1:04:02
He took it out a few days later,
Mrs. Dietrichson.
1:04:05
You'll probably find the policy
among his personal effects.
1:04:07
His safe deposit box
hasn't been opened yet.
1:04:10
It seems a tax examiner
has to be present.
1:04:12
Please, Mrs. Dietrichson,
I don't want you to think...
1:04:13
you are being subjected to
any questioning.
1:04:15
But there are a few things
we should like to know.
1:04:16
What sort of things?
1:04:18
We have the report
of the coroner's inquest.
1:04:20
Accidental death.
1:04:22
We are not entirely satisfied.
1:04:23
In fact ...
we are not satisfied at all.
1:04:28
Frankly, Mrs. Dietrichson,
we suspect ...
1:04:32
a suicide.
1:04:36
- I'm sorry.
Would you like a glass of water?
- Please.
1:04:45
Thank you.
1:04:52
Had your husband been moody
or depressed lately, Mrs. Dietrichson?
1:04:56
Did he seem to have financial
worries, for instance?
1:04:58
He was perfectly alright
and I don't know of any financial worries.
1:05:02
Let us examine this so-called accident.
1:05:04
First, your husband takes out
this policy in absolute secrecy. Why?
1:05:08
Because he doesn't want his family
to suspect what he intends to do.
1:05:11
Do what?
1:05:12
Next, he goes on this trip entirely alone.
He has to be alone.
1:05:15
He hobbles all the way out
to the observation platform,
1:05:17
very unlikely with his leg in a cast,
unless he has a strong reason.
1:05:21
Once there, he finds he is not alone.
There is a man there.
1:05:25
- What was his name, Keyes?
- His name was Jackson. Probably still is.
1:05:29
So he gets rid of this Jackson
with some flimsy excuse about cigars.
1:05:33
- And then he is alone. And then he does it.
- Does what?
1:05:36
He jumps. Suicide.
In which case the company is not liable.
1:05:40
You know that, of course.
1:05:42
Now we could go to court...
1:05:43
I don't know anything.
In fact I don't know why I came here.
1:05:47
Just a moment, please. I said we could
go to court. I didn't say we want to.
1:05:50
What I want to suggest
is a compromise on both sides.
1:05:53
A settlement for a certain sum,
a part of the policy value...
1:05:56
Don't bother, Mr. Norton.
1:05:57
When I came in here I had no idea
you owed me any money.