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00:00:00The End
00:02:20All day yesterday and today.
00:02:22Well, try...
00:02:23Oh, never mind.
00:02:24Sell him out.
00:02:25Sell him out.
00:02:26Well, you heard me.
00:02:27Close him out.
00:02:28Yes.
00:02:29All right.
00:02:30Miss Lester, get those smaller packages out of the safe and bring them to my office.
00:02:33Yes, sir.
00:02:34Well, I tell you, it is most necessary, I get the tickets.
00:02:41All right.
00:02:42All right.
00:02:43In a minute.
00:02:44Miss Lester.
00:02:45Oh.
00:02:47Well, here they are.
00:02:48I'll give a note to me, too.
00:02:49Save the note and you get back the pearls.
00:02:51Well, the note will do tomorrow.
00:02:52Well, I cannot pay the note.
00:02:53Oh, then you don't get this or this, since you cannot pay the note.
00:02:57Oh, Tony.
00:02:58Are you not my friend?
00:02:59Sure.
00:03:00If I weren't, you wouldn't forge my name to this check, would you?
00:03:02Oh, well.
00:03:03Yes.
00:03:04All right.
00:03:05Tell her I'll see you in a minute.
00:03:06Well, I must have this check here.
00:03:08Try and get it.
00:03:09Well, if you don't give it to me, I...
00:03:11Now, listen.
00:03:12You won't do anything.
00:03:13Who do you think I am?
00:03:14One of your faded widows?
00:03:15And I'm not very afraid of male lapdogs.
00:03:17Well, well, isn't he hearing men fight over something besides me for a chance?
00:03:21Miss Delroy, Mr. Marlowe.
00:03:22Hello, Delphi.
00:03:23Hello, Fanny.
00:03:24He knows you, too?
00:03:27What are you all a-twitter about, anyway?
00:03:30You, uh, borrowed these from your meal ticket, didn't you?
00:03:33And she's in Paris, isn't she?
00:03:35Well, you'd better pay me somehow and return her before she gets back, hadn't you?
00:03:40Yes?
00:03:41What did he mean, your meal ticket in Paris?
00:03:44Where did you think I picked what I gave you?
00:03:48From the three, Mrs. Banning is?
00:03:50Who?
00:03:51Tell her I'll see her in a minute.
00:03:52Well, old boy, your meal ticket's back.
00:03:55Perhaps she brought you a Parisian doctor.
00:03:57Oh!
00:04:00What is this?
00:04:02What's that dowager's delight got that I have?
00:04:05When you're a big boy, maybe I'll tell you.
00:04:08Yes?
00:04:09Well, let me tell you something, darling.
00:04:12We sold you out of the market this morning.
00:04:14You hadn't got a dime.
00:04:16You, you didn't.
00:04:18Yes, but as dear as my own, why didn't you cable me you were coming?
00:04:21My dear dolly, I did cable.
00:04:23You just must have been out.
00:04:25Oh, I was hunting in the mountains.
00:04:27And I was dying for you to come back to me.
00:04:30But what did you come here for, Paolo?
00:04:33Do not tell me you've lost in the market.
00:04:35My dear boy, I don't know.
00:04:36I only heard of his question when I arrived this morning.
00:04:39I'd been nearly frantic.
00:04:41But of course, Tony Benson would carry me.
00:04:43Oh, dear.
00:04:44Where is Tony?
00:04:45Oh, wait, wait.
00:04:47Tony Benson, you're a cold smell, aren't you?
00:04:51No wonder I can't go for you.
00:04:53You could have given me another day to cover.
00:04:55You didn't answer one of our margin calls.
00:04:57Oh, I was going to bring you my pearls, but...
00:04:59Say, what's in that box?
00:05:00No, no, no, no!
00:05:02Oh, Tony, darling.
00:05:03I think we must know what happened to my account.
00:05:06You carried me, of course.
00:05:08No, you were a little overweight.
00:05:10Tony!
00:05:12Oh, Mr. Gray, excuse me.
00:05:13We tried to get in touch with you.
00:05:15But I've been out of town.
00:05:16I was going to mail these to you.
00:05:18You see, you were the last account we had that wasn't covered, so...
00:05:21I understand.
00:05:23Mr. Gray, would you mind waiting in the waiting room?
00:05:26There's someone in Mr. Benson's office.
00:05:28Oh, all right.
00:05:29Yes, I told you all.
00:05:31All of you.
00:05:32All except Adolf, who wasn't even in.
00:05:34No, it's something else your dear Adolf owes me for.
00:05:38Not the market.
00:05:39That and I'm going to...
00:05:40Never mind.
00:05:41Oh, you're busy, Tony.
00:05:42No, come in, Harry.
00:05:43The stone seems to be arriving.
00:05:45Looks as if one has already arrived.
00:05:47I'll come back when you're alone.
00:05:49All right, Harry.
00:05:50I have nothing more to say.
00:05:52You are not a gentleman, Mr. Benson.
00:05:54You're a...
00:05:55I know.
00:05:56I'm a smelt.
00:05:57Well, is it my fault that you're on the high seas when the market breaks?
00:06:00I've a good mind, too.
00:06:02You won't do anything.
00:06:03Marla said he would, but he won't.
00:06:05None of you will.
00:06:06Oh, I suppose if you could, I'd be of course by now.
00:06:09Well, you were called on for margins, weren't you?
00:06:11You wanted to have your cake and eat it, too.
00:06:13Easy money, quick profit.
00:06:14Well, you gambled and you lost.
00:06:16Yes, you lost.
00:06:17Mr. Benson.
00:06:18You lost, I tell you.
00:06:19Johnny Deer.
00:06:20Haven't you anything to say to this person?
00:06:21The way he's talking.
00:06:22With what I've got on him.
00:06:24Oh, go on.
00:06:25Get out of here, all of you.
00:06:26Go on.
00:06:27Go on.
00:06:28Get out.
00:06:29Leave me alone.
00:06:30I'm all in.
00:06:31Hello, Mr. Benson.
00:06:32Get my chauffeur at the garage.
00:06:34Tell him to meet me at the club.
00:06:36It's six o'clock.
00:06:37Yes.
00:06:38I'm going to spend the night at my place up the river,
00:06:40and I don't want to be disturbed.
00:06:42All right.
00:06:43Phew.
00:06:46Yes, come in, Harry.
00:06:48Even the heavens seem to be crashing.
00:06:52Say, Harry.
00:06:54Why don't you spend the night with me at my place up the river?
00:06:57That's not a bad idea.
00:06:58We can meet at the club at six o'clock,
00:07:00and have a steam and a rub down before we go.
00:07:03I'm nervous.
00:07:04I don't blame you.
00:07:05After that gang that was just in here,
00:07:07they don't like you, do they?
00:07:09Well, maybe not.
00:07:13You know, Harry, I'm sorry I had to send you out.
00:07:19But then you big shots are used to taking it on the gym.
00:07:22Not twice in succession.
00:07:24Twice?
00:07:25Big Drake walked off with 180 grand of mine last week.
00:07:28He did?
00:07:29Yes.
00:07:30He high-carded me.
00:07:32Oh.
00:07:33Harry, why don't you quit that racket?
00:07:36I like it.
00:07:38Mary.
00:07:44Harry!
00:07:45You're not so sore at me, are you?
00:07:47I haven't made up my mind yet.
00:07:49Yes.
00:08:08That's three pounds you're in me.
00:08:10Yes, three grand.
00:08:13I've got the jumps.
00:08:16No wonder.
00:08:18After what you said to me today.
00:08:21Oh, well.
00:08:23Those crybabies the office got on my nerves.
00:08:26Well, I put a couple of twos and twos together,
00:08:29watching TV and TV.
00:08:32I'm not sure what you said to me today.
00:08:35I put a couple of twos and twos together,
00:08:38watching Delroy and Marlin.
00:08:41Oh, let's go to bed, eh?
00:08:43Oh, I left my bag at your club.
00:08:46I'll phone for you.
00:08:47You'll have to rough it, though.
00:08:48I let the servants go for the winter.
00:08:59What was that?
00:09:01Backfire, I guess.
00:09:03Oh, Margaret's car, maybe.
00:09:06Who's?
00:09:07Margaret.
00:09:08The district attorney.
00:09:09You know him, don't you?
00:09:11He's had a couple of talks.
00:09:13What's he doing here?
00:09:14He's got a place next to mine.
00:09:15He's up here, resting for the campaign.
00:09:33He's in the house.
00:09:34Yes, sir.
00:09:35Can you get a couple of talks?
00:09:36A couple of clers,
00:09:37you know him.
00:09:38Who's got you?
00:09:39No, but, you know,
00:09:40what's going on in the house?
00:09:41You know, you're fine.
00:09:42Four, five, five, five, six.
00:09:43Five, six, six, seven, seven.
00:09:44You're out there.
00:09:45I knew you were going on in the house.
00:09:46Yeah.
00:09:47What's wrong?
00:09:48Maybe you're right.
00:09:49You're right.
00:09:50You're right.
00:09:51You're right.
00:09:52I'm right.
00:09:53Hey, artist.
00:09:54to your other accomplishments, eh?
00:09:56I want that jewel cake Mara gave yours.
00:09:59Oh-ho!
00:10:01So he borrowed it from you and not follow Banning, eh?
00:10:04Well, what do you think of that fella?
00:10:06Hurry, Benson.
00:10:07I was going to give those pearls to you to cover my account
00:10:10so I couldn't find them.
00:10:11Hurry what?
00:10:13That jewel cake is in my office safe, where it'll stay.
00:10:15Oh, no, it isn't.
00:10:17I saw it in the pocket of your coat as you left today.
00:10:20That's right.
00:10:21I forgot.
00:10:23I was upset.
00:10:24They're in my coat pocket, downstairs.
00:10:27Oh, I'm sorry.
00:10:28Excuse me.
00:10:47Don't move.
00:10:53What do you mean, frightening me like that?
00:10:58Would you have a drink?
00:10:59What?
00:11:01It's yourself.
00:11:03Tony!
00:11:06Who's that?
00:11:08It's Gray.
00:11:09I'll get rid of it, though.
00:11:11Tony, I want you to...
00:11:13Excuse me, please.
00:11:14My coat.
00:11:15You were leaving, perhaps?
00:11:16What?
00:11:17Oh, not at all.
00:11:18What was the noise out back?
00:11:19Window blue shut.
00:11:20Must have been open.
00:11:21Tony, I must plead for my poor darling.
00:11:23He had no idea he was doing anything wrong when he signed that check.
00:11:26You were such friends.
00:11:27I shouldn't have left him.
00:11:28Then you better pay his note to me.
00:11:29My dear Tony, I haven't 10,000.
00:11:30I tell you, I've lost everything.
00:11:31And the banks won't advance me another cent.
00:11:32I'll get rid of it.
00:11:33I'll get rid of it.
00:11:34I'll get rid of it.
00:11:35I'll get rid of it.
00:11:36I'll get rid of it.
00:11:37I'll get rid of it.
00:11:38I'll get rid of it.
00:11:39I'll get rid of it.
00:11:40I'll get rid of it.
00:11:41I'll get rid of it.
00:11:43Then you better pay his note to me.
00:11:45My dear Tony, I haven't 10,000.
00:11:47I tell you, I've lost everything.
00:11:49And the banks won't advance me another cent.
00:11:53What are you doing here?
00:11:56Not my dear Anthony that it's difficult to guess.
00:11:59Oh, Mrs. Pott.
00:12:01Pott?
00:12:02Yes, calling the cattle black.
00:12:04You girls ought to get together on Marla, Paula.
00:12:08Who do you suppose he was running around with
00:12:10while you're in...
00:12:16Paula, I think you'd better go upstairs.
00:12:18We must have a party.
00:12:23You for me.
00:12:26What's your name?
00:12:28Harry, for you.
00:12:30What's yours?
00:12:32Fanny, for you.
00:12:36Oh, Tony.
00:12:38Let's have a party.
00:12:40Are you going to give me that case?
00:12:43No.
00:12:44I would.
00:12:45Now, look here.
00:12:46Say, what is this?
00:12:47What's going on here, anyway?
00:12:48Have you got a flashlight?
00:12:49Yes, there's one over here.
00:12:50Come on.
00:12:51Here it is.
00:12:52Here, I'll go.
00:12:53I want that jewel case Mauler gave you.
00:12:54And I'll get it.
00:12:55For what?
00:12:56Nothing.
00:12:57Oh.
00:12:58Well, we'll see about that.
00:12:59Do you think you can hang on to Mauler with Paula Banning back?
00:13:02And if she finds out he's been running around with you, where will you be?
00:13:03She'll stop his allowance.
00:13:04You know, he hasn't told her about your purse.
00:13:05You know, he hasn't told her about your purse.
00:13:06You know.
00:13:07You know, he hasn't told her about your purse.
00:13:08You know.
00:13:09You know.
00:13:10You know.
00:13:11I'll take care of that.
00:13:25Yeah.
00:13:26Well, you take care of his note, somehow, if you want this.
00:13:29Say.
00:13:30Why all this frenzy about a few pearls?
00:13:32There are plenty more where these came from, aren't you?
00:13:34What about this, anyway?
00:13:37What about this, anyway?
00:13:39What about this, anyway?
00:13:41I have to sell them. You sold me out, didn't you?
00:13:44Oh, well, let's have a look.
00:13:56Now, wait a minute.
00:13:58Oh, I fell in.
00:14:06I'm glad you are here.
00:14:09Tony might have misconstrued my...
00:14:11Arriving this way, have you been alone?
00:14:13Well, he's certainly got plenty of company now.
00:14:16What are you people trying to do, anyway? Remove this guy?
00:14:19Oh, no, no.
00:14:21Well, let's go upstairs.
00:14:28I'll tell you why I won't in four words.
00:14:32I don't like you.
00:14:33As if you liked all your playmates.
00:14:37I've had to put up with a lot of you big businessmen to get somewhere.
00:14:41But now I'm there. I'm putting up with the ones I picked.
00:14:44And I told you a year ago I wasn't picking you.
00:14:47Your eyes are too close together, get it?
00:14:49And let this sink under that toupee of yours.
00:14:52I'm going to get that jewel case of mine.
00:14:55Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:14:58Tony, this was the big noise.
00:15:01Oh, hello, Tony.
00:15:03Hello.
00:15:04Oh, Fanny.
00:15:05Dorsey.
00:15:08Is that my boy?
00:15:11Paolo, what are you doing here?
00:15:16Oh, you're telling me about me, eh?
00:15:18No, but that might be a good idea.
00:15:20When you told me he would put you in jail,
00:15:22I think he had to come here and throw myself on his mercy.
00:15:25Tony, he's my heart.
00:15:27Oh, please, be quiet.
00:15:28You know, while you've been away,
00:15:30he's been playing about a bit.
00:15:32Dolly, it's not true.
00:15:33No, but don't change the subject.
00:15:35Give him that money.
00:15:36Do you want him to put me in the jail?
00:15:38I can't let him.
00:15:39You'll kill him, sir.
00:15:40If you don't mind, I have to call on him for that.
00:15:43Well, that makes it unanimous.
00:15:45Farewell, Caesar.
00:15:47Or shall we say it with flowers?
00:15:51Say, what is this?
00:15:53It must be my birthday.
00:15:59Oh, Marcus.
00:16:00Hello.
00:16:01Come in.
00:16:02I just dropped my...
00:16:03Oh, well, beg your pardon?
00:16:04Well, it's quite all right.
00:16:05Come in.
00:16:11Ah, thunder and lightning.
00:16:13Enter the village.
00:16:14How are you, Mr. District Attorney?
00:16:16Hello, Gray.
00:16:17Ah, Miss Delroy.
00:16:18Mr. Markham.
00:16:19And, ah, Mr. Marla.
00:16:21Excuse me.
00:16:25You'll have to put me up for the night.
00:16:26I punctured a tire.
00:16:27Plenty of room.
00:16:28Thanks.
00:16:30Gray, you must be behaving yourself.
00:16:32The newspapers haven't accused you of anything for months.
00:16:35I can't imagine what you're talking about.
00:16:38No.
00:16:39Well, say, Benson, I want to talk to you about the market upstairs.
00:16:44I suppose there'll be some trouble, and I think you'll give me the advice I need.
00:16:47Well, let me take your coat, won't you?
00:16:49No, thank you.
00:16:50I have a friend waiting up.
00:16:51By the way, Gray, he'd like to meet you.
00:16:55Do you mind if I bring him in?
00:16:57Not at all.
00:16:59You know, Markham seems to be quite interested in you.
00:17:08Well, if he is, it won't do him any good.
00:17:13But Paula is just so upset there.
00:17:15You don't mind if she lights off for a moment.
00:17:17I shall prepare her some.
00:17:18Sure.
00:17:19We've all been too excited anyway.
00:17:21Here you are, Gray.
00:17:29Philo Vance.
00:17:31Mr. Benson.
00:17:32How do you do, Mr. Vance?
00:17:34Harry Gray.
00:17:35Mr. Gray?
00:17:36Not the detective.
00:17:37It is.
00:17:38Only as an amateur, remember?
00:17:40Our friend Sergeant Eve insists on that.
00:17:42Vance told me that he's getting rusty.
00:17:45Nothing to sharpen his psychology on since the green bugger.
00:17:48Yes.
00:17:49I felt rather hurt that you didn't call me in on that green business.
00:17:52Take off your coats, gentlemen, won't you?
00:17:54I'll get some ice, thank you.
00:17:55You see, Mr. Vance, down at headquarters,
00:17:58they've got an idea that I know all about these crimes.
00:18:01Oh, really?
00:18:02Right.
00:18:03You and, uh, or Vance,
00:18:06well, those killers of his,
00:18:09at least the ones I've read about,
00:18:11it seems to me they're all amateurs too.
00:18:13Yes, sure it were.
00:18:15That's why Markham thought it might be amusing,
00:18:17without disturbing my status as an amateur, remember,
00:18:20for me to, uh, meet an authority on professionals.
00:18:24Harry, get some coats. We'll have coffee.
00:18:27Right.
00:18:29Why don't you sit down, Mr. Vance.
00:18:32Mendel,
00:18:33did the Markham hit you?
00:18:35Well, you,
00:18:36you never heard of a bootlegger drinking his own stuff, did you?
00:18:39Strange you two should drop in here this evening,
00:18:41on top of everybody wanting to murder everybody else.
00:18:44Mark it, of course.
00:18:46Oh.
00:18:47We need another bottle.
00:18:49Well, I'll get it.
00:18:50Oh, here are the keys.
00:18:52And by the way, be careful of that burglar alarm in the cellar.
00:18:57I think that burglar alarm would interest you, Mr. Vance.
00:19:00So?
00:19:01It's a rather tricky arrangement.
00:19:03Later on, I'd like to show it to you.
00:19:05It's not in his room.
00:19:17It must be sealed in his pocket.
00:19:19I'll get it.
00:19:20I'll make him give to me.
00:19:21Quiet, be quiet.
00:19:22Coffee will be ready soon.
00:19:24Darling,
00:19:26why can't you get money?
00:19:29Does my affection for you mean so little?
00:19:32Oh,
00:19:34this.
00:19:35Well,
00:19:36to tell you the truth, darling,
00:19:38all that glitters is not gold.
00:19:44Oh,
00:19:45my boy.
00:19:46Oh, my boy.
00:19:47But he'll put me in the jail.
00:19:49Never.
00:19:50I tell you, yes, he hates me.
00:19:51Because of the Derwey woman.
00:19:53Well,
00:19:54all I did was look at her.
00:19:56Can I help if she loves me?
00:19:58But I am true only to you, my star.
00:20:00Only to you.
00:20:01But this Benson,
00:20:02who calls himself our friend,
00:20:04he is jealous of me.
00:20:06So,
00:20:08you will lose me
00:20:09for the jail.
00:20:12I'll,
00:20:13I'll hate him.
00:20:14We'll,
00:20:15we'll both hate him.
00:20:17Oh,
00:20:18my boy.
00:20:20Oh,
00:20:21my boy.
00:20:22The most important thing,
00:20:23you know,
00:20:24to get that envelope,
00:20:25the check,
00:20:26the note.
00:20:29Oh,
00:20:30you jelly.
00:20:33That's how they kill in books,
00:20:35Mr. Vance.
00:20:36But,
00:20:37the way it's really done,
00:20:38it's quite different.
00:20:39I see.
00:20:40Now,
00:20:41your thought is,
00:20:42that if I had not switched with a professional,
00:20:43I might not have been so lucky,
00:20:45is that it?
00:20:46That's it.
00:20:47No,
00:20:48thanks.
00:20:49Oh,
00:20:50I'll get you some coffee in a minute,
00:20:51Mr. Vance.
00:20:52Well,
00:20:53I've had this bottle of myself for years,
00:20:54Markham.
00:20:55Before prohibition.
00:20:56Naturally.
00:20:57So,
00:20:58if you'll excuse me,
00:20:59I'll see what the ladies are doing.
00:21:02It's very interesting to get your point of view,
00:21:04Mr. Vance.
00:21:05Just how would you stack your cards against a professional?
00:21:08Well,
00:21:09it's my theory,
00:21:10Mr. Vance,
00:21:11that the only infallible method of determining human guilt
00:21:15is by analyzing the psychological factors of the crime,
00:21:19and then applying them to the individual.
00:21:21The point is,
00:21:22in these cases of your vance,
00:21:24the gun,
00:21:25the gun,
00:21:26that's newspaper slang for killer models.
00:21:29Thanks.
00:21:30What I mean to say is,
00:21:32that these killers you've met,
00:21:34always used a lot of trick stuff,
00:21:36a lot of props.
00:21:38The professionals don't.
00:21:40From what I hear,
00:21:42they bang them neat,
00:21:44and leave them where they lay.
00:21:46Exactly.
00:21:47That's one of the reasons they're so seldom caught.
00:21:49In other jurisdictions, I mean.
00:21:52You mean to tell me that you'd ignore all tangible evidence of the crime?
00:21:56Not ignore it, no.
00:21:57But,
00:21:58neither would I accept it for gospel on its straight value.
00:22:02Well, I'll,
00:22:04I'll make that coffee.
00:22:15Oh!
00:22:16Excuse me,
00:22:18I...
00:22:20Why don't you go in my room to dry your thing?
00:22:22There's a fire out there.
00:22:24Well,
00:22:25thanks.
00:22:26I want that jewel case.
00:22:28I'll get it, you know.
00:22:29Yes, all right.
00:22:30Later on,
00:22:31when they,
00:22:32when they be downstairs,
00:22:33we'll,
00:22:34uh,
00:22:35talk it over, eh?
00:22:36Will we?
00:22:38I'll be back.
00:22:41Listen,
00:22:42I'm going to get that jewel case.
00:22:44All right, all right.
00:22:46I'll be back.
00:22:48Let's go.
00:22:49Thanks.
00:22:50Dad.
00:22:52I'll be back.
00:22:57See.
00:23:01I'm sure.
00:23:04To be fine,
00:23:05I can't anymore.
00:23:07Sir you got the case.
00:23:08Let's go.
00:23:09The jury has to depend on circumstantial evidence, Markle.
00:23:11You're a thief.
00:23:38Well?
00:23:42Is Mr. Gray here?
00:23:45He's in the kitchen.
00:23:48This is his bag.
00:23:50Will you see that he gets it, please?
00:23:52Certainly.
00:24:04What do you suppose he has?
00:24:06Oh, this came for you.
00:24:08My bag.
00:24:10Thanks.
00:24:11What's in it, Mr. Gray?
00:24:13Pineapples?
00:24:14You know, that's newspaper slang for bums, Mr. Gray.
00:24:18Thanks.
00:24:21Get back to our conversation, Vance.
00:24:24How do you think you'd come out with one of these
00:24:27bang-em-and-leave-em-lay killings that we were talking about?
00:24:31By a professional, you mean?
00:24:33Exactly.
00:24:34Well, it might be rather interesting.
00:24:36Have you anything in that line, Markham?
00:24:38What's off the grave?
00:24:40Well...
00:24:41I seem to have quite a reputation in this town.
00:24:44For the killing.
00:24:46Well...
00:24:47Perhaps something could be arranged.
00:24:49Splendid.
00:24:55Vincent.
00:24:57Nothing here.
00:24:58He's dead.
00:25:03Give me the medical examiner's office, please.
00:25:05Somebody must have all had that conversation of ours.
00:25:07Yes, exactly what was occurring to me.
00:25:08I want to speak to Dr. De Remus personally.
00:25:10Well...
00:25:11There you are, Mr. Vance.
00:25:12Do your stuff.
00:25:13Well...
00:25:14That's that.
00:25:15Yeah.
00:25:16There you are.
00:25:17There you are.
00:25:18There you are.
00:25:19There you are.
00:25:20Well...
00:25:21There you are, Mr. Vance.
00:25:22Do your stuff.
00:25:23I'm sure you're fine.
00:25:25Do your stuff.
00:25:36Well, that's that.
00:25:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:25:43The dawn coming up like thunder across the Hudson outside the lodge
00:25:47explodes the cold body being kept warm by the steamer rust.
00:25:51Hurry up with that phone and give me a match.
00:25:53The first to arrive on the scene was the brains of the homicide squad.
00:25:57Sergeant E for Edward.
00:25:59Ernest.
00:26:00Sergeant Edward Heath.
00:26:03Or as I nicknamed him in one of my more brilliant moments,
00:26:06Edward Sleuth.
00:26:07So as everybody would know, he was a detective.
00:26:09How can that stuff.
00:26:13Now listen.
00:26:14Whenever I've got anything to give you, scribes, I'll tell you.
00:26:18Yeah.
00:26:19Who's going to tell you?
00:26:28Anybody could have gone up and down those back stairs without being seen.
00:26:31Where's well?
00:26:32Up going over the bedroom.
00:26:34I tended to that.
00:26:35You get outside and look around the ground.
00:26:37All right.
00:26:38Say, what's ailing you?
00:26:40Well, I got sold out from the stock market.
00:26:43No.
00:26:44Yeah.
00:26:45I lost 90 bucks.
00:26:49Wiped out.
00:26:50By the way, Mr. Markampone, Mr. Vance would be here right away.
00:26:55Oh, yeah?
00:26:56Well, I'll try and arrange it so that I'll be just gone when time he gets here.
00:27:02Oh, well.
00:27:03How do you spell clue?
00:27:04What does it make?
00:27:05There ain't any.
00:27:06Oh, I wouldn't say that, sir.
00:27:07Oh.
00:27:08Good morning, Sergeant.
00:27:09Why, hello, Mr. Vance.
00:27:10No go, Sam.
00:27:11I'm afraid the blue in that is going to flash.
00:27:12Take that phone in the hall, Wilf.
00:27:13Blue, Sergeant, is a very tricky color.
00:27:15You know, in spite of its commonness, it's quite difficult.
00:27:18But that's anomalous, of course.
00:27:19Oh, so it is.
00:27:20So it is.
00:27:21Uh, Mr. Vance, you know, pardon my obscurity, but sometimes I don't quite follow you.
00:27:24What?
00:27:25What?
00:27:26What?
00:27:27What?
00:27:28What?
00:27:29What?
00:27:30What?
00:27:31What?
00:27:32What?
00:27:33What?
00:27:34What?
00:27:35What?
00:27:36What?
00:27:37What?
00:27:38What?
00:27:39What?
00:27:40What?
00:27:41What?
00:27:42What?
00:27:43Really, Sergeant?
00:27:44No, now, a while ago there, I said there wasn't any clues.
00:27:47And you said that you wouldn't say that.
00:27:49Well, I wouldn't.
00:27:50Really.
00:27:51That was the Times calling.
00:27:52They want to know if you...
00:27:53You tell the Times that when they get my name right, they might get a story.
00:27:58You see, Sergeant, I decided to spend the night here in, uh, in meditation.
00:28:04So I phoned Sam to bring out my things, and I, uh, meditated.
00:28:08Any luck?
00:28:09I've been studying that little derringer that was found at the top of the stairs there last night.
00:28:14It's rather unique.
00:28:15Yes, yes.
00:28:16And, of course, the lady's handbag, which you no doubt found in Benson's room there.
00:28:20Yes, I got that right here.
00:28:22Cherchez la femme, eh, Sergeant?
00:28:24Yes.
00:28:25I was told to come by telephone.
00:28:27I was to ask for Mr. Vance.
00:28:28Say, did you get that?
00:28:29Well, you go inside.
00:28:30Say, did Vance know this one?
00:28:31I don't know.
00:28:32Is he inside?
00:28:33I wish I knew.
00:28:34Hey, come on.
00:28:35Come on, man.
00:28:36Come on.
00:28:37Come on.
00:28:38Well, I've been here since 6 a.m.
00:28:41If Vance is here, he's at Santa Claus.
00:28:43He must have come down the chimney.
00:28:44Well, one of those two dames owns this bag.
00:28:47Well?
00:28:48Mr. Vance?
00:28:49Oh, yes.
00:28:50Come in.
00:28:51You know, Sergeant, when Albert here popped in last night,
00:28:53Markham thought that he was Gray's man.
00:28:55Gray the man?
00:28:56Oh, no, sir.
00:28:57As I explained to Mr. Vance when he called me up this morning,
00:29:11Mr. Benson was my employer.
00:29:13He telephoned me last night to bring Mr. Gray's bag from the club.
00:29:17What's your name?
00:29:18Mr. Vance's father.
00:29:19He just called me this morning, and he took me the break of the club.
00:29:21What's your name?
00:29:23Albert Brecker.
00:29:25The medical examiner's here.
00:29:27Show him up.
00:29:29And you, stick around.
00:29:33Thank you, sir.
00:29:37Well, another dizzy dame
00:29:39to do some jury ramping, I suppose.
00:29:41I rather doubt, Sergeant,
00:29:43whether any woman was in this room
00:29:45with Benson immediately prior to my death.
00:29:47That's what I wanted Albert for,
00:29:49to verify. Good morning!
00:29:51Hi, Sergeant.
00:29:53Bless my soul, Mr. Van.
00:29:55Why, I haven't seen you since we laid
00:29:57the Green family to rest.
00:29:59There was a lovely murder case
00:30:01for you, Sergeant.
00:30:03Bless my soul, yes.
00:30:05I was there.
00:30:07Well, hop at the body, Doctor.
00:30:09Have one of your men give me a hand, please.
00:30:11Surely.
00:30:13I'm sorry I wasn't here last night.
00:30:15Wedding anniversary.
00:30:17My wife and I always celebrate.
00:30:19Went to a hockey match.
00:30:21How's the election coming?
00:30:23Fair.
00:30:25Good.
00:30:27Mr. Benson kept his toupee beautifully, didn't he?
00:30:31He was a bit touchy about himself, if I do say.
00:30:33Vain, you mean.
00:30:35Yes, sir.
00:30:37You're a bit more of a full number he had, wouldn't he?
00:30:39Elementary, my dear Albert.
00:30:41Elementary.
00:30:42Sergeant, you've been reading Sherlock Holmes.
00:30:45Quite right, my dear Watson.
00:30:46Quite right.
00:30:47Oh, well.
00:30:49Take care of these, will you?
00:30:51This was Mr. Benson's favourite toupee, sir.
00:30:53Fancy.
00:30:54Oh, no, sir.
00:30:56I once worked for a gentleman that had seven.
00:30:58One for every day in the week to correspond to the natural growth of his hair.
00:31:02Uh, Albert.
00:31:03Do you think that Mr. Benson would have appeared before a lady in whom he was interested?
00:31:08Without his toupee?
00:31:09Oh, no, sir.
00:31:10He would rather have died.
00:31:12Well, he got his wish.
00:31:14The doctor said he was shot at about six feet.
00:31:17And no powder marks.
00:31:18Well, suicide's out.
00:31:20Unless Benson was an acrobat.
00:31:24If you don't mind, sir, I...
00:31:25Of course.
00:31:26Thank you, Albert.
00:31:27I'll see you later.
00:31:29Thank you, sir.
00:31:38You know, Mr. Vance, this is the kind of a murder that the public likes.
00:31:42Have you any suggestions?
00:31:44You know, you might have.
00:31:45You were here when it happened.
00:31:48Well, Sergeant, after a night of meditating on what happened before the murder,
00:31:52I have suggestions, no hand.
00:31:54Oh, Burke's got something out front, Sergeant.
00:31:56Be right down.
00:31:57Oh, Mr. Markham told me about the stuff Harry Gray was saying to you.
00:32:02Like he was leading up to the shooting to kind of try you out.
00:32:06The nerve of that gorilla.
00:32:08What grave history?
00:32:09Well, he's suspected of a lot of things.
00:32:12Ever been convicted?
00:32:14Too smart.
00:32:15Just what is his racket?
00:32:17Well, rumor has it that he's a big shot in a bootlegging ring.
00:32:21You know, I still don't like the way he talks to you.
00:32:24How to use the kitchen table.
00:32:26Killed about midnight.
00:32:28Direct fire into the house.
00:32:30Awakened shot and never knew what hit him.
00:32:33Bless my soul, no.
00:32:34Well, he must have seen the guy.
00:32:36Come and have a look at the bullet.
00:32:38Most interesting.
00:32:39I'll be right with you.
00:32:41Come on, let me...
00:32:42Never mind, never mind.
00:32:44Sergeant.
00:32:45Yeah?
00:32:46One of the boys found a bush on it.
00:32:47I had it in my hand.
00:32:48In your hand.
00:32:49In your hand.
00:32:50In hand, Jim.
00:32:51Yeah, all right.
00:32:52Come on, give us a break.
00:32:53Let's see it.
00:32:54Oh, quiet down, will ya?
00:32:55What was it?
00:32:57Handbag?
00:32:58Uh, right here.
00:33:00Gun?
00:33:01Got that, too.
00:33:02Give me that piece of paper I found in the wood box.
00:33:09Get that phone.
00:33:10Look at this, Mr. Vance.
00:33:12Yeah, I'll tell him.
00:33:14It's an empty jewel case that we found in a bush outside.
00:33:17Been thrown out the window.
00:33:18Last night, maybe.
00:33:20And here's the paper it was wrapped in that I found in the wood box right there.
00:33:24It's Mark Mauler.
00:33:26He may prove of interest to us later.
00:33:28Yeah, I'll show him.
00:33:29But, Mr. Vance, with the election coming up Tuesday,
00:33:31and the papers riding us the way they are,
00:33:33I've got to have something now.
00:33:35Well, what about that small puddle of blood on the second step from the top there?
00:33:40Hasn't that any particular significance to you?
00:33:42Oh, Sergeant.
00:33:43They picked up Delroy down at the Grand Central.
00:33:45Trying to beat it out of town.
00:33:46Delroy.
00:33:49Yes?
00:33:50Yes?
00:33:51I'll be right down.
00:33:52Mr. Vance.
00:33:53Your car is here.
00:33:55Together, Will.
00:34:00Say, Mr. Vance, who did this?
00:34:01The Four Marks Brothers.
00:34:12Oh, hello, Vance.
00:34:13Good morning, Mr. Dredge.
00:34:14Anything new?
00:34:15Well, you called my hand last night.
00:34:17Still stuck.
00:34:18I'm afraid I took up that challenge of yours to solve a murder by a professional too soon.
00:34:25This was no professional job.
00:34:27Oh, Albert.
00:34:28That door.
00:34:30Everybody there, including me, threatened to kill Vance.
00:34:33They were all sore at that financial genius.
00:34:36What's the matter?
00:34:37Albert, get that door.
00:34:39You know, somehow I had the impression that Albert was Mr. Benson's man.
00:34:51So he was.
00:34:52I just took him on today.
00:34:54Oh.
00:34:55You see, Benson's dress ties were always tied smart.
00:34:58And Albert there was the boy who tied them.
00:35:00That's it.
00:35:01I see.
00:35:02Oh, come in, Frank.
00:35:03Good morning, sir.
00:35:04Good morning.
00:35:05Good morning.
00:35:06Now, those two women that were there last night, Vance, never get mixed up with women.
00:35:11They're dynamite.
00:35:12No brains.
00:35:13Oh.
00:35:14Yes, sir?
00:35:15Yes.
00:35:16You see, I don't let just anybody put a razor on me.
00:35:20Neither did Napoleon.
00:35:21Yes, I read about that.
00:35:23That's where I got the idea.
00:35:25Now, Mr. Gray.
00:35:26I wondered if I could get you to help me out.
00:35:29Sure.
00:35:30I'd better.
00:35:31Or they'll be indicting me again.
00:35:33If everything those birds tried to pin on me stuck, I'd have worn out a carload of electric
00:35:38chairs by now.
00:35:39You see, my business makes me acquainted with a lot of tough mugs.
00:35:44And Markham and that Detective Heath call me in every time an automobile backfires.
00:35:50But I don't mind.
00:35:51That's their job.
00:35:52Yes, so it is.
00:35:53Well, Mr. Gray, something the police overlooked at Benson Lodge seems to point to one of the guests
00:36:00there last night.
00:36:01And I thought perhaps you might know someone who would look into his room, his hotel room
00:36:06for me professionally.
00:36:07Well, you're after Marler, eh?
00:36:10Well, I know a stool fidget that you might use as a bellhop.
00:36:15Of course, he'd have to have a package or something that he was delivering in case someone
00:36:20walked in on me.
00:36:21Open up.
00:36:22Open up.
00:36:23Very good.
00:36:24You wasn't looking for me, were you?
00:36:25Come on in here.
00:36:26See you, Gray.
00:36:27Oh, you're here.
00:36:29Oh, yes, Sergeant.
00:36:30I'm here.
00:36:31Well, I wasn't but a minute behind you on this one.
00:36:34I'm taking you downtown.
00:36:36Get in there and get ready.
00:36:37Well, sir, please.
00:36:38Get your hat.
00:36:39What's the idea?
00:36:40You too, Gray.
00:36:42Mr. Markham's got some questions he wants to ask both you boys.
00:36:45All right.
00:36:46Just as soon as I'm through here.
00:36:48Didn't I tell you they tried to pin this on me?
00:36:51Oh, you never killed Benson.
00:36:53Not personally, you didn't.
00:36:54But when I learned that Albert here was working for Benson yesterday,
00:36:58and for Gray today.
00:37:00Well, I don't have to explain that to you, Mr. Mann.
00:37:04Hurry up, Albert.
00:37:05No.
00:37:06Albert the murderer and Gray the accessory, eh?
00:37:09Certainly the rest of our little group won't object to that, will they, Mr. Gray?
00:37:13Oh, hardly.
00:37:14I'm on my way till now, Sergeant.
00:37:16Exhibition of Japanese prints.
00:37:17I'll see you later, no doubt, if you'll excuse me.
00:37:20Hold on.
00:37:21Hurry up and get him washed up.
00:37:26All right.
00:37:27The bag's mine.
00:37:28I was in his room then.
00:37:29After climbing in the back window.
00:37:31Why?
00:37:32How did you find out?
00:37:33Well, Harry Gray was present, you know.
00:37:35But Gray's on him.
00:37:36He was in the kitchen making coffee.
00:37:38I see.
00:37:39Harry Gray can't tangle me in this.
00:37:41Why did you try to leave town?
00:37:43Find out, if you can.
00:37:46Don't be so picturesque.
00:37:48I'm not a jury.
00:37:49Oh, you're a fool.
00:37:50If you think I...
00:37:51Why did you go to that house?
00:37:52To talk to Benson about my account.
00:37:54He sold me out.
00:37:56We quarreled.
00:37:57Then you needed money.
00:37:58No.
00:37:59No.
00:38:00Did you ever see that before?
00:38:03No.
00:38:08Benson was interested in you.
00:38:09Suppose we say that he attacked you.
00:38:12Well.
00:38:13If you'll excuse me.
00:38:15Your reputation is well known.
00:38:18The Bortheim suicide two years ago.
00:38:21The case of...
00:38:22Never mind that.
00:38:23I like men in my time.
00:38:25They like me.
00:38:26What of it?
00:38:27I didn't like Tony Benson.
00:38:29But I didn't kill him.
00:38:31If my thoughts could have killed the swine, he'd have been dead long ago.
00:38:35The rest of me in the reception room there.
00:38:38Wink, please.
00:38:44Sergeant.
00:38:45Yes, Chief.
00:38:46Get Marlowe and Mrs. Banning in.
00:38:47Yes, and you want that ballot of Gray's, too, when I'm through with him.
00:38:50You know, Chief, there's something funny about...
00:38:52Never mind that now, Sergeant.
00:38:55Delroy seems upset.
00:38:57I don't wonder.
00:38:58You barked at her.
00:39:00You shouldn't bark at the ladies, old man.
00:39:02Oh, I'm dizzy.
00:39:03This is not the only case in New York.
00:39:05And you're not helping me any.
00:39:06You're more flippant than usual today.
00:39:08Well, this was a particularly flippant murder, Markham.
00:39:11And if you go on trusting clues like those,
00:39:14you will be flippier still.
00:39:17Have you a clue?
00:39:18I haven't trusted my lawyer.
00:39:20Stay now.
00:39:21Marlowe.
00:39:22I can't conceive who would brought good old Tony off of the way.
00:39:26Well, we were just planning our fall hunting trip for this month.
00:39:29Oh, you hunt, Mr. Marlowe.
00:39:30Be quiet, dolly.
00:39:31You keep off of it.
00:39:32Oh, did you will have both of us?
00:39:33What's that?
00:39:34Oh, I love to hunt.
00:39:35I love to hunt.
00:39:36I must be the third one being...
00:39:38Never mind all that.
00:39:39This envelope with your name on it was found in Benson's desk.
00:39:42It contains three very interesting documents.
00:39:45Then it was useless.
00:39:46He didn't have it with him.
00:39:47What were you to leave?
00:39:49The first is a cancelled cheque of Benson's made out to Adolf Mahler for $10,000.
00:39:55Oh.
00:39:56The second is a confession signed by you admitting this cheque to be a forgery.
00:40:02And the third is a note for $10,000 made out to Anthony Benson, signed by Adolf Mahler.
00:40:08Yes, yes.
00:40:09Oh, I should have mentioned those things before.
00:40:12You know, my financial arrangement, where not all one could desire...
00:40:16I shouldn't have let you.
00:40:18Unfortunately, to protect Madame Starks, Mr. Benson required $10,000.
00:40:25Oh, and you thought you forged his name?
00:40:26Oh, you mean it would have been a forgery if he had made a complaint.
00:40:29Well, it's a sense he can't make one now.
00:40:31It's a forgery just the same, Sergeant, but I'll think that up later.
00:40:34He forges Benson's name, pays him back with his own money.
00:40:38Marvelous.
00:40:39Well, I explained it to dear old Sonia at once, of course, and offered him this note.
00:40:44Which falls due today.
00:40:46Yes, and...
00:40:47You mean to tell me that Benson accepted your note without security?
00:40:50Oh, well, naturally.
00:40:52Yeah, well, what was wrapped in this piece of paper, which was found in the wood box with your name on it?
00:40:58And, uh...
00:41:00Tony gave me a party for my birthday, and presented me with a gold pencil.
00:41:05I have it, uh...
00:41:06You didn't tell me it was your birthday.
00:41:08Oh, please, Paula, be quiet.
00:41:10You will get me in the electric chair.
00:41:12But, darling, I...
00:41:13You will come with me.
00:41:14This is the security that you gave Benson for that note.
00:41:17Oh, of course.
00:41:19So, Miss Darrow told you.
00:41:20Who?
00:41:21Those birds are Miss Darrow's, son.
00:41:23She threatened to kill Benson...
00:41:25Delroy?
00:41:26Yes.
00:41:27She's a snagged woman.
00:41:28I'm through.
00:41:29I'm...
00:41:30I'm finished with her.
00:41:31Now you are the worst to me again, darling.
00:41:32You think I would accompany you through your sordid affair?
00:41:35Oh, please.
00:41:36Miss Darrow loaned me her first.
00:41:38And I...
00:41:39What a lovely liar.
00:41:41He bought them for me one day and stole them the next.
00:41:44So, Adolf, that's what became of the money I sent you to cover my margins.
00:41:48No wonder you forged that check.
00:41:50Why you...
00:41:51You...
00:41:52What were you doing sneaking into Benson's house last night?
00:41:54Both of you.
00:41:55Why did you quarrel with him?
00:41:56I wanted to get back that confession of forgery.
00:41:59He threatened to put Adolf in jail.
00:42:01Mr. Markham, Adolf's all I have now, except the money that makes him love me.
00:42:07You threatened to kill Benson yourself, didn't you?
00:42:09Yes.
00:42:10Well, who didn't?
00:42:11Mr. Markham, may I have that jewel case?
00:42:14Mr. Gray is here, sir.
00:42:15Oh, send him in.
00:42:16Mr. Edward in the other room.
00:42:17Sergeant?
00:42:18In here, please.
00:42:28Are you through with my valentia?
00:42:30We are not.
00:42:31In a minute, Greg.
00:42:35Well, Mr. Detective, the newspaper boys are certainly having a lot of fun with you,
00:42:40for being on the scene of the crime last night.
00:42:42Hmm.
00:42:43They don't seem to take your presence at the scene of the murder quite so humorously.
00:42:47Well, no one ever laughs at me.
00:42:49They used to when I was a kid.
00:42:51But I taught them not to.
00:42:53But you, Philo Vance, the famous amateur detective, to be in on the draw, and then raised out.
00:43:00How do you stand it?
00:43:02Perhaps I haven't completed my draw.
00:43:05I'll see you later, Gray.
00:43:07Why not?
00:43:08I'm used to that, Markham.
00:43:12Vance, Delroy is bluffing.
00:43:13Did you notice that she didn't even ask if a pearl was still there?
00:43:15No, because she knew they weren't.
00:43:16Because she got them.
00:43:17Oh?
00:43:18She tried to leave town, didn't she?
00:43:19Where was she going, do you know?
00:43:20Yes, Boston.
00:43:21Oh, Vance, I'm tired.
00:43:22I'm tired of all these human passions and lies and...
00:43:24You don't suppose they'll beat us in the election Tuesday, do you?
00:43:25The solving this case won't lose you any votes.
00:43:26Well, I have solved it.
00:43:27Sergeant!
00:43:28These complications.
00:43:29Marla and Mrs. Banning and that fool ballot simply obscured the direct evidence against Delroy.
00:43:31Yes, Chief.
00:43:32Sergeant.
00:43:33Exhibit A.
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00:44:22away yeah don't make a mistake old man you can't afford to if you'll show me
00:44:29where I'd like to show you are some bits of stringy fuzz across the front of
00:44:34Benson's Wesker you have that Wesker of course it's in the medical examiner's
00:44:38office what's that got to do with it have I ever let you down well no well
00:44:44suppose we take a look at that Wesker then
00:44:52and this looks like a whale of those chasers suppose you turn east for the next corner
00:45:12oh I'm sure that stop the car no no my apartment quick
00:45:21what makes you think the boat was meant for you something I said in your office
00:45:38I must have been overheard by whom all the possibilities were there weren't they
00:45:43well I still think it's Delroy but Markham do women kill merely to recover a string of
00:45:51pearls well suppose Benson had forced his attention on her suppose that he attempted
00:45:56to and you imagine Benson with his vanity attempting anything without his toupee I've
00:46:02got it what do you mean Albert the minute you told me that Albert brought that
00:46:06handbag out to grey that night grey simply went out there to spend the night with
00:46:10Benson who was nervous well he picked a swell chaperone yeah grey forgotten left
00:46:15his bag and Benson's room at the club Benson folded Albert brought down that's
00:46:18all and where did Albert go after that he claimed that he took the cane back to town
00:46:23that's no alibi well he only started working for Benson six weeks ago and when I
00:46:29photographed him he nearly threw a fit you know Markham because Albert refuses to tell
00:46:34the police the history of his life sergeant insists that he's a gunman in disguise well
00:46:39he's a fighter well my case against Delroy so sergeant you tell Smithers to prepare the indictment yes
00:46:45sir now just a moment I'm not going to let you make fools of yourselves Markham until tomorrow night let me
00:46:53handle this in my own way now if you don't on the day after tomorrow the morning papers and I not you
00:47:00will have solved the murder of Anthony Benson and that's election day you stopped me last night
00:47:05from proceeding but I saw fit and I got a bullet in my arm Delroy had the real motive oh motive drop a
00:47:13nickel in the slot and get a motive everybody has some motive for murdering somebody and be careful
00:47:18somebody doesn't murdering you no nobody's gonna get him chief I'll watch over you Mr. Vance thank you
00:47:24Sergeant oh tell me did that firearms expert of yours say when he would know about those bullets
00:47:28yeah sometime today I'll see him and if you don't mind Markham I'd like to have Miss Delroy's jewel case
00:47:34brought to me here this afternoon right then I want a policewoman a policewoman yes say I can handle
00:47:42anything in this case well very good sergeant this is a little job of chambermaiding in a hotel oh
00:47:49this is a bullet that killed Benson the rifling marks on it correspond exactly with the rifling on
00:48:07the inside of the barrel of that gun you picked up after the murder this one is the one that hit Mr.
00:48:13Markham the same kind of a bullet fired from the same kind of a gun but the trouble is that this is such a
00:48:19special nick that I don't understand how could the two of them exactly alike around here excuse
00:48:24me Mr. Vance yes well here's the picture of those fingerprints you wanted oh good and that coffee
00:48:29can you left it there all right yes I stuck it back on the kitchen shell thank you what gets me is
00:48:34sergeant he said there was no explosion when Markham was shot now this type of gun was designed in
00:48:40Russia during the revolution for the protection of the women of the aristocracy a few drifted to Paris and
00:48:45were copied to the underworld but there was never a silencer manufactured for that gun ah but there
00:48:50was captain in this article by the late bail of the Paris police both the gun and its tiny silencer
00:48:57are described you might keep that copy for your file thank you thank you and captain if there should
00:49:03be a call for me I'll be at the reference room at the time I'll let you know goodbye goodbye but for
00:49:13strength of composition mr. Vance and for unusual delicacy of life I was oh Sam pardon me yes Mr.
00:49:20Markham all right well no sir sergeant he is with him as I was saying mr. Vance I could do no better
00:49:29than to recommend to you these three very choice examples of the yuki or yet school now these mr.
00:49:35Vance are a rare opportunity if you don't take advantage of it sir I assure you you'll regret it to
00:49:40you hey hey who are you who am I who are you oh pardon me sergeant this is my print dealer he's not
00:49:48dangerous oh if you would step aside please mr. Vance these three I better take that door mr. Vance you
00:49:56know we can't be too careful today all right sir oh by the way you haven't forgotten that jewel okay
00:50:01right here thank you of course mr. Vance I don't want to force these upon you I have in the portfolio
00:50:11something that might interest you still more if I can only find it here with something I was particularly
00:50:16anxious to bring to your attention ah yes here we have it these three from the right collection
00:50:22Tokubai Naranobi and Hiroshige how many refer to you know as the three heroes to get all back did you
00:50:32get it yes sir all the sacks were tied up with cord like that except in one and that one well somebody
00:50:39must have cut it off like you said hey what are you better all right I'll explain later okay will
00:50:44you stand by mr. Markham's office please yes sir sergeant we're getting warm what do you mean we're
00:50:50getting warm from that mr. Vance may I not call your attention to the very I'll take the Hiroshikis
00:50:58three thousand you said huh right thank you courage pardon me three thousand bucks for those
00:51:06chromo's what's the psychology in that mr. Vance Roger we're hot there will you please let me in on
00:51:13this string bonfire business you'll observe sergeant this twine burn slowly but surely
00:51:20oh would you take that please yeah no he oh she has good yes sergeant this is banning's contest slowly but
00:51:35surely it was to protect Adolf I went to Benson's room I pleaded with him he had that jewel case so I
00:51:45thought he must have Adolf's confession of forgery and his note too Benson laughed at me there was a gun on
00:51:53the table so I I shot him he went to the door to call and then he fell and where was mr. Marlow in one of the
00:52:04guest rooms oh I swear to you mr. Marlow is an open a mrs. banning yes have you a hairpin
00:52:13what a hairpin yes may I have it thank you sergeant he's on the wire mr. Vance is there anyone in
00:52:30reception room no sir I'll take it down hello yes or just a minute what are you doing up you think
00:52:46I can lay around your apartment the newspapers panning me about this Benson crime where's sergeant
00:52:51he I can't find him anywhere I don't know why he's doing something for me also for you
00:52:57yes sergeant yes all right arrange it for six shots and you'd better set that clock out there and
00:53:12your watch with mine I make it just 433 right mr. Vance if you're through with me well I haven't had any
00:53:23lunch yet oh I'm terribly sorry suppose you eat first and then pick up that policewoman who's
00:53:29chamber meeting for us at that hotel you all right good what do you think of her confession
00:53:36well more confession of love than a confession of guilt don't you think you mean that she's trying
00:53:42to protect mama what else mr. Gray is here sir send him in how do you do oh hello how are you hey what
00:53:55are you gonna play that hand you've been bragging about tonight would you like to uh sit in on the
00:54:01table stakes anything you say now you say this will be your body I don't think so markham I'd like to
00:54:12have all our little group at Benson's Lodge in one hour and suppose we take along a photograph of
00:54:19adult Mala's fingerprint I understand that I know what you mean yet Mala you mean to tell me that you
00:54:35were just sitting up there alone when the gun went off how do you know it was a gun oh this is going
00:54:41to be an interesting hand well what I said was that I was not with Mrs. Bennet I don't want to know where
00:54:47you are not I want to know where you were I have a gentleman oh Mr. Delroy yes he was with me
00:55:00remarkable fellow Mala oh come on we're not getting any faith at all man you'll have your murder
00:55:06remarkable by six o'clock I can't stand much more of this if you've got anything on me say it
00:55:13this is a rather unusual jewel case of yours Miss Delroy who would you you know markham Miss Delroy had a
00:55:21better motive for keeping Anthony Benson permanently quiet than any of them please I would like to go
00:55:27you keep quiet and you Albert hiding your path from the police I was afraid I don't blame you
00:55:35Albert's wife is looking for him he left her in Chicago recently without giving notice you might say
00:55:41how much longer this comedy gonna last man in 10 minutes markham it won't be comedy for one of
00:55:46you it isn't now is it but why give me a ringside seat to the seance if any of you comics have got an
00:55:54idea that I had anybody bump Benson off you certainly had motive enough didn't you what motive simply
00:56:02matter-of-fact revenge for having sold you out on the market you the illustrious Harry Gray the big shot
00:56:08vanity and arrogant markham usually motivate the behavior of the intelligent gunman look here but
00:56:17you were with us here when the shot was fired and the body fell and just before that I was in the
00:56:24kitchen making coffee that's right I remember I remember that it was very overboiled coffee it must
00:56:30have been on the fire a long time was it great we couldn't have made coffee that night I made it for
00:56:38Paula I wouldn't call me a liar if I were you I I don't know I made the coffee and if Mala did make it
00:56:45Markham mr. gray was out of this room some five minutes doing what you're dealing don't ask me I'm not
00:56:52I'm telling you mr. gray didn't make the coffee that night you know who says I didn't let's photograph
00:56:58of the only finger prints on that freshly unwrapped can of coffee and this one of your friends Mala prove
00:57:05even to a jury markham but only he touched that coffee can oh stop it when they took the prints of
00:57:11my fingers it afternoon I knew you had perspective if you are going to accuse me do it oh this is
00:57:17getting tricky oh two-handed poker isn't so very tricky do you think mr. gray just what were you
00:57:24doing while Markham and I sat here that night and Albert came in so mysteriously with your handbag you
00:57:31tell me charm you crept up those back stairs tapped on Benson's door he was changing his collar you
00:57:39remember Markham how it bothered him walked in and shot him dead with one of those imported derringers
00:57:47silences and silences of yours silences that's a hot one you heard the shot while I stood here with
00:57:53you the shot that killed Benson was silent no one heard it just as no one heard the shot which you
00:58:00fired at me gray and which wounded mr. markham here at the lodge however you arranged for a second shot
00:58:06to explode as Benson's body came tumbling down those stairs and I suppose the body waited up there for
00:58:12the second shot exactly you arranged back to just as I had a dummy a back supported the head of the
00:58:31stairs by a piece of twine of the same kind that mr. gray cut from a pack of liquor in the basement that
00:58:36night the twine was caught under Benson's body and looped around a newel post at the head of the
00:58:41stairs I knew that the body must have been there for several minutes how did you know because if
00:58:46Benson had been shot immediately prior to his tumbling down the stairs there couldn't possibly
00:58:52have been that puddle of blood on the second step from the top could that very interesting but where
00:58:57were all these people while I was doing this Houdini stuff do you think I'd take a chance of being walked
00:59:02in on like that but what chance were you taking after you saw that mrs. banning was resting on the
00:59:08bed in her room how did you know that your hairpin mr. banning thank you it exactly matches this one
00:59:16which I found on your pillow up there that night from the impression of your figure on the bed you
00:59:22must have been resting there for some time weren't you yes I was lying there when the shot was fired
00:59:27oh all right but what about Delroy and Marla miss Delroy has already told us that mr. Marla was with her
00:59:33discussing the uh of pearls I should think mr. Marla had considerable explaining to do if you'll
00:59:40remember you listened outside their door and what you heard convinced you that they would remain there
00:59:47for several minutes at least but how could he have time to the shot as I just did with a dummy
00:59:51another of Benson's cartridge burglar alarms like this one you use the one Benson had stuck in the
01:00:00door of his storeroom you got it when you were down to the cellar that night after you had made sure
01:00:05that you would not be interrupted by mrs. banning and the others you hung the body and the alarm on
01:00:10that twine up there then you set fire to a loose end of the twine so that when the flame reached the
01:00:16nut the twine broke the body fell and the alarm dropped to the floor where it exploded like this
01:00:22you were first upstairs after the body fell you quickly dropped the derringer behind the new
01:00:30post picked up the alarm and the string put them in your pocket and told me to do my stuff wasn't it
01:00:39well he meant to kill Benson you see but surrounding it with the props he did was simply a camouflage I
01:00:47suppose to befuddle the amateur you're going to have the time of your sweet life trying to hang
01:00:53this on me the policewoman I used as a chambermaid in your hotel has already hung it on you she found
01:01:01miss Delroy's pearl which you stole that night after the shooting to divert suspicion anything else
01:01:08oh yes the coat you are mr. gray it seems that bits of fuzz from the twine you use were on Benson's
01:01:18wet also on the inside of this pocket the same pocket from which I saw you withdrawing your hand as I
01:01:26followed you up the stairs you know that isn't enough do you think any jury would go for that
01:01:31well if not I know they'll go for this the club a little silencer that fits your club a little gun
01:01:39another trophy from your room mr. gray also contributed by our police woman is that enough
01:01:46all right you outsmarted me Vance I'm game
01:01:54hey look out he's got a gun
01:02:01stop it gray
01:02:03well mr. Vance I told you I'd watch over here thank you sir that baby put these slugs mighty close to
01:02:23me I better call a doc I'll um I'll read outside I haven't been feeling very bad all right I'll take care
01:02:31of you dolly here look get that coat and cover him yes sir that you'd up it's Sergeant Heath I'm out of
01:02:41the Benson Lodge there's been another murder I mean shooting I did it okay
01:02:48mr. Vance may I have a jewel case now of course
01:02:54and don't worry no one else knows about your daughter thank you I was going to her when they caught me
01:03:05leaving town if Benson had found this he would have held it over me threatened to tell my little girl but
01:03:13I am thank you mr. Vance for not telling them so it was Harry gray mr. Vance well it didn't surprise me any
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