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Roma wines, those better tasting California wines, 8 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,000 enjoyed by more Americans than any other wine. 9 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,000 For friendly entertaining, for delightful dining. 10 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,000 Yes, right now, a glass full would be very pleasant, 11 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,000 as Roma wines bring you Eddie Bracken in a remarkable tale of... 12 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,000 Suspense! 13 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Mr. Obermeyer wasn't around, so I closed the gas station early that day and started home. 14 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000 I wasn't feeling very well. 15 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:27,000 I walked along thinking of different things, past the high school where I'd gone last year 16 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 and where Miss Wilson was still teaching, 17 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,000 past the movie theaters where they were still showing the Humphrey Bogart picture I'd seen last night. 18 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,000 I thought maybe I'd go again tonight. 19 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Then I cut through the alley to the rickety old frame building where we lived on the second floor over the store. 20 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 I hated that place. 21 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Every time I got near it, I hated it worse. 22 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,000 It was no kind of a place for us to be living. 23 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 I went up the back stairs. 24 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 I could hear Mom and Sis in the kitchen, 25 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 so I went straight to my own room and locked the door. 26 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,000 I pulled up the old floorboard and got out my things and spread them on the bed. 27 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:14,000 I pinned on the flyer's watch, that is, his wings, and strapped on the chronograph-type watch. 28 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 It said to Jimmy from Jane on it. 29 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 I looked at myself in the mirror. 30 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 I could have been a famous flyer. 31 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,000 I took off the watch and wings and looked over the other things. 32 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 There was the gold fountain pen that I had only a week. 33 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 It said, L.I.B. on it. 34 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,000 It was the kind that big executives use to sign important papers. 35 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 I tried it out a few times in front of a mirror. 36 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Elwood? 37 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Yes? 38 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Elwood! 39 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:49,000 All right, Mother. All right. 40 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,000 What are you doing home so early? Did you get fired? 41 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,000 No, I just closed up a little early. 42 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Well, you will get fired. Mr. Obermauer catches you closing up early. 43 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Oh, no, I won't. 44 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 And don't think you're going to lie around this house when you do. 45 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Your sister and I have a hard enough time as it is without having you on our necks. 46 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Well, I don't feel very well today, Mom. 47 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Don't feel very well? 48 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 It's up already. 49 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,000 No. Is that all you can think about when you come home? Food? 50 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 There isn't much else, is there? 51 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Is that so? Well, any time you get tired of using this place as a boarding house... 52 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Ah, forget it, Mom. What's this? 53 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Leave it alone. Do you have to look at everything? 54 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 What is it? 55 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,000 An old album of snapshots I found in the trunk today. 56 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Didn't know I still had it. 57 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Gee, is this me? 58 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Let me see. Mm-hmm. That's you. 59 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,000 How old was I then? 60 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Well, let me see about six. You were real cute then. 61 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Are there any pictures of Dad? 62 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,000 No. 63 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Say, I remember this place. 64 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 This is where we lived just before we came to Fairfield, wasn't it? 65 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Quite a while before. We were about eight then. 66 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Who's this? Who's this man? 67 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,000 You ought to remember him. You were almost nine when he went away. 68 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,000 I don't. Who was he? 69 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 He was your stepfather. What's the idea of tearing that up? 70 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Unless I want to. 71 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Cut it out. You got no right to tear up that picture. 72 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000 The Lord knows I got no use for that, ma'am, but you got no right to tear it up. 73 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 You had no right to marry him either. 74 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Shut up! 75 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Get out of here before I hit you again. 76 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Get out of here! Get out! 77 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 I went back to my room. 78 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 I got my things out from under the floorboard again, 79 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,000 but somehow they didn't make me feel very good the way they usually did. 80 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,000 I had an awful headache. 81 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Pretty soon I put on my hat and went out. 82 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Is the oil and water all right, Miss Wilson? 83 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 I think it is, Elwood, yes. 84 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Well, that'll be a dollar eighty, then. 85 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 All right. Here. 86 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Thanks. How's the new term going, Miss Wilson? 87 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Oh, fine so far. 88 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 I am sorry you're not with us, though, Elwood. 89 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 I was so looking forward to having you in my class this year. 90 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Well, some things just can't be helped this year, I guess. 91 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Do the students like your course, Miss Wilson? 92 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 They seem to like it fine. 93 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 I wish I could be there. 94 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Is there anything about abnormal psychology, Miss Wilson? 95 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,000 We touch on it towards the end of the course. 96 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 I read something about it. 97 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 I read some of the Freud and Adler stuff, too. 98 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Have you, Elwood? 99 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,000 You know, sometimes I think you get more real education staying out of school, 100 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 and the rest of them do staying here. 101 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Well, I try to keep up with what's going on in the world. 102 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 You're way ahead of most people, Elwood. 103 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 I hope someday you can get away from this town, 104 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,000 someplace where you can really use your ability. 105 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 You can go a long way, Elwood. 106 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Oh, I'm going to. I'm going to do something about it someday, all right. 107 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000 I know you are. Maybe between us we can figure out something, huh? 108 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Maybe we can. 109 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Can I come over and listen to your records again sometime, Miss Wilson? 110 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Of course you can, Elwood. Anytime you feel... 111 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Elwood! Oh, hey, hey, Elwood! 112 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 What's the matter? 113 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Elwood, we got a phone for Dr. Park and the police. 114 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,000 What's up? Why? 115 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,000 It's Mr. Granby. They just found him over there in the lot. 116 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Henry Granby? 117 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Yes. Our phone. You go on over, Elwood. 118 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Maybe you can do something. 119 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,000 All right. You want to come, Miss Wilson? 120 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Yes, I will. 121 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,000 I guess it must be over there on the corner where the people are. 122 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Yeah. People crowd around awful quick at something like this, don't they? 123 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Oh, they certainly do. 124 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Maybe you don't want to look. 125 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Well, I... No. 126 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Oh, that's Mr. Granby, all right. 127 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Elwood, what happened to him? 128 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 There's not much use in calling a doctor. 129 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Oh, dear. Is he... 130 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Well, you can see he's been strangled, Miss Wilson. 131 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:55,000 He's dead. 132 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,000 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Eddie Bracken in Elwood. 133 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 134 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Between the acts of Suspense, this is Ken Niles for Roma Wines. 135 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Whenever you entertain and for everyday pleasure, 136 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:28,000 your best buy in good taste is better tasting Roma Wine. 137 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Yes, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine, 138 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 because Roma gives you an important difference, 139 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:40,000 an extra goodness you enjoy in fuller bouquet, richer body, and better taste. 140 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:45,000 For to bring you wines that are superior, that taste better, 141 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Roma starts with California's choicest grapes. 142 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Then Roma master vintners with America's finest wine making resources 143 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:58,000 guide this great treasure unhurriedly to tempting taste perfection. 144 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,000 This wine is placed with mellow Roma wines of years before, 145 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:07,000 and from these reserves, the world's greatest reserves of fine wines, 146 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Roma later selects for your pleasure. 147 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:17,000 That's what makes the difference, the better taste you enjoy in Roma California wines. 148 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,000 So whether you prefer Sherry or Port, Muscatel or Toquet, 149 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,000 insist on Roma Wine. 150 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:30,000 R-O-M-A, Roma, the greatest name in wine. 151 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 And now Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, 152 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Eddie Bracken in Elwood, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 153 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Finding Mr. Gramby murdered created a terrific emotion. 154 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 At first they thought some tramp did it, 155 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,000 but they couldn't find anything missing except a Phi Beta Kappa key. 156 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,000 So they figured someone in town must have done it, 157 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:08,000 because there were quite a lot of people who didn't like Mr. Gramby at all. 158 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 You can imagine how that made them feel, 159 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,000 a little town like ours where everybody knew everybody else, 160 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:20,000 and someone you might say hello to a dozen times a day was a murderer. 161 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Friday was my afternoon off, and I was walking around town, 162 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 and I ran into Miss Wilson and Winnie Hawks. 163 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Why, hello, Elwood. 164 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Oh, hello, Miss Wilson. Hi, Winnie. 165 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Elwood Parsons, I do wish you'd stop calling me Winnie. 166 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 My name is Winifred. 167 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,000 In fact, it's Miss Hawks, to mirror acquaintances. 168 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 I always used to call you Winnie. 169 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,000 That was years ago when I was just a child. 170 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,000 Winifred's 17 now, Elwood. She's a young lady. 171 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Well, at least I'm old enough to be addressed by my right name. 172 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Okay, Winnie. 173 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 All right, then, Ellie. 174 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Say, Winnie, what's that? 175 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 What? 176 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,000 That hanging on your bracelet. 177 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Oh, that. That's just a little gold football. 178 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Andy Sawyer gave it to me. 179 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Gee, that's nice. 180 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Oh, it's all right. The whole varsity got them. 181 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Anybody might have one. 182 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Anybody? 183 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Yes, even you, if you'd ever taken the trouble to go out for the team. 184 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 The football equipment costs too much. 185 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Say, hear anything new about the murder? 186 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,000 New? My father says that if the police can't do anything, 187 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 it's high time the citizens took things into their own hands. 188 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 He's forming a vigilante committee. 189 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Oh, Winifred. 190 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Well, we have to do something, don't we? 191 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 After all, there's a murderer running around loose. 192 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 How do we know? It might be anybody. 193 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Sure, it might be anybody. 194 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Well, of course, I suppose it might, but... 195 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Listen, will both of you swear not to tell this to a living soul? 196 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,000 What, Winifred? 197 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,000 My father thinks he knows who did it, the murder. 198 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Does he? 199 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,000 He thinks it's old man Kranz. 200 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,000 In the first place, there's something wrong with him 201 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000 living up there in that old shack all alone. 202 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000 And in the second place, he's a foreigner. 203 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Winifred, what's that got to do with it? 204 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Well, he could have done it. 205 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 My father thinks he's somebody who's crazy, 206 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 a fiend. 207 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 That's the craziest thing I ever heard. 208 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Old man Kranz, a fiend. 209 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Well, just because you're such bulls and pals... 210 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Tell your father to guess again, Winnie. 211 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Old man Kranz wouldn't hurt anybody. 212 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,000 How do you know? 213 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Old man Kranz, he wouldn't hurt a fly. 214 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 He wouldn't dare. 215 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Old man Kranz was a little funny, all right, 216 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,000 but it was funnier still him thinking that he'd done it. 217 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 That gave me the idea to go up and see him. 218 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,000 His big dog Bismarck started making an awful fuss 219 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,000 the way he always did, but I just banged on the door anyway. 220 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,000 Who is it? 221 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,000 It's me, Mr. Kranz. Elwood. 222 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Oh, I didn't just say so. 223 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Quiet, Bismarck. 224 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Wait a minute, I'll unbar the door. 225 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Hello, Bismarck, old fella. 226 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,000 So, you finally come up to see old man Kranz again, huh? 227 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Yeah, and I brought you some old horseshoes. 228 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 I'll just put them down here. 229 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Say, I thought I ought to tell you, 230 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,000 I heard the screwiest thing in town today. 231 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Oh, sure? What was that? 232 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 You know about the murder? 233 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Yes, I know. 234 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Somebody said you did it. 235 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Oh, they did, huh? 236 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Uh-huh. They're getting up a vigilante committee. 237 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Well, let them come with their vigilante committee. 238 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,000 I got my shotgun. I take care of myself. 239 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Oh, they won't bother you, Mr. Kranz. 240 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 I told them they were crazy. 241 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 They better not bother me. 242 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,000 As far as that goes, I don't think they'll ever find out who did it. 243 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,000 No? 244 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 I don't think so. Do you? 245 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Well, somebody did do it. 246 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Oh, sure, somebody did. 247 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 He was strangled, I hear. 248 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 He was. I saw him. 249 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Take a strong pair of hands to do that. 250 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Yeah, I guess it would. 251 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Well, what have you been doing lately, Mr. Kranz? 252 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Oh, nothing. Reading. 253 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,000 Little philosophy these last few days. 254 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,000 No more psychology? 255 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Sure, but now I read a little philosophy just for a change. 256 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Been reading Schopenhauer. 257 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:58,000 You know how he says it's the only way to escape the world? 258 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Suicide. 259 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Suicide? 260 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 But he's crazy. 261 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 My way of living is better than his way of dying. 262 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Well, why do you want to escape from the world, Mr. Kranz? 263 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Why? Look at it. Just look at it. 264 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 And tell me why I shouldn't want to escape from it. 265 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Well, I don't know, Mr. Kranz. 266 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000 There are a lot of things wrong with the world. 267 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Wrong? You just show me one thing that's right. 268 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Just one thing, and I'll go back. 269 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 That's right, I'll go back. 270 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,000 But in the meantime, while you've got nothing else to do, 271 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 we play a game of horseshoes. 272 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Come on, I've got the stakes all laid out. 273 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Okay. 274 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,000 What kind of horseshoes are these? They're all bent. 275 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Well, I didn't want to ask Charlie Vander for new ones. 276 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,000 They're old ones that he takes off the horses. 277 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 They just have to be straightened out a little. 278 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Yeah, yeah, that's right. 279 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000 You got a hammer or a knack somewhere? 280 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Hammer. You think I'm an old man and I'm weak, huh? 281 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 You don't know how much strength I got. 282 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 There, look. 283 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 I straighten it with my bare hands. 284 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Shucks, I bet I can do it. 285 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Go ahead, try. 286 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 All right. 287 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000 There. See? 288 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Yes, yes. 289 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 It's just as straight as yours. 290 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Yes, Elwood. 291 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:16,000 It takes a strong pair of hands to do that. 292 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 I didn't feel very well that night. 293 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,000 I tried on my 5-Beta Kappa Key that I had in front of a mirror, 294 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 and then I put it back in the place under the floor, 295 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,000 and then I put on my hat and went out. 296 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,000 You know what? 297 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 The next day they found Winnie Hawks. 298 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 She was dead. 299 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Somebody had strangled her. 300 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Hello, Elwood. 301 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Come in. 302 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 I haven't seen you for quite a while and I thought... 303 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 I know. Everyone's been so upset. It was such an awful thing. 304 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 What? 305 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 About Winifred. 306 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,000 Oh, yes. It's strange what fate does. 307 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 It's something a little more horrible than fate, I'm afraid. 308 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 I thought you might like to listen to some music tonight, Miss Wilson. 309 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Why, yes, I'd love to. 310 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 As a matter of fact, I've just got a new album of Stravinsky. 311 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 They say it's very good. 312 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Oh, Stravinsky's wonderful. 313 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 I think it's terribly exciting and emotional. 314 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Don't you? 315 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,000 Well, yes. 316 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 And so imaginative. 317 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,000 I'll get out the records. If you will start... 318 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 What's that you've got there, Elwood? 319 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 What? 320 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 That thing you're tossing up and down your hand. 321 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Oh, that's just a little watch. 322 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Oh, that's just a little watch charm I found. 323 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 I carried it in my pocket. 324 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Sort of for luck. 325 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 It was a gold football, wasn't it? 326 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Yeah, I found it. I guess some fella lost it. 327 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Oh. 328 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Okay, sis, I'm leaving. 329 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 Oh, hello, Dick. 330 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Oh, hi, Elwood. All right, Dick. 331 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Uh, Dad's here, so don't worry. 332 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Going hunting? 333 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000 Oh, the rifle. Hunting. You bet I am. 334 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Half the town is tonight. 335 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000 Didn't you know, Elwood? The committee's patrolling the streets because of the murderer. 336 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Oh, yes. I heard something about it. 337 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 You ought to join up. 338 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 It's every man's duty with a fiend like that on the loose. 339 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Well, maybe I will. 340 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Well, so long. Good night. 341 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Good night, Dick. 342 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,000 Shall I put on the first record, Miss Wilson? 343 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000 Shall I put on the first record, Miss Wilson? 344 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Yes, all right. 345 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Elwood. Yes? 346 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Where did you find that gold football? 347 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Down by the railroad tracks. 348 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 I guess some fellow lost it who was passing through. 349 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 I sort of collect things like that, you know. 350 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Oh. 351 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 Oh, that music is wonderful. 352 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,000 It makes me want to do things. 353 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Big things. 354 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 You've been a wonderful help to me, Miss Wilson. 355 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 I like to help people that I think will benefit by it. 356 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 I like to help people that I think will benefit by it. 357 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000 I like to help people that I think will benefit by it. 358 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000 I like to help people that I think will benefit by it. 359 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 So perhaps someday they can accomplish something. 360 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 I'm going to accomplish something someday, Miss Wilson. 361 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,000 I'm going to accomplish something someday, Miss Wilson. 362 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,000 In a way I already have. 363 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 Sometimes I thought, 364 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 if I were only a little bit older 365 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 or you were a little younger, 366 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 we... 367 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000 That's one thing we know we can't accomplish, isn't it? 368 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 That's one thing we know we can't accomplish, isn't it? 369 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 We can't change our ages. 370 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 No, we can't accomplish that. 371 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 That's a lovely water. 372 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 That's a lovely water. 373 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 That's a lovely watch you have on, Miss Wilson. 374 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 Oh, this. 375 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 I've never seen you wear that one before. 376 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 A friend of mine brought it back from Europe for me. 377 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,000 May I see it? Of course. 378 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,000 It's kind of complicated, isn't it? 379 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,000 Yes, it's one of those Swiss ones. 380 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 It tells the day of the month, too. 381 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 Oh, it's really lovely. 382 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,000 I'm glad you like it. 383 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000 I'd like to have a watch like that. 384 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Elwood, 385 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 I can't listen anymore. 386 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 What's the matter, Miss Wilson? 387 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 I'm very sorry, but suddenly I have a very bad headache. 388 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000 Oh, of course. 389 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,000 I understand, Miss Wilson. Thank you, Elwood. 390 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 You have nothing to thank me for, Miss Wilson. 391 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 I'll go now. All right. Good night, Elwood. 392 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Good night, Miss Wilson. 393 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 I went home and put the gold football 394 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,000 in the place under the floor. 395 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 I thought I'd go to sleep, but I... 396 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000 I felt worse that night than I ever had. 397 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 So after a while, 398 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 I put on my hat and went out. 399 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 I walked around for quite a while. 400 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Once I saw some of the fellows 401 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000 driving around in a hopped-up Ford, 402 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 all with rifles and shotguns. 403 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Are you going to the station, Elwood? 404 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 I just waved to them and kept on walking. 405 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,000 I was down around the station 406 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,000 just as the 1140 was pulling out. 407 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,000 A man had gotten off 408 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 and was crossing the tracks to take the shortcut. 409 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,000 It was dark. 410 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,000 I couldn't see who he was, 411 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 but he had a brand-new briefcase, 412 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 a lovely one, 413 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 the kind they call a dispatch case. 414 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 I followed him. 415 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000 The shortcut is a path up over the ridge 416 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 below Mr. Krantz's shack. 417 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,000 It whines quite a lot, so 418 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,000 at first he didn't notice I was following him. 419 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,000 I got pretty close before he did, 420 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000 and he turned his head. He began walking faster, 421 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 and so did I. 422 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 In a minute, he looked back again, and 423 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 I knew who I was because he started to run. 424 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Then I ran, too. 425 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 When he saw I couldn't get away, all at once 426 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 he made a quick turn up the hill towards the lights 427 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,000 and old man Krantz's shack. 428 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 He didn't yell or anything, but he dropped his briefcase 429 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000 now and he was running as hard as he could. 430 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 So was I, and I didn't stop. 431 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 For a second, I was afraid he might 432 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 wake up old man Krantz's dog before I caught up with him. 433 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 He tripped over something and fell, 434 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 and I was there before he could get up. 435 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,000 He turned his face. 436 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Then suddenly it happened again. 437 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 The same thing that happened with 438 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Winnie Hawks and Mr. Gramby. 439 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 It wasn't his face that I saw, 440 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 it was the face in that picture. 441 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 The face of my stepfather. 442 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 My hands were 443 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:27,000 closing around his throat. 444 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 The next day the sun was shining 445 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 and I was pleased because 446 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 it was my day off again. 447 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 I'd slept late. 448 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 But when I started over into town 449 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 I saw a lot of kids running up towards the ridge 450 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 so I guess they'd found them. 451 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,000 I followed along, but when I got there 452 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 I saw they were going up further to old man Krantz's shack. 453 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 There was a big crowd there. 454 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 The sheriff and three or four cops, 455 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 they didn't seem to be doing much. 456 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 It was some other men like Mr. Wilson's brother 457 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000 that seemed to be in charge. One of them had a rope 458 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 and he was slinging it over a tree. 459 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,000 And then I saw the dog. 460 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Somebody had shot Bismarck and he was 461 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 lying there in the grass all covered with blood. 462 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 And then they were dragging 463 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 old man Krantz out of his shack. 464 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 I'm an old man boy, say. 465 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 I don't do it. What would an old man like me 466 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000 want to do a thing like that for? 467 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Shut up! Now, quiet! Listen here, men, quiet! 468 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 I gotta warn you, 469 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 what you're doing is illegal and contrary to the law. 470 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000 We're in charge now, sheriff! 471 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 And let me warn you, don't try to interfere! 472 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Bismarck, old Bismarck, 473 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 what have you done that for? 474 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Oh, poor dumb animal. He didn't do nothing. 475 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Come on, get the rope. 476 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 Wait, wait, he didn't do it! 477 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000 How do you know? 478 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Well, he couldn't have... 479 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000 He... 480 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Why? 481 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000 There's the one who did it. 482 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Right there! 483 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000 I was down the hill 484 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000 before they even had time to fire a shot. 485 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 That's all it had taken. 486 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Just those few words and they knew. 487 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 But it was too late now. 488 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,000 There was a freight train coming through 489 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 just as I got to the tracks. 490 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 I got across ahead of it. That cut them off for a minute 491 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,000 and gave me time to think. 492 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000 But I knew I'd never get very far in the open daylight. 493 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Then I saw an oil tank car standing on the siding 494 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,000 with the top up. 495 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,000 I scrambled up onto it 496 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 and down the little ladder inside. 497 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 It was empty. 498 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000 But I was barely inside 499 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000 when they were across the tracks after me. 500 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000 I hardly dared breathe. 501 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000 Standing there in the darkness 502 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 with the oil on the bottom of the car 503 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000 seeping into my shoes, 504 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 I almost fainted thinking of what would happen 505 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 if somebody got the idea 506 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 of looking into that tank car. 507 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000 It was good and dark. 508 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 About eight o'clock, I guess, before I 509 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 dared to climb out. 510 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000 I was still frightened, but I was excited too. 511 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 They were looking for me. 512 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Everybody. 513 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 In a couple of days, the whole country would be 514 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 looking for me. But they wouldn't find me. 515 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 They'd never find me. 516 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 For years, they'd wonder how I got away. 517 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,000 And then I saw two men 518 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,000 walking up the track to the freight agents office. 519 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 I... 520 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 I was frightened all over again. 521 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000 I haven't seen any sign of them, have you? 522 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 No, I just wish I had. I've got old bits 523 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,000 to hear all the time. 524 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 They were all over everywhere. 525 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 But just the same, I had to get to see Miss Wilson. 526 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Somehow I just had to get to see her. 527 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 I started back over the ridge. 528 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 I figured that would be 529 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 the last place they'd be looking. 530 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 But at every little sound 531 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 in the brush, I'd go 532 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 weak all over from fear. 533 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 I got there, though, through the backyard. 534 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 And I was just hiding 535 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,000 in the bushes alongside the house, and I saw 536 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000 come out the front door with Dick. 537 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,000 I'll walk you down there, sis. 538 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,000 We're patrolling the streets by the school anyway, 539 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 so you'll be all right. Keep plenty of lights on, though. 540 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Oh, it's so brutal. 541 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Brutal? Yes, and you enjoy it, all of you, 542 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000 hunting him down like an animal. 543 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Good Lord, sis. He is an animal. 544 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 So I was an animal. 545 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Well, all right, then, I was 546 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 an animal, but I was a lot smarter 547 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 animal than any of them. 548 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000 I knew she was going to the school, 549 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 and I knew how to get into the basement. 550 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 It was awful easy, 551 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 really. 552 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,000 And I was already inside 553 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,000 when I heard her arrive. 554 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000 She had the place blazing with lights, 555 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 but her room was right next to the 556 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 basement stairway, and there was a fuse 557 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000 box just at the head of the stairs. 558 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,000 It was almost too easy. 559 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Of course, I couldn't see her in there 560 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 when I opened the door. 561 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000 Who...who's there? 562 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 Miss Wilson? 563 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Don't be afraid, Miss Wilson. 564 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Elwood? 565 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000 I just want to talk to you, Miss Wilson. 566 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Elwood, no. I just wanted to tell you why 567 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 I did those things. 568 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 You're a psychologist. You'll understand. 569 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Please, go away. 570 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 It was those things like the gold football, 571 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 like your watch. 572 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Do you have your watch with you tonight, Miss Wilson? 573 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,000 I know you have it. 574 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 Nobody ever gave me a watch. 575 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 They wouldn't even if I asked them for it. 576 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 They tried to keep it from me. 577 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 So I just have to take it. 578 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 I just take it. 579 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,000 They were coming down the hall. 580 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,000 The lights were on all of a sudden. 581 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 There was only one way out. 582 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 The window. 583 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 I was cut some when I hit the ground, 584 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000 but I was all right. 585 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,000 I started to run, and then I saw someone 586 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,000 in front of me. 587 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 He was aiming right at me. 588 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 I turned and I ran the other way. 589 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,000 I fell. 590 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,000 Something hit me. 591 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,000 I tried to get up. 592 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,000 Something hit me again. 593 00:25:51,000 --> 00:26:01,000 Something hit me again. That's all I can remember. 594 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,000 They say I'm what's called a criminal psychopath. 595 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:17,000 They say I took those things because they were symbols of love that I never had. 596 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:23,000 They say I killed those people because they represented my stepfather, 597 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,000 and I thought he'd kept me from being loved. 598 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,000 They say they don't know whether I should be sent to an asylum 599 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,000 or go to a trial. 600 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,000 But I don't see why they go to all this trouble, 601 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000 because they say anyway, 602 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:47,000 I'm going to die. 603 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,000 This is Ken Niles bringing back to our suspense microphone 604 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,000 the brilliant star of tonight's play, Eddie Bracken. 605 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,000 Eddie, even though murder is a bit out of your line, 606 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 you were superbly convincing as a villain tonight. 607 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,000 Ken, I really enjoyed playing Elwood. 608 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:27,000 Say, that's a handsome watch you're wearing. 609 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,000 You mind if I... 610 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000 Elwood, I mean, Eddie, don't. 611 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 Don't let go of my wrist. The play's over. 612 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Oh, but I like nice things. 613 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 Valuable things. 614 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Well, then, you'll like this gift basket of Roma California wines. 615 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000 It's a present from Roma, your host tonight, 616 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:47,000 with compliments on a most realistic performance. 617 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,000 Oh, gee, thanks, Ken. 618 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,000 I'll have to remember that routine. It pays dividends. 619 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,000 And remember this, Eddie. 620 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000 When friends drop in, it pays dividends in hospitality 621 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000 to add warmth to their welcome 622 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,000 with glasses of that delicious Roma port in your gift basket. 623 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,000 For Ruby Red, rich-tasting Roma port 624 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000 is a warm, congenial wine, 625 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:11,000 the first choice of millions for smart entertaining. 626 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:15,000 And at dinnertime, fragrant Roma port is so good, 627 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,000 so gracious with dessert. 628 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,000 Yes, real hospitality calls for Roma port on hand, always. 629 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000 Well, I know how popular Roma port is, Ken. 630 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 Well, Eddie, here's the reason. 631 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:29,000 You see, in all Roma wines, you enjoy an important difference, 632 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,000 an extra goodness born of fuller bouquet, 633 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,000 richer body, and better taste. 634 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,000 And because only Roma wines give you this extra goodness, 635 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:42,000 more Americans enjoy Roma than any other was. 636 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Solid, Ken, solid. Thank you and good night. 637 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,000 Eddie Bracken may be heard on his own program for Texaco 638 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,000 and is currently being seen in the Paramount production, 639 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000 Ladies Man. 640 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,000 Tonight's suspense play was written by Robert Richards. 641 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:01,000 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Mr. Howard De Silva 642 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,000 as star of Suspense. 643 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,000 Produced by Williamsphere for the Roma Wine Company 644 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,000 of Fresno, California. 645 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,000 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars 646 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,000 as James Stewart, Nancy Kelly, and others. 647 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,000 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, 648 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,000 radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 649 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:31,000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.