When an opera house becomes the scene of a series of grisly murders, the only clue appears to be an animal footprint.
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00:01:46Hey, you!
00:01:47Wait a minute!
00:01:58What were you doing in there at this time of night?
00:02:00Well, I, uh, you see, uh, my Aunt Katie's buried in there, and I was just...
00:02:06You just what?
00:02:07Well, I was just in there.
00:02:09Yeah, I know that, but what were you doing in there?
00:02:12It's a long story, Sergeant.
00:02:14All right, then start telling it.
00:02:16And never mind promoting me.
00:02:17It all started about promoting you.
00:02:20What do you mean, promoting you?
00:02:21Well, not a Sergeant.
00:02:22No?
00:02:24No, I haven't been on the force long enough.
00:02:26Well, how long have you been on?
00:02:27Well, let me see now.
00:02:28It'll be four years in September, I think.
00:02:31Or is it October?
00:02:33I'm not sure.
00:02:35Hey, what's that got to do with it?
00:02:36Uh, with what?
00:02:37With you being in there.
00:02:39Oh, I'm nothing.
00:02:39Why?
00:02:40Come on, now, let's start all over again.
00:02:44What were you doing in there at this time of night?
00:02:48I was merely following instructions.
00:02:51Instructions?
00:02:52Yes, I just left $1,000 on Aunt Katie's grave.
00:02:56$1,000?
00:02:57Yes.
00:02:58What for?
00:02:59Because that's what he told me to do.
00:03:01What?
00:03:02Who told you to do?
00:03:03The man that wrote the letter.
00:03:05What letter?
00:03:06The letter demanding $1,000.
00:03:08Hey, look, mister, one of us is just a little crazy.
00:03:10I know I was all right when I left the station.
00:03:12You don't believe me?
00:03:13That's putting it a bit mildly.
00:03:16Well, all right.
00:03:17Go on in and see for yourself.
00:03:18I've got to get home.
00:03:19Wait a minute, just a minute.
00:03:22Hey, Lou, come here.
00:03:28There it is, right there.
00:03:33That's some of your work?
00:03:34What?
00:03:34That portrait.
00:03:44Yes, but it doesn't do her justice.
00:03:46Really, it doesn't.
00:03:47Why, she was the best cook in the world.
00:03:49You should have tasted her pancakes.
00:03:51They just melt in your mouth.
00:03:52And her pineapple upside down cake.
00:03:55All right, all right.
00:03:55Let's get back to the $1,000.
00:03:57Hmm?
00:03:58Oh.
00:03:58Oh, uh, there's the wallet.
00:04:06Just before I climbed over the wall, I looked back and I saw a figure glide out of the shadows
00:04:11over there.
00:04:11Pick up the wallet, take out the money, drop the wallet, and disappear in that direction.
00:04:17See if you can find any footprints over there, Lou.
00:04:23Oh, here are some.
00:04:29What's your foot in that?
00:04:35I guess they're mine.
00:04:37Yeah, funny, ain't it?
00:04:39There's not a sign over on this side.
00:04:41Oh, that doesn't surprise me.
00:04:43No?
00:04:44No, you see, he didn't walk.
00:04:46He just seemed to glide.
00:04:48Oh, he did, huh?
00:04:50Oh, yes.
00:04:51Well, suppose you and me and Lou just glide down to headquarters.
00:04:54Headquarters?
00:04:55Yeah.
00:04:55Well, I haven't any business at headquarters.
00:04:57Yeah, well, you didn't have any business in here either.
00:04:59Now, now, wait a minute.
00:05:00Leave, officer.
00:05:02Joe Morgan, alias Joe the Lug.
00:05:04Alias Dippy Joe.
00:05:05Alias Chain Store Morgan.
00:05:06Four arrests, four convictions.
00:05:08Suspicion of robbery of Acme Drugstore Yonkers September the 5th.
00:05:11I was in St. Louis.
00:05:12Suspicion of robbery of Acme Drugstore Yonkers Brooklyn September the 12th.
00:05:16I was in St. Louis.
00:05:18Suspicion of robbery of Acme Drugstore Yonkers September the 19th.
00:05:21I was in St. Louis.
00:05:23Suspicion of robbery of Acme Drugstore Yonkers St. Louis.
00:05:26Huh?
00:05:27September the 26th.
00:05:28I was in Chicago.
00:05:30Step down.
00:05:35All right, next.
00:05:43Stand there.
00:05:45They got their hat.
00:05:50Everett P. Digberry.
00:05:51No previous record.
00:05:52Suspicion of robbery.
00:05:54Suspicion of robbery?
00:05:55Well, I'm the one that was robbed.
00:05:57Quiet.
00:05:58I will not be quiet.
00:06:00I'm a respectable citizen.
00:06:02I pay my taxes.
00:06:03I've got two nephews in the Navy.
00:06:05And I'm buying a government bond every month.
00:06:07And these lights are blinding.
00:06:11And it's not a bit funny.
00:06:13Quiet, I said.
00:06:14And I said I won't be quiet.
00:06:16Okay, Flanagan.
00:06:17Hold it.
00:06:18What's all this about?
00:06:20At 1 o'clock this morning, he was picked up sneaking out of St. Marcus Cemetery.
00:06:24What were you doing there?
00:06:25What were you doing there?
00:06:26What were you doing there?
00:06:27That's all I've heard since 1 o'clock this morning.
00:06:30And I'm getting sick and tired of answering.
00:06:32And besides, who are you and what business is it of yours?
00:06:35Then, answer the question.
00:06:37I will not.
00:06:39Answer the question.
00:06:40No.
00:06:41Not until you come out here where I can see you.
00:06:46What will I do with them, Cap?
00:06:47I'll let them alone.
00:06:48Wait a minute.
00:06:53Well, that's better.
00:06:55Is it?
00:06:56Yes.
00:06:56Now, if you'd just take these lights out of my eyes, everything would be fine.
00:07:00You wouldn't care for a cup of tea or something, would you?
00:07:02Oh, no, thank you.
00:07:03I only drink tea at night.
00:07:04I wouldn't drink it then.
00:07:05Only coffee keeps me awake.
00:07:07What kept you awake until 1 o'clock this morning?
00:07:10I had to put the money on Aunt Katie's grave as the letter said.
00:07:14As what letter said?
00:07:15The Black Panther's letter.
00:07:16The Black Panther?
00:07:17Well, yes.
00:07:19Did you get one of those letters, too?
00:07:21Two?
00:07:21What do you mean, two?
00:07:22Did you get one?
00:07:29Give me the commissioner.
00:07:30The fact that none of you has received any further threats seems to indicate that this is just another one
00:07:35of those unfunny jokes by some nitwit.
00:07:37I don't think you need worry.
00:07:39However, if you should receive any further threats, I want you to communicate with this office at once.
00:07:45Is that understood?
00:07:46Excuse me, Commissioner.
00:07:47It's Captain Flynn.
00:07:48Something new in the Panther case.
00:07:50Pardon me.
00:07:51Yes, Flynn?
00:07:54When?
00:07:54When?
00:07:57All right, bring him right up.
00:08:00Our little Panther club has a new member.
00:08:05In fact, I think we should make him president.
00:08:08This already cost him money.
00:08:12This puts a new slant on the case, which is very interesting.
00:08:17Might be something to it after all.
00:08:22Come on.
00:08:23Commissioner's busy, Mike.
00:08:25It's all right.
00:08:26He's expecting us.
00:08:28Here he is, Commissioner, and you're welcome to him.
00:08:35Everett P. Digberry, hello.
00:08:40Well, this is a relief.
00:08:42I haven't seen anything but blue uniform since one o'clock this morning.
00:08:45Why, Everett, you did not tell me you were mixed up in this.
00:08:48Well, no, I didn't tell anybody.
00:08:50That is not till this morning.
00:08:51Since then, that's all I've been doing, telling it to the cops.
00:08:54Now, I suppose I'll have to tell it all over again to the Commissioner.
00:08:58My name is Everett P. Digberry.
00:09:00I'm a wig maker.
00:09:00I got a letter from the Panther demanding a thousand dollars.
00:09:03I paid it, got arrested, and here I am.
00:09:05And I want to go home.
00:09:07I'm Commissioner Colt.
00:09:08How do you do?
00:09:10I...
00:09:10What?
00:09:11I said I'm Commissioner Colt.
00:09:14Oh.
00:09:15My name is Everett P. Digberry.
00:09:17I'm a wig maker.
00:09:18I got a letter...
00:09:19Yes, yes, I know.
00:09:20Where is the letter?
00:09:21I haven't it with me.
00:09:22It's at my apartment.
00:09:25Is it anything like this?
00:09:26Mm-hmm.
00:09:41Why, yes, just exactly.
00:09:44Even to the Panther's claw.
00:09:45Only on mine, it was in the other corner.
00:09:48When did you get it?
00:09:49About two weeks ago.
00:09:50Why didn't you notify the police?
00:09:52Because it's setting off to.
00:09:54You see right there.
00:09:57And then it said to wait for further instruction.
00:09:59Did you receive them?
00:10:00Why, yes, three days ago.
00:10:02My phone rang at four o'clock in the morning.
00:10:05I'm Commissioner Colt.
00:10:06Do you mind?
00:10:06Oh.
00:10:08My phone rang at four o'clock in the morning.
00:10:10Won't we out of a sound sleep?
00:10:12And a very gruff voice.
00:10:13Way down here.
00:10:15Told me to get a thousand dollars in small bills
00:10:17and go to the cemetery Sunday.
00:10:19I have three aunts buried there.
00:10:20Aunt Lizzie, Aunt Gussie, Aunt Katie.
00:10:22And I was to put the money on the middle grade.
00:10:24That was Aunt Katie's.
00:10:26Why did you do all that without consulting the police?
00:10:28Well, Commissioner, I have a wife and five daughters.
00:10:31Luckily, they're up in Maine visiting my wife's brother, Charlie.
00:10:35Otherwise, I'd have six nervous breakdowns on my hands.
00:10:38So I thought the simplest thing to do was to pay it
00:10:40and get it over with before they got back.
00:10:43You see, I'm expecting them the end of the week.
00:10:45Can you afford to throw away that much money?
00:10:47Well, no.
00:10:48Oh, but I'd sooner do it than have six hysterical women on my hands.
00:10:51Have you ever tried handling six hysterical women
00:10:54with one of them weighing 180 pounds?
00:10:56Well, frankly, no.
00:10:58Well, I did once when our little Pekingese dog was lost.
00:11:01And I don't want any more of it.
00:11:02No, not for $5,000.
00:11:04I mean, I can understand that.
00:11:07Who made the arrest?
00:11:09Murphy and Ravinsky.
00:11:10Get me a copy of their report.
00:11:11Yes, sir.
00:11:12What bank did you draw the money from?
00:11:14The Yonkers Savings Bank.
00:11:15I live up there.
00:11:16Only my house is closed right now while the family's away.
00:11:19I'm staying at a little apartment on 64th Street.
00:11:22Bring in your bank book.
00:11:23Yes, sir.
00:11:24Uh, can I go home now?
00:11:25Oh, not yet.
00:11:26Do you mind?
00:11:28I understand that several of you are personally acquainted with Mr. Diggory.
00:11:32Oh, yes.
00:11:32I've known Eric for several years.
00:11:34He makes all my stage weeks.
00:11:36He also makes several things for me.
00:11:38Beards and mustaches and so forth.
00:11:40Yes, as Madame Pulitzer's manager, I naturally have had dealings with him.
00:11:44Then all six of you who have received these letters are connected in one way or another with the opera
00:11:49company.
00:11:49Is that right?
00:11:50Yes, I understand.
00:11:51And it's a natural deduction that the writer of the letter is also connected with the opera company,
00:11:55or at least familiar with it.
00:11:58Now, is there someone who might have a grudge against any or all of you?
00:12:02No.
00:12:04I can't think of anyone.
00:12:06I don't think I have any enemies.
00:12:09Hey, how about that crazy baritone that give you so much trouble that you have to fire?
00:12:14Oh, you mean Lombardi?
00:12:15Yes, that's him.
00:12:16Yes, he's crazy enough all right to do a thing like this.
00:12:19Now that you mention him, I've had a little trouble with him.
00:12:23Yes, he is a trifle over romantic.
00:12:25As a matter of fact, I had to throw him out of Madame's dressing room twice.
00:12:30He might have resented my taking his place.
00:12:33I see.
00:12:35Did you ever make any wigs for this, what's his name?
00:12:38Uh, Lombardi.
00:12:40Lombardi?
00:12:40Why, no.
00:12:42He always did business with a second-rate wig maker named Wilkins.
00:12:45And believe me, his wigs look terrible.
00:12:47But where is this Lombardi now?
00:12:50Has anyone seen him lately?
00:12:52I saw him only last week.
00:12:54He looked pretty broke.
00:12:55He had the nerve to ask me for five dollars.
00:12:59He has found my apartment several times when I was out.
00:13:02Come to think of it, he is about the same height and weight as the man who took the money
00:13:06in the cemetery.
00:13:09Have this Lombardi picked up.
00:13:10Right.
00:13:11What's his first name?
00:13:12Enrico.
00:13:12Enrico, thanks.
00:13:14I won't detain you any longer.
00:13:16Oh, uh, can all of this be kept quiet, Commissioner?
00:13:19At least my part in it.
00:13:20You know, the wife and daughters and his stents.
00:13:22I can't promise.
00:13:23It will be all right for me to leave town.
00:13:26Yes?
00:13:26You see, at the close of the opera season, I always go away.
00:13:30I had planned to sail to South America.
00:13:33Tomorrow.
00:13:34Tomorrow?
00:13:35I'll be here, Commissioner, to represent Madame if anything further develops concerning her.
00:13:39Well, in that case, it'll be all right.
00:13:41Oh, thank you, Commissioner.
00:13:43You're quite welcome, Madame.
00:13:44Good day.
00:13:45Bye.
00:13:49I want the rest of you to be available if I should need you.
00:13:52Certainly, sir.
00:13:53Gentlemen.
00:13:53We miss you.
00:13:54Good day, gentlemen.
00:13:55Bonjour, monsieur.
00:13:55Bon giorno.
00:13:56Goodbye.
00:14:01You want to speak to me about something?
00:14:03Oh, no.
00:14:06Just a minute.
00:14:08Now, am I going to have some more trouble with you?
00:14:11Let him go, Flint.
00:14:12Yes, sir.
00:14:14Goodbye.
00:14:16Goodbye, Mr. Dinko.
00:14:22Anything else, Commissioner?
00:14:24Yes, I want to see you a minute.
00:14:25All right, sir.
00:14:28Now, Tony, these letters were obviously written on the same typewriter.
00:14:32You notice how the H is out of line.
00:14:35Judging by the spacing, the writer used the hunt and pick system.
00:14:40It's a very ordinary brand of paper.
00:14:43No water marks.
00:14:44It's going to be very difficult to trace.
00:14:46From the looks of the type, I judge it was written on a portable typewriter.
00:14:49I think you're right.
00:14:51So all we have to do is to find someone who's got a portable typewriter with the H out of
00:14:54line,
00:14:55a thousand dollars in small bills in his pocket, and a pet panther with ink on its feet.
00:14:59That's about it.
00:15:00Flynn, get the boys busy on these.
00:15:03Have the paper reduced to its chemical formula and contact the manufacturers.
00:15:07Yes, sir.
00:15:14Detective Bureau.
00:15:35You know, you'd never think it to look at Big Berry, would you, Tony?
00:15:44Think what?
00:15:46That he had a hundred and eighty pound wife and five daughters.
00:15:49I just...
00:16:33Well, hello, Homer.
00:16:36Could you smell that bacon cooking all the way upstairs?
00:16:41Well, if that mistress of yours ever gets you to be feeding you, it'll be just too bad for both
00:16:46of us.
00:16:46You think to attend to before the boat leaves, but I'll be back in time to take you to the
00:16:50pier.
00:16:50Don't bother.
00:16:51Everett will be here, and I shall go with him.
00:16:53Meet you there.
00:16:53I don't know whether I'll be able to stay until the boat leaves,
00:16:56but I have an important appointment at nine.
00:16:58Well, that'll be all right, too, Edgar.
00:17:00Well, I'll see you later.
00:17:02Bye-bye.
00:17:02Bye.
00:17:06And, uh...
00:17:09There you are.
00:17:10You may send up for madame's bags in about half an hour.
00:17:13Yes, sir.
00:17:14I hope everything has been satisfactory,
00:17:15and we're looking forward to having madame with us again next season.
00:17:18I think you will.
00:17:19She's been more than satisfied with everything.
00:17:21Thank you, sir.
00:17:28Come in.
00:17:33Good evening, my little Amina.
00:17:36Good evening, Senor Lombardi.
00:17:39We do my best upon voyage of wishes.
00:17:42Oh, thank you.
00:17:44They're lovely.
00:17:46And now, what's the meaning of this?
00:18:03That's the most ridiculous thing I ever hear.
00:18:07Lombardi maybe sometimes is a good temperamental.
00:18:10He may drink a little vino.
00:18:12He may fight.
00:18:12He may kill.
00:18:13But never is he a crook.
00:18:16Well...
00:18:17And who say Lombardi do this?
00:18:20Well, uh...
00:18:21You see, uh...
00:18:23Mr. Dickberry, the man who lost the money,
00:18:25nearly said he saw someone resembling you.
00:18:28Pick it up.
00:18:29Dickberry.
00:18:30Dickberry.
00:18:30I don't know this is Dickberry.
00:18:32How can I write to him a letter?
00:18:33Well, you see, I really haven't...
00:18:35Now, why should I threaten you?
00:18:38Lombardi no threaten women he love.
00:18:41And especially you, my beautiful one.
00:18:45Always I have a love of you.
00:18:46Now, Enrico, we have been through all this before.
00:18:49Yes, I know.
00:18:49And I'm going to keep on the door with you
00:18:51until you believe me.
00:18:53Please, Enrico.
00:18:54Please.
00:18:54Please, Enrico.
00:18:56Please.
00:18:57Always.
00:18:58Please, Enrico.
00:18:59Please.
00:19:00Well, Enrico, don't please.
00:19:01You hear me?
00:19:02I love you.
00:19:03I love you.
00:19:05Come in.
00:19:06Hello, Nina.
00:19:10Oh.
00:19:12I hope I'm not intruding.
00:19:14Oh, no, not...
00:19:15Yes, you are intruding.
00:19:16And who is you?
00:19:19My name is Dickberry.
00:19:21Dickberry.
00:19:22Dickberry.
00:19:23Dickberry.
00:19:24Sure, you are the one.
00:19:27Oh, how do you do, Mr. Thief.
00:19:30How do you do?
00:19:32You're the truck of the life after you, you liar, you.
00:19:35On account of you, Lombardi and every newspaper, a crook.
00:19:38Four hours to stay in the police station,
00:19:40answer a thousand questions about something you should know nothing about.
00:19:44Let me go.
00:19:45I let you go.
00:19:46Enrico.
00:19:48Enrico.
00:19:48Oh, Enrico, let him go.
00:19:50You're jumping.
00:19:52You...
00:19:52I did you to liar a bottle of body.
00:19:56Everett.
00:19:58Everett.
00:19:58Are you hurt?
00:20:00Everett.
00:20:00Oh, that's it.
00:20:02Everett.
00:20:02Everett.
00:20:03You.
00:20:04Get out of here.
00:20:05All right, call the police.
00:20:06Now get out of here.
00:20:08You're even more beautiful than ever when you're mad.
00:20:13You.
00:20:15Don't you dare strike her.
00:20:17Oh, you.
00:20:21Hello.
00:20:22Get me the police.
00:20:23Hello.
00:20:25Hello.
00:20:45And no forget, Lombardi love you.
00:20:48And if he can't have you, nobody else will.
00:21:11Homer, I could tell you something that'll make your eyes pop out.
00:21:14You'd never guess it in your life.
00:21:17No, not in all nine of them.
00:21:21It's about her, too.
00:21:32Now what have I done?
00:21:34Commissioner, send me up for your bank book.
00:21:36Oh, is that all?
00:21:37Well, come on in.
00:21:43Oh, yes, the bank book.
00:21:46Bank book.
00:21:48Oh, let me see.
00:21:50Where did I put that?
00:21:53Where did I leave that?
00:22:00Funny, it should be right here.
00:22:13Well, I'd forget my head if it wasn't tied on to me.
00:22:17Oh, sit down, Sergeant.
00:22:18Oh, you're not a Sergeant, are you?
00:22:21I forgot.
00:22:22Well, sit down anyway.
00:22:24Okay.
00:22:48Oh, here we are.
00:22:50What do you think of that?
00:22:52It was still in my coat pocket.
00:22:53Well, thanks.
00:22:54Oh, has the commissioner any idea who the Panther is yet?
00:22:58No, I wouldn't know.
00:22:59Oh, you wouldn't, huh?
00:23:00No, he doesn't tell me everything.
00:23:02Oh, I see.
00:23:09Hey, perhaps you'd like a receipt for this.
00:23:12No, that's all right.
00:23:13Oh, I think you'd better.
00:23:15Just type it out and I'll sign it.
00:23:17Well, if you say so.
00:23:33Uh, what's the number of that book?
00:23:36One, seven, four, six, oh, nine.
00:23:40Thanks.
00:23:41One, seven, four, six, oh, nine.
00:23:46I use the hunting peg system.
00:23:50There you are.
00:23:51Is that all right?
00:23:54Yeah, I guess so.
00:24:06Oh, thanks.
00:24:10Well, that'll take care of that.
00:24:11That's fine.
00:24:16That's all on.
00:24:17Oh, goodbye.
00:24:23That's not my pen.
00:24:26Officer.
00:24:30Officer.
00:24:34Certainly is an absent-minded fellow.
00:24:40Now, wait a minute.
00:24:41Did he give me a receipt or did I give him one?
00:24:45Oh, this is very confusing.
00:24:59Homer, where are you?
00:25:02Homer, where are you?
00:25:03What have you been doing?
00:25:05My, my, what a mess.
00:25:07What a mess.
00:25:13Wait till I get hold of you.
00:25:20Wedgwood Arms.
00:25:21Mr. Bigberry.
00:25:23Just a moment, please.
00:25:29Oh, fiddledy-dee.
00:25:36Hello.
00:25:38Yes, this is Bigberry.
00:25:40Huh?
00:25:42What's it about?
00:25:44Uh-huh.
00:25:46Say, who's this talking?
00:25:49But I don't...
00:25:53But what's that got...
00:26:04I don't know anyone on 38th Street and 8th Avenue.
00:26:07I don't know anyone on 38th Street and 8th Avenue.
00:26:10See you.
00:26:11See you later.
00:26:14Come on.
00:26:17Come on.
00:26:21Sense.
00:26:29Let's see you.
00:26:31Um.
00:26:31Hmm.
00:26:34Come on.
00:26:37Have a seat.
00:26:52I thought you said he was in.
00:26:54No, sir, Captain.
00:26:56I just said he didn't go out.
00:26:58You got a key for this?
00:27:00Yes, sir.
00:27:01Open it, then.
00:27:02Yes, sir.
00:27:22Ow!
00:27:26Commissioner, that's what I mean.
00:27:29There they are.
00:27:30If I ate the panther, I'll eat my hat.
00:27:35Tony, copy one of those panther letters on that machine over there.
00:27:38Right.
00:28:00No water more.
00:28:02Same kind of paper.
00:28:04Copy it exactly, Tony.
00:28:05I want to check on that H.
00:28:06Fine.
00:28:28All right, all right.
00:28:30Hold your horses.
00:28:31I'm coming.
00:28:42That does it.
00:28:43That's just about it.
00:28:45Murphy, see if you can find the panther.
00:28:47Yes, sir.
00:28:48Here, puss, puss, puss, puss.
00:28:50Here, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss.
00:28:52Here, puss, puss, puss, puss.
00:28:55Here, puss!
00:28:56Here, puss!
00:28:59Here, puss!
00:29:01Why, Mr. Digberry, I thought you was going out.
00:29:04Yes, I am.
00:29:04I know, but there were a couple of...
00:29:05All right, I'll see you when I come back.
00:29:07I'm late.
00:29:13Teddy now.
00:29:19That's perfect.
00:29:21Thanks, pal.
00:29:26All right, Tony.
00:29:27Bring the typewriter and don't forget that ink pad.
00:29:30Well, if I had a few more hands.
00:29:32Well, I'll take the ink pad.
00:29:34That's a big help.
00:29:35All right, give me the panther.
00:29:38Murphy, you wait until Digberry comes.
00:29:40Okay, Commissioner.
00:29:41Ready, Tony?
00:29:42Right.
00:29:43Let's go.
00:29:50You know, there's some mighty curious things going on around your platoon.
00:29:55What kind of thing?
00:29:56I don't know, but I was upstairs in a...
00:30:03There was cops in his room, but he don't know it.
00:30:08Doggone a man who can't even hold a secret discussion.
00:30:11I'll be right back and tell you all about it.
00:30:28Oh, come on, Digberry.
00:30:30Come on.
00:30:37You know, they flashed the badges.
00:30:40One of them had a gold badge.
00:30:42Solid gold.
00:30:43And they made me open the door to Mr. Digberry's apartment.
00:30:48Oh, Mr. Digberry.
00:30:50Mr. Digberry, did you know this?
00:30:54Do you know he sure is acting funny tonight,
00:30:57but wait until he find them coppers up there.
00:31:01I've got to tell you, just wait here.
00:31:03I'll be back, yeah?
00:31:08Here, Tony.
00:31:10You hold this panther.
00:31:11I'm getting full of hair and ink.
00:31:13Come here, panther.
00:31:16What do you think is behind it all, Commissioner?
00:31:18Well, I'm not quite sure.
00:31:21There's no question but that Digberry wrote the letters
00:31:23and that he drew $1,000 out of the bank.
00:31:25The bank book shows that.
00:31:27How about that cemetery part?
00:31:28It's always sounded fishy to me.
00:31:30I don't believe it.
00:31:32He probably intended to shake down the others
00:31:36after he'd established himself as a victim
00:31:38to divert suspicion.
00:31:40Well, he didn't do a bad job for an amateur.
00:31:42Bad at all.
00:31:43I'll admit he fooled me.
00:31:48Good evening, Mr. Digberry.
00:32:01You know, Mr. Digberry's show has got something
00:32:03on his mind tonight.
00:32:05He ain't been doing nothing but popping in and out
00:32:07here all the evening.
00:32:08Seems every time I look up, he's either going out
00:32:11or coming in.
00:32:12He has been acting kind of strange.
00:32:14Yeah, but wait till he get upstairs, that's all.
00:32:27Oh, Pops, he's getting injured.
00:32:28Oh, Pops, he's getting injured.
00:32:42Hello.
00:32:43Oh, did you come back for your pen?
00:32:46Nope.
00:32:47For you.
00:32:48Huh?
00:32:49The commissioner wants to see you.
00:32:51Tonight?
00:32:52Right now.
00:32:53Let's go.
00:32:55All right.
00:33:00Dear, dear, what a day, what a day.
00:33:11This show is mighty funny, Mr. Stevens.
00:33:16Oh, here it come again.
00:33:29Is he arrested?
00:33:31That ain't Sandy Claus walking alongside of him.
00:33:42Using the United States Post Office for the purpose of blackmail is a federal offense, Mr. Digberry.
00:33:47But, Mr. Colt, I didn't blackmail anyone. Really, I didn't.
00:33:51You've admitted writing the letters.
00:33:52Yes.
00:33:53That's blackmail.
00:33:54But I didn't intend to ever go any further with it.
00:33:57I just wanted an alibi for something.
00:34:00Alibi?
00:34:00Yes.
00:34:01For what?
00:34:04Well, you know about my wife and five dollars.
00:34:06Yes, yes, I know all about them.
00:34:08Well, they're coming home soon.
00:34:09I know all about that, too.
00:34:11What's that got to do with it?
00:34:12I had to cover up that thousand dollars that I drew out of our joint savings account while they were
00:34:17gone.
00:34:18So...
00:34:19So you blackmailed out of it?
00:34:21Yes.
00:34:27Oh, but it's really no laughing matter.
00:34:29You don't know my wife.
00:34:30What did you do with the money?
00:34:32Oh, I loaned it to a friend.
00:34:35Who?
00:34:37I'd really rather not say.
00:34:39It doesn't matter, does it?
00:34:40No.
00:34:45I have it speaking.
00:34:47Who?
00:34:49Oh, just a minute.
00:34:50Commissioner.
00:34:52Flynn.
00:34:56Yes, Flynn.
00:34:59Where?
00:35:01West 64th Street.
00:35:02Yeah, the Woodward Arms.
00:35:04She had gray hair and was about 50 years old, I guess.
00:35:07Been dead about an hour.
00:35:08And in going through the place, what do you think they found?
00:35:11There's a picture of our friend, Digberry.
00:35:14Who?
00:35:16Digberry.
00:35:17And it was signed, affectionately yours, Everett.
00:35:27I see.
00:35:34All right, Flynn.
00:35:35I'll be right over.
00:35:46Did you know anyone intimately at the Woodward Arms department?
00:35:49Hmm?
00:35:52Why, no.
00:35:54No.
00:35:55I've just lived there since my family went away.
00:35:59I just go in and out.
00:36:02Did you ever visit any of the other apartments?
00:36:05No.
00:36:06No, no.
00:36:06I can't say that I do.
00:36:09I see.
00:36:11All right, Murphy.
00:36:12Keep Mr. Digberry a muse till I get back.
00:36:14Tony.
00:36:26What was her name?
00:36:27Mrs. Nora Pelton.
00:36:29She's only been here a short time.
00:36:31Kept her her rooms quite a lot.
00:36:34Kevin.
00:36:34Well, several nights ago, a man called on her.
00:36:36Said he was her husband.
00:36:38They had a terrific row.
00:36:40Some of the tenants complained of the noise,
00:36:41and I had to threaten to call the police.
00:36:43I see.
00:36:45Is she friendly with any of the other tenants here?
00:36:47No.
00:36:48With the exception of Mr. Digberry.
00:36:49She was very friendly with him.
00:36:52In fact, he was the one who engaged this apartment for her.
00:36:55And this is his picture.
00:36:57That's him, all right.
00:36:59Shot in the left temple.
00:37:01Close range powder burns on her head.
00:37:03Said about an hour.
00:37:05Want to have a look at her before we move her?
00:37:07Oh, yeah.
00:37:10Here's the bullet, Commissioner.
00:37:17Looks like a .32.
00:37:19Yeah.
00:37:20Where'd you find it?
00:37:21Well, here on the side.
00:37:29Probably seated in this chair.
00:37:31Fits forward on the floor where those stains are,
00:37:33and then carried to that couch.
00:37:36The murderer crept in through this door,
00:37:39hid behind this chair.
00:37:42Would have to be left-handed for that.
00:37:44Left-handed?
00:37:45Yes, try standing behind that chair where you can't be seen,
00:37:47and touch the left temple with your right hand.
00:37:53I'll buy that.
00:37:54That's pretty obvious.
00:37:56There.
00:38:25There's a difference.
00:38:25And there's a difference.
00:38:25I don't want to know about this.
00:38:29It's Nina Polica.
00:38:33That's going on me.
00:38:35Yeah, she must have been in an awful hurry
00:38:36to get back to that gin rummy game.
00:38:38I thought she went to South America.
00:38:40So did everyone else but Digberry.
00:38:46Watch stopped at 8.10.
00:38:47That establishes the time of the murder.
00:39:09Take care of that, Tony.
00:39:12All right, Corinna.
00:39:16Come on, Tony.
00:39:22Jim.
00:39:23Yes, sir.
00:39:23I want Nina Polica's husband located and brought in.
00:39:26Also a manager, Walters, and that Lombardi character.
00:39:30Yes, sir.
00:39:31Digberry still in there?
00:39:32No, he went out for a cup of coffee or tea, I think it was.
00:39:36Oh, he did.
00:39:37Murphy with him?
00:39:37Sure.
00:39:38Murphy probably needed the tea.
00:39:40Well, send him in when they get back.
00:39:41Yes, sir.
00:39:43You don't think Digberry did it to you?
00:39:45Candidly, no.
00:39:46Is he right or left-handed, did you notice?
00:39:48No, I can't say I did.
00:39:53Well, get me the ballistic report on this bullet.
00:39:56Let me know if the boy's turned up any fingerprints.
00:39:58Let me know as soon as you can.
00:39:59Right.
00:40:05Well, Mr. Digberry, the commissioner wants to see you right away.
00:40:09Oh, he does, huh?
00:40:10Yeah.
00:40:14Come in.
00:40:18He's apartment 211, where?
00:40:20I don't know.
00:40:23I...
00:40:24Which one on?
00:40:26It's on 64th Street.
00:40:29Oh.
00:40:31So you've found her already, huh?
00:40:34Yes.
00:40:35We just came from here.
00:40:36And I thought I was so clever.
00:40:39Why, even her manager didn't know she got off the boat just before it sailed.
00:40:43Oh, that's too bad.
00:40:45Now, I bet it'll be in all the papers.
00:40:48Doesn't she look different in a gray wig?
00:40:51That's my work.
00:40:52I made that for her.
00:40:58When did you see her last?
00:41:00Only this evening.
00:41:01I drop in every day.
00:41:03What time this evening?
00:41:05About 6.30, I think it was.
00:41:06Anyone else there?
00:41:08No.
00:41:09What was she doing?
00:41:10She was sitting in an armchair by the door, reading.
00:41:13She didn't even hear me come in.
00:41:15Yeah.
00:41:15She's a little hard of hearing.
00:41:17She won't admit it, but she is.
00:41:19Opera singer, a little hard of hearing, huh?
00:41:21How long did you stay?
00:41:23Just a few minutes.
00:41:25Until after 7?
00:41:26No.
00:41:27Sure?
00:41:28Certainly.
00:41:29I was at the corner of 38th Street and 8th Avenue just at 7.
00:41:33What were you doing there?
00:41:34I wasn't doing anything, just waiting.
00:41:36Waiting for what?
00:41:38Well, I don't quite know.
00:41:40You see, about 6 o'clock, I think it was, my phone rang and someone I didn't recognize
00:41:45the voice told me to be at the corner of 38th Street and 8th Avenue at exactly 7 o'clock.
00:41:50He said it was something about Madame Pulitzer and it was very important that I be there.
00:41:55So, I went.
00:41:57What was it?
00:41:58It wasn't anything.
00:42:00Nobody showed up to tell me, so after waiting about 15 minutes, I went home.
00:42:06Did you see Madame Pulitzer when you got back to the apartment?
00:42:09No, I didn't see her.
00:42:10You can ask Madame Pulitzer.
00:42:13I went straight to my apartment and there was Murphy and we came here and here I am.
00:42:20This sounds like a third degree in one of those movie whodunnits, doesn't it?
00:42:26Mr. Digberry, you're either very clever, a victim of circumstance, or just plain crazy.
00:42:34What do you mean by that, Commissioner?
00:42:37Madame Pulitzer is dead.
00:42:40Dead?
00:42:41You mean a dead?
00:42:43Found dead tonight, shot through the head.
00:42:46No.
00:42:48No!
00:42:51It can't be.
00:42:54Who would do such a thing and why?
00:42:59That's what I intend to find out.
00:43:05Do you own a gun?
00:43:08Certainly not.
00:43:21Do you know of anyone who might have threatened Madame Pulitzer?
00:43:26I don't.
00:43:29Yes.
00:43:30That fellow Lombardi.
00:43:34And she once told me her ex-husband had.
00:43:44What's the color of her husband's hair?
00:43:50Gray.
00:43:51About the same shade as mine.
00:43:55About like this?
00:44:04Yes.
00:44:04That's real hair, isn't it?
00:44:09Yes, but it's out of a wig.
00:44:11I thought so.
00:44:12But how do you know?
00:44:14By the tiny knot at the end.
00:44:17Well, that's that.
00:44:19It's probably out of her own wig.
00:44:21I know, sir, I made this wig.
00:44:24There's no such cheap hair as that in it.
00:44:28Looks like it was made by that faker Wilkins.
00:44:31How can you tell?
00:44:33By the north.
00:44:34One wig maker can usually tell another's north.
00:44:40Yes?
00:44:41Madame Pulitzer's ex-husband left for California at 8.30 tonight.
00:44:458.30?
00:44:45Yes, sir.
00:44:46No report on Lombardi yet.
00:44:49Have that husband picked up and brought back immediately.
00:44:52Yes, sir.
00:44:57Well, Digberry.
00:44:59We have work to do.
00:45:00Now, if the district attorney were here, he'd probably want you held without bail.
00:45:04But since he isn't here, and if you promise me you will not leave the city,
00:45:07I'm gonna let you go home.
00:45:11If there's anything I can do-
00:45:13You may be sure I'll call on you at once.
00:45:15Good night.
00:45:17Good night.
00:45:26I'm afraid you'll have to cancel your engagement for tonight, Tony.
00:45:29We have work to do.
00:45:30It's no surprise to me.
00:45:31I haven't been able to keep a date in months.
00:45:34Well, you're in the army.
00:45:39Looks as though the 40-hour wig doesn't mean a thing to Mr. Wilkins.
00:45:50Ah, good evening, gentlemen.
00:45:52Welcome to the oldest and most reliable wig shop in the United States.
00:45:55What can I do for you?
00:45:56This is Commissioner Colt.
00:45:59Oh, I want some information.
00:46:01Yes, sir.
00:46:02Have you made any gray wigs lately?
00:46:05Yes, sir.
00:46:06I made a couple, I think.
00:46:07Well, for whom?
00:46:08Well, I'll have to look in my book.
00:46:10Oh, just a minute.
00:46:11Do you know a wig maker named Digberry?
00:46:13Yes.
00:46:14Ah, that faker.
00:46:16Seems to be a little professional jealousy.
00:46:18Let me have that envelope.
00:46:20He recognized these as coming from one of your wigs.
00:46:29Yes, it could come from one of them.
00:46:32Can you tell which one?
00:46:33Hi, Mike.
00:46:36Excuse me.
00:47:03Ah.
00:47:04Here we are.
00:47:06What did you find?
00:47:08Well, right here I have...
00:47:16I didn't think there were three of you.
00:47:19Well, according to my book, I made one for a new customer, a man by the name of Frank Galloway.
00:47:25724 West 41st Street.
00:47:28Oh, yes.
00:47:30Some time ago, I made one for an opera singer by the name of Lombardi.
00:47:34Now, those hairs could come from either of them.
00:47:37Is that all?
00:47:38Yes.
00:47:39Very few people want gray waves, much less gray hair.
00:47:42Except in special cases.
00:47:44Well, thank you.
00:47:44I may need you later.
00:47:46Oh, Commissioner.
00:47:47I have some other massages I think would suit your face better than that one.
00:47:52Oh.
00:47:53Oh, I'm sorry.
00:47:54No, if I want one, I...
00:47:56I think I'll get it in the old-fashioned way.
00:47:58Goodbye.
00:47:59Goodbye.
00:48:15Go on.
00:48:16Go on.
00:48:17Read it.
00:48:17Read it and weep.
00:48:19That's a fine bunch of publicity to throw at anybody.
00:48:22Look, Thatch, election is coming on and I need a conviction in a big case like this if I'm going
00:48:27to stay district attorney of this bird.
00:48:28I know you do, Bill, but I've got to have somebody to convict first, do you mind?
00:48:32What about Digberry?
00:48:34We've got enough on him right now to send him to the chair.
00:48:37I cannot understand why you let that fella go.
00:48:39Why did you?
00:48:41Because I don't think he did it, that's why.
00:48:43He doesn't think he did it.
00:48:44He doesn't think he did it.
00:48:46He doesn't think he did it.
00:48:46Look, Thatch, it's an open and shut case.
00:48:49He got mixed up with it, spent money on it, probably fell madly in love with her and finally she
00:48:53threw him down so he shot.
00:48:55It's as simple as that.
00:48:56That's Formula 146 A in the bottom drawer, but it doesn't fit this case.
00:49:00Why not?
00:49:02Because he's not the type, even if she was.
00:49:06Yes?
00:49:07Madame Pulitzer's manager is here and wants to see the commissioner.
00:49:10All right.
00:49:10Send him in.
00:49:13There's a lot more to this case than meets the eye, Bill.
00:49:16Well, I must be blind because I can't see it.
00:49:19Commissioner, I just read about Madame in the papers.
00:49:22Why, what happened?
00:49:22Who did it and why?
00:49:23What happened?
00:49:24Who did it and why?
00:49:26We don't know yet.
00:49:27Oh, now, come on.
00:49:28Captain Walters, this is District Attorney Daugherty.
00:49:31Captain Walters is Madame Pulitzer's manager.
00:49:33How do you do, sir?
00:49:34How do you do?
00:49:34Why, Mr. Dowdy, this is terrible.
00:49:36You imagine the shock to me.
00:49:38I thought she was on her way to South America.
00:49:39So did everyone else except this Digberry.
00:49:43Digberry?
00:49:44Digberry?
00:49:45I wonder.
00:49:46Why, certainly, Digberry.
00:49:48It's a cinch.
00:49:48Oh, take it easy, will you?
00:49:50Keep your shirt on.
00:49:51Oh, in fact, sometimes you make me sore.
00:49:55Keep your shirt on of all the stupid idiotic crap.
00:49:59Commissioner, I'd like to offer a thousand dollars reward for the arrest of the murderer.
00:50:03That's your privilege, Captain Walters.
00:50:05Will you take charge of it?
00:50:06Certainly.
00:50:11Yes?
00:50:12I'll report on those two names Wilkins give you.
00:50:16Somebody's out of town, and there's no such person as Frank Galloway at 724 West 41st Street,
00:50:21because there's no such address.
00:50:23That number would be in the middle of the Hudson River.
00:50:25I thought so.
00:50:27Thanks.
00:50:27Yes, sir.
00:50:28Get me Wilkins on the phone.
00:50:30Here you are, Commissioner.
00:50:32Take care of this, Tony.
00:50:34Oh, uh, would you write your address on here for me, Captain Walters?
00:50:38Why, certainly.
00:50:39In case I should, uh, want to get in touch with you?
00:50:45Just a minute, please.
00:50:47Wilkins.
00:50:50Hello, Mr. Wilkins.
00:50:51This is Commissioner Colt.
00:50:53Uh, there's no such address as, uh, 724 West 41st Street.
00:50:57You sure you gave it to us correctly?
00:51:00Oh, you are sure.
00:51:02What does this man Galloway look like?
00:51:06Do you think you'd recognize him if you saw him again?
00:51:10I see.
00:51:12I wish you'd come to my office at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
00:51:15I may have several people here I want you to look at.
00:51:18Thank you very much, Mr. Warren.
00:51:20Good luck.
00:51:21Here you are, Commissioner.
00:51:22Oh, thank you.
00:51:24You're a pilot, will you, Tony?
00:51:26Oh, you won't be leaving town for a while yet, will you, uh, Captain Walters?
00:51:30Oh, no, no.
00:51:30Not until this is settled, anyway.
00:51:32It's fine.
00:51:33Oh, by the way, where did you, uh, first meet Madame Pulitzer?
00:51:38In Paris, just before the war started.
00:51:40She was in a jam over her passports and credentials.
00:51:43She's Hungarian by birth, you know.
00:51:45Oh, yes, I know.
00:51:45I had some very influential friends over there, and I straightened things out for her.
00:51:49Very nice of you.
00:51:50I've been handling her affairs ever since.
00:51:52You're an American, aren't you?
00:51:53Why, yes, of course.
00:51:54I was, uh, wondering about the accent.
00:51:57Oh, may I ask what the captain is for?
00:51:59I went over to, uh, France for the Fighting 69th in the last war, and, uh, I stayed there for
00:52:0520 years.
00:52:06Oh, the Fighting 69th.
00:52:08Great outfit, that.
00:52:10Yes, it is.
00:52:11I know, uh, Colonel Donovan well.
00:52:13Is that so?
00:52:15Yes, in fact, uh, Wild Bill and I were all two boys together.
00:52:19By the way, Commissioner, I'd like to go over to Madame's apartment and check things over, if I may.
00:52:25Last week, she took one of her largest insurance policies out of her deposit box, and I'd like to find
00:52:30it.
00:52:30I think that would be all right.
00:52:32Tony, telephone the office in charge. It'll be all right to admit Captain Walters.
00:52:36Yes, sir.
00:52:36Thank you, Commissioner.
00:52:37Is there, uh, anything else you want of me?
00:52:40No, no, that'll be all.
00:52:41Well, goodbye, and, uh, I'll be standing by for your call.
00:52:45Goodbye.
00:53:04Well, anyway, they got him.
00:53:07Have Daugherty follow that through.
00:53:09Yes, sir.
00:53:11Send Lombardi in.
00:53:13Right.
00:53:19Take him in.
00:53:20Come on, come on, you.
00:53:21Come on, the what?
00:53:23Always come on, come on.
00:53:24Well, Lombardi no want you to come on.
00:53:26Lombardi no want you to come on.
00:53:27Lombardi no want you to sleep.
00:53:28Come on.
00:53:28Get up on your feet.
00:53:31Where's it going now?
00:53:34I don't know luck at this pushing around all the time.
00:53:37Shut up.
00:53:38Here he is, Commissioner.
00:53:41Oh, how'd I do?
00:53:43Who's the you?
00:53:44Who's the you?
00:53:45I'm not see you before, do I?
00:53:46Shut up.
00:53:48That's all he knows.
00:53:50Shut up.
00:53:51Oh, come on.
00:53:52That's all I hear.
00:53:53Shut up.
00:53:54Come on.
00:53:54Come on.
00:53:55Shut up.
00:53:57You shut up.
00:53:59Sit down, Lombardi.
00:54:02Huh?
00:54:02Sit down.
00:54:03Oh, you're a gentleman.
00:54:06You see?
00:54:07The gentleman say, sit down, Lombardi.
00:54:11Not to shut up.
00:54:13Come on.
00:54:14Go home.
00:54:15Go home.
00:54:18Where did you find it?
00:54:19In an alley back at 28th Street.
00:54:21He had this on him when we picked him up.
00:54:24One shell has been fired.
00:54:25All right.
00:54:26Yeah.
00:54:29Is this yours, Lombardi?
00:54:31Yes, I think I saw.
00:54:33What were you doing with it?
00:54:36I shot on myself.
00:54:38But I think I saw him miss.
00:54:42Where were you night before last?
00:54:44I don't know.
00:54:46Well, were you anywhere near 64th Street last night?
00:54:49I don't know.
00:54:51Now, think.
00:54:51Where were you?
00:54:54How do I know where I was the last night, too?
00:54:57Last before night?
00:55:00I don't even know where I was the now.
00:55:04Lock him up till he finds out where he is.
00:55:07Come on.
00:55:08Why don't you go home?
00:55:10You'll go again.
00:55:11Come on.
00:55:11Come on.
00:55:12We'll show up.
00:55:13We'll show up.
00:55:14Come on.
00:55:44Come on.
00:55:45Yes?
00:55:47Oh, hello, Mr. Abbott.
00:55:49Have you found out who did it yet?
00:55:50No.
00:55:51But Commissioner Cope wants you here at 9 tomorrow morning.
00:55:54He thinks Wilkins will be able to identify the murderer.
00:55:57Wilkins?
00:55:59Oh, I remember.
00:56:01The gray hair.
00:56:03All right.
00:56:04I'll be there.
00:56:05Goodbye.
01:00:33Yes sir.
01:00:37I don't see anything in here Bill.
01:00:40You haven't looked in the drawers yet.
01:00:42Well, you look through them. Maybe you can find something.
01:00:44Okay.
01:01:15Well, here's the missing insurance policy. Signed over to Big Berry, too. Twenty thousand dollars.
01:01:29That gives him another motive.
01:01:31Yes, and that's the first one I can't dispute. I'll admit it looks bad.
01:01:39Commissioner, look here.
01:01:52Mr. Luger. The right caliber, too.
01:01:56Well, now will you arrest Big Berry?
01:01:59I still have them till nine o'clock tomorrow morning, do you mind?
01:02:14Where did you get this?
01:02:17From Nina.
01:02:18What for?
01:02:20Well, you remember my thousand dollars?
01:02:22Yes.
01:02:23Well, I loaned it to her. And she insisted I keep that as secure.
01:02:29Why should she borrow a thousand dollars from you? She was a very wealthy woman.
01:02:33That's what everyone thought, but she wasn't. In fact, she was nearly broke.
01:02:38That's why she went into hiding here after the opera season.
01:02:41She couldn't afford to go away like she used to, and she also couldn't afford to have the truth known.
01:02:45It would have hurt her career.
01:02:47And you were the only one who knew where she was.
01:02:50Yes.
01:02:53Is this yours?
01:02:55I know.
01:02:57We found it right here in the store.
01:02:59You did?
01:03:03That's funny. I...
01:03:05I never saw it before in my life.
01:03:07Oh, come on. That's for wasting time.
01:03:09I insist you put this man under arrest at once.
01:03:11Under arrest?
01:03:12Yes.
01:03:13Well, you can't do that.
01:03:14My wife and daughters are coming in at 11.48 tomorrow morning.
01:03:17I've got to meet them at the station.
01:03:18You're going to be much too busy at that time. Come on.
01:03:20Now, wait a minute. Where are you?
01:03:21Mr. Bigberry.
01:03:24What suit were you wearing at the time of the murder?
01:03:27Suit?
01:03:28Well, I...
01:03:29I don't know now.
01:03:30Wait a minute. Let me think.
01:03:32Was it this one?
01:03:34No, my light one.
01:03:35Yes, that was it.
01:03:36Where is it?
01:03:37Well, it's in there.
01:03:38Get it, Tony.
01:03:39Right.
01:03:46You never saw this before.
01:03:48I give you my word. I never saw it in my life.
01:03:50Is this it?
01:03:51Yes.
01:03:52What's that...
01:03:53Let's go.
01:03:55My coat, Bill.
01:03:56Right.
01:04:05The elevator boy says he saw you go in Polica's apartment wearing that suit.
01:04:10Is that right?
01:04:11Yes, I did.
01:04:12Our chemists have found traces of Madame Polica's face powder on the lapels and shoulders of the coat.
01:04:18That happened when you moved the body from where it fell.
01:04:20But I tell you I...
01:04:21Stop interrupting!
01:04:22This gun has been tested and proven to be the same gun used in both cases.
01:04:26And it was found in your apartment.
01:04:28But it isn't mine.
01:04:29So the motive for your actions is perfectly clear.
01:04:32This policy would bring you $20,000 at Madame Polica's death.
01:04:38This is the missing policy, isn't it, Captain Waters?
01:04:41Why...
01:04:42Why, yes.
01:04:43That's it.
01:04:45So you see, Mr. Digberry, I have enough evidence to convict you of both crimes.
01:04:50Just a minute, Bill.
01:04:53I'd like to ask Mr. Digberry a few questions, if you don't mind.
01:04:56Why, certainly. Go ahead.
01:05:01Mr. Digberry, are you sure this is your suit?
01:05:04Why, yes, certainly.
01:05:06Would you swear to it?
01:05:11Yes, that's where I bought it.
01:05:14Take a good look.
01:05:21That's funny.
01:05:24No, this isn't my suit.
01:05:25That button was off my suit.
01:05:27I was waiting for my wife to come home and sew it on.
01:05:30Of course it isn't your suit.
01:05:32And, uh, this isn't one of your wigs, either, is it?
01:05:37No, indeed, not with that Wilkins label in it.
01:05:41Glenn?
01:05:42Yes, sir.
01:05:42And the gun wasn't yours?
01:05:44Absolutely not.
01:05:46You see, Bill, this wig makes it very clear why the upper part of Digberry's picture was found in Wilkins'
01:05:52shop.
01:05:52Wilkins was using it to match Digberry's head for Galloway.
01:05:57Yes, but what about the gun that was found in Digberry's apartment?
01:06:02Well, this is the way I see it.
01:06:04This Galloway, perfectly disguised as Digberry, with the wig, the suit, and the hat, killed Madame Pulitzer, after first getting
01:06:13Digberry out of the house with a fake telephone call.
01:06:16Now, we have scientifically established the fact that her death occurred no later than 7 o'clock, even though the
01:06:24watch on her wrist, the one with the broken crystal, stopped at 8.10.
01:06:28See, this murderer was a very clever man.
01:06:31He set this watch forward more than an hour, and then he stopped it by depressing the mainspring.
01:06:36This, of course, was done to ruin Digberry's alibi, because Digberry could prove that he was not in the apartment
01:06:42at 7 o'clock when the murder actually occurred.
01:06:45Then, knowing that Wilkins was the only one who could identify him, Galloway disposed of Wilkins, and then he planted
01:06:54the murder gun in Digberry's apartment.
01:06:57Then Galloway went to his own apartment, his real address, not the one in the Hudson River.
01:07:04And he wrapped the coat, the suit, and the wig up in a package, planning, of course, to dispose of
01:07:08him, but he delayed just a little too long.
01:07:11He felt quite safe, you see.
01:07:13Now, this proves conclusively that Galloway was the murderer.
01:07:18Doesn't that sound plausible to you?
01:07:20Well, yes, in a way.
01:07:24What do you think about it, Captain Walters?
01:07:27Why, yes, I think so.
01:07:31Well, you ought to know, Mr. Galloway.
01:07:34Mr. Frank Galloway.
01:07:43Well, what is this, a joke?
01:07:46Far from it.
01:07:48Why, you can't, you can't prove anything so ridiculous.
01:07:52A moment ago, it sounded quite plausible to you, but if you're still not convinced, I'll give you a few
01:07:56more facts.
01:07:57We can prove that you bought the hat and the suit.
01:08:00The wig speaks for itself.
01:08:01And as for the gun, the Paris police informed me that it was purchased by you in Paris.
01:08:06They very readily identified your fingerprints, which you so kindly gave me when you wrote out your address.
01:08:11Why, why, why, this is preposterous.
01:08:14Why should I kill Madame Pulitzer?
01:08:16Because you'd stolen her money.
01:08:19And you knew she'd canceled her trip to South America and was having you investigated.
01:08:23Yes, that's why she borrowed my thousand dollars.
01:08:25Exactly.
01:08:26It's too bad for you, you didn't destroy the wig and the suit.
01:08:29It might have been a perfect crime.
01:08:31Have you been following me, Bill?
01:08:33Well, all right.
01:08:38Incidentally, I knew you never belonged to the Fighting Six tonight.
01:08:42We didn't have any rats in that outfit.
01:08:45Come on.
01:08:48Well, this is very confusing.
01:08:51We still have a blackmail charge against you, Mr. Bigberry.
01:08:55But since you're identifying the gray hairs was the most important step in solving this crime,
01:09:01I think the reward should be yours.
01:09:03You've made yourself a thousand dollars.
01:09:05Well, thanks.
01:09:06That makes you even.
01:09:07And if you can legally collect the insurance policy, you'll be $20,000 ahead.
01:09:12In that case, I think you'll have to tell your wife.
01:09:14My wife?
01:09:15My wife?
01:09:16Oh, dear, dear.
01:09:17The trade.
01:09:1811.38.
01:09:20I'll never be able to make Grand Central Station in 10 minutes.
01:09:22You'll make it, all right.
01:09:23Tony, put him in my car.
01:09:25Right.
01:09:25Come along.
01:09:26Oh, thanks.
01:09:26You've saved my life.
01:09:28Tell Flanagan to use both sirens.
01:09:35See, Bill, what happens when a button comes off?
01:09:54On the red 3rd.
01:09:57Oh.
01:10:06THE END
01:10:29THE END