1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,400 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers bring you the first lady of suspense, Miss Agnes Moorhead, 2 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,640 in a true story of murder. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:19,960 Tonight's presentation of Suspense. 4 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:28,880 Tonight, Auto Light presents a dramatization of the most famous unsolved American murder 5 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:35,360 mystery, Miss Agnes Moorhead as Lizzie Borden in The Fall River Tragedy. 6 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:44,160 Hey, uh, Hap, why the downcast look? 7 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:47,480 My battery's dry hollow and my car won't start. 8 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:51,160 Well, Hap, that's one of the big reasons you should have an Auto Light Staple battery, 9 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:55,240 the famous battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 10 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:56,240 You mean... 11 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,600 The Auto Light Staple has over three times the liquid reserve of batteries without Staple 12 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,200 features and this helps prevent one of the major causes of battery failure. 13 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,760 The Auto Light Staple gives longer life, as proved by tests conducted according to accepted 14 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,280 life cycle standards. 15 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:12,840 That's the battery for me, Harlow. 16 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,000 Well, then, see your neighborhood Auto Light battery dealer. 17 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,560 He's equipped to give you the best service money can buy on all makes of batteries. 18 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,400 To quickly learn his location, just call Western Union by number... 19 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,600 And ask for me, Operator 25. 20 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,440 I'll gladly tell you the address of your nearest Auto Light battery dealer. 21 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:36,240 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 22 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:42,680 And now, with the Fall River Tragedy and the performance of Miss Agnes Moorhead, Auto Light 23 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,000 hopes once again to keep you in... 24 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Suspense. 25 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Just a moment. 26 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,360 Just a moment, I'm coming. 27 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,880 I was just bringing some tea from the pantry. 28 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:17,360 You're Mr. Lippert from the magazine? 29 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,000 Yes, I'm Elizabeth Borden. 30 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Won't you come in? 31 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Come on in. 32 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,840 I thought we might sit in the morning room. 33 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,240 I have all the things in there. 34 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,360 The newspaper, clippings, and pictures about the trial. 35 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,320 You may sit there, if you will. 36 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:35,320 Linden Borden took an ax and gave her mother forty-waks. 37 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:40,040 Then he took another one and gave her mother forty-one... 38 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,000 That child followed you here. 39 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,320 They follow anybody who comes and shout their words. 40 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:46,840 That has been part of my punishment. 41 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,280 My whole life since the trial has been a punishment. 42 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,800 The worst punishment that anyone innocent or guilty could ever face. 43 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:53,800 They think I'm guilty. 44 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:54,800 ...and gave her mother forty-waks... 45 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:55,800 Everyone does. 46 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:56,800 They always did, but I'm not. 47 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:57,800 ...and gave her mother forty-one... 48 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:58,800 The jury said I wasn't. 49 00:02:58,800 --> 00:02:59,800 You must forgive me. 50 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:05,800 I'll pour you tea and tell you all about it. 51 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,400 It was my father and my stepmother who were killed, if you'll remember. 52 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:16,400 It was a long time ago, father, where he lay on a couch in the living room and my stepmother 53 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,760 upstairs where she'd been attending to the making of the beds. 54 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:26,040 First, Dr. Bowen came over and then in a little while the police were there too. 55 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,960 After some time had passed, I was arrested and brought to trial. 56 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:43,320 And all my friends were witnesses against me. 57 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:48,440 May it please your honor, Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the jury. 58 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,160 Upon the fourth day of August, an old man and an old woman, husband and wife, each without 59 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:58,360 a known enemy in the whole world, in their own home, upon a frequented street in the 60 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:03,800 most popular city of this county, under the light of day and in the midst of its activities, 61 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,760 were first one then another, severely killed by unlawful human agency. 62 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:15,680 Today, Lizzie A. Borden, the own daughter of one of the victims, is at the bar of this 63 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:21,080 court, accused by the grand jury of this county of these crimes. 64 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:26,160 As spokesman for the Commonwealth, it is my purpose to explain to you the grounds and 65 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,000 the basis for that accusation. 66 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:35,120 I believe the best way to do that is to call the first witness, Dr. S. W. Bowen. 67 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,240 Dr. S. W. Bowen? 68 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,440 Yes, I'm here. 69 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,320 Raise your hand on the book. 70 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,240 Do you sound this word, tell the truth, the whole truth, over the truth, to help your 71 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:46,240 God? 72 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,240 I do. 73 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,240 Please be seated. 74 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,560 Dr. Bowen, where do you live? 75 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:54,960 91 Second Street. 76 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:55,960 That is in Fall River. 77 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:00,960 Am I right in believing that address is directly across Second Street from where the Borden 78 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:01,960 family lives? 79 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:02,960 Yes, that is correct. 80 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,240 Do you know the Borden family? 81 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,360 Yes, I had been a physician and friend for 25 years. 82 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,800 Did you know Mr. Borden's financial situation? 83 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:12,800 Financial situation? 84 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,360 Did you know if he were wealthy or not? 85 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:20,040 Mr. Borden's estate, I do not hesitate to say, is considerably more than $300,000. 86 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,600 To be inherited by whom, do you know? 87 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,320 According to his will, to be inherited by his wife. 88 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,120 And upon the condition of her death? 89 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,160 To be inherited by his two daughters. 90 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,320 His two daughters, that is the prisoner Miss Lizzie Borden and Miss Emma Borden? 91 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:35,320 Yes. 92 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,000 I see. 93 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,000 On the morning of the 4th of August, where were you? 94 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,920 I was working in the front garden. 95 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:43,720 How long had you been working there? 96 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:49,120 Between 9.30, if I can remember, and the time I was called to the Borden house. 97 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,240 Had you seen anyone enter the house? 98 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:52,240 Only Mr. Borden. 99 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:53,240 The deceased. 100 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:54,400 What time was that? 101 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,280 Some minutes before 11, say 10 before. 102 00:05:57,280 --> 00:05:58,600 Tell us what you noticed. 103 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,200 I saw him first coming up street. 104 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,960 He turned through his gate and then I heard him knocking on his door. 105 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:05,960 The door was locked? 106 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:06,960 Yes. 107 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,960 I could see that he had tried to unlock it with his key, but the door must have been locked 108 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:10,960 from the inside. 109 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,840 Presently, he was let in by the maid, Brigid Sullivan. 110 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:17,040 Had you ever known that to happen before? 111 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:18,040 No. 112 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,840 And you saw no one else enter the house the morning of the 4th? 113 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:21,840 No. 114 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:24,920 Now, Dr. Bourne, how did you learn of the trouble? 115 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,200 The maid, Brigid Sullivan, told me. 116 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:32,680 She came across and said Lizzie had found her father and had called her to go for help. 117 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,560 And you returned to the house with her? 118 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:35,560 Yes. 119 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:36,560 Who was there when you arrived? 120 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:40,080 We went in the side entrance, which led to the kitchen. 121 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,040 Miss Lizzie Borden and her neighbor, Mrs. Churchill. 122 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,520 You remember what was said at that moment? 123 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:46,520 Yes, I do. 124 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,000 I saw Lizzie and I said, Lizzie, what's the matter? 125 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,440 She said, Father's been killed or stabbed. 126 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:53,440 I said, where is he? 127 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,800 And she told me, in the sitting room. 128 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,520 Is that all she said in that conversation at that time? 129 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,720 Yes, I went into the sitting room. 130 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,840 Will you describe what you saw in the sitting room? 131 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,920 Mr. Borden was on the couch. 132 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,600 He had the appearance of a man who had been killed while he slept. 133 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,400 Could you explain that, Dr. Bourne? 134 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:19,560 There was no facial constriction such as is found in cases where the victim fought death. 135 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,120 Were there signs of a struggle in the room? 136 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:23,120 None. 137 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,920 And when you went out, did you speak to Miss Lizzie Borden again? 138 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:26,920 Yes. 139 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:27,920 You'll remember what you said. 140 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:32,160 Yes, I asked her if she had seen anyone and she said no. 141 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,160 Then I said, where were you? 142 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,680 And she said, in the barn to get some lead. 143 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,360 Dr. Bourne, who discovered the body of Mrs. Borden? 144 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:40,360 I did. 145 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:41,360 When? 146 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,640 And I went upstairs to get a sheet to cover the body of Mr. Borden. 147 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,600 I saw her body when I reached the top of the front stairs. 148 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,040 You could see her body from the stairway? 149 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:52,040 Yes. 150 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:53,480 Could you see it from the hallway upstairs? 151 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:54,480 Yes. 152 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:55,480 Did you examine the body? 153 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:59,400 Yes, she'd been killed the same way as Miss Borden. 154 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,960 You know, sir, which of them died first? 155 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:08,120 I believe it has been proved by Dr. Wood that Mrs. Borden died approximately an hour before 156 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,800 her husband did. 157 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:10,800 Thank you, Dr. Bourne. 158 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:25,600 That will be all. 159 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,400 This lawyer's name was Mr. Moody. 160 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,480 Oh, he was just full of hate. 161 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:34,040 And he had a way to fill everybody else with hate, with the questions we asked. 162 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,120 He made all my friends witnesses against me. 163 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:41,400 Miss Russell, who lived next door south, and Miss Churchill, who lived next door north. 164 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,360 Mr. Moody made them say things to make the jury believe that no one could have gone into 165 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,880 the house without being seen, and that no one had, yet. 166 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:52,040 So the murders were committed by someone who was there. 167 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,640 And Bridget Sullivan was the only other one there. 168 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,600 But there wasn't anybody who suspected her. 169 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:12,000 She was just a witness against me, like the rest of them. 170 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:17,720 Bridget Sullivan, how long have you known the prisoner? 171 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,400 I worked at that house for almost three years. 172 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,760 Would you say they were a happy family? 173 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:23,760 No, sir. 174 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,040 Can you explain what you mean, please? 175 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,960 There were feelings between Mrs. Borden and the two girls. 176 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:31,760 Miss Lizzie and Miss Emma? 177 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:32,760 Yes. 178 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,720 Mrs. Borden was a stepmother. 179 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:35,720 They didn't like her. 180 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,200 Well, did they show their dislike in any definite way? 181 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,840 Well, Miss Lizzie never called her mother. 182 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,440 She always called her Mrs. Borden. 183 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,840 Do you know why she did that, or what started the feeling? 184 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:48,840 Yes. 185 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,320 There was an argument about some property. 186 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,600 Mr. Borden gave some over to Mrs. Borden. 187 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,320 Miss Lizzie thought his property should go to his own flesh and blood. 188 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,440 How do you know this happened? 189 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,560 I heard her arguing with her father. 190 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:05,440 You remember the words that were spoken? 191 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:11,480 They argued about the property, and Mr. Borden said, Mother has a right to it. 192 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,480 And Miss Lizzie said, Don't call her mother. 193 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,720 She's a mean old thing, and we hate her. 194 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,760 By we, she meant her sister and her? 195 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:19,760 Yes. 196 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,360 And from that time, Miss Lizzie never called Mrs. Borden mother? 197 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,160 Never that I heard. 198 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,440 Miss Sullivan, what were you doing the morning of the murder? 199 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,040 I'd been washing windows. 200 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,640 Who was in the house that morning? 201 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,200 Miss Emma was not. 202 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,600 She'd been gone since the day before with her two friends. 203 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,400 Mr. and Mrs. Borden had breakfast, and then he left. 204 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:42,400 What time was that? 205 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:43,400 Near nine o'clock. 206 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:44,400 What about Mrs. Borden? 207 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:45,400 She was dusting. 208 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:46,400 She told me to wash the windows. 209 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:47,400 Then I never saw her again. 210 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:48,400 Will you repeat that, please? 211 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:49,400 I'll repeat it. 212 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:54,400 I never saw her again. 213 00:10:54,400 --> 00:11:00,000 I even asked Miss Lizzie where she was, and she told me she went out. 214 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,800 Miss Lizzie told you her stepmother had gone out? 215 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:03,800 Yes. 216 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:08,560 She said a note had come, and that Mrs. Borden had gone to see a sick friend. 217 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:10,280 Did you see the note? 218 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:11,280 No, sir. 219 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,760 No, I never saw it. 220 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,000 Did you see Mrs. Borden leave? 221 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,400 No, sir. 222 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,640 If she had indeed left, which door would she have gone out? 223 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,160 The front door, sir. 224 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:27,120 And yet that was the door you unlocked and opened to admit Mr. Borden a few minutes before 225 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:28,120 eleven. 226 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,120 Yes, sir. 227 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:30,120 How was it locked? 228 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,280 It was bolted from the inside. 229 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:33,280 Did you lock it? 230 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:34,360 No, sir. 231 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:38,000 And obviously no one going out that way could lock it from the outside. 232 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,400 No, sir. 233 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,400 What about the other doors? 234 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,400 They were locked. 235 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,400 You're sure of that? 236 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:43,400 Yes, sir. 237 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,840 So no one could have come into the house that morning? 238 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,840 I don't think so. 239 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:50,840 All right, Miss Sullivan. 240 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,840 Now, when you heard Mr. Borden knock on the door, you went to it. 241 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:55,840 Yes, sir. 242 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,440 Miss Sullivan, where was Lizzie Borden at that moment? 243 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,160 Upstairs or on the stairway. 244 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,280 How do you know that's where she was? 245 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:10,280 Because when I was walking to the door, I heard her laugh. 246 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,280 You heard her laugh? 247 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,040 Yes, sir. 248 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,920 And she came down the front stairs after I let her father in. 249 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,040 What was she laughing at? 250 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:20,040 I don't know, sir. 251 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,040 She didn't say. 252 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:25,240 Tell us what happened then after Mr. Borden came in. 253 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:26,960 I heard her ask how he felt. 254 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:27,960 He'd been sick. 255 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,080 And I heard her get the couch ready so he could lie down. 256 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,800 By that time, I'd gone through the kitchen to the rear stairway where I went up to my 257 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:36,800 room. 258 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:37,800 Now, how long did you stay there? 259 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:38,800 Twenty minutes, I think. 260 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:45,280 And Miss Lizzie called from downstairs to say that her father had been killed. 261 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,280 Did you speak to Miss Lizzie? 262 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:48,800 Yes, sir. 263 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,160 When she told me her father was killed, I asked her where she was. 264 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,200 And how did she answer? 265 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:59,440 She said, I was up in the barn. 266 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:00,440 Thank you, Miss Sullivan. 267 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:01,440 That will be all. 268 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:18,040 This lawyer, this Mr. Moody, was awfully clever. 269 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,840 You understand the Commonwealth had no physical evidence nor any witnesses to the murders. 270 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,480 And Mr. Moody was trying to eliminate the possibility that anyone else could have done 271 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,600 it, as they say. 272 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:33,000 And I realized that innocence or guilt didn't make any difference anymore. 273 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,520 Mr. Moody would have tried to do the same thing no matter what. 274 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:50,360 To turn my friends against me, my doctor and my servants. 275 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:55,760 Captain Harrington, being in charge of the investigation of the day of the murders, did 276 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:57,720 you question Miss Lizzie Borden? 277 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:58,720 I did. 278 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,640 When I got there, I asked her if she knew anything about it. 279 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,040 She said she did not. 280 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,040 That she'd found him when she came into the house. 281 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:10,600 I asked her where she'd been, and she said she'd been in the loft in the barn. 282 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,840 I asked her how long, and she said she thought it had been 20 minutes. 283 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,560 Did you investigate that statement? 284 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:16,560 I did. 285 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:18,360 I went to the loft in the barn. 286 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,040 The floor was thick with dust. 287 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:25,280 When I walked across it, I left footprints. 288 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,240 But there were no other footprints up there. 289 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:32,800 There was no evidence that anyone else had been there? 290 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:34,960 No evidence at all. 291 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,560 That will be all, Captain Harrington. 292 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:37,560 Thank you. 293 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:45,760 I would like to ask the jury to pause for a moment and weigh the testimony heard thus 294 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:46,760 far. 295 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,960 I'd like to remind you that it was given by persons who would rather not speak against 296 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:57,040 the prisoner and who spoke only the truth under oath. 297 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:21,680 Now, I should like to ask the prisoner, Miss Lizzie Borden, to take the stand. 298 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:27,560 Auto Light is bringing you Miss Agnes Moorhead as Lizzie Borden, with Joseph Kearns as Mr. 299 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:34,360 Moody in The Fall River Tragedy, tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater 300 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:40,880 of thrills, Suspense. 301 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:49,920 Say, Hap, where were we? 302 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,000 Oh, you were telling me about the Auto Light Stay Full Battery. 303 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:58,040 Oh, yes, the famous battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 304 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,040 Good starter, Harlow? 305 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,000 Ah, at the very best, Hap. 306 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:05,680 Why, every positive plate in the Auto Light Stay Full is protected by fiberglass retaining 307 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:11,240 mats to reduce shedding and flaking and give longer life, as proved by tests conducted 308 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,960 according to accepted life cycle standards. 309 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,320 You've sold me, Harlow. 310 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,840 I'm on my way to get a new Auto Light Stay Full Battery. 311 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:23,680 So, friends, have your battery checked soon by your neighborhood Auto Light Battery dealer 312 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,400 who services all makes of batteries. 313 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:31,800 He'll gladly tell you whether your battery is right for these cold starting days. 314 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,800 And if a replacement is needed, your Auto Light Battery dealer has an Auto Light Stay 315 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,100 Full Battery for your car. 316 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:41,960 To quickly learn his location, just call Western Union by number... 317 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,760 And ask for me, Operator 25. 318 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:47,560 I'll tell you the name of your nearest Auto Light Battery dealer. 319 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:51,960 There you can be sure of getting an Auto Light Stay Full Battery, the battery that needs 320 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:56,360 water only three times a year in normal car use. 321 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:02,560 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 322 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:08,400 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Miss Agnes Moorhead as Lizzie 323 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:16,520 Borden in Elliot Lewis's production of The Fall River Tragedy, a true story well calculated 324 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:20,480 to keep you in suspense. 325 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:33,960 Lizzie Borden took an extra day off from either 40-way... 326 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:38,280 Oh, I remember the day so clearly when I was called to the stand. 327 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,720 None of my friends would look at me, nor my sister. 328 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:50,240 And then I realized that my father and my stepmother were more fortunate than I would 329 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,240 ever be. 330 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:57,640 Are you Lizzie A. Borden? 331 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,640 Swear to tell the truth, the whole truth of your garden? 332 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:01,640 I do. 333 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:06,640 Please be seated. 334 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:15,240 Miss Borden, did you ever have any trouble with your stepmother? 335 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:16,240 No. 336 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:21,640 Miss Borden, do you mean not within that past year? 337 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,040 No, about two years ago. 338 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,480 Then you did have trouble with her? 339 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,160 If you wish to call it that. 340 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,600 What was it about? 341 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,680 About my stepmother's step-sister, Miss Whitehead. 342 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,880 Was it a violent expression of feeling? 343 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,240 It was simply a difference of opinion. 344 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:41,240 In regard to what? 345 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:42,240 To property. 346 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:47,360 Her father's house was to sale on 4th Street, and my father bought her step-sister's share 347 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:48,640 and gave it to her. 348 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:49,640 To your mother? 349 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:50,640 My stepmother. 350 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,040 We thought what he did for her he should do for his own flesh and blood. 351 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:58,960 Did you at that time say to your father, don't call her mother, she's a mean old thing and 352 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,720 we hate her? 353 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,120 I don't know, I may have, but I don't remember. 354 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,400 Were you always cordial with your stepmother? 355 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,280 That depends upon one's idea of cordiality. 356 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,960 Was it cordial according to your ideas of cordiality? 357 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:14,960 Yes. 358 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:20,040 I didn't regard her as my mother, I stopped calling her mother after the affair regarding 359 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:21,040 her step-sister. 360 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:22,720 Why did you leave off calling her mother? 361 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,200 Because I wanted to. 362 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,920 Have you any other reason to give me? 363 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:27,920 No. 364 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,560 Well, then that will have to be sufficient. 365 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:35,720 Now Miss Borden, we come to the morning of August 4th. 366 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,920 That morning, did you breakfast with your father and stepmother? 367 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:43,760 No, I came downstairs at about nine. 368 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,760 They had finished eating. 369 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:46,760 Did you see your father? 370 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,120 Yes, he was in the sitting room reading the Providence Journal. 371 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:51,120 And your stepmother? 372 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:56,560 I saw her in the dining room, she had a dusting cough. 373 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,000 That was about nine. 374 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,960 When did you see your stepmother again? 375 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:03,640 After I'd eaten a pear and come back into the dining room. 376 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:08,200 She told me she had had a note and was going out to see a sick friend. 377 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,440 She said she'd got the dinner. 378 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:10,440 Did you see the note? 379 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:11,440 No, no sir. 380 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:12,880 Did you see your stepmother leave? 381 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:13,880 No sir. 382 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:14,880 Or did you hear her leave? 383 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:15,880 No, no sir. 384 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:16,880 How long did you stay downstairs? 385 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,400 Oh, I'm not sure. 386 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,480 I ate a pear and drank a cup of tea and then went back to my room. 387 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,520 Your room, that's up the front stairs to the rear, is that correct? 388 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:28,520 Yes. 389 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,680 And then you walked the hallway and a few paces to the rear of the room where your stepmother's 390 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,320 body was later found. 391 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,640 How long did you stay in your room? 392 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,040 I don't know, it must have been an hour. 393 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:42,960 Did you see anyone up there? 394 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:43,960 No sir. 395 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:44,960 Did you hear anything? 396 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:45,960 No sir. 397 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,440 What were you doing? 398 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,680 I was sewing a piece of lace on a garment. 399 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:55,880 Do you know that medical examination has proved that your stepmother was killed approximately 400 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,680 an hour before your father? 401 00:20:58,680 --> 00:20:59,680 Yes. 402 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:04,240 Do you understand that to mean she was killed at approximately ten o'clock? 403 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:05,240 Yes. 404 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,000 Were you in your room at ten o'clock? 405 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,000 I think I was. 406 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:14,760 But you heard nothing, nothing like the sound of a person being struck down a few paces 407 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:15,760 away. 408 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:16,760 No sir. 409 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:17,760 That is extraordinary. 410 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:22,760 Now Miss Warden, you insist that you did not leave your room for close to an hour. 411 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:23,760 Yes. 412 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,200 Where is your father? 413 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,400 He had left, he went downtown after nine. 414 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:34,200 Do you understand that the front door and all the doors were locked from the inside 415 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,560 when he returned a few minutes before eleven? 416 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:37,560 Yes. 417 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:38,560 Did you lock it? 418 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:39,560 No sir. 419 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:46,160 Do you understand that the witness, Miss Bridget Sullivan, testified that she did not lock it? 420 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:47,160 I heard her say that. 421 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:48,240 Well then who locked it? 422 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,600 I don't know. 423 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,520 Did you hear your father try to get in? 424 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:53,520 Yes sir. 425 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,080 Were you still in your room? 426 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,800 I was coming down. 427 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,760 You had passed the spare room and were on the stairs. 428 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:00,760 Yes sir. 429 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,160 Did you see anything? 430 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,360 If I had looked in I should have seen Miss Warden. 431 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:08,200 I didn't look in. 432 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,760 I didn't see anything. 433 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:10,760 What did you laugh at? 434 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,120 I did not laugh. 435 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:15,640 Did you hear a witness's sworn statement that you did laugh? 436 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:16,640 Yes. 437 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,160 Must have been mistaken. 438 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:20,720 I see. 439 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:25,640 Now when your father came in through the door, Bridget Sullivan had unlocked. 440 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:26,640 You came downstairs. 441 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:27,640 Yes. 442 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,720 Did you speak with your father? 443 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,360 I asked him how he was feeling and he said he thought he would lie down. 444 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,720 And that is when he went to the couch in the sitting room. 445 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:36,720 Did you help him? 446 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:37,720 Yes. 447 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,920 Yes I went with him and covered him with a shawl. 448 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,200 And then what did you do? 449 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,920 I went up in the barn to get some lead. 450 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,400 What kind of lead? 451 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,400 For fishing sinkers. 452 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,600 I was going to our farm in Marion and I was going to fish while I was there. 453 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,000 When were you going fishing? 454 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,120 Monday. 455 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:58,160 The murders occurred on Thursday. 456 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,320 You were going fishing on the next Monday? 457 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:01,320 Yes. 458 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,600 Miss Warden, why did you pick that particular time on Thursday to go to the loft in the 459 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,240 barn to get sinkers? 460 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:08,240 I don't know. 461 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,760 It occurred to me so I went to the barn. 462 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,520 Did you pick the loft in the barn as a place to keep sinkers? 463 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:16,520 No. 464 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,800 My father had once told me there was some lead up in the barn. 465 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,880 You know that search for fishing apparatus in your house has shown there was none there? 466 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,920 There had none there, but there was some at the farm. 467 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,040 Then did not that apparatus include sinkers? 468 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,760 No, there were no sinkers on the line. 469 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:37,360 How long had it been since you used the apparatus? 470 00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:39,040 Three years. 471 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:43,480 And you remembered all those years that there were no sinkers? 472 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:44,480 Yes. 473 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:45,480 I see. 474 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:52,960 How long do you think you were occupied in looking for sinkers in the loft? 475 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:54,840 About fifteen or twenty minutes. 476 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,200 Did you do nothing besides look for sinkers in that twenty minutes? 477 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,200 Yes, sir. 478 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,200 I ate some pears. 479 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,200 Would it take you all that time to eat a few pears? 480 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,840 I do not do things in a hurry. 481 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:08,960 Is that all you did? 482 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:09,960 No. 483 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,160 I went over to the window and I opened it. 484 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:13,160 Why did you do that? 485 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,160 Because it was too hot. 486 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:18,480 I suppose that is the hottest place on the premises. 487 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:19,480 Yes, sir. 488 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:24,960 Do not you think it would have been more comfortable if you waited until late afternoon to look 489 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,520 for your sinkers rather than choose the hottest hour of an August morning? 490 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:29,520 Perhaps I would have. 491 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,560 I am sure you would have. 492 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,240 From the window, could you see the house? 493 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:36,720 Yes, sir. 494 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,200 How many pears did you eat in that twenty minutes? 495 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,200 Three. 496 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:45,760 Could you, standing at that window, see anybody enter the kitchen or the side door? 497 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:46,760 No, sir. 498 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:47,760 I thought you said you could see the house. 499 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:49,760 Not after you pass a jog in the barn. 500 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,400 It obstructs the view of that side of the house. 501 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:58,720 Miss Borden, have you heard a witness, Captain Harrington, a policeman trained to make accurate 502 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:04,920 observation, testify that there was no evidence whatsoever that anyone had disturbed the dust 503 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:09,040 on the floor of the barn loft, that no one had been there? 504 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,040 I heard him. 505 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,720 Did you still insist that you were there for twenty minutes during which your father was 506 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:14,720 killed? 507 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:15,720 Yes, sir. 508 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,200 Then how do you account for Captain Harrington's statement? 509 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:19,920 I don't know. 510 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,480 I'm afraid that Captain Harrington must have been mistaken. 511 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:28,480 I was up in the barn. 512 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:39,480 Oh, Mr. Moody was terribly clever. 513 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:46,400 He suggested a motive, two motives, the hate for my stepmother and the inheritance. 514 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,320 He suggested the story of being in the barn was false. 515 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,120 He suggested that the story of the note and my stepmother leaving was false. 516 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:55,760 He suggested that I was guilty, but I'm not. 517 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:56,760 Jury said I wasn't. 518 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:57,760 They found me not guilty. 519 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:58,760 They didn't find the axe. 520 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:04,480 They didn't find blood stains or destroyed clothes or anything, just circumstance. 521 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,360 But it doesn't seem to matter what the jury said. 522 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:09,360 Nobody else thinks I'm innocent. 523 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,760 That's why they punished me. 524 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,200 But I am innocent. 525 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,640 No matter what people think, I stood trial and I am innocent. 526 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:17,640 I swear I am. 527 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:18,640 I swear I am. 528 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:19,640 I'm sorry. 529 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:20,640 Will you stop that? 530 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:21,640 Stop it! 531 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:22,640 He was not my mother! 532 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:23,640 Oh, you're leaving. 533 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:24,640 Don't, don't go. 534 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:25,640 I haven't finished. 535 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:26,640 I haven't showed you the pictures or the newspaper clippings. 536 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:27,640 I saved them all to show somebody. 537 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:28,640 Why are you leaving like this, Mr. Lippert? 538 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:29,640 Just because you're a woman? 539 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:30,640 I'm not a woman. 540 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:31,640 I'm a woman. 541 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:32,640 I'm a woman. 542 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:33,640 I'm a woman. 543 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:34,640 I'm a woman. 544 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:35,640 I'm a woman. 545 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:36,640 I'm a woman. 546 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:37,640 I'm a woman. 547 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:38,640 I'm a woman. 548 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:39,640 I'm a woman, Mr. Lippert. 549 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:40,640 You haven't even finished your tea. 550 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:41,640 I didn't finish telling you my... 551 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:42,640 You haven't even finished your tea. 552 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:27,520 Suspense presented by Auto Light, tonight's star, the first lady of suspense, Miss Agnes 553 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,480 Morehead. 554 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:34,760 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light, world's largest independent manufacturer of 555 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,280 automotive electrical equipment. 556 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,400 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 557 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:46,560 That's why during the early months of 1952, the Auto Light family will join together in 558 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:51,280 saluting the leading car manufacturers who use Auto Light products. 559 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:56,360 Our Auto Light family is made up of the nearly 30,000 men and women in 28 great Auto Light 560 00:27:56,360 --> 00:28:02,320 plants from coast to coast and in still other Auto Light plants in many foreign countries. 561 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:06,640 Our family also includes more than 18,000 people who have invested a portion of their 562 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:12,440 savings in Auto Light, as well as 96,000 Auto Light distributors and dealers in the United 563 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:17,120 States and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world. 564 00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:22,720 Our Auto Light family will salute the Hudson Motor Car Company on the next Auto Light Suspense 565 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,040 television program. 566 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:28,640 If you live in a television area, check the day and time of Suspense on television so 567 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,080 that you'll be sure to see this show. 568 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:45,440 And remember, be with us next week for another thrilling Auto Light Suspense program on radio. 569 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:50,240 Next week on Suspense, our star will be Mr. Richard Bassehart, who will portray a man 570 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:57,280 who found it necessary to commit the perfect crime, a tale we call The Perfectionist. 571 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:02,400 In weeks to come, we shall also present Mr. Charles Boyer, Mr. J. Carroll Nash, and Mr. 572 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:11,480 James Mason, all on Suspense. 573 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:16,040 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, with music composed by Lucian Morrowick 574 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,240 and conducted by Lut Bluskin. 575 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,600 The Fall River Tragedy was written for Suspense by Gil Dowd. 576 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:28,320 In tonight's story, Joseph Kearns was heard as Mr. Moody, featured in the cast were Peggy 577 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:34,560 Weber, Herb Butterfield, Ralph Sedan, Will Wright, and Stuffy Singer. 578 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:40,600 Agnes Moorhead may currently be seen in the Wald-Krasna RKO production, The Blue Veil. 579 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:47,840 And remember next week on Suspense, Mr. Richard Bassehart in The Perfectionist. 580 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:57,400 This is the CBS Radio Network.