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In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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That's beautiful, Lennie.
A real antique.
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Oh, yeah?
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When that semi-auto of yours jams up,
this antique will still be firing.
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Sure, until it runs
out of bullets. All six.
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It's not how many, Rey, it's where they go.
Come on, reel it in.
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Check it out.
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These goggles, the lenses
are all distorted.
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Curtis. Yeah,
okay, we got it.
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Where the hell is CSU?
You want to secure that door?
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What are you doing here?
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Investigating a homicide.
You called it in.
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She called it in.
We responded.
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Yeah, and you confirmed it.
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Victim, Mr. Wickets.
You got a first name?
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His first name is Mister.
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He's a horse, Detective.
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What is this, April Fools'
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No, we just thought
it was funny.
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We thought that dispatch
would get the joke.
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What joke?
We said, " Mr. Wickets,
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"four legs,
1,100 pounds."
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What did you think it was,
fat siamese twins?
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Come on, Lennie,
let's get out of here.
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Aren't you going
to do anything?
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Look, miss, we're not the horse
police, all right? Come on.
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I saw a man in a green
oilskin jacket walking out.
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He turned his head,
so I couldn't see his face.
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Maybe he was the one who did it.
Did what?
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How do you know this horse didn't
expire from horse disease?
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You see that manure?
Lennie, can we go now?
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Well, wait a minute.
Yeah, all right, I see it. So what?
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Solid fecal balls,
and it's warm.
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I'll take
your word for it.
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The only natural cause that kills a healthy
young horse in its stall is colic.
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That's a blocked bowel.
Mr. Wickets wasn't blocked.
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I only left him
alone for an hour.
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He was fine when I left.
He was a wonderful horse.
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Miss, look, I'm sorry for your loss, but
this is really a case for the ASPCA.
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You two, call somebody?
Okay.
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And he was worth
half a million dollars.
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Does that make him
important enough?
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Look, miss, I thought these horses were
for giving kids rides in the park.
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He was a show horse.
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Our truck from the farm in Pennsylvania
broke down on the way to Massachusetts.
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He was only here for the night.
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New York really is
a rough town for tourists.
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The girl who
called 911, Susan Bauer,
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she's an assistant trainer.
Works for the owner, Richard Brandson.
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I didn't become a detective
to investigate dead animals.
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Oh, come on, Wilbur.
Somebody killed a horse.
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You're not gonna let them
get away with it, are you?
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What am I, in some kind
of trainee program?
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You've got your
assignment, Detective. Fine.
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You want me to question the
horse's friends and neighbors?
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Find out if maybe he was having
some problems in his love life?
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It's a nothing case.
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Say something one more time.
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Rey, one beautiful
afternoon at Belmont Park
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I wheeled an exacta, and a long
shot named Nooch's Dream came in.
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Paid $1,211.
So?
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So, after that, I took an
interest in his career.
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He retired to stud,
and he died in a barn fire.
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Killed for the insurance
money. It happens.
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Do a background check
before you see the owner.
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Members of our association
tend to be well-to-do.
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Horse showing isn't
a hobby for postal clerks.
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How about a postal clerk
with a great horse?
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How's he going to feed it?
Train it? Transport it?
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Richard Brandson had the resources, and he thought Mr.
Wickets had the talent.
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You mean a horse isn't a horse?
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Hardly.
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This one had excellent confirmation.
Beautiful hip and shoulder angles.
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Brandson bragged that he spotted him
across a field on a farm in Putnam County.
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He bought him on the spot
for his daughter to ride.
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Brandson is her coach.
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Fine. So they lived
happily ever after.
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Well, actually, no. It turned out that Mr.
Wickets had a habit of dropping a leg.
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Took down rails at the jumps.
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Wasn't this maybe a little
embarrassing for Mr. Brandson?
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He predicted that Mr. Wickets would take
his daughter to the Junior Nationals.
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He has other horses, but, still,
he had to be disappointed.
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I apologize for Ms. Bauer calling you.
She must have been hysterical.
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Actually, she seemed pretty calm.
Really?
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Well, how guilt-ridden
did she seem?
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She was supposed to stay with Mr.
Wickets all night. Instead, she went to dinner.
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She felt guilty, so she made up
this whole thing about the colic?
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Well, she's a junior trainer,
not a veterinarian.
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My horse died
of natural causes.
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Seem pretty calm
about it yourself.
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Well, I don't cry in public,
but my daughter is devastated.
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Losing Mr. Wickets was like
losing a member of the family.
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Mr. Brandson, Mr. Bennett said he needs to talk
to you before your board meeting tomorrow.
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Yeah, later, Jennifer.
Anything else?
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We heard Mr. Wickets
had some problems.
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He was young, he was inexperienced.
He was getting better every week.
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Could you tell us, sir,
was the horse insured?
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Hudson Casualty.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
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People who kill horses for insurance
money used to use barbiturates.
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Then we developed
a test for that.
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They switched to insulin,
we got a test for that.
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What now, letter bombs?
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Ping-pong balls.
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They shove them up a horse's
nostrils so he can't breathe.
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He kicks, thrashes, gasping for air.
It can go on for 10 or 15 minutes.
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Or there's electrocution.
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You wire them up with
one end up his rectum
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and the other down his throat,
and throw the switch.
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It's less painful,
and it looks like colic.
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Do you think somebody threw
the switch on Mr. Wickets?
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With the lawsuits today?
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We're not allowed to operate on the basis
of what we think, only what we know.
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The horse's remains are going to the
Cornell Veterinary College in lthaca
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for a necropsy.
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My father called
me with the news.
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Took me an hour to stop crying.
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Where'd he call you from?
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Our farm in Pennsylvania.
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We were both going to fly to Boston today.
The show starts tomorrow.
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He was going with you?
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Yes. I never compete
without him there.
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Why?
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Well, we just need to make sure of the facts.
Mr. Wickets was very valuable.
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Well, they told me
it was colic.
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Were there any
signs that he was sick?
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No.
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I should have noticed.
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Mr. Wickets and I, we
communicated through our bones.
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When was the last time
you rode him?
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The day before he died.
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He seemed fine.
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I'm sorry. I guess...
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It's just kind of hard for me
to realize that he's gone.
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Well, I have to get
to class, so...
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So you think Brandson
really killed her horse?
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He figured he was
doing her a favor.
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She was in love with Mr. Wickets.
Mr. Wickets was a loser.
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So kill the horse and
put her on a winner.
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Well, if he did it,
he ought to be shot.
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Not for what he did to the horse,
but for what he did to her.
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He did it.
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She just told us he was gonna be
with her at the horse show tomorrow.
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His secretary said his big
board meeting is tomorrow.
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So what were you gonna do, conduct your
meeting on a cell phone from the horse arena?
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Or are you so rich you can
be in two places at once?
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You knew the horse
would be dead,
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that's why you didn't worry about
the schedule conflict, right?
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Thanks for coming by,
gentlemen.
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I really am very busy.
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Well, you're gonna be
a lot busier.
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You and your defense attorney.
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Now why would that be, Detective?
There's no possible crime here.
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I believe insurance fraud
is against the law.
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So what?
I'll withdraw my claim.
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As soon as we
started snooping around,
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Brandson calls the insurance company
and says he doesn't want the money.
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Necropsies are expensive,
so they called it off.
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No necropsy, no proof Mr.
Wickets didn't die of natural causes.
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You think the department
would go a couple of grand
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to find singe marks
on a horse's ass?
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To investigate no crime?
I can't even get pencils with erasers.
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So the guy has a zillion dollars.
He just buys his way out of a beef?
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Unbelievable in
the United States.
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You know, conspiracy to commit
insurance fraud is still a crime,
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even if Brandson backed out.
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That's a tough case, Lennie.
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Not if we find his accomplice,
and the accomplice rolls over.
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We got the records from five
different insurance companies
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that have dead horses
on the books.
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Now, the farm where Brandson
discovered his horse
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has had two colic deaths
in the last 18 months.
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Plus, two more found in
horses that came from there.
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It's owned by a guy
named Lyle Christopher.
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Excellent work, Detective,
for a nothing case.
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Of course I know Richard Brandson.
He's bought several horses from me.
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I was hoping to see him again when
I go up to my farm this weekend.
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I'm surprised anybody in the horsey set
gets anyplace near you, Christopher.
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You're a regular Typhoid Mary.
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I beg your pardon?
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Mattawin Dancer, died May 1994.
Lord Dan, died August of '94.
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Nathan's Folly, died July 1995.
Mr. Wickets...
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Mattawin Dancer and Lord Dan
had serious health problems,
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and Nathan's Folly, well,
his owners were sloppy.
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Fed him moldy hay.
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And Mr. Wickets? What, Brandson
couldn't afford the fresh stuff?
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That was a tragedy.
Horses die.
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Yeah, eventually.
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Just seems like the
well-insured ones
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seem to go a little sooner
when they're around you.
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I think we're done now.
Yeah, almost.
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You want to tell us where
you were on Sunday night?
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In the bar
at the Hampton Hotel,
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killing dry martinis,
not horses.
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You know how many bars won't
let you smoke cigars anymore?
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Yeah. Not enough.
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Well, Mr. Christopher,
he enjoys his Havanas.
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Was he enjoying them
here on Sunday night?
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Yeah. Yeah,
he closed me up.
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Was he alone?
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No, he's not the solitary type.
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There was a lady with him for
a while, then she went home.
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Then some friend
of his shows up.
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Maitre d' had to lend
him a sport jacket.
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Why? What was he wearing?
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I don't know,
something Field and Stream.
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Green?
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Yeah. It was totally
inappropriate.
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We pulled some LUDs.
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Now, as soon as he heard
his horse truck broke down,
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Richard Brandson
called Lyle Christopher.
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Christopher hangs up and calls a hotel
in Massachusetts near the horse show.
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He talks to a guest
named Mr. Brown.
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Now, five hours later,
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just enough time for somebody to drive
down from Massachusetts to New York,
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Mr. Christopher calls a hotel
here and talks to a Mr. White.
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The same man?
Mmm.
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Their descriptions match.
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Two hours later, Susan
Bauer sees a green jacket
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walking away from
the dead horse.
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Thirty minutes after that, a man in a green
jacket joins Christopher for a drink.
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To Mr. Wickets,
rest in peace.
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So Christopher's
the middle man,
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and the guy in the jacket
is the hit man.
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And Brandson's the one who set
the whole thing in motion.
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It's going to be fun
nailing his ass.
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I hate to spoil your party, Lennie,
but the big fish here is Christopher.
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He's linked to four dead horses, plus,
his out-of-state records just came in.
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Indictments for fraud
in New Jersey and Virginia,
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dropped when he made
restitution to the victims.
234
00:12:39,384 --> 00:12:40,646
So they won't talk.
235
00:12:40,719 --> 00:12:43,153
Well, if he ran two cons,
he ran 100.
236
00:12:43,221 --> 00:12:47,351
Check the lawsuit indexes.
See who Christopher hasn't settled with.
237
00:12:51,430 --> 00:12:57,427
My late husband was so careful
to be sure I'd be provided for.
238
00:12:57,503 --> 00:13:01,064
My money was in bonds, but interest
rates were dropping, and...
239
00:13:01,140 --> 00:13:03,005
And Mr. Christopher
had a suggestion?
240
00:13:03,076 --> 00:13:04,566
Yes.
241
00:13:04,644 --> 00:13:09,707
He sold me a retired thoroughbred
he said was a promising jumper.
242
00:13:09,782 --> 00:13:13,912
It had a fraudulent
identification tattoo on its lip.
243
00:13:13,987 --> 00:13:18,220
So when you checked it out, the
record of another horse came up?
244
00:13:18,292 --> 00:13:20,954
A much better one.
245
00:13:21,028 --> 00:13:25,158
Before I figured that out,
I was on Lyle's farm one day,
246
00:13:25,232 --> 00:13:29,225
it really is a lovely spot, he
was showing me a maiden mare.
247
00:13:29,303 --> 00:13:33,831
He said she had a sister who had
produced extremely valuable foals.
248
00:13:33,907 --> 00:13:38,868
Just then, a man showed up,
demanding $50,000 Lyle owed on her.
249
00:13:38,947 --> 00:13:41,438
Lyle told me he had
a cash flow problem.
250
00:13:41,516 --> 00:13:43,450
He was desperate
to keep that horse.
251
00:13:43,518 --> 00:13:45,713
He said he'd make
me a full partner.
252
00:13:47,288 --> 00:13:48,915
I wrote the check.
253
00:13:48,990 --> 00:13:52,255
It's an old game, Mrs.
Fairchild, because it works.
254
00:13:52,327 --> 00:13:57,288
The District Attorney in Putnam
County told me it was a civil matter.
255
00:13:57,366 --> 00:13:59,561
Probably going
to lose my house.
256
00:14:00,569 --> 00:14:02,059
I was such a fool.
257
00:14:02,138 --> 00:14:05,301
Well, we talked to three other people,
ma'am, they were fooled, too.
258
00:14:05,374 --> 00:14:06,534
Women?
259
00:14:08,210 --> 00:14:12,840
You see, Lyle and I were going to be
married until he took all my money.
260
00:14:12,915 --> 00:14:15,851
Then he said he'd fallen
in love with somebody else,
261
00:14:15,919 --> 00:14:19,446
that they were engaged.
God help her.
262
00:14:19,523 --> 00:14:20,854
Do you know who she is?
263
00:14:20,924 --> 00:14:22,448
Ruth Thomas.
264
00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,852
I understand her late husband
provided for her very nicely.
265
00:14:27,564 --> 00:14:29,998
Mrs. Thomas?
She's not home.
266
00:14:30,067 --> 00:14:31,625
Do you know when she'll be in?
267
00:14:31,701 --> 00:14:32,998
Three weeks.
268
00:14:33,070 --> 00:14:35,938
She's on a cruise around the world.
She left two months ago.
269
00:14:36,007 --> 00:14:39,101
Would you ask her to call
us when she gets back?
270
00:14:39,177 --> 00:14:41,270
I'll give it to her.
Thanks.
271
00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,011
Just got engaged, and she goes on a
three-month cruise without her fiancé?
272
00:14:46,084 --> 00:14:49,815
With this fiancé, she's better off
in a long-distance relationship.
273
00:14:49,887 --> 00:14:51,445
You know, if she figured
that out for herself,
274
00:14:51,522 --> 00:14:53,649
maybe she knows something
about him we can use.
275
00:14:53,724 --> 00:14:55,590
And maybe she'd
want to tell us.
276
00:14:55,661 --> 00:14:58,152
Time to haul out the
signal flags, matey.
277
00:14:59,598 --> 00:15:04,035
Yeah, the New York City Police Department.
We're looking for Ruth Thomas.
278
00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:07,863
I'll hold.
279
00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:11,341
It's amazing. You're talking to
some guy cruising off of Bora Bora.
280
00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:14,505
We used to get dressed up just
to talk to my uncle in Buffalo.
281
00:15:16,382 --> 00:15:17,849
Are you sure?
282
00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:22,520
Well, this is very important.
Will you check again, please?
283
00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:24,022
They can't find her.
284
00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:26,820
Maybe she's on the poop deck.
They looking for her?
285
00:15:28,194 --> 00:15:34,225
Yeah. Okay.
All right. Thank you.
286
00:15:36,203 --> 00:15:37,500
She never got on the boat.
287
00:15:37,571 --> 00:15:40,631
A man called their office the day it left
New York and said he was her nephew,
288
00:15:40,708 --> 00:15:43,040
said that she was sick and
she wasn't going to make it.
289
00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:45,578
They put someone in her
cabin at the next stop.
290
00:15:46,914 --> 00:15:48,506
Who you calling?
291
00:15:53,255 --> 00:15:55,849
Hello, is this Mrs.
Thomas' housekeeper?
292
00:15:55,924 --> 00:15:58,154
Yeah, this is
Detective Briscoe again.
293
00:15:58,226 --> 00:16:01,821
Yeah, can you tell me how to get
in touch with Mrs. Thomas' nephew?
294
00:16:03,798 --> 00:16:06,198
Well, thank you. Thank you.
295
00:16:07,135 --> 00:16:09,000
Mrs. Thomas doesn't
have a nephew.
296
00:16:14,277 --> 00:16:15,369
I don't understand.
297
00:16:15,444 --> 00:16:19,778
If Mrs. Thomas isn't on
that boat, where is she?
298
00:16:19,849 --> 00:16:24,183
We don't know. Now, did she call
you after she left here that day?
299
00:16:24,253 --> 00:16:25,481
No.
300
00:16:25,555 --> 00:16:28,319
Has she been in touch at all?
She send you a postcard?
301
00:16:28,391 --> 00:16:30,825
Mrs. Thomas wouldn't
write to me.
302
00:16:30,893 --> 00:16:34,455
How do you get your pay while she's gone?
Your money for household expenses?
303
00:16:34,531 --> 00:16:37,500
Mrs. Thomas's lawyer.
He takes care of everything.
304
00:16:37,568 --> 00:16:40,366
Exactly when did
you see her last?
305
00:16:40,437 --> 00:16:42,564
The day the ship sailed.
306
00:16:42,639 --> 00:16:46,268
The limousine driver came to get
her, and she walked out that door.
307
00:16:46,743 --> 00:16:48,904
I had this lady in my
car two months ago?
308
00:16:48,979 --> 00:16:50,674
That's what your
dispatcher says.
309
00:16:50,747 --> 00:16:53,012
Do you know how many people I've
carried in the last two months?
310
00:16:53,084 --> 00:16:54,984
You picked her up on East 56th.
311
00:16:55,053 --> 00:16:58,511
You might've taken her to the
passenger ship terminal.
312
00:16:58,590 --> 00:17:00,387
Oh, yeah. Yeah,
the cruise-ship lady.
313
00:17:00,458 --> 00:17:02,653
Yeah, she talked my ear off
about the Panama Canal.
314
00:17:02,727 --> 00:17:04,592
She said the boat was going
through the Panama Canal.
315
00:17:04,662 --> 00:17:07,495
But did you see her
actually get on the ship?
316
00:17:07,565 --> 00:17:09,931
I don't wait around.
I'm not driving a school bus.
317
00:17:10,001 --> 00:17:13,836
Did she stop or talk to anybody
when she got out of your car?
318
00:17:13,906 --> 00:17:15,100
I have no idea.
319
00:17:19,345 --> 00:17:21,609
I have access to one
of Mrs. Thomas' accounts
320
00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,614
to cover her mortgage
and maintenance and so on,
321
00:17:23,682 --> 00:17:26,674
but I wasn't expecting to hear from her
again until she got back from her trip.
322
00:17:26,752 --> 00:17:28,515
Which, as far as you knew,
she was on?
323
00:17:28,587 --> 00:17:31,819
Yes. This is
very disturbing.
324
00:17:31,891 --> 00:17:35,224
Were you handling any unusual
legal matters for Mrs. Thomas
325
00:17:35,295 --> 00:17:37,695
before she left,
besides paying her bills?
326
00:17:37,764 --> 00:17:39,664
Well, she had talked to me
about a civil matter,
327
00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:41,667
but I'm afraid that's
all I can tell you.
328
00:17:41,735 --> 00:17:42,997
Even though she's missing?
329
00:17:43,069 --> 00:17:44,468
Well, especially since
she's missing.
330
00:17:44,537 --> 00:17:47,438
If she were here, she could waive
the attorney-client privilege.
331
00:17:47,507 --> 00:17:51,342
So, you and us, we're going to go
around in some circles, aren't we?
332
00:17:51,412 --> 00:17:52,606
There's nothing I can do.
333
00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:53,840
All right, how about this?
334
00:17:53,914 --> 00:17:57,907
If what she saw you about involved
a man named Lyle Christopher,
335
00:17:57,985 --> 00:17:59,509
you scratch your ear.
336
00:18:01,756 --> 00:18:03,815
You're interested
in Mr. Christopher?
337
00:18:03,891 --> 00:18:05,256
Should we be?
338
00:18:06,961 --> 00:18:09,327
Well, I don't think it would be
violating privilege to tell you
339
00:18:09,397 --> 00:18:11,025
that Mrs. Thomas has
a very close friend
340
00:18:11,099 --> 00:18:13,761
with whom she spoke about
the events of her life.
341
00:18:13,835 --> 00:18:15,325
Her name is Judith Grayson.
342
00:18:16,104 --> 00:18:18,163
Oh, God, he killed her.
343
00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:22,609
Mrs. Grayson, all we know so
far is she's not on the boat.
344
00:18:22,678 --> 00:18:24,908
Do you know why
she booked that cruise?
345
00:18:24,980 --> 00:18:27,175
To get away from
Lyle Christopher.
346
00:18:28,984 --> 00:18:30,816
He threatened her?
347
00:18:30,887 --> 00:18:34,288
No. She threatened him.
348
00:18:36,426 --> 00:18:38,257
Oh, God, it's my fault.
349
00:18:38,328 --> 00:18:39,454
What is?
350
00:18:40,363 --> 00:18:46,529
After Ruth's husband died, she didn't go out for years.
She'd been so devoted to him.
351
00:18:46,602 --> 00:18:48,900
I told her that she
had to have a life.
352
00:18:48,971 --> 00:18:50,462
She was still a young woman.
353
00:18:50,541 --> 00:18:52,509
And she took your advice?
354
00:18:54,545 --> 00:18:57,378
And met Lyle
at some horse show.
355
00:18:57,448 --> 00:18:59,245
Boy, did he see her coming.
356
00:18:59,316 --> 00:19:00,715
Bogus investments?
357
00:19:00,784 --> 00:19:03,719
And candlelit dinners, romance,
358
00:19:03,787 --> 00:19:06,654
and expensive horses that
belonged in the glue factory.
359
00:19:06,724 --> 00:19:08,954
When did
Mrs. Thomas catch on?
360
00:19:09,928 --> 00:19:14,797
About three months ago.
She wasn't a stupid woman.
361
00:19:14,866 --> 00:19:19,735
She told Lyle she wanted every penny
back, or she'd go to the police and sue.
362
00:19:19,804 --> 00:19:22,204
She gave him until she
got back from the cruise.
363
00:19:22,273 --> 00:19:24,605
And how did Lyle take the news?
364
00:19:26,044 --> 00:19:28,342
He had an explanation
for everything.
365
00:19:28,413 --> 00:19:32,214
This horse had a rare glandular condition.
That one...
366
00:19:32,284 --> 00:19:34,275
Ate moldy hay?
367
00:19:34,353 --> 00:19:36,218
Whatever.
368
00:19:36,288 --> 00:19:38,119
She was his one great love.
369
00:19:39,425 --> 00:19:42,519
He was still trying to convince
her the night before she sailed.
370
00:19:42,595 --> 00:19:44,028
He took her to dinner.
371
00:19:45,197 --> 00:19:48,394
He took her to Gaucheron.
Fixed price dinner, $100 a head.
372
00:19:48,468 --> 00:19:51,801
Yeah, and they argued through at least 98
bucks of it, according to their waiter.
373
00:19:51,872 --> 00:19:53,840
But Christopher took
her home afterwards?
374
00:19:53,907 --> 00:19:56,876
Hey, why not? He knew where
she'd be the next morning.
375
00:19:56,943 --> 00:20:00,777
The limo driver drops her off, she still has
a hundred yards to go to get on the boat.
376
00:20:00,847 --> 00:20:03,941
And Christopher's there in the
crowd for a surprise farewell.
377
00:20:04,017 --> 00:20:05,279
Probably brought her flowers.
378
00:20:05,352 --> 00:20:08,845
"My darling, please forgive me.
Let's go sit in my car for a minute and talk."
379
00:20:08,923 --> 00:20:12,723
It's beautiful. No one's expecting to
see her for the next three months.
380
00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:16,093
Yeah, then he calls the cruise line
with some cock-and-bull story.
381
00:20:16,164 --> 00:20:19,395
And by the time Ruth Thomas doesn't
come home, the trail is cold.
382
00:20:19,467 --> 00:20:20,991
And that's where we are.
383
00:20:21,068 --> 00:20:22,365
We'll heat it up.
384
00:20:24,272 --> 00:20:26,672
Now you're taking interest
in my personal life?
385
00:20:26,741 --> 00:20:28,869
Are you engaged to Ruth Thomas?
386
00:20:28,944 --> 00:20:30,138
Yes. Why?
387
00:20:30,212 --> 00:20:32,112
Have you heard from her lately?
388
00:20:32,181 --> 00:20:33,307
Is that your business?
389
00:20:33,382 --> 00:20:34,974
Yes, it is.
She's missing.
390
00:20:35,050 --> 00:20:37,450
Well, just because she's not at
home doesn't mean she's missing.
391
00:20:37,519 --> 00:20:39,680
She's taking a cruise
on the Royal Star.
392
00:20:39,755 --> 00:20:42,280
Without you?
393
00:20:42,357 --> 00:20:44,621
Do you mind telling me
what this is all about?
394
00:20:44,693 --> 00:20:47,891
What it's about, Christopher,
is that she's not on the ship.
395
00:20:47,964 --> 00:20:49,295
Don't be ridiculous.
396
00:20:49,365 --> 00:20:50,764
Have you heard from her?
397
00:20:52,602 --> 00:20:53,762
No.
398
00:20:53,837 --> 00:20:57,705
Your fiancée goes away for three
months, and she doesn't write?
399
00:20:57,774 --> 00:21:01,904
We were having a separation.
We had some problems.
400
00:21:01,978 --> 00:21:03,969
What do you mean,
she's not on the ship?
401
00:21:04,047 --> 00:21:05,708
We called.
She's not there.
402
00:21:05,782 --> 00:21:07,182
There must be some mistake.
403
00:21:07,251 --> 00:21:10,084
There's a Venezuelan couple
living in her cabin.
404
00:21:10,154 --> 00:21:14,352
Now, do you mind telling us
what you did the day she left?
405
00:21:14,425 --> 00:21:17,861
I went sailing myself.
I have a small sloop.
406
00:21:17,928 --> 00:21:19,657
I was very upset
that she had gone,
407
00:21:19,730 --> 00:21:23,427
and being on the water, that's
my place to get away, to think.
408
00:21:23,501 --> 00:21:25,833
And where do you think
Mrs. Thomas is?
409
00:21:25,903 --> 00:21:28,896
I told you, we had some problems.
She must have changed her plans.
410
00:21:28,974 --> 00:21:31,966
Ruth's a wealthy woman.
She could be anywhere.
411
00:21:33,044 --> 00:21:37,947
Mr. C. Only used his boat a few times last season.
I remember that day.
412
00:21:38,016 --> 00:21:39,881
It was blowing up a storm.
413
00:21:39,951 --> 00:21:41,475
He went out
in a storm?
414
00:21:41,553 --> 00:21:43,180
Small craft warnings.
415
00:21:43,255 --> 00:21:44,745
He go out alone?
416
00:21:44,823 --> 00:21:46,085
Yeah, I think so.
417
00:21:46,157 --> 00:21:47,648
Remember anything else?
418
00:21:47,727 --> 00:21:50,355
Yeah, he asked me if I could
open the security gate
419
00:21:50,429 --> 00:21:52,556
so he can drive his
car onto the dock,
420
00:21:52,632 --> 00:21:54,657
so he could get it
right up next to his slip.
421
00:21:54,734 --> 00:21:56,031
Is that unusual?
422
00:21:56,102 --> 00:21:59,697
Usually he parks in that lot across
there and just walks inside.
423
00:21:59,772 --> 00:22:01,740
Why did he want to be next
to his boat that day?
424
00:22:01,807 --> 00:22:03,741
He said he had some
heavy gear to load.
425
00:22:03,809 --> 00:22:05,106
Did you see what it was?
426
00:22:05,177 --> 00:22:07,237
No. I asked if he
wanted some help,
427
00:22:07,314 --> 00:22:10,010
you know, to build up a little
goodwill toward the season-end tip.
428
00:22:10,083 --> 00:22:11,448
Yeah, and?
429
00:22:11,518 --> 00:22:13,008
He told me not to bother.
430
00:22:15,589 --> 00:22:17,386
You wouldn't, by any chance,
have any evidence?
431
00:22:17,457 --> 00:22:19,982
He goes sailing in a storm
with a heavy load
432
00:22:20,060 --> 00:22:23,223
he doesn't want anybody to see.
The same day the lady disappears.
433
00:22:23,297 --> 00:22:24,662
That doesn't prove anything.
434
00:22:24,731 --> 00:22:28,293
Christopher had damn good reason
to want Mrs. Thomas dead.
435
00:22:28,369 --> 00:22:29,927
That's motive.
436
00:22:30,004 --> 00:22:33,405
Christopher's right. She's a rich woman.
She could be anywhere.
437
00:22:33,474 --> 00:22:35,669
The limo driver dropped
her at the pier.
438
00:22:35,743 --> 00:22:37,370
Where she could
have grabbed a cab.
439
00:22:37,445 --> 00:22:38,810
To where, Xanadu?
440
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,247
Christopher must have grabbed her
between the sidewalk and the ramp.
441
00:22:42,317 --> 00:22:45,218
Must have? Are you going
to testify as a psychic?
442
00:22:45,287 --> 00:22:47,255
How about we at least
get a search warrant?
443
00:22:47,323 --> 00:22:48,790
To search what? Earth?
444
00:22:48,857 --> 00:22:51,826
You're telling us there's no
way we can get this bastard?
445
00:22:54,430 --> 00:22:57,661
Those lawsuits against him, the
bogus horses, the swindles.
446
00:22:57,733 --> 00:23:01,396
Yeah, but some D.A. Told one of his
victims those are all civil matters.
447
00:23:01,470 --> 00:23:04,132
Individually, yes,
but put them together,
448
00:23:04,206 --> 00:23:06,334
you've got a scheme to defraud.
449
00:23:06,409 --> 00:23:09,003
He probably jaywalked
a couple of times, too.
450
00:23:09,112 --> 00:23:10,977
Pick him up.
For a low-grade felony?
451
00:23:11,047 --> 00:23:14,244
Either we play it this way, gentlemen,
or we don't play it at all.
452
00:23:20,256 --> 00:23:23,748
" Docket 85694,
People v. Lyle Christopher.
453
00:23:23,827 --> 00:23:26,456
"The charge is scheme to
defraud in the first degree."
454
00:23:26,530 --> 00:23:27,827
Do we have a plea?
455
00:23:27,898 --> 00:23:29,729
We move to stay this
proceeding, Your Honor,
456
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,395
pending resolution of litigation
that is the basis of the indictment.
457
00:23:33,471 --> 00:23:35,996
And what litigation would
that be, Mr. Linde?
458
00:23:36,073 --> 00:23:40,169
Several civil matters that the People, for
some reason, are trying to criminalize.
459
00:23:40,244 --> 00:23:44,477
The defendant beat us to that, Your Honor.
His crimes are specified in our complaint.
460
00:23:44,549 --> 00:23:47,347
They're good-faith business disputes.
We're in the wrong courthouse.
461
00:23:47,419 --> 00:23:49,387
Sorry, Counselor,
but it's the People's ball.
462
00:23:49,454 --> 00:23:51,285
They get to decide
where to play.
463
00:23:51,356 --> 00:23:52,584
Then we plead not guilty.
464
00:23:52,658 --> 00:23:56,059
At last. I was beginning to
think you get paid by the word.
465
00:23:56,128 --> 00:23:58,562
Bail's $25,000,
cash or bond. Next.
466
00:24:02,334 --> 00:24:07,705
Is this prosecution an appropriate
use of your time and my budget?
467
00:24:07,774 --> 00:24:09,173
It gives us some leverage.
468
00:24:09,242 --> 00:24:13,372
What, to cut a deal
on a minor felony,
469
00:24:13,446 --> 00:24:17,314
he's going to plead to the murder of
a woman you don't even know is dead?
470
00:24:17,383 --> 00:24:20,352
You're reading your
law journal upside down.
471
00:24:20,420 --> 00:24:22,115
Simultaneous with his arrest,
472
00:24:22,188 --> 00:24:24,783
we got search warrants for
Christopher's car, apartment,
473
00:24:24,858 --> 00:24:26,826
boat and farm,
and seized all his records.
474
00:24:26,894 --> 00:24:28,088
Wonderful.
475
00:24:28,162 --> 00:24:33,225
"Dear, diary, killed Ruth Thomas today
and threw her body into a cesspool."
476
00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:34,392
You think he's that stupid?
477
00:24:34,468 --> 00:24:37,335
No. But I'm sure Claire
will dig up something.
478
00:24:46,715 --> 00:24:48,740
There's blood.
479
00:24:48,817 --> 00:24:51,342
In Lyle Christopher's
Mercedes and on his boat.
480
00:24:51,419 --> 00:24:52,681
Mrs. Thomas'
481
00:24:52,754 --> 00:24:53,812
Her type.
482
00:24:53,888 --> 00:24:56,448
We're getting hair from one of
her brushes to run a DNA match.
483
00:24:56,524 --> 00:24:57,889
And in the meantime?
484
00:24:57,959 --> 00:25:00,484
Christopher's horse-training
records are insanely complicated.
485
00:25:00,562 --> 00:25:02,223
He covered his tracks.
486
00:25:02,297 --> 00:25:04,766
He wasn't so cautious
about his mating rituals.
487
00:25:04,834 --> 00:25:06,392
Should I be taking notes?
488
00:25:07,269 --> 00:25:09,260
If you want to go broke.
489
00:25:09,338 --> 00:25:13,536
Roses, lingerie,
three-star restaurants.
490
00:25:13,609 --> 00:25:15,474
All for Mrs. Thomas?
491
00:25:15,544 --> 00:25:17,739
Most of the goodies
went to a Susan Merriman,
492
00:25:17,813 --> 00:25:20,907
starting three months before Mrs.
Thomas disappeared.
493
00:25:20,983 --> 00:25:23,544
But Mrs. Thomas
was his one great love.
494
00:25:23,620 --> 00:25:25,611
One out of two.
495
00:25:30,127 --> 00:25:32,891
I don't understand.
Why are you persecuting Lyle?
496
00:25:32,963 --> 00:25:37,263
Mrs. Merriman, a lot of people have
made charges against Mr. Christopher.
497
00:25:37,334 --> 00:25:40,735
Some people want life guaranteed.
They buy a horse, it doesn't work out,
498
00:25:40,804 --> 00:25:43,103
they think they have
a right to blame somebody.
499
00:25:43,174 --> 00:25:44,971
Did Mr. Christopher
tell you that?
500
00:25:45,042 --> 00:25:47,476
Yes, but it's true.
501
00:25:48,780 --> 00:25:51,681
He's a very smart man.
I was lucky to meet him.
502
00:25:51,749 --> 00:25:54,343
Did he ever mention
a Ruth Thomas to you?
503
00:25:54,418 --> 00:25:58,548
Yes, of course. He was involved
with her before he met me.
504
00:25:58,623 --> 00:26:00,318
He told me all about it.
505
00:26:00,391 --> 00:26:02,986
Well, Mrs. Thomas seems to
have been under the impression
506
00:26:03,061 --> 00:26:06,360
that she and Mr. Christopher
were still engaged.
507
00:26:06,431 --> 00:26:10,834
Well, that's impossible.
Lyle is very honest with people.
508
00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:14,464
Since he's so honest,
have you invested with him?
509
00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:18,704
He never asked me
to buy anything.
510
00:26:18,777 --> 00:26:20,005
Never asked?
511
00:26:21,581 --> 00:26:23,446
I happened to be
on his farm one day.
512
00:26:23,516 --> 00:26:27,714
He was showing me a promising mare
that he was planning to breed,
513
00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:29,345
and a man showed up and...
514
00:26:29,422 --> 00:26:34,655
And demanded payment on her, and Mr.
Christopher was having a cash-flow problem.
515
00:26:36,830 --> 00:26:39,390
I resent your implications.
516
00:26:40,033 --> 00:26:43,697
Lyle is only in this business
because he loves horses.
517
00:26:43,771 --> 00:26:48,174
I was with him on his farm
the day that Lord Dan died.
518
00:26:48,242 --> 00:26:50,802
Lord Dan? That was a horse
that died of colic?
519
00:26:50,878 --> 00:26:54,245
Lyle cried like a baby.
520
00:26:54,315 --> 00:26:57,682
Was there anyone else
on the farm that day?
521
00:26:57,751 --> 00:27:00,618
Just us and friend
of his from Chicago.
522
00:27:00,689 --> 00:27:02,850
Do you remember his name?
523
00:27:02,924 --> 00:27:05,552
No. What could that
possibly matter?
524
00:27:06,728 --> 00:27:09,356
The weekend Lord Dan
mysteriously died of colic,
525
00:27:09,431 --> 00:27:14,095
there were five calls from Christopher's farm to a Mr.
Black at a local motel.
526
00:27:14,169 --> 00:27:16,501
He must have been
the friend from Chicago.
527
00:27:16,571 --> 00:27:20,406
You think he's the same as Mr. White and Mr.
Brown and the guy in the green jacket?
528
00:27:20,476 --> 00:27:24,435
Makes sense. The motel took his
license plate when he registered.
529
00:27:24,513 --> 00:27:28,040
The car was rented by a Tibor
Nichols of Sarasota, Florida.
530
00:27:28,117 --> 00:27:29,982
It looks like
it's his real name.
531
00:27:30,052 --> 00:27:33,283
If Christopher didn't want to get
his own hands dirty killing horses,
532
00:27:33,356 --> 00:27:34,380
so he hired this guy,
533
00:27:34,457 --> 00:27:37,858
what do you think he'd do when he
wanted to get rid of Ruth Thomas?
534
00:27:37,927 --> 00:27:42,126
There were two calls between Christopher
and Nichols the week she disappeared.
535
00:27:42,199 --> 00:27:44,633
Want to take a trip
to Sarasota?
536
00:27:44,701 --> 00:27:46,293
I'd love to,
537
00:27:46,370 --> 00:27:49,134
but Nichols isn't home and the local
police don't know where to find him,
538
00:27:49,206 --> 00:27:52,972
and all I've got is his pager number
off Christopher's phone records.
539
00:27:53,043 --> 00:27:56,672
Do you think he'll return a call from
the office of the District Attorney?
540
00:27:56,747 --> 00:27:58,840
He killed a horse
for Richard Brandson.
541
00:28:00,184 --> 00:28:02,209
He'll probably take
a call from him.
542
00:28:03,788 --> 00:28:06,484
Can we cut the crap,
Mr. Brandson?
543
00:28:06,557 --> 00:28:08,684
You know what you did,
we know what you did.
544
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,955
The police went
through all this.
545
00:28:11,029 --> 00:28:14,430
There's no proof that my client's
horse didn't die of natural causes.
546
00:28:14,499 --> 00:28:15,488
Oh.
547
00:28:16,267 --> 00:28:19,829
You're aware we've indicted
Lyle Christopher for fraud?
548
00:28:19,905 --> 00:28:21,099
We saw it in the papers.
549
00:28:21,173 --> 00:28:24,609
We've got a strong case against him, too.
He's looking for a deal.
550
00:28:25,311 --> 00:28:26,642
So?
551
00:28:27,146 --> 00:28:30,081
Would I rather convict a two-bit
con man like Christopher
552
00:28:30,149 --> 00:28:34,245
or use his testimony to convict half
a dozen society-page millionaires?
553
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:35,810
Are you saying that
Christopher's implicating me?
554
00:28:35,888 --> 00:28:39,689
He's a liar, for God sake.
That's why you indicted him.
555
00:28:39,759 --> 00:28:41,226
We can let
Mr. Brandson's friends
556
00:28:41,294 --> 00:28:43,091
at the Horse Association
decide who's lying.
557
00:28:43,163 --> 00:28:47,224
If you're suspended, you'll never
get near another show horse again.
558
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:49,666
It won't look good
for your daughter, either.
559
00:28:52,839 --> 00:28:54,136
What do you want from me?
Richard.
560
00:28:54,207 --> 00:28:58,337
No, no. I worked 10 years
to establish her ranking.
561
00:29:00,514 --> 00:29:02,778
Is there some kind
of deal here?
562
00:29:02,850 --> 00:29:04,317
Lmmunity.
563
00:29:04,385 --> 00:29:07,946
All we want you to do
is talk to Tibor Nichols.
564
00:29:08,022 --> 00:29:10,422
Who?
The man who killed your horse.
565
00:29:31,713 --> 00:29:33,237
Mr. Brandson?
566
00:29:34,316 --> 00:29:37,752
You know, I saw your
daughter ride at Devon.
567
00:29:37,819 --> 00:29:39,447
She has a wonderful seat.
568
00:29:40,523 --> 00:29:43,151
Thank you,
Mr. Nichols.
569
00:29:43,226 --> 00:29:45,217
Please, call me Tibor.
570
00:29:47,497 --> 00:29:49,727
I wish there were another
way to take care of this.
571
00:29:49,799 --> 00:29:51,892
He's been a very fine
horse for me, until now.
572
00:29:51,968 --> 00:29:55,267
Trust me, sir,
the horses don't feel a thing.
573
00:29:55,338 --> 00:29:59,400
I'd like to shoot 120 volts through
his rectum and see what he says then.
574
00:29:59,476 --> 00:30:01,341
He's at my
trainer's barn in Mendham.
575
00:30:01,912 --> 00:30:05,905
I want it done off my
property, like last time.
576
00:30:08,385 --> 00:30:11,616
Yeah, Mr. Wickets went
smooth as silk, sir,
577
00:30:14,391 --> 00:30:16,325
until that crazy bitch
started yelling murder.
578
00:30:16,393 --> 00:30:18,021
That's enough.
Take him, Rey.
579
00:30:18,096 --> 00:30:20,929
Hey, let me get
another bourbon here.
580
00:30:20,999 --> 00:30:22,091
He's had enough.
581
00:30:22,167 --> 00:30:25,830
Tibor Nichols, you are under arrest
for conspiracy to commit fraud.
582
00:30:25,904 --> 00:30:27,735
You have the right
to remain silent.
583
00:30:27,806 --> 00:30:29,831
Anything you say can and
will be used against you...
584
00:30:30,108 --> 00:30:31,837
Man, things must be
pretty slow around here
585
00:30:31,910 --> 00:30:34,708
if you got the time
to put the sting on me.
586
00:30:34,779 --> 00:30:36,805
Pretty good job,
don't you think?
587
00:30:36,882 --> 00:30:39,180
Doesn't leave you
much room to wiggle.
588
00:30:39,752 --> 00:30:43,449
You know what I think?
I'm not your boy.
589
00:30:43,522 --> 00:30:46,685
And your gloomy friend there
is here to explain my options.
590
00:30:47,893 --> 00:30:50,953
Lyle Christopher,
or you do four years.
591
00:30:51,030 --> 00:30:53,863
Hey, you want him, you got him.
I like fresh air.
592
00:30:53,933 --> 00:30:55,867
Complete cooperation.
593
00:30:57,270 --> 00:30:58,498
No problem.
594
00:30:59,439 --> 00:31:02,966
Where do you want to start?
Princess Louise?
595
00:31:03,043 --> 00:31:06,342
She's the first horse
I did for him. 1989.
596
00:31:07,414 --> 00:31:09,905
We'd rather talk
about Ruth Thomas.
597
00:31:10,083 --> 00:31:11,072
Oh.
598
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:14,719
I never met the lady.
599
00:31:14,788 --> 00:31:18,190
You and Christopher talked the
week before she disappeared.
600
00:31:18,259 --> 00:31:20,386
Every other time
you two talked,
601
00:31:20,461 --> 00:31:22,759
a few days later,
something died.
602
00:31:22,830 --> 00:31:25,162
Yeah, he talked
to me about her.
603
00:31:25,399 --> 00:31:28,562
See, she was going to scream bloody
murder about some horses he sold her,
604
00:31:28,636 --> 00:31:31,332
and he was into a new lady
with 10 times the dough.
605
00:31:31,405 --> 00:31:32,963
He didn't want his boat rocked.
606
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,234
And?
607
00:31:34,308 --> 00:31:36,834
And he asked me
to take care of her.
608
00:31:37,546 --> 00:31:41,380
I told him I draw the line at
animals with less than four legs.
609
00:31:41,450 --> 00:31:45,546
So how can we be sure you didn't
just make this one exception, Tibor?
610
00:31:45,621 --> 00:31:47,714
The weekend that
lady disappeared,
611
00:31:47,789 --> 00:31:52,283
Sunnytown Farm in California,
Conundrum died of colic.
612
00:31:52,361 --> 00:31:53,589
That was me.
613
00:32:01,604 --> 00:32:04,630
Pretty good. I got better.
Claire just called.
614
00:32:04,707 --> 00:32:08,700
You have a preliminary DNA match on the
blood in Christopher's car and boat.
615
00:32:08,778 --> 00:32:11,303
I guess it's not a
low-grade felony anymore.
616
00:32:12,182 --> 00:32:13,706
Go get the bastard.
617
00:32:14,317 --> 00:32:16,115
Police. We're looking
for Lyle Christopher.
618
00:32:16,187 --> 00:32:18,815
We're busy right now.
619
00:32:18,889 --> 00:32:20,083
Lyle!
620
00:32:26,230 --> 00:32:27,254
Now what?
621
00:32:27,331 --> 00:32:29,128
Oh, please, let me take that.
622
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,897
Lyle Christopher, you're under arrest
for the murder of Ruth Thomas.
623
00:32:32,970 --> 00:32:34,267
You have the right
to remain silent.
624
00:32:34,338 --> 00:32:36,534
Anything you do say can and
will be used against you
625
00:32:36,608 --> 00:32:38,439
in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney...
626
00:32:40,812 --> 00:32:44,145
Well, I'm sure Mr. Wickets'
friends and relatives
627
00:32:44,216 --> 00:32:49,085
will be very pleased to hear you've built
an airtight case against his killer.
628
00:32:49,154 --> 00:32:52,749
Keep reading, Adam. We've got Christopher
for the murder of Ruth Thomas.
629
00:32:52,824 --> 00:32:54,850
You've got the word
of a horse hit man.
630
00:32:54,927 --> 00:32:57,589
And her blood
in his car and boat,
631
00:32:57,663 --> 00:33:02,191
his solo sail the day she
disappeared, a very strong motive.
632
00:33:02,268 --> 00:33:03,895
And no body.
633
00:33:03,970 --> 00:33:05,494
She vanished.
It's part of our case.
634
00:33:05,571 --> 00:33:11,407
Well, today's juries, you better be able to
prove that she wasn't abducted by aliens.
635
00:33:17,351 --> 00:33:20,684
At the conclusion
of the RFLP typing procedure,
636
00:33:20,754 --> 00:33:23,222
I prepared these
autoradiographs.
637
00:33:23,290 --> 00:33:26,259
The DNA fragment
patterns are identical.
638
00:33:26,326 --> 00:33:30,353
What are the odds that the blood you
found in the defendant's car and boat
639
00:33:30,430 --> 00:33:32,830
could have come from someone
other than Mrs. Thomas?
640
00:33:32,899 --> 00:33:36,233
At best, one in 170 million.
641
00:33:36,304 --> 00:33:37,532
Thank you, Doctor.
642
00:33:44,312 --> 00:33:46,837
Dr. Sefansky, when did
those blood drops land
643
00:33:46,914 --> 00:33:48,677
on Mr. Christopher's
car and boat?
644
00:33:48,750 --> 00:33:49,774
I can't tell you that.
645
00:33:49,851 --> 00:33:51,978
You mean all your scientific
tests and experiments
646
00:33:52,053 --> 00:33:54,045
can't attach a date
to those specimens?
647
00:33:54,123 --> 00:33:56,023
No.
No more questions.
648
00:33:59,795 --> 00:34:03,356
What exactly did Mr.
Christopher ask you to do?
649
00:34:03,432 --> 00:34:05,525
Make the lady disappear.
650
00:34:05,601 --> 00:34:08,468
He said I could grab her
before she got on the boat.
651
00:34:08,537 --> 00:34:13,532
Disappear. What did you
understand him to mean by that?
652
00:34:13,610 --> 00:34:15,407
He wanted me to kill her.
653
00:34:17,814 --> 00:34:20,647
Thank you.
No further questions.
654
00:34:24,654 --> 00:34:27,953
Did Mr. Christopher tell you Mrs.
Thomas had broken their engagement?
655
00:34:28,024 --> 00:34:30,891
Yeah, because she said that he...
Just yes or no, sir.
656
00:34:32,395 --> 00:34:34,523
Yes.
Was he upset about that?
657
00:34:35,599 --> 00:34:39,194
Well, I don't think he would have asked me
to kill her if everything was hunky-dory.
658
00:34:39,270 --> 00:34:43,104
But he didn't ask
you to kill her, did he?
659
00:34:43,174 --> 00:34:44,573
Not in those words.
660
00:34:44,642 --> 00:34:47,440
He said he'd be happier
if she would disappear.
661
00:34:49,213 --> 00:34:50,271
That's right.
662
00:34:50,348 --> 00:34:55,616
The woman broke their engagement,
quite possibly broke his heart.
663
00:34:55,687 --> 00:34:59,714
Couldn't he have just been expressing
his pain at seeing her again?
664
00:34:59,791 --> 00:35:02,385
I don't think so.
Really?
665
00:35:02,461 --> 00:35:05,123
Did you kill Mrs. Thomas?
No.
666
00:35:05,197 --> 00:35:07,893
Mr. Christopher ever
tell you he killed her?
667
00:35:09,501 --> 00:35:11,298
No.
Thank you.
668
00:35:13,639 --> 00:35:16,802
Mr. Nichols, why would you think Mr.
Christopher was serious
669
00:35:16,876 --> 00:35:20,004
when he asked you, of all people,
to kill someone for him?
670
00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:22,240
Your Honor, may we approach?
671
00:35:24,851 --> 00:35:26,318
No way, Jack.
672
00:35:28,354 --> 00:35:31,084
The District Attorney is
seeking to smear my client
673
00:35:31,157 --> 00:35:34,958
by eliciting irrelevant testimony about
other alleged criminal behavior.
674
00:35:35,028 --> 00:35:37,963
This witness will testify that the
defendant frequently asked him
675
00:35:38,031 --> 00:35:40,659
to make horses disappear,
and he killed them.
676
00:35:40,734 --> 00:35:43,168
It shows a pattern.
It's relevant to intent.
677
00:35:43,237 --> 00:35:46,138
Horses and Mrs. Thomas?
It isn't even apples and oranges.
678
00:35:46,206 --> 00:35:47,332
Why don't we let
the jury decide?
679
00:35:47,408 --> 00:35:52,176
Because it would be grossly prejudicial
to let the jury hear anything about this.
680
00:35:52,247 --> 00:35:53,839
He's right, Mr. McCoy.
Your Honor...
681
00:35:53,915 --> 00:35:56,907
The objection is sustained.
Now, move on.
682
00:35:59,921 --> 00:36:02,481
I have no more questions
for this witness.
683
00:36:04,225 --> 00:36:08,184
What did Mr. Christopher do
after he parked on the dock, sir?
684
00:36:09,063 --> 00:36:11,464
He opened the trunk, and he
loaded something onto his boat,
685
00:36:11,534 --> 00:36:13,331
but I really couldn't
see what it was.
686
00:36:13,402 --> 00:36:15,199
And he wouldn't
let you help him?
687
00:36:15,271 --> 00:36:16,704
Nope.
688
00:36:16,772 --> 00:36:18,501
Thank you.
No further questions.
689
00:36:21,944 --> 00:36:25,436
When Mr. Christopher finished unloading
his car, he spoke to you, didn't he?
690
00:36:25,514 --> 00:36:26,811
For a few minutes, yes.
691
00:36:26,882 --> 00:36:28,474
What did he talk about?
692
00:36:28,551 --> 00:36:30,679
Well, some of the boat owners
were organizing a petition
693
00:36:30,754 --> 00:36:35,782
to protest the rise in slip fees, and Mr.
Christopher wanted to sign it.
694
00:36:35,859 --> 00:36:38,089
He was worried about slip fees.
695
00:36:38,161 --> 00:36:39,685
Did he appear
otherwise agitated?
696
00:36:39,763 --> 00:36:40,855
No.
697
00:36:40,931 --> 00:36:43,832
Disheveled? Bloodied?
Scratched?
698
00:36:43,900 --> 00:36:44,992
No.
699
00:36:45,068 --> 00:36:47,468
Do you recall a time
last July, sir,
700
00:36:47,537 --> 00:36:50,735
when Mrs. Thomas went sailing
with Mr. Christopher.
701
00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:55,973
Yeah, yeah. They set out about 9:00 a.m.
, and they came back in less than an hour.
702
00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:57,514
Do you know why they
came back so soon?
703
00:36:57,582 --> 00:36:59,880
Seasick.
She was green.
704
00:36:59,951 --> 00:37:02,715
The minute the boat hit
the dock, she jumped off
705
00:37:02,787 --> 00:37:05,017
and put her head
between her knees.
706
00:37:05,089 --> 00:37:06,954
Did she say anything?
707
00:37:07,024 --> 00:37:10,688
She said this was
definitely the last time.
708
00:37:10,762 --> 00:37:13,663
And she said she'd never
go on a boat again.
709
00:37:18,237 --> 00:37:21,331
When Ruth figured out that he'd
made her fall in love with him
710
00:37:21,406 --> 00:37:27,072
just so he could cheat her, she was furious.
She felt betrayed, humiliated.
711
00:37:27,145 --> 00:37:28,874
Did she tell you what
she planned to do?
712
00:37:28,947 --> 00:37:30,973
Objection.
Asks for hearsay.
713
00:37:31,050 --> 00:37:35,817
Mrs. Thomas was furious, what she said
qualifies as an excited utterance.
714
00:37:35,889 --> 00:37:39,120
Overruled.
The witness may answer.
715
00:37:39,192 --> 00:37:42,787
She said unless he took
his worthless nags back,
716
00:37:42,862 --> 00:37:46,025
she'd take every penny he
had and send him to jail.
717
00:37:46,099 --> 00:37:49,297
And since she supposedly left on
her cruise a few weeks later,
718
00:37:49,370 --> 00:37:51,634
have you heard from her?
719
00:37:51,705 --> 00:37:56,904
Not a word. And I would have,
if he hadn't killed her.
720
00:37:56,977 --> 00:37:58,342
Move to strike!
721
00:37:58,412 --> 00:38:01,381
Mrs. Grayson,
please control yourself.
722
00:38:05,886 --> 00:38:07,683
No further questions.
723
00:38:11,660 --> 00:38:16,859
Mrs. Grayson, didn't Ruth Thomas
disappear for two weeks in 1986?
724
00:38:17,732 --> 00:38:20,462
She didn't disappear.
She was in Bermuda.
725
00:38:20,535 --> 00:38:23,003
Yes, but no one knew that,
including her husband.
726
00:38:23,071 --> 00:38:25,596
He came back early
from a business trip.
727
00:38:25,674 --> 00:38:28,074
The housekeeper
was on vacation.
728
00:38:28,143 --> 00:38:29,441
He called the police.
729
00:38:29,512 --> 00:38:32,572
It was a misunderstanding.
Ruth was fine.
730
00:38:32,648 --> 00:38:34,343
Of course she was.
731
00:38:35,718 --> 00:38:38,016
You said Mrs. Thomas
felt humiliated
732
00:38:38,087 --> 00:38:42,148
by what Mr. Christopher had done to her.
Is she a proud woman?
733
00:38:42,224 --> 00:38:44,886
She was a dignified woman.
734
00:38:44,961 --> 00:38:47,759
The kind of woman who would
be embarrassed to face people
735
00:38:47,830 --> 00:38:50,595
after she'd been made a fool of by
a man who pretended to love her.
736
00:38:50,667 --> 00:38:51,998
Objection.
Calls for speculation.
737
00:38:52,069 --> 00:38:53,093
Sustained.
738
00:38:53,170 --> 00:38:56,435
The kind of woman who might run and
hide from her devastating humiliation.
739
00:38:56,506 --> 00:38:58,406
Objection.
Withdrawn.
740
00:39:00,277 --> 00:39:04,907
By the way, Mrs. Grayson, that time Ruth
Thomas went to Bermuda, did she take a boat?
741
00:39:06,617 --> 00:39:08,085
No, she flew.
742
00:39:12,223 --> 00:39:14,248
Seasick.
743
00:39:14,325 --> 00:39:15,690
He's got the jury thinking
744
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,752
that she came face to face with
a cruise ship and backed out.
745
00:39:18,830 --> 00:39:21,560
Cruise ships have stabilizers.
I'll put on a witness.
746
00:39:21,633 --> 00:39:25,865
Can you find one saying that Mrs.
Thomas didn't disappear for two weeks?
747
00:39:25,937 --> 00:39:27,838
Are you even sure
that the woman is dead?
748
00:39:27,906 --> 00:39:30,397
It's tough to prove
a negative, Adam.
749
00:39:30,476 --> 00:39:33,741
This book here, prove to me you
haven't opened it in the last month.
750
00:39:33,812 --> 00:39:36,212
The police ever find a murder weapon?
A witness?
751
00:39:36,281 --> 00:39:40,183
Anyone on the boat who saw Christopher and Mrs.
Thomas at the dock?
752
00:39:40,252 --> 00:39:43,483
They're trying. These passengers
are scattered all over the world.
753
00:39:43,555 --> 00:39:45,523
It'd take months.
If I had more time...
754
00:39:45,591 --> 00:39:47,059
You should have thought
of that before you arrested
755
00:39:47,127 --> 00:39:48,788
Christopher without
sufficient evidence.
756
00:39:48,862 --> 00:39:52,229
He knew we were on to him.
He might have flown the coop.
757
00:39:52,298 --> 00:39:55,665
And now, after he's acquitted,
he'll just stroll.
758
00:40:00,473 --> 00:40:03,442
I've got the addendum to the forensics
report on Christopher's car.
759
00:40:03,510 --> 00:40:05,137
Did you give it to Linde?
760
00:40:05,211 --> 00:40:06,907
I just got it, Jack.
761
00:40:06,981 --> 00:40:08,744
Claire, help me here, please.
762
00:40:08,816 --> 00:40:11,307
I'm sorry, my transporter
beam was down.
763
00:40:13,421 --> 00:40:15,912
Great. I've got Adam
all over my back,
764
00:40:15,990 --> 00:40:18,049
I've got a killer who's
about to bluff his way
765
00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:20,525
into an acquittal with
a wink and a smile,
766
00:40:20,594 --> 00:40:24,462
and you chose this moment to
go into your wiseass routine?
767
00:40:24,532 --> 00:40:26,398
Excuse me?
Forget it.
768
00:40:30,906 --> 00:40:34,273
Ruth was opening
a bottle of Chardonnay,
769
00:40:34,342 --> 00:40:38,574
corkscrew slipped, she bled on the deck.
I thought I cleaned it all up.
770
00:40:38,647 --> 00:40:43,311
And this emergency-room admission form,
is this the one Mrs. Thomas filled out
771
00:40:43,385 --> 00:40:46,116
when you drove her from your boat
to the Westchester Hospital?
772
00:40:46,189 --> 00:40:48,453
Yes, it's dated June 9th.
773
00:40:48,524 --> 00:40:50,458
Months before
Mrs. Thomas disappeared.
774
00:40:50,526 --> 00:40:51,959
That's right.
775
00:40:53,730 --> 00:40:58,326
Before you saw him in this court, were
you acquainted with Tibor Nichols?
776
00:40:58,401 --> 00:41:01,802
I've done business with him for
years, I see now it was a mistake.
777
00:41:01,871 --> 00:41:02,895
What do you mean?
778
00:41:02,972 --> 00:41:05,737
His reputation in the
horse world is unsavory.
779
00:41:05,809 --> 00:41:07,640
I had always thought
people were against him
780
00:41:07,711 --> 00:41:10,407
just because he
wasn't of their class.
781
00:41:10,481 --> 00:41:12,506
But you did speak to him
about Mrs. Thomas?
782
00:41:12,583 --> 00:41:15,143
I had to talk to him about a horse auction.
I mentioned Ruth.
783
00:41:15,219 --> 00:41:19,383
I had just learned that
she was leaving me.
784
00:41:19,456 --> 00:41:23,620
I was very upset. I was talking about
Ruth to waiters, to taxi drivers.
785
00:41:23,694 --> 00:41:27,062
Did you in any way
suggest Mr. Nichols harm her?
786
00:41:27,132 --> 00:41:31,535
Harm Ruth? Because of a disagreement
over a couple of horses? Of course not.
787
00:41:31,603 --> 00:41:34,367
Has anyone,
except Mrs. Thomas,
788
00:41:34,439 --> 00:41:37,840
ever been dissatisfied after
buying a horse from you?
789
00:41:37,909 --> 00:41:39,843
Yes, people seem to need
to blame somebody
790
00:41:39,911 --> 00:41:42,573
when an investment
doesn't work out.
791
00:41:42,647 --> 00:41:46,015
And those people that blamed
you, did you kill them?
792
00:41:46,085 --> 00:41:49,452
No, I gave them
their money back.
793
00:41:49,522 --> 00:41:51,149
Thank you.
No more questions.
794
00:41:54,827 --> 00:41:58,285
You couldn't afford to pay
Ruth Thomas back, could you?
795
00:42:00,166 --> 00:42:02,600
Over time, I could've, yes.
796
00:42:02,668 --> 00:42:04,466
Over time.
797
00:42:04,538 --> 00:42:07,166
But she gave you
a 90-day deadline.
798
00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:08,605
She's very emotional.
799
00:42:08,675 --> 00:42:13,476
Our business difficulties were all mixed
up with our personal difficulties.
800
00:42:13,547 --> 00:42:15,139
We were in love.
801
00:42:15,882 --> 00:42:20,046
Then why were you sending expensive
presents to Susan Merriman?
802
00:42:22,189 --> 00:42:23,679
My relationship
with Mrs. Merriman
803
00:42:23,757 --> 00:42:26,488
was strictly friendly until it
was clear Ruth was leaving me.
804
00:42:26,561 --> 00:42:29,155
Mrs. Merriman is
a rich woman, isn't she?
805
00:42:29,230 --> 00:42:30,492
She's comfortable.
806
00:42:30,565 --> 00:42:33,625
So how did you think
she would have reacted
807
00:42:34,302 --> 00:42:38,739
to Ruth Thomas publicly charging
you with fraud and deceit?
808
00:42:38,806 --> 00:42:41,331
Objection.
Calls for speculation.
809
00:42:41,409 --> 00:42:43,673
Your Honor,
may I answer the question?
810
00:42:43,745 --> 00:42:45,645
If you wish.
811
00:42:45,714 --> 00:42:49,206
Ruth's charges have
surfaced now, haven't they?
812
00:42:49,284 --> 00:42:52,720
And worse, and Mrs. Merriman
and I are still very close.
813
00:42:52,788 --> 00:42:54,722
But you couldn't have known
that she'd be that gullible.
814
00:42:54,790 --> 00:42:56,724
Objection.
Sustained.
815
00:42:57,826 --> 00:43:00,659
She still doesn't know about all the
other women you swindled, does she?
816
00:43:00,729 --> 00:43:01,753
Objection.
817
00:43:01,830 --> 00:43:06,325
The witness testified on direct that
he had other dissatisfied customers.
818
00:43:06,402 --> 00:43:08,336
Dissatisfied, not swindled.
819
00:43:08,404 --> 00:43:10,668
The objection is sustained.
820
00:43:10,740 --> 00:43:14,608
The jury will disregard the District
Attorney's choice of language.
821
00:43:14,677 --> 00:43:16,702
Mr. McCoy, watch yourself.
822
00:43:21,985 --> 00:43:27,686
Mr. Christopher, your little story about
Ruth Thomas bleeding on your boat,
823
00:43:30,494 --> 00:43:34,294
how did her blood get
into the trunk of your car?
824
00:43:34,365 --> 00:43:38,062
Did she take a nap there while
you drove her to the hospital?
825
00:43:38,135 --> 00:43:41,332
No. Her hand was
wrapped in a towel.
826
00:43:41,405 --> 00:43:43,169
After we got to the hospital,
I threw it in the trunk.
827
00:43:43,241 --> 00:43:46,369
But the blood wasn't on the trunk
floor, it was on the top lining,
828
00:43:46,444 --> 00:43:48,605
where a body
might have touched it.
829
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:50,079
So would a towel,
830
00:43:51,216 --> 00:43:54,014
if it had landed on
top of my golf bag.
831
00:43:54,085 --> 00:43:55,484
Your golf bag?
832
00:43:56,354 --> 00:43:59,881
Your golf bag just happened to
be in exactly the right place?
833
00:43:59,958 --> 00:44:02,222
Isn't that convenient?
It's true.
834
00:44:02,295 --> 00:44:06,129
Ruth Thomas still had some money left
after she was done being swindled by you,
835
00:44:06,198 --> 00:44:07,256
didn't she?
Objection.
836
00:44:07,333 --> 00:44:09,631
Sustained.
No more, Mr. McCoy.
837
00:44:09,702 --> 00:44:14,105
So her threat to ruin you was something
you had to worry about, wasn't it?
838
00:44:14,173 --> 00:44:15,731
Ruth never threatened me.
839
00:44:15,808 --> 00:44:16,866
Sure she did.
840
00:44:16,943 --> 00:44:20,242
And she had the resources to back
it up, unlike your other victims.
841
00:44:20,313 --> 00:44:22,111
Your Honor, approach?
842
00:44:26,753 --> 00:44:29,813
I move for a mistrial in view of the
District Attorney's persistent mentioning
843
00:44:29,890 --> 00:44:31,653
of alleged prior bad acts.
844
00:44:31,725 --> 00:44:33,283
You were warned, Mr. McCoy.
845
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:34,850
They're obviously relevant.
846
00:44:34,928 --> 00:44:36,793
I said they weren't.
847
00:44:36,863 --> 00:44:39,457
Then you can instruct
the jury to ignore them.
848
00:44:39,533 --> 00:44:42,128
The jury's heard too much.
You can't wipe it out with an admonition.
849
00:44:42,203 --> 00:44:43,693
If Your Honor would only...
850
00:44:43,771 --> 00:44:46,035
Never mind, Mr. McCoy,
we're finished here.
851
00:44:46,107 --> 00:44:48,007
A mistrial is granted.
852
00:45:06,228 --> 00:45:12,258
I think Simmons will take a plea, and
I want to postpone the Horowitz trial.
853
00:45:12,334 --> 00:45:14,529
The fish market case
has to come first.
854
00:45:14,603 --> 00:45:15,934
Okay.
855
00:45:17,906 --> 00:45:20,431
What about Lyle Christopher?
856
00:45:20,509 --> 00:45:23,570
I hope you've been putting
your extra time to good use.
857
00:45:24,881 --> 00:45:26,815
The cruise ship's manifest.
858
00:45:28,685 --> 00:45:30,676
The German police
talked to a man named
859
00:45:30,754 --> 00:45:33,780
Burckhardt Klemstein
in Hamburg.
860
00:45:33,857 --> 00:45:37,554
He says he thinks he remembers seeing
a man looking like Christopher
861
00:45:37,627 --> 00:45:40,563
holding the arm of a woman
looking like Ruth Thomas.
862
00:45:49,473 --> 00:45:50,633
Yes?
863
00:45:56,113 --> 00:45:58,843
Thank you, I'll tell him.
864
00:45:59,817 --> 00:46:01,251
Your lucky day.
865
00:46:03,155 --> 00:46:07,956
A fisherman just dragged Ruth Thomas'
body out of Long Island Sound.
866
00:46:12,164 --> 00:46:14,291
Don't celebrate yet.
867
00:46:14,366 --> 00:46:18,894
Christopher's lawyer is gonna
rake you over the coals.
868
00:46:18,970 --> 00:46:22,498
If he can show that you
provoked the mistrial
869
00:46:22,575 --> 00:46:25,203
to get a second shot
at his client,
870
00:46:25,278 --> 00:46:29,476
the case gets thrown out no matter
how many bodies you dredge up.
871
00:46:29,549 --> 00:46:33,679
Not unless I deliberately
provoked a mistrial, Adam.
872
00:46:33,753 --> 00:46:36,017
If I just got carried away...
873
00:46:36,089 --> 00:46:38,523
You did want more time, Jack.
874
00:46:38,591 --> 00:46:42,392
It wasn't like that at all.
You know how emotional I get.