WEBVTT 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:26.339 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:26.339 --> 00:00:30.800 to the sound of suspense. Welcome to the fear 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:35.210 you can hear. Welcome to the world of terrifying 00:00:35.210 --> 00:00:41.210 imagination. This is a tale about justice, about 00:00:41.210 --> 00:00:43.969 the lady who stands over the criminal courthouses 00:00:43.969 --> 00:00:48.030 of America with a blindfold over her eyes. Of 00:00:48.030 --> 00:00:50.929 course, the blindfold represents impartiality, 00:00:51.429 --> 00:00:55.329 not faulty vision. But yet, there are occasions 00:00:55.329 --> 00:00:58.689 when justice seems to be looking the other way. 00:00:58.990 --> 00:01:01.770 And that's something which bothers attorney Ned 00:01:01.770 --> 00:01:05.930 Murray very much indeed. He's getting away with 00:01:05.930 --> 00:01:09.450 murder, Tony. And maybe he'll get away with another 00:01:09.450 --> 00:01:13.569 one. Maybe there's an answer. What? I've been 00:01:13.569 --> 00:01:15.750 waiting a long time to figure out what I could 00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:19.069 do for you, Ned. What kind of favor might be 00:01:19.069 --> 00:01:26.109 important to you. Now I know. Tony! You're thinking 00:01:26.109 --> 00:01:37.120 about killing Rydell! Our mystery drama, After 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:40.200 the Verdict, was written especially for the Mystery 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:43.920 Theater by Henry Slessor and stars Tony Roberts. 00:01:44.900 --> 00:01:47.780 It is sponsored in part by New Sugar -Free Diet 00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:51.560 7 -Up and by the Kellogg Company, makers of Kellogg's 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:55.280 Special K Cereal. I'll be back shortly with Act 00:01:55.280 --> 00:02:10.030 One. What better place to begin a story about 00:02:10.030 --> 00:02:15.349 justice than in a courtroom? This one is packed 00:02:15.349 --> 00:02:18.229 today, because it's the day the jury is going 00:02:18.229 --> 00:02:21.229 to return its verdict in the case of the people 00:02:21.229 --> 00:02:25.449 versus Louis Rydell. That's Rydell over there, 00:02:26.169 --> 00:02:29.569 the thin man with the burning eyes. See the way 00:02:29.569 --> 00:02:32.110 he searches the face of every juror who takes 00:02:32.110 --> 00:02:35.629 his or her place in the jury box? It's only natural, 00:02:35.629 --> 00:02:39.490 of course. because Lewis Rydell had been charged 00:02:39.490 --> 00:02:44.210 with murder. Quiet now. Presiding Judge Lincoln 00:02:44.210 --> 00:02:51.009 Arthur is about to speak. The foreman of the 00:02:51.009 --> 00:02:56.150 jury will please rise. Has the jury reached a 00:02:56.150 --> 00:03:00.550 verdict in this case? We have, Your Honor. Please 00:03:00.550 --> 00:03:04.270 read your verdict to the court. We find the defendant, 00:03:04.689 --> 00:03:11.360 Lewis Rydell. guilty. You did it! You did it, 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:15.259 Mr. Murray! Congratulations, Lou. I'm very happy. 00:03:15.419 --> 00:03:18.280 You're happy? How do you think I feel? Hey, come 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:20.259 on. Let's get out of this place. Let's celebrate, 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:23.120 huh? Let's pick up my wife and have a ball. I 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:25.280 don't think I can. I promised my boss that I'd 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:26.819 get out of here. You don't care about your boss? 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:29.099 You want to see that daughter of his? Okay, what 00:03:29.099 --> 00:03:31.060 am I going to force him? I can't, Lou. I'm sorry. 00:03:31.060 --> 00:03:33.259 Come on. Come on, counselor. Melanie's got a 00:03:33.259 --> 00:03:45.500 cab waiting outside. I thought that's a hanging 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:48.180 jury if ever I saw one. The only one I was worried 00:03:48.180 --> 00:03:50.099 about was that little old lady with the blue 00:03:50.099 --> 00:03:52.900 hair. You just can't tell about a jury from their 00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:55.860 faces. My last case, well, I thought they all 00:03:55.860 --> 00:03:59.120 looked friendly, but I lost. You won this one, 00:03:59.180 --> 00:04:01.819 Mr. Murray. I bet that boss of yours is real 00:04:01.819 --> 00:04:04.580 pleased. I mean, all this publicity that you 00:04:04.580 --> 00:04:07.379 got. Well, you're a regular Clarence Darrow. 00:04:07.900 --> 00:04:09.919 Look, Lou, we don't really have to talk about 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:12.180 the fee settlement now. Why don't you and Melanie 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:14.219 just go out and drink up a couple of bottles 00:04:14.219 --> 00:04:16.819 of champagne? Oh, Lou doesn't drink, Mr. Murray. 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:20.060 Lou doesn't have any vices. Do you, Lou? I want 00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:23.060 to get the money settled, counselor. Melanie 00:04:23.060 --> 00:04:25.259 here doesn't like to hear about money. She just 00:04:25.259 --> 00:04:27.920 likes to spend it. We'll drop her off at home. 00:04:28.060 --> 00:04:30.420 Hey, you promised to take me someplace. Wait 00:04:30.420 --> 00:04:32.699 for me at home, pumpkin. Daddy will be there 00:04:32.699 --> 00:04:34.959 just as soon as he settles things with his lawyer. 00:04:35.640 --> 00:04:38.439 Okay. What choice do I have? I'll be home in 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:40.740 an hour or two and we'll go out to dinner. Just 00:04:40.740 --> 00:04:42.639 stay in the apartment and don't open the door 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:45.459 to anyone. And if you have to open the door, 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:55.980 wear some clothes, baby, huh? Yeah, there's a 00:04:55.980 --> 00:04:57.860 nice little office you got here, Mr. Murray. 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.410 Only, uh... It strikes me as kind of small, isn't 00:05:01.410 --> 00:05:03.970 it? It's big enough, Lou. I mean, compared to 00:05:03.970 --> 00:05:06.930 that big office down the hall, Mr. Ostrow. Mr. 00:05:07.209 --> 00:05:09.829 Ostrow is the senior partner of this firm, Lou. 00:05:11.050 --> 00:05:13.769 Well, maybe when you marry his daughter. You 00:05:13.769 --> 00:05:16.529 are going to marry that chick, aren't you? Let's 00:05:16.529 --> 00:05:18.870 get down to business, okay? I mean, the way she 00:05:18.870 --> 00:05:20.610 was hanging around that courtroom every day of 00:05:20.610 --> 00:05:22.970 the trial, I figured she was pretty stuck on 00:05:22.970 --> 00:05:27.250 you. Lou, this meeting was your idea. You said 00:05:27.250 --> 00:05:29.829 you could manage to pay about 150 a month, and 00:05:29.829 --> 00:05:32.769 that's perfectly fine with me. Sure, Mr. Murray, 00:05:32.870 --> 00:05:34.709 anything you say. We could have settled this 00:05:34.709 --> 00:05:36.670 in the taxi. I guess they just didn't want to 00:05:36.670 --> 00:05:39.329 face Melanie for a couple of hours. They needed 00:05:39.329 --> 00:05:44.209 an excuse. You understand? I suppose so. She's 00:05:44.209 --> 00:05:47.829 beautiful, isn't she? Mrs. Rydell? No, yes, she's 00:05:47.829 --> 00:05:49.470 very lovely. She can't help herself, you know. 00:05:50.050 --> 00:05:52.610 The way men bother her all the time. They look 00:05:52.610 --> 00:05:55.350 at her and right away they get ideas. It's not 00:05:55.350 --> 00:05:58.759 her fault. No. She's not smart about it, though. 00:05:59.579 --> 00:06:02.220 She doesn't know the way men think. Like the 00:06:02.220 --> 00:06:04.360 way she answers the door sometimes in that sloppy 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:07.600 housecoat. She gives people ideas, like that 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:10.839 kid Yost. I feel sorry for that kid, you know? 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:13.519 I know you do. It's just too bad that he got 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:15.439 himself mugged the day after you threw him out 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:18.639 of the house. You wouldn't have gone through 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.959 all this. You wouldn't be owing me 150 bucks 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:25.110 a month. Yeah, I feel sorry for him. Kid delivers 00:06:25.110 --> 00:06:28.290 the groceries every day, gets the same eyeful 00:06:28.290 --> 00:06:31.269 every day. His tongue must have been hanging 00:06:31.269 --> 00:06:34.569 out. Lou, I really have to get on home. I've 00:06:34.569 --> 00:06:36.790 got a party at my boss's house tonight. But just 00:06:36.790 --> 00:06:40.490 the same, I'd do it again. That's the way I am. 00:06:41.069 --> 00:06:43.670 The guy touches my wife. I get a red fire in 00:06:43.670 --> 00:06:47.750 my brain and I can't stop myself. Now, I owe 00:06:47.750 --> 00:06:50.730 you a lot, Mr. Murray. More than money. Well, 00:06:50.730 --> 00:06:53.839 forget it. Just learn to keep your temper. I 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:58.800 really killed that boy, you know? What? What 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:03.060 did you say? I killed him, Mr. Murray. I waited 00:07:03.060 --> 00:07:05.339 for him in the hallway the next day, and I grabbed 00:07:05.339 --> 00:07:08.500 him. He was a scrawny kid. He was like reigning 00:07:08.500 --> 00:07:11.019 in the neck of a chicken. I'd do the same thing 00:07:11.019 --> 00:07:13.399 again, Mr. Murray, to the next guy who bothers 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:19.560 my wife. They've got to learn. Well, you'd better 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:23.779 go now. Melanie's waiting for me. You lied to 00:07:23.779 --> 00:07:27.540 me. Every stinking word you told me was a lie. 00:07:27.660 --> 00:07:29.500 Don't be sure, Mr. Murray. I couldn't tell you 00:07:29.500 --> 00:07:32.319 the truth, could I? I mean, you wouldn't have 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:34.980 taken the case, would you? Yes! I would have 00:07:34.980 --> 00:07:37.180 taken the case and told you to plead guilty with 00:07:37.180 --> 00:07:39.199 cause. No, that wouldn't have been any good. 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:41.980 I wanted you to get me off, and that's what you 00:07:41.980 --> 00:07:44.220 did. Look, Luke! I've got to go now, Mr. Murray. 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.579 I just want to say thanks again. Oh, you think 00:07:46.579 --> 00:07:49.069 it's that simple? You think you can just walk 00:07:49.069 --> 00:07:51.310 out of here? Melanie's waiting for me. She likes 00:07:51.310 --> 00:07:53.490 to eat dinner early. Girls are always hungry. 00:07:53.949 --> 00:08:14.019 So long, Mr. Murray. Oh, my. I'm so late, Mr. 00:08:14.180 --> 00:08:16.319 Ostrom. Who do you think this party's for, anyway? 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:18.879 Well, come in, come in, come in. Karen's going 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:20.740 out of her brain waiting for you to get here. 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:23.339 This one looks like quite a crowd. They're all 00:08:23.339 --> 00:08:26.540 in your pocket tonight now, Ned. All right, everybody, 00:08:26.740 --> 00:08:30.899 hold it, hold it. Here's the man we've all been 00:08:30.899 --> 00:08:34.299 waiting for, Ned Murray, folks, greatest trial 00:08:34.299 --> 00:08:46.970 lawyer since Clarence... world if you'd be in 00:08:46.970 --> 00:08:49.789 the party started two hours ago i just lost track 00:08:49.789 --> 00:08:52.370 of the time that's all uh... must be love if 00:08:52.370 --> 00:08:54.250 you have a meeting alright i'll see you kids 00:08:54.250 --> 00:08:57.649 later ned come into the kitchen for a minute 00:08:57.649 --> 00:09:00.610 no it's full of servants come into the bedroom 00:09:00.610 --> 00:09:07.549 now that's an offer i can't refuse well what 00:09:07.549 --> 00:09:13.889 did you have in mind give you one guess oh darling 00:09:15.500 --> 00:09:19.700 out of you you were so wonderful kiss was pretty 00:09:19.700 --> 00:09:23.059 wonderful father says that you were everything 00:09:23.059 --> 00:09:25.279 he used to be in the courtroom and there's no 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:27.679 higher praise you can get them that's a couple 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:31.600 let's forget about the trial it's over i don't 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:34.659 want to forget about it made i'm just so thrilled 00:09:34.659 --> 00:09:37.419 with the way you handle the case that man rydell 00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:39.879 seems so guilty there's too much fuss about all 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:42.039 this care father said that if you could win this 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.299 case you could do anything that it would mean 00:09:44.299 --> 00:09:47.240 a lot of business to the firm. Do you know what 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:50.379 I think? He's not going to wait on that promise 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:53.220 about the junior partnership. I think he's going 00:09:53.220 --> 00:09:56.759 to do something about it right now. Are you serious? 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:59.980 Don't tell him what I said, but I'm sure of it. 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:04.720 Ned, you'll have to stop making excuses pretty 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:09.860 soon, lover. You'll have to name the day. For 00:10:09.860 --> 00:10:12.590 heaven's sake. Shake probably your father wanted 00:10:12.590 --> 00:10:18.129 me to join the party. I. Told me you were here 00:10:18.129 --> 00:10:21.169 Tony for the love of Mike I haven't seen you 00:10:21.169 --> 00:10:26.070 in age yeah that's right oh hey I am sorry I 00:10:26.070 --> 00:10:28.330 didn't know you had somebody with you it's all 00:10:28.330 --> 00:10:31.250 right Mr I go I was just going to fix my makeup 00:10:31.250 --> 00:10:37.179 see you later darling yes yes sure. Tony. ever 00:10:37.179 --> 00:10:39.620 saw you at australia's before here you know me 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:41.779 and that i don't like to mix with all these big 00:10:41.779 --> 00:10:46.259 shots you still talk to ordinary people big celebrity 00:10:46.259 --> 00:10:50.139 like you uh... talk to you anytime but that i 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:52.299 was in court today i've been in the last four 00:10:52.299 --> 00:10:54.639 days but you didn't even notice that how that 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:57.779 was nice of you busy man like you and i got a 00:10:57.779 --> 00:11:03.220 personal interest you know that tony i was really 00:11:03.220 --> 00:11:06.500 glad you wanted Reminded me all over again what 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:09.519 you did for me two years ago. Get me off that 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:12.539 murder rap. It was like seeing the whole thing 00:11:12.539 --> 00:11:15.580 again. It wasn't the same, Tony. For one thing, 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:19.679 you didn't kill it. I mean, uh, come on, let's 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:22.559 go out and get a drink. Ah, not for me. Since 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:25.139 I seen you last, I got me an ulcer. That's the 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:27.559 price of success, you know, in my business, just 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:30.139 like yours. That's too bad. You know, something 00:11:30.139 --> 00:11:33.460 like that, you don't look so healthy yourself. 00:11:34.029 --> 00:11:36.950 I'm okay. You look great in that courtroom. Only 00:11:36.950 --> 00:11:40.269 now, you don't look like a guy who won a case. 00:11:40.309 --> 00:11:44.289 You look like a loser. I'm just tired. Let down, 00:11:44.330 --> 00:11:48.870 you know. Yeah, yeah, sure. Hey, look, Ned, you 00:11:48.870 --> 00:11:52.169 remember what I told you once, huh? You got any 00:11:52.169 --> 00:11:55.230 troubles you can't handle, I want to hear about 00:11:55.230 --> 00:11:58.870 them. You got a favor coming for me, and it bothers 00:11:58.870 --> 00:12:01.750 me not to pay off. That was a long time ago. 00:12:01.950 --> 00:12:04.649 You don't owe me anything. I keep good books. 00:12:04.710 --> 00:12:08.769 Don't tell me who I owe. Hey, go on, Dad. Find 00:12:08.769 --> 00:12:11.610 that girl of yours. Maybe she can cheer you up, 00:12:11.870 --> 00:12:15.070 huh? Tell you the truth, Tony. I need a couple 00:12:15.070 --> 00:12:17.490 of minutes all by myself. You know how it is. 00:12:17.669 --> 00:12:21.350 Yeah, sure. I know how it is. Sometimes too much 00:12:21.350 --> 00:12:26.230 is too much. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. See you 00:12:26.230 --> 00:12:34.370 around later, kid. Okay? Yeah. Yeah, later. Sometimes 00:12:34.370 --> 00:12:39.950 too much is too much. I really killed that boy, 00:12:40.070 --> 00:12:44.889 you know. He killed him. He killed him and I 00:12:44.889 --> 00:13:17.240 let him get away with it. Mrs. Rydell. Oh, well, 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:19.419 Lou isn't home, you know. Oh, he went to see 00:13:19.419 --> 00:13:22.159 Mr. Fleming about going back to the company. 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:24.500 I knew he wasn't home. May I come in anyway? 00:13:24.940 --> 00:13:29.399 Oh, yeah, sure. Look, do you think Lou will have 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:31.779 any trouble, I mean, getting his old job back? 00:13:32.019 --> 00:13:34.139 You know, he was their best salesman before, 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:36.720 before the trouble happened. They won't hold 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:39.940 it against him, will they? I don't know. I want 00:13:39.940 --> 00:13:44.820 to ask you a few things. Oh, oh, sure. Mrs. Rydell. 00:13:45.129 --> 00:13:48.350 Before the trial, you told me your husband was 00:13:48.350 --> 00:13:51.950 the jealous type. Yeah, yeah, that's right. But 00:13:51.950 --> 00:13:54.789 you said there was never any reason for his jealousy. 00:13:54.909 --> 00:13:57.590 Do we have to go through that again? The trial's 00:13:57.590 --> 00:14:00.169 over, isn't it? Please, it's more important than 00:14:00.169 --> 00:14:05.970 you think. Why? This delivery boy, Yost, I tried 00:14:05.970 --> 00:14:08.389 to underplay Lou's anger about him in court, 00:14:08.429 --> 00:14:11.389 but he was really pretty sore about the pass 00:14:11.389 --> 00:14:13.789 he made at you, wasn't he? But I told you all 00:14:13.789 --> 00:14:19.659 that! Yes, Lou was sore. Sore. He was crazy. 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:22.039 I didn't even want to tell him about the kid 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.720 because I was afraid he'd... Well, you know... 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:27.580 Mrs. Rydell, the trial is over, just as you said. 00:14:27.700 --> 00:14:30.179 Nobody can charge Lou with the same crime again. 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:33.019 That's the law in this state. So you've got nothing 00:14:33.019 --> 00:14:36.460 to lose by telling me the absolute truth. About 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:41.980 what? Lou did kill that boy, didn't he? Hey! 00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:44.700 He waited for him the next day... and choked 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:47.759 him to death. That's a dirty lie! How could you, 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:49.559 of all people? Alright, alright, maybe you didn't 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:51.759 know the truth. Maybe you believed your husband 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:54.779 the way I did. You get out of here, mister! Please, 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:57.659 I'm not through. The reason I know this is because 00:14:57.659 --> 00:15:01.120 Lou told me himself yesterday in my office. Lou 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:04.279 isn't going to change because of the trial. He's 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:07.299 an insanely jealous man, and he might very well 00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:11.700 do the same thing again. You're awful! I thought 00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:13.600 you were so nice, Mr. Murray, but you're terrible! 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:16.000 I had to let you know how things are with Lou. 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:18.600 He got away with murder and that makes me sick 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:21.159 to my stomach. There's not much I can do about 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:23.679 it, but maybe you can do something, Mrs. Rydell. 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:28.639 Me? You can be careful. Do you understand? No! 00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:33.080 You've got to make sure he never has any reason 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:36.299 to be jealous. Listen, if you think I play around... 00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:39.440 Even if he misunderstands your behavior, somebody 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:42.059 else might get Lou's hands around his throat. 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:45.419 It might even be easier for him the next time. 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:49.860 He got away with it once. Please, Mrs. Rydell, 00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:55.259 for his sake. All right, for mine. Don't make 00:15:55.259 --> 00:16:04.779 your husband kill again. I don't know about you, 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:08.539 but I think Mr. Murray's request is very reasonable. 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:13.360 The only problem, of course, is exactly how reasonable 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:18.120 Lou Rydell is. As something about the man's eyes, 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:21.620 the way his hands twitch personally, I don't 00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:23.740 think it would be a very good idea to wink at 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:28.399 Mrs. Rydell. I'll return shortly with Act Two. 00:16:38.889 --> 00:16:42.409 And now here's act two of After the Verdict. 00:16:42.929 --> 00:16:45.450 It's a bright sunny morning, the kind of morning 00:16:45.450 --> 00:16:48.049 that fills promising young men like Ned Murray 00:16:48.049 --> 00:16:51.830 with enthusiasm for life. After all, he has everything 00:16:51.830 --> 00:16:55.529 going for him. A fine career ahead, marriage 00:16:55.529 --> 00:16:58.389 to a lovely young lady who also happens to be 00:16:58.389 --> 00:17:01.990 the boss's daughter, and even if his recent triumph 00:17:01.990 --> 00:17:05.170 has turned a bit sour, it was still a triumph, 00:17:05.309 --> 00:17:08.470 wasn't it? But as Ned Murray goes to see Harry 00:17:08.470 --> 00:17:11.789 Ostrow, he finds the sun isn't shining in the 00:17:11.789 --> 00:17:16.150 big corner office. The shades are drawn. His 00:17:16.150 --> 00:17:18.990 boss's face is a thunder cloud. You wanted to 00:17:18.990 --> 00:17:23.650 see me, Mr. Ostrow? Yes. Come in and shut the 00:17:23.650 --> 00:17:28.309 door. Hello, Mr. Murray. Nice to see you again. 00:17:29.349 --> 00:17:33.509 Hello, Lou. What are you doing here? Mr. Rydell's... 00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:35.680 He told me something I find hard to believe, 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:39.160 Ned. I said he must be mistaken, but he swears 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:43.400 it's true. Did you go to see Mrs. Rydell yesterday? 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:48.660 Yes. Why did you think it was necessary to do 00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:51.599 that? I had something I wanted to tell her. It 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:54.359 was strictly an unofficial visit. You told her 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:56.759 I was guilty. You went up there deliberately, 00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:59.299 just to frighten her. I ought to sue you for 00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:02.140 what you did, Mr. Murray. Lawyer or no lawyer. 00:18:02.410 --> 00:18:05.450 What kind of nonsense is this, Ned? You didn't 00:18:05.450 --> 00:18:11.250 say any such thing, did you? Well, did you? Yes, 00:18:11.269 --> 00:18:14.289 sir. I did. What? I didn't go there to frighten 00:18:14.289 --> 00:18:17.250 her. Just to warn her. Right after the trial, 00:18:17.289 --> 00:18:19.430 Mr. Rydell here obliged me with a nice little 00:18:19.430 --> 00:18:22.769 confession. A little late, I'm afraid. Confession? 00:18:22.769 --> 00:18:25.549 What are you talking about? That's a lie. I don't 00:18:25.549 --> 00:18:27.309 know what you've got against me, Mr. Murray, 00:18:27.690 --> 00:18:30.269 but I never heard of a lawyer behaving like this. 00:18:30.269 --> 00:18:34.109 I didn't kill that boy. The jury said so. Annette, 00:18:34.210 --> 00:18:37.170 please. This is all so ridiculous. Mr. Rydell 00:18:37.170 --> 00:18:39.990 put it very bluntly. He said he killed Yost. 00:18:40.089 --> 00:18:42.250 He said he'd kill again if another Yost came 00:18:42.250 --> 00:18:45.250 along. You can't do that. It's over. The trial's 00:18:45.250 --> 00:18:47.349 over. They can't put me through this again. They 00:18:47.349 --> 00:18:50.890 can't. No, no, Mr. Rydell. Of course they can't. 00:18:51.210 --> 00:18:54.170 There's nothing to get excited about. Mr. Murray 00:18:54.170 --> 00:18:56.869 just misunderstood you. That's all. I read him 00:18:56.869 --> 00:18:59.759 loud and clear. I knew I couldn't get him back 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:01.680 in a courtroom because of double jeopardy, but 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:03.740 I thought if I went to the DA, he'd be a lot 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:06.420 more careful with his hands the next time. I'll 00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:09.740 sue you! I'll sue this whole farm for slander! 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:13.680 You hear that, Oskra? Now, please, Ned, apologize 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:16.980 to Mr. Rydell. Tell him you didn't mean it. Apologize? 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:20.799 Yes, I should apologize to the state for saving 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:26.859 his skin. Ned! Ned, you listen to me now. I don't 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:28.670 know what went on... between you and this man 00:19:28.670 --> 00:19:31.549 and i don't care but he's a client understand 00:19:31.549 --> 00:19:35.190 my client even if you handle the case and there's 00:19:35.190 --> 00:19:37.609 such a thing as lawyer client privilege since 00:19:37.609 --> 00:19:40.069 when does it include murder up and listen to 00:19:40.069 --> 00:19:43.470 me anything you do reflects on me on the way 00:19:43.470 --> 00:19:47.390 i run this firm mister i don't got a fair trial 00:19:47.390 --> 00:19:51.690 under law better than fair yes and the jury acquitted 00:19:51.690 --> 00:19:54.829 him that's all we have to know you don't have 00:19:54.829 --> 00:19:57.569 any right to violate any confidences he made 00:19:57.569 --> 00:20:00.670 to you and they teach you that law school they 00:20:00.670 --> 00:20:04.970 taught me something else they taught me the lawyers 00:20:04.970 --> 00:20:08.650 main concern was for justice here talk about 00:20:08.650 --> 00:20:12.369 justice dot talk to that hudlum buddy of yours 00:20:12.369 --> 00:20:15.829 tony i go if there was just as you think that 00:20:15.829 --> 00:20:18.289 crookedly walking around loose tony was innocent 00:20:18.289 --> 00:20:22.089 of that murder charge because the jury said so 00:20:22.089 --> 00:20:25.069 and they said the same thing about mister right 00:20:25.069 --> 00:20:42.329 now here That's that, my boy. Understand? Who 00:20:42.329 --> 00:20:46.769 is it? Oh, for Pete's sake. Can't they let a 00:20:46.769 --> 00:20:51.450 guy get some rest in his own home? Well, have 00:20:51.450 --> 00:20:54.549 I caught you with a blonde? You caught me with 00:20:54.549 --> 00:20:59.690 a bottle. And just in time, obviously. Well, 00:21:00.089 --> 00:21:02.130 the least I can do is make sure you don't drink 00:21:02.130 --> 00:21:05.430 alone. Not enough for the two of us. Even if 00:21:05.430 --> 00:21:09.170 I give you this? What is it? A present. Open 00:21:09.170 --> 00:21:13.289 it. It's that pipe you were so crazy about, the 00:21:13.289 --> 00:21:16.109 one with the ivory carving. I was saving it for 00:21:16.109 --> 00:21:19.569 some special occasion, but your birthday isn't 00:21:19.569 --> 00:21:23.549 for six months. It's a beauty. If you're going 00:21:23.549 --> 00:21:28.700 to bribe me... Really? And I thought I'd use 00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:33.259 sex appeal. I understand that sure fire. Excuse 00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:38.160 me, it's time for another drink. What's so funny? 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:43.220 The whole thing. You, father. He told me about 00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:45.519 that scene in his office this morning. I wish 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:48.099 I could have been there. Clarence Darrow versus 00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:51.680 William Jennings Bryan. It wasn't. It was stupid 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:54.380 versus childish, and all because of that... All 00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:56.799 because of that silly man with the funny eyes. 00:21:57.059 --> 00:22:00.619 Honestly, Ned, I hope you won't make any more 00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:03.460 fuss about him. I thought it was Daddy who was 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:06.819 making the fuss. Believe me, I think he feels 00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:09.819 just awful about the whole silly quarrel. Yeah, 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:14.299 I'll bet he does. Oh, for heaven's sake, Ned, 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:18.569 why would you want to spoil things now? All right, 00:22:18.789 --> 00:22:21.029 maybe that idiotic man did kill that grocery 00:22:21.029 --> 00:22:24.410 boy, but I'm not saying he didn't, but wouldn't 00:22:24.410 --> 00:22:27.529 it be the first time that a guilty man is dead? 00:22:28.349 --> 00:22:31.690 It's the first time for me. Don't you understand 00:22:31.690 --> 00:22:33.930 that, the first time I ever got a guilty man 00:22:33.930 --> 00:22:38.049 off? Was it really, darling? Well, that man I 00:22:38.049 --> 00:22:40.490 go... Tony was innocent! Well, innocent of that 00:22:40.490 --> 00:22:42.970 crime, maybe, but what about all the others? 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:45.839 He might have killed a dozen men before or had 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:48.559 them killed. He wasn't being tried for killing 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:52.119 a dozen men. Only one. And he was innocent of 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:55.519 that. I should know better than to talk to you 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:57.660 while you're drinking. I'm going to the district 00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:59.740 attorney tomorrow, Karen. Even if it doesn't 00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:02.000 do a bit of good, I'll feel better for it. Do 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:04.700 you know what the DA will say? He'll say you're 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:07.200 a fool. I don't care. You haven't got a shred 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:10.859 of proof. Not a shred. And all the proof in the 00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:13.140 world wouldn't put Lou Rydell back on the stand. 00:23:13.230 --> 00:23:16.450 You know that, don't you? If you go to the D 00:23:16.450 --> 00:23:19.910 .A. tomorrow, you can find yourself another connection. 00:23:21.710 --> 00:23:26.829 What? What was that? Oh, I'm sorry, Ned, but 00:23:26.829 --> 00:23:31.390 he did say it. And I know my father. I know he 00:23:31.390 --> 00:23:34.670 never says anything he doesn't mean. What about 00:23:34.670 --> 00:23:39.809 you, Karen? What about the connection between 00:23:39.809 --> 00:23:44.450 me and you? I waited long enough for you to get 00:23:44.450 --> 00:23:48.349 serious about me, Ned. I can wait a little longer, 00:23:49.029 --> 00:23:53.089 until you come to your senses. And that's the 00:23:53.089 --> 00:24:18.079 real bribe, isn't it? a chance Tony what the 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:20.539 heck are you doing here oh hey you've really 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:24.079 been working at it kid huh I'm an invited guest 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:29.000 remember no I guess you don't by an hour ago 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.920 you called me up told me to come have a drink 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:34.680 with you well here I am one change of mind no 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:38.819 no no come on I don't you make my ginger ale 00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:40.519 or something. I'll drink with you. No, it's a 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:42.500 good thing. It's a good thing, Tony. That's about 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:45.720 all I've got left. Just one more drink. Hey, 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:48.720 hey, hey, hey. What is this, kid? This celebration 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:51.619 going on a long time, ain't it? They're not celebrating 00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:55.200 now, Tony. Commiserating. That's the word, isn't 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:58.859 it? It doesn't sound right. Commiserating. Don't 00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:01.299 ask me. I never heard it before. It means I'm 00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:05.829 feeling sorry for somebody. For who? For a dumb 00:25:05.829 --> 00:25:09.690 kid, name of Yost. Dumb kid from the grocery. 00:25:09.829 --> 00:25:11.950 You mean a kid that got killed? Yeah, that's 00:25:11.950 --> 00:25:15.269 right. That got killed. Yeah. And you know who 00:25:15.269 --> 00:25:18.450 killed him? How should I know? Where's that drink? 00:25:19.410 --> 00:25:24.369 Oh, there it is. Here's the crime, Tony. Put 00:25:24.369 --> 00:25:27.769 it down, Ned. What? You heard me. Put it down. 00:25:28.410 --> 00:25:30.609 You want to tell me your trouble's okay, I'll 00:25:30.609 --> 00:25:40.680 put on a pot of coffee. For both of us. Hey, 00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:42.799 did that make you feel any better? No. Well, 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:45.539 give it time. Tony, were you listening to me? 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:48.019 Did you hear what I told you? Yeah, I heard you. 00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:51.259 This guy Rydell is a kookaboo. He's getting away 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:53.940 with murder, Tony. And maybe you'll get away 00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:56.500 with another one. Nah, next time will be different. 00:25:57.539 --> 00:26:00.380 You'll know different from one thing. Meantime, 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:02.539 somebody gets killed. Well, what's that to you? 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:06.539 I'm sorry. Sure, I forgot the kind of guy I'm 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:08.599 talking to. What am I going to feel like when 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:11.599 it happens, Tony? Well, there must be some way 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:15.720 to nail this crumb no no there isn't the law 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:19.220 protects him Double jeopardy a man can't be tried 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:21.920 twice for the same crime. That's how it goes 00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:25.140 Tony one trial to a customer Yeah, it's a shame. 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:27.980 All right, they hung better guys than that and 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:31.200 he's walking around free as air That's the law 00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:34.980 Tony. Yeah. Yeah the law Okay, if it bothers 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:40.000 you so much stop him Tell me how Everybody else 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:44.220 has to pay the penalty, right? Why not him? It's 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:47.599 too late. It's too late, Tony. What a law, maybe. 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:53.339 Huh? Want some more coffee? No. I think I'll 00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:58.500 get myself a cup. Yeah, maybe there's an answer. 00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:02.539 What? I've been waiting a long time to figure 00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:04.880 out what I could do for you, Ned, and what kind 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:09.000 of favor might be important to you. Now I know. 00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:13.619 How do you mean favor? It won't be just for you. 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:16.500 I'd be doing everybody a favor. The whole state, 00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:21.599 right? Only when it happens, I mean it for you, 00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:30.579 Ned. Remember that. It's good coffee. Webb, see 00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:34.720 you around. Tony, wait. Wait a minute. It's getting 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:37.500 late, kid. I have to go. What? What was that 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:40.519 you just said? What's in your mind? Nothing, 00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:44.119 nothing. Come on, I did my good deed for day. 00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:47.240 Let me out of here now, huh? I want to know what 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:50.759 you meant by a favor. You know what the word 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:55.019 means. You're thinking of killing Rydell. Oh, 00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:58.400 you see too many movies. Tony, don't be crazy. 00:27:58.480 --> 00:28:00.160 I don't want that kind of favor, understand? 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:02.859 Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. Just let him loose, huh? 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:06.190 So what if he gets away with murder, huh? Killing 00:28:06.190 --> 00:28:09.210 him is no answer. Sure, so let some other slobs 00:28:09.210 --> 00:28:12.390 get knocked off, huh? That's better. I didn't 00:28:12.390 --> 00:28:14.349 mean all those things I said. Tony, you got the 00:28:14.349 --> 00:28:17.190 wrong idea. This guy didn't kill a grocery boy. 00:28:17.210 --> 00:28:19.089 He's killing you too, buddy, and that's what 00:28:19.089 --> 00:28:22.509 I care about. But you got nothing to be afraid 00:28:22.509 --> 00:28:26.890 of. Nothing's gonna rub off on you. I know my 00:28:26.890 --> 00:28:31.690 business, just like you know yours. So long, 00:28:31.890 --> 00:28:41.559 kid. Really, it's a very good thing to have friends. 00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:45.279 Loyal friends who are always willing to do you 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:49.259 a favor. But it looks as if Tony Igoe is going 00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:52.920 to do a good deed by committing a very bad deed. 00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:58.480 The question is, can one murder avenge another? 00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:02.519 We'll find out shortly when we return with Act 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:16.859 Three. Now, the last act of after the verdict. 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:22.079 Listen closely. Here's a sound we don't hear 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:29.140 very often. Yes. What with all these electric 00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:32.519 clocks and digital clocks and electronic clocks, 00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:35.839 the good old -fashioned ticking that marks off 00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:38.700 the minutes and hours of the night is rarely 00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:42.980 heard. But tonight, Ned Murray is hearing that 00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:46.400 sound, hearing it from a clock which normally 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:50.480 purrs softly on his night table. But Ned's hearing 00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:54.200 is highly sensitive tonight. His brain is tuned 00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:57.420 like a high -frequency instrument, picking out 00:29:57.420 --> 00:30:01.140 the slightest vibrations, tuning in on voices 00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:48.690 he doesn't want to hear. A man is murdered. A 00:30:48.690 --> 00:30:53.049 murderer has to pay. Tony is right. He's right. 00:30:56.789 --> 00:31:02.170 Hello? How are you, darling? I'm all right. I'm 00:31:02.170 --> 00:31:05.910 in bed. Oh, I'm sorry. Did I wake you up? No. 00:31:06.569 --> 00:31:20.519 No, I was just lying here. tonight you know caron 00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:24.279 i'm just tired i i drank too much i knew you'd 00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:28.539 do that so mixed up well what's there to be mixed 00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:32.200 up about art the choices are pretty clear aren't 00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:35.460 they are they not to me they aren't i don't think 00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:38.099 things are ever that simple especially when it 00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:42.480 comes to law just ask your father he knows all 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:45.769 about the law He knows how to make money at it. 00:31:45.970 --> 00:31:50.369 That proves it. That isn't fair, Ned. No. No, 00:31:50.410 --> 00:31:52.789 no, no. I suppose it isn't. Don't you remember 00:31:52.789 --> 00:31:55.849 what he used to say? That if the time ever comes 00:31:55.849 --> 00:31:58.769 when right and wrong are absolutely clear, there 00:31:58.769 --> 00:32:01.549 won't be any need for lawyers. Your father didn't 00:32:01.549 --> 00:32:03.910 say that, Karen. He was quoting someone. Who? 00:32:04.690 --> 00:32:07.089 Judge Lincoln Arthur, as a matter of fact. The 00:32:07.089 --> 00:32:15.509 judge at Rydell's trial. Arthur always made sense 00:32:15.509 --> 00:32:20.230 to me too. Karen, do you mind if I hang up now? 00:32:20.849 --> 00:32:23.490 Then you are angry. No, no, no, no. It's just 00:32:23.490 --> 00:32:26.710 that I have to make a call. A very important 00:32:26.710 --> 00:32:30.430 call. All right, Ned, but will you call me tomorrow? 00:32:31.049 --> 00:32:44.859 Yes. If there is one. Good night, Karen. uh... 00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:48.019 can you give me the number of uh... judge lincoln 00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:59.859 the arthur sure you don't want to know why and 00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:03.160 then there no judge thanks i've sworn off that 00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:08.019 stuff for the duration of my life and that he 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:12.599 himself party is that when you came up with this 00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:16.119 terrible Isn't that what you call it? No, Judge, 00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:20.759 it's more like a riddle, a legal riddle. The 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:24.880 only thing is, I already know the answer. All 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:28.759 right, let's see if I know it. It's about a lawyer. 00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:32.839 A criminal lawyer who defends somebody for murder 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:36.119 and does it successfully. He's convinced of his 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:38.680 client's innocence, understand? And that helps 00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:41.859 him get the acquittal. But right after the verdict... 00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:46.200 He makes a discovery that his client is guilty. 00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:50.819 How does he make this discovery? Is that important? 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:55.859 It might be. Was it on evidence that had appeared 00:33:55.859 --> 00:34:00.039 at the trial? Evidence he had misinterpreted 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:05.539 or concealed unknowingly? No. It was a confession. 00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:10.519 How does he obtain this confession? It's given 00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:16.349 to him. unsolicited by his clients. Why? I don't 00:34:16.349 --> 00:34:22.329 know. Perversity, pride, ego. Anyway, he knows 00:34:22.329 --> 00:34:25.170 the truth about his client, and he knows something 00:34:25.170 --> 00:34:29.010 worse. That the man is more than capable of committing 00:34:29.010 --> 00:34:33.690 a similar crime. In fact, he boasts of the possibility 00:34:33.690 --> 00:34:38.449 almost gleefully. Any witnesses to this confession? 00:34:39.070 --> 00:34:43.030 No. And when he's confronted with it, the client 00:34:43.030 --> 00:34:47.510 denies ever having made it. You're not asking 00:34:47.510 --> 00:34:51.130 a legal question, Ed. I'm sure you know where 00:34:51.130 --> 00:34:56.130 your hypothetical lawyer stands legally. In the 00:34:56.130 --> 00:35:00.130 middle of nowhere. Is this a moral question, 00:35:00.170 --> 00:35:04.150 maybe? Well, you might say that. I mean, if you 00:35:04.150 --> 00:35:08.639 were that lawyer, Judge, what would you do? If 00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:12.139 I were that lawyer, Ned, and if I were your age, 00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:16.539 I suppose I'd do what you're doing now. I'd get 00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:20.679 angry with my client, with myself, maybe even 00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:26.079 with the law. But if I were practicing now, I 00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:30.500 think I'd feel different. How different? I wouldn't 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:36.659 feel anger, only pity. Pity? For a man like that? 00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:42.099 Yes, exactly for that kind of man. A man who 00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:44.760 feels a compulsion to confess must have felt 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:48.260 a similar compulsion to kill. Their symptoms 00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:52.000 are the same disease, Ned. If there's one thing 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:55.039 the law has learned in this century, it's the 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:59.280 ability to feel compassion for the emotionally 00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:02.539 disturbed. He's that all right, but that doesn't... 00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:09.260 Ned, this parable of yours... You talking about 00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:15.539 Louis Rydell? Yes. He told you that he murdered 00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:19.960 Yost? He did, I swear it. In my office, the same 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:22.440 day of the verdict. Oh, for God's sake, Ned, 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:25.340 use your brains. Can't you see that the man's 00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:28.639 mentally ill? Everything points to it. He killed 00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:30.900 a boy just for putting an arm around his wife. 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:33.480 He confesses when there's no need to confess. 00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:38.579 Is it worthwhile venting all this anger against 00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:42.719 such a man? But he's dangerous. He'll do this 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:45.119 again, Judge, if a man just looks cross -eyed 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:47.579 at his wife. It'll be another excuse for murder. 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:50.800 If he had confessed this to you before the trial 00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:52.719 was over... I would have demanded that he plead 00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:54.940 guilty. He'd be waiting to serve a life sentence 00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:58.860 right now. And Ned, you're forgetting something. 00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:05.349 What? I was the judge at the trial. It was my 00:37:05.349 --> 00:37:09.909 prerogative to pass sentence, not yours. It was 00:37:09.909 --> 00:37:13.869 first -degree murder, premeditated. Ned, if the 00:37:13.869 --> 00:37:16.869 jury had brought me a guilty verdict, I would 00:37:16.869 --> 00:37:19.469 have recommended psychiatric examination with 00:37:19.469 --> 00:37:22.170 a view to confinement at an institution for the 00:37:22.170 --> 00:37:25.309 criminally insane. But you didn't know he was... 00:37:25.309 --> 00:37:28.809 I mean, even I didn't know he was crazy. Do you 00:37:28.809 --> 00:37:34.590 know it now? Do you feel it now? Do you recognize 00:37:34.590 --> 00:37:39.969 that he needs cure more than punishment? Punishment. 00:37:41.190 --> 00:37:45.469 The law only penalizes the guilty, Ned. Isn't 00:37:45.469 --> 00:37:49.469 that what we all believe in? We don't penalize 00:37:49.469 --> 00:37:53.530 the sick. I have to go, Judge. I have something 00:37:53.530 --> 00:37:56.289 to do. It's getting pretty late for running errands, 00:37:56.469 --> 00:37:58.869 Ned. Almost midnight. Yeah, but this is important, 00:37:59.030 --> 00:38:01.889 Judge. I have to see someone. I have to tell... 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:18.139 Something very important. Hello? Is this Lucerne 00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:22.019 Dispatching? My name's Ned Murray. I'm a friend 00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:26.400 of Tony Igoe. No, no, Murray, Murray! That's 00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:29.400 the last name, not the first. Look, it's... very 00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:31.420 important that i reach tony as soon as possible 00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:33.280 only this is the only number he ever gave me 00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:37.820 to reach but he's got to have a home phone right 00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:42.159 so help me it's important it's a matter of look 00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:45.780 who am i speaking to lady please i'm in a phone 00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:47.619 booth and it's pouring like hell and i'm getting 00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:51.639 soaked no no no no no i'm sorry i'm sorry i look 00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:55.039 i didn't mean to talk to you that way yes i realize 00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:57.460 that but if you could make this one exception 00:38:58.860 --> 00:39:03.739 no he isn't home for god's sakes it's after midnight 00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:09.159 yes yes all right all all right all right he 00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:31.139 couldn't have done it and i couldn't What the 00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:33.980 heck have you been? I've been taking care of 00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:37.619 business. What business? Since when do you sell 00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:39.380 shoes in the middle of the night? I was taking 00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:41.880 care of some competition. That's what I was doing. 00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:44.599 What are you talking about? Oh, I pretend you 00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:47.340 don't know. But I don't know. I don't know what 00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:49.320 you're talking about. You know something, Melanie. 00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:53.699 You make a rotten liar. I'm not lying. For God's 00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:55.840 sake, Louis. Will you stop staring at me like 00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:58.599 that? I'm looking at you the way other men look 00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:01.539 at you. Other men. One who comes around here 00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:03.719 every day when I'm out pounding the pavements, 00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:06.539 peddling those lousy shoes to those stores. Oh, 00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:09.860 Lou, nobody comes around. You're just in one 00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:11.940 of those crazy jealous moods again. Well, I got 00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:14.320 news for you, pumpkin. There's one boyfriend 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:16.780 who's not coming around anymore. Are you still 00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:19.000 talking about that poor dumb grocery boy? Lou, 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:21.059 I thought that I was... No, no. I'm talking about 00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:33.530 the old guy. The one with the white hair. this 00:40:33.530 --> 00:40:35.730 one because he's got something wrong with him 00:40:35.730 --> 00:40:38.869 baby he's got a carving knife in his stomach 00:40:38.869 --> 00:40:47.190 no oh my god no no you you didn't yes i did so 00:40:47.190 --> 00:40:49.389 you can forget about seeing your lover boy tonight 00:40:49.389 --> 00:40:51.949 baby you can just forget it you'll have to be 00:40:51.949 --> 00:40:57.110 satisfied with just me no just tell me it isn't 00:40:57.110 --> 00:41:00.630 true tell me you didn't kill anyone it wasn't 00:41:00.630 --> 00:41:03.710 the first time pumpkin Keep up the way you're 00:41:03.710 --> 00:41:06.750 going. It won't be the last. In fact, the next 00:41:06.750 --> 00:41:13.690 one might be you. Oh, my God. Those police cars. 00:41:15.090 --> 00:41:26.349 They're coming here. Lieutenant, we're here. 00:41:26.550 --> 00:41:28.909 Lieutenant, Lieutenant, care hot. Oh, hi, Ned. 00:41:29.090 --> 00:41:31.610 What are you doing here? What's going on? What's 00:41:31.610 --> 00:41:33.449 all the crowd about? Oh, wait a minute. You know 00:41:33.449 --> 00:41:35.349 the victim, don't you? Is that why you're here? 00:41:35.510 --> 00:41:38.650 You get a tip or something? Victim? Who? Tony 00:41:38.650 --> 00:41:42.710 Igoe. Tony? Somebody used a knife on him. Oh, 00:41:43.110 --> 00:41:46.010 God. Ironic, isn't it? Probably a dozen guys 00:41:46.010 --> 00:41:47.989 wanted Tony Igoe knocked off. And how does he 00:41:47.989 --> 00:41:50.789 get it? From a jealous husband. Is he dead? Yeah, 00:41:50.789 --> 00:41:53.130 he's dead. And it was your ex -client who did 00:41:53.130 --> 00:41:55.710 it, that guy Rydell. He caught Tony hanging around 00:41:55.710 --> 00:41:57.889 the building watching the place. Rydell claims 00:41:57.889 --> 00:42:00.369 he was after his wife. You know about this, Ned? 00:42:00.409 --> 00:42:02.920 It's not true. It's not true. lieutenant. He 00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:05.019 didn't even know the woman. Then what was he 00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:09.059 doing here? A favor. He was doing somebody a 00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:12.139 favor. What are you talking about? Look, where 00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:14.840 is Rydell now? Upstairs, answering questions. 00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:17.519 He won't get away. Not like the last time, counselor. 00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:21.500 Yes, it won't be like the last time. Excuse me. 00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:23.059 Hey, hey, hey, hey. Where do you think you're 00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:25.039 going? I want to see him. He's entitled to talk 00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:27.619 to a lawyer, isn't he? You must be nuts yourself. 00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:30.079 Half a dozen witnesses saw him do it. Can I go 00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:32.940 up, Lieutenant? You mean you'll defend that screwball 00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:35.719 again? He's out of his mind, don't you know that? 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:39.239 Yes, I know. And that's what I'll try to prove. 00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:50.119 Now, will you please let me see my client? And 00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:52.960 so Ned Murray is about to try for still another 00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:56.300 verdict. This time a verdict which will carry 00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:59.900 a punishment more befitting to the crime And 00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:02.860 something tells me that he'll be very successful 00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:07.019 Not just as an attorney, but as a human being 00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:22.340 I'll be back shortly Some time ago A man named 00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:26.719 Thomas De Quincey said, if once a man indulges 00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:30.679 himself in murder, very soon he comes to think 00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:34.719 very little of robbing. And from robbing, he 00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:37.780 comes next to drinking, and Sabbath breaking, 00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:42.500 and from that to incivility and procrastination. 00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:47.280 Let that be a lesson to all of you. This quotation 00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:50.000 and this story have come to you through the courtesy 00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:53.400 of our radio mystery theater. Our cast included 00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:56.719 Tony Roberts, Joseph Julian, Bryna Rayburn, Barbara 00:43:56.719 --> 00:44:01.079 Caruso, Robert Dryden, and Sam Gray. The entire 00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:03.320 production was under the direction of Hyman Brown. 00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:06.340 This is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return 00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:09.239 to our mystery theater for another adventure 00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:16.000 in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.