1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents... 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Suspense! 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you the suspenseful play called 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,000 My Own Murderer, starring Mr. Herbert Marshall. 5 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 pleasantness to the way you live, to your happiness and 9 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, 11 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,000 as Roma Wines bring you a remarkable tale of suspense. 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,000 And with the drama called My Own Murderer, 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,000 and with the performance of Mr. Herbert Marshall, 14 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Roma Wines hope indeed to keep you in... 15 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Suspense! 16 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,000 I was never really much attracted by Alan Renick, 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 even before he murdered Baines. 18 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,000 It had been a raw March day, and I returned home at about 19 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,000 half past eleven in the evening to find Alan Renick 20 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 waiting at my doorstep. 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Hello, Dick. 22 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000 Alan, what on earth are you doing here? 23 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,000 It's a long story, old boy. 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Aren't you going to ask me, you know, is it your habit 25 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 to keep people waiting on your threshold? 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Well, give me a chance. 27 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 After you. 28 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,000 I say, this is cozy. 29 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,000 Yeah, just about right for a bachelor who never entertains. 30 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000 I dare say it wouldn't do for you at all. 31 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,000 I wouldn't be too sure of that. 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Just one bedroom. 33 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,000 There's a spare, but I've never used it. 34 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Not very hospitable, are you, old trout? 35 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,000 I've never had it in the occasion to be. 36 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Well, you have now. 37 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,000 What's on your mind, Alan? 38 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 I'm coming to that. 39 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Remember Baines, my butler and valet? 40 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Wage there? 41 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Well, Baines turned out a bad penny, 42 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 tried to blackmail me, as a matter of fact. 43 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Blackmail? 44 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Yes, he got hold of some letters written to me by a lady. 45 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,000 A married lady. 46 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 You dig? 47 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 You guessed it. 48 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Since you're my legal advisor, 49 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 you may as well know the whole story. 50 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 They were from Anita Kilner. 51 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000 So you bolted, warned her, and put the police on him. 52 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 The police? 53 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,000 No, I couldn't afford to do that. 54 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 One couldn't very well produce Anita's letter. 55 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 And you paid Baines the blackmail he wanted? 56 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Certainly not. 57 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Then what? 58 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 I'm afraid I lost my temper. 59 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Oh, good Lord, you don't mean to say there was violence? 60 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Of course there was. 61 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000 You don't think I could let a reptile like that go on living? 62 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Let me get this straight. 63 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 You're trying to tell me that you... 64 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,000 I beat his brains out with a poker. 65 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,000 You murdered him? 66 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 I suppose that's what the police will call it. 67 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,000 It happened this afternoon around 3 o'clock, I think. 68 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 If I'd only known sooner. 69 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Probably too late now to fix up an alibi for you. 70 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,000 You'll think up something, won't you, Dick? 71 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,000 You always do when I'm in a jam. 72 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 And in the meantime, I can hide out here, can't I? 73 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 What possible good will that do? 74 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,000 They'll track you down here sooner or later, and then we'll both be in the soup. 75 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 No, Alan, you'd better get yourself up. 76 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Then I'll see what can be done about getting you off. 77 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 First we can mess you up a bit and plead self-defense. 78 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Is that the best your devious legal mind can dream up? 79 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,000 At the moment, yes, I'm a little tired. 80 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Well, I'm not going to cooperate. 81 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,000 I'm going to stay right here till you figure out a way to get me clear of this. 82 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Alan, be reasonable. For your own good, give yourself up. 83 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Is it my own good you're thinking of? 84 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Or is it because you're afraid you'll be caught harboring a criminal 85 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 and lose your filthy law practice? 86 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Yes, I will, Dick. 87 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 What are you doing? 88 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Telephoning the police. 89 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Put that phone down. 90 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 It's best this way. Believe me, Alan. 91 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 I've already committed one murder this evening. 92 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 I've nothing to lose by committing another. 93 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Aye. 94 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Sorry, wrong number. 95 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,000 You're really afraid of me, aren't you? 96 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Now, perhaps. Tomorrow I could turn you in with no risk whatsoever. 97 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 But I don't think I will. 98 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 There's a good fellow. 99 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 I'll let you stay here, Alan. 100 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,000 I'll save your neck for you, too. 101 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Why, this sudden change of heart. 102 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 You've always thought me rather a worm, haven't you, Alan? 103 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Oh, I say, Dicko. 104 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 You were the dashing man about town. 105 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Your estepades and your law of the extravagance 106 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 and your women running after you. 107 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 I was just a dull fellow trapped in a musty law office. 108 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Now your very life depends on me. 109 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,000 I suppose that's why the situation appeals to me. 110 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 It's an adventure, if you like. 111 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Well, I don't. 112 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000 I dare say not. 113 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 It won't be pleasant for you cooped up in this little flat 114 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 with no one but me to talk to. 115 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Well, after all, it's only temporary. 116 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,000 You may not like some aspects of it, even for a little while. 117 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 You'll have to do your own laundry, of course. 118 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,000 I say. 119 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Checking laundry is a favorite police trick. 120 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,000 And no lights will be turned on in the flat when I'm not at home. 121 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 You mean I've got to sit here in the dark? 122 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,000 You can go into the kitchen or the bathroom. 123 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 There are no outside windows in those rooms. 124 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Oh, and, um, talking of the kitchen, 125 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 I think you ought to have your meals there, even when I'm in. 126 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 You will serve me in the dining room. 127 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Look here, do you think I'm your servant or what? 128 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 As a matter of fact, it's only fair you should be, 129 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 since I can't hire any help so long as you're here. 130 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Wouldn't it be simpler and more matey if we both did? 131 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 I'm not used to dining in the kitchen. 132 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Neither am I. 133 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Then the sooner you practice, the better. 134 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,000 The future's not going to be so simple for you as the past has been, Alan. 135 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,000 But after all, you're very lucky to have a future at all. 136 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Eh? 137 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Well, Dick, whatever it is, one thing is certain. 138 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 I'll have you to thank for it. 139 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,000 But I warn you, Dick, if I do hang, 140 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:00,000 it won't be only for Bane's murder, but for yours as well. 141 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:15,000 For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Mr. Herbert Marshall, 142 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,000 as Richard Sampson, with Norman Lloyd as Alan Reinick, 143 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,000 in My Own Murderer by Richard Hull, 144 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,000 which is Roma Wines presentation tonight of Suspense. 145 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 146 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Mention the name Elsa Maxwell, and you picture a famous hostess. 147 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Mention a meal featuring fish or fowl, and Elsa Maxwell pictures, 148 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 but let's hear it in her own words. 149 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:53,000 The thought of a piping hot fish or chicken dinner naturally calls up for me 150 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:58,000 the picture of glasses of chilled Roma California sauternes at each place. 151 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Roma sauternes is delicate, pale gold in color, delightful in bouquet, 152 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,000 and even more important, exquisite in taste. 153 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:11,000 However, you need not wait for a chicken or fish dinner to serve good Roma sauternes. 154 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 It goes perfectly with any food. 155 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,000 The one important thing to remember is the name, Roma. 156 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Each glass full of golden Roma sauternes reflects the heritage of all Roma wines. 157 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Flavorful grapes from California's choicest vineyards, gently pressed, 158 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:31,000 then carefully guided with all the ancient skill of Roma wineries 159 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:35,000 to the full goodness you enjoy in every Roma wine. 160 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Roma wines do not vary, are always high in quality, yet they cost only pennies a glass. 161 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:47,000 No wonder more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 162 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 163 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,000 And now it is with pleasure that we welcome back to our Hollywood sound stage 164 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Mr. Herbert Marshall, who as Richard Sampson in My Own Murderer 165 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:14,000 continues a narrative well calculated to keep you in suspense. 166 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Should Alan Winnick prove to be my own murderer, as well as Baines's, 167 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,000 this document will serve as his death warrant. 168 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:27,000 If not, then I should make good use of it anyhow. 169 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 This then is what I decided to do. 170 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 I was to keep Alan Winnick and hide him where he was, in my flat. 171 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 I had a plan for effecting his escape, 172 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:40,000 but it was more than a month before I had an opportunity to start it in motion. 173 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:45,000 He came quite unexpectedly on the course of my almost daily visits to the Old Bailey. 174 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 An insurance case preceded mine on the court docket, 175 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:53,000 and I was forced to wait while a revolting red-headed doctor rambled on with his testimony. 176 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,000 That red hair of his really fascinated me, 177 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,000 but not as much as his medical bag which lay on the bench before me. 178 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:07,000 But when he stepped down from the box, I was already on my way out of the courtroom. 179 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Hey, hey, stop that man. He's stolen my bag. 180 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 What's this? What's this? What's the trouble, doctor? 181 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:18,000 That man, the one with the tallish-out glasses, he's made off with my kit. 182 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 What did you say he took? 183 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 A black leather bag, you know the type, with my name on it. 184 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,000 I'm afraid he's lost in the crowd by this time, sir. 185 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,000 But if your name's on it, could you identify him if you saw him again? 186 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Well, of course I could. 187 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:36,000 He had on tallish-out glasses, and he had a bad mastoid scar just under his right ear. 188 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,000 All the time he was talking to the policeman, I was standing not more than five paces away, 189 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,000 lost among the curious crowd that had collected about them. 190 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,000 I left the room with the crowd and held a cab. 191 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:54,000 When I'd taken what I needed from his bag, I threw it with its remaining contents into the ever-useful Regents' canal. 192 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:59,000 Its owner's name stamped on the outer side of it was as revolting as his red hair. 193 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Jeremiah Bloggins. 194 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Jeremiah Bloggins. 195 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Now my plans for Alan's escape swung into motion. 196 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Our chief accomplice was a woman friend of Alan's named Margaret Farley, whom I knew to be the most intelligent of his acquaintances. 197 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Hello, Dick. Where's Alan? 198 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 All right, Alan, you can come out now. 199 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Well, it's high time. 200 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Hello, Margaret. 201 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Alan. Oh, Alan, my poor, poor darling. 202 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Long time no see. But you're still the prettiest girl in the world. 203 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,000 Look, I'm sorry to interrupt this touching little scene, but there's not too much time. 204 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Shall we discuss our plan? 205 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,000 Yes, of course. 206 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Well, in essence, this is it. 207 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 Alan's going to die. 208 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 What do you mean by that? 209 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 I say, isn't that rather extreme? 210 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Not literally, of course. The point is to arrange a bogus death of some sort. 211 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,000 To get you declared legally dead, and then you'll assume another identity. 212 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,000 That has possibilities. Well, what about the body? 213 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Well, I'm afraid I'm crossed back on the old expedient of the suicide note. 214 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,000 The clothes left on the riverbank and the body that's never recovered. 215 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Later, you're declared legally dead. It's a very old plan. 216 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:15,000 And rather unlikely to deceive the police for that reason, don't you think, old boy? 217 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Or we'll admit later on, if necessary, that it was a put-up job. 218 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 What's the good of that? 219 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Don't you see? If the police ask too many questions, Miss Farley here will admit being a party to a bogus suicide. 220 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:30,000 But stick to her story that you were really drowned by misadventure while trying to carry out your plan. 221 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 I think it has possibilities, Alan. 222 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 Where is this hellish swamp that I'm supposed to swim? 223 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Well, I've been studying maps of the English coastline. 224 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:43,000 We should choose the mouth of a river, but the tidal currents are strong enough to sweep the body out to sea. 225 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Not too broad a channel, so that it can be easily swum when the tide's at low ebb. 226 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:52,000 And not too near to town or village, so there'll be no unwanted witnesses. 227 00:11:52,000 --> 00:12:01,000 So I grow a beard, swim the river, put on different clothes, and become Jeremiah Bloggins or somebody for the rest of my life. 228 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,000 Huh? How did you happen to mention that name? 229 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Jeremiah Bloggins. Why not? Good a name as any. Don't you think so, Margaret? 230 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,000 I don't think this is quite the time for facetiousness, Alan. 231 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:18,000 Well, all right. So I become Jeremiah Bloggins. That's better than hanging. 232 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 But what will Jeremiah Bloggins do for money? 233 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Well, you could make out a will in favor of Margaret here or whomever you have in mind. 234 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Oh, I suppose I could have been on you to make things stick legally. 235 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Well, I'm putting myself in a position where you could easily blackmail me if I didn't. 236 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 He has a point there, Alan. 237 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Now, we'll need another Confederate. Somebody to look after you when you get to the other shore. 238 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,000 You could leave a car there, of course, but the effect of the cold water... 239 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Well, I think it's safer to have somebody waiting for you on the other side. 240 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Who will it be? 241 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,000 That actress friend of Alan's, Anita Kilmer. 242 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,000 That woman? Well, how can you suggest such a thing? 243 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Now, Margaret, it's true that Anita's a fool and rather a tiresome one. 244 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,000 I don't know whether Dick told you, but her letters got me into this mess. 245 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Baines was trying to blackmail me for them, and that's why I killed him. 246 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:08,000 But it's right. I need someone, and I can trust Anita because of those letters, if for no other reason. 247 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Heavens, what a scheme. Everybody's in a position to blackmail everybody else. 248 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Yes, that had already occurred to me. 249 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:23,000 That's exactly why this plan can't possibly fail. 250 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,000 The river mouth we finally hit upon was near Muteford. 251 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,000 It was Margaret Fowley's choice, and it was a good one. 252 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Still, I was afraid to trust everything to her. 253 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:41,000 So I decided to drive Alan down there and to leave him as soon as I saw him safely in the water. 254 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Margaret Fowley was to meet us there, and Anita would be waiting on the other bank. 255 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:52,000 It was at times a revolting journey down to Muteford that night. 256 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,000 The trouble with you, Dick, is that you like managing people. 257 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Mark my words, one day I shall be a free man again, and then I shall try and repay you for some of the things you've made me put up with. 258 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Cleaning up after you, making me say yes, Dick. Certainly, Dick. Of course. Dick. 259 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:16,000 I was quite used to point out to you that what I did was not only for your own good, but absolutely necessary. 260 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Incidentally, I shouldn't be smoking quite so much if I were you. 261 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,000 I'd like to do some swimming tonight, remember? You're hopelessly out of condition. 262 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,000 How I should like to give you just one on the job? 263 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Just one? Seven is your usual number, isn't it? Isn't that what it took to kill Baines? 264 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:37,000 You are an utterable swine. If you weren't driving the car, I'd give you something to remember me by. 265 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,000 I shan't forget you easily as it is. 266 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Oh, forget what I said. I'm all on edge. It's a devil of a cold night, too. 267 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Did you bring that black coffee I asked you to? Where's the thermos? 268 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 There on the back seat. Help yourself. 269 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Thanks. 270 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Filthy coffee. I should have made it myself. 271 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Better save a little for just before you go into the water. 272 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Well, Margaret's bouncer brought some, too. I'll just finish this off. 273 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Oh, bad as it tastes, it's making me feel a lot better. 274 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:28,000 I thought you'd never come. Oh, Alan, you poor boy. We would pick the coldest night in the year. 275 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 Nonsense. I feel marvelous, marvelous. 276 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Well, I brought you some hot coffee. It's here in this thermos. 277 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,000 I'll just put it in before I dive in. Will, come along. Let's get going. 278 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,000 I wish he wouldn't rush things so. He'll wear himself out before he gets in the water. 279 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:47,000 If I know Alan, he's whistling past the cemetery. Hope he doesn't lose his nerve at the last moment. 280 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,000 If he does... 281 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:53,000 You mustn't imply things like that about Alan. Besides, I don't know that I could bring myself actually to push him. 282 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,000 You must. You know what he is, and tonight he's especially difficult. 283 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 All right. I'll do whatever seems necessary. 284 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,000 I don't know what's come over me. I feel positively numb. 285 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Really, it's much too cold. Haven't we better try another night? 286 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Now, Alan... 287 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,000 I can't, Margaret. I'm afraid it's too cold. 288 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Here. Here's the thermos. 289 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Here, drink this, darling. It'll warm you up. 290 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Oh, filthy stuff. 291 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Go on. Drink it up. 292 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:27,000 There. I feel terrible. I've never been so cold in my life. 293 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Now, go on, Alan. Be brave. You were always that. 294 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:35,000 No. Now, look, darling. Really. No, don't. I... No, don't. Please, don't. 295 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,000 No. 296 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,000 Yes? 297 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,000 Mr. Sampson? 298 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,000 Yes? 299 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,000 It's Anita. 300 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Oh, yes? 301 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000 I'm calling from the inn near Muteford. 302 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 I waited all night, but Alan never showed up. 303 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 Are you sure you waited at the right spot? 304 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Of course I did. Do you think he didn't get a cross? 305 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,000 I don't see why not. It was even narrower than I expected. 306 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000 I could have swum it myself. 307 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Now, look, you'd better go on home and act as if you hadn't been away. 308 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:27,000 And don't telephone me again. I'll let you know the moment I hear from him. 309 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 Day followed day with no word from Alan. 310 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:36,000 I had no alternative but to assume that he had drowned there in the estuary that night. 311 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 The body had not been found, but then we had deliberately chosen a place 312 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:43,000 where the tides could be alleged to have carried it out to sea. 313 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,000 The uncertainty was a little distressing. 314 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:51,000 I had not forgotten his threat to come back and even score with me once he'd got free. 315 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,000 And tonight came an unpleasant little scene which is not to help my frame of mind. 316 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,000 It began with Anita. 317 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,000 I know you're angry at me for coming here, Mr. Sampson, 318 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 but I've simply got to talk to someone. 319 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 You ought not to have come down here. It isn't safe. 320 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Safe? You're a nice one to talk about safety. 321 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 You think Alan's safe now? 322 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,000 I don't know. 323 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 I don't believe you care. 324 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,000 He trusted you, and you've let him down. 325 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,000 How widely he ever trusts himself to a brute like you. 326 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000 You and your plans and your cleverness. 327 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 Where are they all now? 328 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,000 And you sit back and tend it with what you've done. 329 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Why don't you interrupt your panegerec for a moment, Anita? I'd better answer that. 330 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,000 You listen to me first. 331 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Oh, well, I shall see about that. 332 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Well, seems to be a gathering of the clan. 333 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Oh, it's you, Mrs. Farley. Well, I want to talk to you too. 334 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,000 So you missed him. 335 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 He didn't come. 336 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,000 I did my part. Did you do yours? 337 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Well, I did my best, but I don't know. 338 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:53,000 I ought never to have let him go, considering how cold and miserable he was. 339 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,000 I ought to have stopped him. 340 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 And why didn't you? 341 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:00,000 Because you had a preconceived idea put into your head by this conniving group of an attorney. 342 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:05,000 He planned it all, and now he isn't going to turn a hand to find Alan and help him if he needs it, 343 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000 because it might jeopardize his filthy little law practice. 344 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Well, I'm going to do something about it. 345 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 I'm going to the police and tell them the whole story. 346 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Has it occurred to you that the police can't possibly help anyone in this case 347 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 and may possibly harm all three of us? 348 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,000 And if Alan is alive, you will inevitably do him harm. 349 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Yes. Yes, he's right. I pushed him in. I pushed him in. 350 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Don't be morbid. You did what you could with excellent intentions. 351 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Are you going to clear your conscience by getting two other people into trouble? Are you, Anita? 352 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:40,000 I confess I'm not too keen on helping Margaret to be a martyr for Alan. 353 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:45,000 How dare you! It was you and your hysterical letters that got Alan into this mess. 354 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:49,000 And wouldn't it be ironic if they ended up by being published anyway? 355 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:54,000 That would be a fine tribute to Alan's sacrifice, especially if he is dead and gone. 356 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,000 What are you driving at? 357 00:19:55,000 --> 00:20:01,000 I have those letters. I'm not going to demand a price for them like veins, but at the same time... 358 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 You dirty blackmailer. 359 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,000 I am merely forcing you to do something for your own good. 360 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Just like giving a patient morphia to prevent him doing an injury to himself. 361 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 Morphia? 362 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,000 What figure of speech, but I think you understand what I mean. 363 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 Morphia. 364 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:30,000 After the women had gone, I thought over the conversation, particularly that part of it in which 365 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Margaret Farley repeated the word morphia. I think she knows. 366 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,000 But even if Alan's body is recovered and they find what he really died of, 367 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:45,000 they can never make an accusation. They have to prove possession of the morphia. 368 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,000 And no one in the world can do that. 369 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:55,000 I meant to call Anita Kilner and sound her out, but I find that I don't even know her married name. 370 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:00,000 Not that it matters, considering what went on with Alan behind her husband's back. 371 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:05,000 In any case, I can depend on her letters to keep her mouth shut. 372 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:10,000 On reading this over, I find that in my marshalling of the facts in this case, 373 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:17,000 I have omitted one possibility. Far-fetched it's true, but there is one person whom I should set about finding 374 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,000 if I were acting for the crown in this case. 375 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:26,000 I refer to that abominable, truculent, redheaded doctor with a ridiculous name. 376 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Yes, Mr. Sampson. 377 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,000 I'm leaving the office for the day, Chatsworth. Will you put these files in my briefcase? 378 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Oh, yes, sir. 379 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,000 And will you please get out Renwick's file? His will goes into probate tomorrow, 380 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 and I want to study it at home tonight. 381 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Very well, sir. By the way, that gentleman is still waiting in the outer office. 382 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,000 What gentleman? 383 00:21:55,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Oh, I must have forgotten to tell you. He came in with a lady just a moment ago. Dr. Bloggins. 384 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Bloggins? 385 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Jeremiah Bloggins. 386 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Peculiar name, isn't it? Beg pardon if it's a friend of yours, sir. 387 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:14,000 No, no, not especially. You see I was in? 388 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Yes, I'm afraid I did. 389 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Chatsworth, if you ever become a solicitor, be sure your office has two entrances. 390 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Shall I send him away, sir? 391 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Jeremiah Bloggins. 392 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:31,000 I dare say he'd be unpleasantly persistent. Better let him come in. 393 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Yes, sir. Will you be needing me, Mr. Sampson? 394 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:39,000 Yes, you'd better sit down. I want you to take down a statement. 395 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,000 Yes, sir. 396 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Won't you come in, please? 397 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Thank you. Hello, Mr. Sampson. I want you to meet... 398 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Dr. Bloggins. Yes, we've met before. 399 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,000 Oh, strange you should have been the one to bring this about, Anita. 400 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:01,000 I always thought Margaret Farley the cleverer one. Or should I speak so frankly? 401 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Dr. Bloggins knows everything, Mr. Sampson. 402 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:10,000 Yes, I know. But just for the record, are you ready to take down that statement, Chatsworth? 403 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Yes, Mr. Sampson. 404 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,000 Very well. I murdered Alan Rennick. 405 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Well, just a moment, Mr. Sampson. 406 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Please don't interrupt. Yes, I murdered him. And why not? He was a killer. 407 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,000 He forced himself on me and turned himself into my private property. 408 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,000 He might indeed be called my own murderer. 409 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:38,000 My motive? Well, perhaps one day the world will learn that the strongest compulsion to murder is hatred. 410 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:43,000 I hated Alan Rennick. And I planned his murder brilliantly. 411 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:48,000 I'd counted on the sea, holding Rennick long enough for the traces of Morpheus to have gone. 412 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:52,000 I very can't be responsible for the treachery of the elements. 413 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Only one man had the evidence to convict me. 414 00:23:55,000 --> 00:24:00,000 And the odds against his being found and brought face to face with me were so slight that I'd risk it again. 415 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,000 I'm not sorry I killed him. 416 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Even now I'm able to say that it's been a great adventure, requiring courage and daring beyond Rennick's wildest imagination. 417 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,000 I have proved which of us was the better man. 418 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000 You have all that, Chatsworth? 419 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 Yes, sir. 420 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Oh, add this note at the bottom. 421 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:35,000 In view of the customary bumbling and obtusiveness of the Crown Prosecutor, it'll probably be necessary to state that his case will be greatly facilitated by calling as his first witness Dr. Jeremiah Bloggins. 422 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:42,000 Oh, look here, perhaps I'm obtuse, but why on earth are you trying to involve me in your beastly murder? 423 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:51,000 Huh? Ha ha. Ha ha. What do you say? Do you mean to say you don't recognize me? 424 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:56,000 Why, no, why should I? Anita, why did you bring this man here? 425 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:01,000 I thought you knew. He's my husband. 426 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:08,000 After Alan's body was found, I decided to tell him everything. We simply came here to get the letters. 427 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:17,000 And, and you don't even remember me? Ha ha ha. When your bag was stolen while you were testifying at the Old Bailey. 428 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Well, so you're the blighter who did that. Good heavens. That's where you got the morphia. Out of my bag. 429 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:33,000 Yes. I suppose I could get you with accessory after the fact, but that would only confuse the Crown Prosecutor. 430 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:38,000 Well, on the whole, I'm rather glad it worked out this way. 431 00:25:38,000 --> 00:26:03,000 After all, as Nanky Poo says in the micado, there's much to be said for the advantage of having it done by the public executioner. 432 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:13,000 And so closes my own murderer, in which Roma Wines have brought you as star Herbert Marshall with Norman Lloyd in tonight's study in Suspense. 433 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Suspense is produced, edited, and directed by William Spear. 434 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:25,000 Before Mr. Marshall returns to the microphone, let me say a word for Roma Wines, the sponsor of Suspense. 435 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:32,000 Few hostesses have entertained as extensively as often as the world renowned hostess, Miss Elsa Maxwell. 436 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 And that's why her words are significant. 437 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:40,000 Back in the horse and buggy days, wine serving was surrounded by all manner of do's and don'ts. 438 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:45,000 Today, it's fashionable to serve delicious Roma Wines whenever and however you choose. 439 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:59,000 For example, delicious versatile Roma California Toque is a light, moderately sweet flame colored wine that goes well before or after meals, during cocktail hour, actually delightful at any time. 440 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,000 Serve your Roma Toque cool. 441 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:07,000 While Roma Toque differs in flavor from other Roma Wines, it is like them in these respects. 442 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Always delicious, never varying in fine quality. 443 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:16,000 And since Roma Wines cost only pennies a glass, you can serve them often. 444 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 445 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,000 And the next time you use vermouth, choose Roma Vermouth. 446 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Zestful, full flavored Roma Vermouth is blended and developed with all the traditional winemaking skill of the Roma Wineries. 447 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:39,000 It is made and bottled in the heart of California's famous vineyards, yet surprisingly low priced. 448 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,000 Try Roma Vermouth soon, won't you? 449 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,000 This is Herbert Marshall. 450 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:51,000 It's been a great pleasure as always to make an appearance on Suspense, a show which is such a very great favorite with all of us. 451 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:57,000 Mr. Spear has just been telling me about next Thursday's broadcast and it sounds like one of the very finest of the year. 452 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:02,000 It's a probably wonderful story by W.F. 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