:40:01
It must have been in Mr Buckner's overcoat.
That's where he kept it.
:40:05
Benson put the overcoat on the suitcase.
:40:07
It must have fallen out, that's all.
I guess I just didn't notice it.
:40:13
Oh.
:40:15
What's the matter, Lieutenant?
Did you think someone had stolen it?
:40:19
It did seem like a kind of coincidence.
:40:22
On that telephone tape,
you could just barely hear,
:40:25
"Cigar case missing, no cigars in the dash."
:40:28
Oh, so you thought
:40:31
that someone wanted him
to open a box of cigars
:40:34
while he was still in the car, I suppose.
:40:36
- It was a possibility.
- What's this all about?
:40:39
- Why are you so interested in cigars?
- I'm terribly sorry.
:40:42
We have to check out everything.
:40:44
I know how badly you must feel
at this point. Forgive me.
:40:47
Mrs Buckner said she tried
to reach you that night.
:40:50
She thought you'd be working late here but...
:40:53
No.
:40:55
No, my mother was expecting me
to work late
:40:58
and I knew she'd go to bed early
so I went to a movie.
:41:02
(Roger) Lieutenant.
:41:04
You have not answered her question.
Now, will you tell her the truth?
:41:11
Miss Bishop,
the lieutenant is from homicide
:41:13
and, obviously, he is under the impression
:41:16
that the accident was caused
by an exploding cigar.
:41:21
- What?
- You see, Lieutenant,
:41:23
Miss Bishop got
the box of cigars from here.
:41:27
I saw her. And she put them
over there on the suitcase.
:41:31
Yeah. Here. Try one yourself.
:41:35
Wow. Never saw cigars
quite like this before.
:41:39
- Are all the boxes the same?
- Don't you tell customs.
:41:43
- They're from Cuba. A dollar a pop.
- Wait a minute.
:41:46
Are you saying that something
was wrong with a cigar box?
:41:50
Of course not.
The lieutenant is just simply wrong.
:41:54
You see, if there was an explosive
in that car,
:41:56
it would have to have been placed
somewhere else.
:41:59
No. No, I'm afraid not.