Murder, She Wrote s07e17 Episode Script

Why did I come back? I think you and I both know the answer to that question.
Ned Jencks is back.
- I'm your father.
- You can't be.
Tonight on "Murder, She Wrote" The site of the coroner's van is scarring off my customers.
Funny, I thought it was the police cars.
You're saying he's free to run around spending the money he stole from us? He's a con artist, all he cares about is your money.
I was scared to death.
- He can't be my father.
- I don't know.
What are you going to do, Gil? Shoot me? Perhaps the queen would care for another cookie.
- No, the queen is on a diet.
- In that case, the last one is yours.
Thank you.
- Hi.
- Hi, mommy.
Hello, Bonnie.
Come join us for a cup of tea.
I'd love some, after dealing with those moving men.
Mrs.
Fletcher, I can see your house from my room, can't I, Mommy? You sure can.
Jessica, thank you for watching Sally.
I enjoyed it.
I don't often take tea with royalty.
Can we have a tea party at my new house sometime? Of course.
I used to have tea with my great grandma, but she's gone now.
- She died several months ago.
- So sorry to hear that.
I don't have a grandpa either.
Do you have a grandpa? I did when I was a little girl.
I never had one.
He died before I was even born.
- Evening.
- Evening.
I need a room for a couple of nights.
- 30 dollars a day.
- I'll pay cash.
In advance.
What happened to the cannery? I didn't see it from the highway.
They tore it down 10 or 12 years ago.
Couldn't compete with the Japanese factories.
Unit 10.
It's around the back.
Office, what do you need? - They don't answer.
- Okay, I'll try again later.
Sure, I remember the Steak House.
You may know a young woman your age, her name is Bonnie Jencks.
Bonnie? Sure! We went to high school together.
She's Bonnie Hastings now.
She married Dave the electrician.
- Do you know him? - No.
Kind of an older fellow, but a really nice guy.
They just moved into a big house on Candlewood Lane.
- Keep the change.
- Thanks a lot.
Gil, what's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost.
Maybe I did.
Hurry up with that order.
Hello, Erma.
Is Mr.
Summers there? I have to talk to him.
- Yes, Gil.
- You won't believe this, but someone who looks like Ned Jencks just walked into your bank.
You're right.
I don't believe it.
Bye Gil.
Dave, wait.
You forgot your lunch.
That's not all I forgot.
- Go to work.
- I'm open for suggestions.
Try me later.
You've got a family to feed and a mortgage to pay.
You mean I actually make a contribution here? We're not going to start this again, are we? Sorry, grandma Porter, wherever you are, thank you.
- Let me ask you something.
- Yes.
- Of what you earn? Half's mine? - You bet.
Then half of what I inherit is yours too, I don't want to discuss it more.
Absolutely.
Grandma may have left me the down payment, but you keep them up.
- What's for dinner tonight? - You only think about your stomach? - Not quite.
- Go to work.
Go! Good bye.
- I'm so glad you're back.
- Bonnie.
- Goodness, you're trembling.
- Something strange just happened.
- Come inside.
- Thank you.
- Have a seat.
- Thanks.
- Would you like a cup of coffee? - Yes, thank you.
Now, what happened? This morning, when I sent Sally off to school.
I noticed a man across the street, looking at the house.
I didn't think anything of it, but later, when Dave went to work the man was still there.
- Bonnie? - Yes.
You turned out even more beautiful than I imagined? I'm sorry, I don't I'm Ned Jencks, your father.
If this is a joke, I don't think it's funny at all.
My father's been dead over 20 years.
He was killed in an accident.
I know.
That's what everybody thinks.
That I was drowned in the river while escaping from the police.
I guess, they told you I robbed the bank.
You were only five years old.
But I bet you remember the rabbit I gave you for your birthday.
You called it Twinkie.
And you called my motorcycle a "momocycle ".
Somebody told you those things.
You're not my father, you can't be.
Just leave me alone! When I was growing up, I would pretend that my father wasn't dead.
That someday, he'd come back to Cabot Cove looking for me.
This can't be true.
He can't be my father.
Can he? I don't know.
I must be frightening to have a father appear after 20 years.
She may have some barnacles on her bottom, but I'd say she's sound.
Who, Bonnie? No, Caleb Prine's boat.
I'm thinking of buying it.
You haven't heard a word I've said about Ned Jencks.
Of course I have.
Always was trouble, that boy.
Zooming down Main Street on that big blue motorcycle.
It wasn't blue, it was red.
Then he elopes with Julia Porter the high school homecoming queen.
Julie was Miss Cabot Cove of 1962.
Her daughter Bonnie was the homecoming queen in 1983.
When Julie's mother heard about the marriage, she cut them off her will.
- And rightly so.
- Well, if she hadn't Ned might not have robbed the bank.
He was nothing but trouble.
Good riddance I say.
You didn't hear me.
Ned Jencks is back.
From the dead? But that's impossible.
I can't be sure.
He kind of walks like him but he looks so older.
- That's him all right.
- It has been 20 years.
Even if it was 100 years, I'd know that bum anywhere.
- But still, why would he - Jencks! You don't remember me, do you? I was in the bank the day you robbed it.
- Sorry.
- I'm the guy you shot! You can't ruin people's lives and just come back as if nothing happened! You hear me, Jencks? He wore a ski-mask.
Six witnesses identified his voice as Ned Jencks.
The police pursued immediately.
Motorcycle lost control, and he plunged into the river.
They searched for days and never found his body.
They assumed he'd been washed out to sea.
Never found the money either.
Sheriff, get some men together.
We've got a bank robber here in town.
If you mean Ned Jencks, I already know.
Don't just sit there, do something.
Pick him up, throw him in jail.
- There's nothing I can do.
- You're the Sheriff, aren't you? A fugitive warrant was never issued as Jencks was presumed dead.
Well, he ain't dead.
He's walking around big as life.
You get a warrant and you run him in! The Sheriff can't do that.
Statute of limitation on bank robberies is six years.
That man shot me and he robbed the bank.
You're telling me he's free to walk around spending money stolen from us and the law can't stop him? I don't make the laws, I just enforce them.
Which is the official way to say, I'm with you, I think it stinks.
Hello? I thought I'd be hearing from you, sooner or later.
We've got to talk in private.
Nobody connected us 20 years ago and I don't want them starting now.
Why did I come back? We both know the answer to that question.
Everybody has a theory about why Jencks cam back.
Even my Adele.
She thinks maybe he didn't rob the bank.
- There were several witnesses.
- They just identified his voice.
- Maybe they were mistaken.
- No, it was Ned Jencks all right.
- Are you sure, Gil? - Sure, I'm sure.
I was there, I was the bank security guard.
That ski mask didn't fool me.
Herb Walsh recognized him too.
- Yes, he sounded pretty positive.
- Probably getting a lynching party.
What gets me is, he makes off with all that money now he comes back dressed like a bum.
In 20 years you can spend a lot of dough.
Why did he come back.
Surely he knew he'd be rejected.
No big mystery about that.
His daughter Bonnie just inherited lots of money from her grandmother.
Enough to buy a new house.
Enough to make your mind start working.
I don't think that Bonnie was involved.
But maybe her grandmother was.
He stashes the loot with granny.
She dies, he comes back to get it.
Except that Mrs.
Porter hated her son-in-law.
It could have been an act.
What if granny was in on the robbery from the start? Great theory.
Did she carry the machine gun or drive the getaway car? Can you make those well done? I must run.
I promised the sheriff I'd meet him at 10.
He didn't buy Caleb Prine's leaky old boat, did he? I'm afraid so.
- Sheriff.
- Morning, Maxine.
- Have you arrested that man yet? - You mean Ned Jencks? Yes.
Having a known criminal walking the streets is a bad example to our children.
As sheriff, it's your responsibility Sorry.
I've told Herb and I'm telling you The law is the law.
My hands are tied.
- Couldn't you run him out of town? - On what grounds? You realize come election day we'll all remember how you handled this.
My goodness.
When you said you'd buy a new boat, I didn't know you meant this! Well, it wasn't.
But to be honest Caleb said the boat needed some attention.
Do you remember when Ned Jencks robbed the bank in Cabot Cove 20 years ago? Actually, no.
I was out of town, on a fishing trip.
But I always said that that young man would come to no good.
- Don't look now, but there he is.
- Where? - I have to go talk to him.
- Be careful.
Dead or alive, that man's dangerous.
Ned Jencks? I doubt that you remember me.
Sure, I do.
You're the school teacher.
My daughter just moved in next door to you.
I forgot your name.
It's Jessica Fletcher.
Your daughter Bonnie is a fine young woman.
- I hate to see her upset like this? - What about? Me? You having reappeared after so many years.
It's a bit of a shock.
It takes some getting used to.
So does being a grandfather.
Is that why you came back? Ma'am.
The reason I came back is nobody's business but my own.
Yes, of course.
Forgive me for disturbing you.
Ma'am, excuse me.
That was rude, and I'm sorry.
I wonder if you could do me a favor.
Seeing you are neighbors, maybe you could put in a good word for me.
- I'm not sure - The reason I came back is because Bonnie is all I got now.
Her and the little one.
I have many years to make up for.
I don't know how to go about it.
- I'd like to believe you, for Sally.
- I'll level with you.
The past 20 years, I don't have anything to be proud of.
I've been in prison in Arizona under a different name.
It doesn't matter what for.
I've paid for my crimes.
But not for robbing the Cabot Cove bank.
Everybody thinks I got rich from pulling that heist.
Some take! $1,000 a year for 20 years.
Look what it cost me.
I swear all of that is behind me now.
Back then I was young and stupid.
Now I just want to be the father that Bonnie never had.
Please.
Tell he what I said.
It's all I'm asking for.
When I see Bonnie, I'll tell her.
Thank you.
I really appreciate that.
What if he was your father? Where was he when you needed him? If he is my father, there's a lot I want to talk to him about, - my mother, my childhood.
- Come on, Mrs.
Fletcher, do you think she should talk to this criminal? - I'm just the messenger.
- You think he's really my father? - Yes.
- Than I should see him, Dave.
- Not in my house.
- Your house? It's my house, too.
Sorry for butting in.
Why don't you have him over for dinner? Or have him move in.
Just do it your way.
Dave! Jessica, I'm really sorry.
That's all right.
This is me at my prom.
That sure don't look much like Dave.
- You look very beautiful.
- Thanks.
- Where are your wedding pictures? - Don't know.
Where's the album? I wouldn't know.
That's okay.
I can see it another time.
I appreciate you having me over here like this, Dave.
I guess it's hard for you, but I'm beginning to fee like one of the family.
Sally, time for your nap.
- Can Teddy take a nap, too? - Sure.
- See you later, grandpa.
- Bye, sweetheart.
- She's really a cute kid.
- Yeah.
I've got some pictures that you might like to see.
I look at them all the time to remind me of what I left behind.
They're pictures of your mother.
- Could I keep these? - Of course.
What was she like? Your mother was a very beautiful woman.
Quiet, loving and kind, she never put me down like the rest of the town.
If she had lived, things might have been different.
You are a lot like her, you know.
Grandma Porter used to say that.
I guess you didn't get along with her.
Your grandmother didn't think anybody should have a good life.
She never had a kind word for me or your mother.
After your mother died, things got a lot worse.
I guess I went a bit crazy.
- Is that why you robbed the bank? - I had to get out of here.
I knew it was stupid.
But I thought that robbing the bank was the best way to get even with the people in this town.
What did you think would happen to me? I knew your grandmother could afford to take better care of you.
And I was right.
You turned out real fine.
I have something else for you.
- You didn't have to buy me anything.
- It was your mother's.
I gave it to her when we were at high school and carried with me ever since.
- It's yours now.
- Thanks.
Bonnie, can I see you in the kitchen for a minute? What was that all about? He just gave me this locket.
It belonged to my mother.
You believe that? It's a piece of junk.
He's a con-artist.
All he cares about is your money.
- You're not giving him a chance.
- I don't want to argue about it.
Get the bum out of the house by the time I get home from work.
Dave.
- Afternoon, Mr.
Walsh.
- Afternoon.
Sorry, I'm going to have to let you go.
Why? There isn't anything wrong with my work.
No, but I can't have a relative of a man who shot me working here.
Wait.
You knew I was married to Bonnie when you hired me.
I hired you when I thought Jencks was dead.
He's alive.
And he's hanging around your house.
I don't like the guy any more than you do.
I'm sorry.
Pick up your pay at the office.
I need to talk to you.
I've got it all figured out.
You're trying to rob my wife, aren't you? Why don't you go home and sleep it off? You're after her money, that's all your interested in.
I'm not so sure that's not what you're interested in.
- Did you marry here for inheritance? - Yeah, that's right.
Hold it right there! You heard me! Now, go on, get out of here.
What are you going to do, Gil? Shoot me? Funny.
You couldn't do it before, why do you think you can do it now.
Some things never change, huh, Gil? - That hurts.
- It's your fault.
Can't you see what's happening? He's been nothing but trouble.
He's tearing our marriage apart.
- I know.
What am I supposed to do? - I'll tell you - go to the motel and say goodbye.
- He's my father.
I'm your husband.
Come on! I love you, and I don't want you to get hurt.
We have to live in this town.
We can't if he stays around.
I'm not saying you can't talk to him.
But if that's what you want, he's got to leave Cabot Cove.
I'll talk to him.
- Good morning, George.
- Good morning, Miss Hastings.
Can you tell me which room Ned Jencks is in? - He's in 10, in the back.
- Thanks.
Any idea when it happened, doctor? Between 8 p.
m.
and midnight wouldn't be far off.
From the marks on his neck, I'd say the murder weapon was a strong cord.
I can't say any more until after the autopsy.
- Good morning, Mrs.
Fletcher.
- Good morning, Doctor, Mr.
Rush.
Somehow, I just knew you'd be here, ma'am.
Bonnie called me.
For heaven sakes, what happened? Looks like the killer came through that window, searched around - Ned walked in and caught him.
- Searching for what? We found this clutched in the dead man's fist.
Loot from that bank robbery.
Now we know why he came back to Cabot Cove.
This money didn't come from the bank robbery.
- No? - Look at the signature.
Donald Regan.
He was Secretary of Treasury in the '80s.
The bank robbery was long before that.
She's right, sheriff.
I took Mrs.
Hastings home.
Good morning, Mrs.
Fletcher.
- Good morning.
- Floyd, the photographer's coming.
When the forensics guys get through, release the body and seal this off.
- Okay.
- Well, if you don't need me I've got a refrigerator full of patients waiting for me.
Thanks for everything.
Sheriff, how much longer are you going to be? The sight of that coroner's van is scaring off my customers.
I thought it was the police cars.
Besides, when did you ever get customers in broad daylight? Very funny.
I'm sealing this unit off.
It'll be a few days before you can rent it.
- That's my most popular room! - So I hear.
George, did Mr.
Jencks receive any visitors last night? - Not that I know of.
- That's why this room is so popular.
It can't be seen too well from the road.
- Any phone calls? - One, the second night he was here.
- Who from? - Couldn't say.
Didn't recognize it.
Funny thing is he made some calls the first night he arrived.
All to the same number.
Here it is: 555-4714.
Dial it, please.
Thank you.
Hello? Adele, is that you? Where are you? What's that noise? Sweetheart, I didn't know it was you I was calling.
No I am not checking up on you.
Look honey, just tell me where are you? You're kidding! Yeah? Okay, I'll see you later for lunch.
Adele? Her washing machine broke down, she's at the Cabot Cove Laundromat.
I've got a question for Herb Walsh, he should have a motive.
If the killer came in through the window, I doubt it was her.
He couldn't manage it with his bad leg.
Okay, let's say he didn't use the window.
Maybe he left it open to throw us off the track.
Herbs is too impulsive to plan that far ahead.
If you come up with a better idea, let me know.
Absolutely.
I don't care how much so-called collateral Joe Wilson doesn't have, We don't like to put people out of business, grant the loan if the board has a problem, I'll take the heat.
Thanks.
Jessica! I haven't seen you in ages.
- How have you been? - Fine, thanks, and you? I can't complain.
I hear Dave and Bonnie Hastings are your new neighbors.
They've just moved in.
Can you believe Herb Walsh letting Dave go? It makes me sick.
That old coot has a real mean streak in him.
I wonder if he'll hire Dave back now that Ned's been killed.
So it is true.
I heard a rumor, - but you know this town.
- It's true, all right.
- Do you have a minute? - Sure, come in my office.
- Please, sit down.
- Thank you.
I've been trying to piece together what happened 20 years ago from the people that were there.
That robbery ruined so many people's lives, not only Herb Walsh.
I know that Bonnie is still terribly scarred by it all.
Well.
It was Lew Hankin who was the bank manager back then.
He wasn't even here that day but they fired him anyway.
Gil Blocker, the short-order cook, was the bank guard.
He froze during the robbery and didn't fire his gun.
He became the town drunk after that until he got his act together.
But I guess you know that.
- And you were working that day.
- Yes.
In case you had any doubts, it was Ned behind that ski mask.
I was scared to death.
Not that I thought Ned would kill anybody, but I had the feeling he was more scared than anybody.
Something tragic could have happened if he panicked.
Isn't that why you were promoted? When they fired Lew, they had to promote somebody.
In a way, that robbery was the luckiest thing ever happened to me.
Excuse me.
Yes, Jean.
- Joe Wilson on line one.
- I'll be with him in a second.
- I'll get out of your way.
- Please stop by any time.
Thanks.
Joe, how are you? Is that loan all taken care of? Good.
So, someone knocked off Ned Jencks.
That's rich.
You find out who did it and I'll pay for the lawyer.
You might just get your chance.
I have a dozen witnesses who saw you threaten Ned Jencks.
I get it.
I'm the number one suspect.
You can arrest me, but if you do, you'll have to arrest your wife too.
- What? - And father Barnes.
The evening of the murder, I was in the church basement sitting next to Adele playing bingo.
All evening.
- Hi, Jessica.
- Morning, Gil.
I have a real fine lobster salad today.
No, thanks.
I just came for a quick cup of your fabulous coffee.
If you want fabulous, you have to get here real early in the morning.
- Thanks.
How's it going? - It's going great.
I got my health back, thank the lord.
I've been working the AA program for five years.
And it shows.
This is very good.
I guess you heard what happened yesterday, I pulled a gun on Ned Jencks.
Yes, I think someone mentioned it.
You also heard I didn't have the guts to pull the trigger.
I don't think killing an unarmed man, necessarily takes guts.
It was just like the bank robbery 20 years ago, I just froze.
Not that it mattered, the gun wasn't loaded.
- When, yesterday? - 20 years ago, too.
What do you think of that? A bank guard with an empty revolver.
- Practically nobody knew about it.
- Practically? Maxine Malloy in the antique store knew about it.
She used to be a bank teller.
She knew.
You see, I had a little crush on her I just never knew what to say to her, so once we were having sandwiches in the park and I started babbling about it.
Just something to talk about.
I never realized you felt that way about Maxine.
Nobody did.
Not even her.
I never stood a chance with her anyway.
She was crazy about Elton Summers.
She went with him for a year or so.
He broke her heart when he married Ruth Stanford.
Right after he got that big promotion.
That should have left the field wide open for you.
No.
Maxine quit on life after that.
You know how she is.
A gal that's too fragile to touch.
Just like one of her antiques.
Mommy, do elves have green faces? I don't know.
I guess.
I've never seen an elf before.
Green looks yucky.
I think I'll color him blue.
- Hi, Sheriff.
- Mrs.
Hastings.
- Hi, Sally.
- Hi.
- Is your husband in? - No, he's out on a job.
- You know where he's working? - He's at the Pearson place.
Why? - I just want to talk to him.
- About what? Thanks for you time.
Sally, sure do like that color.
Bye, ma'am.
Sheriff, look at this.
Hey, Sheriff.
What are you looking for? Not much, I think I already found it.
One of my deputies found this in the field outside the motel.
I figure it was used to murder Ned Jencks.
The same wire you've got on the back of your truck.
So? It's just electrical wire you can get at any hardware store.
Maybe so.
It just so happens that the end on my wire, matches the end on your coil.
That's crazy.
I didn't kill anyone.
That's for a jury to decide.
I'm placing you under arrest for the murder of Ned Jencks, You have the right to remain silent, if you give up this right, everything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, For heaven's sakes.
Dave's truck is always wide open.
It was parked unattended outside of Herb's construction site all day.
Anybody could have cut that wire.
Yes, anybody could have.
But could have and did are two different things.
The bottom line is motive, means and opportunity.
Dave Hastings had all three.
The motel room was ransacked.
Why would Dave do that? To make it look like a robbery.
In fact, maybe it was.
Dave lost his job that day.
Why did Ned repeatedly call the Laundromat the night he arrived? He probably arranged to connect with somebody there.
- But they didn't show up.
- Of course they didn't show up.
It closes at 6:30 and Ned didn't make the call until 8 o'clock! Unless he inadvertently called the wrong number.
Over and over again? Not very likely.
- Especially as he had it written down.
- May I see that? Why not.
It's a receipt for a tube of toothpaste.
The number's on the back.
Dwight's Pharmacy.
My! I'll talk to you later.
You told me your father had given you some photographs that were taken before the robbery.
He and some old friends.
- Yes, he put them in the album.
- May I see them? - Certainly.
Have a seat.
- Thanks.
I called Henry Donovan to see if he would take on Dave's case.
Henry's the best.
But you may not need him.
- You figured something out? - Not yet, but I'm working on it.
Okay.
- Isn't that Maxine Malloy? - Yeah, I think it is.
- May I borrow these? - Sure.
- You think she's involved? - In your father's death? Well maybe not directly.
- What's this? - Don't know, never seen it before.
"Hankins off on Wednesdays.
Isn't this wonderful? It's a genuine Farley.
Circa 1850.
Not like all those terrible imitations you find.
- What does it do? - It makes butter.
- I can buy butter.
- You have the soul of an accountant.
How much are you asking? It's worth at least 200 dollars.
But I wouldn't dream of selling it.
Would you excuse me a moment? - Certainly.
- $200? Shut up and let me handle it.
Morning Jessica, come to browse? Not really.
If you do, make a fuss over the butter churn.
I'm reeling in those city folks real slow.
I won't take too much time.
I'm sure you heard Dave Hastings has been arrested for Ned Jencks murder It's a terrible shame.
Dave's such a nice fellow.
But I'm not surprised he snapped.
What with him losing his job and all and Ned being the cause of it.
I must ask you something about the robbery 20 years ago.
- You were a teller there that day.
- Yes, I was.
Lew Hankins was the manager, but he was off.
Lew always took Wednesdays off.
- It was just me and Elton.
- This is very important.
Gil Blocker said he never loaded his gun.
And you knew that.
- Yes, I knew that.
- And who did you tell? I didn't tell anyone.
Who would I tell? Not Ned Jencks, you can bet on that.
Maybe it was the person who took this photograph.
- I think Elton too this.
- Yes, I thought maybe he had.
Gil told me you and Blocker had been going together in those days.
I might have mentioned it to Elton.
What with him working in the bank.
He had a right to know, no? Yes.
There's something that Ned Jencks said that didn't register until now.
He said that all he got from the robbery was $1,000 a year for 20 years.
You must have misheard.
There was a construction payroll from a firm building the interstate.
No, Ned got away with over $200,000.
Yes, or somebody did.
Thank you, Maxine.
You've been a big help.
Excuse me, Miss? We'd like to chat with you about the churn.
- Metzger.
- Sheriff, it's Jessica Fletcher.
I'm down at the Cabot Cove library.
I was looking through some old phone books, I know who killed him and why.
You got all that out of a phone book? Amazing as it seems, I did.
But I'll need your help to prove it.
- Come in.
- Elton? Dave, come in! I thought the Sheriff had you in jail.
He did.
He had to let me out.
Lack of evidence.
That's great.
I knew it was a mistake.
Sit down.
Thank you.
Doesn't mean I'm out of it.
The sheriff still thinks I did it.
He'll put a case together one way or another.
Anything I can do? I don't expect you to confess, that'd be going too far.
- What are you talking about? - Round figure? $200,000.
I don't know if you have any of it left, but, near there.
- Is this a joke? - No.
Ned was over at my house, I found this tucked behind some photographs he gave Bonnie.
You see there Don't touch.
It says "Hankins, off on Wednesdays, - So? - So, you wrote it.
I figure you and Ned planned that robbery 20 years ago.
I didn't write that.
Look.
It looks like a pretty good match to me.
I think the handwriting experts would agree.
Me and Ned had this conversation before he died Funny thing was about the big construction payroll, Ned only got $20,000.
That's why he came back, when he found out there was $200,000 missing.
He got out of prison and came back to get his share.
That's a hell of a story, Dave.
Who's going to believe it.
Ned's dead.
The statute of limitations ran out on that years ago.
True, but Ned was murdered the day before yesterday.
The way I see it.
He wasn't trying to threaten you with jail.
He was simply trying to threaten you with exposure.
And you didn't want that to come out.
You shouldn't have murdered him.
Ned Jencks was a reasonable guy.
Just like me.
I'm a reasonable guy, too.
Reasonable, maybe.
Bright, you're not.
You're not going to kill me with a bank full of people, are you? Why not? You came in demanding money, threatened me, attacked me with that.
You gave me no choice.
I was just protecting myself.
So was I.
Sheriff! Put the gun down! Finding that note in the back of the photo album was a lucky break.
How did you know it was written by Elton Summers? It could have been written by anybody who worked in the bank.
You remember the calls to the Laundromat the night Ned arrived? - Yeah? - That number was jotted down on an old receipt from Dwight's Pharmacy.
- So? - Dwight's went out of business.
- So if the receipt was out of date.
- The phone number was too.
I checked the old directories and sure enough, number belonged to Elton Summer.
That poor guy never had a chance.
- Here we go! - Hi, Mrs.
Fletcher.
- Hi, Bonnie.
- Hi, Sheriff.
- Hi, Sally.
- Hi.
Sam? Mr.
Mayor, we came for a boat ride, where's the boat? - At the other end of this rope.
- Dear! What happened? Maybe I scraped the bottom too thin.