1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,880 Yes, Roma wines taste better because only Roma selects from the world's greatest wine 2 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,180 reserves for your pleasure. 3 00:00:11,180 --> 00:00:20,440 And now, Roma wines, R-O-M-A, Roma wines present Suspense. 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:29,400 Tonight, Roma wines bring you Mr. Wally Mayer in Dead Ernest, a suspense play produced, 5 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:35,920 edited and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 6 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:43,960 Suspense, Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 7 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:51,520 That's R-O-M-A, Roma wines, those better tasting California wines enjoyed by more Americans 8 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,440 than any other wine. 9 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,480 For friendly entertaining, for delightful dining. 10 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:02,320 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma wines bring you Wally Mayer 11 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:08,560 in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 12 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,840 Accident reports submitted to Police Inspector Blandon from Lieutenant Steve Healy. 13 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,680 Place 15th Street and 4th Avenue, time 2.45 p.m. March 11th. 14 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:18,680 Remarks. 15 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:25,040 Ernest Bowers, age 34, was crossing the intersection as signal light changed from green to red. 16 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:30,120 A car driven by Theodore Tobey made legal right turn from 15th Street into 4th Avenue. 17 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,120 Hey, hey, look out! 18 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,120 We hit him! 19 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,120 We hit him! 20 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:38,120 Hey, officer! 21 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:39,120 Look at those trauma! 22 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:40,120 Here's a guy like him! 23 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:41,120 Please! 24 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,120 All right, all right. 25 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,120 Give him some air. 26 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,120 Come on now, let me throw here. 27 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,000 All right, stand back. 28 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Let's have a look. 29 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,200 Is he hurt, bad officer? 30 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:50,720 I didn't see him, honest, I didn't. 31 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:51,720 I had the right of way. 32 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:52,720 He's passed out. 33 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,240 One of you people called for an ambulance. 34 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,240 Yeah, you. 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,240 Okay, move back, move back. 36 00:01:58,240 --> 00:01:59,240 He's bleeding. 37 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,240 Here, I'll prop up his head. 38 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:02,240 Yeah, use his jacket. 39 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:03,240 Here, I'll hold him. 40 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:04,240 Golly, he's limp. 41 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:09,240 Feels just like he's dead. 42 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:18,240 Yes, Ernest Bowers felt like he was dead. 43 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,400 Ernest Bowers suffered from catalepsy, a strange disease. 44 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:27,080 He carried at all times a note in his inside coat pocket stating that he was a cataleptic 45 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,360 and that in the event of seeming death his wife should be immediately notified or his 46 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,840 doctor in the event his wife is unavailable. 47 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:39,520 The letter also requested that no autopsy or embalming should be performed on his body 48 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:45,040 for 72 hours, although in his particular case the duration of the attacks were usually four 49 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,520 hours or less. 50 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:54,400 Ernest Bowers also wore a sterling silver bracelet with an inscription reading, do not 51 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,640 embalm me. 52 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:59,680 I am not dead. 53 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,440 Catalepsy is a disease of the nerves and mind. 54 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:05,800 The physical condition of the cataleptic when he is under a spell closely resemble death 55 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,520 in all aspects, including the primary stages of rigor mortis. 56 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,160 Officer Rabbit was at the scene of the accident. 57 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:17,960 He administered first aid to the injured man before making out his report. 58 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,160 There, that ought to stop the bleeding. 59 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,240 Looks like just a cut on his forehead when he hit the ground, nothing much. 60 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:25,960 He can't be hurt bad, officer. 61 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:26,960 I didn't hit him hard. 62 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:27,960 That's right, officer. 63 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:28,960 I saw it. 64 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:29,960 It looked like just a little bump. 65 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:30,960 All right, now clear back, clear back. 66 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:31,960 Let's have a little air here. 67 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:32,960 I'll have to take down some information. 68 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:33,960 What's your name? 69 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:34,960 Theodore Tobey. 70 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:35,960 Here, here's my license. 71 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:36,960 Hey, hey you kids. 72 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:37,960 I want to know what you're doing. 73 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:38,960 I'm going to tell you something. 74 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:47,080 Well, here it comes. 75 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,560 I hope he's all right. 76 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,920 It doesn't look like he's breathing. 77 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,320 I told you to get back. 78 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,320 Now come on, he's back. 79 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,320 All of you here. 80 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,920 All right, let us through here, please. 81 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:00,920 Hello, Doc. 82 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:01,920 Glad you got here. 83 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:02,920 He's not cold. 84 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:03,920 I don't say he is. 85 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:04,920 No. 86 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:05,920 Have a look. 87 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:06,920 Well, let's get him away. 88 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:07,920 He's dead. 89 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,920 Well, anyway, it didn't happen in the coach. 90 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,000 Okay, we'll take him away. 91 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Keep them back, officer, will you? 92 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Okay, keep back. 93 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Come on, clear out. 94 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Show's over. 95 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,000 All right. 96 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,000 It's the second one today. 97 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Yeah. 98 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Well, let's go. 99 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Whose jacket was that when he was laying on? 100 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,000 I don't know. 101 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Did you pick it up? 102 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Nope. 103 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Hey, officer. 104 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Yeah. 105 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Where's the jacket? 106 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,000 What? 107 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,000 The jacket, the guy's jacket. 108 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Oh, uh, oh my gosh, it's gone. 109 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Well, okay. 110 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 All those kids are gone. 111 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Yeah, they're gone. 112 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Well, I'm going to go get a new jacket. 113 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 I'll be right back. 114 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 All right. 115 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,000 I'll go get one of those kids. 116 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Never mind. 117 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Let's go, baby. 118 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 All right. 119 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:53,840 Ernest Bowers had lost the identification of his condition. 120 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:56,640 The letter was in the inside pocket of his jacket. 121 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:01,320 The silver chain he wore on his left wrist had snapped and fallen to the pavement. 122 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:06,240 Two youngsters picked up the chain, Robert Minnelli, age nine and a half, and Tommy Stoner, 123 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,240 age nine, and a half. 124 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:08,240 Hey, that cop yelled at us. 125 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,240 Did you hear him? 126 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:10,240 Yeah. 127 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:11,240 Maybe we should give it back. 128 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,240 No, what for? 129 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:13,240 So he can keep it? 130 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:14,240 Let's go around the back to your father's shop, Bob. 131 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:15,240 Sure is a nice chain. 132 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:16,240 Hey, there's writing on it. 133 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:17,240 Maybe it's a guy's name. 134 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:18,240 Will he hurt bad? 135 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:19,240 Hey, what's it say? 136 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:20,240 Oh, just a second. 137 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:21,240 We'll be out of the alley. 138 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,240 Yeah, Pop's gone home to eat. 139 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:23,240 Can you read it now? 140 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,240 Wait a second, will you? 141 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:25,240 It says, do not im... 142 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:26,240 ball... 143 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:27,240 do not... 144 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:28,240 im... 145 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,240 ball... 146 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:30,240 ball... 147 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,240 ball... 148 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,240 ball... 149 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:33,240 ball... 150 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,240 ball... 151 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:35,240 ball... 152 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:44,180 do not something me I am not dead that's scrawly what will come with it so that they'll 153 00:05:44,180 --> 00:05:48,440 invite well so the bar it ain't stealing with sound didn't wait when we tried it out 154 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,440 I'll ask as well we got it what will we tell them nothing 155 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:57,120 I'll use your head you know what we'll do what will use pop's welding torch he'll your 156 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:03,960 länger but he told us not to use it popping here is he no well come on 157 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,960 Oh, there it is. 158 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,960 Now here, you put it on that brick. 159 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:09,960 Okay? 160 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:10,960 Yeah. 161 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,960 There, be careful. 162 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,960 What are you kids doing? 163 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:18,960 Huh? 164 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:19,960 Oh, hello, Pop. 165 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:20,960 Nothing, Mr. Minnelli. 166 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:21,960 We ain't doing nothing. 167 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:22,960 Nothing, eh? 168 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,960 I told you kids not to go need the torch. 169 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:27,960 Well, we want to melt this down. 170 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,960 Come on, come on, give me the torch. 171 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,960 Now, what's it all about? 172 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,960 Well, we found this chain, Pop, and we want to melt it down and sell it. 173 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:37,960 Chain and melt? 174 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:38,960 Who's easy? 175 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:39,960 We don't know. 176 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:40,960 Do we, Tommy? 177 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:41,960 No, no, no, we don't. 178 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:42,960 Well, where you get it? 179 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:43,960 We found it. 180 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:44,960 Well, come on, come on, let me have it. 181 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:45,960 Well, there's nothing wrong, Pop. 182 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:46,960 We just found it, see? 183 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:47,960 It's ours. 184 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:48,960 Oh, shh, shut up. 185 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:49,960 Do not embalama me. 186 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:50,960 I am not dead. 187 00:06:50,960 --> 00:07:01,960 Ma, what's that? 188 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,960 It's screwy. 189 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:06,960 Well, where you find it? 190 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:07,960 In the street. 191 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:08,960 Honest, Pop, ask Tommy. 192 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:09,960 All right, go on, get out of here. 193 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:10,960 Well, how about melting it down, Pop? 194 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:11,960 We can sell it and buy some baseball. 195 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:12,960 All right, ma, keep back. 196 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:20,960 Look at Tommy, you see it? 197 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,960 Yeah, it's starting to melt. 198 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,960 You see how he does it? 199 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,960 Keep away, I told you. 200 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:37,960 It's all melted. 201 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,960 They sold the melted chain for a dollar thirty to a dealer. 202 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,960 One dollar and thirty cents. 203 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,460 But the coat, the coat was the principal thing. 204 00:07:49,460 --> 00:07:51,960 In the coat, in the inside pocket was the letter. 205 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,960 The information about Ernest Bauer's condition was in the letter. 206 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,960 The instructions that could save his life. 207 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:02,960 The coat was picked up from the street by Honest Jerry Murdoch. 208 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,960 Now, there's a big sign near the corner of 15th Street. 209 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,960 It says, Honest Jerry Murdoch, swap shop. 210 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:14,960 He brought the coat into a store, rummaged around on his shelves until he found some cleaner. 211 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,960 Then started to clean the blood stains. 212 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,960 I'm looking for a sport jacket. 213 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:21,960 Just a moment, what kind? 214 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:22,960 Conservative. 215 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:28,960 Come over here, please. 216 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:29,960 Yeah, something on that order. 217 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,960 Yeah, just pick out what you want. 218 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:32,960 How much you want to spend? 219 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:34,960 About five bucks. 220 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:35,960 These cost more. 221 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:36,960 How much? 222 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:37,960 From eight to twelve. 223 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,960 Now, over here we got some cheaper. 224 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:41,960 These don't look so hot for eight bucks. 225 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:42,960 From eight to twelve. 226 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:43,960 Over here. 227 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,960 Well, I'll take a look. 228 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,960 No, these don't appeal to me. 229 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:50,960 And what size do you wear? 230 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:51,960 Forty. 231 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,960 Oh, here, try this one on. 232 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:54,960 Nice and conservative. 233 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:55,960 There. 234 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,960 Yeah, it's kind of tight around the shoulders. 235 00:08:58,960 --> 00:08:59,960 Yeah, tight. 236 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:00,960 It looks cheesy. 237 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:02,960 Well, I guess you ain't got what I want. 238 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:04,960 Wait, wait, wait a minute. 239 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:05,960 Wait, what's your hurry? 240 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,960 I'm just putting a new one in stock over here by the county. 241 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:09,960 Huh? 242 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,960 Now, that looks all right. 243 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:12,960 What size is it? 244 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:13,960 I don't know. 245 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:14,960 Here, let's try it on you. 246 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:15,960 All right. 247 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:16,960 Now, how's that? 248 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:17,960 Yeah, that feels all right. 249 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:18,960 All right. 250 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,960 It's kind of stiff in front here. 251 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:21,960 It's almost new, Wayne. 252 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:22,960 If you'll break it in. 253 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:24,960 It feels like cardboard or something. 254 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:25,960 Look, you want it? 255 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:26,960 Five dollars. 256 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:27,960 Okay. 257 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,960 There might be still a couple stains on it. 258 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:30,960 I had enough time to take them out. 259 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:32,960 You use some cleaner on it to bring it to the Taylor's Hill spot. 260 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:33,960 It'll be better than new. 261 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:34,960 Yeah. 262 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:35,960 Here. 263 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:36,960 Here's the five. 264 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:45,960 Ernest Bowers was brought to the receiving room of the Vedder General Hospital. 265 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,960 The time, 410. 266 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,960 If Bowers was going to awaken, it would probably be before 645. 267 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,960 Intern on duty, Dr. Weldon made out his report. 268 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,960 He wrote it down while he was standing near the telephone switchboard. 269 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:03,960 Hello? 270 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:05,960 This is the Vedder General Hospital. 271 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,960 Is there anybody by the name of Bowers at home that's Bowers? 272 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:08,960 B-O-W-E-R-A. 273 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:10,960 No, nobody home. 274 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:11,960 Is Mr. Bowers married? 275 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,960 His wife thinks so. 276 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:14,960 Where can I reach her? 277 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:15,960 There's been an accident. 278 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:16,960 I don't know. 279 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:17,960 She's out. 280 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,960 Will you tell her to call the Vedder General Hospital? 281 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:21,960 Yeah. 282 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:22,960 What happened? 283 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,960 Mr. Bowers is dead. 284 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,960 That's funny. 285 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,960 Just a superficial cut on forehead. 286 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:31,960 Well, that's cardiac, Macomb. 287 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:33,960 When they go, get me the orderly room, honey. 288 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:34,960 Okay, you use that phone there. 289 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:35,960 Right. 290 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,960 Yeah? 291 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:40,960 This is Dr. Weldon. 292 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,960 There's a delivery for you to go to the morgue. 293 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:43,960 The morgue now? 294 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:44,960 Yeah. 295 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:45,960 I ain't had anything to eat since- 296 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:46,960 Yeah, I know. 297 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:47,960 Since lunch. 298 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:48,960 Go on now. 299 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:49,960 It's down in the receiving room. 300 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:50,960 The papers are down there, too. 301 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:51,960 Can I get a sandwich first? 302 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:52,960 No. 303 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:53,960 Go on. 304 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:54,960 Get going. 305 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:55,960 Why can't I wait a few minutes? 306 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:56,960 It's got to go now. 307 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:03,960 They'll want to start the embalming so they can go home. 308 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,960 It was then 422 in the afternoon. 309 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:13,960 Dr. Theodore J. Weldon left honey at the switchboard and walked upstairs to the intern quarters 310 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,960 and settled down to reading the sports page of the afternoon paper. 311 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,960 At that moment, if anyone had been in receiving room B of the Vedder General Hospital 312 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,960 where the body of Ernest Powers lay on the patient carriage, 313 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:32,960 they would have seen a fly crawl slowly across the face of the dead man, 314 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,960 and they would have seen his nose twitch. 315 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:51,960 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you an all-star cast of Hollywood radio players 316 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,960 headed by Wally Mayer in Dead Ernest, 317 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,960 a radio play by Celie Glester and Merwin Gerard. 318 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:07,960 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 319 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:18,960 Between the acts of Suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 320 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,960 In Roma Wine, you enjoy an important difference. 321 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,960 Yes, Roma gives you an extra dividend of enjoyment. 322 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,960 A fuller bouquet, richer body, and better taste. 323 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:38,960 To bring you better tasting wines every time, Roma selects from California's choicest grapes. 324 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,960 Then, with ancient skill and America's finest wine-making resources, 325 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:48,960 Roma master ventners guide this grape treasure to tempting taste perfection. 326 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,960 These choice wines are placed with Melo Roma wines of years before, 327 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:58,960 and from these reserves, the world's greatest reserves of fine wines, 328 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,960 Roma later selects for your pleasure. 329 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:06,960 That's why more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 330 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:12,960 That's why you will find Roma California Wine your best buy in good taste. 331 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,960 So, whether you prefer Sherry or Port, Muscatel or Toquet, 332 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:24,960 insist on Roma Wine, R-O-M-A, Roma, the greatest name in wine. 333 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:29,960 And now, Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Wally Mayer, 334 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:36,960 who as police lieutenant Healy, heads an all-star cast of Hollywood radio players in Dead Ernest, 335 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:51,960 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 336 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:56,960 Henry Prince had purchased the coat in which was the letter that could save the life of Ernest Bowers. 337 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,960 When Henry Prince left Ernest Jerry Murdoch's second-hand store, 338 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:05,960 he stopped to have a chat with some friends, made some purchases at the grocery store, 339 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:10,960 and then started home, the time a few minutes after five. 340 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,960 He lived about two blocks from the scene of the accident, and his wife was waiting for him. 341 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,960 Turn around a little bit, will you? 342 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:17,960 I didn't like it for five blocks. 343 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,960 Oh, it looks all right. You lose some of that weight, it looks better. 344 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,960 Wait a minute, wait a minute, what's that, a spot? 345 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:23,960 Where? 346 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:25,960 Take it off for a minute. Here. 347 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:26,960 Yeah? 348 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:27,960 Yeah. I wonder what that is. 349 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,960 Oh, he said there were a couple of spots. Cleaner will take them off. 350 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,960 Yeah, it looks like it might be. What's this in the pocket? 351 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,960 Hmm? I don't know. 352 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,960 Heaven's sake. To whom it may concern, please open and read. 353 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:42,960 Well, that's what must have felt stiff, huh? 354 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:43,960 Yeah. 355 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:44,960 Hmm. 356 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,960 This note is carried on my person wherever I go. 357 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:48,960 Hmm. 358 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:54,960 It is to advise responsible parties that I am a cataleptic, 359 00:14:54,960 --> 00:15:00,960 that if it appears as though I am dead, I am not, 360 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:05,960 and that my body is not to be molested for a period of 72 hours, 361 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:10,960 neither by autopsy nor by embalming, 362 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:16,960 although the maximum periods of my attacks usually do not exceed four hours. 363 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,960 Please telephone my wife, Mrs. Margaret Bowers, at Fulton 11231. 364 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:25,960 This is a boarding house, address 841 1 Half West 25th Street. 365 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,960 If she is not there, please try to ask Mr. 43422. 366 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,960 This is the number of Dr. Benton. 367 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,960 It is of vital importance. It may mean my life. 368 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,960 Thank you, Ernest Bowers. 369 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:40,960 Yeah, that's a funny one. 370 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,960 Where'd you get that jacket, Harry? 371 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:43,960 Right on it's Jerry Murdoch. 372 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:44,960 Gee, I wonder what we can do. 373 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:46,960 Well, nothing is probably forgotten already. 374 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:48,960 Somebody sold the jacket to him, forgot to take the letter off. 375 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,960 You sound like something a guide forgets. 376 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:51,960 No, the devil. 377 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:53,960 Well, it might be important. 378 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,960 I said, look at that, Harry. Those spots look like blood. 379 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:57,960 No, too dark. 380 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,960 That's the color that blood turns. I'm going to telephone that number. 381 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,960 Well, go ahead, but I think you're wasting your time. 382 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,960 Oh, hush. Will you a minute? 383 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:05,960 Oh, for crying out loud. 384 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:06,960 Keep still. 385 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:12,960 Hello. 386 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,960 I'd like to talk to Mrs. Bowers. 387 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:17,960 She ain't in. 388 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:18,960 Well, how do you know? You didn't even go to find... 389 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,960 She went out and you ain't the first after her. 390 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,960 Who else wanted to get in touch with her? 391 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:25,960 Oh, somebody. I don't know who. 392 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,960 Oh, well, thank you. 393 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,960 There, you see, you're wasting your time. 394 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:30,960 I'll try that doctor. 395 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:31,960 Oh, for heaven's sakes. 396 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,960 I'm turning into a regular busybody. 397 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:34,960 Well, think of somebody else. 398 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:35,960 Well, I'm getting hungry. 399 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:36,960 Oh, hush. Will you? 400 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:37,960 Oh, hush. Will you? 401 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:38,960 Oh, hush. Will you? 402 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:39,960 Oh, hush. Will you? 403 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:40,960 How about some dinner? 404 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:42,960 It's cooking. It's cooking. 405 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,960 Honestly, I can't get it out of my head. 406 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,960 That guy, whoever he is, just lying there and people thinking 407 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,960 him dead when he ain't. Maybe doing things to him. 408 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,960 Gee. What's him bombing? 409 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:55,960 Oh, they do that at the morgue. 410 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:57,960 It's preparing his body for burial. 411 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,960 I think they take all the blood out of his veins. 412 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:02,960 For heaven's sakes, that'd kill him if he wasn't already dead. 413 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,960 Couldn't kill him any deader. 414 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:05,960 Harry, I'm going to find out about that coat. 415 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:06,960 Now, where's this place you're going? 416 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:07,960 Now, wait a minute, Frances. 417 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,960 I put in a good day's work. I'm tired. 418 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,960 I don't want to run around the city looking for something 419 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:12,960 I don't even know about. 420 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:13,960 Well, I'll go myself. 421 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:15,960 How about me at home here while you go out? 422 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:16,960 I want to eat. I'm hungry. 423 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,960 Well, dinner won't be ready for another 15 minutes anyway. 424 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:20,960 Where's the place? 425 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,960 Oh, all right. I'll go with you. 426 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:32,960 Pardon me. 427 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,960 Sure. What do you have? 428 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:36,960 We want to find out about the man next door. 429 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:37,960 Do you know when we'll come back? 430 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:38,960 Oh, honest, Jerry? 431 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:39,960 Yeah. 432 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:40,960 No. Are you there? 433 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:41,960 No, he isn't. 434 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:42,960 Harry, listen, go take another look. 435 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:43,960 I'll try that number again. 436 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:51,960 Oh, Fran, for heaven's sake, I'm hungry. 437 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:04,960 I'm using this... 438 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:05,960 Oh. 439 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:06,960 Well, he ain't back yet. 440 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:07,960 What does this sign say, 10 minutes? 441 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,960 Yeah, but those guys put up signs like that if they're going to wait for an hour. 442 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,960 Well, we'll just wait a couple of more minutes. 443 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:13,960 Oh, come on, Fran. 444 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:14,960 Hello? 445 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:16,960 Wait, wait. Is Mrs. Bowers in? 446 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:17,960 No. 447 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:18,960 Uh, is Mr. Bowers? 448 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:19,960 He's dead. 449 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:20,960 He is? 450 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:21,960 That's what they tell me. 451 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:22,960 Well, look, listen, will you please... 452 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,960 You're bothering me, lady. I got a meal set up on the table. 453 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,960 I can't be answering a million questions. 454 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,960 All I want to know is when Mr. Bowers died. 455 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,960 How do I know? Ask Mrs. Bowers. She'll be home soon. 456 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:34,960 Yeah, well, thanks. 457 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:35,960 Well? 458 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,960 Mr. Bowers is dead. I found that out. 459 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:39,960 Oh, you see? I told you. 460 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,960 Well, what about the letter, then? What if he ain't dead? 461 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:43,960 What if they only think he's dead? 462 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,960 Well, what do you want to do, wait here all night? 463 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:46,960 If I have to. 464 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:47,960 Well, without me, then. 465 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,960 Well, just do as you please. 466 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,960 I'll be home. I'm hungry. It's after six. 467 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,960 If you think more of a crazy letter than you do of feeding your own husband, then that's all. 468 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:56,960 What do you mean, that's all? 469 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,960 Just what I said. That's all. 470 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,960 Oh, Harry, the trouble with you is you haven't got any imagination. 471 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,960 No, I haven't got any imagination. I'm just a home-loving guy. That's all. 472 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,960 I don't go sticking my nose where it don't belong. 473 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,960 Oh, well, for heaven's sakes, go home, then. I'll find out about it. 474 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:10,960 I'll find for you. 475 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,960 I think it's something beside your stomach once in a while. 476 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,960 Officer, officer. 477 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:15,960 Yes, ma'am? 478 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:20,960 Do you know where the fellow who owns that swap shop lives, Honest Jerry Murdock? 479 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:21,960 No, ma'am, I don't. 480 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,960 Oh, dear. Gee, I want to get in touch with him. And there's a sign on his door saying... 481 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,960 Why don't you ask him, ma'am? There he is now. 482 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:27,960 Huh? 483 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:28,960 Just going in over there. 484 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:30,960 Oh, gee, thank you. Mr. Murdock? 485 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:31,960 Yeah? 486 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,960 Mr. Murdock, oh, gee. I'm sure glad you came back. 487 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,960 Come in, come in. Just out having a bite to eat. 488 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,960 Yeah, listen, you sold my husband a jacket, a sports jacket this afternoon. 489 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:41,960 Did I? What kind? 490 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,960 Well, a light blue one with little red boxes in it. It had a few stains on it. 491 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,960 Oh, sorry. I can't take anything back once it's sold. 492 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,960 No, no, no. I don't want to give it back. Listen, where did you get it, Mr. Murdock? 493 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:52,960 How can I remember where I got it? 494 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:54,960 Long ago. Was it very long ago? 495 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,960 I don't see why it's any of your business where I got it. 496 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:58,960 Well, it may be important. I've been trying to reach the numbers. 497 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,960 The doctor's number's always busy and his wife isn't home yet. 498 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:03,960 I don't know what you're talking about. 499 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,960 Look, tell me one thing, just one thing. Did you have the jacket in here a long time? 500 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:08,960 Well... 501 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:10,960 Oh, please, listen, it's very important. 502 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,960 Well, no, no. I just got it in this afternoon. 503 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:14,960 Well, where did you get it? 504 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,960 Look, you said one question, you asked it, I answered it. That's all. 505 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:18,960 There was blood on it. 506 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:20,960 Well, that I can't help. I... 507 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,960 Listen, if that man's alive and they do anything to him, I'll just never get over it. 508 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,960 I'll never be able to live with myself. 509 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:26,960 What are you talking about? 510 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,960 Listen to me. There was a letter in the inside pocket of that jacket. 511 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,960 You see, it said that Ernest Bowers was a cataleptic. 512 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,960 What's that? He goes into fits? 513 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,960 No, no, no. A cataleptic is somebody who looks like he's dead at times and he isn't. 514 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,960 He goes into a spell and it looks as though he's dead. 515 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,960 You see, sometimes they take dead bodies to the morgue, they embalm them. 516 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,960 That means they take all the blood out of their veins. 517 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,960 Now, this fellow Bowers is a cataleptic. 518 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,960 I don't know whether he's dead or alive or even if he's worrying about this letter, but I've got to find out. 519 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:56,960 I... 520 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:57,960 There was... 521 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:58,960 What? What? 522 00:20:58,960 --> 00:20:59,960 An accident before... 523 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:00,960 Where? Who was in it? 524 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,960 I don't know. Believe me, lady, I didn't know anything about all this. 525 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,960 You think that this guy was taken away in ambulance, was a catalepsy? 526 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:06,960 That coat, was it his? 527 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,960 Yeah, lady, but it was left there in the street. They drove away and left it. 528 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:10,960 Who? 529 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:11,960 The ambulance. 530 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:12,960 What ambulance? 531 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:13,960 I don't know. It was on the corner. The cop was there. 532 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,960 He told somebody to call an ambulance. It came and took away the man. 533 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:17,960 Is that the cop out there right now? 534 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,960 Yeah, yeah, but look, look, you've got to protect me. I ain't done anything wrong. 535 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,960 I didn't know anything like this had happened. I've never taken a coat of... 536 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:33,960 Officer! Officer! 537 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,960 Ernest Bowers lay on a slab at the morgue. 538 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:43,960 If he were alive, probabilities were that he would regain consciousness before 6.45. 539 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:49,960 The two bombers on duty at the time had decided to get a bite to eat when the phone rang. 540 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,960 Yeah, but we're going out to eat. 541 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,960 Yeah, I know another one just came in. We got it here. 542 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,960 Well, what's the rush? 543 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:00,960 No, no, we just want to grab a cup of coffee. We'll get right on it. 544 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,960 Well, is it our fault if it comes in just when we want to have a... 545 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,960 Oh, well, we can go home after? 546 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:08,960 Ah, that puts a different complexion. 547 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,960 Okay, yeah. 548 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:13,960 Hey, what time is it, Anthony? 549 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:14,960 6.30. 550 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,960 Good. Doc says if we embalm this one now, we can go home. 551 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,960 Well, let's start in then. I'm hungry. 552 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:24,960 Okay, I'll start the motor. 553 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:25,960 Young guy, ain't he? 554 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,960 Yeah. I was saying to the wife about that yesterday. 555 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,960 Oh, get the injector out, will you, Tony? 556 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,960 She was saying more and more people die older and older. 557 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,960 Here. 558 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,960 Yeah, looks like we can open through the neck. 559 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,960 Yeah. Give me a piece of that gauze. 560 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,960 I said to Velma, she should be around this place a while. We get them all ages. 561 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:46,960 You want me to do it? 562 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,960 No, no, you get the injector ready. 563 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,960 Look at him. 564 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,960 You'd never think that such a little thing like his heart stops beating could make him dead and not alive. 565 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:01,960 Yeah, okay. I'll hold it steady, will you? 566 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:02,960 Yeah. 567 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:03,960 Ready? 568 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,960 Just a second. 569 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:07,960 Yep. 570 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,960 All right. Here we go. 571 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:13,960 Hmm. 572 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:14,960 What's that? 573 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,960 My glasses. They're clouding up. 574 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:18,960 Take them off. 575 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,960 That's all right. I'll just clean them. 576 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:23,960 What'd the wife say to that? 577 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,960 What? Oh, about all ages? 578 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:26,960 Yeah. 579 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:27,960 Oh, she didn't have anything to say. 580 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,960 Only that most of the guys we deal with probably come to a violent end. 581 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:32,960 There's something in that. 582 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:39,960 Yeah. Okay, I got my glasses cleaned. Let's see here. 583 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:40,960 Hmm. 584 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:41,960 What's the matter? 585 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:49,960 They're steamed up again. That's funny. Every time I bend over and it... I wonder. 586 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:50,960 What? 587 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,960 Ah, it must be my imagination. 588 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:54,960 What? 589 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:59,960 I could have sworn this guy was breathing on my glasses. 590 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:00,960 Is he? 591 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,960 No, how could he? 592 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:08,960 Well, come on, then, let's go. It's a quarter to seven already, yeah. 593 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,960 Hold it. I'll get the phone. 594 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,960 No, no, let's get this started first. 595 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:13,960 Okay. 596 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:14,960 We'll just start. 597 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:15,960 Huh? 598 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:17,960 I... I... 599 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:19,960 What's the matter with you? 600 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,960 I... I thought I saw this guy's hand twitch. 601 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,960 Oh, don't be silly. 602 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,960 Phew. That gave me a scare. 603 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,960 Let's wait a second. I'll get the phone. 604 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,960 No, no, it'll probably be another job and we'll never get out of here. Now, let it ring. 605 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,960 But the doc said we could go home after... 606 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,960 Oh, all right. Well, come on, let's get this thing over with. 607 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:41,960 Now... 608 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,960 Okay, now, give me the knife again. 609 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:51,960 All right. Now, I'll make a nice, neat little incision right... 610 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:53,960 Hey, Tony. 611 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:54,960 Yeah? 612 00:24:54,960 --> 00:25:03,960 Look, I'm bent over like this, see. I ain't gonna move. My glasses are full of steam again. 613 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:08,960 Oh, Lord. Is... is he alive? 614 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:13,960 Hey, look at me. I'm shaking all over. 615 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,960 Look at him, Hal. Look at his lips. 616 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:17,960 Huh? 617 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:19,960 Listen. 618 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:34,960 Shut that thing off. 619 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:57,960 Huh? 620 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:06,960 Apparently, the life of Ernest Bowers was worth $1.30 for a silver bracelet to the boys who ran away with it, 621 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:12,960 and $5 for a blood-stained jacket to Honest, Jerry Murdock. 622 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,960 Their petty thefts brought a man to the brink of death. 623 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:21,960 As for the busy telephone in the doctor's office, it wasn't busy at all. 624 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:28,960 The good doctor had unwittingly replaced the receiver on the phone stand incorrectly. 625 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:37,960 There is, um... there's just one more episode which perhaps does not belong in an accident report, but which I would like to include. 626 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:48,960 After regaining full consciousness, Ernest Bowers put in a telephone call from the morgue. 627 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:49,960 Hello? 628 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,960 Hello, Mrs. Brawley. Is Mrs. Bowers in? 629 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:54,960 I don't know. I'll see. 630 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,960 Josie, see if Mrs. Bowers is home. 631 00:26:58,960 --> 00:26:59,960 Who is it? 632 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:00,960 This is Mr. Bowers. 633 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,960 Who? Mr. Bowers? 634 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,960 They told me you was dead. The hospital called and said... 635 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,960 I know, Mrs. Brawley, but they made a mistake. 636 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,960 Oh, well, here she is. 637 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,960 Hello. Ernest, where are you? 638 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,960 Well, darling, it's quite a long story. 639 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,960 Well, never mind, you get right home, you hear? Your dinner's getting ice cold. 640 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:34,960 Suspense! 641 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:41,960 Presented by Roma Wines. R-O-M-A. Roma. 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