Hawaii Five-O (1968) s08e21 Episode Script
A Killer Grows Wings
Hey, what are you doing here? Oh, hello.
Are you the owner of this plantation? I'm the manager.
Well, it's a good thing you came along.
Come and take a look at this.
- Who are you? - Well, my name's Weatherby.
I'm here with a visiting Australian scientific mission, studying pest control.
I'm an entomologist.
You're on private property, Mr.
Weatherby.
Oh, I was told no one would mind if I poked around here a little.
Well, you were told wrong.
There, take a look at that.
I'm very much afraid, sir, that your cane field is infested.
This will have to be reported to the Experimental Station as soon as possible.
That parasite there could spread throughout the entire islands.
Now don't bother, Weatherby.
I'll handle it.
Oh, no problem, sir.
I'm about to leave now, and I'll just take this back to Dr.
Maitland - What have we got, Danno? - Dr.
Lan Weatherby.
From what I can piece together, he was a prominent entomologist.
Consultant to Australian cane growers and a professor at Queensland University.
What was he doing in Hawaii? Inspection trip, studying our pest-control methods.
The rest of his party flew home yesterday.
Hold it, fellas.
Skull fracture, huh? - Okay.
- Apparently the motive wasn't robbery.
Found money, traveler's checks, airlines tickets, all on the body.
- What about the wagon? - Rented.
All right, Danno.
Contact Queensland University.
Try to find out why he stayed on alone.
- And see if he knew anyone locally.
- Right.
Mr.
Chadwick.
I thought I told you never to come here.
I had to see you.
Alone.
All right.
Go on back to the hotel.
I'll call you when I need you.
I came across a man in the cane field where the larvae colony's planted.
He discovered the infestation.
Who was he? An Australian entomologist named Weatherby.
He was gonna report his find.
I tried to stop him, he wouldn't listen.
I killed him.
- Well, you stup - I had no choice.
No choice? Why didn't you bring him here to me? - Did anyone see this? - No.
And I moved the body from the cane field to Kalani Point.
It's 15 miles from the plantation.
Well.
Finally shown a spark of imagination, Mr.
Chadwick.
I did what I had to do.
You're sure no one saw you or Weatherby? Would I be here if they had? You never told me this.
I don't know anything about it.
- You understand? - Yes.
When is your meeting with Mrs.
Holbrook? This afternoon.
We're almost home.
Make sure her commitment is firm.
Am I early? No, I'll be with you in a minute.
Take him away, Kono.
I suppose you've come for my decision.
If you've made one.
I thought about it very hard.
I don't wanna sell.
But it doesn't look as though I have much choice.
Frankly, Mrs.
Holbrook, that's the way I see it.
You know, it is really hard to understand how a business could go downhill so fast in such a short time.
There are lots of reasons.
Your husband left debts.
There's the inheritance tax.
And the sugar market's been very unsettled.
I know.
You've shown me the figures.
- If you'd care to go over them again? - No, it's too depressing.
I'm not much at figures, anyway.
If only Matt was still alive, we'd work it out somehow.
I can't do it alone.
I just don't know enough.
Does that mean you'll accept Mr.
Vadney's offer? Yes, damn it.
I'll accept.
I don't think you'll regret it, Mrs.
Holbrook.
That's it, Steve.
- Nothing else in the closet? - Dr.
Weatherby travels light.
Yeah, too light.
Weatherby was a scientist.
He was collecting data for an official report.
Now, where are his notebooks? His field-test equipment? I checked with the desk downstairs.
There's nothing of Weatherby's in the baggage room.
All right, Danno.
Get over to Customs.
Find out if they cleared any kind of scientific equipment when Weatherby came through.
Right.
Steve, Dr.
Weatherby rented the station wagon at 10 a.
m.
Yesterday.
Aloha Car Rental, Waikiki.
Just be sure they get it back after the lab work is finished.
Okay.
Lukela.
Yes, he's here.
Steve.
It's Che.
- Yes, Che.
- Checked out the red-soil samples on Dr.
Weatherby's boots.
Typical plantation-type soil.
But that's not the important thing.
There's a peculiar larvae in this soil sample.
Looks to me like a species of sugar pest.
But it didn't match up with any known Hawaiian variety.
I'd like to send them over to the entomology lab, Experiment Station.
- Oh, yeah.
You mean to Dr.
Maitland? - That's right.
No, Danno.
Nope, doesn't make any sense.
Weatherby checks through customs with an agricultural field kit.
Later, his body is found out near Kalani Point, but the kit isn't with him.
Why? It's his first visit to the islands.
No record of any enemies.
And he wasn't robbed.
But there he was with his head bashed in.
The snakes are loose, Steve.
Maybe it's just somebody looking for something to kill and Weatherby walked into it.
But if it was a random kill, Danno, why did they get rid of the field kit? - Maybe it's valuable.
- To whom? The killer would have to know what it was.
And if he stole the kit, why not the wallet with $150 American in it? No.
No, that missing kit tells me that whoever killed Weatherby knew what his work was.
But he was just a harmless bug-watcher.
Still no motive.
Then we'll have to come up with one.
I want his picture circulated to every sugar plantation on the island.
I wanna know who saw him in the last 24 hours.
Then maybe we can get a fix on where the killing actually took place.
Right.
McGarrett.
Oh, yes, Dr.
Maitland.
When? Thank you.
I'm on my way.
Emmalocera depressella.
"Emmalocera depressella"? - What's that, doctor? - Take a look.
It's a sugar-cane borer moth.
A militant variety.
It attacks the root of the cane.
And this is what Che Fong found on Weatherby's boots.
Yes.
- Is the moth native to Hawaii? - No.
This particular variety was discovered on Mauritius about two years ago.
Then it could hardly have migrated here.
That's right.
It would have to be brought in.
Do you think Weatherby could have brought it in his luggage or his gear unknowingly? I hardly think so.
You see, it wouldn't be consistent with the incubation cycle.
How dangerous is it to the sugar crop, doctor? On Mauritius, the last two crops were completely wiped out.
Well, what about controls? There's no effective insecticide.
And apparently, this militant strain has no natural enemies.
How long would it take to find a control? That would be impossible to guess.
When the reef hopper invaded Hawaii, it took 23 years to stamp out.
These pests are capable of destroying every stalk of cane in the infested field.
Could it spread to other plantations? That's very possible.
How much time do we have, doctor? - Before the larvae mature? - Yeah.
I'd say roughly three days.
- Three days? - That's right.
Steve, we have to find that infested crop and we have to burn them out.
And the only one who could tell us where that field was is a dead man.
As a friend as well as an employee of your husband's, Mrs.
Holbrook, I'm sure he'd approve of what you're doing.
Mr.
Chadwick, I wish that were so, but I really don't think he's given it much thought.
Hello, Mrs.
Holbrook.
Nice to see you again.
It's nice to see you too, Mr.
Vadney.
Please, sit down.
- How was your trip to San Francisco? - Productive.
At least the buyers are all finally in agreement.
Mr.
Chadwick has never told me very much about the investors that you represent.
I'd like to know something about the people I'm selling to.
Surely.
They're all from the mainland.
There's Henry Wilson, a car dealer, Jim Forest, who is a toy manufacturer, Hal Senly, who is a restaurant owner.
You know the type.
Well-off.
Respectable.
I think what they'd like to be able to do is tell their friends they own a sugar plantation in the islands.
With them it's a prestige thing as well as a business.
What about the people that work on the plantation? Many of them have been here all their lives.
Nothing will change.
You have my word.
They'll all stay on.
Thank you for that.
Would you like to look over the agreement again? No, I've been over it with my lawyer.
- There's one thing I don't understand.
- What's that, Mr.
Holbrook? Why hasn't there been any specific sale price mentioned? Why is it called a conditional sales contract? Oh, that's easy to explain.
Since the plantation is so large and has been in the family for generations, it would be extremely difficult for us alone to establish a fair selling price.
So we're leaving that to a team of experts that Mr.
Vadney and I have mutually agreed upon.
They're all bonded agents.
In addition to the buildings and equipment, the appraisal will be based on the fair market value of cane producing land.
It's as simple as that.
Well, I guess that brings us to the moment of truth.
Yes, Mrs.
Holbrook.
Four copies, please.
You wanted to see me? Get in.
Where did you get this? It was distributed to all the cane growers by a Dr.
Maitland at the Experimental Station.
- How did they find out about it? - I can't explain it.
But according to that, they don't know where the colony is.
The growers have simply been warned to be on the alert.
I want to know how the people at the Experimental Station found out about the larvae.
It's important.
I suggest you talk to this Dr.
Maitland.
You have a legitimate reason.
- Chadwick.
- Sir? Be careful what you say.
No more mistakes.
You can understand our concern, doctor.
When you consider that Mrs.
Holbrook is in the process of selling the Koolau plantation, this could seriously affect the value of the property.
Of course.
And I wish I could be more encouraging.
All we know is Dr.
Weatherby picked up the larvae somewhere in the islands.
- Picked up? - On the soles of his boots.
But we don't know where.
Oh, well, have you considered dusting the fields? Mr.
Chadwick, even if we had an effective insecticide for these particular pests, which we don't, you can see the impossibility of dusting a quarter million acres of cane - on the faint chance - Yes.
Yes, I see what you mean.
Our other weapon, biological control, would take years to establish.
I'm afraid our only real hope is to pinpoint the area of infestation.
Yes.
Well, I appreciate your seeing me, doctor.
Not at all.
Hello, officer.
Was I speeding? No, lady, but your vehicle has no license plate.
Hello, Kate.
- Good to see you.
- It's good to see you.
What are you doing way out here? Legwork.
You ever see this man before? No.
I don't think so.
Is he on your most-wanted list? No, as a matter of fact, he's in the morgue.
He's an Australian entomologist.
He was here on a study of our cane-field pests.
Apparently, he was onto something big, something that might have gotten him killed.
- What made you think I know him? - I don't.
He was tramping around someone's field just before he was killed.
We picked up the larvae of the borer moth on his boots.
So you know what that could mean.
If we don't catch it in time, an entire cane crop can be lost.
Well, he could have been here without my knowing it.
Why, that means I couldn't go through with the sale.
- Not until I know.
- What sale? I've decided to sell the plantation.
It's too much for me without Matt.
- Who's the buyer? - A man named Vadney.
He represents a group from the mainland.
My plantation manager, Warren Chadwick, found them.
They seem responsible.
There was some rumors around the Pacific Club that you were gonna sell out to Sam Patton.
Matt detested that man.
I'd burn this place to the ground before I'd sell to him.
He's not a builder.
He's a crook.
Yeah, I've had some go-arounds with Patton myself.
Attempted bribery of the planning commission.
He claims to be a land developer, but what he really does is exploit loopholes in the law and then deface the land.
Well, I hope you fix his wagon.
First, we've gotta plug the loopholes, then we'll get him.
I'm gonna leave this picture with you, Kate.
Please show it to your employees, especially your fieldworkers.
If any of them think they've seen Weatherby, call me immediately.
Will do, Steve.
Central to McGarrett.
- Yeah, McGarrett.
- Steve? Danny.
Chin and I are at a service station on Mahakalani Road.
- I think we got something.
- What is it, Danno? The lady who runs the station recognizes Weatherby from his photo.
He stopped here for gas.
Can she remember the time? No, sometime between 11 and 12 a.
m.
Yesterday.
And she identified the vehicle? It fits.
Blue, late-model station wagon.
Good work, Danno.
Good work.
See if you can pinpoint the time any closer.
Time is a very important element if we're gonna nail down Weatherby's movements yesterday.
Right, Steve.
- Mr.
Chadwick? - Yes? I think I'd like to take a drive with you.
- What? - And maybe stop at your bank.
What are you talking about? A blue station wagon, Mr.
Chadwick.
And what went on at the South Field Road at Koolau the day that man was killed.
Miss Holbrook says Five-0 wants to know if anybody seen anything that day.
You think I should tell Mr.
McGarrett what I see? We can't talk here.
Get in the car.
Call it in.
At 8 a.
m.
, Weatherby left the llikai Hotel here.
According to the desk clerk, he had a field pack with him.
Now, at 10:00, he rented a blue station wagon from the Aloha Car Rental Company.
Right here.
Sometime between 11 and 12 noon, he stopped here at Waipio to buy gasoline.
At 4:35 p.
m.
, his body was found here at Kalani Point.
But according to our forensic team, he was killed somewhere else and his body dumped here.
Obviously the killer didn't want anyone to find out where the killing took place.
Exactly.
Now, the coroner has determined that time of death was somewhere around 3:30.
So in that time interval of an hour to an hour and a half, Weatherby was killed and taken to Kalani Point.
Now, within the perimeter of this triangle, we have roughly a dozen sugar plantations.
From now on we'll concentrate our search within this area.
I want every fieldworker questioned.
If anyone saw Weatherby or even think he saw him, I wanna know about it.
Any questions? All right, Officer Kelly will assign specific areas for each of you to cover.
Thank you.
You know, Steve, it'd be a lot easier if we could come up with a motive.
Wait a minute, Danno.
- Maybe you hit something.
- What do you mean? Maybe in our quest for a motive, we've overlooked the obvious.
I don't follow you.
Suppose that the killer's motive was simply to stop Weatherby from reporting his discovery of that infested cane? Why would he wanna do that? Are you saying somebody wants to see the cane crop destroyed? Why not? It's possible.
If there were something more valuable at stake.
You lost me again.
- The land.
- Yeah.
Yeah, the land.
What do you think the loss of that crop would do to the value of that land? It would cut it in half, at least.
Yeah, exactly.
Exactly.
Now, within this perimeter, there are roughly a dozen plantations and only one that I know of for sale.
- Koolau.
- Yeah.
Kate Holbrook's place.
His name is Gomez.
He was a field hand at the Koolau plantation.
Have you determined cause of death? Most likely drowning, but look here at this deep contusion on the forehead.
Any way to tell whether he got it before or after drowning? I'll have a better idea when I complete the autopsy.
Thanks, doc.
- Steve? - Yeah, Danno.
Here's the file on Warren Chadwick.
Speculates in land development, I see.
And not too successfully, according to that report.
Oh, I see where he just paid off a $100,000 note to Island Security Trust Company.
Just got under the wire.
Island Security was about to throw him into bankruptcy.
- How was the payment made? - Cash.
I'd be interested to know how a guy like that came up with that much loot.
Well, the good fairy didn't put it under his pillow.
Yeah.
Steve, H.
P.
D.
Pulled the body of a cane-field worker out of the water this morning.
The cause of death is up for grabs.
But he worked at the Koolau.
Koolau plantation again.
Gentlemen, I think it's time we had Mr.
Chadwick in for an informal chat.
Right, Steve.
I just talked to the San Francisco P.
D.
, Steve.
They're running Vadney through the computer.
We should be hearing something later today.
What about his phone calls? Some of them made to Guess who.
Sam Patton.
I had a feeling his name would surface somewhere.
- Warren Chadwick? - Yeah.
Steve McGarrett at Five-0 wants to talk to you.
- About what? - I'm afraid he didn't confide in us.
Very well.
My car is right over there.
Oh, we'll be happy to drive you.
All right.
Well, it's a simple question, Mr.
Chadwick.
I just like to know how the manager of a sugar plantation can come up with $100,000 in cash to pay off a bank loan? I don't have to answer that.
No, Mr.
Chadwick, you don't have to answer it.
Which would lead me to wonder why not.
All right.
I cashed in some bearer bonds that I had in a safety-deposit box for emergencies.
- Where do you bank? - At the Oahu National.
When did you cash the bearer bonds? About two days before I paid off the loan.
Then the bank would have a record of your visit to the safe-deposit box and the serial number of the bonds, wouldn't they? Unless they've lost it.
Lost it? No.
Not likely.
Have you any business association with a man by the name of Sam Patton? That is none of your business.
Mr.
Chadwick, let me explain something.
We are investigating a murder.
So far the evidence has led to the Koolau plantation.
You manage that plantation.
So everything about you at the moment is my business.
Is that clear? Look, McGarrett, I'm not answering any more questions.
If you wanna ask any more, get a subpoena.
That's exactly what I intend to do.
- What do you think, Steve? - I think he's guilty as hell.
I think Sam Patton gave him that $100,000 to pay off the note.
And I think he gave it to him for services rendered.
Want me to check that bank visit he made? You bet, Danno.
But we'll need more than that to nail this bird.
Because I wanna get Patton as well as Chadwick.
Patton is in this up to his elbows.
Well, Mr.
Chadwick, have you had a pleasant afternoon? Oh, you didn't call me here to ask me that.
Well, do you have any objection to answering? No, why should I? I'll tell you why.
I make it a point to know everything about the people with whom I associate.
Especially when it has to do with land on which I plan to build a $30-million resort village.
Now, let's get to the point.
You just left Five-0.
Why were you there? What did you and McGarrett talk about? He wanted to know where I got the money to pay off the note.
And what did you tell him? I told him that I cashed in some bearer bonds that I had stashed away in a safety-deposit box.
Those bonds can be traced to me.
Not if I keep my mouth shut.
Well, make sure you do.
Where can I find you later this afternoon? I'll be at the plantation office.
Get me Nick Kahana.
Just keep driving.
Look, if you'll just let me call Mr.
Patton and talk to him Steve, just got a telex from San Francisco P.
D.
On Vadney.
He doesn't have a record, but there's a lot of fraying around the edges.
Yeah.
Two arrests.
One for fraud, the other forgery.
Both cases dismissed for lack of evidence.
- Yeah.
And look at the readout on the investors he's supposed to represent.
But San Francisco P.
D.
Can't come up with anything on any of them.
Which means they must be phony, huh? What do you wanna bet that if they were all rolled into one, they'd spell Sam Patton? How do we prove it? We've gotta get somebody to talk.
What about Vadney, Steve? Well, I'm not sure how much he knows, but I may have a way to find out.
Get me Kate Holbrook, please.
- Hello, Mr.
Vadney.
- Mrs.
Holbrook.
Thank you for coming.
Please, sit down.
All right.
I had a very important reason for asking you here.
Mr.
Vadney, have you heard about the borer moth? I was informed about it this morning.
Have they found out where it is? No, but it could just as well be here as anywhere else.
Let's hope not, Mrs.
Holbrook.
Mr.
Vadney, I want you to know that if the infestation is found here, I'll promptly release you from our agreement.
That won't be necessary, Mrs.
Holbrook.
But it's possible that the fields won't produce for years.
Frankly, I don't think that would discourage my people.
Obviously, the land would have to be appraised at considerably less than its present value.
But I don't understand.
I thought your people were interested in buying a sugar plantation.
Let's say that was their original interests.
And now? You must be aware, Mrs.
Holbrook, that your land has a value even if it it's not used to produce sugar.
And, of course, a bargain is a bargain.
Would you be thinking of turning Koolau into a housing development? Possibly.
Is there any way I can dissuade you? No way I can think of.
Mr.
Vadney, I don't suppose what you're doing in all this is illegal, but it certainly makes you into a Grade A number-one fink.
Good day, sir.
Is that what you wanted to hear? Yes.
Yes, and thank you.
No, Steve, thank you.
We haven't caught them yet.
Well, my money's on you.
- Danno? - Yes, Steve? - Pick him up.
- Will do.
What's the meaning of this? What do you want? Five-0, Mr.
Vadney.
Steve McGarrett would like to see you.
All right, Mr.
Vadney, I suggest that you carefully examine your position.
Two people are dead, and we're convinced that both deaths are directly connected with the sale of the Koolau plantation.
Now, if we should find out that you are in any way involved, you can be charged with two counts of complicity in murder.
McGarrett, I don't know anything about those two murders.
I swear that I don't.
You know the purchase of the Koolau? You were involved in that? I told you about that.
It's true that I lied about representing people on the mainland.
But that's not a crime, is it? It's just a business.
It's the only way we could get Mrs.
Holbrook to sell.
Whom do you represent, Mr.
Vadney? Who's behind all this? Why don't you ask Chadwick those questions? He knows the answers.
I don't.
I have a patched call from Chin for you, Steve.
Yes, Chin.
Go ahead.
Steve, I'm at the Malahani quarry.
H.
P.
D.
Found Warren Chadwick's car here at the bottom of a hundred-foot cliff.
He's dead? Thank you, Chin.
I'm afraid Mr.
Chadwick will not be available for questioning.
They just found his body at the bottom of a quarry.
Oh, no.
Does death shock you, Mr.
Vadney? Because that's what often happens to people who are involved with Sam Patton.
All right, you can come with me now.
We need somebody to identify the body at the morgue.
All right, McGarrett.
But I want on the record that I'm cooperating with you.
I don't wanna be charged with murder.
I'll bring that to the attention of the district attorney when you sign a formal statement, but right now Right now I wanna know exactly where on the Koolau plantation that larvae colony was planted.
I don't know.
The only two people that knew that were Warren Chadwick and Sam Patton.
- Patton knows? - Yes.
He brought the larvae in.
He flew it in from Australia on a private plane.
Duke, escort Mr.
Vadney to the district attorney's office.
Tell Manicote that he's ready to make a statement.
All right, let's go.
We've got a problem, Steve.
If Sam Patton is the only one who knows where those bugs are planted Let's see if we can smoke him out.
Get me Dr.
Maitland, please.
I thought this might interest you, Mr.
Patton.
- I'll be back in an hour.
- Yes, Mr.
Patton.
I'll take one of the cars from the pool.
Think Patton bought that phony bulletin, Steve? I sure hope so, Danno.
It may be our last chance.
Steve? Chin.
- Yeah, Chin.
- I've got Patton's car spotted, Steve.
He took the bait.
What's his location? Kalana Highway, two miles east of the South Field Road.
He's only about five minutes behind you.
- What is he driving? - A tan Ford, four-door sedan.
Okay, Chin.
I've got it.
Now we're gonna pull off the road and wait for him.
Keep me posted on his position and if he changes direction.
Will do.
Duke? McGarrett.
Come in.
- Yes, Steve? - Looks like Patton is on his way.
How are things at your end? We're all set to go.
All right.
Stand by until I give you the location.
Right.
He's turned off the main road, Steve.
About a half a mile ahead of you.
He'll pass you in a minute, Steve.
Yeah, we have him in sight now, Chin.
Thank you.
Okay, Chin, we'll take it from here.
There he is, Danno.
It was right in here.
Right over here, I think.
This is a cane he pulled.
Look at that.
Yeah, the bugs.
About to sprout wings.
Let's go.
Let's see where we are.
Section K-23.
Let's go.
- Duke, you there? - Here, Danny.
We've located the infested fields.
Section K-23, west side.
The fire will have to be started from the east due to winds.
Tell Dr.
Maitland.
- Got it.
- Okay, it's this way.
I'll show you.
H.
P.
D.
, this is McGarrett.
Block the access roads.
Repeat, block the access roads.
We are in pursuit of Patton.
As it is, I should thank the exalted leader of Five-0 for saving my life.
You're gonna have time to think about what you did.
Book him, Danno.
Murder one, two counts.
Are you okay, Steve? Yeah, just a little charred around the edges.
He was clever, Kate.
My guess is that there was nothing wrong with your finances.
Nothing at all.
Well, you know, if that's true, then I won't have to sell.
And I think with some honest help, I could run this place myself.
Yeah.
Good girl.
Come on, drive you home.
Are you the owner of this plantation? I'm the manager.
Well, it's a good thing you came along.
Come and take a look at this.
- Who are you? - Well, my name's Weatherby.
I'm here with a visiting Australian scientific mission, studying pest control.
I'm an entomologist.
You're on private property, Mr.
Weatherby.
Oh, I was told no one would mind if I poked around here a little.
Well, you were told wrong.
There, take a look at that.
I'm very much afraid, sir, that your cane field is infested.
This will have to be reported to the Experimental Station as soon as possible.
That parasite there could spread throughout the entire islands.
Now don't bother, Weatherby.
I'll handle it.
Oh, no problem, sir.
I'm about to leave now, and I'll just take this back to Dr.
Maitland - What have we got, Danno? - Dr.
Lan Weatherby.
From what I can piece together, he was a prominent entomologist.
Consultant to Australian cane growers and a professor at Queensland University.
What was he doing in Hawaii? Inspection trip, studying our pest-control methods.
The rest of his party flew home yesterday.
Hold it, fellas.
Skull fracture, huh? - Okay.
- Apparently the motive wasn't robbery.
Found money, traveler's checks, airlines tickets, all on the body.
- What about the wagon? - Rented.
All right, Danno.
Contact Queensland University.
Try to find out why he stayed on alone.
- And see if he knew anyone locally.
- Right.
Mr.
Chadwick.
I thought I told you never to come here.
I had to see you.
Alone.
All right.
Go on back to the hotel.
I'll call you when I need you.
I came across a man in the cane field where the larvae colony's planted.
He discovered the infestation.
Who was he? An Australian entomologist named Weatherby.
He was gonna report his find.
I tried to stop him, he wouldn't listen.
I killed him.
- Well, you stup - I had no choice.
No choice? Why didn't you bring him here to me? - Did anyone see this? - No.
And I moved the body from the cane field to Kalani Point.
It's 15 miles from the plantation.
Well.
Finally shown a spark of imagination, Mr.
Chadwick.
I did what I had to do.
You're sure no one saw you or Weatherby? Would I be here if they had? You never told me this.
I don't know anything about it.
- You understand? - Yes.
When is your meeting with Mrs.
Holbrook? This afternoon.
We're almost home.
Make sure her commitment is firm.
Am I early? No, I'll be with you in a minute.
Take him away, Kono.
I suppose you've come for my decision.
If you've made one.
I thought about it very hard.
I don't wanna sell.
But it doesn't look as though I have much choice.
Frankly, Mrs.
Holbrook, that's the way I see it.
You know, it is really hard to understand how a business could go downhill so fast in such a short time.
There are lots of reasons.
Your husband left debts.
There's the inheritance tax.
And the sugar market's been very unsettled.
I know.
You've shown me the figures.
- If you'd care to go over them again? - No, it's too depressing.
I'm not much at figures, anyway.
If only Matt was still alive, we'd work it out somehow.
I can't do it alone.
I just don't know enough.
Does that mean you'll accept Mr.
Vadney's offer? Yes, damn it.
I'll accept.
I don't think you'll regret it, Mrs.
Holbrook.
That's it, Steve.
- Nothing else in the closet? - Dr.
Weatherby travels light.
Yeah, too light.
Weatherby was a scientist.
He was collecting data for an official report.
Now, where are his notebooks? His field-test equipment? I checked with the desk downstairs.
There's nothing of Weatherby's in the baggage room.
All right, Danno.
Get over to Customs.
Find out if they cleared any kind of scientific equipment when Weatherby came through.
Right.
Steve, Dr.
Weatherby rented the station wagon at 10 a.
m.
Yesterday.
Aloha Car Rental, Waikiki.
Just be sure they get it back after the lab work is finished.
Okay.
Lukela.
Yes, he's here.
Steve.
It's Che.
- Yes, Che.
- Checked out the red-soil samples on Dr.
Weatherby's boots.
Typical plantation-type soil.
But that's not the important thing.
There's a peculiar larvae in this soil sample.
Looks to me like a species of sugar pest.
But it didn't match up with any known Hawaiian variety.
I'd like to send them over to the entomology lab, Experiment Station.
- Oh, yeah.
You mean to Dr.
Maitland? - That's right.
No, Danno.
Nope, doesn't make any sense.
Weatherby checks through customs with an agricultural field kit.
Later, his body is found out near Kalani Point, but the kit isn't with him.
Why? It's his first visit to the islands.
No record of any enemies.
And he wasn't robbed.
But there he was with his head bashed in.
The snakes are loose, Steve.
Maybe it's just somebody looking for something to kill and Weatherby walked into it.
But if it was a random kill, Danno, why did they get rid of the field kit? - Maybe it's valuable.
- To whom? The killer would have to know what it was.
And if he stole the kit, why not the wallet with $150 American in it? No.
No, that missing kit tells me that whoever killed Weatherby knew what his work was.
But he was just a harmless bug-watcher.
Still no motive.
Then we'll have to come up with one.
I want his picture circulated to every sugar plantation on the island.
I wanna know who saw him in the last 24 hours.
Then maybe we can get a fix on where the killing actually took place.
Right.
McGarrett.
Oh, yes, Dr.
Maitland.
When? Thank you.
I'm on my way.
Emmalocera depressella.
"Emmalocera depressella"? - What's that, doctor? - Take a look.
It's a sugar-cane borer moth.
A militant variety.
It attacks the root of the cane.
And this is what Che Fong found on Weatherby's boots.
Yes.
- Is the moth native to Hawaii? - No.
This particular variety was discovered on Mauritius about two years ago.
Then it could hardly have migrated here.
That's right.
It would have to be brought in.
Do you think Weatherby could have brought it in his luggage or his gear unknowingly? I hardly think so.
You see, it wouldn't be consistent with the incubation cycle.
How dangerous is it to the sugar crop, doctor? On Mauritius, the last two crops were completely wiped out.
Well, what about controls? There's no effective insecticide.
And apparently, this militant strain has no natural enemies.
How long would it take to find a control? That would be impossible to guess.
When the reef hopper invaded Hawaii, it took 23 years to stamp out.
These pests are capable of destroying every stalk of cane in the infested field.
Could it spread to other plantations? That's very possible.
How much time do we have, doctor? - Before the larvae mature? - Yeah.
I'd say roughly three days.
- Three days? - That's right.
Steve, we have to find that infested crop and we have to burn them out.
And the only one who could tell us where that field was is a dead man.
As a friend as well as an employee of your husband's, Mrs.
Holbrook, I'm sure he'd approve of what you're doing.
Mr.
Chadwick, I wish that were so, but I really don't think he's given it much thought.
Hello, Mrs.
Holbrook.
Nice to see you again.
It's nice to see you too, Mr.
Vadney.
Please, sit down.
- How was your trip to San Francisco? - Productive.
At least the buyers are all finally in agreement.
Mr.
Chadwick has never told me very much about the investors that you represent.
I'd like to know something about the people I'm selling to.
Surely.
They're all from the mainland.
There's Henry Wilson, a car dealer, Jim Forest, who is a toy manufacturer, Hal Senly, who is a restaurant owner.
You know the type.
Well-off.
Respectable.
I think what they'd like to be able to do is tell their friends they own a sugar plantation in the islands.
With them it's a prestige thing as well as a business.
What about the people that work on the plantation? Many of them have been here all their lives.
Nothing will change.
You have my word.
They'll all stay on.
Thank you for that.
Would you like to look over the agreement again? No, I've been over it with my lawyer.
- There's one thing I don't understand.
- What's that, Mr.
Holbrook? Why hasn't there been any specific sale price mentioned? Why is it called a conditional sales contract? Oh, that's easy to explain.
Since the plantation is so large and has been in the family for generations, it would be extremely difficult for us alone to establish a fair selling price.
So we're leaving that to a team of experts that Mr.
Vadney and I have mutually agreed upon.
They're all bonded agents.
In addition to the buildings and equipment, the appraisal will be based on the fair market value of cane producing land.
It's as simple as that.
Well, I guess that brings us to the moment of truth.
Yes, Mrs.
Holbrook.
Four copies, please.
You wanted to see me? Get in.
Where did you get this? It was distributed to all the cane growers by a Dr.
Maitland at the Experimental Station.
- How did they find out about it? - I can't explain it.
But according to that, they don't know where the colony is.
The growers have simply been warned to be on the alert.
I want to know how the people at the Experimental Station found out about the larvae.
It's important.
I suggest you talk to this Dr.
Maitland.
You have a legitimate reason.
- Chadwick.
- Sir? Be careful what you say.
No more mistakes.
You can understand our concern, doctor.
When you consider that Mrs.
Holbrook is in the process of selling the Koolau plantation, this could seriously affect the value of the property.
Of course.
And I wish I could be more encouraging.
All we know is Dr.
Weatherby picked up the larvae somewhere in the islands.
- Picked up? - On the soles of his boots.
But we don't know where.
Oh, well, have you considered dusting the fields? Mr.
Chadwick, even if we had an effective insecticide for these particular pests, which we don't, you can see the impossibility of dusting a quarter million acres of cane - on the faint chance - Yes.
Yes, I see what you mean.
Our other weapon, biological control, would take years to establish.
I'm afraid our only real hope is to pinpoint the area of infestation.
Yes.
Well, I appreciate your seeing me, doctor.
Not at all.
Hello, officer.
Was I speeding? No, lady, but your vehicle has no license plate.
Hello, Kate.
- Good to see you.
- It's good to see you.
What are you doing way out here? Legwork.
You ever see this man before? No.
I don't think so.
Is he on your most-wanted list? No, as a matter of fact, he's in the morgue.
He's an Australian entomologist.
He was here on a study of our cane-field pests.
Apparently, he was onto something big, something that might have gotten him killed.
- What made you think I know him? - I don't.
He was tramping around someone's field just before he was killed.
We picked up the larvae of the borer moth on his boots.
So you know what that could mean.
If we don't catch it in time, an entire cane crop can be lost.
Well, he could have been here without my knowing it.
Why, that means I couldn't go through with the sale.
- Not until I know.
- What sale? I've decided to sell the plantation.
It's too much for me without Matt.
- Who's the buyer? - A man named Vadney.
He represents a group from the mainland.
My plantation manager, Warren Chadwick, found them.
They seem responsible.
There was some rumors around the Pacific Club that you were gonna sell out to Sam Patton.
Matt detested that man.
I'd burn this place to the ground before I'd sell to him.
He's not a builder.
He's a crook.
Yeah, I've had some go-arounds with Patton myself.
Attempted bribery of the planning commission.
He claims to be a land developer, but what he really does is exploit loopholes in the law and then deface the land.
Well, I hope you fix his wagon.
First, we've gotta plug the loopholes, then we'll get him.
I'm gonna leave this picture with you, Kate.
Please show it to your employees, especially your fieldworkers.
If any of them think they've seen Weatherby, call me immediately.
Will do, Steve.
Central to McGarrett.
- Yeah, McGarrett.
- Steve? Danny.
Chin and I are at a service station on Mahakalani Road.
- I think we got something.
- What is it, Danno? The lady who runs the station recognizes Weatherby from his photo.
He stopped here for gas.
Can she remember the time? No, sometime between 11 and 12 a.
m.
Yesterday.
And she identified the vehicle? It fits.
Blue, late-model station wagon.
Good work, Danno.
Good work.
See if you can pinpoint the time any closer.
Time is a very important element if we're gonna nail down Weatherby's movements yesterday.
Right, Steve.
- Mr.
Chadwick? - Yes? I think I'd like to take a drive with you.
- What? - And maybe stop at your bank.
What are you talking about? A blue station wagon, Mr.
Chadwick.
And what went on at the South Field Road at Koolau the day that man was killed.
Miss Holbrook says Five-0 wants to know if anybody seen anything that day.
You think I should tell Mr.
McGarrett what I see? We can't talk here.
Get in the car.
Call it in.
At 8 a.
m.
, Weatherby left the llikai Hotel here.
According to the desk clerk, he had a field pack with him.
Now, at 10:00, he rented a blue station wagon from the Aloha Car Rental Company.
Right here.
Sometime between 11 and 12 noon, he stopped here at Waipio to buy gasoline.
At 4:35 p.
m.
, his body was found here at Kalani Point.
But according to our forensic team, he was killed somewhere else and his body dumped here.
Obviously the killer didn't want anyone to find out where the killing took place.
Exactly.
Now, the coroner has determined that time of death was somewhere around 3:30.
So in that time interval of an hour to an hour and a half, Weatherby was killed and taken to Kalani Point.
Now, within the perimeter of this triangle, we have roughly a dozen sugar plantations.
From now on we'll concentrate our search within this area.
I want every fieldworker questioned.
If anyone saw Weatherby or even think he saw him, I wanna know about it.
Any questions? All right, Officer Kelly will assign specific areas for each of you to cover.
Thank you.
You know, Steve, it'd be a lot easier if we could come up with a motive.
Wait a minute, Danno.
- Maybe you hit something.
- What do you mean? Maybe in our quest for a motive, we've overlooked the obvious.
I don't follow you.
Suppose that the killer's motive was simply to stop Weatherby from reporting his discovery of that infested cane? Why would he wanna do that? Are you saying somebody wants to see the cane crop destroyed? Why not? It's possible.
If there were something more valuable at stake.
You lost me again.
- The land.
- Yeah.
Yeah, the land.
What do you think the loss of that crop would do to the value of that land? It would cut it in half, at least.
Yeah, exactly.
Exactly.
Now, within this perimeter, there are roughly a dozen plantations and only one that I know of for sale.
- Koolau.
- Yeah.
Kate Holbrook's place.
His name is Gomez.
He was a field hand at the Koolau plantation.
Have you determined cause of death? Most likely drowning, but look here at this deep contusion on the forehead.
Any way to tell whether he got it before or after drowning? I'll have a better idea when I complete the autopsy.
Thanks, doc.
- Steve? - Yeah, Danno.
Here's the file on Warren Chadwick.
Speculates in land development, I see.
And not too successfully, according to that report.
Oh, I see where he just paid off a $100,000 note to Island Security Trust Company.
Just got under the wire.
Island Security was about to throw him into bankruptcy.
- How was the payment made? - Cash.
I'd be interested to know how a guy like that came up with that much loot.
Well, the good fairy didn't put it under his pillow.
Yeah.
Steve, H.
P.
D.
Pulled the body of a cane-field worker out of the water this morning.
The cause of death is up for grabs.
But he worked at the Koolau.
Koolau plantation again.
Gentlemen, I think it's time we had Mr.
Chadwick in for an informal chat.
Right, Steve.
I just talked to the San Francisco P.
D.
, Steve.
They're running Vadney through the computer.
We should be hearing something later today.
What about his phone calls? Some of them made to Guess who.
Sam Patton.
I had a feeling his name would surface somewhere.
- Warren Chadwick? - Yeah.
Steve McGarrett at Five-0 wants to talk to you.
- About what? - I'm afraid he didn't confide in us.
Very well.
My car is right over there.
Oh, we'll be happy to drive you.
All right.
Well, it's a simple question, Mr.
Chadwick.
I just like to know how the manager of a sugar plantation can come up with $100,000 in cash to pay off a bank loan? I don't have to answer that.
No, Mr.
Chadwick, you don't have to answer it.
Which would lead me to wonder why not.
All right.
I cashed in some bearer bonds that I had in a safety-deposit box for emergencies.
- Where do you bank? - At the Oahu National.
When did you cash the bearer bonds? About two days before I paid off the loan.
Then the bank would have a record of your visit to the safe-deposit box and the serial number of the bonds, wouldn't they? Unless they've lost it.
Lost it? No.
Not likely.
Have you any business association with a man by the name of Sam Patton? That is none of your business.
Mr.
Chadwick, let me explain something.
We are investigating a murder.
So far the evidence has led to the Koolau plantation.
You manage that plantation.
So everything about you at the moment is my business.
Is that clear? Look, McGarrett, I'm not answering any more questions.
If you wanna ask any more, get a subpoena.
That's exactly what I intend to do.
- What do you think, Steve? - I think he's guilty as hell.
I think Sam Patton gave him that $100,000 to pay off the note.
And I think he gave it to him for services rendered.
Want me to check that bank visit he made? You bet, Danno.
But we'll need more than that to nail this bird.
Because I wanna get Patton as well as Chadwick.
Patton is in this up to his elbows.
Well, Mr.
Chadwick, have you had a pleasant afternoon? Oh, you didn't call me here to ask me that.
Well, do you have any objection to answering? No, why should I? I'll tell you why.
I make it a point to know everything about the people with whom I associate.
Especially when it has to do with land on which I plan to build a $30-million resort village.
Now, let's get to the point.
You just left Five-0.
Why were you there? What did you and McGarrett talk about? He wanted to know where I got the money to pay off the note.
And what did you tell him? I told him that I cashed in some bearer bonds that I had stashed away in a safety-deposit box.
Those bonds can be traced to me.
Not if I keep my mouth shut.
Well, make sure you do.
Where can I find you later this afternoon? I'll be at the plantation office.
Get me Nick Kahana.
Just keep driving.
Look, if you'll just let me call Mr.
Patton and talk to him Steve, just got a telex from San Francisco P.
D.
On Vadney.
He doesn't have a record, but there's a lot of fraying around the edges.
Yeah.
Two arrests.
One for fraud, the other forgery.
Both cases dismissed for lack of evidence.
- Yeah.
And look at the readout on the investors he's supposed to represent.
But San Francisco P.
D.
Can't come up with anything on any of them.
Which means they must be phony, huh? What do you wanna bet that if they were all rolled into one, they'd spell Sam Patton? How do we prove it? We've gotta get somebody to talk.
What about Vadney, Steve? Well, I'm not sure how much he knows, but I may have a way to find out.
Get me Kate Holbrook, please.
- Hello, Mr.
Vadney.
- Mrs.
Holbrook.
Thank you for coming.
Please, sit down.
All right.
I had a very important reason for asking you here.
Mr.
Vadney, have you heard about the borer moth? I was informed about it this morning.
Have they found out where it is? No, but it could just as well be here as anywhere else.
Let's hope not, Mrs.
Holbrook.
Mr.
Vadney, I want you to know that if the infestation is found here, I'll promptly release you from our agreement.
That won't be necessary, Mrs.
Holbrook.
But it's possible that the fields won't produce for years.
Frankly, I don't think that would discourage my people.
Obviously, the land would have to be appraised at considerably less than its present value.
But I don't understand.
I thought your people were interested in buying a sugar plantation.
Let's say that was their original interests.
And now? You must be aware, Mrs.
Holbrook, that your land has a value even if it it's not used to produce sugar.
And, of course, a bargain is a bargain.
Would you be thinking of turning Koolau into a housing development? Possibly.
Is there any way I can dissuade you? No way I can think of.
Mr.
Vadney, I don't suppose what you're doing in all this is illegal, but it certainly makes you into a Grade A number-one fink.
Good day, sir.
Is that what you wanted to hear? Yes.
Yes, and thank you.
No, Steve, thank you.
We haven't caught them yet.
Well, my money's on you.
- Danno? - Yes, Steve? - Pick him up.
- Will do.
What's the meaning of this? What do you want? Five-0, Mr.
Vadney.
Steve McGarrett would like to see you.
All right, Mr.
Vadney, I suggest that you carefully examine your position.
Two people are dead, and we're convinced that both deaths are directly connected with the sale of the Koolau plantation.
Now, if we should find out that you are in any way involved, you can be charged with two counts of complicity in murder.
McGarrett, I don't know anything about those two murders.
I swear that I don't.
You know the purchase of the Koolau? You were involved in that? I told you about that.
It's true that I lied about representing people on the mainland.
But that's not a crime, is it? It's just a business.
It's the only way we could get Mrs.
Holbrook to sell.
Whom do you represent, Mr.
Vadney? Who's behind all this? Why don't you ask Chadwick those questions? He knows the answers.
I don't.
I have a patched call from Chin for you, Steve.
Yes, Chin.
Go ahead.
Steve, I'm at the Malahani quarry.
H.
P.
D.
Found Warren Chadwick's car here at the bottom of a hundred-foot cliff.
He's dead? Thank you, Chin.
I'm afraid Mr.
Chadwick will not be available for questioning.
They just found his body at the bottom of a quarry.
Oh, no.
Does death shock you, Mr.
Vadney? Because that's what often happens to people who are involved with Sam Patton.
All right, you can come with me now.
We need somebody to identify the body at the morgue.
All right, McGarrett.
But I want on the record that I'm cooperating with you.
I don't wanna be charged with murder.
I'll bring that to the attention of the district attorney when you sign a formal statement, but right now Right now I wanna know exactly where on the Koolau plantation that larvae colony was planted.
I don't know.
The only two people that knew that were Warren Chadwick and Sam Patton.
- Patton knows? - Yes.
He brought the larvae in.
He flew it in from Australia on a private plane.
Duke, escort Mr.
Vadney to the district attorney's office.
Tell Manicote that he's ready to make a statement.
All right, let's go.
We've got a problem, Steve.
If Sam Patton is the only one who knows where those bugs are planted Let's see if we can smoke him out.
Get me Dr.
Maitland, please.
I thought this might interest you, Mr.
Patton.
- I'll be back in an hour.
- Yes, Mr.
Patton.
I'll take one of the cars from the pool.
Think Patton bought that phony bulletin, Steve? I sure hope so, Danno.
It may be our last chance.
Steve? Chin.
- Yeah, Chin.
- I've got Patton's car spotted, Steve.
He took the bait.
What's his location? Kalana Highway, two miles east of the South Field Road.
He's only about five minutes behind you.
- What is he driving? - A tan Ford, four-door sedan.
Okay, Chin.
I've got it.
Now we're gonna pull off the road and wait for him.
Keep me posted on his position and if he changes direction.
Will do.
Duke? McGarrett.
Come in.
- Yes, Steve? - Looks like Patton is on his way.
How are things at your end? We're all set to go.
All right.
Stand by until I give you the location.
Right.
He's turned off the main road, Steve.
About a half a mile ahead of you.
He'll pass you in a minute, Steve.
Yeah, we have him in sight now, Chin.
Thank you.
Okay, Chin, we'll take it from here.
There he is, Danno.
It was right in here.
Right over here, I think.
This is a cane he pulled.
Look at that.
Yeah, the bugs.
About to sprout wings.
Let's go.
Let's see where we are.
Section K-23.
Let's go.
- Duke, you there? - Here, Danny.
We've located the infested fields.
Section K-23, west side.
The fire will have to be started from the east due to winds.
Tell Dr.
Maitland.
- Got it.
- Okay, it's this way.
I'll show you.
H.
P.
D.
, this is McGarrett.
Block the access roads.
Repeat, block the access roads.
We are in pursuit of Patton.
As it is, I should thank the exalted leader of Five-0 for saving my life.
You're gonna have time to think about what you did.
Book him, Danno.
Murder one, two counts.
Are you okay, Steve? Yeah, just a little charred around the edges.
He was clever, Kate.
My guess is that there was nothing wrong with your finances.
Nothing at all.
Well, you know, if that's true, then I won't have to sell.
And I think with some honest help, I could run this place myself.
Yeah.
Good girl.
Come on, drive you home.