Mystery Street Page #5

- Park it in the county garage. | Okay, Pete.

That Shanway said his car was stolen | from in front of a hospital.

Maybe somebody stole it | for this purpose.

- Anyway, Pete, you better make sure. | - I'll make sure.

The two men with the hats...

...take them off.

Now, all of you, turn around.

All the way around. Face the wall.

Now, turn to the front again.

The two men nearest the door, | you can leave.

The man on the far side, | go out the way you come in.

You say you've never been | in the Grass Skirt Caf?

That's right.

And never went for a ride | with Vivian Heldon?

That's right.

You didn't stop at a lunch counter | on the Cape?

- I didn't go out on the Cape. | - Stand still.

Turn your face to the right.

Turn it to the left. | Now go out the way you came in.

- That's him, I'll swear that's him. | - He's lying.

- He's the one. | - All right, hold it.

- May I...? | - Go ahead, lieutenant.

Are you all sure, now?

I never saw him before. | - You were asleep, dear.

The twice he came to the house | you were asleep.

How many times | did he call for Miss Heldon?

- Exactly twice. | - She left with him each time?

No, no, this was after she disappeared.

After?

Why, yes. He came to ask about Vivian, | whether she was back.

But you didn't mention it. Why?

Well, I didn't...

Well, you know how nervous | the police make everybody.

- Especially timid people like yourself. | - Thank you. You...

Save it. | Take them in there for statements.

Lieutenant. Lieutenant, please. | Just a second, please.

Those people... | There must be some mistake.

They must be wrong. | Why, Henry couldn't have...

You heard what they said, | Mrs. Shanway.

No doubt in any of their minds. I'm sorry.

After you left the diner, | you took her out to Cape. Why?

- I didn't. | - You took her to kill her.

She wouldn't leave you alone | because she was pregnant.

You were afraid your wife would find out, | there was only one way to keep her quiet.

- I didn't. | - You stripped the body...

...threw it behind some bushes, | then got rid of your car.

She took my car.

I thought you didn't know | who took your car.

That landlady says | you went back to the house.

The house where Vivian lived.

You asked for Vivian...

...said you were an old friend | from out of town.

But you didn't know who Vivian was...

...so how did you know where she lived?

- I asked the bartender at that bar. | - Mm-hm.

Well, I just wanted my car back. | I didn't know Vivian was...

Vivian, huh? Before, you didn't know her.

- Suddenly it's Vivian. | - That's what you called her, so...

You went back there to establish an alibi.

No, to get my car.

Mr. Shanway, this isn't a trial.

I'm not determining | whether you're guilty or innocent.

As a police officer, | I'm only trying to get the facts.

Now, you may or may not | be telling the truth. I don't know.

But it is my duty to stay here | until I find out.

Now, tell me the whole thing | from the beginning.

- Where's my wife? | - You'll get a chance to explain to her later.

You left the hospital about 9:00.

All right.

She picked me up. I went with her.

We were at that lunch counter...

...but I didn't kill her.

She left me stranded on the road. | She left me stranded!

All right, all right. Let's put it down.

We're at the hospital...

- Hi, lieutenant. | - Hello, Dr. Levy. How are you?

- Hi. | - Hello, Pete.

Well, doctor, | we indicted Henry Shanway.

So I've heard.

The first time you came to this office...

...I told you our department | is interested in facts.

Whom those facts affect, whether | they mean guilt or innocence, is your job.

It'd be tough. Mighty tough.

There's something you ought to know. | Remember that cracked rib I told you about?

Yes.

It was broken by a bullet.

- Why didn't you say so before? | - Spectrographic report just came through.

But our case is on the calendar | for next week.

Bits of metal scraped from the broken edges | of the rib proved to be from a bullet.

All right.

- So he shot her. | - Who shot her?

- Shanway. | - Why are you so certain he shot her?

- Who else? | - Where's the gun? Where's the bullet?

We've got enough on him without that.

Who are you trying to convince? | You or me?

Now, Shanway and Miss Heldon | left the caf at 11 p. m.

Somewhere between | the lunch counter and Lakeman's Hollow...

...she was shot and killed.

Great. That's just great.

Where was she shot? | In the car? Out of the car?

Four months ago, a bullet is fired | somewhere between Boston and Barnstable.

A needle in a haystack.

McADOO:
| Where's the yellow Ford?

In the county garage. Why?

- Ever see an autopsy? | - No, not exactly my line.

I think I'll show you one. | I've got a theory. Come on.

- Hi, Charlie. Ed. | Hi, Pete.

Suppose you get in | behind the wheel, huh?

Hey, that's pretty dirty. | Here, you better use this.

Let's imagine you're Vivian Heldon | and Henry Shanway's story is true.

Now, you make a phone call | from the lunch wagon to meet somebody.

Then get in the car and drive off | and leave Shanway standing there.

In the five or six miles beyond | the lunch wagon, you meet that person.

That's me. | I come around the car to talk to you here.

See, sit up this way the way she did.

Now, while you're talking, | I take the gun from my pocket and fire it.

The bullet enters here, | passes through the body...

...shatters the rib and, from this angle, | must have entered the car about there.

There is a little soft spot here. | Could be a bullet hole.

McADOO:
| Uh-huh.

Yeah, probably the water swelled it shut.

Hop out of the car.

McADOO:
| Thank you.

Now, let's see.

Yep, there's a hole, all right. | Here, hold the light, will you?

Come down on this angle iron here.

Here it is.

- It could still be Shanway. | - Yeah, it could be.

Until you find the gun that fits that bullet | and whoever fired it, you won't have proof.

Suppose Shanway is telling the truth. | Suppose the actual murderer goes free.

- It's a. 45 caliber, isn't it? | - Uh-huh.

Might be an automatic.

- Colt? | - We'll check it.

I'll check it against the lead | we got off the girl's rib. Thanks a lot, fellas.

I didn't know you were moving.

Now you know.

Lucky we dropped around.

Depends on how you look at it.

Any other questions?

Why are you moving?

You wanna pay the rent? We'll stay here.

No?

Come, come, lieutenant...

...don't tell me such things as rent | never entered your mind.

Better wait, the law might wanna see | if there's a hidden drawer in that.

Wouldn't you, lieutenant?

Or was this a social visit?

There are a couple of things | I didn't look into.

Oh?

My past, perhaps.

I had measles and whooping cough.

A couple of tickets | for parking in no-parking zones.

Honeymoon in Niagara Falls.

I stole a towel from the hotel there.

Maybe you'd like to arrest me too.

No?

Maybe my husband's mother then.

She comes from Kansas...

...that's where they raise wheat.

I'm sure there must be a law | against that somewhere.

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