1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 In just a moment, suspense with Ray Milan. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Say, Harlow Wilcox, do you know what day this is? 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Do I know what day this is? Does a dame know what a date is? 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Does a truck driver know what a spark plug is? 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Well, I... 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,000 Why, listen, my auto light friend, this is the day you plague me with silly questions 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:24,000 when I tell you about auto light resistor spark plugs, auto light staple batteries, auto light ignition systems and 400 other auto light... 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,000 I guess I got you, Harlow. That's not the answer. 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Hey, Hades, ladies, of course that's not the answer. Here's the answer. 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,000 This is SP Day, Auto Light Resistor Spark Plug Day. 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 And furthermore, it's the day before T-Day. 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,000 T-Day? 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Sure, that's tomorrow, Trucker's Day. 14 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,000 The day all the American Trucking Association fellas get together in Washington 15 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 to chin, chuckle and chortle over their carefree careers 16 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,000 as their trucks cross the continent with no thought of trouble or terrain. 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,000 How come? 18 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Well, my friend, I wouldn't say that auto light spark plugs and staple batteries are wholly responsible. 19 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 But, well, use your own judgment. 20 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 I'll take your word for it, Harlow. 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Now let's switch to suspense. 22 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Suspense. 23 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations bring you 24 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 25 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Starring tonight, Mr. Ray Milan 26 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,000 in Anton Lido's production of Night Cry by William L. Stewart. 27 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 28 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Report to the captain of the Homicide Bureau, Manhattan. 29 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,000 From Detective Lieutenant Mark Deglin. 30 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:59,000 You know, we always say that the cat waits for the mouse to run, 31 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 the dog waits for the cat to run, 32 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,000 and the police wait for the killer to run. 33 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 But if he's a smart killer, a real smart guy, 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000 he doesn't run at all but just stands and laughs, 35 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,000 or even walks quietly and easily away. 36 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,000 He can really get away with murder. 37 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 There's a lot of murder around Homicide Squad 38 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 beside the steps we work on, 39 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,000 like the knifing I got when they passed me up and made you 40 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Lieutenant Knight, an acting captain and head of the squad. 41 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Funny how a little promotion goes to a guy's head. 42 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,000 It was Friday that you got your promotion and that evening, 43 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,000 after you'd sent for me, I had to warm a chair outside 44 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,000 until you were ready to see me. Remember? 45 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Captain Knight will see you now, Lieutenant. 46 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Well, that's sweet of him. 47 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Come on over and have a chat, Deglin. Mark? 48 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Sure, why not? Congratulations, Captain Knight. 49 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 That's one of the things I wanted to talk to you about, Mark. 50 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,000 You know, I didn't want this. I didn't do anything to get it. 51 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Sure. Of course, playing golf with a commissioner's brother-in-law 52 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 had nothing to do with it. 53 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 You know it didn't, Mark. The force isn't run that way. 54 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Now, look, I've worked with you for a long time, 55 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 and there's no reason why we can't get along fine. 56 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Sure, no reason? 57 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,000 I'm the first to say that you're the best man on Homicide, Mark. 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 And, well, it's not my place to tell you, 59 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,000 but I think you ought to know the reason why you didn't get the promotion 60 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 instead of me. 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 I'm listening. 62 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 You know, Mark, the police department has come a long way 63 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 from what it used to be. Take Homicide. 64 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,000 It's no longer a question of one man going out and sapping 65 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 some poor devil until he gets a confession. 66 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,000 All of us, detectives, identification, lab men, telegraph, 67 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,000 the medical examiner's office, we're all one big team. 68 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 You know, that sounds like the commissioner's 69 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 number two speech for the Rotarians. 70 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 But it's true, Mark, and that's why the police board 71 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,000 didn't give you this job. 72 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,000 In an age of cooperation, you're still a one-man force. 73 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000 How many killers did I bring in during the last five years? 74 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Every one you went after. I know that, and so does the police board. 75 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 But a lot of them had marks on them that they didn't have 76 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 before you went after them. 77 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 And some of them had to be carried in. 78 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Sure, but I got them, and quick. 79 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Some of them I even had booked before that team you mentioned 80 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 got around to deciding what killed the victims. 81 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000 I know that, but there's always a chance that the next time 82 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 you'll bring in some guy who had nothing to do with it. 83 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Yes? He's on his way. 84 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 It's a call. You and Riley will take it. 85 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Now, look, Mark, Riley's a good teammate for you. 86 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 He's proud of the force, you know, and he'll be just as proud 87 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,000 of your work as his own. And we'll talk about this later. 88 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Sure, after I bring in another killer. 89 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Where's the killing, Riley? 90 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 In the 70s, near Riverside, a gambling joint. 91 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Some guy rolled a seven the wrong way? 92 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Could be. Say, Mark, I was sorry to hear about the... 93 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Ah, forget about it, Dan. 94 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 If I'd wanted a desk job, I wouldn't be a cop. 95 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,000 I'd rather bring them in than look at them after they're brought in. 96 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Go on, let's go. 97 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,000 And for a minute, I didn't mind not getting the captain seat. 98 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 There was something about being on a job, 99 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,000 about starting out to look for a killer that beat everything in the world. 100 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,000 We got to the big brownstone that was the gambling joint. 101 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Riley and I walked up the front stairs through the rain. 102 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 The patrolman on the door let us in. 103 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,000 There were three guys in the foyer. 104 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 One of them was a good-looking guy in a dinner jacket, 105 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,000 with a look in his eye that probably came from watching a lot of guys 106 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 try to make a four the hard way. 107 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,000 The second was a patrolman still writing in his notebook. 108 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,000 And the third was a guy on the floor, dead. 109 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 He was partly on his side, and there was a knife in his back. 110 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 He was wearing a suit that had cost plenty 111 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 before he spalled up a bleeding all over it. 112 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 The patrolman saluted as we came up. 113 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Corker, sir, the doorman called me off the beat. 114 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 The dead man's name is L.O. Morrison. 115 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Mr. Carlstrom here is the owner of the club, and he says... 116 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Save it, Corker, until we ask for it. 117 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Yes, sir. 118 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 What do you think, Riley? 119 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 He's dead, all right. 120 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Take another look at that stiff. 121 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 He's got a fresh cut over one eye, 122 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 which he must have gotten before he was killed. 123 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 You're right. 124 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 It wouldn't be that bruised if he got it when he was killed. 125 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Well, let's find out how he got it. 126 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 All right, you. 127 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Yes, inspector. 128 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Not inspector, lieutenant. Lieutenant Deglin. 129 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Oh, yes, I've heard of you, Lieutenant Deglin. 130 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Well, stick around. You'll get some first-hand knowledge. 131 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 What kind of a joint is this? 132 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 This is a private club. 133 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 The members have their own keys and let themselves sit. 134 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Oh, a key club, huh? 135 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 That's right. 136 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Who'd the dead man have a fight with? 137 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Well, I don't like to say this, 138 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 but he had a fight with Kendall Payne. 139 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 I asked Mr. Payne to leave. 140 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Kendall Payne, isn't that the guy who was a war hero? 141 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Yes, that's right. 142 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,000 War hero, huh? And he's still fighting the war. 143 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Well, having a key, he could come back after you threw him out. 144 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Yes, he could have come back. 145 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Was he alone? 146 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 No, Miss Morgan Taylor was with him. 147 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Where does Payne live? 148 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Well, here's his address book, Lieutenant. Payne is in here. 149 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Thanks. 150 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Okay, Dan, you can finish up here. 151 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 I think I'll look up this war hero. 152 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Mark, don't you think you ought to wait for the medical examiner and the ID boys to arrive? 153 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Why, I don't need the ME to tell me this guy is dead 154 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 and no identification to tell me he had a fight with Payne. 155 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 This murder is tailor-made, 156 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,000 and I'm going down and try Payne on for size. 157 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 It was a short street just off the Hudson River 158 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 where a lot of artists and duck wallopers live. 159 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,000 There was a dim light in the hall and I went up the stairs. 160 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 The light spilled out from under the door that had Payne's name on it, 161 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,000 and I knocked. 162 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,000 All right, it's open. 163 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,000 He was sitting on the bed. 164 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,000 He had an army kit bag open and partly packed. 165 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 There was a white bandage over his right eye, 166 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,000 and the drawers of the bureau were open. 167 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Now, what do you want? 168 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 A little talk. Your name, Payne? 169 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Yeah, but you're not anyone I know. Beat it. 170 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,000 We'll get acquainted. This badge will introduce us. 171 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 You know what you can do with that badge? 172 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 You know, I almost forgot you were a hero. 173 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 How long you been here, hero? 174 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Maybe an hour. Now go on, get out. 175 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 How'd you get to be a hero, Payne, with a knife? 176 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Look, I don't know you or your badge. Now go on, get out. 177 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,000 You're a tough little punk, aren't you, hero? 178 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Especially tough for a boy who's just killed a man. 179 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 What are you talking about? 180 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Where's the dame you were with? 181 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Maybe she can tell you about the guy you had a fight with, 182 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,000 then went back and killed. 183 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Look, you keep her out of it. 184 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Look, sonny, you were maybe tough overseas, 185 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,000 but back here you're just another meatball. Now talk. 186 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000 What are you, a tough cop? 187 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Well, let's see how tough... 188 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Sure, I'm a tough cop. 189 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 I hit him three times. No more than that. 190 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 He fell. His head hit the edge of the bed, 191 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 then he slumped to the floor. 192 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,000 His breathing was heavy for a minute, and then it... 193 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 And it stopped. 194 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 I stood looking at him, rubbing my knuckles. 195 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Then I reached down and felt his wrist. 196 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 He was dead. 197 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Well, it was another trial the taxpayers wouldn't have to pay for. 198 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,000 I got up, went to the phone, and seen him in the hall. 199 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Night talking. 200 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Daglin here. Look, I just... 201 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Oh, wait a minute, Mike. Hey, close that door, will you? 202 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,000 Now that the case is broken, they're talking their heads off. 203 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Case is broken? Yeah, it was Carlstrom. 204 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 He got panicky and started to run. 205 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 You know, Riley, when they run, he shoots. 206 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 He nailed him in the shoulder, 207 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 and Carlstrom thought he was gonna die and confess. 208 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,000 The dead man was into the gambling house for 50 grand and wouldn't pay, 209 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,000 so Carlstrom stuck the knife into him. 210 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Hello? You still on? Yeah. 211 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 I just dropped some change. Did you find pain? 212 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,000 I... I think he's cleared out. 213 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Clothes and the bathroom stuff's all gone. 214 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 He has? He probably saw something. 215 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 He didn't want to get mixed up in it. 216 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Well, we can always put out an alarm on him. 217 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Go home and get some sleep, Mike. 218 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Sure. I'll get some sleep. 219 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Well, I hung on, hung up, walked back into Payne's room. 220 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,000 I looked down at him, thought what a lousy time to make a mistake. 221 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Well, I was only one smart way out. 222 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,000 I had to bring Candle Payne back to life long enough 223 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,000 to be seen taking a run-out powder. 224 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,000 I needed some good, reliable witnesses. 225 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,000 That way, I could get away with murder. 226 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,000 For Suspense, Autolite is bringing you Mr. Ray Milland 227 00:10:55,000 --> 00:11:06,000 in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 228 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,000 How in tarnation do you say so much about autolite spark plugs 229 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 in so short a time? 230 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Why, that's easy, Hap. 231 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Do you want the high points and the low down on these master magicians, 232 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 these motor marvels, these monuments to autolite ignition engineers? 233 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 Well, plug one ear and spark to this. 234 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Well, if I must. 235 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,000 By Cornelius, I'll plug these autolite resistor spark plugs 236 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 any time, any place. 237 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Do you want your engine to idle smoothly as a sultan's harem, 238 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,000 purr as contentedly as a Persian kitten, 239 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,000 run as tirelessly as a perpetual motion machine? 240 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,000 Well, I... 241 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Then you want autolite resistor wide gap spark plugs. 242 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Why, that wide gap in these new autolite resistor spark plugs 243 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 means as much to your car as Donald Duck means to Duckdom, 244 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Chessy means to Catdom, Lassie means to Dogdom. 245 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000 No. 246 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Why, by Cornelius, when you replace your old narrow gap spark plugs 247 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,000 with the new autolite resistor wide gap spark plugs, 248 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 your car refuses to be satisfied just to run better, 249 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 save gas and save dough. 250 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 With autolite resistor spark plugs, 251 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,000 you cut interference with radio and television reception. 252 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,000 That's important, mighty important. 253 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,000 And what's more important, you ought to get all your neighbors 254 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,000 to march right down with you to buy a set of autolite resistor spark plugs 255 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,000 tomorrow morning. 256 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Do it right away, Hap. Don't keep me in suspense. 257 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Okay, Harlow, here is suspense. 258 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:23,000 And now autolite brings back to our Hollywood soundstage 259 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,000 Mr. Ray Mland as Detective Lieutenant Mark Deglin 260 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:33,000 in Night Cry, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 261 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 As I said before, Captain Knight, 262 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,000 the cat waits for the mouse to run, the dog waits for the cat to run, 263 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,000 and the police wait for the killer to run. 264 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Only I wasn't going to run. 265 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:00,000 I stood there and tried to figure how to have Candlepane seen running away. 266 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,000 After that, Pane would be just another guy who got scared and beat it. 267 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:09,000 I'd still be Lieutenant Mark Deglin, the guy who didn't make mistakes. 268 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:14,000 It took me a while in the night and the rain to do what I had to do, 269 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 quite a while. 270 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 But I finally got to my own apartment. 271 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,000 I still had Pane's kit bag with his name stenciled on the side, 272 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 but I could get rid of that later. 273 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,000 I tossed it on the floor behind my desk and went to sleep. 274 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,000 When I got to headquarters the next morning, it was late. 275 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Pane's disappearance had the DA demanding we find him. 276 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Dan Riley was already out trying to trace Pane, 277 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,000 and I could just imagine what he was doing. 278 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,000 He was already out trying to trace Pane, 279 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:43,000 and I could just imagine him bulldogging along from one witness to another. 280 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 And then you said... 281 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Suppose you go up to Connecticut, Mark, 282 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 and talk to Pane's girl, Morgan Taylor. 283 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Just routine. 284 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Just routine? 285 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Okay, I'll take care of it. 286 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,000 I found where Morgan Taylor lived from the Greenwich Post Office. 287 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,000 It was a low, rambling White House set back from a tree-lined road. 288 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,000 The girl who answered my ring had dark hair, 289 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,000 that came down around her shoulders, 290 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:16,000 and wide gray eyes that were sure and young and lovely. 291 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Yes? 292 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 You Miss Morgan Taylor? 293 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Yes, I am. 294 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,000 I'm Lieutenant Mark Deglin of the New York Police. 295 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,000 Oh? 296 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,000 You know where I can find Kendall Pane? 297 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Oh, the silly fool. 298 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 He said something about leaving last night, 299 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,000 but I thought he was just being dramatic. 300 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,000 When was this? 301 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Well, I...I went down to his place with him last night 302 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 after we left the gambling club. 303 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 I've been seeing a lot of Ken, 304 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,000 but I just couldn't keep on. 305 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,000 He was always getting into fights and picking arguments. 306 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 So I told him I wouldn't see him anymore. 307 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 That's when he said he'd leave. 308 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 And that's the last time you saw him? 309 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Yes. 310 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 But there's something else. 311 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Well, yes. 312 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000 It wasn't time for my train yet, 313 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,000 so I walked around in the rain. 314 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Then I remembered that I had a date to meet Ken in town tonight, 315 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000 and I went back to tell him I wouldn't be there. 316 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 But he wasn't in his room. 317 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 I had no idea he'd really left. 318 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,000 You think he might have gone back to the gambling club? 319 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Why do you ask that? 320 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,000 Well, after he left the club last night, a man was killed. 321 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 The man Pane had a fight with. 322 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,000 And you think he ran away because of that? 323 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 He might have. 324 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Ken was, well, pretty neurotic. 325 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 You in love with him? 326 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Oh, I'm very fond of Ken. 327 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 But that's all, Lieutenant. 328 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 But I'd hate to think that anything happened to him. 329 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 You've no idea where he is now. 330 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 If you'll wait a minute, I'll go with you. 331 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 I was just getting ready to leave myself. 332 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 He might show up to keep that date with me tonight 333 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 at Mourney's on Bleecker Street. 334 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 We can wait for him there. 335 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 She rode back to New York with me. 336 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,000 And after the first few miles, we stopped talking about 337 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Kendall Pane and talked about ourselves. 338 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 She was really a beautiful gal. 339 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,000 I kept glancing sideways at her profile. 340 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Maybe this case was going to turn out better than I thought. 341 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:20,000 When we hit town, I called you, Captain Knight. 342 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Remember? 343 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,000 I was doing, not mentioning what nice work 344 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 it was turning into. 345 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Then Morgan and I went on to the restaurant. 346 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Since then, I've just played around, I guess. 347 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000 I know what you mean. 348 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Look, it's past eight, Morgan. 349 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,000 What time was Pane supposed to meet you, seven? 350 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Yes. It looks as though I've been stood up. 351 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Well, he must be pretty scared to stand you up. 352 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 If it were me, I'd risk even a murder 353 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 after keeping the date. 354 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Thank you, Mark. 355 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000 You made it, didn't you? 356 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Well, it's a good thing you asked me. 357 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 I was just about to put my handcuffs on 358 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,000 so you couldn't get away. 359 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 I got into headquarters early next day. 360 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,000 I just finished calling Morgan to say good morning 361 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 and make a date for that night. 362 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,000 And the desk sergeant said that you wanted to see me. 363 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 I went in and Riley was with you. 364 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 Well, we got a couple of things on Pane, Mark. 365 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 You were keen on him? 366 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Sure. Dan, that was a nice job on Colstrom. 367 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 He was certainly a scared guy. 368 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 You know, one thing about killers, 369 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 they always make a break for it sooner or later. 370 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,000 Yeah, most of them do. 371 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,000 What's doing on Pane, Knight? 372 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,000 I'll let Riley tell it. It's his story. 373 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 There's nothing much except I talked to a number of people 374 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 who think they saw him. I got a couple of them outside. 375 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,000 Might as well bring them in, Riley. 376 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000 Yeah, okay. 377 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Morning, Gold. 378 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,000 This is Captain Knight, Lieutenant Daglen Gold. 379 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000 He's a cab driver. He got out of bed to come down and help us. 380 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Sure, Chief. Anything to help you guys out? 381 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,000 Okay, Gold, tell him the story you told me. 382 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Sure. 383 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Like I said, I picked up this fare downtown last night 384 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 about 1 o'clock. 385 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Big guy with a bandage over one eye. 386 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,000 He was carrying one of those soldier kit bags, you know? 387 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 Wanted to go to the station, Grand Central. 388 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,000 He was in a bad temper. 389 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Take a look at these pictures. 390 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Where did I put that other... Oh, here it is. 391 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Well, it might have been either one of these two. 392 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 They look a little alike. 393 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 Without the bandage, I couldn't swear which one. 394 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Okay, thanks, Gold. If we need you later, we'll call out. 395 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Sure, sure. Anytime, Chief. Anytime at all. 396 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Well, pretty close. One of the two was a picture of Payne. 397 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Who was the other one he thought looked like Payne? 398 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 An old newspaper picture of you, Mark. 399 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Me? Yeah. 400 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,000 You didn't know I collected all your publicity, did you? 401 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,000 It'd been funny if he'd just identified you. 402 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Yeah. 403 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Yeah, very funny. 404 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Who's your other witness, Riley? 405 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,000 He lives in the house across the street from Payne's place. 406 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Will you come in now, Miss Meacham? 407 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Miss Meacham, this is Captain Knight. 408 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 How do you do, Miss Meacham? How do you do? 409 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000 This is Lieutenant Deglin. 410 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 Mrs. Meacham, Mark. 411 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,000 I've seen you, Lieutenant. 412 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,000 You have? Oh, yes. 413 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,000 Oh, well, maybe it was when I was over to Payne's the other night, huh? 414 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000 Oh, no, I didn't mean there. 415 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 In the papers. Oh. 416 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Your picture's been in the papers a lot. 417 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Yeah, I guess it has. Mrs. Meacham, 418 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 I believe Riley tells me that you saw several things the other night, 419 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 things that puzzled you. 420 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 They certainly did puzzle me, Captain. 421 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,000 You see quite a few things in the neighborhood, Mrs. Meacham? 422 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Well, some say that's all I do. 423 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Well, I say when a body gets old like me, 424 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 there ain't much left but looking. 425 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 Yes, of course. 426 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Now, what did you see the other night, Mrs. Meacham? 427 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,000 Let's see. Oh, that was night before last. 428 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Well, like I told Mr. Riley, I couldn't sleep. 429 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:52,000 So I was up late and I saw Mr. Payne and his girl go in, 430 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 but I didn't see her come out. 431 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 You didn't see her come out? 432 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 I made tea. I might have missed her. 433 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 I have to have my tea, you know. 434 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 But I did see her go back in later. 435 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 How much later? 436 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Oh, maybe half an hour, maybe more. 437 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:10,000 But before she came back, somebody else left. 438 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Well, that must have been Payne. 439 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Well, I don't rightly know. 440 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,000 He was wearing a bandage and was carrying his kit bag, 441 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 but he didn't wave to me. 442 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Didn't wave to you? 443 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Oh, Mr. Payne always waved to me when he went out. 444 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,000 So it was mighty funny he didn't that time. 445 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Well, maybe he just forgot. What happened after that? 446 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,000 No, sir, he never forgot to wave. 447 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,000 Oh, well, anyway, about 20 minutes later, 448 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Mr. Payne's girl came back. 449 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,000 She stayed just a little while and then went away. 450 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 Very interesting, Mrs. Meacham. Is that all? 451 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 Of course it is. 452 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,000 And that was a lot for a neighborhood where nothing ever happens. 453 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Well, thank you very much, Mrs. Meacham. 454 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 We'll call you if we need to talk to you again. 455 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Well, I won't remember any more than I have. 456 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Well, let's go, boys. 457 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 Where are we going? 458 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 I've been behind this desk so long, Mark, I'm getting calluses. 459 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:12,000 I'm going to come with you and Riley. 460 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 The room was as I remembered it, 461 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 except there wasn't anybody on the floor 462 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000 and the police technicians were there. 463 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Now, let's see now. 464 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 The old lady says she saw the girl come in twice, 465 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 but never saw her go out. 466 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Any other way out of here, Riley? 467 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Through the window. Let's take a look. 468 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 You man through with this window? 469 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 You mean the guy, probably this pain, 470 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 a few prints of a small man or woman, huh? 471 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Let's look at this window. 472 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000 I stood watching. 473 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 They weren't going to find anything looking out of the window. 474 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Maybe they'd see the pry marks in the wood 475 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 and find the sash weights were missing. 476 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000 But that wouldn't mean a thing. 477 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Suddenly, Riley let go of the window and... 478 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Watch it! 479 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 It almost took my fingers off. 480 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry. 481 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 Hey, Al, the sash cords have been cut 482 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 and the sash weights are missing. 483 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 What's that? 484 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Ah, I see what you mean, Dan. 485 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 The river's near here, isn't it? 486 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 That's what I was thinking. 487 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 Okay, we'll call the harbor patrol and see what we get. 488 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 So Riley had finally bulldozed into something. 489 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 The walk down to the river was short. 490 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Shorter than the last time, it seemed. 491 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 The police tug was stirring the mud 492 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 of the river bottom with its grappling hook. 493 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 When Payne's body finally came up, 494 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 the dirty water cascaded from the blanked shroud 495 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 and the sash weights dripped mud. 496 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Well, that's that, boys. 497 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 Payne didn't run away at all. 498 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000 Somebody killed him. 499 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,000 I think we can wrap this one up fast. 500 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 How'd you figure that, Knight? 501 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 It's easy, Mark. 502 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 The girl had a fight with him. 503 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 She's the only one seen going in the other night. 504 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Her prints are on the window. 505 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 She probably killed him, dressed up in his clothes, 506 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,000 made it look like he was leaving, 507 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 then came back and dumped the body. 508 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 It's the girl, all right. 509 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 But, Mark, this Taylor girl couldn't carry a big guy like that. 510 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,000 Couldn't she? 511 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 She was in the ambulance service overseas, Mark, 512 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 and carried soldiers around. 513 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000 Civilians aren't any heavier. 514 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 I'm putting out a pick-up on the girl. 515 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 Well, that's the way it was. 516 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 I had an out, 517 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 but it was the one out I didn't want. 518 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 I didn't want the chair getting Morgan, Taylor. 519 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Not what I wanted. 520 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 I'd have to fix it some way. 521 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 I had to go home and think. 522 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Well, I hadn't been there long when... 523 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 Morgan stood in the doorway, 524 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000 her eyes tired and frightened, 525 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 her face white. 526 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 She went past me without speaking 527 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 and over to a chair. 528 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 When she looked at me, I knew I was right. 529 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 I had to find some way to save her. 530 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Mark, 531 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 I just heard 532 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 they want me for the murder of Kin. 533 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 I know, honey. 534 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Why did you come here? 535 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Why? Why, because 536 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 where else would I go, Mark? 537 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 But you're not forgetting that I'm a cop, too. 538 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000 If you want to take me in, Mark, 539 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 I'll understand. 540 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 I only want to take you one place, Morgan, 541 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 and that's not headquarters. 542 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 But I've got to take you in. 543 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Whatever you say, Mark. 544 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 But I'll get you out, honey. 545 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 You won't be in there long enough to remember even what it looks like. 546 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 After they booked for headquarters, 547 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 I went back to the apartment. 548 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000 I had to figure out some way 549 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 to save her and myself. 550 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 But first I had to get rid of that kit bag. 551 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 If she'd seen it, everything would have been ruined. 552 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Besides, it was stupid 553 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 to leave it around. 554 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Then, 555 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 then I had an idea. 556 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 There was one way out. 557 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 That was to write this report to you, 558 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Captain Knight, and get out of the country. 559 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Then when she was freed, 560 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 she could join me. She was worth running for. 561 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Only wouldn't really be running. 562 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 I was walking away. 563 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 Well, that's that. 564 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 So long, Captain Knight. 565 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 I won't be seeing you. 566 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 I picked up the kit bag 567 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 with Payne's name on the side. 568 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 Went down the steps. 569 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 Hello, Mark. 570 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 I think I got a lead on the girl 571 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 and I thought you'd want to be in on the kill. 572 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 But I got it, Dan. I just turned her in. 573 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Where'd you find it? 574 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,000 What's the bag number? 575 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 Nothing, Dan. Nothing. I had... 576 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Kendall Payne, Mark. 577 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000 Look, I found it. 578 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Where? 579 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 In his apartment. 580 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 I was there yesterday and we were all there today. 581 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 What's the matter? You think I'm lying? 582 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 I don't know, Mark. 583 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Say, what time were you at Payne's the other night? 584 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 Look, Dan, I got something to do. 585 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 We'll talk about this case later. 586 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Wait a minute, Mark. 587 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 That cab driver picked out your picture as well as Payne's. 588 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 What are you talking about? Listen! 589 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 You weren't surprised when we found those sash weights gone 590 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 or even when you saw Payne's body dragged out of the river. 591 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000 There's nothing worse than a couple's turn bad. 592 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Mark! 593 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,000 Get out of my way, Dan! 594 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 Hey, Mark! Mark! 595 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 I had to run. Everything had been crowding in all day. 596 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 That cab driver, the old lady, 597 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 the kit bag, and now Riley. 598 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,000 Pushing in like a bulldog with his questions. 599 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 I had to run and keep running. 600 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000 I had to get away before he could ask another question. 601 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000 Mark, don't run! Mark, don't! 602 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 Oh, my God! 603 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,000 You shouldn't have run, Mark. 604 00:26:52,000 --> 00:27:08,000 You know what happens when a guy runs. 605 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 Thank you, Ray Milan, for a splendid performance. 606 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,000 Mr. Milan will return in just a moment. 607 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Say, Harro, what about auto lights? 608 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 What about auto light resistor spark plugs, 609 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 stay full batteries, ignition systems, 610 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 and over 400 other automotive, aviation, and marine products? 611 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 Yeah. 612 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000 Ah, let's save it for next week, Harp, 613 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 while we salute the safest, surest, 614 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 sanest drivers under the sun. 615 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 And by Cornelius, I didn't say under the sod. 616 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 That's the truck drivers of America, Harp. 617 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Dependable as a doughnut is dunkable, 618 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 as a resistor spark plug is sparkable, 619 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,000 as an auto light product is superbable. 620 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000 Say, these wonderful truckers have got me wound up-able. 621 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 I'm delighted. I'm honored. 622 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 By Cornelius, I'm excited. 623 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000 Now, Harlo, before these good friends have been good nighted, 624 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,000 remember... 625 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,000 Auto light means spark plugs. 626 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000 Ignition engineered resistor spark plugs. 627 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 Auto light means batteries. 628 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Stay full batteries. 629 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 Auto light means ignition systems. 630 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,000 The lifeline of your car. 631 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,000 And now here again is Mr. Ray Milan. 632 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000 It has been such a pleasure to be here. 633 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 Tonight, with this great cast of suspense actors. 634 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 And I'm expecting almost as much pleasure 635 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000 from listening next week, 636 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 when radio's outstanding theater of thrills 637 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000 brings you Lucille Ball in a little piece of rope. 638 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,000 Another gripping study in... 639 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,000 Suspense. 640 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,000 Ray Milan may currently be seen 641 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,000 in the Hal Wallace production, 642 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 So Evil, My Love. 643 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000 Tonight's suspense play was adapted 644 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000 from the novel of William L. Stewart, Night Cry, 645 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000 which will shortly be released in theaters 646 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,000 and will be available on the 647 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,000 Disney Channel Stewart, Night Cry, 648 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,000 which will shortly be made into a motion picture. 649 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,000 The music was composed by Lucian Morawak 650 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,000 and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 651 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000 The entire production was under the direction 652 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,000 of Anton M. Lieder. 653 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 In the coming weeks, suspense will present such stars 654 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,000 as William Powell, Agnes Moorhead, John Garfield, 655 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000 Edmund O'Brien and many others. 656 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000 Make it a point to listen each Thursday 657 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,000 to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 658 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000 And next Thursday, same time, 659 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000 hear Lucille Ball in 660 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,000 a little piece of rope. 661 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000 This is the 662 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000 AuroLite Suspense Show. 663 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Drive as if your life depends on it. 664 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000 It does. 665 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000 Good night. Switch to 666 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000 AuroLite. 667 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:42,000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.