'Matlock' Quiz for "The Witness Killings"

Answer: Aunt Elsie

Aunt Elsie sent it, she was about the only person in Mt. Harlan who didn't hold a grudge against Ben for leaving years before, Ben did not want to go; he dreaded going it because he leftafter finishing law school and moved to Atlanta, he said the people there felt they'd let them down, they wanted him as their town lawyer.

Answer: Bobby Atwater

The three young boys went to get the sheriff. When they came back the body was missing; no investigation ever took place for the murder.

Answer: Julie March

Julie went as his "guest", though naturally people there assumed they were a couple, she insisted on going thinking the trip would be fun, a good getaway from their jobs, little did they know they'd get involved in a murder case there too.

Answer: Judge Sam Carothers

I cannot recall Judge Sam Carothers presiding over trials in any other 'Matlock' episode.

Answer: Lucas Anderson

Billy borrowed money twice from Ben in this episode, the first time it was in a chicken coup after Ben said he wanted to settle things between them, Billy replied, "I'm glad you feel that way...I need some money; the tires on my truck are bald, payments due on my tractor, and my gallbladder's got to come out", he also asked for more later to help with surgery, Cousin Bing and Uncle Roy bumped into Ben on the street, Lucas did not need to borrow money, he claimed he had "inherited" some to open his own bar.

Answer: Marty Jensen

Marty Jensen ran a tattoo parlor, he was responsible for the "JAS" tattoo on Lucas Anderson, James Hamilton, and the late Bobby Atwater, JAS stood for Josephs, Atwater, Spellman, as Josephs and Spellman changed their names to Hamilton and Anderson respectively after they got out of prison for robbing a bank.

Answer: Noel Ferguson

Noel's purpose in coming home was gathering background for his next book. He was getting to close to uncovering facts from the past that a lot of people didn't want made public, Max and Gary were his best friends (they witnessed the first killing 15 years earlier), Sheriff Harley Wilkes was actually Ben's cousin, he was in charge of the investigation.

Answer: They refused to serve him

People inside the bakery saw Ben and Julie heading for the door and quickly switched their sign from "Open" to "Closed".

Answer: the defendant's dog

Russ Gifford's doberman, Buck, is seen twice in "The Witness Killings", he was seen on the porch barking when the sheriff was in the driveway to arrest Russ for murdering Noel and he barked at Ben when he came to visit Russ toward the end of the show, led to his quote, "Considering how close I came to being dog food I'm swell" when asked if he was all right, Jack Sylvester told a doctor he was "bitten by a large doberman" leading Matlock's client toward a not guilty verdict.

Answer: Cliff Lewis

Cliff was not on the show for another two years, the others were there, all saying goodbye, Ben told Sheriff Harley Wilkes "next time I'm here let's just go fishing", Billy gave Ben $5 on the money that Ben loaned him.