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00:00The Adventures of Michael Cheyne, Private Detective.
00:11The people who make 76 gasoline and Triton motor oil, Union Oil Company present...
00:21The Adventures of Michael Cheyne, Private Detective, starring Wally Mayer and Kathy Lewis.
00:31The Adventures of Michael Cheyne, Private Detective, starring Wally Mayer and Kathy Lewis
00:39For once, Mike Cheyne, San Francisco's favorite detective, is in his office high up in the Rust Building attending to business.
00:46Phyllis Knight, his easy-on-the-eyes assistant, is taking notes as their latest clients, inventor William Belsey and Miss Hess, try to explain the unexplainable.
00:56Now, let me get this straight, Miss Hess. You have been visiting your aunt in New York?
01:01Yes, for six months. I wired Daddy that I would arrive Wednesday, but I managed to get an earlier train and arrive Monday.
01:07And the house was all in order when you came home Monday at ten in the morning?
01:11Yes, that's right. I expected Daddy for dinner, but, well, he didn't come home.
01:15You didn't call his office and tell him you had arrived earlier than expected?
01:18Oh, no. Daddy hated people in the family calling him at the office.
01:22And you weren't particularly worried when he didn't come home at all that night?
01:25Not particularly. Daddy often stayed at the club.
01:28But you didn't call the club?
01:30No.
01:31So, Monday night he didn't come home. All day Tuesday he didn't come home?
01:35Nor Tuesday night, nor all day Wednesday.
01:37So it was only because Mr. Belsey called you Wednesday night and said your father had an appointment with him and that your father hadn't showed up.
01:43It was for that reason only that you started to worry?
01:46No, I wouldn't say that. I worried more and more as the time passed, but you must remember Daddy didn't expect me till Wednesday night.
01:53And his appointment wasn't with me exactly. I was going to be there naturally, but the appointment was with Mr. Hackert and Mr. Carter.
01:59As I understand it, you had an invention which Mr. Hess was going to finance?
02:05Actually, he did finance it. He advanced me the money I asked for.
02:08But I saw that my estimate was wrong, so I laid the cards on the table and gave Mr. Hess the chance to withdraw.
02:13And instead of withdrawing from the venture, he invited Carter and Hackert in on it, hmm?
02:17That's right. And I wanted them to think it over before they accepted the deal. It's pretty much of a gamble, you know.
02:22And although Miss Hess maintains that her father hasn't been home since Monday, you saw him at lunchtime on Wednesday?
02:29Just for a second. We just happened to be lunching at the same cafe.
02:32You reminded him of the evening's appointment?
02:35He reminded me.
02:36So today you both decided to ask me to investigate?
02:39Well, the idea was Mr. Belsey's. He insisted that we do something, so I called the police, but Mr. Belsey said that that wasn't enough, and so we came to you.
02:48When did you notify the police?
02:50About eleven this morning. I'll get it.
02:54Mike Shane, private detective.
02:56Hello, Phyllis.
02:57Oh, hello, Inspector.
02:58Is Miss Hess still in your office?
03:00Why, yes, but how are you...
03:01Let me talk to her, Phil.
03:02Sure, Inspector.
03:04It's for you, Miss Hess.
03:05For me?
03:06Yes, Inspector. Here, you talk to him.
03:09Hello?
03:10Miss Hess? Can you come over to Oakland right away?
03:13Why, yes, I suppose so.
03:14It's important, Miss Hess. It's about your father.
03:17You... you mean you found him?
03:19I'm afraid so.
03:20Afraid? Then... then something's happened to him?
03:23Yes.
03:24Serious?
03:25Very serious, Miss Hess. Your father is dead.
03:28Dead? You say Daddy's dead?
03:31Yes, Miss Hess. Your father was murdered.
03:50Hello, Mike.
03:51Hello, Inspector.
03:52Thanks for bringing the young lady along.
03:54We won't keep you alone, Miss Hess. Just a matter of identification.
03:57Of course, from the cards in his wallet and other bits of information, we're certain.
04:01I understand.
04:03All right, Sergeant. Yes, sir.
04:10Is that your father, Miss Hess?
04:12Yes, Inspector.
04:15Is that your father, Miss Hess?
04:18Yes, Inspector. That's Daddy.
04:21Have you any idea as to who murdered him?
04:24No, not so far.
04:25We'll want to question you later, of course, to find out, well, whether or not he had any enemies.
04:30I'm ready to answer questions now.
04:32I'm not the hysterical type, Inspector.
04:34So I gather.
04:36Inspector.
04:37Yes?
04:38There... there's something different about Father.
04:41And... and not because...
04:43Not because he's dead and been in the water?
04:45No.
04:46I don't know what it is.
04:48Just... just different.
04:50I see.
04:51Has the Inspector asked about the possibility of your father's enemies?
04:54He had none that I know of.
04:56How much do you know about Mr. Belsey and the other partners in this deal, Miss Hess?
05:00Mr. Carter and Mr. Hackett?
05:02Well, I don't know Mr. Belsey at all.
05:04I never spoke to him before he called up Wednesday night because Daddy didn't... hadn't kept his appointment.
05:08You've known the others how long?
05:10Ever since I was going to high school.
05:12What do you know about them?
05:13Well, nothing except that they seem nice.
05:16Mr. Shane.
05:18Inspector.
05:19Yes?
05:20I... I know what it is that's different.
05:22Oh, yes?
05:23Daddy's coat, his overcoat.
05:25His umbrella and his glasses are missing.
05:27Well, under the circumstances, glasses and the umbrella being missing is not surprising.
05:31Of course, he might not have been wearing his overcoat.
05:34Daddy always wore his overcoat.
05:35It was one of his distinguishing habits.
05:37He never went out without an overcoat.
05:39Do you know how many coats he had?
05:41Well, yes, he had three.
05:43Unless he bought one while I was away.
05:45Do you mind if we go to your house right now?
05:47We might find something there in the nature of a clue.
05:49No, I have no objection.
05:51Okay. Inspector.
05:52Yes?
05:53You take Miss Hess.
05:54All right.
05:55Phyllis and I will take Belsey.
05:56And I think the sergeant ought to gather Carter and Hackett too, don't you?
05:59The sergeant already called headquarters and asked them to locate them for us.
06:02Good, good.
06:03Then we'll all meet at your place on Pacific Heights.
06:11You say, Mr. Belsey, that everything was harmonious at the meeting between you, the murdered man, Hackett, and Carter on Monday night?
06:27Well, certainly.
06:28There was no reason for anything else.
06:30The meeting was held at Hackett's house.
06:32We were all agreed.
06:33I had the invention.
06:34They had the money.
06:35And they were willing to start right away.
06:37I just wanted them to think it over and take their time.
06:40What happened after the meeting?
06:41Why, nothing.
06:43It was cold and I drove Mr. Hess over the Bay Bridge.
06:46He refused to let me drive him home, so I let him out at the Key System Depot and he caught a taxi.
06:50You say it was cold?
06:52Yes, it was.
06:53Tell me, was he wearing his overcoat?
06:55Why, no.
06:57Was he wearing his overcoat Wednesday when you saw him at lunch?
07:00Yes, he was.
07:01Mike.
07:02Hmm?
07:03I guess this is the house, the one with the white porch.
07:04There's the inspector's car in front.
07:06Oh, I see.
07:13Oh, there you are.
07:15Miss Hess is checking the closet for her father's overcoats.
07:18I said I'd show you into the living room.
07:20In this way.
07:21Hackett and Carter are on their way out, Mike.
07:23Good, good.
07:24I just drove up outside.
07:25Two men getting out.
07:26Well, that's them.
07:27Inspector, Daddy's dark blue overcoat's missing.
07:29And so is his favorite umbrella.
07:30The one with the handle carved in the shape of an elephant.
07:32Did you say umbrella, Miss?
07:33Yes, Sergeant.
07:34With the handle shaped like an elephant?
07:36That's right.
07:37What is it, Sergeant?
07:38Well, headquarters just phoned.
07:39They found the umbrella and the overcoat with a pair of eyeglasses in the pocket.
07:42Where'd they find them, Sergeant?
07:43Washed up at the Yacht Club, Jenny, in Sausalito.
07:45What?
07:46At Sausalito?
07:47Well, that's ten miles from where we found the body.
07:50That's funny.
07:51It's more than funny, Inspector.
07:53It's the first clue yet.
07:55The murderer's first mistake.
08:04In just a moment, we'll return to Mike Shane and his adventures.
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09:28The murdered Mr. Hess's overcoat, umbrella, and glasses have been found.
09:32Mike, Phyllis, and the inspector are in the inspector's office at headquarters.
09:36The sergeant enters.
09:40Here you are, sir. Coat, umbrella, and glasses.
09:42Oh, the glasses are in broken bags, sergeant.
09:44Let me see them, inspector.
09:47Oh, wow.
09:48Pretty strong lenses.
09:50Yeah, if he needed glasses like these, he couldn't go very far without them.
09:53Yeah, that's just what I was thinking.
09:55This is the umbrella, hmm?
09:57Hey, you got a magnifying glass, inspector?
09:59Sure. Did you find something, Mike?
10:01A question, maybe.
10:03Tell me, sergeant, which pocket did you find the glasses in?
10:06It's in the report, right-hand pocket.
10:08Oh, I see.
10:10Inspector?
10:11Yes, Mike?
10:12Would you mind calling Miss Hess, find out if her father was left-handed or not?
10:15He was left-handed, Mike. She told me that when we were driving out to her home.
10:19I was asking about his habits and so on.
10:21Aha, I thought so.
10:23Here, you see the finger marks on the umbrella handle?
10:26They're on the left side of the handle.
10:28The thumbprint is on the right one.
10:30And the glasses were in the right-hand pocket of the overcoat.
10:34Yes?
10:35Report from harbormaster says that prevailing currents would never wash umbrella and coat that distance.
10:41The harbormaster says there's a strong eddy and they were probably thrown in the water only a few yards away at most.
10:47Thanks.
10:49It doesn't tell us much.
10:51They say that the murderer threw the coat and umbrella into the bay about ten miles from where the crime was committed.
10:56It only goes to substantiate murder. We already know that.
11:00Maybe we'd better have in Hackett and Carter.
11:02Okay, Inspector.
11:03Yes, Inspector.
11:04Send in Hackett.
11:05Yes, sir.
11:06Any ideas, Mike?
11:08Yeah, same as you had.
11:10Handed together, they don't make much, do they?
11:15Sit down, Mr. Hackett.
11:16Thanks.
11:17Tell us, what do you know about this business?
11:19I don't know anything about it.
11:20You were in on the business discussions?
11:22Certainly, but I hardly think they had anything to do with the murder.
11:25Well, we have to start somewhere, you know.
11:27Then why don't you start with some of the men that Hess quarreled with?
11:30I happen to be one man with whom he never argued.
11:33You're suggesting Mr. Carter?
11:35You're supposed to be the detective.
11:37Ah, but you're doing the hinting.
11:39Carter wasn't the only one who hated Hess.
11:41Well, if Carter hated Hess, why did Hess invite Carter into the deal?
11:44Hess didn't know that Carter hated him.
11:46Well, you're not suggesting that Carter had anything to gain in this venture.
11:49That is, by Hess's death.
11:51I'm not suggesting anything.
11:53It does seem to me, though, that many people had plenty of reason for killing Hess.
11:57Some men hated him.
11:59They could have killed him out of anger or revenge.
12:02Why look for some financial gain as a motive?
12:04We're not.
12:05As far as we can see, no one gained anything by Hess's death.
12:08Except his daughter, who will inherit a pretty penny.
12:11Again, are you suggesting that Miss Hess didn't get all the money she needed from her father?
12:16She got all she needed, but not a cent more.
12:19Hess was tight.
12:20A nickel had to reproduce itself in 12 months or else.
12:23And you can't help us any more than that?
12:25No.
12:26I see.
12:27Well, ask Mr. Carter to step in on your way out.
12:29Thanks.
12:33There's an unpleasant character.
12:35Yes, but unnecessarily so.
12:37He pretty well removes any doubts as to what we might think about money being the motive for murder.
12:42Oh, I'm not buying that, Inspector.
12:44In its entirety, anyway.
12:46Oh, but nobody has anything to gain by Hess's death.
12:51Sit down, Mr. Carter.
12:52Thank you.
12:53Tell us, what do you know about this business?
12:55I'm afraid I don't know anything about it.
12:57You were in on the business discussions?
12:59Oh, yes, but I doubt if they had anything to do with the murder.
13:02Well, we have to start somewhere, you know.
13:04Yes, I realize that, and I'd start if I had any ideas.
13:08Mr. Carter, did you ever quarrel with Hess?
13:11Quarrel with him?
13:12No, I've often disagreed with him, but I wouldn't call it quarreling.
13:16Would you say he had many enemies?
13:18No, he was very businesslike.
13:21Very brusque.
13:22Not at all approachable, if you know what I mean.
13:25A man of opinions?
13:26Definitely.
13:27But he respected other men's opinions, too.
13:29And the Monday night meeting was held at Mr. Hackert's house?
13:32Yes, Hackert's was the most centrally located.
13:35Besides, neither Hess nor I like to conduct business at home, and Hackert doesn't mind.
13:39You get along all right with Hackert?
13:41Certainly, I understand him.
13:43His bark is worse than his bite.
13:45He's really a very nice fellow.
13:47The last you saw of Hess was at Hackert's house?
13:49Yes.
13:50You made no future appointments with him?
13:53No, except the one for Wednesday night.
13:55Oh, wait.
13:56Yes?
13:57Come to think of it, I did say as I was helping him on with his coat that I might see him Tuesday at the club.
14:02But you didn't?
14:03No, because I didn't go to the club.
14:05I was detained on business over in Oakland.
14:07I see, and you can't tell us anything more?
14:09I'm sorry, no.
14:10Thanks a lot, Mr. Carter.
14:11We'll call on you if we need you.
14:16Well?
14:17Not much help.
14:18I disagree.
14:19What?
14:20What?
14:21He was a great help.
14:22I can't see a suspect in the whole bunch.
14:24No, nor can I.
14:25All we have is a murdered man.
14:26You want me to prove that the murderer is one of the four?
14:29Yes, but you can't.
14:30One of them lied.
14:31Which, Mike?
14:32That I don't know, honey.
14:33If I did, we'd have the murderer.
14:35But that doesn't alter the fact that one of them lied.
14:38Well, it is true that Hackert's description of Hess's character is very different from Carter's.
14:42But I'd hardly call that lying.
14:44Oh, I'm not talking about that.
14:45Inspector.
14:46Yes, Mike?
14:47Ask the sergeant if Carter and Hackert have left the building yet.
14:50Yes, Inspector.
14:51Have Carter and Hackert left yet?
14:53No, sir.
14:54They're standing, talking to Miss Hess and Belvey.
14:55Good.
14:56Tell them we've got to leave,
14:58and that Mr. Shane would like to see Miss Hess at her home alone in about 30 minutes.
15:02Did you get that, Sergeant?
15:03Yes, sir.
15:04And see that they all hear it.
15:06Yes, sir. Right away.
15:07What's the idea, Mike?
15:09The murderer has left plenty clues.
15:10I don't know what they are, then.
15:12The coat and the umbrella being found so far from the murder.
15:15The eyeglasses in the right-hand pocket of the coat.
15:18A deliberate falsehood.
15:20One says Hess was wearing his coat.
15:22Another says he was not.
15:24One says Hess was argumentative.
15:26Another says he was not.
15:27So what?
15:28They're clues, but they don't lead us to anyone.
15:30Right, Inspector. Right.
15:31So we trap the killer.
15:32Go on. I'm waiting.
15:33The killer's clever, Inspector.
15:35Very, very clever.
15:36He's covered his tracks beautifully, yet...
15:38Yeah? Mike?
15:39Yet, like every other killer, he made mistakes.
15:42We have found some of these mistakes, but we don't know who made them.
15:45So we're pretending that we found a lead.
15:47The killer will worry.
15:48And try to find out what we know, thereby making another mistake.
15:51One that will point the finger at him, huh?
15:53Right, Angel. Right.
15:54Now, we'll go to the Hess place in my car.
15:56I'll drive, and you two keep out of sight.
15:59In the back, lie down on the floor.
16:01I've got to have the killer believe that I'm meeting Miss Hess alone,
16:05and that there are no witnesses.
16:06Look, Mike, I... I don't like that.
16:08Why not?
16:09Well, you're practically inviting the killer to take a pot shot at you,
16:12using yourself as bait.
16:13Mike Shane, I didn't catch on at first.
16:15Well, you're not going to do any such thing.
16:17Yes, I am.
16:18I'm going to catch the killer, and you can help or not.
16:20Now, come on. Come on.
16:21Out the back way.
16:22I'll drive my car into the police garage,
16:24and that way, no one will see you two getting into it.
16:53What is it, Mr. Shane?
16:54I can hardly wait. What have you found?
16:56Are you all alone?
16:57Yes, except for the maid.
16:58No phone calls?
16:59No, not a thing.
17:00I just got here a few moments ago.
17:01No one followed you?
17:02Not that I know of.
17:03Now, I'm going to look around the driveway here for a minute.
17:06Will you please go to the back door and let the inspector and Phyllis in the back way?
17:10Yes, of course.
17:23How about it? No soap, eh, Mike?
17:25No.
17:26Apparently, it didn't work.
17:28I'm just as glad.
17:30I can't see any profit in catching a murderer and losing my boss.
17:33You expected the killer to follow you,
17:35maybe shoot you because you said that you had found the lead.
17:37That was the idea, Mrs., but it didn't work.
17:44Hello?
17:45Inspector there.
17:46Yes, it's for you, Inspector.
17:48Yes?
17:49Just got a report from the surgeon.
17:51Yes, Sergeant?
17:52The surgeon says Hess was killed Monday night or Tuesday morning.
17:55The body's been in the water at least that long.
18:11We'll return to Mike and Phyllis in just a moment.
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19:47Mike's attempt at tricking the murderer into disclosing himself has failed.
19:51Now Mike, Phyllis, and the inspector are walking into a well-known café on Geary Street.
19:59Well, we'll soon find out whether or not that nice inventor, Belsey, was telling the truth.
20:03My guess is that we will.
20:05Why do you say that, Inspector?
20:06If Belsey had killed Hess on Monday night, he wouldn't try to establish an alibi for himself
20:11by saying that he saw Hess in this café on Wednesday.
20:14Why not?
20:15You can't tell me that he's so dumb that he thinks we wouldn't check on him.
20:18Well, we haven't tried to check on it so far,
20:20and the only reason we are checking is because the autopsy surgeon says the body's been in the water since Monday.
20:25We would have checked before the case was closed.
20:27Ah, perhaps, Inspector, perhaps.
20:29But supposing the body hadn't been found for weeks,
20:33then the autopsy surgeon couldn't have told the approximate time of death with such closeness.
20:37Oh, that's true.
20:38And the murderer probably figured on it being some time before the body was discovered.
20:42Ah, in fact, he came darn close to a perfect crime.
20:46What do you mean, darn close?
20:48It is a perfect crime so far.
20:49It won't be.
20:50What?
20:51Oh, I know, I know, I know.
20:52I laid one trap and it caught no fish, but we'll get him, Inspector.
20:55Well, look, kids, here's the door.
20:56Now, who goes first, or do we discuss traps, fish, and Mike's failure standing on the sidewalk?
21:01I'll lead, Phil.
21:02All right.
21:07There, there's the manager.
21:08Yeah, I see him.
21:09You wish a table for three, sir?
21:10No, thanks.
21:11I'm from headquarters and I want to ask a question.
21:13Headquarters.
21:14Yes, sir.
21:15Can you recall seeing a gentleman in here last Wednesday?
21:17He'd be wearing a dark blue overcoat, carrying an umbrella.
21:20It's got a carved handle, carved like an elephant.
21:22Yes.
21:23Oh, you do know about him.
21:24Yeah.
21:25I even remember his name.
21:26It was Hess.
21:27Why do you remember these details?
21:28The gentleman was much disturbed.
21:30Oh.
21:31He don't want nothing we have on the menu.
21:33He used to get mad with the waiter.
21:35But, um, how did you learn his name?
21:37Well, while the waiter was getting his order,
21:39Yes?
21:40a young man come up to me and he said,
21:42Did I hear Mr. Hess's voice a moment ago?
21:45Hmm?
21:46I said, I don't know.
21:48Who is this Mr. Hess?
21:50The young man said,
21:51He's always carrying an umbrella and he's wearing glasses.
21:54He did?
21:55And I said, Oh, yes, sure.
21:57He's in the third booth, but he's in a plenty bad mood.
22:00The young man laughed and walked out of the booth.
22:02That's all I know.
22:03Well, thanks a lot.
22:05Well, well.
22:06That about fixes an alibi for Mr. Belsey.
22:08Yes.
22:09Despite the autopsy surgeon's statement that Hess was killed Monday,
22:12no jury's going to convict a man who can produce witnesses who saw them both on Wednesday.
22:17Hey, wait a minute.
22:18Wait a minute.
22:19What, Mike?
22:20No, no.
22:21Don't rush him, Inspector.
22:22That's Mike's thinking look and it produces results.
22:24Honey, I believe I got it.
22:25Quick.
22:26Quick.
22:27Back to headquarters and have all the suspects brought in.
22:30Yes, sir.
22:44Any results, Inspector?
22:45Yes, Mike.
22:46The boys examined the umbrella and found two different sets of fingerprints.
22:49So the umbrella had been handled by someone else besides Hess.
22:52Oh, that's not conclusive by any means.
22:54Why not?
22:55A waiter or anybody could hand a man's umbrella to him, honey.
22:57They're working on the coat now.
22:58What about the eyeglasses?
22:59The waiter was holding that one back, Mike.
23:01There are two sets of fingerprints on the glasses.
23:03And the two sets on the glasses are the same as the two sets on the umbrella handle?
23:07Yes, Mike.
23:08Then we've got the murderer.
23:09I think so.
23:10We have to do this in such a way that the inspector can obtain a conviction.
23:13Remember what I said about the jury.
23:14Yeah.
23:16Yes?
23:17Send them in.
23:18Now, remember, at the appropriate moment, I'll spring my story and you two watch like hawks.
23:23All right, Mike.
23:27Sit down, all of you, please.
23:28I'm going to ask all of you for your fingerprints.
23:30It's a messy business with nothing to it.
23:32Why, have you found something?
23:34Yes, we have, Mr. Hackett.
23:36Daddy's murderer.
23:37Yes, Miss Hess.
23:38Now, folks, I'll bring you up to date.
23:40Mr. Hess was murdered Monday night.
23:41Oh, wait a minute.
23:42I saw him Wednesday.
23:43You're going to stick to that?
23:45Certainly I'm going to stick to it.
23:46Mr. Belzy, I'll give you one more chance to get yourself out of the jam you're putting yourself in
23:51by continuing to lie about seeing Mr. Hess on Wednesday.
23:54Well, I tell you, I didn't.
23:55I'll explain.
23:56It's a matter of ordinary police routine to look for the person who last saw the murdered man alive.
24:02Yes, I know that.
24:03The autopsy surgeon says Mr. Hess was murdered Monday.
24:06You're insisting on putting the rope around your own neck if you continue to claim that you saw him Wednesday.
24:11But I did see him Wednesday, and the people in the cafe can prove it.
24:14All right, Belzy.
24:16You asked for it.
24:18Miss Hess, gentlemen, here's how the murder was committed.
24:22Mr. Hess was hit over the head Monday night and his body thrown into the bay not far from the Key System Depot.
24:29The murderer kept Hess' coat, umbrella, and glasses.
24:32Go on, go on.
24:33You catch on quickly, Mr. Carter.
24:35The murderer then waited till Wednesday, and wearing Mr. Hess' coat, eyeglasses, and carrying Mr. Hess' umbrella,
24:42he made a point of making himself known at the cafe.
24:46He then put the eyeglasses in the coat pocket,
24:49the right coat pocket, which was a mistake because Mr. Hess was left-handed,
24:54but he put the glasses in the right-hand pocket, and laying the coat and the umbrella on the chair,
24:59he then made himself known to the manager as himself,
25:03looking for Mr. Hess, whose voice he claimed to have heard.
25:06Clever. Very clever.
25:08Diabolical is the word, Mr. Hackett.
25:10The murderer then carried the overcoat on his arm, hiding the umbrella,
25:15and later that night threw them into a different part of the bay.
25:18But there are a few things that even soaking in the bay won't remove.
25:21Fingerprints. Right-hand fingerprints on the umbrella handle.
25:24Fingerprints on the eyeglasses.
25:26And, oh yes, hairs on the inside of a coat collar.
25:29Yes, Inspector.
25:30Bring in the coat, Sergeant.
25:31Yes, Inspector.
25:32Actually, gentlemen, all we need is the confession.
25:35We have the evidence.
25:36The hairs on the collar, other than those of Hess, are the hairs of the murderer,
25:41and I know who the murderer is.
25:43Here's the coat.
25:44The hairs are on the report card.
25:45Thanks, Sergeant.
25:47Well, is somebody going to confess,
25:49or do we have to take all your fingerprints and specimens of your hair?
25:53Very well.
25:55I think we'll start with Mr. Belsey.
25:58That way we won't have to go any further.
26:00You're crazy. You can't hang this on me.
26:02OK, Sergeant, OK. He's going to be stubborn.
26:04But take good care of him, won't you?
26:06You'll find he's the killer, all right.
26:17You know, I've been racking my brains all the way home, Mike,
26:28hoping I wouldn't have to ask this question.
26:31Well, what is it, Angel?
26:32Well, all the evidence, if you can call it evidence,
26:35could have applied to any one of the suspects.
26:37Yes, Angel.
26:38Was it a good guess, or were you dead sure that it was Belsey?
26:42I was dead sure it was Belsey.
26:45Oh, I admit I guessed about his method of operation in the cafe,
26:49but it was close enough.
26:51Well, I still don't know what single thing it was that pinned it on Belsey.
26:55But that is from your standpoint.
26:57It wasn't a single thing, honey.
26:59It was two things.
27:00All right, all right, then, Clam-Shane Give.
27:04Well, in the first place,
27:07Carter said that he had helped Hess on with his coat at Hackett's house on Monday night.
27:11Yeah, that's why Carter was so excited in the inspector's office.
27:14He remembered that.
27:15Correct.
27:16And Belsey lied about it.
27:18He said it was a cold night and that Hess didn't have his coat.
27:21Oh, yes.
27:23And the second point?
27:24Well, the second is obvious, my dear.
27:27Hess had advanced the money to Belsey.
27:29Now, if Belsey didn't go on with the invention,
27:33then Belsey was several thousand to the good.
27:35Oh.
27:36I doubt if Belsey's invention ever existed.
27:38The whole thing was a clever confidence trick with murder thrown in.
27:42Well, I hope it teaches you a lesson, Mike-Shane.
27:45Why, Angel?
27:47Why me?
27:48Oh, just the trouble hairs on a coat collar can get you into.
27:52They don't have to be blonde, either.
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