1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,120 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers bring you Miss Linda Donnell in tonight's presentation 2 00:00:12,120 --> 00:00:15,120 of Suspense. 3 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:24,880 Tonight, Auto Light presents the story of a woman who knew her husband was trying to 4 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,880 kill her and was powerless to stop it. 5 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:34,120 A dramatic report we call A Killing in Las Vegas, starring Miss Linda Donnell. 6 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:38,280 Hi, a Hap. 7 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,800 Oh, hello Harlow. 8 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:47,320 Boy, you really gave me a powerful start. 9 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,320 Just like the powerful starts you can be sure of getting from your Auto Light Staple Battery, 10 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:52,320 Hap. 11 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,360 And an Auto Light Staple needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 12 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:57,560 I know, Harlow. 13 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,640 And Hap, do you also know that the Auto Light Staple gives longer life, as proved by tests 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,200 conducted according to accepted life cycle standards? 15 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:06,200 I do, Harlow. 16 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:07,360 Well, okay, then. 17 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,760 Visit your nearest Auto Light Battery dealer. 18 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:14,260 He services all makes of batteries and he has an Auto Light Staple for your car in case 19 00:01:14,260 --> 00:01:16,040 a replacement is needed. 20 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,640 To quickly learn his location, just phone Western Union by number. 21 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,680 And ask for me, Operator 25. 22 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,720 I'll gladly tell you the name of your nearest Auto Light Battery dealer. 23 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:30,200 Where you can get an Auto Light Staple, the battery that needs water only three times 24 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,520 a year in normal car use. 25 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:38,600 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 26 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:44,960 And now, with a killing in Las Vegas and the performance of Miss Linda Darnell, Auto Light 27 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:56,320 hopes once again to keep you in suspense. 28 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:09,400 Yes, ma'am? 29 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,560 I'd like to see the policeman in charge, please. 30 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:12,960 Maybe I can help you, ma'am. 31 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:14,400 What is it? 32 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,640 My husband is trying to kill me. 33 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:17,640 I see. 34 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:21,920 You'd better come with me. 35 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:29,680 Oh, Hank, I think you'd better talk with this lady. 36 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,600 Oh, yes, ma'am. 37 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:32,600 Come in. 38 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,560 Now, have a seat. 39 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:37,560 Thank you. 40 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,800 Now, what is it you want to see me about, Miss... 41 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,000 Mrs. Evans, Dixie Evans. 42 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,840 I'm a dancer over at the Oasis Club. 43 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,640 Oh, yeah, the Oasis. 44 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:47,640 You must be one of the new acts. 45 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:48,640 I don't believe I've seen you. 46 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:50,840 Well, I just started my run this week. 47 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,600 Well, what's your trouble, Mrs. Evans? 48 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,120 My husband is trying to kill me. 49 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:58,840 Your husband? 50 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,400 Yes, twice in the last 24 hours. 51 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,720 Well, maybe you'd better start at the beginning. 52 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:10,880 Well, my husband Charlie and I arrived here in Las Vegas about a week ago. 53 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,800 Frankie Parris, a booking agent in Los Angeles, had gotten me a six-week run at the Oasis 54 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,120 Club over on the main highway. 55 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:18,600 Yeah, I know the place. 56 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:23,120 Well, Charlie doesn't usually bother to travel with me when I go out on road bookings, but 57 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,240 this time he did. 58 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:26,240 Charlie likes to gamble. 59 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,680 I guess that's why he came with me. 60 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:34,120 Well, last night, Charlie didn't show up at the club at 1.30 to pick me up like he usually 61 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,160 does, so I waited for him. 62 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,840 And by 2 o'clock, the club had been emptied and everybody had gone home. 63 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:46,800 I was still in the back waiting for him. 64 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,800 Who is it? 65 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:56,800 Oh, it's you, Dixon. 66 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,800 Hi, Barney. 67 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:04,240 What are you doing out here all alone? 68 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,280 Well, I'm waiting for my husband. 69 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:07,280 He's late. 70 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:08,280 Sure is. 71 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:09,280 It's almost 2.30. 72 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:10,280 You know where he is? 73 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:11,280 No. 74 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:12,280 Getting lucky, I hope. 75 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,320 That's what I call wishful thinking. 76 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,280 Did the house get much play tonight? 77 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:18,280 About usual. 78 00:04:18,280 --> 00:04:21,280 Hey, would you like me to give you a lift downtown to your hotel? 79 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:22,640 Oh, no, no thanks, Barney. 80 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:23,880 I'd better wait for him. 81 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:25,720 He'd have called me if he wasn't coming. 82 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:26,720 He'll be along any minute. 83 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,760 Yeah, if nothing happened to him. 84 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,820 I know him like a book. 85 00:04:30,820 --> 00:04:33,280 After living with him for seven years, I should know. 86 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:34,280 He'd have called. 87 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:36,200 You've been married that long, huh? 88 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:41,280 Well, uh, look, Dixie, I don't like to leave you out here all alone like this. 89 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:42,280 Oh, don't be silly. 90 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:44,880 Well, if I can't offer you a lift to town... 91 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:45,880 No, thanks. 92 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:46,880 Just the same, Barney. 93 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:47,880 Tell you what I'll do. 94 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:48,880 I'll wait around until he gets here. 95 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:49,880 I don't want you to get lonesome. 96 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:50,880 Oh, no. 97 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,520 You go on home and get some sleep. 98 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:53,680 I won't be lonesome. 99 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,360 I've got all those wide open spaces of Nevada just to keep me company. 100 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:58,720 Okay, Dixie. 101 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,160 And besides that, I've got a strong pair of lungs. 102 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,720 I can always scream for help. 103 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,800 Sure, but who'd hear you? 104 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,640 Like you said, those are wide open spaces out there. 105 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,840 Are you trying to scare me? 106 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:10,840 Nope. 107 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:11,840 I'm just tired. 108 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:12,840 I'll see you tomorrow night. 109 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:13,840 Good night, Dixie. 110 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:14,840 Good night, Barney. 111 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:40,400 Bears. 112 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,600 Charlie? 113 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,200 Charlie? 114 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:50,560 Is that you? 115 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:55,160 Who is it? 116 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,260 Charlie? 117 00:05:57,260 --> 00:06:07,280 Then before I could move, I felt someone grab me from behind. 118 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:08,280 It was a man. 119 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:09,280 He twisted me. 120 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:12,920 He twisted my arms and yanked me back in the shadows. 121 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,520 I kicked and spit and tried to fight myself loose, but it was no use. 122 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,520 His hands were like steel. 123 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:39,440 I tried to scream, but his hands glommed around my throat. 124 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,960 When I came to, I was lying on the gravel back of the club. 125 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,960 It was still dark. 126 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:49,040 I took a deep breath and my lungs felt as if they were going to burst. 127 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,680 And my throat ached. 128 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:56,600 I staggered to my feet and ran around in front of the club onto the main highway. 129 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:02,480 It wasn't long before a passing cab picked me up and took me back downtown to the hotel. 130 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,480 When I let myself into the room, Charlie was in bed. 131 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,280 I sat down and started to cry. 132 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:15,480 He got up, came over, and put his arms around me. 133 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:20,360 It's when I should have known, when he put his arms around me. 134 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:25,280 Look, Dixie baby, come on, get a hold of yourself now. 135 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,280 I take hold, honey. 136 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,320 You shake me like a leaf. 137 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:30,320 What is it? 138 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:31,320 Oh, Charlie. 139 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:32,320 Charlie, it was terrible. 140 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:33,320 Someone, someone tried to kill me. 141 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:34,320 Oh, baby. 142 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:35,320 Oh, Charlie. 143 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:42,320 Look, will you stop crying while you have to tell me what you're talking about? 144 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:43,320 Someone tried to kill you? 145 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:44,320 Yes, yes. 146 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:45,320 Where? 147 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:49,640 In the back of the club, the Oasis. 148 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:51,080 I was waiting for you and... 149 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,080 Didn't she get my telephone message? 150 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,080 Message? 151 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,000 Yeah, I left a message for you. 152 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Well, no. 153 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,480 Oh, well, what happened? 154 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,040 Well, I was back there waiting for you. 155 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,960 I heard a noise and first I thought it was you. 156 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:12,840 I called your name and then this man rushed up behind me, grabbed me around the throat 157 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:13,840 and I... 158 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:14,840 Did you see what he looked like? 159 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:15,840 No, I couldn't see his face. 160 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:16,840 It was too dark, but he tried to choke me, Charlie. 161 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:17,840 Look, Dixie... 162 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:18,840 Oh, it was terrible. 163 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:19,840 His hands were around my throat. 164 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:20,840 Well, what happened after that? 165 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:21,840 I don't know. 166 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:22,840 I passed out. 167 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:23,840 I guess he thought I was dead. 168 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:24,840 But why did he want to kill me? 169 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:25,840 Just wait a minute, Dixie. 170 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:26,840 How do you know he wanted to kill you? 171 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:27,840 I don't know. 172 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:28,840 Was anyone from the club around here? 173 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:29,840 Oh, no. 174 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:30,840 Everybody was there. 175 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:31,840 I don't know. 176 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:32,840 I don't know. 177 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:33,840 I don't know. 178 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:34,840 I don't know. 179 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:35,840 I don't know. 180 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:36,840 I don't know. 181 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:37,840 I don't know. 182 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:38,840 I don't know. 183 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:39,840 I don't know. 184 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:40,840 I don't know. 185 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,840 I don't know. 186 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:45,840 I don't know. 187 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:46,840 I don't know. 188 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:47,840 Was anyone from the club around here? 189 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:48,840 Oh, no. 190 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:49,840 Everybody had gone home. 191 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:50,840 I see. 192 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:51,840 Oh, it could have been someone trying to rob the club. 193 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:52,840 Huh? 194 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:53,840 Yeah, sure, that might have been it. 195 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:54,840 Some guy was going to break in and rob the club. 196 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:55,840 He thought everybody had gone home. 197 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,840 When he got around and back, he found you. 198 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,840 He got scared and he attacked you. 199 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,840 Well, maybe... maybe a rider. 200 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:06,840 Of course I'm right. 201 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:07,840 You say you called me? 202 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:08,840 Yeah, I sure did. 203 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,840 I was having a run of luck at the club Crackwheel. 204 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,840 I still want about 500 bucks, baby. 205 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:14,840 I didn't want to leave. 206 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,840 So I called the club and told them to tell you to take a cab on home. 207 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:18,840 But I didn't get the message. 208 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:19,840 No, didn't I? 209 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,840 I guess somebody just forgot to give it to you. 210 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,840 Charlie, maybe I ought to call the police. 211 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:27,840 What for? 212 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:28,840 To tell them what happened. 213 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,840 Oh, it's late now, honey. 214 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,840 I'm going to get up in the morning. 215 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,840 All right, Charlie. 216 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,840 You won $500, Charlie? 217 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:40,840 Yeah. 218 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:41,840 Isn't that great? 219 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,840 Can I see it? 220 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:45,840 Oh, I didn't want to carry a lot of money with me. 221 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,840 I told them to make it out to me in a check and pick it up tomorrow. 222 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:50,840 Oh. 223 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:51,840 Now you get to sleep, Dixie. 224 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:53,840 You get a good night's rest. 225 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:54,840 You need it. 226 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,840 Okay, Charlie, I will. 227 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:03,840 I am tired. 228 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:05,840 I had a very restless night. 229 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:07,840 I didn't get much sleep. 230 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,840 But the next morning, the more I thought about what Charlie had said, 231 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,840 the more I began to believe that maybe he was right. 232 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,840 Maybe it had been somebody just wanting to rob the club. 233 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,840 We got up late and had lunch at one of the restaurants along 5th Street, 234 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:24,840 then played some bingo at the palace. 235 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:30,840 Then we walked around town for a while and went back to our hotel about 2.30. 236 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,840 Hey, Dixie, why don't you go upstairs and take a nap, huh? 237 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,840 I've got to get some rest. You had a pretty restless night there. 238 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,840 Yeah, I know. 239 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:38,840 Oh, Charlie, you're not going to... 240 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,840 Oh, no, honey. 241 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:43,840 I'll go on over and pick up the check at the club card room. 242 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:44,840 You should be ready for me. 243 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,840 You can get yourself a half hour of sleep. It'll do you good. 244 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:47,840 Maybe I will. 245 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:48,840 Have you got your key? 246 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:49,840 Uh-huh. 247 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,840 Good. Okay, I'll come wake you up in about half an hour. 248 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:53,840 All right. 249 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:54,840 Oh, Charlie. 250 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:55,840 Yeah, Dixie? 251 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,840 Lay off the dice table, huh? 252 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:04,840 Oh, sure. 253 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:05,840 Yes, ma'am? 254 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:06,840 Three, please. 255 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:14,840 Yes, ma'am. 256 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:25,840 Three outs. 257 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:39,840 Oh, brother, this feels good. 258 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:44,840 I didn't even bother to take my clothes off. I was too tired. 259 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:52,840 All I could think about was getting some sleep, and the bed felt soft and good. 260 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,840 I started to drift off into a dream. 261 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,840 It was a terrible dream. 262 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,840 I saw the man in the back of the club in my dream. 263 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:08,840 He was chasing me now. I tried to run away, but he caught me and tied me up. 264 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:14,840 Then he picked me up in his arms and carried me over to where a train engine stood and laid me down in front of it. 265 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:19,840 The train in my dream hadn't started to move yet, but I could hear the hissing of the engine. 266 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:25,840 And it seemed that the louder the hissing got, the harder it was for me to breathe. 267 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:33,840 I tried to wake up, but it was hard, and then finally I did. 268 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,840 But the hissing of the train didn't disappear with the rest of my dream. 269 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:43,840 The hissing became the gas jet in the corner of the room. 270 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,840 Oh, the window. 271 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,840 The window. 272 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,840 I've got to break it. 273 00:12:52,840 --> 00:13:20,840 I've got to break my show off. 274 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:25,840 The Auto Light is bringing you Miss Linda Darnell in our killing in Las Vegas. 275 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:41,840 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, South Spence. 276 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:46,840 Harlow, I've told you before that I have an Auto Light stay full battery. 277 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,840 What do you think of it, Hap? 278 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,840 It's great, it's great, it's great, it's great, it's great, it's great, it's great, it's great, it's great, it's great, it's great, it's great, it's great. 279 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:52,840 And it's protected too. 280 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:53,840 Protected? 281 00:13:53,840 --> 00:14:08,840 Yep, every positive plate in the Auto Light stay full is protected by fiberglass retaining mats to reduce shedding and flaking and give the Auto Light stay full longer life as proved by tests conducted according to accepted life cycle standards. 282 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,840 And the Auto Light stay full needs water. 283 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,840 Only three times a year in normal car use. 284 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:19,840 So friends, visit your auto light battery dealer, the man who services all makes of batteries. 285 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:23,840 To quickly learn his location, just call Western Union by number. 286 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:30,840 And ask for me, Operator 25, I'd gladly tell you the name and address of your nearest auto light battery dealer, 287 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:37,840 where you can get an auto light staple, the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 288 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:42,840 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with auto light. 289 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:48,840 And now, auto light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, 290 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:54,840 Miss Linda Darnell in Elliot Lewis's production of A Killing in Las Vegas. 291 00:14:54,840 --> 00:15:00,840 A dramatic report, well calculated to keep you in suspense. 292 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,840 All right, Mrs. Evans, just try to finish your story if you can. 293 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,840 You say you tried to break the window with your shoe. 294 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,840 Yes, it finally broke and I got some fresh air. 295 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,840 And this was how long ago? 296 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:21,840 About an hour. 297 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,840 Then what happened after you were able to revive yourself? 298 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:34,840 I was scared. I asked myself, what have I done so bad that someone wants to kill me for it? 299 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,840 Because now I believe that someone was trying to kill me. 300 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:43,840 I tried to get hold of Charlie, my husband, to tell him to come back to the hotel right away. 301 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,840 Main desk. 302 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,840 Would you ring the club cartwheel for me, please? 303 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,840 Just a moment. 304 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,840 Club cartwheel, Julio Coles speaking. 305 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,840 My name is Evans, Mrs. Dixie Evans. 306 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,840 My husband was coming in to pick up a check. 307 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:07,840 Can you tell me if he's still there? 308 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,840 Pick up a check? Does he do work here? 309 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,840 No, no, he came in there last night. 310 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,840 He had a run of locking. 311 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,840 He said he told you to make out a check for him. 312 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:17,840 What was that name again? Evans? 313 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,840 Yes, yes, Charlie. 314 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,840 He's in the club. 315 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,840 He's in the club. 316 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,840 He said he told you to make out a check for him. 317 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,840 What was that name again? Evans? 318 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,840 Yes, yes, Charles Evans. 319 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,840 Just a second. 320 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,840 Does anybody know anything about a check for Evans? 321 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:39,840 No. 322 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:40,840 You mean he hasn't picked it up yet? 323 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:42,840 No record of a check waiting for him. 324 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:44,840 But he told me. 325 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,840 Yeah, lady, sure, he told you. 326 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,840 I'm sorry I bothered you. 327 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:53,840 I'm sorry I bothered you. 328 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,840 Main desk. 329 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,840 Would you get me the Oasis Club, please? 330 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,840 The number is 4062. 331 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:02,840 One moment. 332 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,840 Oasis Club. 333 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,840 This is Dixie Evans. 334 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,840 I was wondering if there were any messages left there for me last night. 335 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,840 Oh, boy, wait a minute. I'll look. 336 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,840 Uh-uh. Not a one, Mrs. Evans. 337 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:28,840 Thank you. 338 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:40,840 And just like that, I find out that my husband, Charlie, is the person who's been trying to kill me. 339 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,840 My own sweet, loving husband. 340 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,840 He didn't win a pile at the club cartwheel. 341 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,840 And he didn't leave a message for me at the Oasis Club. 342 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,840 I guess I must have surprised him when I walked into the hotel room last night. 343 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,840 He'd left me for dead. 344 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:58,840 So he'd had to try again. 345 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,840 Sleep, Dixie. 346 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:01,840 Get some rest. 347 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:06,840 So he could turn on the gas jet in the room and try again. 348 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:11,840 What does a woman do when she finds out that her husband is trying to murder her? 349 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,840 What does she do? 350 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:15,840 What would any other woman do? 351 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,840 She'd go to the police. 352 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,840 So I came to talk to you. 353 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,840 Oh, is that all of it, Mrs. Evans? 354 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,840 Yes. Isn't it enough? 355 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,840 Mrs. Evans, tell me something. 356 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,840 A man who tried to choke you back at the club, did you see his face? 357 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,840 Well, I didn't see his face. 358 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,840 You didn't see his face? 359 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:36,840 No, but... 360 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:38,840 Then how do you know it was your husband, Mrs. Evans? 361 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:41,840 Because I told you he'd tried it again. 362 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,840 Only a little while ago up in our hotel room, 363 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,840 I found the gas jet in the room turned on. 364 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:51,840 You don't believe me, do you? 365 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:53,840 Does your husband own a gun? 366 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:54,840 Yes. 367 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,840 Has he ever threatened you with it? 368 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:57,840 Well, no. 369 00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,840 Has he ever threatened you at all? 370 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,840 No. No, but don't you understand... 371 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:04,840 Why are you so certain that the man who tried to choke you 372 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,840 in back of the Oasis Club was your husband? 373 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:07,840 You didn't see his face. 374 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:08,840 I know, but... 375 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:09,840 Well, then you can't be sure. 376 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:11,840 But up in the hotel room... 377 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,840 You'd be quite surprised at the number of people who die every year 378 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,840 by accidentally bumping against a gas jet 379 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:19,840 and turning it on and never knew they did. 380 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,840 I tell you, my husband is trying to kill me. 381 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:23,840 Why? 382 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:26,840 Why? 383 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,840 Can you tell me why your husband wants to kill you? 384 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,840 Well, I don't know why. 385 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,840 I don't know. I haven't the slightest idea. 386 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,840 There, you see, you can't tell me why. 387 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,840 Now, look, Mrs. Evans, why don't you go back to your hotel now 388 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,840 and get some rest? We'll look into it for you. 389 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:45,840 Look into it? 390 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,840 But aren't you going to arrest him or something? 391 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:49,840 Well, I'll see how we can. 392 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,840 You haven't given us any kind of substantial evidence 393 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,840 that it'll prove your husband is trying to kill you. 394 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,840 In fact, you can't even tell me why he wants to kill you. 395 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,840 I can't tell you why. I don't know myself. 396 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,840 Well, you'd better get back to your hotel, Mrs. Evans. 397 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,840 Get some rest. We'll get on this right away. 398 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,840 Yes. Maybe you're right. 399 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:11,840 I'll go back to my hotel. 400 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:16,840 Thank you, Lieutenant. 401 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:17,840 Not at all. 402 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:22,840 You get taken care of, lady? 403 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:35,840 Oh, yes. Yes, thank you. 404 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:36,840 Dixie. 405 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:37,840 John. 406 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:41,840 Hello, Dixie. 407 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,840 Why get in the car, my dancing wife? 408 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:55,840 I've come to take you home. 409 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,840 Charlie, I thought we were going back to the hotel. 410 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:09,840 This isn't the way. What are we doing on the highway? 411 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,840 Charlie, what's the matter? What's wrong? 412 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:18,840 Oh, don't turn the radio louder, Charlie. I want to talk to you. 413 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,840 Charlie, you're mad at me, aren't you? 414 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,840 What have I done that's made you mad? 415 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,840 Charlie, take me back to our hotel. Let's get home. 416 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,840 I want to go home. I don't want to go for a ride. 417 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,840 I'm tired now. I'm awfully tired, Charlie. 418 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,840 Please don't turn it louder. It makes my head hurt. 419 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:43,840 Please, Charlie. 420 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,840 Charlie, don't I mean anything to you anymore? 421 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,840 What is it? What are you mad at me about? 422 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,840 Is it the divorce, Charlie? 423 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,840 I don't want to hear you talk. 424 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:09,840 That's everything. That's what you're mad at me about, the divorce. 425 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:15,840 But I can't give it to you, Charlie. I can't. 426 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,840 Look, it doesn't matter anymore. 427 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,840 She's married now. She wouldn't wait any longer. 428 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,840 Yesterday she got married. 429 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:37,840 Oh, Charlie, I didn't know it meant so much to you. 430 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,840 I only tried to do what I thought was best for the both of us. 431 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,840 We're not getting any younger. 432 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,840 And when two people were married for as long as we were married, 433 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,840 I thought maybe we should try to make something of it. 434 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,840 You thought that? What about me? 435 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,840 You? 436 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,840 What about what I thought? 437 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,840 Oh, you're right, Charlie. 438 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,840 But you can't kill me now. 439 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,840 Why can't I? 440 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,840 I told the police. 441 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,840 You told them what? 442 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,840 That you were trying to kill me. 443 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,840 That it was you in back of the club. 444 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,840 That you turned on the gas jet. 445 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,840 Oh, no. You can't kill me, Charlie. 446 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,840 They'll pick you up in a minute. 447 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,840 Okay, Dixie. 448 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,840 Shall we go back to the hotel now? 449 00:23:34,840 --> 00:24:00,840 Okay, Dixie. 450 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,840 What do we do now? 451 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,840 There's nothing to do, Charlie. 452 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,840 We just go on, I guess. Like we have. 453 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,840 You do that? 454 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,840 You stay with me, married to me, knowing I want you dead? 455 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,840 I have to, Charlie. 456 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,840 Because I won't give you a divorce. 457 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:31,840 Well, like chess, Dixie, we're stalemated, aren't we? 458 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,840 Looks that way. 459 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,840 You know how much I hate you. 460 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,840 Now I know. 461 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,840 Up to now, it's been a game of cat and mouse. 462 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,840 You were the mouse and I was the cat, ready for the kill. 463 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,840 But you tricked me, my pretty wife. 464 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,840 Must feel pretty proud. 465 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,840 But look, the game's gonna change, Dixie. 466 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:00,840 Work hard. You make lots of money because I'm gonna spend it all. 467 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:02,840 Charlie. 468 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,840 Have I been a good husband to you, Dixie? 469 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,840 And think back. Remember all the soft, sweet things that we ever held between us? 470 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,840 Think about them, because those soft, sweet things will become just a memory. 471 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,840 From now on, I'm gonna make life hard for you, Dixie. 472 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:20,840 I'm gonna make it so hard for you, you'll wish that I had killed you. 473 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,840 I'm tired, Charlie. 474 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:24,840 I'm gonna try to get some rest. 475 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:28,840 Yeah, get some rest. 476 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,840 Get a lot of rest, Dixie. You're gonna need it. 477 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,840 Did you tell the police why I wanted to kill you, Dixie? 478 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:43,840 Did you tell them how I asked you in a civilized manner for a divorce? 479 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,840 You tell them that. 480 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,840 Goodbye, Charlie. 481 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,840 Dixie! 482 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:54,840 Dixie, what did you do? 483 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,840 Dixie! 484 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:58,840 Don't die! 485 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,840 The police, Dixie, they'll think I did it. 486 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,840 Dixie! 487 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,840 Please, Dixie, don't die! 488 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,840 Dixie, don't die! 489 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:43,840 Suspense! 490 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:48,840 Presented by Auto Light, tonight's star, Miss Linda Darnell. 491 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,840 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light, 492 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:57,840 world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. 493 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,840 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 494 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:08,840 And during these early months of 52, the Auto Light family joins in saluting the leading car manufacturers 495 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,840 who install Auto Light products as original equipment. 496 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,840 Our Auto Light family is made up of the nearly 30,000 men and women 497 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,840 in 28 great Auto Light plants from coast to coast 498 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,840 and in still other Auto Light plants in many foreign countries. 499 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:29,840 It also includes more than 18,000 people who have invested a portion of their savings in Auto Light, 500 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:34,840 as well as 96,000 Auto Light distributors and dealers in the United States 501 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,840 and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world. 502 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:41,840 Our Auto Light family will salute the De Soto Division of Chrysler Corporation 503 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,840 on the next Auto Light Suspense television program. 504 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,840 If you live in a television area, check the day and time of Suspense on television 505 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,840 so that you'll be sure to see this program. 506 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:57,840 And remember, be with us next week for another thrilling Auto Light Suspense program on radio. 507 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:10,840 Next week on Suspense, our star will be Mr. Herbert Marshall 508 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:15,840 in a radio dramatization of the true story of the 39 steps. 509 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:31,840 In weeks to come, we shall also present Ray Milan and Frank Lovejoy, all on Suspense. 510 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:36,840 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morrowick 511 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,840 and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 512 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:43,840 A Killing in Las Vegas was written for Suspense by Richard George Petticini. 513 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:49,840 In tonight's story, Lamont Johnson was heard as Charlie and Joseph Kearns as the lieutenant. 514 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:56,840 Featured in the cast were Jerry Hausner, Charles Calvert, Eve McVeigh, and Jim Nusser. 515 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:04,840 Linda Darnall will soon be seen in David E. 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