:09:02
A reasonable question,
which I will answer.
:09:08
Mr. Cravat is wanted by the police
for a murder which occurred on Terminal Dock.
:09:12
This very dock,
three years ago.
:09:15
The murdered man was a gentleman
from the East. Mr. Steele, I believe.
:09:19
The police have evidence
that Mr. Cravat and another man...
:09:22
were on the dock
that night.
:09:24
They do not know
who the other man was.
:09:26
However, Mr. Cravat's immediate
and prolonged absence...
:09:31
has strengthened their belief
that Mr. Cravat was the murderer...
:09:34
and that the identity
of the other man...
:09:37
is relatively unimportant.
:09:39
Let's say Cravat knows all that.
He still doesn't know where you fit in.
:09:43
For a considerable amount of money,
subject to negotiation, of course...
:09:47
I will present the police with
the other man on the dock that night.
:09:51
He will confess to the murder
and free Cravat of suspicion.
:09:54
- How do you happen to know who he is?
- If he's reluctant to confess...
:09:58
the police will find
a suicide...
:10:00
and a signed confession...
:10:02
complete in every detail.
:10:04
That might be better
in any case.
:10:06
- What makes you think Cravat'll go for a crummy deal like that?
- Because it's to his advantage.
:10:10
- Because it's probably to your advantage as well.
- What do you mean by that?
:10:15
Mr. Cravat deposited
$5,000 to your account. Why?
:10:18
He was not a charitable man.
:10:20
It is more likely
that he was paying for services rendered.
:10:25
What were you
being paid for?
:10:27
There is every likelihood that the unidentified
gentleman on the dock that night...
:10:31
was you, Mr. Taylor!