 I'd been called at jury duty a couple of weeks before all this happened. And with one of those kind of sensational trials, the judge told us yours not to drop any public places or who might be approached or influenced. So I'd been sticking pretty close to the hotel they had us in. And with a real treat when they said that we were free for a couple of days because a witness was sick. So Anne and I went to the early movie across the street from the hotel and got out about half past nine. I thought she was darling. I didn't care much for him. I didn't think she was too hot either. What's the difference anyway? The first movie I've seen since the trial started. How about the ice cream? Well, that was a little cake at home. The ice cream might go nice to them. I don't know if I can go home. The jury thing. Well, it's true for a couple of days. Didn't know what to do. Well, it's not going to do you any harm to sleep home tonight. Yeah, I suppose not. Ice cream. Chocolate. Well, hello there. How are you this evening, folks? Hi. What can I do for you? Oh, about a quarter of ice cream, chocolate. All right. Tell me how's the trial going? You're on the jury, aren't you? Yeah, but I'm not supposed to talk about it. Oh, yeah, I should know better than to ask. I think we have five certain jurors a day coming here from the hotel across the street. Yeah, you think you've been on this trial a long time? Some people stay on for months. Yes, I'll tell you what I think about this harm and turn. I'm not supposed to let anybody talk to me about it either. Oh, yeah, you're right. Forget about that. Well, that'll be $89. Yeah, I got it, Anne. What did I do with my wallet? Oh, yeah. Thank you. Out of one. $90. $1. And thank you. Thank you. I hope now that you know us, you'll trade here some time. Even after the trial is over. My name is Ibrison. Well, I'm Mr. Benwick. This is my wife, Anne. I hope you're happy to know you. I hope you'll be good with the singly of tunes. Yeah, I hope so, too. Good night. Oh, yeah. Look what I found. What? Something here? It's open, too. I wonder if we should, you know, to find the owner? Hey. Hey, girl. Money, girls. Here, let me see. How much is it, girl? How? How much, Anne? $10,000. $10,000? Who's got $10,000 on the floor of the drugstore? $10,000? You mean the envelope was just laying down on the floor? Oh, I almost stepped on it, and then I picked it up. I thought it was something in it. Oh, what did we do? Well, yeah, a thing like this, Anne. I don't know what to say. Well, if I was you, I would keep it. That's what I would do. Oh, we couldn't do that. Oh, I could. You found it. It was my store, you found it in. Oh, we'd better turn it in. Oh, look, there's some kind of note in it. A note? What kind of a money? This is your first pass as a breathing man. No signature. It doesn't make much sense to me. Me neither. Say, are you going with that money? If anyone comes looking for it, we live on Fifth Street, 229. Yeah, there's a reward. We'll see you get your share, Mr. Adelson. Come on, Anne. Don't worry, Mr. Adelson. Don't worry. $10,000 is a lot of money. $10,000 is a lot of money. An awful lot of money. Anne was still trying to figure it out when we got home. One thing I'd always said about Anne, she had a good mind. And now she remembered the note and she took off from there. But, Anne, it must mean something. It was written to somebody. It must mean something to them. After all, $10,000. Let's get on with the ice cream. We're all right, but what I see... Look, Annie, if nobody claims it by tomorrow, we'll put an ad in the paper or something. It's not our worry. Talk. So, we could keep it, couldn't we? I mean, the law says, find a keeper. If nobody can prove it's theirs, we can keep it, can't we? Isn't there a law? Well, I guess as far as the law is concerned, we could keep it. Of course. We'd have to get part of this, Mr. Adelson. Mm-hmm. So, oh, I don't know how. That money belongs to somebody. All right. If they claim it, all right. And if they don't, well, all right. Why worry about it? No, it was written to me. Listen. This is the first half as agreed in the E.H. business. But if they are not hung up when the time comes, don't expect to get through this or stay healthy very long. No signature. No signature. Ow! That last part about staying healthy. That's a threat. That's what it is. threat? Well, yeah, yeah, it can be. The man is giving the money, if he doesn't... Doesn't what? Oh, ow, don't be so tense. Help me a little. Doesn't do what they're paying him to. Why, it's a bribe. A bribe? Yeah, that's right, Annie. He could be right at that. Well, now we're getting somewhere. All right, a bribe. And it has something to do with something being hung up. Look, if they're not hung up when the time comes, it says, what could be hung up that's so important to bribe somebody and jury to... To what? Edward Harmon. The name of the man that's on trial. The jury that you're on. Oh, no, G. Anne, I don't think so. They all seem like such nice, decent people. Listen, listen. This is your first half, the $10,000 as agreed in the E.H. That is the Edward Harmon business. But if they're not hung up, the jury don't expect to stay healthy. Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, it does make some sense, huh? Well, we've got to call the police. Yes, we've got to report it right away. Well, maybe I should... I could give it to the district attorney in the morning. Oh, no, don't you see, Anne, you're on that jury. Yeah, I know. If we delay telling them for even an hour, they may think that you've got something to hide. No, I think I'd better wait until morning. If you don't phone them, I will, right away, now. All right, all right, I hope you're right. That must be them now, Al. I'll go. I must say they took their time about it. Come in. Thanks. You're Mr. Benning, Albert H. Benning. That's right. And this is my wife. How do you do? I sort of expected to see somebody in uniform. Oh, I should have known, I suppose. In uniform? Yes. Well, you gentlemen aren't from the police, are you? No. No, we're not. Oh? You expecting the police, lady? Oh, yes, we were. You better not take too much time, Johnny. I think you people got something that belongs to something you found in the drugstore on the corner. Oh. We lost it there. The druggist told us you had it. Well, we did find something, yes. 10 grand in 500 in a white envelope. Well, I guess there's all right, Aunt. Oh, yes, but... But what? Well, I'm sure it's yours, but there was something else, too. We'd better just give it to them, Aunt. The note. I always said that was foolish. There was a note. Yes. You read it. Oh, you got through it, of course. We thought it might tell us who the money belonged to. And, uh, it did, didn't it? No. Oh, no. Come on, lady. Now, wait a minute. This is a gun. The note told you that the dough was to buy off somebody on the jury at a Harman trial. Didn't it? You talk too much, Johnny. Let's get out of here. That's a difference. Use your head. What about it, Mrs. Anning? What do you know about what was in the note? We gotta know these things. We'd work for Mr. Harman. You know, you're on the jury, too, Mr. Anning. Wow. Now, where are you from, Mrs. Anning? I mean, uh, where do your folks live? What part of the country? Washington. Oh, can Washington. All right, Mr. Anning. You go on down to that trial tomorrow, just as though nothing had happened. Anybody ask you about your wife? You tell them she's gone. A little visit to her folks, as both can. Who's in my folk? The case will be better during on Friday. If everything goes like it should, your wife will be back here safe and sound first thing Monday morning. Oh, good Lord. But you can't do it to my dear Mr. Chan. Be reasonable, Mrs. Anning. We gotta. You people know too much about this thing. Look, but we won't say anything. I promise. I swear it. Now, how can we take a chance like that? Harman is up for murder. I better get your things together, Mrs. Anning. Go ahead and say it. We ain't got all night, though. I'll take the money, Mr. Anning, before I forget it. Thanks. I hope you understand our position. What are you gonna do? Obviously, the money went to the wrong party. So, we gotta use another method. If everything goes like it should on that jury, your wife will be okay. But if it doesn't... Oh, you can't. You can't do that. Oh, we can. Saves us a lot of money, too. And, uh, Mr. Anning, not a way to the authorities. Your wife would make a cute call. After they left, I just sent that. Maybe another guy would have rushed right off, done something. But I couldn't. It all happened so suddenly. In the floor of the drugstore, and figuring out from the note that it was a bribe to someone on the jury of the Harman trial. The jury I was on. The police never showed up. His wife sneaked out of our building the back way, took to side streets, went to the office of the chief of detectives. So, he came down here. What are we sitting here for? Why don't we do something? We got to know what we're doing before we start doing it. Anyway, from what you tell me, I don't think she'll be in any real danger. No real danger. She's been kidnapped by gangsters. But why? That's what doesn't make any sense to me. I told you, the money was some kind of bribe. They thought we knew about it. But you didn't. Well, how could we? And just picked the money up off the floor. They said they'd have her back by Monday. That's what they said. You can believe them if you want to. But she's my wife. Okay, okay. What do these two cookies look like? I don't know. They're average size. Dark, I think. No, I don't remember what they look like. You catch her name? I didn't ask them. You're not going to be much help for a while, are you? Okay, it's all right. By the way, my name is Dan. Oh, mine's Al. You'll probably be seeing quite a lot of me in the next day or two, so we might as well get acquainted. And Al. Yeah. Take it easy. We'll find your wife. Dan's being friendly made me feel a lot better, but we still weren't doing anything. First he got out a lot of pictures and I had to go through all those, but of course I couldn't recognize anybody. Then he started making phone calls. That didn't make much sense to me either, except that he figured they might have a stolen car and he was trying to check on it. Finally he called a police car and we drove back towards the courthouse. It was 12 o'clock that Mr. Adelson hadn't left the store. He was anxious enough to talk, but it didn't look as though he was going to get us any place. I tell you, Lieutenant, is this right there on the floor? It was right there. Yeah, but when you talk to these two men... Oh, yeah. Well, I talk to them. The one that is. And he said he lost an envelope he bought in my store. And I said yes, he found it, and Mr. Benny had it. Oh, you talk to them. What did they look like? How can I know what they look like when they called me on the telephone? Okay, I guess that's all, Mr. Adelson. I'm sorry, Lieutenant. I wish I could help you. That's all right. But is there anything else you'd like? We'll call him. Say, Mr. Benny. Yeah. Did you tell him about the note? Note? Yeah, the note that was in the money. So there was a note? Sure, in the money. Where's Mr. Benny? What about it, Al? Well, I'm sorry. I guess I forgot. I drove back to the street and parked in front of my apartment. Dan didn't say a word until he got into the elevator. And then he spoke to the elevator boy, not to me. You're taking Mrs. Benny and a couple of men down tonight, about 10.30? Yeah, yeah, that's right. Police? Yes. What did they look like? Well, I couldn't really tell you that they had their hats pulled down, sort of. Well, one was tall, the other was short. That's about all I noticed. Oh, wait a minute, yeah. How did you speak of it? The short one called the tall one Johnny. It's funny I didn't think of that. Tall one and a short one. And the tall one's name was Johnny. But that breaks the case wide open, huh? Yeah, I'll see you till you get a citation. He got off at my floor and I opened the apartment and went in. He still didn't say anything. He prowled around the apartment, opened into bureaus and bought us. I'm not saying a word. Then he came out in the living room and sat down in the big arm chair. And just looked straight at me. What about the note? I'm sorry, Dan, I didn't think it was important. And you couldn't remember that one was a tall guy and the other was a short guy. And the tall guy's name was Johnny. I was all upset. I don't even know if I heard his name. Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute. Why didn't I think of it? Think of what? Bill Quinlan, the defense lawyer in the Harman case. Those are his boys. I've had those guys up a dozen times. He always comes and gets them off. The Harman trial? Yeah. This Harman is up on a murder rap. Bank robbery and a guard was killed. The lawyer is Bill Quinlan. Quinlan's bribed more juries and I've got hairs on my head if he could ever prove it. He'll get a couple of hung juries and he'll let you off the hook. He's told us plenty of times. Oh, isn't that a little far-fetched? What can I say, Al? It's all we've got. You know, I don't know if the boys checked the jury list anyway. Where's your phone? Oh, in there. Dan? Yeah? Dan? I'm on the jury. You're what? Yeah, don't you see? Look, if I opened my mouth, that killer, they told me so. So that's it. I didn't dare to tell you, Dan. I hoped you'd find her up. Why, you long-legged, thick-headed idiot. Don't you think I've been in this business long enough to know it a little better than you do? Don't you think I know how to give people protection when I have to? Do you think we're going on trying to get people killed? Do you know any more you haven't told me? No. Do you know who the juror is that they're trying to bribe? No. Okay. Well, now at least we know where to start looking. Look, Dan. Yeah? You're not sorry at me, are you? Me? No. What have I got to be sorry about? She's your wife. I knew where to start looking, but it wasn't as easy as that. I was still on the jury, of course. They didn't dare make a move against Harman because of Anne. The case went to the jury Friday, and there was still no word of it. And, of course, I had to vote not guilty. They understood that. But it turned out the vote was eight to four, so it didn't really matter with a honing jury. Harman was scheduled for a new trial anyway. But now it was Monday. The day Anne was supposed to return. But there was no word. What if they'd found out the police knew that I was on the jury? It was really midnight, and Dan came to be a party. He looked as though he hadn't slept for three days. I hadn't either. He told me to come along with him. He didn't say much until we were way down on Avenue 3 on the Lower East Side. Don't let it get out, fella. I think we're gonna come out all right. When did you find out? About an hour ago. We trailed Harman. That's why he got bailed. Dan, don't kid me. Are you sure that he's sure as we can be? We know where they are. She'll be there. Man, that's the place. The third house now. Ellis, you and Wilson stake out the back. Oh, Farley and Edwards take the front. I'm going in. All right, get going. Dan, I want to go with you. Oh, you stay in the car. I'm going with you. Okay. Come on. Let's go. The light in the front. Let me give us a little reception, Al. If they wouldn't do anything to her, would they? Would they, Dan? I'll try the door. Locked. Can we? Got a skeleton. What is it behind you? It's in the street light. I'm sure it's up here. He's around. Come on. What is it? What is it? It's her, Al. Your wife. She's dead. In the next day, there was a funeral. A lot of friends came around. Looked at me sad. And I stood by where she was lying with all the flowers around her. It wasn't the way it was supposed to work out. Dan was there, too. The long time he stood there, looking at her, my friends, and me. You called Johnny and Sam, didn't you? I called them. Yeah. You called them. She thought you were calling the police. That's why the police never showed up. I called them. She was so insistent that I had to call somebody. I didn't think they'd take her away. I thought they'd just take the money and leave, and forget the whole thing, but they took her, too. What about the money? The money they paid me for the trial. The money for the trial, a $10,000. I told you, they took it. They took the money and they took her. All except $500. I kept that in my pocket. I didn't get that. That's what I... What I paid for the funeral with. Yes, I know. We had the numbers of the bills. When we picked them up later that night, they had it all except $500. That's what brought me back to you. It's funny. I did it for her. To buy her nice things, huh? And all I bought her was her funeral. Say goodbye, Al. You'll have to come with me.