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00:00:59Boy, what a game that was this afternoon.
00:01:01You know, that gives us a championship.
00:01:03I win $2 a pair of rubbers from a fellow back home.
00:01:06How about me taking you out?
00:01:09It's all right with me.
00:01:10We can get rid of the interference.
00:01:12Hello, Johnny.
00:01:14Did you enjoy the Army-Navy game last week, Mildred?
00:01:16No.
00:01:17Army lost, and I bet on them because I fell for a cadet.
00:01:20And after all the years, I've been true to the Navy.
00:01:25Chilly weather you have in these hills.
00:01:27You should be here in midwinter.
00:01:28Why, it gets so cold, we could use frigid airs for toasters.
00:01:32If Byron and Charlie keep me so on the run,
00:01:34I'd never mind the cold here.
00:01:36And I resent their selfishness in monopolizing your company.
00:01:39Don't be.
00:01:40As my brother Byron's roommate, you're just one of the family.
00:01:44I wonder why Byron can't stay and have tea with us.
00:01:46Oh, you know his moods.
00:01:47He said he had a headache and was going back to the dorm.
00:01:50Oh, yes.
00:01:51Yes, I'll call him.
00:01:56You're wanted on the telephone, Ken.
00:01:58Long distance.
00:01:59Thanks, sir.
00:02:00Pardon me.
00:02:01I'm sure you'll find Professor Bostrick much better company.
00:02:04I'm afraid Kenneth has given to gross exaggeration.
00:02:06Lemon, Professor?
00:02:08Yes, please.
00:02:09Why, Dad, where are you?
00:02:11I came over here to Bannington on business.
00:02:13If you can drive over for me tonight,
00:02:14I'll spend the weekend with you.
00:02:16All right, I'll meet you at the hotel.
00:02:18Oh, and Dad, it's fall house party, you know,
00:02:21and I've got a girl here.
00:02:22Yeah, Byron's sister.
00:02:24Do you mind if I bring her along?
00:02:26OK, we'll meet you later.
00:02:32Paula's over in Barrington.
00:02:33That's a two-hour ride from here.
00:02:35Would you like to ride over with me,
00:02:36or would you rather stay here for the dance?
00:02:38Oh, the ride, by all means.
00:02:39There'll be a full moon tonight, and it'll be beautiful.
00:02:42Uh, can Miss Case come along?
00:02:45Why, certainly.
00:02:46If you like riding over rough country roads.
00:02:49I don't.
00:02:50Don't worry.
00:02:52I'd rather trust Gene alone than leave an easy chair
00:02:55for a bumpy automobile seat.
00:02:57I think we'd better start back to the inn.
00:02:59It's getting late.
00:03:00I'm sorry you must leave.
00:03:01Your presence at my bachelor quarters
00:03:03has been a genuine treat.
00:03:04Tell Byron I shall expect you all tomorrow afternoon.
00:03:06That's very good of you, Professor.
00:03:08I'll tell him.
00:03:11Hello, Byron.
00:03:13Headache any better?
00:03:14Oh, no.
00:03:15Not much.
00:03:17If it wasn't for Gene and that party tonight,
00:03:19I'd go right to bed.
00:03:21Well, don't worry about Gene.
00:03:22I just dropped her and Miss Case at the inn.
00:03:24She's going to drive over to Barrington with me after that.
00:03:28That means the two of you are going to stay here
00:03:30for the rest of the night.
00:03:31Yes, sir.
00:03:32I'll see you later.
00:03:33Good night.
00:03:34Good night.
00:03:35Good night.
00:03:36Good night.
00:03:37Good night.
00:03:38Good night.
00:03:39That means a straight lace.
00:03:40Miss Case is going to be left alone.
00:03:44She won't see me.
00:03:45I'm going to stay right here.
00:03:48What time you going to leave?
00:03:49We just finished tea, so I thought we'd start now.
00:03:51Then we can have dinner with Dad later.
00:03:55Byron, you sure there isn't anything I can do for you?
00:04:01Positive.
00:04:04I just want to be alone.
00:04:05I've got some thinking to do.
00:04:08Thoughts that aren't very pleasant.
00:04:12They're certainly in the dumps.
00:04:15We'll take a hot drink and try to cheer up
00:04:16by the time we get back.
00:04:17Where's the girl you said you were bringing?
00:04:36She didn't feel well the last minute,
00:04:38so I left her at the inn.
00:04:40Like a brother.
00:04:42What do you mean by that?
00:04:43Oh, moody and strange.
00:04:46You know, I never liked what little I've seen of him.
00:04:48What do you know of his father?
00:04:50Nothing much.
00:04:51He died when Byron and Jean were very young.
00:04:54I didn't know what his business was,
00:04:55but he left plenty of money.
00:04:57Money, my boy, has never bought the greedy.
00:05:00You know, you've had Byron at your home several times.
00:05:03As far as I know, you've never been asked to visit him.
00:05:06A boy tells me his mother doesn't care much for company.
00:05:09They're all right.
00:05:11Oh, I'll be glad when the ride's over.
00:05:14I'm getting tired of the company.
00:05:16We'll soon be there.
00:05:18We'll stay up in the dormitory with us as usual.
00:05:21There's this room.
00:05:23Of course there is.
00:05:24Number 29.
00:05:25You go right up, and I'll take the car down to the garage.
00:05:28Vi'll probably be asleep, but the door's always unlocked.
00:05:44Dad?
00:05:47Dad?
00:05:49John?
00:05:51John?
00:05:55John!
00:05:59John!
00:06:03John!
00:06:06John!
00:06:10Dad.
00:06:14Bye.
00:06:16Byron.
00:06:40Charlie.
00:07:40Dad.
00:07:44Dad.
00:07:47Dad.
00:07:50Dad.
00:07:53Dad.
00:07:57Dad.
00:08:00Dad.
00:08:08Dad.
00:08:10Dad.
00:08:13Dad.
00:08:37Charlie.
00:08:39Charlie.
00:08:40Charlie.
00:08:43What's the matter?
00:08:45Byron killed himself.
00:08:48Killed?
00:08:49What do you mean? How?
00:08:51Look.
00:09:00When did you find him?
00:09:01Just a minute ago.
00:09:02I couldn't get to my room last night, so I stayed here.
00:09:05We'd better get the doctor.
00:09:06No, wait. He may still be alive.
00:09:08We'd better get him back to his room.
00:09:10But if the door is locked, how can we get in?
00:09:13I know. I'll climb up the ivy.
00:09:15You go up and wait outside the door. I'll be there in a minute.
00:09:36Is he?
00:09:38Yes.
00:09:45Charlie.
00:09:47Do you think you can get him up?
00:09:49Yes, call Dr. Howell. I'll take care of it.
00:09:59That's right, doctor. 29 Stonely Hall.
00:10:02You'll be right there.
00:10:06Get me the IV, please.
00:10:09Is Mr. Joseph Harris registered there?
00:10:14Dad, why didn't you stay in my room?
00:10:17Never mind. Let's go. Something terrible has happened.
00:10:21Byron has committed suicide.
00:10:24Okay.
00:10:28Professor Bostick, please.
00:10:39Did you get the doctor?
00:10:42Byron and Bostick are on their way.
00:10:43What about Bi's sister, Jeanne?
00:10:46I didn't call her.
00:10:47I think we should wait for the doctor to examine her.
00:10:51Why do you think Bi would do such a thing?
00:10:54As far as I know, he had no reason to take his life.
00:10:57Maybe he had reasons you know nothing about.
00:11:01What do you mean?
00:11:04I don't know.
00:11:05I don't know what he's talking about.
00:11:06What did he say?
00:11:09Nothing, I guess.
00:11:13This is a tragedy, professor.
00:11:15Yes, Dr. Howell.
00:11:16I can't believe what Kenneth told me.
00:11:20Come in.
00:11:23Where's young Coles, Ken?
00:11:32Tell me all about it if you can, Kenneth.
00:11:34I still can't believe that Byron would take his own life.
00:11:39I hurried as fast as I could.
00:11:40I'm glad you're here, dad.
00:11:42You remember father, don't you?
00:11:43Glad to see you, Mr. Harris.
00:11:45I'm sure Kenneth appreciates your help at this moment.
00:11:47This is Charlie Penland, dad.
00:11:50How do you do, sir?
00:11:52What made you change your mind and stay at the inn last night, dad?
00:11:55I couldn't get in here because the door was locked.
00:11:57So after waiting some 20 minutes for you, I left for the hotel.
00:12:00When did you discover Byron?
00:12:01This morning. I couldn't get in here either last night,
00:12:04so I slept in Charlie's room.
00:12:06The thump of the body against the wall outside awakened me.
00:12:10Did you hear the same noise?
00:12:12No, sir. I didn't even hear Ken come in.
00:12:14I guess I'd been asleep for some time.
00:12:16You were asleep very soundly.
00:12:19And in your clothes, too?
00:12:20Well...
00:12:23To tell you the truth, sir,
00:12:24I had a few drinks at the dance last night,
00:12:26and I can't be too sure of what I may have heard after that.
00:12:29I was so tired, I didn't even bother to undress.
00:12:31Well, in that case you recorded last night
00:12:33wouldn't actually be worthless, but warranting investigation.
00:12:36As you doubtless know, Professor, criminology has always been my hobby,
00:12:39although I'm a corporation lawyer.
00:12:41So I've understood, Mr. Harris.
00:12:42I'm sure your knowledge will be invaluable.
00:12:50Is that the rope by which Byron was hanging?
00:12:52Yes, sir. It was tied in a slipknot.
00:12:54I loosened it.
00:12:56Hmm.
00:12:58Strangulation by hanging is a very nasty death for one to choose,
00:13:02particularly with a rope as heavy and rough as this.
00:13:05What are you getting at, Mr. Harris?
00:13:06The heavier the rope, the more difficult it is for the knot to slip.
00:13:10Sometimes it doesn't slip at all.
00:13:12However, it certainly worked in poor Byron's case.
00:13:15And now it's up to us to discover why he chose to hang himself.
00:13:18Gentlemen, Byron Coates did not hang himself.
00:13:22He was dead before the rope was tied about his neck.
00:13:26I'm sorry to disturb you so early, Ms. Coates,
00:13:28but I've got to tell you something.
00:13:30Something you'll have to tell Jean.
00:13:32It's about her brother, Byron.
00:13:34He... He's dead.
00:13:38Dead?
00:13:40How awful!
00:13:44I'm sorry, Mrs. Coates, but I can't tell you.
00:13:46I'm afraid I can't tell you.
00:13:48I'm afraid I can't tell you.
00:13:50I'm afraid I can't tell you.
00:13:52I'm afraid I can't tell you.
00:13:55When did it happen?
00:13:57The doctor says about midnight.
00:13:59I found him early this morning hanging from his dormitory window.
00:14:02Then it was suicide?
00:14:04We thought so at first, but the doctor's examination proved
00:14:07he was dead before the rope was tied around his neck.
00:14:09There'll be an autopsy this afternoon and we'll know more definitely.
00:14:13I'll wire Byron's mother, and you tell Jean.
00:14:16No, I'll handle everything for this end of the family.
00:14:20Mrs. Coates is a helpless person if ever there was one.
00:14:23I'll fold her and follow what instructions she may give.
00:14:26This is a terrible situation.
00:14:29You think it's murder, don't you?
00:14:31Well, let's not say that yet until we really know.
00:14:34Well, it's obvious. The person can't die and then hang himself later.
00:14:38There's liable to be considerable excitement here today.
00:14:41So Professor Bosworth has offered to give us our meals at his house
00:14:44so we won't be annoyed by outsiders.
00:14:46You tell Jean and I'll call for you at lunchtime.
00:14:48That's kind of the professor. We'll expect you at once.
00:14:51I'll go up now and wake Jean.
00:14:52She slept quite long enough if she came in when she said she was going to.
00:14:56Why, I didn't know she went out last night.
00:14:59She told me she had a cold and was going right to bed.
00:15:01I don't know anything about that.
00:15:03She suddenly decided she was going to walk over and see her brother
00:15:06and be back within an hour.
00:15:12Now let's get all the facts straight.
00:15:15After you dropped me in front of your dormitory,
00:15:18you put the car on the garage.
00:15:19That's right.
00:15:22And you stopped for a sandwich at the campus grill.
00:15:25Yes, and from there I came right here and couldn't get in.
00:15:30Come in.
00:15:34Ken, I just heard the news. Gee, I'm terribly sorry.
00:15:38Oh, excuse me, Mr. Harris.
00:15:41That's all right, Bill. I was just leaving.
00:15:44I think I'll go downstairs and have another little chat with Charlie Pendon.
00:15:48Ken, I'll meet you later at Professor Bostwick's.
00:15:52Isn't there anything I can possibly do?
00:15:55Poor old Bi. He was a swell fellow.
00:15:58He certainly was, Bill.
00:16:00A swell roommate, too.
00:16:02I can hardly realize it.
00:16:04Why, I only saw Bi and spoke to him at 11 o'clock last night.
00:16:07You did? Where?
00:16:09Why, right here. I leaned out my window and asked him to go eat with me.
00:16:13He leaned out and said he was half undressed and was going to bed.
00:16:16Well, I fooled around a while and then I heard your door open and close.
00:16:20I thought, of course, it was you.
00:16:22So I went to the window and yelled a second time for you.
00:16:25Bi looked out and said you weren't in.
00:16:27So I asked him if he was walking in asleep. He said no, he had a visitor.
00:16:31And he laughed and said good night.
00:16:34Bill, that visitor might have been Bi's murderer.
00:16:38Gee, I never thought of that.
00:16:40Was Bi in pajamas the second time he came to the window?
00:16:43Yeah, and a gray bathrobe, too.
00:16:46And I saw the stripes on the collar of his pajamas.
00:16:49Stripes? Sure, why?
00:16:51Well, he had on plain blue ones when I found him this morning.
00:17:11There are no striped pajamas here.
00:17:14And now that you mention it, I distinctly remember
00:17:16Bi had been wearing a striped pair the past few nights.
00:17:19This is the robe I saw him wearing, Ken.
00:17:24Funny he should hang it up.
00:17:27Look.
00:17:29It's blood. He must have cut himself shaving.
00:17:32You don't cut the back of your neck when you shave, Bill.
00:17:35Listen, come tell your story to my dad
00:17:37before the local police get in and gum up everything.
00:17:41I've seen the president of the college.
00:17:43He's waiting for the coroner's report and the sheriff's instructions.
00:17:46He says he's averted degrees to what we think.
00:17:49He's going to conduct a meeting tonight
00:17:50and announce it to the entire student body.
00:17:52A very sensible procedure.
00:17:54If students got no news except from these papers,
00:17:57it would make a terrible mess of things.
00:17:59Oh, Dad, Bill Smart has just told me something
00:18:02which may be of great importance.
00:18:04Fine, Bill. What is it?
00:18:05Well, sir, I told you that Bi's murderer
00:18:07Fine, Bill. What is it?
00:18:09Well, sir, I talked to Byron twice last night.
00:18:11Once at 11, and again a half hour later,
00:18:14at which time he had a visitor.
00:18:16I thought, of course, it was Ken.
00:18:19Yes. I'm in the lobby, Gene.
00:18:22You and Miss Case ought to go to Professor Bostrick's with me.
00:18:26Bye.
00:18:30Hello, Charlie.
00:18:31Hello, Sam. I came over here looking for Ken.
00:18:34I'm going to see Ken in a few minutes over at Bossy's house.
00:18:36Why not come along?
00:18:37Well, I can't. I've got choir rehearsal in five minutes.
00:18:39But you might tell Ken this.
00:18:41I heard someone go into their rooms last night around 11,
00:18:44so I peeked out my door to see who it was.
00:18:46Well, who was it?
00:18:48I would rather wait and tell that to Ken in the proper authority.
00:18:51Listen, tell Ken to meet me right after choir rehearsal.
00:18:54All right, Sam. I'll see you later, Charlie.
00:18:59Who was that boy you were speaking to just now?
00:19:01Sam Anderson, a classmate of ours.
00:19:03He has some important information concerning Baye's action last night.
00:19:06Huh. Seems to me everyone has a finger in this pie, except the police.
00:19:10You're wrong, Miss Case.
00:19:11I understand the sheriff and his men have been on the case all morning.
00:19:15And that's all I know, except that...
00:19:19I met Sam Anderson at the inn a short time ago,
00:19:21and he wants to see you after choir rehearsal.
00:19:24Sam says he knows who Baye's visitor was last night.
00:19:27Wouldn't he tell you who it was?
00:19:28No. He said you or the police would get that information.
00:19:31Then don't fail to see that, boy, Ken. It's most important.
00:19:34Now, you've all heard Ken's and Bill's story
00:19:36of the mysterious visitor in Byron's room,
00:19:38of the missing pajamas, and of the blood-stained dressing room.
00:19:41We've also told our individual stories
00:19:43of where we were last evening at the supposed time of Byron's death.
00:19:49All that you miscounts.
00:19:51You were supposed to have retired about 9 o'clock because of the cold.
00:19:57Then will you kindly explain how it was I saw you enter the hotel
00:19:59as I was registering about 2 o'clock this morning?
00:20:02I... I'm sure you're wrong.
00:20:05I was in bed hours before that.
00:20:08I'll vouch for what Miss Coates has said.
00:20:11She's not in the habit of wandering about strange hotels at such an hour.
00:20:17Then I'm very sorry to say one of us is lying.
00:20:22But I assure you it isn't I.
00:20:24Dr. Howell is calling you, sir.
00:20:26Oh, pardon me.
00:20:30Hello?
00:20:32Harry speaking.
00:20:40I understand.
00:20:42All right, goodbye.
00:20:51The autopsy has just been completed.
00:20:54Byron was killed by a single shot.
00:20:56The autopsy has just been completed.
00:20:59Byron was killed by a small, sharp instrument
00:21:01piercing the brain just under the back of his skull.
00:21:03They're now removing that instrument.
00:21:07I think Gene and I will retire if you have no objections.
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00:22:26One of your classmates last night
00:22:30met his death in a dormitory.
00:22:34Of course, I cannot go into details at this moment,
00:22:37but this I can certainly say
00:22:40that indisputable evidence
00:22:42points to the fact that the boy,
00:22:45Byron Coates, was murdered.
00:22:57Murder is a terrible thing.
00:23:02Particularly terrible when it is found in a college
00:23:07where youth and the highest ideals
00:23:10are supposed to prevail.
00:23:13This tragedy will naturally attract
00:23:16unwelcome publicity to the college.
00:23:19But Cornwall, I can certainly say,
00:23:23will hide nothing.
00:23:25And I request that each and every one of you
00:23:28come forward and tell the authorities
00:23:31everything you know about this case.
00:23:35Mr. President, I...
00:23:43Gentlemen, ladies, please!
00:23:47Order! Order!
00:23:56Do you know who this is?
00:23:58It's Sam Anderson, the guy who was going to tell us
00:24:01about Byron's visit last night.
00:24:03This boy was murdered so that he couldn't talk.
00:24:06Take him to that side room.
00:24:17Poor Anderson was in exactly the same state as Byron.
00:24:21Naturally, both crimes were committed by one person.
00:24:26Professor Boswick, have you questioned the members of your choir?
00:24:30I've talked to the six boys who stood closest to Anderson.
00:24:33Their individual stories are valueless.
00:24:35Each one knowing nothing but the sensation of seeing Anderson fall.
00:24:38No motives, no clues.
00:24:40No, it's just as I expected.
00:24:42As you both know, I went to the morgue with a body.
00:24:45While there, I met the sheriff.
00:24:47He's asked me to help him in these cases.
00:24:49I merely mention this so as not to misjudge my questioning.
00:24:52Do you really think Anderson was killed because of what he might have disclosed?
00:24:56There can be no other motive.
00:24:59Ken, have you a flashlight in your car?
00:25:02Oh, yes.
00:25:04Professor Boswick, I think I'll accept the invitation
00:25:07you extended me a while ago to stay in your house.
00:25:10In the meantime, I wonder if you could lend me the key to the auditorium.
00:25:13I presume it's organized, do you have it?
00:25:15Why, yes, of course. Here it is.
00:25:17Only if you're going there tonight,
00:25:19I'm afraid you'll find the place rather eerie.
00:25:21Kenneth, I think, knows where the switches are.
00:25:23Thank you. We'll be back later.
00:25:39Is there a way for me to get into the back of the organ?
00:25:41Yes, there's an entrance to me at the side of the pipe.
00:25:43Dad, don't you want me to go with you?
00:25:45No, I'd rather you wouldn't.
00:25:47I have a theory. I think I can work out better alone.
00:25:49Now you go back to your room and I'll be there in a few minutes.
00:25:51Then you can drive me back to Professor Boswick's.
00:26:15I'll be right back.
00:26:45Did you go in the organ I didn't in the shadow I saw the man I think we want come on quickly follow him
00:26:51We head to the first town off. We're chasing a part that has a long star
00:27:08We've lost the trail
00:27:10Well, what do we do now?
00:27:12Now we go back to the auditorium and this time you're going in with me
00:27:16I
00:27:43Can't wear it look you know what that is
00:27:45Why it's a needle
00:27:47Say maybe it's the murder instrument or the brother to it. Come on
00:27:52Good evening doctor. Good evening. Mr. Harris
00:27:55Glad you're here the sheriff left a while ago for your son's room. I suppose you have something to report or show me I have
00:28:02The autopsy of the second body has been completed
00:28:05The result was identical to that of the first autopsy
00:28:08Each man was instantly killed by a violent piercing of the brain at the base of the skull
00:28:14In the brain of each body
00:28:16We found one of these
00:28:24You know, they're exactly alike
00:28:28Tell me this doctor
00:28:29Could I with the force of my bare hands skillfully aim and plunge one of these needles into a skull with fatal results?
00:28:36I doubt it. It might be possible but not probable. Well, then your theory is I'm not theorizing
00:28:42This needle was so deeply embedded in the brain. We the very force of its entry proves that it was shot him
00:28:50What sort of an instrument fire such a thing? I haven't the remotest idea for a morning at 10. You'll be there certainly
00:28:57Good night doctor. Good night
00:29:00Oh
00:29:07All right, Sheriff, this is that Barker my deputy how do you do sir, how do you do I
00:29:15Understand the college has retained you to take charge of the investigation of the two murders only unofficially
00:29:22And nothing's been said about second death. Well
00:29:25That's a small matter solve one and you solve the other no, I'm not so sure about that I
00:29:31Don't understand you mr. Harris
00:29:33I'm just a country sheriff with a hardware business as a sideline
00:29:36I don't know much about the murder mysteries except what I've seen in the movies
00:29:41And I'm not ashamed to admit that me and my men are a little over our head in this thing
00:29:46What do you mean Sheriff? Well, I hope you won't be offended. Mr. Harris, but I suggested to the president of the college this afternoon
00:29:53That we call in several police detectors from the city as the official representative the county that's naturally your privilege now hold on
00:30:01The president said that you was a mighty clever man and that for the time being he preferred your methods to that of the city
00:30:08police
00:30:09Now part of me here willing to help you. Of course, we're not the smartest sleuths in the world
00:30:17Are we Barger ain't never had a chance to find out up until now
00:30:22No one around here does worse than
00:30:25break traffic laws
00:30:27But the wise man who knows his own limitations. I don't aim to be no blundering back country sheriff the kind they have in mystery stories
00:30:35About all I can offer you is guns and manpower. I know we're going to work together perfectly
00:30:39I do a red detective story matter of fact, I've written several of them, but I've always sworn that I'd never be an amateur book detective
00:30:47Well, no, I never smoked opium to play the violin
00:30:49I know no one connected with Scotland Yard and nothing about the French secret police
00:30:53I've never owned a bag of fine glass. I've never worn rubber heels
00:30:57Okay, tell me any suspects well not at the moment have you
00:31:03We have a couple of ideas the markers, right? But our theory concerns the second murder
00:31:09Doc Howell says that those
00:31:11Needles were fired into the brain by some sort of a gun
00:31:15Now no one ever heard any shots did they go on well
00:31:20Compressed air shoots things doesn't it? And when we think of compressed air, we've got to think about that organ which is full of it
00:31:29Now I ain't mechanically minded
00:31:32But it's possible that a certain contraption could be hooked to one of the pipes of that organ
00:31:37So that when a certain note on that organ was struck it would release and shoot one of those needles
00:31:45Who was that the keyboard of the organ by Professor Bostrom, of course
00:32:01You mind sitting in the exact position you were in just for absence killed certainly not
00:32:06I'm sure your hands were on the keyboard. No, you're keeping the pedals. I'm positive
00:32:11You see I was preoccupied listening to the president's speech and staring at the music before me
00:32:16Although I sat at the organ. I saw no modern lady
00:32:19Thank you, Professor
00:32:21Well, I'm afraid that eliminates the sheriff's theory. I
00:32:25Understand completely. I wish I could be of more help to you
00:32:29I'm afraid that eliminates the sheriff's theory. I
00:32:32Understand completely. I wish I could be of more help to you
00:32:37Come in
00:32:47I'm sorry. I haven't had a chance to talk with you alone gene since Byron don't Ken. I know how you feel
00:32:53But I certainly had a friend in you and so you did I
00:32:58Want you to let me help you not only for Byron's sake but for your own. I
00:33:03Know it's no time to talk about what I'd like to know don't say it can
00:33:08But if it'll help any I I feel the same way
00:33:18Father will be here in a few moments. Huh? I knew it more third degree. Oh, he'll be very important, of course, but not over Barry
00:33:27I've been making all sorts of wild guesses about poor by and that Anderson boy
00:33:32You see I wasn't there and no one has really told me about anything that's happened yet. I
00:33:36Want you there miss case. I thought I saw you when I came in
00:33:40Yes, I was
00:33:43But I sat so far to the side. I couldn't see a thing
00:33:50Yes, that's father now
00:33:54Okay
00:33:57Gene may I see you for a few minutes
00:34:02Gene I want you to talk to me about Byron just though I never met the boy. Tell me about his habits his friends his home
00:34:09life
00:34:15Our home life has always been very pleasant
00:34:18Do you mostly of course to the adoration we had for our mother?
00:34:22By and I were great companions you see father died when we were awfully small
00:34:27My only remembrance of him is of rubbing my cheek against someone with a face that scratched
00:34:34Are you any photographs of you several mother still keeps a huge album in the living room. It's a scrapbook habit from the stage
00:34:42I guess. Oh
00:34:43Was your mother an actress?
00:34:45She used to be and a good one, too
00:34:48She left the stage when Byron was born, but she was quite a famous concert singer and broad
00:34:53In fact, it was in Paris that she met father at least that was where they were married
00:34:58But have you any remembrance of living elsewhere than Boston? Oh my yes, we traveled extensively
00:35:04Until ten years ago when mother felt we should settle down
00:35:08So she bought an old house in the most today part of Boston
00:35:12It's a nice house
00:35:14But a lonely one lonely. Why well
00:35:18Mother isn't Boston if you know what I mean
00:35:22But can you tell me the financial condition of your family? Oh
00:35:25There's plenty of money. But as I understand it the greater part of it is held in trust for Byron and Jean
00:35:33Particularly for by secret. I never knew that. Well, that means of course that Byron would have inherited a considerable estate coming of age
00:35:42How old was he? Why?
00:35:44Today was his birthday
00:35:46He would have been 21. You're right miss Kate. I forgot all about it
00:35:51Wait a minute. We're getting someplace now
00:35:54Byron's murder was planned and timed perfectly just a few hours before he received word of his inheritance
00:36:01Somebody wanted that money for this
00:36:04Are you insinuating that I'm only insinuating that the murder was committed for the reason that most crimes are for money
00:36:11Coming of age Byron probably received word of his inheritance
00:36:15Now Ken you ought to know something about his mail. Did he ever mention receiving such a letter? Oh
00:36:20Although he did receive mail the day before he died then we'd have to go through his mail and find out for ourselves
00:36:26Just a moment. I
00:36:30Am probably betraying a confidence, but if it would clear up this point
00:36:34Here is a wire which I received from Byron's mother a few hours ago
00:36:39You may read it and do as you wish. I don't want to be involved any more than I am
00:36:50You
00:37:03My dear I'll thank you for this later. Come on
00:37:05Can we go in your room as fast as we can? Oh, but dad, I want to talk to Jean later later. Come on
00:37:09Wait, I'll see you later, dear
00:37:18Where Byron keep it mail that desk
00:37:20I
00:37:37There's nothing here dad someone's rifle this desk why these drawers were filled with five man
00:37:50I
00:37:53I had to speak to you. Can I I want to tell you how sorry I was about Byron. I
00:38:01Know he never liked me, but I liked him
00:38:07It's horrible to think that he's gone
00:38:13I
00:38:15It's horrible to think that he's gone. Well, thanks for feeling that way John
00:38:21This is my father father. This is John Messer. Oh
00:38:26How do you do sir
00:38:35Pardon my staring at you like this, but your resemblance of Byron Coates is positively stopping
00:38:41I know that sir
00:38:44It's a weird feeling being the living image of a
00:38:47dead man
00:38:49You of course are not related to him. Oh, no, sir. I I belong to a French family living some few miles from here
00:38:58If you'll pardon me I shall say good night. I just want to extend my condolences. Well, thanks again John
00:39:05What do you know about that boy nothing much dad he's in the junior class and the son of a Frenchman who runs a roadhouse near here
00:39:13He's not generally liked and Byron was particularly antagonistic toward him because of their resemblance
00:39:20I used to say he rather enjoyed his own face and didn't care to see it spread around
00:39:25I
00:39:27Resemblance I
00:39:30Used to say he rather enjoyed his own face and didn't care to see it spread around
00:39:36Ken
00:39:38Jealousy is often the motive for crime
00:39:41You surely don't believe that Mesereau would kill by because of their resemblance. Do you why they had nothing in common but appearance
00:39:50Somehow I feel that this resemblance has a deeper bearing in the case than we know
00:39:55However, I shall investigate him in the morning after the interest in the meantime, there's something I want you to do what?
00:40:01Byron's body is going to Boston in the morning
00:40:04And you're going with it. Oh
00:40:06Yeah, I don't want to do that. You lose I tell you
00:40:12The sheriff and I are perfectly capable of taking care of things here and I need someone to interview Byron's most interesting mother
00:40:18But Jean in this case should do that. Not me
00:40:20Hmm
00:40:21You're wrong my boy. I'm keeping you here for a purpose
00:40:25If things as they should be Byron's mother will consider that her last letter possibly driven to suicide
00:40:31And I want you to make her keep that thought until we find out what she wrote him
00:40:50You're Kenneth Harris, aren't you? Yes, you're mrs. Colton Byron described you so often I feel that I know you
00:41:05Please tell me where is he at Waterman's funeral rooms downtown?
00:41:10I
00:41:13Can't see him. I couldn't stand that
00:41:18I'm
00:41:19Going to try not to be sentimental
00:41:22But I know you share my grief
00:41:25And I want you to tell me all about it
00:41:27You see they wouldn't let me see the papers and I know nothing except what this case told me over the telephone. I
00:41:35Found Byron hanging outside the window by the rope that's used as a fire escape
00:41:41Oh
00:41:46Gene see him. No, we thought it best not to
00:41:54He was such a darling
00:41:57Now that he's gone I can only remember him as a child
00:42:03Will you bring me that album over there
00:42:10Thank you, I want you to know Byron as I shall always picture
00:42:24These were taken when he was three years old full of life and play
00:42:32Here he is the day after his death
00:42:35The day he lost his baby curls and became a little man
00:42:46There he is a young man entering college
00:42:56My boy
00:42:58Your roommate
00:43:00Oh
00:43:02But I've killed him. No, mrs. Coach. You're not to blame at all. Oh, yes. I am
00:43:07You don't know you haven't any idea, but you're mistaken. I have
00:43:12Then he showed you my last letter his birthday letter. No, should he have shown it to me? No
00:43:19I
00:43:20Don't know
00:43:22I
00:43:24Know should he have shown it to me. No, I
00:43:28Should never have written it
00:43:30But I thought he was a man now and could understand
00:43:34And forget
00:43:36Mrs. Coates, I was very close to Byron
00:43:39Perhaps if you told me what that letter contained, I'd know how it affected
00:43:43No, no, that letter has been destroyed now. I wired that it should be I've got to tell you something mrs
00:43:50This case tried to honor your telegram
00:43:52But there was no letter to be found. The desk was broken into the night your wire arrived
00:43:58We don't know but we wish we did
00:44:01Now mrs. Coates, please don't get upset
00:44:04But Byron did not kill himself. He was murdered and the murderer wanted your letter
00:44:19I'll call a cab for you
00:44:49You
00:45:20Yeah, if you did a clever bit of work in an earthing this contraption from the college grounds
00:45:24Wasn't a bad bit of sleuthing if I do say so myself. I
00:45:29Also found out it belonged to Professor Brian. I had market tell him to come up here
00:45:35Go ahead
00:45:42Gentlemen professor Brad, can you identify this peculiar weapon?
00:45:47Professor Brad, can you identify this peculiar weapon?
00:45:50Why this this is a new invention
00:45:53used in the killing of cattle
00:45:55Western packing house sent it to me for exhibition purposes in my economics class all very interesting professor
00:46:02But explain how I found this thing buried in the campus near the auditorium
00:46:08That I can't answer sir
00:46:11I've been in New York over this past weekend and returned today only
00:46:16because of these tragic deaths
00:46:19Now don't worry professor. Our question is only to determine who used that gun in your absence
00:46:24Of course, you read in the papers that these boys were murdered to the penetration of steel needles in their skulls
00:46:30Yes, I did
00:46:32That's the cause of my present anxiety
00:46:35You see this gun
00:46:38Is the most uncommon instrument and to my knowledge the only one within miles of here
00:46:45That could have shot those needles
00:46:48Did you ever shoot that gun yourself?
00:46:51Yes
00:46:52Into the woodwork of my classroom for demonstration purposes
00:46:56You see the packing house included three needles as ammunition for the gun. Two of the needles were found the bodies
00:47:02Is this the third?
00:47:07Yes, I believe it is I'm positive
00:47:10Say, where did you get that needle? You've been holding out on the wall. Never mind. Never mind. I'll explain that later
00:47:15Now professor. There's only one more question
00:47:17Can you explain how that gun was taken from your possession?
00:47:23I can perhaps I made a serious mistake, but
00:47:31Byron codes saw me demonstrate the gun in my economics class
00:47:36After the lecture he asked to borrow it over the weekend
00:47:39Coats is a level-headed student. I granted his request with no other thought in mind than that. He wanted it for further study
00:47:48Byron had the gun
00:47:52Pardon me professor. We have to keep the gun as material evidence
00:47:58Actually
00:48:01Actually
00:48:05Good day
00:48:23Hello dad, yeah, I
00:48:26I
00:48:28Just passed professor Brandon in the hallway, what was he doing here dad?
00:48:32He was identifying his murder weapon, which makes the first part of my case almost complete
00:48:37Tell me about your trip to Boston
00:48:39Well, there isn't very much to tell the trip was a flop as far as getting information was concerned. What about that letter?
00:48:45I couldn't find out what was in that letter
00:48:49But she did show me some very interesting photographs
00:48:52It's unfortunate you couldn't learn the contents of that letter, which undoubtedly contains some very startling news
00:48:57besides inheritance facts
00:48:59Whatever that news was it probably instilled the thought of suicide in Byron's mind
00:49:05This unique and silent weapon was demonstrated while he was in his mood
00:49:09He obtained it and kept in his room to the night of his death when he professed to have a headache in order to have
00:49:14privacy
00:49:15He was interrupted by the arrival of an unknown visitor whom Sam Anderson claimed was here
00:49:20whoever this unknown visitor was
00:49:22He both saw and used the opportunity to kill Byron with a very weapon that Byron himself produced
00:49:29That's a right smart theory. But what about the second murder?
00:49:33Where does it come in and why was Byron hanging outside his window and where are the pajamas he wore?
00:49:39The second murder was a murder of necessity to cover the first
00:49:42The hanging was an amateurish effort to proclaim the supposed suicide
00:49:46The job was removed because of bloodstains
00:49:49These are easy questions, my friend
00:49:51The difficult one is
00:49:54Who was the murderer?
00:49:57Well, I'm gonna clean up before we go over to bossy's death
00:50:04Professor Boswick was called away to Holyoke for an organ recital. He won't be back until tomorrow for the inquest. Well, we'll go over there anyway
00:50:12Why should we go to bossy's if he won't be back till tomorrow I can
00:50:17Isn't that the dressing robe that Byron had on when he died?
00:50:22Gosh I put it on without thinking
00:50:27Why it's a letter to Byron from his mother
00:50:35It's the one we're looking for I'm the law here give me the letter
00:50:42But I represent the university now, wait a minute
00:50:45Remember miss coach wanted this letter destroyed unread. I'll prevent that. I demanded as evidence. You should have it in due time
00:50:53Understand your feelings Ken. We'll take the letter to Jean. She should read it false
00:51:00Your mother's letter to Byron has just been found
00:51:03We've decided you should be the first to read it because of its evident personal content
00:51:06You of course realized that I was instructed to destroy that letter. Do you not there's nothing to stop that
00:51:12Your obligation to justice will stop you. I suppose you take this in the living room and read it and we wait for you
00:51:18Well, I think it's merely a family skeleton if so, I asked the right to tear it up
00:51:26But if it has any positive bearing on by death, I'll give it back to you and you may read it to everyone here
00:51:35You and me are the law but we don't get no evidence or clues until everybody else is through with them
00:51:41Yeah, and I don't like it
00:51:45You'll have to assume the responsibility for this
00:51:49Gene I
00:51:54Don't want to know what's in that letter under any circumstance, so I'm gonna take a walk on the campus until the whole thing's over
00:52:11You
00:52:28What
00:52:32Don't turn around
00:52:36And up face the wall
00:52:41Oh
00:52:54Get water quickly. Yes
00:53:00Is she all right
00:53:12I'll be all right in a moment
00:53:17Did you catch him the sheriff the deputy you're after did you see him at all?
00:53:21No, he came in to get the letter, but I think I fooled him. Well now Jean tell us just what happened. I
00:53:27Was sitting in this chair with my back towards the door as I started to read the letter
00:53:31I'd read the first page when I thought I heard a faint noise behind me
00:53:34I
00:53:41Will take no more chances you read it aloud Ken and at once
00:53:50Dear aspiring
00:53:52Happy birthday
00:53:53You are now 21 and that not only means that you are a man
00:53:57But a wealthy one in a Boston Bank waiting for you is an inheritance from your father
00:54:02Your share is over half a million dollars
00:54:14I guess we should have stayed with the sheriff's car on the main road
00:54:17But I've got a hunch that this will lead us to something more than a pasture
00:54:21This is the River Road. We're on Charlie, you know, the one that leads to the old deserted Roadhouse
00:54:27We'll stop here. The place is just around the curve
00:54:32Oh
00:54:42Nobody's lived in that place for over a hundred years
00:54:45Bill that must be the fellow I'll stay here
00:54:48You go back and get the sheriff and the rest of them if anybody tries to leave that house
00:54:52They'll find it unhealthy. I'll make it as quick as I can
00:55:02So
00:55:10Now Byron, you know for the first time that you have a half-brother John Shaw
00:55:15He would be a year older than you are now
00:55:17And although I naturally haven't seen him since he was placed for adoption with a French family by the name of mesero 15 years ago
00:55:25Please understand Byron dear that you and Jean have my complete love. I've forgotten John as I forgot Joe his father
00:55:33Who deserted me many years ago when I learned my marriage to him had been faked and illegal
00:55:38At the time that I married your father
00:55:40He accepted and loved John to an extent that made him legally adopt him
00:55:44Then as you know father died soon after the birth of Jean and passed
00:55:48The reading of his will disclosed that he left John an equal third of the fortune you and Jean were to share
00:55:54That is why I paid the mesero family to take John
00:55:57Hoping his identity would become lost and his share in the will forgotten
00:56:02poor mother
00:56:04Making blunder after blunder in her effort to do right
00:56:09Byron you will help me rather than misunderstand won't you you will still call me your ever-loving mother
00:56:16Your mother always was most theological
00:56:19Showing favoritism towards children is a bad habit as far as I could hear from the letter
00:56:24She had no reason to be ashamed of your half-brother
00:56:27Take the John mesero is by his brother after all and how by disliking that letter complete the missing part of my theory came
00:56:35Young mesero was undoubtedly guilty of both crimes in some way
00:56:38He found out the contents of his stepfather's will and determined not only to have his share but Byron's and even possibly Jean's
00:56:47Byron read the letter and blurted out the news to mesero with his first opportunity
00:56:52That opportunity being when mesero came to see him the night. He was killed
00:56:57Boom we don't know who he is, but the fellow we followed is in the old roadhouse on the River Road. Come on
00:57:03I'm going to know you mustn't Jane. No, you're quite right Kenneth. She's had enough excitement for one night. Yes darling. You stay here
00:57:15We lost we found him sheriff where he's in the old deserted house on the River Road
00:57:22Oh
00:57:43What
00:57:44River's in that places still there. He shot at me twice. I did a little exploring and I found this car
00:57:49I ripped the battery out, then I tried to get in the house.
00:57:52That's when he shot at me.
00:57:53You think he was alone?
00:57:54Well, it's hard to say.
00:57:55There's one sure way to find out.
00:57:57All right, go in the house.
00:57:58Let me have your flashlight.
00:58:19I'll be going up there to stay, Sheriff.
00:58:41Let's try something else first.
00:58:50You up there, this is the law speaking.
00:58:53I'm giving you a final chance.
00:58:56We've got you surrounded.
00:58:58Better come down peacefully.
00:59:02Maybe this will convince you that we mean business.
00:59:07I guess we'll have to chance those stairs.
00:59:09Barker and I will eat.
00:59:12Wait.
00:59:15I'll call him by name.
00:59:18John Miserle.
00:59:21John Shaw.
00:59:23Throw your gun on the floor and raise your hands.
00:59:43What do you want me for?
00:59:51The murder of Byron Coates.
00:59:53No.
00:59:54No, I didn't kill him.
00:59:56You can't accuse me of that.
00:59:58Then I arrest you for the murder of Sam Anderson.
01:00:01Yes.
01:00:03Yes, I did kill Anderson.
01:00:05I had to.
01:00:08But I didn't kill Byron.
01:00:11He was my brother.
01:00:15Then who did it, Miserle?
01:00:17Tell me.
01:00:20Don't shoot.
01:00:22I'll tell.
01:00:24It was...
01:00:25Which one of you fools killed this boy?
01:00:35I have no gun.
01:00:38Speak up.
01:00:39One of you shot him just as he was about to tell the name of Byron Coates' murder.
01:00:43Break those guns open.
01:00:50There was only two shots fired from all these guns,
01:00:54not counting the one which killed Miserle.
01:00:58The guns don't show nothing,
01:01:00but this is the third killing that's happened in three days.
01:01:03And this one was done for the same reason that the second one was,
01:01:06to keep somebody's mouth shut.
01:01:09Sheriff, John Miserle was not killed by anybody in this room.
01:01:14He was shot in the back by a bullet fired from up above.
01:01:19Come on, Barker. It's our turn to do the shooting.
01:01:33You go that way, Barker.
01:01:35I'll go in here.
01:01:54Well, now that I've gotten Gene off to bed,
01:01:56what is it you want to talk to me about?
01:01:58It's about Father.
01:02:00Miss Case, when I was in Boston,
01:02:02I discovered Father's picture in Mrs. Coates' album.
01:02:05It was taken in Paris and signed Joe.
01:02:09Well, I remember she said in a letter to Byron
01:02:11that Joe was the name of the man who tricked her into marriage
01:02:14and then deserted her.
01:02:17Heavens, boy, you can't think that you're Father.
01:02:19Well, what else can I think?
01:02:21Why would his picture be in her album?
01:02:23There's one way to prove your fear.
01:02:25We must get Mrs. Coates up here to face him at once.
01:02:28That's just what I'm going to do.
01:02:30I'm going to start for Boston right now,
01:02:32and if it's humanly possible, bring Mrs. Coates back here tomorrow.
01:02:35You're a brave boy, Kenneth, and good luck.
01:02:38Or rather, bad luck, to our suspicions.
01:02:41Thanks.
01:02:46Ah, Miss Case, you're just the person I want to see.
01:02:48Come, come, come, Mr. Harris. More questioning.
01:02:51No, no, not exactly.
01:02:53I want you to send for Mrs. Coates immediately.
01:02:55What?
01:02:57Well, now that's a coincidence.
01:03:00Kenneth has just left for Boston to get her.
01:03:02Ah, fine.
01:03:04I believe she holds the key to the entire mystery.
01:03:07Good night.
01:03:21Mother!
01:03:24Why didn't you tell me you were coming?
01:03:26Oh, my dear girl, I should have been with you all through this.
01:03:30Your father was in the dining room when we had breakfast.
01:03:33He should be here any minute.
01:03:36Here he comes now.
01:03:39Well, young man, it's about time you showed up.
01:03:42Dad, I want you to meet Byron's mother, Mrs. Coates.
01:03:48How do you do?
01:03:49Mrs. Coates.
01:03:53Why'd you stare at him?
01:03:56Well, I'm sure we've met before.
01:03:58I don't think so.
01:04:00Though we should have, with Byron and Kenneth rooming together for so long.
01:04:04You...
01:04:06You seem to fit in the past.
01:04:09I have it. It was in Paris.
01:04:12Great heavens, Lucille Florent, the concert singer.
01:04:15The toast of Paris.
01:04:17Don't you remember me? I was a student.
01:04:19And a mutual friend brought me to your dressing room.
01:04:21We had supper that evening, and the next day we went riding.
01:04:23And you lost a heel getting out of the carriage.
01:04:28Joe Harris?
01:04:29Yes.
01:04:30Why, of course, now I remember.
01:04:33You know I still have a picture of you somewhere at home.
01:04:36No.
01:04:37What a coincidence, meeting like this.
01:04:40We must have a long talk later on.
01:04:43Will you come upstairs with me, dear?
01:04:44Of course, Miss Coates, and I will help you, Mother.
01:04:46We'll see you at Professor Bostwick's.
01:04:57I certainly am sorry that I had to be away
01:04:59while all this excitement you were speaking of took place.
01:05:02Poor young Mesereau.
01:05:04This is the third life so cruelly taken.
01:05:11Good afternoon. Are the others here?
01:05:13Oh, yes, there's Professor Bostwick. He's back from Holyoke, too.
01:05:19Mrs. Coates, I want you to meet...
01:05:24Joe!
01:05:26Lucille!
01:05:30Just a minute, Mr. Shaw.
01:05:33What do you mean, Shaw?
01:05:36That's Professor Bostwick.
01:05:38That man is John Mesereau's father, Joe Shaw.
01:05:44The man whom I thought I was married to.
01:05:48Sheriff, I demand you hold this man for the murder
01:05:51of Byron Coates and John Mesereau,
01:05:53and as accessory in the murder of Sam Anderson.
01:05:55You're a darn tootin', I will.
01:05:57But I... I don't know what you're talking about.
01:06:00John Mesereau committed all the crimes you accuse me of.
01:06:03And why did you kill him?
01:06:05I'll tell you.
01:06:07You killed Byron Coates so that your own son
01:06:09could get his share of the inheritance.
01:06:11When Sam Anderson saw you leave the scene of the crime
01:06:13and you forced John to murder him.
01:06:15Unfortunately for John, he was about to disclose your guilt.
01:06:18So he was the third victim.
01:06:20The murder of your own son killed the chances
01:06:22of your ever getting your hands on the Coates' inheritance.
01:06:25If John had lived,
01:06:27Jean would probably have been your next and last victim.
01:06:30Wait a minute.
01:06:32You're a very clever man, Mr. Harris.
01:06:35But if Lucille hadn't recognized you,
01:06:37she wouldn't have been able to find you.
01:06:40But if Lucille hadn't recognized me,
01:06:42your case against me wouldn't be worth a copper.
01:06:44On the contrary, my dear professor,
01:06:46it'd be worth all the copper in the electric chair.
01:06:48You see, I interviewed the Mesereaus yesterday
01:06:50and discovered your identity as John's father for myself.
01:06:55Hello, Jean.
01:06:56I don't know how I'm ever going to thank you
01:06:58for all you've done, Mr. Harris.
01:07:00It's Ken who deserves most of your thanks.
01:07:02I did what I could through my interest in criminology
01:07:04and for the reputation of the college.
01:07:06When I was all over, there's something I want to ask you.
01:07:08There's still a mystery to me.
01:07:09Yes?
01:07:10Where were you the night Byron was killed?
01:07:12You told Ken you were going to bed.
01:07:14I saw you enter this lobby at 2 o'clock in the morning.
01:07:16I'm sorry I lied about that.
01:07:18You see, I did it to save someone's feelings.
01:07:20Who do you mean?
01:07:21Charlie Penman.
01:07:23I broke a secret engagement to him because,
01:07:26well, I like someone else.
01:07:28As no one but ourselves were involved,
01:07:30I lied to Ken so that I could meet Charlie
01:07:32and tell him how I felt.
01:07:33Well, my dear, love affairs and murder mysteries
01:07:36are not strangers by any means.
01:07:38And who's the lucky man?
01:07:44Here comes Ken.
01:07:46Please don't mention what I told you.
01:07:48Oh, no, no, no, I shan't.
01:07:49He's a detective.
01:07:50He'd love to find out for himself what he should know.
01:07:52Hello, Dad, Gene.
01:07:53Well, things are very quiet on the campus.
01:07:55There hasn't been a crime all day.
01:07:56Well, Gene is guilty of a very common crime.
01:07:59I'm going to let you solve it.
01:08:02Gene, before I find out what you're guilty of,
01:08:04let me make a confession.
01:08:06Now, wait, Ken.
01:08:07Let's not get all confused.
01:08:08Tell me what you wanted to say the other day.
01:08:10The other day?
01:08:12Oh, yeah, I remember.
01:08:27Ahem!
01:08:28Well.
01:08:30Well.
01:08:31Ha, ha, ha, ha.