:36:02
It was too dark to get a description.
Let's take another look inside.
:36:05
Keep those lovebirds apart.
They might try to cook up a story.
:36:08
What if they do?
You didn't care for the first one.
:36:14
Nicky will get you out of it,
just like that.
:36:20
Well, doc?
:36:22
Shot.
:36:23
No kidding.
I thought maybe he drowned.
:36:26
Can you tell us when he left
this nice peaceful world?
:36:29
Dead approximately half an hour.
:36:31
There's quite a lump
on the back of his head.
:36:34
- They tap hard in his fraternity.
- A large bruise, not serious.
:36:37
- Well, lucky for Barrow it isn't serious.
- But he isn't supposed to have a bruise.
:36:41
- Clarke claims he bumped his head.
- No contusion on Clarke.
:36:44
He may have struck his head
on the desk, but no mark.
:36:47
Which often happens. What about
the angle of the bullet? Downwards?
:36:51
- How did you know that?
- Very simple.
:36:53
Paul is only a little taller
than Whitey...
:36:55
...so I figure he must have been
hanging on the chandelier...
:36:58
...when he shot him,
or standing on a chair.
:37:00
Any footprints on the chairs?
:37:02
- What are you driving at, Nick?
- Me for downtown.
:37:05
It looks to me as if Whitey must have
been lying on the floor when he got it.
:37:09
Clarke's a fine sportsman.
He could've at least shot him on the rise.
:37:13
I'll send the boys for the body.
:37:16
Let's suppose, for the moment,
that some third party...
:37:20
...saw Paul and Whitey fight.
:37:22
Let's assume that the third party
saw Paul go down. Out cold.
:37:26
The gun had been kicked right
at his feet, let's say.
:37:29
All right, let's say.
:37:31
Our third party could have picked up
the gun, slugged Whitey from behind...
:37:36
...which accounts for that bruise
on the back of Whitey's head...
:37:39
...and taken the book from his pocket.
- Sorry, Nick, it won't jell.
:37:42
Why should this party
of the third party shoot Whitey...
:37:45
...after he knocked him cold and took
the book? If there was a book.
:37:48
I'll say that Whitey came to
and recognized him.
:37:51
Our third party had to shoot him,
leaving Paul to take the rap.
:37:55
As far as I'm concerned, there isn't
any third party and there isn't any book.
:37:59
I'm sorry to pick on your friend,
but I'm booking him.