If you're hiding something and you want to tell it to me, I'm here to listen.
But he was guilty of negligence and his carelessness cost a man's life.
He is going to be severely disciplined.
You know, it's going to be a ball throwing you out of here.
You're a coed school hasn't arrived yet.
You may be charged with murder.
Anything else I can do for you?
I don't have a fresh pair of socks.
Where are you staying?
Pershing Hall up an atom trooper.
Let's get with the program.
Let's go.
Yes, sir.
What about reporting with morning coffee, sir?
All right.
Cups of coffee are strong enough
and to your liking, sir.
Mm-Hmm.
Miller, isn't it, Jonathan?
B Yes, sir, it will be my pleasure to serve the colonel's Bootle boy
for the next duty period, sir.
Some problems with geometry.
Miller Yes, sir.
But my grades are better this quarter, sir.
Work on the Miller geometry as logic and logic as the battlefield of adulthood.
Yes, sir. Dismissed. Thank you, sir.
No. Sir,
what is today, Miller Sun, sir, I mean, founder's day, sir.
A very special day, wouldn't you, sir?
Yes, sir.
Then how do you explain those shoes?
Miller Those shoes are a disgrace
following this morning's ceremonies or report to my office for discipline.
Yes, sir.
This must.
Good morning, Colonel.
one moment, please.
Captain Loomis report to my office immediately,
I believe he's in charge of colored detail, sir.
I guess in that case immediately after the ceremony.
Yes, sir.
The ceremonies commence at 10:00 a.m.
Thank you.
Naturally, our guest of honor from Phenix will be late.
Naturally, I find it difficult to understand that only two generations
separate the founder of this academy from the William Haynes.
Yes, sir. Let me know when he arrives.
Yes, sir.
Hi. Hi.
Well, oh.
How hard?
third grade one, 23.
Born.
Colonel, when he's on the phone, Mr.
Haines, would you care to wait out here?
Oh, thank you. eleven minutes.
It ready.
I'll be able to check.
Thank you.
Nice to see you again, William.
Colonel,
have a good trip.
Skip the amenities.
Colonel,
you call it again.
Last week
you asked me to think it over carefully.
I have, beginning with the fall term.
Hanes Academy becomes a coed junior college.
I see.
I wonder if you really do run for this.
Academy can handle 6000 boys this year.
The enrollments barely eleven hundred.
We've lowered our so-called standards and still they stay away.
The truth is,
nobody wants to play soldier anymore.
The war is over.
It's never over.
William,
there are too many people set on destroying our country,
and that is why institutions like this
academy cannot be allowed to die.
You know, the incredible thing about you, Rumford, you
really believe those cliches.
What do you believe in, William,
that plastic world of advertising that you fit into so snugly?
It is people like you, William, that have made our country
a moral junkyard.
It's no secret, Rumford.
I don't like you.
I didn't like you when I was here as a cadet.
I can understand you a bit from us, William.
You were a poor cadet. You lacked character.
In fact, you lacked every quality that made your grandfather a great man.
You still do.
Well, you know it's going to be a ball throwing you out of here.
Your coed school hasn't arrived yet, William.
What the hell are you going to do about it?
The board of Trustees doesn't give a damn about your opinion any more than I do.
Well.
A moment, William.
Be right back.
What's the matter, Colonel?
You always have an answer for everything.
Brady, would you file this for me, please?
Yes, sir.
You know, William,
you remind me of a story about Stonewall Jackson
when he had to dismiss an incompetent from his staff.
And he said here is a man so lacking in leadership
that he can accomplish nothing unless he is led by the hand like a child.
What's your point, Rumford?
You think I can't get along here without you?
I don't think you'll be able to find your way to the latrine without my help.
You're sick.
You're really sick.
You're so used to playing God.
You figure nothing's going to work without you.
You've been on honored guest at Founder's Day every year for the past seven years,
but I think you don't deserve to be on the premises.
You couldn't find the parade grounds without my help.
William, who in the hell need you for anything?
And now I
suppose you'll want to preside today's ceremonies.
You're damn right, I do.
You're finished anyway, so it might rain right now.
Well, I don't have to take that, William, the way you please,
but I would prefer that Captain Loomis presided.
Not a chance.
That's
pretty kindly inform Captain Loomis that Mr.
Haines will be presiding over the ceremonies today.
Looks like the Great Warrior can dish it out,
but he can't take it. Oh.
And. Middle age.
Terrifying video being.
That was a French 75 millimeter,
maybe 50 years old World War one.
And you say it's fired every day, but Sunday,
I guess it was just a matter of time.
What's that captain?
Gun like that?
Something like this was bound to happen? Tragedy.
Nobody's fault, colonel.
The old gun just gave out.
It was an accident. Pure and simple
and car shot.
Excuse me, are you, Mr?
You better hand that over to the police.
I'm going to do that.
This is a restricted area.
You better leave.
Often.
You may wish to detain
this man who refuses to leave the area.
This man is Lieutenant Columbo, sir.
He's in charge of the investigation. Is he?
Yes, sir.
Lieutenant.
This is Colonel
Rutherford, commandant of the Academy.
How do you.
How do you do?
And after on the chapel has asked me
to tell you that all the men are assembled in the chapel as ordered, sir.
Very well.
We located the victim's car keys.
Thank you, very.
Good morning.
And you believe it.
Getting calls all the way out in West Lake, wondering about that noise,
it must have been pretty loud, huh?
Of course it was loud.
The gun did blow up.
Well, no more to do around here.
Damn shame about me. I'm a nice fella.
If I was going to wrap it up.
What's the wrap up?
I do this and we're finished.
But here to.
More likely.
Excuse me a minute.
And sudden.
City.
Mr. William Hayward
is dead.
Gentlemen,
the last of a proud lion of patriots, a man
who deeply love this academy
and everything that it stands for.
I shall miss.
As I know you will.
But we must not allow this tragic accident
to divert us from our purpose.
We must be struck.
That his untimely death.
Will spare us all
to greater determination and dedication.
The rest of the day's activities are canceled,
Chapman will now lead to a prayer.
Gentlemen, please write.
Let us pray.
Oh, merciful God.
The whole of the creator and sustainer of the universe
strengthen us as we.
Excuse me for interrupting sir
and enable us.
Yes. What is it for us?
The Universe?
I just want to ask one question, sir.
When you fire a cannon during a ceremonial occasion,
I know that you don't use a regular charge.
You use a blank charge.
What is in a blank charge, sir?
Sodium nitrate cotton wanting these things with cotton?
Why in the name of the father and of the son
and the Holy Spirit?
I found this don little hair out there.
Yeah, I found this.
Actually, it's not a hair.
I call it a hair because it's so thin.
Actually, it's a well, I got it right here.
Gentlemen, this concludes our service.
Actually, it's a threat.
You see that that's a threat.
I didn't know what this thing was doing in the cannon, you see.
That's why I kept looking around out there.
You saw me in my school as a chaplain.
Very nice service.
Thank you.
What was it?
Well, that's what I was trying to find out,
and I kept on looking, you know, and I found this.
See this little piece of material that I didn't know
what this was doing in the cannon either, so I kept on looking.
I found.
I got it here somewhere.
You won't believe where I found it.
And this is underneath the patrol car
got pulled away and there was this piece of cloth.
So I guess when they had to, they had this piece of cloth
and then I figured, Well, maybe this is part of a ceremonial charge,
but now you tell me you use cotton wadding, so I don't know what it is.
Do you know what this is? No idea.
Look like clothing, I mean,
awfully big for a handkerchief.
Well,
let me ask you something.
So I hope this doesn't sound foolish.
Is it possible that a cloth like this left in the gun
could have caused the explosion if anything left the barrel?
What caused the explosion to back up the breach?
Thank you very much.
Well, I'm sure there must be somebody
here at the academy that can identify this.
If not, I'll take it in the lab tomorrow.
Thank you very much.
Just a minute.
We see that again.
Could be a cleaning rag cleaning,
a rag used to clean the cat. Yes.
Oh well, thank goodness.
What a relief. Appreciate it.
You know, it's like when you misplace your car keys, you can't rest on your final.
Sir. You're.
You know, maybe the old guard is not the point.
I mean, maybe someone was going in and they just forgot.
I love the Reagan image.
That's unlikely to happen here.
Is there someone in particular
in charge of cleaning the cabinet?
We have a guy that assigned to that detail.
I don't recollect his name at the moment,
but if you care to step over to my office,
I could check it out for you
if you don't mind a little walk.
My wife says I need the exercise.
This is Lieutenant Columbo, MS.
Brady, he's investigating our accident, I want the staff informed that he
to have their full cooperation.
Yes, sir.
Miller reporting as requested, sir.
Better, really much better.
Thank you, sir.
But in the circumstances, I'm going to put you on probation for two weeks.
Thank you, sir.
And I want you to report each day with those shoes shined like glass.
Yes, sir. Dismissed. Thank you, sir.
Where is Captain Loomis?
I notified him, sir.
But I suppose considering the accident, notify mine.
Yes, sir.
We checked that duty roster for you.
You thought you were going to hit them?
What's that
the boy out there, he thought you were going to hit him?
My bark
is sometimes worse than my bite lieutenant.
He's my boodle boy
sort of orderly that brings me coffee each morning after reveille,
I suppose at 6:30 in the morning, it's difficult to think about shine shoes.
But if they don't learn self-discipline now,
they never will.
CE week of the.
What was that that you call Roy
Sevenths gun
killing detail?
Spring,
is that a boy that you're familiar with?
That's Cadet Springer.
He's been suspended twice already.
He has more Democrats than I can count.
Well, what do you think?
So you think he's the type of boy
that you know, his mind is somewhere else he could forget leave Iraq and a gun.
If anyone were capable of such an irresponsibility, it could be.
Could that spring up?
Maybe I'd better go talk to him.
All right.
Oh, sorry, sir, I can come back.
Oh, let's talk now, Louis,
are you aware you have a serious problem occurring hall?
I'll step outside where you are, lieutenant.
Someone over there is fermenting hard cider at Pershing Hall.
Aware of that right under your nose? No, sir.
Possession and use of alcoholic beverages is a serious infraction.
Yes, sir.
Does the colonel have any idea who might be responsible?
If I did, I wouldn't be asking you to look into it.
What I know, sir. That's all.
Of course, sir.
Yes, boys will be boys.
Boys will be boys lieutenant, but someone's got to turn them into men.
Yes. Where would I find this cadets
bring in Pershing Hall, I believe.
Which way is it
at the main entrance
to the south parking lot across the courtyard toward the recreation building
and then right toward the chapel turn left just before you get there.
It's three buildings down on the left hand side over by the main gate.
Thank you very much.
Certainly.
How do you get the Persian Gulf?
Well,
you should be able to find it on this.
We are here.
Pershing Hall is here.
Everything is marked.
Thank you very much.
You're welcome.
Hey, Sarge, how long are we going to hang around
Sunday, you know?
Yeah, we waiting for.
What am I know?
He just disappears.
I don't know where he is.
Oh, lieutenant.
Lieutenant.
Is there anything else you want us to do?
How can we go back to town?
Yes, I have my own car
hangs. His wife has been notified.
She's flying in this evening to claim the body.
Very good.
I got hands his personal effects.
I'm going to put him in my car and take him back with me.
Green shirt,
underwear, socks and what looks like a blueprint
to me, so like how much you got them
overnight bag, clean shirts, underwear, socks?
Looks like a blueprint. That's.
I think it's
just.
What is it about identifying?
I don't mount a resistance.
For me, the way.
As Michael.
Maybe it's in the gym. Yeah.
Maybe it's a new gym,
whereas the other pages
that's on the was.
It says Page three of three.
I see some staple holes here in the corner.
That's all there was.
Would you put this in the back of my car?
Thank.
Can we go now? So.
That's Springer.
Yeah.
My name is Columbo Lieutenant Columbo.
Oh, that's all right.
Listen, I'm sorry to bother you down there.
I thought maybe you could help me.
There's only take a second.
You got any idea what this is.
It's a piece of a cleaning rag.
The clean one
cannon a gun.
How do you know
or feel it has got going on?
You're absolutely right.
Well.
I tell you the reason I ask that is because
I found that rag on the parade grounds
adds to the cannon exploded. So.
I also found out that
you were assigned to the gun in detail.
Well, I didn't leave any right down the barrel of that cannon,
if that's what you're trying to say.
Well, there's a simple fact here
is that Ray was in the barrel of a gun
and how to get there somehow.
Well, that makes sense, but I didn't do it.
Why wasn't I kind of
old thunder,
and I forget that name.
Colonel, he's pretty tough on me,
I guess so
to get along, OK?
Why do you ask me all this?
Why don't you ask him?
I'll tell you what
he said, he said you get a lot of demerits.
Well, that's right.
The colonel and I
have a few problems with each other.
What did you do
wrong that he stuck down the gun cleaning detail?
Well, actually cleaning that cannon is supposed to be some kind of an honor duty.
Okay.
That's a reward.
Yeah.
The WHO is saying it to that, the colonel.
How often do you clean the garden
every night,
even when it's not fired?
They fire it every night at sundown?
So you cleaned it last night?
Listen, I didn't leave any rag in the barrel of that cannon.
I couldn't have.
Is there anything else
that you'd like to tell me?
No kind of Colombo, sir, when you threw, sir.
The commandant has asked me to extend his invitation to join him for supper, sir.
Well, I think I'm through now.
Thank you very much.
Maybe we can talk again some other time.
Hope you don't mind sort of do a garden inspection.
Just follow this path.
You come Sharon Hall Typekit, right?
And then a left from the transportation office mess.
I'll be interested in back. Thank you very much.
Excuse me, fellas,
can you tell me where the mess hall is, the mess hall?
Can you tell me, is the message all this way?
I'm sorry.
I just want to know, can you tell me is a mess hall
in this direction?
Excuse me.
Is the mess hall this way or that way?
I'm looking for the mess hall, please not allowed to talk, sir.
00. Well, look,
could you just point with your finger?
Is it that way?
Thank you very much.
Let me check in
a couple of Facebook.
Sir. Yes, sir.
Sir, I'm
sorry
for you, sir.
But just so we're on it.
Best part.
Oh, excuse me, I was late,
I got a little lost.
Allow me to present cadets Lambert more.
Good afternoon, sir.
Good afternoon.
Good timing.
Good afternoon.
Can I take his call
right here?
I gather they found the springs corners,
right? Yes.
Thank you very much.
I hope you don't mind my asking,
why are they being punished?
No, sir. Explain to the lieutenant.
Yes, sir.
Sir, the cadet sitting in this fashion and not being punished, sir.
Their first year cadets called Please Sir.
The method of ingestion is often called a square meal, sir.
Thank you very much.
Gentlemen,
permission to leave the table. Yes, sir.
Thank you, sir. Pleasure.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Tell me a little time
you had a little talk, what's going on?
Oh yes, satisfactory.
No, I was that
is the enrollment down here at the academy seemed like a fine,
I say, is the
enrollment down here a little lately?
I only ask because I see so many empty tables
and not so many people who want to be soldiers these days.
Facebook,
you passed a brick
wall.
Why was your talk unsatisfactory?
There were a couple of things that bothered me, Sarah.
Let me ask you, sir.
He was a delinquent cadet.
Why was he assigned to an honor detail?
Well, we had we have a policy here, lieutenant with rebellious cadets.
We tried punishment and we tried discipline.
And as you know, lieutenant, the best men are not always the most docile.
In the case of a cadet who's got character?
Promise.
I find that a lot of detail sometimes works wonders.
But it was you that made the assignment millions.
Don't take this one.
My next question I have to ask.
When I inquired this morning, why didn't you remember
that you had made the assignment?
Oh, just like I can help you there, Lieutenant.
You see, I remember that I made the assignment,
but I didn't remember that he was still on it.
You wouldn't have any way of knowing this lieutenant,
but these details, they last about three weeks
and he could have been replaced.
Oh, oh, fine.
Well, thank you very much.
That does explain.
My pleasure.
You have to forgive the error.
It's not fair to my mind.
It's very simple and I have written everything down.
I can understand that. But.
Would you pass a budget?
If I passed the letter.
Will you promise to explain to me why the conversation was unsatisfactory?
Actually, he's there
and what I'm waiting, I'm trying to cut down on my bottom.
Don't take that the words out.
I'm going to tell you where the conversation was unsatisfactory
happens to be true.
I don't.
We don't have to wait for you in my dream, but I give that up.
I don't want to press you, by the way.
If you don't want to tell me, I understand.
Well, no, I need your help.
I know you do.
I mean, you're not an outsider here, sir,
and this is of vital interest to you and you have a right to know,
certainly.
I don't think the is telling the truth.
You mean he denied leaving the rag on the gun?
Yes, denied it, categorically denied it.
Totally.
Well, in that case, why do you choose not to?
I do believe
about that.
I see.
I'm not being clear, I know that
the problem is it's yes and no, I mean about believing it.
In other words, see if I can get this straight.
He's holding something back.
He's not telling the whole truth.
You see, that's on the one hand.
That's why the conversation was unsatisfactory.
However,
on the other hand,
about when he denies
leaving the ring and the gun that I believe.
Lieutenant,
I've no problem,
I'm beginning to think like you, you know?
Spiner was on the gun cleaning detail, correct?
Yes. Springer was the last one to claim the gun.
And Springer has a history of carelessness.
Now, in view of these facts.
Can you explain to me why
you believe it?
Because he identified the rig so fast.
In other words, I asked them what this rig was.
And immediately he just touched it and said it was a cleaning rag.
No hesitation that so.
Touch.
Beware of an excess of compassion.
Lieutenant, I have no desire to destroy this young man any more than you do.
But he was guilty of negligence in his carelessness, cost
a man's life and irrespective of whatever action you choose to take.
He is going to be severely disciplined right here.
Hayden's military academy.
Sir, what's the progress on this side of this?
I'm still looking into it, sir.
A word to the wise, Lewis,
beware of a misplaced sense of justice,
the culprits in this case, they do not know what justice is.
You're allowing them to walk all over you.
I get it moving.
Excuse me, Lieutenant.
Kind of hard to
think of, tired of my quarters.
Yes, sir.
You won't take any of that personally, will you?
A difference of opinion between men
can sometimes happen.
Yes, sir. I'm glad you said that. Thank you very much.
There is one other thing.
Well, care to walk with me.
Perhaps we could discuss it on the way if you finished your meal.
Oh, absolutely.
I always have a light
touch
to report first.
This morning,
when I first got here, I was speaking to
what's his name?
If I don't write everything down, I forget it.
one of your officers, he speaks very small cabin,
but that sounds right, sir, I think it was a man.
You have a barren.
What was it?
The fact is, he was telling me that
you personally fired the gun on the special occasion,
three times opening day commencement ceremonies and, of course, Palmerston.
And what about in the evening?
So what do you call a retreat?
We have a junior officer assigned to that and works on a day to day basis.
I say.
So you only fire the cannon three times a year.
That's correct.
This is a very delicate subject, so that's why I hesitate to bring it up,
I don't want you to overreact and get on with it.
I know that you believe the cadets
bring out while he was cleaning the gun carelessly left the rag in the hand.
But if you could suppose for just a moment
that somebody else put the rag in the gun.
Do you know, sir,
what the implications of that are?
The implications are that
somebody was trying to kill you.
I don't know what the hell you're talking about now.
If someone is cleaning a planet and they leave a rag in it, then it's an accident.
But if it was not Springer and someone was not cleaning a cannon,
then they put a rag in it that it was deliberate.
That's from.
And if it was deliberate
and it was planned for Founders Day,
one of only three days of the year that you fly over can then sir,
I don't like to say this.
But obviously, you were the target.
That's ridiculous.
It's ridiculous to speculate.
I shouldn't have brought it up, I know what website can't.
I think they're working too hard to detect
everything is not a you
and your business.
Accidents do happen.
You know that people get hit by cars.
A boy could be brought back in a gun and at me.
You're probably right here,
too long in homicide.
I always think the worst.
I can't imagine that.
Oh, sure, would you do me a favor?
Yes, certainly
my wife, she's up in Fresno, she's visiting my mother in law.
If I wouldn't make too much trouble, I don't want to put anybody out.
Do you think I could spend the night here?
No trouble at all.
I'll have them prepare one of the guest cottages for you.
I'd prefer the barracks to be all right.
You know, be with the kids life, you know?
As could be educational for you.
Why don't you stay at Pershing Hall,
could have another little chat with Mr.
Springer.
Wonderful.
I'll get someone to escort you.
That won't be necessary, sir. I know where it is.
Besides, I have to pick up something on my car.
I'll tell Captain Loomis to expect you.
Investigating Lt.
Oh, nothing important, just a couple of little things.
Well, when you get finished, how about giving me a hand?
Case of the sinister cider?
You know, I want to ask you about.
Understand.
When I was a kid at camp, we always had.
This is the hard stuff and these kids,
they bottle it up and they let it ferment in the night air.
When I was a kid, it was Patty Razor Morgan, sir.
You check room 20 to 45 for Lieutenant Columbo.
See that he's made comfortable. Yes.
Do you have a Mac?
I don't smoke.
I don't say
the colonel has placed him on punishment detail
because of the cleaning rack.
You know,
cadets bring it denies leaving the rag and the gun.
Springer was responsible for the gun
that's sufficiently Typekit.
I'll leave you in Morgan's hands
if you need me on quartered upstairs,
lieutenant.
Oh, this will be satisfactory service.
No, plenty of others who have a match.
No, I don't smoke.
There's a fresh toilet kit was just your towels were in the closet.
There's anything else please feel free to call.
I didn't expect a room like this.
Photoshop
all these rooms are not what I expected.
What is it more? Yes.
You know, I was in the army myself more than we used to have one big room
up on bunks and lower bunks.
50 guys and half of them were snoring, and the other half
they were writing letters.
So there was no privacy on this issue.
Well, granted, it's not a dance hall, but it's private.
I mean, if I had this when I was in the army, I could enjoy it more.
I'm not sure enjoys exactly the word you have in mind.
Listen, if you need anything, let me know.
I wanted to ask you more
about your new gym.
New Hampshire.
Yeah, I understand you put a new gym here.
Well, that's the first I've heard of it, the gym, we've got pretty new anyway.
It's only about seven years old.
No kidding. But.
Well, I guess I'm mistaken. Yes.
So I think.
Oh, come on.
Yes, Officer Corso.
Yes, this is Lieutenant
Columbo who headed Columbo.
We met today at the military academy, do you remember?
Lt's 3:00 in the morning.
Yes, I hate to disturb you at this hour, but you said something today
that's been bothering me.
You know, I couldn't sleep because of it, and I finally went off
and I was just woke me up.
What are you talking about those people out?
Where did you say that was Westlake?
They reported hearing the noise.
Isn't that what you said? Yes.
But you know, they fire that cannon every day.
How come they never heard the noise before was a very loud explosion?
I know that's what's been bothering me.
Why is it so loud?
Lt. Got never blew up before.
I see.
Well, I'm sorry. I woke you.
I'm sorry, too.
I can go back to bed and get a good night's rest, and thank you
very much for your help. So.
And go
up an atom trooper.
Let's get with the program.
Everybody is going to have information in 30 minutes.
Let's go.
Morning, sir.
Sleep well,
I slept good, goodnight
wasn't sleeping, it was the waking up
kids get a life out of me.
Do you have an extra pair of socks?
Suction.
Yeah. Clean socks.
No, sir, I usually do my laundry on Monday night, so
I wouldn't be able to have a fresh pasta until tomorrow.
Meanwhile, I'll check into it for.
I think I saw something like that on couldn't
Premiere that thing hanging around your neck.
What is that a good luck charm?
You fell away? No, that's a pleasure.
Some of us have girlfriends over at Valley Stream Valley Swingers,
a girls school when I saw girls ring. Yes.
You know, come to think of it, we have something like that in high school,
and I give a girl named Teresa an ID bracelet,
I got it for my birthday. Yes.
You know, I run into her.
I spent about eight years ago at a wedding, so she told me, she said
she still got it.
Well, I was pleased.
I'll let you know
about the. And.
Good. Oh.
What are her?
Yes, right.
Good.
Let her put.
More on Mr.
Gary on this.
Mornings you look
good.
I don't want her to get over to see you in your office.
What I saw you standing over here, so I just thought
I'd have to tell you as soon as possible.
Tell me where her.
I suppose you saw the fellow I was talking
to over there,
but fellow.
Sergeant Kennedy, ballistic, sir.
You see, I had this problem with the noise and the explosion
too loud noise.
You know what?
I heard it well out.
West Lake is eight miles.
Never heard the cannon go off the floor.
And of course, that bothered me and it woke me up 3:00 in the morning.
That's a long story. I don't want to get into that.
The fact is that I call this fella Kennedy,
and I asked them to check out something regarding the accident.
Well, let me tell you what he found.
I have it right here.
He took metal pieces of metal from the breach of the gun,
and he had them analyzed. It into the land.
It's not good news.
In what respect?
My new traces of a
G g gelignite midnight.
Is that the right word to ignite gelignite
and a gelignite called C4?
May I see that?
That's a very powerful, explosive.
Lieutenant, we we don't use it here, but that's the point here.
You see, you don't use it here.
Somebody had to alter the shell, why?
We understand
that with that much noise and that kind of force
that somebody took the powder
out of the plane charge that
sodium nitrate sodium nitrate,
they said they had to take that out and put this other stuff in.
That's not an accident, colonel.
Now we're talking about murder prevention.
You really think so?
I'm certain
that it's a very serious business,
if such a thing were proven,
it would be a black mark on the history of this academy.
You better get this investigation moving along.
Clear it up, man.
That's easy to say.
It's hard to do.
You see, the problem is, Colonel, I don't have any leads.
I got that boy, Springer.
And I do intend to go back to him.
I want to check his file.
However, you do know how I feel about that.
I'll talk to Miss
Brady and make sure that all files are made available to you.
As you say, it's a busy day.
Anything else I can do for you?
I love a fresh pair of socks.
Where are you staying?
Pershing Hall.
I'll be right over.
Size and half eleven.
All your feet.
How long have you been on this?
Yesterday and today, sir?
Oh yes, I remember I had to do it in my time.
You talked with Lieutenant Columbo.
Yes, sir.
What's your opinion of them?
I have no opinion, sir.
He's not satisfied with your explanation.
The situation is a little more complicated than we had expected.
In fact, there is a distinct possibility that you may be charged
with murder.
I hear this.
We've had our
differences from time to time, but I still think he'll make a good soldier
so I can assure you that you can rely on me and the academy
to stand behind you.
Understood.
Carry on.
Everything is in strict order, Lieutenant,
I'd appreciate your keeping it that way.
Absolutely, ma'am.
I realize how people feel about
keeping their records clean.
I can assure you I won't disturb anything.
Incidentally, this is a terrific condition.
Thank you.
I was a terrible thing that happened here yesterday
when it.
I guess you must've known William Haynes pretty well.
No, I rarely saw Mr.
Hand.
It wasn't easy.
The chairman of the board, Mr.
Haynes, contact with the academy were infrequent and generally negative,
and I had as little to do with them as possible.
I said.
All the car it.
Yes, what is it, Lieutenant?
I see what cadets bring.
I was questioning all of the academy grounds six times.
Well, that was last year.
We're seeing a girl.
What does that have to do with anything, lieutenant?
I do have work to get through.
Sorry, man.
Everything back, order.
Thank you.
Can I ask you something?
Was my second violin you?
Just a little.
I should have known.
Can I ask you another question?
So I going to take a minute?
The dispute
between the colonel that Mr Haynes yesterday.
It's my understanding it had to do with declining enrollment.
Is that what you understand?
I don't know what the argument was about.
I do know that Mr Haynes was rude and arrogant.
Well,
then he did hear the argument just a little.
The colonel brought me out something to file and left the door ajar,
but I can assure you that Mr Haynes did
all the provoking.
Can you remember anything specific that was said? Yes.
Yes, one thing I'll never forget.
The colonel suggested to Mr Haynes that Captain Loomis preside at the ceremonies.
Now, if Mr Haynes had listened, he'd be alive today.
So in a sense, it was William Haynes, his temper
that killed him.
Thank you very much.
Well, coming.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, 000001.
0000.
Zurich, I hope you.
This is the Aegean.
Yes, sir.
I mean, this is the only jet.
Yes, Sir. Caesar's here. Right here.
Which way is not that way, sir?
Trying to figure something out.
That's not right.
Yes, sir.
So if that's north and that's then it should be Adobe.
Right there,
but there's nothing there, but a war.
Yes, sir, that's a war, sir.
I'm right. There's no door there.
That's no door, sir.
But it's just great.
I was inside the locker room is here,
the pool is you.
But where's this door and where's the other gym?
So there's no gym, sir.
Thank you very much.
Yes, sir.
Company Ten Hut pull out.
But that.
We've got a problem.
Roy Springer is gone.
What do you mean, gone?
We've searched the campus and he's not here.
Col thought you ought to know in case you wanted to issue an all points bulletin.
I certainly do, I'll do that immediately.
Thank you.
When was he seen last and where?
About an hour ago in MacArthur Hall.
Mrs. Excuse me.
Yes, I'm looking for a girl.
I'm sorry, I'm not supposed to talk to strangers.
No, ma'am, I'm not a stranger.
I'm a police officer and I'm looking for Susan.
You're I read a file.
She went to school here last year or this year.
I'm not sure Susan show Susan goes here.
Could you tell me where I could find her?
Sure, she's on the bus.
It's just going out.
Can you tell me what she looks like?
So are you sure you a police officer?
Absolutely.
She doesn't look like a police car.
If you could just give me a rough idea, she tall and short and she blond brunet.
Well, she's kind of average, I guess, blond.
She's wearing a red sweater
tonight, you?
Are you sure that badge is real?
I hope you like Cheese, Darling-Hammond, she's terrific.
She's great.
Listen, I managed to scrape about $20, if you knew.
Well, I don't need it.
I think I'm just going to try and bum a ride up north.
I guess maybe I'll stay with those guys in San Francisco.
Roy, don't you think you ought to stay?
No, I mean, I know you didn't do it, but somebody is trying to set me up.
Who's trying to set you up?
I didn't know he didn't do it.
Colonel Rumford Lieutenant
Columbo is waiting in your office with Cadet Springer.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Tenant, Mr.
Frank, Sir.
Colonel Cadet Springer,
I'm going to talk for you for a moment, right?
That Springer has decided to return to the academy.
I'm delighted that he's safely home.
Do you have any charges against him or can I discipline him now?
I have no charges.
I'm happy to do that.
However, there are certain facts that we feel you should know.
I would welcome any information that would clear up the situation here
so we can get this place back to a normal routine.
In that regard to
the boy has been no help as far as he did.
I mean, he has said nothing that points to anybody else.
You are satisfied that he didn't do it.
I'm sure you will be told. Roy.
Do you have something to say to the colonel?
Sir, it's impossible for me to have left that rag in the barrel of the cannon, sir.
Tell them why, Roy?
Because I didn't clean the cannon the night before the ceremony, sir.
Why not?
I was off campus, sir, where I would rather not say Sir.
Sure, you wouldn't.
The fact is, he was off campus.
He was.
Yes, sir, he was.
And there's a second party that will verify his story.
So he has a good alibi.
It's not an alibi, sir.
That's a fact.
Barrel,
that's a spare
pending investigation of this serious infraction of the rules of the academy,
you are going to be confined to quarters until further notice.
Dismissed.
Yes, sir.
What do you think of him?
I was thinking of you.
I know you don't like flattery,
but if he can stay in it for just a moment,
I think it's a wonderful thing you do at that point.
I'm flattered.
I know it didn't
turn out that way, but you told him to stand his ground, you back up,
he told you that. Yes.
What would you like to do next?
I keep thinking about this file,
what it says.
This is a very obstinate young man, strong willed and opinionated.
It's as if he goes out of his way to take a contrary position.
Tell him that snow is white, he'll say that it's black.
In this sense, his reactions are very predictable.
Springer.
Very much.
Oscar, this is not spring, as far as I know,
this is one of your all files to Manges file.
That's interesting.
What's interesting is
that at age 16, there
characteristics should have been so similar.
Mr William Haynes
grew up to be a man without convictions.
I have high hopes for Mr Spring
when I think of Haynes and Springer and I think about this file.
The fact that
their reactions are predictable.
I find something else interesting.
See, I'm a cop,
I got a different problem, I got to get somebody.
Who has keys to the arms room,
your arms?
Yes, sir, the criminal.
How to get into the arms room to change the charge in the casing.
In order to do that, he needed access to keys.
How many sets are there? three.
Spring has a set.
The officer of the day and I have a set that will open every lock on the campus.
Well, we know spring wasn't on campus at the time, so maybe somebody took
Springer's keys or they took the keys of the officer to the day?
Or maybe they took your keys.
Impossible.
I think that the night before we had a staff meeting that went to
20 to
100 hours and then I retired to my quarters
where I slept soundly until I was awakened by my boodle boy
at 6:30 left staff meeting at 20 to 100 hours.
What time is that?
10:00 p.m. Your time, 10:00 p.m.
Went to your quarters.
Sleep soundly into a little boy.
Well, cute. 630.
During that time, could anybody have gotten your keys?
I always lock up before I turn it.
So that means that either
out of the spring, a Saturday Saturday officer or the day.
Maybe we're looking to how the cadets.
Maybe we ought to be
looking at an expert in guns, you know, explosives.
Well, this is a military academy lieutenant unless, you know, the military
do from time to time dealing with guns and explosives.
We have a number of experts right here on campus.
Would you put yourself in that category?
Very definitely.
The question is, who would have a strong enough reason to kill you?
You know,
somebody who has a grudge against you.
Awesome.
I don't pretend to be beloved.
Can you think of a specific person?
Not offhand.
When I think back to
my way back there in a war
disgruntled soldier under your command,
a rival jealousy over a woman? No.
Some mentally deranged person.
Nobody.
But in the past,
nobody in the present that is the nobody.
Maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe nobody's trying to kill you.
You know, I've been wrong before.
You know, you can get too complicated.
Bill Haines was blown up.
Let's keep it simple.
Somebody was trying to blow up Bill Haines.
Why don't we beat their brains in for at least that way?
You can sleep easy.
She'd like to try a
one of quality for a change.
Well, thank you very much.
Will you join me?
I didn't know you used one day.
Well, they feel very good
and they smell very good to.
Maybe you can use this.
Do you have a first name?
I do.
My wife was about the only one that you.
Well, we have we have similar jobs in a way.
I wear a uniform you wear.
Suppose you could call that enough for
used to tell my cadets, you know, all the time.
Sometimes it's harder to be.
A slob than to be neat and tidy and clean.
It's the wars you see, the wars go on nations.
When that stops, hang up the uniform.
I'll hang up my uniform.
I'll go and take care of my backyard. I got
I got some roses,
white roses.
And I suppose that when people stop
abusing each other.
You'll hang up your uniform.
This is a first rate cigar.
There were like.
He didn't really try it.
This is what he was saying.
I talk about that kind of thing with my wife,
she reads a lot.
Excuse me.
Yes, Mr.
take for you on line 23, sir and Captain Loomis is waiting to see you.
And I'll take the call on 23 and a half.
Captain Loomis. Wait,
is something I want you to see.
I'm going to get it.
I'll be right back Wednesday afternoon for 30
years. That'll be fine, Mr. Type.
Let's meet outside the chapel.
And, Robert.
I didn't realize you were half
good before I truly
I was at your office, Miss Brady.
She said you were on an inspection.
I am.
Oh, I thought this was a vacant dormitory.
It is.
I see a little change.
Maybe not this year, maybe not next,
but it's going to change, Mr.
You can put your money out.
No more reluctant mama's boys,
no more for F's, no more S.H..
This country is going to have the best damn army in the world,
and Hayden's military academy
will be a part of.
In that regard,
I wanted to ask you about this blueprint.
Blueprint.
I found the Heinz's car,
and I'm going to take a look at.
I got to tell you,
I was really confused by this.
I mean, I thought you were building a new gym and.
Of course, I couldn't figure out why you building the GM of
the Enron was down when you got it only seven years ago.
Of course, then it hit me.
This is the same, Jim, only with some renovations.
I didn't authorize any changes.
But Mr Haynes did what he was thinking.
But here's the thing.
This locker rooms and here.
Do you see that?
I see it.
I've located the showers.
The single. The.
I mean, I don't want him being delegates.
What if this is a boys locker room?
There's something missing?
Get my point.
Know your rules.
I did,
and when I saw this, it occurred to me.
You may be Mr Haynes had the idea
of permitting girls to come to the school.
William Haynes had some very strange ideas about that, and
that was one of them.
He used
to run it up the flagpole from time to time, as they say,
some crackpot scheme for turning this
into a coed junior college.
But I never got further than talk.
Just talk.
Well, you're probably right, but still in
with the board of trustees meeting coming up this week.
I think it was Brady just mentioned something like that.
I can assure you that if Mr.
Heinz had brought up the subject of a coed school,
it would have been turned down flat .
You're certain of that. Absolutely.
I'm in close touch with every single member of the board,
and I have complete confidence.
In that case there.
I guess it wouldn't
be necessary for me to personally check that out with each member.
You'll do what you have to do.
Oh, their yeah.
Oh, boy.
All right,
everybody out of.
It's got a guy.
Oh, no.
Oh, let's go block by.
All right.
Oh, thanks.
All right.
Let's go.
What's what happened?
Oh, snap inspection.
Oh, I don't like.
OK, let's go.
Come on.
All right.
Typekit all the time going on. Sir.
God, I realize
it's early in the day
and this may take some hours.
But someone in this, my friend
is permitting Santa,
and no matter how long it takes,
I intend to find the sitter
and punish the culprits.
Understood.
Sir, yes, sir. Understood.
Yes, sir.
Yes, no doubt down there. Yes.
That's the ultimate goal.
Thank you.
This was right off the bat,
I think, sir.
Alex?
Think.
We're not letting out on this highway.
Nothing.
It's the last room, sir.
It's almost 100 hours military,
so search the latrine, that's.
Nothing, sir.
I'm sorry.
China.
Sir, check the that.
Jack Lemmon, yes, sir.
Anything
and nothing, sir.
Nothing.
You won't get away with this so much.
I really want to hear
this on report.
It's chaos. Yes.
Dismissed
this mass.
How what are you doing?
What he found?
I don't understand it, either he was looking right at it.
Maybe it's not there, of course.
Is there, dummy?
I put it there, myself.
Maybe somebody else took it.
We're going to turn a say LT now,
but I do want you to do me a favor.
I want to know
all there is to know about the spider hole, where and when.
Yes. Captain
Loomis, sir, forgive the hour, sir, but it's urgent.
Meet me in the flagpole area
of the parade ground immediately.
It's about the cider sir
cider. Yes, sir.
It's about the cider. I think I've got it.
All right.
Is that it, sir?
Let's head.
Whoever is in that room
have them fall out and form here, go to it.
Yes, sir.
I don't get up
at the whole second floor.
Fall out.
Jeremy cover for the whole second floor
here, Matt.
And Mr.
Don't touch that.
Come on.
I'll cut the Lois arrives.
Anyone else in that area?
No, sir.
You better be right.
Colonel, what's happened at Citadel,
the elusive Sider has finally materialized.
I knew it would.
Where did you find it? They're up there.
Where are you planning, sir?
Where are you pointing?
second floor, fourth window alarm.
Oh, we've got we you're right, there it is.
I've got to say this for you, sir, you never gave up on it in your home.
You got a pretty good pair of eyes.
My job to be observant.
So that's how you know about it, you saw it before.
Yes, of course.
When was that?
Gentlemen, I'm waiting.
I said, when was it that you first
spotted the sightings during last week,
Wednesday or Thursday?
I suppose so
strange that you didn't start your investigation the moment you saw it.
That seems to be the way you do things right away.
No delays. No.
Yes. So you're fairly slow.
Was it during the day or night? What
I said, can you remember if it was during the day or the night?
Hey, of course.
All right, captain, who was it?
Morgan said.
Well, a step forward.
All cadets remain where you are.
What the hell is going on here?
That was a lie.
Colonel, it couldn't have been during the day
whoever was involved in the manufacture of liquor.
Please raise your hands and say, Me sir.
It was the liquor ever hung out during the day.
Oh no, sir.
Captain Loomis, he took colonel.
It couldn't have been during the day.
Must have been nightmare
logic, Lt Logic, Wednesday
night, Thursday night.
During the week.
No, sir, it was Saturday night,
the night before the explosion that Mr.
Haines was killed.
I wasn't allowed Saturday night.
Was the
cider ever hung out Wednesday or Thursday evenings?
No, sir, Friday night?
No, sir.
When was the first time that the cider was hung out
Saturday night, sir?
Then I'm mistaken.
It must have been Saturday night.
Could you be more specific?
Was it closer to 10:00 or 2:00, or was it later,
maybe daybreak early Sunday morning like 6:30?
It was impossible to be daybreak, because, as you know, Lieutenant,
I was in my quarters sleep until 6:30
when my poodle boy awakened me.
So why are they you thought
after six, 30, when you got up
or you saw earlier before you went to bed one or the other?
Obviously.
Who's responsible for bringing the site
early Sunday morning right here, sir?
What time was that?
6:20.
Sir, how do you know it was six? 25?
I had to bring it in before reveille.
Otherwise everybody would see it, sir.
So you
couldn't have seen it after you got up because it was no longer there
and you didn't see it earlier because it was too dark.
I'll tell you when you saw
between six, 15,
six, 25 during those ten minutes,
not a minute earlier, nor a minute later
before 6:15, it was too dark.
They break came at 6:15
and the sight of became visible
and it was visible until 6:25
when it was pulled in the window.
And not only did you see it at that specific time, Colonel,
what?
You had to be standing in one specific place.
That's right.
You see you can't see the window from here,
the trees covered.
That's the only place that you can see the window.
You have to be standing directly in the back of the cannon.
Should I go on?
Done a very nice job.
You know, I very much wanted
to identify that rag immediately.
I couldn't get it out.
Don't
you expect me to be contrite, lieutenant?
It had to be done,
and I do it again tomorrow.
You finished with Michael that.
Yes, sir.
Give me a moment.
Gentlemen,
I hear rarely that means that you have precisely
24 minutes in which to report to the mess hall for breakfast.
Correctly attired shoes, shined buttons polished.
And questions, Melissa,
immediately following breakfast, those responsible for bringing cider
on this campus.
We'll report to Captain Loomis for disciplinary action.
Captain dismissed Pop.
Let's go.
Come on.
OK, go
ahead.
I've got to add up.
I've got.
Time for
company, Pope.
Well.