You didn't see the killing or the body. How do you know there was a murder? trips at...

Lt. Doyle: You didn't see the killing or the body. How do you know there was a murder? Jeff: Because everything this fellow's done has been suspicious: trips at night in the rain, knifes, saws, trunks with rope, and now this wife that isn't there anymore. Lt. Doyle: I admit it does have a mysterious sound. But it could be any number of things for the wife disappearing. Murder is the least part. Jeff: Now, Doyle, don't tell me that he's just an unemployed magician amusing the neighborhood with his sleight of hand. Don't tell me that.

You didn't see the killing or the body. How do you know there was a murder? Because everything this fellow's done has been suspicious. Trips at night in the rain, and knives and saws and trunks with rope and now this wife that isn't there anymore. I admit it all has a mysterious sound. It could be any number of things. Murder's the least plausible. Doyle, don't tell me he's an unemployed magician, amusing the neighborhood with his sleight of hand. Don't tell me that. It's too obvious and stupid a way to commit murder. In full view of 50 windows? Then sit over there smoking a cigar, waiting for the police to come and pick him up? All right, Officer, do your duty. Go over and pick him up. Jeff, you've got a lot to learn about homicide. Why, morons have committed murder so shrewdly, it's taken a hundred trained police minds to catch them. That salesman wouldn't just knock his wife off after dinner and toss her in the trunk and put her in storage. I'll bet it's been done. Most everything's been done, under panic. This is a thousand-to-one shot. He's still sitting around the apartment. That man's not panicked. You think I made all this up? Well, I think you saw something. There's probably a very simple explanation for that. For instance? Wife took a trip. His wife was sick in bed. Yeah, so you told me. Well, Jeff, I've got to run along. I won't report this to the department. Let me poke into it a little on my own. No sense in your getting a lot of ridiculous publicity. Thank you. We know the wife is gone, so I'll see if I can find out where. Do that. You had any headaches lately?