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00:00:02The End
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00:01:08Oh, she's hiding out of us. Come on.
00:01:17Have you seen Gene in the cliff?
00:01:18No, not lately.
00:01:20Well, look under the beds and in the closet.
00:01:21And if they're not there, we'll go to the basement in the garage.
00:01:24You'd think the horses would be in the middle of things when we got masked instead of playing hide-and
00:01:28-go-seek.
00:01:29Yeah, look in here.
00:01:30Oh, you'd better hurry or they'll find out we're going to come after us.
00:01:48What's the matter?
00:01:49Oh, it's Mr. Castor.
00:01:51Here, just let me in.
00:01:53Let's get him around and stay on the seat.
00:01:55What is it? What's happened?
00:01:56Here, let me see.
00:02:09I'm afraid he's dead.
00:02:11Oh, how awful.
00:02:14Well, I'll be doggone.
00:02:20Do you think they'll follow us?
00:02:21They can't. I cut the ignition wires on all the cars.
00:02:24Well, what if they should telephone ahead?
00:02:26I cut the phone wires, too.
00:02:28Oh, I'm beginning to get scared.
00:02:29Now, don't worry.
00:02:31Plain murdered. Three knife wounds in his back.
00:02:34Better call the police, Leonard.
00:02:35Yes, sir.
00:02:36Come on, you all better get out of here.
00:02:37You can't do any good.
00:02:38You can't do any good.
00:02:50Hello?
00:02:52Hello, is that your chief?
00:02:54Get this.
00:02:55Stephen Chester's been murdered.
00:02:57What?
00:02:59Take that piece of cabbage out of your mouth and talk so I can understand you.
00:03:05I said Stephen Chester's been murdered.
00:03:08I don't know.
00:03:09The phone wires were cut.
00:03:11Servants went over to the neighbor's house to phone.
00:03:14Yeah.
00:03:15His granddaughter beat us away with a guest right after it happened.
00:03:19Yes, yes, we did.
00:03:21Send out a broadcast.
00:03:22It'll be picked up any minute now.
00:03:24This might be them coming out.
00:03:26Get your gun ready in case they get caught.
00:03:49It'll be picked up any minute now.
00:03:51Yes, sir.
00:03:52I give you an an acrylic monument.
00:03:54I'm fucking happy.
00:03:56Let's go.
00:04:04I'm going.
00:04:07I don't care.
00:04:15Come on, move over, buddy. I'll drive.
00:04:17What's the idea? I was only doing 50.
00:04:19Oh, please, Mr. Let us go. We'll pay the fine. We're in a terrible hurry.
00:04:23Now, cut the comedy, sister. You're Jean Kester, aren't you?
00:04:26Oh, yes.
00:04:26Just as I thought.
00:04:28You're going right back home. Come on, move over.
00:04:30What are you taking us there for?
00:04:32You know as well as I do.
00:04:34You don't want it for the murder of Stephen Kester.
00:04:46The list of the people who are at the party, they've all gone home now.
00:04:50I figured we'd have our hands full with the house guests and servants tonight.
00:04:54Say, if it wasn't that granddaughter of his or her sweetie, I'm appalling.
00:04:57There are times when you resemble that noble bird more than you do a detective.
00:05:03Oh, so you got him, huh? Thanks a lot.
00:05:07Oh, Chance.
00:05:08Yes, sir.
00:05:09Take the two of them in there and see if they don't make another getaway.
00:05:12I'm going upstairs to the doctor to see if he's finished.
00:05:14Come on.
00:05:24Come on.
00:05:31Oh, Cliff, I'm afraid.
00:05:35Poor grandfather.
00:05:37After all, death isn't so terrible to the one it strikes.
00:05:41It's those who live on, safe and protected in body, but troubled in spirit who suffer.
00:05:49Don't you think?
00:05:53He was wearing this thing when we found him.
00:05:56He lives to be about 70 and then decides he wants to be a Chinaman.
00:05:59Who are you?
00:06:01Well, I paid $10 this morning to be a yodeler.
00:06:03What's your name?
00:06:05Tracy.
00:06:06Which Tracy?
00:06:07Michael Tracy.
00:06:08A novelist?
00:06:09Well, I'm not exactly a novelist.
00:06:10I write detective stories.
00:06:13Got a police record, haven't you?
00:06:16Yes.
00:06:17I've been arrested seven or eight times.
00:06:20Four times for creating a disturbance while under the influence of alcohol.
00:06:24Three times for stalking a cop on the nose.
00:06:26And once, once for murder.
00:06:28I was exonerated from that, though.
00:06:30You see, I only commit murder with pen and ink.
00:06:32What are you doing here?
00:06:33Well, I'm a friend of Miss Kester's.
00:06:35I'm spending the weekend here.
00:06:36I've been doing a little sleuthing on the side since the murder, I suppose.
00:06:39Well, I've been keeping my eyes open.
00:06:41Well, we don't want anybody gumming things up, so don't figure to help us out.
00:06:45Well, I know a few things you might like to hear, but I'll try to keep him quiet.
00:06:49You'll get a chance to spill it when the time comes.
00:06:58He's been dead about three or four hours.
00:07:00Three wounds in the back from a double-edged knife.
00:07:03We've looked everywhere for that knife, but it just ain't here.
00:07:06Well, maybe the guy that did it, the sword swallow.
00:07:10I'm going to start throwing some questions.
00:07:12You stay here and let me know what the fingerprint man finds.
00:07:19What's your connection here?
00:07:20Well, I'm, or rather, I was Mr. Kester's private secretary.
00:07:26Say, a guy would think up mysteries to us to the thought of this one, too.
00:07:31Probably.
00:07:33However, the victim was suffering from a giant effect, Horus.
00:07:35He would have died anyway before long if he hadn't been killed.
00:07:38Sure.
00:07:40I guess somebody got tired of waiting.
00:07:42Well, maybe he was mixed up with a...
00:07:45Nah, he's too old for that.
00:07:51Where's the girl?
00:07:52Miss Kester was very upset.
00:07:54What was hearing about her grandfather and being hauled around like a common murderess,
00:07:57she went to her room with her maid.
00:07:58My eyes watching her.
00:08:00All right.
00:08:00Sit down, everybody.
00:08:02Take it easy.
00:08:05Supposing you tell me about the last time you saw Mr. Kester alive.
00:08:09I know all about how he was found.
00:08:10Well, Mr. Kester was having difficulty putting on the papier-mâché head, so I helped him.
00:08:15Then I came downstairs.
00:08:16Miss Kester had asked me to have the orchestra give her all of the drums at the end of the
00:08:19third dance as a signal for everyone to unmask.
00:08:22Did he come down and join the guests?
00:08:24Yes, sir.
00:08:25Where were you during the third dance?
00:08:27I was standing at the foot of the stairs talking to Mr. Hall.
00:08:32Did you see Mr. Kester?
00:08:34Yes, I did.
00:08:35He went up the stairs about the beginning of the third dance.
00:08:39Was this gentleman with you?
00:08:41No, no.
00:08:42He joined me a minute or so later.
00:08:45And you were there all during the last dance?
00:08:47No.
00:08:48No, we watched the dancers for a few minutes, and then I went upstairs.
00:08:52You followed Kester?
00:08:54No.
00:08:54I just went upstairs.
00:08:56And then what?
00:08:58I went to my room.
00:08:59What were you doing there?
00:09:01I, uh, I was smoking.
00:09:04Couldn't you smoke downstairs?
00:09:06Yes, I could, but it was noisy, and I preferred the choir.
00:09:10How long did you remain in your room?
00:09:13Until I heard the scream.
00:09:15That was a funny remark you made when you walked into the bedroom and saw Mr. Kester's been murdered.
00:09:20What did he say?
00:09:22Well, I'll be doggone.
00:09:24I don't know what Emily Post would have said, but it didn't sound like the proper remark to make on
00:09:29seeing a body.
00:09:31What did you mean by that?
00:09:33I don't exactly know.
00:09:36Just surprised, I guess.
00:09:38Were you a friend of Mr. Kester's?
00:09:40I knew him years ago in Mexico.
00:09:43He owned some mines and came to see them.
00:09:45How did you happen to be here tonight?
00:09:47I came to see him on business a few days ago, and he asked me to stay over the weekend.
00:09:54Where were you during the third dance?
00:09:57Sorry, I don't remember a thing.
00:09:58Oh, you don't, huh?
00:10:00No, I'm practically unconscious all the time.
00:10:02Drunk?
00:10:03But not the way you think.
00:10:05I was intoxicated with a beautiful gypsy girl.
00:10:08Held the slightest idea who she was, but we were getting along swell through some French marquee cut in on
00:10:13us.
00:10:14Then I wandered around looking for another partner.
00:10:17Towerly.
00:10:25Young man, I suppose you know that your actions tonight have been mighty suspicious.
00:10:29Are you accusing me of murder?
00:10:31I'm not accusing anybody.
00:10:33I'm simply trying to find out who had the motive and the opportunity to do it.
00:10:36Now, you come right down off your high horse and answer my question civilly.
00:10:40Now, where were you when it happened?
00:10:41I can't very well say because I don't know when it happened.
00:10:44Where were you during the third dance?
00:10:46I was out on the ground smoking.
00:10:47By yourself?
00:10:48Yes, until I grew tired of smoking.
00:10:50Then I walked back to the veranda and met Miss Kester.
00:10:53She told me she had a headache and asked me to take her for a ride.
00:10:55Then we both got in her car.
00:10:57Did you have any trouble starting it?
00:10:59Yes.
00:11:00Someone had cut the distributor wires.
00:11:02I put them together again and we left just as they were unmasking.
00:11:05You and the young lady you're engaged to don't seem to care much for dancing, do you?
00:11:10I don't know what you're talking about.
00:11:11I'm not engaged.
00:11:12I'm talking about Miss Kester and you know it.
00:11:15Oh, I know.
00:11:16Everyone seems to think we're engaged.
00:11:17But as a matter of fact, we're just good friends.
00:11:23Well, that's all I'm going to ask you tonight.
00:11:24I want to see all of you in the morning.
00:11:36Oh, Mr. Crawford, I don't think you'll find Miss Kester and Mr. Miller are murderers.
00:11:41There's something much worse.
00:11:43What do you mean worse than murderers?
00:11:44They're neckers.
00:11:45Really, young people nowadays, there's something terrible.
00:11:48Young man, if you have anything valuable to offer to this investigation, I should be glad to get it.
00:11:52Otherwise, don't put in.
00:11:54Oh, but it is valuable.
00:11:56I suspect them of being in love.
00:11:58According to my own private computation, I've discovered them together 14 times lately.
00:12:03Seven times embracing.
00:12:05Seven times fighting like cats and dogs.
00:12:07Therefore, they must be in love.
00:12:10Well, maybe they were trying to elope.
00:12:13I'll bet that's just what they were doing.
00:12:15Now, how did you happen to figure that out?
00:12:17Well, I got an inkling yesterday when I asked Jean to marry me.
00:12:20And she said she couldn't because she already had a date to elope with Mr. Miller this evening.
00:12:30Well, he'd better not ask me because I won't tell him anything.
00:12:35Oh, uh, this is Mrs. Pitchett, Mr. Coughlin.
00:12:37How do you do?
00:12:38How do you do?
00:12:39Just what is it that you're not going to tell?
00:12:41Nothing that would interest you.
00:12:43Everything interests me.
00:12:44Mr. Coughlin was seen going up the stairs at the beginning of the third dance.
00:12:47After it was over, he was found murdered.
00:12:49Now, just what were you doing during that time?
00:12:51I was dancing.
00:12:53All the time?
00:12:54Come on, you might as well tell me.
00:12:56I'll find out sooner or later.
00:12:57Well, no, I wasn't.
00:12:59I mean...
00:13:00Well, what do you mean?
00:13:01I mean, that once during the dance, I did go upstairs for a minute.
00:13:04What for?
00:13:08It's too bad a lady can't go to her own room for this.
00:13:14Mrs. Pritchett, how long were you in your room?
00:13:17Only two or three minutes.
00:13:19Anyone upstairs at that time?
00:13:21I didn't see anyone.
00:13:23Notice anyone in Kester's room?
00:13:25No, the door was closed, I think.
00:13:27You're sure you didn't see anyone?
00:13:28I tell you, I didn't see anyone upstairs.
00:13:30I don't believe you.
00:13:31Excuse me, you tell me I'm lying.
00:13:33Yes.
00:13:33You saw someone upstairs and you're going to tell me who it was.
00:13:36But I tell you, I didn't.
00:13:37I didn't.
00:13:37Don't lie.
00:13:38Because it won't be all the harder for you.
00:13:40But I tell you...
00:13:40Who was it?
00:13:43All right.
00:13:44I'll tell.
00:13:45And you did see someone upstairs.
00:13:47What were they doing?
00:13:49Well, I opened the door to our room and started out.
00:13:52Then I remembered I'd forgotten to turn out the light in the bathroom, so I went back.
00:13:56And just as I stepped into the hall, I saw someone coming out of Mr. Kester's room.
00:14:01Who was it?
00:14:02Come on.
00:14:05It was Jean Kester.
00:14:16During the last dance, before the unmasking, where were you?
00:14:21In my room.
00:14:22Why?
00:14:24I was tired and wanted to rest.
00:14:27How long did you remain in your room?
00:14:32Well, during that dance, I had a little headache.
00:14:35I felt some fresh air would do me some good.
00:14:37So I went downstairs and asked one of the guests to take me for a ride.
00:14:40Mr. Miller's a pretty good friend of yours, isn't he?
00:14:43Oh, good enough.
00:14:45I understand you were engaged.
00:14:49Oh, yes.
00:14:50That's what everyone thinks.
00:14:51But there's not any truth in it.
00:14:53How come you took a notion to take a ride when you did?
00:14:55I should think, being hostess, that you would have stayed.
00:14:58Just out of politeness.
00:14:59Should you?
00:15:00That's not answering my question.
00:15:01Well, then don't have such absurd ones.
00:15:03If I felt like going for a ride instead of being polite, that's my affair.
00:15:06Maybe it was your affair, but it's mine now.
00:15:10Your grandfather was murdered, and it's my business to find out who did it.
00:15:13What were you doing in his room before you took the ride?
00:15:16I wasn't in his room tonight.
00:15:18You would swear to that?
00:15:19Of course I'd swear to it.
00:15:22You don't think that I killed him?
00:15:23No.
00:15:24But I think you know who did.
00:15:26Well, I don't.
00:15:47Can I go to her now?
00:15:48Well, I want to ask you a few questions first.
00:15:51Where were you during most of the evening?
00:15:53I went upstairs when the dancing began.
00:15:56Having gotten things started satisfactory in the kitchen, and having chawed Lennox, he's
00:16:01the butler, to look after the guests.
00:16:04That was my privilege to tell him.
00:16:06You know, I haven't been with the testers for 27 years, and him only 20.
00:16:11I went straight to Gene's room, started picking up, and I've been there ever since.
00:16:16Were you alone all that time?
00:16:18No, sir.
00:16:19Who was with you?
00:16:20Gene, for a short time.
00:16:22How long?
00:16:24Well, there'd been two dancers.
00:16:26I could tell by the music.
00:16:29Gene came upstairs and said she was tired and wanted to rest a while.
00:16:32I said maybe a little fresh air would do her good.
00:16:35She said she'd hunt up Mr. Miller and ask him to take a fur rind.
00:16:38She went downstairs, and I went on with my sword.
00:16:41When did Miss Kester leave her room?
00:16:43A few minutes before all the screaming and running around out there when they found the
00:16:47body.
00:16:48And then she went directly downstairs?
00:16:50Yes, sir.
00:16:50How do you know?
00:16:51I watched her.
00:16:52You mean your door was open?
00:16:54No, sir.
00:16:55You don't catch me sitting around in no room with the door open.
00:16:58It's bad luck.
00:17:00But when she left, I went to the door with her and watched her go downstairs.
00:17:04Just one more question.
00:17:06Is Miss Kester engaged to Mr. Miller?
00:17:09For land sakes, no.
00:17:10A lot of people think so, but there's nothing to it.
00:17:13They're just good friends.
00:17:16That'll be all for now.
00:17:23I wonder if you were stuck with the same thing I was.
00:17:25What was that?
00:17:27The similarity of Miss Kester's, Miller's, and Dora's story.
00:17:30Yes, I got that.
00:17:31They seem to check all right.
00:17:32Well, just a bit too all right, don't you think?
00:17:34What do you mean?
00:17:36Well, they answered that engagement question the same way.
00:17:39Statistics prove that you can't get three honest observers to tell the same story.
00:17:44It's psychology proving that psychology can go wrong.
00:17:47No proving prearranged agreement.
00:17:50I don't think Miss Kester was in that old guy's bedroom at all.
00:17:52Neither do I.
00:17:57Do you think Mrs. Pritchett was lying?
00:17:59Sure.
00:18:00She pretended she didn't want to tell, but she overdid it.
00:18:03That happened.
00:18:04Captain, Mrs. Pritchett wasn't lying.
00:18:07The team was.
00:18:08How did you get smart enough to figure that out?
00:18:09Well, I saw myself.
00:18:10Were you upstairs doing that, Don?
00:18:11Yes, I happened to go up to my room.
00:18:13Well, you see, I needed a safety center to retain my decency.
00:18:16And when I was there, I saw Jean come out of her grandfather's room.
00:18:19What else?
00:18:20Well, she seemed upset and in a hurry.
00:18:22I didn't see Dora, but that proves they're lying, doesn't it?
00:18:26Did you see Mrs. Pritchett?
00:18:27No, but I don't see how she missed seeing me.
00:18:30If she did, I'll have to thank her for keeping her mouth shut.
00:18:33Why are you so interested in pinning the murder on her all of a sudden?
00:18:38Well, I'm the disappointed lover.
00:18:40Well, in any good old Victorian novel, that's motive enough for committing a murder, isn't it?
00:18:44No, not in this case.
00:18:46That's no reason for croaking the old gent.
00:18:47Could be.
00:18:48He might have favored Miller and disapproved of me.
00:18:50Well, did he?
00:18:51Yes.
00:18:53You're the biggest fool I have ever seen.
00:18:57Well?
00:18:58Well, when it comes to a choice between my neck and the lady's, it's just too bad for the lady.
00:19:04You couldn't be mixing up in this case just to get material for a novel, could you?
00:19:08I might be.
00:19:10Well, watch out.
00:19:11You don't get into trouble.
00:19:12You're not above suspicion, you know.
00:19:14Well, I'd like to talk to you.
00:19:33Where were you this evening during the dancing?
00:19:35After the music started, I went upstairs to pick up Mr. Kester's things and turn down the bed.
00:19:40Then I went down the back stairs and was busy in the kitchen until I heard the scream.
00:19:44Did you see anyone in the hall?
00:19:46No, sir.
00:19:47What kind of a man was Mr. Kester's work for?
00:19:49He was a Simon Legree, sir.
00:19:52It's been most difficult to put up with him these past 20 years.
00:19:56Pardon my saying it, sir, but there's no one who won't be glad that he's gone.
00:20:00Did you have any quarrel with him lately?
00:20:03No, sir.
00:20:03I never argued.
00:20:04I just kept my feelings to myself, sir.
00:20:08Do you know of anyone that did have a quarrel with Mr. Kester?
00:20:11Yes, sir.
00:20:12Who?
00:20:13Mr. Hall, sir.
00:20:15What kind of a quarrel?
00:20:16Well, Mr. Tracy was there at the time.
00:20:18Perhaps he could tell you more about it than I could.
00:20:22All right.
00:20:24Now is the chance for you to say something important.
00:20:28Time to be downstairs the day he arrived.
00:20:31He refused to give his name to Lennox, who stayed his business.
00:20:35Kester asked him to come in.
00:20:37His hall started toward the study.
00:20:38Jean came downstairs.
00:20:40When they both saw each other, they stopped cold.
00:20:43That right, Lennox?
00:20:44They did, sir.
00:20:45He stepped closer to her, as though he intended speaking to her.
00:20:48But she just stared.
00:20:51Then he turned away, and I let him in the study.
00:20:53As I closed the door after him, I heard them almost immediately going to an argument.
00:20:59What about?
00:21:00I don't know, sir.
00:21:02I never eavesdropped.
00:21:04Did you happen to hear what they were arguing about?
00:21:07No, but they were both part of the recaller.
00:21:09I asked Jean if she knew him.
00:21:10She said she'd never seen him before in her life.
00:21:12Then Kester came out with Hall and introduced him.
00:21:14Said he was an old friend and was going to stay here a few days.
00:21:18Hmm.
00:21:21Any other quarrels that you know about?
00:21:23Yes, sir.
00:21:24The one he had with his granddaughter, sir.
00:21:25What was that about?
00:21:26I wasn't there, sir.
00:21:28But Mr. Pritchard was.
00:21:30You tell Pritchard I want to see him.
00:21:32Yes, sir.
00:21:38Say, did you notice that he never dropped them?
00:21:40Did you ring, sir?
00:21:41Attitude all through the hubbub?
00:21:43Well, what other?
00:21:44Well, I'm never satisfied with a murder unless it involves an old family retainer.
00:21:48They always know about the household skeleton.
00:21:50Well, I'm not interested in your theory.
00:21:52This is no book murder.
00:21:57Well, what did your men find out?
00:21:59The ignition wires and the distributor wires are cut on all the cars except the one Miller drove away in.
00:22:03And the ignition wires are cut on that.
00:22:05And the telephone wires are cut twice.
00:22:07Meaning what?
00:22:08Well, I'm trying to figure it out.
00:22:09In the meantime, we're looking for shoes.
00:22:11Shoes?
00:22:12Yeah, where the wires were cut on the Kester's bedroom is an impression of a heel.
00:22:15We've made a cast of that.
00:22:17You want to see me?
00:22:19Oh, yes.
00:22:20I understand that Miss Kester and her grandfather had a quarrel yesterday.
00:22:24What do you know about it?
00:22:26Well, Mr. Kester rang for me.
00:22:28As I was going down the hall, I heard the sound of their voices.
00:22:40Come in.
00:22:44You gave Lennox orders to prepare the room so they could stay, didn't you?
00:22:48Certainly I didn't.
00:22:49I'd do it again.
00:22:50I'm the one to give orders in this house.
00:22:52Well, they're my friends.
00:22:53And if they want to stay, they'll stay or I leave with them.
00:22:57All right.
00:22:59As long as they're here, they can stay.
00:23:01But they'll not come here again.
00:23:03And why not?
00:23:04Because I won't have trash like they are mollycoddling around you.
00:23:09They play up to you, make love to you, and you let them.
00:23:13Of course I do.
00:23:14I'm human.
00:23:15They've asked you to marry them.
00:23:17Both of them, haven't they?
00:23:17And why?
00:23:18Because they want to get their fingers on your money.
00:23:21Well, they'll not get one cent.
00:23:24Do not marry either one of them.
00:23:26I'll marry whom I please.
00:23:29When the time comes for you to marry, I have a list of eligible men that will call on you.
00:23:34I suppose you think you can tell me when and whom I should marry,
00:23:37and that I could have a boy and he could be named after you.
00:23:40Ross, do you think you can arrange my life for me?
00:23:43You've forgotten what you did to my mother.
00:23:45You leave her name out of this.
00:23:47Oh, you're ashamed to talk about that.
00:23:49You ruined her married life,
00:23:51and you killed her just as sure as if you stuck a knife in her heart.
00:23:54But you can't do that to me.
00:23:57We'll talk no more about that now.
00:23:59I'll see these men, both of them, after the party.
00:24:02And I'll buy them off.
00:24:04That's all they're after.
00:24:06Richard?
00:24:07Yes, sir?
00:24:09You are to pay up all charge accounts of Miss Kester's and close them up.
00:24:14I'll not be responsible for any more of her debts.
00:24:16Yes, sir.
00:24:19Do you think you can bully me by stopping my money?
00:24:21You forget I have some jewels left.
00:24:23You've pawned some of them already, haven't you?
00:24:26Well, of course I have.
00:24:27You stopped my allowance about six weeks ago.
00:24:29How do you think I got my spending money?
00:24:32When you come to your senses, your allowance will be waiting for you.
00:24:41Two hundred, four hundred, six hundred, eight hundred, ten hundred, twelve hundred.
00:25:17You will ask Mr. Rayner to bring my will out tomorrow.
00:25:19I want to make some changes.
00:25:21Yes, sir.
00:25:22Also, take all the Arco mining stocks I have and sell them.
00:25:26I might have known you'd want to cut me out of your will.
00:25:29Well, go ahead and try it.
00:25:42Then I left.
00:25:43I sent the checks to close the charge account and delivered his message to Mr. Rayner.
00:25:47You know what the reference to her mother was about?
00:25:49Well, not exactly.
00:25:50Miss Jean's mother died when she was two or three.
00:25:53Her father also.
00:25:54I think they lived in Mexico.
00:25:55Then Mr. Kester brought her here.
00:25:58Since then, she's been at one school and another.
00:26:00The last few years have been in Europe.
00:26:03Well, I guess we all better get a little sleep.
00:26:06Oh, uh, you get hold of that lawyer and the will the first thing in the morning.
00:26:10Yes, sir.
00:26:12Say, do you suppose Hall being from Mexico fits into that story about Jean's mother?
00:26:17Oh, any fool could figure that out.
00:26:19Put that in your book.
00:26:24Mr. Rayner, have you a copy of the new will?
00:26:27Yes, sir, but it was never signed.
00:26:30In just what way does it differ from the old one?
00:26:32The residue of the estate, instead of going directly to his granddaughter,
00:26:36was to be held in trust by Mr. Hall
00:26:38and then go to Miss Kester or her heirs on his death.
00:26:48Do you think the new will would hold up in court?
00:26:51I think it would, if I were to swear that it was his wish and intention to sign it as
00:26:55soon as it was made up.
00:26:56Do you know why he wanted to sell those mining stocks?
00:27:00I didn't bother about those things much.
00:27:02Mr. Kester dabbled in stocks, but, uh, Pritchard took care of the details.
00:27:11Mr. Kester disinherited his granddaughter and was murdered before he had a chance to sign the new will.
00:27:20Do you know anything about the Arco mining stocks that he wanted to sell?
00:27:23Not much. The mine is somewhere in Mexico.
00:27:26Do you have a list of those stocks?
00:27:27Yes, sir.
00:27:28Where did he keep them?
00:27:29In the little black book.
00:27:30He generally kept that in the wall safe in his bedroom.
00:27:33Do you know the combination of that safe?
00:27:34No, sir.
00:27:35Who did?
00:27:35Hey, Mr. Rayner.
00:27:37And Miss Kester.
00:27:39And she sometimes kept her jewels there.
00:27:42I'd like to have a look at the contents of that safe, Mr. Rayner.
00:27:45Yes, sir.
00:27:53Caught this bird sneaking down the back stairs with these shoes under his arm.
00:27:57Where were you going?
00:27:58I was going to ask one of the servants to have the heels straightened.
00:28:03Looks like the same round holes that were in the mold.
00:28:06Yes, gee, same round holes.
00:28:07I'm not the only one that wears rubber heels.
00:28:15You sit down over there and keep cool.
00:28:17I'll attend to you later.
00:28:33Have you got a key to this box?
00:28:34No, sir.
00:28:35Mr. Tester usually kept it in his pocket.
00:28:37I'll take a look among his stains.
00:28:38Never mind.
00:28:40The lid's been jimmy.
00:28:50I suppose this goes to Hall according to that will.
00:28:52You'd better take care of it.
00:28:53What I've got to do is to find the $1,200.
00:28:55Say, Regan, you go and search Miss Kester's room,
00:28:58and while you're about it, look for that double-edged knife.
00:29:00Yes, sir.
00:29:08Is this what you're looking for?
00:29:10What are you doing with that?
00:29:12Cutting open some of the pages in this book.
00:29:14May I have it?
00:29:15Sure, I detest knives.
00:29:17Ever since my uncle, he was a banker,
00:29:19stabbed himself in the vestibule.
00:29:20We can do without your comedy.
00:29:21Okay.
00:29:23Where did you get this?
00:29:27On the roof outside Mr. Kester's bedroom.
00:29:29I found it this morning.
00:29:34Did either of you ever see this knife before?
00:29:42Did you ever see it before?
00:29:44Yes, sir.
00:29:45Where?
00:29:45In a scapidon, Mr. Hall's dresser.
00:29:51Miss Kester,
00:29:52there's still something to puzzle me about last night.
00:29:55You're sure that you were at no time
00:29:56during the evening in your grandfather's room?
00:30:00Oh, excuse me, but for some unknown reason,
00:30:02I wasn't able to sleep very well last night.
00:30:04You and your grandfather had an argument
00:30:05the day before yesterday, didn't you?
00:30:06Well, I didn't keep a carbon copy of my actions.
00:30:09But you don't have to strain your memory
00:30:10to know that he cut off your allowance
00:30:11for the last six weeks
00:30:12and that he put the whole $1,200 in the safe.
00:30:15Yes, I remember that.
00:30:16Grandfather was very much annoyed at my extravagance.
00:30:18He was trying to cure me.
00:30:20Any other arguments between you lately?
00:30:22No.
00:30:23And why did you deliberately go to that safe
00:30:25and take out the $1,200?
00:30:26Well, how dare you accuse me of that?
00:30:28Your fingerprints were found on the knob.
00:30:35Why did you take that money?
00:30:36But I didn't.
00:30:37I tell you, I didn't touch the safe.
00:30:38Lying won't get you anywhere.
00:30:40What were you doing in your grandfather's room last night,
00:30:42during that last night?
00:30:42I won't have you badgering her like this.
00:30:44No, you won't.
00:30:45Well, who's asking you what you'll have or what you want?
00:30:46You have no business torturing a defenseless girl
00:30:48who kept right back.
00:30:49Poor young girl.
00:30:50She wanted to sell defenseless last night
00:30:52that she could go to her grandfather's room and come here.
00:30:54Take your shirt on, youngster.
00:30:56That won't get you anywhere.
00:30:57Go on.
00:30:59Sit down.
00:31:00Now listen, both of you,
00:31:02cut out the melaton.
00:31:03Can't get up.
00:31:05Can't get away with it in the murder investigation.
00:31:07Now, suppose you both come clean
00:31:08and tell me what you were doing
00:31:09in your grandfather's room last night.
00:31:11Gene, remember what I said.
00:31:14Mr. Crofton,
00:31:14I apologize for what I did just now.
00:31:17You have every right to ask whatever you see fit.
00:31:20On the other hand,
00:31:20Miss Kester has an equal right
00:31:21to refuse to answer
00:31:22until she's before a grand jury.
00:31:24You know that I can hold her
00:31:25as a material witness
00:31:26and detain her in the county jail?
00:31:27Yes, and I'm also aware
00:31:28that she can be released
00:31:29under a writ of habeas corpus.
00:31:30Oh, so you know your law.
00:31:32Yes, I've been studying law.
00:31:33Yet your heart is the one to speak for.
00:31:35Supposing we let Miss Kester speak for herself.
00:31:39I have nothing to say.
00:31:40Then there's only one thing left for me to do.
00:31:47Sam.
00:31:52Place Miss Kester on the guard
00:31:53and I can take her down to Minniola.
00:31:57Come on.
00:32:01Not you.
00:32:02I want to ask you some questions.
00:32:04You'll find it, Yupus.
00:32:05I refuse to answer anything you may ask me.
00:32:07Even before you know what it is?
00:32:08Even before I know what it is.
00:32:12Found it, Chief.
00:32:13Did Miss Kester's room?
00:32:14No, I couldn't find a thing there.
00:32:16Her maid was that was suspicious
00:32:17so I lucked up and searched the room.
00:32:19Found it tucked in a knitting yarn.
00:32:20All right, keep your eyes on these two.
00:32:22They're under arrest.
00:32:23Murder?
00:32:24No, it's suspect.
00:32:25Oh, come on, you two.
00:32:34Nervy, young fools.
00:32:35Oh, I think they're just scared.
00:32:37Do you think?
00:32:39Well, I think I've got this case about sewed up.
00:32:42But I've got to get him before the grand jury
00:32:43before I can get anything more out of him.
00:32:45Well, before you make the arrest sick,
00:32:46you better investigate that.
00:32:57Mr. Hall seems to be in a hurry.
00:33:04Regan!
00:33:04Chuck!
00:33:05That whole guy's trying to make you get away over the fence.
00:33:07You get hold on, I'll bring him right back.
00:33:12You understood my orders that no one was to leave this place,
00:33:14didn't you?
00:33:15Yes.
00:33:15Then when did you try to make a getaway?
00:33:17I can hardly approve your choice of words.
00:33:20Answer my question.
00:33:22I was merely trying to catch the 227 for New York.
00:33:25What for?
00:33:27I had an engagement.
00:33:28Who with what for and where?
00:33:30I had an engagement with my lawyer,
00:33:32Mr. Bertram F. Hall.
00:33:34When?
00:33:35Tonight, at six, for dinner at his apartment.
00:33:39What for?
00:33:40The nature of my business is purely personal.
00:33:44Oh, in other words, it's none of my business, I suppose.
00:33:46If you prefer to put it that way.
00:33:49Well, I've had enough of that kind of talk today,
00:33:50and I'm tired of it.
00:34:00Is this yours?
00:34:02Yes.
00:34:03Then you admit it.
00:34:04Perhaps you'll admit blowing it on the roof outside of Kester's room.
00:34:07No, I didn't.
00:34:09It's been missing from my dresser for two days.
00:34:11Did you report that to anybody?
00:34:13No.
00:34:15Well, that's all now.
00:34:16Well, I checked up with that lawyer of yours.
00:34:18Don't you try to make a getaway again.
00:34:26Oh, Mr. Hall.
00:34:31Where did you get such an unusual knife as this?
00:34:34In Mexico.
00:34:40I want to speak to Mr. Bertram F. Hall.
00:34:43Oh, never mind who it is.
00:34:44I want to talk to him.
00:34:47Oh, you know where he can be reached?
00:34:53Hall's lying, too.
00:34:54House been up in Maine for a week.
00:34:56He's not expected back until tomorrow.
00:34:57Well, I think Hall took a long chance and missed.
00:34:59Oh, are you thinking again?
00:35:00It's mighty smart of him.
00:35:02Well, I suppose you know who killed Kester.
00:35:04Certainly I do, but I've got to prove it.
00:35:05Where's that lawyer and the secretary?
00:35:07Up in Kester's room, looking over his cell.
00:35:17Anything missing?
00:35:19Can't find any out of the way regarding his investments.
00:35:22Of course, I can't be sure he'd like to check his deposit box.
00:35:24You fellas were pretty close to Kester.
00:35:26Ever hear him mention Hall?
00:35:27I've never heard his name mentioned in the ten years I was associated with Mr. Kester.
00:35:31Just an idea of my own, of course, but on one or two occasions, I heard Mr. Hall mention the
00:35:35Arco Mining Company.
00:35:36And Mr. Kester seemed well uncomfortable.
00:35:39Now, Kester owned some of that stock, didn't he?
00:35:41He didn't until a day before yesterday.
00:35:42I sold the last of it for him.
00:35:43A $14,000 worth.
00:35:45It's ended here in this black book.
00:35:52Did Hall have any visitors since he's been here?
00:35:54No, sir.
00:35:55Did he phone call?
00:35:55Not that I know of.
00:35:56Did he write any letters?
00:35:58Yes, sir, he did.
00:35:59A few days ago, he rang for me, handed me a letter, and asked me to have it sent registered
00:36:04special delivery.
00:36:05Did you notice who, too?
00:36:05I did, sir, seeing as how he wanted it registered, to a Mr. Howell, sir.
00:36:11Did he say anything else?
00:36:12Well, he asked me if Miss Kester was up yet.
00:36:14I said no.
00:36:15Then he asked me to send off.
00:36:16Did you?
00:36:17Yes, sir.
00:36:19First she lies for the girl, then she hides the money, and now she's in cahoots with this fellow Hall.
00:36:36When did Miss Kester give you that $1,200 to hide for?
00:36:38What $1,200?
00:36:40The $1,200 was found in your knitting ball.
00:36:42Come on.
00:36:42You know what I mean.
00:36:43I swear with the holy mother of...
00:36:45I haven't any idea how that $1,200 got in my knitting ball.
00:36:49I must say, it's risky business to be playing tricks and hiding $1,200 in my knitting ball.
00:36:54Stop saying $1,200 in your knitting ball.
00:36:57Yes, sir.
00:36:57Do you know anything about this fellow Hall?
00:36:59He's a very fine gentleman.
00:37:01And very generous, too.
00:37:02And he's a second maid who's telling me he gave me a dollar.
00:37:05He said just because she was so pretty, but never a bit familiar.
00:37:10Just kind and generous.
00:37:11Ever hear Kester talk about him?
00:37:13Never a word.
00:37:14Did you ever see him before?
00:37:16Never set eyes on him.
00:37:19Then what did he want with you in his room yesterday?
00:37:21Then it was allowing his room to be neglected.
00:37:23Only one washcloth and a broken curtain sash and a dust with three inches thick.
00:37:28You should have seen it.
00:37:29Why did you tell me Miss Kester went directly downstairs when you knew she went to her grandfather's room?
00:37:34She didn't.
00:37:35I saw her go downstairs.
00:37:37Mrs. Pritchett told me she saw her come out of that room.
00:37:39If you want to believe her, go ahead.
00:37:41Five years I've known her.
00:37:44Never a word of trust could I put in her.
00:37:49She's grand.
00:37:50Tremendous.
00:37:50I'd take my hat off, too, if I had a hat on.
00:37:53She's a marvelous liar, if that's what you mean.
00:37:55It looks to me like a murder syndicate.
00:37:57Miss Kester, Miller, Hall, and Doran.
00:37:59All of them know something they're not telling.
00:38:01And their lives don't hang together.
00:38:07There's something I should have told you about a while ago, but he was such a decent fellow that I
00:38:11hated of him.
00:38:12What is this?
00:38:13I saw it fall out of Hall's pocket right after lunch.
00:38:19Thank you very much.
00:38:22Blood?
00:38:23Of course it is.
00:38:24Or you'll find it's his own.
00:38:26I was walking around the house with Hall warning, and he got a nosebleed.
00:38:28That guy hasn't got blood enough to get a nosebleed.
00:39:28I was walking around the house with Hall.
00:39:58I was walking around the house with Hall.
00:40:28I was walking around the house with Hall.
00:41:35I'm awfully sorry.
00:41:36Oh, you frighten me.
00:41:37I was on my way to the kitchen, saw the door open, and thought it rather unusual.
00:41:41Yes, yes.
00:41:42Two minds with but a single thought.
00:41:45You know, I, too, was hunting the icebox, and I lost my way.
00:41:48It can't be down here.
00:41:49Suppose we look together.
00:41:54It's right over here.
00:42:10Hello, glutton.
00:42:11Take some rice pudding for me.
00:42:22I was so famous I couldn't sleep.
00:42:26Cold nutton.
00:42:27I've been thinking of this all evening.
00:42:29That's one dish I couldn't relish in a house of murder.
00:42:36Well, this is what I like, informality.
00:42:40Wouldn't the papers like to get a picture of us sitting around in our sleepers?
00:42:43Goodness knows what my husband would think.
00:42:46Please don't mention our meeting tonight, even though it was accidental.
00:42:51Don't worry on my account, madam.
00:42:53Well, you, uh, speak for yourself.
00:42:56Don't worry.
00:42:57I won't tell you.
00:43:00Human nature is a funny thing, isn't it?
00:43:02Here we are, all under suspicion for murder, sitting around eating.
00:43:08We must have clear consciences, or none at all.
00:43:12Your insinuation is unjustified, Mr. Tracy.
00:43:14My conscience is clear enough to resent that remark.
00:43:26Just exactly what do you know about this murder, Mr. Hall?
00:43:31Just as much as you do, Mr. Tracy.
00:43:40How do we know you didn't do it?
00:43:41Well, for one thing, I wasn't mentioned in his will.
00:43:44Come on.
00:43:47He never did me any dirt.
00:43:51I didn't want his money, and he hadn't anything on me.
00:43:54The only reason I might have had for killing him was that I didn't like him.
00:43:57He was a snob.
00:44:00That's a swell reason.
00:44:01Certainly.
00:44:02It's always a good reason for making away with anyone.
00:44:05Then I'm six feet tall, weigh 185 pounds, and belong to the Bombay Bicycle Club.
00:44:10Say, you're not throwing me off with a lot of that fresh gab.
00:44:14Deb, I was just thinking.
00:44:17What?
00:44:18I was just thinking somebody's liable to be bumped off any time now.
00:44:22How do you think of that?
00:44:24Well, when anybody starts suspecting the real murder, they're generally quietly bumped off.
00:44:30Well, that gives me an idea.
00:44:33Maybe my life won't be so peaceful now.
00:44:37What do you know?
00:44:39Did it ever strike you that it was Mrs. Pritchard who opened the closet door and found Kester?
00:44:44Yet her fingerprints were not on that doorknob.
00:44:48Say, boy, you got something there.
00:44:50And another thing.
00:44:51Mrs. Pritchard was on that second floor during the last dance.
00:44:55Yeah, and so were you.
00:44:58I've got another idea.
00:45:02Huh?
00:45:03Yep.
00:45:06Well, that little black book might tell a big story if it could only talk.
00:45:11Ah, you writers give me a pain.
00:45:13They're always going in for little black books.
00:45:19Well, I told you somebody's going to get bumped off.
00:45:29What was that?
00:45:30Don't know yet.
00:45:31Keep quiet.
00:45:32Where was it?
00:45:32Shut up, everybody.
00:45:33That was a shot.
00:45:34Sounds like it came from over there.
00:45:46Touch it.
00:45:47Wake up.
00:45:48Wake up, Pritchard.
00:45:49Come on, wake up.
00:45:52What's the matter?
00:45:55Wake up.
00:45:57Wake up.
00:45:58What's happened?
00:45:59We heard a shot.
00:46:00That sounds like it came from this room.
00:46:02Anyone been in here?
00:46:03Where's my wife?
00:46:04How do I know?
00:46:06Who sleeps back door?
00:46:08Mr. Hall.
00:46:09Joe?
00:46:35Well, you know.
00:46:38I'm going to win a case.
00:46:39I've got to fight for you.
00:46:43Chief Hall's dead what dead bullet through his heart I'll be doggone that's exactly the way
00:46:51Hall felt about it what do you mean well that's what he said when he looked at Kester I never
00:46:57did understand what he meant find the body in the bedroom we left everything just as we found it
00:47:04last night he probably knew we were closing in on it took the easiest way out he must have had
00:47:09a
00:47:09grudge against Kester for years or pardon the interruption but I don't think Hall killed Kester
00:47:15and I don't think he committed suicide all right smarty failure theory well I was just wondering
00:47:22why wasn't Pritchard awakened by that shot and why wasn't his wife in the room with it maybe he was
00:47:27doped right that's why I've been hanging on to these and I think your chemist will find that
00:47:33someone's been hitting the junk tell the butler I want to see him and get me for you right
00:48:08go on funny I don't seem to be able to keep awake you had a glass of wine last night
00:48:15didn't you two
00:48:16glasses wine doesn't usually affect me like this two glasses yes my wife didn't want hers so I drank
00:48:21them both Lennox brought the wine up to the room who took it let me see I think my wife
00:48:28did what's that
00:48:30got to do with what happened last night oh nothing nothing just clearing up a few odds and ends this
00:48:35suicide sort of settled thing that'll be all just now where was mrs. Pritchard last night well let
00:48:49me think I don't know I didn't take any nose hurt until after everything was over oh Dora yes you
00:49:01heard
00:49:03that shot I presume I did that and I was never stabbed me whole life you remember seeing mrs. Pritchard
00:49:09come
00:49:09out into the hall no sir I didn't when I left my room she was still there I don't remember
00:49:14when she
00:49:15left your room yes what was she doing there she was sleeping take him in and walk me out of
00:49:21a sound
00:49:22sleep saying is how nervous and scared she was and wanted to sleep on the day couch she in the
00:49:27habit of
00:49:27doing that not in the five years that I've known her which if you ask me is five years too
00:49:32long thank you
00:49:48oh captain I realize you want me to stick around here this business is over but I'd like to go
00:49:53to
00:49:53town today if you don't mind oh I promise I'll be back this afternoon and I couldn't get away if
00:49:59I
00:49:59wanted to you all know me you know where he was last night when the shot was fired yeah he
00:50:03was with
00:50:04me all right then you can go thanks but listen no funny business put a tail on that guy I
00:50:16sure would
00:50:16like to pin something on him now don't tell me you've saved enough money to buy Arco mining stuff
00:50:23no no tell me what you know about this company well the Arco mine is in Mexico it was developed
00:50:30under a
00:50:30partnership between the Steven Kester and a fellow named Roger Hall and back in 19 and 14 Kester froze
00:50:36the other fellow out unloaded his stock washed the prices down and left Hall holding the sack since
00:50:43that time he's bought a lot of that stock back and now it's one of the most valuable stocks on
00:50:48the
00:50:48market how much stock did Kester hold well you'll have to see the bank he did business with to find
00:50:53that out all right all right suppose you use your influence of that banker and call him up and
00:50:57happen to have all the information when I get there I'm in a hurry he had one hundred and eleven
00:51:08thousand
00:51:09dollars worth two days before he was murdered one hundred and eleven thousand
00:51:12mm-hmm thanks in my opinion the original figure was one hundred and eleven thousand the first one has been
00:51:37incorporated into a dollar sign and the cross on the floor has been added with an ink of a different
00:51:44chemical basis could have been very easy couldn't it thank you well here I am again where's everybody in
00:52:07there then mr. Hall didn't have a dinner engagement with you last night no he did not you've heard from
00:52:17him lately though I
00:52:19received the letter which you have there dear Bert and close find a letter which you will keep the rest
00:52:26of my stuff for delivery after I'm dead it won't be long now which isn't such a joke as you
00:52:31might think I
00:52:32I won't be seeing you again soon Roger you knew a hall pretty well didn't you yes I've been his
00:52:46friend for a number of years I'm the executor of his estate whatever it is
00:53:03you can tell by the way they're acting they don't think it's a suicide clip it's no use we can't
00:53:07go on
00:53:07we've got to tell them gee now do as I say you've got to keep your mouth shut it's our
00:53:11only chance you
00:53:12don't know the police like I do come on Romeo and Juliet the chief wants to see you come on
00:53:31mr. Howe brought me a letter to you from mr. Hall but I don't understand why should he write me
00:53:37a letter it was to be delivered to you after his death
00:53:39yes I'd like you to read it
00:53:50do you mind if I read it aloud
00:54:03dear jean once upon a time many years ago I amused you for hours by crawling on all
00:54:09fours with you on my back now you know the other afternoon was not our first meeting small wonder
00:54:15then I may have appeared to you like some strangely remembered ghost from the past that past reaches
00:54:20back when I was a mining engineer in a project with your grandfather it was then I met your mother
00:54:27I shall not try to tell you my feelings for her I shall only tell you that I loved her
00:54:32more than all
00:54:33the world shall I go on yes my case was quite hopeless from the start she had already fallen
00:54:42in love with another man your father a charming delightful man your grandfather forbade your
00:54:48mother to marry him so straightway she packed up her things met Pete married him and went to live in
00:54:55a
00:54:55little college town where he was teaching I was the only guest at their wedding in the city hall shortly
00:55:02after that I went back to the mines and for two years I was up to my neck and work
00:55:05and then I got
00:55:07a letter from Sylvia announcing the birth of her daughter soon after that a second letter came your
00:55:14father had died of incipient tuberculosis what little money there was was eaten up by doctors bills was there any
00:55:22kind of a job she could do I wired her the money and immediately she arrived with her baby you
00:55:28were
00:55:28very red and squalling and the first time I tried to kiss you you socked me in the eye for
00:55:34the fresh guy
00:55:34that I was Sylvia took a job in the mine office helping with the bookkeeping doing clerical work and writing
00:55:40some letters for me what a come down from the luxury of your grandfather's home she got up at six
00:55:46prepared your bottles for the day bathed you and took you to your daily parking place then she worked in
00:55:52the office until six at night I begged her to write her father she refused so I did and told
00:55:59him how much
00:56:00she needed help soon after that the arco mine steadily declined we were shorthanded and the strain on Sylvia
00:56:07was ghastly you alone thrived grew fat and then one night your mother died she was murdered murdered by
00:56:16her own father just as surely as if he had shot her with a gun he murdered her and so
00:56:22help me I'm going
00:56:24to murder him but I'm getting ahead of myself you were left behind and what a puzzle you were I
00:56:32thought
00:56:32for a while I would keep you for my own but I soon realized the folly of that so again
00:56:38I wrote your
00:56:38grandfather then Dora arrived I didn't feel so badly parting with you when I knew she was to be your
00:56:45nurse I've had my hands full the last few days to keep her from telling who I am after all
00:56:53these years
00:56:54I found myself back in New York I couldn't resist the temptation to take one more look at you before
00:56:59I died I blackmailed your grandfather into inviting me to stay here for a week so here I am and
00:57:07I've
00:57:07seen many things Jean in love with a poor young man and Kester making their love affair bitter and furtive
00:57:15but you my dear are not the woman your mother was you couldn't stand up under the poverty and worry
00:57:21and
00:57:21work as she did and so for the sake of Sylvia whom I love and for charming Peter and for
00:57:27the baby who
00:57:28socked me in the eye I'm going to solve your problems for you it's a very simple solution two bullets
00:57:35one
00:57:36for Kester and one for myself just when I shall do it I haven't decided yet I can see too
00:57:44plainly the
00:57:45smoldering maddening frustration that your clip is trying so hard to keep in check I don't want him to
00:57:51beat me to the pleasure of murdering Stephen Kester lovingly Roger Hall that isn't true that part about
00:58:00Cliff the rest of it is every word of it he killed my mother and I hate him but that
00:58:04isn't true about
00:58:04Cliff no I know what he meant when he looked at Kester and said well I'll be doggone it was
00:58:09just pure
00:58:09surprise no wonder he was surprised someone did beat him to it oh why don't you let us alone why
00:58:15don't you
00:58:15stop digging into this Paul admitted that he killed my grandfather and then committed suicide yes he did
00:58:21and that's just what we're going to do let it stand as it is
00:58:39oh yes the captain's been assuring the newspapers every day that they can expect an arrest at any
00:58:44moment but you know the captain he has to have his little joke I can't understand all the movements of
00:58:50the detective well just at present they're more concerned with certain aspects of his life than
00:58:55the actual manner of his death well I'm sure they could find nothing but good in his life well thanks
00:59:06you know we've been going through his notebook
00:59:11and we found some items that are rather puzzling but I thought he kept everything in this private book
00:59:28quite clear
00:59:29what are those marbles or maybe glass eyes I got them from Mr. Hall he told me rather an interesting
00:59:37story about them did you ever see them before I know Perkins just why was it necessary for you to
00:59:45change
00:59:45certain figures in mr. catcher's notebook I don't know what you're talking about that's too bad but
00:59:50the advantage is mine I happen to know what I'm talking about and I know you know what I'm talking
00:59:54about why you sit down there was a difference of ninety seven thousand dollars worth of stock
01:00:00I suppose you know nothing about that certainly not just how does it happen that you're able to
01:00:06afford an expensive apartment on the salary you receive here and how were you able to buy a three
01:00:10thousand dollar car and store it in the garage and how did you manage to send your wife on an
01:00:14expensive trip to Europe last year and what about those losses in stock speculation what I'm getting
01:00:19at is this you took test the stock to cover yourself you can't deny it can you no
01:00:29I guess you've caught me it's a lucky thing for you Kester was killed before he found out what you
01:00:34were
01:00:34doing but I didn't do that I mean the murder oh no of course not how could I I wasn't
01:00:40upstairs during
01:00:40that last dance but your wife was but it was she wasn't in that room she told you that it
01:00:45was miss
01:00:45Kester my wife saw miss Kester come out of that room yes but your wife didn't tell us what she
01:00:50did
01:00:50when miss Kester came downstairs it's just possible she might have gone in there you're lying you're lying
01:00:55and you know it you know I didn't go into that room how should I know because I saw you
01:01:00up there in
01:01:00the hall I saw you come out of your room and follow miss Kester over to the top of the
01:01:04stairs you were
01:01:05up there at the time he was murdered why didn't you tell the detective that you got me there sister
01:01:11maybe you won't be so ready to accuse other people now
01:01:37listen you guys haven't discovered anything yet you've been running around in circles
01:01:42do you want to hear some news do you think you can tell us anything we don't know already
01:01:45yes there's gonna be another murder around here pretty soon and I have a sneaking suspicion I'm
01:01:51slated to be the victim oh I suppose you want me to detail about 20 men to guard that pretty
01:01:56body of
01:01:56yours that's just what I don't want but I want you to take all your men outside tonight
01:02:02that's a good one do you know any more or you can throw a corner of the whole department on
01:02:06the
01:02:06outside but keep these halls clear and I'll promise to be responsible for your own murder sure I won't
01:02:13close my eyes all night go on let him get bumped off me one less guy to suspect well it
01:02:19isn't gonna
01:02:19do any harm to watch things from the outside is it I don't know what are you going to do
01:02:24well
01:02:28i'm going to play marbles
01:02:57there's one time when you won't be able to wipe those fingerprints off what fingerprints
01:03:02the ones on the gun that hall was supposed to have used it's just funny but he couldn't wipe those
01:03:06fingerprints off after shooting himself yeah you can't pin that on me well i'm not trying to
01:03:10it's strange prigid but there was no odor of white on your breath after you were so hard to wake
01:03:14up
01:03:15now take a look over there
01:03:24you made your first mistake when you bought two chinese outfits from the same place
01:03:27you made your second mistake when you threw one in the incinerator and tried to burn it
01:03:33you forgot the eyes wouldn't burn didn't you yes
01:03:37all i want to hear from your own lips just when you slipped that disguise off and showed up
01:03:42downstairs among the dancers come on spill it it was you down there among the guests wasn't it yes
01:03:49i thought so i asked him a question he rushed off without answering it i thought it was funny at
01:03:54the
01:03:54time oh come on spell it just how did you do it i went upstairs just like hall testified only
01:04:00it was
01:04:00me instead of kester then i slipped out of the outfit and threw it down the chute of the incinerator
01:04:04i
01:04:05threw in a lighted matches of papers then i then i went down the servant's stairs and showed up at
01:04:11all
01:04:12you killed kester earlier in the evening and threw his body in the closet didn't you
01:04:18yes yes i did why do you know why you told me why yourself this afternoon you know what you'll
01:04:25get
01:04:25for it don't you well i know but i don't get it it's better than this suspense my wife made
01:04:32me do it
01:04:34she ain't nagged nagged nagged me till i got myself in the hole i couldn't get out of any other
01:04:38way
01:04:39i'm not to blame she is
01:04:46what are you gonna do with me now nothing crofton reagan will be here the first thing in the morning
01:04:54you can go now
01:05:07i said you could go now
01:05:38anything happen not a sound all night i might have known with a lot of hot air
01:05:58oh good morning captain nice morning
01:06:03you look as though you were drawn through a knot hole what happened nothing
01:06:12except that
01:06:17it sounded as though it came from mr and mrs pritchard's room
01:06:26well i'll be doggone yeah that's what hall said
01:06:41listen there's just one thing i want to know you took that 1200 out of the safe to get married
01:06:46on
01:06:46didn't you yes would you get married without it sure we'll go ahead preachers get up early and i'll fix
01:06:53everything with crofton go on go on quick
01:07:19go on
01:07:21so long
01:07:22go on
01:07:25go on
01:07:26go on
01:07:27go on
01:07:48go on
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