1:23:03
Well, the bigger they are,
the harder they fall.
1:23:05
He's right. I pushed the
andiron, and the wall opened up.
1:23:08
Well, you just better learn to
take the word of the press, Chief.
1:23:10
All right, now let me get
this whole thing straight.
1:23:13
You see, the secret staircase
was Simmons' big alibi.
1:23:16
That's right.
The big "alibi-rooney"!
1:23:18
That night the old man was up in
the organ loft playing the organ.
1:23:22
I heard a scuffle coming
from madam's bedroom.
1:23:25
I saw Nick Simmons
run out of the room...
1:23:27
and head for the organ loft. Topside.
1:23:30
He didn't see me.
He didn't see him.
1:23:32
I went into the room,
and there lay Mrs. Simmons...
1:23:35
with my garden shears
stuck in her throat.
1:23:38
Here they are!
Here's your murder weapon!
1:23:40
I submit these as exhibit "A."
Watch the prints on those.
1:23:43
I grabbed those
and put them under my coat.
1:23:45
When the servants
came up the stairs,
1:23:47
we heard a scream
from the organ loft...
1:23:50
and the thud of a body
falling into the bushes.
1:23:52
We rushed over, and there
on the ground below...
1:23:55
lay the body
of old man Simmons.
1:23:58
Dead as a doornail!
1:24:00
We turned, started
down the stairs...
1:24:02
and met Nick Simmons coming up,
like he just come home.
1:24:05
Of course, he'd slipped downstairs
by way of the secret staircase.
1:24:08
How come you took so long to bring
this out in the open, Mr. Kelsey?
1:24:12
I was scared. After all,
that was my shears.
1:24:17
But this was
my last chance.
1:24:19
Well, that wraps it up.
Take him away, Chief.
1:24:29
You knocked
Simmons out, Luther?
1:24:31
That's right, karate. Made my
whole body a weapon. Good boy!
1:24:41
Do you, Alma, take this man to
be your lawful wedded husband?
1:24:46
I do.
Do you, Luther,
1:24:50
take this woman to be
your lawful wedded wife?
1:24:52
I do.
1:24:55
By virtue of
the authority vested in me,
1:24:58
I now pronounce you
man and wife.