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00:00A CIDADE NO BRASIL
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01:31Welcome back to Logan City, Mrs. Reed.
01:34I'm Donald Briggs.
01:36I've got a cab waiting over here.
01:59I've booked your room here, 6D.
02:10You still haven't told me what I have to do.
02:12I've got some calls to make.
02:13We'll discuss it later.
02:15The lady can manage for herself.
02:17Driver, I'm running late.
02:17Wait for me, Robert.
02:42Miss Adams, I'll be as brief as possible.
03:01I supplied you with enough facts so that you had come to Logan City.
03:04I've got a proposition.
03:06What makes you think I'd be interested in any proposition you might make?
03:12All right, Mrs. Adams.
03:15You have a son.
03:16He's a chemical engineering student at the State University.
03:20He's engaged to Helen Waters, the daughter of one of this town's leading citizens.
03:25Enough?
03:25Everyone's quite aware of those facts.
03:29But everyone's not so aware of the facts concerning the boy's father.
03:33I know most of them.
03:35What I don't know, I intend to learn from Lois Reed.
03:38She just got into town.
03:40If you dare do anything to hurt my boy's happiness, I...
03:44All I want to do is enhance my own happiness.
03:47A, uh, $5,000 worth?
03:51Within 48 hours.
03:52I'm at the Sands Motel.
03:56You contemptible blackmailer.
03:59Around here a man earns his living digging up potatoes and beets.
04:03I dig up information.
04:05Now what's the difference?
04:07The difference is in the kind of dirt you use.
04:19Hey, Mom, what are you doing in Logan City?
04:21How did you know I was here?
04:22I was walking by in front of the hotel and saw the pickup truck.
04:25You know, there aren't two trucks like that in the world.
04:28This is Mr. Briggs.
04:30How do you do, sir?
04:31How are you, Adams?
04:33See you soon, Mrs. Adams.
04:40Hey, Mom, what'd that guy do to you?
04:41Hey, Briggs.
04:56Hey, what's wrong with my mother?
04:58Get lost.
05:03Hey, you two, right get out of here.
05:05Come on, right get out.
05:06All right, what's this all about?
05:09Oh, just a little misunderstanding, that's all, officer.
05:13How'd you see, Charlie?
05:14Nothing, Joe, except when this kid jumped my fare when he was about to get in my cab.
05:19Aren't you visiting out at the Waters place?
05:23Yeah, that's right.
05:24I'm Marv Adams.
05:26I'm on vacation from the university.
05:29Well, since you're Mr. Waters as guest, we'll forget it this time.
05:32No more of this college scrimmaging in Logan City.
05:35That clear?
05:36Yes, sir.
05:54And you have proof that Marv Adams was Ben Devereaux's son?
05:58Yeah.
05:58As soon as Devereaux was executed, his wife changed their name to Adams.
06:03Moved from Logan City, and until I got to work on it, it seemed to drop off the earth.
06:09The name of Clyde Waters has as much prestige as any name in the valley.
06:14Getting him mixed up with a murderous son won't do it any good.
06:23Here's payment for your services.
06:24Waters, what do you plan to do?
06:32If my daughter insists on marrying Marv Adams,
06:35there's no reason to think the boy's real identity would be revealed after all these years.
06:40Well, there's a way to make sure.
06:42Just add another 5,000 to this and send it to the Sands Motel.
06:47Do you really think I would do a thing like that?
06:50Well, I don't know you that well, Mr. Waters.
06:54But I could ask Lois Reed.
06:57She just got into town.
07:00I see.
07:02And I suppose the boy's mother is here at your request, too.
07:05Why not?
07:07Maybe I'll arrange for all you old times to have a coffee clutch.
07:11Unless I get my business attended to and leave town before this time.
07:18Goodbye, Mr. Waters.
07:18It's been a pleasure to work for you.
07:38Let's get to some of the pertinent facts, Mr. Waters.
07:40My daughter met a young man in college and became engaged.
07:45I was concerned about it.
07:47Any special reason?
07:49Helen came to us quite late in life.
07:51Her mother died when she was born.
07:53So, as you can imagine, I've sheltered her a great deal.
07:56Marv is a perfect gentleman.
07:57Strangely enough, he didn't seem to know much about his father.
08:00Said he died when he was quite young.
08:02Well, it worried me and I wanted to know more.
08:06So, I hired this fellow, Briggs.
08:09And Briggs discovered the boy's father was Ben Devereaux.
08:13The man who was executed for murder.
08:15That's right.
08:16Murdered his partner right in Logan City 18 years ago.
08:19Or at least that's how the jury voted.
08:23Come in, Paul.
08:24You wanted to see me, Perry?
08:27Now, Mr. Waters, this is Paul Drake.
08:29Drake Detective Agency.
08:30Mr. Drake?
08:31How do you do, sir?
08:32Then you will look into the trial, Mr. Mason?
08:34I'll look into the transcript, anyway.
08:36Well, that's fair enough.
08:38I'll expect to hear from you.
08:40All right.
08:40Goodbye.
08:41This street, Mr. Drake.
08:43Bye, Mr. Waters.
08:48Paul, what kind of luck do you think you'd have
08:51investigating an 18-year-old murder case?
08:53I've got trouble enough with the modern ones.
08:55There's another detective who might help you.
08:57His name is Donald Briggs.
08:59You'd better find him.
09:00Della will give you all the information we have so far.
09:04Going out?
09:05In Logan City.
09:06I'll be in touch.
09:17Well, Mason.
09:19Did the trial transcript interest you?
09:22Yes, it did, Judge.
09:24I want to thank you for digging it out for me.
09:27Sit down.
09:28Sit down.
09:32How come a little burg like this could interest you
09:34in an 18-year-old murder case?
09:36Murder is murder wherever you find it.
09:39So is justice, which was carried out.
09:42Was it?
09:44What are you getting at?
09:45You didn't mention that you were the prosecutor in that case.
09:50You didn't ask.
09:51Now look, Mason.
09:53Let's you and I stop beating about the bush.
09:56All right, I will.
09:58All through the testimony that was referenced to a Miss X,
10:02why wasn't her identity revealed during the trial?
10:04Because she wasn't involved in the murder or the motive.
10:08So it was decided there was no use to have an innocent girl's name
10:11dragged through that kind of thing.
10:13And the defense counsel agreed to that?
10:15Of course he did.
10:17Now look here, Mason.
10:18We don't have any desire to have you come into our community
10:21and start retrying our cases.
10:28The man's dead.
10:30What's to be gained by bringing it up again?
10:33Something with which we're both familiar?
10:36Justice?
10:46Is it always this hot in Logan City?
10:49This is a cool one, mister.
10:51You're Perry Mason?
11:05That's right.
11:06I'm Chief Glass, Logan City Police.
11:09Miss Martha would like to see you before you leave town.
11:12Who?
11:12Martha Norris.
11:13Owns the Norris Farms.
11:15I'm afraid I'm running a little late.
11:17I suggest that you take the time, Mr. Mason.
11:20Follow me.
11:20I'll show you how to get there.
11:39Come on in.
11:40My wife should be in right away.
11:42Some problem concerning one of the warehouse crews.
11:44You're not active on the farm?
11:47Oh, no.
11:48I'm retired.
11:49Best thing I could do is stay out of the way.
11:51Oh, George!
11:52Did you fix a cold drink for Mr. Mason?
11:54Thank you, but not right now, Mrs. Norris.
11:56I hope I didn't inconvenience you.
11:58Oh, that's all right.
11:59I assumed it was urgent since you had a policeman wave me down.
12:06Well, I'm not as imperious as it might seem.
12:10It's just that in a small community, we're all willing to do a favor for one another.
12:14And who did you the favor of reporting I was in town?
12:18Judge me him.
12:21Oh?
12:23Mr. Mason, you've read the trial transcript.
12:27You know the facts of Ben Devereaux's conviction.
12:30Yes.
12:31Well, then I'll tell you a fact you don't know.
12:34The man Ben Devereaux killed was my first husband.
12:41Devereaux paid for his crime.
12:43It's time it's over.
12:44There's no use stirring it all up again just to hurt innocent people.
12:48Your motives are admirable, Mrs. Norris.
12:52But having read the transcript, I don't think I can drop it so easily.
12:58Then you're going to proceed further.
13:01Yes, I am.
13:02I plan to see Mr. Waters right away.
13:05Well, good.
13:06Suppose we drive over to the Waters dairy farm together.
13:09Yes, we're going over for the annual barbecue
13:11Clyde Waters and I have for our employees' children.
13:14He's holding it this year.
13:25You know, magic is the wisdom of the ages.
13:29It is created by night and revealed by day.
13:32It contains secrets of the vast and shrouded unknown.
13:36Do we dare penetrate these secrets?
13:37Do we dare enter into darkness and unveil the mysteries?
13:42Then watch carefully.
13:44Do not take your eyes from my hands and I pour the magic elixirs.
13:48Let's fix your minds on the mysterious words of disenchantment.
13:52Now we begin.
13:53Abracadabra, alakazan, swirl magic waters, bubble and boil, and presto.
14:10Do the duck trick.
14:12Bob, at first I must have a duck.
14:14I'll get one.
14:14Come on, it's a fine duck.
14:24Is it you're thinking that all ducks can swim?
14:27Yes.
14:29Oh, then you do not believe there's such a thing as a duck that can drown.
14:32No.
14:33Oh, then let's watch carefully.
14:37All right, now back away from the trough now.
14:39Back around.
14:40Come on.
14:40Move around.
14:41Come on.
14:42This magic water I have here makes fish walkers and pigs fly.
14:48It also can make a duck drown.
14:51Now watch carefully.
15:00Now here we go.
15:12They loved you, Marv.
15:18Oh, my, George, it sure beats me.
15:20How could you make the ducks sink like that?
15:22Oh, it's a chemical mixture I made up at school.
15:24It takes all the oil out of the ducks' feathers.
15:26Oh, I get it.
15:27Come on, I want you to meet Mr. Mason.
15:29My husband to be Marv Adam.
15:31How do you do, sir?
15:32Very pleased to meet you.
15:33Oh, Mr. Mason, you want another phone?
15:36Excuse me.
15:36Yes, sir.
15:36Yes, sir.
15:37Yes, sir.
15:38Hello?
15:50Perry, this is Paul.
15:51I'm in Logan City.
15:53What are you doing here?
15:55Well, this is where the job brought me.
15:56That detective, Donald Briggs, is up here.
15:59He's registered at the Sands Motel.
16:01I got a look at him.
16:02Anything else?
16:03Well, I checked on him.
16:05He hasn't got much of a reputation.
16:06He hangs out mostly in San Diego.
16:09I can't figure why he's staying around here.
16:12Suppose we call on him together.
16:14Fine.
16:15Want me to pick you up?
16:16We could have dinner together.
16:17No, I have some business with Mr. Waters.
16:20You have dinner in town.
16:21I'll meet you at the hotel.
16:22Okay.
16:23I'll see you about eight or so.
16:24All right.
16:25All right.
16:25That's Briggs' room.
16:40Oh, I thought you were in my taxi.
16:43Sorry.
16:44Oh, I don't think he's in.
16:45Somebody came by for him about a half hour or so ago.
16:47I think he left with them.
16:49Thanks.
16:49Thanks.
16:49Harry.
17:13What do you make of this?
17:17Old newspaper clippings.
17:22Funny odor in here.
17:23You notice it?
17:25Yeah.
17:26You're going to get me.
17:43Well, there's Donald Briggs.
17:46Well, Doctor, he's been dead a couple of hours, I'd say.
18:02The gas got him as if he'd been hit over the head with a baseball bat.
18:05Any idea what it was?
18:06I think so.
18:07It seems like someone set a can of hydrochloric acid in the kitchen.
18:11And when it suited him, they tossed in a few cyanide pellets.
18:14Something a chemical student like Marv Adams would be quite familiar with.
18:18Marv Adams?
18:19I think he's our boy.
18:20I stopped the fight between him and Briggs yesterday.
18:23And that's your motive?
18:24Well, that's a start.
18:26Besides, the woman in 6D saw a pickup truck outside Briggs' place earlier this evening.
18:32Matches that beat-up heat the Adams boy was driving today.
18:36Better go out to Waters' place and pick up that Adams boy.
18:39Paul, I want to talk to Marv.
18:49Looks like the police have first priority.
18:53Marv told me he was leaving for college a day early.
18:55He's taking the bus.
18:56Maybe we can catch him.
18:57Hey, what's the idea?
19:10Mr. Mason wants to see you.
19:13Yeah, but I'll miss the bus.
19:14He's parked right around here.
19:15Follow me.
19:22Get in, Marv.
19:23Look, I gotta be a school bus.
19:24I'll take you there.
19:25Come on, fella.
19:26Time's wasting.
19:29I'll see you back in town, Perry.
19:30All right.
19:37I swear that's all I know about it, Mr. Mason.
19:39I saw Briggs just that once when we mixed it up.
19:42What did you do after you left the barbecue?
19:44Well, I took the pickup truck to my mother.
19:47Your mother was in Logan City?
19:48Yes, sir.
19:50Why didn't she go out to the Waters' farm?
19:51Well, I asked her to, but she seemed to be in a rush to get home.
19:55Look, Mr. Mason, the police can't seriously believe that I killed Briggs.
20:03Here's your answer.
20:03All right, Adams, get out.
20:24I'll take it.
20:24I don't appreciate this, Mr. Mason.
20:28I don't appreciate it one bit.
20:30You knew I was planning to talk to this boy.
20:32You'll have your opportunity.
20:34No thanks to you.
20:35Mom always told me Dad had been killed in an accident.
20:46Never seemed to want to talk about it, though.
20:48Now I can see why.
20:49It may have been a terrible miscarriage of justice, Marv.
20:52And if it was...
20:53And if it was, what do you intend to do about it?
20:55Bring my father back to life?
20:57Of course not.
20:58Then forget it.
20:59I told you.
21:01I'm not going to fight this.
21:02Are you afraid by proving yourself innocent,
21:06you might prove your mother guilty?
21:10Guard!
21:11Where is your mother, Marv?
21:12At least let me talk to her.
21:13Let him out!
21:16Mason.
21:18You want another phone?
21:20You can take it right here.
21:29Hello?
21:29Mr. Mason, this is Lois Reed.
21:33Remember I had the motel room near Mr. Briggs?
21:36I remember.
21:38I, uh...
21:39I read in the paper that you're going to handle the Marv Adams case.
21:43That's right.
21:45Ask Judge Meeham,
21:47who really defended Ben Devereaux 18 years ago.
21:59You're the defense counsel now.
22:05So the less you and I have to say, the better.
22:08Unless you'd like to talk about a change in venue.
22:12Why?
22:13Don't you know everybody in this town is prejudiced against the Devereaux family?
22:17Or the Adamses, as they call themselves now?
22:19This is a different generation.
22:21There are only a few left, I'd suspect, of being prejudiced.
22:24You phrased that like a direct indictment against certain parties.
22:29Just who did you have in mind?
22:32Let's start with the attorney who defended Ben Devereaux 18 years ago.
22:38His name was James.
22:40And he's dead.
22:42James did the trial work.
22:43Who prepared the case?
22:44Who was the attorney who agreed to leave the name of Miss X out of the trial?
23:01It was George Norris.
23:07You're digging up skeletons, all right.
23:10But you're not getting any closer to proving that Ben Devereaux was innocent.
23:13Or his son either, for that matter.
23:17Let's start with your particular skeleton and see.
23:21Well, you're familiar with the basic history of that case, of course.
23:29Devereaux and Martha's first husband, David Latwell, were partners in this place.
23:35But they never did get along.
23:38They had violent arguments about everything.
23:39Including the Miss X who went unnamed?
23:45I told you, she was only a side issue.
23:47Why must you keep harping on that one thing?
23:49Because that points up the whole failing of the case.
23:52The defense was completely mishandled, Mr. Norris.
23:54Well, you think I set up the case that way deliberately?
24:02I didn't say that.
24:05Oh, you don't have to.
24:10Was that how it was, Mr. Norris?
24:12No.
24:17No, it was just a shameful lack of ability.
24:22Maybe the man was innocent, maybe guilty, I don't know.
24:25But I do know that the way I set up the defense...
24:29is what killed him.
24:32And this Miss X everyone was trying to protect.
24:35No one was interested in protecting the girl.
24:41It was her father.
24:43The finest man I've ever known.
24:46Reverend John Logan.
24:48What happened to her?
24:49Oh, she left town shortly before the trial.
24:52Got married, divorced.
24:53She didn't even come home when her father died.
24:56Or when we held the services, renaming the town after him.
24:59Where is she now?
25:00It appears that she was a friend of the dead man, Donald Briggs.
25:08Her name's Reed now.
25:11Lois Reed.
25:17Can we continue this straight from the shoulder bit?
25:21All right.
25:23What did you come back here for, Lois?
25:27It was Briggs' idea.
25:28He wrote me a letter offering a thousand dollars...
25:32if I'd visit Logan City for a couple of days.
25:34Why?
25:36Well, I was never really quite sure...
25:39except that he seemed to think by producing me that...
25:43Thanks.
25:46That he'd shake everybody up real good.
25:50When you lived here...
25:52you knew David Latwell and his partner Ben Devereaux...
25:55quite well, I understand.
26:01It was a small town, Mr. Mason.
26:05Do you have any idea who killed David Latwell?
26:08Why get so hot and bothered over something that happened 18 years ago?
26:13Your client is more than us.
26:15Right.
26:16except...
26:17whoever killed David Latwell...
26:22very likely killed Briggs also.
26:25Could be.
26:29About two hours before Briggs' body was found...
26:31he came in here and...
26:32told me what he planned to do.
26:34I told him I quit.
26:35He came in here and...
26:37told me what he planned to do.
26:38He came in here and...
26:39told me what he planned to do.
26:40I told him I quit.
26:43And then he...
26:44he walked over here and he...
26:45he walked over here and he...
26:48picked up this pad...
26:50and he...
26:52wrote down three names.
26:54Then he circled one of them and he said...
26:56that was the murdering goose that had laid him the golden egg.
27:06Did you see those names?
27:08No.
27:10And you did not see Marv Adams with Briggs?
27:13Well...
27:14no, but...
27:15who else but the kid would have been driving that old truck.
27:18His mother?
27:21She would have had a...
27:22a real good motive, wouldn't she?
27:24According to Briggs...
27:27three people would have had a real good motive.
27:29As a matter of fact, you.
27:40And...
27:41what happened when Mr. Briggs came out of the hotel?
27:44Well, he was going to get in my taxi.
27:46This young fellow twisted him around...
27:48and wanted to know what he did to his mother.
27:50Well, they spit at each other for a minute...
27:52and then...
27:53this young fellow took a poke at him.
27:55The young fellow you're talking about...
27:57do you recognize him in this courtroom?
27:59Sure.
28:00That's him sitting right over there next to that city lawyer.
28:04Have the record show that the witness is pointing to the defendant,
28:07Marvin Adams?
28:08And...
28:09have you seen your fiancé perform various magic tricks before?
28:14Yes.
28:15always involving some chemical formula such as...
28:18making smoke or invisible writing?
28:21Why, yes.
28:22Marv knows all about those things.
28:24He studied chemistry in college.
28:26And...
28:27he would also know...
28:28that to mix hydrochloric acid...
28:30and cyanide of potassium...
28:32would create a deadly gas, would he not?
28:35Objection.
28:36The prosecutor is leading the witness.
28:38I am only trying to make a point...
28:41that as a chemist, Marv Adams would have known how to...
28:44I have placed an objection before this court.
28:46I have a right to a ruling without you continuing to make your point.
28:49Mr. Mason.
28:51Up here we're not used to having one counsel shout at the other.
28:57I...
28:59beg the court's pardon.
29:00but I do ask for a ruling to be made on my objection.
29:06Sustained.
29:10Yes.
29:11The defendant did do a so-called drowning duck trick.
29:15Which consisted of chemically treating a duck's feathers...
29:18so they were no longer water repellent...
29:20thereby allowing the duck to sink and drown.
29:23Well, Adams did not let the duck drown.
29:25But...
29:26did he pull the duck from the water when he saw it was sinking?
29:29He didn't have a chance to.
29:31One of the children became frightened and did it first.
29:33Huh.
29:34So there is no way to know that the defendant...
29:36wouldn't have let the duck drown.
29:38Objection.
29:39Once more the prosecutor is leading the witness.
29:42Then I will rephrase the question.
29:44Not regarding any conjectural tendencies of sadism...
29:47on the part of the defendant.
29:49That would still call for a conclusion from the witness.
29:51Just one moment.
29:54I realize this court, as well as this trial...
29:57is not up to the dimensions the defense counsel usually specializes in.
30:02But since he has taken the case...
30:04he will allow the bench to make the necessary decisions.
30:10Again, I am sorry, Your Honor.
30:12Defense counsel is well aware that...
30:14all decisions in this court, as well as any other...
30:17must come from the bench.
30:18Good.
30:19Then we understand each other.
30:22Objection sustained.
30:25But Judge!
30:26Harry!
30:27When a man is right, he is right.
30:30You can get on with your questions later.
30:32It is time for noon recess.
30:34Court is adjourned.
30:352-15.
30:362-15.
30:48You really did yourself up fine, counsel.
30:51Don't let this country court fool you, Della.
30:53Judge Meem knows his law, but it is Prosecutor Cortland.
30:56If we don't get up ahead of steam from somewhere, we are going to get beaten.
31:00How is it going?
31:02Up to now, just doing a lot of sidestepping, hoping for some kind of break.
31:05Marv Adams still won't help?
31:07No.
31:08Maybe I found an incentive for him.
31:09I have been up to Southmore again, trying to get a lead on Mrs. Adams.
31:12I had a long talk with a woman who nursed her for a while.
31:15Here, take a look at what she had to say.
31:20You and Della get lunch at the drugstore.
31:22I will meet you there.
31:29Is that report correct, Marv?
31:35Yeah, mom's had a heart condition for years.
31:38And her life expectancy is no more than the nurse stated?
31:42Most of the doctors said she's been living on borrowed times.
31:45How come you're asking me all this?
31:48Well, have you ever thought that maybe something has happened to her?
31:52What do you mean?
31:53Well, your mother must know you're in trouble.
31:59Well, do we check and see if she's all right?
32:11We bought a house outside of Westfield.
32:14Used to go there on weekends, do some work.
32:17Mom likes it there.
32:19There's a filling station about five miles east of town.
32:22The mechanic there will tell you how to find it.
32:29The mechanic...
32:30Murder climbers can come here at night.
32:37No, no, and, no.
32:39No, no, no...
32:43No, no, no.
32:45No, no, no.
32:47Listen up.
32:48No, no, no, no.
32:51The mechanic is loose.
32:53Now, no.
32:55This property maison is determined why
32:56Não se esqueça, Della.
33:26Não se esqueça, Della.
33:56Não se esqueça, Della.
34:26Não se esqueça, Della.
34:56Não se esqueça, Della.
34:58Não se esqueça, Della.
35:00Não se esqueça, Della.
35:02Não se esqueça, Della.
35:04Não se esqueça, Della.
35:06Não se esqueça, Della.
35:08Não se esqueça, Della.
35:10Não se esqueça, Della.
35:12Não se esqueça, Della.
35:14Não se esqueça, Della.
35:16Não se esqueça.
35:18Não se esqueça, Della.
35:20Não se esqueça, Della.
35:22Não se esqueça, Della.
35:24Não se esqueça, Della.
35:26Não se esqueça, Della.
35:28Não se esqueça, Della.
35:30Não se esqueça, Della.
35:32Não se esqueça, Della.
35:34Não se esqueça, Della.
35:36Não se esqueça, Della.
35:38Não se esqueça, Della.
35:40Não se esqueça, Della.
35:42Não se esqueça, Della.
35:44Não se esqueça, Della.
35:46Como uma cerveza?
35:48Um pouco...
35:50Desculpe, Della.
35:52Não tenho muito tempo.
35:56Muito bem.
35:58Você sabe, eu deveria ficar com você e os policiais.
36:02Me deixando aqui, Della.
36:07É como a morte.
36:09Eu acho que você não tem mais tempo.
36:11Você quer saber algo.
36:13Não faz muita diferença.
36:15Uma sala é uma sala, não importa onde você colocou.
36:19Uma cana de cerveja.
36:21Uma cana de cerveja.
36:23Uma cana de cerveja.
36:25Se encontrar uma maneira de abrir...
36:27Lois...
36:29Você disse que você queria ajudar Marv.
36:30Agora eu acho que você pode.
36:32Como?
36:33Na sua filha, 18 anos atrás,
36:36uma Miss X foi apresentada.
36:38Ela nunca foi identificada.
36:40Essa é a pessoa?
36:42Você deve.
36:43Me dá um abraço.
36:44A senhora.
36:45A senhora e a senhora.
36:46A senhora.
36:47A senhora.
36:48A senhora.
36:49A senhora.
36:50A senhora.
36:51A senhora.
36:52Do you think I killed somebody, Counselor?
36:56I think you can help me find out who did.
36:59Here's a letter written by Ben Devereux to his wife
37:02just before his partner Latwell was killed.
37:11You think I was going to marry Ben?
37:13Weren't you?
37:15Do you know what Ben Devereux looked like?
37:19He was a short, dumpy little man, square and as bald as a post.
37:28That letter and this picture were both found in Devereux's desk.
37:36Devereux and his partner, David Latwell, shared the same desk.
37:43I ought to know.
37:45I was up there often enough, Counselor.
37:50David Latwell was my friend.
37:55He was quite a guy.
38:01Quite a guy.
38:11Latwell?
38:12I took that picture of him on August 23rd, 1900 and...
38:19Never mind the date.
38:21It was my birthday.
38:25He gave me this.
38:26It sounds like a cheap little romance, doesn't it?
38:32But it wasn't like that at all.
38:35We were in love with each other.
38:37But there was nothing we could do about it.
38:40He was a married man and I was the minister.
38:43And so we lived unhappily ever after.
38:53Before we proceed, I should like to express the grief of this court...
39:05...over the sudden death of the defendant's mother, Wilma Adams.
39:08Also, if the defense counsel moves for adjournment, it will be granted.
39:16On behalf of the defendant, we thank the court for its kind and gracious consideration.
39:21However, we believe that any delay in proving the defendant's innocence would be contrary to the last wishes of the deceased.
39:26We are ready to proceed, Your Honor.
39:32So after we cleared out the gas, we removed Donald Briggs' body.
39:36And what was the condition of the room, Chief Glassman?
39:40Neat enough. It seemed Mr. Briggs was entertaining when he was killed.
39:44What makes you think he was entertaining?
39:46Well, there were two glasses in the kitchen filled with ice. He was mixing drinks.
39:50And there were two different brands of cigarettes found in the ashtray.
39:52Had anyone at the motel seen Mr. Briggs received visitors?
39:57Well, only the lady in the room a couple of doors down.
40:01Mrs. Lois Reed.
40:03She saw Marv Adams' truck parked in front of Mr. Briggs' room.
40:07Thank you.
40:09No further questions.
40:11Mr. Mason.
40:13You may question.
40:16Chief Glass,
40:17you stated that Lois Reed saw a pickup truck in front of Donald Briggs' motel room.
40:23That's right.
40:24To whom was the truck registered?
40:26By the boy's mother, Mrs. Adams.
40:29Then why did you infer it belonged to Marv Adams?
40:32Well, because...
40:34Well, because I'd seen him driving it.
40:37But on the night of the murder,
40:39is it not possible that someone else was driving that truck?
40:42Well, nobody actually saw Adams driving that night, but I...
40:46Thank you, that's all.
40:47Helen.
40:51See if you can find out what keeping Paul, will you?
40:52Right.
40:56And there is no doubt that the pickup truck you just identified
41:00was the same as the one Marv Adams had been driving that day.
41:04It was the same truck.
41:06Thank you, Mrs. Freed.
41:07That will be all.
41:09Mr. Mason.
41:14Mrs. Freed.
41:15Why did you come back to Logan City?
41:17Why...
41:19Mr. Briggs asked me to.
41:20What was his reason for wanting you back?
41:23Well, he...
41:25He planned to make some people give him money.
41:27He said my being here would make sure they did.
41:30In other words, blackmail.
41:32Blackmail?
41:37The blackmail of more than one person?
41:40I don't know who they were, but there were more than one.
41:47Thank you, Mrs. Freed, that's all.
41:56Mr. Briggs' death was caused by gas,
41:59a substance formed by the mixture of hydrochloric acid
42:03and cyanide of potassium.
42:04And, uh, these elements are difficult to obtain?
42:10No, the farm would have it.
42:12For insects, pests, things like that.
42:15Then, in such a farm community,
42:18one would not have to be a trained chemist as Marv Adams is
42:22to know the results of such poisons on human beings.
42:25Oh, no, they wouldn't.
42:27I see.
42:35Your Honor, may I have a moment, please?
42:38Go ahead.
42:40How'd it go, Paul?
42:42They wouldn't let me take Briggs' copies out of the building.
42:45I found the date of the papers and got my own copies at the newspaper morgue.
42:48It's just what you hoped it would be, Perry.
42:50See? I marked the spot.
42:53Uh-huh.
42:55Now it all fits.
42:56Thank you, Your Honor. I have no further questions of this witness.
43:02Your Honor, the prosecution rests its case.
43:07I would now like to call Mrs. Martha Norris.
43:21You are the wife of George Norris?
43:24Yes.
43:26You were married before?
43:28My first husband was David Latwell.
43:30What became of your first husband, Mrs. Norris?
43:32He was killed. Murdered. Right here in Logan City.
43:37Are you still familiar with the facts surrounding that case?
43:41One doesn't forget things like that so easily.
43:44I object to this entire line of questioning.
43:47Counsel is changing the issue to another crime.
43:49Long since solved and handled in the courts.
43:52Your Honor, the evidence I seek is only for the purpose of showing a connection with the crime for which the defendant is on trial.
43:58Very well. I'll overrule the objection with the understanding that pertinent facts relating to this present case are forthcoming.
44:07Thank you, Your Honor.
44:09Now, Mrs. Norris, I believe you stated during the Ben Devereaux trial that the day before your husband was killed you had sprained your ankle and were unable to walk.
44:19Yes, that's right. I'd fallen off a tractor.
44:23Did you call a physician in?
44:24On a farm we learned to take care of those things with no outside help.
44:29But the sprain was completely disabling.
44:32To the point that it would have been impossible for you to have gotten out of your bed the night your husband was shot on the road leading to your farm.
44:39Of course.
44:40Mrs. Norris, what was the relationship between you and your husband? I mean, were you happy together?
44:54Your Honor, I object. Counsel has no right to delve into the private life of this witness.
44:58If the court will allow the witness to answer this one question, I shall be able to make clear my reason for this line of inquiry.
45:10Your Honor, I want to answer the question.
45:14Very well. Go ahead, Miss Martha.
45:16My husband and I were very much in love. Before our marriage, during our marriage, and right up until...
45:30Oh, well.
45:34Order.
45:35If you were very much in love, then how do you account for the fact that your husband was planning to divorce you and marry another woman at the time he was murdered?
45:54That's not so!
45:59Your Honor, I should like to show the witness this letter.
46:02Objection!
46:04The letter should first be shown to the prosecution.
46:06Well, I...
46:19I still object to this procedure, Your Honor, since no proper foundation has been laid for such evidence.
46:25I am trying to establish a motive other than a fist fight which could have brought about the murder of Donald Briggs.
46:30Objection overruled.
46:33What about this letter?
46:34Your Honor, this is a trial copy of a typewritten letter from David Latwell to his wife, Martha Norris.
46:41It has been held all these years by Mrs. Devereaux under the mistaken impression that it was written by Ben Devereaux to her.
46:47That is pure hearsay and inadmissible.
46:50Such evidence was never introduced at the original murder trial.
46:53Exactly. It was never introduced because the defense failed to introduce Miss X, the one person who could have testified to that fact.
46:59Mr. Mason, you are trying to use this court as a stage for some of your well-known theatrics.
47:04Gentlemen, there will be no more outbursts like that in this court.
47:08Mr. Mason, I'm inclined to agree with the prosecutor in this matter.
47:13If you have any more questions, I'll listen.
47:15Well, Your Honor, it is my contention that the marriage of David Latwell and his wife was a far from happy one.
47:28Which would have no bearing on this case, even if it were so.
47:31It would have bearing if she murdered her husband and Donald Briggs found out about it.
47:33Harry, you were there. You know I was in bed for a week. Are you going to let him...
47:42Then, Mrs. Norris, there is no doubt that you were incapacitated at the time of your husband's murder?
47:50Everyone in town knew I was.
48:00Your Honor, I submit to the court this newspaper clipping.
48:04It shows some of the crowd at a stock auction during the county fair at Midland.
48:11It was taken from a newspaper dated the same night of David Latwell's murder.
48:16It shows David Latwell in the crowd with a young woman who was the Miss X of the Ben Devereaux trial.
48:22The present Lois Reed.
48:29And standing in the background there is the woman who swore at the Devereaux trial and has also sworn here again today that she was unable to walk at that time.
48:41Martha Norris.
48:43That clipping is identical with the one found in the possession of Donald Briggs.
48:48It led Briggs to believe that Martha Norris had murdered her husband.
48:52Briggs approached Martha Norris for reasons of blackmail and Martha Norris...
48:58killed him as well.
49:03She had no right to him.
49:06She had no right to any of them.
49:09David's better off dead.
49:12Look what he would have had.
49:15Just look.
49:22Mr. Mason, there seems to be no probable cause for action against the defendant and he's ordered to be released from custody.
49:44I instruct the district attorney to take the necessary steps to instigate further investigation in this case as soon as possible.
49:55As soon as possible.
50:01Courts adjourned.
50:02I still can't believe that Martha's responsible for all this.
50:13To think that she could murder her husband and then keep his picture around as a constant reminder.
50:18That was the key to the whole thing, Helen.
50:21The only reason to keep the picture was to remember his great devotion for her.
50:25But Mr. Lapper wasn't devoted to her.
50:27He was planning to run away with Lois Reed.
50:29So Martha had no valid reason and it must have been a cover-up.
50:33And my father was executed because nobody here would believe him.
50:35Oh, Marv, you've got to try not to think about that.
50:38How can I help it?
50:40My mother died because of it.
50:42Now listen to me, Marv.
50:44Eighteen years ago, a mistake was made.
50:47A horrible mistake.
50:49But you won't undo the wrong if you let it color the rest of your life.
50:53I only saw the whole town turn against me overnight.
50:56Did you, Marv?
50:58Helen's part of the town.
50:59Well, don't just stand there, do something.
51:29Lee!
51:30Don't wait.
51:40They came alive!
51:41problem
51:42Really!
51:43Isn't that two seasons most onwards?
51:44No?
51:45My time has done so many things.
51:51milliseconds looked better..
51:53Soon!
51:54There's the ashes of the sea.
51:55A CIDADE NO BRASIL
52:25A CIDADE NO BRASIL
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