The King Murder (1932) PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD

[Music] you i thought you'd be surprised sit down we'll have to give you some clues so i'll know how to uh conduct this investigation is this a personal or an official visit i don't like that word official after all i am the head of the homicide squad you haven't committed a murder have you please don't joke about my coming here i'm sorry it's about then i hardly know where to start well perhaps i can help you at the time when you uh threw me over for van i made the rather rash promise that you'd find me waiting whatever you grew tired of that is that it it's more serious than you think i love anne with all my heart possibly too much now i'm afraid of losing him banded making a fool of himself again we've become involved with rather notorious gold digger oh miriam i don't think alchemy tonight is getting a bit late oh come on in for just a minute van i want to talk to you all right [Music] um darling when are we going to be married oh dear now let's not go over that again don't let spoil a pleasant afternoon with another argument but you promised me now you mustn't take things a man says when he's tight too literally we're getting along very nicely as we are now listen big boy you're not talking to a gaga i happen to know what it's all about you'll keep your promise or i'll raise a stink that'll smell up your whole family now you're wowing me hello pearl when did you get in about half an hour ago with a rather heavy program miriam just came in with van kampen she goes out tonight i hope she forgets to lock that window she went out about news but i can't take a chance in crossing that roof in broad daylight couldn't you get a wire something and pick the lock that would be too obvious anyway i'm not a regular second story man this business is getting on my nerves jose can't we go away and forget about it nothing will ever happen now you'll be a good girl and i'll give you a call the first thing in the morning okay well by the way how'd you like those records i sent you well they were all right i need some more perfume though i'll see that you get it bye bye how'd you get in here they still make fast keys well phyllis what do you want i need some dough kid i'm on a spot you had the last time you will ever get out of me i'm through oh yeah yeah you can get out and stay up five grand miriam that's the figure i haven't got it how about brunel i suppose he hasn't got it either you want me to tell him go ahead i don't care what you tell him i might even decide to tell van kempen you'll never do that oh you're planning to marry him i've forgotten well here's to the happy bride stop trying to be funny and get out five grand we've got a date with bernal tonight i'll see your jewelry is worth more than that well what if it is well i'll i'll take that you'll take it over my dead body i'll try and get it out for now now beat it yeah sure [Music] that's all very interesting but what am i supposed to do about it she might sue me for breach of promise that's not entirely without president i won't permit it but after all although let's be sensible about it i might be able to now look here george i won't have that woman suing me she's nothing but a yes i know she might be but you also told me she was very attractive that's not material think of my reputation i can't have that woman swing me why i'd rather get her out of the way you're a bit late with alternatives after all you did write her letters notes george notes that's all now if you don't want to handle this case perhaps i'd better go to the police about it i'll do all i can to help i do wish they'll just talk this afternoon that hadn't been about someone else i wish it had been about you and me you're making me self-conscious but you know how i feel about that well i come second to him don't i you know that well now then beth don't worry i'll try not to goodbye goodbye bob now listen you're in no position to be around like this you're in trouble if you want any help you're going to come across or else or else what you know the boss said lay it on the line tomorrow now that don't mean day after tomorrow or next week you know that i'll have it tell him i'll have it the kingdom again maybe well if not there's other ways of getting it the boss said cash this time no jewelry say listen i'm not stalling i'll have it you tell him i'll have it i hope you ain't my advice to you is to see her and put the screws on see her tonight i can't tonight got a heavy date remember say nick why don't you get a piano in here or something get some music music [Music] there i need some money of course dear how much you need i need a lot i haven't failed you yet have i how much five thousand dollars five thousand million that's a lot of money here i will i'll give you a few hundred i need five thousand what for i can't tell you but i must have it i'm in serious trouble yeah tell me what your troubles are maybe i'll be it no i don't do that but i simply must have it hear me this is absurd you can't tell me what you need it for why i'm actually going to feel well it's just it's not a racket i need the money and i need to have it i can't give it to you you will give it to me suppose i were to mail one of your letters to your wife oh you wouldn't do that no wouldn't i thought you can't do that secretly think of my reputation that's just what i am thinking of your reputation why do you suppose i've been putting up with you for the last few months going out with you how do you work the while you're probably conceited enough to think i like him like you i hate you you posing as a pillar of society sneaking around to see me you're nothing but a dirty hip now that's enough don't make a scene here let's go jose it's getting late i know it my luck's in our favor what happened she just came in about an hour ago with bronnell they almost came to a fistfight then she drew the curtains and i couldn't see what happened after that but she did open the window some has run out left i don't know i haven't heard anything since i think she's asleep but she's been lying on the bed there for 45 minutes that was the best chance i've had i think i'll probably but suppose she should wake up you can't tell what she'll do she might have you arrested nobody knows that i'm in your apartment now i'm going out to the back and walking through the lobby so they'll see me then if they catch me on the rope i can say that i was looking for something that fell out of the window now keep watch till i come back be brave do you let me have a time to get a coffee with you i want to get a cup of coffee please thank you good evening howdy have you heard anything yet not a thing he's still asleep all right here i go do be careful i heard that noise what happened the dressing table drawer fell to the floor but miriam didn't hear it she's dead oh jose why did you do that i didn't don't lie to me tell me the truth i'll speak to you only tell me the truth i'm telling the truth she was dead when i went in there i don't know how long but if anyone knows that i was in there i'll get the blame for it we'll have to find an alibi oh i wish you'd listen to me not gone in there can't be helped now i got what i went after pearl are you game enough to make the man downstairs believe that marin was alive when i left her apartment i'll do anything for you you know that all right i'll go back through a window locket you come around the hall and let you in i don't want to go in there i'm afraid you'll have to i'll leave my gloves when i'm going your phone downstairs and ask the man to catch me i'll duck when he can't find me said that it isn't important that i can get them tomorrow but suppose it doesn't work oh i don't know what i'd do if anything happened to you up now darling we have any time to lose i'm going to leave my gloves on this chair and as soon as i have time to go out through the lobby you call the man downstairs then go out this door it will lock myself you told me the truth didn't you you know about not doing it of course i did darling now keep your brave heart good night good night nice good night hello hello this is miss king a gentleman just left my apartment you try to catch him please he forgot his flow just a minute i'll see if i can reach him i'm sorry i couldn't get ahold of him it doesn't matter he can get them the next time he calls thank you hello man i've seen you for ages i wanted to have lunch with me see that's an idea why not make it today that's fine i'll pick me up at the office about 12 30 will you just a moment man what is it dave just want to tell you i'm going out there's been a murder there's always a murder who is it some jane by the name of miriam king just a moment then we have to postpone our luncheon engagement we'll hear about it sooner or later so i may as well tell you miriam king reported murdered what that's terrible how did it happen now listen i want you to do something for me you take that case yourself you may not know it but miriam king and i were well i'll come over and see you right away all right i'll meet you up at her apartment get this elizabeth hawthorne on the phone please how did it happen word just came in or made ponder in bed fully dressed dead as a door now we get the car and the fingerprint men down that one and i want a list of everybody who called on the last couple of days i'll be down there myself in a few minutes right hello hold on was that with you last night well yes of course how did he act perfectly normal the way he usually acts matter of fact we were out until very early this morning well i don't think you need worry anymore about that king girl taking him away from you he's just been found dead oh how awful well thanks so much for calling bob i'll be seeing you right oh just a few questions mr well how long have you worked for miss king about four months right after she came in this apartment do you live here no i come in the morning about 11 o'clock miss king was a let's get and you uh returned after dinner no sir generally i leave in the afternoon she usually had dinner out did you notice anything unusual in this room when you came in this morning yes sir the lights were still on does that often happen oh sometimes in this room but never in your bedroom where uh all those windows locked yes sir oh i think so they were locked i did not examine them before i went downstairs to tell the manager can you think of any reason that anyone might have had for killing ms king oh no sir she had many friends but they all like her did you have much jewelry oh yes sir she had always something new where did you keep it in the dresser on the top drawer do you think she was killed for her jewelry she might have been there's no jewelry in the dresser now have you ever had any trouble with this king no sir well that'll be all for the president mr bell we uh we have to talk to you again later i hope you don't think i did it i'm quite sure you didn't try and get a description of the jewelry from her don't bother her she leaves the apartment but don't let her out of your sight yes sir oh let me have those love doctor were you able to find anything well off hand i would say natural death following heart attack or suffocation accepting there's no signs of struggle or distressed features are you able to determine the time of death i would judge between uh oh 11 30 in midnight no later probably a poison undoubtedly yet the symptoms are very confusing suicide well i'd be able to answer that better after the autopsy well let me have a report as soon as you can yes sir jurgen you'll take up your duties in this apartment no one should be allowed in but the fingerprint men i'll arrange for a relief for you okay chief the chief here to listen to the people who called on our empathy ben kempton mr scott mr burnell mr mourinho and a young lady didn't get her name but i've got a pretty good description of her with all these people allowed to go up over they announced she always insisted that her callers be announced with the exception of mr scott as they were old friends the night man said that mr mourinho went up late last night without being announced he was her last caller but she talked over the telephone here to the operator after he left the apartment so she must have been alive at that time what time is that between 11 and 12. do you happen to know mr bonnell's initials arthur b he's a broker could you get the address yes certainly get a description of his king's jewelry from brown then set a detail around to all the pencils yes hello mark oh hello man i'm glad you wanted here to come down for the one two questions i want to ask you the man here say that you called him this king yesterday yes i did late in the afternoon have you found out who killed her yet no we haven't uncovered any of unusual value as yet come on i want to see you now wait a minute i wouldn't go up if i were you it'll only upset you the men are up there now and uh they don't want to be bothered and don't you worry about my feelings i'm more interested in the capture of this murderer than you are i'll help you any way i can here's mrs brownell's address thank you you're welcome sir you better ride on downtown with me man the talking is over on the way all right you know i had no idea that you and this woman were so close did you ever meet any of her friends or her family no she'd never discuss her family with me but she knew a girl named pearl hope rather well lived through that one time until they quarreled and separated did you ever tell me what they followed about she didn't know if they met since they separated and i don't know you uh did you take this apartment no but i probably would have that i met her in time she moved in there a couple of weeks before i met her but you did contribute to her support miriam had no income of her own so naturally i supported it no on second thoughts van i think perhaps you better not go with me on this interview you might learn things you don't want to know i want to know everything that's said about her you policemen have a great habit have been digging up all the dirt in a girl's life she may need a defender as a matter of fact i'm the only intimate friend she's had in the past few months and i'm not going to desert her now there's one more thing there you'll be seeing a good deal of bet now that uh the interests are not divided naturally this is the only high flyer i ever took their feedings toward beth haven't changed i'm glad to hear that i wonder if you are you know i've always had a feeling that you were just a little bit jealous ever since beth and i hit it off i'd like to see mr burnell please just wait a moment please [Music] ever play the market you forget van that i'm a public servant that position does not carry a very big salary well it hasn't been doing so very well with me lately i'm sorry but mr brunel will be unable to see you can i do anything for you no i must see him tell him we'll wait his entire afternoon is engaged couldn't i make an appointment for you later in the week give that to mr burdell oh by the way man are these your gloves no not mine you found him as king's apartment this morning you think they belong to brownell well we should see they don't belong to a very big man step right this way mr barton good morning good morning i'm henry barton of the homicide squad this is mr van kempen i'd like to ask you a few questions with regard to the murder of miriam king so you'll note explain of course i regret miss king's death exceedingly i must insist that her murder if it was murder does not justify your visit to my office would you prefer that we visit you at your own home don't be ridiculous i see no reason why i should explain my conduct to you now if there's nothing further i can do for you gentlemen i must bid you a good day you understand that considerable publicity might ensue if we are forced to take other means to make you speak you can't threaten me and gentlemen you have me cornered i'm prepared to place myself in your hands what is your price information and facts what is your price for silence i'm an officer of the law mr bernal and bribery is a crime i don't think you want to make any bargain very well uh take a chair i have nothing uh to conceal from you but neither my uh family uh nor my associate know anything about my friendship with miss king that would be most disastrous you saw his king yesterday yes i've seen ms king about twice a week for the last two or three months we had dinner together last night and returned to her apartment about 10 30. i left approximately 15 minutes later was she wearing any jewelry when she was with you last night yes she wore a necklace and a dinner ring that i had given her there was no jewelry on the body when it was found then you think the motor might have been robbery possibly would you give me a description of those uh two pieces of jewelry a stern stern could give you a better description they were purchased there in my name was there anything unusual or out of the ordinary in your meeting with ms king last night yes sir there was she made a demand on me for quite a large sum of money i wasn't prepared to give it one our relations ended in an argument you felt that you'd given her enough money or had you discovered that there were other friends beside yourself oh she hadn't any other intimate friends she couldn't have had why she was always at my beck and call and i paid liberty for that privilege that's why i saw no reason for giving her this extra money would you mind repeating as nearly as you can remember no conversation with her yes i will all though i feel that uh to do so would point a great deal of suspicion towards me i'm sorry mr barton is not in it really isn't important i just want to tell him i told him his king late last night and thought he might want to ask me some questions i'm expecting him any minute can't you wait well all right thank do you think brownie was guilty he didn't say this gentleman wants to talk to you mr barton he saw him as king lake last night this part of youtube look me up step into my office i'll be with you in a few minutes thank you ms king lived with this address with a pearl hope a few months ago i'm located yes sir how about the maid well she went straight home and she hasn't phoned anyone i got the telephone company watching the wires and thurston on her trail hop over to sterling's turn and get a description of the jewelry that mr bronnell fought miss king yes sir well you still want to train along or have you found out enough i'll trail along right you uh said you knew something about the king murder mr uh mourinho i'm afraid i know nothing about the murder but i was with miss king late last night have you known this king very long knew when she lived on 54th street and trail along when she moved to the banister arms used to see her a couple of times a week in fact i saw her last night happened to be going by about 11 30 and dropped in she wasn't feeling very well so i only stayed a few minutes was she expecting you no a very seldom made dates with her just dropped in were you announced by the operator no all the boys knew me i was told that this king insisted that all her visitors be announced well the boys will all tell you i never was how was ms king dressed when you called on her she had on an evening down and a jewelry a ring and a necklace that's all i saw recall last night did you happen to notice whether the windows were open or closed closed you sure quite sure i wanted to open them and she refused because she said she'd feel well and sort of chilling wanted them clothes do you live in the city mr uh moreno yes where is lincoln hotel oh and you'll be here permanently i don't know about that i've been talking about going to europe with some friends although we haven't set the sailing date are these your gloves so there's where i left them yes how well do you know pearl hope she lived with this king in 54th street you must have met her there but a few months ago quite forgotten did you telephone miss hope last night before you called on her i came here to give your hand and not to be insulted i'm telling you i did not see miss hope last night and if i had it would not have been any of your business had mourinho followed yes why did you question him about pearl hope oh it was just a wild stab when i saw him wince to the first mention of her name i knew that i'd struck home well i wouldn't be surprised if there'd been bad blood between william king and this pearl hope what do you think i don't know my mind isn't a muddle you know this has all been a great revelation to me and i can't tell you how shocked i am i think mourinho knows more than he's told us well why don't you let him go then he'll show us more than he will tell us oh i see here's the columnist report definite traces of american a derivative of aconite were found death followed within an hour after injection of the poison siblings would be a feeling of drowsiness which would account for her being found on the bed fully dressed i'm looking not fatal if taken by mouth needs to be injected into the blood point of infection a scratch on the thumb probably from a pin or needle or any sharp-headed instrument which might have been dipped in the poison well does that give you a clue no not unless the poison is a difficult one to get we look into that well i think if you don't mind i'll get along because i've had about all i can stand for one day well i can quite understand that try and spend some time with beth probably it'll ease your conscience naturally okay check in later let me know if anything turns out i will marina when write the phone called up pearl hope good did you get her address yes sir here it is bannister arms directly across the court from his king's apartment they may or may not have known that they lived at the same upon house i think this hope rates a call you got them all there yeah two necklaces two rings four bracelets and a brooch but i didn't know they were stolen mr scott told me that he and his wife had business troubles so he had upon her jewels i will take him down to headquarters anyway yeah but how am i gonna get my money back when i put out on them well i can't worry about that you'll have to see scott got his address yeah not far from here now here's your receipt but i don't think you'll ever see him against me uh-huh yeah yeah central give me uh brian 4638 yeah i should do business with such a loafer hello yes just a minute almost time yeah you want it on the telephone all right hello scotty the dixon's here and i had to give him up the stuff say why why don't you get rid of it i didn't have time say i think they're going over to your place now they was awful anxious to see you you didn't have to give them my right address did you sure i did why ain't i a law abiding citizen say i want you to give me my money back before they catch you where's mr scott's room first room at the head of the stairs yes is anything wrong yeah just want it for murder [Music] just a minute what are you running for i ain't running for nothing i'm gonna already catch a train my aunt my uncle is found a depot i guess i can wait no no no you don't understand i gotta go to the station that's all right we'll cease to get to the station wait look hey you're scott aren't you no my name is callahan well callahan or scott you answered the description of the mug we're looking for come on hey look wait a minute you're making a mistake i'll get you blackwood put in a spot for this i got some influence into this town too i don't want i'm afraid there's very little i can tell you you lived with her for some time didn't you yes we had an apartment together downtown i met miss king shortly after coming to new york why did you stop rooming with her was it a quarrel of some sort not exactly more like a misunderstanding she stayed out late night and i had to get up early in the morning we just got on each other's nerves but you knew she was in this building when you took this apartment no i didn't we had looked at apartments here together once but i didn't know she was here until i heard she was murdered when was that why i read about in the paper this morning i see the news didn't appear in the paper till the noon edition oh well i slept late i still thought it was morning when i read about it what time did you see mourinho yesterday your sweethearts i believe well perhaps i better talk to you some other time no i'll tell you the truth you may not believe me but i didn't see mr marino yesterday when did you see him a few months ago just before miriam and i separated but i haven't seen him since has he telephoned you recently yes he did today he told me i was in danger and would probably be questioned and he wanted to warn me why should he want to warn you if you have nothing to conceal that's what i told him but he said you might try to trick me with questions and he wants me to be on guard what did he tell you to say he didn't tell me to say anything just said to be careful i guess that'll be all miss hope you'll be here if we want you i suppose oh yes i'm planning on leaving for europe to continue the study of my music but i have to sublet my apartment first i won't run away no i don't think you will good afternoon so good day report not a thing no one called no mail in fact this is a swell way for a strong man to be preserved in law and order well you never can tell what may happen here don't make yourself at home let me know if you hear a man's voice an apartment across the way where do you suspect them i suspect everybody hey how long are you going to keep me here you're resting comfortable ain't you relax always here's a description of that jewelry that brunell bought there was a pin too he took it out yesterday and brought it back again this morning she said she didn't like it a pin eh yes sir we'll get hold of it have the point examined see if there's any trace of poison left on it yes sir well good afternoon gentlemen we picked up the mug that sold the jewelry he hopped in at rubens this morning scotch's name has he talked no shut up like a clam but i'll make him talk before we get through with him or i'll knock him loose from his reason oh everything seems to be here except the necklace and the ring she wore last night i guess he's got him bunk somewhere well maybe mr scott didn't have them that's what i've been telling these mugs but they won't believe me well now you got me here what are you gonna do with me william king was murdered i want to know where you got her jewelry oh so that's it you're gonna try and try and frame me for for bumping her off huh well go ahead and ask your questions i ain't gonna say nothing till i see my mouthpiece that attitude's not gonna help you any i'm after information unless you can tell me where you got these trinkets i'm going to put you under arrest for murder i know you were in william king's apartment a few hours before she was murdered and if you can tell me how you persuaded her to give you these jewels well it may save you hide well maybe you're right i went there yesterday afternoon to get some dough oh is she ready to give it to you she wasn't i'm too keen about it said she didn't have it but i made a kick in with the jewels i told her i would give him back to her this afternoon if she could raise the cash oh then she didn't expect you to fawn them and i didn't say nothing about that you seem to have known this miss king pretty well yeah for a long time she was different from most of these characters you know i i broke her into the bright lights the big time yeah she was just a small town hick when i first seen her any more questions yes was she uh married well no not exactly she was engaged a couple of times she used to pick up a few cents here and now with engagements blackmail well most of these chumps write letters and lettuce is just as good as chicks if you ask me was she engaged to a vancampen well no she was working up to it she was going to have him landed in a few more days but while she engaged to moreno sure they busted up though just before she moved up town mourinho went on to make for pearl hope he sent miriam a lot of letters though she still got him uh at least she still had him up to last night how about mr burnell an out and out steal what a sailor for a blonde that old baby is well that'll be all for the present we'll hold these hey look you can't do that all men reuben will have me in jail if i don't bring this stuff back to him on the contrary i'm afraid we'll ask you to stay in jail for a few days at least hey you can't keep me in jail i ain't done nothing wait look hey look i want to speak to my life hello there's a man over in that hotel's apartment i heard him when he came in yeah she said you shouldn't have come here then they closed the windows and i didn't hear anything more keep an eye on them but don't leave the apartment i'll send someone up tonight i'll take seven and cover all entrances to the banister they call up his hope and say that you're from my office you want to examine her apartment arrest anybody who tries to beat it if this burrito take you back to her place and i'll be right along right [Music] i understand you're under a great nervous strain and it's quite natural that you might have forgotten to tell us about these things yes calm yourself and uh tell us all about this you see i needed the money very badly i thought as more of the other jewels were gone no one would notice but it began praying on my mind and i tried to put them where they would never be found i understand exactly how you must have felt perhaps there are some other things you can tell us that we'd like to know did any of his king's friends have been a key to the apartment oh maybe mr scott but i'm not sure i knew she did not like him but i'm sure no one else did miss king ever do any sewing or mending no she never saw that dog i did all the mailing oh she would not even throw a button on your life did mr moreno ever call it the apartment when you were there oh no he never came as far as i knew he always telephoned her and she met him outside i see you just come to my office for a few moments see if miss pearl hopes upstairs with the police mr doug mr dick's calling hello miss holt this is dykes from barton's office i want to look around on the roof outside of your windows and see if i can find anything thank you i'll be right up there's a detective coming up he might not find you here that's right you stick to your story thanks stop where you are i'll drop you what's your name come on back for your king the idea god is my judge that's exactly what i did when i found miss king dead he didn't do it i tell you he didn't you'll have to believe it would you mind telling me why you spent so much time in this hope's apartment i'll tell you don't do it pearl it won't do any good we were married about two months ago but why weren't you living together miriam was blackmailing jose with letters he'd written her before he knew me she was bitter against the both of us had she know we were married she would have sued him for breach of promise he knew that would hurt me are you in the habit of spending the night here mr moreno yes two or three times a week i live at the clinton apartment the employees of this house know nothing of your association with this hope that's true i always walked up to one flight of stairs they thought i was calling on miss king instead i came here when i stayed all night i used to go at the servant's entrance early in the morning on this hope's account you can understand that i believe your story mr mourinho although i don't quite agree with your methods still i don't think you've told me all that happened what do you think i've lied about i don't think you told me of one trip if you made the miss king's apartment i told you i was there twice once to get the letters and the next time to unlock the doors so much hope to come in there and telephone she verified that yes i remember by your own story you had every motive for murdering william king i think you neglected to tell me of the visit you made to her apartment i miss hope was asleep in the other room you're trying to make me admit something i didn't do it's true i need some more evidence before i can prove it i'm not quite sure what my next move should be i'd say put him under arrest no afraid his hope wouldn't sleep very well tonight if we did that mr and mrs moreno against my better judgment i'm going to allow you to spend the night here to be a gardener so don't try any uh sudden trips to europe mr barton everything we told her is the truth i swear it we're very much in love if you can understand that perhaps you realize why we've acted the way we have now that our secret is out we'll do all we can to help clear this up yes i'm sure you will why not placing you both under arrest is rather unusual but don't disappoint me we won't do you think he believed us i'm praying that he did you think he did it well the closer now that we've been he had the strongest motive if you could reach the fingerprinting in this lake get them over here have them go over the king apartment for his prince especially around the bed where she was found yesterday also check up with that phone conversation with the night operator oh by the way albeit river 1570 if anything important turns up you can reach me there right give me an outside world can't we talk of something else besides this murder i suppose we should but i must admit it's the most baffling cases come to my attention for some time have you eliminated any suspects yet well i eliminate them when they eliminate themselves i just had a report that there was no poison on the pin which grinnell returned to the jewelers of course that doesn't necessarily eliminate him he could have had a pin in his butt when he squeezed william's hand even if she noticed it she didn't have to pay particular attention to it well i feel sorry for the two honeymooners naturally a woman said but they would go taught them but i practically eliminated them as suspects they're not the type they haven't got that uh murderous look how about scott well he certainly isn't eliminated although i don't think he wanted to see ms king out of the way he had his living to consider i'm surprised you haven't suspected van i have but he hadn't demoted you see he never heard of these other men until after the crime true he's spoiled selfish just an overgrown kid he had everything he wanted and a great deal more than he needed to afford to buy himself anything he wants if i thought he had the desire to commit murder i'd say that he was temporarily out of his mind how do you feel how do i look i always thought you were crazy to show any interest in anyone when beth was around oh by the way beth uh why did you visit william king yesterday don't try to be funny bart beth doesn't know miriam she never visited her oh yes i did i went there to try and buy her away from the van what did you do she laughed at me did you become friendly enough with her to uh discuss clothes or sewing or anything like that no naturally she had the advantage she made me feel as though i were a slave begging at her feet and he stayed a few minutes and then i came directly to your office talk with you do you mean to say you went to bart's office to discuss me yes i went there to ask him try and get you to go away for a vacation and incidentally forget miriam king that's not so good yes i'm losing my stroke mr bartlett wasn't on the phone may i use this extension certainly you shot then hello hello mr barton say dugan's been murdered no fingerprint man follow him when he came yes dr stern is on his way up here now was the marina in hope's apartment when it happened yes he was so what do you make of that chief he was there when king was murdered he's there and dugan's murder must be some connection hold him there i'll be right down sorry but uh i'll have to leave you new clues worse than that the man we left in charge of william king's apartment has been murdered yes it is i'll have to go right down may i go with you well yes i suppose so if you feel like leaving beth alone you mind oh not at all go right along but if you find anything interesting do call me i'm as anxious as anyone well [Music] it's been dead about an hour mr martin what's the cause obviously the same thing that caused miss king's death the same symptoms the same relaxed expression of the facial muscles of course i've only been able to make this official examination so far but there is a scratch on the right hand on the thumb no on the first finger near the tip well let me have a complete report so this is ready yes sir where was your power you see the rightness chair [Music] well what is the dice you're dying to spill something the victrola was turned on the record had automatically stopped but the current was still on careful about careful look out the valve i don't want to spoil the fingerprints i'll be the next they talking about that victoria needle was poison you know i poisoned it doctor sterns thanks call the ambulance let's do what you can for him and scratch his finger with the same needle and got the others get my case right away i'm trying to keep my stomach from reaching his heart quick get off your coat over here [Music] it's all right bart i'm not afraid of what's going to happen i don't talk then try and save your strength i've got to talk there's things i have i've got to tell you i've been an awful fool i realized at last that all she wanted was money i tried to break away but she wouldn't let me i'd said some foolish things when i was intoxicated she was trying to force me to marry her that would have been ruined for me for my family for best and i couldn't break that how did you find out about the hamilton i read it somewhere it was easy to get all simple things i dipped a whole a whole package of victoria needles in the poison put them in her room i knew that sooner or later she'd scratch herself with one of them i didn't want to hurt anyone else though i tried so hard to get up to the room that night to get them away but you wouldn't let me go near the place you better give him another shot it wouldn't do any good only make the heart pump harder no it's all right i'm only getting what's coming to me all right but you'll you'll be good to death won't you suddenly submit our trying to take it easy take it easy [Music] well is it true or is it just another of his wild stories i'm convinced that he told the truth he insisted on signing a statement clearing all the others may i see him well i don't think i would have hired you what is he dead yes can you take me home [Music] you

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Length: 66min 53sec (4013 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 27 2015