WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.000 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Elliot Lewis in tonight's presentation 00:11.000 --> 00:12.000 of... 00:12.000 --> 00:13.000 Salspence. 00:13.000 --> 00:22.320 Tonight, Auto Light presents a story of revenge. 00:22.320 --> 00:26.400 The desperate effort of a murderer to destroy the man who had committed him to prison. 00:26.400 --> 00:31.280 The story is called, Concerto for Killer and Eyewitnesses. 00:31.280 --> 00:37.120 Our star, the producer director of Salspence, Mr. Elliot Lewis. 00:37.120 --> 00:41.960 Hello, Harlow. 00:41.960 --> 00:43.600 Good-bye, Hap. 00:43.600 --> 00:44.600 Good-bye. 00:44.600 --> 00:45.600 Why, sure, Hap. 00:45.600 --> 00:47.160 This is our last show till fall. 00:47.160 --> 00:50.400 The last chance to talk about that great Auto Light stay full. 00:50.400 --> 00:53.760 The battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 00:53.760 --> 00:58.520 It's a great battery, Harlow, and just the battery to make every summer trip happier 00:58.520 --> 00:59.520 than ever. 00:59.520 --> 01:03.080 Why, Hap, the Auto Light stay full is a natural for every season of the year. 01:03.080 --> 01:07.520 It has fiberglass retaining mats protecting every positive plate to reduce shedding and 01:07.520 --> 01:08.520 flaking. 01:08.520 --> 01:13.040 And it gives longer life, as proved by tests conducted according to accepted life cycle 01:13.040 --> 01:14.040 standards. 01:14.040 --> 01:16.720 The Auto Light stay full is the battery for me, Harlow. 01:16.720 --> 01:20.160 So friends, see your neighborhood Auto Light battery dealer soon. 01:20.160 --> 01:24.800 He services all makes of batteries, and when replacements are needed, he has an Auto Light 01:24.800 --> 01:26.880 stay full for your car. 01:26.880 --> 01:30.960 To quickly find his location, just call Western Union by number. 01:30.960 --> 01:31.960 And ask for operator 25. 01:31.960 --> 01:37.080 That's me, and I'll gladly tell you the location of your nearest Auto Light battery dealer. 01:37.080 --> 01:41.480 Where you can get an Auto Light stay full, the battery that needs water only three times 01:41.480 --> 01:43.920 a year in normal car use. 01:43.920 --> 01:49.880 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 01:49.880 --> 01:55.880 And now, with the performance of Mr. Elliot Lewis, Auto Light presents transcribed concerto 01:55.880 --> 02:09.000 for killer and eye witnesses, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 02:09.000 --> 02:14.600 My name is Jesse Crandall, Detective Sergeant, Central Division, Chicago Police Department. 02:14.600 --> 02:18.520 I was assigned to a special detail along with Detective Sergeant Abe Delaney on the first 02:18.520 --> 02:20.320 day of this week. 02:20.320 --> 02:25.240 Our duty was to escort prisoner Edward Sitko to the State Penitentiary at Joliet, where 02:25.240 --> 02:27.680 he was to await execution. 02:27.680 --> 02:31.680 Our train left the main terminal at five in the afternoon. 02:31.680 --> 02:33.400 We all took prescribed precautions. 02:33.400 --> 02:36.120 The prisoner was securely handcuffed to both of us. 02:36.120 --> 02:42.200 He was wearing county jail issue clothing, no hat. 02:42.200 --> 02:44.120 You guys have to walk me through the station? 02:44.120 --> 02:47.120 For a fellow who doesn't care who he kills, you're pretty touchy, Sitko. 02:47.120 --> 02:49.440 I got all the opinions I want from the judge, copper. 02:49.440 --> 02:50.840 You're just supposed to see I get some. 02:50.840 --> 02:52.320 All right, that's enough, Sitko. 02:52.320 --> 02:56.560 We'll see that you get there, Eddie boy, all safe and sound and ready for the chair. 02:56.560 --> 02:57.560 Tell this punk to shut up. 02:57.560 --> 02:58.560 Tell him to shut up. 02:58.560 --> 03:02.400 I'm the last copper you'll ever call a punk, Sitko. 03:02.400 --> 03:03.400 Now keep looking. 03:03.400 --> 03:05.400 Tie off him, Delaney, will you? 03:05.400 --> 03:13.920 All right, sure, Jesse, sure. 03:13.920 --> 03:15.920 Sitko. 03:15.920 --> 03:19.640 Yeah, how come you're so stupid, Sitko? 03:19.640 --> 03:22.760 How come you trusted Dallas Kenyon when nobody else did? 03:22.760 --> 03:24.920 I never trusted anybody, never. 03:24.920 --> 03:28.640 If you didn't trust him, Sitko, how come he knew who you killed, where you killed, when 03:28.640 --> 03:29.640 you did it? 03:29.640 --> 03:34.400 Car 64, compartment A. This car, sir, second door to right. 03:34.400 --> 03:35.400 Watch your steps, sir. 03:35.400 --> 03:36.400 Thank you. 03:36.400 --> 03:37.400 Come on. 03:37.400 --> 03:38.400 Hey, here it is. 03:38.400 --> 03:39.400 Hey, you. 03:39.400 --> 03:40.400 Hey, you. 03:40.400 --> 03:41.400 Hey, you. 03:41.400 --> 03:42.400 Hey, you. 03:42.400 --> 03:43.400 Hey, you. 03:43.400 --> 03:44.400 Hey, you. 03:44.400 --> 03:45.400 Hey, you. 03:45.400 --> 03:46.400 And you, here's the car. 03:46.400 --> 03:47.400 Car 64, compartment A 14. 03:47.400 --> 03:52.760 The taxpayers wanted to be sure you got only the best. 03:52.760 --> 03:54.220 Did your boy Kenyon ever treat you? 03:54.220 --> 03:55.220 Shut up about Kenyon! 03:55.220 --> 03:57.280 Look, Eddie, it's too late to be tough. 03:57.280 --> 04:01.920 Yeah, Eddie, you should have been tough with Dallas Kenyon instead of that two-bit hood 04:01.920 --> 04:03.820 he sent you out after. 04:03.820 --> 04:06.200 You killed the wrong guy, Eddie. 04:06.200 --> 04:08.600 I'm not dead yet. 04:08.600 --> 04:10.400 Maybe I'll still get the right one. 04:10.400 --> 04:13.920 Going to write him a poison pen letter? 04:13.920 --> 04:14.920 It's too late, Sitko. 04:14.920 --> 04:18.920 You killed a man. Now you're gonna pay for it. 04:37.920 --> 04:40.920 Dinner now being served in the dining car. 04:40.920 --> 04:42.920 Dinner now being served in the dining car. 04:42.920 --> 04:44.920 Place called for dinner? 04:44.920 --> 04:46.920 Place called for dinner? 04:46.920 --> 04:48.920 Place called for dinner? 04:48.920 --> 04:50.920 I'll get a bite now. 04:50.920 --> 04:52.920 Jesse, key. 04:52.920 --> 04:54.920 No. 04:54.920 --> 04:56.920 Here you are. 05:01.920 --> 05:02.920 Thanks. 05:02.920 --> 05:05.920 Oh, want me to bring you back a newspaper, sick call? 05:05.920 --> 05:07.920 Nothing in them I want to read. 05:07.920 --> 05:09.920 First guy I ever took up to the dead cell 05:09.920 --> 05:12.920 who didn't want to read his own publicity. 05:17.920 --> 05:19.920 Sergeant Delaney was in the dining car 05:19.920 --> 05:21.920 as we pulled out into the outer yards. 05:21.920 --> 05:23.920 That's when the train lurched forward. 05:25.920 --> 05:26.920 I went off balance for a moment. 05:26.920 --> 05:29.920 Sitko threw his weight on me and we crashed to the floor. 05:29.920 --> 05:30.920 This is where I get off, copper. 05:30.920 --> 05:32.920 He brought his knee up into my face. 05:32.920 --> 05:33.920 One for you. 05:33.920 --> 05:34.920 I was momentarily stunned. 05:34.920 --> 05:37.920 He went through my pockets, found the keys and unlocked the handcuffs. 05:37.920 --> 05:39.920 Sergeant Delaney returned at that moment. 05:41.920 --> 05:43.920 Sitko slammed against the door, locking it. 05:43.920 --> 05:46.920 Then he struck me across the temple with the handcuffs. 05:46.920 --> 05:48.920 One for you. 05:48.920 --> 05:50.920 Open up. Open up, Rocks. 05:50.920 --> 05:52.920 Before I lost consciousness, I saw Eddie Sitko 05:52.920 --> 06:07.920 open the train window and jump. 06:23.920 --> 06:25.920 I was in my room praying for him. 06:25.920 --> 06:27.920 I hoped a little prayer would do for him 06:27.920 --> 06:30.920 what he'd never been able to do for himself. 06:30.920 --> 06:32.920 It was Angela's time. 06:32.920 --> 06:35.920 Six o'clock when I heard him on the stairway outside my door. 06:47.920 --> 06:48.920 Yeah? 06:48.920 --> 06:49.920 Let me in. 06:49.920 --> 06:50.920 What are you doing here? 06:50.920 --> 06:52.920 You thought I'd let you like to see me? 06:52.920 --> 06:55.920 First time in my life I've been glad the trains run through this lousy, dirty neighborhood. 06:55.920 --> 06:56.920 No, I don't understand. I... 06:56.920 --> 06:57.920 Dallas, Kenyon. 06:57.920 --> 06:58.920 He's waiting for me. 06:58.920 --> 07:00.920 He don't know it, but he's waiting. 07:00.920 --> 07:02.920 And I'm gonna be there. 07:02.920 --> 07:04.920 I need some clothes, money, a gun. 07:04.920 --> 07:05.920 Kenyon? 07:05.920 --> 07:07.920 Oh, Kenyon. 07:07.920 --> 07:08.920 You're gonna kill again. 07:08.920 --> 07:10.920 Where are my clothes? 07:10.920 --> 07:11.920 Get out of here, Eddie. 07:11.920 --> 07:12.920 What? 07:12.920 --> 07:13.920 Get out. 07:13.920 --> 07:14.920 I got nothing of yours. 07:14.920 --> 07:16.920 I gave all your things to the neighbors. 07:16.920 --> 07:17.920 To the boys in the block. 07:17.920 --> 07:20.920 I thought they'd need some warm clothes to wear. 07:20.920 --> 07:21.920 They fought over them. 07:21.920 --> 07:22.920 And they tore them to shreds. 07:22.920 --> 07:24.920 They wanted souvenirs. 07:24.920 --> 07:25.920 They're growing up like you, 07:25.920 --> 07:27.920 because they think you're a man. 07:27.920 --> 07:29.920 They think you're somebody. 07:29.920 --> 07:31.920 You who cheated and robbed and murdered. 07:31.920 --> 07:32.920 What do you mean by that? 07:32.920 --> 07:33.920 You ruin everything you touch. 07:33.920 --> 07:34.920 You shut up! 07:37.920 --> 07:38.920 Come on, give me some money. 07:38.920 --> 07:39.920 Give me some money. 07:39.920 --> 07:40.920 I got nothing. 07:40.920 --> 07:41.920 Nothing. 07:41.920 --> 07:42.920 Go away. 07:42.920 --> 07:43.920 Leave me alone. 07:43.920 --> 07:44.920 Go away, huh? 07:44.920 --> 07:46.920 I walk out that door and you yell copper, huh? 07:46.920 --> 07:48.920 Why don't you kill me then, Eddie? 07:48.920 --> 07:50.920 Go on, kill me. 07:50.920 --> 07:51.920 No? 07:51.920 --> 07:54.920 Because you already killed me, Eddie. 07:54.920 --> 07:56.920 15 years ago. 08:08.920 --> 08:11.920 15 years I've operated a legitimate business. 08:11.920 --> 08:15.920 15 years and nothing like this has ever happened to me. 08:15.920 --> 08:20.920 It's very frightening that such a thing should occur in a large city like Chicago. 08:20.920 --> 08:21.920 Very frightening. 08:21.920 --> 08:24.920 I read the newspapers and I know all about Eddie Cisco. 08:24.920 --> 08:28.920 I read about his threats against this man, Dallas Kenyon, and all that. 08:28.920 --> 08:33.920 But I never thought that I, George Bartlett, would ever meet the man. 08:33.920 --> 08:34.920 What? 08:34.920 --> 08:35.920 Back inside. 08:35.920 --> 08:36.920 It's 6.30. 08:36.920 --> 08:37.920 Time to go. 08:37.920 --> 08:38.920 I said back inside. 08:38.920 --> 08:39.920 I'm warning you. 08:39.920 --> 08:40.920 Don't yell. 08:40.920 --> 08:41.920 Don't do anything. 08:41.920 --> 08:42.920 Yeah, I don't want to yell. 08:42.920 --> 08:44.920 What do I want to yell and get killed for? 08:44.920 --> 08:45.920 Where are your guns? 08:45.920 --> 08:46.920 Where are your guns? 08:46.920 --> 08:47.920 Gun. 08:47.920 --> 08:48.920 Every hawk shop has guns. 08:48.920 --> 08:49.920 Where are they? 08:49.920 --> 08:50.920 Gun? 08:50.920 --> 08:54.920 What's a fellow sticking up a store want? 08:54.920 --> 08:56.920 Where are your guns? 08:56.920 --> 08:57.920 Cisco. 08:57.920 --> 08:58.920 Eddie Cisco. 08:58.920 --> 09:00.920 I saw your pictures in the paper. 09:00.920 --> 09:01.920 Shut up. 09:01.920 --> 09:03.920 Over there in the case. 09:03.920 --> 09:05.920 Yeah, that case. 09:05.920 --> 09:08.920 All the guns you want, all of them. 09:08.920 --> 09:09.920 Anything here. 09:09.920 --> 09:10.920 It's yours. 09:10.920 --> 09:12.920 Take all of it, but please leave me alone. 09:12.920 --> 09:13.920 Please, let me alone. 09:13.920 --> 09:14.920 Cartridges. 09:14.920 --> 09:16.920 On your right, on your right. 09:16.920 --> 09:17.920 Second drawer. 09:17.920 --> 09:19.920 It's all yours. 09:19.920 --> 09:22.920 Please, just let me alone. 09:22.920 --> 09:25.920 I've got to change clothes. 09:25.920 --> 09:26.920 On the rack. 09:26.920 --> 09:27.920 On the rack, yes. 09:27.920 --> 09:29.920 You can see I'm trying to help you. 09:29.920 --> 09:32.920 Can't you see that? 09:32.920 --> 09:33.920 Yeah, this will do. 09:33.920 --> 09:34.920 Yes, it'll fit nice. 09:34.920 --> 09:35.920 It's nice in the shoulders. 09:35.920 --> 09:38.920 I know it'll fit. 09:38.920 --> 09:39.920 Pull those shades. 09:39.920 --> 09:40.920 Yes, sir. 09:40.920 --> 09:43.920 You expecting anybody? 09:43.920 --> 09:46.920 A friend of mine, Albert Hennessey. 09:46.920 --> 09:48.920 He runs the barbershop two doors down. 09:48.920 --> 09:51.920 We have beer sometimes after work. 09:51.920 --> 09:53.920 But if he comes, I'll send him away. 09:53.920 --> 09:55.920 I want to help you, honest. 09:55.920 --> 09:58.920 I hate to see anybody get a raw deal. 09:58.920 --> 10:00.920 And that man you talked about during your trial 10:00.920 --> 10:02.920 at Dallas Canyon, he gave you a bad deal. 10:02.920 --> 10:06.920 I'm sure he gave you a bad deal. 10:06.920 --> 10:08.920 Did you know that he was a good man? 10:08.920 --> 10:10.920 Yes. 10:10.920 --> 10:11.920 Did you hear me? 10:11.920 --> 10:14.920 I said I hate to see anybody get a raw deal 10:14.920 --> 10:15.920 and that Dallas Canyon... 10:15.920 --> 10:17.920 Yeah, this will do. 10:17.920 --> 10:18.920 It fits perfectly. 10:18.920 --> 10:20.920 Like it was made just for you. 10:20.920 --> 10:22.920 I helped you, didn't I? 10:22.920 --> 10:25.920 I believe in giving a man a chance. 10:25.920 --> 10:27.920 I'm a little man. 10:27.920 --> 10:29.920 I can't hurt you. 10:29.920 --> 10:32.920 Canyon, he's the one you want. 10:32.920 --> 10:33.920 That's right. 10:33.920 --> 10:34.920 You need money. 10:34.920 --> 10:35.920 Take it. 10:35.920 --> 10:36.920 Take it, all of it. 10:36.920 --> 10:37.920 Anything. 10:37.920 --> 10:38.920 Please, just take it. 10:38.920 --> 10:41.920 You might need it if you have far to go and I... 10:41.920 --> 10:43.920 Oh, my God! 10:43.920 --> 10:45.920 You can trust me. 10:45.920 --> 10:46.920 Please, Mr. Sitko. 10:46.920 --> 10:47.920 I don't trust. 10:47.920 --> 10:49.920 No, no, no, no. 10:49.920 --> 10:50.920 I'm a grown man. 10:50.920 --> 10:52.920 Please, please don't beat me up. 10:52.920 --> 10:57.920 It's humiliating for a grown man to cry. 10:57.920 --> 10:59.920 Don't beat me up. 10:59.920 --> 11:01.920 Please don't. 11:01.920 --> 11:04.920 Everybody ought to give a little man a break. 11:04.920 --> 11:06.920 I'll give you a break, little man. 11:06.920 --> 11:09.920 No, please, please, no, no, no. 11:12.920 --> 11:14.920 You just got your break. 11:19.920 --> 11:23.920 Kenny Tate, licensed operator, city of Chicago. 11:23.920 --> 11:26.920 You'll see a front and side of me right by the meter. 11:26.920 --> 11:28.920 I never go under and I never go over. 11:28.920 --> 11:31.920 And I never make wrong change. 11:31.920 --> 11:32.920 I never roll drunks. 11:32.920 --> 11:34.920 It's a job. 11:34.920 --> 11:36.920 It helps you to learn people. 11:36.920 --> 11:38.920 That's what I said, learn people. 11:38.920 --> 11:41.920 You can tell a lot by the way a woman lights a cigarette 11:41.920 --> 11:44.920 or a man reaches to pay his fare. 11:44.920 --> 11:47.920 I was just cruising when I saw Eddie Sitko. 11:47.920 --> 11:49.920 I didn't know it was him at first. 11:51.920 --> 11:53.920 Cam! Take Cam! 11:57.920 --> 11:58.920 Straight ahead. 11:58.920 --> 11:59.920 I'll tell you when to turn. 11:59.920 --> 12:04.920 Right. 12:09.920 --> 12:12.920 It's one night, isn't it? 12:12.920 --> 12:13.920 Want the radio on? 12:13.920 --> 12:15.920 No. 12:15.920 --> 12:17.920 Turn right, next corner. 12:17.920 --> 12:19.920 Yeah, sure. 12:19.920 --> 12:22.920 Come on, get this going faster. 12:22.920 --> 12:24.920 Eh, not tonight. 12:24.920 --> 12:26.920 I've never seen so many cops floating around. 12:26.920 --> 12:27.920 Never mind the tickets. 12:27.920 --> 12:29.920 Never mind the tickets. Who'll pay for them? 12:29.920 --> 12:30.920 I'll pay. Let's get moving. 12:30.920 --> 12:32.920 Eh, that's what they all say. 12:32.920 --> 12:33.920 Like just last week... 12:33.920 --> 12:35.920 I said I'd pay for them. Move! 12:40.920 --> 12:42.920 Trying to make the fights? 12:42.920 --> 12:43.920 Why? 12:43.920 --> 12:45.920 I said trying to make the fights. 12:45.920 --> 12:47.920 Fights? Yeah, I want to make the fights. 12:47.920 --> 12:49.920 Oh, well then. 12:49.920 --> 12:53.920 You'll just make it. Start at 8.30. 12:53.920 --> 12:54.920 Turn here. 12:54.920 --> 12:55.920 Turn here! 12:55.920 --> 12:57.920 Thought you wanted to go to the fights. 12:57.920 --> 12:58.920 I'm sorry. 12:58.920 --> 13:00.920 I'll circle back on the next corner. 13:00.920 --> 13:01.920 It won't cost you nothing. 13:01.920 --> 13:03.920 I'll pull down the flag. 13:06.920 --> 13:08.920 Hey, will you look at that. 13:08.920 --> 13:10.920 Second squad car in a block. 13:10.920 --> 13:12.920 Wonder what's up. 13:12.920 --> 13:15.920 Wonder if they're looking for somebody. 13:18.920 --> 13:20.920 What are you stopping for? 13:20.920 --> 13:22.920 The signal, mister, it's red. 13:22.920 --> 13:26.920 Can't make a right turn in the downtown district against a stop signal. 13:32.920 --> 13:34.920 It says go. Start fast. 13:36.920 --> 13:38.920 What are you doing? Don't turn left. 13:38.920 --> 13:41.920 Please, please, let me get those in my car. 13:41.920 --> 13:43.920 Are you lousy? 13:44.920 --> 13:46.920 Hey, you. Come back here. 13:46.920 --> 13:47.920 Come back here. 13:47.920 --> 13:49.920 Stop or I'll shoot. 13:49.920 --> 13:52.920 Stop! 13:52.920 --> 13:57.920 Stop! 14:14.920 --> 14:17.920 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Elliot Lewis 14:17.920 --> 14:20.920 in Concerto for Killer and Eye Witnesses. 14:20.920 --> 14:26.920 Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 14:33.920 --> 14:37.920 Say, Harlow, before we go on vacation, I've got a question. 14:37.920 --> 14:38.920 All right, shoot, Hap. 14:38.920 --> 14:42.920 Does the Auto Light Stayful battery really have everything? 14:42.920 --> 14:45.920 You bet it does, Hap, including fiberglass retaining mats 14:45.920 --> 14:47.920 to reduce shedding and flaking 14:47.920 --> 14:50.920 and give the Auto Light Stayful longer life as proved by tests 14:50.920 --> 14:53.920 conducted according to accepted life cycle standards. 14:53.920 --> 14:56.920 But doesn't the Auto Light Stayful need something, Harlow? 14:56.920 --> 14:58.920 Well, yes, it does, Hap. 14:58.920 --> 15:02.920 It needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 15:02.920 --> 15:05.920 Only three times a year in normal car use, Harlow? 15:05.920 --> 15:08.920 Yes, Hap, only three times a year in normal car use. 15:08.920 --> 15:11.920 So, friends, visit your nearest Auto Light battery dealer. 15:11.920 --> 15:13.920 He services all makes of batteries 15:13.920 --> 15:16.920 and has an Auto Light Stayful for your car. 15:16.920 --> 15:19.920 To quickly learn his location, call Western Union by number. 15:19.920 --> 15:21.920 And ask for me, Operator 25. 15:21.920 --> 15:25.920 I'll quickly tell you the location of your nearest Auto Light battery dealer. 15:25.920 --> 15:27.920 Where you can get an Auto Light Stayful, 15:27.920 --> 15:31.920 the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 15:31.920 --> 15:34.920 And remember, from bumper to tail light, 15:34.920 --> 15:37.920 you're always right with Auto Light. 15:37.920 --> 15:42.920 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 15:42.920 --> 15:48.920 Mr. Elliot Lewis in his production of Concerto for Killer and Eyewitnesses. 15:48.920 --> 15:53.920 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 15:53.920 --> 16:10.920 And next, ladies and gentlemen, number 18 in your catalogs. 16:10.920 --> 16:14.920 This beautiful meek type bus. 16:14.920 --> 16:18.920 Put it up under the light, boys. 16:18.920 --> 16:22.920 And turn it for the folks. 16:22.920 --> 16:24.920 That's right. 16:24.920 --> 16:28.920 Now, can we start the bidding at $60? 16:28.920 --> 16:32.920 Do I hear $60? 16:32.920 --> 16:36.920 $50? Do I hear $50? 16:36.920 --> 16:42.920 All right then, $45. Do I hear $45? 16:42.920 --> 16:47.920 I tell you folks, it's worth your life getting anything sold here tonight. 16:47.920 --> 16:48.920 Now look at this bar. 16:48.920 --> 16:50.920 Yes. Can I help you, Officer? 16:50.920 --> 16:52.920 Anybody come in here in the last ten minutes? 16:52.920 --> 16:55.920 Well, a lot of people. The auction's just starting. 16:55.920 --> 16:59.920 A tall man, heavy bill. Maybe he had a bullet wound. Limp, maybe. 16:59.920 --> 17:02.920 Bullet wound? No, no, we haven't seen anyone like that. 17:02.920 --> 17:04.920 It's Eddie Sitko. He's dangerous. 17:04.920 --> 17:06.920 If you see him, notify the police. 17:06.920 --> 17:08.920 All right, I'm sorry. Then we'll have to pass it. 17:08.920 --> 17:10.920 Take it away, boys. 17:10.920 --> 17:13.920 Handle it easy now. 17:13.920 --> 17:16.920 Get out. Get out of my way. 17:16.920 --> 17:17.920 Come on, out of my way. 17:17.920 --> 17:19.920 What? Get out of my way. 17:19.920 --> 17:45.920 Hey, watch it. 17:45.920 --> 17:47.920 That Cougar's great. Great. 17:47.920 --> 17:49.920 I seen him once when he was at the Roxy and I... 17:49.920 --> 17:52.920 Oh, yeah. Well, it was just a night like any other night. 17:52.920 --> 17:56.920 I'm the elevator boy, the regular clerk's across the street dipping his bill. 17:56.920 --> 17:58.920 So I'm having myself a ball. 17:58.920 --> 18:01.920 I got a little routine that somebody's going to pay money for someday, 18:01.920 --> 18:03.920 and that's what I was doing when he walks in. 18:03.920 --> 18:09.920 Hey, the window sheet is broken and the rain is coming in. 18:09.920 --> 18:11.920 Hiya. 18:11.920 --> 18:12.920 Kitty Bunnell still lives here? 18:12.920 --> 18:16.920 Yeah, went away, but she's not in. She's always out. 18:16.920 --> 18:19.920 I wish I could go out. These night jobs are lousy. 18:19.920 --> 18:20.920 You a friend of hers? 18:20.920 --> 18:21.920 Yeah. 18:21.920 --> 18:23.920 Boy, I wish I was a friend of hers. 18:23.920 --> 18:26.920 Some dish. She a dancer? 18:26.920 --> 18:28.920 Singer. Nightclubs. 18:28.920 --> 18:30.920 Nightclubs? I like nightclubs. 18:30.920 --> 18:32.920 Not big spreads, jive joints. 18:32.920 --> 18:34.920 Most people don't like them anymore. Me? I like them. 18:34.920 --> 18:37.920 Look, I want to wait in her apartment. 18:37.920 --> 18:39.920 Wait in her apartment? Oh, gee, I don't know. 18:39.920 --> 18:41.920 No, she knows me. I'm her agent. 18:41.920 --> 18:44.920 Well, not supposed to, buddy, and I haven't seen you around. 18:44.920 --> 18:47.920 I've been jumping out of town. I'm her agent. I've been booking her. 18:47.920 --> 18:50.920 Agent? Yeah? You've been booking her, huh? 18:50.920 --> 18:52.920 Hey, you handle any bands? 18:52.920 --> 18:54.920 Yeah, sure. Lots of bands. Take me up. 18:54.920 --> 18:55.920 You know Stan Kenton? 18:55.920 --> 18:57.920 Yeah, yeah. I know him well. 18:57.920 --> 19:00.920 Yeah? Introduce me. I got a little act I do, see? 19:00.920 --> 19:02.920 Yeah, just ask Miss Bunnell. 19:02.920 --> 19:04.920 Solid. You just made yourself a deal. 19:04.920 --> 19:07.920 It's on this floor. Come on. 19:07.920 --> 19:09.920 It's my neck if you tell anybody. 19:09.920 --> 19:10.920 Nobody, nobody. 19:10.920 --> 19:13.920 All you show business guys are jumpy. Why is that? 19:13.920 --> 19:15.920 Everybody's jumpy. They read the papers. 19:15.920 --> 19:18.920 That's what's wrong with them. Read the papers and get all looped up. 19:18.920 --> 19:22.920 Me, I only read downbeat. Got no nerves. 19:22.920 --> 19:24.920 This is it. 19:26.920 --> 19:30.920 There you are. And don't forget my knockdown to Kenton tomorrow. 19:30.920 --> 19:31.920 Fix it up first thing tomorrow. 19:31.920 --> 19:33.920 You want me to shut that window? No. 19:33.920 --> 19:36.920 Well, okay. She said she'd be back in a few minutes. 19:36.920 --> 19:37.920 She said, 19:37.920 --> 19:43.920 Manana, manana, manana is good enough for me. 20:07.920 --> 20:10.920 Who's that? 20:10.920 --> 20:12.920 Eddie. 20:12.920 --> 20:13.920 Eddie. 20:13.920 --> 20:15.920 Oh, Eddie, I can't believe it's really you. 20:15.920 --> 20:17.920 Didn't he tell you outside? Didn't he tell you I was here? 20:17.920 --> 20:19.920 Nobody told me anything. Eddie, how? 20:19.920 --> 20:21.920 Never mind that. 20:21.920 --> 20:23.920 You're going to help me the rest of the time. 20:23.920 --> 20:25.920 I'll be right back. 20:25.920 --> 20:27.920 I'll be right back. 20:27.920 --> 20:29.920 I'll be right back. 20:29.920 --> 20:31.920 I'll be right back. 20:31.920 --> 20:33.920 I'll be right back. 20:33.920 --> 20:35.920 I'll be right back. 20:35.920 --> 20:38.920 You're going to help me the rest of the way. 20:38.920 --> 20:40.920 That's why I came here. 20:40.920 --> 20:42.920 Eddie, you're bleeding. 20:42.920 --> 20:43.920 Take your hands off me. 20:43.920 --> 20:44.920 Eddie, you're hurt bad. 20:44.920 --> 20:46.920 I know a doctor who can help you. I'll call him. 20:46.920 --> 20:47.920 Stay away from the phone. 20:47.920 --> 20:49.920 Eddie, I don't understand. 20:49.920 --> 20:51.920 Never expected to see me again, did you? 20:51.920 --> 20:53.920 Nobody expected to see Eddie Sitko again. 20:53.920 --> 20:55.920 He's all through, isn't that it? 20:55.920 --> 20:56.920 Good old Eddie. 20:56.920 --> 20:58.920 Wrapped up in a murder app. Isn't that it, Kitty? 20:58.920 --> 21:01.920 No, Eddie, no. That isn't it at all. You're wrong. 21:01.920 --> 21:03.920 Well, I'm right about one thing. 21:03.920 --> 21:05.920 Kenyon sent me up there. 21:05.920 --> 21:06.920 Eddie, I've got to get you out of here. 21:06.920 --> 21:08.920 They'll be looking for you everywhere. 21:08.920 --> 21:09.920 They'll come here too. 21:09.920 --> 21:11.920 Kenyon sent me there. 21:11.920 --> 21:13.920 Kenyon told the cops. 21:13.920 --> 21:14.920 That's where we're going. 21:14.920 --> 21:17.920 Going? We're going? Going where, Eddie? 21:17.920 --> 21:18.920 See Dallas, Kenyon. 21:18.920 --> 21:20.920 That's where they'll be waiting for you. 21:20.920 --> 21:21.920 That's the first place I'll go. 21:21.920 --> 21:23.920 But they wouldn't stop you, Kitty. 21:23.920 --> 21:25.920 You could just drive right through the gate, old friend. 21:25.920 --> 21:26.920 Crazy. 21:26.920 --> 21:27.920 And I'm right behind you on the floor of the car. 21:27.920 --> 21:29.920 Look, Eddie, I hate him as much as you do. 21:29.920 --> 21:31.920 I hate him for what he did to you, but... 21:31.920 --> 21:33.920 I haven't seen him or heard from him since the trial. 21:33.920 --> 21:34.920 I hate him, Eddie, but I... 21:34.920 --> 21:35.920 You got lots of reasons to help me, huh? 21:35.920 --> 21:37.920 But don't you see it wouldn't work. 21:37.920 --> 21:39.920 They'd search the car and they'd start shooting. 21:39.920 --> 21:40.920 Please. 21:40.920 --> 21:41.920 I had lots of time to think, Kitty. 21:41.920 --> 21:42.920 Please. 21:42.920 --> 21:44.920 All this waiting to be set up is funny when I remember you. 21:44.920 --> 21:45.920 Well, we could get away. 21:45.920 --> 21:46.920 Something my ma used to say. 21:46.920 --> 21:47.920 You and me. 21:47.920 --> 21:48.920 Way back. 21:48.920 --> 21:49.920 If you forgot Kenyon. 21:49.920 --> 21:50.920 We used to sit around on the steps talking. 21:50.920 --> 21:52.920 My car is downstairs if we started now, Eddie. 21:52.920 --> 21:56.920 It's the only thing I do remember besides gang fights and reform school. 21:56.920 --> 21:57.920 And the way they did things. 21:57.920 --> 21:59.920 They wouldn't look for me, don't you see? 21:59.920 --> 22:00.920 They wouldn't look for me if I were to disappear. 22:00.920 --> 22:02.920 It was a line from something. 22:02.920 --> 22:04.920 It said, 22:04.920 --> 22:06.920 it's a time to live 22:06.920 --> 22:07.920 and a time to die. 22:07.920 --> 22:09.920 Eddie, please listen to me. 22:09.920 --> 22:11.920 Kenyon's time, baby. 22:11.920 --> 22:13.920 My time. 22:13.920 --> 22:18.920 He sits in his big house and lets everybody else get dirty for him. 22:18.920 --> 22:21.920 He promises big payoffs. 22:21.920 --> 22:23.920 And then he pays like he paid me off. 22:23.920 --> 22:24.920 Eddie. 22:24.920 --> 22:27.920 Just to stand in front of him and watch him be scared. 22:27.920 --> 22:30.920 Like I've been scared. 22:30.920 --> 22:33.920 I want to see him die. 22:33.920 --> 22:35.920 It's his time. 22:35.920 --> 22:37.920 Eddie, I love you. 22:37.920 --> 22:39.920 Things could be the way they once were if you forget him. 22:39.920 --> 22:41.920 Killing him won't do you any good. 22:41.920 --> 22:42.920 I love you. 22:42.920 --> 22:43.920 I love you. 22:43.920 --> 22:45.920 I love you. 22:45.920 --> 22:47.920 We could have each other again. 22:47.920 --> 22:48.920 I can get a doctor. 22:48.920 --> 22:49.920 He'll fix this. 22:49.920 --> 22:50.920 And then we can get away together. 22:50.920 --> 22:51.920 You and me. 22:51.920 --> 22:52.920 It's a big world. 22:52.920 --> 22:54.920 They don't catch everybody they're after. 22:54.920 --> 22:57.920 Hear what I'm saying, Eddie. 22:57.920 --> 22:58.920 Forget Dallas, Kenyon. 22:58.920 --> 23:00.920 Forget about killing him. 23:00.920 --> 23:02.920 It's a miracle that you got away, but you are away. 23:02.920 --> 23:03.920 Don't let this destroy you. 23:03.920 --> 23:04.920 This hating him. 23:04.920 --> 23:06.920 There'll be nothing after that. 23:06.920 --> 23:08.920 We have time, darling. 23:08.920 --> 23:13.920 My darling, you and me, we have time. 23:13.920 --> 23:14.920 Baby, come here. 23:14.920 --> 23:18.920 Yes, darling. 23:18.920 --> 23:20.920 You love me. 23:20.920 --> 23:23.920 Wherever you want me to go, Eddie. 23:23.920 --> 23:27.920 You'll go anywhere with me. 23:27.920 --> 23:28.920 Yes, darling, yes. 23:28.920 --> 23:30.920 Here, my car keys. 23:30.920 --> 23:33.920 Drive around the back and I'll pat. 23:33.920 --> 23:35.920 What's wrong? 23:35.920 --> 23:38.920 You want me to leave you alone. 23:38.920 --> 23:41.920 I don't understand. 23:41.920 --> 23:43.920 You want me to leave you alone. 23:43.920 --> 23:45.920 You don't love me. 23:45.920 --> 23:46.920 You still love him. 23:46.920 --> 23:47.920 No, Eddie, no. 23:47.920 --> 23:49.920 I told you I haven't seen him or heard from him since the trial. 23:49.920 --> 23:50.920 Not a word. 23:50.920 --> 23:51.920 You still love him. 23:51.920 --> 23:52.920 You always loved him. 23:52.920 --> 23:54.920 Right now you wanted me out of here so you could call and turn me in. 23:54.920 --> 23:55.920 So you could save him. 23:55.920 --> 23:57.920 You're not going to hurt him. 23:57.920 --> 23:59.920 We got rid of you once. 23:59.920 --> 24:01.920 And we'll get rid of you again. 24:01.920 --> 24:02.920 You and Kenyon. 24:02.920 --> 24:04.920 You and Kenyon. 24:04.920 --> 24:10.920 You and Kenyon. 24:10.920 --> 24:15.920 Eddie. 24:15.920 --> 24:16.920 Hey. 24:16.920 --> 24:18.920 Hey in there. 24:18.920 --> 24:20.920 Hey. 24:20.920 --> 24:22.920 Hey, I. 24:22.920 --> 24:23.920 Oh. 24:23.920 --> 24:25.920 Oh. 24:25.920 --> 24:28.920 Oh. 24:28.920 --> 24:30.920 Help. 24:30.920 --> 24:41.920 Help, police. 24:41.920 --> 24:45.920 I was in the Kenyon home that evening and replied to an urgent call. 24:45.920 --> 24:48.920 I became alarmed when a police cordon was established, 24:48.920 --> 24:51.920 but I never dreamed that it would come to what it did. 24:51.920 --> 24:56.920 Of course, this man Sitko had no way of knowing that I was in the house. 24:56.920 --> 24:59.920 I don't know how he got in without being seen. 24:59.920 --> 25:02.920 I was standing on the top of the landing in front of Mr. Kenyon's room 25:02.920 --> 25:05.920 when I first heard him in the hall below. 25:05.920 --> 25:09.920 He'd entered, I imagine, through the basement. 25:09.920 --> 25:13.920 He looked about to see if anyone would interfere with him. 25:13.920 --> 25:16.920 Then he saw me. 25:16.920 --> 25:18.920 He wounded in several places. 25:18.920 --> 25:21.920 The shoulder, chest, I believe. 25:21.920 --> 25:23.920 His face was extraordinary. 25:23.920 --> 25:26.920 A mask of pure hate. 25:26.920 --> 25:30.920 I stood and watched him as he came up. 25:30.920 --> 25:32.920 You. 25:32.920 --> 25:34.920 Where is he? 25:34.920 --> 25:35.920 Do you mean Mr. Kenyon? 25:35.920 --> 25:37.920 Which room is it? 25:37.920 --> 25:39.920 Come on, move. 25:39.920 --> 25:43.920 This is Mr. Kenyon's room. 25:43.920 --> 25:44.920 Out of my way. 25:44.920 --> 25:47.920 Come on, get out of my way. 25:47.920 --> 25:49.920 The sheet. 25:49.920 --> 25:51.920 What's the sheet covering him up for? 25:51.920 --> 25:53.920 I'm the undertaker. 25:53.920 --> 25:58.920 Mr. Kenyon died of a coronary attack an hour ago. 25:58.920 --> 26:00.920 No! 26:00.920 --> 26:02.920 No! No! 26:08.920 --> 26:11.920 He latched across the room and ripped back the sheet covering the face. 26:11.920 --> 26:15.920 Then he turned and walked out of the room, the gun still in his hand. 26:15.920 --> 26:18.920 The police, meanwhile, had entered the home and seen them, 26:18.920 --> 26:42.920 he again became enraged and began fire. 26:48.920 --> 26:51.920 Suspense. 26:51.920 --> 26:53.920 Presented by Auto Light. 26:53.920 --> 26:59.920 Tonight's star, Mr. Elliot Lewis, will return in just a moment. 26:59.920 --> 27:04.920 Music for Suspense is composed by Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 27:04.920 --> 27:10.920 Concerto for Killer and Eyewitnesses was written for suspense by Arthur L. Morrowick. 27:10.920 --> 27:14.920 The music is composed by Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 27:14.920 --> 27:20.920 The concerto for Killer and Eyewitnesses was written for suspense by Arthur Ross and E. Jack Newman 27:20.920 --> 27:24.920 and produced and transcribed by Elliot Lewis. 27:24.920 --> 27:30.920 In tonight's story, William Conrad was Jesse Crandall, Martha Wentworth was the old woman, 27:30.920 --> 27:34.920 Junius Matthews was the pawnbroker, Sydney Miller was the cab driver, 27:34.920 --> 27:39.920 Gil Stratton, Jr. was the bellhop, Charlotte Lawrence played Kitty Bonnell, 27:39.920 --> 27:42.920 and Jay Novello played the undertaker. 27:42.920 --> 27:46.920 Others in the cast were Byron Cain and Jack Crouchon. 27:46.920 --> 27:54.920 Music 27:54.920 --> 27:57.920 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light. 27:57.920 --> 28:02.920 And here again is the star of tonight's play, concerto for Killer and Eyewitnesses, 28:02.920 --> 28:05.920 the producer-director of Suspense, Elliot Lewis. 28:05.920 --> 28:07.920 Thank you very much, Harlow. 28:07.920 --> 28:12.920 Ladies and gentlemen, we of the Auto Light family hope you enjoyed our show this evening. 28:12.920 --> 28:18.920 This is our last program of the season, but we'll be back on CBS Radio in September. 28:18.920 --> 28:20.920 We hope you'll join us. 28:20.920 --> 28:24.920 And in the meantime, we hope you'll give the Auto Light family an opportunity to be of service to you. 28:24.920 --> 28:26.920 Indeed we do, Elliot. 28:26.920 --> 28:32.920 And friends, you'll find members of the Auto Light family from coast to coast and throughout the world. 28:32.920 --> 28:38.920 Over 8,000 distributors and dealers in the United States and Canada proudly display the Auto Light sign. 28:38.920 --> 28:43.920 To them and to the nearly 30,000 men and women in Auto Light plants throughout the country, 28:43.920 --> 28:48.920 I wish to extend my thanks for a wonderful season on Suspense. 28:48.920 --> 28:49.920 Have a good summer, Harlow. 28:49.920 --> 28:50.920 Thanks, Elliot. 28:50.920 --> 28:54.920 Friends, Suspense will continue on television throughout the summer. 28:54.920 --> 28:59.920 Until we return to CBS Radio in September, here's wishing you a pleasant summer. 28:59.920 --> 29:03.920 And remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 29:03.920 --> 29:30.920 This is the CBS Radio Network. 29:33.920 --> 29:35.920 Thank you.