Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

Oh, heh, good afternoon.
This is Lieutenant Tragg of Homicide.
Which transfer company to store that stolen merchandise?
at eight minutes after 2, approximately, is that correct?
it was a perfectly natural mistake.
Any objection, Mr. Burger?
RUTH: Margaret Swaine was cooperating with Mr. Jonson all along.
Very well, Ruth.
He wanted to make it look like an accident.
I don't care what anyone thinks.
but I don't happen to have the books.
Mr. Prescott is dead. Dead?
I'm just helping Della claim her luggage.
Somewhere in the six-figures.
at the emergency hospital.
Why shouldn't she, if she wants to?
Why would we do that?!
What about his car?
Suspicion of murder in the first degree.
That she didn't care what my relationship
I phoned the police.
Here or upstairs, it's all the same to me.
was in a room with the dead body of her husband at 2:30.
Yes, you, uh--
Yeah, what's left of it.
BURGER: And what did you see?
Some people might think you were being presumptuous.
But you weren't going to work,
on Mordegan Street?
All right...
Burning old love letters?
No.
He overheard the arrangements being made.
I don't remember exactly.
Word from Altaville.
Well, I can see you've never driven a truck.
I was told to come to the Prescott home
Yes, it was my idea.
No, sir.
When I left him,
Miss, uh--
His name is Jonson. Do you recognize it?
with Walter Prescott to defraud the insurance companies?
About eight minutes.
Yes, this is Margaret Swaine.
Oh, of course.
And how long did you stay in the house?
have no questions for this witness.
Tell me, Mr. McLain,
You did take Walden to the hospital, didn't you?
I know,
Hello?
Yes, in 15 minutes.
I just wanted to talk to him.
and find a woman standing over her husband's dead body.
Hello?
Good afternoon, Mrs. Prescott.
Miss Swaine, do you customarily go
Will you please do as I say?
Isn't it true that you and Prescott
Mrs. Prescott.
The front door was open.
That's the only explanation for that cage falling down.
Insurance investigator Walden...
Now, Mr. Jonson, it's been established
She stopped, just like she turned to stone.
Were you?
( all laughing )
Would you say your, uh, business has been flourishing?
Yes, sir, these are the pictures of the burnt letters.