The simple-minded, blunt-thinking, amoral detective is grilled about his deceptive, manipulative, illegal, outside-the-law business that depends on divorce frame-ups.This time, she was with her shady businessman husband, who was introduced to Ned, while Matty pretended to not really know him (or his first name), but claimed she had contact with him as a lawyer.Ironically, although the film was advertised as authentic and accurate, the film""s major black roles in the film -- including the Senator""s mulatto mistress, the mulatto politican brought to power in the South, and faithful freed slaves -- were stereotypically played and filled by white actors - in blackface.Moments later, he enters the dark room where he believes Werdegast is sleeping.However, because the two men have switched bedrooms, he also awakens Peter.Poelzig: Now Vitus.We have something to settle, we two! (Peter sits up in bed.From the adjoining room, Vitus appears.)Vitus: You were seeking me, Hjalmar?Poelzig (to Peter): I beg your pardon.(Poelzig enters Werdegast""s room and the door is slid shut)Werdegast: (countering) Where is my wife?Poelzig: Very well, Vitus."In an anonymous letter (from a "Sincere Admirer") sent at 5 pm from her incarcerated brother John/Jack Flower (James Stewart in his second feature film role, a very short on-screen performance at the end of the film, 5th-billed), she learned that his request for parole had been refused.