The policeman turns back to offer help and leaves the criminal to escape.Holding onto the creaking and collapsing gutter, the hanging man is frozen by his fear of heights (acrophobia).In early July, 1932, Z.Smith Reynolds, the youngest 20 year-old son of the cigarette patriarch R.J.Reynolds, was suspiciously murdered with a gunshot wound to the head at the family estate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Betsy: (after a momentary pause, she responds with a pleasing look) Thanks.But what do you think of Palantine? (Travis is distracted and cannot answer)...Charles Palantine, the man you""re volunteering o help elect President.Travis: Well, I""m sure he""d make a good President.I don""t know exactly what his policies are, but I""m sure he""d make a good one.Betsy: Do you want to canvass?Travis: Yeah, I""ll canvass.Explaining that he drives a taxi at night, Travis clarifies hat hereallywants to invite her to have coffee and pie with him.Injured by the fall, Laurie was also trappedinsidethe locked house while struggling to get away.The killer attempted to get through a locked door to attack her - finally using his fist to break down the wooden barrier and unlock it." Jake knowingly states that there is really "no such hing" as a pure "tough guy" without "an edge":What""s a tough guy?.