:47:00
I can go now, huh, captain?
:47:02
Yeah. But stick around.
Don't get any notions to travel.
:47:06
Not me. No, sir. Thanks.
:47:09
- So long. So long, Mr. Charles.
- So long.
:47:14
You'd think the betting commissioner
would know about the inside...
:47:17
...but that guy's like a clam.
:47:19
Lieutenant, how would you like
to buy a gun?
:47:23
Say, for $5?
:47:26
I got a gun. Five doll...?
:47:30
Say, what is this, Nick?
:47:32
- That's the gun that killed the jockey.
- Nick! That's great!
:47:35
- Where did you find it?
- In the drainpipe in the shower.
:47:38
I should have found that.
:47:40
But that's all right. We'll trace the gun.
:47:43
Nick, how did you know
where to look for it?
:47:46
Well, the angle of the bullet
was peculiar.
:47:48
It entered his eye and went upward
toward the top of his head.
:47:52
Well, if he'd been shot
from the window...
:47:56
...he would have had to be holding
his head back like this, which is unlikely.
:48:00
The most logical place the bullet
came from...
:48:02
- Was below.
- You've got it.
:48:03
Sure I have. What have I got?
:48:07
Lieutenant, the jockey wasn't murdered.
:48:10
Suicide? You mean, he killed himself
and then hid the gun?
:48:14
No, he hid the gun
and then killed himself.
:48:16
He may have been thinking of suicide
when he went into the shower.
:48:20
Perhaps he lost his nerve.
:48:21
At all events, he wanted to get rid
of the gun.
:48:24
So he opened the cover
of the drainpipe...
:48:27
...dropped the gun down, butt first.
:48:30
The hammer of the gun hit a curve
in the drainpipe, and the gun went off.
:48:35
And when the body fell forward,
it closed the drainpipe.
:48:39
Lieutenant, you've solved it.
:48:41
Well, you've helped me. Nick,
this is one bet I don't mind losing.
:48:45
Thanks to you, I've only got
one murder on my hands.
:48:48
Will I be glad to tell that
to those newshounds.
:48:51
If there's anything I can do...
:48:53
Just one thing. Let me give the story
to the reporters...
:48:56
...and let me do it in my way.
- Pal, your way is my way.
:48:59
- What's cooking?
- Did Paul Clarke crack?