WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.880 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers bring you Mr. Jeff Chandler in a story taken from life. 00:12.880 --> 00:17.720 Tonight's presentation of Suspense. 00:17.720 --> 00:27.280 Tonight, Auto Light presents The Case Against Lou Dock, a factual document concerning the 00:27.280 --> 00:33.000 San Francisco Tongue Wars, starring Mr. Jeff Chandler. 00:33.000 --> 00:36.040 Hello, Harlow. 00:36.040 --> 00:38.800 Hi, Hap. 00:38.800 --> 00:40.440 How's it going? 00:40.440 --> 00:42.720 Oh, horrible, if you mean my car. 00:42.720 --> 00:43.720 It wastes gas. 00:43.720 --> 00:45.200 It's tough to start. 00:45.200 --> 00:46.200 Uh-huh. 00:46.200 --> 00:47.200 Yeah. 00:47.200 --> 00:48.200 Well, why don't you go straight, Hap? 00:48.200 --> 00:49.200 Straight, Harlow? 00:49.200 --> 00:50.200 Sure. 00:50.200 --> 00:53.280 Straight to your nearest Auto Light spark plug dealer for a spark plug checkup. 00:53.280 --> 00:56.200 You see, Hap, the spark plugs are the heart of your car's ignition system, and they've 00:56.200 --> 00:57.440 got to be right. 00:57.440 --> 01:01.760 Now he's got the exclusive Auto Light plug check indicator that tells in an instant whether 01:01.760 --> 01:04.440 your spark plugs are right for your style of driving. 01:04.440 --> 01:06.720 Well, suppose my plugs only need cleaning. 01:06.720 --> 01:10.720 Why, Hap, your Auto Light spark plug dealer has the specialized equipment to do the job 01:10.720 --> 01:11.720 properly. 01:11.720 --> 01:16.040 And if replacements are needed, he'll recommend ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs, 01:16.040 --> 01:22.040 resistor or standard type, to give you smoother performance, quick starts, and gas savings. 01:22.040 --> 01:26.280 So friends, see your neighborhood Auto Light spark plug dealer soon. 01:26.280 --> 01:31.920 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 01:31.920 --> 01:38.040 And now, with the case against Lou Dock and the performance of Mr. Jeff Chandler, Auto 01:38.040 --> 01:47.640 Light hopes once again to keep you in... 01:47.640 --> 02:01.280 Lieutenant Sunjack, take your men to the other end of the alleyway. 02:01.280 --> 02:02.280 Plan them back in the doorway. 02:02.280 --> 02:03.280 It's plenty dark and they won't be seen. 02:03.280 --> 02:05.280 I'll do the same down at this end. 02:05.280 --> 02:07.680 The signal to move will be a sharp flash of a whistle. 02:07.680 --> 02:08.680 You got that? 02:08.680 --> 02:09.680 Right. 02:09.680 --> 02:10.960 All right, man, you heard the captain. 02:10.960 --> 02:11.960 Where's the DA? 02:11.960 --> 02:12.960 Over there. 02:12.960 --> 02:13.960 Oh, yeah. 02:13.960 --> 02:14.960 Hanson, let's get this thing back. 02:14.960 --> 02:16.960 Looks like I'm right on time. 02:16.960 --> 02:19.400 Oh, oh, Glasgow, I'm glad you got here. 02:19.400 --> 02:20.600 This must be an important one. 02:20.600 --> 02:22.560 Looks like the whole San Francisco police force is here. 02:22.560 --> 02:23.840 It's a big one, believe me. 02:23.840 --> 02:25.480 Oh, you know Captain of Detective Zubin? 02:25.480 --> 02:26.480 Yeah, yeah, we've met. 02:26.480 --> 02:27.480 And this is Lieutenant Sunjack. 02:27.480 --> 02:28.480 Glad to meet you. 02:28.480 --> 02:29.480 Glasgow? 02:29.480 --> 02:30.480 The men all have their instructions, the eight. 02:30.480 --> 02:31.480 Good. 02:31.480 --> 02:32.480 Then take your positions. 02:32.480 --> 02:33.480 Okay, men, let's go. 02:33.480 --> 02:34.480 All right, Thompson. 02:34.480 --> 02:36.400 You want to come along with me, Glasgow? 02:36.400 --> 02:38.440 Our stakeout's down about midway in the alley. 02:38.440 --> 02:39.440 All right, will you? 02:39.440 --> 02:40.440 It's a laundry. 02:40.440 --> 02:42.440 There's a vacant storeroom upstairs. 02:42.440 --> 02:45.880 We can watch it from up there. 02:45.880 --> 02:49.760 The message you left for me back at the newspaper office wasn't too explicit, Mr. D.A. 02:49.760 --> 02:52.560 Well, tonight's the night we've been waiting for. 02:52.560 --> 02:54.880 More murder and mayhem. 02:54.880 --> 02:55.880 Perhaps. 02:55.880 --> 02:59.760 Look, you've arrested hundreds of Chinese before all members of some town. 02:59.760 --> 03:00.760 What good did it do? 03:00.760 --> 03:01.760 Well, none. 03:01.760 --> 03:04.320 Just arresting the hatchet man isn't the answer. 03:04.320 --> 03:05.920 Oh, sir. 03:05.920 --> 03:12.520 Well, this is it. 03:12.520 --> 03:13.520 Smells empty. 03:13.520 --> 03:18.160 The Chinese launderman who ran this shop was hacked to death in the last Tong battle they 03:18.160 --> 03:19.160 held along here. 03:19.160 --> 03:20.160 Come along. 03:20.160 --> 03:21.160 Up those stairs. 03:21.160 --> 03:24.160 Who's having it out tonight? 03:24.160 --> 03:27.760 The Hop Ying Tong and the On Sing. 03:27.760 --> 03:28.760 Well? 03:28.760 --> 03:32.040 Kum Jee Ho and Lou Dock. 03:32.040 --> 03:36.120 Yeah, the two most popular and powerful Tong leaders. 03:36.120 --> 03:40.840 I agree with you as far as Kum Jee Ho is concerned, but as for Lou Dock... 03:40.840 --> 03:43.160 I'm more determined than ever to get him. 03:43.160 --> 03:44.760 This man was a double-live Glasgow. 03:44.760 --> 03:48.480 By day, a sweet, smiling and innocent silk merchant. 03:48.480 --> 03:51.360 By night, a ruthless murder of his countrymen. 03:51.360 --> 03:54.080 He won't stop the Tongs by convicting Lou Dock. 03:54.080 --> 04:01.520 Well, we'll be able to see everything from this window. 04:01.520 --> 04:02.520 Clear night? 04:02.520 --> 04:03.520 Yeah. 04:03.520 --> 04:10.240 A million stars in the sky. 04:10.240 --> 04:15.240 We stood next to the open window above the laundry shop, fearless District Attorney Redmuchir 04:15.240 --> 04:18.960 and I, and we waited. 04:18.960 --> 04:22.960 From the window, we could see down into the dimly lit street called Sporefoot Alley. 04:22.960 --> 04:28.960 A narrow street lined on either side with butcher markets, curio shops, tea parlors 04:28.960 --> 04:31.960 and more laundries. 04:31.960 --> 04:35.760 Some of those shops fronts for hidden gambling dens. 04:35.760 --> 04:40.040 Sultry, air-opressed opium dens. 04:40.040 --> 04:44.600 Lou Dock, the man the DA accused of being the most notorious Tong leader in San Francisco, 04:44.600 --> 04:45.600 was all of that. 04:45.600 --> 04:47.800 But he was more. 04:47.800 --> 04:49.200 Lou Dock was my friend. 04:49.200 --> 04:51.960 He was a man of principles. 04:51.960 --> 04:55.800 Born in San Francisco and wanting to adapt himself to the ways of his Western brothers, 04:55.800 --> 04:59.760 he'd learned to speak, read and write a pronounced English. 04:59.760 --> 05:04.000 He'd educated himself from the thoughts and ideas of the Western world. 05:04.000 --> 05:06.000 I knew Lou Dock. 05:06.000 --> 05:09.840 I had my doubts that he was going to show up in Sporefoot Alley tonight. 05:09.840 --> 05:10.840 Cigarette Glasgow? 05:10.840 --> 05:13.840 Yeah, yeah, thanks. 05:13.840 --> 05:21.480 What makes you so sure Lou Dock and Kum Ji Ho are going to show tonight? 05:21.480 --> 05:22.480 They're bitter enemies. 05:22.480 --> 05:27.360 When Kum Ji Ho learned that Lou Dock's brother was in love with one of his favorite sing-song 05:27.360 --> 05:30.480 girls, he challenged the Hoppies. 05:30.480 --> 05:31.480 What's the girl's name? 05:31.480 --> 05:32.480 Hot Toy. 05:32.480 --> 05:35.360 She's a dancer at the Golden Lamp. 05:35.360 --> 05:39.720 On surface, the incident is just a spark to ignite the flame, Glasgow. 05:39.720 --> 05:41.120 You know that as well as I do. 05:41.120 --> 05:44.600 The real battle is being fought for supremacy. 05:44.600 --> 05:54.960 Almost 12, any minute now. 05:54.960 --> 06:00.480 We didn't have long to wait because at exactly 12 o'clock a loud shrill cry rang out at one 06:00.480 --> 06:04.920 end of Sporefoot Alley and at the other end of the alleyway the reply. 06:04.920 --> 06:10.760 And another full-scale Kong War began. 06:10.760 --> 06:20.760 There were at least 50 black-suited Chinese with their plates shoved under dark slouched 06:20.760 --> 06:22.760 hats that met head-on in the alley. 06:22.760 --> 06:26.400 Their hats just reflected the moonlight as they crashed open enemy heads and long, gleaming 06:26.400 --> 06:28.840 daggers found their marks in soft, easy flesh. 06:28.840 --> 06:32.680 And as the police moved in, they scattered in every direction, stumbling over the dead 06:32.680 --> 06:33.680 and wounded. 06:33.680 --> 06:36.600 But the police were efficient. 06:36.600 --> 06:39.880 They'd hold up both ends of the alley and it looked like they'd rounded up every one 06:39.880 --> 06:42.360 of the Bu Hao Doi that was alive. 06:42.360 --> 06:47.600 The district attorney paced the floor of the storeroom, his hands nervously twisting behind 06:47.600 --> 06:50.920 him as he waited for his captain of detectives to report to him. 06:50.920 --> 06:54.520 Then we heard heavy steps coming up the stairs. 06:54.520 --> 06:58.800 In a few moments, three men appeared at the head of the landing. 06:58.800 --> 07:04.040 Captain Wilburn, his lieutenant, Son Jack, and a smiling dark-head Chinese with his hands 07:04.040 --> 07:05.600 tied behind him. 07:05.600 --> 07:07.520 Well, D.A. 07:07.520 --> 07:10.400 Oh, where's the other one? 07:10.400 --> 07:12.640 He, uh, he disappeared. 07:12.640 --> 07:13.880 What do you mean he disappeared? 07:13.880 --> 07:14.880 I don't know, D.A. 07:14.880 --> 07:17.120 He was in mixing it up with the rest of them. 07:17.120 --> 07:18.120 I know. 07:18.120 --> 07:19.120 I saw him. 07:19.120 --> 07:20.720 But after we had the rest of them rounded up, I couldn't find him. 07:20.720 --> 07:22.440 How did you know it was Lou Dark, Captain? 07:22.440 --> 07:23.440 The big head. 07:23.440 --> 07:24.440 I recognize his big head. 07:24.440 --> 07:25.440 You can't accuse him of having... 07:25.440 --> 07:27.040 Bring that other one over here. 07:27.040 --> 07:28.040 Okay. 07:28.040 --> 07:29.040 You, move. 07:29.040 --> 07:33.480 This is the one they call Kum Ji Ho. 07:33.480 --> 07:36.080 I know why you started this one, Kum Ji Ho. 07:36.080 --> 07:37.080 Oh, yes. 07:37.080 --> 07:39.160 How did Lou Dark manage to escape? 07:39.160 --> 07:40.160 Oh, yes. 07:40.160 --> 07:41.160 Lou Dark. 07:41.160 --> 07:42.160 Very fine silk merchant. 07:42.160 --> 07:43.160 Yes. 07:43.160 --> 07:44.160 Don't stall with me. 07:44.160 --> 07:45.160 It'll go a lot easier on you. 07:45.160 --> 07:46.160 You know you're not going to get this man to talk. 07:46.160 --> 07:47.160 We'll see about that. 07:47.160 --> 07:50.160 Now, I want the names of every Bu Hao Doi that fought in the alley tonight. 07:50.160 --> 07:51.160 Chang, Tao Lu, D.A. 07:51.160 --> 07:52.160 What was that? 07:52.160 --> 07:53.160 I can't remember. 07:53.160 --> 07:54.160 I don't know. 07:54.160 --> 07:55.160 I don't know. 07:55.160 --> 07:56.160 I don't know. 07:56.160 --> 07:58.160 I don't know what was that. 07:58.160 --> 08:01.560 I think he said he wants his lawyer before he speaks another word. 08:01.560 --> 08:02.560 Correct. 08:02.560 --> 08:03.560 A lawyer? 08:03.560 --> 08:04.560 Yes. 08:04.560 --> 08:05.560 Thank you. 08:05.560 --> 08:07.560 I never heard of any... 08:07.560 --> 08:11.120 Looks like tonight wasn't the night you thought it was going to be, D.A. 08:11.120 --> 08:22.640 I'm afraid your net results are zero. 08:22.640 --> 08:26.400 Judge Attorney Muccia wasn't going to get come Ji Ho to inform on Lou Dark, no matter 08:26.400 --> 08:28.240 how hard he tried. 08:28.240 --> 08:34.080 For a Tong member to testify or inform on another, even your most hated enemy, which 08:34.080 --> 08:38.220 was a rival Tong, was certain death. 08:38.220 --> 08:42.440 And in most cases, members of your own Tong would carry out the death sentence. 08:42.440 --> 08:46.840 In the wild confusion of that battle, it would have been impossible to tell whether Lou Dark 08:46.840 --> 08:49.200 had taken part in it. 08:49.200 --> 08:52.120 Captain of Detective sworn he'd seen him. 08:52.120 --> 08:57.160 I wanted to know for sure, so the following morning I went to his house of business. 08:57.160 --> 09:02.800 A little old Chinese sitting behind the counter didn't even glance up at me as I entered. 09:02.800 --> 09:05.400 I walked over to the door of Lou's office and knocked. 09:05.400 --> 09:09.280 A voice yelled, enter in Chinese, and I did. 09:09.280 --> 09:11.080 I opened the door. 09:11.080 --> 09:17.760 Seated behind a bleached rattan desk sat the man with his big head, rocking back and forth. 09:17.760 --> 09:18.760 Lou Dark. 09:18.760 --> 09:19.760 Hello, Dan. 09:19.760 --> 09:22.800 It is nice to see you again. 09:22.800 --> 09:24.400 It's nice to see you. 09:24.400 --> 09:25.400 Pleased to sit. 09:25.400 --> 09:27.760 I was just about to serve tea. 09:27.760 --> 09:28.760 Thanks. 09:28.760 --> 09:30.320 Oh, I beg your pardon. 09:30.320 --> 09:35.640 This Dan is my beloved brother, Tommy, Mr. Dan Glasgow of San Francisco Tribune. 09:35.640 --> 09:36.880 How do you do, Mr. Glasgow? 09:36.880 --> 09:37.880 Hello, Tommy. 09:37.880 --> 09:40.400 You take tea with lemon, I believe. 09:40.400 --> 09:41.600 Right. 09:41.600 --> 09:44.680 I am most happy of this surprise visit, Dan. 09:44.680 --> 09:46.880 Here you are. 09:46.880 --> 09:47.880 Thanks. 09:47.880 --> 09:51.840 Most delicious. 09:51.840 --> 09:56.120 There were seven men killed in last night's Tong Walu, Doc. 09:56.120 --> 09:59.360 Tell me, Dan, do you prefer the Chinese or Indian tea? 09:59.360 --> 10:02.680 I said seven men were killed in last night's Tong battle. 10:02.680 --> 10:03.680 Tommy. 10:03.680 --> 10:04.680 What's the matter? 10:04.680 --> 10:16.240 My words too strong for your brother's sensitive ears? 10:16.240 --> 10:20.640 And if you were not a true friend, I would easily kill you with my own hand for such 10:20.640 --> 10:21.640 a remark. 10:21.640 --> 10:23.360 I'm sorry, Doc. 10:23.360 --> 10:26.080 You as I believe in righteous principles. 10:26.080 --> 10:28.840 It was upon this discovery that I grow very fond of you. 10:28.840 --> 10:30.320 I've honored our friendship. 10:30.320 --> 10:34.880 In the ways of your Western world are many things that my people do not understand. 10:34.880 --> 10:38.480 Among my people are certain things which the Occidental does not understand. 10:38.480 --> 10:42.560 But cold-blooded murder is not a way that either world should have to understand. 10:42.560 --> 10:43.560 True. 10:43.560 --> 10:47.760 As I read in the Western world books, I read of organization called California Vigilance 10:47.760 --> 10:48.760 Committee. 10:48.760 --> 10:52.160 Oh, look, that committee is to protect the innocent from the guilty. 10:52.160 --> 10:53.960 Yes, no argument. 10:53.960 --> 10:55.040 But for the protection? 10:55.040 --> 10:59.800 In Hap Ying Tong is protection for my people. 10:59.800 --> 11:04.720 Now comes time when most beloved brother falls in love with Sing Song girl named A Toi. 11:04.720 --> 11:06.520 He wishes to marry with her. 11:06.520 --> 11:08.360 She returns this love. 11:08.360 --> 11:10.200 It must be so. 11:10.200 --> 11:14.440 And so in order to bring about this marriage, hundreds of men may lose their lives. 11:14.440 --> 11:16.200 If it is, it is the God's design. 11:16.200 --> 11:17.200 Yes. 11:17.200 --> 11:20.600 There's nothing that I can say that can convince you to settle the whole thing peaceably? 11:20.600 --> 11:25.960 In China, perhaps by tribunal, but in San Francisco, then, it is not probable. 11:25.960 --> 11:28.000 We must settle this difference by other means. 11:28.000 --> 11:29.720 Oh, and I'm sorry, Lou, Doc. 11:29.720 --> 11:33.160 I'm sorry for your people. 11:33.160 --> 11:40.120 There is no one upon whose heart this sorrow hangs heavier than mine. 11:40.120 --> 11:51.640 And with that, Lou, Doc rose up from his chair, stood staring at me for a moment through tear-filled 11:51.640 --> 11:52.640 eyes. 11:52.640 --> 11:57.840 Then he turned and strode majestically out of the room, his large head bent as if in 11:57.840 --> 12:04.840 prayer. 12:04.840 --> 12:08.880 In the weeks that followed, for some unknown reason or other, the Tong wars slowed down 12:08.880 --> 12:11.000 to practically a standstill. 12:11.000 --> 12:13.960 Had been only a couple of hatchet murders in two months. 12:13.960 --> 12:17.840 It seemed almost too good to be true. 12:17.840 --> 12:23.560 Then on January 4th, I received a phone call from the DA's office about four in the afternoon. 12:23.560 --> 12:25.040 His voice had a smile in it. 12:25.040 --> 12:28.960 Well, it took someone else to do it, Glasgow, but it was done. 12:28.960 --> 12:29.960 What was done? 12:29.960 --> 12:34.160 About an hour ago in Ross Alley, two Tong men shot a man and then hacked his face to ribbons 12:34.160 --> 12:35.160 with their hatchets. 12:35.160 --> 12:39.840 When Captain Wilburn got down there, he identified the man. 12:39.840 --> 12:41.320 Who was it? 12:41.320 --> 12:43.840 The man we've been after. 12:43.840 --> 13:01.080 Your good friend, Lou Doc. 13:01.080 --> 13:06.160 Autolight is bringing you Mr. Jeff Chandler in The Case Against Lou Doc. 13:06.160 --> 13:15.520 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Sal's Spend. 13:15.520 --> 13:27.000 Say, Harlow, just what does ignition engineered mean? 13:27.000 --> 13:32.280 Well, Hap, it means that autolight spark plugs are tops in quality and performance. 13:32.280 --> 13:36.280 That's because they're designed by the same autolight engineers who designed the coil, 13:36.280 --> 13:41.120 distributor, and all the other important parts that make up complete ignition systems, used 13:41.120 --> 13:45.680 as original equipment on many leading makes of our finest cars, trucks, and tractors. 13:45.680 --> 13:48.200 That's a pretty good reason to use them, Harlow. 13:48.200 --> 13:49.440 It's the best, Hap. 13:49.440 --> 13:54.320 So have your autolight spark plug dealer replace worn out spark plugs with either standard 13:54.320 --> 13:59.440 or resistor type autolight spark plugs for smoother performance, quick starts, and gas 13:59.440 --> 14:00.440 savings. 14:00.440 --> 14:04.120 They just don't come any better than autolight. 14:04.120 --> 14:08.720 Autolight spark plug dealers offer the best spark plug service money can buy, too, Harlow. 14:08.720 --> 14:09.840 Right you are, Hap. 14:09.840 --> 14:15.680 So friends, to quickly learn his address, call Western Union by number and ask for operator 14:15.680 --> 14:16.680 25. 14:16.680 --> 14:21.640 She'll gladly tell you the location of your nearest autolight spark plug dealer. 14:21.640 --> 14:27.160 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with autolight. 14:27.160 --> 14:33.320 And now, autolight brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Mr. Jeff Chandler, in Elliot Lewis's 14:33.320 --> 14:39.360 production of The Case Against Lou Dock, a dramatic report well calculated to keep you 14:39.360 --> 14:52.960 in suspense. 14:52.960 --> 14:57.840 Lou Dock had been my friend, and the realization of what an impact his death would have on 14:57.840 --> 14:59.480 his following hit me. 14:59.480 --> 15:03.200 It was to be a great loss for them. 15:03.200 --> 15:06.280 I hung up the phone and decided to go down to the police station. 15:06.280 --> 15:10.960 When I got there, the desk sergeant lifted a tired finger and told me that Captain Wilburn 15:10.960 --> 15:13.400 was back in the morgue with Lieutenant Sonjak. 15:13.400 --> 15:15.400 Come in, Glasgow. 15:15.400 --> 15:19.680 The DA said you might be down. 15:19.680 --> 15:22.440 So you finally got Lou Dock. 15:22.440 --> 15:23.440 We didn't. 15:23.440 --> 15:25.160 There was a couple of rival Tongmen that did the job. 15:25.160 --> 15:26.720 Did you pick him up? 15:26.720 --> 15:27.720 Nope. 15:27.720 --> 15:28.720 He got away. 15:28.720 --> 15:30.360 Want to take a look at him? 15:30.360 --> 15:31.360 The bloody? 15:31.360 --> 15:32.360 Yeah. 15:32.360 --> 15:33.360 Over here. 15:33.360 --> 15:36.600 All right, Sonjak. 15:36.600 --> 15:40.480 Turn down the sheet. 15:40.480 --> 15:44.000 See what I mean when I say bloody? 15:44.000 --> 15:47.760 His own mother wouldn't recognize him. 15:47.760 --> 15:49.000 How do you know it's Lou Dock? 15:49.000 --> 15:50.000 By the head. 15:50.000 --> 15:51.000 Take a look at the head. 15:51.000 --> 15:52.000 What's left of it. 15:52.000 --> 15:55.320 Dock had a big head, almost out of proportion to the rest of his body. 15:55.320 --> 15:56.480 That's how I know it's him. 15:56.480 --> 15:57.480 But still I... 15:57.480 --> 16:00.160 Look, Glasgow, the DA told me how you feel about this guy. 16:00.160 --> 16:02.160 I don't want any trouble from you. 16:02.160 --> 16:03.400 This man is Lou Dock. 16:03.400 --> 16:07.160 I positively identify him as the notorious Tong leader of the Hop Yings. 16:07.160 --> 16:09.560 Do you care to challenge that statement? 16:09.560 --> 16:10.560 No. 16:10.560 --> 16:13.360 No, of course not. 16:13.360 --> 16:15.560 Then you will admit this is Lou Dock. 16:15.560 --> 16:16.720 Sure, Captain. 16:16.720 --> 16:17.800 I admit it. 16:17.800 --> 16:25.040 That's Lou Dock. 16:25.040 --> 16:29.040 I admitted it because the thought suddenly occurred to me that here was the opportunity 16:29.040 --> 16:31.240 I'd been waiting for. 16:31.240 --> 16:35.880 The dead man lying on the slab in the police morgue was not Lou Dock. 16:35.880 --> 16:39.800 The police had no positive identification as to who the man was, but it looked like a 16:39.800 --> 16:44.640 perfect way to ease the pressure that was being brought to bear on them. 16:44.640 --> 16:56.200 Captain Wilbur knew that faceless man was not Lou Dock as well as I did. 16:56.200 --> 17:01.160 The following morning I went to the business house of Lou Dock, the silk merchant. 17:01.160 --> 17:05.760 Just as I'd expected, the name on the door had been changed. 17:05.760 --> 17:07.560 Next door was a gambling parlor. 17:07.560 --> 17:11.400 I gave the password at the door and was admitted. 17:11.400 --> 17:14.280 I sat down at one of the fantan tables and began playing. 17:14.280 --> 17:19.240 I hadn't been playing long when I suddenly felt the presence of someone familiar standing 17:19.240 --> 17:21.240 next to me. 17:21.240 --> 17:22.640 Three. 17:22.640 --> 17:24.000 Sheep. 17:24.000 --> 17:26.440 Hello, Lou Dock. 17:26.440 --> 17:28.200 Hello, Dan. 17:28.200 --> 17:29.760 Happy to meet with you. 17:29.760 --> 17:31.800 Is there somewhere we can talk? 17:31.800 --> 17:32.800 Come. 17:32.800 --> 17:35.320 Owner of this establishment is a good friend of mine. 17:35.320 --> 17:36.320 We shall use his office. 17:36.320 --> 17:38.280 All right, you lead the way. 17:38.280 --> 17:39.280 Come. 17:39.280 --> 17:42.280 In here. 17:42.280 --> 17:50.520 Now, we are alone. 17:50.520 --> 17:54.720 You're still hailing Hardy even though you're dead. 17:54.720 --> 17:56.760 That is not good joke. 17:56.760 --> 17:58.760 Take it you read the morning papers. 17:58.760 --> 18:00.160 Oh, yes. 18:00.160 --> 18:02.700 In time to change the name on your place of business. 18:02.700 --> 18:07.360 You were pleased to see elimination of Lou Dock, weren't you, my friend? 18:07.360 --> 18:09.120 You want the truth? 18:09.120 --> 18:11.360 Our most precious bond, Dan. 18:11.360 --> 18:17.880 Yes, Lou Dock, I was because now it's no longer necessary for you to work with any tongue. 18:17.880 --> 18:22.840 It surprises me that you, of all persons I respect, should think that way. 18:22.840 --> 18:25.160 There's great work yet to be done among my people. 18:25.160 --> 18:26.160 Forget the work, Lou. 18:26.160 --> 18:28.800 The battle that won't be won until every tongue is disbanded. 18:28.800 --> 18:30.880 And if I leave, what then? 18:30.880 --> 18:34.320 Kum Ji Ho and his tongue take over leadership in San Francisco? 18:34.320 --> 18:38.880 The terror that exists now will seem, my friend, a mere particle? 18:38.880 --> 18:39.880 What about the police? 18:39.880 --> 18:42.200 The police are satisfied, you know that. 18:42.200 --> 18:48.160 The notoriety and publicity that have gone before will no longer continue to follow me. 18:48.160 --> 18:51.080 Hap Yings will continue to exist and you still behind them. 18:51.080 --> 18:53.440 Yes, my friend, to make decisions. 18:53.440 --> 18:58.160 I will set up puppet leader, but the arrival of Kum Ji Ho will always know that still sitting 18:58.160 --> 19:05.440 on the throne of the Hap Yings is Lou Dock, the man he fears. 19:05.440 --> 19:08.040 I'm a newspaper man, I have to print the truth, you know that? 19:08.040 --> 19:10.920 Yes, my friend, I know. 19:10.920 --> 19:12.760 I also know something else. 19:12.760 --> 19:14.240 You know? 19:14.240 --> 19:29.800 I also know, San Francisco, you are a true friend of Lou Dock. 19:29.800 --> 19:31.800 And he was right. 19:31.800 --> 19:35.020 I knew the fight within myself had begun. 19:35.020 --> 19:39.960 To know that he was still alive, yet never to print that fact. 19:39.960 --> 19:44.360 Because in doing so, I'd have to betray his friendship. 19:44.360 --> 19:46.920 A windy night in February, I was working late in the office. 19:46.920 --> 19:50.440 It was about eight o'clock when one of the reporters came in and told me that Tommy Yu 19:50.440 --> 19:55.760 Shu, Lou Dock's brother, had been trapped in the cafe of his dancer girlfriend, Art 19:55.760 --> 19:56.760 Toy. 19:56.760 --> 19:58.160 I rushed down to Dagger Alley. 19:58.160 --> 20:00.840 There wasn't a soul in sight. 20:00.840 --> 20:03.440 I started to walk. 20:03.440 --> 20:08.640 It was cold and heavy wind was blowing, but my hands were soaking wet with perspiration 20:08.640 --> 20:12.640 as I made my way up the cobblestone walk to the golden lamp. 20:12.640 --> 20:20.600 I imagined a hundred eyes staring at me from dark doorways. 20:20.600 --> 20:24.080 Then I was in front of the cafe. 20:24.080 --> 20:25.880 I walked up to the door. 20:25.880 --> 20:28.280 It was bolted. 20:28.280 --> 20:37.200 Tommy, Tommy Yu Shu, it's me, the newspaper man, Dan Glasgow, let me in. 20:37.200 --> 20:39.160 Let me in, Tommy. 20:39.160 --> 20:41.560 Hurry, hurry. 20:41.560 --> 20:42.560 Thanks. 20:42.560 --> 20:45.160 What are you doing here? 20:45.160 --> 20:47.240 Word leaked out the onsings had you holed up here. 20:47.240 --> 20:48.480 They sure do. 20:48.480 --> 20:50.360 You took an awful chance coming up that alleyway. 20:50.360 --> 20:53.560 Well, why'd you risk your neck here for coming here? 20:53.560 --> 20:55.600 Art Toy, Mr. Glasgow. 20:55.600 --> 20:57.240 Oh, I see. 20:57.240 --> 21:01.840 We planned to leave tonight, secretly. 21:01.840 --> 21:04.240 Somehow they learned of our plans. 21:04.240 --> 21:06.920 It was Art Toy's father who betrayed us. 21:06.920 --> 21:07.920 He was a murderer. 21:07.920 --> 21:08.920 He was a murderer? 21:08.920 --> 21:09.920 A murderer of fire? 21:09.920 --> 21:10.920 Please, Tommy. 21:10.920 --> 21:11.920 My father was threatening me. 21:11.920 --> 21:12.920 There was nothing he could do. 21:12.920 --> 21:14.920 I'm willing to die with Tommy. 21:14.920 --> 21:16.680 Does Lou Dock know you're here? 21:16.680 --> 21:17.680 No. 21:17.680 --> 21:18.680 Then call him. 21:18.680 --> 21:19.680 Tell him to call the police. 21:19.680 --> 21:22.000 You have talked with my brother, Mr. Glasgow. 21:22.000 --> 21:23.600 You know he would never do that. 21:23.600 --> 21:26.560 But you'll never get out of here alive. 21:26.560 --> 21:27.560 Then it must be so. 21:27.560 --> 21:29.480 Joy, I don't understand it. 21:29.480 --> 21:33.840 You'd be willing to commit suicide because of some silly superstitious and clannish idea 21:33.840 --> 21:37.520 that the only way to deal out justice is through force. 21:37.520 --> 21:41.960 Well, you and your brother and everybody who thinks that way, Tommy, are wrong. 21:41.960 --> 21:46.440 Maybe the idea of tongs originally were good ideas, but the goodness has gone out of them. 21:46.440 --> 21:47.680 I'm gonna call the police. 21:47.680 --> 21:49.840 One moment, Mr. Glasgow. 21:49.840 --> 21:53.080 I am sorry, but I cannot allow you to do that. 21:53.080 --> 21:55.080 All right, Tommy. 21:55.080 --> 21:56.640 You can put away the gun. 21:56.640 --> 21:58.680 I won't call him. 21:58.680 --> 22:01.680 Can I call your brother? 22:01.680 --> 22:03.680 Perhaps that is best. 22:03.680 --> 22:10.720 Tommy gave me a number to call. 22:10.720 --> 22:13.600 Lou Dock answered the phone himself. 22:13.600 --> 22:17.520 His voice remained strangely calm when I told him what the situation was. 22:17.520 --> 22:22.480 He told me he was coming right down, warned me to stay in the cafe. 22:22.480 --> 22:23.480 Then I hung up. 22:23.480 --> 22:30.280 The three of us, Tommy, Youshu, the sing-song girl, Atoy, and myself, sat down and waited. 22:30.280 --> 22:34.680 Twenty minutes later, I heard a car screech to a halt down at the end of Dagger Alley. 22:34.680 --> 22:39.760 I opened one of the small windows, stuck my head out, and looked down the narrow street. 22:39.760 --> 22:43.400 A long black car was parked at the curb. 22:43.400 --> 22:47.120 Then the car door opened, and Lou Dock stepped out, alone. 22:47.120 --> 22:56.120 And he began his long walk up the cobblestones to the cafe. 22:56.120 --> 22:59.240 He walked slowly, staring straight ahead. 22:59.240 --> 23:02.040 His body firm, rigid, in one position. 23:02.040 --> 23:05.160 It was just the movement of his legs. 23:05.160 --> 23:09.240 Wearing a long black coat, he looked like a giant as he took long strides, holding his 23:09.240 --> 23:12.240 oversized head high. 23:12.240 --> 23:14.240 Lou! 23:14.240 --> 23:16.600 Hello, Doc. 23:16.600 --> 23:17.600 You better get inside. 23:17.600 --> 23:19.280 There must be at least 25 of them out there. 23:19.280 --> 23:20.280 I'm all right. 23:20.280 --> 23:22.080 Tell Tommy to come out, Doc. 23:22.080 --> 23:23.520 But, Lou, you don't have a chance. 23:23.520 --> 23:25.000 They won't attack me. 23:25.000 --> 23:26.000 They haven't the nerve. 23:26.000 --> 23:29.000 Tell Tommy to come out. 23:29.000 --> 23:31.600 Tommy, he wants you to go with him. 23:31.600 --> 23:33.600 I've got to go, Atoy. 23:33.600 --> 23:35.560 But I'll be back for you. 23:35.560 --> 23:37.560 Do not fear, my beloved one. 23:37.560 --> 23:38.560 Tommy! 23:38.560 --> 23:39.560 I'm going. 23:39.560 --> 23:40.560 Hello, my brother. 23:40.560 --> 23:41.560 And you. 23:41.560 --> 23:42.560 Good-bye, Doc. 23:42.560 --> 23:43.560 I see you soon again. 23:43.560 --> 23:44.560 Soon, Lou Dock. 23:44.560 --> 24:04.240 The two of them began their long walk back to the end of Dagger Alley. 24:04.240 --> 24:10.120 Lou Dock's hand closed tightly around his brother's arm, walking slowly but steadily 24:10.120 --> 24:12.320 toward the black car. 24:12.320 --> 24:16.120 They weren't 10 feet from it, when from out of one of the dark doorways a figure jumped 24:16.120 --> 24:17.120 into view. 24:17.120 --> 24:18.120 It was Kum Ji Ho. 24:18.120 --> 24:24.360 Kum Ji Ho let go with four wild shots, Lou Dock whirled, covering his brother at the 24:24.360 --> 24:26.760 same time whipping out a gun and firing. 24:26.760 --> 24:29.000 Tommy opened the door of the car, got in and started it up. 24:29.000 --> 24:32.000 Then Lou Dock fell to his knees, still firing. 24:32.000 --> 24:33.240 Tommy gunned the car away. 24:33.240 --> 24:36.840 Lou Dock pitched forward on his face, emptying his gun. 24:36.840 --> 24:39.520 Kum Ji Ho dropped to the pavement, clawing at his bloody face. 24:39.520 --> 24:41.880 He twitched for just a moment. 24:41.880 --> 24:49.360 And then he lay still. 24:49.360 --> 24:53.280 When I got to Lou Dock, he was still alive but bleeding badly. 24:53.280 --> 24:55.720 He looked up at me. 24:55.720 --> 25:00.760 Much pain, my friend. 25:00.760 --> 25:01.760 Much pain. 25:01.760 --> 25:04.120 Will there be an ambulance any minute now, Lou? 25:04.120 --> 25:05.120 Just hold on. 25:05.120 --> 25:13.240 This is not death I prayed my ancestors to give me then. 25:13.240 --> 25:20.960 I died lying on wet pavement in dark alley at night. 25:20.960 --> 25:24.160 My wounds bleed freely. 25:24.160 --> 25:29.520 Lou, you're not gonna die, Lou. 25:29.520 --> 25:37.120 Our most precious bond, truth in our friendship. 25:37.120 --> 25:47.480 Promise me, promise as you hold me in your arms, my friend, that in stories that will 25:47.480 --> 26:06.120 be written, in one of them, someone will write, someone will write that beneath, that... 26:06.120 --> 26:13.360 Beneath the cloak of the legend of his notorious reputation, there existed a man who believed 26:13.360 --> 26:20.560 in the principles of righteousness for all his fellow men. 26:20.560 --> 26:31.080 Who is there who can sit in judgment and proclaim that there was any case but goodness against 26:31.080 --> 26:44.600 a man named Lou Dock? 26:44.600 --> 26:58.600 Suspense. 26:58.600 --> 27:03.440 And by Auto Light, tonight's star, Mr. Jeff Chandler. 27:03.440 --> 27:08.280 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light, world's largest independent manufacturer of 27:08.280 --> 27:10.680 automotive electrical equipment. 27:10.680 --> 27:15.980 During the early months of 1952, the Auto Light family will join together in saluting 27:15.980 --> 27:20.560 the leading car manufacturers who install Auto Light products as original equipment 27:20.560 --> 27:22.880 right on their assembly lines. 27:22.880 --> 27:27.920 Our Auto Light family is made up of the nearly 30,000 men and women in 28 great Auto Light 27:27.920 --> 27:33.720 plants from coast to coast and in still other Auto Light plants in many foreign countries. 27:33.720 --> 27:37.900 Our family also includes more than 18,000 people who have invested a portion of their 27:37.900 --> 27:43.280 savings in Auto Light, as well as 96,000 Auto Light distributors and dealers in the United 27:43.280 --> 27:48.040 States and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world. 27:48.040 --> 27:51.600 The Auto Light family will have the privilege of saluting the Plymouth Division of Chrysler 27:51.600 --> 27:55.160 Corporation on the next Suspense television program. 27:55.160 --> 27:59.720 If you live in a television area, check the day and time of Suspense on television so 27:59.720 --> 28:01.720 that you won't miss this program. 28:01.720 --> 28:13.280 And remember, from bumper to taillight, you're always right with Auto Light. 28:13.280 --> 28:18.280 Next week, our star will be the first lady of Suspense, Ms. Agnes Moorhead as Lizzie 28:18.280 --> 28:24.640 Borden in a dramatization of the most famous unsolved American murder mystery, a true story 28:24.640 --> 28:28.240 we call the Fall River tragedy. 28:28.240 --> 28:33.360 In weeks to come, we shall also present Mr. Clifton Webb, Mr. Charles Boyer, and Mr. 28:33.360 --> 28:41.480 J. 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