Julie Page #5

whoever's in charge?

Go through

that door, please.

Sergeant, this lady would

like to speak to you.

Sergeant,

I'm Mrs. Lyle Benton.

Let's use

this room in here.

Thank you.

Won't you sit down?

Now, what can I do

for you?

Sergeant, I think

I should start

at the beginning.

You see, I was married

once before,

and I lived near San

Francisco, in Palo Alto.

Yes?

Sergeant, I want

to report a murder.

Thanks, driver.

Where can I find Mrs. Lyle Benton?

Mrs. Benton?

Is there a young lady here?

She sent for me.

Oh, yeah, straight down

and to your right.

Thank you.

Uh-huh.

Julie.

Cliff, it's true.

It's all true.

Yes. Yes,

I understand that.

He's talking to

the police in Palo Alto.

Yes, naturally.

Oh, naturally.

Well, I guess

that about does it.

Well thank you very much. Good-bye.

What did he say?

Mrs. Benton, you must understand

that once a case is closed,

you have to come up with some

pretty substantial evidence

before the police

will reopen it again.

That applies anywhere- -

New york, London, Hong Kong or Palo Alto.

But he admitted it.

Is that enough for you?

He admitted it to me!

Of course, Mrs. Benton, you realize we

only have your word for that.

You haven't provided us

with a bit of direct evidence

or even one

corroborating witness.

On the other hand,

I just talked to the chief up there.

And he told me that the matter was

thoroughly investigated at the time.

Can they be wrong?

Can they?

That's possible. Still,

they seem completely satisfied

that the man took

his own life.

I'm afraid our hands

are pretty much tied.

Oh, by the way,

I'm Sergeant Cole.

Cliff Henderson.

This is

Detective Pope.

At best, it would just be Mrs.

Benton's word against his.

Surely you can see that.

Besides, the law doesn't allow a wife

to testify against her own husband.

So she's dead on that score alone.

But you're not even going

to question the man?

May I

see you a moment?

Oh, sure.

Be right back.

I know he did it.

I know it.

Julie, I know it seems incredible

but you've got to try to see their point

of view. What can the police do?

The sergeant

will be right here.

He's questioning

your husband now.

He's here?

Yes. He came

of his own volition.

He'll deny everything,

of course.

Well, there you are. I know a lot of fellas

that make some pretty wild threats

if they get

teed off enough,

including mayhemor murder,

and anything that happens to pop into their head...

This isn't

just a threat.

Look, if we called in every guy

who threatened his wife,

We'd need a jail the

size of the Pentagon.

We're not talking about threats- this man

committed a murder- he admitted it to his wife.

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