Linda Johnson is a political life.
Harry, I need her, I can understand, though I know sometimes you repugnant.
Oh you wonderful. Wonderful.
Oh, thank you so very much.
Thank you. And it died in your family mafia.
Look at this, but it'll be your job to locate this lunatic or whoever he is.
But I mean, hired killers are crazy.
Come on, people in county office, I gave them trouble on the local level
four straight years as United States senator, I'd be giving them twice
as hard a time and on a national level to vote.
Of course, they're threatening my life.
I'm threatening this. Mr. Hayward, sir.
Stevens UPI.
Yes, sir.
Your request here today for police protection against
lets me make myself clear my feeling about, you know,
I am here near the to the proper authorities,
the fact of my having received those threats.
Now I have accepted this police protection reluctantly
and only at the continued insistence of concerned individuals.
Sir, isn't that a rather cavalier attitude.
I mean, to me
that anyone, much less a public official, has been receiving threatening letters.
No, I will not be intimidated by these threats.
I will continue to campaign.
Well, will you limit your public appearances?
Not in the slightest.
I believe that any candidate for high public office
who has pledged himself as have a right to the eradication of organized crime
and all the filth that it and genders had better possess.
Whatever selfless dedication, whatever sheer guts may be required to stand alone,
with his only protection
being the courage of his convictions, regardless of personal risk.
This is what I believe, sir.
Thomas Jefferson couldn't have said it better.
So with the election less than a week away, Nelson Hayward,
candidate for the U.S.
Senate in a race to fill the seat of the late Harold Lynch,
will have round the clock police protection following
the reported threats against his life.
I think I just clenched your boyfriend's election.
I can understand, though, I know Nelson finds you repugnant.
You know, you shouldn't have turned that off.
I'm expecting a bulletin any minute.
Like what?
Like what a senatorial candidate has been using his beach house
to entertain his own wife, secretary.
Now is not happily married.
Look, I didn't tell you to come here to discuss his marriage.
I told you to come here to discuss his affair with you.
That's none of your business. Let go of him.
It's time you call listen, Gomez.
How about that endorsement?
Let go now, Linda today.
I happened to be in love with him.
If you were, you wouldn't risk ruining his chances.
Listen, Gomez, we want that endorsement by noon tomorrow.
Now say that bleeding hearts minority speech for those 3000 creeps you control.
Now, if you like hitting that little sweetheart union.
Hold on one second.
Use your head.
He's going to be in here any minute, surrounded by a copy of cops.
Maybe newsman Adobe.
You won't get out of town, at least get out of here.
Your jobs with a candidate's wife, not the candidate.
All right, Harry, I will leave for now, but I won't stay away
unless Nelson tells me to.
You ought to know by now that Nelson does whatever I tell him to do.
Well, I want to hear it from him.
Have him call me.
I'm leaving Sergeant robust
under your keep an eye on your car.
I'll be standing by if you need anything, sir.
Thank you, sir.
I think I've made all three networks.
That's a greatest stunt I ever thought of.
You know, all that garbage about your life being threatened really pulls
the all sympathy. How was I?
You'd have been better off without that reference to your guts,
humility, Nelson, humility, servant of the people.
If I can do your talking for you as well as your name,
you can make your president just senator.
I wish I had tried
personally, Gomez, in that endorsement, but I wouldn't be.
I tell you what I want you to do.
Dig up a couple.
Kind of gets them a few bucks on a figure work for the opposition,
get him to bust up our East L.A.
campaign office.
Bye-Bye.
Here's your ecology speech for tomorrow morning.
Gillis did a terrific job on it and I just improved it.
Read it Word for word and no ad libs, please.
Whose lipstick is this lenders?
I ask her over, guess why?
To tell her to get out of my life?
You guessed.
Harry, stay out of my private life.
You don't have any private, I'm telling you.
No, I'm telling you.
I put too much and they get you where you are now to take a chance
on blowing it.
Now, whatever affects your political life affects me.
Linda Johnson is a political liability. I need her.
You don't need anybody but me.
You can get rid of anybody but me because I know where the bodies are buried.
No, I buried them for you.
And that's why I'm calling this shot. She's out.
Not just until after the election.
You're going to be a happily married senator,
lenders out, period.
You don't leave me any choice
as usual.
Oh, let me call.
Linda, it's me.
Honey, I've got to see you.
No, not here at your place.
Give me about 30 minutes by.
For God's sake, Nelson, you're going to take a police escort
to her place. You want headlines about my wife's
secretary taking an overdose of sleeping pills.
Let me break it to her gently.
Personally?
What about that cop out there?
Oh, Sergeant.
Yes, sir, Sergeant, I wonder if I could speak with you for a minute.
Yes, sir.
And not many people know this, but I smoke cigars
and this may sound trivial to you,
but unfortunately cigars are rather bad for the political image, so to speak.
The old, smoke filled room cliche.
Anyway, there are invariably reporters in the lobby of this place,
so I was wondering if maybe you could have a cigar counter
and pick me up a box of pain and tell us, Oh, no problem,
except Mr.
Hayward, I really shouldn't be leaving your room unguarded.
Oh, I think Mr.
Stone and I can fight them off together for a few minutes.
Yes, sir.
Is he the only one?
Oh, there's a couple more down in the garage.
Harry, give me a jacket one.
Harry, this is very important to me.
Else this is crazy.
Please, you've had everything your way.
Just let me have this much, give me a check.
Get him out of here,
drop the car off the beach house and call yourself a cab.
Juanita.
one to.
Money talk.
I need.
Oh, really, I
yes, you're right. To.
Yes, I'm wearing my hat
and my jacket slipping out of the garage in my car.
For all I know, they're still following all Harry all over the state.
There's a switch.
Imagine a husband going through all that just to be with his wife.
That's a switch.
Well, you run for office someday and you'll see how much privacy you get.
No, darling here. Right this way.
Not on VICKI'S birthday.
But we are having no press.
No police, not even outside the house.
Absolutely.
Oh right, my dear.
I don't think so.
And as for you, my dear friends, I can promise all of you
that at the propitious moment,
we shall throw the entire pack of you right out of here with the Alice Springs,
and because you are our dear friends and in honor of the occasion.
Will you excuse me, just a moment?
Oh, he's going to get your
message. Not.
Police department
just wanted to let you know we keep our promises.
You're worried about Nelson Hayward
will find what's left of them in the garage
of his beach house.
I don't know how many Adobe,
ladies and gentlemen, for after dinner, brandy.
18 and 93.
Oh, I was saving this to toast my election to the Senate,
but I'm afraid not even that could bring me
as much pleasure as I'm having this evening.
Oh, to Victoria, do they have it bright red?
And you're Italian, then
I'm Italian, Cavalli is Italian.
You're a cop.
I'm a dentist.
Clearly a tenant.
None of us is Murphy.
You know, and Italians are mafia
and Italians and your family mafia.
How many times on a police force mafia
when people talk about the Italians,
do they think cops, dentists
and it's about not even a pope is Italian and
they think
they think my feeling
is that mafioso mafioso?
I guess
it's a
little bit
thanks to God.
It's all right.
The x rays.
Oh yes.
But that must been fun.
What do you mean to be dumped?
You mean too bad twl or too bad Tio.
What do you say?
No, I don't know what you say in total.
When you say too bad, you mean too bad, right?
Too bad.
It's a rainy day or too bad that they're throwing it away.
That's too bad.
The wisdom, too. It's got to come out in a molar.
We can say that with a temporary
suspension.
We had a rough operatic interludes for a special news bulletin.
We have just received an unconfirmed report that Nelson Hayward, candidate
for United States senator from California, has been shot and killed.
I got a news.
It is understood that Hayward eluded a police escort
that have been assigned to him after numerous recent threats on his life.
No arrests have been made yet,
but we'll keep you advised as reports reach our newsroom.
Nelson
and try to pin it on the mafia.
I'll let them do it.
I just saw this man a little while ago.
I got a call.
My wife, I got to get.
I can't leave here without a temporary in that moment.
All right, that would make it first.
Would
tell you something else.
You are an Italian cop
and I'm at a will you catch for that murder?
There's still going to say it's the mafia
and that you're covering for the minds of the.
Take my advice, lieutenant.
Change your name
and don't bite down on anything hot.
six, Mary, to.
Jamie?
Female 45 years, five, eleven hundred £90.
Tell me something, read
three or four report 2000.
How do you go
about doing that by information and complacent?
You can't.
Thank you for
doing that and that.
It is always depressing when you get over a
candidate for the U.S.
and say out of time
doesn't make any difference, what party black and white?
Likes the win that he.
Premiere Pro family,
something I can do for you, Lieutenant.
No, just see the streetlight is broken.
I bet the kids did that.
I remember that's what we used to do.
Throw rocks, break the streetlight.
Besides the items
I mentioned before, there were his wallet and keys pack a gun and
these
items were in his pants pocket, even in this isolated Senate,
now in Heywood's pocket, sets in his cowboy hat coat pocket.
There was also a pack of gum.
Same brand and a handkerchief.
But that's understandable because what were in the pants
belonged to the guy and what were in the coat for Haywards.
That's all we found, right?
Lieutenant Columbo, stay here.
I want to talk to you, Charlie.
Yes, sir.
Charlie Watts corner So what was he talking to a detective?
How about that?
I don't know. I wasn't listening. Contributed.
three gunshot wounds, two of which are still in the upper right hand,
with the third having passed through the left cranial area of the gunshots.
So we have our men canvasing the neighborhoods there.
No luck so far.
What do
you mean on the day before when you said about that
it was understandable about the stuff being in Hayward's coat and paint.
I never mentioned Hayward's pants, the wallet
and the key were in Stone's pants, who stunk.
You're kidding.
No, stone is a victim.
Not Hey.
Oh no, no, lieutenant.
That's what we originally thought until we.
It's not Hayward.
Oh boy.
A lot of relief,
probably Christmas.
I just found out it wasn't, hey,
I already called my wife to break the know.
She loves Haywood. I didn't want her to hear it on TV.
You better call it back.
Thank goodness she wasn't home.
All Stone Stone as a campaign manager.
A case of mistaken identity.
We got any fingerprints.
The boys are still dusting the garage, but they haven't come up with anything yet.
Anybody see anything?
I know. So no one.
We've been able to establish an exact time of the day and it looks like 9:20 p.m.
The broken watch crystal and the rest of the deceased would fix the tire.
Corner confirmed that though
he hasn't confirmed it, but if he goes, that's about right,
he'll give us a full confirmation by noon tomorrow.
No, no time tomorrow morning is not good enough.
Tell him I want it tonight.
I may want to make an official report to the press tomorrow, so I want to buy
time, do you?
Whatever you has to do, 10:00
in the morning, that's what I want to get this for sure.
Right?
Oh, before I forget.
Where is he going this time?
Nicely that.
Lieutenant, I want you to hear this.
Fighting is
a killer was waiting right outside the hotel garage
when he saw a stone drive off on Hayward's car here.
There was no security around,
so it took advantage of the situation and he followed in it and he killed it.
That must have been one answer because you see, I tried to follow the car
and while I lost it very soon afterwards, it's a three way intersection.
I took sensor
thinking he might be going to his house, but I was wrong and I had to be hit sir,
because that was the first time that he would,
or somebody who appeared to be Hayward was out of our sight.
The first and only time, what happens?
He winds up dead.
Anybody have
any idea what was the first guy on the scene?
Miller, we haven't been able to locate him yet.
How much is the president about it so far?
Well, just a stone's dead. That's all.
Excuse me, sir.
I don't want.
Yes. Miller.
You were the first guy on the scene, right?
Was the light on? No.
Where's the light switch?
And I don't.
I want all of you in my office.
You know,
I got something.
OK, let's hear your version.
Lieutenant, I want you to hear this.
What makes it seem to be different approach?
What if we went out to the main lobby about the gorge?
I don't care if they've all left and gone home the message?
Wake them up. Tell them I'll be right back.
Right? Oh.
Hey. Oh.
Just want to check some one.
Now this is guys like
us, I just want to check show.
So. Lieutenant,
where the hell is he coming, sir? OK.
It keeps disappearing, where were you?
You send my car, please.
Lieutenant.
Look, if it was Haywood, it was cured.
Naturally, I would head up this investigation, but it wasn't.
It was stone.
So right now, I'm more concerned with Hayward's future,
but nothing happens to him, so I'm going to concentrate on his security.
It'll be your job to locate this lunatic, whoever he is. Yes.
Sell my car.
Lieutenant
Columbo, who is finally located here, where he's at home,
I'm a long time to locate him at home.
Yes, sir.
Well, we called earlier, but the maid kept insisting he wasn't there.
But I just now call. I got a hold of his wife.
He's there. All right.
There's some kind of party that I know about this.
Oh no, sir.
I figured that you would want to make the official visit.
Yeah.
Yeah, I guess I better.
Excuse me, sir.
Anyway.
You just.
Yes. Can I help you?
Lieutenant Columbo Man, police, I'd like to speak to Mr.
Hayward.
Oh, no need for concern.
He's perfectly safe. Thank you.
Yes, ma'am, I know.
But I'd like to speak to.
This is important I'd like.
Oh, I know.
It's important, but we're having a private party.
It's my birthday.
So why don't you just go around in the back and have a self,
a piece of cake?
And maybe that's a hot cup of coffee and a piece of cake.
Or thank you very much, ma'am. I appreciate that.
So you still have a piece of cake, really?
It's delicious.
This is a man. I'm sorry. Yes.
It can't wait.
What you need.
Columbia attack coming.
Reacted with.
The police
couldn't wait, make Challenge Church trapped me in my lair.
Sorry to disturb your party.
Oh no, no, no, it's I who should apologize to you followed.
After all, avoiding your compatriots like that?
I'm sorry, but it's my wife's birthday and I'd planned this little surprise,
you see.
I'll call the commissioner's office in the morning and apologize
and get those other detectives off the hook as well. Huh?
Why don't you fix yourself a drink? Make yourself at home.
Take your coat off.
This the security problem really gets to be an aggravated support.
Well, a scuse me, Mr. Haywood.
Yes, if I could have them already privately, it's
rather serious, I'm afraid. Oh, it is.
Well, there.
I guess the old clothing switch is a felony.
He's probably going to tell us
Harry and I are guilty of aggravated police avoidance.
I see nothing like that now.
Excuse me.
Homicide.
Oh, you're a little premature, Lieutenant, they haven't got me yet.
Yes, sir, I know.
And we're grateful for that.
But there has been a homicide.
There has been an officer.
Mr. Stone, your campaign manager. Did.
Harry Stone is dead.
Thinking
what Harry Stone is dead
was how
where at your beach house or in the garage?
Oh, shot magic.
Oh no.
Hey, oh, it's not possible, honey.
Believe it.
Oh hey, that's our.
I can't believe they just signed
us under the circumstances.
I am sure you understand. Yes.
Oh yes, we just say, Good night.
Oh, I want to thank you all for coming.
I really appreciate it.
Oh, switching the gifts allowed
because
he was wearing some of your clothes, driving your car?
Probably somebody thought it was. You shot.
I pull a sophomore prank and poor Harry.
Did you know,
sir, that he was going out of your budget?
Yes, I told him to spend the night there,
and then
all I can say is whoever did it will get him.
It wasn't just a campaign manager,
he was a very close personal friend.
He was a threat, obviously.
I know that he was on the early yesterday.
I don't know whether this is the time when I saw,
but for the purpose of my report, I think I'll leave me alone.
Please leave me alone.
I can
get out of the ongoing
debate, you will be here tonight and call it,
I'll call you tomorrow, darling,
if there's anything we can do for you, anything at all.
Excuse me, sir.
Just call a final conference.
I just for the purposes of my report.
Could you tell me what kind of party started
it? Well, I don't.
I don't know.
You told us to all be there at eight, 38 and back
so we could come in with him when he came home.
Surprise, bitch.
Yes, there was around days at 8:30.
He came and we all came in.
That's all
night last night, George. And.
You know, whoever
made this threat on your husband's life, he's got to know
that he didn't make good on that threat.
So we're going to have a man posted out here tonight
just just to do everything possible to
OK, good.
Sir, your pen.
Oh, don't tell you a little thing
like Harry's getting murdered is enough to make you sleep at home tonight.
No, I forgot.
Please, God outside can't step out
tonight, can you?
Vicki, let's don't go at each other again, not tonight.
Come on. No, come on.
Let's not get
out of respect for poor dead Harry.
You know,
besides, I wouldn't want to see a dissembled
before my very eyes again.
Your display of grief?
Is overpowering.
Well, in spite of everything, the man had been with me for a very long time.
True.
Come on, let's go to bed.
Is that invitation social
or just a professional courtesy?
I wish you wouldn't drink so much.
That's what I do best.
Besides, it's something that
you don't need a steady partner, Adobe.
Come on, Vicky, it's getting late.
Now we're going to bed.
Sometimes you frighten me.
What are you talking about?
That act
you put on act when you heard about Harris being dead.
I was shocked.
I know that's what frightens me.
You were so convincing.
I know how you despised him.
Well, it's the political game I've been playing for so many years
to Vicki after a while,
you react the way people expect you to, not as you really feel.
And hey, maybe I was feeling a little for myself.
I mean, that bullet was meant for me.
I'm sorry.
Of course, it's just that sometimes I feel like you're playing
that game with me. OK.
What if I filed for divorce
now before the election,
and so both pretty good, wouldn't it?
Vicki, listen to me. Listen to me.
I want you to believe I'm sorry for the things that have come between us.
There is no other woman in my life.
But yes, I do want to be senator, but never did I ever want to lose you.
I never wanted that.
I wish you could believe me.
Oh, yes.
Oh, oh, hey, I know what.
Well, I've got a three day whistle stop tour coming up.
Why don't you come with me?
We'll campaign together like old times,
like, yes, I hate all those crap.
No, you don't. And they love you.
Come on. Come on.
Oh, listen, and then I'll have to stay alone.
Also in the hotel, much like, Come on you.
You work. Oh, no, no.
Take that appointment, secretary. That Harry got you.
What's your name, Linda?
Yes. Bring her along.
You can't.
Typekit.
Nancy Grace,
thank you.
Thank you so much, sir.
Oh, you're wonderful, wonderful.
Thank you so very much. Thank you, Sergeant.
I'd like you to be sure
our lady gets home safely and all that luggage in the we'll take care of her.
Thank you, Sergeant Linda.
It's just you got a copy of my itinerary.
You better pick one up right away.
Goodbye, darling. I'll see you home.
Goodbye.
Goodbye. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Thank you. Yes. Yes.
Sure. Yes. Yes, yes.
How are you? How are you? Yes.
Yes. How are you?
Thank you again. So much, so much.
All of you really just this.
Thank you. I can tell you. It's just terrific.
Oh, thank you.
Right? Hi, there.
Thank you very much. Thank you so very much.
See you later on.
Myself, we're going to win a Grammy. Yes.
Hey, Lieutenant, glad to see you.
Mr. Hayward, sodomite.
As far as you're going to rest, thank you.
Thank you very much. Here you are voting in this one, aren't you?
Oh, I vote every election.
I vote how she got to hold very sacred thing.
We sit around the kitchen table.
We discuss and we vote.
And then you made up your mind about the candidates in this election.
Well, you don't have to worry about my wife saying she's crazy about you and you.
Well, I'm just a little bit on the fence, if you know.
But I was just going to have to put you on the undecided list, I guess.
Oh, did you want to see me about anything special?
Oh no, sir.
Nothing. I mean, it can wait whenever you.
Oh, fine, fine. Thank you.
Thank you very much.
I'll see you in a bit.
Senator,
you got something you want to stronger.
No, nothing concrete.
I just got.
You don't have much.
Don't be nervous, the door is locked.
I can't help it.
I missed you.
It's not easy being around you one more time.
I know, I know it's been very difficult for you.
It has been for me to.
When you and.
Typekit, I wonder what's going on in here?
I have a very busy itinerary.
I worry about you.
How's that for the murder?
Oh, I'm well-protected.
I'm overprotective.
I still worry. That's nice.
You know, Harry was right about one thing
I shouldn't see until Election Day is over.
And anyway, it's just a few days.
Well, Mr.
Hayward, all signs I was supposed to deliver to him
in person, he's in conference, you may be a.
I'll take that.
Thank you.
Be right with you all the time.
All right, Helen.
What else have we got?
That's a twelve Judge Forsberg.
The headset has been pushed back to three and a half step.
Oh, right, I'm sorry ass.
Come on, come on.
What's new on the murder?
I've been following the papers.
I can't hear commissioner's office from Fresno, but what's being done to
sort of just keep?
So far, sir,
we don't have a thing that's hard on me
officially and unofficially,
unofficially, we don't have anything either.
Well, I don't understand how the department doesn't know
me personally and believe me, sir, that is extremely unofficial.
I want you to understand that.
Did you get to the point, lieutenant? Yes.
Could I write on this?
I don't mean the picture, I mean, on the back.
Anything you want.
You got plenty.
I just hate the waste on it.
It's a family tree.
Anything you want,
Lieutenant, please just get to the point.
You know, my brother, he's 38, he's still got his niece from high school.
You know?
This is embarrassing, you know, the one time I have a
it turns out to be the wrong kind.
Could I borrow that marking pen?
Certainly.
Excuse me, Lieutenant.
Don't misunderstand.
You're a very nice man.
I like you very much. But I would hate
to have to depend upon you if I was in a hurry for something.
You know, that's what my wife says.
I'm sure she does get to the point in the Senate, right?
I don't know how important this all this. But.
But you know, it's better to get it out.
This is the street in front of a garage
is your garage is where the body was found.
I was.
I said, I'm not sure what it all adds up to, but I think we ought to.
Yes, Lieutenant.
Just. Now,
according to the prevailing theory, I believe we served on a boys
down in the department that convinced police of the prevailing theory
that the killer was waiting outside the hotel.
So Mr Stone drive out when there was
no security man around took advantage of that opportunity
to follow him out to your beach house , and that's when he shot him. Now
here's the thing that's been a traveling Mr.
Did you ever throw rocks at a streetlight when you were a kid?
Yes. Well,
that must have been what happened.
See, the kids, they broke this streak right here.
The kids broke the street.
Yes, sir. And.
I just don't see how the murderer had enough light to see Mr.
Stone in the dark in order to shoot him.
Well, he could have used his headlights.
I mean, that is one answer that makes sense.
That's the first thing I thought.
But you see, the street here is very narrow.
28 feet now.
I went down on motor vehicles,
I got some models down.
You hold out for government
until, at least for me, when I can see something much clearer in my mind.
This is Mr.
Stone in your car, sir, comes up, pulls into the garage.
Killer,
which makes a left turn to throw his headlights into the garage.
The problem is he's blocking traffic.
I mean, right in the middle of a shooting, a citizen comes down here.
What is he going to say in the middle of a shooting?
You know? It's too chancy.
Well, I mean, hired killers are crazy.
Who knows what they would have done?
It only takes a couple of seconds to shoot somebody.
I mean, it's not like he was blocking traffic for a long time.
Well, it's not ideal for a quick getaway, sir,
but I don't maybe.
Well, I still don't see how we could have got any light in there.
You see if he pulled up here.
Now, remember, you got that big car.
His beams were shined directly into the trunk of your car
so that the spot where Mr.
Stone was shot would still be in the dark.
Have you actually tested this out, lieutenant?
Oh, yes. We had actual cars up there.
And you're trying to tell me
that there's no other angle in which the second car could use
his headlights to illuminate the spot where Harry Stone was killed? Yes.
Yeah, there was one other.
You bet your life.
There was one. Yeah. Excuse me.
If he pulled in like this?
Granted, his right headlight would point directly
into the trunk of my car and not throw off any useful life.
But the left headlight
would have a clear path to illuminate the spot where Harry Stone was killed.
Now tell me that's not possible. Yes, sir, it is possible.
I mean, it's conceivable, but that's like catching lightning in a bottle.
Well, this court hit that exact spot,
but it is possible.
Yes, it is. But.
It's possible.
But then the shots couldn't
come from the right hand half at the garage.
You see, sir.
According to ballistics, the killer was in this area here
and the shots came in this direction.
That was the second car hit the mark that you suggested
the killer would have to lean out of the driver's seat and shoot from here.
The shots would come
in this direction.
And it's contrary to the ballistics report.
Mm hmm.
Very interesting.
Mm hmm.
I see you.
You don't think the murderer followed Harry out there
and that he was.
Mm hmm.
I thought
supposing he didn't follow,
supposing he was already at the Beach House, just waiting.
Waiting for what?
To shoot
me, Lt, to take out a gun and to shoot me.
With all your security around.
You see sort of the murderer didn't follow Mr.
Stone out, and how would he know that the security men wouldn't have been there?
So good that
I didn't think of that.
Well, well, now
what's the what do you make of all this lieutenant?
Nothing conclusive, sir.
Or maybe the prevailing theory is wrong.
Maybe this is not a case of mistaken identity.
Maybe the murderer.
Actually wanted to kill what are you talking about that is absurd.
Repeated threats are made in my life and a man wearing my jacket and my hat
driving my car pulls into my garage and he shut down dead.
And you say that's not a case of mistaken identity.
I don't believe that. I just don't believe it.
I thought you'd be relieved for that.
I mean.
I mean, I thought you'd be happy to know
that the murder wasn't trying to shoot you.
Well, Lieutenant, it's not a case of relief, it's it's a it's
a case of just trying to intelligently appraise exactly what happened.
Absolutely, absolutely.
I have to admit, if it was me,
I feel relief.
I think I've taken up enough of your time.
Oh. So.
Let me put this back.
I'd like to leave things the way I found
the market.
You know.
In the funny, the way people react
under the stress of a situation.
I wasn't talking about, you know, I was talking about Miss Johnson now.
I beg your pardon, Miss Johnson
girl who came in here to pick up an itinerary.
I happened to hear that mention when I was sitting out there.
So she came in and actually walked out without it.
So here it is.
You see, it's right here on your desk with her name on it.
Well, we were making a number of additions to the itinerary.
I suppose she forgot to correct about one thing.
Lieutenant, these campaigns are a lot of pressure. Lots of pressure.
Sure, there.
It's just.
Oh, there's one thing I almost forgot you have another minute.
Certainly, it's just one other thing your playlist.
Would you mind closing the door?
You know,
it's almost 35 miles from the hotel to a beach house, I believe, so
that's if you go direct and you drive around, it could be more.
Of course.
Is what bothers me, sir.
I personally made the trip myself and.
I don't watch the mole, you know, normal speed.
And I wasn't leaving was cool, and I didn't go traffic,
you know, stop and stop.
So but you get to the point with.
Yeah, it's just the.
Well, it took an hour and 15 minutes
for the engine to call and.
Mr Stone died, according to his watch, at 9:20.
I wrote it in a crime 10:00, 43 minutes later.
When I put my hand on the engine in your car,
it was cold.
Well, he was gone
and only 43 minutes.
And your conclusion?
No conclusions, sir.
I just thought it was strange.
Thought I'd mention it?
Thank you very much.
Mr Hayward,
I forgot to mention we got so involved, but I've asked to be assigned
to your security detail, I just wanted you to know about.
Oh, lieutenant, I'd hate to take you away from your other duties.
I'm sure I'm adequately protected.
Oh, no reflection on the guys on a job.
They're first class. No.
It's just that day before the election, we considered
a crucial time in terms of security.
I understand
the challenge will be a comfort to know you're around.
Thank you very much, sir.
Can I ask you a personal question?
Yeah.
Nothing to do with the case.
Do you pay for the jacket?
Well, I don't remember exactly.
I know my that was there.
The other one, the other one, just to me.
This one here
just arrived, oh, $200, I think.
Not just a check, that's the price 200, no
opiate cholesterol was tailor made for me.
Actually, I had second thoughts about this jacket.
It's it's identical to the one that Harry was wearing when when he found it.
Yeah, I noticed that.
Where do you get a jacket like that?
The materials Chadwick's in Beverly Hills
or LT?
Are you considering a change of? Oh no.
Oh, every once in a while I think about getting a little cold, but
there's no rush on us. There's still a lot of awareness.
It looks very functional. Thank you, lieutenant.
Really, if if there's nothing else, I oh, it's
just I've got a special effect coming up Saturday night.
I'm in a lot of sort of cold. I say goodbye.
Yes. Appreciate very much.
Are you evening for Monaco tomorrow?
The family?
Good. Bon voyage you, Mrs.
Armstrong.
I guess we'll see you back.
Yes, but
maybe it's just you, sir.
Yeah, I'm looking for a jacket.
Did you have anything particular in mind?
Uh, yeah, but
I don't see any jacket too.
Well, naturally, our clothes are custom made.
Yeah, I understand.
But I thought you would have a model, at least something that you could look at.
Exactly what did you have in mind?
Sport.
Any particular material?
Something saw cashmere.
It could be flannel
flannel.
Is that soft with camel here? That's nice.
Soft? Is it soft? Soft? Yes.
Any particular color?
Brown, but there are so many shades of Brown say
it is a midnight brown, the light brown and the light side cream
and light in that area. Yes.
Tan, would you see tan
could be in an area on the side?
A light brown.
Something like between this and this.
Let me show you something.
This material that we call a sense of Morocco came in last week
to light the piece.
Now, no lines. No, no lines.
Oh yes, you did say it.
Didn't say lighting beige.
This one said
it was too rough.
All right. Let's try this one.
I'm sure
this is a very good material.
Oh yeah. Again, that's it. Suckers.
Yeah, that's it.
Oh, that's beautiful.
Yes, I saw this.
Yeah.
OK, now let me ask you something, if I had a
jacket made up in this material now, would that be something that would fit me?
Sir, we have the finest tailors in all.
No, I'd only been in this business for quite.
I don't mean that it would fit me.
What I mean is that what would a fit?
Well, it fits your personal style is what I'm saying, right?
Oh, yes, yes.
Yes, you're guaranteed. You would be most as follows.
I want to look.
I'm going to an affair.
You see some splendid in affair.
Yeah, my wife, she's a Bolton leader.
Having this dinner dance.
It's an annual thing, you know, 1750 a couple times going to look good.
All right.
Very well, sir.
You think this'll be all right?
Yes. Quite sure, Larry. All right. Fine.
All right.
So we'll take one of them
and you'll have that ready by Saturday.
And so I am afraid that is one of the things we cannot do.
Not our customers are required to allow us at least
at least ten days following first fitting.
Thank you.
Excuse me, sir.
Oh, it's ten days. Yes.
Oh, well, look, I was kind of afraid of that, but
I'll tell you who sent me over.
A friend of mine, Mr.
Nelson Hayward, he gave me your name,
so I thought that maybe you could give me a rush job
like you gave him because he told me I had one delivered just like that today.
I saw it.
Mr. Hayward, you.
This is Mr. Nelson Hayward.
Yeah.
Mario, or yes, I I do recall.
Yes, that delivery was made today.
Oh yes, I'm quite sure that.
But as I recall, the government had was ordered to be first fitted for Mr.
Hayward was on the.
I'm a 16.
Oh, oh, that long, huh?
May I say that, yes.
Well, ten days.
Right?
Well, it's a problem, any
fear Saturday night, perhaps.
I mean, I suggest
department stores.
Right?
Thank you very much, Robert.
Thank you.
It is with a real pleasure
that we dedicate this community recreation center.
The California Human Relations Society can be proud
of its achievement in helping maintain and create new social
and recreational facilities such as this one.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank.
Hello.
No student.
Sorry, sorry, sorry, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, thank you very much.
Ma'am, we've never officially met.
I'm from the police.
Lieutenant Columbo, I'm investigating Mr.
Stone's murder.
Oh, Mrs.
Heywood will be tuned in a few minutes.
Actually, I was wondering if I might have a word with you.
We do this for a minute.
Sure. I don't know anything about the case.
Excuse me,
Miss Johnson, Miss Johnson.
That's your name. Yes.
You'd be surprised how helpful people on the scene can be.
Let me see.
Your must what's appointment, secretary?
That's right.
Could you tell me about the arrangements you made from his he surprise party
that night of the murder?
I didn't make the arrangements, didn't.
That's funny.
Why is that?
You know, my wife very well organized, I mean, she takes care of our social life.
I got these strange hours, you see, so I just assume that somebody as busy as Mr.
Hayward would have somebody else set up these things.
Well, then maybe you should ask Mr.
Hayward, Secretary, Excuse me.
I did ask didn't know anything about it.
Well, what do you want me to do?
Is Mr.
Hayward good about these things, birthday party, sentimental occasions?
Well, I don't know Mr.
Hayward that well, but I understand that he is quite considerate.
Mr. Hayward have made these arrangements.
I really don't know that Mr.
Stone had made those arrangements. Well, what difference does it make?
I don't know, held it
by itself.
But if I could find out who made the arrangements.
And I wouldn't be so troubled by this other.
Listing fact that Mr.
Stone never knew anything about a party.
Stone didn't know there was a party.
On that, how do you know that
I checked his appointments?
Oh, maybe it was just an obese.
The system was very efficient in my notes, say that from
the start of the campaign till now, he kept the detailed record of Mr.
Hayward schedule the way to reach every hour, night a day.
Not one word about the party.
But they weren't close socially.
By then.
A different kind of.
In what way?
Mr Stone was rather crude and aggressive.
You know, Mr.
Stone very well.
Me. I was just wondering who hired.
Actually, Mr Hayward hired
I was doing some volunteer work during the primary.
I can understand that it's a very attractive to me.
Yes, I like him.
I like him for what he represents.
A man of great courage and integrity.
Well, I'm sure that's what attracted you to him as a candidate.
And I say this, I think you're know,
and I think Mr.
Hayward is very lucky to have someone like you supporting him.
Thank you very much.
All right.
They offered to help you with your holiday right up there, please.
I was wanting to pull it up there, huh?
Thank you.
You know
where Ridgeway Drive is afraid, I don't know this neighborhood.
May I see your driver's license, please?
I'm on a force LAPD Lieutenant Columbo.
You have any identification, lieutenant?
Yeah.
Always in a wrong part. And.
This isn't a department
car, is it not in your mind?
Well, I'll have to inspect your car, lieutenant.
Oh, that's all right.
May I see your license, please?
Yeah.
Still live at the same address, Lieutenant.
Yeah, look,
I just had it in for a checkup, only a, you know, tune up two months ago.
Well, it'll only take a couple of moments, lieutenant, would you try
your lights and your turn signal, please, and open the hood for me?
This is not intended, Columbo, LAPD.
Hey, Lieutenant, I'm looking for Ridgway Drive,
Ridgewood, three blocks turn left
and go about a mile and a half or two on your right hand side.
You can't miss.
Thank you, Lieutenant.
Would you kindly turn on your windshield wipers?
Well, working perfect yesterday.
Most of us, one in a car wash
sign right here, please, lieutenant.
Everything all right.
Well, you're right.
Turn signal is out, your high beam doesn't work and your smog devices leaking.
one of those windshield wipers is out to them.
You'll have two weeks to correct these things.
Thank you very much.
You ever considered getting another car?
I got another car.
My wife drives, but that's nothing special, just transportation.
Thanks for the directions.
Cars ready.
OK, Alison,
thank you very much for the honor, the truck that helped me out.
Save me a little time and.
A little something for, you know,
from your bills over here.
I'll be 65, 25.
That much
wasn't the part, so much as the time it took.
It's not easy to work on a car in that condition.
Take a check.
You haven't got a credit card.
I've seen the police.
Lieutenant Columbo.
What are you undercover or something?
I'm underpaid.
What about the check? Would you take one?
Yeah, sure.
I'll take the check.
She said,
Sure, I brought my checkbook, maybe I left it at home.
Do you have a kind of check?
Yeah, over here.
Here.
You're investigating that murder last week at the beach.
Yeah, my luck.
one night, we have a little excitement. I miss it.
What do you mean?
Wednesday night we ran out of gas, closed at
8:00 low.
Yes. Yeah, I know you better
and appreciate your time here
on the arts and black shoes and black stars.
Mr. Hayward, OK.
I shouldn't be engineer just
before the policeman who has a campaign headquarters this morning,
he showed up at the dedication this afternoon.
Anyone?
Yes, he makes me nervous.
Gras.
He wanted to know what Harry's done to know, but
you have a surprise party.
What does it mean? Nothing.
I mean, just trying to make a name for himself.
I don't. Don't get nervous.
The important thing is that you don't get upset.
Don't let him get to you. OK.
Gentlemen.
Oh, Mr.
Hayward.
What is it you want, Lieutenant?
Oh, nothing shared, I'm
just looking for the head security guy he told me was up here.
I think I'm working at 8:00 Shift.
I can't wait to get started.
I last saw him in the kitchen.
Oh, oh, thank you very much.
Oh, sure.
Listen, a couple of things came up that I want to discuss with you,
but I don't want to burden you now because I can see you got a lot on your mind.
But quite to the contrary, there's no time like the present.
What can I do for you?
Why don't you gentlemen going on, wait in the patio, I'll be right.
Oh, listen, I don't want to inconvenience.
Not at all.
Now you got this TV thing?
No, no, no, no, no. Let's understand something.
So you think I'm reluctant to talk to you, but you're wrong?
I will talk to you as often as you want
for as long as you want about anything you want.
Well.
Often.
Well,
I tell you one of the things that's bothering me, why don't we sit down,
sit down, make yourself comfortable?
Thank you very much.
one of the things that's bothering this is like a drink.
I'll fix a drink.
No, thank you very much
for the.
It makes me feel so important, I forgot what I was going to say.
Oh, well,
listen, let me start with how much I like your jacket.
I really love it.
Do you mind?
So this but camels here.
Would you believe it?
The first thing I did this morning when I left the campaign headquarters,
I run right over details.
I'm sure he was delighted.
He loves a challenge.
What do you mean, sir?
Anatomy, it's a small joke.
Oh, you mean about fitting me?
I'm the heart of it. Not just the legs.
Now something goes funny in here with the legs, but the jacket.
I pick them right off the rack. They feel like a glove.
I didn't go to the guy for a good fit.
No, sir.
Well, I went for the material, and you know what?
And this is the thing that bothers me
is that.
Takes this guy ten days to make a jacket.
And you need one by Saturday.
Too bad.
But that's not what bothers me.
Well, my problem is not going to make myself a drink.
You sure I can't fix you now.
You were saying your problem is.
Yes, I was saying that.
My problem is.
The jacket that you're wearing was delivered today,
which would mean that you would have to water it ten days ago.
But the one that you gave to Mr.
Stone was only born four days ago when he got shot, and
I just don't understand how you would know six days in advance
that you would need a new jacket.
Oh, excuse me, Mr.
Hayward, the director would like to check some camera angles.
Lieutenant,
did you happen to examine the jacket?
Me personally. No, sir.
Because if you had taken the trouble to examine,
you'd have found that the cuffs had begun to fray
and there was a little cigaret burn in the left sleeve.
That's why ten days ago I ordered a new jacket.
And what was it you wanted
the director would like to see you, please?
Have I satisfied you about the jacket?
Yes, sir.
All right, if we walk and talk, do you mind?
So. Well.
They saw this thing
really troubles me, Sarah.
Just a minute, I don't want to forget this.
Yes, this
other thing is a genuine puzzle.
I don't see any answer to this.
Well, maybe I can help you.
Let's hope so, sir.
For your sake, you're mine.
Good evening, sir.
I like to win.
Oh, well, as I was saying,
I don't see any answer here, sir.
I went out to your beach house this afternoon.
I pulled out of your garage and I rode down the street at 70 miles
an hour, and after three minutes I stopped and there was nothing there
no bar, no restaurant, gas station,
not even a private house, nothing, just a field
highway and birds.
What were you looking for a phone or a phone?
Yes, sir.
Mr. Stone Stone's broken watch fixed the time of death of 9:20.
The killer's phone call came into the police
at exactly 9:23.
Where did the killer call off?
That's what I can't answer.
Closest public phone is seven minutes away in a gasoline station.
Beats me, sir,
and I've considered every possibility
your shoe far as I know, yes.
Tell me something, lieutenant,
did you know?
Did you know that Harry stilling always set his watch five minutes fast
so he'd never be late for an appointment to know that?
No, sir, I didn't.
Everybody else knew that
instead of the time of death being 9:20, that'd fix it at 9:50.
They say it takes him seven minutes to get to the gas station.
Isn't that what you said?
nine, 15 and seven gives you 9:22 plenty of time to get out.
Change light a cigaret and make a telephone call.
Does that answer your question? No, sir.
Stacy ran out of gas closed early 8:00.
Mr. Hayward, we have enough for a voice to ask questions.
I think we held them up long enough to talk.
What about the house phone?
The murderer could have telephone
from the beach house by keys to my house, we're right with the car keys.
The call to the police came in downtown, so from your beach house,
that's a tall call.
I checked the telephone company.
No record of a call.
Want to step this way, Mr.
Hayward, we give you some marks over here. Yes.
OK, do you want to have me just walking up to the camera
or do you want to discover me here right away?
I presume that the pay telephone in the gas station
was inside inside
and we'll have you walk right into the camera to make appear more relaxed.
Okay.
Yes, sure.
Fine. Fine, fine.
I'll make a.
OK, thank you.
OK. Afternoon.
OK, I'll get
you over there.
Good afternoon.
Lots of pictures.
And boy, do you have a minute?
We'd like to have you step back here. Yes.
Just to give you a lot of them.
How long did you know, Mr. Stone?
Oh, a long time.
Why did he always wear those clothes?
What clothes?
But that's not a picture in the Bush.
These are issues heavy
souls on.
OK, that's fine.
Thank you.
OK, well, that was Harry.
He wasn't very stylish.
No, no Italian offers him.
Yeah, if he wore it, it was durable.
If it was, nothing else was.
Do you know that's what struck me?
It's the same thing with a soap.
I checked with the salesman,
and the salesman said, that's how they sell these things.
I mean, that's their main feature.
They never wear out.
So that's Harry
Harper's rolling right about his fireplace.
This will be a Take
Hayward campaign scene.
three Take one.
Very quiet.
They were action.
Good afternoon.
I'm Nelson Hayward.
one of the major concerns in our nation and in this state is crime.
Many of us, why do you ask?
I have.
Oh, it just bothered me because his watch
doesn't match with his crime.
Good afternoon.
Come again.
Watch this crime!
Many of us, he's just kidding, I don't think it's easy
to break
with the shoes, boiling water.
You follow my meaning.
A man.
You know you're right because she.
To give us additional weapons in the fighting against the better
get out the door.
I think we need new.
Just like if I'm elected to the United States
Senate, I would propose new tough crime legislation.
Crime on the streets today is a brutal reality
and it's not going to stop until the criminal no longer
feels that the courts are a sanctuary.
I don't think it was criminal, but it's interesting.
I want you to know that I actually went to a jewelry store.
I actually bought these shoes.
It was so good me.
My wife's death of a salesman.
I said, Look, these are very durable.
I'm going to give us a discount.
I suppose the owner of these items wanted the same quality
in this watch that he had an issue.
What kind of a watch? What are you buying?
You know, the guy had an answer. United States.
Well, I got it right.
Yeah,
crime on the streets today is real.
Look at this watch.
You won't believe this.
The courts.
I intend to look after the rights of these victims.
You can't break law.
I don't care what you do to be able to walk the streets,
don't take it.
If I'm elected, you may.
I would propose
I don't know what all this means, we cannot,
but I agree with you, I think Harry would buy that
and I'll watch that other the funniest thing you do.
Yeah,
I say I would.
I'm going to ask you a question now.
I'm afraid it's going to be unsettling,
but I'm going to ask it anyhow.
Why not go ahead
for the criminal to run loose?
I want the decent, law abiding citizen of this country
to be able to walk the streets without fear.
This is Nelson Hayward.
I would appreciate your support. Thank you.
OK, hold it.
Thank you. We'll do it again, Boyce.
It was very good, Mr.
Hayward, but kind of lost concentration in this in the middle.
We're looking after your wife.
All right.
All right. Let's do it again.
Right away.
Quick.
Nous nous nous, we've
just got to break one of the newsboys, Lake Davis, rebuttal questions to us.
OK, you're dynamite.
Oh, we can have you breathe in and out in a minute, in a minute, just one minute.
Guys.
Yes, detective,
you wanted to know if the night of the party, if you left
the room between nine, 15 and 30, why did he want to know?
I don't know what he's up to doing. Just ignoring.
Yes, he is a homicide detective is not just an upset, you OK?
But he wanted to know if if you got along with Harry,
36, he
said it wasn't a political murder that whoever killed Harry?
Listen, I'm at the peak of a political career.
I'm under enormous pressure.
Someone is trying to kill me now. That is a fact, isn't it?
I don't know what the police are up to.
Harry was killed driving my car in my clothes and in my garage.
Do I have to get gunned down in the street before anybody believes it?
I'm just it's it's difficult enough to.
Don't make it any tough, OK?
It's going to be all right, baby.
I'll make it all right.
This is Larry Burrell at the headquarters of Nelson Hayward,
candidate for the special election for United States senator.
The polls open at 7:00 this morning here in Los Angeles,
and Registrar of Voters Roger Neufeld is predicting 72%
voter turnout, which is exceptionally high for an off year election.
There is a real air of excitement headquarters,
as the last name Michael joining leading marginal
campaign continues in high gear
with the professional staff here.
We'll be bringing you Election Day highlights.
And, of course, starting at 5:00 p.m.
with the morning results and all the final tabulations are.
This is Larry Real.
Send in Miss Johnson, please.
Oh, I'm dying.
That's for luck.
And I could use some.
Is shopping around.
Election Day
or what is it?
Nothing, I want you to worry over, darling.
Come on.
There is something wrong.
Now tell me, what is it, please?
Come and take a look at this.
Oh, no, easy, darling.
Oh, Nelson, before Harry was killed,
there was a possibility that these were just idle threats, but not now.
What did you find it on my desk this morning?
Well, how did you tell the police yet?
Oh no, Linda, I'm scared.
Well, I should think so.
I don't know. Don't you understand?
Police aren't going to help?
Lieutenant Columbo
thinks that all the threats were fake just for sympathy and publicity.
What?
They're never going to believe that I didn't just plant this thing here myself.
I tell you if just somebody else would have found it.
The police will never believe me.
All right, I found it.
No, no, no, no, it's best you stay out of it.
Nelson, I'm not going to stand here and watch you murdered
like Harry.
I certainly need to come in here, please.
Mr. Hayward, Mr.
Hayward, one question sorry, guys, no more spaces now it's up to the people.
Well, it's not clear if you search this latest threat on your life.
Any comment on that? Well, of course I'm concerned.
It's obviously from the same sources, all the others, but happily, I'm
well guarded that you have any special plans for today.
Well, just to hang around the suite for a few hours and later on.
This is David and I are going out and vote, of course.
I'm not that concerned.
So if I only win by two votes, you know who those were.
Was Columbo in the press room?
Lieutenant.
Yeah, Lieutenant.
Yeah.
Mr. Hayward was back in his suite, sir.
Sergeant.
Sergeant. Yes, sir.
Listen, you'll let me know if Mr.
Hayward is ever alone.
Oh no, we won't leave him alone, sir.
No, I mean, if he goes to the bathroom, you know, to take a shower or something.
All right.
Right.
And from the Los Angeles County registrar,
we have word that 42% of the registered voters have already turned out,
which is unusually heavy voting for this early hour in a special election.
It looks like we may be headed for some kind of a record.
San Diego County also reports a heavy turnout.
36% of registered voters having already voted.
Bad weather in San Francisco and some northern counties
have kept the totals low there so far,
with only 25% reporting in San Francisco and Alameda counties.
The Orange County vote looks to be exceptionally high,
with over 50% of registered voters having cast their ballots so far.
It wasn't the case.
Please, ma'am!
Mr. Hayward asked when you bring it from his office.
Is it light?
I don't know.
Would you try it, please?
I'll have to take a look into it. Mr.
Hayward's orders, ma'am, everything
and everybody coming into the suite has to be searched with dogs.
I'm sorry.
Perfectly, all right, I'm glad you're taking so much precaution.
According to the most recent polls,
the youth vote is not expected to play a significant role in this election,
and both candidates registered strongly with young people, but a general
apathy toward this election seems to have surfaced on most college campuses.
We're now getting some further word from the Registrar of Voters in San Francisco.
The turnout has increased dramatically and the percentage total so far.
Mr. Hayward now has a lady brought this from your office.
She's being searched.
Miss Johnson, no exceptions.
Mr. Hayward. Now you. You agreed. OK, OK.
Do you guys mind if I go in there make a few private phone calls?
Certainly not a lead that is expected in San Diego and Orange County.
Davis and
Hayward were considered by most pollsters to be running very close in Los Angeles.
Those votes may turn out to be a determining factor in this election.
Well, there's no way anybody can get out there
from the next week, but I wish you'd stay inside to enjoy it.
We have police people in over two dozen key precincts around Los Angeles County,
and I'm just learning from those precincts that East Los Angeles
is turning up for Davis with the 48% of the vote projected so far.
West Los Angeles in Beverly Hills.
42% of the votes are counted.
Also, Scherzer and the West Valley have so far reported
a turnout of 51%, considered
to be solid.
Hello.
You know, Lieutenant.
Sergeant Vernon.
Yeah.
The candidates in his bedroom alone.
He had some personal calls to make. Right?
Davison Hayward was considered by most pollsters
miss Johnson
running, would you be good enough to take us to the office and lock it in the safe?
Oh yes.
I'm sorry about that search before I'm not complete and you will join us like
we have please people because they are very happy.
Los Angeles County.
And I'm
just learning from those who say, will you be needing me
any more this afternoon, turning up for Davis with No.
40, I'm sure that Nelson did so far.
Thank you.
West Los Angeles and Beverly Hills reporting.
42% of the votes are counted for.
I assume we'll be voting together.
51. Oh, yes, yes.
Question right now for Hayward,
the memo we're just leading with a candidate and his wife to vote.
Wait,
wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait.
What is it, early April,
but I'm sorry.
I think you've got.
Voting machines and other area.
It's going to be reelection.
Now underway and.
Statewide results
and let me remind you that these are early scattered returns.
We're not even projecting a winner in most of these precincts.
Fresno, with 28 precincts
reporting 5,434.45%.
In the Napa Valley there.
I'm sorry about the search, my
mind it so much and often used to
the story and how
got a wonderful, wonderful to see you in that?
Hi, how are you us?
1000 1:30 8049 precincts reporting
gave us 411 Hayward. 505.
I'll vote with
40 811.
Davis 202 Sacramento 31 precincts reporting Davis 4480
3460.
That's.
Oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh,
oh, that's.
Mrs. Come on, let me
tell everybody, I'll be all right.
It's a matter right now.
All right.
Quiet down out there.
Everything's under control.
I sat down and started to make a phone call.
I guess I could move my head a little closer to the dial
and he must be fired from out there.
All I can see was I figured I'd get to meet her next week next door
that get on the horn because this hotel nobody leaves.
That's
where it was.
Mr. Hayward has to have been a human fly.
I don't know how we manage that ledge out there.
You don't believe anybody else was in this room.
Oh, please, sir, I didn't mean to imply it's exactly what you're implying.
I'm getting sick and tired of police innuendo.
I mean, if I fired the shot, wouldn't there still be a gun here
in the room or on me or found down our street?
Why don't you search for it?
Just search for a gun.
Go on.
I insist you start right now with me here.
All my friends here, my wife, everybody else in the suite. I'm
sorry, guys, you're getting somewhere. Yes.
Somebody just took a shot at Mr Haywood.
Yeah, I heard now I told Rojas to forget about surrounding the building
because the guy that fired that shot is still in this room.
What are you talking about?
Sorry, I all everybody.
He means me.
You isn't that right?
Yes, it's just as I figure
it is exactly what I thought you'd say.
I fired the shot, is that it?
Lieutenant Columbo was there a gun in his room?
I wouldn't say so.
You know,
I mean, would you concede there's no gun in the room? Yes.
All right.
Let me show you something.
Is this a bullet hole in the glass?
Yes, sir.
Would you say it was fired at an angle calculated
to hit a victim in the head here, seated at the phone in this chair? Yes.
And would you say
that having failed to hit the intended victim, the trajectory
indicates that this hole in the wall was caused by the spent bullet? Yes.
Would you further concede that if this bullet proves to be from
the same gun that killed Harry Stone, that the same hand fired both shots?
Yes, then all remains for you to dig the bullet out of the wall
and take it to ballistics for a comparison.
No, sir.
I've already dug the bullet out of the war,
and ballistics has already verified that it came from
the same gun.
Is the bone?
Is the ballistics report.
But in the wall.
Well, it's right.
It's in my act.
She is.
You see, sir, this afternoon when you told Sergeant Vernon
that you were going to come in here to make some private telephone calls.
I was over there in the press room.
Now this room was 6:15 and the press room was 616.
When you call from here.
Lights up over there because you install
that special three way rotary system.
So I kept watching the phone for six, 15, a lighter.
It's lit up now you see that.
I kept waiting for that.
But in the light of.
I don't know what the hell you were going.
I know you weren't making a call.
And I confess I got curious, and when you and your wife, when you went to long.
I took advantage of that opportunity to come in here and look around and.
I found that bullet hole in a glass door
and that took me to the wall.
I took this bullet out of that wall
three hours before you said that somebody fired at you three minutes ago.
You're under arrest, sir.