Private Number Page #7

She's living at 772 Park Avenue sir.

Park Avenue?

In an apartment that costs a thousand

dollars a month.

And you're supposed to pay the rent!

And I'll tell you something else she's done.

She's gone all over town, running up bills,

charging them to you.

Look at that! Over eight thousand

dollar's worth of bills.

All charged to Mrs. Richard Winfield.

Have you got the money to pay them?

She wouldn't do a thing like that.

Oh wouldn't she?

Suppose you run up to 772 Park Avenue

and see for yourself.

Come on. Break it up, honey.

Don't be so sad.

You know the old saying "what's good

for the goose is good for.. "

Hey, come on. Take a drink.

This will either pick you up or knock

you down. I don't know which.

No thanks, Smelly

I'll take it.

Hmm. You'll take anything.

Nothing bothers me but a Mickey.

That's a good idea. I'll remember that.

Oh come on sweet.

Well... Mrs. Winfield. You're a success.

Just look at that publicity we're getting.

Well. Oh boy.

I think it's disgusting.

Now, honey, you're not turning softy

on us are you?

No. But I'm sorry we started this

whole mess in the first place.

Mrs. Winfield.

Yes?

Mr. Winfield's here.

Dick.

No. I can't see him.

Can't? Just a minute.

Not going to see him? I thought you

had some backbone.

Oh, but Gracie.

You let him bust up your whole life.

After all you've been through, he sneaks

up and sues you, to annul your marriage.

Why, I'd give that heel a blast

he'd never get over.

But you haven't got the nerve.

Even for your kids.

Alright... Ask Mr. Winfield to step in.

Will you step in please.

Thank you.

Ellen, I'd uh, like to speak to you alone.

Anything you have to say to me you

can say in front of my friends.

Alright. I'm want to ask you one question.

Yes?

Is it true that you were arrested

last spring in a raid?

Yes! What about it?

I guess they were right... That makes me

pretty stupid doesn't it.

Hello Mr. Rollins.

Hello Dick.

That annulment paper, have you still got it?

Yes, it's right here.

Right, let's have it. I'm ready to sign.

I thought you'd see it our way.

It's the sensible thing to do.

Bring him in.

I wish you'd tell me what this is all about..

Shut up!

Is this the guy?

Yes.

You know this little lady?

Why yes, I..

Well, she's got a lawsuit coming up and

we want you as our witness.

You'll, uh, testify won't you?

Well, I'll do anything that I can.

Fine.

Now, our case comes up Monday.

When we get you into court..

.. I want you to get up on that witness stand and tell exactly what happened.

Do you solemnly swear that the testimony which you are

about to give will be the truth and nothing but the truth.

I do.

When you entered the Winfield home as a

maid, you knew they had a son, didn't you?

No!

You must have known they had money?

I object your honor. On the grounds that

the question is irrelevant and immaterial.

Objection sustained.

You were not a servant before you

entered the Winfield home, were you?

No.

But you became a servant for the deliberate

purpose of attracting the son, didn't you?

That's a lie!

You tricked young Winfield into marrying you.

I object.

Objection sustained.

Trying to get money from

the Winfields, aren't you?

I'm not trying to get anything for myself.

Only for my baby.

I didn't ask the Winfields for money.

They would never have heard from me if they

hadn't chose to have my marriage annulled.

I don't care what they did to me!

But I won't have them hurt my baby.

I married Dick Winfield because I loved him.

I'll always love him.

That baby is mine and his, and all

the money in the world can't change that.

That's all.

No questions.

That's all. You may step down.

Thank you.

Call Thomas Wroxton.

Thomas Wroxton.

Please take the stand.

You're the butler in Mr. Winfield's

home, aren't you.

Yes, sir.

On the night of May 3rd last year, did

you receive a telephone call from Ellen Neal?

From a nightclub in New York?

I did sir.

Tell us exactly what happened.

Well, sir, she had been arrested.

In a questionable resort owned and

operated by a woman known as..

Grandma Gammon. I paid her fine myself.

Is this the receipt for Ellen Neal's fine?

Yes sir. It is.

Your witness.

No questions.

Don't worry. Wait until we put our

witness "Copely" on the stand.

I'm going to blow this case

higher than a kite.

Call James Copely.

James Copely.

Please take the stand.

What's happened? They've called

him as their witness.

Do you solemnly swear that the testimony which you are

about to give will be the truth and nothing but the truth.

I do.

What is your name?

James Copely.

Please relate the circumstances of

your first meeting with Ellen Neal.

I was sitting in my car at the corner

of 45th Street and 6th Avenue.

Go on.

She passed by the car, and gave me the eye.

She had a cigarette in her hand.

She asked me if I had a light.

We talked for a minute.

I offered her a lift home.

She got in the car.

Then, in common slang, it's what you'd

call a "pick-up".

I object on the ground that the question

calls for a conclusion by the witness.

Objection overruled.

Proceed.

I suggested we go to a dance-hall.

She said she had a better idea.

So she took me to a little private

club on 47th Street.

What kind of place was it?

I didn't like the looks of it.

Did Miss Neal act as though she'd

been there before?

She seemed to know her way around.

She ordered champagne.

And then?

Well, we drank the champagne, and then

went over and sat on the couch.

That's enough.

Your witness.

No questions.

The plaintiff rests.

You may step down.

Your Honor. I wish to place

Ellen Winfield on the stand.

Mrs. Winfield.

Do you know this man? James Copely?

Yes.

Well, on the night in question,

how old were you?

Why, uh... I was seventeen.

Are you positive?

Why, yes.

That's all.

Your Honor. You've heard the evidence.

This girl was only seventeen years of age.

I ask a warrant for James Copely's arrest.

Your Honor, I ask for a recess,

for reexamination of evidence.

The court will recess for ten minutes.

I can't take that rap.

You've got to get me out of it.

I wouldn't have got you into it if I'd

known the girl was underage.

We'll think of something.

But you can't let me be the goat.

You'll have to buy the girl off.

We can't do that.

You got me into this! You told me I'd

be taken care of.

You got your money, didn't you.

If you don't get me out of it, I'll

go out there and tell them the truth.

If you do, they'll get you for perjury.

Perjury? That's nothing.

This means a stretch up the river.

You took that chance, didn't you?

Mr. Winfield. You've got to help me.

You've got to get me out of this.

They'll send me up the river,

and I'm not guilty.

I lied out there! I'm not guilty, I tell you.

I never had anything to do with that girl

What?

No. Never. So help me.

He promised me, that if I'd go through with

this he'd see that I was taken care of.

Wait a minute.

You mean to say, that he got

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