Full Transcript for Greeneyed Monster

00:04:58.060 End of a string, Gerald. Do you realize we're practicing 82 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.240 the last people here? Come on, we must go. 83 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:02.899 Goodbye, Dolly. Goodbye. Goodbye. 84 00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:04.290 We must go now, Dolly. 85 00:05:04.350 --> 00:05:06.589 It's been delightful. I'm very glad you enjoyed it, Morty. 86 00:05:06.610 --> 00:05:08.110 Give me a ring sometime. 87 00:05:08.189 --> 00:05:09.129 Goodbye, Mrs. Barney. 88 00:05:09.149 --> 00:05:10.269 Goodbye. 89 00:05:10.410 --> 00:05:12.250 I say, can I give anybody a lift to my car? 90 00:05:12.470 --> 00:05:13.189 How about you, Mr. 91 00:05:13.290 --> 00:05:13.870 Stephen? 92 00:05:13.930 --> 00:05:14.790 Thank you. 93 00:05:14.810 --> 00:05:17.009 Michael, you're staying for a moment, aren't you? 94 00:05:17.250 --> 00:05:19.709 I want to give you that book you left me. 95 00:05:19.769 --> 00:05:20.430 Right you are, Dolly. 96 00:05:20.649 --> 00:05:20.990 Oh, dear. 97 00:05:21.009 --> 00:05:22.509 See, I put my foot in it again. 98 00:05:22.540 --> 00:05:22.769 Ha, ha. 99 00:05:23.389 --> 00:05:24.389 Well, cheerio. 100 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:31.540 Come on, Jill. 101 00:05:32.620 --> 00:05:33.759 All gone at last. 102 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:36.100 Who was that oaf who offered you a lift? 103 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:37.379 Never seen him before in my life. 104 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:39.819 Well, never mind him. I'd like to know what you 105 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:41.819 meant by spending the whole evening talking. 106 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:42.399 To that Janet. 107 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:44.399 Janet, whatever her name is. 108 00:05:44.459 --> 00:05:45.500 Why shouldn't I talk to her? 109 00:05:45.550 --> 00:05:47.120 You're not in love with her by any chance. 110 00:05:47.430 --> 00:05:50.389 Really, Dolly, you're being absurd. You asked me to your party. 111 00:05:50.730 --> 00:05:52.069 Wasn't I supposed to talk to your guest? 112 00:05:52.110 --> 00:05:52.889 I noticed you say guest. 113 00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:53.980 In the plural. 114 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:56.939 I didn't see you talking to anyone but her. You 115 00:05:56.959 --> 00:05:58.199 made me look an absolute fool. 116 00:05:58.230 --> 00:05:59.759 You seem to think you can own me or something. 117 00:05:59.899 --> 00:06:01.069 I practically do. 118 00:06:01.550 --> 00:06:04.069 Who paid for that very smart dinner jacket I should 119 00:06:04.089 --> 00:06:04.589 like to know? 120 00:06:05.009 --> 00:06:06.529 Who slips you a few pounds so you won't be 121 00:06:06.569 --> 00:06:08.569 embarrassed by my paying at the restaurant we go to? 122 00:06:08.589 --> 00:06:10.910 Whose issue is that you get the 101 little things 123 00:06:10.930 --> 00:06:12.230 you could never afford to buy yourself? 124 00:06:19.949 --> 00:06:22.610 It has never been discovered exactly how this ugly little 125 00:06:22.709 --> 00:06:27.050 scene developed. Neighbours, hearing the shouting voices from Mrs. Barney's flat, 126 00:06:27.509 --> 00:06:30.519 looked at each other and smiled wearily, for they'd grown 127 00:06:30.620 --> 00:06:33.019 used to the frequent rows that took place between the 128 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:36.699 glamorous Dolores and the young Michael Stevens. But what made 129 00:06:36.740 --> 00:06:39.230 them realise that this quarrel was more serious than the 130 00:06:39.310 --> 00:06:40.810 others was when they heard. 131 00:06:40.850 --> 00:06:41.850 No, darling, don't! 132 00:06:42.290 --> 00:06:42.819 Let me have it! 133 00:06:43.250 --> 00:06:44.990 No, darling! 134 00:06:45.370 --> 00:06:45.610 Michael. 135 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:47.189 Michael, are you hurt? 136 00:06:48.029 --> 00:06:48.410 Michael. 137 00:06:49.250 --> 00:06:49.970 Michael. 138 00:06:50.269 --> 00:06:50.790 The doctor. 139 00:06:51.310 --> 00:06:53.009 It's the doctor. Hurry, darling. 140 00:06:53.050 --> 00:06:53.389 Hurry. 141 00:06:53.410 --> 00:06:56.250 Yes. Yes, darling. I'm bringing him. 142 00:06:57.060 --> 00:06:57.620 Oh, Michael. 143 00:06:57.899 --> 00:06:58.339 Darling. 144 00:06:58.360 --> 00:06:58.839 The doctor. 145 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:00.480 Wait for me, Dolly, please. 146 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:00.939 The doctor. 147 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:01.620 Hello. 148 00:07:02.579 --> 00:07:02.759 Dr. 149 00:07:02.819 --> 00:07:03.379 Durrant. 150 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:04.759 Doctor, it's Mrs. 151 00:07:04.779 --> 00:07:07.009 Barney speaking. Stop him. 152 00:07:07.069 --> 00:07:16.250 You must stop him. 153 00:07:17.769 --> 00:07:20.470 When Dr. Durrant arrived at Mrs. Barney's flat, he found 154 00:07:20.569 --> 00:07:23.850 Michael Stevens dead. His body was lying on the first 155 00:07:23.889 --> 00:07:27.790 floor landing, his head supported by two blood-stained pillows. The 156 00:07:27.829 --> 00:07:30.389 left arm was outstretched and the right lay across the body. 157 00:07:31.009 --> 00:07:32.810 On the floor, close to the left hand, was a 158 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:37.439 small black revolver. The doctor moved nothing and immediately called 159 00:07:37.459 --> 00:07:39.839 the police in spite of the shrieking protests of Mrs. 160 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:40.180 Barney. 161 00:07:40.819 --> 00:07:43.120 It was not long before Detective Inspector Winter was on 162 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.779 the scene. He brought with him the famous pathologist, Sir 163 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:49.110 Bernard Spilsbury, who proceeded to examine the body. Leaving Sir 164 00:07:49.149 --> 00:07:52.009 Bernard at his task, Winter went downstairs to the lounge 165 00:07:52.050 --> 00:07:53.850 to ask Mrs. Barney a few questions. 166 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:57.759 Oh, Mrs. 167 00:07:57.819 --> 00:07:59.879 Barney, if you don't mind, I'd like to ask you one. 168 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:00.319 Of two things. 169 00:08:00.379 --> 00:08:01.379 Give me a cigarette, will you? 170 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:02.139 Certainly. 171 00:08:02.899 -->

00:08:03.730 Had a party tonight. 172 00:08:04.170 --> 00:08:05.250 Guest smoked me out. 173 00:08:05.269 --> 00:08:05.589 Oh. 174 00:08:05.990 --> 00:08:06.189 Light? 175 00:08:06.790 --> 00:08:07.009 Thanks. 176 00:08:08.569 --> 00:08:09.170 What do you want to know? 177 00:08:10.089 --> 00:08:12.250 Well, firstly, perhaps, the name of the deceased. 178 00:08:12.290 --> 00:08:14.509 He's a friend of mine. Michael Stevens. 179 00:08:14.810 --> 00:08:16.930 Now, tell me quite calmly exactly what happened. 180 00:08:17.029 --> 00:08:17.509 Why should I? 181 00:08:18.370 --> 00:08:21.129 Get out of here, you snooping wretch. Get out, do 182 00:08:21.170 --> 00:08:21.500 you hear me? 183 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:22.540 Get out! 184 00:08:22.620 --> 00:08:24.360 Now, Mrs. Barney, I know you're upset. 185 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:25.180 Upset? 186 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:28.220 That's a fine way of putting it. What would you say? 187 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:31.060 Excuse me. I'll answer it if you don't mind. 188 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:31.970 Why should you answer it? 189 00:08:32.299 --> 00:08:33.220 It's still my flat, isn't it? 190 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:33.820 Hello? 191 00:08:35.179 --> 00:08:36.779 Oh, Inspector Winter of Scotland Yard. 192 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:39.480 Oh, Lady Mullins. 193 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:40.879 I'm afraid your daughter can't speak to. 194 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:41.379 You at the moment. 195 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:42.960 You vile scummy. 196 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:46.429 It's my mother. Here, give me that thing. Let me 197 00:08:46.450 --> 00:08:46.820 speak to her. 198 00:08:47.909 --> 00:08:48.110 Hello? 199 00:08:49.009 --> 00:08:49.269 Mummy? 200 00:08:50.049 --> 00:08:50.509 Mummy, darling. 201 00:08:51.090 --> 00:08:51.830 You must come at once. 202 00:08:52.750 --> 00:08:53.649 They're trying to take me away. 203 00:08:54.149 --> 00:08:54.769 Don't let them. 204 00:08:54.789 --> 00:08:55.230 Now, Mrs. 205 00:08:55.289 --> 00:08:56.210 Barney, you must stop this. 206 00:08:56.250 --> 00:08:57.470 Give me the receiver. That's right. 207 00:08:58.110 --> 00:08:59.870 Now that you know that my mother is Lady Mullins, 208 00:08:59.889 --> 00:09:01.809 perhaps you'll be a bit more careful what you say 209 00:09:01.830 --> 00:09:02.129 and do. 210 00:09:02.409 --> 00:09:04.610 I'm sorry, but if you can't answer my questions calmly, 211 00:09:04.629 --> 00:09:05.879 I'll have to take you along to the station. 212 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:06.700 Come along now. 213 00:09:06.740 --> 00:09:07.740 Please don't make any trouble. 214 00:09:07.789 --> 00:09:10.919 Take your filthy hands off me. Don't you dare try 215 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:11.740 and touch me again. 216 00:09:12.340 --> 00:09:14.419 I shouldn't behave like this if I were you, Mrs. Barney. 217 00:09:15.019 --> 00:09:16.440 It won't look too good in the report. 218 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:18.679 Come along now. 219 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:20.820 The less trouble you make, the sooner we'll be through. 220 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:36.159 Delores Barney calmed down considerably at the police station and 221 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:39.320 gave Inspector Winter her version of what had occurred. She 222 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:41.500 admitted ownership of the pistol and said she kept it 223 00:09:41.539 --> 00:09:43.080 behind a cushion on the chair by her bed. 224 00:09:43.100 --> 00:09:44.039 She'd had a. 225 00:09:44.019 --> 00:09:46.679 Quarrel that night with Stevens about another woman and had 226 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:49.940 threatened to commit suicide. Stevens, to prevent her carrying out 227 00:09:49.980 --> 00:09:52.360 the threat, had taken the revolver from its hiding place 228 00:09:52.419 --> 00:09:53.220 and gone to the door. 229 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:54.019 Mrs. 230 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:56.299 Barney had followed him. I followed him. 231 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:00.879 And then i remember struggling with him and suddenly i 232 00:10:01.700 --> 00:10:05.320 i heard a shot then he asked for the doctor. 233 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:08.250 Now mrs barney you've been very cooperative and i'm going 234 00:10:08.259 --> 00:10:10.610 to allow you to return home but first i want 235 00:10:10.629 --> 00:10:13.129 to ask you this you say a struggle took place 236 00:10:13.230 --> 00:10:15.830 after stevens took the gun from his hiding place it 237 00:10:15.870 --> 00:10:17.549 was quite a violent struggle. 238 00:10:17.570 --> 00:10:20.460 Yes where did it take place First of all in 239 00:10:20.500 --> 00:10:22.480 my bedroom, then in the spare room. 240 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:25.990 And when the revolver went off, who was holding it? 241 00:10:26.220 --> 00:10:29.120 Look, I'm done in. Have you a cigarette on you? 242 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:30.200 Oh, sorry, yes. 243 00:10:30.220 --> 00:10:30.679 Here you are. 244 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:33.539 Now, it's very important. 245 00:10:34.299 --> 00:10:45.629 Try to remember if you can. Thanks. Who was holding it? 246 00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:50.470 Why, Michael was. He had it all the time. I 247 00:10:50.470 --> 00:10:51.669 was trying to get it away from him. 248 00:10:52.129 --> 00:10:53.250 I see. 249 00:10:53.289 --> 00:10:53.809 Thank you, Mrs. 250 00:10:53.850 --> 00:10:54.090 Barney. 251 00:10:54.610 --> 00:10:55.649 Your mother's waiting outside. 252 00:10:55.690 --> 00:10:56.409 You may go with her. 253 00:10:57.590 --> 00:10:59.710 The next step was to examine the report by Sir 254 00:10:59.730 --> 00:11:03.860 Bernard Spilsbury. As always in shooting cases, the pathologist first 255 00:11:03.889 --> 00:11:06.519 gave his findings and then completed his report with a 256 00:11:06.580 --> 00:11:09.139 theory as to the way in which death occurred. Sir 257 00:11:09.179 --> 00:11:12.500 Bernard's theory did not quite fall in with Mrs. Barney's story. 258 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:16.019 The absence of scorching on the clothing round the bullet track, 259 00:11:16.539 -->

00:11:20.009 together with the distribution of smoke... indicate that the weapon 260 00:11:20.049 --> 00:11:23.250 was fired between three and six inches from the chest. 261 00:11:24.309 --> 00:11:28.149 Stevens must have been standing up, as the blood flowed 262 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:30.480 from the chest wound down the front of the body. 263 00:11:31.580 --> 00:11:35.019 In a standing position, it would have been extremely difficult 264 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:37.659 for him to hold the weapon in the position necessary 265 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:41.600 to produce this injury. It is far more probable that 266 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:44.940 the butt was held by another person, and it seems 267 00:11:45.059 --> 00:11:48.679 unlikely that Stevens was holding even the barrel. For, if 268 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:51.570 he had been, his fingers and hand would have been 269 00:11:51.649 --> 00:11:56.590 blackened by the discharge. In fact, it seems extremely unlikely 270 00:11:56.629 --> 00:12:00.490 to me that Stevens was holding or touching the weapon 271 00:12:00.529 --> 00:12:03.149 in any way when he received the injury. 272 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:07.100 It was obvious that either Sir Bernard's theory of the 273 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:11.480 shooting was mistaken, or else Delory's Barney was lying. Inspector 274 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:13.360 Winter returned to the scene of the crime intent on 275 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:16.039 finding a clue to show that a struggle had taken place. 276 00:12:16.740 --> 00:12:19.000 While at Mrs. Barney's flat, he noticed that although the 277 00:12:19.059 --> 00:12:22.500 drawing room was a shambles, obviously due to the cocktail party, 278 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:25.600 the bedroom and the spare room, where Mrs. Barney had 279 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:29.399 said the struggle had taken place, was remarkably tidy. Inspector 280 00:12:29.460 --> 00:12:30.539 Winter made a phone call. 281 00:12:40.230 --> 00:12:40.529 Hello? 282 00:12:40.549 --> 00:12:45.929 Is that the morgue? Ah, Detective Inspector Winter here. Yes, 283 00:12:45.950 --> 00:12:50.370 the Michael Stevens case. You have the list of effects? 284 00:12:50.389 --> 00:12:52.269 The clothes? No, no, no, don't bother to read it out. 285 00:12:52.649 --> 00:12:54.960 Only one item interests me at present. What sort of 286 00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:55.820 shoes was he wearing? 287 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.620 Ah, I see. 288 00:12:59.820 --> 00:13:01.980 You'd say that if wearing those shoes he'd had a 289 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:04.440 struggle in a room with a linoleum floor covering, he'd 290 00:13:04.460 --> 00:13:09.740 have left some marks, scratches or something? Definitely would have 291 00:13:09.779 --> 00:13:10.340 left marks. 292 00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:12.340 I see. 293 00:13:13.580 --> 00:13:13.879 Thank you. 294 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:14.419 Goodbye. 295 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:19.679 And yet there isn't the slightest scratch. 296 00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:23.379 Inspector Winter realized that there was to be no cut-and-dried 297 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:27.360 solution to this case. Had Dolores Barney really threatened suicide? 298 00:13:27.870 --> 00:13:29.919 What was the reason for the quarrel? Who had been 299 00:13:29.950 --> 00:13:33.289 holding the gun? Had there been a struggle? If the 300 00:13:33.370 --> 00:13:35.450 answers to these questions couldn't be found at the scene 301 00:13:35.470 --> 00:13:38.090 of the crime, perhaps they'd be revealed in the examination 302 00:13:38.129 --> 00:13:40.789 of the habits and past conduct of the glamorous hostess 303 00:13:40.830 --> 00:13:44.029 and her young friend. The celebrity-loving Mrs. Barney was going 304 00:13:44.070 --> 00:14:03.309 to have her full share of the limelight. Detective Inspector Winter, 305 00:14:03.429 --> 00:14:05.549 searching for anything that might throw light on the shooting 306 00:14:05.570 --> 00:14:09.220 of Michael Stevens, began inquiring into the victim's past relations 307 00:14:09.269 --> 00:14:11.750 with Dolly Barney. In the course of his inquiry, he 308 00:14:11.789 --> 00:14:13.879 discovered that the police had been called to the lady's 309 00:14:13.940 --> 00:14:17.159 flat twice in the past month. Once when neighbours complained 310 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:19.799 of drunkenness and noise from people leaving the flat, and 311 00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:21.960 once when Mrs. Barney herself had called them to get 312 00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:24.019 rid of Stevens, who had refused to leave her flat 313 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:27.419 when she asked. Winter found some other interesting evidence from 314 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:30.980 one of Mrs. Barney's more observant neighbors, Mrs. Hall, a 315 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:31.620 chauffeur's wife. 316 00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:35.379 Well, there was a time, about ten days ago, when 317 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:38.279 there was a dreadful quarrel going on. Their voices could 318 00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:41.159 be heard all over the square, I should think. Anyway, 319 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:44.559 when the row was over, the young man, Stevens, was 320 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:47.360 leaving the flat. That Mrs. Barney leaned out of the window, 321 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:51.360 shouting and screaming. She was only out dressed, Inspector. And 322 00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:52.659 then she fired her gun at him. 323 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:54.919 Can you remember what it was that she shouted? 324 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:56.120 Yes, Inspector. 325 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:58.919 It was unusual enough for it to stick in my mind. 326 00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:03.120 Just before she fired, she shouted, Laugh, baby, laugh, for 327 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:04.000 the last time. 328 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:07.539 For the last time. 329 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:10.039 Now, on that night that Mr. 330 00:15:10.059 --> 00:15:13.480 Stevens was actually killed, did you hear anything unusual? 331 00:15:13.840

--> 00:15:16.519 Oh, yes, indeed. Well, no. 332 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:16.600 No? 333 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:20.470 That's just the point. It's not at all unusual. They 334 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:22.419 were so often shouting at each other, you see. 335 00:15:22.850 --> 00:15:25.690 Yes, but was there anything particular that either of them 336 00:15:25.730 --> 00:15:26.570 said that you remember? 337 00:15:26.590 --> 00:15:30.009 I heard Mrs. Barney scream, I will shoot you. 338 00:15:30.990 --> 00:15:34.950 I will shoot you. Thank you, Mrs. Hall. 339 00:15:36.549 --> 00:15:39.950 Detective Inspector Winter realized that if Mrs. Hall's statement was accurate, 340 00:15:40.330 --> 00:15:43.509 the theory of attempted suicide, struggle, and accidental death was 341 00:15:43.529 --> 00:15:46.440 scarcely tenable. Once more, he returned to the flat. And 342 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:48.899 once more, his search was not in vain. Near the 343 00:15:48.940 --> 00:15:50.659 ceiling of one of the bedroom walls, he found the 344 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:53.840 mark of a bullet. Now, one of the neighbors, a Mr. Kiff, 345 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:56.460 had claimed that he heard two shots on the fatal night. 346 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:00.019 And the bullet mark seemed to substantiate this evidence and 347 00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:03.200 throw further doubt on Mrs. Barney's story. By now, the 348 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.000 case was the sensation of London. Dolly Barney's many friends 349 00:16:06.070 --> 00:16:08.230 at last had something really exciting to talk about. 350 00:16:08.250 --> 00:16:10.629 The whole of her private life displayed for the entertainment 351 00:16:10.649 --> 00:16:14.289 of the public. What's that, darling? No, but did you 352 00:16:14.330 --> 00:16:17.720 see the evening paper? My dear, a headline across the 353 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:22.960 front page. Where is it now? Oh, here we are. 354 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:27.539 Police find love letter from shooting victim. I must say, 355 00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:29.440 he seems to be very fond of her. Listen to this. 356 00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:33.009 Take care of yourself for me, cause you are mine. 357 00:16:33.490 --> 00:16:35.470 Forgive me all the dreadful things I've. 358 00:16:35.309 --> 00:16:36.029 Done, baby. 359 00:16:37.870 --> 00:16:39.029 I wonder what he was referring to. 360 00:16:39.049 --> 00:16:50.149 I can't! I can't! This is Barney Arrestee, charged with murder. Paper! 361 00:16:50.870 --> 00:16:52.889 All the ladies. 362 00:16:53.090 --> 00:16:57.149 In Barney County, paper! 363 00:16:57.190 --> 00:17:00.120 The first time I've ever known someone who's been arrested 364 00:17:00.149 --> 00:17:00.740 for murder. 365 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.379 A spot of soda in that, please. 366 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:04.839 Well, of course, I didn't know her well, but I 367 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:06.519 was at her party the night that it happened. 368 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:08.519 Jolly good party, too. 369 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.700 I remember she was keeping her eye on this chap 370 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.779 Stevens the whole time. 371 00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:13.289 Don't remember much else. 372 00:17:13.869 --> 00:17:17.390 Her drinks were rather strong. I say, it'd be rather 373 00:17:17.430 --> 00:17:19.299 exciting if she goes to the Old Bailey, won't it? 374 00:17:19.990 --> 00:17:20.650 Well, cheerio. 375 00:17:21.150 --> 00:17:24.490 On examining Mrs. Barney after her arrest, the prison doctor 376 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:28.140 found several bruises on her arms and one large recent 377 00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:31.200 bruise on her right thigh. This was, of course, evidence 378 00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:33.599 for the defense in supporting her story of the struggle. 379 00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:36.740 Little new evidence was brought forward at the police court inquiry, 380 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:39.440 the result of which was that Dolly Barney was committed 381 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:42.089 for trial at the Old Bailey. The trial took place 382 00:17:42.130 --> 00:17:46.349 on July the 4th, 1932. On that hot summer's day, 383 00:17:46.450 --> 00:17:49.490 every inch of space in the courtroom was occupied, mainly 384 00:17:49.529 --> 00:17:52.210 by fashionably dressed young ladies who behaved throughout as if 385 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:54.880 they were witnessing the first night of a review, rather 386 00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:57.359 than the fight of a woman for her life. Sir 387 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:00.640 Percival Clarke, opening for the Crown, scored heavily with his 388 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:04.859 first two witnesses, the Bernard Spilsbury and the firearms expert, Mr. 389 00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:05.279 Churchill. 390 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:07.849 Both men were firm in their doubts of a struggle 391 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:11.289 having taken place. But Sir Patrick Hastings, for the defense... 392 00:18:11.410 --> 00:18:14.750 found early support for his client's explanation when he cross-examined 393 00:18:14.809 --> 00:18:15.970 Detective Inspector Winter. 394 00:18:19.250 --> 00:18:22.390 Will you agree that if one person handled the gun 395 00:18:22.450 --> 00:18:25.099 and fired it, his fingerprints would be found upon it? 396 00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:26.230 Yes, Sir Patrick. 397 00:18:26.910 --> 00:18:29.940 But if there was a struggle and both parties handled 398 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:33.039 the gun, no fingerprints would be clearly discernible. 399 00:18:33.619 --> 00:18:34.200 That is correct. 400 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.980 When you went to the. 401 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:39.380 Accused's flat, did you examine the revolver for fingerprints? 402 00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.119 I did. 403 00:18:41.190 --> 00:18:45.769 And did you find only one set of fingerprints clearly defined? Yes. 404 00:18:46.430 --> 00:18:46.769 My own. 405 00:18:47.069 --> 00:18:47.450 No others. 406 00:18:49.470 --> 00:18:53.130 And yet,

you handled the revolver with great care? Yes. 407 00:18:57.130 --> 00:18:59.410 Much weight was put by the prosecution on the evidence 408 00:18:59.450 --> 00:19:02.250 of Mrs. Hall, the chauffeur's wife, who said that on 409 00:19:02.309 --> 00:19:04.670 the 19th of May, Mrs. Barney had leaned out of 410 00:19:04.710 --> 00:19:09.509 the window, fired her revolver at Michael Stephenson, No opposition 411 00:19:09.549 --> 00:19:12.089 was made to this evidence until Sir Patrick Hastings called 412 00:19:12.670 --> 00:19:16.589 the prisoner. Every neck in court craned forward. Every eye 413 00:19:16.670 --> 00:19:19.109 followed her as Dolores Barney left the dock and walked 414 00:19:19.150 --> 00:19:21.609 across to the witness box. With a wardress on either 415 00:19:21.650 --> 00:19:24.150 side of her, she looked a lonely and pitiful creature 416 00:19:24.170 --> 00:19:26.240 as she took the oath. When she looked up, the 417 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:28.920 first person she saw was her mother. For a moment, 418 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:31.079 the hushed court thought that she was about to break down. 419 00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:34.299 But under Sir Patrick's gentle guidance, he was soon giving 420 00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:35.920 her evidence quietly and calmly. 421 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.740 Now, Mrs. 422 00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.039 Barney. 423 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:40.660 I want you to cast your mind back to the 424 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:44.069 first occasion on which you fired the revolver on May 425 00:19:44.450 --> 00:19:49.130 the 19th, ten days before Stevens was killed. But first 426 00:19:49.150 --> 00:19:49.869 of all, tell the court. 427 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.279 this. 428 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:54.720 Was not one of the causes of unhappiness between you 429 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:57.410 and Michael Stevens the fact that he used to go 430 00:19:57.569 --> 00:19:59.710 out with a certain person and gamble? 431 00:20:00.109 --> 00:20:01.829 Yes. I didn't like him doing it. 432 00:20:02.309 --> 00:20:04.410 That particular person was a woman? 433 00:20:05.009 --> 00:20:05.230 Yes. 434 00:20:06.329 --> 00:20:07.809 When Stevens wanted. 435 00:20:07.569 --> 00:20:10.369 Money for these occasions... Whom did he come and ask 436 00:20:10.410 --> 00:20:10.650 for it? 437 00:20:11.049 --> 00:20:11.710 He asked me. 438 00:20:12.630 --> 00:20:15.950 On this evening, May the 19th, did he call up 439 00:20:15.970 --> 00:20:17.490 to your window and ask for money? 440 00:20:17.970 --> 00:20:18.230 Yes. 441 00:20:19.009 --> 00:20:20.210 And I refused to give it to him. 442 00:20:20.930 --> 00:20:23.309 And then what did you do? We had a quarrel 443 00:20:23.430 --> 00:20:25.910 earlier in the day about this woman. I was so 444 00:20:25.970 --> 00:20:27.730 unhappy about it that I thought I'd make him think 445 00:20:27.750 --> 00:20:30.829 I was going to commit suicide. So I fired the revolver. 446 00:20:31.349 --> 00:20:33.910 Did you fire the

revolver at Stevens? 447 00:20:33.950 --> 00:20:34.190 No. 448 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:37.920 I fired just anywhere at random in my room. Then 449 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:40.339 I realized that he might think I was dead, so 450 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:43.369 I went to the window and leaned out. He saw me, 451 00:20:43.390 --> 00:20:45.490 and nothing more happened that night. 452 00:20:46.210 --> 00:20:48.869 When was the bullet mark made that was found on 453 00:20:48.910 --> 00:20:49.589 your bedroom wall? 454 00:20:50.670 --> 00:20:51.430 On that occasion. 455 00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:57.339 This seemed quite a plausible explanation of the bullet mark, 456 00:20:57.660 --> 00:21:01.079 and was consistent with Mrs. Barney's alleged threats to commit suicide. 457 00:21:01.609 --> 00:21:03.849 But even if the jury believed her story, a great 458 00:21:03.910 --> 00:21:06.009 deal more would have to be done before they'd forget 459 00:21:06.049 --> 00:21:08.549 the evidence of the experts concerning the firing of the 460 00:21:08.569 --> 00:21:11.430 gun ten days later, on May the 30th, when Stevens 461 00:21:11.470 --> 00:21:14.390 was killed, or the evidence of Mrs. Hall, who said 462 00:21:14.430 --> 00:21:17.269 she heard the prisoner shouting, I will shoot you, during 463 00:21:17.309 --> 00:21:20.329 the quarrel that night. Sir Patrick proceeded to take his 464 00:21:20.390 --> 00:21:23.109 client through her story of that fatal quarrel. It was 465 00:21:23.190 --> 00:21:25.190 exactly the story she had told the police. 466 00:21:27.230 --> 00:21:30.950 And then I remember struggling with him, and suddenly I 467 00:21:30.970 --> 00:21:31.269 heard a. 468 00:21:31.230 --> 00:21:35.200 Shot Have you ever in your life desired to shoot 469 00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.940 Michael Stevens? 470 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.119 No, never. 471 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.250 Did you shoot him that night? 472 00:21:38.289 --> 00:21:38.650 No. 473 00:21:38.809 --> 00:21:40.089 Had you any motive for shooting him? 474 00:21:40.109 --> 00:21:40.890 Of course not. 475 00:21:41.609 --> 00:21:43.130 Did he speak to you before he died? 476 00:21:43.269 --> 00:21:46.130 He said, I wish the doctor would hurry. I want 477 00:21:46.150 --> 00:21:47.809 to tell him that it was an accident and that 478 00:21:47.950 --> 00:21:49.009 it wasn't your fault. 479 00:21:50.089 --> 00:21:52.339 He repeated it over and over again. 480 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:57.819 This ended the evidence for the defense. It says much 481 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:00.579 for Mrs. Barney that she stuck to her original story 482 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.759 to the end. The Percival Clark for the Crown cross-examined 483 00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:06.509 her with great thoroughness. Not one point did he let 484 00:22:06.529 --> 00:22:08.009 slip by without questioning. 485 00:22:08.029 --> 00:22:12.009 And I suggest that you fired him on May the 486 00:22:12.029 --> 00:22:13.049 19th from your window. 487 00:22:13.089 --> 00:22:15.269 No, I fired in my room just to frighten him, 488 00:22:15.289 --> 00:22:15.589 to make. 489 00:22:15.509 --> 00:22:16.630 Him think I would commit suicide. 490 00:22:16.730 --> 00:22:19.369 Ten days later, on May the 30th, after the party, 491 00:22:19.670 --> 00:22:21.130 you had a violent quarrel with him. 492 00:22:21.789 --> 00:22:22.609 You were jealous of. 493 00:22:22.569 --> 00:22:23.589 His behavior, were you not? 494 00:22:23.710 --> 00:22:23.910 Yes. 495 00:22:24.490 --> 00:22:25.549 I threatened to kill myself. 496 00:22:25.670 --> 00:22:28.329 Then why did you say during the quarrel, I will 497 00:22:28.369 --> 00:22:28.750 shoot you? 498 00:22:28.809 --> 00:22:29.349 I never said that. 499 00:22:29.369 --> 00:22:31.029 Do you dare to deny that you. 500 00:22:30.970 --> 00:22:33.049 Said, or rather shouted, those words? 501 00:22:33.269 --> 00:22:35.779 I might have said, I will shoot myself, but never 502 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.500 I will shoot you. 503 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:42.079 After the cross-examination, worn out and in tears, Dolores Barney 504 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:44.420 returned to the dock to await the final stages of 505 00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:47.099 the trial. She must have been depressed to hear the 506 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:50.299 logical and forceful argument that the prosecution presented in its 507 00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:55.140 closing speech to the jury. And then there was this quarrel. 508 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:58.519 The man said he would leave her, leave her for 509 00:22:58.559 --> 00:23:01.599 that other woman. What is more likely to make a. 510 00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:04.940 Woman lose her control of herself? There is not the 511 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:08.329 slightest doubt that the revolver, when fired, was in Mrs. 512 00:23:08.410 --> 00:23:11.109 Barney's hand and that it was her finger that was 513 00:23:11.150 --> 00:23:15.829 on the trigger. Furthermore, if the hand of the deceased 514 00:23:15.970 --> 00:23:18.819 was on the gun when it was fired, his hand 515 00:23:18.910 --> 00:23:20.059 must have been blackened. 516 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:23.730 And yet we know that his hands were found to 517 00:23:23.769 --> 00:23:28.150 be clean. Everything points to the fact that she believed 518 00:23:28.190 --> 00:23:31.309 her lover to be going to some other woman and 519 00:23:31.329 --> 00:23:34.640 that she fired in that attitude of mind towards him 520 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:36.559 that amounts to murder. 521 00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:39.839 Sir Patrick Hastings now rose to make his final plea 522 00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:42.880 for the defense. He pointed out how unsure the neighbors 523 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:45.380 had been as to the exact words and noises they'd 524 00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:47.940 heard on May the 30th and how Mrs. Barney had 525 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:51.519 been consistent in her tale from beginning to end. And finally, 526 00:23:51.559 -->

00:23:54.339 he casts corn on the theory of the prosecution that 527 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.779 there'd be no struggle. 528 00:23:57.859 --> 00:24:01.779 I ask you, is it likely that a tall, muscular 529 00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:05.559 man like Stevens would let a fragile woman shoot him, 530 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:09.920 standing three inches in front of him, without raising a 531 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:14.220 finger to defend himself? No one has given evidence to 532 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:18.339 show that Michael Stevens was not shocked in the way Mrs. 533 00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.259 Barney says he was. 534 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:23.700 Further, members of the jury, if anyone had. 535 00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:27.119 Come into this court and said that the revolver was 536 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:30.279 not likely to go off in a struggle, I would 537 00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:33.779 have asked him to take it, load it, and struggle 538 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:35.200 for it with one of the ushers. 539 00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:39.519 Would he have said, yes, it is quite safe? 540 00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.240 No. 541 00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:43.380 He would have said, no, thank you. 542 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:49.390 Let the two ushers go and struggle between themselves. I 543 00:24:49.450 --> 00:24:51.769 am not going to ask you for the benefit of 544 00:24:51.789 --> 00:24:55.089 the doubt, or for a lenient view of what has happened. 545 00:24:56.630 --> 00:25:00.109 I claim that on the evidence, Mrs. 546 00:25:00.250 --> 00:25:04.210 Barney is entitled, as of right, to. 547 00:25:03.529 --> 00:25:04.549 A verdict in her favor. 548 00:25:05.150 --> 00:25:07.710 Mr. Justice Humphreys summed up the case to the jury 549 00:25:08.049 --> 00:25:10.589 in his impartial way, and then sent them out to 550 00:25:10.630 --> 00:25:14.410 consider which of three verdicts they should return. Guilty of murder, 551 00:25:15.009 --> 00:25:19.160 guilty of manslaughter, or not guilty of any offense. For 552 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:22.180 two hours, the courtroom buzzed with the chatter of the spectators. 553 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:24.869 I say, Maude, did you realize that we've been in 554 00:25:24.950 --> 00:25:26.509 on this case from beginning to end? 555 00:25:26.549 --> 00:25:29.059 Yes, rather, Gerald. Why, I've been dining out for weeks 556 00:25:29.130 --> 00:25:30.839 on the fact that I was at Dolly's last party. 557 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:33.500 What do you think the jury will say? I thought 558 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.700 the judge was against her, didn't you? 559 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:36.680 No, I couldn't make out whether he thought her guilty 560 00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.519 or merely immoral. 561 00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:40.099 I saw a wonderful film last night at the Polytechnic 562 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:42.680 in Regent Street. And halfway through, I thought that Dolly 563 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.589 ought to have seen it, too. 564 00:25:43.710 --> 00:25:44.009 Why? 565 00:25:44.069 --> 00:25:45.849 What film was it? The Man I Killed. 566 00:25:45.930 --> 00:25:49.490 Gerald, can I give you a lift after. 567 00:25:49.289 --> 00:25:49.789 This is over? 568 00:25:49.849 --> 00:25:50.089 No, dear. 569 00:25:50.109 --> 00:25:51.210 I shall have to dash home and change. 570 00:25:51.430 --> 00:25:53.390 I'm going to Elsie's celebration party tonight. 571 00:25:53.430 --> 00:25:56.329 Oh, I haven't been invited. What's she celebrating? 572 00:25:56.430 --> 00:25:58.910 Well, she hopes the release of Dolly Barney. 573 00:25:59.009 --> 00:26:01.009 Oh, I think that's just asking for trouble. What if 574 00:26:01.049 --> 00:26:01.890 Dolly is convicted? 575 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:05.720 Oh, then I suppose we'll celebrate something else. It's usually something. Oh, 576 00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:11.019 here comes the jury. 577 00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:16.769 Members of the jury, are you agreed upon your verdict? 578 00:26:17.329 --> 00:26:17.769 We are. 579 00:26:18.369 --> 00:26:19.730 Do you find the prisoner. 580 00:26:19.490 --> 00:26:21.470 Guilty or not guilty of murder? 581 00:26:21.490 --> 00:26:21.569 Yes. 582 00:26:21.990 --> 00:26:23.730 We find her not guilty. 583 00:26:26.869 --> 00:26:27.849 Silence in court. 584 00:26:28.769 --> 00:26:31.849 Members of the jury, do you find the prisoner guilty 585 00:26:32.289 --> 00:26:34.369 or not guilty of manslaughter? 586 00:26:34.809 --> 00:26:35.569 Not guilty. 587 00:26:35.990 --> 00:26:39.509 Bravo! 588 00:26:40.730 --> 00:26:44.359 It seems your Elsie will have something to celebrate after all, Gerald. 589 00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.900 Rather jolly good show, eh? 590 00:26:47.299 --> 00:27:03.349 I say, look, Dolly Barney's fainted. 591 00:27:06.269 --> 00:27:09.089 And thus ended the case of the beautiful Dolores Barney, 592 00:27:09.609 --> 00:27:13.710 whose worst fault was her jealousy. In this connection, it's 593 00:27:13.750 --> 00:27:16.410 interesting to read one of her letters to Stevens... written 594 00:27:16.490 --> 00:27:20.559 after an earlier quarrel. In it she says, don't be 595 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:23.759 too jealous with me, baby, please. If you trust me, 596 00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:28.410 you won't need to feel jealous. Jealousy absolutely ruined my marriage, 597 00:27:28.910 --> 00:27:31.509 and it leads to all kinds of misery. So do 598 00:27:31.529 --> 00:27:34.670 be a bit broad-minded. I won't let you down. What 599 00:27:34.710 --> 00:27:37.099 a pity she couldn't have taken her own advice. But 600 00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:42.299 then that's something very few of us are able to do. And, incidentally, 601 00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:48.140 even fewer can resist the green-eyed monster when he tempts us. Well, 602 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:49.789 that's all for now, but I'll be back again soon 603 00:27:49.829 --> 00:27:52.730 to tell you some more of the secrets of Scotland Yard. Meanwhile, 604 00:27:52.769 --> 00:27:56.529 this is Clive Brooks saying goodbye and pleasant dreams. 605 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:16.339 THE END. 606 00:28:36.890 --> 00:28:39.490 Paris Saint-Germain win the Champions League. 607 00:28:39.890 --> 00:28:42.099 All of a sudden, there are a lot more monster 608 00:28:42.130 --> 00:28:43.700 voices in Trump Park. 609 00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.740 Players collapse to the ground. 610 00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:47.319 It is utter heartbreak. 611 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:50.289 Alcaraz rewrites the tennis history books. 612 00:28:50.549 --> 00:28:52.150 Just take in that noise. 613 00:28:52.549 --> 00:28:54.190 Feel every moment with. 614 00:28:54.089 --> 00:28:55.420 Sports Extra from Sky. 615 00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.400 Pure joy. 616 00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:59.359 Get all the best football, rugby, tennis and more from 617 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:01.509 Premier Sports and TNT Sports. 618 00:29:01.930 --> 00:29:03.450 And they'll enjoy this. 619 00:29:03.569 --> 00:29:03.970 Sky. 620 00:29:04.190 --> 00:29:05.049 Believe in better.