Murder intruded into a headline-hunting Senator's investigation of the President's latest nominee to the Supreme Court. Confirmation might then have proceeded smoothly if scandal hadn't suddenly exploded in the middle of it all, embarrassing not only the appointee, but his friends and backers from the President of the United States, down. The mess - fanned by the press - outrages some while it titillated Washington's cocktail party circuit. Until Murder struck again.