1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,920 Suspense! 2 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:27,960 This is the man in black, here to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 3 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,120 Introducing our Hollywood cast tonight is the distinguished American actor, the star of 4 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:37,000 the Broadway suspense drama, Angel Street, who has recently returned to this coast to 5 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,400 resume his film career, Mr. Vincent Price. 6 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:45,760 Tonight's suspense play, which presents Mr. Price and which is produced and directed by 7 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:52,120 William Spear, relates an episode of recent years in the unfriendly Nazi capital of Berlin. 8 00:00:52,120 --> 00:01:00,040 The Strange Death of Charles Umberstein by E. Jack Newman is tonight's tale of suspense. 9 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,280 If you have been with us before, you will know that suspense is compounded of mystery 10 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,720 and suspicion and dangerous adventure. 11 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:12,960 In this series, our tales calculated to intrigue you, stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious 12 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:18,960 situation and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. 13 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:24,160 And so with the Strange Death of Charles Umberstein and with the performance of Vincent Price, 14 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:38,160 we again hope to keep you in Suspense. 15 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:45,440 I was infuriated to think I had been trapped. 16 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,840 The thought that someone had discovered my intentions maddened me to the breaking point. 17 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:50,920 Nothing had slipped. 18 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,720 Everything had run smoothly as I had planned. 19 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,640 No evidence, not the slightest trace, nothing. 20 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,840 And yet I was trapped. 21 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,360 Trapped. 22 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,760 But why? 23 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:03,760 How? 24 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:05,200 Let me see. 25 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,440 Papers in my briefcase, train ticket, information forwarded safely to my office. 26 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:10,440 And he knew. 27 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:11,440 How? 28 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:12,440 How? 29 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:13,440 How? 30 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:14,800 But he did know. 31 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:20,760 I stood quietly in my room watching him, watching him watching me, waiting for me, standing 32 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:33,120 by the lamppost beneath my window, knowing, knowing he had trapped me, waiting for me. 33 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,960 I recognized him almost immediately. 34 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,640 Captain von Heimt. 35 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:40,840 Once before I had seen him briefly in Herr Miller's office. 36 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,720 I'd been working on some corrections. 37 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,440 Herr Miller was escorting him through the plant on an inspection tour. 38 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,840 They stopped for a moment outside my office. 39 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,360 I glanced up as Herr Miller gestured my way through the partially open door. 40 00:02:54,360 --> 00:03:00,080 Well, here it was. 41 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:01,480 They were talking about me. 42 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:06,200 My heart stopped. 43 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,780 He was explaining how I had been recommended by the Fuhrer himself for my qualification. 44 00:03:10,780 --> 00:03:12,760 They continued on their tour. 45 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,400 Herr Miller explained later when I went to his office. 46 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,760 Aha, Umberstein, there you are. 47 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,360 Herr Miller, you sent for me? 48 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:22,360 Yes, Umberstein. 49 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:28,680 And this morning when Captain von Heimt and myself passed by your office, I knew it was 50 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:29,680 you. 51 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,800 You knew it was me. 52 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,480 Captain von Heimt is head of Gestapo Intelligence in this area. 53 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:41,520 He was conducting a routine inspection this morning and it was he who suggested that I... 54 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:42,520 What? 55 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:46,240 Since your recommendations were by the Fuhrer himself... 56 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,240 Yes. 57 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,920 Your work here has been excellent. 58 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,000 I knew you were the man when I passed by today. 59 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,000 My work? 60 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Huh? 61 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,800 Oh, no, no, no, of course, not that. 62 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,560 Why, you have become one of our best men. 63 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,120 Oh, thank you, Herr Miller. 64 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:04,440 No, this is it. 65 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:05,440 Yes, Herr Miller. 66 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:11,920 Through various posts, we are releasing more prints on munitions areas in this country 67 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,160 and other countries. 68 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,440 You are to be in complete charge of their release from the wall. 69 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:18,800 I understand, Herr Miller. 70 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,400 As a citizen of the Reich, I am greatly honored that I have been given such an opportunity. 71 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,880 An opportunity to show your loyalty. 72 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:25,880 An honor. 73 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,000 I will give you the combinations. 74 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,960 You will see that no other person enters the wall. 75 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,800 Of course, Herr Miller. 76 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:33,800 One moment, Umberstein. 77 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:34,800 Yes? 78 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:41,880 I think I should tell you that a few months ago in one of the neighboring plants, the Gestapo 79 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,960 apprehended a spy. 80 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:44,960 Yes? 81 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:51,240 He was working for an enemy espionage service, found in possession of certain vital documents 82 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,400 which he had access to in his work. 83 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,120 And what did they learn from him? 84 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:57,920 Many things. 85 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:06,120 He was reluctant to speak at first, but it's difficult to hold out indefinitely. 86 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:10,720 He finally gave them enough information to locate other agents who had filtered in. 87 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,800 It was well he was detected. 88 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:20,120 The Gestapo is still on the alert for some of his coworkers still expected to arrive. 89 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:25,200 Of course, they are ignorant of his confession and his fate. 90 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:31,320 So, Herr Umberstein, I must warn you to take all the necessary steps against the possibility 91 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:32,320 of espionage. 92 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:33,720 We cannot be too careful. 93 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,200 I shall be careful. 94 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:51,040 The new Umberstein is exemplified the efficiency of the Third Reich. 95 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,600 I closed my suitcase and looked down on the street. 96 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,400 I watched him standing there. 97 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,720 I kept asking myself, how, how, how, how could he know? 98 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,960 This Captain von Hain, how could he know? 99 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:03,600 The plan was perfect, the best yet. 100 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,680 And yet, I was discovered, trapped. 101 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:11,680 It was a late Saturday afternoon and the silence of the day hung heavy in the room. 102 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,760 Outside it was cold, very cold, but in my room it was warm, stuffy. 103 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,320 The radiator hissed and spewed as though it were the judge of the events to come. 104 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,080 I was almost angry at it. 105 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,080 A radiator. 106 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:27,640 It was still light enough that he might see me if I crossed or raised the window. 107 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,880 He wasn't aware that I was in the room. 108 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,720 I hadn't turned on the lights. 109 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:38,400 Now he stood there, waiting for me to return. 110 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:43,640 I lay down on the bed, smoking, my thoughts troubled by the one question, how? 111 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:44,640 How? 112 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,440 How had he discovered me? 113 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,880 Safely, I had avoided all connections with anyone who might have a chance to spy on my 114 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:51,880 work. 115 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:53,800 There was not the least cause for suspicion. 116 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:58,320 An established citizen of the Reich, well recommended, pure Aryan, employed as an architect 117 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,720 in one of the country's largest munitions plants. 118 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,680 Certainly, there was no reason for him to suspect me. 119 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,680 The Gestapo, this Captain von Hinde waiting to take me. 120 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,680 Fräulein Keller. 121 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:11,680 Fräulein Keller. 122 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:12,680 Absurd. 123 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,840 Oh, of course not. 124 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:16,840 Not she. 125 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,480 But could you ever trust a woman? 126 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,040 Fräulein Keller. 127 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:30,080 Did I give her any reason, any reason at all? 128 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:31,960 Good morning, Fräulein. 129 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:33,360 Good morning. 130 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:37,480 My name is Charles Umberstein and I am to be at the munitions factory near here. 131 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,200 I wish to take a room. 132 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:40,200 Oh? 133 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,760 One facing the outer street, Fräulein, if you can accommodate me. 134 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,560 Oh, I think so. 135 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,360 We have one it is on the second floor, overlooks the street corner. 136 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,200 Oh, fine, I'm glad. 137 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,640 It looks comfortable here, small and comfortable. 138 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,480 Oh, yes, you will like it, I'm sure. 139 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,080 I am the owner and manager here. 140 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,160 Sign here, please. 141 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:02,160 Of course. 142 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:03,160 There you are. 143 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,160 Thank you. 144 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:11,160 Otto, would you show Herr Umberstein to his room? 145 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,160 Yes? 146 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:21,160 Yes, who is it? 147 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,160 It's I, Fräulein Keller. 148 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,160 Oh, just a moment. 149 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:28,960 Yes, Fräulein? 150 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,280 I have brought you some extra blankets. 151 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,280 You may be cold. 152 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,400 Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, Fräulein. 153 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:39,660 And Herr Umberstein, down the street, a little cafe. 154 00:08:39,660 --> 00:08:42,840 You may find nice meals and a little music, too. 155 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:43,840 Oh, wonderful. 156 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,200 I am indebted to you, Fräulein. 157 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,120 Oh, but you are my charge. 158 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:48,560 I look after my guests. 159 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:49,560 It is my job. 160 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:51,560 Oh, that is most kind, Fräulein. 161 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:56,560 Herr Umberstein, I also dine at a little cafe often. 162 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:58,560 Oh, I always do. 163 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:08,160 Just for you, Fräulein, for your wonderful hospitality. 164 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,160 Oh, to you, Herr Umberstein. 165 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,480 Well, Fräulein, it's growing late. 166 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:14,480 I must be off. 167 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:15,480 I have a great many things to do tomorrow. 168 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:16,480 Oh, and so do I. 169 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,480 Oh, it has been a wonderful evening. 170 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:20,480 Wonderful. 171 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:21,480 Yes, wonderful. 172 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,480 Here's your coat. 173 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:29,480 Oh, it's growing colder now, isn't it? 174 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,880 Yes, the winter will be here soon. 175 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:32,880 Too soon. 176 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,880 Yes, but I won't be... 177 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:35,880 Eh? 178 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:36,880 You won't be? 179 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:38,800 Oh, nothing, Fräulein, nothing. 180 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,280 You will be here alone. 181 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:41,280 Certainly, Fräulein. 182 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,280 Certainly, I was just wishing. 183 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:44,280 Wishing? 184 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:45,280 For what? 185 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,280 Oh, I had done it. 186 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,040 I had started to thinking perhaps she could... 187 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,040 For what? 188 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:53,680 Oh, nothing, Fräulein, nothing important. 189 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:55,680 Only the hopes of every man. 190 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:57,520 They become so near sometimes. 191 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:58,520 They're almost reality. 192 00:09:58,520 --> 00:09:59,520 So? 193 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,160 What else could I do? 194 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,200 I had to lead her thoughts away somehow. 195 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:05,200 She took the lead. 196 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,200 You mean a woman? 197 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:08,200 Yes. 198 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,200 Yes, Fräulein, you. 199 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:16,040 Oh, but we have known each other for such a short time. 200 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:17,040 Only two weeks. 201 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:21,240 That's true, but I've been aware of you for a longer time, though I've just met you. 202 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,040 Oh, oh, Herr Umberstein, I... 203 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,040 Charles. 204 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,040 Oh, Charles. 205 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:37,520 At first, I was uneasy about the whole affair. 206 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,200 And after a while, I did grow rather fond of her. 207 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:45,920 She was so accommodating, and we dined together each evening, and I played my role to the letter. 208 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,040 Never once did she mention my work. 209 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:49,040 Oh. 210 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,040 Fräulein Keller. 211 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:51,640 What are you doing in my room? 212 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:52,640 Well, I was... 213 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:53,640 Anna. 214 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:54,640 You've been looking through my papers. 215 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:55,640 Why? 216 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:56,640 I was looking for something. 217 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,000 But what right have you? 218 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 What are you looking for? 219 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 I was... 220 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Well, I was looking for a letter. 221 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,000 A letter? 222 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,000 What letter? 223 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 One that you haven't got. 224 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,480 I thought perhaps you might have it. 225 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:06,720 Now, out with it. 226 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:07,720 A letter from a woman. 227 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:08,720 Very well, Charles. 228 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,520 If you must know, I suspect you have not been filled with... 229 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,720 She was actually looking for a letter from some woman. 230 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:16,720 Any woman. 231 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:17,960 She didn't trust me. 232 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:19,960 She didn't trust her, Charles. 233 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:20,960 No. 234 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:31,120 No, it couldn't have been Fräulein Keller. 235 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,320 Who then could it have been? 236 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,920 I walked over to the window and looked down at the figure who so patiently kept his vigil 237 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:37,920 there. 238 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:38,920 Captain von Hynes. 239 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:39,920 Waiting. 240 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:40,920 Why? 241 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:46,360 There had been something wrong with the passport. 242 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:47,800 But no, that was perfect. 243 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,240 The passport. 244 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,920 Old passengers will report to the trainmaster for passport examination. 245 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:55,920 All in order. 246 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:56,920 You can take your luggage to Berlin. 247 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:57,920 Yeah, this way. 248 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:58,920 Next. 249 00:11:58,920 --> 00:11:59,920 Next. 250 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:00,920 Here you are. 251 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:01,920 Name? 252 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:02,920 Charles Umberstein. 253 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:03,920 Presidents? 254 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:04,920 Berlin. 255 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:05,920 Nationality? 256 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:06,920 German. 257 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:07,920 All in order. 258 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:08,920 Picture, luggage. 259 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:09,920 All in order. 260 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:10,920 Thank you, trainmaster. 261 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:11,920 You must be careful, you know. 262 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:12,920 When may I catch my train for Berlin? 263 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:13,920 It should be by any moment. 264 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:18,920 Next. 265 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,960 I stood there in the shadows waiting for my train. 266 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,640 I examined my passport again as I had done a hundred times before. 267 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,880 No one would have any reason to doubt anything so genuine as that. 268 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,880 All passengers for Berlin! 269 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:34,880 All passengers for Berlin! 270 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:35,880 Guard! 271 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:36,880 Guard! 272 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:37,880 Must we stand passport inspection again? 273 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,880 The army intelligence will accommodate you on the train. 274 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:41,880 Jawohl. 275 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:49,400 I have three stops my passport was inspected. 276 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:56,800 A good test? 277 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:02,120 If the passport had been suspected or investigated, it would only prove that I was Charles Umberstein. 278 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,720 I had come by the passport through Hans. 279 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,160 At the time, Hans was employed as an Austrian customs inspector. 280 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,080 This gave him access to many such passports. 281 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:15,080 According to Hans, there had been a person named Charles Umberstein who had suddenly 282 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,480 disappeared in 1936. 283 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:21,960 Since there had been no friends or relatives to make an inquest, well, you can see. 284 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:22,960 No. 285 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:24,840 No, I was Charles Umberstein. 286 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:30,040 Why, I even resembled the badly scarred photograph on the identification card. 287 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:35,120 From the front view, he was evidently a large man, big shoulders, large head, wore a short 288 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:36,120 Prussian haircut. 289 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,580 Yes, I certainly looked enough like the photograph. 290 00:13:39,580 --> 00:13:40,580 Passport was flawless. 291 00:13:40,580 --> 00:13:46,640 They couldn't have discovered me through that, this fun hind. 292 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:47,640 Something else. 293 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:48,640 What else? 294 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:49,640 The plans? 295 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,080 No, no, no, of course not. 296 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:53,200 They couldn't have discovered that. 297 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,400 I merely made copies and left the originals. 298 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,520 No, no, no, not the plans. 299 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,520 Why Hans and I... 300 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:01,520 Hans. 301 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,720 Oh, no, no, not Hans. 302 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:05,720 Never. 303 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,720 We'd worked so well together. 304 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,800 No, no, no, not Hans. 305 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,200 A strange silent boy perhaps, but surely... 306 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:20,920 At night in 1936 when he gave me the passport, he was our man in Austria, but strange things 307 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,840 happen even to the most loyal. 308 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,840 All said, Charles. 309 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,840 Then I will not see you again, Hans. 310 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:28,840 Until? 311 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:29,840 Until I arrive, eh? 312 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,800 I will be attached to an army ordnance division in the city. 313 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,240 You will receive additional information on the first day of each month. 314 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,240 From you? 315 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:38,240 Yes. 316 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,280 There's a hotel not far from the factory. 317 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,320 Here is the address. 318 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:43,800 For Linkeleranz Hotel. 319 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:48,120 Now, on the second floor in one corner sits a mahogany table. 320 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,120 On it are a set of silver candlesticks. 321 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,440 Four of them. 322 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,360 Beneath candlestick nearest the right. 323 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,640 You may find your information on the first day of each month. 324 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,440 It will be written in code? 325 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:00,440 Naturally. 326 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:03,680 Be very careful when you pick it up, I see. 327 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,920 And make no effort to contact me in any other way. 328 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,400 And can I leave anything I might learn in the same place? 329 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:10,400 Is it safe? 330 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:11,400 Yes. 331 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:15,360 Now, remember, sooner or later we are bound to be introduced, you and I. 332 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:19,280 My duties with the ordnance division will of course be near and yet so far kind of thing, 333 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:20,280 eh? 334 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,080 Yeah, very far. 335 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,360 Once inside the city, I am Oberleutnant Hans Neumann of army ordnance, understand? 336 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,240 I am Herr Charles Umberstein, architect. 337 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:29,240 Right. 338 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,200 Well, time grows short. 339 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:32,200 I must go. 340 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:33,200 Everything checked. 341 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,200 Your passport? 342 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,200 Perfect. 343 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,120 And resembled photograph from the concert, I should think so. 344 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:39,600 Yes, not bad. 345 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,560 Well, I consider the Umberstein to have looked this way. 346 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:44,560 Tickets? 347 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:45,920 Right here through to Berlin. 348 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,760 I report to Franz Miller in the munitions factory, produce my credentials. 349 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:50,760 He's been expecting me. 350 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:52,400 I haggle a little about the salary. 351 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:56,880 Then I accept that first opportunity to become acquainted with MB plans. 352 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,360 And I will see that you are highly recommended from a reliable source. 353 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,880 Just as a matter of curiosity, hon. 354 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:03,880 Who will recommend me? 355 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,320 Oh, you needn't worry, Herr Umberstein. 356 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:07,320 It'll be good. 357 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:08,320 I assure you. 358 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:09,320 Then goodbye, Hans. 359 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,320 Oberleutnant Neumann, if you please. 360 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:13,960 Oberleutnant Hans Neumann. 361 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:19,440 Well, then, my Herr Charles Umberstein, auf Wiedersehen. 362 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:20,440 Heil Hitler. 363 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:21,440 Heil Hitler. 364 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:32,000 Yes, everything Hans had said came about. 365 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,600 I picked up my information each month at the little hotel. 366 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,560 I left an occasional report for Hans. 367 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,160 It was the only way we ever communicated. 368 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:44,160 And then Oberleutnant Hans Neumann began to appear in Franz Miller's office. 369 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,120 And eventually Miller introduced us. 370 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,560 In fact, Hans was with Miller quite frequently and they dined together regularly. 371 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,640 Hans played his part well. 372 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,280 But one day something was worrying him. 373 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:56,280 I will wait here for you, Miller. 374 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:57,280 Ah, give us here in a moment. 375 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:58,280 Ah, Herr Umberstein. 376 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,280 It's good to see you again. 377 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:00,280 Oberleutnant Neumann. 378 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,280 Miller speaks very highly of your work here. 379 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:03,280 Thank you. 380 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:04,280 Be very careful of this Captain von Hain. 381 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:05,280 There is something wrong. 382 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:06,280 I don't know what it is. 383 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:07,280 He looks at me very strangely. 384 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:08,280 And there is something I recognize about the man. 385 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:09,280 The eyes are... 386 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:10,280 I've been of my Umberstein. 387 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:11,280 Yes, yes, yes. 388 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,280 He was just chatting a moment. 389 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:13,280 I've seen von Hain somewhere before. 390 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,280 Be very careful. 391 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:15,280 And don't come with us in case they ask you. 392 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:16,280 You all ready? 393 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:17,280 Why, yes, of course. 394 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:18,280 Umberstein, we have a very important matter to discuss. 395 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:19,280 Yes, yes, yes. 396 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:20,280 I'm going to go to the toilet. 397 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:21,280 I'll be back in a moment. 398 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:22,280 I'll be back in a moment. 399 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:23,280 I'll be back in a moment. 400 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:24,280 I'll be back in a moment. 401 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:31,280 I'll be back in a moment. 402 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,280 Umberstein, would you care to join us at luncheon? 403 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:33,280 No, no, thank you. 404 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:34,280 I have some work to do. 405 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:35,280 Always working. 406 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:36,280 Well then, let's go, Hans, yeah? 407 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:37,280 Yeah, certainly. 408 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:38,280 Oh, by the way, will Captain von Hain be joining us today? 409 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:39,280 No, von Hain sends his regrets. 410 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,280 Something is delayed. 411 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:41,280 Oh, that's too bad. 412 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:42,280 Von Hain, a remarkable man. 413 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:43,280 No one like him in the service. 414 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:44,280 No one like him. 415 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:45,280 Goodbye, Hans. 416 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:46,280 Goodbye, Captain. 417 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:47,280 Goodbye, Captain. 418 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:48,280 Goodbye, Captain. 419 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:49,280 Goodbye, Captain. 420 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:50,280 Goodbye, Captain. 421 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,280 Goodbye, Captain. 422 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:52,280 Goodbye, Captain. 423 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,280 Goodbye, Captain. 424 00:17:54,280 --> 00:18:02,480 Goodbye, von Hain. 425 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,440 Such a brief warning, curt and sinister. 426 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,080 Hans was frightened. 427 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:11,320 He would never have taken the chance to speak to me if he had not been frightened. 428 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,400 Something that he recognized about von Hain. 429 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,420 Saturday was the first of the month. 430 00:18:16,420 --> 00:18:18,920 And there was no information at the hotel. 431 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,580 Hans didn't appear again to lunch with Hermione. 432 00:18:21,580 --> 00:18:25,080 Something was wrong. Something had happened to Hans. 433 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,080 Today I found out. 434 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,080 We will enjoy ourselves today, eh, Umberstein? 435 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:31,080 Yes. 436 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,080 We should lunch together more often, you and I. 437 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,080 I like good company when I eat. 438 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,080 Good food, good company, good digestion, Herr Mitter. 439 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,580 This is a wonderful restaurant that we are going to. 440 00:18:41,580 --> 00:18:45,580 You know, they serve Norwegian smoked salmon that is exquisite. 441 00:18:45,580 --> 00:18:47,580 And cheap, too. 442 00:18:47,580 --> 00:18:51,080 Nothing like these new foods we are getting from Norway. 443 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:52,580 I've heard of Norwegian salmon. 444 00:18:52,580 --> 00:18:54,580 And this is the best. 445 00:18:54,580 --> 00:18:57,080 You and Oberleichnet Neumann dine here often, don't you? 446 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:01,080 Hans Neumann, oh, yeah. We came here often, yeah. 447 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:06,580 Hans Neumann will not come here for a long, long time again, I'm afraid. 448 00:19:06,580 --> 00:19:08,080 I don't understand. 449 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,080 Yeah, you don't. 450 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,080 You remember Captain von Hain? 451 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:16,080 Oh, yes, the Gestapo man who was inspecting our factory a few weeks ago. 452 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,580 Yeah, yeah, the most efficient man. 453 00:19:18,580 --> 00:19:23,080 He has apparently been observing Hans Neumann for some time. 454 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:24,580 Oh. 455 00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:30,080 Oberleichnet Neumann is being detained by Captain von Hain now. 456 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:31,080 Was he? 457 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:32,580 He was a spy. 458 00:19:32,580 --> 00:19:35,080 A spy? How do you know? 459 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,080 Von Hain arrests only spies. 460 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,080 And von Hain never makes a mistake. 461 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,080 The man is in credit. 462 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,080 Was there something suspicious about Hans? 463 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,580 Something suspicious about everyone to von Hain? 464 00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:54,580 He himself asked me to cultivate Oberleichnet Neumann 465 00:19:54,580 --> 00:19:57,080 so that he could better observe his actions. 466 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,580 Yes, I noticed that you two lunch together very often. 467 00:19:59,580 --> 00:20:04,580 We lunch together at this very same restaurant you and I are going to now. 468 00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:07,080 That made it easy for von Hain. 469 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,080 Easy? 470 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,080 Well, to study the man in leisure. 471 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:15,080 Von Hain always wants to be certain of his quarries. 472 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,580 And where is Hans now? 473 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:19,080 Who knows? 474 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,580 Who knows what happens when Captain von Hain takes a man? 475 00:20:23,580 --> 00:20:26,580 Don't you admire such efficiency, Umberstein? 476 00:20:26,580 --> 00:20:28,080 Well, of course. 477 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,580 The captain did indicate that there were others to be rounded up, too. 478 00:20:32,580 --> 00:20:35,080 Well, here we are. 479 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,580 Oh, look, look, you see them in the window? 480 00:20:37,580 --> 00:20:39,080 Norwegian salmon. 481 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:43,080 Oh, they are beautiful, so red, so delicious. 482 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,080 Are you hungry, Umberstein? 483 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,080 What? Oh, yes, yes. 484 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,580 Oh, they do look delicious. 485 00:20:57,580 --> 00:20:59,580 Captain von Hain. 486 00:20:59,580 --> 00:21:02,580 I looked at him out of the window again. 487 00:21:02,580 --> 00:21:04,080 I could see his breath now. 488 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,080 It was growing very cold. 489 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,080 He was well dressed and neatly tailored overcoat and dark hat. 490 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,580 It was too dark to tell the exact color. 491 00:21:11,580 --> 00:21:16,580 The only thing I was sure of were his hands and the gloves on the hands. 492 00:21:16,580 --> 00:21:21,580 Heavy, thick, powerfully mounted prongs encased in a gray, tightly fitting material. 493 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:24,080 Style, lines running across the back. 494 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,580 I noticed when he lifted them to light a cigarette. 495 00:21:26,580 --> 00:21:28,580 What beautiful weapons. 496 00:21:28,580 --> 00:21:30,080 His back was to me. 497 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:35,580 I couldn't help but admire the fine breadth of his shoulders and the thick, closely barbered neck. 498 00:21:35,580 --> 00:21:38,580 He stood quietly by the lamp post smoking, 499 00:21:38,580 --> 00:21:42,580 watching his breath in the smoke battle for existence in the icy air. 500 00:21:42,580 --> 00:21:45,080 Once when he turned to look up at my window, 501 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:49,580 the single eyeglass he wore caught the reflection of the light. 502 00:21:49,580 --> 00:21:52,580 I wondered how much he weighed. 503 00:21:52,580 --> 00:21:56,580 Carefully, I retraced each step over again in my mind. 504 00:21:56,580 --> 00:22:00,080 I couldn't find the flaw that made me a marked man. 505 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:05,080 The absurdly easy way I had gone through Mueller's office carrying an innocent-looking bundle of blueprints. 506 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,080 Then to the vault, the super... the superstition of copies. 507 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,580 No one could suspect what I had done. 508 00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:14,580 No one had any reason to. 509 00:22:14,580 --> 00:22:16,080 Why? 510 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,080 Why then was I trapped? 511 00:22:21,580 --> 00:22:25,580 Of course he was after me, waiting down there. 512 00:22:25,580 --> 00:22:28,580 I wondered why he didn't come up and wait in my room. 513 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:31,080 Surely he didn't know I was in the room. 514 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,080 Perhaps he had searched my room one day while I was out. 515 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,080 But what could he find? Nothing, absolutely nothing. 516 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,080 A passport proving I was Charles Umberstein. 517 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,080 A monogram suitcase bearing the initials. C.U. 518 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,080 A few letters and old papers. Nothing, nothing at all. 519 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,580 I had never talked. 520 00:22:45,580 --> 00:22:49,080 I had never known anyone else in service except Hans. 521 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,080 Franz Mueller was too stupid to suspect anything. 522 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,080 Freulein Keller? No. 523 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,580 The passport? Perfect. 524 00:22:56,580 --> 00:22:59,080 Only one other way. 525 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,080 Only... 526 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:05,080 one other way could he possibly know. 527 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,080 For an instant the possible answer flashed through my brain. 528 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:17,080 For a full five minutes I watched him, watched him very discerningly. 529 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,080 Could it be? 530 00:23:20,580 --> 00:23:23,080 Could it possibly be? 531 00:23:25,580 --> 00:23:30,580 The stillness of the street below was broken from time to time by the blare of an occasional horn. 532 00:23:30,580 --> 00:23:35,080 And the rattle of armoured cars carrying soldiers to different parts of the city. 533 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:39,080 Turning from the window I groped about in the darkness of my room. 534 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:44,580 Searching for the automatic I had concealed in the slit compartment of my travelling bag. 535 00:23:44,580 --> 00:23:48,080 When I found it I tested the chamber. 536 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,080 Yes, it was loaded. 537 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:55,080 I jammed it in my coat pocket and putting on my hat I stood there by the window watching him. 538 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,080 He seemed very ominous, very assured, waiting for me. 539 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,080 He must have been getting anxious with his long vigil. 540 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,080 I watched him signal to an accomplice across the street. 541 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:11,080 Walking back and forth under the street light I noticed something familiar. 542 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,080 Very familiar. 543 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,080 A bolt from off the bed tied to a piece of cord attached to the light switch. 544 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,080 Near the radiator pipe room enough to pass it through. 545 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,080 The way to then dragging the string to the lobby below. 546 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:31,080 I picked up my suitcase and stepped out of the door. 547 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,080 The hall was dark and quiet. 548 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,080 I walked down the stairs, the lobby was empty, deserted. 549 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:41,080 At the bottom of the stairs I placed the suitcase by the door and I crossed the desk. 550 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,080 Hastily I jammed a few bills in an envelope and addressed it to Freulein Keller. 551 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:50,080 Now as I picked up my suitcase I could see him very plainly on the corner. 552 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:54,080 He was only a few feet from the entrance. 553 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:58,080 The cord with its weighted end had fallen just short of the door. 554 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,080 I stood there quietly. 555 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,080 He looked up at my room. 556 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,080 I pulled the cord. 557 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:12,080 He was startled when the light went on upstairs searching the window for a view of the occupant. 558 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,080 I walked to the door. 559 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,080 As I opened it he looked at me, looked my way. 560 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,080 Gazed at me point blank. 561 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,080 Seemed surprised. 562 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,080 Then assuring himself he took a step toward me. 563 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,080 Herr Umberstein! 564 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,080 Herr Umberstein! 565 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:29,080 Oh, you are... 566 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,080 You are Charles Umberstein? 567 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,080 Why, yes, I... 568 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:37,080 Charles Umberstein who entered Germany in 1936 from Austria? 569 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,080 Here's my passport. 570 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,080 Your passport, yes. 571 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:45,080 I have always wanted to meet you, Charles Umberstein. 572 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:50,080 I have always wanted to meet you face to face. 573 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,080 You know who I am? 574 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,080 Why, yes, you are. 575 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,080 I wonder. 576 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,080 You know the others I have had my men pick up. 577 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:05,080 But you I wanted to attend to personally. 578 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:09,080 It's because you are Charles Umberstein. 579 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,080 Now we will just... 580 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,080 I'm sorry, my friend. 581 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,080 Oh! 582 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,080 He sat down hard on the curb. 583 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,080 Looked up at me, mumbled strangely. 584 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,080 Then fell over with his head in the gutter. 585 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:29,080 His hat fell off and I saw that his hair was closely cropped. 586 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,080 There were other people on the streets. 587 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:43,080 I ran till I was out of breath. 588 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,080 The next day I picked up a Berlin paper on the railroad station. 589 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,080 On the second page I read the headline. 590 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,080 Gestapo official murdered. 591 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,080 Saturday, January 25th, Captain Charles von Heimd, 592 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,080 high ranking official of the Gestapo intelligence service, 593 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:02,080 was instantly killed last night by the bullets of an unknown assailant 594 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:06,080 whom he was attempting to arrest on charges of espionage. 595 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:12,080 Captain von Heimd had been connected with the Gestapo since 1936. 596 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,080 Prior to his affiliation with the Gestapo intelligence, 597 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:20,080 he had been known by his real name, Charles Umberstein. 598 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,080 His entry into such dangerous work made necessary 599 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,080 a complete retirement from all public life. 600 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:35,080 The Reich will long honor the memory of Charles Umberstein. 601 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:39,080 I wired flowers from Geneva with a card marked, 602 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:51,080 Sympathy, signed, See You. 603 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:56,080 And so closes the strange death of Charles Umberstein by E. Jack Newman, 604 00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:02,080 starring Vincent Price, tonight's tale of Suspense. 605 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,080 Vincent Price will soon be seen in the 20th Century Fox production, 606 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:12,080 Song of Bernadette. 607 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:16,080 The producer and director of Suspense is William Spear. 608 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:21,080 Music was composed by Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 609 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:25,080 This is the man in black who would like to draw your attention 610 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,080 to the new day in time for Suspense, 611 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:37,080 beginning next week when Cary Grant will be our star. 612 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,080 Beginning next week, listeners in the Eastern and Central time zones 613 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:44,080 will hear Suspense on Thursdays at 8 p.m. Eastern wartime 614 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,080 and 7 p.m. Central wartime. 615 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,080 Listeners in the Mountain and Pacific time zones 616 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:55,080 will be brought their next story of Suspense on Monday, December the 6th, 617 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:59,080 and each Monday thereafter at 9 p.m. Pacific wartime. 618 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:04,080 Don't forget Suspense on Thursdays beginning December the 2nd 619 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,080 if you live in Eastern and Central time zones 620 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,080 and Mondays beginning December the 6th 621 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,080 for listeners in the Mountain and Pacific time zones 622 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:23,080 with Cary Grant, our opening guest star. 623 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:44,080 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.