WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:21.920 Suspense! 00:21.920 --> 00:27.960 This is the man in black, here to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 00:27.960 --> 00:32.120 Introducing our Hollywood cast tonight is the distinguished American actor, the star of 00:32.120 --> 00:37.000 the Broadway suspense drama, Angel Street, who has recently returned to this coast to 00:37.000 --> 00:41.400 resume his film career, Mr. Vincent Price. 00:41.400 --> 00:45.760 Tonight's suspense play, which presents Mr. Price and which is produced and directed by 00:45.760 --> 00:52.120 William Spear, relates an episode of recent years in the unfriendly Nazi capital of Berlin. 00:52.120 --> 01:00.040 The Strange Death of Charles Umberstein by E. Jack Newman is tonight's tale of suspense. 01:00.040 --> 01:04.280 If you have been with us before, you will know that suspense is compounded of mystery 01:04.280 --> 01:07.720 and suspicion and dangerous adventure. 01:07.720 --> 01:12.960 In this series, our tales calculated to intrigue you, stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious 01:12.960 --> 01:18.960 situation and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. 01:18.960 --> 01:24.160 And so with the Strange Death of Charles Umberstein and with the performance of Vincent Price, 01:24.160 --> 01:38.160 we again hope to keep you in Suspense. 01:38.160 --> 01:45.440 I was infuriated to think I had been trapped. 01:45.440 --> 01:49.840 The thought that someone had discovered my intentions maddened me to the breaking point. 01:49.840 --> 01:50.920 Nothing had slipped. 01:50.920 --> 01:52.720 Everything had run smoothly as I had planned. 01:52.720 --> 01:55.640 No evidence, not the slightest trace, nothing. 01:55.640 --> 01:58.840 And yet I was trapped. 01:58.840 --> 02:00.360 Trapped. 02:00.360 --> 02:02.760 But why? 02:02.760 --> 02:03.760 How? 02:03.760 --> 02:05.200 Let me see. 02:05.200 --> 02:09.440 Papers in my briefcase, train ticket, information forwarded safely to my office. 02:09.440 --> 02:10.440 And he knew. 02:10.440 --> 02:11.440 How? 02:11.440 --> 02:12.440 How? 02:12.440 --> 02:13.440 How? 02:13.440 --> 02:14.800 But he did know. 02:14.800 --> 02:20.760 I stood quietly in my room watching him, watching him watching me, waiting for me, standing 02:20.760 --> 02:33.120 by the lamppost beneath my window, knowing, knowing he had trapped me, waiting for me. 02:33.120 --> 02:35.960 I recognized him almost immediately. 02:35.960 --> 02:37.640 Captain von Heimt. 02:37.640 --> 02:40.840 Once before I had seen him briefly in Herr Miller's office. 02:40.840 --> 02:43.720 I'd been working on some corrections. 02:43.720 --> 02:47.440 Herr Miller was escorting him through the plant on an inspection tour. 02:47.440 --> 02:49.840 They stopped for a moment outside my office. 02:49.840 --> 02:54.360 I glanced up as Herr Miller gestured my way through the partially open door. 02:54.360 --> 03:00.080 Well, here it was. 03:00.080 --> 03:01.480 They were talking about me. 03:01.480 --> 03:06.200 My heart stopped. 03:06.200 --> 03:10.780 He was explaining how I had been recommended by the Fuhrer himself for my qualification. 03:10.780 --> 03:12.760 They continued on their tour. 03:12.760 --> 03:16.400 Herr Miller explained later when I went to his office. 03:16.400 --> 03:19.760 Aha, Umberstein, there you are. 03:19.760 --> 03:21.360 Herr Miller, you sent for me? 03:21.360 --> 03:22.360 Yes, Umberstein. 03:22.360 --> 03:28.680 And this morning when Captain von Heimt and myself passed by your office, I knew it was 03:28.680 --> 03:29.680 you. 03:29.680 --> 03:31.800 You knew it was me. 03:31.800 --> 03:35.480 Captain von Heimt is head of Gestapo Intelligence in this area. 03:35.480 --> 03:41.520 He was conducting a routine inspection this morning and it was he who suggested that I... 03:41.520 --> 03:42.520 What? 03:42.520 --> 03:46.240 Since your recommendations were by the Fuhrer himself... 03:46.240 --> 03:47.240 Yes. 03:47.240 --> 03:49.920 Your work here has been excellent. 03:49.920 --> 03:53.000 I knew you were the man when I passed by today. 03:53.000 --> 03:54.000 My work? 03:54.000 --> 03:55.000 Huh? 03:55.000 --> 03:58.800 Oh, no, no, no, of course, not that. 03:58.800 --> 04:01.560 Why, you have become one of our best men. 04:01.560 --> 04:03.120 Oh, thank you, Herr Miller. 04:03.120 --> 04:04.440 No, this is it. 04:04.440 --> 04:05.440 Yes, Herr Miller. 04:05.440 --> 04:11.920 Through various posts, we are releasing more prints on munitions areas in this country 04:11.920 --> 04:14.160 and other countries. 04:14.160 --> 04:17.440 You are to be in complete charge of their release from the wall. 04:17.440 --> 04:18.800 I understand, Herr Miller. 04:18.800 --> 04:22.400 As a citizen of the Reich, I am greatly honored that I have been given such an opportunity. 04:22.400 --> 04:24.880 An opportunity to show your loyalty. 04:24.880 --> 04:25.880 An honor. 04:25.880 --> 04:28.000 I will give you the combinations. 04:28.000 --> 04:30.960 You will see that no other person enters the wall. 04:30.960 --> 04:32.800 Of course, Herr Miller. 04:32.800 --> 04:33.800 One moment, Umberstein. 04:33.800 --> 04:34.800 Yes? 04:34.800 --> 04:41.880 I think I should tell you that a few months ago in one of the neighboring plants, the Gestapo 04:41.880 --> 04:43.960 apprehended a spy. 04:43.960 --> 04:44.960 Yes? 04:44.960 --> 04:51.240 He was working for an enemy espionage service, found in possession of certain vital documents 04:51.240 --> 04:53.400 which he had access to in his work. 04:53.400 --> 04:56.120 And what did they learn from him? 04:56.120 --> 04:57.920 Many things. 04:57.920 --> 05:06.120 He was reluctant to speak at first, but it's difficult to hold out indefinitely. 05:06.120 --> 05:10.720 He finally gave them enough information to locate other agents who had filtered in. 05:10.720 --> 05:13.800 It was well he was detected. 05:13.800 --> 05:20.120 The Gestapo is still on the alert for some of his coworkers still expected to arrive. 05:20.120 --> 05:25.200 Of course, they are ignorant of his confession and his fate. 05:25.200 --> 05:31.320 So, Herr Umberstein, I must warn you to take all the necessary steps against the possibility 05:31.320 --> 05:32.320 of espionage. 05:32.320 --> 05:33.720 We cannot be too careful. 05:33.720 --> 05:36.200 I shall be careful. 05:36.200 --> 05:51.040 The new Umberstein is exemplified the efficiency of the Third Reich. 05:51.040 --> 05:53.600 I closed my suitcase and looked down on the street. 05:53.600 --> 05:55.400 I watched him standing there. 05:55.400 --> 05:59.720 I kept asking myself, how, how, how, how could he know? 05:59.720 --> 06:01.960 This Captain von Hain, how could he know? 06:01.960 --> 06:03.600 The plan was perfect, the best yet. 06:03.600 --> 06:06.680 And yet, I was discovered, trapped. 06:06.680 --> 06:11.680 It was a late Saturday afternoon and the silence of the day hung heavy in the room. 06:11.680 --> 06:15.760 Outside it was cold, very cold, but in my room it was warm, stuffy. 06:15.760 --> 06:19.320 The radiator hissed and spewed as though it were the judge of the events to come. 06:19.320 --> 06:21.080 I was almost angry at it. 06:21.080 --> 06:22.080 A radiator. 06:22.080 --> 06:27.640 It was still light enough that he might see me if I crossed or raised the window. 06:27.640 --> 06:29.880 He wasn't aware that I was in the room. 06:29.880 --> 06:31.720 I hadn't turned on the lights. 06:31.720 --> 06:38.400 Now he stood there, waiting for me to return. 06:38.400 --> 06:43.640 I lay down on the bed, smoking, my thoughts troubled by the one question, how? 06:43.640 --> 06:44.640 How? 06:44.640 --> 06:46.440 How had he discovered me? 06:46.440 --> 06:50.880 Safely, I had avoided all connections with anyone who might have a chance to spy on my 06:50.880 --> 06:51.880 work. 06:51.880 --> 06:53.800 There was not the least cause for suspicion. 06:53.800 --> 06:58.320 An established citizen of the Reich, well recommended, pure Aryan, employed as an architect 06:58.320 --> 07:00.720 in one of the country's largest munitions plants. 07:00.720 --> 07:03.680 Certainly, there was no reason for him to suspect me. 07:03.680 --> 07:07.680 The Gestapo, this Captain von Hinde waiting to take me. 07:07.680 --> 07:09.680 Fräulein Keller. 07:09.680 --> 07:11.680 Fräulein Keller. 07:11.680 --> 07:12.680 Absurd. 07:12.680 --> 07:15.840 Oh, of course not. 07:15.840 --> 07:16.840 Not she. 07:16.840 --> 07:20.480 But could you ever trust a woman? 07:20.480 --> 07:23.040 Fräulein Keller. 07:23.040 --> 07:30.080 Did I give her any reason, any reason at all? 07:30.080 --> 07:31.960 Good morning, Fräulein. 07:31.960 --> 07:33.360 Good morning. 07:33.360 --> 07:37.480 My name is Charles Umberstein and I am to be at the munitions factory near here. 07:37.480 --> 07:39.200 I wish to take a room. 07:39.200 --> 07:40.200 Oh? 07:40.200 --> 07:42.760 One facing the outer street, Fräulein, if you can accommodate me. 07:42.760 --> 07:44.560 Oh, I think so. 07:44.560 --> 07:48.360 We have one it is on the second floor, overlooks the street corner. 07:48.360 --> 07:50.200 Oh, fine, I'm glad. 07:50.200 --> 07:52.640 It looks comfortable here, small and comfortable. 07:52.640 --> 07:56.480 Oh, yes, you will like it, I'm sure. 07:56.480 --> 07:59.080 I am the owner and manager here. 07:59.080 --> 08:01.160 Sign here, please. 08:01.160 --> 08:02.160 Of course. 08:02.160 --> 08:03.160 There you are. 08:03.160 --> 08:04.160 Thank you. 08:04.160 --> 08:11.160 Otto, would you show Herr Umberstein to his room? 08:11.160 --> 08:14.160 Yes? 08:14.160 --> 08:21.160 Yes, who is it? 08:21.160 --> 08:24.160 It's I, Fräulein Keller. 08:24.160 --> 08:27.160 Oh, just a moment. 08:27.160 --> 08:28.960 Yes, Fräulein? 08:28.960 --> 08:32.280 I have brought you some extra blankets. 08:32.280 --> 08:33.280 You may be cold. 08:33.280 --> 08:35.400 Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, Fräulein. 08:35.400 --> 08:39.660 And Herr Umberstein, down the street, a little cafe. 08:39.660 --> 08:42.840 You may find nice meals and a little music, too. 08:42.840 --> 08:43.840 Oh, wonderful. 08:43.840 --> 08:45.200 I am indebted to you, Fräulein. 08:45.200 --> 08:47.120 Oh, but you are my charge. 08:47.120 --> 08:48.560 I look after my guests. 08:48.560 --> 08:49.560 It is my job. 08:49.560 --> 08:51.560 Oh, that is most kind, Fräulein. 08:51.560 --> 08:56.560 Herr Umberstein, I also dine at a little cafe often. 08:56.560 --> 08:58.560 Oh, I always do. 08:58.560 --> 09:08.160 Just for you, Fräulein, for your wonderful hospitality. 09:08.160 --> 09:11.160 Oh, to you, Herr Umberstein. 09:11.160 --> 09:13.480 Well, Fräulein, it's growing late. 09:13.480 --> 09:14.480 I must be off. 09:14.480 --> 09:15.480 I have a great many things to do tomorrow. 09:15.480 --> 09:16.480 Oh, and so do I. 09:16.480 --> 09:19.480 Oh, it has been a wonderful evening. 09:19.480 --> 09:20.480 Wonderful. 09:20.480 --> 09:21.480 Yes, wonderful. 09:21.480 --> 09:24.480 Here's your coat. 09:24.480 --> 09:29.480 Oh, it's growing colder now, isn't it? 09:29.480 --> 09:31.880 Yes, the winter will be here soon. 09:31.880 --> 09:32.880 Too soon. 09:32.880 --> 09:34.880 Yes, but I won't be... 09:34.880 --> 09:35.880 Eh? 09:35.880 --> 09:36.880 You won't be? 09:36.880 --> 09:38.800 Oh, nothing, Fräulein, nothing. 09:38.800 --> 09:40.280 You will be here alone. 09:40.280 --> 09:41.280 Certainly, Fräulein. 09:41.280 --> 09:43.280 Certainly, I was just wishing. 09:43.280 --> 09:44.280 Wishing? 09:44.280 --> 09:45.280 For what? 09:45.280 --> 09:48.280 Oh, I had done it. 09:48.280 --> 09:51.040 I had started to thinking perhaps she could... 09:51.040 --> 09:52.040 For what? 09:52.040 --> 09:53.680 Oh, nothing, Fräulein, nothing important. 09:53.680 --> 09:55.680 Only the hopes of every man. 09:55.680 --> 09:57.520 They become so near sometimes. 09:57.520 --> 09:58.520 They're almost reality. 09:58.520 --> 09:59.520 So? 09:59.520 --> 10:02.160 What else could I do? 10:02.160 --> 10:04.200 I had to lead her thoughts away somehow. 10:04.200 --> 10:05.200 She took the lead. 10:05.200 --> 10:07.200 You mean a woman? 10:07.200 --> 10:08.200 Yes. 10:08.200 --> 10:10.200 Yes, Fräulein, you. 10:10.200 --> 10:16.040 Oh, but we have known each other for such a short time. 10:16.040 --> 10:17.040 Only two weeks. 10:17.040 --> 10:21.240 That's true, but I've been aware of you for a longer time, though I've just met you. 10:21.240 --> 10:25.040 Oh, oh, Herr Umberstein, I... 10:25.040 --> 10:26.040 Charles. 10:26.040 --> 10:29.040 Oh, Charles. 10:29.040 --> 10:37.520 At first, I was uneasy about the whole affair. 10:37.520 --> 10:40.200 And after a while, I did grow rather fond of her. 10:40.200 --> 10:45.920 She was so accommodating, and we dined together each evening, and I played my role to the letter. 10:45.920 --> 10:48.040 Never once did she mention my work. 10:48.040 --> 10:49.040 Oh. 10:49.040 --> 10:50.040 Fräulein Keller. 10:50.040 --> 10:51.640 What are you doing in my room? 10:51.640 --> 10:52.640 Well, I was... 10:52.640 --> 10:53.640 Anna. 10:53.640 --> 10:54.640 You've been looking through my papers. 10:54.640 --> 10:55.640 Why? 10:55.640 --> 10:56.640 I was looking for something. 10:56.640 --> 10:58.000 But what right have you? 10:58.000 --> 10:59.000 What are you looking for? 10:59.000 --> 11:00.000 I was... 11:00.000 --> 11:01.000 Well, I was looking for a letter. 11:01.000 --> 11:02.000 A letter? 11:02.000 --> 11:03.000 What letter? 11:03.000 --> 11:04.000 One that you haven't got. 11:04.000 --> 11:05.480 I thought perhaps you might have it. 11:05.480 --> 11:06.720 Now, out with it. 11:06.720 --> 11:07.720 A letter from a woman. 11:07.720 --> 11:08.720 Very well, Charles. 11:08.720 --> 11:12.520 If you must know, I suspect you have not been filled with... 11:12.520 --> 11:15.720 She was actually looking for a letter from some woman. 11:15.720 --> 11:16.720 Any woman. 11:16.720 --> 11:17.960 She didn't trust me. 11:17.960 --> 11:19.960 She didn't trust her, Charles. 11:19.960 --> 11:20.960 No. 11:20.960 --> 11:31.120 No, it couldn't have been Fräulein Keller. 11:31.120 --> 11:33.320 Who then could it have been? 11:33.320 --> 11:36.920 I walked over to the window and looked down at the figure who so patiently kept his vigil 11:36.920 --> 11:37.920 there. 11:37.920 --> 11:38.920 Captain von Hynes. 11:38.920 --> 11:39.920 Waiting. 11:39.920 --> 11:40.920 Why? 11:40.920 --> 11:46.360 There had been something wrong with the passport. 11:46.360 --> 11:47.800 But no, that was perfect. 11:47.800 --> 11:50.240 The passport. 11:50.240 --> 11:54.920 Old passengers will report to the trainmaster for passport examination. 11:54.920 --> 11:55.920 All in order. 11:55.920 --> 11:56.920 You can take your luggage to Berlin. 11:56.920 --> 11:57.920 Yeah, this way. 11:57.920 --> 11:58.920 Next. 11:58.920 --> 11:59.920 Next. 11:59.920 --> 12:00.920 Here you are. 12:00.920 --> 12:01.920 Name? 12:01.920 --> 12:02.920 Charles Umberstein. 12:02.920 --> 12:03.920 Presidents? 12:03.920 --> 12:04.920 Berlin. 12:04.920 --> 12:05.920 Nationality? 12:05.920 --> 12:06.920 German. 12:06.920 --> 12:07.920 All in order. 12:07.920 --> 12:08.920 Picture, luggage. 12:08.920 --> 12:09.920 All in order. 12:09.920 --> 12:10.920 Thank you, trainmaster. 12:10.920 --> 12:11.920 You must be careful, you know. 12:11.920 --> 12:12.920 When may I catch my train for Berlin? 12:12.920 --> 12:13.920 It should be by any moment. 12:13.920 --> 12:18.920 Next. 12:18.920 --> 12:22.960 I stood there in the shadows waiting for my train. 12:22.960 --> 12:26.640 I examined my passport again as I had done a hundred times before. 12:26.640 --> 12:29.880 No one would have any reason to doubt anything so genuine as that. 12:29.880 --> 12:32.880 All passengers for Berlin! 12:32.880 --> 12:34.880 All passengers for Berlin! 12:34.880 --> 12:35.880 Guard! 12:35.880 --> 12:36.880 Guard! 12:36.880 --> 12:37.880 Must we stand passport inspection again? 12:37.880 --> 12:40.880 The army intelligence will accommodate you on the train. 12:40.880 --> 12:41.880 Jawohl. 12:41.880 --> 12:49.400 I have three stops my passport was inspected. 12:49.400 --> 12:56.800 A good test? 12:56.800 --> 13:02.120 If the passport had been suspected or investigated, it would only prove that I was Charles Umberstein. 13:02.120 --> 13:04.720 I had come by the passport through Hans. 13:04.720 --> 13:08.160 At the time, Hans was employed as an Austrian customs inspector. 13:08.160 --> 13:11.080 This gave him access to many such passports. 13:11.080 --> 13:15.080 According to Hans, there had been a person named Charles Umberstein who had suddenly 13:15.080 --> 13:17.480 disappeared in 1936. 13:17.480 --> 13:21.960 Since there had been no friends or relatives to make an inquest, well, you can see. 13:21.960 --> 13:22.960 No. 13:22.960 --> 13:24.840 No, I was Charles Umberstein. 13:24.840 --> 13:30.040 Why, I even resembled the badly scarred photograph on the identification card. 13:30.040 --> 13:35.120 From the front view, he was evidently a large man, big shoulders, large head, wore a short 13:35.120 --> 13:36.120 Prussian haircut. 13:36.120 --> 13:39.580 Yes, I certainly looked enough like the photograph. 13:39.580 --> 13:40.580 Passport was flawless. 13:40.580 --> 13:46.640 They couldn't have discovered me through that, this fun hind. 13:46.640 --> 13:47.640 Something else. 13:47.640 --> 13:48.640 What else? 13:48.640 --> 13:49.640 The plans? 13:49.640 --> 13:52.080 No, no, no, of course not. 13:52.080 --> 13:53.200 They couldn't have discovered that. 13:53.200 --> 13:55.400 I merely made copies and left the originals. 13:55.400 --> 13:57.520 No, no, no, not the plans. 13:57.520 --> 14:00.520 Why Hans and I... 14:00.520 --> 14:01.520 Hans. 14:01.520 --> 14:04.720 Oh, no, no, not Hans. 14:04.720 --> 14:05.720 Never. 14:05.720 --> 14:09.720 We'd worked so well together. 14:09.720 --> 14:11.800 No, no, no, not Hans. 14:11.800 --> 14:15.200 A strange silent boy perhaps, but surely... 14:15.200 --> 14:20.920 At night in 1936 when he gave me the passport, he was our man in Austria, but strange things 14:20.920 --> 14:22.840 happen even to the most loyal. 14:22.840 --> 14:24.840 All said, Charles. 14:24.840 --> 14:27.840 Then I will not see you again, Hans. 14:27.840 --> 14:28.840 Until? 14:28.840 --> 14:29.840 Until I arrive, eh? 14:29.840 --> 14:32.800 I will be attached to an army ordnance division in the city. 14:32.800 --> 14:36.240 You will receive additional information on the first day of each month. 14:36.240 --> 14:37.240 From you? 14:37.240 --> 14:38.240 Yes. 14:38.240 --> 14:40.280 There's a hotel not far from the factory. 14:40.280 --> 14:42.320 Here is the address. 14:42.320 --> 14:43.800 For Linkeleranz Hotel. 14:43.800 --> 14:48.120 Now, on the second floor in one corner sits a mahogany table. 14:48.120 --> 14:51.120 On it are a set of silver candlesticks. 14:51.120 --> 14:52.440 Four of them. 14:52.440 --> 14:55.360 Beneath candlestick nearest the right. 14:55.360 --> 14:57.640 You may find your information on the first day of each month. 14:57.640 --> 14:59.440 It will be written in code? 14:59.440 --> 15:00.440 Naturally. 15:00.440 --> 15:03.680 Be very careful when you pick it up, I see. 15:03.680 --> 15:06.920 And make no effort to contact me in any other way. 15:06.920 --> 15:09.400 And can I leave anything I might learn in the same place? 15:09.400 --> 15:10.400 Is it safe? 15:10.400 --> 15:11.400 Yes. 15:11.400 --> 15:15.360 Now, remember, sooner or later we are bound to be introduced, you and I. 15:15.360 --> 15:19.280 My duties with the ordnance division will of course be near and yet so far kind of thing, 15:19.280 --> 15:20.280 eh? 15:20.280 --> 15:22.080 Yeah, very far. 15:22.080 --> 15:25.360 Once inside the city, I am Oberleutnant Hans Neumann of army ordnance, understand? 15:25.360 --> 15:28.240 I am Herr Charles Umberstein, architect. 15:28.240 --> 15:29.240 Right. 15:29.240 --> 15:31.200 Well, time grows short. 15:31.200 --> 15:32.200 I must go. 15:32.200 --> 15:33.200 Everything checked. 15:33.200 --> 15:34.200 Your passport? 15:34.200 --> 15:35.200 Perfect. 15:35.200 --> 15:38.120 And resembled photograph from the concert, I should think so. 15:38.120 --> 15:39.600 Yes, not bad. 15:39.600 --> 15:43.560 Well, I consider the Umberstein to have looked this way. 15:43.560 --> 15:44.560 Tickets? 15:44.560 --> 15:45.920 Right here through to Berlin. 15:45.920 --> 15:49.760 I report to Franz Miller in the munitions factory, produce my credentials. 15:49.760 --> 15:50.760 He's been expecting me. 15:50.760 --> 15:52.400 I haggle a little about the salary. 15:52.400 --> 15:56.880 Then I accept that first opportunity to become acquainted with MB plans. 15:56.880 --> 16:00.360 And I will see that you are highly recommended from a reliable source. 16:00.360 --> 16:02.880 Just as a matter of curiosity, hon. 16:02.880 --> 16:03.880 Who will recommend me? 16:03.880 --> 16:06.320 Oh, you needn't worry, Herr Umberstein. 16:06.320 --> 16:07.320 It'll be good. 16:07.320 --> 16:08.320 I assure you. 16:08.320 --> 16:09.320 Then goodbye, Hans. 16:09.320 --> 16:12.320 Oberleutnant Neumann, if you please. 16:12.320 --> 16:13.960 Oberleutnant Hans Neumann. 16:13.960 --> 16:19.440 Well, then, my Herr Charles Umberstein, auf Wiedersehen. 16:19.440 --> 16:20.440 Heil Hitler. 16:20.440 --> 16:21.440 Heil Hitler. 16:21.440 --> 16:32.000 Yes, everything Hans had said came about. 16:32.000 --> 16:34.600 I picked up my information each month at the little hotel. 16:34.600 --> 16:36.560 I left an occasional report for Hans. 16:36.560 --> 16:39.160 It was the only way we ever communicated. 16:39.160 --> 16:44.160 And then Oberleutnant Hans Neumann began to appear in Franz Miller's office. 16:44.160 --> 16:46.120 And eventually Miller introduced us. 16:46.120 --> 16:50.560 In fact, Hans was with Miller quite frequently and they dined together regularly. 16:50.560 --> 16:52.640 Hans played his part well. 16:52.640 --> 16:55.280 But one day something was worrying him. 16:55.280 --> 16:56.280 I will wait here for you, Miller. 16:56.280 --> 16:57.280 Ah, give us here in a moment. 16:57.280 --> 16:58.280 Ah, Herr Umberstein. 16:58.280 --> 16:59.280 It's good to see you again. 16:59.280 --> 17:00.280 Oberleutnant Neumann. 17:00.280 --> 17:02.280 Miller speaks very highly of your work here. 17:02.280 --> 17:03.280 Thank you. 17:03.280 --> 17:04.280 Be very careful of this Captain von Hain. 17:04.280 --> 17:05.280 There is something wrong. 17:05.280 --> 17:06.280 I don't know what it is. 17:06.280 --> 17:07.280 He looks at me very strangely. 17:07.280 --> 17:08.280 And there is something I recognize about the man. 17:08.280 --> 17:09.280 The eyes are... 17:09.280 --> 17:10.280 I've been of my Umberstein. 17:10.280 --> 17:11.280 Yes, yes, yes. 17:11.280 --> 17:12.280 He was just chatting a moment. 17:12.280 --> 17:13.280 I've seen von Hain somewhere before. 17:13.280 --> 17:14.280 Be very careful. 17:14.280 --> 17:15.280 And don't come with us in case they ask you. 17:15.280 --> 17:16.280 You all ready? 17:16.280 --> 17:17.280 Why, yes, of course. 17:17.280 --> 17:18.280 Umberstein, we have a very important matter to discuss. 17:18.280 --> 17:19.280 Yes, yes, yes. 17:19.280 --> 17:20.280 I'm going to go to the toilet. 17:20.280 --> 17:21.280 I'll be back in a moment. 17:21.280 --> 17:22.280 I'll be back in a moment. 17:22.280 --> 17:23.280 I'll be back in a moment. 17:23.280 --> 17:24.280 I'll be back in a moment. 17:24.280 --> 17:31.280 I'll be back in a moment. 17:31.280 --> 17:32.280 Umberstein, would you care to join us at luncheon? 17:32.280 --> 17:33.280 No, no, thank you. 17:33.280 --> 17:34.280 I have some work to do. 17:34.280 --> 17:35.280 Always working. 17:35.280 --> 17:36.280 Well then, let's go, Hans, yeah? 17:36.280 --> 17:37.280 Yeah, certainly. 17:37.280 --> 17:38.280 Oh, by the way, will Captain von Hain be joining us today? 17:38.280 --> 17:39.280 No, von Hain sends his regrets. 17:39.280 --> 17:40.280 Something is delayed. 17:40.280 --> 17:41.280 Oh, that's too bad. 17:41.280 --> 17:42.280 Von Hain, a remarkable man. 17:42.280 --> 17:43.280 No one like him in the service. 17:43.280 --> 17:44.280 No one like him. 17:44.280 --> 17:45.280 Goodbye, Hans. 17:45.280 --> 17:46.280 Goodbye, Captain. 17:46.280 --> 17:47.280 Goodbye, Captain. 17:47.280 --> 17:48.280 Goodbye, Captain. 17:48.280 --> 17:49.280 Goodbye, Captain. 17:49.280 --> 17:50.280 Goodbye, Captain. 17:50.280 --> 17:51.280 Goodbye, Captain. 17:51.280 --> 17:52.280 Goodbye, Captain. 17:52.280 --> 17:54.280 Goodbye, Captain. 17:54.280 --> 18:02.480 Goodbye, von Hain. 18:02.480 --> 18:05.440 Such a brief warning, curt and sinister. 18:05.440 --> 18:07.080 Hans was frightened. 18:07.080 --> 18:11.320 He would never have taken the chance to speak to me if he had not been frightened. 18:11.320 --> 18:14.400 Something that he recognized about von Hain. 18:14.400 --> 18:16.420 Saturday was the first of the month. 18:16.420 --> 18:18.920 And there was no information at the hotel. 18:18.920 --> 18:21.580 Hans didn't appear again to lunch with Hermione. 18:21.580 --> 18:25.080 Something was wrong. Something had happened to Hans. 18:25.080 --> 18:27.080 Today I found out. 18:27.080 --> 18:30.080 We will enjoy ourselves today, eh, Umberstein? 18:30.080 --> 18:31.080 Yes. 18:31.080 --> 18:34.080 We should lunch together more often, you and I. 18:34.080 --> 18:36.080 I like good company when I eat. 18:36.080 --> 18:39.080 Good food, good company, good digestion, Herr Mitter. 18:39.080 --> 18:41.580 This is a wonderful restaurant that we are going to. 18:41.580 --> 18:45.580 You know, they serve Norwegian smoked salmon that is exquisite. 18:45.580 --> 18:47.580 And cheap, too. 18:47.580 --> 18:51.080 Nothing like these new foods we are getting from Norway. 18:51.080 --> 18:52.580 I've heard of Norwegian salmon. 18:52.580 --> 18:54.580 And this is the best. 18:54.580 --> 18:57.080 You and Oberleichnet Neumann dine here often, don't you? 18:57.080 --> 19:01.080 Hans Neumann, oh, yeah. We came here often, yeah. 19:01.080 --> 19:06.580 Hans Neumann will not come here for a long, long time again, I'm afraid. 19:06.580 --> 19:08.080 I don't understand. 19:08.080 --> 19:10.080 Yeah, you don't. 19:10.080 --> 19:12.080 You remember Captain von Hain? 19:12.080 --> 19:16.080 Oh, yes, the Gestapo man who was inspecting our factory a few weeks ago. 19:16.080 --> 19:18.580 Yeah, yeah, the most efficient man. 19:18.580 --> 19:23.080 He has apparently been observing Hans Neumann for some time. 19:23.080 --> 19:24.580 Oh. 19:24.580 --> 19:30.080 Oberleichnet Neumann is being detained by Captain von Hain now. 19:30.080 --> 19:31.080 Was he? 19:31.080 --> 19:32.580 He was a spy. 19:32.580 --> 19:35.080 A spy? How do you know? 19:35.080 --> 19:38.080 Von Hain arrests only spies. 19:38.080 --> 19:41.080 And von Hain never makes a mistake. 19:41.080 --> 19:43.080 The man is in credit. 19:43.080 --> 19:46.080 Was there something suspicious about Hans? 19:46.080 --> 19:50.580 Something suspicious about everyone to von Hain? 19:50.580 --> 19:54.580 He himself asked me to cultivate Oberleichnet Neumann 19:54.580 --> 19:57.080 so that he could better observe his actions. 19:57.080 --> 19:59.580 Yes, I noticed that you two lunch together very often. 19:59.580 --> 20:04.580 We lunch together at this very same restaurant you and I are going to now. 20:04.580 --> 20:07.080 That made it easy for von Hain. 20:07.080 --> 20:08.080 Easy? 20:08.080 --> 20:11.080 Well, to study the man in leisure. 20:11.080 --> 20:15.080 Von Hain always wants to be certain of his quarries. 20:15.080 --> 20:17.580 And where is Hans now? 20:17.580 --> 20:19.080 Who knows? 20:19.080 --> 20:23.580 Who knows what happens when Captain von Hain takes a man? 20:23.580 --> 20:26.580 Don't you admire such efficiency, Umberstein? 20:26.580 --> 20:28.080 Well, of course. 20:28.080 --> 20:32.580 The captain did indicate that there were others to be rounded up, too. 20:32.580 --> 20:35.080 Well, here we are. 20:35.080 --> 20:37.580 Oh, look, look, you see them in the window? 20:37.580 --> 20:39.080 Norwegian salmon. 20:39.080 --> 20:43.080 Oh, they are beautiful, so red, so delicious. 20:43.080 --> 20:45.080 Are you hungry, Umberstein? 20:45.080 --> 20:48.080 What? Oh, yes, yes. 20:48.080 --> 20:50.580 Oh, they do look delicious. 20:57.580 --> 20:59.580 Captain von Hain. 20:59.580 --> 21:02.580 I looked at him out of the window again. 21:02.580 --> 21:04.080 I could see his breath now. 21:04.080 --> 21:06.080 It was growing very cold. 21:06.080 --> 21:09.080 He was well dressed and neatly tailored overcoat and dark hat. 21:09.080 --> 21:11.580 It was too dark to tell the exact color. 21:11.580 --> 21:16.580 The only thing I was sure of were his hands and the gloves on the hands. 21:16.580 --> 21:21.580 Heavy, thick, powerfully mounted prongs encased in a gray, tightly fitting material. 21:21.580 --> 21:24.080 Style, lines running across the back. 21:24.080 --> 21:26.580 I noticed when he lifted them to light a cigarette. 21:26.580 --> 21:28.580 What beautiful weapons. 21:28.580 --> 21:30.080 His back was to me. 21:30.080 --> 21:35.580 I couldn't help but admire the fine breadth of his shoulders and the thick, closely barbered neck. 21:35.580 --> 21:38.580 He stood quietly by the lamp post smoking, 21:38.580 --> 21:42.580 watching his breath in the smoke battle for existence in the icy air. 21:42.580 --> 21:45.080 Once when he turned to look up at my window, 21:45.080 --> 21:49.580 the single eyeglass he wore caught the reflection of the light. 21:49.580 --> 21:52.580 I wondered how much he weighed. 21:52.580 --> 21:56.580 Carefully, I retraced each step over again in my mind. 21:56.580 --> 22:00.080 I couldn't find the flaw that made me a marked man. 22:00.080 --> 22:05.080 The absurdly easy way I had gone through Mueller's office carrying an innocent-looking bundle of blueprints. 22:05.080 --> 22:09.080 Then to the vault, the super... the superstition of copies. 22:09.080 --> 22:11.580 No one could suspect what I had done. 22:11.580 --> 22:14.580 No one had any reason to. 22:14.580 --> 22:16.080 Why? 22:16.080 --> 22:18.080 Why then was I trapped? 22:21.580 --> 22:25.580 Of course he was after me, waiting down there. 22:25.580 --> 22:28.580 I wondered why he didn't come up and wait in my room. 22:28.580 --> 22:31.080 Surely he didn't know I was in the room. 22:31.080 --> 22:34.080 Perhaps he had searched my room one day while I was out. 22:34.080 --> 22:36.080 But what could he find? Nothing, absolutely nothing. 22:36.080 --> 22:38.080 A passport proving I was Charles Umberstein. 22:38.080 --> 22:41.080 A monogram suitcase bearing the initials. C.U. 22:41.080 --> 22:44.080 A few letters and old papers. Nothing, nothing at all. 22:44.080 --> 22:45.580 I had never talked. 22:45.580 --> 22:49.080 I had never known anyone else in service except Hans. 22:49.080 --> 22:52.080 Franz Mueller was too stupid to suspect anything. 22:52.080 --> 22:54.080 Freulein Keller? No. 22:54.080 --> 22:56.580 The passport? Perfect. 22:56.580 --> 22:59.080 Only one other way. 22:59.080 --> 23:01.080 Only... 23:01.080 --> 23:05.080 one other way could he possibly know. 23:09.080 --> 23:12.080 For an instant the possible answer flashed through my brain. 23:12.080 --> 23:17.080 For a full five minutes I watched him, watched him very discerningly. 23:17.080 --> 23:19.080 Could it be? 23:20.580 --> 23:23.080 Could it possibly be? 23:25.580 --> 23:30.580 The stillness of the street below was broken from time to time by the blare of an occasional horn. 23:30.580 --> 23:35.080 And the rattle of armoured cars carrying soldiers to different parts of the city. 23:35.080 --> 23:39.080 Turning from the window I groped about in the darkness of my room. 23:39.080 --> 23:44.580 Searching for the automatic I had concealed in the slit compartment of my travelling bag. 23:44.580 --> 23:48.080 When I found it I tested the chamber. 23:48.080 --> 23:50.080 Yes, it was loaded. 23:50.080 --> 23:55.080 I jammed it in my coat pocket and putting on my hat I stood there by the window watching him. 23:55.080 --> 23:58.080 He seemed very ominous, very assured, waiting for me. 23:58.080 --> 24:01.080 He must have been getting anxious with his long vigil. 24:01.080 --> 24:04.080 I watched him signal to an accomplice across the street. 24:04.080 --> 24:11.080 Walking back and forth under the street light I noticed something familiar. 24:13.080 --> 24:15.080 Very familiar. 24:16.080 --> 24:20.080 A bolt from off the bed tied to a piece of cord attached to the light switch. 24:20.080 --> 24:23.080 Near the radiator pipe room enough to pass it through. 24:23.080 --> 24:26.080 The way to then dragging the string to the lobby below. 24:26.080 --> 24:31.080 I picked up my suitcase and stepped out of the door. 24:31.080 --> 24:33.080 The hall was dark and quiet. 24:33.080 --> 24:36.080 I walked down the stairs, the lobby was empty, deserted. 24:36.080 --> 24:41.080 At the bottom of the stairs I placed the suitcase by the door and I crossed the desk. 24:41.080 --> 24:45.080 Hastily I jammed a few bills in an envelope and addressed it to Freulein Keller. 24:45.080 --> 24:50.080 Now as I picked up my suitcase I could see him very plainly on the corner. 24:50.080 --> 24:54.080 He was only a few feet from the entrance. 24:54.080 --> 24:58.080 The cord with its weighted end had fallen just short of the door. 24:58.080 --> 25:00.080 I stood there quietly. 25:00.080 --> 25:02.080 He looked up at my room. 25:02.080 --> 25:04.080 I pulled the cord. 25:07.080 --> 25:12.080 He was startled when the light went on upstairs searching the window for a view of the occupant. 25:12.080 --> 25:14.080 I walked to the door. 25:14.080 --> 25:17.080 As I opened it he looked at me, looked my way. 25:17.080 --> 25:19.080 Gazed at me point blank. 25:19.080 --> 25:21.080 Seemed surprised. 25:21.080 --> 25:24.080 Then assuring himself he took a step toward me. 25:24.080 --> 25:26.080 Herr Umberstein! 25:26.080 --> 25:28.080 Herr Umberstein! 25:28.080 --> 25:29.080 Oh, you are... 25:29.080 --> 25:31.080 You are Charles Umberstein? 25:31.080 --> 25:32.080 Why, yes, I... 25:32.080 --> 25:37.080 Charles Umberstein who entered Germany in 1936 from Austria? 25:37.080 --> 25:39.080 Here's my passport. 25:39.080 --> 25:41.080 Your passport, yes. 25:41.080 --> 25:45.080 I have always wanted to meet you, Charles Umberstein. 25:45.080 --> 25:50.080 I have always wanted to meet you face to face. 25:50.080 --> 25:52.080 You know who I am? 25:52.080 --> 25:54.080 Why, yes, you are. 25:54.080 --> 25:56.080 I wonder. 25:56.080 --> 26:00.080 You know the others I have had my men pick up. 26:00.080 --> 26:05.080 But you I wanted to attend to personally. 26:05.080 --> 26:09.080 It's because you are Charles Umberstein. 26:09.080 --> 26:11.080 Now we will just... 26:11.080 --> 26:13.080 I'm sorry, my friend. 26:13.080 --> 26:15.080 Oh! 26:17.080 --> 26:19.080 He sat down hard on the curb. 26:19.080 --> 26:21.080 Looked up at me, mumbled strangely. 26:21.080 --> 26:24.080 Then fell over with his head in the gutter. 26:24.080 --> 26:29.080 His hat fell off and I saw that his hair was closely cropped. 26:29.080 --> 26:31.080 There were other people on the streets. 26:31.080 --> 26:43.080 I ran till I was out of breath. 26:43.080 --> 26:47.080 The next day I picked up a Berlin paper on the railroad station. 26:47.080 --> 26:50.080 On the second page I read the headline. 26:50.080 --> 26:52.080 Gestapo official murdered. 26:52.080 --> 26:55.080 Saturday, January 25th, Captain Charles von Heimd, 26:55.080 --> 26:58.080 high ranking official of the Gestapo intelligence service, 26:58.080 --> 27:02.080 was instantly killed last night by the bullets of an unknown assailant 27:02.080 --> 27:06.080 whom he was attempting to arrest on charges of espionage. 27:06.080 --> 27:12.080 Captain von Heimd had been connected with the Gestapo since 1936. 27:12.080 --> 27:15.080 Prior to his affiliation with the Gestapo intelligence, 27:15.080 --> 27:20.080 he had been known by his real name, Charles Umberstein. 27:22.080 --> 27:25.080 His entry into such dangerous work made necessary 27:25.080 --> 27:28.080 a complete retirement from all public life. 27:28.080 --> 27:35.080 The Reich will long honor the memory of Charles Umberstein. 27:35.080 --> 27:39.080 I wired flowers from Geneva with a card marked, 27:39.080 --> 27:51.080 Sympathy, signed, See You. 27:51.080 --> 27:56.080 And so closes the strange death of Charles Umberstein by E. 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