1:00:02
I kept my hands in my pockets
because I... thought they were shaking
1:00:06
and I put on dark glasses
so people couldn't see my eyes
1:00:08
and then I took them off again so people
wouldn't get to wondering why I wore them.
1:00:12
I was trying to hold myself together,
but...
1:00:15
I could feel my nerves
pulling me to pieces....
1:00:21
- Oh, Walter.
- Hello, Keyes.
1:00:24
- Come along, the big boss wants to see us.
- That Dietrichson case?
1:00:27
- Must be.
- Anything wrong?
1:00:30
The guy's dead,
we had him insured...
1:00:32
and it's going to cost us dough.
That's always wrong.
1:00:35
What have you got so far?
1:00:36
Autopsy report.
No heart failure, no apoplexy...
1:00:39
...no predisposing medical cause
of any kind.
1:00:41
He died of a broken neck.
1:00:43
When is the inquest?
1:00:44
They had it this morning.
His wife and daughter made the identification.
1:00:47
The train people and some passengers told
how he went through to the observation car...
1:00:51
It was all over in 45 minutes.
Verdict, accidental death.
1:00:56
What do the police figure?
1:00:58
That he got tangled up in his crutches
and fell off the train.
1:01:01
They're satisfied.
It's not their dough.
1:01:04
Come on, Walter.
1:01:07
All right, thank you very much, gentlemen.
I believe the legal position is now clear.
1:01:11
Please stand by.
I may need you later.
1:01:13
Come in, Mr. Keyes!
You too, Mr. Neff.
1:01:20
You find this an uncomfortably warm day
Mr. Keyes?
1:01:23
Sorry, Mr. Norton.
I didn't know this was formal.
1:01:26
Sit down, gentlemen.
Any new developments?
1:01:29
I just talked to this Jackson
long distance, Medford, Oregon.
1:01:31
Who's Jackson?
1:01:32
The last man that saw Dietrichson alive.
1:01:34
They were out on the observation platform
together talking.
1:01:36
Dietrichson wanted a cigar and Jackson went
to get Dietrichson's cigar case for him.
1:01:40
When he returned to the
observation platform, no Dietrichson.
1:01:43
Jackson didn't think anything was wrong...
1:01:44
until a wire caught up with the train
at Santa Barbara.
1:01:47
They had found Dietrichson's body
on the tracks near Burbank.
1:01:49
Very interesting, about the cigar case.
1:01:52
- Anything else?
- Not much.
1:01:54
Dietrichson's secretary says
she didn't know anything about the policy.
1:01:57
There is a daughter.
1:01:58
but all she remembers is Neff
talking to her father...