24:28,247 --> 00:24:33,310
"Dear, diary, killed Ruth Thomas today
and threw her body into a cesspool."
482
00:24:33,385 --> 00:24:34,477
You think he's that stupid?
483
00:24:34,553 --> 00:24:37,420
No. But I'm sure Claire
will dig up something.
484
00:24:46,799 --> 00:24:48,824
There's blood.
485
00:24:48,901 --> 00:24:51,426
In Lyle Christopher's
Mercedes and on his boat.
486
00:24:51,503 --> 00:24:52,765
Mrs. Thomas'
487
00:24:52,838 --> 00:24:53,896
Her type.
488
00:24:53,972 --> 00:24:56,532
We're getting hair from one of
her brushes to run a DNA match.
489
00:24:56,608 --> 00:24:57,973
And in the meantime?
490
00:24:58,043 --> 00:25:00,568
Christopher's horse-training
records are insanely complicated.
491
00:25:00,646 --> 00:25:02,307
He covered his tracks.
492
00:25:02,381 --> 00:25:04,849
He wasn't so cautious
about his mating rituals.
493
00:25:04,917 --> 00:25:06,475
Should I be taking notes?
494
00:25:07,352 --> 00:25:09,343
If you want to go broke.
495
00:25:09,421 --> 00:25:13,619
Roses, lingerie,
three-star restaurants.
496
00:25:13,692 --> 00:25:15,557
All for Mrs. Thomas?
497
00:25:15,627 --> 00:25:17,822
Most of the goodies
went to a Susan Merriman,
498
00:25:17,896 --> 00:25:20,990
starting three months before Mrs.
Thomas disappeared.
499
00:25:21,066 --> 00:25:23,626
But Mrs. Thomas
was his one great love.
500
00:25:23,702 --> 00:25:25,693
One out of two.
501
00:25:30,209 --> 00:25:32,973
I don't understand.
Why are you persecuting Lyle?
502
00:25:33,045 --> 00:25:37,345
Mrs. Merriman, a lot of people have
made charges against Mr. Christopher.
503
00:25:37,416 --> 00:25:40,817
Some people want life guaranteed.
They buy a horse, it doesn't work out,
504
00:25:40,886 --> 00:25:43,184
they think they have
a right to blame somebody.
505
00:25:43,255 --> 00:25:45,052
Did Mr. Christopher
tell you that?
506
00:25:45,123 --> 00:25:47,557
Yes, but it's true.
507
00:25:48,861 --> 00:25:51,762
He's a very smart man.
I was lucky to meet him.
508
00:25:51,830 --> 00:25:54,424
Did he ever mention
a Ruth Thomas to you?
509
00:25:54,499 --> 00:25:58,629
Yes, of course. He was involved
with her before he met me.
510
00:25:58,704 --> 00:26:00,399
He told me all about it.
511
00:26:00,472 --> 00:26:03,066
Well, Mrs. Thomas seems to
have been under the impression
512
00:26:03,141 --> 00:26:06,440
that she and Mr. Christopher
were still engaged.
513
00:26:06,511 --> 00:26:10,914
Well, that's impossible.
Lyle is very honest with people.
514
00:26:10,983 --> 00:26:14,544
Since he's so honest,
have you invested with him?
515
00:26:16,054 --> 00:26:18,784
He never asked me
to buy anything.
516
00:26:18,857 --> 00:26:20,085
Never asked?
517
00:26:21,660 --> 00:26:23,525
I happened to be
on his farm one day.
518
00:26:23,595 --> 00:26:27,793
He was showing me a promising mare
that he was planning to breed,
519
00:26:27,866 --> 00:26:29,424
and a man showed up and...
520
00:26:29,501 --> 00:26:34,734
And demanded payment on her, and Mr.
Christopher was having a cash-flow problem.
521
00:26:36,909 --> 00:26:39,469
I resent your implications.
522
00:26:40,112 --> 00:26:43,775
Lyle is only in this business
because he loves horses.
523
00:26:43,849 --> 00:26:48,252
I was with him on his farm
the day that Lord Dan died.
524
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,880
Lord Dan? That was a horse
that died of colic?
525
00:26:50,956 --> 00:26:54,323
Lyle cried like a baby.
526
00:26:54,393 --> 00:26:57,760
Was there anyone else
on the farm that day?
527
00:26:57,829 --> 00:27:00,696
Just us and friend
of his from Chicago.
528
00:27:00,766 --> 00:27:02,927
Do you remember his name?
529
00:27:03,001 --> 00:27:05,629
No. What could that
possibly matter?
530
00:27:06,805 --> 00:27:09,433
The weekend Lord Dan
mysteriously died of colic,
531
00:27:09,508 --> 00:27:14,172
there were five calls from Christopher's farm to a Mr.
Black at a local motel.
532
00:27:14,246 --> 00:27:16,578
He must have been
the friend from Chicago.
533
00:27:16,648 --> 00:27:20,482
You think he's the same as Mr. White and Mr.
Brown and the guy in the green jacket?
534
00:27:20,552 --> 00:27:24,511
Makes sense. The motel took his
license plate when he registered.
535
00:27:24,589 --> 00:27:28,116
The car was rented by a Tibor
Nichols of Sarasota, Florida.
536
00:27:28,193 --> 00:27:30,058
It looks like
it's his real name.
537
00:27:30,128 --> 00:27:33,359
If Christopher didn't want to get
his own hands dirty killing horses,
538
00:27:33,432 --> 00:27:34,456
so he hired this guy,
539
00:27:34,533 --> 00:27:37,934
what do you think he'd do when he
wanted to get rid of Ruth Thomas?
540
00:27:38,003 --> 00:27:42,201
There were two calls between Christopher
and Nichols the week she disappeared.
541
00:27:42,274 --> 00:27:44,708
Want to take a trip
to Sarasota?
542
00:27:44,776 --> 00:27:46,368
I'd love to,
543
00:27:46,445 --> 00:27:49,209
but Nichols isn't home and the local
police don't know where to find him,
544
00:27:49,281 --> 00:27:53,047
and all I've got is his pager number
off Christopher's phone records.
545
00:27:53,118 --> 00:27:56,747
Do you think he'll return a call from
the office of the District Attorney?
546
00:27:56,822 --> 00:27:58,915
He killed a horse
for Richard Brandson.
547
00:28:00,258 --> 00:28:02,283
He'll probably take
a call from him.
548
00:28:03,862 --> 00:28:06,558
Can we cut the crap,
Mr. Brandson?
549
00:28:06,631 --> 00:28:08,758
You know what you did,
we know what you did.
550
00:28:08,834 --> 00:28:11,029
The police went
through all this.
551
00:28:11,103 --> 00:28:14,504
There's no proof that my client's
horse didn't die of natural causes.
552
00:28:14,573 --> 00:28:15,562
Oh.
553
00:28:16,341 --> 00:28:19,902
You're aware we've indicted
Lyle Christopher for fraud?
554
00:28:19,978 --> 00:28:21,172
We saw it in the papers.
555
00:28:21,246 --> 00:28:24,682
JACK: We've got a strong case against him, too.
He's looking for a deal.
556
00:28:25,384 --> 00:28:26,715
So?
557
00:28:27,219 --> 00:28:30,154
Would I rather convict a two-bit
con man like Christopher
558
00:28:30,222 --> 00:28:34,318
or use his testimony to convict half
a dozen society-page millionaires?
559
00:28:34,393 --> 00:28:35,883
Are you saying that
Christopher's implicating me?
560
00:28:35,961 --> 00:28:39,761
He's a liar, for God sake.
That's why you indicted him.
561
00:28:39,831 --> 00:28:41,298
We can let
Mr. Brandson's friends
562
00:28:41,366 --> 00:28:43,163
at the Horse Association
decide who's lying.
563
00:28:43,235 --> 00:28:47,296
If you're suspended, you'll never
get near another show horse again.
564
00:28:47,372 --> 00:28:49,738
It won't look good
for your daughter, either.
565
00:28:52,911 --> 00:28:54,208
What do you want from me?
Richard.
566
00:28:54,279 --> 00:28:58,409
No, no. I worked 10 years
to establish her ranking.
567
00:29:00,585 --> 00:29:02,849
Is there some kind
of deal here?
568
00:29:02,921 --> 00:29:04,388
Lmmunity.
569
00:29:04,456 --> 00:29:08,017
All we want you to do
is talk to Tibor Nichols.
570
00:29:08,093 --> 00:29:10,493
Who?
The man who killed your horse.
571
00:29:20,839 --> 00:29:22,670
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
572
00:29:31,783 --> 00:29:33,307
Mr. Brandson?
573
00:29:34,386 --> 00:29:37,822
You know, I saw your
daughter ride at Devon.
574
00:29:37,889 --> 00:29:39,516
She has a wonderful seat.
575
00:29:40,592 --> 00:29:43,220
Thank you,
Mr. Nichols.
576
00:29:43,295 --> 00:29:45,286
Please, call me Tibor.
577
00:29:47,566 --> 00:29:49,796
BRANDSON: I wish there wereanother
way to take careof this.
578
00:29:49,868 --> 00:29:51,961
He's been a very finehorse for me, until now.
579
00:29:52,037 --> 00:29:55,336
NICHOLS: Trust me, sir,the horses don't feel a thing.
580
00:29:55,407 --> 00:29:59,468
I'd like to shoot 120 volts through
his rectum and see what he says then.
581
00:29:59,544 --> 00:30:01,409
BRANDSON: He's at mytrainer's barn in Mendham.
582
00:30:01,980 --> 00:30:05,973
I want it done off my
property, like last time.
583
00:30:08,453 --> 00:30:11,684
Yeah, Mr. Wickets went
smooth as silk, sir,
584
00:30:14,459 --> 00:30:16,393
until that crazy bitchstarted yelling murder.
585
00:30:16,461 --> 00:30:18,088
That's enough.
Take him, Rey.
586
00:30:18,163 --> 00:30:20,996
Hey, let me get
another bourbon here.
587
00:30:21,066 --> 00:30:22,158
He's had enough.
588
00:30:22,234 --> 00:30:25,897
Tibor Nichols, you are under arrest
for conspiracy to commit fraud.
589
00:30:25,971 --> 00:30:27,802
You have the right
to remain silent.
590
00:30:27,873 --> 00:30:29,898
Anything you say can and
will be used against you...
591
00:30:30,175 --> 00:30:31,904
Man, things must be
pretty slow around here
592
00:30:31,977 --> 00:30:34,775
if you got the time
to put the sting on me.
593
00:30:34,846 --> 00:30:36,871
Pretty good job,
don't you think?
594
00:30:36,948 --> 00:30:39,246
Doesn't leave you
much room to wiggle.
595
00:30:39,818 --> 00:30:43,515
You know what I think?
I'm not your boy.
596
00:30:43,588 --> 00:30:46,751
And your gloomy friend there
is here to explain my options.
597
00:30:47,959 --> 00:30:51,019
Lyle Christopher,
or you do four years.
598
00:30:51,096 --> 00:30:53,929
Hey, you want him, you got him.
I like fresh air.
599
00:30:53,999 --> 00:30:55,933
Complete cooperation.
600
00:30:57,335 --> 00:30:58,563
No problem.
601
00:30:59,504 --> 00:31:03,031
Where do you want to start?
Princess Louise?
602
00:31:03,108 --> 00:31:06,407
She's the first horse
I did for him. 1989.
603
00:31:07,479 --> 00:31:09,970
We'd rather talk
about Ruth Thomas.
604
00:31:10,148 --> 00:31:11,137
Oh.
605
00:31:13,385 --> 00:31:14,784
I never met the lady.
606
00:31:14,853 --> 00:31:18,254
You and Christopher talked the
week before she disappeared.
607
00:31:18,323 --> 00:31:20,450
Every other time
you two talked,
608
00:31:20,525 --> 00:31:22,823
a few days later,
something died.
609
00:31:22,894 --> 00:31:25,226
Yeah, he talked
to me about her.
610
00:31:25,463 --> 00:31:28,626
See, she was going to scream bloody
murder about some horses he sold her,
611
00:31:28,700 --> 00:31:31,396
and he was into a new lady
with 10 times the dough.
612
00:31:31,469 --> 00:31:33,027
He didn't want his boat rocked.
613
00:31:33,104 --> 00:31:34,298
And?
614
00:31:34,372 --> 00:31:36,897
And he asked me
to take care of her.
615
00:31:37,609 --> 00:31:41,443
I told him I draw the line at
animals with less than four legs.
616
00:31:41,513 --> 00:31:45,609
So how can we be sure you didn't
just make this one exception, Tibor?
617
00:31:45,684 --> 00:31:47,777
The weekend that
lady disappeared,
618
00:31:47,852 --> 00:31:52,346
Sunnytown Farm in California,
Conundrum died of colic.
619
00:31:52,424 --> 00:31:53,652
That was me.
620
00:31:53,725 --> 00:31:54,919
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
621
00:32:01,666 --> 00:32:04,692
Pretty good. I got better.
Claire just called.
622
00:32:04,769 --> 00:32:08,762
You have a preliminary DNA match on the
blood in Christopher's car and boat.
623
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,365
I guess it's not a
low-grade felony anymore.
624
00:32:12,244 --> 00:32:13,768
Go get the bastard.
625
00:32:14,379 --> 00:32:16,176
Police. We're looking
for Lyle Christopher.
626
00:32:16,248 --> 00:32:18,876
We're busy right now.
627
00:32:18,950 --> 00:32:20,144
Lyle!
628
00:32:26,291 --> 00:32:27,315
CHRISTOPHER: Now what?
629
00:32:27,392 --> 00:32:29,189
Oh, please, let me take that.
630
00:32:29,261 --> 00:32:32,958
Lyle Christopher, you're under arrest
for the murder of Ruth Thomas.
631
00:32:33,031 --> 00:32:34,328
You have the right
to remain silent.
632
00:32:34,399 --> 00:32:36,594
Anything you do say can and
will be used against you
633
00:32:36,668 --> 00:32:38,499
in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney...
634
00:32:40,872 --> 00:32:44,205
Well, I'm sure Mr. Wickets'
friends and relatives
635
00:32:44,276 --> 00:32:49,145
will be very pleased to hear you've built
an airtight case against his killer.
636
00:32:49,214 --> 00:32:52,809
Keep reading, Adam. We've got Christopher
for the murder of Ruth Thomas.
637
00:32:52,884 --> 00:32:54,909
You've got the word
of a horse hit man.
638
00:32:54,986 --> 00:32:57,648
And her blood
in his car and boat,
639
00:32:57,722 --> 00:33:02,250
his solo sail the day she
disappeared, a very strong motive.
640
00:33:02,327 --> 00:33:03,954
And no body.
641
00:33:04,029 --> 00:33:05,553
She vanished.
It's part of our case.
642
00:33:05,630 --> 00:33:11,466
Well, today's juries, you better be able to
prove that she wasn't abducted by aliens.
643
00:33:17,409 --> 00:33:20,742
SEFANSKY: At the conclusion
of the RFLP typing procedure,
644
00:33:20,812 --> 00:33:23,280
I prepared these
autoradiographs.
645
00:33:23,348 --> 00:33:26,317
The DNA fragment
patterns are identical.
646
00:33:26,384 --> 00:33:30,411
What are the odds that the blood you
found in the defendant's car and boat
647
00:33:30,488 --> 00:33:32,888
could have come from someone
other than Mrs. Thomas?
648
00:33:32,957 --> 00:33:36,290
At best, one in 170 million.
649
00:33:36,361 --> 00:33:37,589
Thank you, Doctor.
650
00:33:44,369 --> 00:33:46,894
Dr. Sefansky, when did
those blood drops land
651
00:33:46,971 --> 00:33:48,734
on Mr. Christopher's
car and boat?
652
00:33:48,807 --> 00:33:49,831
I can't tell you that.
653
00:33:49,908 --> 00:33:52,035
You mean all your scientific
tests and experiments
654
00:33:52,110 --> 00:33:54,101
can't attach a date
to those specimens?
655
00:33:54,179 --> 00:33:56,079
SEFANSKY: No.
No more questions.
656
00:33:59,851 --> 00:34:03,412
What exactly did Mr.
Christopher ask you to do?
657
00:34:03,488 --> 00:34:05,581
Make the lady disappear.
658
00:34:05,657 --> 00:34:08,524
He said I could grab her
before she got on the boat.
659
00:34:08,593 --> 00:34:13,587
JACK: Disappear. What did you
understand him to mean by that?
660
00:34:13,665 --> 00:34:15,462
He wanted me to kill her.
661
00:34:17,869 --> 00:34:20,702
Thank you.
No further questions.
662
00:34:24,709 --> 00:34:28,008
Did Mr. Christopher tell you Mrs.
Thomas had broken their engagement?
663
00:34:28,079 --> 00:34:30,946
Yeah, because she said that he...
Just yes or no, sir.
664
00:34:32,450 --> 00:34:34,577
Yes.
Was he upset about that?
665
00:34:35,653 --> 00:34:39,248
Well, I don't think he would have asked me
to kill her if everything was hunky-dory.
666
00:34:39,324 --> 00:34:43,158
LINDE: But he didn't ask
you to kill her, did he?
667
00:34:43,228 --> 00:34:44,627
Not in those words.
668
00:34:44,696 --> 00:34:47,494
He said he'd be happier
if she would disappear.
669
00:34:49,267 --> 00:34:50,325
That's right.
670
00:34:50,402 --> 00:34:55,669
The woman broke their engagement,
quite possibly broke his heart.
671
00:34:55,740 --> 00:34:59,767
Couldn't he have just been expressing
his pain at seeing her again?
672
00:34:59,844 --> 00:35:02,438
I don't think so.
Really?
673
00:35:02,514 --> 00:35:05,176
Did you kill Mrs. Thomas?
No.
674
00:35:05,250 --> 00:35:07,946
Mr. Christopher ever
tell you he killed her?
675
00:35:09,554 --> 00:35:11,351
No.
Thank you.
676
00:35:13,691 --> 00:35:16,854
Mr. Nichols, why would you think Mr.
Christopher was serious
677
00:35:16,928 --> 00:35:20,056
when he asked you, of all people,
to kill someone for him?
678
00:35:20,131 --> 00:35:22,292
Your Honor, may we approach?
679
00:35:24,903 --> 00:35:26,370
No way, Jack.
680
00:35:28,406 --> 00:35:31,136
The District Attorney is
seeking to smear my client
681
00:35:31,209 --> 00:35:35,009
by eliciting irrelevant testimony about
other alleged criminal behavior.
682
00:35:35,079 --> 00:35:38,014
This witness will testify that the
defendant frequently asked him
683
00:35:38,082 --> 00:35:40,710
to make horses disappear,
and he killed them.
684
00:35:40,785 --> 00:35:43,219
It shows a pattern.
It's relevant to intent.
685
00:35:43,288 --> 00:35:46,189
Horses and Mrs. Thomas?
It isn't even apples and oranges.
686
00:35:46,257 --> 00:35:47,383
Why don't we let
the jury decide?
687
00:35:47,459 --> 00:35:52,226
Because it would be grossly prejudicial
to let the jury hear anything about this.
688
00:35:52,297 --> 00:35:53,889
He's right, Mr. McCoy.
Your Honor...
689
00:35:53,965 --> 00:35:56,957
The objection is sustained.
Now, move on.
690
00:35:59,971 --> 00:36:02,531
I have no more questions
for this witness.
691
00:36:04,275 --> 00:36:08,234
JACK: What did Mr. Christopher do
after he parked on the dock, sir?
692
00:36:09,113 --> 00:36:11,513
He opened the trunk, and he
loaded something onto his boat,
693
00:36:11,583 --> 00:36:13,380
but I really couldn't
see what it was.
694
00:36:13,451 --> 00:36:15,248
And he wouldn't
let you help him?
695
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:16,753
Nope.
696
00:36:16,821 --> 00:36:18,550
Thank you.
No further questions.
697
00:36:21,993 --> 00:36:25,485
When Mr. Christopher finished unloading
his car, he spoke to you, didn't he?
698
00:36:25,563 --> 00:36:26,860
For a few minutes, yes.
699
00:36:26,931 --> 00:36:28,523
What did he talk about?
700
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,727
Well, some of the boat owners
were organizing a petition
701
00:36:30,802 --> 00:36:35,830
to protest the rise in slip fees, and Mr.
Christopher wanted to sign it.
702
00:36:35,907 --> 00:36:38,137
He was worried about slip fees.
703
00:36:38,209 --> 00:36:39,733
LINDE: Did he appear
otherwise agitated?
704
00:36:39,811 --> 00:36:40,903
PRIESTLY: No.
705
00:36:40,979 --> 00:36:43,880
Disheveled? Bloodied?
Scratched?
706
00:36:43,948 --> 00:36:45,040
No.
707
00:36:45,116 --> 00:36:47,516
Do you recall a time
last July, sir,
708
00:36:47,585 --> 00:36:50,782
when Mrs. Thomas went sailing
with Mr. Christopher.
709
00:36:50,855 --> 00:36:56,020
Yeah, yeah. They set out about 9:00 a.m.
, and they came back in less than an hour.
710
00:36:56,094 --> 00:36:57,561
Do you know why they
came back so soon?
711
00:36:57,629 --> 00:36:59,927
Seasick.
She was green.
712
00:36:59,998 --> 00:37:02,762
The minute the boat hit
the dock, she jumped off
713
00:37:02,834 --> 00:37:05,064
and put her head
between her knees.
714
00:37:05,136 --> 00:37:07,001
Did she say anything?
715
00:37:07,071 --> 00:37:10,734
She said this was
definitely the last time.
716
00:37:10,808 --> 00:37:13,709
And she said she'd never
go on a boat again.
717
00:37:18,283 --> 00:37:21,377
When Ruth figured out that he'd
made her fall in love with him
718
00:37:21,452 --> 00:37:27,118
just so he could cheat her, she was furious.
She felt betrayed, humiliated.
719
00:37:27,191 --> 00:37:28,920
Did she tell you what
she planned to do?
720
00:37:28,993 --> 00:37:31,018
Objection.
Asks for hearsay.
721
00:37:31,095 --> 00:37:35,862
Mrs. Thomas was furious, what she said
qualifies as an excited utterance.
722
00:37:35,934 --> 00:37:39,165
Overruled.
The witness may answer.
723
00:37:39,237 --> 00:37:42,832
She said unless he took
his worthless nags back,
724
00:37:42,907 --> 00:37:46,070
she'd take every penny he
had and send him to jail.
725
00:37:46,144 --> 00:37:49,341
And since she supposedly left on
her cruise a few weeks later,
726
00:37:49,414 --> 00:37:51,678
have you heard from her?
727
00:37:51,749 --> 00:37:56,948
Not a word. And I would have,
if he hadn't killed her.
728
00:37:57,021 --> 00:37:58,386
LINDE: Move to strike!
729
00:37:58,456 --> 00:38:01,425
Mrs. Grayson,
please control yourself.
730
00:38:05,930 --> 00:38:07,727
No further questions.
731
00:38:11,703 --> 00:38:16,902
Mrs. Grayson, didn't Ruth Thomas
disappear for two weeks in 1986?
732
00:38:17,775 --> 00:38:20,505
She didn't disappear.
She was in Bermuda.
733
00:38:20,578 --> 00:38:23,046
Yes, but no one knew that,
including her husband.
734
00:38:23,114 --> 00:38:25,639
He came back early
from a business trip.
735
00:38:25,717 --> 00:38:28,117
The housekeeper
was on vacation.
736
00:38:28,186 --> 00:38:29,483
He called the police.
737
00:38:29,554 --> 00:38:32,614
It was a misunderstanding.
Ruth was fine.
738
00:38:32,690 --> 00:38:34,385
Of course she was.
739
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,058
You said Mrs. Thomas
felt humiliated
740
00:38:38,129 --> 00:38:42,190
by what Mr. Christopher had done to her.
Is she a proud woman?
741
00:38:42,266 --> 00:38:44,928
She was a dignified woman.
742
00:38:45,003 --> 00:38:47,801
The kind of woman who would
be embarrassed to face people
743
00:38:47,872 --> 00:38:50,636
after she'd been made a fool of by
a man who pretended to love her.
744
00:38:50,708 --> 00:38:52,039
Objection.
Calls for speculation.
745
00:38:52,110 --> 00:38:53,134
Sustained.
746
00:38:53,211 --> 00:38:56,476
The kind of woman who might run and
hide from her devastating humiliation.
747
00:38:56,547 --> 00:38:58,447
Objection.
Withdrawn.
748
00:39:00,318 --> 00:39:04,948
By the way, Mrs. Grayson, that time Ruth
Thomas went to Bermuda, did she take a boat?
749
00:39:06,658 --> 00:39:08,125
No, she flew.
750
00:39:12,263 --> 00:39:14,288
Seasick.
751
00:39:14,365 --> 00:39:15,730
He's got the jury thinking
752
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,792
that she came face to face with
a cruise ship and backed out.
753
00:39:18,870 --> 00:39:21,600
Cruise ships have stabilizers.
I'll put on a witness.
754
00:39:21,673 --> 00:39:25,905
Can you find one saying that Mrs.
Thomas didn't disappear for two weeks?
755
00:39:25,977 --> 00:39:27,877
Are you even sure
that the woman is dead?
756
00:39:27,945 --> 00:39:30,436
It's tough to prove
a negative, Adam.
757
00:39:30,515 --> 00:39:33,780
This book here, prove to me you
haven't opened it in the last month.
758
00:39:33,851 --> 00:39:36,251
The police ever find a murder weapon?
A witness?
759
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:40,222
Anyone on the boat who saw Christopher and Mrs.
Thomas at the dock?
760
00:39:40,291 --> 00:39:43,522
They're trying. These passengers
are scattered all over the world.
761
00:39:43,594 --> 00:39:45,562
It'd take months.
If I had more time...
762
00:39:45,630 --> 00:39:47,097
You should have thought
of that before you arrested
763
00:39:47,165 --> 00:39:48,826
Christopher without
sufficient evidence.
764
00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:52,267
He knew we were on to him.
He might have flown the coop.
765
00:39:52,336 --> 00:39:55,703
And now, after he's acquitted,
he'll just stroll.
766
00:40:00,511 --> 00:40:03,480
I've got the addendum to the forensics
report on Christopher's car.
767
00:40:03,548 --> 00:40:05,175
Did you give it to Linde?
768
00:40:05,249 --> 00:40:06,944
I just got it, Jack.
769
00:40:07,018 --> 00:40:08,781
Claire, help me here, please.
770
00:40:08,853 --> 00:40:11,344
I'm sorry, my transporter
beam was down.
771
00:40:13,458 --> 00:40:15,949
Great. I've got Adam
all over my back,
772
00:40:16,027 --> 00:40:18,086
I've got a killer who's
about to bluff his way
773
00:40:18,162 --> 00:40:20,562
into an acquittal with
a wink and a smile,
774
00:40:20,631 --> 00:40:24,499
and you chose this moment to
go into your wiseass routine?
775
00:40:24,569 --> 00:40:26,434
Excuse me?
Forget it.
776
00:40:30,942 --> 00:40:34,309
Ruth was opening
a bottle of Chardonnay,
777
00:40:34,378 --> 00:40:38,610
corkscrew slipped, she bled on the deck.
I thought I cleaned it all up.
778
00:40:38,683 --> 00:40:43,347
And this emergency-room admission form,
is this the one Mrs. Thomas filled out
779
00:40:43,421 --> 00:40:46,151
when you drove her from your boat
to the Westchester Hospital?
780
00:40:46,224 --> 00:40:48,488
Yes, it's dated June 9th.
781
00:40:48,559 --> 00:40:50,493
Months before
Mrs. Thomas disappeared.
782
00:40:50,561 --> 00:40:51,994
That's right.
783
00:40:53,765 --> 00:40:58,361
Before you saw him in this court, were
you acquainted with Tibor Nichols?
784
00:40:58,436 --> 00:41:01,837
I've done business with him for
years, I see now it was a mistake.
785
00:41:01,906 --> 00:41:02,930
What do you mean?
786
00:41:03,007 --> 00:41:05,771
His reputation in the
horse world is unsavory.
787
00:41:05,843 --> 00:41:07,674
I had always thought
people were against him
788
00:41:07,745 --> 00:41:10,441
just because he
wasn't of their class.
789
00:41:10,515 --> 00:41:12,540
But you did speak to him
about Mrs. Thomas?
790
00:41:12,617 --> 00:41:15,177
I had to talk to him about a horse auction.
I mentioned Ruth.
791
00:41:15,253 --> 00:41:19,417
I had just learned that
she was leaving me.
792
00:41:19,490 --> 00:41:23,654
I was very upset. I was talking about
Ruth to waiters, to taxi drivers.
793
00:41:23,728 --> 00:41:27,095
Did you in any way
suggest Mr. Nichols harm her?
794
00:41:27,165 --> 00:41:31,568
Harm Ruth? Because of a disagreement
over a couple of horses? Of course not.
795
00:41:31,636 --> 00:41:34,400
Has anyone,
except Mrs. Thomas,
796
00:41:34,472 --> 00:41:37,873
ever been dissatisfied after
buying a horse from you?
797
00:41:37,942 --> 00:41:39,876
Yes, people seem to need
to blame somebody
798
00:41:39,944 --> 00:41:42,606
when an investment
doesn't work out.
799
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:46,047
And those people that blamed
you, did you kill them?
800
00:41:46,117 --> 00:41:49,484
No, I gave them
their money back.
801
00:41:49,554 --> 00:41:51,181
Thank you.
No more questions.
802
00:41:54,859 --> 00:41:58,317
You couldn't afford to pay
Ruth Thomas back, could you?
803
00:42:00,198 --> 00:42:02,632
Over time, I could've, yes.
804
00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:04,497
Over time.
805
00:42:04,569 --> 00:42:07,197
But she gave you
a 90-day deadline.
806
00:42:07,271 --> 00:42:08,636
She's very emotional.
807
00:42:08,706 --> 00:42:13,507
Our business difficulties were all mixed
up with our personal difficulties.
808
00:42:13,578 --> 00:42:15,170
We were in love.
809
00:42:15,913 --> 00:42:20,077
Then why were you sending expensive
presents to Susan Merriman?
810
00:42:22,220 --> 00:42:23,710
My relationship
with Mrs. Merriman
811
00:42:23,788 --> 00:42:26,518
was strictly friendly until it
was clear Ruth was leaving me.
812
00:42:26,591 --> 00:42:29,185
JACK: Mrs. Merriman is
a rich woman, isn't she?
813
00:42:29,260 --> 00:42:30,522
CHRISTOPHER: She's comfortable.
814
00:42:30,595 --> 00:42:33,655
So how did you think
she would have reacted
815
00:42:34,332 --> 00:42:38,769
to Ruth Thomas publicly charging
you with fraud and deceit?
816
00:42:38,836 --> 00:42:41,361
Objection.
Calls for speculation.
817
00:42:41,439 --> 00:42:43,703
Your Honor,
may I answer the question?
818
00:42:43,774 --> 00:42:45,674
If you wish.
819
00:42:45,743 --> 00:42:49,235
Ruth's charges have
surfaced now, haven't they?
820
00:42:49,313 --> 00:42:52,749
And worse, and Mrs. Merriman
and I are still very close.
821
00:42:52,817 --> 00:42:54,751
But you couldn't have known
that she'd be that gullible.
822
00:42:54,819 --> 00:42:56,753
Objection.
JUDGE FILLMORE: Sustained.
823
00:42:57,855 --> 00:43:00,688
She still doesn't know about all the
other women you swindled, does she?
824
00:43:00,758 --> 00:43:01,782
LINDE: Objection.
825
00:43:01,859 --> 00:43:06,353
The witness testified on direct that
he had other dissatisfied customers.
826
00:43:06,430 --> 00:43:08,364
Dissatisfied, not swindled.
827
00:43:08,432 --> 00:43:10,696
The objection is sustained.
828
00:43:10,768 --> 00:43:14,636
The jury will disregard the District
Attorney's choice of language.
829
00:43:14,705 --> 00:43:16,730
Mr. McCoy, watch yourself.
830
00:43:22,013 --> 00:43:27,713
Mr. Christopher, your little story about
Ruth Thomas bleeding on your boat,
831
00:43:30,521 --> 00:43:34,321
how did her blood get
into the trunk of your car?
832
00:43:34,392 --> 00:43:38,089
Did she take a nap there while
you drove her to the hospital?
833
00:43:38,162 --> 00:43:41,359
No. Her hand was
wrapped in a towel.
834
00:43:41,432 --> 00:43:43,195
After we got to the hospital,
I threw it in the trunk.
835
00:43:43,267 --> 00:43:46,395
But the blood wasn't on the trunk
floor, it was on the top lining,
836
00:43:46,470 --> 00:43:48,631
where a body
might have touched it.
837
00:43:48,706 --> 00:43:50,105
CHRISTOPHER: So would a towel,
838
00:43:51,242 --> 00:43:54,040
if it had landed on
top of my golf bag.
839
00:43:54,111 --> 00:43:55,510
Your golf bag?
840
00:43:56,380 --> 00:43:59,907
Your golf bag just happened to
be in exactly the right place?
841
00:43:59,984 --> 00:44:02,248
Isn't that convenient?
It's true.
842
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:06,154
Ruth Thomas still had some money left
after she was done being swindled by you,
843
00:44:06,223 --> 00:44:07,281
didn't she?
Objection.
844
00:44:07,358 --> 00:44:09,656
Sustained.
No more, Mr. McCoy.
845
00:44:09,727 --> 00:44:14,130
So her threat to ruin you was something
you had to worry about, wasn't it?
846
00:44:14,198 --> 00:44:15,756
Ruth never threatened me.
847
00:44:15,833 --> 00:44:16,891
JACK: Sure she did.
848
00:44:16,968 --> 00:44:20,267
And she had the resources to back
it up, unlike your other victims.
849
00:44:20,338 --> 00:44:22,135
Your Honor, approach?
850
00:44:26,777 --> 00:44:29,837
I move for a mistrial in view of the
District Attorney's persistent mentioning
851
00:44:29,914 --> 00:44:31,677
of alleged prior bad acts.
852
00:44:31,749 --> 00:44:33,307
You were warned, Mr. McCoy.
853
00:44:33,384 --> 00:44:34,874
They're obviously relevant.
854
00:44:34,952 --> 00:44:36,817
I said they weren't.
855
00:44:36,887 --> 00:44:39,481
Then you can instruct
the jury to ignore them.
856
00:44:39,557 --> 00:44:42,151
The jury's heard too much.
You can't wipe it out with an admonition.
857
00:44:42,226 --> 00:44:43,716
If Your Honor would only...
858
00:44:43,794 --> 00:44:46,058
Never mind, Mr. McCoy,
we're finished here.
859
00:44:46,130 --> 00:44:48,030
A mistrial is granted.
860
00:45:06,250 --> 00:45:12,280
JACK: I think Simmons will take a plea, and
I want to postpone the Horowitz trial.
861
00:45:12,356 --> 00:45:14,551
The fish market case
has to come first.
862
00:45:14,625 --> 00:45:15,956
ADAM: Okay.
863
00:45:17,928 --> 00:45:20,453
What about Lyle Christopher?
864
00:45:20,531 --> 00:45:23,591
I hope you've been putting
your extra time to good use.
865
00:45:24,902 --> 00:45:26,836
The cruise ship's manifest.
866
00:45:28,706 --> 00:45:30,697
The German police
talked to a man named
867
00:45:30,775 --> 00:45:33,801
Burckhardt Klemstein
in Hamburg.
868
00:45:33,878 --> 00:45:37,575
He says he thinks he remembers seeing
a man looking like Christopher
869
00:45:37,648 --> 00:45:40,583
holding the arm of a woman
looking like Ruth Thomas.
870
00:45:40,651 --> 00:45:42,118
(PHONE RINGING)
871
00:45:49,493 --> 00:45:50,653
Yes?
872
00:45:56,133 --> 00:45:58,863
Thank you, I'll tell him.
873
00:45:59,837 --> 00:46:01,270
Your lucky day.
874
00:46:03,174 --> 00:46:07,975
A fisherman just dragged Ruth Thomas'
body out of Long Island Sound.
875
00:46:12,183 --> 00:46:14,310
Don't celebrate yet.
876
00:46:14,385 --> 00:46:18,913
Christopher's lawyer is gonna
rake you over the coals.
877
00:46:18,989 --> 00:46:22,516
If he can show that you
provoked the mistrial
878
00:46:22,593 --> 00:46:25,221
to get a second shot
at his client,
879
00:46:25,296 --> 00:46:29,494
the case gets thrown out no matter
how many bodies you dredge up.
880
00:46:29,567 --> 00:46:33,697
Not unless I deliberately
provoked a mistrial, Adam.
881
00:46:33,771 --> 00:46:36,035
If I just got carried away...
882
00:46:36,107 --> 00:46:38,541
You did want more time, Jack.
883
00:46:38,609 --> 00:46:42,409
It wasn't like that at all.
You know how emotional I get.
884
00:46:42,459 --> 00:46:47,009
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