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And all you have to do is go along with your cousins
( ringing continues )
dated after the one entered for probate.
Stuart, Winnie and me. Didn't he, Mr. Roland?
Killed the old gentlemen.
Uh, narcotics and anodynes have to be signed for.
But you did not overhear their conversation?
You're still under oath, Miss Devoe.
for the others...
guess I kind of wound up, didn't I? Heh.
information of paramount importance has come to hand.
A million dollars.
( swallows )
There was a James Hing here to see you.
I didn't take any narcotics or sedatives
yet you removed it from the premises.
learned about the plan and...
Winnie...
of the relative informality of this hearing
Call Mr. John Hilliard to the stand.
of how everything I did,
All right, Della, put him on.
and told me he wanted to be alone with Mr. Baxter.
Did you miss the first act of the play?
All of it?
your grandfather's real interests.
the opportunity and the motive to commit the murder,
and I would like a verification.
and rumors about a later will.
( cat meowing )
to join Stuart and Kenneth in contesting the will.
Strange, isn't it?
Goodbye, Mr. Mason.
or a series of private conversations,
Calling Dr. Lindley.
He seems a curious mixture.
Do you know anything about a private conversation,
to prove his case by cross-examination alone.
What if Roland actually doesn't have an envelope?
Three-and-a-half- million dollars rich.
That's what he wanted.
I decided not to.
Hello? Yes, Della?
The corpse is Peter Baxter.
as being a conclusion of the witness.
Mr. Burger?
BURGER: And what is the amount of his inheritance?
with volatile spirits?
( cat meows )
I'm sorry. I-- I can't help.
for purposes of repairing what was evidently
Reserving, of course, the privilege of recalling
that my client is telling the truth.
that you were the executor of Peter Baxter's estate?
on the night of the fire.
Client either lies to his attorney
Yes.
and dig up that money tonight?
"Kenneth Baxter...
Take it that was the district attorney.
Do you have any reason to believe
Eight months.
I don't believe it.
among other services, you prepared his will.
See? All my merchandise
When I called to take Miss Oakley
Is the defendant, James Hing,
would it be out of your way to stop at the Baxter home?
were awfully chummy, and they--
The one now offered in probate.
strange kind of influence over him.
Do you recall the time?
How do you do, Mr. Baxter? ( door closes )
No, I...just saw the headline
on the night of the fire.