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00:00:00The End
00:00:40The End
00:01:03Here, George
00:01:07Take a little more of this
00:01:09Come on, George
00:01:20May I use the phone?
00:01:22Right ahead. How is George?
00:01:24Worse. I'm calling the doctor again. I'm afraid
00:01:27Aren't you calling the doctor before?
00:01:31Hello? Dr. Stevens, quickly please
00:01:35This is Mr. Stark, 239 Adams, Hogan's apartment
00:01:41Well, how soon can he get here?
00:01:44Oh, thank you
00:01:45Is he coming?
00:01:47Dr. Stevens is on a maternity case
00:01:49But his wife's already called another doctor
00:01:51He should be in
00:01:52George had only told us what's been ailing him
00:01:55We know it's his heart
00:01:56Oh, once that ticker goes
00:01:59A fine time
00:02:00For Dr. Stevens to go on a maternity case
00:02:04I think I'll go and straighten out his bed
00:02:07Nothing we can do
00:02:09Sure deal, Craig
00:02:31Good evening
00:02:31I'm Dr. Miles
00:02:33I was sent by Dr. Stevens
00:02:34Oh, hurry, Doctor
00:02:35It's a good thing you're here
00:02:36The poor thing's been suffering something terrible
00:02:40This is Dr. Miles
00:02:41How do you do?
00:02:42Dr. Miles
00:02:47How do you feel?
00:02:49Where's the pain?
00:02:50He can't speak, sir
00:02:51He's a mute
00:02:52Oh, I'm sorry
00:02:52I didn't know
00:02:54Please wait outside
00:02:57Father
00:02:58Forgive me
00:03:00Forgive me
00:03:01He spoke
00:03:02He spoke
00:03:03His pulse is very low
00:03:04He spoke to me
00:03:05Did I?
00:03:06Why, it's a miracle
00:03:07I can't believe it
00:03:08He did speak
00:03:09He said, Father
00:03:10He's been rooming with us for over ten years
00:03:12And he always wrote his answers on that little blackboard
00:03:15And now he talked
00:03:16Mr. Stark, did you hear?
00:03:18Yes, he spoke
00:03:19But it was no miracle
00:03:20It wasn't
00:03:21I heard him, didn't you, Mom?
00:03:23Clear as day
00:03:24Father, forgive me, he said
00:03:25Father, forgive me
00:03:26George was not a mute
00:03:28He just didn't speak
00:03:29For years, he's never uttered a word
00:03:31Why would a man do such a thing?
00:03:33I don't believe it
00:03:34A man kept in his mouth shut for years?
00:03:37No
00:03:38George's story was very strange
00:03:41Almost beyond belief
00:03:43His real name was not George Turner
00:03:48It all began in Hungary
00:03:49Many years ago
00:03:52In the little province of Arity
00:03:54Not far from Budapest
00:03:56The Baron of this province
00:03:58Owned most of the land there
00:04:00But when he discovered there was oil on the property
00:04:03He kept the discovery a secret
00:04:05And he immediately began to negotiate
00:04:08Through various pretenses
00:04:09For the purchase of all the neighboring farms
00:04:13Good evening, Baron
00:04:14Good evening, honey
00:04:15Come over here
00:04:17Cigarette
00:04:18Oh, thank you
00:04:19Well, have a drink
00:04:20Cognac
00:04:21No, I don't drink
00:04:23No, I don't
00:04:25Well, homie
00:04:26We have been neighbors for years
00:04:28But yet, in reality
00:04:30We are not
00:04:31But why?
00:04:32This land of yours, homie
00:04:34Those acres which rented to these people
00:04:38I don't want them near me
00:04:39I hear you are selling the land to them, hmm?
00:04:42No, it's a good price to offer me
00:04:47Honey, look, you have no agreements
00:04:50Getting rid of them would mean
00:04:52All crops would belong to you
00:04:54I'm not a farmer
00:04:55The crops will be ruined
00:04:57I'll help you
00:04:59My men will bring it in
00:05:00What?
00:05:01In fact, I might even buy your property
00:05:03If you still want to sell it
00:05:05Baron, I didn't know
00:05:06I didn't know you wanted my property
00:05:08Why, you can have anything you want
00:05:10Any
00:05:10Well, but now you have to excuse me
00:05:12My niece is waiting
00:05:13Darling car
00:05:14Come in, darling car
00:05:15And don't forget what I told you
00:05:17Oh, no, I won't
00:05:18Good evening
00:05:18Good evening, good evening
00:05:20Baron, it's about your buying part of my land
00:05:22I heard you made the same leave with Horny
00:05:25Yes, I'm acquiring several parcels of land
00:05:28It has to wait until after election time
00:05:30You understand
00:05:31But we come to an agreement
00:05:33Oh, yes, yes, Baron
00:05:34The Baron met with no opposition to his deals
00:05:37Except for one
00:05:39And although Horny wanted to sell his land to the Baron
00:05:42He had it leased out at the time
00:05:43And the tenants who'd been there for generations
00:05:46Refused to move
00:05:48Well, a short time later
00:05:50An incident occurred in this province
00:05:53A young girl mysteriously disappeared
00:05:56And not being found
00:05:57Her case was put into the unsolved files
00:06:02Well, the Baron called up
00:06:04One of his political lackeys, Budapest
00:06:06And acting on the Baron's orders
00:06:08This lackey took over
00:06:09And went to the local authorities
00:06:11Yes, sir
00:06:12State Attorney Stark
00:06:14No, no, Mr. Stark isn't here just now
00:06:16I'm his assistant
00:06:17What can I do for you?
00:06:19How do you do?
00:06:20I'm Kuleman Ballard
00:06:21Special Investigator of Budapest
00:06:23Here are my credentials
00:06:25Pleased to meet you
00:06:26My name is Erno Miller
00:06:31But our office has already made a report
00:06:34Of the missing on Atomashi
00:06:35That's exactly why I am here
00:06:37You see, my very good friend Baron Araday
00:06:39Has taken a personal interest
00:06:40In the question of why you gentlemen
00:06:42Have been unable to find the murderer of this girl
00:06:44You see, she happened to have been a maid
00:06:46For one of the Baron's neighbors
00:06:48Murderer?
00:06:49But my superior, Mr. Stark
00:06:51Of course, the Baron has told me enough
00:06:53To give me the information
00:06:55That this girl simply could not have
00:06:56Vanished into thin air just like that
00:06:58Well, you may have something there, Mr. Ballard
00:07:00Of course, I realize
00:07:02That you gentlemen from the provinces
00:07:04Have a limited knowledge of criminal investigation
00:07:06Uh, Mr. Ballard
00:07:08This is, uh, confidential
00:07:09You see, I'm a sort of handicapped
00:07:12By my superior's policies
00:07:13He's, uh, a stickler
00:07:15Facts, rules
00:07:16Abstract justice
00:07:18But, uh, now that you're here
00:07:20I'm sure I can be of great service to you
00:07:22And, would you please tell Baron Araday
00:07:25I am at his disposal
00:07:26Hmm, splendid
00:07:27We hope to call on your services
00:07:29Now I shall get a room at the inn
00:07:31I want you to prepare an office for me
00:07:32And please tell Mr. Stark
00:07:34That I have taken entire charge
00:07:35Of the investigation
00:07:37Valog's first orders
00:07:38Were to arrest Horny's tenants
00:07:42I want you to sign this confession
00:07:44Right now
00:07:44But, sir
00:07:45There is nothing I could possibly confess
00:07:47I haven't done a thing
00:07:49Not a thing
00:07:50None of you has anything to confess
00:07:51You all lie right into my face
00:07:52You killed Anna Tamashi
00:07:53Put them in chains
00:07:54Lock them up
00:07:55But, listen
00:07:55Just, just another word
00:07:57Listen
00:08:01At last, the trial against the tenants began
00:08:05This case was brought to the attention
00:08:07Of a brilliant lawyer and humanitarian
00:08:09Who offered to defend the accused
00:08:12This is the press, Mr. Nemesh
00:08:14Yes
00:08:16All right, Mrs. Schwartz
00:08:18Sneak in
00:08:18But you must leave as soon as the judges come in
00:08:28Mr. Fisher
00:08:29Mrs. Schwartz
00:08:32Don't worry
00:08:33Be all right
00:08:40I haven't seen my wife for two months
00:08:43Please
00:08:53No, you must go
00:09:04Everybody rise
00:09:34Please!
00:09:35Attorney, will you read the indictment?
00:09:38Members of the royal court, on August 3rd,
00:09:4114-year-old Anna Tomashi disappeared mysteriously.
00:09:45She was last seen when she called at Joseph Schwartz Barn.
00:09:48Mr. Coleman Barlog, assigned to this case a special investigator,
00:09:52discovered that the missing girl was present during a violent argument
00:09:55between Farmer Schwartz and his landlord, Mr. Horney.
00:09:59The argument between these two men climaxed with Schwartz's attempt upon the life of Mr. Horney.
00:10:03The contention of the state is that Anna was done away with
00:10:07because she was a potential witness against Schwartz
00:10:09as well as against the other accused who were on the scene and thereby involved.
00:10:15The indictment charges the defendants with the murder of Anna Tomashi.
00:10:21Thank you, Mr. State Attorney.
00:10:22Your Honor, gentlemen, I move for an immediate dismissal.
00:10:27There's no sound basis for this case.
00:10:29There's not the slightest evidence.
00:10:31The defendants even saw the missing girl on the day of her disappearance.
00:10:33The prosecution cannot produce the body of the allegedly murdered girl.
00:10:37Who knows but what at this very moment she may be living peacefully,
00:10:41perhaps romantically, a few miles from here.
00:10:44Mr. Nemes, you come from Budapest, huh?
00:10:49Yes, why?
00:10:52One can easily see that you live in the sophisticated atmosphere of a big city
00:10:56and do not know the pure nature of a country girl.
00:10:59Very narrative.
00:11:01I'm sure no one will dispute the fact that you are an authority on virtue.
00:11:05Order, gentlemen.
00:11:07Will the court please call the witnesses?
00:11:10Gustav Horney.
00:11:14Gustav Horney, 51, landowner.
00:11:18Mr. Horney, tell us what happened on the evening you called at Mr. Schwartz's house.
00:11:22Well, you see, my wife, she didn't want me to lease our land out any longer and so I...
00:11:27Mr. Horney!
00:11:29How long has Schwartz been on your land?
00:11:31Well, I only see his father leased the land to my father.
00:11:34That must have been about 45 years ago.
00:11:37Mr. Horney, tell us what happened the evening you called at Mr. Schwartz's house.
00:11:41Well, you see, my wife, she told me to go and see Schwartz and tell him about our decision.
00:11:46And, uh, later she talked to the other tenants.
00:11:50Well, Schwartz isn't very easy to handle, you know.
00:11:52But I went just the same.
00:11:54Have you had any previous clashes with Schwartz?
00:11:56No, no, no.
00:11:57I always kept out of his way.
00:11:59Well, that night I found Schwartz in his barn.
00:12:02When I told him he had to leave, he went for my throat.
00:12:05He almost killed me.
00:12:06That is not true!
00:12:07Hurry!
00:12:08It is!
00:12:08It is!
00:12:09Why, he was choking me!
00:12:10He almost killed me!
00:12:11You told me to pack and leave at the end of the month, just before harvest.
00:12:16I have to take care of my family during the winter.
00:12:20Quiet!
00:12:20Schwartz was provoked, Your Honor.
00:12:22Understandably so.
00:12:24But where is the proof that he wanted to kill Horney?
00:12:27I picked up a pitchfork and he said,
00:12:29I see you dead before I leave this land.
00:12:32Boy, my wife would be a widow if it wasn't for poor Anna.
00:12:35Why?
00:12:36She just came in there.
00:12:38That's why he happened to look up.
00:12:40And that gave me a chance to dodge and run out of the barn.
00:12:43I ran for my wife.
00:12:45As I whipped up my horses, I heard a scream from the barn.
00:12:48When I finally got home, all in cold sweat and all the trouble,
00:12:51I told my wife that Schwartz almost killed me,
00:12:54and that Anna had seen her, she said,
00:12:55Anna is your witness.
00:12:58When she gets home, take her to the police with you.
00:13:00What happened then?
00:13:01Well, Anna didn't get home.
00:13:03So we began to worry.
00:13:05Then we put two and two together.
00:13:08And then we began to suspect what actually happened to poor Anna.
00:13:13Your Honor, the defense insists the missing girl never came to the barn.
00:13:16Is there anything else you can tell us about this case?
00:13:19Well, that's all, Your Honor.
00:13:22You may go.
00:13:25If I may, Mr. State Attorney.
00:13:26Certainly.
00:13:27It's quite clear, Your Honor,
00:13:29that a meeting of the defendants took place in the home of Schwartz,
00:13:32where it was decided to use violence on the landlord
00:13:35so they could stay on the land.
00:13:37The gathering is quite harmless, Your Honor.
00:13:38The question remains, was Anna Tomasi really present at the scene?
00:13:42Can there be any doubt?
00:13:44The testimony of the landlord can hardly be considered reliable
00:13:47when he had such a stake in getting rid of his tenants.
00:13:51I'll call your next witness.
00:13:52Mrs. Giuliani.
00:13:54Good morning.
00:13:56Good morning.
00:13:58Good morning.
00:14:03Good morning, Your Honors.
00:14:05You and Mrs. Giuliani Horne?
00:14:07Tell us what you know about this case.
00:14:09Well, to start with, Anna was like a child to me.
00:14:12I quite forgot she was my servant.
00:14:15Were you actually related to the murdered?
00:14:18Missing.
00:14:19Please answer the question.
00:14:21My father, God rest his soul, married Anna's grandmother.
00:14:26God rest her soul.
00:14:28But apart from any blood bonds, Anna was like a daughter to me.
00:14:32And now she's gone.
00:14:34Murdered, that's what she was.
00:14:36How do you know that?
00:14:37It's as sure as night follows day.
00:14:40I sent Anna to Ekelmeyer's to get some paint.
00:14:43I keep my house neat as a pin.
00:14:45Oh, when did Anna leave the house to get the paint?
00:14:47At 7 o'clock, right after supper.
00:14:51She wouldn't even wait for the dumplings.
00:14:53I told her to come home quick.
00:14:55To get on with the painting?
00:14:58Because it was getting dark.
00:15:01She came back in no time, but with the wrong paint.
00:15:05When was that?
00:15:05At 7.30.
00:15:07And you sent her back to get the right paint?
00:15:09I knew she wouldn't sleep if she hadn't gone back.
00:15:12And you sent her back this time in spite of the growing darkness.
00:15:16She insisted on finishing the painting that night.
00:15:18Didn't she like working that much?
00:15:20For 50 coppers a week.
00:15:23She cleaned the house, made the beds, washed the dishes,
00:15:25did the laundry, fed the animals, milked the cow,
00:15:28and you saw to it that she lacked no idea to enjoy herself.
00:15:31What happened after the girl left the house the second time?
00:15:34I waited for her.
00:15:36When my husband came home and told me he saw her at...
00:15:39At Schwartz's barn, I was frightened.
00:15:43So I rushed to her mother, hoping she would get there.
00:15:46But I couldn't find her anywhere.
00:15:49My poor husband had to run for his life.
00:15:52And Anna was there too and saw it.
00:15:54That's why they killed her.
00:15:56Keep them in jail, Your Honor.
00:15:58Mrs. Horney.
00:16:00Any further questions, Mr. Stark?
00:16:03Mr. Nemes?
00:16:05No.
00:16:06You may go.
00:16:09I'm told the witnesses have been led to be laid by certain parties
00:16:13that it is not unlawful to break a note.
00:16:16Nonsense!
00:16:19As special investigator for this case,
00:16:21I assume that Mr. Nemes is referring to me.
00:16:24I had bigger game in mind.
00:16:27That shall not remain unanswered, Mr. Nemes.
00:16:31Unfortunately, I have to deliver a speech in Parliament.
00:16:34I have to catch a train.
00:16:37Therefore, I ask, Your Honors, to be heard at once.
00:16:43Considering the pressing nature of Baron Nardy's official duties,
00:16:47the court has decided to waive procedure.
00:16:51Your Honors,
00:16:53ever since the murder of Anna Tamashi...
00:16:58Object, Your Honor.
00:16:58There's no proof of murder.
00:17:00Very well then, Mr. Nemes.
00:17:03Ever since the disappearance of Anna Tamashi...
00:17:07Ever since my own good, kind neighbors came to me...
00:17:11With their suspicions growing ever stronger and stronger...
00:17:14Ever since this tragic, shattered ghost...
00:17:17That was once Anna's happy mother...
00:17:20Came to me and begged me with tears and eyes...
00:17:23For justice.
00:17:24And then...
00:17:25My good friend, the special investigator...
00:17:29Presented to me fact at effect...
00:17:32Of damning evidence.
00:17:34Then I knew...
00:17:36Beyond any possible shadow of doubt...
00:17:40That he was the most dreadful murder...
00:17:43Ever committed in cold blood.
00:17:46Baron...
00:17:47Have you any material evidence to offer concerning this case?
00:17:53Nothing...
00:17:53Beyond the...
00:17:55Conclusive findings of the special investigator.
00:17:58Any further questions?
00:17:59What for?
00:18:00Your Honor, this witness has no real evidence to offer.
00:18:07Thank you, Your Honor.
00:18:10Call your next witness.
00:18:12Uh, will Your Honor please call witness...
00:18:15Uh, Andreas Molnar.
00:18:17Molnar.
00:18:18Perhaps.
00:18:26Andreas Molnar, age 52.
00:18:29Labor on Baron Aradis' estate.
00:18:31May I, Your Honor?
00:18:33Proceed, Mr. Investigator.
00:18:35Molnar...
00:18:36You had an unusual experience the night that Anna disappeared.
00:18:40Yes.
00:18:41Yes.
00:18:41Uh, tell us in detail what you saw.
00:18:44I saw Anna dead with a big cut in her throat.
00:18:46Right across here.
00:18:49Tell me.
00:18:51What exactly did you see?
00:18:54Those five men were digging.
00:18:57Digging?
00:18:58Where was this?
00:18:59In the backyard of Schwartz's house.
00:19:01I knew what they were digging from what I heard at the inn.
00:19:04What did you hear at the inn?
00:19:05What everybody else did.
00:19:06Mr. Horny come in and said,
00:19:07I bet my last copper those five men killed Anna in Schwartz's barn
00:19:11because she was a witness for me.
00:19:13And that makes you sure they were digging a grave for Anna?
00:19:16Yes.
00:19:17Didn't the prosecution investigate Molnar's story and dig up the body?
00:19:20Naturally, we investigated Molnar's story,
00:19:23and, uh, we found evidence of, uh, freshly dug earth behind the barn.
00:19:28But the defendants must have, uh, gotten wind that we were on their trail,
00:19:33so they dug up the body and buried it elsewhere.
00:19:36You admit you let these defendants get the best of you?
00:19:40Why, Mr. Bellow?
00:19:46Any further questions?
00:19:48No. No, Your Honor.
00:19:49Witness dismissed.
00:19:55Your Honor, request that the missing girl's mother be called Mrs. Maria Tomasi.
00:20:00Maria Tomasi.
00:20:15Widow.
00:20:16Profession?
00:20:17Laundress.
00:20:18Tell us what happened on August 3rd.
00:20:20What happened?
00:20:23With the permission of the courts.
00:20:27All right.
00:20:28Mr. Investigator, you may question the witness.
00:20:30Thank you, Your Honor.
00:20:32Did your daughter Anna come to see you on August 3rd?
00:20:35Yes.
00:20:36Mrs. Tomasi, did you ask your daughter Anna to go to the Schwartz's?
00:20:40Gentlemen, I object to the way these leading questions are put to the witness.
00:20:45In view of the state of mind and emotions of the mother,
00:20:47I am forced to get her testimony by this simple method.
00:20:51You may continue.
00:20:52You asked your daughter Anna to stop off at the Schwartz's
00:20:56and tell them that you were to be unable to come and help Mrs. Schwartz the next day.
00:21:00Yes.
00:21:02And your daughter was 14 when she disappeared?
00:21:07Yes, 14.
00:21:09How old was she when you first sent her out to work?
00:21:12Eleven.
00:21:14You mean to say your daughter was only 11 years old when she first started to work?
00:21:18I worked when I was eight.
00:21:21Did she ever complain that Mrs. Horny had treated her badly?
00:21:24Mrs. Horny has clearly stated her relationship with the missing girl.
00:21:27You've heard Mrs. Horny state that she considered the missing girl as her daughter.
00:21:31When did you first learn that your daughter had disappeared?
00:21:35I don't know.
00:21:36Mrs. Tomasi, what did you tell me you knew happened to your daughter?
00:21:40I was killed.
00:21:42How do you happen to know that?
00:21:44I saw it.
00:21:45You mean to say you were present when your daughter was killed?
00:21:48She had her head cut off.
00:21:51I saw it in my dream.
00:21:57Gentlemen, for the record and for your particular attention,
00:22:00please note that this witness has just testified under oath that she saw her daughter killed in a dream.
00:22:09Any further questions?
00:22:12No.
00:22:13No questions.
00:22:16Mrs. Tomasi, that is all.
00:22:19Doctor, will you help the witness, please?
00:22:30Call your next witness.
00:22:31Clara Tomasi.
00:22:40Clara Tomasi, age 17, domestic servant.
00:22:45Calm yourself, my child.
00:22:46When and where did you see your sister last, Clara?
00:22:49It was in my mother's house.
00:22:52I went to see her because she was sick.
00:22:55What was Anna wearing?
00:22:57Her dress.
00:22:59What dress?
00:23:00The only one she had.
00:23:03What did you talk about?
00:23:06She told me that mother said for her to stop off at Schwartz,
00:23:11to say she couldn't go to work the next day because she was sick.
00:23:15What time was it when your sister left?
00:23:18About half past seven in the evening.
00:23:22Did she have anything else to say to you?
00:23:24She told me she was going to buy a new dress for Sunday
00:23:27and asked me to meet her in front of the inn.
00:23:30She wanted me to help her pick it out.
00:23:32When your sister left, did she not go directly to the Schwartz's?
00:23:37Yes, she did.
00:23:38Object, Your Honor.
00:23:40There's no proof that the missing girl actually went there.
00:23:42Mr. Horny has testified that he has seen Anna at the Schwartz's.
00:23:45Her mother has stated that she sent her there,
00:23:47and this witness has verified that.
00:23:49How much proof does the defense require?
00:23:53Any questions?
00:23:54No questions.
00:23:56Gentlemen?
00:23:56No questions.
00:23:58That is all, my child.
00:23:59You may go.
00:24:01Call your next witness.
00:24:03Margaret Darosch.
00:24:13Ace 17.
00:24:15You are the daughter of Dr. Darosch?
00:24:18Yes, Your Honor.
00:24:22Miss Darosch, you do not live far from the Schwartz's.
00:24:26Not far.
00:24:27Tell us what you particularly noticed on the evening of August 3rd.
00:24:31I was about to close the shutters of my room when I heard a distant scream.
00:24:36And where did that scream come from?
00:24:38From the direction of Schwartz's barn.
00:24:41What else did you notice?
00:24:43The scream was followed by a choke crying.
00:24:45Miss Darosch, couldn't it have been an animal?
00:24:50No, it was a girl.
00:24:52Do you have that, gentlemen?
00:24:53I want the records to show that Miss Margaret Darosch on the evening of August 3rd
00:24:57heard a girl crying, screaming, choking, and that these sounds came from the direction of the Schwartz farm.
00:25:01Just how far is Schwartz's barn from your home?
00:25:08About a five minute walk.
00:25:09It's too vague, Miss Darosch. Would you say it was half a mile?
00:25:12Not quite.
00:25:13You mean you could distinguish clearly the cry of a girl from that far away?
00:25:18I found out later I was correct.
00:25:22How so?
00:25:24Someone else heard it too and told me.
00:25:26Who told you?
00:25:27Mr. Investigator, it would be advisable for you to produce the witness for the prosecution.
00:25:33Mr. Bellog, can you produce this witness?
00:25:36I think I can produce the witness to confirm Miss Darosch's statement, with the court's permission.
00:25:49Is young Samuel Schwartz out here?
00:25:51Me?
00:25:59authors.
00:26:03Whereas others Himfried?
00:26:06What is he doing here?
00:26:08You are the son of Joseph Schwartz.
00:26:10Yes.
00:26:11How old are you, Samuel?
00:26:13I was 14 on the 24th of June.
00:26:16Samuel.
00:26:17Did you not tell Darosch that you heard a girl scream on August 3rd?
00:26:20No.
00:26:22No, I didn't.
00:26:23Is that your answer?
00:26:24Remember, you want the truth.
00:26:25I object, Your Honor.
00:26:27This boy has been questioned time and time again.
00:26:30His various testimonies are in the record.
00:26:31Very well, then.
00:26:33Miss Darroche, according to this young man's testimony,
00:26:36it is you who have lied.
00:26:38You're under oath and can be punished.
00:26:40Miss Margaret never lies.
00:26:42All I told her was that I saw Anna in the barn.
00:26:46Samuel, they're using this girl to trap you.
00:26:49Don't lie.
00:26:50My son is not lying.
00:26:56It's true.
00:26:58Anna did come to the barn while the landlord was there.
00:27:01Joseph!
00:27:01What did he say?
00:27:02You never told us that.
00:27:04Why did you conceal that from your attorneys?
00:27:07Schwartz, did you commit this crime?
00:27:10I haven't committed any crime.
00:27:12As for the others, they didn't even see the girl.
00:27:15Here it is.
00:27:16This man has as good as confessed,
00:27:18but he is trying to cover up for the others.
00:27:20Schwartz.
00:27:22Tell me here and now.
00:27:23Why did you conceal the fact that Anna did come to the barn?
00:27:26I took one look at my sick wife,
00:27:29and I was afraid to see it.
00:27:31Samuel,
00:27:32we now know
00:27:34that Anna was in the barn.
00:27:36Now, why not admit that you actually heard the girl scream,
00:27:39as Miss Darroch said?
00:27:40But I didn't hear it.
00:27:44If you did,
00:27:45I don't ever want to see you again.
00:27:47Well, Mr. Fallog,
00:27:49you can't sway this boy to lie
00:27:51in spite of the pressure that's been brought to bear on him,
00:27:54his adolescence,
00:27:55and all your charms, Miss Darroch.
00:27:57Gentlemen.
00:28:13Excuse me.
00:28:15Excuse me.
00:28:24This police sergeant reports the finding of a female corpse in the river,
00:28:28which may well have some connection with this case.
00:28:30What makes you think that this corpse has any connection with Anna Tomashek?
00:28:33It's the dress, sir.
00:28:35It answers the description we have in our police records.
00:28:37Besides,
00:28:38we have no report of any other girl missing hereabouts.
00:28:41Where is the body?
00:28:42Outside.
00:28:43We brought it in the cart.
00:28:44Your Honor,
00:28:45the mother of the missing girl is in the witness room.
00:28:47I request the court's permission
00:28:49to have her look at the body immediately
00:28:50for identification.
00:28:52Granted.
00:28:53Constable,
00:28:54would you conduct Miss Tomashek to the cart?
00:28:57And Mr. Miller,
00:28:58would you please go along?
00:28:59Yes.
00:29:00I'd like to have my associate,
00:29:02Advocate Fisher,
00:29:03view the body with them.
00:29:04Granted.
00:29:08Who are these men?
00:29:09The two raftsmen who found the body.
00:29:11Who are your names?
00:29:13I am Herman.
00:29:14And you?
00:29:15My name is Joseph Martin.
00:29:17How and where did you find the body?
00:29:20Well,
00:29:21when we were making for shore on our raft,
00:29:24I saw something stuck in the weeds.
00:29:27I took one of our long oars
00:29:28and tried to get it loose.
00:29:31When we saw it was a dead woman,
00:29:34Martin wanted me to throw the body back.
00:29:36But I was afraid.
00:29:38Afraid somebody might be watching.
00:29:41So I made him help me
00:29:42and we dragged the body out
00:29:44and put it on the grass.
00:29:46Martin ran for the police
00:29:48and I stayed with the body.
00:29:50Gentlemen!
00:29:51Gentlemen,
00:29:51the body of that girl
00:29:52shows no mutilation whatsoever.
00:29:54There is no cut on the neck of that girl.
00:29:56No mutilation!
00:29:58Sergeant,
00:29:59they take them away.
00:30:00Quickly.
00:30:14Mrs. Tamashi,
00:30:16was that your daughter?
00:30:17Yes.
00:30:19My poor Anna.
00:30:21My child.
00:30:23Is there a dress?
00:30:24Is there a dress?
00:30:25Your Honor,
00:30:27the mother has positively identified the body
00:30:30as that of her missing daughter, Anna.
00:30:33It's been put on record
00:30:34that the murdered girl
00:30:34was killed with a cut across the throat.
00:30:36Oh, precisely.
00:30:37Therefore, gentlemen,
00:30:38this cannot possibly be the corpse
00:30:40of the girl we are looking for.
00:30:42Isn't it possible, Mr. Ballard,
00:30:43that your witness Molnar has lied?
00:30:46Your Honor,
00:30:47this mother's positive identification
00:30:48speaks for itself.
00:30:50Your Honor,
00:30:51Mrs. Tamashi is obviously demented.
00:30:52My superior, Mr. Sark,
00:30:54has formed his own conclusion.
00:30:56But the state could not accept
00:30:57her identification as positive.
00:30:59She's not of sound mind.
00:31:00This whole procedure
00:31:01must be stricken from the record.
00:31:03The body has been identified
00:31:04by a mother,
00:31:04and the dress...
00:31:05It's generally known
00:31:06that Mrs. Tamashi
00:31:07has accepted the sight and presence
00:31:08of any girl
00:31:09as that of her own daughter.
00:31:11It's understandable
00:31:12what she would have said
00:31:12when she saw the body of a girl
00:31:14clad in a dress
00:31:15like the one her murdered daughter wore.
00:31:16Gentlemen of the prosecution,
00:31:18is this another maneuver of yours
00:31:19to further persecute
00:31:20these innocent men?
00:31:21I move that we recess
00:31:22immediately.
00:31:23The investigation
00:31:24will discredit any...
00:31:25The charge of murder
00:31:26against these defendants
00:31:27has collapsed like a prick balloon.
00:31:29I move that we absolve
00:31:30these men of the charges
00:31:31as they appear in the indictment.
00:31:32Surely more concrete evidence,
00:31:34more positive assurance
00:31:35to satisfy our courts
00:31:36are in order.
00:31:37Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:31:46A verdict rendered in haste
00:31:48would be rash
00:31:49and ill-considered.
00:31:50In view of the astonishing
00:31:52events and developments
00:31:53that we have witnessed,
00:31:54the court calls for time
00:31:55that both the defense
00:31:57and the prosecution
00:31:58might have an opportunity
00:31:59to confirm their respective
00:32:01contentions.
00:32:02Fourth journey.
00:32:09my sympathies and convictions
00:32:11with Nemesh
00:32:12in the defense.
00:32:13Your members of the royal court,
00:32:16as this trial resumes,
00:32:18I find it necessary
00:32:19to tender my resignation
00:32:20with profound regret
00:32:23and with a most vigorous protest
00:32:25against what has become
00:32:26a travesty of justice.
00:32:28but one thing,
00:32:30I will use all of my influence
00:32:32to prevent any further use
00:32:34of your service
00:32:35in public office.
00:32:36Baron Arity,
00:32:37I knew that you would say
00:32:38just that.
00:32:39I realize that my resignation
00:32:41will be held by him
00:32:42and his partner.
00:32:43However, let me hasten to add,
00:32:44were it not for the legal
00:32:45impossibilities which bar me,
00:32:47I would be seated
00:32:48at that table
00:32:48with the defense.
00:32:49Mr. Stark,
00:32:50this is very irregular.
00:32:52Your resignation
00:32:53will have to be reported
00:32:54to the Ministry of Justice.
00:32:55I submit that you do so
00:32:56without delay.
00:32:59Mr. Miller,
00:33:00will you assume
00:33:01the duties
00:33:01of the prosecution?
00:33:03Yes, thank you,
00:33:04Your Honor.
00:33:04Mr. Stark,
00:33:06you have my deepest respect.
00:33:08Thank God be with you.
00:33:09Good luck,
00:33:10Mr. Nemesh.
00:33:18Your Honor,
00:33:19more than a month
00:33:20has elapsed
00:33:20since the positive identification
00:33:22of Anna Tamash's body
00:33:23by her mother.
00:33:24Our laws prescribe
00:33:25a quick execution
00:33:26of the guilty,
00:33:27not a slow killing
00:33:29of the innocent.
00:33:30Innocent?
00:33:30The defense is asking
00:33:32for the acquittal
00:33:32of these killers.
00:33:33I owe material.
00:33:35Your Honors,
00:33:36here is the evidence
00:33:37of an incredible conspiracy
00:33:38to thwart justice.
00:33:39The investigator
00:33:40has any new evidence,
00:33:41I demand that it be produced
00:33:42here in the flesh,
00:33:43not by means
00:33:44of these documents.
00:33:45I was trying
00:33:46to save Your Honor's time.
00:33:47However,
00:33:48we anticipated
00:33:49that counsel
00:33:49for the defense
00:33:50would prove obstinate.
00:33:51So we have our witnesses
00:33:52right here.
00:33:53May I suggest
00:33:54that we first call
00:33:54Dr. Darrow,
00:33:55to Tana Bar,
00:33:56general practitioner?
00:33:57If any new witnesses
00:33:58are to be called,
00:33:59I demand that we pick up
00:34:00where we left off.
00:34:01The defense would like
00:34:02to have Mrs. Maria Tamashy
00:34:03repeat her last statement.
00:34:05I would like you
00:34:05to decide for yourself,
00:34:07Mr. Nemesh,
00:34:08if you wish
00:34:08have her called.
00:34:09In fact,
00:34:10that's why we're calling
00:34:11on Dr. Darrow.
00:34:12Call Dr. Darrow.
00:34:17Good afternoon,
00:34:18Your Honors.
00:34:20Dr. Darrow,
00:34:21you are the only
00:34:23resident physician
00:34:24of Tana Bar,
00:34:25and I assume
00:34:25your practice
00:34:26embraces the entire
00:34:27community.
00:34:28It does.
00:34:29Tell us what
00:34:29happened to Mrs. Tamashy.
00:34:31She is suffering
00:34:32from delusions
00:34:33and is thoroughly
00:34:34incompetent.
00:34:35She is now
00:34:36confined to a mental
00:34:37institution,
00:34:38which I recommend.
00:34:39Just when did you
00:34:40find her to be
00:34:41mentally ill?
00:34:43Since the very day
00:34:44her daughter
00:34:44disappeared...
00:34:44It's obvious,
00:34:45Your Honor,
00:34:45only too obvious.
00:34:47But this woman
00:34:48was declared to be
00:34:48insane the moment
00:34:49she made the most
00:34:49damaging statement
00:34:50to the prosecution,
00:34:52when she identified
00:34:52the body as that
00:34:53of her missing daughter.
00:34:54No one could
00:34:55identify that body.
00:34:56It had been
00:34:57decomposed.
00:34:58It must have been
00:34:58in the water
00:34:59at least six or
00:35:00seven months.
00:35:00Not only did the
00:35:01mother identify
00:35:02her daughter,
00:35:02but the dress
00:35:03of Anna as well.
00:35:04Oh, yes,
00:35:05the dress.
00:35:06I am prepared
00:35:06for that, too.
00:35:07But now,
00:35:08can anyone doubt
00:35:08the integrity
00:35:09of our esteemed
00:35:10physician?
00:35:10Just how does
00:35:12the doctor
00:35:12justify his opinion?
00:35:14I wish to add
00:35:14that Anna
00:35:15was only 14 years old,
00:35:17while his body
00:35:18was unquestionably
00:35:19that of a girl
00:35:2018 years old.
00:35:21There are certain
00:35:21anatomical facts
00:35:23that do not melt
00:35:24away in water,
00:35:25Mr. Lynch.
00:35:25With all due respect
00:35:26for Dr. Darash
00:35:27as a general
00:35:28practitioner,
00:35:29I question
00:35:30whether he's
00:35:30qualified to voice
00:35:31such a definite
00:35:32opinion.
00:35:33May I call
00:35:33county physician
00:35:34Dr. Georges
00:35:36Samosh
00:35:36for corroboration?
00:35:37Dr. Samosh.
00:35:42Good afternoon,
00:35:43Your Honor.
00:35:44Dr. Darash.
00:35:46Dr. Samosh,
00:35:47your colleague
00:35:48has stated
00:35:49that the corpse
00:35:50which was found
00:35:50in the Tarnabar River
00:35:51was not that
00:35:53of Anna Tomasi.
00:35:54Do you share
00:35:55his opinion?
00:35:56I do.
00:35:56Dr.
00:35:58Did you know
00:35:59the missing
00:35:59Anna Tomasi?
00:36:00Not personally.
00:36:02You never saw
00:36:02and yet you say
00:36:03this body
00:36:03cannot be hers.
00:36:05I know my medicine
00:36:07as well as
00:36:07you know your law.
00:36:08There is no question
00:36:09that the dead girl
00:36:10had ever done
00:36:11any hard
00:36:12physical work.
00:36:13Furthermore,
00:36:14I should judge
00:36:14the corpse
00:36:15to be that
00:36:15of a woman
00:36:15in her twenties.
00:36:17Fully matured.
00:36:19Your colleague
00:36:19has just told us
00:36:20the body was that
00:36:20of an 18-year-old girl.
00:36:22If my colleague
00:36:23estimates 20 years,
00:36:24I naturally
00:36:25bow to his
00:36:26superior knowledge.
00:36:27When a corpse
00:36:27has been in the water
00:36:28for three or four months,
00:36:29it's really quite
00:36:29difficult to establish
00:36:31the exact age.
00:36:32The anatomical...
00:36:34Gentlemen don't agree
00:36:34here either.
00:36:35I want to emphasize
00:36:36that Dr. Samosh
00:36:37has stated
00:36:37that the body
00:36:38was that of a person
00:36:39belonging to the
00:36:39better classes
00:36:40and that in his opinion
00:36:42the body was also
00:36:43that of a mature woman.
00:36:45Pick the best
00:36:46from each witness
00:36:47and discard the
00:36:48contradictions.
00:36:49A very convenient
00:36:50method.
00:36:51Differences?
00:36:52How can a mother's
00:36:53sure knowledge
00:36:54be dismissed
00:36:54by any
00:36:55fessional assumption?
00:36:56Any further questions?
00:36:59No, no questions.
00:37:00Thank you, gentlemen.
00:37:05Now I see
00:37:06what has taken place
00:37:07during this adjournment.
00:37:09But, gentlemen,
00:37:10the bodies of young ladies
00:37:11don't float up
00:37:12and down the river.
00:37:12Whose body is it
00:37:13if not anatomicals?
00:37:14Does it not occur to,
00:37:16Mr. Namish,
00:37:17that the body
00:37:17might have been
00:37:18stolen by an accomplice
00:37:19from the mark
00:37:20in Budapest
00:37:21or from the cemetery?
00:37:22Baron, I already...
00:37:25Your personal interest
00:37:27in this case
00:37:28needs to be exposed.
00:37:29Gentlemen!
00:37:30You'll hear the rest
00:37:31of it, Baron.
00:37:32I don't put up
00:37:34this slender.
00:37:35Whatever these people
00:37:36have accumulated,
00:37:37whatever seeds
00:37:37they've sown
00:37:38by their sweat
00:37:39and labor
00:37:39will be picked up
00:37:40for a song.
00:37:40What loot!
00:37:41Piling for these
00:37:42murderers.
00:37:44For the record!
00:37:45My colleague,
00:37:46Mr. Carl Namish
00:37:47has volunteered his
00:37:47services in this case
00:37:49without any compensation
00:37:51whatsoever.
00:37:52Order, gentlemen!
00:37:53This is not getting us
00:37:54anywhere.
00:37:54I restrain you
00:37:55from any further
00:37:56disturbance of this sort.
00:37:58Mr. Miller,
00:37:59will you continue?
00:38:00I propose, Your Honor,
00:38:01that the state be allowed
00:38:02to call the rest
00:38:02of the witnesses.
00:38:04Granted.
00:38:04Constable,
00:38:05call Rastman,
00:38:06Herman, and Marton.
00:38:11What is the charge
00:38:12against these men?
00:38:13Accomplices in the crime.
00:38:15They too!
00:38:16Will you please
00:38:17tell the court
00:38:17the events that led
00:38:18up to your arrest?
00:38:19I confess to the
00:38:21investigator.
00:38:22You want your
00:38:23confession to be read?
00:38:24Yes.
00:38:25One evening,
00:38:26during the middle
00:38:27of June of this year,
00:38:29I don't remember
00:38:30the date exactly,
00:38:31a woman dressed in brown
00:38:33and carrying a small
00:38:35parcel under her arm.
00:38:36offered to give us
00:38:38a hundred gulden
00:38:38if we would carry out
00:38:40her instructions.
00:38:41She pointed to some
00:38:43bushes on the other
00:38:44side of the river
00:38:45and said that we would
00:38:46find a female corpse
00:38:48hidden under a blanket.
00:38:50In the parcel
00:38:51were some torn clothes
00:38:52which we were to
00:38:53put on the girl.
00:38:54We were to tie the body
00:38:56under our raft
00:38:57where nobody could see it,
00:38:59float it downstream
00:39:00as far as
00:39:01old Tarnabar,
00:39:02and then pretend
00:39:03we had just found it
00:39:05in the river.
00:39:06Go, Ronna!
00:39:06Are we expected
00:39:07to believe this,
00:39:08this nightmare?
00:39:10This work of fiction,
00:39:11just who is this
00:39:12woman in brown?
00:39:13What's her name?
00:39:14You, uh,
00:39:15you took the clothes
00:39:16from the woman in brown
00:39:17and dressed the
00:39:17strange corpse,
00:39:18and then went to the
00:39:19place she told you to
00:39:21and acted as if you
00:39:22just found the body?
00:39:23The defense wants proof.
00:39:25Can you produce
00:39:26this witness,
00:39:27Mr. Barlow?
00:39:28Uh, no,
00:39:30unfortunately,
00:39:30we have been unable
00:39:31to produce the woman
00:39:33in brown.
00:39:33Apparently she's the only
00:39:34one you've overlooked.
00:39:35Your Honor,
00:39:37have I your permission
00:39:37to examine those records?
00:39:46Herman,
00:39:48just how often
00:39:49did Mr. Barlow cross-examine
00:39:51you during your imprisonment?
00:39:55Answer the question.
00:39:56I don't remember.
00:39:58Once a week,
00:39:59every day,
00:40:00Sunday too,
00:40:00did he wake you up at night?
00:40:02To drag these lines
00:40:04out of you,
00:40:04he...
00:40:05I protest against
00:40:06this continuous attack
00:40:07on an official
00:40:08carrying out his duty.
00:40:09Aaron,
00:40:09Araday,
00:40:10please.
00:40:12Has the counsel
00:40:13for the defense
00:40:13any proof
00:40:14that these confessions
00:40:15were obtained
00:40:16from the witnesses
00:40:16by force?
00:40:18Unfortunately,
00:40:18no, Your Honor.
00:40:19Until this woman
00:40:20can be produced
00:40:21here in court,
00:40:22I demand in the interest
00:40:23of justice
00:40:24that this case
00:40:25be adjourned.
00:40:25I cannot favor
00:40:27any further loss
00:40:28of time
00:40:28in this trial.
00:40:30Will the investigator
00:40:31use every means
00:40:33in his power
00:40:33to bring this woman
00:40:34into court?
00:40:35Certainly, Your Honor.
00:40:37The court
00:40:37will proceed
00:40:38with the evidence.
00:40:39Any further questions?
00:40:41No questions.
00:40:45No questions.
00:40:47Take them away.
00:40:53I would like to enter
00:40:54a strong complaint
00:40:55for the record.
00:40:55We of the defense
00:40:56have been unable
00:40:57to contact
00:40:57either the defendants
00:40:58or the witnesses
00:40:59during this recess.
00:41:00We haven't even been able
00:41:01to reach young Samuel
00:41:02Schwartz,
00:41:03who's been placed
00:41:03in the care of the state.
00:41:05Is it the practice
00:41:06of the prosecution
00:41:06to hold witnesses
00:41:07in communicado?
00:41:08Very well,
00:41:09Mr. Nemesh.
00:41:11Young Samuel Schwartz
00:41:12is here now
00:41:12in my office.
00:41:14You wish to call him?
00:41:15I most certainly do,
00:41:16with the permission
00:41:17of the court.
00:41:18Please call Samuel Schwartz.
00:41:20Mr. Bell.
00:41:22Could you explain
00:41:23why you kept
00:41:23this boy isolated?
00:41:25We had good reason
00:41:26to keep him
00:41:26in the care of the state.
00:41:27You see,
00:41:28no one never knows
00:41:29what might happen
00:41:30to this boy.
00:41:30He could have been
00:41:31intimidated.
00:41:43Look at my boy.
00:41:49Your Honor,
00:41:51Samuel Schwartz
00:41:52is here in the capacitaples
00:41:53for witness
00:41:54for the state.
00:41:55The court must warn
00:41:56Samuel that the law
00:41:57cannot force him
00:41:58to testify
00:41:58against his father.
00:42:00Oh, there's no need
00:42:00for that, Your Honor.
00:42:01You have before
00:42:02you his sworn statement
00:42:03which the prosecution
00:42:05would like to have read.
00:42:06Mr. Investigator,
00:42:07will you read
00:42:08this statement, please?
00:42:13This is the sworn statement
00:42:14of Samuel Schwartz
00:42:15as given to me,
00:42:16and I quote,
00:42:17On the evening
00:42:18of August 3rd,
00:42:19just before 8 o'clock,
00:42:20I saw Anna Tomasi
00:42:22enter my father's barn.
00:42:24Our landlord,
00:42:25Mr. Horny,
00:42:26and my father
00:42:26had heated arguments.
00:42:28My father ran after him
00:42:30with a pitchfork.
00:42:31I heard Anna's voice
00:42:32saying,
00:42:33Schwartz will kill him.
00:42:35Call the police.
00:42:36Then I heard a commotion.
00:42:37I looked through the keyhole.
00:42:39There was only one lantern
00:42:40lit inside the barn
00:42:41so I could not distinguish
00:42:42who said,
00:42:43she's a witness
00:42:44for the landlord.
00:42:45We will all be in trouble.
00:42:46I could see another one.
00:42:48Take this sickle.
00:42:49He cornered Anna
00:42:50and cut her throat
00:42:51and I saw the blood
00:42:53flow down her neck.
00:42:54She was dead.
00:42:55Son,
00:42:57did you say that?
00:43:01Samuel,
00:43:02you will repeat here now.
00:43:03Papa wasn't there
00:43:04when the girl was killed.
00:43:05That is correct.
00:43:06You testified
00:43:06that your father
00:43:07was outside chasing
00:43:08Mr. Horny
00:43:08while the others
00:43:09committed the murder.
00:43:11Your Honor,
00:43:11I will prepare a motion
00:43:12to remove Schwartz's name
00:43:14from the indictment
00:43:14for murder.
00:43:15However,
00:43:16we will detain him
00:43:17temporarily
00:43:17for complicity
00:43:18in the crime.
00:43:19The court's permission,
00:43:20I'd like to question
00:43:20the witness.
00:43:21Granted.
00:43:27Samuel,
00:43:30we just heard
00:43:30your sworn statement.
00:43:32First,
00:43:32let me say
00:43:33you look quite different now.
00:43:34You're not the same boy
00:43:35who was here before.
00:43:36You've changed.
00:43:37Tell me, Samuel,
00:43:38just what has been done
00:43:39to you?
00:43:39How did this all come about?
00:43:41I object.
00:43:42You object
00:43:42to my questioning
00:43:43the witness?
00:43:44Now, Samuel,
00:43:45isn't it true
00:43:45that you were a guest
00:43:47at the Baron's castle?
00:43:49You and Miss Darash
00:43:51were escorted there
00:43:52by Mr. Ballard?
00:43:53Nothing wrong
00:43:54with being nice
00:43:55to a poor boy.
00:43:56Did you left there?
00:43:59Was in these fine
00:44:00new clothes
00:44:00you're wearing now?
00:44:02I didn't get them there.
00:44:04The tailor came to me.
00:44:06And the barber, too.
00:44:09And weren't you taken
00:44:09for a jaunt to Budapest
00:44:10in the Baron's carriage?
00:44:12Didn't a young lady
00:44:13accompany you,
00:44:14Miss Margaret Darash?
00:44:16The defense seems
00:44:17to have a great deal
00:44:18of information,
00:44:19although it claims
00:44:20to have been denied
00:44:20access to this young man.
00:44:22This is one time
00:44:22the defense has taken
00:44:23the liberty of putting
00:44:24two and two together.
00:44:25And as for this record,
00:44:28there it is, gentlemen,
00:44:29just a blank piece of paper.
00:44:31You thought it was clever
00:44:32by such a compromise
00:44:33to say the father
00:44:35was out chasing
00:44:36the landlord
00:44:36at the actual time
00:44:37the killing took place.
00:44:39That gentleman
00:44:40is a dead giveaway,
00:44:41a bad piece of construction.
00:44:43Your assumptions
00:44:44are insulting
00:44:45and unfounded,
00:44:46Mr. Nemish.
00:44:46They are another attack
00:44:47on the state's integrity.
00:44:49Your Honor,
00:44:50I request the court's
00:44:52permission for this father
00:44:53to speak to his own son.
00:44:55Thank you, Johanna.
00:44:57Samuel, go to your father.
00:45:03The others couldn't
00:45:04have killed, Anna.
00:45:06The only one
00:45:07who saw the girl
00:45:07was I,
00:45:08so if you say
00:45:09a murder was committed
00:45:10in our bond,
00:45:11you are only accusing
00:45:12your father.
00:45:13But, Papa,
00:45:14you didn't kill her.
00:45:15Of course I didn't.
00:45:16And neither did they.
00:45:18Look at your father.
00:45:20See,
00:45:21I haven't told the truth.
00:45:28Go.
00:45:34He couldn't have changed
00:45:35that way by himself.
00:45:37You have done this to him.
00:45:40You have made him
00:45:41a rotten traitor,
00:45:44a dreadful sinner.
00:45:46What are you?
00:45:47Keep your shoes.
00:45:48Keep your shoes.
00:45:52This man is insane.
00:46:01Oh, Constable,
00:46:02will you take this boy
00:46:03back to my office, please?
00:46:09Your Honor,
00:46:11we of the defense
00:46:12could not have anticipated
00:46:13the unprincipled tactics
00:46:15of the prosecution.
00:46:16Consequently,
00:46:17we've been forced
00:46:18to improvise our defense
00:46:19from moment to moment.
00:46:20This case has become
00:46:21both tragic and ridiculous.
00:46:24And Emily's hope
00:46:24of helping the accused
00:46:25was to discredit
00:46:27the testimony
00:46:28of every witness
00:46:29called by Ballard.
00:46:31Professor Barr
00:46:32from the University
00:46:33of Budapest
00:46:34readily agreed
00:46:35to testify.
00:46:37Here, gentlemen,
00:46:38is the river Tanova.
00:46:40You will observe
00:46:41the winding course
00:46:42of the river
00:46:43down to the old village
00:46:45of Otanova.
00:46:46Here is the town
00:46:48of Tanova.
00:46:50Considering the current,
00:46:52the time of the year,
00:46:54the whirlpools,
00:46:55and other handicaps,
00:46:57I would estimate
00:46:58that the corpse
00:46:59needed four to six weeks
00:47:01to cover this stretch.
00:47:03It is not easy
00:47:05to estimate with accuracy
00:47:07how long
00:47:08a corpse
00:47:09has been lying
00:47:10in the water.
00:47:11However,
00:47:12I can assert
00:47:13with authority
00:47:14that it could not
00:47:15have been less than four weeks
00:47:16nor more than six weeks.
00:47:18Dr. Darroch
00:47:19estimates the body
00:47:20was in the water
00:47:21six or seven months,
00:47:22while Dr. Samosh
00:47:23asserts it was only
00:47:24three or four months.
00:47:26Dr. Samosh
00:47:27attended my lectures
00:47:28for years,
00:47:29but I cannot guarantee
00:47:31that he absorbed them.
00:47:32As for Dr. Darroch,
00:47:35he is unknown to me.
00:47:37Do you gentlemen
00:47:37agree with the professor?
00:47:40No, I do not.
00:47:42No.
00:47:42The discrepancy
00:47:44is rather large.
00:47:45Then in your opinion,
00:47:46professor,
00:47:46these two experts
00:47:47are both mistaken.
00:47:49There is no doubt.
00:47:52You may laugh, gentlemen,
00:47:54but that does not conceal
00:47:56your professional blunders.
00:47:58I am no longer
00:47:59your pupil, professor.
00:48:00And I am free
00:48:02to laugh at
00:48:03obsolete analyses.
00:48:04Professor Boer,
00:48:06did you estimate
00:48:06the approximate age
00:48:07of the corpse?
00:48:08Around 15.
00:48:09That's ridiculous.
00:48:10This was a fully
00:48:12matured woman.
00:48:13I have known girls
00:48:14to be fully matured
00:48:15at the age of 12.
00:48:17Water does many things,
00:48:18but it does not
00:48:20change people's ages.
00:48:22It will make any skin
00:48:23soft and smooth.
00:48:25Even the calloused feet
00:48:27of a girl
00:48:28who went barefoot
00:48:29all her life.
00:48:30Then there's no proof
00:48:31as to what class
00:48:31this girl belonged to.
00:48:33Professor Boer,
00:48:35you studied the sworn
00:48:36statements of the two
00:48:37ratsmen.
00:48:38What is your opinion
00:48:39of their testimony?
00:48:40It is improbable
00:48:41that they could have
00:48:42transported the body
00:48:44as they say
00:48:44without attracting
00:48:46the attention
00:48:46of the ratsmen.
00:48:48A body in such a state
00:48:49of decomposition
00:48:50would have slowly
00:48:51spread a very strong
00:48:53burden.
00:48:54Professor Boer,
00:48:56you are employed
00:48:57at the University
00:48:58of Budapest?
00:48:59I am.
00:49:00Lately,
00:49:00your appearances
00:49:01in court have been
00:49:02largely on behalf
00:49:03of an insurance company,
00:49:05the Hungarian...
00:49:06Insurance companies
00:49:08frequently need
00:49:09expert medical analyses.
00:49:11I wish to point out
00:49:12to the court
00:49:13that the president
00:49:13of the Hungarian alliance
00:49:15has been very much
00:49:16interested in this case.
00:49:17Is it not too obvious
00:49:19that...
00:49:19That has nothing to do
00:49:20with my opinion
00:49:21as an expert?
00:49:22Oh, no.
00:49:22Of course not,
00:49:23Professor.
00:49:24Nothing whatsoever.
00:49:25Your honor,
00:49:25this is shameful
00:49:26if one of our country's
00:49:27foremost scientists
00:49:28subjected to this slander...
00:49:30Do not disturb yourself,
00:49:33Mr. Namish.
00:49:33These gentlemen
00:49:34are not in a position
00:49:35to change my views
00:49:36or to affect
00:49:38my personal integrity.
00:49:40Have the medical experts
00:49:42any further statements
00:49:43they would care to make?
00:49:44None.
00:49:45None.
00:49:47In view of the circumstances,
00:49:49none.
00:49:50Thank you, Professor Lowe.
00:49:53And I'm very sorry.
00:49:55Your honors,
00:49:56these contradictions
00:49:56mean nothing.
00:49:58According to two eyewitnesses,
00:49:59Samuel Schwartz
00:50:00and Molnar,
00:50:02Anna Tomasi was killed
00:50:03with a sickle.
00:50:04Her throat was cut.
00:50:05Prosecutor!
00:50:06That's exactly
00:50:07what we intended
00:50:07to prove.
00:50:08Therefore, I demand
00:50:09the state
00:50:09produce this woman
00:50:10in brown.
00:50:11Unfortunately,
00:50:11we have been unable
00:50:12to find the woman
00:50:13in brown.
00:50:14Either this witness
00:50:14is in hiding
00:50:15or has mysteriously vanished.
00:50:17None of the mysterious
00:50:18woman were produced.
00:50:19She would only serve
00:50:20to reinforce the case
00:50:21for us,
00:50:22the prosecution.
00:50:23So why delay any longer?
00:50:25Your Honor,
00:50:26this is the state
00:50:26has failed to produce
00:50:27this witness.
00:50:28I promise to bring her here.
00:50:35The defense has promised
00:50:36to produce a witness
00:50:37who could not be found
00:50:38by the state.
00:50:39This is another forgery
00:50:41in the network of lies
00:50:42which has been exhibited.
00:50:44A most ingenious house
00:50:45of cards
00:50:46topped by that decked out
00:50:48in Anna's clothes.
00:50:50There's a so-called
00:50:51medical expert
00:50:52coming down
00:50:52from the capital city
00:50:54trying to throw
00:50:55the dust of his
00:50:56pretended learning
00:50:57in your eyes.
00:50:58While on the other hand,
00:51:00the state has offered
00:51:01many witnesses
00:51:02to testify
00:51:03in an unpretentious way
00:51:04as simple,
00:51:06well-meaning people do.
00:51:07Mr. Prosecutor,
00:51:08I must interrupt
00:51:08and I request
00:51:09the court's attention.
00:51:10We have here
00:51:11a new witness
00:51:11who awaits
00:51:12its immediate examination.
00:51:13You are too late,
00:51:14Mr. Nimish.
00:51:15This case is not closed,
00:51:17Mr. Prosecutor.
00:51:18Your Honor,
00:51:19it's important
00:51:19this woman be heard
00:51:20at once.
00:51:20I insist that...
00:51:22You insist?
00:51:24I shall be forced
00:51:25to resign, Your Honor,
00:51:26together with my colleague
00:51:27with the defense
00:51:27at this last hour
00:51:29if our motion
00:51:30is rejected.
00:51:32Let them resign.
00:51:33The court does not
00:51:34wish to deprive
00:51:35the defendants
00:51:36of the benefit
00:51:37of counsel.
00:51:39Bring the witness
00:51:40in, Mr. Fisher.
00:51:48Your name?
00:51:50Irene Pater.
00:51:51Where are you from?
00:51:52Budapest.
00:51:53What connection
00:51:54has this woman
00:51:54with the case?
00:51:55If I'm given a chance,
00:51:56I'd bring out my point.
00:51:58I understand
00:51:59from the investigator
00:52:00that this woman
00:52:00has been jailed
00:52:01for drunkenness
00:52:02and disorderly conduct
00:52:03in the last ten days.
00:52:05But State Attorney Miller
00:52:06has just said
00:52:06that you were jailed
00:52:08on various counts.
00:52:09Is that true?
00:52:11Yes.
00:52:11And where were you
00:52:12in prison?
00:52:13Right here.
00:52:14Women's section,
00:52:15second floor,
00:52:16cell number three.
00:52:17What did you learn
00:52:18in prison
00:52:18that might concern
00:52:19this case?
00:52:20There was a woman
00:52:21in the cell next to mine
00:52:22who was being given
00:52:23sedatives to keep her quiet.
00:52:25Her name is
00:52:26Mrs. Ethel Mihaly
00:52:27from a village nearby.
00:52:28How do you associate
00:52:29that person with the case?
00:52:30She kept repeating
00:52:31that she wanted
00:52:32to come to court
00:52:32to testify.
00:52:33Your Honor,
00:52:34this witness
00:52:34knows what she's saying.
00:52:36No decent person
00:52:37could possibly believe
00:52:38a woman of this sort.
00:52:39Mr. Ballacute said too much.
00:52:41I demand an immediate apology.
00:52:42My dear colleague,
00:52:44these gentlemen
00:52:45cannot possibly know
00:52:46that this lady
00:52:47happens to be your wife.
00:52:49Mr. Nemesh,
00:52:50I demand an explanation.
00:52:52Your Honor,
00:52:53the wife of my associate
00:52:54submitted to this experiment
00:52:55pretending to be
00:52:56drunken disorderly.
00:52:58You see,
00:52:59we simply had to get
00:52:59someone inside that prison
00:53:00to find out
00:53:01what was being kept
00:53:01so secret.
00:53:02Your Honor,
00:53:03I demand that
00:53:03Mrs. Ethel Mihaly
00:53:04be produced here
00:53:05at once to testify.
00:53:06This woman wants
00:53:06to be heard
00:53:07and should be heard.
00:53:10Will the court
00:53:11please sign this order
00:53:12to produce this witness
00:53:13now?
00:53:14This is all
00:53:14a pack of lies!
00:53:17Madam Fisher,
00:53:18I thank you.
00:53:20I would like to have
00:53:20the state witness,
00:53:21young Samuel Schwartz,
00:53:23recalled.
00:53:24Constable,
00:53:25call in.
00:53:27Samuel Schwartz.
00:53:41On December 5th,
00:53:42you described in detail
00:53:43the actual murder
00:53:44of Anna Tamashie.
00:53:45I want to ask you
00:53:46just one question.
00:53:47And I don't want anyone
00:53:48to answer it for you.
00:53:50Just how did you see
00:53:51the actual killing
00:53:52of Anna?
00:53:54I...
00:53:54I saw it through
00:53:55the keyhole.
00:53:56Thank you, Samuel.
00:53:57That will be all.
00:53:57You may go now.
00:54:02Your Honor,
00:54:04you've heard the witness
00:54:04repeat that he witnessed
00:54:05the crime through
00:54:06a keyhole in the barn door.
00:54:08Gentlemen,
00:54:09there's only one door
00:54:09in that barn
00:54:10and there's nothing
00:54:10in that door
00:54:11that faintly resembles
00:54:12a keyhole.
00:54:14That's a lie!
00:54:15Mr. Schwartz,
00:54:17you've stated
00:54:18you built that barn
00:54:18yourself.
00:54:20Was there a keyhole
00:54:21in that door?
00:54:23No.
00:54:24There was no keyhole.
00:54:26Your Honor,
00:54:27we now have proof
00:54:28that young Samuel Schwartz
00:54:30has been lying.
00:54:35Come here,
00:54:36Mrs. Meeley.
00:54:37Step right up.
00:54:39Gentlemen,
00:54:40please note
00:54:40the brown dress.
00:54:42Mrs. Meeley,
00:54:43where are you from?
00:54:44Oh, Tanavar.
00:54:45And when were you arrested?
00:54:46On December 8th.
00:54:48What has this
00:54:49to do with the case?
00:54:50Please don't be
00:54:51cross with me, mister.
00:54:52They all shouted me.
00:54:56But it was Dr. Barroza
00:54:57who first told me
00:54:59the story.
00:55:00What story?
00:55:00They were looking
00:55:01for a woman
00:55:02in this dress
00:55:03from Otanavar.
00:55:04A woman who had
00:55:05given a package
00:55:06to two ratsmen.
00:55:08The doctor told me
00:55:09to keep my brown dress
00:55:10on and to report
00:55:12to the investigator.
00:55:14When I came,
00:55:15he told me
00:55:15I had no business
00:55:16coming to him
00:55:17without a summons
00:55:18and that man
00:55:19arrested me.
00:55:20That's a lie!
00:55:21Mrs. Meeley,
00:55:22did you know
00:55:23the two ratsmen,
00:55:24Herman and Martin?
00:55:25Yes.
00:55:26And did you give them
00:55:27a hundred gulden?
00:55:29When did I ever
00:55:30have a hundred gulden?
00:55:32Did you give
00:55:32these two men
00:55:33a package
00:55:33containing a woman's clothes?
00:55:35A woman's clothes?
00:55:36Oh, no!
00:55:37They give me
00:55:38their clothes
00:55:39to men for a few coppers
00:55:40every time
00:55:41they go up the river.
00:55:42Then I meet them
00:55:43on the shore
00:55:44on their way back.
00:55:46Exactly what did
00:55:46you give them
00:55:47last time?
00:55:48A jacket
00:55:50and two shirts.
00:55:51Then it's not true
00:55:52you gave them
00:55:52a package
00:55:53containing anything
00:55:54belonging to the
00:55:54missing anatomachie.
00:55:55No!
00:55:57Gentlemen,
00:55:57the woman in brown
00:55:58has just testified
00:55:59that she did not
00:56:00give any of Anna's
00:56:01clothes to the
00:56:02two ratsmen.
00:56:03Thank you,
00:56:03Mrs. Meeley.
00:56:04You are no longer
00:56:05in custody.
00:56:06You are free to go
00:56:07any time you choose.
00:56:08Constable.
00:56:13I shall forgo
00:56:14the pleasure
00:56:14of discrediting
00:56:15your two ratsmen
00:56:17and bringing to light
00:56:18the methods used
00:56:19by the state
00:56:19to procure
00:56:20all their testimonies.
00:56:21Let me recall
00:56:22the absurd testimony
00:56:23of the grieving mother
00:56:24who dreamed
00:56:25she saw her daughter
00:56:27slaughtered
00:56:27by these defendants.
00:56:29That dream,
00:56:30gentlemen,
00:56:31we've discovered
00:56:31was inspired
00:56:32by a gypsy woman
00:56:33to read the cards
00:56:34for this poor woman
00:56:35and make her believe
00:56:37the preposterous story
00:56:38which ignited
00:56:38the entire case
00:56:39against these defendants.
00:56:40And when she testified
00:56:41against you,
00:56:42you took this simple,
00:56:44gullible woman,
00:56:45declared her to be
00:56:45incompetent, insane.
00:56:47My mother isn't crazy.
00:56:49She'll die.
00:56:51It will be my fault, too.
00:56:53Why?
00:56:54Why will it be your fault?
00:56:56I could have saved Anna.
00:56:58I saw her a second time
00:57:00that night.
00:57:01I met her
00:57:01in front of the inn.
00:57:03She came running
00:57:04along the street.
00:57:05She was crying
00:57:06and sobbing.
00:57:08Why was she crying?
00:57:09Why?
00:57:09She did not get the money
00:57:11for the new dress
00:57:11from Mrs. Horny
00:57:13because she got
00:57:14the wrong paint
00:57:15and Mrs. Horny
00:57:16beat her.
00:57:17Do you remember
00:57:18what time it was?
00:57:20Yes.
00:57:21It was the time
00:57:22we planned to meet.
00:57:24Eight o'clock.
00:57:26Eight o'clock.
00:57:29Yes.
00:57:30In the testimony
00:57:31of young Samuel Schwartz,
00:57:33he stated he saw
00:57:35Anna Tamashie murdered
00:57:36in his father's barn
00:57:37at exactly eight o'clock.
00:57:40State she saw
00:57:41her sister alive
00:57:42and well
00:57:43and in the village
00:57:44at precisely
00:57:44that same hour.
00:57:45nobody killed her.
00:57:48Anna ran for the river
00:57:50and I saw her
00:57:51jump over the bridge.
00:57:53Why didn't you
00:57:54call for help?
00:57:54I was always
00:57:55jealous of her.
00:57:57She had that
00:57:58appointment for Sunday.
00:58:00What appointment?
00:58:01I can't tell
00:58:02but she wanted
00:58:03that dress
00:58:04to look more beautiful.
00:58:06You must tell us,
00:58:07my dear.
00:58:07You must.
00:58:08I can't.
00:58:09I can't.
00:58:11Did someone warn you
00:58:13not to tell us?
00:58:14Who warned you
00:58:15not to tell us?
00:58:17It was the investigator.
00:58:19That's not true!
00:58:21Yes, it is.
00:58:22You told me not to say
00:58:23it was His Excellency
00:58:24the Baron.
00:58:25He was going there
00:58:26to take piano lessons.
00:58:28Baron Arity.
00:58:30This trial
00:58:31has become an outrage.
00:58:33Your title
00:58:34does not permit you to...
00:58:35I'll have you
00:58:35off this bench
00:58:36before you know it.
00:58:43You two gentlemen
00:58:45stay here.
00:58:48Thank you, my dear.
00:58:51You may go.
00:58:53Mr. Nemish,
00:58:55do you wish
00:58:56to sum up
00:58:57for the defense?
00:58:58Yes, thank you.
00:59:02There are people
00:59:03living among us today
00:59:04who seem to belong
00:59:05in the dark ages.
00:59:07Men whose ambition
00:59:08to rise in the world
00:59:09is so great
00:59:10they'll shirk at nothing.
00:59:12They'll forge testimonies,
00:59:14torture witnesses
00:59:14to perjury.
00:59:16They'll connive,
00:59:17lie,
00:59:19practice deceit
00:59:19even in its foulest form.
00:59:21Here the greatest
00:59:22sin of all
00:59:23was committed.
00:59:24Thank you,
00:59:25the Fourteen,
00:59:26who falsely accused
00:59:27his own people
00:59:28of a gruesome murder
00:59:29and gave it
00:59:30every appearance
00:59:30of truth.
00:59:31A bewildered child
00:59:33betrayed
00:59:33into thinking
00:59:34he was saving
00:59:35his father.
00:59:37This trial began
00:59:38against five
00:59:39innocent men.
00:59:41It should end
00:59:42with the arrest
00:59:42of those who
00:59:43hatched this fight.
00:59:44I shall not ask
00:59:45the court
00:59:46for the acquittal
00:59:47of these defendants,
00:59:48for to do so
00:59:48would be to insult
00:59:49your honors.
00:59:50But gentlemen,
00:59:51this much I must say.
00:59:53Nothing you can do
00:59:54for them now
00:59:55would compensate
00:59:56or console them
00:59:57for the miseries
00:59:57and horrors
00:59:58they've been subjected
00:59:59to.
01:00:00That is all.
01:00:11In the name
01:00:12of his apostolic majesty,
01:00:13the King of Hungary,
01:00:14this court pronounces
01:00:15the five defendants
01:00:17acquitted of all charges
01:00:18and the case against
01:00:19them dismissed.
01:00:21They're free to leave
01:00:22at any time.
01:00:24Court adjourned.
01:00:40The Barron's scheme
01:00:41was exposed,
01:00:42but just as he was
01:00:43about to be tried
01:00:44by the superior
01:00:45Hungarian court,
01:00:46he was found dead
01:00:47as the result
01:00:48of a stroke.
01:00:50I came to America
01:00:52and Nemesh went on
01:00:53to become the greatest
01:00:54attorney of his day.
01:00:56Strange.
01:00:57Very strange.
01:00:59It is that.
01:01:00But what became
01:01:01of the boy?
01:01:05Was that boy
01:01:06George?
01:01:08Yes.
01:01:08His real name
01:01:09was Samuel Schwartz.
01:01:11He repented
01:01:12for his lie
01:01:13so deeply.
01:01:14that he never
01:01:15spoke a word
01:01:16since the last
01:01:17day of that trial.
01:01:18Until this
01:01:19his dying day.
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