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00:00:00.
00:00:30Oh, my God.
00:01:00Here, George.
00:01:07Take a little more of this.
00:01:10Come on, George.
00:01:21May I use the phone?
00:01:22Right ahead. How is George?
00:01:24Worse. I'm calling the doctor again. I'm afraid.
00:01:27Aren't you calling the doctor before?
00:01:30Hello?
00:01:33Dr. Stevens, quickly, please.
00:01:35This is Mr. Stark, 239 Adams,
00:01:37Hogan's apartment.
00:01:39Well,
00:01:42how soon can he get here?
00:01:44Oh, thank you.
00:01:46Is he coming?
00:01:47Dr. Stevens is on a maternity case,
00:01:49but his wife's already called another doctor.
00:01:51He should be here.
00:01:53If George had only told us what's been ill in him.
00:01:55We know it's his heart.
00:01:57Oh, once that ticker goes.
00:01:59A fine time
00:02:01for Dr. Stevens to go on a maternity case.
00:02:05I think I'll go and straighten out his bed.
00:02:08Nothing we can do.
00:02:10It's your deal, Craig.
00:02:11Good evening.
00:02:32I'm Dr. Miles.
00:02:33I was sent by Dr. Stevens.
00:02:34Oh, hurry, Doctor.
00:02:35It's a good thing you'll hear.
00:02:36The poor thing's been suffering something terrible.
00:02:40This is Dr. Miles.
00:02:41How do you do, Dr. Miles?
00:02:47How do you feel?
00:02:49Where's the pain?
00:02:50He can't speak, sir.
00:02:51He's a mute.
00:02:52Oh, I'm sorry.
00:02:52I didn't know.
00:02:55Please wait outside.
00:02:57Father, forgive me.
00:03:00Forgive me.
00:03:02He spoke.
00:03:02He spoke.
00:03:03His pulse is very low.
00:03:05He spoke to him.
00:03:05Did I?
00:03:06Why, it's a miracle.
00:03:07I can't believe it.
00:03:09He did speak.
00:03:09He said, Father...
00:03:10He's been rooming with us for over 10 years,
00:03:12and he always wrote his answers on that little blackboard.
00:03:16And now he talked.
00:03:17Mr. Stark, did you hear?
00:03:18Yes, he spoke.
00:03:19But it was no miracle.
00:03:21It wasn't enough.
00:03:22I heard him, didn't you, Mom?
00:03:23Flair is day.
00:03:25Father, forgive me, he said.
00:03:26Father, forgive me.
00:03:27George was not a mute.
00:03:28He just didn't speak.
00:03:29For years, he's never uttered a word.
00:03:31Why would a man do such a thing?
00:03:34I don't believe it.
00:03:35A man kept in his mouth shut for years?
00:03:38No, sir.
00:03:38George's story was very strange.
00:03:41Almost beyond belief.
00:03:43His real name was not George Turner.
00:03:48It all began in Hungary.
00:03:50Many years ago.
00:03:52In the little province of Aradie, not far from Budapest.
00:03:57The baron of this province owned most of the land there.
00:04:01But when he discovered there was oil on the property,
00:04:04he kept the discovery a secret.
00:04:06And he immediately began to negotiate,
00:04:08through various pretenses,
00:04:10for the purchase of all the neighboring farms.
00:04:13Good evening, baron.
00:04:15Good evening, homie.
00:04:16Come over here.
00:04:17Cigarette.
00:04:19Oh, thank you.
00:04:20Well, have a drink.
00:04:21Cognac.
00:04:21No, I don't drink there.
00:04:24No, I don't.
00:04:25Well, homie,
00:04:27we have been neighbors for years.
00:04:29But yet, in reality, we are not.
00:04:31But why?
00:04:32This land of yours, homie.
00:04:34Those acres which rented to these people.
00:04:36I don't want them near me.
00:04:40I hear you are selling the land to them, hmm?
00:04:42No, it's a good price they offer me.
00:04:47Homie, look, you have no agreements.
00:04:50Getting rid of them would mean
00:04:52all crops would belong to you.
00:04:54I'm not a farmer.
00:04:56The crops will be ruined.
00:04:58I'll help you.
00:04:59My men will bring it in.
00:05:01In fact, I might even buy your property
00:05:03if you still want to sell it.
00:05:06Darren, I didn't know.
00:05:07I didn't know you wanted my property.
00:05:09Why, you can have anything you want.
00:05:10Any.
00:05:11Well, but now you have to excuse me.
00:05:12My niece is waiting.
00:05:13Darling car.
00:05:15Come in, darling car.
00:05:16And don't forget what I told you.
00:05:17Oh, no, I won't be out.
00:05:18Good evening.
00:05:19Good evening, good evening.
00:05:21It's about your buying part of my land.
00:05:23I heard you made the same leave with Horny.
00:05:25Yes, I'm acquiring several parcels of land.
00:05:28It has to wait until after election time.
00:05:30You understand.
00:05:32Let me come to an agreement.
00:05:33Oh, yes, yes, Baron.
00:05:35The Baron met with no opposition to his deals
00:05:37except for one.
00:05:39And although Horny wanted to sell his land to the Baron,
00:05:42he had it leased out at the time.
00:05:44And the tenants who'd been there for generations
00:05:46refused to move.
00:05:48Well, a short time later,
00:05:51an incident occurred in this province.
00:05:53A young girl mysteriously disappeared.
00:05:56And not being found,
00:05:58her case was put into the unsolved files.
00:06:02Well, the Baron called up one of his political lackeys,
00:06:05Budapest.
00:06:06And acting on the Baron's orders,
00:06:08this lackey took over
00:06:09and went to the local authorities.
00:06:12Yes, sir?
00:06:13State Attorney Stark?
00:06:14No, no.
00:06:15Mr. Stark isn't here just now.
00:06:17I'm his assistant.
00:06:18What can I do for you?
00:06:19How do you do?
00:06:20I'm Kuleman Ballard,
00:06:21Special Investigator of Budapest.
00:06:24Here are my credentials.
00:06:26Pleased to meet you.
00:06:27My name is Erno Miller.
00:06:31But our office has already made a report
00:06:34of the missing Anna Tomashi.
00:06:35That's exactly why I am here.
00:06:37You see, my very good friend, Baron Araday,
00:06:39has taken a personal interest
00:06:41in the question of why you gentlemen
00:06:42have been unable to find the murderer of this girl.
00:06:45You see, she happened to have been a maid
00:06:46for one of the Baron's neighbors.
00:06:48Murderer?
00:06:49But my superior, Mr. Stark,
00:06:51Of course, the Baron has told me enough
00:06:54to give me the information
00:06:55that this girl simply could not have vanished
00:06:57into thin air just like that.
00:06:59Well, you may have something there, Mr. Ballard.
00:07:01Of course, I realize that you gentlemen
00:07:03from the provinces
00:07:04have a limited knowledge
00:07:05of criminal investigation.
00:07:07Mr. Ballard, this is confidential.
00:07:10You see, I'm sort of handicapped
00:07:12by my superior's policies.
00:07:14He's a stickler.
00:07:15Facts, rules, abstract justice.
00:07:18But now that you're here,
00:07:20I'm sure I can be of great service to you.
00:07:23And would you please tell Baron Araday
00:07:25I am at his disposal?
00:07:26Hmm, splendid.
00:07:28We hope to call on your services.
00:07:29Now I shall get a room at the inn.
00:07:31I want you to prepare an office for me.
00:07:33And please tell Mr. Stark
00:07:34that I have taken entire charge
00:07:36of the investigation.
00:07:37Ballard's first orders
00:07:38were to arrest Horny's tenants.
00:07:42I want you to sign this confession right now.
00:07:45But, sir, there is nothing
00:07:46I could possibly confess.
00:07:48I haven't done a thing, not a thing.
00:07:50None of you has anything to confess.
00:07:51You all lie right into my face.
00:07:52You killed Anna Tamashi.
00:07:54Put them in chains, lock them up.
00:07:55But listen, just another word.
00:07:57Listen.
00:07:59Order of orders.
00:08:01No one is allowed in this file.
00:08:02At last, the trial against the tenants began.
00:08:05This case was brought to the attention
00:08:07of a brilliant lawyer and humanitarian
00:08:09who offered to defend the accused.
00:08:12This is the press, Mr. Nemesh.
00:08:14Nemesh.
00:08:16All right, Mrs. Schwartz.
00:08:18Sneak in.
00:08:19But you must leave as soon as the judges come in.
00:08:21Mr. Fisher, Mr. Schwartz, don't worry.
00:08:33Be all right.
00:08:39Sharp.
00:08:41Sharp.
00:08:42I haven't seen my wife for two months.
00:08:44Please, look at her.
00:08:46No, you must go.
00:09:06Everybody rise.
00:09:37Members of the royal court, on August 3rd, 14-year-old Anna Tomasi disappeared mysteriously.
00:09:44She was last seen when she called at Joseph Schwartz Barn.
00:09:47Mr. Colloman Barlog, assigned to this case a special investigator, discovered that the missing girl was present during a violent argument between Farmer Schwartz and his landlord, Mr. Horney.
00:09:58The argument between these two men climaxed with Schwartz's attempt upon the life of Mr. Horney.
00:10:03The contention of the state is that Anna was done away with because she was a potential witness against Schwartz as well as against the other accused who were on the scene and thereby involved.
00:10:15The indictment charges the defendants with the murder of Anna Tomasi.
00:10:20Thank you, Mr. State Attorney.
00:10:22Your Honor, gentlemen, I move for an immediate dismissal. There's no sound basis for this case. There's not the slightest evidence.
00:10:30The defendants even saw the missing girl on the day of her disappearance.
00:10:34The prosecution cannot produce the body of the allegedly murdered girl.
00:10:38Who knows but what at this very moment she may be living peacefully, perhaps romantically, a few miles from here.
00:10:44Mr. Nemes, you come from Budapest, hmm?
00:10:49Yes, why?
00:10:51One can easily see that you live in the sophisticated atmosphere of a big city and do not know the pure nature of a country girl.
00:10:59Fair narrative. I'm sure no one will dispute the fact that you are an authority on virtue.
00:11:05Order, gentlemen.
00:11:07Will the court please call the witnesses?
00:11:10Gustav Horney.
00:11:14Gustav Horney, 51, landowner.
00:11:17Mr. Horney, tell us what happened on the evening you called at Mr. Schwartz's house.
00:11:22Well, you see, my wife, she didn't want me to lease our land out any longer and so I...
00:11:27Mr. Horney!
00:11:29How long has Schwartz been on your land?
00:11:31Well, I only see his father leased the land to my father.
00:11:34That must have been about 45 years ago.
00:11:37Mr. Horney, tell us what happened the evening you called at Mr. Schwartz's house.
00:11:41Well, you see, my wife, she told me to go and see Schwartz and tell him about our decision.
00:11:45And, uh, later she talked to the other tenants.
00:11:48Well, Schwartz isn't very easy to handle, you know.
00:11:51But I went just the same.
00:11:53Have you had any previous clashes with Schwartz?
00:11:56Oh, no. I always kept out of his way.
00:11:59Well, that night I found Schwartz in his barn.
00:12:02When I told me not to leave, he went for my throat.
00:12:05He almost killed me.
00:12:06That is not true!
00:12:07Hurry!
00:12:08It is! It is!
00:12:09Why, he was choking me!
00:12:10He almost killed me!
00:12:11You told me to pack and leave!
00:12:13At the end of the month!
00:12:14Just before harvest!
00:12:16I have to take care of my family during the winter!
00:12:19Quiet!
00:12:20Schwartz was provoked, Your Honor!
00:12:22Understandably so.
00:12:23But where is the proof that he wanted to kill Horney?
00:12:26I picked up a pitchfork and he said,
00:12:28I see you dead before I leave this land.
00:12:31Boy, my wife would be a widow if it wasn't for poor Anna.
00:12:34Why?
00:12:35She just came in there.
00:12:37That's why he happened to look up.
00:12:40And that gave me a chance to dodge and run on the bar.
00:12:43I ran for my way.
00:12:44As I whipped up my horses, I heard a scream from the bar.
00:12:48When I finally got home, all in cold sweat and all the trembling,
00:12:51I told my wife that Schwartz almost killed me and that Anna had seen her.
00:12:55She said, Anna is your witness.
00:12:57When she gets home, take her to the police with you.
00:12:59What happened then?
00:13:00Well, Anna didn't get home.
00:13:02So we began to worry.
00:13:05Then we put two and two together.
00:13:08And then we began to suspect what actually happened to poor Anna.
00:13:12Your Honor, the defense insists the missing girl never came to the bar.
00:13:15Is there anything else you can tell us about this case?
00:13:18Well, that's all, Your Honor.
00:13:21You may go.
00:13:24If I may, Mr. State Attorney.
00:13:26Certainly.
00:13:27It's quite clear, Your Honor,
00:13:29that a meeting of the defendants took place in the home of Schwartz,
00:13:32where it was decided to use violence on the landlord
00:13:35so they could stay on the land.
00:13:37The gathering is quite harmless, Your Honor.
00:13:39The question remains,
00:13:40was Anna Tomasi really present at the scene?
00:13:42Can there be any doubt?
00:13:44The testimony of the landlord can hardly be considered reliable
00:13:47when he had such a stake in getting rid of his tenants.
00:13:50Call your next witness.
00:13:52Mrs. Giuliani.
00:13:54Good morning.
00:13:55Good morning.
00:13:56Good morning.
00:14:03Good morning, Your Honors.
00:14:04You and Mrs. Giuliana Horny?
00:14:06Tell us what you know about this case.
00:14:08Well, to start with, Anna was like a child to me.
00:14:11I quite forgot she was my servant.
00:14:14Were you actually related to the murdered?
00:14:17Missing.
00:14:18Please answer the question.
00:14:20My father, God rest his soul, married Anna's grandmother.
00:14:25God rest her soul.
00:14:27But apart from any blood bands,
00:14:29Anna was like a daughter to me.
00:14:32And now she's gone.
00:14:34Murdered!
00:14:35That's what she was.
00:14:36How do you know that?
00:14:37It's as sure as night follows day.
00:14:39I sent Anna to Ekelmeyer's to get some paint.
00:14:42I keep my house neat as a pin.
00:14:44Oh, when did Anna leave the house to get the paint?
00:14:47At seven o'clock.
00:14:49Right after supper.
00:14:50She wouldn't even wait for the dumplings.
00:14:52I told her to come home quick.
00:14:54To get on with the painting?
00:14:57Because it was getting dark.
00:15:00She came back in no time.
00:15:02But with the wrong paint.
00:15:04When was that?
00:15:05At 7.30.
00:15:06And you sent her back to get the right paint?
00:15:08I knew she wouldn't sleep if she hadn't gone back.
00:15:12And you sent her back this time in spite of the growing darkness.
00:15:16She insisted on finishing the painting that night.
00:15:18She liked working that much?
00:15:20For 50 coppers a week.
00:15:22She cleaned the house, made the beds, washed the dishes, did the laundry, fed the animals, milked the cow,
00:15:27and you saw to it that she lacked nobody to enjoy herself.
00:15:31What happened after the girl left the house the second time?
00:15:34I waited for her.
00:15:36When my husband came home and told me he saw her at Schwartz's barn, I was frightened.
00:15:43So I rushed to her mother, hoping she would get there.
00:15:46But I couldn't find her anywhere.
00:15:49My poor husband had to run for his life.
00:15:52And Anna was there too and saw it.
00:15:54That's why they killed her.
00:15:56Keep them in jail, Your Honor.
00:15:58Mrs. Horney.
00:16:00Any further questions, Mr. Stark?
00:16:03Mr. Nemesh?
00:16:05No.
00:16:06You may go.
00:16:09I'm told the witnesses have been led to be leave by certain parties.
00:16:13That it is not unlawful to break a note.
00:16:16Nonsense.
00:16:19As Special Investigator for this case, I assume that Mr. Nemesh is referring to me.
00:16:24I had bigger game in mind.
00:16:27That shall not remain unanswered, Mr. Nemesh.
00:16:31Unfortunately, I have to deliver a speech in Parliament.
00:16:35I have to catch a train.
00:16:37Therefore, I ask Your Honors to be heard at once.
00:16:43Considering the pressing nature of Baron Ardy's official duties,
00:16:47the court has decided to waive procedure.
00:16:51Your Honors.
00:16:52Ever since the murder of Anna Tamashie...
00:16:57Object, Your Honor.
00:16:58There's no proof of murder.
00:17:00Very well then, Mr. Nemesh.
00:17:02Ever since the disappearance of Anna Tamashie.
00:17:06Ever since my own good, kind neighbors came to me,
00:17:10with their suspicions growing ever stronger and stronger.
00:17:13Ever since this tragic shattered ghost,
00:17:16that was once Anna's happy mother,
00:17:19came to me and begged me with tears and eyes for justice.
00:17:23And then, my good friend and special investigator,
00:17:28presented to me fact of the fact of damning evidence.
00:17:33Then I knew, beyond any possible shadow of doubt,
00:17:38that he was the most dreadful murder ever committed in cold blood.
00:17:44Baron, have you any material evidence to offer concerning this case?
00:17:51Nothing, beyond the conclusive findings of the special investigator.
00:17:57Any further questions?
00:17:58What for?
00:17:59Your Honor, this witness has no real evidence to offer.
00:18:03Thank you, Your Honors.
00:18:08Call your next witness.
00:18:12Uh, will Your Honor please call witness, uh, Andreas Molnar.
00:18:17Molnar?
00:18:18Perhaps.
00:18:26Andreas Molnar, age 52.
00:18:29Labor on Baron Aradis' estate.
00:18:31May I, Your Honor?
00:18:32Proceed, Mr. Investigator.
00:18:34Molnar?
00:18:36You had an unusual experience the night that Anna disappeared.
00:18:40Yes.
00:18:41Yes.
00:18:42Uh, tell us in detail what you saw.
00:18:44I saw Anna dead with a big cut in her throat, right across here.
00:18:49Tell me.
00:18:51What exactly did you see?
00:18:54Those five men were digging.
00:18:57Digging?
00:18:58Where was this?
00:18:59In the backyard of Schwartz's house.
00:19:01I knew what they were digging from what I heard at the inn.
00:19:04What did you hear at the inn?
00:19:05What everybody else did.
00:19:06Mr. Horny come in and said,
00:19:07I bet my last copper those five men killed Anna in Schwartz's barn
00:19:11because she was a witness for me.
00:19:12And that makes you sure they were digging a grave for Anna?
00:19:16Yes.
00:19:17Didn't the prosecution investigate Molnar's story and dig up the body?
00:19:20Naturally, we investigated Molnar's story and, uh,
00:19:24we found evidence of, uh, freshly dug earth behind the barn.
00:19:28But the defendants must have, uh, gotten wind that we were on their trail,
00:19:33so they dug up the body and buried it elsewhere.
00:19:36You admit you let these defendants get the best of you?
00:19:40Why, Mr. Bello?
00:19:46Any further questions?
00:19:47No. No, Your Honor.
00:19:49The witness dismissed.
00:19:55Your Honor, request that the missing girl's mother be called Mrs. Maria Tomasi.
00:20:00Maria Tomasi.
00:20:01Maria Tomasi.
00:20:14Widow.
00:20:15Profession?
00:20:16Laundress.
00:20:17Tell us what happened on August 3rd.
00:20:20What happened?
00:20:22With the permission of the court.
00:20:25All right.
00:20:26Mr. Investigator, you may question the witness.
00:20:28Thank you, Your Honor.
00:20:31Did your daughter Anna come to see you on August 3rd?
00:20:34Yes.
00:20:35Mrs. Tomasi, did you ask your daughter Anna to go to the Schwartz's?
00:20:39Gentlemen, I object to the way these leading questions are put to the witness.
00:20:44In view of the state of mind and emotions of the mother,
00:20:47I am forced to get her testimony by this simple method.
00:20:51You may continue.
00:20:52You asked your daughter Anna to stop off the Schwartz's
00:20:55and tell them that you were to be unable to come and help Mrs. Schwartz the next day.
00:21:00Yes.
00:21:01And your daughter was 14 when she disappeared?
00:21:06Yes, 14.
00:21:08How old was she when you first sent her out to work?
00:21:11Eleven.
00:21:13You mean to say your daughter was only 11 years old when she first started to work?
00:21:18I worked when I was eight.
00:21:20Did she ever complain that Mrs. Horney had treated her badly?
00:21:23Mrs. Horney has clearly stated her relationship with the missing girl.
00:21:27I've heard Mrs. Horney state that she considered the missing girl as her daughter.
00:21:31When did you first learn that your daughter had disappeared?
00:21:34I don't know.
00:21:36Mrs. Tomasi, what did you tell me you knew happened to your daughter?
00:21:39I was killed.
00:21:41How do you happen to know that?
00:21:43I saw it.
00:21:45You mean to say you were present when your daughter was killed?
00:21:48She had her head cut off.
00:21:50I saw it in my dream.
00:21:57Gentlemen, for the record and for your particular attention,
00:22:00please note that this witness has just testified under oath
00:22:03that she saw her daughter killed in a dream.
00:22:09Any further questions?
00:22:11No.
00:22:12No.
00:22:13No questions.
00:22:17Mrs. Tomasi, that is awful.
00:22:19Doctor, will you help the witness, please?
00:22:30Call your next witness.
00:22:31Clara Tomasi?
00:22:32Clara Tomasi, age 17, domestic servant.
00:22:45Calm yourself, my child.
00:22:47When and where did you see your sister last, Clara?
00:22:50It was in my mother's house.
00:22:52I went to see her because she was sick.
00:22:55What was Anna wearing?
00:22:57Her dress.
00:22:59What dress?
00:23:00The only one she had.
00:23:03What did you talk about?
00:23:06He told me that mother said for her to stop off at Schwartz
00:23:11to say she couldn't go to work the next day
00:23:13because she was sick.
00:23:15What time was it when your sister left?
00:23:18About half past seven in the evening.
00:23:21Did she have anything else to say to you?
00:23:23She told me she was going to buy a new dress for Sunday
00:23:27and asked me to meet her in front of the inn.
00:23:30She wanted me to help her pick it out.
00:23:32When your sister left, did she not go directly to the Schwartzes?
00:23:36Yes, she did.
00:23:38Object, Your Honor.
00:23:39There's no proof that the missing girl actually went there.
00:23:42Mr. Horny has testified that he has seen Anna at the Schwartzes.
00:23:45Her mother has stated that she sent her there,
00:23:47and this witness has verified that.
00:23:49How much proof does the defense require?
00:23:51Uh, any questions?
00:23:54No questions.
00:23:55Gentlemen?
00:23:56No questions.
00:23:57Done.
00:23:58That is all, my child.
00:23:59You may go.
00:24:01Who are your next witness?
00:24:03Margaret D'Arros.
00:24:12Margaret D'Arros, age 17.
00:24:16You are the daughter of Dr. D'Arros?
00:24:18Yes, Your Honor.
00:24:21Uh, Miss D'Arros, uh, you do not live far from the Schwartzes.
00:24:25Not far.
00:24:26Uh, tell us what you particularly noticed on the evening of August 3rd.
00:24:31I was about to close the shutters of my room when I heard a distant scream.
00:24:35And, uh, where did that scream come from?
00:24:37From the direction of Schwartzes' barn.
00:24:40What else did you notice?
00:24:42The scream was followed by a choke crying.
00:24:44Miss D'Arros.
00:24:46Couldn't it have been an animal?
00:24:50No.
00:24:51It was a girl.
00:24:52Do you have that, gentlemen?
00:24:53I want the records to show that Miss Margaret D'Arros, on the evening of August 3rd,
00:24:57heard a girl crying, screaming, choking, and that these sounds came from the direction of the Schwartzes' barn.
00:25:01Just how far is Schwartzes' barn from your home?
00:25:07About a five minute walk.
00:25:09It's too vague, Miss D'Arros. Would you say it was half a mile?
00:25:11Not quite.
00:25:12You mean you could distinguish clearly the cry of a girl from that far away?
00:25:16I found out later I was correct.
00:25:20How so?
00:25:22Someone else heard it, too, and told me.
00:25:24Who told you?
00:25:25Mr. Investigator.
00:25:26It would be advisable for you to produce the witness for the prosecution.
00:25:28Mr. Balog, can you produce this witness?
00:25:31I think I can produce the witness to confirm Miss D'Arros' statement, with the court's permission.
00:25:38Is young Samuel Schwartz out here?
00:25:51Me?
00:25:52Samuel.
00:25:53Take off your hat.
00:25:55What is he doing here?
00:25:57I think I can produce the witness to confirm Miss D'Arros' statement, with the court's permission.
00:26:01You are the son of Joseph Schwartz?
00:26:02Yes.
00:26:03How old are you, Samuel?
00:26:04I was fourteen on the twenty-fourth of June.
00:26:05Samuel.
00:26:06Did you not tell D'Arros' that you heard a girl scream on August third?
00:26:07No.
00:26:08No, I didn't.
00:26:09Is that your answer?
00:26:10Remember, you want the truth.
00:26:11I object, Your Honor.
00:26:12This boy has been questioned time and time again.
00:26:13His various testimonies have been questioned.
00:26:14Very well then.
00:26:15Miss D'Arros', according to this young man's testimony, it is you who have lied.
00:26:16You're under oath and can be punished.
00:26:17Miss Margaret never lies.
00:26:22All I told her was, it is the nothing wrong with the truth.
00:26:23Thank you, Mr. Tehran and Mr. Madart.
00:26:24He is the doctor and Mr. Alan Fox.
00:26:28Did you not tell D'Arros' that you heard a girl scream on August third?
00:26:29No.
00:26:30No, I didn't.
00:26:31Is that your answer?
00:26:32Remember, you want the truth.
00:26:33I object, Your Honor.
00:26:34This boy has been questioned time and time again.
00:26:35His various testimonies are in the record.
00:26:36Very well then.
00:26:37Miss D'Arros', according to this young man's testimony, it is you who have lied.
00:26:39You're under oath and can be punished.
00:26:40Miss Margaret never lies.
00:26:43All I told her was that I, I saw Anna in the barn.
00:26:47Samuel, they're using this girl to trap you.
00:26:50Don't lie.
00:26:51My son is not lying.
00:26:57It's true.
00:26:58Anna did come to the barn,
00:27:00while the landlord was there.
00:27:01Joseph!
00:27:02What are you saying?
00:27:03You never told us that.
00:27:05Why did you conceal that from your attorneys?
00:27:07Schwartz, did you commit this crime?
00:27:10I haven't committed any crime.
00:27:13As for the others, they didn't even see the girl.
00:27:15Here it is.
00:27:17This man has as good as confessed,
00:27:18but he is trying to cover up for the others.
00:27:21Schwartz, tell me here and now,
00:27:24why did you conceal the fact that Anna did come to the barn?
00:27:27I took one look at my sick wife,
00:27:30and I was afraid to see it.
00:27:31Samuel, we now know that Anna was in the barn.
00:27:36Now, why not admit that you actually heard the girl scream,
00:27:39as Miss Darroch said?
00:27:40Well, I didn't hear it.
00:27:43If you did, I don't ever want to see you again.
00:27:48Well, Mr. Fallog, you can't sway this boy to lie,
00:27:52in spite of the pressure that's been brought to bear on him,
00:27:54his adolescence, and all your charms, Miss Darroch.
00:27:58Gentlemen.
00:28:13This police sergeant reports the finding of a female corpse in the river,
00:28:28which may well have some connection with this case.
00:28:30What makes you think that this corpse has any connection with Anna Tomasi?
00:28:33It's the dress, sir.
00:28:35It answers the description we have in our police records.
00:28:37Besides, we have no report of any other girl missing hereabouts.
00:28:41Where is the body?
00:28:42Outside. We brought it in the cart.
00:28:44Your Honor, the mother of the missing girl is in the witness room.
00:28:47I request the court's permission to have her look at the body immediately,
00:28:50for identification.
00:28:52Granted.
00:28:53Constable, would you conduct Miss Tomasi to the cart?
00:28:56And Mr. Miller, would you please go along?
00:28:59Yes.
00:29:00I'd like to have my associate advocate Fisher view the body with them.
00:29:04Granted.
00:29:08Who are these men?
00:29:09The two raftmen who found the body.
00:29:11What are your names?
00:29:13I am Herman.
00:29:14And you?
00:29:15My name is Joseph Martin.
00:29:17How and where did you find the body?
00:29:20Well, when we were making for shore on our raft,
00:29:24I saw something stuck in the weeds.
00:29:27I took one of our long oars and tried to get it loose.
00:29:32When we saw it was a dead woman,
00:29:34Martin wanted me to throw the body back.
00:29:37But I was afraid.
00:29:39Afraid somebody might be watching.
00:29:41So I made him help me.
00:29:43And we dragged the body out and put it on the grass.
00:29:46Martin ran for the police.
00:29:48And I stayed with the body.
00:29:50Gentlemen.
00:29:51Gentlemen, the body of that girl shows no mutilation whatsoever.
00:29:54There is no cut on the neck of that girl.
00:29:56No mutilation.
00:29:58Sergeant, take them away.
00:30:00Quickly.
00:30:14Mrs. Tomashi, was that your daughter?
00:30:17Yes.
00:30:18My poor Anna.
00:30:19My child.
00:30:20Is there a dress?
00:30:21Is there a dress?
00:30:22Your Honor, the mother has positively identified the body as that of her missing daughter, Anna.
00:30:32It's been put on record that the murdered girl was killed with a cut across the throat.
00:30:36Precisely.
00:30:37Therefore, gentlemen, this cannot possibly be the corpse of the girl we are looking for.
00:30:41Isn't it possible, Mr. Balog, that your witness Malner has lied?
00:30:45Your Honor, this mother's positive identification speaks for itself.
00:30:49Your Honor, Mrs. Tomashi is obviously demented.
00:30:52My superior, Mr. Sark, has formed his own conclusion.
00:30:55But the state could not accept her identification as positive.
00:30:58She's not of sound mind.
00:31:00This whole procedure must be stricken from the record.
00:31:02The body has been identified by a mother and the dress...
00:31:05It's generally known that Mrs. Tomashi has accepted the sight and presence of any girl as that of her own daughter.
00:31:10It's understandable what she would have said when she saw the body of a girl clad in a dress like the one her murdered daughter wore.
00:31:16Gentlemen of the prosecution, is this another maneuver of yours to further persecute these innocent men?
00:31:21I move that we recess immediately. The investigation will discredit any...
00:31:24Don Honor, the charge of murder against these defendants has collapsed like a prick balloon.
00:31:29I move that we absolve these men of the charges as they appear in the indictment.
00:31:32Surely more concrete evidence, more positive assurance to satisfy our courts are in order.
00:31:37Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:31:39The verdict rendered in haste would be rash and ill-considered.
00:31:51In view of the astonishing events and developments that we have witnessed,
00:31:54the court calls for time that both the defense and the prosecution might have an opportunity to confirm their respective contentions.
00:32:02Fourth journal.
00:32:04My sympathies and convictions with Nemesh in the defense.
00:32:14Members of the royal court, as this trial resumes, I find it necessary to tender my resignation with profound regret and with a most vigorous protest against what has become a travesty of justice.
00:32:29But one thing, I will use all of my influence to prevent any further use of your service in public office.
00:32:36Aaron Arity, I knew that you would say just that.
00:32:39I realize that my resignation will be held by him and his party.
00:32:43However, let me hasten to add, were it not for the legal impossibilities which bar me, I would be seated at that table with the defense.
00:32:50Mr. Stark, this is very irregular. Your resignation will have to be reported to the Ministry of Justice.
00:32:55I submit that you do so without delay.
00:32:59Mr. Miller, will you assume the duties of the prosecution?
00:33:03Yes, thank you, Your Honor.
00:33:04Mr. Stark, you have my deepest respect. Thank God be with you.
00:33:10Good luck, Mr. Nemesh.
00:33:12Mr. Sebastian Vergara.
00:33:13Your Honor, more than a month has elapsed since the positive identification of Anna Tamashi's body by her mother.
00:33:26Our laws prescribe a quick execution of the guilty, not a slow killing of the innocent.
00:33:30Innocent?
00:33:31The defense is asking for the acquittal of these killers.
00:33:33I owe material.
00:33:35Your Honors, here is the evidence of an incredible conspiracy to thwart justice.
00:33:39court justice the investigator has any new evidence i demand that it be produced here in
00:33:42the flesh not by means of these documents i was trying to save your honor's time however we
00:33:48anticipated that counsel for the defense would prove obstinate so we have our witnesses right
00:33:53here may i suggest that we first call dr darrow sheftanavar general practitioner if any new
00:33:58witnesses are to be called i demand that we pick up where we left off the defense would like to
00:34:02have mrs maria thomasi repeat her last statement i would like you to decide for yourself mr nevish
00:34:08if you wish of her called in fact that's why we're calling on dr darrow call dr darrow
00:34:17good afternoon your honors dr darrow you are the only resident physician of tanavar and
00:34:25i assume your practice embraces the entire community it does tell us what happened to mrs tamashay she's
00:34:32suffering from delusions and is thoroughly incompetent she is now confined to a mental
00:34:37institution which i recommend just when did you find her to be mentally ill since the very day
00:34:44her daughter just obvious your honor only too obvious but this woman was declared to be insane
00:34:49the moment she made the most damaging statement to the prosecution when she identified the body as
00:34:53that of her missing daughter no one could identify that body it had been decomposed must have been in
00:34:59the water at least six or seven months not only did the mother identify her daughter but the dress
00:35:03of anna as well oh yes the dress i am prepared for that too but now can anyone doubt the integrity of
00:35:10our esteemed position just how does the doctor justify his opinion i wish to add that anna was only 14
00:35:16years old while body was unquestionably that of a girl 18 years old there are certain uh anatomical
00:35:23facts that do not melt away in water with all due respect for dr darrow as a general practitioner
00:35:29i question whether he's qualified to voice such a definite opinion may i call county physician
00:35:35dr george samoch for corroboration dr sarwosh
00:35:43good afternoon your honor dr darrow
00:35:46dr samoch your colleague has stated that the corpse which was found in the tarn of our river
00:35:52was not that of anatomical do you share his opinion i do doctor did you know the missing anatomical
00:36:01not personally you never saw and yet you say this body cannot be hers
00:36:06i know my medicine as well as you know your law there is no question that the dead girl had ever done
00:36:11any hard physical work furthermore i should judge the corpse to be that of a woman in her twenties fully
00:36:17matured no colleague has just told us the body was that of an 18 year old girl uh if my colleague
00:36:23estimates 20 years i naturally bow to his superior knowledge when a corpse has been in the water for
00:36:28three or four months it's really quite difficult to establish the exact age the anatomical gentlemen
00:36:34don't agree here either i want to emphasize that dr samoch has stated that the body was that of a person
00:36:39belonging to the better classes and that in his opinion the body was also that of a mature woman
00:36:44you pick the best from each witness and discard the contradictions a very convenient method
00:36:51differences how can a mother's sure knowledge be dismissed by any professional assumption any
00:36:57further questions no no questions thank you gentlemen
00:37:06now i see what has taken place during a sojourn but gentlemen the bodies of young ladies don't
00:37:11float up and down the river whose body is it if not anatomish's does it not occur to mr namish that
00:37:17the body might have been stolen by an accomplice from the mark and beautiful or from the cemetery
00:37:22baron already your personal interest in this case needs to be exposed gentlemen you'll hear the rest of
00:37:31it baron i don't put up this slender whatever these people have accumulated whatever seeds they've sown by
00:37:38their sweat and labor will be picked up for a song what loot piling for these murderers for the record
00:37:45my colleague mr karl namish has volunteered his services in this case without any compensation
00:37:51whatsoever order gentlemen this is not getting us anywhere i restrain you from any further disturbance of
00:37:57this sort mr miller will you continue i propose your honor that the state be allowed to call the rest of
00:38:03the witnesses constable call rassman herman and martin what is the charge against these men accomplices in
00:38:14the crime they too will you please tell the court the events that led up to your arrest i confessed to
00:38:21the investigator you want your confession to be read yes one evening during the middle of june of this
00:38:28year i don't remember the date exactly a woman dressed in brown and carrying a small parcel under
00:38:36her arm offered to give us a hundred golden if we would carry out her instructions she pointed to some
00:38:43bushes on the other side of the river and said that we would find a female corpse hidden under a blanket
00:38:50in the parcel were some torn clothes which we were to put on the girl we were to tie the body under our
00:38:57raft where nobody could see it float it downstream as far as old tarn of our and then pretend we had
00:39:04just found it in the river go ron are we expected to believe this this nightmare this work of fiction
00:39:11just who is this woman in brown what's her name you uh you took the clothes from the woman in brown and
00:39:17dressed the strange corpse and then went to the place she told you to and acted as if you just found
00:39:23the body the defense wants proof can you produce this witness mr balog no unfortunately we have been
00:39:31unable to produce the woman in brown apparently she's the only one you've overlooked your honor have
00:39:37i your permission to examine those records thank you
00:39:43oh man just how often did mr balog cross-examine you during your imprisonment
00:39:55answer the question i don't remember once a week every day sunday too did he wake you up at night
00:40:02to drag these lines out of you he i protest against this continuous attack on an official carrying out
00:40:08his duty their narrative please as the council for the defense any proof that these confessions
00:40:15were obtained from the witnesses by force unfortunately no your honor until this woman can be produced here
00:40:21in court i demand in the interest of justice that this case be adjourned i cannot favor any further loss
00:40:28of time of this trial will the investigator use every means in his power to bring this woman into
00:40:35court certainly your honor the court will proceed with the evidence any further questions no questions
00:40:46no questions take them away
00:40:53i would like to enter a strong complaint for the record we of the defense have been unable to contact
00:40:58either the defendants or the witnesses during this recess we haven't even been able to reach young
00:41:02samuel schwartz who's been placed in the care of the state is it the practice of the prosecution to
00:41:07hold witnesses incommunicado very well mr nemesh young samuel schwartz is here now in my office
00:41:14you wish to call him i most certainly do with permission of the court please call samuel schwartz
00:41:20mr bell do you explain why you kept this boy isolated we had good reason to keep him in care of the
00:41:27the state you see one never knows what might happen to this boy he could have been intimidated
00:41:44look at my boy
00:41:49your honor
00:41:50samuel schwartz is here in the capacitables a witness for the state the court must warn samuel
00:41:57that the law cannot force him to testify against his father oh there's no need for that your honor
00:42:02you have before you his sworn statement which the prosecution would like to have read mr
00:42:06investigator will you read this statement please
00:42:13this is the sworn statement of samuel schwartz has given to me and i
00:42:17quote on the evening of august 3rd just before eight o'clock i saw anna tomashi enter my father's
00:42:23barn our landlord mr horney and my father had a heated argument my father ran after him with a
00:42:30pitchfork i heard anna's voice saying schwartz will kill him call the police and i heard a commotion
00:42:38i looked through the keyhole there was only one lantern lit inside the bond so i could not
00:42:42distinguish who said she's a witness for the landlord we will all be in trouble i could see
00:42:47another one take this sickle he cornered anna and cut her throat and i saw the blood flow down her neck
00:42:54she was dead son did you say that
00:43:01samuel you will repeat here now papa wasn't there when the girl was killed that is correct you testified
00:43:07that your father was outside chasing mr horney while the others committed the murder your honor
00:43:12i will prepare a motion to remove schwartz's name from the indictment for murder however
00:43:16we will detain him temporarily for complicity of the crime the court's permission i'd like to
00:43:20question the witness granted
00:43:28samuel
00:43:30we just heard your sworn statement first let me say you look quite different now
00:43:34you're not the same boy who was here before you've changed tell me samuel just what has been done
00:43:39to you how did this all come about i object you object to my questioning the witness
00:43:44now samuel isn't it true that you were a guest at the baron's castle
00:43:50you and miss darash were escorted there by mr ballard nothing wrong with being nice to a poor boy
00:43:57did you left there was in these fine new clothes you're wearing now
00:44:01i didn't get them there the tailor came to me
00:44:07and the barber too and what you're taking for jaunt to budapest in the baron's carriage
00:44:13didn't the young lady accompany you miss margaret darash
00:44:16the defense seems to have a great deal of information although it claims to have been
00:44:20denied access to this young man this is one time the defense has taken the liberty of putting two and two
00:44:25together and as for this record there it is gentlemen just a blank piece of paper you thought it was
00:44:32clever by such a compromise to say the father was out chasing the landlord at the actual time the
00:44:38killing took place that gentleman is a dead giveaway a bad piece of construction your assumptions are
00:44:45insulting and unfounded mr nemish they are another attack on the state's integrity your honor
00:44:49i request the court's permission for this father to speak to his own son
00:44:56thank you your honor samuel go to your father
00:45:03the others couldn't have killed anna the only one who saw the girl was i so if you say a murder
00:45:09was committed in our bond you are only accusing your father but papa you didn't kill her of course i
00:45:16didn't and neither did they look at your father see i haven't told the truth
00:45:35he couldn't have changed that way by himself you have done this to him
00:45:40you have made him a a rocky traitor a a dreadful sinner
00:45:52this man is insane
00:46:01oh constable will you take this boy back to my office please
00:46:10your honor
00:46:12we of the defense could not have anticipated the unprincipled tactics of the prosecution
00:46:17consequently we've been forced to improvise our defense from moment to moment this case has become
00:46:21both tragic and ridiculous
00:46:24memory hope of helping the accused was to discredit the testimony of every witness called by ballard
00:46:31professor barr from the university of budapest readily agreed to testify
00:46:35here gentlemen is the river tanava you will observe the winding course of the river down to the
00:46:44old village of otanava here is the town of tanava considering the current the time of the year the
00:46:54whirlpools and other handicaps i would estimate that the corpse needed four to six weeks
00:47:02to cover this structure it is not easy to estimate with accuracy how long a corpse has been lying in the water
00:47:11however i can assert with authority that it could not have been less than four weeks nor more than six weeks
00:47:18dr darosch estimates the body was in the water six or seven months while dr samosh asserts it was
00:47:24only three or four months dr samosh attended my lectures for years but i cannot guarantee that
00:47:31he absorbed them as for dr darosch he is unknown to me you gentlemen agree with the professor
00:47:39you know the discrepancy is rather large then in your opinion professor these two experts are both mistaken
00:47:50there is no doubt
00:47:52oh you may laugh gentlemen but that does not conceal your professional blunders i am no longer your pupil
00:48:00professor and i am free to laugh at obsolete analyses professor burr did you estimate the approximate
00:48:07age of the corpse around 15 that's ridiculous this was a fully matured woman i have known girls to be
00:48:14fully matured at the age of 12. water does many things but it does not change people's ages
00:48:22it will make any skin soft and smooth even the calloused feet of a girl who went barefoot all her life
00:48:30then there's no proof as to what class this girl belonged to professor bar you studied the sworn
00:48:36statements of the two ratsmen what is your opinion of their testimony it is improbable that they could
00:48:42have transported the body as they say without attracting the attention of other rats a body in such a state of
00:48:50decomposition would have slowly spread a very strong professor bar you are employed at the university of
00:48:58budapest i am lately your appearances in court have been largely in behalf of an insurance company the
00:49:05hungarian insurance companies frequently need expert medical analyses i wish to point out to the court
00:49:13that the president of the hungarian alliance has been very much interested in this case is it not too
00:49:19obvious that has nothing to do with my opinion as an expert oh no of course not professor nothing
00:49:24whatsoever your honor this is shameful one of our country's foremost scientists subjected to this
00:49:29slander do not disturb yourself mr namish these gentlemen are not in a position to change my views
00:49:37or to affect my personal integrity have the medical experts any of the statements they would care to
00:49:44me none none in view of the circumstances none thank you thank you professor and i'm very sorry your
00:49:55honors these contradictions mean nothing according to two eyewitnesses samuel schwartz and molnar
00:50:02anna thomasi was killed with a sickle her throat was cut prosecutor it's exactly what we intended this
00:50:08proved therefore i demand the state produce this woman in brown unfortunately we have been unable to find
00:50:13the woman in brown either this witness is in hiding or has mysteriously vanished if the mysterious
00:50:18woman were produced she would only serve to reinforce the case for us the prosecution so why delay any
00:50:24longer your honor does the state has failed to produce this witness i promise to bring her here
00:50:35the defense has promised to produce a witness who could not be found by the state
00:50:40this is another forgery in the network of lies which has been exhibited a most ingenious house of cards
00:50:47topped by that decked out in anna's clothes and the so-called medical expert coming down from the
00:50:53capital city trying to throw the dust of his pretended learning in your eyes while on the other hand
00:51:00the state has offered many witnesses to testify in an unpretentious way as simple well-meaning people do
00:51:07mr prosecutor i must interrupt and i request the court's attention we have here a new witness who
00:51:12awaits immediate examination you are too late mr nimich this case is not closed mr prosecutor
00:51:18your honor it's important this woman be heard at once i insist that you insist
00:51:24i shall be forced to resign your honor together with my colleague with the defense at this last
00:51:29hour if our emotion is rejected let them resign port does not wish to deprive the defendants of the
00:51:37benefit of counsel bring the witness in mr fisher
00:51:41your name iran pater where are you from budapest what connection has this woman with the case
00:51:55i've given the chance i'd bring out my point i understand from the investigator that this woman
00:52:01has been jailed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the last 10 days but state attorney
00:52:06miller has just said that you were jailed on various counts is that true yes and where were
00:52:12you in prison right here women's section second floor cell number three what did you learn in prison
00:52:18that might concern this case there was a woman in the cell next to mine who was being given sedatives
00:52:24to keep her quiet her name is mrs ethel mihali from a village nearby how do you associate that person
00:52:30with the case she kept repeating that she wanted to come to court to testify your honor this witness knows
00:52:35what she said no decent person could possibly believe a woman of this sort mr balak you have
00:52:40said too much i demand an immediate apology my dear colleague these gentlemen cannot possibly know
00:52:46that this lady happens to be your wife mr nemish i demand an explanation your honor the wife of my
00:52:54associate submitted to this experiment pretending to be drunken disorderly you see we simply had to get
00:52:59someone inside that prison to find out what was being kept so secret your honor i demand that mrs
00:53:04ethel mihali be produced here at once to testify this woman wants to be heard and should be heard
00:53:09thank you will the court please sign this order to produce this witness now this is all a pack of lies
00:53:18madam fisher i thank you i would like to have the state witness young samuel schwartz recalled constable
00:53:25call him samuel on december 5th you described in detail the actual murder of anna tamashi
00:53:45want to ask you just one question and i don't want anyone to answer it for you
00:53:50just how did you see the actual killing of anna i i saw through the keyhole thank you samuel that will
00:53:57be all you may go now your honor you've heard the witness repeat that he witnessed the crime through
00:54:06a keyhole in the barn door gentlemen there's only one door in that barn and there's nothing in that door
00:54:11that faintly resembles a keyhole that's a lie mr schwartz you've stated you built that barn yourself
00:54:20was there a keyhole in that door no there was no keyhole your honor we now have proof that young
00:54:28samuel schwartz has been lying come here mrs mealy step right up gentlemen please note the brown dress
00:54:42mrs mealy where are you from oh ton of art and when were you arrested on december 8th what has this to
00:54:49do with the case please don't be cross with me mister they all shouted me but it was dr baroza who
00:54:58first told me the story what story they were looking for a woman in this dress from otanavar a woman who
00:55:05had given a package to two ratsmen the doctor told me to keep my brown dress on and to report to the
00:55:12investigator when i came he told me i had no business coming to him without a summons and that
00:55:19man arrested me that's a lie mrs mealy did you know the two ratsmen herman and martin yes and did
00:55:27you give them a hundred golden when did i ever have a hundred golden did you give these two men a
00:55:33package containing a woman's clothes a woman's clothes oh no they give me their clothes to men for a few
00:55:40coppers every time they go off the river then i meet them on the shore on their way back exactly what
00:55:46did you give them last time a jacket and two shirts then it's not true you gave them a package
00:55:53containing anything belonging to the missing anna tomashi no gentlemen the woman in brown has just
00:55:58testified that she did not give any of anna's clothes to the two ratsmen thank you mrs mealy you are no
00:56:05longer in custody you are free to go anytime you choose constable thank you i shall forgo the pleasure of
00:56:15discrediting your two ratsmen and bringing to light the methods used by the state to procure
00:56:20all their testimonies let me recall the absurd testimony of the grieving mother who dreamed she
00:56:26saw her daughter slaughtered by these defendants that dream gentlemen we've discovered was inspired
00:56:32by a gypsy woman to read the cards for this poor woman and make her believe the preposterous story
00:56:38which ignited the entire case against these defendants and when she testified against you
00:56:43you took this simple gullible woman declared her to be incompetent insane my mother isn't crazy
00:56:50she'll die it will be my fault too why why will it be your fault i could have saved anna
00:56:58i saw her a second time that night i met her in front of the inn she came running along the street
00:57:06she was crying and sobbing why was she crying why she did not get the money for the new dress from mrs
00:57:12horney because she got the wrong paint and mrs horney beat her do you remember what time it was
00:57:20yes it was the time we planned to meet eight o'clock
00:57:25eight o'clock in the testimony of young samuel schwartz he stated he saw anna tamashi murdered in his
00:57:36father's barn at exactly eight o'clock state she saw her sister alive and well and in the village at
00:57:44precisely that same hour nobody killed her and ran for the river and i saw her jump over the bridge
00:57:53why didn't you go for help i was always jealous of her she had that appointment for sunday what
00:58:00appointment i can't tell but she wanted that dress to look more beautiful you must tell us my dear you
00:58:07must i can't i can't did someone warn you not to tell us who warned you not to tell us
00:58:18it was the investigator that's not true yes it is you told me not to say it was his excellency the baron
00:58:25he was going there to take piano lessons bear in herity this trial has become an outrage your title
00:58:34does not permit you to i'll have you off this bench before you know it
00:58:44you two gentlemen stay here
00:58:45thank you my dear you may go mr nemish do you wish to sum up for the defense yes thank you
00:59:03there are people living among us today who seem to belong in the dark ages
00:59:07men whose ambition to rise in the world is so great they'll shirk at nothing
00:59:12they'll forge testimonies torture witnesses to perjury they'll connive lie practice deceit even
00:59:20at its foulest form here the greatest sin of all was committed the youth of 14 who falsely accused his
00:59:28own people of a gruesome murder and gave it every appearance of truth a bewildered child betrayed into
00:59:34thinking he was saving his father this trial began against five innocent men it should end with the
00:59:42arrest of those who hatched this spot i shall not ask the court for the acquittal of these defendants
00:59:48what to do so would be to insult your honors but gentlemen this much i must say nothing you can do for
00:59:55them now would compensate or console them for the miseries and horrors they've been subjected to that is all
01:00:04in the name of his apostolic majesty the king of hungary this court pronounces the five defendants
01:00:17acquitted of all charges the case against them dismissed they're free to leave at any time
01:00:23the baron scheme was exposed but just as he was about to be tried by the superior hungarian court
01:00:47he was found dead as the result of a stroke i came to america and nemesh went on to become the greatest
01:00:55attorney of his day strange very strange it is that but what became of the boy
01:01:05was that boy george yes his real name was samuel schwartz
01:01:12he repented for his lie so deeply that he never spoke a word since the last day of that trial
01:01:18until this his dying day
01:01:41so
01:01:48so
01:01:49so
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