WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.000 In just a moment, suspense with Ray Milan. 00:04.000 --> 00:07.000 Say, Harlow Wilcox, do you know what day this is? 00:07.000 --> 00:10.000 Do I know what day this is? Does a dame know what a date is? 00:10.000 --> 00:12.000 Does a truck driver know what a spark plug is? 00:12.000 --> 00:13.000 Well, I... 00:13.000 --> 00:17.000 Why, listen, my auto light friend, this is the day you plague me with silly questions 00:17.000 --> 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... 00:24.000 --> 00:27.000 I guess I got you, Harlow. That's not the answer. 00:27.000 --> 00:30.000 Hey, Hades, ladies, of course that's not the answer. Here's the answer. 00:30.000 --> 00:34.000 This is SP Day, Auto Light Resistor Spark Plug Day. 00:34.000 --> 00:36.000 And furthermore, it's the day before T-Day. 00:36.000 --> 00:37.000 T-Day? 00:37.000 --> 00:39.000 Sure, that's tomorrow, Trucker's Day. 00:39.000 --> 00:43.000 The day all the American Trucking Association fellas get together in Washington 00:43.000 --> 00:46.000 to chin, chuckle and chortle over their carefree careers 00:46.000 --> 00:50.000 as their trucks cross the continent with no thought of trouble or terrain. 00:50.000 --> 00:51.000 How come? 00:51.000 --> 00:56.000 Well, my friend, I wouldn't say that auto light spark plugs and staple batteries are wholly responsible. 00:56.000 --> 00:58.000 But, well, use your own judgment. 00:58.000 --> 01:00.000 I'll take your word for it, Harlow. 01:00.000 --> 01:02.000 Now let's switch to suspense. 01:12.000 --> 01:13.000 Suspense. 01:18.000 --> 01:22.000 Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations bring you 01:22.000 --> 01:26.000 Radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 01:26.000 --> 01:29.000 Starring tonight, Mr. Ray Milan 01:29.000 --> 01:34.000 in Anton Lido's production of Night Cry by William L. Stewart. 01:34.000 --> 01:38.000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 01:42.000 --> 01:48.000 Report to the captain of the Homicide Bureau, Manhattan. 01:48.000 --> 01:52.000 From Detective Lieutenant Mark Deglin. 01:53.000 --> 01:59.000 You know, we always say that the cat waits for the mouse to run, 01:59.000 --> 02:02.000 the dog waits for the cat to run, 02:02.000 --> 02:06.000 and the police wait for the killer to run. 02:06.000 --> 02:09.000 But if he's a smart killer, a real smart guy, 02:09.000 --> 02:12.000 he doesn't run at all but just stands and laughs, 02:12.000 --> 02:15.000 or even walks quietly and easily away. 02:15.000 --> 02:19.000 He can really get away with murder. 02:23.000 --> 02:25.000 There's a lot of murder around Homicide Squad 02:25.000 --> 02:27.000 beside the steps we work on, 02:27.000 --> 02:30.000 like the knifing I got when they passed me up and made you 02:30.000 --> 02:34.000 Lieutenant Knight, an acting captain and head of the squad. 02:34.000 --> 02:37.000 Funny how a little promotion goes to a guy's head. 02:37.000 --> 02:41.000 It was Friday that you got your promotion and that evening, 02:41.000 --> 02:44.000 after you'd sent for me, I had to warm a chair outside 02:44.000 --> 02:48.000 until you were ready to see me. Remember? 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 Captain Knight will see you now, Lieutenant. 02:51.000 --> 02:53.000 Well, that's sweet of him. 02:59.000 --> 03:02.000 Come on over and have a chat, Deglin. Mark? 03:02.000 --> 03:07.000 Sure, why not? Congratulations, Captain Knight. 03:07.000 --> 03:09.000 That's one of the things I wanted to talk to you about, Mark. 03:09.000 --> 03:12.000 You know, I didn't want this. I didn't do anything to get it. 03:12.000 --> 03:17.000 Sure. Of course, playing golf with a commissioner's brother-in-law 03:17.000 --> 03:18.000 had nothing to do with it. 03:18.000 --> 03:21.000 You know it didn't, Mark. The force isn't run that way. 03:21.000 --> 03:23.000 Now, look, I've worked with you for a long time, 03:23.000 --> 03:25.000 and there's no reason why we can't get along fine. 03:25.000 --> 03:27.000 Sure, no reason? 03:27.000 --> 03:30.000 I'm the first to say that you're the best man on Homicide, Mark. 03:30.000 --> 03:32.000 And, well, it's not my place to tell you, 03:32.000 --> 03:35.000 but I think you ought to know the reason why you didn't get the promotion 03:35.000 --> 03:36.000 instead of me. 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 I'm listening. 03:37.000 --> 03:40.000 You know, Mark, the police department has come a long way 03:40.000 --> 03:42.000 from what it used to be. Take Homicide. 03:42.000 --> 03:45.000 It's no longer a question of one man going out and sapping 03:45.000 --> 03:47.000 some poor devil until he gets a confession. 03:47.000 --> 03:51.000 All of us, detectives, identification, lab men, telegraph, 03:51.000 --> 03:55.000 the medical examiner's office, we're all one big team. 03:55.000 --> 03:57.000 You know, that sounds like the commissioner's 03:57.000 --> 03:59.000 number two speech for the Rotarians. 03:59.000 --> 04:01.000 But it's true, Mark, and that's why the police board 04:01.000 --> 04:02.000 didn't give you this job. 04:02.000 --> 04:05.000 In an age of cooperation, you're still a one-man force. 04:05.000 --> 04:08.000 How many killers did I bring in during the last five years? 04:08.000 --> 04:12.000 Every one you went after. I know that, and so does the police board. 04:12.000 --> 04:14.000 But a lot of them had marks on them that they didn't have 04:14.000 --> 04:16.000 before you went after them. 04:16.000 --> 04:18.000 And some of them had to be carried in. 04:18.000 --> 04:20.000 Sure, but I got them, and quick. 04:20.000 --> 04:23.000 Some of them I even had booked before that team you mentioned 04:23.000 --> 04:25.000 got around to deciding what killed the victims. 04:25.000 --> 04:28.000 I know that, but there's always a chance that the next time 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 you'll bring in some guy who had nothing to do with it. 04:30.000 --> 04:34.000 Yes? He's on his way. 04:34.000 --> 04:36.000 It's a call. You and Riley will take it. 04:36.000 --> 04:39.000 Now, look, Mark, Riley's a good teammate for you. 04:39.000 --> 04:41.000 He's proud of the force, you know, and he'll be just as proud 04:41.000 --> 04:44.000 of your work as his own. And we'll talk about this later. 04:44.000 --> 04:46.000 Sure, after I bring in another killer. 04:54.000 --> 04:55.000 Where's the killing, Riley? 04:55.000 --> 04:57.000 In the 70s, near Riverside, a gambling joint. 04:57.000 --> 04:59.000 Some guy rolled a seven the wrong way? 04:59.000 --> 05:04.000 Could be. Say, Mark, I was sorry to hear about the... 05:04.000 --> 05:06.000 Ah, forget about it, Dan. 05:06.000 --> 05:08.000 If I'd wanted a desk job, I wouldn't be a cop. 05:08.000 --> 05:11.000 I'd rather bring them in than look at them after they're brought in. 05:11.000 --> 05:13.000 Go on, let's go. 05:18.000 --> 05:22.000 And for a minute, I didn't mind not getting the captain seat. 05:22.000 --> 05:24.000 There was something about being on a job, 05:24.000 --> 05:27.000 about starting out to look for a killer that beat everything in the world. 05:28.000 --> 05:31.000 We got to the big brownstone that was the gambling joint. 05:31.000 --> 05:33.000 Riley and I walked up the front stairs through the rain. 05:33.000 --> 05:35.000 The patrolman on the door let us in. 05:38.000 --> 05:40.000 There were three guys in the foyer. 05:40.000 --> 05:42.000 One of them was a good-looking guy in a dinner jacket, 05:42.000 --> 05:45.000 with a look in his eye that probably came from watching a lot of guys 05:45.000 --> 05:47.000 try to make a four the hard way. 05:47.000 --> 05:51.000 The second was a patrolman still writing in his notebook. 05:51.000 --> 05:55.000 And the third was a guy on the floor, dead. 05:55.000 --> 05:58.000 He was partly on his side, and there was a knife in his back. 05:58.000 --> 06:00.000 He was wearing a suit that had cost plenty 06:00.000 --> 06:02.000 before he spalled up a bleeding all over it. 06:02.000 --> 06:04.000 The patrolman saluted as we came up. 06:04.000 --> 06:07.000 Corker, sir, the doorman called me off the beat. 06:07.000 --> 06:10.000 The dead man's name is L.O. Morrison. 06:10.000 --> 06:12.000 Mr. Carlstrom here is the owner of the club, and he says... 06:12.000 --> 06:14.000 Save it, Corker, until we ask for it. 06:14.000 --> 06:15.000 Yes, sir. 06:15.000 --> 06:16.000 What do you think, Riley? 06:16.000 --> 06:18.000 He's dead, all right. 06:18.000 --> 06:20.000 Take another look at that stiff. 06:20.000 --> 06:22.000 He's got a fresh cut over one eye, 06:22.000 --> 06:24.000 which he must have gotten before he was killed. 06:24.000 --> 06:25.000 You're right. 06:25.000 --> 06:27.000 It wouldn't be that bruised if he got it when he was killed. 06:27.000 --> 06:29.000 Well, let's find out how he got it. 06:29.000 --> 06:30.000 All right, you. 06:30.000 --> 06:31.000 Yes, inspector. 06:31.000 --> 06:33.000 Not inspector, lieutenant. Lieutenant Deglin. 06:33.000 --> 06:36.000 Oh, yes, I've heard of you, Lieutenant Deglin. 06:36.000 --> 06:39.000 Well, stick around. You'll get some first-hand knowledge. 06:39.000 --> 06:41.000 What kind of a joint is this? 06:41.000 --> 06:42.000 This is a private club. 06:42.000 --> 06:44.000 The members have their own keys and let themselves sit. 06:44.000 --> 06:46.000 Oh, a key club, huh? 06:46.000 --> 06:47.000 That's right. 06:47.000 --> 06:49.000 Who'd the dead man have a fight with? 06:49.000 --> 06:52.000 Well, I don't like to say this, 06:52.000 --> 06:54.000 but he had a fight with Kendall Payne. 06:54.000 --> 06:55.000 I asked Mr. Payne to leave. 06:55.000 --> 06:58.000 Kendall Payne, isn't that the guy who was a war hero? 06:58.000 --> 06:59.000 Yes, that's right. 06:59.000 --> 07:01.000 War hero, huh? And he's still fighting the war. 07:01.000 --> 07:04.000 Well, having a key, he could come back after you threw him out. 07:04.000 --> 07:05.000 Yes, he could have come back. 07:05.000 --> 07:06.000 Was he alone? 07:06.000 --> 07:08.000 No, Miss Morgan Taylor was with him. 07:08.000 --> 07:09.000 Where does Payne live? 07:09.000 --> 07:11.000 Well, here's his address book, Lieutenant. Payne is in here. 07:11.000 --> 07:12.000 Thanks. 07:12.000 --> 07:14.000 Okay, Dan, you can finish up here. 07:14.000 --> 07:16.000 I think I'll look up this war hero. 07:16.000 --> 07:20.000 Mark, don't you think you ought to wait for the medical examiner and the ID boys to arrive? 07:20.000 --> 07:22.000 Why, I don't need the ME to tell me this guy is dead 07:22.000 --> 07:24.000 and no identification to tell me he had a fight with Payne. 07:24.000 --> 07:26.000 This murder is tailor-made, 07:26.000 --> 07:29.000 and I'm going down and try Payne on for size. 07:37.000 --> 07:39.000 It was a short street just off the Hudson River 07:39.000 --> 07:41.000 where a lot of artists and duck wallopers live. 07:41.000 --> 07:44.000 There was a dim light in the hall and I went up the stairs. 07:44.000 --> 07:47.000 The light spilled out from under the door that had Payne's name on it, 07:47.000 --> 07:49.000 and I knocked. 07:49.000 --> 07:51.000 All right, it's open. 07:52.000 --> 07:53.000 He was sitting on the bed. 07:53.000 --> 07:56.000 He had an army kit bag open and partly packed. 07:56.000 --> 07:58.000 There was a white bandage over his right eye, 07:58.000 --> 08:00.000 and the drawers of the bureau were open. 08:00.000 --> 08:02.000 Now, what do you want? 08:02.000 --> 08:04.000 A little talk. Your name, Payne? 08:04.000 --> 08:06.000 Yeah, but you're not anyone I know. Beat it. 08:06.000 --> 08:10.000 We'll get acquainted. This badge will introduce us. 08:10.000 --> 08:12.000 You know what you can do with that badge? 08:12.000 --> 08:14.000 You know, I almost forgot you were a hero. 08:14.000 --> 08:16.000 How long you been here, hero? 08:16.000 --> 08:18.000 Maybe an hour. Now go on, get out. 08:18.000 --> 08:20.000 How'd you get to be a hero, Payne, with a knife? 08:20.000 --> 08:23.000 Look, I don't know you or your badge. Now go on, get out. 08:23.000 --> 08:26.000 You're a tough little punk, aren't you, hero? 08:26.000 --> 08:29.000 Especially tough for a boy who's just killed a man. 08:29.000 --> 08:31.000 What are you talking about? 08:31.000 --> 08:33.000 Where's the dame you were with? 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 Maybe she can tell you about the guy you had a fight with, 08:35.000 --> 08:36.000 then went back and killed. 08:36.000 --> 08:38.000 Look, you keep her out of it. 08:38.000 --> 08:41.000 Look, sonny, you were maybe tough overseas, 08:41.000 --> 08:44.000 but back here you're just another meatball. Now talk. 08:44.000 --> 08:46.000 What are you, a tough cop? 08:46.000 --> 08:48.000 Well, let's see how tough... 08:48.000 --> 08:50.000 Sure, I'm a tough cop. 08:58.000 --> 09:01.000 I hit him three times. No more than that. 09:01.000 --> 09:03.000 He fell. His head hit the edge of the bed, 09:03.000 --> 09:05.000 then he slumped to the floor. 09:05.000 --> 09:08.000 His breathing was heavy for a minute, and then it... 09:08.000 --> 09:10.000 And it stopped. 09:10.000 --> 09:12.000 I stood looking at him, rubbing my knuckles. 09:12.000 --> 09:18.000 Then I reached down and felt his wrist. 09:18.000 --> 09:20.000 He was dead. 09:20.000 --> 09:24.000 Well, it was another trial the taxpayers wouldn't have to pay for. 09:24.000 --> 09:28.000 I got up, went to the phone, and seen him in the hall. 09:34.000 --> 09:36.000 Night talking. 09:36.000 --> 09:38.000 Daglin here. Look, I just... 09:38.000 --> 09:41.000 Oh, wait a minute, Mike. Hey, close that door, will you? 09:41.000 --> 09:44.000 Now that the case is broken, they're talking their heads off. 09:44.000 --> 09:46.000 Case is broken? Yeah, it was Carlstrom. 09:46.000 --> 09:48.000 He got panicky and started to run. 09:48.000 --> 09:50.000 You know, Riley, when they run, he shoots. 09:50.000 --> 09:52.000 He nailed him in the shoulder, 09:52.000 --> 09:54.000 and Carlstrom thought he was gonna die and confess. 09:54.000 --> 09:57.000 The dead man was into the gambling house for 50 grand and wouldn't pay, 09:57.000 --> 10:00.000 so Carlstrom stuck the knife into him. 10:00.000 --> 10:03.000 Hello? You still on? Yeah. 10:03.000 --> 10:06.000 I just dropped some change. Did you find pain? 10:06.000 --> 10:09.000 I... I think he's cleared out. 10:09.000 --> 10:11.000 Clothes and the bathroom stuff's all gone. 10:11.000 --> 10:13.000 He has? He probably saw something. 10:13.000 --> 10:15.000 He didn't want to get mixed up in it. 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 Well, we can always put out an alarm on him. 10:17.000 --> 10:19.000 Go home and get some sleep, Mike. 10:19.000 --> 10:22.000 Sure. I'll get some sleep. 10:22.000 --> 10:26.000 Well, I hung on, hung up, walked back into Payne's room. 10:26.000 --> 10:30.000 I looked down at him, thought what a lousy time to make a mistake. 10:30.000 --> 10:33.000 Well, I was only one smart way out. 10:33.000 --> 10:36.000 I had to bring Candle Payne back to life long enough 10:36.000 --> 10:39.000 to be seen taking a run-out powder. 10:39.000 --> 10:42.000 I needed some good, reliable witnesses. 10:42.000 --> 10:45.000 That way, I could get away with murder. 10:52.000 --> 10:55.000 For Suspense, Autolite is bringing you Mr. Ray Milland 10:55.000 --> 11:06.000 in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 11:06.000 --> 11:09.000 How in tarnation do you say so much about autolite spark plugs 11:09.000 --> 11:11.000 in so short a time? 11:11.000 --> 11:12.000 Why, that's easy, Hap. 11:12.000 --> 11:15.000 Do you want the high points and the low down on these master magicians, 11:15.000 --> 11:18.000 these motor marvels, these monuments to autolite ignition engineers? 11:18.000 --> 11:20.000 Well, plug one ear and spark to this. 11:20.000 --> 11:21.000 Well, if I must. 11:21.000 --> 11:24.000 By Cornelius, I'll plug these autolite resistor spark plugs 11:24.000 --> 11:26.000 any time, any place. 11:26.000 --> 11:29.000 Do you want your engine to idle smoothly as a sultan's harem, 11:29.000 --> 11:31.000 purr as contentedly as a Persian kitten, 11:31.000 --> 11:34.000 run as tirelessly as a perpetual motion machine? 11:34.000 --> 11:35.000 Well, I... 11:35.000 --> 11:38.000 Then you want autolite resistor wide gap spark plugs. 11:38.000 --> 11:41.000 Why, that wide gap in these new autolite resistor spark plugs 11:41.000 --> 11:44.000 means as much to your car as Donald Duck means to Duckdom, 11:44.000 --> 11:47.000 Chessy means to Catdom, Lassie means to Dogdom. 11:47.000 --> 11:48.000 No. 11:48.000 --> 11:52.000 Why, by Cornelius, when you replace your old narrow gap spark plugs 11:52.000 --> 11:55.000 with the new autolite resistor wide gap spark plugs, 11:55.000 --> 11:58.000 your car refuses to be satisfied just to run better, 11:58.000 --> 12:00.000 save gas and save dough. 12:00.000 --> 12:02.000 With autolite resistor spark plugs, 12:02.000 --> 12:04.000 you cut interference with radio and television reception. 12:04.000 --> 12:06.000 That's important, mighty important. 12:06.000 --> 12:09.000 And what's more important, you ought to get all your neighbors 12:09.000 --> 12:12.000 to march right down with you to buy a set of autolite resistor spark plugs 12:12.000 --> 12:13.000 tomorrow morning. 12:13.000 --> 12:16.000 Do it right away, Hap. Don't keep me in suspense. 12:16.000 --> 12:19.000 Okay, Harlow, here is suspense. 12:19.000 --> 12:23.000 And now autolite brings back to our Hollywood soundstage 12:23.000 --> 12:26.000 Mr. Ray Mland as Detective Lieutenant Mark Deglin 12:26.000 --> 12:33.000 in Night Cry, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 12:44.000 --> 12:46.000 As I said before, Captain Knight, 12:46.000 --> 12:50.000 the cat waits for the mouse to run, the dog waits for the cat to run, 12:50.000 --> 12:53.000 and the police wait for the killer to run. 12:53.000 --> 12:55.000 Only I wasn't going to run. 12:55.000 --> 13:00.000 I stood there and tried to figure how to have Candlepane seen running away. 13:00.000 --> 13:04.000 After that, Pane would be just another guy who got scared and beat it. 13:04.000 --> 13:09.000 I'd still be Lieutenant Mark Deglin, the guy who didn't make mistakes. 13:09.000 --> 13:14.000 It took me a while in the night and the rain to do what I had to do, 13:14.000 --> 13:16.000 quite a while. 13:16.000 --> 13:18.000 But I finally got to my own apartment. 13:18.000 --> 13:21.000 I still had Pane's kit bag with his name stenciled on the side, 13:21.000 --> 13:23.000 but I could get rid of that later. 13:23.000 --> 13:27.000 I tossed it on the floor behind my desk and went to sleep. 13:27.000 --> 13:30.000 When I got to headquarters the next morning, it was late. 13:30.000 --> 13:33.000 Pane's disappearance had the DA demanding we find him. 13:33.000 --> 13:35.000 Dan Riley was already out trying to trace Pane, 13:35.000 --> 13:37.000 and I could just imagine what he was doing. 13:37.000 --> 13:39.000 He was already out trying to trace Pane, 13:39.000 --> 13:43.000 and I could just imagine him bulldogging along from one witness to another. 13:43.000 --> 13:44.000 And then you said... 13:44.000 --> 13:46.000 Suppose you go up to Connecticut, Mark, 13:46.000 --> 13:48.000 and talk to Pane's girl, Morgan Taylor. 13:48.000 --> 13:49.000 Just routine. 13:49.000 --> 13:50.000 Just routine? 13:50.000 --> 13:52.000 Okay, I'll take care of it. 13:59.000 --> 14:02.000 I found where Morgan Taylor lived from the Greenwich Post Office. 14:02.000 --> 14:06.000 It was a low, rambling White House set back from a tree-lined road. 14:06.000 --> 14:10.000 The girl who answered my ring had dark hair, 14:10.000 --> 14:12.000 that came down around her shoulders, 14:12.000 --> 14:16.000 and wide gray eyes that were sure and young and lovely. 14:16.000 --> 14:18.000 Yes? 14:18.000 --> 14:20.000 You Miss Morgan Taylor? 14:20.000 --> 14:21.000 Yes, I am. 14:21.000 --> 14:23.000 I'm Lieutenant Mark Deglin of the New York Police. 14:23.000 --> 14:25.000 Oh? 14:25.000 --> 14:27.000 You know where I can find Kendall Pane? 14:27.000 --> 14:29.000 Oh, the silly fool. 14:29.000 --> 14:31.000 He said something about leaving last night, 14:31.000 --> 14:33.000 but I thought he was just being dramatic. 14:33.000 --> 14:34.000 When was this? 14:34.000 --> 14:37.000 Well, I...I went down to his place with him last night 14:37.000 --> 14:39.000 after we left the gambling club. 14:39.000 --> 14:41.000 I've been seeing a lot of Ken, 14:41.000 --> 14:44.000 but I just couldn't keep on. 14:44.000 --> 14:47.000 He was always getting into fights and picking arguments. 14:47.000 --> 14:50.000 So I told him I wouldn't see him anymore. 14:50.000 --> 14:52.000 That's when he said he'd leave. 14:52.000 --> 14:54.000 And that's the last time you saw him? 14:54.000 --> 14:56.000 Yes. 14:56.000 --> 14:58.000 But there's something else. 14:58.000 --> 14:59.000 Well, yes. 14:59.000 --> 15:01.000 It wasn't time for my train yet, 15:01.000 --> 15:03.000 so I walked around in the rain. 15:03.000 --> 15:06.000 Then I remembered that I had a date to meet Ken in town tonight, 15:06.000 --> 15:08.000 and I went back to tell him I wouldn't be there. 15:08.000 --> 15:10.000 But he wasn't in his room. 15:10.000 --> 15:12.000 I had no idea he'd really left. 15:12.000 --> 15:15.000 You think he might have gone back to the gambling club? 15:15.000 --> 15:17.000 Why do you ask that? 15:17.000 --> 15:20.000 Well, after he left the club last night, a man was killed. 15:20.000 --> 15:22.000 The man Pane had a fight with. 15:22.000 --> 15:24.000 And you think he ran away because of that? 15:24.000 --> 15:26.000 He might have. 15:26.000 --> 15:29.000 Ken was, well, pretty neurotic. 15:29.000 --> 15:31.000 You in love with him? 15:31.000 --> 15:34.000 Oh, I'm very fond of Ken. 15:34.000 --> 15:36.000 But that's all, Lieutenant. 15:36.000 --> 15:38.000 But I'd hate to think that anything happened to him. 15:38.000 --> 15:40.000 You've no idea where he is now. 15:40.000 --> 15:42.000 If you'll wait a minute, I'll go with you. 15:42.000 --> 15:44.000 I was just getting ready to leave myself. 15:44.000 --> 15:46.000 He might show up to keep that date with me tonight 15:46.000 --> 15:48.000 at Mourney's on Bleecker Street. 15:48.000 --> 15:50.000 We can wait for him there. 15:56.000 --> 15:58.000 She rode back to New York with me. 15:58.000 --> 16:01.000 And after the first few miles, we stopped talking about 16:01.000 --> 16:04.000 Kendall Pane and talked about ourselves. 16:04.000 --> 16:06.000 She was really a beautiful gal. 16:06.000 --> 16:09.000 I kept glancing sideways at her profile. 16:09.000 --> 16:12.000 Maybe this case was going to turn out better than I thought. 16:16.000 --> 16:20.000 When we hit town, I called you, Captain Knight. 16:20.000 --> 16:22.000 Remember? 16:22.000 --> 16:25.000 I was doing, not mentioning what nice work 16:25.000 --> 16:27.000 it was turning into. 16:27.000 --> 16:30.000 Then Morgan and I went on to the restaurant. 16:34.000 --> 16:37.000 Since then, I've just played around, I guess. 16:37.000 --> 16:39.000 I know what you mean. 16:39.000 --> 16:41.000 Look, it's past eight, Morgan. 16:41.000 --> 16:44.000 What time was Pane supposed to meet you, seven? 16:44.000 --> 16:47.000 Yes. It looks as though I've been stood up. 16:47.000 --> 16:50.000 Well, he must be pretty scared to stand you up. 16:50.000 --> 16:52.000 If it were me, I'd risk even a murder 16:52.000 --> 16:54.000 after keeping the date. 16:54.000 --> 16:56.000 Thank you, Mark. 16:56.000 --> 16:58.000 You made it, didn't you? 16:58.000 --> 17:00.000 Well, it's a good thing you asked me. 17:00.000 --> 17:02.000 I was just about to put my handcuffs on 17:02.000 --> 17:04.000 so you couldn't get away. 17:10.000 --> 17:12.000 I got into headquarters early next day. 17:12.000 --> 17:15.000 I just finished calling Morgan to say good morning 17:15.000 --> 17:17.000 and make a date for that night. 17:17.000 --> 17:20.000 And the desk sergeant said that you wanted to see me. 17:20.000 --> 17:22.000 I went in and Riley was with you. 17:22.000 --> 17:24.000 Well, we got a couple of things on Pane, Mark. 17:24.000 --> 17:26.000 You were keen on him? 17:26.000 --> 17:28.000 Sure. Dan, that was a nice job on Colstrom. 17:28.000 --> 17:30.000 He was certainly a scared guy. 17:30.000 --> 17:32.000 You know, one thing about killers, 17:32.000 --> 17:34.000 they always make a break for it sooner or later. 17:34.000 --> 17:36.000 Yeah, most of them do. 17:36.000 --> 17:38.000 What's doing on Pane, Knight? 17:38.000 --> 17:40.000 I'll let Riley tell it. It's his story. 17:40.000 --> 17:42.000 There's nothing much except I talked to a number of people 17:42.000 --> 17:44.000 who think they saw him. I got a couple of them outside. 17:44.000 --> 17:46.000 Might as well bring them in, Riley. 17:46.000 --> 17:48.000 Yeah, okay. 17:48.000 --> 17:50.000 Morning, Gold. 17:50.000 --> 17:53.000 This is Captain Knight, Lieutenant Daglen Gold. 17:53.000 --> 17:55.000 He's a cab driver. He got out of bed to come down and help us. 17:55.000 --> 17:57.000 Sure, Chief. Anything to help you guys out? 17:57.000 --> 17:59.000 Okay, Gold, tell him the story you told me. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 Sure. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 Like I said, I picked up this fare downtown last night 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 about 1 o'clock. 18:05.000 --> 18:07.000 Big guy with a bandage over one eye. 18:07.000 --> 18:09.000 He was carrying one of those soldier kit bags, you know? 18:09.000 --> 18:11.000 Wanted to go to the station, Grand Central. 18:11.000 --> 18:13.000 He was in a bad temper. 18:13.000 --> 18:15.000 Take a look at these pictures. 18:15.000 --> 18:17.000 Where did I put that other... Oh, here it is. 18:19.000 --> 18:22.000 Well, it might have been either one of these two. 18:22.000 --> 18:24.000 They look a little alike. 18:24.000 --> 18:26.000 Without the bandage, I couldn't swear which one. 18:26.000 --> 18:28.000 Okay, thanks, Gold. If we need you later, we'll call out. 18:28.000 --> 18:30.000 Sure, sure. Anytime, Chief. Anytime at all. 18:32.000 --> 18:34.000 Well, pretty close. One of the two was a picture of Payne. 18:34.000 --> 18:36.000 Who was the other one he thought looked like Payne? 18:36.000 --> 18:38.000 An old newspaper picture of you, Mark. 18:38.000 --> 18:40.000 Me? Yeah. 18:40.000 --> 18:42.000 You didn't know I collected all your publicity, did you? 18:42.000 --> 18:44.000 It'd been funny if he'd just identified you. 18:44.000 --> 18:46.000 Yeah. 18:46.000 --> 18:48.000 Yeah, very funny. 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 Who's your other witness, Riley? 18:50.000 --> 18:52.000 He lives in the house across the street from Payne's place. 18:52.000 --> 18:54.000 Will you come in now, Miss Meacham? 18:56.000 --> 18:58.000 Miss Meacham, this is Captain Knight. 18:58.000 --> 19:00.000 How do you do, Miss Meacham? How do you do? 19:00.000 --> 19:02.000 This is Lieutenant Deglin. 19:02.000 --> 19:04.000 Mrs. Meacham, Mark. 19:04.000 --> 19:06.000 I've seen you, Lieutenant. 19:06.000 --> 19:08.000 You have? Oh, yes. 19:08.000 --> 19:10.000 Oh, well, maybe it was when I was over to Payne's the other night, huh? 19:10.000 --> 19:12.000 Oh, no, I didn't mean there. 19:12.000 --> 19:14.000 In the papers. Oh. 19:14.000 --> 19:16.000 Your picture's been in the papers a lot. 19:16.000 --> 19:18.000 Yeah, I guess it has. Mrs. Meacham, 19:18.000 --> 19:20.000 I believe Riley tells me that you saw several things the other night, 19:20.000 --> 19:22.000 things that puzzled you. 19:22.000 --> 19:24.000 They certainly did puzzle me, Captain. 19:24.000 --> 19:26.000 You see quite a few things in the neighborhood, Mrs. Meacham? 19:26.000 --> 19:28.000 Well, some say that's all I do. 19:28.000 --> 19:32.000 Well, I say when a body gets old like me, 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 there ain't much left but looking. 19:34.000 --> 19:36.000 Yes, of course. 19:36.000 --> 19:40.000 Now, what did you see the other night, Mrs. Meacham? 19:40.000 --> 19:44.000 Let's see. Oh, that was night before last. 19:44.000 --> 19:46.000 Well, like I told Mr. Riley, I couldn't sleep. 19:46.000 --> 19:52.000 So I was up late and I saw Mr. Payne and his girl go in, 19:52.000 --> 19:54.000 but I didn't see her come out. 19:54.000 --> 19:56.000 You didn't see her come out? 19:56.000 --> 19:58.000 I made tea. I might have missed her. 19:58.000 --> 20:00.000 I have to have my tea, you know. 20:00.000 --> 20:02.000 But I did see her go back in later. 20:02.000 --> 20:04.000 How much later? 20:04.000 --> 20:06.000 Oh, maybe half an hour, maybe more. 20:06.000 --> 20:10.000 But before she came back, somebody else left. 20:10.000 --> 20:12.000 Well, that must have been Payne. 20:12.000 --> 20:14.000 Well, I don't rightly know. 20:14.000 --> 20:17.000 He was wearing a bandage and was carrying his kit bag, 20:17.000 --> 20:19.000 but he didn't wave to me. 20:19.000 --> 20:21.000 Didn't wave to you? 20:21.000 --> 20:24.000 Oh, Mr. Payne always waved to me when he went out. 20:24.000 --> 20:27.000 So it was mighty funny he didn't that time. 20:27.000 --> 20:30.000 Well, maybe he just forgot. What happened after that? 20:30.000 --> 20:33.000 No, sir, he never forgot to wave. 20:33.000 --> 20:36.000 Oh, well, anyway, about 20 minutes later, 20:36.000 --> 20:39.000 Mr. Payne's girl came back. 20:39.000 --> 20:42.000 She stayed just a little while and then went away. 20:42.000 --> 20:44.000 Very interesting, Mrs. Meacham. Is that all? 20:44.000 --> 20:46.000 Of course it is. 20:46.000 --> 20:49.000 And that was a lot for a neighborhood where nothing ever happens. 20:49.000 --> 20:51.000 Well, thank you very much, Mrs. Meacham. 20:51.000 --> 20:53.000 We'll call you if we need to talk to you again. 20:53.000 --> 20:56.000 Well, I won't remember any more than I have. 20:56.000 --> 20:58.000 Well, let's go, boys. 20:58.000 --> 21:00.000 Where are we going? 21:00.000 --> 21:02.000 I've been behind this desk so long, Mark, I'm getting calluses. 21:02.000 --> 21:12.000 I'm going to come with you and Riley. 21:12.000 --> 21:14.000 The room was as I remembered it, 21:14.000 --> 21:16.000 except there wasn't anybody on the floor 21:16.000 --> 21:18.000 and the police technicians were there. 21:18.000 --> 21:20.000 Now, let's see now. 21:20.000 --> 21:22.000 The old lady says she saw the girl come in twice, 21:22.000 --> 21:24.000 but never saw her go out. 21:24.000 --> 21:26.000 Any other way out of here, Riley? 21:26.000 --> 21:28.000 Through the window. Let's take a look. 21:28.000 --> 21:30.000 You man through with this window? 21:30.000 --> 21:32.000 You mean the guy, probably this pain, 21:32.000 --> 21:34.000 a few prints of a small man or woman, huh? 21:34.000 --> 21:36.000 Let's look at this window. 21:36.000 --> 21:38.000 I stood watching. 21:38.000 --> 21:40.000 They weren't going to find anything looking out of the window. 21:40.000 --> 21:42.000 Maybe they'd see the pry marks in the wood 21:42.000 --> 21:44.000 and find the sash weights were missing. 21:44.000 --> 21:46.000 But that wouldn't mean a thing. 21:46.000 --> 21:48.000 Suddenly, Riley let go of the window and... 21:48.000 --> 21:50.000 Watch it! 21:50.000 --> 21:52.000 It almost took my fingers off. 21:52.000 --> 21:54.000 Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry. 21:54.000 --> 21:56.000 Hey, Al, the sash cords have been cut 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 and the sash weights are missing. 21:58.000 --> 22:00.000 What's that? 22:00.000 --> 22:02.000 Ah, I see what you mean, Dan. 22:02.000 --> 22:04.000 The river's near here, isn't it? 22:04.000 --> 22:06.000 That's what I was thinking. 22:06.000 --> 22:08.000 Okay, we'll call the harbor patrol and see what we get. 22:18.000 --> 22:20.000 So Riley had finally bulldozed into something. 22:20.000 --> 22:22.000 The walk down to the river was short. 22:22.000 --> 22:24.000 Shorter than the last time, it seemed. 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 The police tug was stirring the mud 22:26.000 --> 22:28.000 of the river bottom with its grappling hook. 22:28.000 --> 22:30.000 When Payne's body finally came up, 22:30.000 --> 22:32.000 the dirty water cascaded from the blanked shroud 22:32.000 --> 22:34.000 and the sash weights dripped mud. 22:34.000 --> 22:36.000 Well, that's that, boys. 22:36.000 --> 22:38.000 Payne didn't run away at all. 22:38.000 --> 22:40.000 Somebody killed him. 22:40.000 --> 22:42.000 I think we can wrap this one up fast. 22:42.000 --> 22:44.000 How'd you figure that, Knight? 22:44.000 --> 22:46.000 It's easy, Mark. 22:46.000 --> 22:48.000 The girl had a fight with him. 22:48.000 --> 22:50.000 She's the only one seen going in the other night. 22:50.000 --> 22:52.000 Her prints are on the window. 22:52.000 --> 22:54.000 She probably killed him, dressed up in his clothes, 22:54.000 --> 22:56.000 made it look like he was leaving, 22:56.000 --> 22:58.000 then came back and dumped the body. 22:58.000 --> 23:00.000 It's the girl, all right. 23:00.000 --> 23:02.000 But, Mark, this Taylor girl couldn't carry a big guy like that. 23:02.000 --> 23:04.000 Couldn't she? 23:04.000 --> 23:06.000 She was in the ambulance service overseas, Mark, 23:06.000 --> 23:08.000 and carried soldiers around. 23:08.000 --> 23:10.000 Civilians aren't any heavier. 23:10.000 --> 23:12.000 I'm putting out a pick-up on the girl. 23:18.000 --> 23:20.000 Well, that's the way it was. 23:20.000 --> 23:22.000 I had an out, 23:22.000 --> 23:24.000 but it was the one out I didn't want. 23:24.000 --> 23:26.000 I didn't want the chair getting Morgan, Taylor. 23:26.000 --> 23:28.000 Not what I wanted. 23:28.000 --> 23:30.000 I'd have to fix it some way. 23:30.000 --> 23:32.000 I had to go home and think. 23:32.000 --> 23:34.000 Well, I hadn't been there long when... 23:38.000 --> 23:40.000 Morgan stood in the doorway, 23:40.000 --> 23:42.000 her eyes tired and frightened, 23:42.000 --> 23:44.000 her face white. 23:44.000 --> 23:46.000 She went past me without speaking 23:46.000 --> 23:48.000 and over to a chair. 23:48.000 --> 23:50.000 When she looked at me, I knew I was right. 23:50.000 --> 23:52.000 I had to find some way to save her. 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 Mark, 23:54.000 --> 23:56.000 I just heard 23:56.000 --> 23:58.000 they want me for the murder of Kin. 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 I know, honey. 24:00.000 --> 24:02.000 Why did you come here? 24:02.000 --> 24:04.000 Why? Why, because 24:04.000 --> 24:06.000 where else would I go, Mark? 24:06.000 --> 24:08.000 But you're not forgetting that I'm a cop, too. 24:10.000 --> 24:12.000 If you want to take me in, Mark, 24:12.000 --> 24:14.000 I'll understand. 24:14.000 --> 24:16.000 I only want to take you one place, Morgan, 24:16.000 --> 24:18.000 and that's not headquarters. 24:18.000 --> 24:20.000 But I've got to take you in. 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 Whatever you say, Mark. 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 But I'll get you out, honey. 24:24.000 --> 24:26.000 You won't be in there long enough to remember even what it looks like. 24:36.000 --> 24:38.000 After they booked for headquarters, 24:38.000 --> 24:40.000 I went back to the apartment. 24:40.000 --> 24:42.000 I had to figure out some way 24:42.000 --> 24:44.000 to save her and myself. 24:44.000 --> 24:46.000 But first I had to get rid of that kit bag. 24:46.000 --> 24:48.000 If she'd seen it, everything would have been ruined. 24:48.000 --> 24:50.000 Besides, it was stupid 24:50.000 --> 24:52.000 to leave it around. 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 Then, 24:54.000 --> 24:56.000 then I had an idea. 24:56.000 --> 24:58.000 There was one way out. 24:58.000 --> 25:00.000 That was to write this report to you, 25:00.000 --> 25:02.000 Captain Knight, and get out of the country. 25:02.000 --> 25:04.000 Then when she was freed, 25:04.000 --> 25:06.000 she could join me. She was worth running for. 25:06.000 --> 25:08.000 Only wouldn't really be running. 25:08.000 --> 25:10.000 I was walking away. 25:10.000 --> 25:12.000 Well, that's that. 25:12.000 --> 25:14.000 So long, Captain Knight. 25:14.000 --> 25:16.000 I won't be seeing you. 25:16.000 --> 25:18.000 I picked up the kit bag 25:18.000 --> 25:20.000 with Payne's name on the side. 25:20.000 --> 25:22.000 Went down the steps. 25:32.000 --> 25:34.000 Hello, Mark. 25:34.000 --> 25:36.000 I think I got a lead on the girl 25:36.000 --> 25:38.000 and I thought you'd want to be in on the kill. 25:38.000 --> 25:40.000 But I got it, Dan. I just turned her in. 25:40.000 --> 25:42.000 Where'd you find it? 25:42.000 --> 25:44.000 What's the bag number? 25:44.000 --> 25:46.000 Nothing, Dan. Nothing. I had... 25:46.000 --> 25:48.000 Kendall Payne, Mark. 25:48.000 --> 25:50.000 Look, I found it. 25:50.000 --> 25:52.000 Where? 25:52.000 --> 25:54.000 In his apartment. 25:54.000 --> 25:56.000 I was there yesterday and we were all there today. 25:56.000 --> 25:58.000 What's the matter? You think I'm lying? 25:58.000 --> 26:00.000 I don't know, Mark. 26:00.000 --> 26:02.000 Say, what time were you at Payne's the other night? 26:02.000 --> 26:04.000 Look, Dan, I got something to do. 26:04.000 --> 26:06.000 We'll talk about this case later. 26:06.000 --> 26:08.000 Wait a minute, Mark. 26:08.000 --> 26:10.000 That cab driver picked out your picture as well as Payne's. 26:10.000 --> 26:12.000 What are you talking about? Listen! 26:12.000 --> 26:14.000 You weren't surprised when we found those sash weights gone 26:14.000 --> 26:16.000 or even when you saw Payne's body dragged out of the river. 26:16.000 --> 26:18.000 There's nothing worse than a couple's turn bad. 26:18.000 --> 26:20.000 Mark! 26:20.000 --> 26:22.000 Get out of my way, Dan! 26:22.000 --> 26:24.000 Hey, Mark! Mark! 26:24.000 --> 26:26.000 I had to run. Everything had been crowding in all day. 26:26.000 --> 26:28.000 That cab driver, the old lady, 26:28.000 --> 26:30.000 the kit bag, and now Riley. 26:30.000 --> 26:32.000 Pushing in like a bulldog with his questions. 26:32.000 --> 26:34.000 I had to run and keep running. 26:34.000 --> 26:36.000 I had to get away before he could ask another question. 26:36.000 --> 26:38.000 Mark, don't run! Mark, don't! 26:38.000 --> 26:40.000 Oh, my God! 26:48.000 --> 26:52.000 You shouldn't have run, Mark. 26:52.000 --> 27:08.000 You know what happens when a guy runs. 27:12.000 --> 27:14.000 Thank you, Ray Milan, for a splendid performance. 27:14.000 --> 27:18.000 Mr. Milan will return in just a moment. 27:18.000 --> 27:20.000 Say, Harro, what about auto lights? 27:20.000 --> 27:22.000 What about auto light resistor spark plugs, 27:22.000 --> 27:24.000 stay full batteries, ignition systems, 27:24.000 --> 27:26.000 and over 400 other automotive, aviation, and marine products? 27:26.000 --> 27:28.000 Yeah. 27:28.000 --> 27:30.000 Ah, let's save it for next week, Harp, 27:30.000 --> 27:32.000 while we salute the safest, surest, 27:32.000 --> 27:34.000 sanest drivers under the sun. 27:34.000 --> 27:36.000 And by Cornelius, I didn't say under the sod. 27:36.000 --> 27:38.000 That's the truck drivers of America, Harp. 27:38.000 --> 27:40.000 Dependable as a doughnut is dunkable, 27:40.000 --> 27:42.000 as a resistor spark plug is sparkable, 27:42.000 --> 27:44.000 as an auto light product is superbable. 27:44.000 --> 27:46.000 Say, these wonderful truckers have got me wound up-able. 27:46.000 --> 27:48.000 I'm delighted. I'm honored. 27:48.000 --> 27:50.000 By Cornelius, I'm excited. 27:50.000 --> 27:52.000 Now, Harlo, before these good friends have been good nighted, 27:52.000 --> 27:54.000 remember... 27:54.000 --> 27:56.000 Auto light means spark plugs. 27:56.000 --> 27:58.000 Ignition engineered resistor spark plugs. 27:58.000 --> 28:00.000 Auto light means batteries. 28:00.000 --> 28:02.000 Stay full batteries. 28:02.000 --> 28:04.000 Auto light means ignition systems. 28:04.000 --> 28:06.000 The lifeline of your car. 28:12.000 --> 28:14.000 And now here again is Mr. Ray Milan. 28:14.000 --> 28:16.000 It has been such a pleasure to be here. 28:16.000 --> 28:18.000 Tonight, with this great cast of suspense actors. 28:18.000 --> 28:20.000 And I'm expecting almost as much pleasure 28:20.000 --> 28:22.000 from listening next week, 28:22.000 --> 28:24.000 when radio's outstanding theater of thrills 28:24.000 --> 28:26.000 brings you Lucille Ball in a little piece of rope. 28:26.000 --> 28:28.000 Another gripping study in... 28:28.000 --> 28:30.000 Suspense. 28:30.000 --> 28:32.000 Ray Milan may currently be seen 28:32.000 --> 28:34.000 in the Hal Wallace production, 28:34.000 --> 28:36.000 So Evil, My Love. 28:36.000 --> 28:38.000 Tonight's suspense play was adapted 28:38.000 --> 28:40.000 from the novel of William L. 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