1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,840 Now, Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 2 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,520 Roma Wines presents Suspense. 3 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:22,560 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you the MGM star, Miss Agnes Moorhead, in Postmortem, a suspense 4 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:30,440 play produced, edited, and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 5 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:38,240 Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 6 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,280 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 7 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:46,120 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 8 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:50,480 to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 9 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:56,320 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you Agnes Moorhead, 10 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,080 in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 11 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:15,200 Up with the buttercups, come on, get up, get up, here comes the sun. 12 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:16,200 Good morning darling. 13 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:17,200 Oh Stephen, you goose. 14 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:18,200 Ah, your coffee, madame. 15 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,160 Oh my stars and crown, I wish you wouldn't insist on my having coffee in bed. 16 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:27,520 Stephen, it makes me feel like a loose character, just like the old days when I was in the theater. 17 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,080 Coffee in bed, then a long soak in the tub under the sun lamp. 18 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,280 That's old Doc Archer's prescription for those aches and pains of yours. 19 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,400 There aren't any aches and pains for weeks now. 20 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:36,400 There, that proves it. 21 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,040 You can't afford to stop the treatment now. 22 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,240 Besides, you look beautiful with a sun tan. 23 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:41,240 Well, if that's the case. 24 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:42,240 Have some coffee with me? 25 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,240 No, I'm sorry, it's nine o'clock. 26 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:44,240 Well, that train doesn't leave until nine twenty-two. 27 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:45,240 Ah, but the early bird gets the seat, my precious. 28 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,480 I'll just start the water running and set up the lamp for you. 29 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:49,480 Oh, you needn't go to all that bother. 30 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:50,480 How do you like your water this morning? 31 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:51,480 Warm, lukewarm, hot? 32 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:52,480 Warm. 33 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:53,480 I'm setting the lamp for ten minutes. 34 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:54,480 Oh. 35 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:55,480 Mind you don't take too much now. 36 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:56,480 Oh, I do, all right, all right. 37 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:57,480 Now, if you get in the bath, just as you hear me close the front door, you'll get just the 38 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:58,480 right amount of sunshine. 39 00:01:58,480 --> 00:01:59,480 Oh really, Stephen? 40 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:00,480 Now, where's my goodbye kiss? 41 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:01,480 Stephen, I... 42 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:02,480 Goodbye. 43 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:03,480 Stephen, I... 44 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:04,480 Oh, I'm sorry. 45 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:05,480 I'm sorry. 46 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:06,480 I'm sorry. 47 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:07,480 I'm sorry. 48 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:08,480 I'm sorry. 49 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:09,480 I'm sorry. 50 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:10,480 I'm sorry. 51 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:11,480 I'm sorry. 52 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:12,480 I'm sorry. 53 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,480 I'm sorry. 54 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:16,480 Goodbye. 55 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:17,480 Goodbye. 56 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:18,480 Up with the buttercups. 57 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:19,480 Come on. 58 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:20,480 Get up, get up. 59 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:21,480 Here comes the... 60 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:49,480 Oh, I feel so good to get into a nice little cab. 61 00:02:49,480 --> 00:03:05,240 What would you say to me? 62 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,800 Listen to me, right now, ha-ha-ha. 63 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:09,800 Oh my goodness. 64 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,060 Oh my goodness. 65 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:13,260 Talk to her. 66 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:14,260 Oh... 67 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:17,240 Oh, here comes the train! 68 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,000 I'll see what you've done. 69 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,440 Gosh, I hope it didn't break. 70 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,360 These things are expensive. 71 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:24,560 Hey, you didn't have it turned on. 72 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:25,840 I turned it on so you could hear me. 73 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,160 That timer on it makes so much noise. 74 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,720 Well, no harm done, I guess. 75 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:31,720 Well, I've got everything now. 76 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:32,920 Sorry to disturb you, darling. 77 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:33,760 You better hurry. 78 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,040 You will miss that train. 79 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:35,840 Bye-bye, darling. 80 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:36,360 Be good. 81 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:36,860 Go on. 82 00:03:36,860 --> 00:03:37,360 Go on. 83 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:37,860 Get on it. 84 00:03:37,860 --> 00:03:38,360 Go on. 85 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:55,580 Hey, bud, oh, if I had the wings of an angel, then who will do the trick? 86 00:03:55,580 --> 00:03:58,980 Oh, now what? 87 00:03:58,980 --> 00:04:00,980 All right, all right. 88 00:04:00,980 --> 00:04:01,980 I'm coming. 89 00:04:04,980 --> 00:04:05,980 Damn it. 90 00:04:05,980 --> 00:04:08,980 Oh, well, you don't have to burn up the battery. 91 00:04:08,980 --> 00:04:11,980 Oh, get my room. 92 00:04:11,980 --> 00:04:13,980 Oh. 93 00:04:13,980 --> 00:04:14,980 Mrs. Meade? 94 00:04:14,980 --> 00:04:16,980 Oh, I don't want any today. 95 00:04:16,980 --> 00:04:17,980 What? 96 00:04:17,980 --> 00:04:18,980 What was that you called me? 97 00:04:18,980 --> 00:04:19,980 Are you Mrs. Josephine Meade? 98 00:04:19,980 --> 00:04:20,980 Well, I was. 99 00:04:20,980 --> 00:04:21,980 My name is Archer. 100 00:04:21,980 --> 00:04:22,980 Now I've remarried. 101 00:04:22,980 --> 00:04:23,980 But what was I? 102 00:04:23,980 --> 00:04:24,980 This is the place, fellas. 103 00:04:24,980 --> 00:04:25,980 Hold everything. 104 00:04:25,980 --> 00:04:26,980 We're coming. 105 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:27,980 Well, who are those men? 106 00:04:27,980 --> 00:04:28,980 Who, you? 107 00:04:28,980 --> 00:04:29,980 Oh, does she know yet? 108 00:04:29,980 --> 00:04:30,980 Oh, hold that, will you, Mrs. Meade? 109 00:04:30,980 --> 00:04:31,980 All right, fine. 110 00:04:31,980 --> 00:04:33,980 Now let's try another one inside. 111 00:04:33,980 --> 00:04:34,980 Maybe in the kitchen. 112 00:04:34,980 --> 00:04:35,980 Yes. 113 00:04:35,980 --> 00:04:36,980 What were you doing? 114 00:04:36,980 --> 00:04:37,980 Fixing breakfast for your husband? 115 00:04:37,980 --> 00:04:38,980 Now put the camera away. 116 00:04:38,980 --> 00:04:39,980 Can't you see she doesn't know yet? 117 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:40,980 She don't know yet. 118 00:04:40,980 --> 00:04:41,980 Haven't you been listening to the radio, Mrs. Meade? 119 00:04:41,980 --> 00:04:42,980 Oh, no. 120 00:04:42,980 --> 00:04:43,980 A tube's burned out. 121 00:04:43,980 --> 00:04:44,980 Why? 122 00:04:44,980 --> 00:04:45,980 She really don't know yet. 123 00:04:45,980 --> 00:04:46,980 Well, for heaven's sake, will you tell me what it is? 124 00:04:46,980 --> 00:04:47,980 Why, are you going to ask us in? 125 00:04:47,980 --> 00:04:48,980 Well, I shouldn't. 126 00:04:48,980 --> 00:04:49,980 Why, that's very kind of you. 127 00:04:49,980 --> 00:04:50,980 Oh, well, I... 128 00:04:50,980 --> 00:04:51,980 Put the camera over there, Sam. 129 00:04:51,980 --> 00:04:52,980 Well, I... 130 00:04:52,980 --> 00:04:54,980 Now, your husband, ma'am, it would be kind of... 131 00:04:54,980 --> 00:04:56,980 My husband, where he just left the house. 132 00:04:56,980 --> 00:04:57,980 Has something happened to him? 133 00:04:57,980 --> 00:04:58,980 No, no. 134 00:04:58,980 --> 00:04:59,980 We got news for you, Mrs. Meade. 135 00:04:59,980 --> 00:05:04,980 I wish you'd stop calling me Mrs. Meade. 136 00:05:04,980 --> 00:05:05,980 My name is Archer now. 137 00:05:05,980 --> 00:05:06,980 I extend that to this man here. 138 00:05:06,980 --> 00:05:07,980 Wesket's my name. 139 00:05:07,980 --> 00:05:08,980 Paul Wesket. 140 00:05:08,980 --> 00:05:09,980 I'm from the Evening Bulletin. 141 00:05:09,980 --> 00:05:10,980 Oh, you're a newspaper man. 142 00:05:10,980 --> 00:05:11,980 I'm a star-and-ground. 143 00:05:11,980 --> 00:05:15,980 I had an interview by the press since I opened in Bright Eyes in New Haven just 20 years 144 00:05:15,980 --> 00:05:16,980 ago. 145 00:05:16,980 --> 00:05:17,980 You were an actress. 146 00:05:17,980 --> 00:05:19,980 Well, I gave up my career after I married Mr. Meade. 147 00:05:19,980 --> 00:05:24,980 I often thought I might go back to the theater, but things didn't work out that way. 148 00:05:24,980 --> 00:05:27,980 Yeah, well, that's very interesting, Mrs. Archer, but about the news, we were going to tell 149 00:05:27,980 --> 00:05:28,980 you. 150 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:29,980 Can't you guess? 151 00:05:29,980 --> 00:05:30,980 Please let me... 152 00:05:30,980 --> 00:05:31,980 Can't you guess? 153 00:05:31,980 --> 00:05:32,980 No, and I wish we'd tell... 154 00:05:32,980 --> 00:05:33,980 Well, I'll give you a hint. 155 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:34,980 This is the day the derby is run off. 156 00:05:34,980 --> 00:05:35,980 Derby? 157 00:05:35,980 --> 00:05:37,980 Can't you guess why we're here? 158 00:05:37,980 --> 00:05:39,980 Your horses come in first. 159 00:05:39,980 --> 00:05:40,980 Oh, you must have the wrong party. 160 00:05:40,980 --> 00:05:41,980 I don't own any horse. 161 00:05:41,980 --> 00:05:42,980 Oh, look. 162 00:05:42,980 --> 00:05:43,980 Oh, no, no, no. 163 00:05:43,980 --> 00:05:44,980 Don't you understand? 164 00:05:44,980 --> 00:05:46,980 The news just came over the ticker from London. 165 00:05:46,980 --> 00:05:49,980 You're one of the three Americans to hold a ticket on Ravenal and the sweepstakes. 166 00:05:49,980 --> 00:05:51,980 Oh, there must be some mistake. 167 00:05:51,980 --> 00:05:52,980 Don't you understand? 168 00:05:52,980 --> 00:05:53,980 You've won $150,000. 169 00:05:53,980 --> 00:05:54,980 $150... 170 00:05:54,980 --> 00:05:55,980 Oh, my star-and-ground. 171 00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:56,980 What's the matter? 172 00:05:56,980 --> 00:05:58,980 Don't that make you happy? 173 00:05:58,980 --> 00:05:59,980 Boy, what a catch. 174 00:05:59,980 --> 00:06:02,980 Housewife wins sweepstakes must be a mistake, she said. 175 00:06:02,980 --> 00:06:04,980 Oh, no, no, there really must be some mistake. 176 00:06:04,980 --> 00:06:07,980 Somewhere, it must be somebody else with the same name. 177 00:06:07,980 --> 00:06:09,980 You see, I haven't any ticket on... 178 00:06:09,980 --> 00:06:11,980 I haven't any tickets at all. 179 00:06:11,980 --> 00:06:12,980 Well, sure, you must have. 180 00:06:12,980 --> 00:06:14,980 Where'd they get your name and address from, otherwise? 181 00:06:14,980 --> 00:06:16,980 They don't just make them up out of thin air. 182 00:06:16,980 --> 00:06:17,980 What are you trying to do? 183 00:06:17,980 --> 00:06:19,980 Oh, now, wait a minute. 184 00:06:19,980 --> 00:06:20,980 Wait a minute. 185 00:06:20,980 --> 00:06:23,980 You say the winning ticket is in the name of me? 186 00:06:23,980 --> 00:06:24,980 Yes, Mrs. Josephine Meade. 187 00:06:24,980 --> 00:06:26,980 You said that was your name. 188 00:06:26,980 --> 00:06:29,980 Well, then it must have been my late husband who bought the ticket. 189 00:06:29,980 --> 00:06:31,980 You see, the house is in my name, 190 00:06:31,980 --> 00:06:34,980 and I stayed on here after I lost Harry 191 00:06:34,980 --> 00:06:36,980 and after my marriage to Mr. Archer. 192 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:37,980 Oh, yeah, then, that's right. 193 00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:39,980 Meade bought the sweepstakes ticket in your name. 194 00:06:39,980 --> 00:06:40,980 Anyway, you're the winner. 195 00:06:40,980 --> 00:06:42,980 But I don't even have the ticket. 196 00:06:42,980 --> 00:06:43,980 You don't have it? 197 00:06:43,980 --> 00:06:44,980 You mean it's lost? 198 00:06:44,980 --> 00:06:46,980 Well, I never even knew he bought one till now. 199 00:06:46,980 --> 00:06:48,980 He never said a word to me about it. 200 00:06:48,980 --> 00:06:51,980 Gee, you better look around good and see if you can find it. 201 00:06:51,980 --> 00:06:53,980 Sure, you can't collect the money without it. 202 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:56,980 Have you any of your late husband's effects around the house, Mrs. Archer? 203 00:06:56,980 --> 00:06:58,980 No, they've all been exposed to. 204 00:06:58,980 --> 00:07:00,980 But I went through everything very carefully. 205 00:07:00,980 --> 00:07:02,980 If there had been anything there, 206 00:07:02,980 --> 00:07:04,980 even sewn into the lining of one of his suits, I'd have found it. 207 00:07:04,980 --> 00:07:06,980 I think, Mrs. Archer, if your late husband never told you about it, 208 00:07:06,980 --> 00:07:09,980 he must have been intending to surprise you in case he'd won anything. 209 00:07:09,980 --> 00:07:12,980 So he would have put it somewhere where you wouldn't be likely to find it, wouldn't he? 210 00:07:12,980 --> 00:07:13,980 Well, he would in any case. 211 00:07:13,980 --> 00:07:15,980 I didn't approve of his gambling. 212 00:07:15,980 --> 00:07:16,980 All right, Mrs. Archer, now, think hard. 213 00:07:16,980 --> 00:07:18,980 Wasn't there a suit he didn't wear very much, 214 00:07:18,980 --> 00:07:21,980 one you might not have sent out since the ticket was bought, 215 00:07:21,980 --> 00:07:23,980 put away in mothballs, maybe? 216 00:07:23,980 --> 00:07:25,980 Well, there was his dark blue. 217 00:07:25,980 --> 00:07:26,980 Uh-huh, dark blue. 218 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:28,980 He'd only worn that once or twice. 219 00:07:28,980 --> 00:07:30,980 I mean, I never looked there. 220 00:07:30,980 --> 00:07:33,980 You see, I sent all his other clothes to the Russian War Relief, 221 00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:37,980 but the dark blue was in such good condition, it's practically new, Mr. Westlock. 222 00:07:37,980 --> 00:07:38,980 Oh, that's where that ticket is. 223 00:07:38,980 --> 00:07:40,980 I'll bet any amount it's in that dark blue suit. 224 00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:41,980 Let's have a look right now. 225 00:07:41,980 --> 00:07:43,980 Well, I'm afraid that's not possible. 226 00:07:43,980 --> 00:07:44,980 Not possible. 227 00:07:44,980 --> 00:07:45,980 Oh, really, Mrs. Archer? 228 00:07:45,980 --> 00:07:51,980 Because, uh, because that's the suit Mr. Meade was buried in. 229 00:07:55,980 --> 00:08:00,980 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Agnes Moorhead in Post-Mortem, 230 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:04,980 a radio play by Robert Talman from the story by Cornell Woolrich. 231 00:08:04,980 --> 00:08:16,980 And now, for Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 232 00:08:16,980 --> 00:08:21,980 Between the acts of Suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 233 00:08:21,980 --> 00:08:25,980 Evenings at home can be dull as dishwashing or friendly as a fireside, 234 00:08:25,980 --> 00:08:28,980 depending upon the ingenuity of the lady of the house. 235 00:08:28,980 --> 00:08:33,980 Now, here's a simple suggestion many smart American homemakers follow to brighten stay-at-home nights. 236 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:39,980 As a high spot in a quiet evening of restful reading or listening to favorite radio shows, 237 00:08:39,980 --> 00:08:41,980 serve Roma California Sherry. 238 00:08:41,980 --> 00:08:48,980 For Roma Sherry helps an evening along, adds a welcome note of warmth to friendly companionship. 239 00:08:48,980 --> 00:08:52,980 Yes, there's something about glowing, golden amber Roma Sherry 240 00:08:52,980 --> 00:08:57,980 with the rich, mellow, nut-like taste that everyone enjoys. 241 00:08:57,980 --> 00:09:04,980 Roma Sherry, the favorite of millions as first call for dinner, is a delightful entertainment wine too, 242 00:09:04,980 --> 00:09:08,980 so delicious with cheese and crackers or any simple snack. 243 00:09:08,980 --> 00:09:13,980 And Roma brings you a glorious Sherry that is unvaryingly fine, 244 00:09:13,980 --> 00:09:19,980 bottled at the famous Roma Winery in California to assure you sealed in goodness always. 245 00:09:19,980 --> 00:09:24,980 Give your family a pleasant surprise with fine Roma Sherry tomorrow. 246 00:09:24,980 --> 00:09:28,980 Delicious, easy to serve, so inexpensive. 247 00:09:28,980 --> 00:09:32,980 Insist on Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 248 00:09:32,980 --> 00:09:37,980 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 249 00:09:37,980 --> 00:09:40,980 And now, Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, 250 00:09:40,980 --> 00:09:46,980 Agnes Moorhead as Josie Archer with Joseph Kearns as Stephen in Postmortem, 251 00:09:46,980 --> 00:09:50,980 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 252 00:09:50,980 --> 00:09:58,980 [♪Music playing in background. 253 00:09:58,980 --> 00:10:01,980 So you see Stephen, that's the only place it can be. 254 00:10:01,980 --> 00:10:04,980 It's there in the casket with him. 255 00:10:04,980 --> 00:10:06,980 What makes you so certain of that? 256 00:10:06,980 --> 00:10:09,980 Well, the one and only time he wore that suit before his death was one Saturday afternoon 257 00:10:09,980 --> 00:10:14,980 when he went out for a stroll and stopped in at a pool room. 258 00:10:14,980 --> 00:10:18,980 What more likely place than that for him to have bought a sweepstakes ticket? 259 00:10:18,980 --> 00:10:21,980 Well, if it's buried with him, we might as well kiss it goodbye. 260 00:10:21,980 --> 00:10:23,980 But $150,000, Stephen! 261 00:10:23,980 --> 00:10:27,980 You haven't any right to disturb a grave just on a hunch like that. 262 00:10:27,980 --> 00:10:28,980 Harry might have lost the ticket. 263 00:10:28,980 --> 00:10:31,980 Oh, I tell you, I knew Harry Meade. 264 00:10:31,980 --> 00:10:35,980 He'd no more lose a thing like that, and then, well, he just wouldn't, that's all. 265 00:10:35,980 --> 00:10:37,980 If it's there, it'll just have to stay there. 266 00:10:37,980 --> 00:10:39,980 But, hi Stephen, all we have to do is get a court order. 267 00:10:39,980 --> 00:10:43,980 I tell you, I won't stand for it. It's sacrilege. 268 00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:45,980 If we've got to disturb the dead, we'll just have to let the money go. 269 00:10:45,980 --> 00:10:48,980 But it wouldn't be like desecrating a grave. 270 00:10:48,980 --> 00:10:51,980 Harry would have wanted us to have that money. 271 00:10:51,980 --> 00:10:53,980 After all, you are his best friend. 272 00:10:53,980 --> 00:10:56,980 Josie, as your husband, I forbid you to disturb that man's remains. 273 00:10:56,980 --> 00:10:57,980 But Stephen, really, I... 274 00:10:57,980 --> 00:11:00,980 Now forget that there ever was such a sweepstakes ticket. Is that understood? 275 00:11:00,980 --> 00:11:03,980 All right, Stephen, whatever you say. 276 00:11:03,980 --> 00:11:07,980 Yes, and if that snooping news paper man comes back here, you're not to let him in this house. 277 00:11:07,980 --> 00:11:08,980 Yes, Stephen. 278 00:11:08,980 --> 00:11:09,980 Is that a promise now? 279 00:11:09,980 --> 00:11:12,980 Yes, Stephen, it's a promise. 280 00:11:12,980 --> 00:11:15,980 Well, I've got to go now. I'll miss my train. 281 00:11:15,980 --> 00:11:17,980 We'll talk about this some more tonight when I get home. 282 00:11:17,980 --> 00:11:19,980 All right, dear. 283 00:11:19,980 --> 00:11:21,980 Oh, don't forget to take your sun lamp treatment. 284 00:11:21,980 --> 00:11:23,980 No, I won't. Bye now. 285 00:11:23,980 --> 00:11:25,980 Bye, dear. 286 00:11:31,980 --> 00:11:34,980 Hello? Oh, Mr. Westcott. 287 00:11:34,980 --> 00:11:38,980 Oh, no, no, I have not reconsidered. I definitely have not reconsidered. 288 00:11:38,980 --> 00:11:42,980 Stephen and I have talked it over, and he's deeply shocked, and so am I. 289 00:11:42,980 --> 00:11:45,980 I must confess that the very suggestion of disinterring poor Harry, 290 00:11:45,980 --> 00:11:48,980 you'll simply have to go elsewhere for your front page scoop, 291 00:11:48,980 --> 00:11:51,980 because I am absolutely adamant on this point, 292 00:11:51,980 --> 00:11:54,980 and no amount of persuasion will make me change my mind. 293 00:12:01,980 --> 00:12:04,980 I shouldn't be doing this. I knew it. I shouldn't be doing this. 294 00:12:04,980 --> 00:12:06,980 All right, all right. 295 00:12:06,980 --> 00:12:10,980 I shouldn't be doing this. I know it. I know it. 296 00:12:11,980 --> 00:12:13,980 All right, you wait here, Mrs. Archer. 297 00:12:13,980 --> 00:12:15,980 I shouldn't be doing this. I know I shouldn't be doing this. 298 00:12:15,980 --> 00:12:17,980 Now, don't take it like that, Mrs. Archer. 299 00:12:17,980 --> 00:12:19,980 We have a court order all properly signed and perfectly legal. 300 00:12:19,980 --> 00:12:22,980 I shouldn't have let you talk me into this. I'm just weak. 301 00:12:22,980 --> 00:12:24,980 That's all. I'm just weak. Yes. 302 00:12:24,980 --> 00:12:26,980 Stephen is sure to suspect something. 303 00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:29,980 That 150 grand ought to go a long way toward making him forgive you. 304 00:12:29,980 --> 00:12:31,980 Will it take long? 305 00:12:31,980 --> 00:12:33,980 No, the workman is supposed to have it all ready. 306 00:12:33,980 --> 00:12:36,980 All that has to be done now is... 307 00:12:36,980 --> 00:12:38,980 Well, it won't take long. 308 00:12:38,980 --> 00:12:40,980 Would you rather wait in the caretaker's house? 309 00:12:40,980 --> 00:12:43,980 No, no, no. I'll come along with you. 310 00:12:43,980 --> 00:12:45,980 All right. 311 00:12:54,980 --> 00:12:56,980 Hello there. 312 00:12:56,980 --> 00:12:58,980 You Mr. Wescott? Yep. 313 00:12:58,980 --> 00:13:00,980 Well, there it is, Mr. Wescott. 314 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:02,980 We hoisted it up, but we didn't open it yet. 315 00:13:02,980 --> 00:13:04,980 All right, here's the authorization. 316 00:13:04,980 --> 00:13:06,980 Pry the lid off of there and make it snappy, will you? 317 00:13:06,980 --> 00:13:08,980 All right. Hey, you take that hand over there, Jack. 318 00:13:08,980 --> 00:13:10,980 Okay. 319 00:13:18,980 --> 00:13:20,980 What's the matter? 320 00:13:20,980 --> 00:13:22,980 Is it stuck or what? 321 00:13:22,980 --> 00:13:24,980 Take it easy, lady, will you? 322 00:13:24,980 --> 00:13:26,980 It's coming. 323 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:28,980 Oh, no. 324 00:13:30,980 --> 00:13:32,980 There you are, mister. It's all yours. 325 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:34,980 All right. Hold this light for me, will you? 326 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:36,980 Keep it off the face. 327 00:13:36,980 --> 00:13:38,980 What are you doing now? Frisking the corpse. 328 00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:40,980 And don't ask me why. 329 00:13:40,980 --> 00:13:42,980 Damn me. How dare you. 330 00:13:42,980 --> 00:13:44,980 Keep the light off his face, will you? 331 00:13:44,980 --> 00:13:46,980 Sensitive type. 332 00:13:46,980 --> 00:13:48,980 Okay. I got what I came for. 333 00:13:48,980 --> 00:13:50,980 Please get that light off his face. 334 00:13:50,980 --> 00:13:52,980 Okay, mister. Okay. 335 00:13:52,980 --> 00:13:54,980 All right, if you're all finished, we'll tuck him in again. 336 00:13:54,980 --> 00:13:56,980 Wait a minute. 337 00:13:56,980 --> 00:13:58,980 Put the light back on him. On his face. 338 00:13:58,980 --> 00:14:00,980 Now on his face. 339 00:14:00,980 --> 00:14:02,980 Hey, what's the big idea? 340 00:14:02,980 --> 00:14:04,980 Oh, Harry. 341 00:14:04,980 --> 00:14:06,980 Oh, Harry. 342 00:14:06,980 --> 00:14:08,980 Okay, you can toss that light in. 343 00:14:08,980 --> 00:14:10,980 Listen, you guys. 344 00:14:10,980 --> 00:14:12,980 Leave this just as it is. 345 00:14:12,980 --> 00:14:14,980 Stick right here until you hear from me. 346 00:14:14,980 --> 00:14:16,980 How come? What's the matter, mister Wesker? 347 00:14:16,980 --> 00:14:18,980 I'm not sure yet, but I just got a hunch the D.A. 348 00:14:18,980 --> 00:14:20,980 is going to want an autopsy on this body. 349 00:14:20,980 --> 00:14:24,980 My stars and crowns. 350 00:14:28,980 --> 00:14:30,980 Up with the buttercups, 351 00:14:30,980 --> 00:14:32,980 here comes the sun. 352 00:14:32,980 --> 00:14:34,980 Come in. 353 00:14:34,980 --> 00:14:36,980 Hey, what's this? 354 00:14:36,980 --> 00:14:38,980 Up and dressed already? 355 00:14:38,980 --> 00:14:40,980 Well, I bought some things in town yesterday afternoon. 356 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:42,980 The delivery man usually comes around 10 o'clock, 357 00:14:42,980 --> 00:14:44,980 so I thought I'd put off my sun lamp and bath until then. 358 00:14:44,980 --> 00:14:46,980 Oh. 359 00:14:46,980 --> 00:14:48,980 You will take your treatment then, promise me? 360 00:14:48,980 --> 00:14:50,980 Oh, yes. All right, darling. 361 00:14:50,980 --> 00:14:52,980 But really, you worry too much about me. 362 00:14:52,980 --> 00:14:54,980 Oh, you must have come in awfully late last night. 363 00:14:54,980 --> 00:14:56,980 Did you see the show through twice? 364 00:14:56,980 --> 00:14:58,980 Stephen, I... 365 00:14:58,980 --> 00:15:00,980 I didn't go to a picture last night. 366 00:15:00,980 --> 00:15:02,980 Hmm? 367 00:15:02,980 --> 00:15:04,980 I did what you told me not to. 368 00:15:04,980 --> 00:15:06,980 What are you talking about? 369 00:15:06,980 --> 00:15:08,980 Here it is, Stephen. $150,000. 370 00:15:08,980 --> 00:15:10,980 You fool, you stupid little fool! 371 00:15:10,980 --> 00:15:12,980 Stephen, let go of my shoulder. You're hurting me. 372 00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:14,980 Who is it with you? Who saw it beside you? 373 00:15:14,980 --> 00:15:16,980 Nobody, Stephen. 374 00:15:16,980 --> 00:15:18,980 I got the permit and took it out there 375 00:15:18,980 --> 00:15:20,980 and showed it to the men and it's the edge of the ground 376 00:15:20,980 --> 00:15:22,980 and he got a couple of workmen. 377 00:15:22,980 --> 00:15:24,980 Yes, go on, go on. 378 00:15:24,980 --> 00:15:26,980 Well, one of them got it. 379 00:15:26,980 --> 00:15:28,980 I put it in the vest pocket and then 380 00:15:28,980 --> 00:15:30,980 they put the lid on again 381 00:15:30,980 --> 00:15:32,980 and lowered it and covered it up. 382 00:15:32,980 --> 00:15:34,980 You sure everything was put back again just the way it was? 383 00:15:34,980 --> 00:15:36,980 Oh, yes, Stephen, of course. 384 00:15:36,980 --> 00:15:38,980 Well, I'd hate to think 385 00:15:38,980 --> 00:15:40,980 he wasn't put back properly. 386 00:15:40,980 --> 00:15:42,980 Then you aren't angry with me? 387 00:15:42,980 --> 00:15:44,980 Well, I guess I acted pretty silly. 388 00:15:44,980 --> 00:15:46,980 I guess I acted pretty silly about it. 389 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:48,980 I thought... 390 00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:50,980 Oh, I don't know what I thought. 391 00:15:50,980 --> 00:15:52,980 Stephen! 392 00:15:52,980 --> 00:15:54,980 Stephen, you didn't suspect me 393 00:15:54,980 --> 00:15:56,980 of having anything to do with... 394 00:15:56,980 --> 00:15:58,980 with Harry dying so suddenly. 395 00:15:58,980 --> 00:16:00,980 Oh, of course not. 396 00:16:00,980 --> 00:16:02,980 What an idea. 397 00:16:02,980 --> 00:16:04,980 Look, you better give me that ticket for safekeeping. 398 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:06,980 I'll put it in the safe down at the office 399 00:16:06,980 --> 00:16:08,980 till you're ready to turn it in. 400 00:16:08,980 --> 00:16:10,980 That's a wonderful idea, Stephen. 401 00:16:10,980 --> 00:16:12,980 It makes me nervous having it around the house. 402 00:16:12,980 --> 00:16:14,980 It's worth $150,000, Stephen, just to think of it. 403 00:16:14,980 --> 00:16:16,980 Yes. 404 00:16:16,980 --> 00:16:18,980 Harry's been pretty good to us, hasn't he? 405 00:16:18,980 --> 00:16:20,980 Oh, don't say things like that, Stephen. 406 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:22,980 Oh, I'm sorry. 407 00:16:22,980 --> 00:16:24,980 Oh, good Lord, it's nearly 10 o'clock. 408 00:16:24,980 --> 00:16:26,980 I've missed my train. 409 00:16:26,980 --> 00:16:28,980 Well, if you hurry, you can catch at 10.15. 410 00:16:28,980 --> 00:16:30,980 Yes. You won't forget your lamp. 411 00:16:30,980 --> 00:16:32,980 No, I'll start at the 10.15 shop, I promise. 412 00:16:32,980 --> 00:16:34,980 Sorry to be such a dutch uncle, darling, but 413 00:16:34,980 --> 00:16:36,980 I do worry about you. 414 00:16:36,980 --> 00:16:38,980 Well, you're wonderful to me, Stephen. 415 00:16:38,980 --> 00:16:40,980 Goodbye, darling. 416 00:16:40,980 --> 00:16:42,980 Goodbye. 417 00:16:48,980 --> 00:16:50,980 Come in quickly. 418 00:16:50,980 --> 00:16:52,980 He just this minute left the house. 419 00:16:52,980 --> 00:16:54,980 Suppose he took the ticket with him? 420 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:56,980 How did you know? 421 00:16:56,980 --> 00:16:58,980 I know a lot of things. For instance? 422 00:16:58,980 --> 00:17:00,980 The DA's ordered that autopsy on the body of your late husband. 423 00:17:00,980 --> 00:17:02,980 Oh, my stars and crown. 424 00:17:02,980 --> 00:17:04,980 I think they'll find out he was murdered. 425 00:17:04,980 --> 00:17:06,980 No. 426 00:17:06,980 --> 00:17:08,980 Oh, no. 427 00:17:08,980 --> 00:17:10,980 Stephen Archer is an insurance agent, isn't he? 428 00:17:10,980 --> 00:17:12,980 Yes, but I... 429 00:17:12,980 --> 00:17:14,980 And he insured your late husband heavily in your favor just before his death. 430 00:17:14,980 --> 00:17:16,980 Oh, well, that doesn't prove anything. 431 00:17:16,980 --> 00:17:18,980 Oh, maybe not. 432 00:17:20,980 --> 00:17:22,980 He's pretty good to you, isn't he? 433 00:17:22,980 --> 00:17:24,980 Takes you to Florida every winter, stuff like that. 434 00:17:24,980 --> 00:17:26,980 I should say not. 435 00:17:26,980 --> 00:17:28,980 How did you get such an idea? 436 00:17:28,980 --> 00:17:30,980 That coat of tan you've got? 437 00:17:30,980 --> 00:17:32,980 Oh, that's from the sun lamp. 438 00:17:32,980 --> 00:17:34,980 I had a slight cold a while back, and now Stephen 439 00:17:34,980 --> 00:17:36,980 insists that I use the sun lamp for 10 minutes every morning 440 00:17:36,980 --> 00:17:38,980 while I'm in the bath. 441 00:17:38,980 --> 00:17:40,980 While you're in the bath? 442 00:17:40,980 --> 00:17:42,980 Yes, he says it's more beneficial that way. 443 00:17:42,980 --> 00:17:44,980 It's a terrible nuisance, of course. 444 00:17:44,980 --> 00:17:46,980 The bathroom's quite small, and the lab is always toppling over 445 00:17:46,980 --> 00:17:48,980 and falling on top of me. 446 00:17:48,980 --> 00:17:50,980 How's that? 447 00:17:50,980 --> 00:17:52,980 Well, his wake up, Stephen has left the house in the morning to take my bath, 448 00:17:52,980 --> 00:17:54,980 and then he almost always forgets something at the last minute 449 00:17:54,980 --> 00:17:56,980 and comes dashing back and blundering into the bathroom, and over he goes. 450 00:17:56,980 --> 00:17:58,980 What sort of things does he forget? 451 00:17:58,980 --> 00:18:00,980 Oh, one day 452 00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:02,980 there's this clean handkerchief 453 00:18:02,980 --> 00:18:04,980 and the next some papers or other things that he needs 454 00:18:04,980 --> 00:18:06,980 or his thumb pen. 455 00:18:06,980 --> 00:18:08,980 Does he keep all those things in the bathroom? 456 00:18:08,980 --> 00:18:10,980 No, no, but he can never find where they are, so he comes 457 00:18:10,980 --> 00:18:12,980 barging into the bathroom to ask me, and then over goes the lab. 458 00:18:12,980 --> 00:18:14,980 You don't say. 459 00:18:14,980 --> 00:18:16,980 I suppose you're 460 00:18:16,980 --> 00:18:18,980 insured pretty heavily in his favor now. 461 00:18:18,980 --> 00:18:20,980 Well, it will naturally 462 00:18:20,980 --> 00:18:22,980 be in the business. 463 00:18:22,980 --> 00:18:24,980 Yes, naturally. 464 00:18:24,980 --> 00:18:26,980 Mr. Reskowitz, you don't say that. 465 00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:28,980 I don't think anything yet. 466 00:18:28,980 --> 00:18:30,980 Oh dear, what ever shall I do? 467 00:18:30,980 --> 00:18:32,980 I tell you what, there's a way to find out 468 00:18:32,980 --> 00:18:34,980 if you'll cooperate with me. 469 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:36,980 With your acting experience, this ought to be easy for you. 470 00:18:36,980 --> 00:18:38,980 Now this is what I'd like to... 471 00:18:50,980 --> 00:18:52,980 Ah, Stephen, Stephen, 472 00:18:52,980 --> 00:18:54,980 this is Mr. Westcott. He's 473 00:18:54,980 --> 00:18:56,980 with the bulletin. 474 00:18:56,980 --> 00:18:58,980 Oh, yes, what can we do for you, Mr. Westcott? 475 00:18:58,980 --> 00:19:00,980 I stopped in the district attorney's office on my way here, 476 00:19:00,980 --> 00:19:02,980 Mr. Archer. They've just completed an autopsy 477 00:19:02,980 --> 00:19:04,980 on the body of Harry Meade. 478 00:19:04,980 --> 00:19:06,980 It wasn't my idea, Stephen. Believe me, it wasn't. 479 00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:08,980 You understand, of course, I'm not with the police. 480 00:19:08,980 --> 00:19:10,980 I'm in this for a news story. 481 00:19:10,980 --> 00:19:12,980 Or anything else that might come my way. 482 00:19:12,980 --> 00:19:14,980 I see. I might be able to help you people 483 00:19:14,980 --> 00:19:16,980 if you'll tell me the truth. 484 00:19:16,980 --> 00:19:18,980 What was the result of the autopsy? 485 00:19:18,980 --> 00:19:20,980 The report isn't made out yet, but I think they'll find 486 00:19:20,980 --> 00:19:22,980 he died of a blow over the head. 487 00:19:22,980 --> 00:19:24,980 Sit down, Mr. Westcott. 488 00:19:24,980 --> 00:19:26,980 I might as well tell you everything. 489 00:19:26,980 --> 00:19:28,980 Josie, you don't have to tell this man anything. 490 00:19:28,980 --> 00:19:30,980 Let me do this in my own way. 491 00:19:30,980 --> 00:19:32,980 You see, Mr. Westcott, 492 00:19:32,980 --> 00:19:34,980 it was all my doing. 493 00:19:34,980 --> 00:19:36,980 Stephen was in no way to blame for what happened. 494 00:19:36,980 --> 00:19:38,980 He used to come over in the evenings 495 00:19:38,980 --> 00:19:40,980 to see Harry, not me. 496 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:42,980 But the more I saw him, 497 00:19:42,980 --> 00:19:44,980 the stronger the feeling grew on my part. 498 00:19:44,980 --> 00:19:46,980 Harry was 499 00:19:46,980 --> 00:19:48,980 heavily insured in my favor. 500 00:19:48,980 --> 00:19:50,980 Oh, Josie. 501 00:19:50,980 --> 00:19:52,980 He never took me seriously. He always scoffed at my love 502 00:19:52,980 --> 00:19:54,980 for the theater. 503 00:19:54,980 --> 00:19:56,980 And I couldn't help thinking how opportune 504 00:19:56,980 --> 00:19:58,980 it would be if anything 505 00:19:58,980 --> 00:20:00,980 took him away from me. 506 00:20:00,980 --> 00:20:02,980 Do I make myself clear, Mr. Westcott? 507 00:20:02,980 --> 00:20:04,980 Gone. 508 00:20:04,980 --> 00:20:06,980 Well, the night Harry 509 00:20:06,980 --> 00:20:08,980 died, he had gone 510 00:20:08,980 --> 00:20:10,980 out in the back of the house, 511 00:20:10,980 --> 00:20:12,980 you see, to get some air. 512 00:20:12,980 --> 00:20:14,980 I was doing the dishes and it came over me all of a sudden 513 00:20:14,980 --> 00:20:16,980 what I had to do. 514 00:20:16,980 --> 00:20:18,980 So I dried my hands and went 515 00:20:18,980 --> 00:20:20,980 upstairs and got out an old 516 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:22,980 flat iron I no longer use. 517 00:20:22,980 --> 00:20:24,980 And I came downstairs with it 518 00:20:24,980 --> 00:20:26,980 under my apron and went out to where Harry 519 00:20:26,980 --> 00:20:28,980 was. 520 00:20:28,980 --> 00:20:30,980 Well, I stood there talking with him for a 521 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:32,980 moment. And I waited till 522 00:20:32,980 --> 00:20:34,980 he turned his back to me. 523 00:20:34,980 --> 00:20:36,980 And then I...I 524 00:20:36,980 --> 00:20:38,980 did it. You did what? 525 00:20:38,980 --> 00:20:40,980 Well, I... 526 00:20:40,980 --> 00:20:42,980 I swung the flat iron by its handle 527 00:20:42,980 --> 00:20:44,980 squarely at the back of his head. 528 00:20:44,980 --> 00:20:46,980 He...he didn't die right 529 00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:48,980 away, but he was unconscious and 530 00:20:48,980 --> 00:20:50,980 I could see it was all over. 531 00:20:50,980 --> 00:20:52,980 He had a weak heart, you know. 532 00:20:52,980 --> 00:20:54,980 And, well, afterwards 533 00:20:54,980 --> 00:20:56,980 I...I took the iron over in the vacant 534 00:20:56,980 --> 00:20:58,980 lot and buried it. And the rest 535 00:20:58,980 --> 00:21:00,980 happened as I told you. Stephen came 536 00:21:00,980 --> 00:21:02,980 around and we carried 537 00:21:02,980 --> 00:21:04,980 him into the house. You mean you didn't 538 00:21:04,980 --> 00:21:06,980 notice the wound. Didn't it bleed? 539 00:21:06,980 --> 00:21:08,980 Well, it did a little. 540 00:21:08,980 --> 00:21:10,980 But I washed it off. 541 00:21:10,980 --> 00:21:12,980 And then I 542 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:14,980 took some pinkish face enamel I had left 543 00:21:14,980 --> 00:21:16,980 over from the days when I was an actress and I 544 00:21:16,980 --> 00:21:18,980 plastered that over the wound 545 00:21:18,980 --> 00:21:20,980 and even powdered it 546 00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:22,980 so it'd be less noticeable. 547 00:21:22,980 --> 00:21:24,980 I made a good job of it because 548 00:21:24,980 --> 00:21:26,980 after all, I do know something about 549 00:21:26,980 --> 00:21:28,980 those things, you know, 550 00:21:28,980 --> 00:21:30,980 makeup. So 551 00:21:30,980 --> 00:21:32,980 that's why the doctor never noticed it 552 00:21:32,980 --> 00:21:34,980 when he examined Harry's body. 553 00:21:34,980 --> 00:21:36,980 Josie, I... 554 00:21:36,980 --> 00:21:38,980 I can't believe it. Forgive me, 555 00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:40,980 Mr. Wescott, but this is a terrible, terrible 556 00:21:40,980 --> 00:21:42,980 shock to me. Well, now you know everything. 557 00:21:42,980 --> 00:21:44,980 I suppose you may as well drive me 558 00:21:44,980 --> 00:21:46,980 to police headquarters. 559 00:21:46,980 --> 00:21:48,980 Why should I? You mean 560 00:21:48,980 --> 00:21:50,980 you aren't going to turn me in? That 561 00:21:50,980 --> 00:21:52,980 dent in his head could have been made by the men 562 00:21:52,980 --> 00:21:54,980 who exhumed the body. 563 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:56,980 You and I are the only witnesses to that, 564 00:21:56,980 --> 00:21:58,980 Mrs. Archer. But, yeah, but look here, 565 00:21:58,980 --> 00:22:00,980 can't they tell me? In most cases, in this case, 566 00:22:00,980 --> 00:22:02,980 the body happens to be in a remarkably fine 567 00:22:02,980 --> 00:22:04,980 state of preservation. 568 00:22:04,980 --> 00:22:06,980 Besides, if I do you 569 00:22:06,980 --> 00:22:08,980 a favor, maybe you'll cut me 570 00:22:08,980 --> 00:22:10,980 in for a little of that sweepstakes ticket. 571 00:22:10,980 --> 00:22:12,980 Anything? 572 00:22:12,980 --> 00:22:14,980 Anything you like? 573 00:22:14,980 --> 00:22:16,980 Good. 574 00:22:16,980 --> 00:22:18,980 I'll come back tomorrow and we'll talk it over. 575 00:22:18,980 --> 00:22:20,980 Good night. Good night, Mr. 576 00:22:20,980 --> 00:22:22,980 Wescott. And thanks. 577 00:22:22,980 --> 00:22:24,980 Thanks from the bottom of our hearts. 578 00:22:24,980 --> 00:22:26,980 Good night, Mrs. Archer. 579 00:22:26,980 --> 00:22:28,980 Good night. 580 00:22:30,980 --> 00:22:32,980 Well, my dear. Stephen. 581 00:22:32,980 --> 00:22:34,980 I've got to do a little thinking, Josie. 582 00:22:34,980 --> 00:22:36,980 This, uh, this changes 583 00:22:36,980 --> 00:22:38,980 things considerably. It won't make any difference between us, 584 00:22:38,980 --> 00:22:40,980 will it, Stephen? I did it for 585 00:22:40,980 --> 00:22:42,980 us so we could be together. 586 00:22:42,980 --> 00:22:44,980 You of all people, and going 587 00:22:44,980 --> 00:22:46,980 out there and then looking at his body. But he was so 588 00:22:46,980 --> 00:22:48,980 well preserved, Stephen, he just looked as if he was 589 00:22:48,980 --> 00:22:50,980 sleeping. 590 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:52,980 Isn't that peculiar? What is? 591 00:22:52,980 --> 00:22:54,980 Well, that he was looking so well. 592 00:22:54,980 --> 00:22:56,980 After all, it's been 593 00:22:56,980 --> 00:22:58,980 some time. It's just like 594 00:22:58,980 --> 00:23:00,980 in the Emerald Snuff Box. What? 595 00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:02,980 The Emerald Snuff Box, you remember, I played it for 596 00:23:02,980 --> 00:23:04,980 thirty-three weeks at the Court Theatre opposite 597 00:23:04,980 --> 00:23:06,980 Henry Dixie. That was how they knew 598 00:23:06,980 --> 00:23:08,980 that it was poison, because the way 599 00:23:08,980 --> 00:23:10,980 the body looked after all that time. 600 00:23:10,980 --> 00:23:12,980 Poison? 601 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:14,980 Well, those bungling police doctors will never 602 00:23:14,980 --> 00:23:16,980 find it out. We can shut up 603 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:18,980 that pool of a reporter with a sweepstakes ticket. 604 00:23:18,980 --> 00:23:20,980 That was a windfall anyway. We'll 605 00:23:20,980 --> 00:23:22,980 never miss it. But Stephen, we can't count on things 606 00:23:22,980 --> 00:23:24,980 turning out the way we want them to. 607 00:23:24,980 --> 00:23:26,980 I made that confession just to give us 608 00:23:26,980 --> 00:23:28,980 a little time. We could take a plane in the morning 609 00:23:28,980 --> 00:23:30,980 and be in South America in a few hours. Oh, no, that'd 610 00:23:30,980 --> 00:23:32,980 be very foolish. No, my dear, 611 00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:34,980 our best strategy is just to go on as 612 00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:36,980 we always have. I'll take the train into the office, 613 00:23:36,980 --> 00:23:38,980 you'll take your bath and sun lamp, and 614 00:23:38,980 --> 00:23:40,980 we'll be the same loving couple 615 00:23:40,980 --> 00:23:42,980 as we always have been. 616 00:23:52,980 --> 00:23:54,980 Josie! 617 00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:56,980 I'm up here, Stephen, in the bath. 618 00:23:56,980 --> 00:23:58,980 Demi, have you got any idea where my iron pills are? 619 00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:00,980 I went off without them. Well, they're on the sideboard 620 00:24:00,980 --> 00:24:02,980 in the dining room. You know perfectly well. 621 00:24:02,980 --> 00:24:04,980 What's that? I said they're on the sideboard. 622 00:24:04,980 --> 00:24:06,980 I can't hear you, dear. Mind if I open the door 623 00:24:06,980 --> 00:24:08,980 just a bit? No, Stephen, the sun lamp's right in front 624 00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:10,980 of the door. When I move it. That you say? 625 00:24:10,980 --> 00:24:12,980 I said don't open the door. The lamp, 626 00:24:12,980 --> 00:24:14,980 Stephen. 627 00:24:14,980 --> 00:24:16,980 Oh, Stephen! No, Stephen! 628 00:24:16,980 --> 00:24:18,980 No! 629 00:24:26,980 --> 00:24:28,980 Josie. 630 00:24:30,980 --> 00:24:32,980 Josie. 631 00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:34,980 Josie! 632 00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:38,980 Well, that's that. 633 00:24:38,980 --> 00:24:40,980 Now who the devil? 634 00:24:42,980 --> 00:24:44,980 All right, I'm coming. 635 00:24:52,980 --> 00:24:54,980 Mr. Archer? Yes? 636 00:24:54,980 --> 00:24:56,980 My name is Madison, Bureau of Detectives. 637 00:24:56,980 --> 00:24:58,980 Oh, yes, Inspector, come in. This is 638 00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:00,980 most opportune. You're coming just in time. 639 00:25:00,980 --> 00:25:02,980 I was just about to telephone the police. 640 00:25:02,980 --> 00:25:04,980 Oh? The most terrible thing has happened. 641 00:25:04,980 --> 00:25:06,980 My poor wife. Your wife? 642 00:25:06,980 --> 00:25:08,980 She was in the bath taking her sun lamp treatment. 643 00:25:08,980 --> 00:25:10,980 Like a blundering fool, I opened the door and the lamp 644 00:25:10,980 --> 00:25:12,980 fell over into the tub. I ran downstairs to cut off 645 00:25:12,980 --> 00:25:14,980 the house current, but before I got back, she must... 646 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:16,980 Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ran all the way 647 00:25:16,980 --> 00:25:18,980 downstairs to cut off the house current. Why didn't 648 00:25:18,980 --> 00:25:20,980 you just pull out the plug? I was panicky. 649 00:25:20,980 --> 00:25:22,980 I got confused. There was a dreadful glare of light, 650 00:25:22,980 --> 00:25:24,980 sparks flying all over the place. I was half blinded. 651 00:25:24,980 --> 00:25:26,980 Where's she now? Oh, she's still in there. 652 00:25:26,980 --> 00:25:28,980 I was trying to get up my nerve to go in 653 00:25:28,980 --> 00:25:30,980 when the doorbell rang. I couldn't 654 00:25:30,980 --> 00:25:32,980 bear to see her like that, Inspector. 655 00:25:32,980 --> 00:25:34,980 Electrocuted. It's too horrible. 656 00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:36,980 Well, we'll go up there and have a look. 657 00:25:36,980 --> 00:25:38,980 Probably too late, though. Yes, Inspector, 658 00:25:38,980 --> 00:25:40,980 I'm afraid it is too late, but as you say, 659 00:25:40,980 --> 00:25:42,980 we must do all we can. Yeah. 660 00:25:42,980 --> 00:25:44,980 Well, Miss Darcher, this certainly happened 661 00:25:44,980 --> 00:25:46,980 at an opportune time, as you say. 662 00:25:46,980 --> 00:25:48,980 Yes. A warrant has just been 663 00:25:48,980 --> 00:25:50,980 sworn out for your wife's arrest 664 00:25:50,980 --> 00:25:52,980 for the murder of her first husband, Harry Meade. 665 00:25:52,980 --> 00:25:54,980 This reporter here from the bulletin 666 00:25:54,980 --> 00:25:56,980 said he got a confession out of her. Hello. 667 00:25:56,980 --> 00:25:58,980 Oh, poor Josie. 668 00:25:58,980 --> 00:26:00,980 Poor, poor Josie. 669 00:26:00,980 --> 00:26:02,980 Oh, perhaps it's just as well 670 00:26:02,980 --> 00:26:04,980 it happened this way. Is it, Stephen? 671 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:06,980 Is it just as well? Josie! 672 00:26:06,980 --> 00:26:08,980 Well, Mrs. Darcher, congratulations. 673 00:26:08,980 --> 00:26:10,980 You carried it off with flying colors. 674 00:26:10,980 --> 00:26:12,980 What do you mean, carried it off? 675 00:26:12,980 --> 00:26:14,980 Five stars and crown, Stephen. I wasn't even 676 00:26:14,980 --> 00:26:16,980 in the tub. I just stood behind the door 677 00:26:16,980 --> 00:26:18,980 and screamed when the lamp went out. 678 00:26:18,980 --> 00:26:20,980 My Josie, you ought to be ashamed 679 00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:22,980 of yourself giving me a fright like that. 680 00:26:22,980 --> 00:26:24,980 It's no good you're pretending any longer, Stephen. 681 00:26:24,980 --> 00:26:26,980 Mr. Westcott was absolutely right. 682 00:26:26,980 --> 00:26:28,980 You're nothing but a 683 00:26:28,980 --> 00:26:30,980 common murderer. 684 00:26:30,980 --> 00:26:32,980 Josie! Surely you 685 00:26:32,980 --> 00:26:34,980 don't believe that I... That is what my 686 00:26:34,980 --> 00:26:36,980 confession was for, you goose, 687 00:26:36,980 --> 00:26:38,980 to trap you. They know all 688 00:26:38,980 --> 00:26:40,980 about how you killed poor Harry. 689 00:26:40,980 --> 00:26:42,980 Well, you got the poison and everything. 690 00:26:42,980 --> 00:26:44,980 Don't you, Inspector? That's right, Mrs. Darcher. 691 00:26:44,980 --> 00:26:46,980 Why, you're worse than Sheldon Lewis was in 692 00:26:46,980 --> 00:26:48,980 the iron claw. You would stoop to anything. 693 00:26:48,980 --> 00:26:50,980 Ah, stars and crown when I 694 00:26:50,980 --> 00:26:52,980 think. What might have happened if Harry 695 00:26:52,980 --> 00:26:54,980 hadn't had on his new blue surge when he bought 696 00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:56,980 that sweet steak ticket? Well, officer, 697 00:26:56,980 --> 00:26:58,980 do your duty. 698 00:26:58,980 --> 00:27:00,980 Josie. 699 00:27:00,980 --> 00:27:02,980 Some little Josie. 700 00:27:02,980 --> 00:27:04,980 Well, I guess this about ties it. 701 00:27:04,980 --> 00:27:06,980 Come on, Archer, let's go. Up on your feet. 702 00:27:06,980 --> 00:27:08,980 Yes, Stephen. Up with 703 00:27:08,980 --> 00:27:10,980 the buttercup. 704 00:27:20,980 --> 00:27:22,980 Suspense! 705 00:27:22,980 --> 00:27:24,980 Presented by Roma Wines, 706 00:27:24,980 --> 00:27:26,980 R-O-M-A, made in 707 00:27:26,980 --> 00:27:28,980 California for enjoyment 708 00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:30,980 throughout the world. Before 709 00:27:30,980 --> 00:27:32,980 we hear again from Agnes Moorhead, the star 710 00:27:32,980 --> 00:27:34,980 of Post Mortem, tonight's Suspense Play, 711 00:27:34,980 --> 00:27:36,980 this is Truman Bradley for Roma 712 00:27:36,980 --> 00:27:38,980 Wines. Here's a trick 713 00:27:38,980 --> 00:27:40,980 in taste magic that will help you 714 00:27:40,980 --> 00:27:42,980 win family praises, even for 715 00:27:42,980 --> 00:27:44,980 meals made of leftovers. 716 00:27:44,980 --> 00:27:46,980 To bring out the full flavor of any meal, 717 00:27:46,980 --> 00:27:48,980 to add color and zest to 718 00:27:48,980 --> 00:27:50,980 the table, serve Red Roma 719 00:27:50,980 --> 00:27:52,980 California Burgundy. 720 00:27:52,980 --> 00:27:54,980 A glass full of robust, full-bodied 721 00:27:54,980 --> 00:27:56,980 Roma Burgundy lends warmed-over 722 00:27:56,980 --> 00:27:58,980 pot roast a new lease on taste. 723 00:27:58,980 --> 00:28:00,980 Gives twice-served meatloaf 724 00:28:00,980 --> 00:28:02,980 that tempting first-meal flavor. 725 00:28:02,980 --> 00:28:04,980 Yes, there's greater 726 00:28:04,980 --> 00:28:06,980 dining pleasure in simple meals 727 00:28:06,980 --> 00:28:08,980 served with the rich, satisfying 728 00:28:08,980 --> 00:28:10,980 goodness of Roma Burgundy. 729 00:28:10,980 --> 00:28:12,980 For superb Roma Burgundy makes plain 730 00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:14,980 foods taste great, makes 731 00:28:14,980 --> 00:28:16,980 great foods even better. 732 00:28:16,980 --> 00:28:18,980 And delicious Roma Burgundy can grace 733 00:28:18,980 --> 00:28:20,980 your table often, for Roma costs 734 00:28:20,980 --> 00:28:22,980 just pennies a glass. 735 00:28:22,980 --> 00:28:24,980 Get Roma Burgundy tomorrow. 736 00:28:24,980 --> 00:28:26,980 Give zest and character 737 00:28:26,980 --> 00:28:28,980 to your next meal. 738 00:28:28,980 --> 00:28:30,980 Incest on Roma, R-O-M-A, 739 00:28:30,980 --> 00:28:32,980 Roma Wines, made 740 00:28:32,980 --> 00:28:34,980 in California for enjoyment 741 00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:36,980 throughout the world. 742 00:28:36,980 --> 00:28:38,980 This is Agnes Moorhead. 743 00:28:38,980 --> 00:28:40,980 It is always like coming home again to do 744 00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:42,980 suspense. You know, Vincent Price 745 00:28:42,980 --> 00:28:44,980 came out to Metragolan Mayor the other day 746 00:28:44,980 --> 00:28:46,980 to see a private showing of the Green Years 747 00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:48,980 of Listening. And afterwards he told me 748 00:28:48,980 --> 00:28:50,980 all about next Thursday's Suspense show 749 00:28:50,980 --> 00:28:52,980 on which he's going to be the star. 750 00:28:52,980 --> 00:28:54,980 Be sure and listen in because it sounds 751 00:28:54,980 --> 00:28:56,980 wonderful. Next Thursday, 752 00:28:56,980 --> 00:28:58,980 same time, Roma Wines will bring you Vincent 753 00:28:58,980 --> 00:29:00,980 Price as star of 754 00:29:00,980 --> 00:29:02,980 Suspense, radio's outstanding 755 00:29:02,980 --> 00:29:04,980 theater of thrills. 756 00:29:04,980 --> 00:29:06,980 Produced by 757 00:29:06,980 --> 00:29:08,980 William Spear for the Roma Wine Company 758 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:10,980 of Fresno, California. 759 00:29:10,980 --> 00:29:20,980 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.