1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Now, Roma wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Roma wines present, Suspense. 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Tonight, Roma wines bring you Mr. Joseph Cotton, as star of the Faceboard Box, 4 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:32,000 a Suspense play produced, edited, and directed for Roma wines by William Spear. 5 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma wines. 6 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 7 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 8 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:53,000 to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:59,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma wines bring you Mr. Joseph Cotton, 10 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,000 in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 11 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:12,000 David Waller, taking all of that I can, I'm through, you understand? Through. 12 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I couldn't help but overhear. 13 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 What's the difference now? 14 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,000 I hope you haven't quarreled seriously with your brother. 15 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Quarrels? What else have I ever done with him at quarrels? 16 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Oh, I realize he's a bit difficult at times, sir, but I'm sure he has your best interest at heart. 17 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Yeah, well, from now on he can stop worrying about my best interest, 18 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 because I'm getting out of his life tonight for good. 19 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,000 I grabbed my hat and cotton, rushed out of the house, looking wild-eyed and distracted. 20 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:47,000 I caught a taxi right in front of the door and told him to go to the 23rd Street Ferry. 21 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,000 On the ferry I stood by the stern rail. 22 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,000 I walked up and down puffing hot on a cigarette, looking out into the fog and acting nervous and jumpy. 23 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,000 I leaned against the rail and bowed my head down on my arms. 24 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Two or three people standing around out there began to look at me. 25 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Then, when we were about a third of the way out in the stream, 26 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:13,000 I took off my coat, had my name and address written with indelible ink on the label, 27 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,000 and my hat that had my initials stamped in gold on the sweatband, 28 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:23,000 and laid them down on the deck, and climbed up on the rail and jumped. 29 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 We're here! Hey, look! 30 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,000 It was as easy as that. 31 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:42,000 A fight with my brother that was loud enough so the house man couldn't help but hear it. 32 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:47,000 A jump off the 23rd Street Ferry leaving plenty of identification behind. 33 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 An easy swim back to shore where I had planted my dry clothes. 34 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,000 And a phone call to the news to report my own suicide. 35 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,000 It was just as easy as that. 36 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:05,000 On Friday afternoon, I waited across the street until I saw Williams, the house man, leaving for his usual weekend. 37 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:10,000 And then I let myself in the front door and walked back to the study. 38 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Come in, Williams. I thought you'd gone. 39 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Hello, Walter. 40 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Jack. 41 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,000 What's the matter, Walter? You look as though you'd seen a ghost. 42 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Jack, I... 43 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Well, haven't you seen the papers? I thought you were dead. 44 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Yeah, I changed my mind. 45 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Jack, how could you? How could you have done such a thing? 46 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,000 I didn't. I just went swimming, that's all. 47 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Don't tell anyone I'm here. 48 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Yes? This is Mr. Parcell. 49 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Yes, I told you once it was broken. 50 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,000 I'm sure I don't know. I know certainly I didn't break it. 51 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Yes, it's still in the box. 52 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,000 I'll send you the pieces if you like. 53 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Well, that's a little late, I'm afraid. 54 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Oh, well, it doesn't matter anyway. It's the principle of the thing. 55 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Besides, I'm going out of town. 56 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Yes? Yes? I suppose there'll be someone here to receive it. 57 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 All right. All right. 58 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Silly. Goldfish Bowl. 59 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 What? 60 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Oh, you know, I ordered a larger one and it arrived this morning all smashed up 61 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000 and they were arguing about sending me a new one. 62 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,000 There it is in that big square box you can see for yourself it smashed. 63 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 I'd certainly like you, Walter. 64 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:42,000 At the last minute you're worrying about a two dollar goldfish bowl. 65 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,000 What do you mean, the last minute? 66 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Well, you just said over the phone you were going out of town. 67 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Yes. 68 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 What's the idea? 69 00:04:54,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Well, well, Jack, I was terribly upset when I heard that, well, I thought... 70 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Albert, where are you going? 71 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Well, I haven't quite made up my mind. I just wanted to get away. 72 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Taking quite a lot of luggage for just a little trip out of town, aren't you, Walter? 73 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Clearing the papers out of your desk, too, huh? 74 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Well, I simply thought I could get a little work done while I was away. 75 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Or were you thinking of staying away for a while because somebody might ask questions 76 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:31,000 about why I jumped in the river and the answers might make you look like a heel? 77 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Of course not. 78 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Such an idea never entered my head. 79 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 You always were, Yeller. 80 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 You'd run away from anything. 81 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Jack, that's quite enough. 82 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 That's right. 83 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Those are the truest words you ever spoke. 84 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,000 And I wouldn't bother about packing luggage anymore if I were you. 85 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,000 But why not? 86 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Because where you're going, you won't need any luggage. 87 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000 What? What do you mean? 88 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,000 This is what I mean. 89 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Jack! 90 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Jack! 91 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Don't! 92 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 You're choking! 93 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 You're choking! 94 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:25,000 You won't need any luggage anymore, brother. 95 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 You're choking! 96 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,000 It's like Cain felt about Abel, I suppose. 97 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,000 There he was, lying on the floor, looking as though it was me lying there. 98 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Only it wasn't. It was him, and I was glad. 99 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,000 The funny thing about twins, being one yourself, 100 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,000 you notice them more than most people would. 101 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,000 And all the twins I'd ever known had got along good. 102 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Extra good. But not me and Walter. 103 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 I hated him ever since I could remember. 104 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,000 I hated him because the old man was about the only one who could tell us apart. 105 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,000 And it was Walter he always called to him, not me. 106 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,000 I hated him for what he got and what I didn't. 107 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:15,000 I hated him because he was always good and I was bad. 108 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,000 I hated him because the old man left everything he had to him, 109 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 and it wasn't hay either. 110 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,000 I couldn't do anything about it on account of that forgery rap I'd taken. 111 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,000 And I hated him for the way he'd taken care of me 112 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,000 since I got out of jail and thrown at my face every chance he got. 113 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,000 I hated him for all those things and a lot more. 114 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:42,000 And I was dead. And I'd killed him. And I was glad. 115 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:47,000 You don't believe me? Brother, I felt great. 116 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,000 I went over to the mirror and combed my hair over to the left side like his. 117 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 And I locked the study door and went upstairs to the bathroom 118 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,000 and shaved off my mustache. He was clean shaven. 119 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Went back in the bedroom and put on one of his suits. 120 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:06,000 And when I got through and stood in front of the big full length bedroom mirror, 121 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 I looked a spitting image of him. 122 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,000 No one in the world could have told that I wasn't Walter Parcell. 123 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 In fact, I was Walter Parcell. 124 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Went back to the study. All I had to do now was dispose of the evidence. 125 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:25,000 But first, I couldn't resist looking around. 126 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,000 It was mine now. All mine. 127 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Those stupid fish he had all over the place in glass tanks, 128 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,000 the books he never read and all the rest of it. 129 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,000 In his desk was a list of all the bonds and securities 130 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 and the number of his safe deposit. 131 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:45,000 The combination to the safe and the bank book all nice and neat. 132 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:51,000 On the desk was a picture of Helen Winters, the little vexen he was engaged to. 133 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,000 I made a mental note that I'd at least have to call her before I left town. 134 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,000 It'd look funny if I didn't. 135 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,000 I might even do more than call her. 136 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Well, there's no use stalling any more. 137 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:10,000 It had to be done. 138 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:15,000 I got the body over my shoulder and carried it upstairs and put it in the bathtub. 139 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,000 I locked the bathroom door from the inside. 140 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Then I got to work. 141 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,000 For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you a star, Joseph Cotton, 142 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,000 in the Pasteboard Box by Joe Grenzabock. 143 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 144 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Suspense. 145 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 146 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Here's a simple secret about entertaining that has won compliments for many a hostess. 147 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,000 The next time you have dinner guests, keep them pleasantly occupied during that hour 148 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:18,000 before the meal by serving Roma California Sherry. 149 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:23,000 Serving Roma Sherry before 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--> 00:11:16,000 Insist on Roma, R-O-M-A, for uniformly high quality at low cost. 161 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 162 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:27,000 And now Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Joseph Cotton, 163 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:34,000 as star of the Pasteboard Box, a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 164 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:48,000 It was early morning before I was able to leave the house. 165 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,000 I walked to the nearest subway, but a suitcase, a heavy suitcase, 166 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:58,000 because it was also weighted down inside with old furnace scrapes and sash weights. 167 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,000 I got off the subway at Dyckman Street and took the Dyckman Street ferry to Jersey. 168 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,000 About halfway across, the suitcase that I had on the rail, 169 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:12,000 as though it was something to lean on, just sort of slipped out of my hands into the river. 170 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:19,000 I looked mad and then foolish, and the people that saw it snuck it behind their hands. 171 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Well, that was that. 172 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,000 About an hour later the same thing happened on a 42nd Street ferry, 173 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:36,000 and the mortal remains of Walter Parcell were gone, all but his head. 174 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,000 At first I had no one what to do with that head. 175 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:44,000 It wouldn't fit into either of the suitcases no matter what I did. 176 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:52,000 And then I thought of that box, that big Pasteboard Box that the goldfish bowl had come in. 177 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,000 It was still sitting there in the corner of the deck. 178 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:03,000 I took it and wrapped up the outside in the paper it had come in and started out again, the 14th Street ferry this time. 179 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:07,000 I had it balanced up there on the rail just like I'd had the others and then... 180 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Hey, hey, look out! 181 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Hey, oh, it's all right, mister, I got it. 182 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 I let go. 183 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Oh, I've got it. What? What's the matter? 184 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Oh, I thought you dropped it. 185 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Oh, no, here it is. Hey, that was close all right. 186 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 Another second and it would have been gone for good. 187 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:27,000 Yeah, it's been gone for good all right. 188 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Walking across 14th Street on the way back from the ferry, people were pushing behind me and the next thing I knew I was in a department store. 189 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:41,000 I was walking down one of the aisles just to keep moving and not to attract attention when it hit me right between the eyes. 190 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,000 There was another box, a box just like mine. 191 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:50,000 It was sitting up there on one of the counters and next to it was an old guy looking at the bow ties. 192 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:58,000 I walked over and put my box on the counter next to his and I pretended I was waiting for a clerk and after a couple of minutes I pretended to change my mind. 193 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 I picked up the box, his box of course, and started for the door. 194 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Hey, I say there, I say sir, you've taken my box. 195 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Oh, what do you mean your box? Let go of me. 196 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,000 But it is, it's my box. You left yours there on the counter. 197 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Oh, are you crazy? Let go, I tell you. 198 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 What's the trouble here? 199 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Well, this man's got my package. He won't give it back. 200 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Oh, chocolate, right? 201 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:25,000 No, no, no, it's not that. He left a package of his own there, but he insists that mine is his. 202 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 What's in it? 203 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:32,000 A parchment lampshade. I bought it in your furniture department just now. The girl would confirm that. 204 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000 All right, what's in yours? 205 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Mine? 206 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Yes, what's in your box? 207 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Why, well it's... 208 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Well, we'll open it up and see. 209 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 No, no, you can't. 210 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,000 The only way to tell, open them both up. You think this is your package? 211 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,000 No, wait, I made a mistake. It isn't. Here, now give me mine. 212 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Just a minute. 213 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Give it to me. 214 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Oh, give it to him. It's his. I saw him put it there. 215 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Very well, thank you. 216 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Why, oh, he acted like a madman. 217 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Maybe I did act like a madman. I guess I did because I was pretty close to panic when I got out of that store. 218 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:09,000 I started walking. I just walked. I don't know how, or for how long, or what, but all I could think of was, what will I do now? 219 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 What will I do with it? What will I do with it? 220 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:19,000 I didn't snap out of it until I found myself a half block from home and not knowing how I got there, all I knew was I still had that box and I had to get rid of it. 221 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Then I saw the sewer. A corner sewer with a big wide opening. I crossed over to it as though I were going to step on the curb, stumble, and give it a good kick. 222 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Slid in and I heard it fall. 223 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:41,000 I got home. A half hour later I was just beginning to relax and the doorbell rang. 224 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:48,000 I went out in the hall, switched on the vestibule lights and opened the door. I asked for the cup for kids. 225 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Yes, this is yours, ain't it, mister? 226 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,000 What? 227 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:56,000 We were standing across the street when you dropped it. Then we saw you come into this house. That's how we know. 228 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 We got some string of a fish hook and pulled it out. 229 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,000 It is yours, ain't it? 230 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:04,000 No. 231 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,000 You mean it ain't yours? 232 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 No, I never saw it before in my life. Now beat it. 233 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Oh, then we can open it, huh, Johnny? 234 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Oh, wait, no. 235 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,000 I don't know. Maybe we ought to take it to the cop. 236 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Here, you give that to me. Give it to me. 237 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,000 But you said... 238 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,000 I made a mistake. I didn't recognize it. I give it to me. Beat it. 239 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Well, aren't you glad to get it back? 240 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Oh, sure. Here. 241 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,000 Thanks. Geez. 242 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Five bucks. There must be diamonds in that box. 243 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:37,000 It was back. 244 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:42,000 The kids were hardly down this just before I was out the house without a hat, a coat, or anything running toward 2nd Avenue. 245 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,000 I didn't care who saw me now. Didn't care to stop for a taxi. 246 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 I had to keep running. I couldn't stop for a second. 247 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,000 I kept on running up 2nd Avenue to 59th Street, going out onto the bridge. 248 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,000 I was still running, and I didn't stop until I got nearly to the middle of the street. 249 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000 And then... 250 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Then I threw it. 251 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Out over the railing as far as I could. 252 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000 I watched it arc down and saw the page splash in the darkness. 253 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:08,000 It was a piece of water a couple of hundred feet below. 254 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 It was gone. 255 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,000 No matter what, it was gone. 256 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,000 Somehow I got home. 257 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:28,000 But it was daylight before I could get myself to sleep. 258 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 One day morning I felt better. 259 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,000 Got up fairly early and went down to study at St. McPlants. 260 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:38,000 Seeing the picture of Helen Winders on the disk reminded me I ought to call her. 261 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:51,000 If Walter left town without even calling the girl he was supposed to marry, it wouldn't look so good. 262 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,000 There was no answer. So I hung up. 263 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,000 Then I rang for Williams, the house man. 264 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Yes, sir? 265 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Oh, Williams. 266 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:10,000 I'm sorry to tell you this, but I'm going to have to let you go. 267 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,000 Oh, I'm sorry to hear it, sir. If it's anything I've done... 268 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Quite the contrary. I've found our association most pleasant, but the death of my brother has been quite a shock, of course. 269 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Of course, sir. 270 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:29,000 I'm going away. I don't know how long I shall be gone or when I shall be back or if I shall come back here at all. 271 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,000 So I thought it was best this way. 272 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Yes, sir. When will you be leaving, sir? 273 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,000 In a few days. No hurry, but I wanted you to be able to make your own plans. 274 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:43,000 I'm making arrangements this afternoon to sell the house and the furniture. 275 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:48,000 The associations here are painful, you understand? 276 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,000 I understand, sir. 277 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,000 My brother Jack had his faults, of course. We all do. 278 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,000 I know how you feel, sir. 279 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,000 After all, Williams, he was my brother. 280 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,000 Yes, sir. Blood is thicker than water. 281 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 You're so right, Williams. 282 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,000 That first performance left me feeling pretty satisfied. The next one wasn't so easy. 283 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:21,000 But for things to look right, it had to be done. So after breakfast, I went down to police headquarters. 284 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Well, what can we do for you, Mr. Parcell? 285 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:31,000 I'm going away for a while, and I wondered if you had recovered my poor brother's... 286 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,000 His body? 287 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Yes. 288 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 No, I'm sorry. We haven't, Mr. Parcell. 289 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,000 Oh, I see. 290 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,000 While you're here, though, there is something you might look at for us. 291 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:45,000 This way, please. It's just a routine matter of identification, but we like to have these things on the record. 292 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Of course, of course. Something you... 293 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,000 Found? That's right. Mished it out of the East River this morning. 294 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,000 The East River? 295 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 That's right. The East River. 296 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 Wait a minute. I just stopped breathing. 297 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Because it wasn't in the East River that I jumped off the ferry. 298 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:06,000 That was on the other side of the island. The East River was where I'd thrown it. 299 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:14,000 And then I was all right again because I saw what he had. A pair of trousers. Mine. 300 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000 You recognize these, Mr. Parcell? 301 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Oh, yes. Those were the trousers my brother wore the night he died. 302 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Uh-huh. Probably kicked them off and tried to swim to shore. 303 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Well, thanks, Mr. Parcell. That's all we need. 304 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Very well. But you said the East River and it was the North River where poor Jack... 305 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Oh, carried down by the current and around by the tide. Caught in the propeller of a ship, maybe. 306 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Funny things happen in the waters around this island, Mr. Parcell. 307 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Yes. Yes, I imagine they do. 308 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:50,000 So that was all right, too. 309 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:56,000 When I got out of headquarters, I went across the street to a pay station and phoned Helen Winters again. 310 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,000 There was no answer. I hung up. 311 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Then I went uptown to the bank, Walter's Bank. 312 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:17,000 I'd never been in it before in my life and I'd been wondering how I'd know who to be chummy to, 313 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,000 but I needn't have worried about that. 314 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Well, good morning, Mr. Parcell. 315 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Good morning. 316 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,000 We were all terribly sorry to hear of your bereavement, Mr. Parcell. 317 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Yes, yes, thank you. As a matter of fact, that's what brings me here. 318 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 I see. Something about the... 319 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Oh, no, no, no. But I shall want to get into my safe deposit box. 320 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 Why, certainly, Mr. Parcell. 321 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Thank you. 322 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Oh, by the way, do you have any idea what my cash balance is? Just roughly. 323 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Roughly between 32 and 33,000. 324 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,000 I'll want 5,000 in cash. I'll make an account and check. 325 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,000 You can forward the rest when I've made banking connections in Mexico. 326 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Oh, Mexico. 327 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 What, do you expect to be in Mexico for any length of time? 328 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 Oh, yes, for quite a length of time. 329 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,000 Shall we go down to the vault, sir? 330 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Oh, yes, by all means. 331 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:15,000 When I got out of the bank, it was raining, but I didn't care. I liked it. 332 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,000 I was walking on air anywhere and I decided to walk home that way. 333 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Nearly 30 blocks that I was soaking wet when I got there, 334 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,000 but what's a little rain to a guy with $100,000 in his pocket? 335 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Front door door, front door, front door, front door, front door. 336 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 I had to walk in the back of the pocket. 337 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Front door wasn't locked. 338 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000 And I went and hung up my hat and coats in the hall 339 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:38,000 and was wondering whether to have a nice hot bath before calling hell in winter. 340 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:50,000 And when I saw it, it, a box, that horrible pasteboard box that had come back. 341 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 For a second, I thought my mind had gone. 342 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,000 But there it was, sitting on the desk, 343 00:22:55,000 --> 00:23:00,000 and the limping paper peeling off as though it had been fished out of the river just that minute. 344 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,000 And then I remembered I hadn't seen it sink, 345 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,000 and what the cop had said about tides and currents. 346 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Then the doorbell rang. I rushed through the window. 347 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 There was a police car outside. 348 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,000 For the moment, I thought of grabbing up the box and running, escaping out of the back somehow. 349 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,000 And then I knew that wasn't any use. It didn't matter. 350 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,000 It was some sort of a police plan. It didn't matter anyway. 351 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:24,000 And if it wasn't, if it was just another one of those terrible coincidences, 352 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 it was still time. 353 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Whatever they wanted, I could bluff it through, and there'd still be time. 354 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:39,000 I pulled myself together and went out and opened the door. 355 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,000 Yes? 356 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000 We're from headquarters. 357 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Yes. You're Walter Parcell? 358 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Walter Parcell? They thought I was Walter Parcell. They didn't even know he was dead. 359 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 That was all right. 360 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000 It was still time. 361 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,000 I said, are you Walter Parcell? 362 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Yes, I'm Walter Parcell. 363 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 You know a young woman named Helen Winters? 364 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Helen Winters, of course. She's my fiancée. 365 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Then I'm afraid you're going to have to come along with us, Mr. Parcell. 366 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 With you? Why? 367 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 Helen Winters has been murdered. 368 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,000 And I might as well tell you now that anything you say will be used against you. 369 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 The evidence is pretty conclusive. 370 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000 That, that I? 371 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,000 That you murdered her. 372 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 I didn't. I couldn't. 373 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,000 We found her this morning in the commoner report. She was killed Friday night. 374 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,000 You were seen entering the place that night, and you were seen leaving. 375 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:31,000 A gun that we traced to you was found in an ash can a block away. 376 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Now what do you expect us to believe, Mr. Parcell? 377 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Wait a minute. There's a mistake? There's been a terrible mistake. 378 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,000 I'm not Walter Parcell. I'm his brother. I'm his brother Jack. 379 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 The one who committed suicide? 380 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Yes. Only I didn't. I changed my mind. I swam back to shore. 381 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:55,000 I came back here and I found Walter. He was dead. He killed himself. 382 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,000 And now I know why. Don't you see? Because he murdered the girl. 383 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 You didn't report it. Where's the body? 384 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,000 The body? 385 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Yes, yes, the body, the body. 386 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,000 No, no, that's it. Now look. Look. Everyone knew I quarreled with Walter, 387 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,000 and so I thought they'd pin it on me. I thought they'd say I killed him. 388 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,000 So I disposed of the body. Then I took his place. 389 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 We are with twins, don't you see? 390 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:20,000 Mr. Parcell, I've been in this business a long time, and I've heard some beauties. 391 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,000 But I never had a man ask me to believe one like that. 392 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,000 It's true. I swear it's true. 393 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,000 All right, then where's the body? 394 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 I threw it in the river with the weight. 395 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,000 I thought so. Come on. 396 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Now, wait a minute. 397 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000 Come on, come on. 398 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,000 I can prove it. I can prove it. 399 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,000 Yeah, how? 400 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,000 Because I've still got his head. 401 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,000 His head? 402 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,000 That would prove it, wouldn't it? Or wouldn't it? 403 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,000 It certainly would. 404 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,000 Come on. I'll show you here in that box, see? 405 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,000 I'd open it. 406 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,000 Sure, sure. I threw it in the river, and it got back here somehow. 407 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:55,000 It's still wet, see? 408 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:59,000 That doesn't look like anybody's head to me, Mr. Parcell. 409 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,000 It's... 410 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:20,000 To me, it looks like just an ordinary goldfish bowl. 411 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,000 That was it, of course. 412 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:26,000 The goldfish bowl he'd been arguing about on the telephone when I came back 413 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:31,000 and found him packing up, running away, because he'd murdered his girlfriend. 414 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:37,000 So, I don't know where Walter is now in those swirling tides and currents, 415 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000 but I know one thing. 416 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Wherever he is, he must be laughing his head off. 417 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000 Suspense! 418 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Presented by Roma Wines. 419 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:09,000 R-O-M-A. 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