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Yes, right now, a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring 00:57.880 --> 01:02.880 you Henry Daniel in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 01:02.880 --> 01:21.360 My dear Mosher, forgive me if I dash this letter off rather hurriedly. There are but 01:21.360 --> 01:26.480 a very few minutes remaining for me, the few minutes between now and midnight. You've always 01:26.480 --> 01:30.840 protested my fascination with the subject of death. It irks you to hear me discuss the 01:30.840 --> 01:36.320 latest electrocution or hanging. You alone, Mosher, will know how this fascination has 01:36.320 --> 01:42.400 led me to this terrible moment. I should like you to have the facts. First of all, let me 01:42.400 --> 01:49.760 recall a conversation which we held here in my study a little over a year ago. 01:49.760 --> 01:54.280 There you go again, Bronson, death and murder. Really, you're unhealthy. You're... 01:54.280 --> 01:59.920 Please, please, Mosher, just answer my question. Why do men behave as they do? What keeps them 01:59.920 --> 02:04.480 from breaking loose? Why don't they kill one another as animals do? Why, because they aren't 02:04.480 --> 02:08.400 animals. But my dear Mosher, being neither vegetable nor mineral, they must be animals. 02:08.400 --> 02:14.760 What I mean is... If you don't know the answer, I do. So? I have been studying the question 02:14.760 --> 02:20.160 for some time, and I am prepared to prove, in fact, I am going to prove, that there are 02:20.160 --> 02:25.920 five basic checks which serve to restrain man from murdering his fellow man. Really, 02:25.920 --> 02:30.600 Bronson, I... The obvious corollary is that murder occurs only when some stronger drive 02:30.600 --> 02:35.640 overrides these five basic checks. You make it sound very simple. It is simple. And what 02:35.640 --> 02:41.920 are these five basic checks? A murder is composed of four elements. The murderer, the motive, 02:41.920 --> 02:47.000 the opportunity, and the victim. I shall select five men, each of whom I shall predispose 02:47.000 --> 02:51.200 to murder, and then restrain from murder by the particular check I am testing on him. 02:51.200 --> 02:55.520 Personally, I'd rather play with rattlesnakes. Then, having found my men, I simply supply 02:55.520 --> 03:00.400 each with a motive. Greed, revenge, jealousy. I see. And your next step must be to give 03:00.400 --> 03:05.680 each man an opportunity. Precisely. And finally, I must supply a victim. You will ask this 03:05.680 --> 03:10.960 victim to face five men, each standing to derive satisfaction or profit from murdering 03:10.960 --> 03:15.240 him? Correct. His only chance of survival being the correctness of your theory of checks 03:15.240 --> 03:20.560 in all five instances? Yes. And do you seriously imagine you will persuade any man to have 03:20.560 --> 03:27.160 such utter confidence in your reckoning? There is one such man. Who? Myself. Thompson, this 03:27.160 --> 03:33.160 is insane. Why? Why should I hesitate to risk high stakes on a sure thing? But your life. 03:33.160 --> 03:38.920 I tell you there is no danger whatsoever. When will you begin your experiment? I suppose 03:38.920 --> 03:47.520 in about... well, why wait? Why don't we begin right now? Mosher, I invite you to kill me. 03:47.520 --> 03:52.280 What? There's a revolver right here in my desk. You're joking, Branson. What possible 03:52.280 --> 04:00.280 motive would I have for murdering you? Motive. Well, we are known to be associated rather 04:00.280 --> 04:04.920 closely in our work. You will come naturally into my entire practice. I'll put that in 04:04.920 --> 04:11.320 writing. Why, it's preposterous. Why? Why don't you kill me then, Mosher? Why, there 04:11.320 --> 04:15.640 are dozens of reasons. In the first place, I'd go to the electric chair for it and... 04:15.640 --> 04:22.720 Ah, there you are. A perfect illustration of the first and most obvious check. Man refrains 04:22.720 --> 04:31.320 from killing because he himself will be killed by law. The first? What about the last? Ah, 04:31.320 --> 04:48.040 that my dear doctor remains to be seen. For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Henry 04:48.040 --> 04:55.160 Daniel in The Last Letter of Dr. Branson, a radio play by Richard Crake and Leonard Sinclair. 04:55.160 --> 05:08.560 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 05:08.560 --> 05:13.120 Between the acts of suspense, this is Ken Niles asking our suspense audience to allow 05:13.120 --> 05:18.520 me to make an important announcement to Roma wine dealers throughout America. 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I had to locate my four subjects. 07:18.280 --> 07:21.880 I had to cultivate the friendship of each so that when the time should come to confront 07:21.880 --> 07:29.560 him with my proposition, I should be certain of how he would act. The first of my four 07:29.560 --> 07:35.960 potential murderers was a clerk named Totten. Totten was badly in death. His wife was in 07:35.960 --> 07:42.640 the hospital about to undergo an extensive operation. And he was a deeply religious man. 07:42.640 --> 07:48.160 We went to church together on Sunday evenings at St. Stephen's, right around the corner 07:48.160 --> 07:54.240 from my apartment. One Sunday evening after the service, I asked him up to my apartment 07:54.240 --> 08:00.600 and we walked along and we talked. You know, Dr. Bronson, I was talking about you to my 08:00.600 --> 08:05.440 wife the other day before they took her to the hospital. I was saying what a great comfort 08:05.440 --> 08:10.040 it was to be with you these Sunday nights. Oh, now come Mr. Totten, you embarrass me. 08:10.040 --> 08:15.240 No, I mean it. In the world today, too many people seem to feel that they no longer need 08:15.240 --> 08:21.240 their God. Yes. Their lives are void of the great thing you have in your faith. Church 08:21.240 --> 08:27.480 is a great comfort to me. And I do need something to cling to in times like these. Totten, you 08:27.480 --> 08:32.760 could make rather good use of $5,000, couldn't you? He doesn't like you to make fun of my 08:32.760 --> 08:38.040 poverty. I am quite sincere. Do you know what even $100 would mean to me? And at present 08:38.040 --> 08:43.000 more than ever? Yes, with your wife's misfortune. Isn't this your apartment that we're passing? 08:43.000 --> 08:47.480 I want to go in the side way. We should be unobserved. Unobserved? You'll understand 08:47.480 --> 08:56.480 presently. Please come into my study. Now, you'll take this chair opposite my desk. Thank 08:56.480 --> 09:02.600 you. Totten, you said that even $100 would be a great help to you. Here in my desk, I 09:02.600 --> 09:10.880 have this little package containing $5,000. It's yours. What could I do for you that would 09:10.880 --> 09:17.200 be worth all that money? Let me explain. My doctor called on me yesterday and he told 09:17.200 --> 09:24.640 me, well, to be quite frank with you, Totten, he said that I was slowly going mad. Oh no, 09:24.640 --> 09:29.640 doctor. That couldn't be. I'm quite all right at present, but it's only a matter of time. 09:29.640 --> 09:36.080 I'd rather not have to face it. I believe you can understand that. But there must be 09:36.080 --> 09:42.520 something you can do knowing in advance. There is. And I want you to help me. I don't understand. 09:42.520 --> 09:47.120 Put on these gloves. Take them. But why? As soon as you have them on, I shall hand you 09:47.120 --> 09:54.840 this small bottle. Notice, I am clearly impressing my fingerprints on it. Finally here on the 09:54.840 --> 09:59.680 desk, I'm leaving this note explaining that I have committed suicide. Suicide? When the 09:59.680 --> 10:03.920 bottle is in your hand, I want you to remove the stopper and empty the contents upon my 10:03.920 --> 10:10.400 outstretched tongue. Thus, I will be dead within a few seconds. Then you may leave by the same 10:10.400 --> 10:17.800 way we came in. You will be quite unnoticed. And with the $5,000 in your pocket. $5,000? 10:17.800 --> 10:24.680 What do you say? I... You can't die yet. You're not ready. Shall I be any readier when I 10:24.680 --> 10:31.360 have gone mad? Of course it's... But... You can't take the matter of life and death into 10:31.360 --> 10:37.120 your own hands. Precisely. I have certain scruples in the matter. That's why I'm asking 10:37.120 --> 10:42.200 you to do this for me. I'm very sorry. I can't oblige you. If it's the law, you fear... 10:42.200 --> 10:47.560 No, it's not that. You seem to have arranged that perfectly. Then what is it? I am an honest 10:47.560 --> 10:53.800 Christian. I thought you were, Dr. Brotzer. If you don't understand why I can't do this 10:53.800 --> 11:00.800 monstrous thing, I suggest you look up the Sixth Commandment. Good night. 11:00.800 --> 11:15.320 So Moshe, my second point was proved. Man refrains from killing because it is against 11:15.320 --> 11:21.920 his religious principles. Hands to the clock now read fifteen minutes to midnight. One 11:21.920 --> 11:28.520 quarter of an hour in which to complete this report. My third proposition called for an 11:28.520 --> 11:33.600 entirely different sort of man. In fact, the very antithesis of Totten. For a number of 11:33.600 --> 11:37.920 nights I frequented the rougher districts of the city. At first I had no luck. Then, 11:37.920 --> 11:43.320 one night, I came upon my man very unexpectedly. I was walking along one of the darker streets 11:43.320 --> 11:55.120 with no one in view. He was a man slumped down beside an ass can. He had been shot in the 11:55.120 --> 11:59.720 chest and left arm, severing an artery. He was bleeding profusely. I tore off his shirt 11:59.720 --> 12:03.320 and made a tourniquet for his arm. Oddly, no one came into the alley to investigate. Never 12:03.320 --> 12:06.840 mind me. Get away. Was this a gang shooting? What do you think? I think you're going to 12:06.840 --> 12:10.320 the hospital. No, no, no. I had to squawk to the cops. Come on. I'll help you to your 12:10.320 --> 12:14.320 head. No, I ain't going. You'll die, man, if you're not treated quickly. I ain't going, 12:14.320 --> 12:25.600 I tell you. No cops. No cops. No. His name was Matt Doyle. I visited Doyle in the hospital 12:25.600 --> 12:31.720 almost every day. Several months later, I decided to put him to the test. I found Doyle 12:31.720 --> 12:35.840 in one of his hangouts and brought him to my apartment. And for the second time, I carefully 12:35.840 --> 12:41.560 explained my proposition. Oh, that's the angle, huh? Then you understand. Here are the gloves. 12:41.560 --> 12:46.560 Here is the suicide note. And here is the.45 caliber automatic. You are familiar with this 12:46.560 --> 12:52.920 type of weapon I take it? Familiar? You kidding, bud? Is this on a level or are you nuts? Absolutely 12:52.920 --> 12:59.040 on the level. And I am not nuts. You're what? The water dough is mine if I kill you? That's 12:59.040 --> 13:04.280 right. And nobody will know I done it? No one. Well, these gloves is kind of small for 13:04.280 --> 13:08.480 me. That's all right. They'll do. Yeah, yeah. You want me to put on the other one? It's 13:08.480 --> 13:16.760 safer. Yeah, I guess it is. Doyle, I want you to understand exactly what you're doing. 13:16.760 --> 13:21.760 Without any justifiable cause, merely for the sake of money, you are going to murder me. 13:21.760 --> 13:26.240 You understand that? Yeah, sure, sure. You've been hired to do this before. Well, yeah, 13:26.240 --> 13:30.960 I suppose you ain't going to hate to talk about it now that you're going to. But you've 13:30.960 --> 13:37.920 never killed a friend, have you? Well, yeah, yeah, I have. Anyway, there was my pals until 13:37.920 --> 13:44.400 they got into the boss's way. But when the boss would say slip it to him, that was just 13:44.400 --> 13:51.840 another job to me. But you, I don't know. What? No, no, I can't do it. But I thought 13:51.840 --> 13:56.120 you'd say. Here, here, take these gloves. Afraid of the law? No, I'm not. What's the 13:56.120 --> 14:01.560 matter then? Is it because I'm your friend? No, it's more than that. It should be an act 14:01.560 --> 14:07.560 of true friendship. No, I can't do it. Look, I'm sorry, Doc. I ain't the guy. Look, you 14:07.560 --> 14:14.520 saved my life. So that's it. I'm sorry. I wish you could help me. Yeah, yeah, me too. 14:14.520 --> 14:17.680 But not that, Doc. Look, if there's any other person you want me to take care of, that's 14:17.680 --> 14:29.120 a no, no, no, there's nothing. Thank you. Just the same. There was my third proposition. 14:29.120 --> 14:34.440 Man will not kill fellow man if a sufficient degree of gratitude has been invoked. Even 14:34.440 --> 14:39.480 a professional killer, one of the lowest examples of human life such as Doyle, could not bring 14:39.480 --> 14:51.120 himself to murder his benefactor. My next subject was altogether different in temperament. 14:51.120 --> 14:58.080 With Judith Ainsley, I used a special technique. I first encountered Judith Ainsley when I 14:58.080 --> 15:02.760 operated on Barrett Sheffield, the actor. You will recall that Sheffield was brought 15:02.760 --> 15:07.640 to the hospital with a lung abscess. As I was preparing to do the rib resection, I noticed 15:07.640 --> 15:23.360 that the nurse standing beside me was greatly agitated. Retract his doctor. Thanks. Doctor, 15:23.360 --> 15:27.640 do you think this is advisable? What, what? His dyspnea is more pronounced. Listen. A 15:27.640 --> 15:31.920 daintily, another hematopathy. But he's getting blue. Doctor, do you think he really should? 15:31.920 --> 15:40.720 He's, he's dynotic. It's Ainsley. I'm sorry, doctor, but it's anything. Doctor, doctor. 15:40.720 --> 15:59.320 Cathy, quickly. Please, quickly. Here it is. Well, that's that. Yes, that's that. Miss 15:59.320 --> 16:03.280 Ainsley, what's the matter with you? You've been acting strangely all through this operation. 16:03.280 --> 16:07.280 You killed him. You killed him. You should have never gone ahead. You know that. I warned 16:07.280 --> 16:11.160 you. I shall see to it, Miss Ainsley, that you are never assigned to one of my cases 16:11.160 --> 16:15.120 again. What's the matter with you anyway? Have you never seen a poor manuever before? 16:15.120 --> 16:22.880 Or does it upset you to see a handsome actor like Barrett Sheffield die? Yes, it did. 16:22.880 --> 16:45.520 Oh. Yes. We were going to be married next week. If I ever saw hate, cold, undying hate, 16:45.520 --> 16:55.320 within that girl's eyes, I had made the most implacable enemy of my life. I inquired about 16:55.320 --> 17:00.080 Miss Ainsley and learned she'd done four years of medical and was now interning at Peders 17:00.080 --> 17:04.560 of Lebanon in the hope of picking up a resident fellowship. I went down to the hospital and 17:04.560 --> 17:09.520 waited for her in the doctor's lounge. Presently, she came in with another intern. I stood up. 17:09.520 --> 17:15.920 She turned and looked at me. I saw again in her eyes that inexorable hate. She had never 17:15.920 --> 17:23.280 forgiven me for what she incorrectly felt was my error in judgment. I walked towards her. 17:23.280 --> 17:32.480 Excuse me, please. I see you remember me, Miss Ainsley. Yes. Will you excuse me, please? 17:32.480 --> 17:36.160 Miss Ainsley, you may not believe this, but I have come here especially to talk to you 17:36.160 --> 17:45.040 today. To talk to me, Dr. Bronson? Yes. Sit down, won't you? Miss Ainsley. Dr. Ainsley, 17:45.040 --> 17:51.120 if you please. Oh, yes. Of course. Doctor, I have a little proposition to make to you. 17:51.120 --> 17:56.480 First of all, there are two facts I'd like to be sure of. A, you are unable to set up 17:56.480 --> 17:59.680 your own practice because you don't have the money to get started. Is that right? I don't 17:59.680 --> 18:06.120 see what business that is of yours. It happens to be true. Fine. Fact B, you still hate 18:06.120 --> 18:10.400 me and feel a strong desire to be revenged for the wrong which you consider I have done 18:10.400 --> 18:18.920 you. Yes, I'm afraid that's true, Dr. Bronson. Good. Good? Yes. You see, I want to pay someone 18:18.920 --> 18:29.020 to murder me. So once again, taking this set forth of simple conditions. I'm not sure that 18:29.020 --> 18:37.280 you're entirely sane, Doctor. Go on, you interest me. You see, it's my heart. I've had considerable 18:37.280 --> 18:43.920 damage. Coronary occlusion. Had to spend six weeks on my back. Just got out last week. 18:43.920 --> 18:48.440 Naturally, I was given digitalics. Yes, yes, I see, Doctor. You've been heavily digitized. 18:48.440 --> 18:51.520 If someone were to give you an injection of calcium gluconate, you would have an immediate 18:51.520 --> 18:59.000 heart block. Dead within a few minutes. Exactly. A simple error of judgment, unavoidable. I 18:59.000 --> 19:07.320 spent $2,000. My own practice. You'd better be careful, Doctor. You may tempt me a little 19:07.320 --> 19:12.960 too far. I thought you'd find it an attractive proposition. It'll only be an error. I will 19:12.960 --> 19:18.120 say that I'm feeling badly again, a recurrence of my pericardial pains. I'll go back to bed 19:18.120 --> 19:22.400 and ask that you be assigned to take care of me. The rest is simple. No one would ever 19:22.400 --> 19:26.680 expect you to know I had been digitized. Still, if I were on my toes, I would naturally go 19:26.680 --> 19:33.360 over your case history before giving medication of any kind. Well, yes. I suppose that's true. 19:33.360 --> 19:36.840 Professional people might think you've been a little lax. Might not have the highest regard 19:36.840 --> 19:41.360 for a new doctor who launched a career with such an unfortunate, such an unprofessional 19:41.360 --> 19:46.480 incident. And just a slight stain on your reputation for just for a very short while. 19:46.480 --> 19:52.520 You're very clever, Doctor. You knew that would do it, didn't you? I want to thank you. 19:52.520 --> 19:56.400 You've done me a great service. You mean you'll do it? You've reminded me that nothing, no 19:56.400 --> 20:02.120 money, revenge, nothing can be worth the slightest shadow of suspicion in a doctor's career. No. 20:02.120 --> 20:09.520 No, they'll never say that I lost my patience because of an error in judgment. You see, 20:09.520 --> 20:24.840 I once knew a doctor who did. There, Mercer, is my fourth check. Man, or in this case woman, 20:24.840 --> 20:37.400 trained from killing because of the fear of loss of reputation. Now, I come to the testing 20:37.400 --> 20:43.600 of my fifth subject, a man who would not murder because he couldn't bear the sight of blood, 20:43.600 --> 20:48.800 much less the responsibility for shedding it. Ladurn was my man, and I found him shortly 20:48.800 --> 20:53.360 after my search began. On that day, I saw him turn a ghastly white as a fast moving 20:53.360 --> 20:57.520 car ran over a small dog which had run into the street. Ladurn touched his throat and 20:57.520 --> 21:02.000 sent him a dead faint. I, of course, made it my business to become acquainted with him. 21:02.000 --> 21:06.480 I hadn't seen him for more than four months until tonight. He changed, I noticed, as he 21:06.480 --> 21:13.320 took his place at my desk. He's thinner. His dark eyes seem blacker than ever. And so now, 21:13.320 --> 21:23.640 for the fifth and last time, I explain the necessary details. And I have arranged everything 21:23.640 --> 21:27.880 necessary, Ladurn, to give the appearance of suicide. Here is the farewell note which 21:27.880 --> 21:33.800 I have written. It will look like suicide. That's right. And here is the knife. It is 21:33.800 --> 21:38.200 with this knife that apparently I shall have killed myself. Notice how sharp it is. Notice 21:38.200 --> 21:43.720 I am carefully putting my fingerprints on it. You've arranged everything? Everything. 21:43.720 --> 21:52.160 No one knows I'm here? No one. You want me to kill you now? I... Yes. Of course, it'll 21:52.160 --> 21:57.600 be a bit messy when a person is stabbed, his blood usually spurts out, but if you keep 21:57.600 --> 22:03.880 to one side... Why do you want to die? My doctor says I'm going insane and that I haven't 22:03.880 --> 22:11.600 got much longer. That's strange. About going mad? About him saying that you're going mad. 22:11.600 --> 22:18.800 Yes. It was a shock. I don't mean that. What do you mean? That's the same thing they told 22:18.800 --> 22:27.680 me. That is... They what? They told me over a year ago that I was going mad. But I just 22:27.680 --> 22:37.280 laughed at them. Over a year? Well, do you? Have you noticed any change? Not much. At 22:37.280 --> 22:43.600 least no change for the worse. That's good. In fact, I'm really much better. I've been 22:43.600 --> 22:50.200 having fewer and fewer of those sick spells. You remember how I was the day that dog was 22:50.200 --> 22:56.680 run over. But, Anne, you don't mean you got over those sick spells? I haven't had one 22:56.680 --> 23:07.720 in three months. Then, there isn't any check. What check? Nothing. Well, this is going to 23:07.720 --> 23:16.280 be a pretty messy business. Might as well get it over with. Nice gloves you got here. 23:16.280 --> 23:22.680 Nice and smooth on my hand. Then you're going through with it? I've got my gun right here 23:22.680 --> 23:31.360 too. Beauty, isn't it? Yes. Then, if you'll give me back the knife. Oh, no. I'd like to 23:31.360 --> 23:39.160 use the knife. I've used this gun a lot the last three months. Killed about fifty dogs. 23:39.160 --> 23:49.200 You've done that? It's very interesting. I do it after midnight. You have to know just 23:49.200 --> 23:58.480 where to hit them. Kills them instantly. But the noise. Aren't you afraid? Ah, silencer. 23:58.480 --> 24:04.600 See? I don't like to wake people up when I kill their dogs. But they'll find the bullet. 24:04.600 --> 24:08.520 They'll trace it to your gun. They're sure to get you. In a suicide, the weapon stays 24:08.520 --> 24:13.840 right beside the body where it falls. Who says this is suicide? It's murder. I'm going 24:13.840 --> 24:19.120 to murder you. That's what you asked me to do. Look here, Lydane. This has gone far enough. 24:19.120 --> 24:25.160 I was only joking. I don't want you to kill me. Yep. Five thousand. It's all here. Listen 24:25.160 --> 24:31.280 to me. I was only joking. So I do it now? No. Wait. You want it through the heart, don't 24:31.280 --> 24:38.760 you? Not yet. Can't you wait? Just a little while. What for? Well, I've been conducting 24:38.760 --> 24:44.360 a little experiment. I'd like to write an account of it before I go. What sort of an 24:44.360 --> 24:52.760 experiment? I don't think you'd understand. Well, I'll wait till midnight. Then I've got 24:52.760 --> 25:02.560 to go. There's a German police dog. A big ugly brute. But I'll wait. Thanks. Ten minutes 25:02.560 --> 25:28.520 past eleven. Yeah. You've got fifty minutes. I'll wait by the window. And so, Mosher, my 25:28.520 --> 25:34.680 experiment has ended. Strange, isn't it? That the one thing I didn't count on was the choosing 25:34.680 --> 25:41.680 of a subject who would not respond to my checks. Who in fact has no checks at all. For insanity 25:41.680 --> 25:52.720 knows no restraint. Dr. Bronson, it's midnight. He's waiting at the window. It's strange. 25:52.720 --> 26:02.600 I'm beginning to understand exactly what is going on in his mind. I wonder why. Now, I 26:02.600 --> 26:13.400 shall sign my name for the last time and lay down my pen. Then I shall look up and say, 26:13.400 --> 26:25.920 All right, Ladurn. All right, Ladurn. 26:43.400 --> 26:58.080 Suspense. Presented by Roma Wines. R-O-M-A. Made in California for enjoyment throughout 26:58.080 --> 27:04.120 the world. Now, this is Ken Niles for Roma Wines. Ladies and gentlemen, between the act 27:04.120 --> 27:08.560 of suspense, you heard me announce to Roma dealers the first release of grand estate 27:08.560 --> 27:15.320 wines by Roma. Now, I'd like to tell you, the discriminating wine users of America, 27:15.320 --> 27:22.840 more about these superb triumphs in taste luxury, grand estate wines. Naturally, I want 27:22.840 --> 27:30.080 you to try grand estate wines to see and taste the difference. 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