:24:02
Yes, miss fromsett.
:24:08
Marlowe: What was
mrs. Kingsby doing up at the lake alone?
:24:11
I can guess,
but i haven't been up to count the bottles.
:24:14
Here you are.
:24:16
I'm not
going up there.
:24:17
Oh, you aren't?
:24:18
No. It's silly.
You said yourself
:24:20
it's been a month
since she was there.
:24:22
What am i
supposed to do, harness a dog team
:24:24
and start mushing
through the woods?
:24:25
Well, you can go
up there and talk to the people, can't you?
:24:29
Might just possibly-
:24:30
sure, sure.
Just possibly.
:24:31
You ever been up in
the mountains around christmastime?
:24:33
What's the matter?
Afraid of a little snow?
:24:35
No, but it's just
silly, that's all.
:24:37
You don't work at
being a detective that way.
:24:41
Yes?
:24:41
Secretary: He says
it's about something at the lake, miss fromsett.
:24:46
Oh. Show him in.
Silly, eh?
:24:50
Secretary:
Mr. Greer.
:24:51
What's all this
about, mr. Greer?
:24:53
Something that happened
at the kingsby place up in the mountains.
:24:56
Would you care
to tell me about it?
:24:58
Oh, i'd rather tell him.
You see-
:25:00
listen, miss,
i just have to see mr. Kingsby.
:25:04
Excuse us
a minute, please.
:25:06
Come with me,
mr. Greer.
:25:16
Fromsett: Mr. Kingsby,
this is mr. Greer.
:25:18
I'm from
the express bulletin.
:25:21
We've just had a call
from our san bernardino correspondent
:25:25
about the tragedy
up in little fawn lake.
:25:28
Maybe you've heard
something about it.
:25:31
Tragedy? No.
:25:31
Do you have a caretaker
by the name of bill chess?
:25:42
Yes.
:25:43
Well, they're
holding him for murder.
:25:44
Murder? Bill chess?
Why, that's ridiculous.
:25:47
Muriel?
:25:48
That's her-
muriel chess.
:25:50
How long
since you've been up there?
:25:53
Let me see...
late last november.
:25:57
And how about
mrs. Kingsby?
:25:58
Would she know
anything about muriel chess?