1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,360 Suspense. 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:27,080 Mortal Light and its 96,000 dealers presents Miss Marlena Dietrich in Murder Strikes Three 3 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:31,080 A suspense play produced and edited by William Spear. 4 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:40,920 Friends, for snappy starting on zippy, snippy days, there's nothing better than a set of 5 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,080 the famous ignition engineered auto light spark plugs. 6 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,360 Mr. Wilcock, sounds like a speech. 7 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:47,360 Speech? 8 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:48,600 This is no speech, Debbie. 9 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:53,240 This is the free flow of fervent feeling for the newest addition to the complete line of 10 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:55,960 ignition engineered spark plugs made by auto light. 11 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,520 The wide gap auto light resistor spark plugs. 12 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:03,200 Mr. Wilcock, are you trying to say that auto light resistor spark plugs offer car owners 13 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:04,520 special advantages? 14 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:09,760 Precisely, my pedantic pretty, because auto light builds an exclusive 10,000 ohm resistor 15 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,900 right into every auto light resistor spark plug. 16 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:17,240 And this makes practical a wider initial gap setting, the advantages of which have long 17 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,400 been recognized by automotive engineers. 18 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,160 I never knew that, Mr. Wilcock. 19 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:22,160 Tell me more. 20 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:27,360 My girl, auto light resistor spark plugs give double life under equal conditions as compared 21 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,560 to spark plugs without the built in resistor. 22 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,420 Yes, sirree, this newest addition to the complete auto light ignition engineered spark plug line 23 00:01:34,420 --> 00:01:38,840 is the only spark plug that will give you smoother performance on leaner gas mixtures 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,120 and greater gas savings. 25 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:46,040 So see your auto light spark plug dealer tomorrow for a set of the famous ignition engineered 26 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:47,640 auto light spark plugs. 27 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:52,040 And remember, whether you choose the regular type or the resistor type, you'll be right 28 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,240 because you're always right with auto light. 29 00:01:55,240 --> 00:02:00,560 And now with murder strikes three times and the performance of Marlene Dietrich, auto 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,760 light hopes once again to keep you in suspense. 31 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:11,800 And so John L. Lewis and the soft coal mine operators will be getting down to specific 32 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,600 cases soon. 33 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:18,600 And now the exclusive that I promised you earlier in the program, a report so sensational 34 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,680 that I am going to devote all of my remaining time to it. 35 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:26,100 I have before me a copy of a document delivered in person today to the district attorney's 36 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:28,960 office by one Fredonia Bell. 37 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:34,120 Fredonia Bell was the trusted personal maid of Laura Starling Morton, who you will remember 38 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,600 from the widely publicized murder trial of two years ago. 39 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:43,320 This document is a statement written by Laura Starling Morton in her own hand. 40 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:50,160 And it begins as follows, quote, I only regret that it will be impossible for me to be present 41 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,400 when this is read aloud. 42 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,160 What I shall relate here concerns three men. 43 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:01,960 Of these three men, it is not on behalf of my husband, Robert, that I write, nor on behalf 44 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,400 of my husband, Charles. 45 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:05,400 This is for Elmer. 46 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,880 But I do not think that Elmer will ever see it. 47 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:15,760 For Elmer too is going to die. 48 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,440 Laura, Laura. 49 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,440 Yes, Robert? 50 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:24,440 Where's my electric razor? 51 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,440 In the medicine cabinet where it always is. 52 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:28,440 Oh. 53 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,600 Robert, I wish you wouldn't shave while you're in the bathtub that way. 54 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,800 What's the difference where I shave? 55 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,760 I like to shave in the bathtub. 56 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,640 I just don't like to see you meddling with electricity while you're in there. 57 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,760 You might get a shock or something. 58 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:43,760 Oh, sure, sure. 59 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:44,760 Mrs. Thomas Edison. 60 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:46,800 All right, go ahead. 61 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,520 I don't care. 62 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,160 I like to shave in the bathtub. 63 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,880 I'm relaxed in the bathtub. 64 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:54,880 I read in the bathtub. 65 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:55,880 I think in the bathtub. 66 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,920 I'm not going to change my habits for you. 67 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:00,920 I know, dear. 68 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,920 I suppose that is a lot to expect. 69 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:03,920 Oh, for heaven's sake. 70 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:04,920 I don't really understand. 71 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:05,920 Robert! 72 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:06,920 Robert! 73 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:20,280 It was a good loud scream. 74 00:04:20,280 --> 00:04:23,400 Then I stood in the door of the bathroom and looked. 75 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,680 Good long look. 76 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,360 Then I called a doctor. 77 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,560 The doctor called the police. 78 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,480 The police called the district attorney. 79 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:38,080 And I found myself confronted by a young man with red hair and glasses who gave the immediate 80 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:43,680 impression of being clever, unscrupulous, and objectionable. 81 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,880 That was Elmer. 82 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:53,040 Mrs. Williams, I'm Elmer Garner of the district attorney's office. 83 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,320 How do you do, Mr. Garner? 84 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,720 I thought you and I had better have a little private chat. 85 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,400 What about, Mr. Garner? 86 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:00,960 About your husband. 87 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,640 What about my husband? 88 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:07,520 Mrs. Williams, I'm going to be very frank with you on a number of counts. 89 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,000 I am what is known as an assistant district attorney. 90 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,320 Mr. Garner, I have just lost my husband. 91 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:14,320 I hardly think... 92 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:15,320 I'm coming to that, Mrs. Williams. 93 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,800 Now, the district attorney has put me on this case because... 94 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,000 Well, he thinks he doesn't have a case. 95 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,040 Routine investigation. 96 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:27,360 Now maybe it's because the DA is essentially a nice man with nice instincts, and I am not, 97 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,360 but I don't agree with him. 98 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:31,360 About what? 99 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:32,600 About not having a case. 100 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,840 Because I can smell him, Mrs. Williams. 101 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:38,640 I can smell him a mile away. 102 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,760 What can you smell, Mr. Garner? 103 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:42,760 Murder. 104 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,760 Oh, I see. 105 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:45,760 Good. 106 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,040 Well, your attitude is very good. 107 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,560 No phony hysteria, no fake indignation. 108 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:52,560 Realistic. 109 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,520 Oh, I like that. 110 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:55,520 I'm that way myself. 111 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,920 Mr. Garner, I'm trying my best to maintain my composure under trying circumstances. 112 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:04,360 I must say your extraordinary insinuation does not make it any easier. 113 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,200 Now, look, I know you killed him, and you know that I know you killed him. 114 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:09,200 Mr. Garner. 115 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,280 Now, as I said, I was going to be very frank with you, Mrs. Williams, and I am. 116 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:17,360 On your side of the story is the fact that although I know you killed him, it may be 117 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,520 a little difficult to prove that you killed him. 118 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,400 Not too difficult, but a little. 119 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:22,400 I should think it might. 120 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,720 It seems it is utterly untrue. 121 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,100 Now, let's see what cards I hold. 122 00:06:28,100 --> 00:06:31,920 You are a laboratory technician, or you were before you were married, right? 123 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:32,920 Right. 124 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,840 And your technical knowledge would have told you that a man using a faulty electrical appliance 125 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:41,160 while sitting in a tub full of water stood an excellent chance of electrocuting himself. 126 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,600 I also know that a man firing a bullet into his head would stand an excellent chance of 127 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,920 killing himself. 128 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,640 The insulation in the cable of that electric razor was frayed. 129 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,320 Now, that might have happened through normal wear, but it also might have happened because 130 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,160 it was tampered with by you. 131 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,640 And then again, as you say, it might not. 132 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:05,040 Would it surprise you to know that we've got your fingerprints all over that razor? 133 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,240 It would surprise me more if you hadn't. 134 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,680 Or on everything else in the house for that matter, Mr. Garner. 135 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:11,680 Uh-huh. 136 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:16,560 Oh, you're a very intelligent woman, Mrs. Williams. 137 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:17,560 You're right. 138 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:18,560 It would have looked funny. 139 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,840 You were smart not to wipe off those prints. 140 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:21,840 Very smart. 141 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:22,840 Thank you. 142 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:27,920 So much for the means, now for the motive. 143 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,720 We can establish, of course, that you and your husband didn't get along. 144 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,600 Unfortunately, you can establish that about many husbands and wives. 145 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,520 And that your husband was insured for $50,000 in your favor. 146 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,240 And that there's about $50,000 more in community property. 147 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:42,920 And that you inherit, right? 148 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:43,920 Naturally. 149 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:48,200 Well, $100,000 is quite a nice little motive, Mrs. Williams. 150 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,160 But it doesn't prove anything, does it, Mr. Garner? 151 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,800 It depends on how it's used by the prosecuting attorney. 152 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:56,760 And that's me, you know. 153 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:57,760 I know. 154 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,640 Tell me, do you have a lawyer, Mrs. Williams? 155 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:02,640 Not yet. 156 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:03,640 Uh-huh. 157 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:04,640 Uh-huh. 158 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,440 Oh, you are a very intelligent woman. 159 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,040 That would have looked bad, too, if you'd had a lawyer right on path. 160 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,280 But you're going to need a lawyer, you know. 161 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:15,280 So it would appear. 162 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:16,280 All right. 163 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,280 How about me? 164 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:18,280 You? 165 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:19,280 Sure. 166 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:20,280 Sure. 167 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:21,280 I'm a lawyer. 168 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:26,080 You have just finished telling me that you would be the prosecuting attorney. 169 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,960 Well, that's just the point. 170 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,320 Why spend a lot of money on a lawyer who probably can't get you off anyway when you can spend 171 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:32,960 it on me and have a sure thing? 172 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:33,960 You see? 173 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:34,960 Yes. 174 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:35,960 I see. 175 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,960 All I want is half. 176 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:39,960 $50,000. 177 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:40,960 No. 178 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:42,960 It's a matter of too much? 179 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:43,960 No. 180 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,080 Now, look, sister, you don't seem to realize that I'm in a position, depending on how I 181 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,480 handle this case, either to set you free or to hang here. 182 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,600 That, Mr. Garner, is where we disagree. 183 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,640 You mean you're willing to gamble that I can't do it? 184 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,000 If you wish to put it that way. 185 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 All right. 186 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,600 But $50,000 will look cheap. 187 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:58,600 Cheap. 188 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,000 When they slip that noose around your neck. 189 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:12,280 There she sits, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, cold, calm, emotionless, the same Laura 190 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:18,480 Williams who carefully calculated, carefully planned and premeditated the murder of her 191 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:19,480 daughter. 192 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,720 I ask the death penalty. 193 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,680 I must ask it. 194 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:28,280 For ponder well, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, if you set her free, if you set her 195 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:34,280 free, believe me, this will not be the last accident to mark the bloody trail through 196 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,520 life of Laura Williams. 197 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:42,720 And when that accident occurs, when the next victim is struck down, his innocent blood 198 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,720 will be upon your hands. 199 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:58,280 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict? 200 00:09:58,280 --> 00:09:59,280 We have. 201 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:00,280 What is your verdict? 202 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:08,200 On the grounds of insufficient evidence, we find the defendant not guilty. 203 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:18,560 Well, Mrs. Williams, I guess the sporting thing to say is congratulations. 204 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:19,560 Congratulations. 205 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:20,560 Thank you, Mr. Garner. 206 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:22,560 Say one thing, you've got what it takes. 207 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:24,960 The jury was evenly divided that whole first day. 208 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:25,960 Did you know that? 209 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:26,960 Yes, I knew it. 210 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,080 Yes, I wasn't too far wrong at that, was I? 211 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:30,080 Just far enough, Mr. Garner. 212 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:34,120 Say, listen again, just as a sporting proposition, tell me, did you? 213 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:35,120 Did I what? 214 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,200 Oh, come on, we're alone here anyway, it doesn't matter, because you can't be tried 215 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:39,200 twice for the same thing. 216 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:40,200 You know that, don't you? 217 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,200 Yes, I know it. 218 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,200 Well, did you? 219 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:44,200 Yes. 220 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,720 You cheap, contemptible blackmailer, yes. 221 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:48,720 I killed him. 222 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,040 How do you like that? 223 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,040 I killed him. 224 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:57,360 Yes, I told him. 225 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,500 Told him the truth. 226 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:02,760 Just to see the smirk fall from his face. 227 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:08,480 Just to see him actually snarl with frustration, knowing that I'd gotten away with murder and 228 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,480 he couldn't do anything about it. 229 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:17,400 Yes, I couldn't have resisted telling him then, even though it meant I'd die of it, 230 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:28,480 which I will. 231 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:34,280 Auto Light is bringing you Marlene Dietrich in Murder Strikes Three Times, tonight's production 232 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:41,360 in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 233 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:49,960 Debbie, my dear director of elocution, you interest me strangely. 234 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,120 First you're hoity-toity, then you're hoity-poloity. 235 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:54,120 How come? 236 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,800 Mr. Wilcox, I am leading a double life. 237 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,960 Double life? say that's just what the new Wide Gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs offer 238 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,000 car owners everywhere. 239 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,160 Double life under equal conditions as compared to spark plugs without the built-in resistor. 240 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,440 Gently, Mr. Wilcox, gently. 241 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:13,240 You see, friends, Wide Gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs are the newest addition to the 242 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,600 complete line of ignition engineered spark plugs made by Auto Light. 243 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,480 They offer money-saving advantages, smoother performance, greater gas savings, quicker 244 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:22,880 starting in cold weather. 245 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,840 Mr. Wilcox, your diff songs are showing. 246 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,960 Thank you, my little lecturer. 247 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,520 Next time you stop at your favorite service station, ask your dealer to install a set 248 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,200 of ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs in your car. 249 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,640 And whether you choose the regular type or the resistor type spark plugs, you'll be right 250 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:43,040 because you're always right with Auto Light. 251 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:49,080 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, our star Marlene Dietrich and 252 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:53,560 featuring Hans Conrad as Elmer in Murder Strikes Three Times. 253 00:12:53,560 --> 00:13:03,640 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 254 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,640 Perhaps I gambled too recklessly with Elmer. 255 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,000 I have since had cause to wonder. 256 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,520 But there were things I could not foresee as well as Elmer. 257 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:18,520 Suffice it to say that after my acquittal with $100,000 from Roberts Estate, I moved 258 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:23,000 to another city and took up my life again under another name. 259 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:30,040 But there, as Laura's darling, I met and married Charles Morton, a charming and eccentric man 260 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:34,440 whose genius as a research chemist accounted not only for those qualities which endeared 261 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:39,680 him to me, but for a very considerable personal fortune as well. 262 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:43,200 I was quite happy and completely in love. 263 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:53,400 And as the years went by, I had seen, I thought, the last of Elmer. 264 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,400 Charles? 265 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:55,400 Oh, Charles? 266 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:56,400 Yes, my dear? 267 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:57,400 I have your coffee. 268 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:58,400 Coffee? 269 00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:59,400 You said you wanted coffee. 270 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:00,400 It's ready now. 271 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:01,400 But I have some coffee. 272 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:02,400 You took that out there three hours ago. 273 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:03,400 Now come in and get your coffee. 274 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:04,400 Yes, in a moment, my dear. 275 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:05,400 As soon as I finish... 276 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:06,400 Charles! 277 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:07,400 Yes, my dear? 278 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,400 I'm sorry. 279 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:09,400 I'm sorry. 280 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:10,400 I'm sorry. 281 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,400 I'm sorry. 282 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:12,400 I'm sorry. 283 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:13,400 But I... 284 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,440 Charles, you come out of that smelly laboratory and have your coffee. 285 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,760 Besides, I have a surprise for you. 286 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:19,760 You have? 287 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,240 Well, I'll be right in, dear. 288 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,800 And bring the other coffee cup with you. 289 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,000 Yes, yes. 290 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:29,720 Now, what's on the list about a surprise? 291 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:30,720 Look. 292 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:31,720 What? 293 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:32,720 Oh, yes. 294 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:33,720 I seem to have left my glasses in the laboratory. 295 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,220 Oh, Charles, you're simply priceless. 296 00:14:35,220 --> 00:14:36,220 It's a cake. 297 00:14:36,220 --> 00:14:37,800 It's a cake. 298 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,600 This is our anniversary, darling. 299 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,760 Our fourth wedding anniversary. 300 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:44,280 Is it? 301 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,460 So it is. 302 00:14:45,460 --> 00:14:47,120 Laura, this is so thoughtful of you. 303 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,240 I'm afraid I'm hopeless, my dear. 304 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,560 I know it's the husband who should be thoughtful, but I- 305 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,080 You're just you, darling. 306 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,200 Now sit down and relax for a while. 307 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,400 Yes. 308 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,200 Oh, here's your cup. 309 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:00,720 Thank you. 310 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:02,640 Charles, what's in that cup? 311 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:03,960 Coffee. 312 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,280 Charles, I'm sure that even in the atomic age, 313 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,320 coffee does not come in the form of white crystals. 314 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:10,360 Hmm? 315 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:11,080 Oh. 316 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:12,120 Oh, yes, yes. 317 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:13,800 I finished my coffee. 318 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,560 Charles, what is it? 319 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,080 Thyoclorate. 320 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,200 You see, at the moment, I'm looking- 321 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,360 Charles! 322 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:20,000 What? 323 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,920 That's deadly poison. 324 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:23,360 So it is. 325 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:24,000 You see, the time I've- 326 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,680 Oh, Charles, I wish you wouldn't mix things up in the cups 327 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:27,920 and dishes that way. 328 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:28,800 It's dangerous. 329 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:29,600 Dangerous? 330 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,560 Suppose you got the cups mixed up. 331 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:32,200 Suppose you drank- 332 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,680 Heavens, Laura, half the stuff you use in chemistry 333 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,440 is dangerous if you go to drink it. 334 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:37,760 But who's going to do that? 335 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,520 It's like eating soap. 336 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,000 You wash your hands with it every day, 337 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,400 but who'd think of eating it? 338 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,720 You take that cup right back out of the lavatory 339 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,920 and empty it and wash it out. 340 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:49,480 All right. 341 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:50,200 Charles? 342 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,080 Yes? 343 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,920 I was wondering, since it's our anniversary- 344 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:54,720 Yes? 345 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,040 Let's go out to dinner and celebrate. 346 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:57,920 Why, yes. 347 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,720 I think that's a splendid idea. 348 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:01,840 Oh, my goodness. 349 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:03,000 What? 350 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,880 Oh, I completely forgot. 351 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:06,640 My brother is coming to see us today. 352 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:07,520 Your brother? 353 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:08,760 Well, my half-brother. 354 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:09,720 I meant to tell you- 355 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,000 Charles, I never knew you had a brother. 356 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Didn't you? 357 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,680 Well, you see, he's been in the army for about five years. 358 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,120 He just got back a short time ago, 359 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,280 and I got a wire yesterday saying he'd be passing through town 360 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,360 and he'd like to see me. 361 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:21,720 So- 362 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,760 Does he know you're remarried? 363 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,200 Well, I suppose. 364 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,160 I suppose he doesn't. 365 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,880 As a matter of fact, we've never been very close. 366 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,280 Neither of us much of a lesson, righty? 367 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:33,200 And so on. 368 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,160 But he's the only relative I've got. 369 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,440 And all the sympathy I've wasted on you, 370 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,120 because I thought you were an orphan or something. 371 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:41,640 Oh, I was, but privately. 372 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:42,680 When is he coming? 373 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,960 By this afternoon sometime, I think. 374 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,760 Well, I guess there's your answer. 375 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:48,920 I am sorry, my dear. 376 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,120 My child, that's all right. 377 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,040 Maybe your brother would like to go out and celebrate with us. 378 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,360 Well- 379 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:55,360 Right in there, dear. 380 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:56,520 Hello, there. 381 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:57,680 Hello, Charles. 382 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,440 Come in, come in. 383 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,320 And I want you to meet my wife. 384 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,800 Laura, this is my brother, Elmer. 385 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,200 There was no doubt that it was Elmer. 386 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,320 There was no doubt that he recognized me. 387 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,560 And there was no doubt in my mind as to how he intended 388 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,880 to play his hand this time either. 389 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,040 For he gave no public sign of recognition, 390 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:29,600 but simply looked straight at me and smiled, 391 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,960 and smiled and smiled. 392 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,760 So you've gone into private practice, eh, Elmer? 393 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,200 Criminal law, I suppose. 394 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:37,960 Yeah, there's no appreciation in this country of men 395 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:39,920 who hold public office, financially at least. 396 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,120 Oh, Elmer, you always did have your eye on the dollar, 397 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:43,960 didn't you? 398 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:45,400 What about your racket, Charlie? 399 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:46,320 What have you been up to? 400 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,400 Oh, just puttering around here in my laboratory. 401 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,960 You mean right here at home? 402 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:52,120 Of course. 403 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:54,960 Oh, I guess that's new, since you were here last. 404 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,760 There's a lot that's new since I was here last. 405 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,600 It's right in there, right through those doors. 406 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,720 Isn't that sort of a nuisance for a wife, or isn't it? 407 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:04,920 Not in the least. 408 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:05,760 Why should it be? 409 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,560 Now, Laura, don't try to cover up my feelings. 410 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,320 Just before you came, she was scolding me 411 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,960 for carrying thioclorate around in the family coffee cup. 412 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,680 Isn't that interesting? 413 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:17,600 Isn't that a coincidence? 414 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:18,440 Why? 415 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,880 Now, I was just thinking, what a fine setup for a murder. 416 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,520 Somebody poisons a chemist in his own laboratory, 417 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,680 and it looks just like an accident. 418 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:27,520 Neat, huh? 419 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,040 You will find that Elmer has a morbid mind, my dear. 420 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,480 He used to try people for murder back in Illinois. 421 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,000 And I tried some beauties, too. 422 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,600 Oh, well, I've got to get going. 423 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,640 I'm sorry I can't accept your invitation for the night. 424 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,440 But you are staying over a few days, are you? 425 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,440 Oh, yes, yes, I'll see you again. 426 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:43,280 Good. 427 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:44,280 Good, good. 428 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:45,960 Now, don't bother to come to the door with me, Charles. 429 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:47,480 I know you want to get back to your work. 430 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:48,320 Well. 431 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,400 Perhaps Laura will, huh? 432 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,880 Give us a little chance to get acquainted. 433 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,120 Why, yes, of course. 434 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:54,200 Call us, Elmer. 435 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:55,920 You can depend on it, Charlie. 436 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:56,760 Good, good. 437 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:00,960 Well, well, well. 438 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,000 Little Laura William. 439 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:05,840 What do you want? 440 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,160 What do you think old Charlie would say if he knew, huh? 441 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:10,000 I asked your question. 442 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,440 I suppose he'd go on loving you in his own peculiar fashion, 443 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,280 but never be quite the same, would it? 444 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:20,120 There'd always be that little gnawing doubt. 445 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:22,720 Another accident, maybe. 446 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,360 Oh, no, I'm afraid things are kind of under strain 447 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:27,600 around here, Laura. 448 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,320 You do have a price, I suppose. 449 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:31,160 Am I? 450 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,440 By the way, why are you so eager to pay it? 451 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,000 I'm happy here. 452 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,040 I'm at peace with myself and the world. 453 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:40,960 I don't want anything to change. 454 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:42,440 No other reason? 455 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,800 What other reason would there be? 456 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,840 I suppose all this property would go to you 457 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,600 in the event of another little accident. 458 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:50,800 You don't really believe that. 459 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,600 No, the motive and the means. 460 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,280 Money and poison. 461 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,120 How much, Elmer? 462 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:01,280 No, no, you got me wrong, Laura. 463 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:02,720 I don't want money. 464 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:03,920 When did that happen? 465 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,640 Did it ever occur to you that I might simply be interested 466 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,960 in my brother's welfare? 467 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:10,440 No. 468 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,480 All that has occurred to me so far is to wonder 469 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,440 why I had to pick the one man in the world 470 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:15,560 who was related to you. 471 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,720 Do you want to hear my proposition? 472 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:18,560 I'm waiting. 473 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,640 The motive and the means. 474 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:21,680 Now, there's always the means 475 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,680 for an intelligent person like you. 476 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,760 But if we took away the motive. 477 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:26,600 The motive? 478 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:27,760 The money, the will. 479 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,200 No motive, no temptation, you see? 480 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,040 I see. 481 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,000 In a way, it's for your own protection, too. 482 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,480 Because if Charlie so much as slipped on a banana peel 483 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:36,720 and you inherited that money, 484 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,560 there's no jury in the world that wouldn't convict you. 485 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,520 Simply on your past record. 486 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:41,960 You realize that, don't you? 487 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:42,800 Yes. 488 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,800 So, no motive, no case either, you see? 489 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,080 What do you want me to do? 490 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,760 What do you want me to do? 491 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,760 Get him to change his will. 492 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,960 In favor of his only living relative, I presume? 493 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:56,240 Uh-huh. 494 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:57,240 That's me. 495 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:58,160 And then? 496 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:59,240 That's all. 497 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:00,680 And you're in the clear. 498 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,800 Because after that, Charlie couldn't suspect you, 499 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,800 even if I told him, probably wouldn't believe it. 500 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:06,920 Throw me out of the house for persecuting his little bride. 501 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,120 Maybe even change his will right back again, you see? 502 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:10,960 All right. 503 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:13,680 You can do it, can't you? 504 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:14,800 I suppose so. 505 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,000 Oh, I know you can. 506 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,200 I know you'd better. 507 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,120 I suppose so. 508 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:18,960 I suppose so. 509 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:19,800 I suppose so. 510 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:20,640 I suppose so. 511 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:21,460 I suppose so. 512 00:21:21,460 --> 00:21:22,300 I suppose so. 513 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:23,120 I suppose so. 514 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:23,960 I suppose so. 515 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:24,800 I suppose so. 516 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:25,620 I suppose so. 517 00:21:25,620 --> 00:21:26,460 I suppose so. 518 00:21:26,460 --> 00:21:27,300 I suppose so. 519 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:28,120 I suppose so. 520 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,920 It seems such a strange request to me. 521 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,440 Darling, I don't want your money. 522 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:32,280 I only want you. 523 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:33,720 I know, dear, but after all, 524 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,680 I'm considerably older than you are, my dear, 525 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,040 and chances are that someday... 526 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,120 No, the whole idea of losing you 527 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:42,000 and then profiting by it, it's just hateful. 528 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,880 Who else would I leave it to? 529 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:44,840 Leave it to your brother. 530 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:45,680 Elmer? 531 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:46,520 Why not? 532 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:47,720 It doesn't matter, but... 533 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:48,800 Well... 534 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,160 Please, darling, for me. 535 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:52,000 All right, my dear, 536 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,880 if it really makes a difference to you, 537 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,480 now don't you worry about it anymore. 538 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:56,640 I'll take care of it sometime. 539 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,360 No, I want you to do it now, right away, today. 540 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:01,360 Well, I'd have to get in touch with my lawyer. 541 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:02,640 I'll call him for you. 542 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:03,960 I'll get him on the phone right now. 543 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,560 My goodness, Laura. 544 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,200 You act as though it were a matter of life and death. 545 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:16,200 And death. 546 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,280 Ambassador Hotel? 547 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:28,680 Mr. Elmer Garner, please. 548 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,800 Thank you. 549 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,720 This is Laura. 550 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:35,560 It's all right. 551 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,200 It's all arranged. 552 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,800 Yes, the lawyer's coming tomorrow. 553 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,560 Did he tell the lawyer the changes he wanted made? 554 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:41,840 Yes, he did. 555 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:43,640 Not that I think you'd ever tell a lie, Laura, 556 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,400 but how do I know all this? 557 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:46,240 Haven't he told you? 558 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:47,400 No. 559 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,440 Then perhaps you'd better drop in this evening. 560 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:50,840 That's more like it. 561 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,000 I'll expect you after dinner. 562 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,000 I'll be there. 563 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,720 Elmer arrived this evening, 564 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,000 less than an hour ago. 565 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,240 We were having coffee in the living room. 566 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,720 Earlier, Charles had been showing him through the laboratory. 567 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,120 It was not until after that that I had a moment to speak to him alone. 568 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:18,040 The wonderful fellow, old Charlie. 569 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:19,680 So trusting. 570 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:20,400 Did he tell you? 571 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,480 About what? 572 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:22,040 The will. 573 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:22,880 Oh, that. 574 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:23,560 Yeah. 575 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:28,000 It seems to me that I'm to be to old Charlie's beloved heir. 576 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,040 He still can't understand it. 577 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,240 Are you satisfied then? 578 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,400 My dear Laura, 579 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,680 I was never more satisfied in my life. 580 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,800 Almost even things up, doesn't it? 581 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:40,560 Almost. 582 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,640 You never forgot that, did you? 583 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:43,240 That you lost. 584 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:44,800 Lost? Who says I lost? 585 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,560 Game isn't over till the last card is played, sister. 586 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:48,960 It is for you. 587 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:49,840 Now get out of here. 588 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:50,840 OK. 589 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,320 OK. All in good time. 590 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:55,480 Sorry I had to leave you, 591 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,600 but those reactions have to be checked every hour. 592 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,080 Oh, that's all right, Charlie. 593 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,360 Laura and I were just going over old times in Illinois. 594 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:05,360 You didn't know we both came from Illinois, did you? 595 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:06,640 No, no, I hadn't realized. 596 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,080 I'm sure I told you, Charles, you must have forgotten. 597 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:10,240 Oh, yes, probably. 598 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:10,920 Coffee ready? 599 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:11,960 Yes. 600 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,280 Will you have coffee with us, Elmer? 601 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:14,480 Oh, you bet I will. 602 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:15,120 Anything in it? 603 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,920 No, nothing in mine. 604 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,640 Charles always takes his black two. 605 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,080 Laura does make the best coffee. 606 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,800 Well then, here's to Laura's coffee. 607 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,280 There was something about his smile when he said it. 608 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,200 That smile. 609 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,360 And then all of a sudden I saw it. 610 00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:37,400 I saw the whole terrible thing. 611 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,280 Don't, don't drink it, Charles. 612 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,440 Charles! 613 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:50,720 Well, well, well, old Charlie seems to have keeled over. 614 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,600 Wouldn't be surprised if that was thiocluride poison. 615 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,680 Charles, Charles. 616 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,560 The motive and the means. 617 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,080 And the motive's a real beaut this time, Laura, 618 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,720 because you had to kill him before he changed his will. 619 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:03,600 Neat, huh? 620 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:04,400 You killed him. 621 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,480 Sure, but that's not what the jury's going to say. 622 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:07,200 No! 623 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,280 And of course, I'll get the money anyway. 624 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,080 You couldn't very well collect it, 625 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:12,840 because they're going to hang you. 626 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,000 No! 627 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,600 No! 628 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:16,080 No! 629 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,600 Elmer's downstairs in the living room. 630 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,680 I'm in my study. 631 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,640 And once more I'm waiting for the police. 632 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,840 There's no escape for me, of course. 633 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,520 Elmer knows that. 634 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,520 But there's one little thing that he has forgotten, 635 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,800 the last play of the game. 636 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,960 For I just have drawn up a will of my own, 637 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:50,720 leaving my property and everything 638 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,240 that I inherit from Charles to Elm. 639 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,320 It is stated three days ago. 640 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,560 This statement I shall give into the safe keeping 641 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,560 of my personal maid, Fredonia Bell, 642 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,720 who, after all, has said and done, has been the only true friend 643 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,600 I've ever had. 644 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,840 I shall give it to her with instructions 645 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,640 for its eventual disposal, which I know 646 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,280 she will follow to the letter. 647 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:18,800 When that is done, I shall play the last card in the game. 648 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:24,000 I don't think Elmer will find it possible to taunt that card, 649 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,280 because you see, when the police come, 650 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:34,080 it is Elmer who will have to do the explaining, not I. 651 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:40,120 And he will have to explain to body, Charles and mine. 652 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,600 Charles and mine, unquote. 653 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,560 And as the world knows, Laura Morton 654 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,120 was found dead, dead by the same means which 655 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:56,840 caused her husband's death in that double tragedy two years 656 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:57,640 ago. 657 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,480 And now we have this document. 658 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,640 And the irony of the document, ladies and gentlemen, 659 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,720 the terrible irony is that it was delivered to the district 660 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:09,200 attorney's office by Fredonia Bell this evening at 8 o'clock, 661 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:10,800 two years later. 662 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,800 And why did the good Fredonia wait until tonight? 663 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,360 Because she was thus following explicitly the instructions 664 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:19,840 of her mistress, Laura Starling Morton, 665 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,200 who specified that the envelope be handed to the police 666 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:29,320 exactly 24 hours after the execution of Elmer Garner. 667 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:29,800 Good night. 668 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,200 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 669 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,880 Suspense presented by Auto Light, tonight 670 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,880 starring Marlene Dietrich and featuring Hans Connery. 671 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,440 Well, Deborah, are you satisfied with my diction? 672 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,080 Completely, Mr. Wilcox. 673 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,360 I've decided it is what you say that matters, not how you say it. 674 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:01,040 Well, then let me say that Auto Light makes more than 400 675 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,880 products for cars, trucks, planes, and boats in 28 plants, 676 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,080 coast to coast. 677 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:06,840 These include complete electrical systems 678 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,600 used as original equipment on many makes of America's finest 679 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,040 cars, spark plugs, batteries, generators, coils, distributors, 680 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,720 starting motors, bulls-eye, sealed beam headlight. 681 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,680 All engineered to fit together perfectly, 682 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,680 work together perfectly, because they're a perfect team. 683 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,960 So friends, don't accept electrical parts supposed 684 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,720 to be as good, ask for and insist on Auto Light, 685 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,280 original factory parts at your neighborhood service station, 686 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,600 car dealer, garage, or repair shop. 687 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,560 Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 688 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,040 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 689 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,440 Next Thursday for Suspense, Dick Powell 690 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,200 will be our star of the play is called Slow Burn. 691 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,880 And it is, as we say, a tale well calculated 692 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,880 to keep you in suspense. 693 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,480 That suspense play was produced and edited by William Spear 694 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,240 and directed by Norman MacDonald. 695 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,520 Music for Suspense is composed by Lucian Morrowek 696 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,320 and conducted by Lut Luskin. 697 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,960 Murder Strikes Three Times is an original play for radio 698 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:03,320 by John DeWitt. 699 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,480 Marlena Dietrich will soon be seen in the Warner Brothers 700 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:06,600 production, Stage Fright. 701 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,480 You can buy Auto Light regular or resistor spark plugs, 702 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,840 Auto Light staple batteries, Auto Light electrical parts 703 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:17,560 at your neighborhood Auto Light dealer. 704 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:18,720 Switch to Auto Light. 705 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:19,720 Good night. 706 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,840 There is still a tremendous job to be done 707 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,560 in gaining new knowledge about the causes, 708 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,880 prevention, treatment, and cure of heart diseases. 709 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:27,400 Give to this worthy cause. 710 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,840 Send your contribution to Heart, H-E-A-R-T, 711 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,720 care of your local post office. 712 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,040 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. 713 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:44,040 Music