WEBVTT 00:00:18.209 --> 00:00:25.949 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:25.949 --> 00:00:31.530 to the world of terrifying imagination. Of all 00:00:31.530 --> 00:00:35.710 the great killers of history, perhaps the deadliest 00:00:35.710 --> 00:00:41.130 and most terrifying is the automobile. Nero, 00:00:41.869 --> 00:00:45.969 Attila the Hun, Lorenzo de' Medici, Bluebeard. 00:00:46.270 --> 00:00:50.530 Even artillery fire and the ultimate, the atom 00:00:50.530 --> 00:00:55.990 bomb, at least have a purpose, a reason, a rationale. 00:00:57.090 --> 00:01:01.649 But the automobile maims or kills mindlessly, 00:01:02.609 --> 00:01:17.450 senselessly. For example, You better watch out. 00:01:18.390 --> 00:01:25.010 I'm nice and big and crazy. Oh, shut up, you 00:01:25.010 --> 00:01:31.969 fool. You can't help me, Big Daddy. I must've 00:01:31.969 --> 00:01:36.409 hit something. Somebody. Split. I gotta split. 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:53.620 Our mystery drama, and nothing but the truth, 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:56.640 was written especially for the Mystery Theatre 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:02.379 by Ian Martin and stars Arnold Moss. I'll be 00:02:02.379 --> 00:02:18.759 back shortly with Act One. Was the accident we 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:22.539 heard a few minutes ago another statistic of 00:02:22.539 --> 00:02:27.280 the road? An innocent victim? A careless driver? 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:32.319 The victim's family broken and lost? A young 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:34.860 man whose carelessness had blighted a bright 00:02:34.860 --> 00:02:39.340 new manhood and a promising career? Or was the 00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:43.680 driver lucky this time? Lucky in a way far beyond 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:47.590 his hope or expectation. We're about to find 00:02:47.590 --> 00:02:51.889 out with David the young driver as he paces his 00:02:51.889 --> 00:02:55.210 living room floor Waiting for his father to come 00:02:55.210 --> 00:03:01.370 home Dad David David, what are you doing up at 00:03:01.370 --> 00:03:04.810 this hour? I didn't hear you come in. I Thought 00:03:04.810 --> 00:03:07.310 you'd never get home where you've been now. Do 00:03:07.310 --> 00:03:09.969 I have to start answering to you for my whereabouts? 00:03:10.310 --> 00:03:13.590 What what? Oh, you mean like mother? Yes. Yes 00:03:13.590 --> 00:03:16.460 like your mother. I'm sorry dad Well, for your 00:03:16.460 --> 00:03:19.539 information, I was working, correcting term papers. 00:03:20.219 --> 00:03:26.919 It wasn't that I... David, I'm very tired. You 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:30.099 all right, Dad? You look like you had an attack 00:03:30.099 --> 00:03:32.419 or something. Well, don't be silly. I said I 00:03:32.419 --> 00:03:37.699 was tired. What... What's wrong with you? You've 00:03:37.699 --> 00:03:42.060 been drinking. I... Yes, I wish I hadn't, but 00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:45.659 I did. Oh, okay, son. Take it easy. Whatever 00:03:45.659 --> 00:03:50.419 it is, we'll work it out. Where's your sports 00:03:50.419 --> 00:03:53.819 car? Didn't you have it out tonight? Yes. I left 00:03:53.819 --> 00:03:56.219 it parked on the street. Well, you'd better put 00:03:56.219 --> 00:03:58.300 it away. There's no sense in leaving it out in 00:03:58.300 --> 00:04:01.819 this rain. Dad, I've got to talk to you. It's 00:04:01.819 --> 00:04:06.319 about the car. What about the car? I didn't know 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:11.400 what to do. I hit the panic button. I ran. What 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:15.169 else did you hit? Someone. A man, I'm pretty 00:04:15.169 --> 00:04:17.430 sure. Down near the railroad, you know where 00:04:17.430 --> 00:04:19.629 the big curve comes around by the station opposite 00:04:19.629 --> 00:04:22.449 Franny's place? I think it was one of those old 00:04:22.449 --> 00:04:25.389 winos that hang around there. Dad, I swear I 00:04:25.389 --> 00:04:27.810 never saw him with all that rain and the fog. 00:04:27.870 --> 00:04:32.889 Was there anyone else around? I didn't see anyone. 00:04:33.350 --> 00:04:35.550 I should have stopped, but all I could think 00:04:35.550 --> 00:04:37.709 of was that I'd been drinking and the scholarship 00:04:37.709 --> 00:04:39.730 coming up, and if anything happened, it would 00:04:39.730 --> 00:04:42.589 kill Mom. And before I knew it, I was running 00:04:42.589 --> 00:04:45.339 away. I've been going crazy waiting for you to 00:04:45.339 --> 00:04:48.720 get home. I'm scared too, but I guess I ought 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:50.860 to go to the police. Does your mother know about 00:04:50.860 --> 00:04:56.060 this? No, no. Okay, when did it happen? Two o 00:04:56.060 --> 00:04:59.259 'clock, almost on the nose. Two this morning? 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:03.180 Yeah. By the railroad, you say? Yeah, I just 00:05:03.180 --> 00:05:05.199 came off Stratfield and I took the corner into 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:07.959 the Big Bend on Hills Point. I get the picture, 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:11.720 okay. Now go in the kitchen and wait for me. 00:05:12.060 --> 00:05:13.720 And no matter what, don't let your mother get 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:15.879 involved. Where are you going? I'm going to have 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.579 a look at your car. Well, I'll come with you. 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.620 You'll do as I say from here on in while you 00:05:21.620 --> 00:05:25.079 go to the kitchen. I'll be right back. What are 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:29.040 you going to do? I'm not sure yet. But just... 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.600 Well, maybe there's a way to get off the spot. 00:05:39.220 --> 00:05:42.610 Is your mother still asleep? I guess so. She 00:05:42.610 --> 00:05:45.730 hasn't been down. There's a dent in your front 00:05:45.730 --> 00:05:49.449 right fender. Was that there before tonight? 00:05:50.110 --> 00:05:53.350 No. You sure? Yeah, I simonized the car yesterday. 00:05:53.970 --> 00:05:57.649 Does it look bad? Well, not too... Well, it must 00:05:57.649 --> 00:06:01.110 have been a... a glancing blow. You mean maybe 00:06:01.110 --> 00:06:04.009 it's gonna be all right? Maybe. Oh, I don't think 00:06:04.009 --> 00:06:05.829 I could have hurt him too bad. And a night like 00:06:05.829 --> 00:06:07.689 tonight, you know, I'm a hoopie hanging around. 00:06:07.709 --> 00:06:10.639 It isn't gonna be all that easy, David. They 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:14.680 might be able to trace the car. How? You're missing 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:18.819 a front right hubcap. There aren't that many 00:06:18.819 --> 00:06:22.600 Harley 584s in this town. So I'll have to give 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:27.660 myself up. No, no, let's figure this out. Was 00:06:27.660 --> 00:06:31.000 your mother up when you went out tonight? I don't 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:33.160 know if she was asleep, but she wasn't downstairs. 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:35.779 Well, then she didn't see what car you took. 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:40.589 No. Did she see me leave? I mean... Did she look 00:06:40.589 --> 00:06:43.910 out of the window or anything? No, she was just 00:06:43.910 --> 00:06:47.089 sitting in the big chair by the fireplace, crying. 00:06:47.529 --> 00:06:52.509 Cry? You know, the usual. Then I was off once 00:06:52.509 --> 00:06:56.110 again to the arms of another woman, hmm? Like 00:06:56.110 --> 00:06:58.189 that. Well, you don't believe all that talk, 00:06:58.230 --> 00:07:01.129 do you? Look, Dad, we've been down this road 00:07:01.129 --> 00:07:03.250 before. I'm not making any judgments. I'm not 00:07:03.250 --> 00:07:05.990 asking you to sit in judgment on me. I ask for 00:07:05.990 --> 00:07:08.329 a simple reaction between a father and his son. 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:14.459 I... I'm sorry, David. I... I didn't mean to 00:07:14.459 --> 00:07:18.220 blow up. I guess we're both a little shook tonight. 00:07:18.620 --> 00:07:20.560 But you ought to know by now where I stand. It's 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:23.519 just... Well, I know Mom gets a lot of screwy 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.560 notions, but all the same, I'm sorry for her. 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:29.699 She's so lost and... Well, I'm always afraid 00:07:29.699 --> 00:07:31.420 that any little thing might push her right over 00:07:31.420 --> 00:07:35.439 the edge. Like tonight... Oh, Dad, what am I 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:37.600 going to do? That's what we're going to figure 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:41.620 out right now. I got a few more questions. You 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:45.779 say the accident happened at two o 'clock or 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:48.899 so, right? Just as I said, almost exactly. Now, 00:07:48.899 --> 00:07:52.240 how do you know that? I was listening to Long 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:54.360 Jack and he was just going into a last commercial 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:56.800 before he went off the air. The disc he was spinning 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:00.860 was just ending in... Well, when I hit the guy. 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:05.699 What was the record? An oldie. Easy to love. 00:08:06.430 --> 00:08:09.769 And you hit this man just after you turned off 00:08:09.769 --> 00:08:13.730 Stratfield into Hills Point? Yeah. He suddenly 00:08:13.730 --> 00:08:16.850 stepped off the curb. I got out of nowhere. How 00:08:16.850 --> 00:08:19.730 fast were you going? Cheat that. Come on, come 00:08:19.730 --> 00:08:22.769 on. Don't pussyfoot with me. Too fast. I took 00:08:22.769 --> 00:08:25.689 the corner pretty wide. Did you skid? Yeah, it 00:08:25.689 --> 00:08:27.250 was pretty slick from the rain. And there was 00:08:27.250 --> 00:08:29.970 no one else around? No. You sure? Yeah, I opened 00:08:29.970 --> 00:08:31.810 the door to look out. There was no one. That's 00:08:31.810 --> 00:08:35.320 why I lost my nerve and cut out. Well, I better 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:38.419 get down and find out you stay right where you 00:08:38.419 --> 00:08:41.480 are It's after four the longer I wait the worse. 00:08:41.620 --> 00:08:44.080 It will be you're not going to be involved in 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:48.580 this at all David What do you mean? I mean You 00:08:48.580 --> 00:08:51.919 were driving the station wagon tonight I was 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:54.159 the one who was driving the sports car and I'm 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:56.159 going to the precinct house right now to report 00:08:56.159 --> 00:09:00.100 that I hit a man and Left the scene of the accident 00:09:00.100 --> 00:09:04.889 dad. I can't let you do don't be a fool I'm not 00:09:04.889 --> 00:09:06.789 on the verge of getting a full scholarship to 00:09:06.789 --> 00:09:10.350 Harvard. I haven't been drinking I'm not a teenager 00:09:10.350 --> 00:09:12.690 with two strikes against him as a driver to begin 00:09:12.690 --> 00:09:16.769 with I'm a full college professor with a distinguished 00:09:16.769 --> 00:09:19.350 record who is coming home on a foul night with 00:09:19.350 --> 00:09:23.009 visibility almost zero dead tired after Correcting 00:09:23.009 --> 00:09:26.389 200 term papers. I can stand the calf and you 00:09:26.389 --> 00:09:30.450 can't know sir dad I thank you, and I admire 00:09:30.450 --> 00:09:32.690 you, but I hope to God I'm enough of a man not 00:09:32.690 --> 00:09:35.230 to hide behind my father's pants. You'd better 00:09:35.230 --> 00:09:38.429 think of it as your mother's skirts. Your mother 00:09:38.429 --> 00:09:40.830 couldn't care less what happens to me, but you're 00:09:40.830 --> 00:09:44.009 a different story. You get in big trouble over 00:09:44.009 --> 00:09:46.549 this, and it could kill her. Worse still, drive 00:09:46.549 --> 00:09:50.529 her over that edge we both worry about. But, 00:09:50.769 --> 00:09:54.350 Dad, I... Don't argue! This is the way it's going 00:09:54.350 --> 00:09:57.899 to be. You just let me handle it and you keep 00:09:57.899 --> 00:10:01.759 your mouth shut no matter what happens I Don't 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:04.000 know what to say. I'll tell you what you're going 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:10.700 to say Nothing nothing to anyone but mom least 00:10:10.700 --> 00:10:16.700 of all to your mother Okay, dad if that's the 00:10:16.700 --> 00:10:21.120 way you want it oh How can I thank you? You're 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:25.370 some kind of a guy no no no no David Just the 00:10:25.370 --> 00:10:29.970 most sensible way out of a bad situation. I'd 00:10:29.970 --> 00:10:32.190 better get down to the police. Don't wait up 00:10:32.190 --> 00:10:38.690 by maybe a while. It's still raining. Oh, have 00:10:38.690 --> 00:10:42.870 you got the keys? Sorry, right here. And thanks, 00:10:42.970 --> 00:10:46.149 Dan, for everything. This will all work out for 00:10:46.149 --> 00:10:50.929 the best. Oh, I think I hear your mother moving 00:10:50.929 --> 00:10:54.049 about. If she comes down, what do I say? What 00:10:54.049 --> 00:10:58.210 we've agreed on is the truth And I've gone to 00:10:58.210 --> 00:11:00.649 the precinct house to report that I'm a hit -and 00:11:00.649 --> 00:11:04.870 -run driver, right, right? I'll never forget 00:11:04.870 --> 00:11:07.429 what you're doing for me and for your mother 00:11:07.429 --> 00:11:19.450 for all of us No mom, it's me David What are 00:11:19.450 --> 00:11:23.799 you doing at the front door why I better calm 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:30.379 down. What's going on? I heard voices. Angry 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:35.000 voices. That was Dad and me. Not angry. We were 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.500 just discussing something. Where's Grant now? 00:11:39.940 --> 00:11:42.840 Did... Yes, I heard a door slam. Did he go out 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:48.779 again? Yes. Not another woman. Not two in one 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:52.289 night. Why don't you give him a break once? He 00:11:52.289 --> 00:11:55.710 was at the college correcting papers. Then where 00:11:55.710 --> 00:11:59.830 is he off to now? Mom, it's kind of damp in the 00:11:59.830 --> 00:12:02.029 hall. Let's go into the living room and sit down. 00:12:02.149 --> 00:12:05.129 Don't tell me he's finally taken off for good 00:12:05.129 --> 00:12:07.750 with one of his bed partners. Oh, Mother, have 00:12:07.750 --> 00:12:10.549 a heart. Why can't you see what a right guy Dad 00:12:10.549 --> 00:12:15.529 is? Maybe I've known him too long. So what Aaron 00:12:15.529 --> 00:12:18.269 took him out of the house again at 420 in the 00:12:18.269 --> 00:12:23.779 morning? He's gone to the... Local precinct to 00:12:23.779 --> 00:12:36.600 to confess to a hit -and -run Yes, madam, I understand 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.980 I'll have some officers on the way immediately 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:45.399 Well, these are experts in the bomb squad. Oh 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:48.240 Yes, ma 'am all the latest equipment. Thank you 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:50.500 ma 'am. We do our best at the police department 00:12:51.660 --> 00:12:54.799 Full moon time again our lieutenant. Oh, yeah, 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:57.960 the crazies are out on the broom tonight That 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:00.139 was some ding -a -ling just saw a UFO land in 00:13:00.139 --> 00:13:03.580 her backyard How was your hit and run? Oh, no 00:13:03.580 --> 00:13:06.080 sweat some old wino stumbled off the curb got 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:09.120 his rear end creased They took him to st. Elizabeth's 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:11.600 anything on the general bulletin. No, it's small 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:15.480 stuff Mugging in the second precinct the gas 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:17.460 station hold up in the fifth. I want to hear 00:13:17.460 --> 00:13:23.269 something. No That's a 12th Nah, nothing a code 00:13:23.269 --> 00:13:26.409 to see the man Some citizen reports a smell of 00:13:26.409 --> 00:13:29.409 gas and has a crap in house possible suicide 00:13:29.409 --> 00:13:32.909 Nothing with our brains What's that your hand? 00:13:32.909 --> 00:13:35.450 Ah, it's a hubcap clue from the scene of the 00:13:35.450 --> 00:13:40.009 hit -and -run. Let me have a look in Hmm English 00:13:40.009 --> 00:13:44.710 make probably from a Harley or some sport car 00:13:44.710 --> 00:13:47.960 like that Found on the scene? About 75 yards 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.460 away. No proof it had anything to do with the 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:52.980 hit and run. How's the victim? Conditioned fair. 00:13:53.059 --> 00:13:55.159 When the ambulance picked him up, he only got 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:57.980 struck a glancing blow. That still don't make 00:13:57.980 --> 00:14:01.279 no never mind. The perpetrator cut out. I want 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:03.460 him brought in. Oh, so do I. But it may be a 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:06.500 little rough. Even if we find the car this belongs 00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:08.480 to, it doesn't prove it was lost hitting the 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:11.179 victim. Could have been loose and just fallen 00:14:11.179 --> 00:14:13.460 off. So you think we don't make the guy, huh? 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:17.340 My educated guess is that the odds are not so 00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:22.159 high. Yeah, Brady, what is it? You don't say. 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:28.559 Right with you now, huh? Well, how about that? 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:33.600 Yeah, yeah, bring him right in. Educated guess, 00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:37.500 huh? I was wrong. Couldn't be wronger. A guy 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:39.899 named Williams just came to the desk and confessed 00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:43.289 to making the hit and run. He's on the way in 00:14:43.289 --> 00:14:47.230 you and he should get on together just Andy guys 00:14:47.230 --> 00:14:56.470 a college professor Your father hits someone 00:14:56.470 --> 00:14:59.750 with the sports car tonight, but that's impossible 00:14:59.750 --> 00:15:03.009 How can you say that mom because he wasn't driving 00:15:03.009 --> 00:15:05.350 that car tonight? How do you know you didn't 00:15:05.350 --> 00:15:09.190 see him leave? No, but I was awake when he drove 00:15:09.190 --> 00:15:12.870 in and I could swear I know he was driving the 00:15:12.870 --> 00:15:23.049 station wagon. A father's sacrifice for his son. 00:15:24.090 --> 00:15:27.929 Surely a noble if perhaps misguided gesture. 00:15:29.169 --> 00:15:32.690 The question of course is should a young man 00:15:32.690 --> 00:15:36.809 or anyone be encouraged to evade responsibility? 00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:41.299 And will this simple act of altruism remain just 00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:45.159 that? We'll find out shortly, when we return 00:15:45.159 --> 00:16:00.620 with Act 2. A precinct house in a large city, 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:04.879 even at the best of times, is never the most 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:09.000 prepossessing spot in the world. In the dog hours 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:13.620 of the morning, dusty, dingy, tired paint peeling 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:16.779 from the walls, half empty coffee containers 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:19.480 with cigar and cigarette butts floating in them, 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:23.740 it is certainly one of the most depressing, or 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:27.080 so Grant feels as he dictates his false confession. 00:16:29.539 --> 00:16:31.419 It was only when I was putting the car away in 00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:33.940 the garage and I noticed a dent in the fender 00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:35.779 and found that one of the hubcaps was missing. 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:39.279 But I began to realize with horror that I might 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:43.460 have hit an animal An opossum or something it 00:16:43.460 --> 00:16:44.799 never occurred to me that it might have been 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:48.120 a human being Well, I would have returned right 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:52.820 away. But my wife who has Not been well recently. 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:55.220 Well, she she was she was up She was waiting 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:58.100 for me and I I didn't want to alarm her and so 00:16:58.100 --> 00:17:01.200 I coaxed her back to bed and to sleep I came 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:04.759 here just as soon as I could And this was what 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:10.160 time professor? Almost exactly two o 'clock And 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:11.740 you can fix the time because you were listening 00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:14.440 to long Jack on the car radio and he was signing 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:19.220 on you like acid rock mr. Williams I Beg your 00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:21.740 pardon, you know the big hard beat loud enough 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:25.279 to blow your mind. Oh, no. No, no, I don't Why 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:28.019 well, that's long Jack's bag. It's most of what 00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:30.579 he plays, you know, I didn't figure you'd dig 00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:35.369 his scene Yeah, well, I I didn't I turned on 00:17:35.369 --> 00:17:39.170 the radio to keep me awake, not for music appreciation. 00:17:40.450 --> 00:17:42.049 As a matter of fact, I remember the last number 00:17:42.049 --> 00:17:44.670 he was playing just before he signed off was 00:17:44.670 --> 00:17:48.470 Easy to Love, and I wouldn't call that exactly 00:17:48.470 --> 00:17:51.450 contemporary. The main point is that you made 00:17:51.450 --> 00:17:53.890 the turn at two o 'clock, you felt a jarring 00:17:53.890 --> 00:17:57.089 feeling, which jives with our information, right, 00:17:57.130 --> 00:18:00.920 Rizzo? Right, Lieutenant. I see. Victim left 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:05.400 Franny's restaurant 518 Hills Point Road at approximately 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:08.859 2 minutes to 2 a .m. Because victim was discovered 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:12.779 by George Bates, post office employee, some two 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:15.420 minutes later. He heard a car drive away but 00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:18.079 due to adverse weather conditions could not see 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:22.029 it or make any identification. Victim was Dominic 00:18:22.029 --> 00:18:25.990 Capello, unemployed, 61 years old. Well, I hope 00:18:25.990 --> 00:18:28.210 he's all right. He's at the hospital. We don't 00:18:28.210 --> 00:18:32.109 know the extent of the injuries yet. I feel terrible, 00:18:32.490 --> 00:18:34.890 that poor old man. Professor Williams, let me 00:18:34.890 --> 00:18:37.990 point out something. From your story and our 00:18:37.990 --> 00:18:40.170 evidence, there is no clear -cut evidence that 00:18:40.170 --> 00:18:43.390 you did hit this man. Now, if I were you, before 00:18:43.390 --> 00:18:45.150 I went any further, I'd get a lawyer. Oh, there's 00:18:45.150 --> 00:18:47.869 no need for a lawyer. I'm quite willing to face 00:18:47.869 --> 00:18:51.119 my responsibilities. If you'll prepare a statement 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:54.779 for me, I'd be very glad to sign it. All right. 00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:57.380 I'll leave you here with Patrolman Foster, who'll 00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:59.500 type up a statement. You just check it over when 00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:01.279 he's finished, and then if you still want to, 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:03.920 you can sign. I'll be right back. Lieutenant, 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:11.559 see you a minute outside. Okay. All right, Rizzo, 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:15.420 what's biting you? I think the guy's lying. About 00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:17.859 what, for Pete's sake? Why would he lie? To cover 00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:21.019 up. Cover up who how do I know his daughter son 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:24.140 wife? Now why would he want to take the rap for 00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:26.839 them? Ah, that's what'll take some digging to 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:30.660 find out. Oh boy 15 precincts in this city for 00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:33.059 detected divisions not to get stuck with you 00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:35.579 You want to make a federal case out of one sneaky 00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:37.539 little hit -and -run where the guy comes in like 00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:40.019 a good citizen and confesses And just for once, 00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:42.079 make the job easy? What do you got to do? Go 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:43.740 looking for trouble? Now, Lieutenant, it isn't 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:46.180 just the few small discrepancies, it's the whole 00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:48.819 psychology of the man. Psychology? That's all 00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:53.700 I need. The new breed. Now look, Ritsu, will 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:55.539 you for once just forget the college education 00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:57.119 and get back in there and have that statement 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:59.380 signed, sealed and delivered, and stop making 00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:10.180 waves? Mother. Please will you let well enough 00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:13.000 alone? I've kept quiet about too many things 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:17.359 for far too long, but I can't let this go I know 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:20.559 your father wasn't driving the sports car tonight 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:25.019 Okay, okay, so he wasn't so you know what that 00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:28.660 means You want to get me locked up no, of course 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:31.400 not But why should it come to that you don't 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:34.119 know yet if you really hit anyone or hurt them. 00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:36.910 I'm not kidding myself When I pulled away, I 00:20:36.910 --> 00:20:39.490 tried to tell myself nothing had happened. But 00:20:39.490 --> 00:20:41.750 now it's all on the table, and I know that guy 00:20:41.750 --> 00:20:45.130 got hurt. And I'm scared. I'm scared of what 00:20:45.130 --> 00:20:47.470 they could do to me. Darling, there's nothing 00:20:47.470 --> 00:20:51.410 to be scared of in being honest, owning up. It 00:20:51.410 --> 00:20:54.529 was an accident. David, please! Will you let 00:20:54.529 --> 00:20:58.069 me go? I'm only trying to help you. Oh, sure. 00:20:58.410 --> 00:21:01.150 Some help you are. I don't understand you, Mother. 00:21:01.369 --> 00:21:04.109 Look what Dad's willing to do for me, and all 00:21:04.109 --> 00:21:07.009 you want is for me to turn myself in. I want 00:21:07.009 --> 00:21:10.630 you to be honest. This is for laughs. I mean, 00:21:11.210 --> 00:21:14.710 I... Look, Dad went down there to take the blame 00:21:14.710 --> 00:21:18.150 so he could protect you as well as me. Protect 00:21:18.150 --> 00:21:23.369 me? Yes. He... He said it would kill you if anything 00:21:23.369 --> 00:21:28.150 happened to me. Grant was worried about me? Yes. 00:21:28.809 --> 00:21:32.480 Don't you ever believe it? Mom, how can you be 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:36.400 so bitter? Look what he's done for me He's got 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:39.299 to have an angle. That's unfair. I know you and 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:41.299 dad have problems I'm not gonna try to make any 00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:43.779 judgments about all but you do you make them 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:47.339 every day in spite of yourself and Always against 00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:50.440 me mother. I've had just about as much of this 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:52.700 as I can take You know that the curious thing 00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:56.279 is that I know you love me in spite of everything 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:01.220 Just give me a moment. What is it? I don't stand 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:04.720 much chance, do I? I spend so much time upstairs 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:10.279 with... with myself. Very lonely with just yourself. 00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:15.960 I'm a woman not quite able to cope. A woman with 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:19.240 hallucinations. It's something out of Dickens. 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:23.799 Living among cobwebs of near insanity and the 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:27.200 ghosts of what never was. Mother. Look, it's 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:30.519 time I told you. Time I try to tell somebody 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:40.900 I'm a prisoner with a life sentence because Because 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:45.220 I can't stop loving To everyone else. I'm the 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:49.200 ghost but the truth is that the real corruption 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:55.750 lies rotting in That very man we both love David, 00:22:55.869 --> 00:22:58.869 I don't want to ever see you become like him. 00:22:59.509 --> 00:23:02.569 I would rather see you dead. That's why I want 00:23:02.569 --> 00:23:05.309 you to take your own troubles on your own shoulders. 00:23:06.009 --> 00:23:09.210 Mom, don't you think you ought to lie down? I 00:23:09.210 --> 00:23:11.630 mean, you're not... It's easy, isn't it, to find 00:23:11.630 --> 00:23:14.349 a scapegoat to make someone else responsible? 00:23:15.069 --> 00:23:19.400 Poor, mad, wasted Marion Williams. married to 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:23.200 that intelligent, handsome man, respected by 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:27.380 his faculty, worshipped by his students, particularly 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:32.619 the girls. Oh, yes, particularly the girls. Oh, 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:34.900 Mother, for Pete's sake. No, this time you don't 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:38.720 stop me. I loved him so much I forgave all those 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:41.680 early affairs. The young children invaded, cheapened. 00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:44.500 I saved him. I went to those girls. I begged 00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:47.240 them off. And after you came, the pattern continued. 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:50.759 I began to... Retreat farther and farther. I 00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:52.559 had the money. That's why I could always keep 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:54.880 him. And I couldn't stop loving him. That was 00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:57.880 the saddest part, wasn't it, David? What? I was 00:23:57.880 --> 00:24:00.579 the one who ruined him. Without me to cover for 00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:03.079 him, he'd have been found not long ago. So you 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:05.940 see... I don't know what you mean, Mom. I can't 00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:09.000 discuss what you've been talking about. But that 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:11.799 has nothing to do with what Dad is doing at this 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:15.460 moment. I'd been drinking. I couldn't have gone 00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:18.509 to the police. Dad can handle this. Please, leave 00:24:18.509 --> 00:24:21.549 it alone. And let you spoil yourself just as 00:24:21.549 --> 00:24:33.029 he did. The rot spread so fast, David. The incident 00:24:33.029 --> 00:24:35.650 was totally minor in mind till I returned home, 00:24:35.829 --> 00:24:37.349 found that there was a dent in my front fender. 00:24:39.609 --> 00:24:41.869 Well, I've read this through, Lieutenant, and 00:24:41.869 --> 00:24:43.890 there's nothing here that isn't consonant with 00:24:43.890 --> 00:24:48.369 my, uh... My earlier confession? It's a formality, 00:24:48.769 --> 00:24:50.269 Professor. I prefer to have you read it aloud 00:24:50.269 --> 00:24:52.609 before you sign the statement. If you insist. 00:24:52.849 --> 00:24:55.269 It's better, Professor Williams. There is much 00:24:55.269 --> 00:24:57.210 more. Go ahead. It's quite evident that I must 00:24:57.210 --> 00:24:59.589 have been responsible for striking with my automobile 00:24:59.589 --> 00:25:02.769 one Dominic Capello 61 at approximately 2 a .m. 00:25:02.829 --> 00:25:04.829 on the above date. This statement is a true and 00:25:04.829 --> 00:25:07.869 unsolicited confession of my responsibility and... 00:25:07.869 --> 00:25:11.039 Excuse me, Lieutenant. Have you warned the professor 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:13.019 again that he should have legal representation? 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:15.779 No, I don't need a lawyer. I'll have to warn 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:18.839 you, sir, that you may. The man was hit just 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:21.119 died in the hospital without regaining consciousness. 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:24.839 It isn't just an accident anymore. It could be 00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:28.200 homicide. Oh, come on. Read so, man, slaughter. 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:31.779 But it does change things, professor. If you 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:33.980 sign this, I'll have to book you. You should 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:36.640 have a lawyer before you sign. Well, nonsense. 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:40.099 I want a sign. Let's not waste any more time, 00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:44.619 and then I'll call my lawyer. All right. Detective 00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:48.359 Rizzo, will you witness this? You'd rather be 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:50.460 fingerprinted, Professor. Whatever you say, Lieutenant. 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:53.359 Foster will take you to a phone first to call 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:55.900 your lawyer about bail. Thank you. And thank 00:25:55.900 --> 00:26:00.680 you, Detective Rizzo. Don't mention it. All right 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:03.549 now, Rizzo, don't say it. I've got to. Something's 00:26:03.549 --> 00:26:05.750 out of kilter. I never saw a man so anxious to 00:26:05.750 --> 00:26:08.190 get arrested in my life. He just wants to get 00:26:08.190 --> 00:26:10.869 it over with and get back to bed. Now, who doesn't? 00:26:10.910 --> 00:26:14.029 It's wrong, Lieutenant. It's wrong. A cool, collected 00:26:14.029 --> 00:26:16.470 individual like that doesn't go around hitting 00:26:16.470 --> 00:26:19.170 panic buttons and taking a powder out of a bad 00:26:19.170 --> 00:26:23.089 situation. Now, don't drop it. Lay off. Don't 00:26:23.089 --> 00:26:25.930 give me any more of the psychology. I'm just 00:26:25.930 --> 00:26:27.829 a plain flat foot who came up through the ranks 00:26:27.829 --> 00:26:30.809 by sticking to one thing, facts. Let's give the 00:26:30.809 --> 00:26:34.710 guy a vote of thanks for coming in. My psychology 00:26:34.710 --> 00:26:38.930 is we leave it lay, huh? You got any other hunches? 00:26:39.269 --> 00:26:51.609 Save them for the ponies. Okay? Okay. What's 00:26:51.609 --> 00:26:53.569 on the bulletin, Ray, sir? Ah, same old noise. 00:26:53.869 --> 00:26:56.130 Nothing special. They picked up that mugger in 00:26:56.130 --> 00:26:59.190 a second, a repeater. What's happening with Professor 00:26:59.190 --> 00:27:01.890 Williams? Huh? Williams. Williams, a professor. 00:27:02.069 --> 00:27:03.609 You remember the guy we spent most the night 00:27:03.609 --> 00:27:06.670 with? Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, he got fingerprinted 00:27:06.670 --> 00:27:09.250 and his lawyer sprung him. He's going home. Hey, 00:27:09.789 --> 00:27:12.410 look at this, Lieutenant. What? That code 2. 00:27:12.769 --> 00:27:16.349 See the man in the 12th? That suicide was no 00:27:16.349 --> 00:27:19.210 false alarm. It was a DOA. Only now it looks 00:27:19.210 --> 00:27:23.069 like homicide. They figured the girl was strangled 00:27:23.069 --> 00:27:25.549 before the gas was turned on. Oh, what do I care 00:27:25.549 --> 00:27:28.170 about some dame in the 12th? The 7th is my baby. 00:27:28.269 --> 00:27:30.710 Let the 12th worry about their headaches. I'm 00:27:30.710 --> 00:27:39.950 taking you off. Marion, for the last time, you 00:27:39.950 --> 00:27:42.450 stay out of this or I'll... You'll what, Grant? 00:27:43.069 --> 00:27:46.660 Kill me? You did that a long time ago. The only 00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:49.559 reason I clung to any shred of life was because 00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:51.920 of David. And a fine little mama's boy you made 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:54.400 out of him. The moment my back is turned, he 00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:56.700 runs to you, he blurts out the whole thing. Oh, 00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:59.599 no, he didn't. I figured out what happened myself. 00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:02.559 I saw you drive away in the station wagon. Why 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:05.420 can't you mind your own business? Because I don't 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:09.480 trust you. And I want David to be a man and stand 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:12.019 on his own feet. Will you get something through 00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:15.380 that birdbrain of yours? The man who was hit 00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:20.140 is dead. David had been drinking. You won't be 00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:22.140 emancipating your son. You'll be burying him 00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:24.339 in jail. Is that what you want? You're hurting 00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:27.980 me, Grant. Is that what you want? Or will you 00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:29.700 keep your mouth shut and allow me to do something 00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:32.400 for my own son? Please, let me go. Not until 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:34.920 I get your promise to leave things as they are. 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:41.180 I don't want David to go to jail. All right, 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:47.880 then. I can trust you. Yes, I only wish I trusted 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:51.359 you. You've never done one unselfish thing in 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:54.500 your life, Grant. I only wish I knew what it 00:28:54.500 --> 00:29:06.440 is you expect to gain this time. A torturing 00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:10.019 dilemma for a mother and father. Is the father 00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:14.009 right to protect his son? or the mother to feel 00:29:14.009 --> 00:29:16.529 it would be better for him to take his medicine. 00:29:18.150 --> 00:29:22.250 So many other questions pose themselves. Questions 00:29:22.250 --> 00:29:25.210 which will be answered when I return shortly 00:29:25.210 --> 00:29:42.220 with Act 3. Those questions I mentioned. Of course, 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:44.779 Marion Williams would feel herself hurt by her 00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:48.799 husband's interest in other women. Or is that 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:52.859 all in her mind, a figment fantasized by her 00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:58.059 obviously shaky mental stability? But then there 00:29:58.059 --> 00:30:01.140 is also the doubts of Detective Sergeant Ritso. 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:13.480 Let's follow him for a moment. Yes, is professor 00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:16.039 Williams at home? No, he has classes this morning 00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:18.000 at the university. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's right. 00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:20.779 That's right Excuse me. I'm a detective Rizzo. 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:23.700 This is my shield I wonder if I could talk to 00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:27.359 mrs. Williams for a moment. I'm sorry, but but 00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:30.559 my mother she's still asleep She's kind of an 00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:32.660 invalid. Oh and it all well and I wouldn't think 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:35.880 of disturbing you're Professor Williams son, 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:38.240 huh? Yes Well, then how about you take the chain 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:40.240 off the door and I step in and ask you a couple 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:45.549 of questions Have you got a warrant? A warrant? 00:30:46.730 --> 00:30:48.869 What would I want a warrant for? Look, don't 00:30:48.869 --> 00:30:51.170 let me being a cop scare you. Oh, I'm not scared. 00:30:51.470 --> 00:30:53.890 You always keep a chain on when you open the 00:30:53.890 --> 00:30:58.869 front door? No. Look, I'm sorry. You're wasting 00:30:58.869 --> 00:31:01.730 your time. My father told me not to answer any 00:31:01.730 --> 00:31:05.730 questions. Oh, then you know about the accident 00:31:05.730 --> 00:31:09.750 last night, huh? I... Yes, but... I'm sorry. 00:31:09.890 --> 00:31:11.750 I've got to close the door. Uh, you drive, kid. 00:31:12.170 --> 00:31:14.750 Sir, your foot's in the way. Oh, yeah. Yeah, 00:31:14.890 --> 00:31:18.130 so it is. Anyway, I figure you drive. Since you 00:31:18.130 --> 00:31:20.589 got a license, I looked it up in the bureau. 00:31:20.769 --> 00:31:23.630 Would you move your foot, please? Uh, hold it 00:31:23.630 --> 00:31:26.609 just a minute. Here's your newspaper, huh? You 00:31:26.609 --> 00:31:29.309 might want to read about the accident. Page four. 00:31:29.549 --> 00:31:32.150 You know, check out the details. Thanks for the 00:31:32.150 --> 00:31:35.670 paper. Sure. Here. Will you let it go, please? 00:31:36.130 --> 00:31:39.210 You, uh... We're not driving yourself last night, 00:31:39.309 --> 00:31:44.829 were you? I'll take the paper. Yeah. And now 00:31:44.829 --> 00:31:58.430 I know my hunch is right. Come on, come on. Where 00:31:58.430 --> 00:32:04.609 are you? Hello? David. David, where were you? 00:32:04.730 --> 00:32:07.220 Oh, I'm sorry. I was just... that mother's lunch 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:09.259 tray but you never answer the phone any mail 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:13.259 any phone calls just a couple of ads no phone 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:17.640 call oh there was uh well we had a visitor who 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:22.579 a detective ritzo what did he want he said he 00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:24.960 wanted to talk to you then when i said you weren't 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:27.400 home he wanted to talk to mom well you didn't 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:32.200 let him no no she was asleep so he said he wanted 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:35.259 to ask me some questions lord it's all right 00:32:35.289 --> 00:32:37.390 I didn't let him in, and I didn't tell him anything. 00:32:37.490 --> 00:32:39.849 Well, I hope you didn't. He had no right, no, 00:32:39.849 --> 00:32:44.430 no, no, no right to... David, David, you're sure 00:32:44.430 --> 00:32:46.589 you didn't... No, no, I didn't say anything, 00:32:46.630 --> 00:32:50.470 but... I'm scared. I think he knows, I think 00:32:50.470 --> 00:32:52.269 he's guessed that I... Now, now, listen to me, 00:32:52.410 --> 00:32:54.730 David. I don't care what he knows or what he 00:32:54.730 --> 00:32:57.630 suspects. He can't prove anything if we just 00:32:57.630 --> 00:33:00.569 stick to our story. Now, you get this straight, 00:33:00.589 --> 00:33:05.940 David. I'll kill you if you let me down. No, 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:10.440 no, I I didn't mean that I I'm just thinking 00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:13.039 about you I I don't want your life spoiled before 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:17.400 it begins now you just remember a Man has been 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:21.119 killed the real truth comes out. You're in trouble 00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:26.460 bad trouble Just so you remember both you and 00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:29.940 your mother, okay, but supposing that detective 00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:33.809 turns up again he won't You just leave that to 00:33:33.809 --> 00:33:39.089 me just leave Everything to me. I will and don't 00:33:39.089 --> 00:33:41.430 think I'm not grateful. Oh, I don't know how 00:33:41.430 --> 00:33:43.869 I can ever pay you back You just sit tight and 00:33:43.869 --> 00:33:47.190 stick to our story. That's all the payment I 00:33:47.190 --> 00:33:57.170 need I Quite understand professor detective Rizzo 00:33:57.170 --> 00:33:59.690 exceeded his orders. I promise you he won't bother 00:33:59.690 --> 00:34:05.299 your family again I don't blame you, sir. You'd 00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:07.019 feel better if you'd get a load of how I'm gonna 00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:11.699 lose mine. You'd have no pleasure. Detective 00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:14.719 Rizzo checking in. All right, tell him the leg 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.639 is rear end here on the double. I'm gonna bust 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:20.460 him right down to patrol. You looking for me, 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:22.800 lieutenant? Yeah, come on in and close the door. 00:34:24.150 --> 00:34:26.429 Jarvis on the desk tells me the Williams guy 00:34:26.429 --> 00:34:28.469 was on the phone having a fit. Didn't I tell 00:34:28.469 --> 00:34:30.610 you to stop making waves? Well, yes, Lieutenant. 00:34:30.610 --> 00:34:33.090 Did I tell you the Williams case was closed? 00:34:33.349 --> 00:34:35.530 It can't be closed as long as there's a charge. 00:34:35.530 --> 00:34:39.429 That's up to the judge. Now, we've done our part. 00:34:40.289 --> 00:34:41.889 We have a statement and a confession. That's 00:34:41.889 --> 00:34:44.730 all we're supposed to provide. Uh -huh. A phony 00:34:44.730 --> 00:34:48.530 confession. What does that mean? Now, look. That 00:34:48.530 --> 00:34:52.199 professor has a kid around 17, 18, huh? Talked 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:54.300 to him today. I'll lay your dollars to doughnuts. 00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:56.380 He was the one driving the car with that accident 00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:59.179 Have any proof of that? No, but give me an hour 00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:03.239 with that kid now quiet detective Rizzo strong 00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:07.039 arm methods from a member of the new breed I 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:09.179 Thought today's young cop was exchanging the 00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:11.280 third degree for a college degree You know, I 00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:13.199 didn't mean anything like that. But if you just 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:16.690 give me a chance to get to the bottom Why would 00:35:16.690 --> 00:35:19.329 a respected college professor a guy as prominent 00:35:19.329 --> 00:35:22.269 in this town as he is? Why would he risk his 00:35:22.269 --> 00:35:24.429 reputation to cover up something his son did? 00:35:24.449 --> 00:35:27.849 I don't know this guy's a teacher The last thing 00:35:27.849 --> 00:35:29.809 in the world he'd do was let his son run out 00:35:29.809 --> 00:35:32.329 on a responsibility. Yeah, that's the way I see 00:35:32.329 --> 00:35:36.690 it Psychologically is psychologically now. Let's 00:35:36.690 --> 00:35:38.570 not get tangled up with that bull again, huh? 00:35:39.710 --> 00:35:42.829 We have a confession, Detective Rizzo. Lieutenant, 00:35:42.929 --> 00:35:45.889 give me a break. I got the strongest hunch. It 00:35:45.889 --> 00:35:49.349 isn't any stronger than mine. And mine is, if 00:35:49.349 --> 00:35:51.650 you don't let this lay like I told you, you're 00:35:51.650 --> 00:35:54.050 gonna be back in your boondockers walking a beat 00:35:54.050 --> 00:35:59.369 as far uptown as these city limits stretch. Okay, 00:35:59.769 --> 00:36:02.309 Detective Second Grade, is this case closed? 00:36:03.429 --> 00:36:16.360 Or like you say, the case is closed. You can 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:20.380 study, Mom. You all right? I just want to talk 00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:22.960 a minute. What are you doing? Just catching up 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:26.940 on some homework. David, that man, that detective 00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:29.900 you said came here, are you sure all he asked 00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:35.260 you about was the accident? Look, Mom, that's... 00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:37.809 I mean... I promised Dad I wasn't going to talk 00:36:37.809 --> 00:36:40.349 about it anymore. So did you. It's a closed book. 00:36:40.409 --> 00:36:42.590 We're going to have to open it again. Did he 00:36:42.590 --> 00:36:44.650 ask you about anything else than the accident? 00:36:44.969 --> 00:36:47.929 No, but... Look, David, you have got to go to 00:36:47.929 --> 00:36:50.789 the police and tell them the truth. Now, I promised 00:36:50.789 --> 00:36:53.690 Dad... David, don't make me go. You promised 00:36:53.690 --> 00:36:56.469 him too. You don't understand. Everything's changed. 00:36:56.829 --> 00:37:00.039 He has to be stopped. There must be some justice. 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:03.219 Mom, why don't you go upstairs? Look, don't treat 00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:06.559 me like an invalid, or worse, a half -wit. Have 00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:08.719 you read the newspaper that you brought up to 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:14.619 me today? No. Do you know a girl named Susan 00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:18.940 Rowland? Susan? Yeah, yeah, kind of. I mean, 00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:21.960 she was a class ahead of me at school. I guess 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:23.840 I rapped with her here and there, but we never 00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:28.840 dated or anything like that. That her picture 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:34.500 yes front page what happened read the story and 00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:39.940 find out carefully Then you'll know why your 00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:44.500 father is so anxious to keep you quiet David 00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:48.360 you you're going to find out why the truth has 00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:56.800 to be told Lieutenant Klemeth here. How's everything 00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:59.219 with the 12th, John? You know how it goes with 00:37:59.219 --> 00:38:01.199 lieutenants in the police department, from bad 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:03.960 to worse. A little favor, George. Name it, you 00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:07.019 got it. You see, the DOA we had on the bulletin, 00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:10.179 possible suicide, now definitely homicide. The 00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:11.940 picture in the morning paper? Yeah, that's the 00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:15.300 one. Susan Rollin, 19 years old, college student. 00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:18.760 We're running a routine check on all our acquaintances. 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:22.179 You got a make on anyone? No. Fingerprints all 00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:24.960 over the place, but not even a warm lead. Uh 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:27.920 -huh. What can I do? Ah, well, I'm running down 00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:31.079 blind alleys. Like in her address book is the 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:34.679 name of a guy, Grant Williams, domiciled your 00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:37.320 precinct. She seemed to have been in one of his 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:40.079 classes at the university. Could you spare the 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:42.559 man to check it out? John, I don't even have 00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:46.519 to. I'll close one lead for you. What time did 00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:50.590 your little student get strangled? at around 00:38:50.590 --> 00:38:54.150 2 o 'clock at 1 .55 she called her mother to 00:38:54.150 --> 00:38:56.449 say she was pregnant and the guy who did it was 00:38:56.449 --> 00:38:59.070 with her. She started to give his name, the connection 00:38:59.070 --> 00:39:03.130 was broken. At 2 .15 a prowl car responded to 00:39:03.130 --> 00:39:06.329 a code 2, suspicion of suicide by gas. They broke 00:39:06.329 --> 00:39:08.670 in, turned off the gas, but the girl had already 00:39:08.670 --> 00:39:13.309 been dead 10 or 15 minutes. So, 2 o 'clock. 2 00:39:13.309 --> 00:39:16.250 o 'clock, eh? Well, that lets out Grant Williams. 00:39:16.710 --> 00:39:20.570 2 o 'clock, outside of town. 45 minutes away. 00:39:21.349 --> 00:39:24.610 He was involved in a traffic accident. He's already 00:39:24.610 --> 00:39:41.929 booked How long ago did he leave too late for 00:39:41.929 --> 00:39:44.739 you to stop him I ought to kill you for this 00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:47.579 like you did that poor little girl no no no i 00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:51.920 i i didn't mean to the little idiot refused to 00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:55.000 have an abortion she wanted me to marry her marry 00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:57.500 her for heaven's sake oh and divorce your meal 00:39:57.500 --> 00:40:00.579 ticket marion marion please please help me no 00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:02.960 not anymore anyway i couldn't even if i wanted 00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:07.619 to but david maybe i can still stop david if 00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:18.000 you could you'd still have to stop me And everything 00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:21.179 my father testified to in his statement was true 00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:24.599 except that it was Me who was driving the car 00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:28.380 not my father. I hit that man panicked and drove 00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:31.360 off Well, don't look at me lieutenant. I have 00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:35.280 nothing to say You wouldn't have to reach her 00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:40.019 Another boys telling the truth Yeah, you were 00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:43.559 right all along I Had a phone call about a half 00:40:45.509 --> 00:40:51.230 It's all right, Sergeant. Let him in. What is 00:40:51.230 --> 00:40:53.570 it, Professor Williams? David, I don't want you 00:40:53.570 --> 00:40:55.289 to say one word until I've talked to you and 00:40:55.289 --> 00:40:57.090 we can get legal advice. It's too late, Dad. 00:40:57.349 --> 00:40:59.969 I've said everything I have to say. But you don't 00:40:59.969 --> 00:41:01.929 know what you're doing. The first time in my 00:41:01.929 --> 00:41:06.170 life, I do. I'm taking care of myself. How could 00:41:06.170 --> 00:41:10.269 you do it, Dad, to a nice kid like Susan? I don't 00:41:10.269 --> 00:41:12.690 know what you're talking about. I can clear that 00:41:12.690 --> 00:41:16.269 up, Professor. We're booking you for the murder 00:41:16.269 --> 00:41:20.190 of Susan Rowland. Oh, you can't I have an alibi 00:41:20.190 --> 00:41:23.909 correction You had an alibi, but I'm not guilty 00:41:23.909 --> 00:41:28.210 and you can't prove it. We will with your help 00:41:28.210 --> 00:41:33.650 What do you mean? It's ironic, isn't it? If you 00:41:33.650 --> 00:41:36.010 hadn't walked in here and made a false confession, 00:41:36.070 --> 00:41:39.889 we might never have had your fingerprints That's 00:41:39.889 --> 00:41:43.219 what's gonna nail you You provided us with a 00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:47.519 whole set to match up. You were just a little 00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:53.380 too clever. You managed to hang yourself. All 00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:55.900 right, take him out and bug him, Jarvis. Dad, 00:41:56.039 --> 00:42:00.039 I... Let him go, kid, huh? Let him go. There's 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:03.820 nothing you can do for him. Now, you go on with 00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:05.820 Foster. Let him type up your statement, huh? 00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:10.900 What's gonna happen to him? He'll be found guilty. 00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:16.519 As he ought to. And me? You're taking a beating, 00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:20.119 you know, already. It's an accident. It won't 00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:24.239 be too tough. And things should be looking up 00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:28.019 from now on for both you and your mother. Go 00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:37.559 on, kid. Okay, Lieutenant. Well, I guess I ought 00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:41.739 to start to eat my hat, Reid, so, huh? But I 00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:45.239 rather just say I'm sorry. Oh, no me too lieutenant 00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:49.300 This is one time. I wish I could just have been 00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:53.860 wrong When you're a cop as long as I've been 00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:57.639 there'll be a lot more I Wish I could say you 00:42:57.639 --> 00:43:02.800 get used to it Come on let's try the squad room 00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:06.139 coffee, right? Bad as it is it's better than 00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:15.099 the taste. I got in my mouth right now So Marion's 00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:19.579 intuition was right, along with Ritzo's. And 00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:22.940 David made the first long stride towards being 00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:27.400 a man. Something else I'd like to say about that, 00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:42.989 but I'll return shortly. Not every story must 00:43:42.989 --> 00:43:47.489 have a moral. But I believe this one has. Not 00:43:47.489 --> 00:43:53.070 that crime doesn't pay. That's obvious. But that 00:43:53.070 --> 00:43:56.849 the acceptance of responsibility is a cornerstone 00:43:56.849 --> 00:44:01.409 of life. The Apostle John has saved us Jesus' 00:44:01.710 --> 00:44:06.789 words. You shall know the truth, and the truth 00:44:06.789 --> 00:44:11.320 shall set you free. Our cast included Arnold 00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:16.059 Moss, Ralph Bell, Clarissa Blackburn, Billy Redfield, 00:44:16.780 --> 00:44:20.139 and Christopher Tabore. The entire production 00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:23.119 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:26.000 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:29.380 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:35.440 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.