:34:05
- Hiya, Nick!
- Lf it ain't Nick Charles.
:34:07
Nicky, pal, how's tricks?
:34:09
- You certainly got on the spot quick.
- How come you beat us here, Nick?
:34:12
We took a shortcut. Don't let us
keep you, boys, if you're busy.
:34:15
- We've got plenty of time.
- So you've got plenty of time, huh?
:34:19
Why, you anemic pack of bloodhounds,
there's been a murder.
:34:21
Rigor mortis is setting in,
and you lounge here gabbing!
:34:24
Come on, upstairs!
:34:27
Well, folks, here we are again,
and here's another murder.
:34:30
Say, did the Irish Thrush win?
He's my cousin.
:34:32
Either I'm dreaming,
or I've lived through this before.
:34:35
- I meet you at all my homicides.
- We won't be at this one long.
:34:38
Maybe not, but a friend of yours will.
:34:41
Two newspapermen just had it out.
One of them is now dead.
:34:45
The other is Paul Clarke.
:34:47
Paul? Come along, Nick.
:34:50
I don't know what happened.
We had a fight. I was knocked cold.
:34:53
You were knocked cold? I suppose
Whitey's just taking a nap in there.
:34:57
- I didn't kill him.
- Hey, come back here, you!
:34:59
- Paul, I thought you'd been killed.
- You shouldn't have come.
:35:02
- I told you to keep people out.
- She busted right by me.
:35:05
- Pardon me.
- That key's mine.
:35:06
It wasn't Paul's. I gave it to him.
:35:09
Oh, so that's how you got in here.
:35:11
This girl was in it with you.
Who are you?
:35:13
- I work here.
- Nice work.
:35:15
He came to get evidence.
That's all. I helped him.
:35:17
I knew it was wrong,
but it isn't murder.
:35:20
Nicky, do something before they both
convict themselves.
:35:23
- Is this your gun?
- No.
:35:25
No, it was Whitey's.
And it hasn't been fired.
:35:27
So it hasn't been fired.
:35:31
Then it's using a new perfume,
Burnt Powder.
:35:34
I didn't fire it. I came up here
to get Stephens' records...
:35:38
...and I found them in his desk
in a black book.
:35:41
- Where is it?
- Barrow took it. Why, he had the gun.
:35:44
There's no book in Stephens' desk,
on you or in Barrow's pockets.
:35:47
Paul's telling the truth.
There was a book.
:35:49
Ask Mr. Stephens. Or Mr. Macy.
:35:51
When I get to them.
:35:53
I sure wish that watchman could
describe the guy he almost caught.
:35:57
Almost caught?
:35:58
Someone was running down the stairs
right after the shot was fired.