WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.340 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Paul Douglas in tonight's presentation 00:11.340 --> 00:15.340 of Suspense. 00:15.340 --> 00:23.320 Tonight, Auto Light presents the exciting report of one man's efforts to prevent a 00:23.320 --> 00:25.120 national tragedy. 00:25.120 --> 00:28.980 It is based on fact with only names and places changed. 00:28.980 --> 00:35.520 The story is called Man Alive, our star, Mr. Paul Douglas. 00:35.520 --> 00:38.760 Hello, Harlow. 00:38.760 --> 00:41.520 Hi, Hap. 00:41.520 --> 00:44.800 Boy, you're sure loaded down. 00:44.800 --> 00:46.760 Thanksgiving shopping, Harlow. 00:46.760 --> 00:47.760 Yeah. 00:47.760 --> 00:48.760 Turkey? 00:48.760 --> 00:49.760 Check. 00:49.760 --> 00:50.760 Cranberries? 00:50.760 --> 00:51.760 Check. 00:51.760 --> 00:52.760 Spark plugs? 00:52.760 --> 00:53.760 Check. 00:53.760 --> 00:54.760 What? 00:54.760 --> 00:55.760 Check the spark plugs, Hap. 00:55.760 --> 00:57.160 They always have to be in top shape so that your engine will give you smooth and economical 00:57.160 --> 00:58.240 performance. 00:58.240 --> 01:02.160 And there's no better time than now to have them checked by your nearest auto light spark 01:02.160 --> 01:03.160 plug dealer. 01:03.160 --> 01:06.840 And suppose he finds them as gone as Thursday's turkey, Harlow? 01:06.840 --> 01:11.520 Why, Hap, if they're worn out or wrong for your style of driving, your auto light spark 01:11.520 --> 01:16.220 plug dealer will replace them with a set of world famous ignition engineered auto light 01:16.220 --> 01:18.760 spark plugs, either standard or resistor type. 01:18.760 --> 01:21.360 Sounds like a great idea, Harlow. 01:21.360 --> 01:24.200 Where do I locate my auto light spark plug dealer? 01:24.200 --> 01:29.080 Hap, just phone Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 01:29.080 --> 01:33.280 She'll gladly tell you the location of your nearest auto light spark plug dealer. 01:33.280 --> 01:38.240 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with auto light. 01:38.240 --> 01:46.280 And now, auto light presents Man Alive, starring Mr. Paul Douglas, hoping once again to keep 01:46.280 --> 01:51.600 you in suspense. 01:51.600 --> 01:54.200 You may have seen the name, Man Jackson. 01:54.200 --> 01:58.760 I run a column of saucy chat and unimpeachable rumors in the San Francisco Express under 01:58.760 --> 02:01.280 the heading, what else, Man Overboard. 02:01.280 --> 02:05.440 It's got little paragraphs, you know, man among men, that's the sports section, and 02:05.440 --> 02:06.960 man's best friend, so forth. 02:06.960 --> 02:12.680 Well, beginning today, I've got a new department called Man Alive, just because I'm so lucky 02:12.680 --> 02:16.880 I am. 02:16.880 --> 02:21.000 Last night, I let my secretary off at 5.30 so she could go and do some Christmas shopping, 02:21.000 --> 02:24.360 although I've told her repeatedly that all I want this year is money. 02:24.360 --> 02:29.000 Well, the fog was rolling in off the bay and it was bitter cold as I came out in the street, 02:29.000 --> 02:34.360 so it seemed like the night for a spaghetti dinner and some pleasant Italian hospitality, 02:34.360 --> 02:39.440 down at Mama Caruso's restaurant on the Embarcadero opposite the ferry building. 02:39.440 --> 02:43.480 But Mama Caruso had more than hospitality on her mind when she met me at the door. 02:43.480 --> 02:46.240 Oh, Mr. Jackson, I'm so glad to find you. 02:46.240 --> 02:47.600 I'm just calling your office. 02:47.600 --> 02:49.280 What's the trouble, Mama? 02:49.280 --> 02:50.560 Somebody been stealing ravioli? 02:50.560 --> 02:51.560 Please. 02:51.560 --> 02:52.560 It's my cousin Tony. 02:52.560 --> 02:54.200 They tried to kill him. 02:54.200 --> 02:55.200 Who? 02:55.200 --> 02:56.200 What happened, Mama? 02:56.200 --> 02:57.200 Come on, Mr. Jackson. 02:57.200 --> 02:58.200 I'll make Tony tell you. 02:58.200 --> 03:01.560 He does not feel so good, but he can talk all right. 03:01.560 --> 03:07.240 You gonna see. 03:07.240 --> 03:11.360 She led me to the back of the restaurant, the table where the family generally sits. 03:11.360 --> 03:16.280 The family tonight was a man, small to start with, but even smaller, hunched down in his 03:16.280 --> 03:20.680 chair miserably staring, unseeing into a glass of wine. 03:20.680 --> 03:23.680 On the table in front of him was a battered old concertina. 03:23.680 --> 03:26.880 The top of his head was swabbed in a clean new bandage. 03:26.880 --> 03:28.360 Sit down, Mr. Jackson. 03:28.360 --> 03:30.360 Go on, sit down. 03:30.360 --> 03:32.360 This is my cousin, Tony Colucci. 03:32.360 --> 03:35.400 Tony, this is my good friend, Mr. Man Jackson. 03:35.400 --> 03:36.400 Hello, Tony. 03:36.400 --> 03:37.400 Hello. 03:37.400 --> 03:38.400 Go on, Tony. 03:38.400 --> 03:41.880 You tell him, Mr. Jackson, what's happened on you. 03:41.880 --> 03:44.680 Well, I'm on the boat. 03:44.680 --> 03:46.000 Yeah, what boat? 03:46.000 --> 03:48.640 The ferry boat, Oakland ferry boat. 03:48.640 --> 03:51.000 Don't you never hear my music on the boat? 03:51.000 --> 03:53.400 You play the concertina on the ferry ride. 03:53.400 --> 03:55.400 Sure, no more. 03:55.400 --> 03:57.000 Tonight they tried to kill me. 03:57.000 --> 03:59.560 Well, you play pretty well, don't you, Tony? 03:59.560 --> 04:00.560 I play perfect. 04:00.560 --> 04:01.560 What's the matter? 04:01.560 --> 04:04.960 Some people don't like it, I guess. 04:04.960 --> 04:07.360 Tonight on the six o'clock boat. 04:07.360 --> 04:09.920 Oh, boy. 04:09.920 --> 04:11.800 Tonight on the six o'clock boat what? 04:11.800 --> 04:16.800 Well, I play inside the first by the sandwich place and everybody say, oh, boy, Tony, you're 04:16.800 --> 04:19.120 good, you play good, play some more. 04:19.120 --> 04:22.880 Ten cents a year, five cents, two quarters even. 04:22.880 --> 04:24.880 Then I go up the stairs. 04:24.880 --> 04:26.880 Oh, boy. 04:26.880 --> 04:27.880 Oh, boy. 04:27.880 --> 04:28.880 And? 04:28.880 --> 04:29.880 Then I go out on a deck. 04:29.880 --> 04:34.040 It's very misty and foggy, so black, I can't see nothing. 04:34.040 --> 04:35.040 I'm very happy. 04:35.040 --> 04:37.200 I feel like I could play some more. 04:37.200 --> 04:41.360 So I walk way back and open down the deck and I make a music. 04:41.360 --> 04:45.720 Then all of a sudden I hear somebody say something to me. 04:45.720 --> 04:47.240 I can't see nobody. 04:47.240 --> 04:48.240 I hear him. 04:48.240 --> 04:50.800 And what do you think he said to me? 04:50.800 --> 04:51.960 Bravo, Tony. 04:51.960 --> 04:53.240 I have no idea. 04:53.240 --> 04:54.240 What did he say? 04:54.240 --> 04:55.240 Yeah. 04:55.240 --> 04:56.240 What? 04:56.240 --> 04:58.240 He say, Cospadour. 04:58.240 --> 05:01.240 Cospadour, as in bar rooms? 05:01.240 --> 05:02.240 Cospadour. 05:02.240 --> 05:03.240 Well. 05:03.240 --> 05:06.120 So I say back on top of him, Cospadour. 05:06.120 --> 05:07.720 I still can't see nobody. 05:07.720 --> 05:11.560 So then I hear him say, is that you play Boris? 05:11.560 --> 05:12.560 So I get mad. 05:12.560 --> 05:14.040 I say, no, I don't play Boris. 05:14.040 --> 05:18.320 I play Pagliacci, butterfly, Tlatosca, Povatore. 05:18.320 --> 05:20.320 My don't play Boris. 05:20.320 --> 05:21.800 That's a foreign stuff. 05:21.800 --> 05:22.800 Yeah, I see. 05:22.800 --> 05:23.800 Then? 05:23.800 --> 05:24.800 Then I'm sorry I say that. 05:24.800 --> 05:28.400 But because of this fellow, he sounds like he's a foreigner. 05:28.400 --> 05:31.280 So I'm just going to say, look, mister. 05:31.280 --> 05:32.280 And oh, boy. 05:32.280 --> 05:33.280 Yeah, what, Tony? 05:33.280 --> 05:34.280 What? 05:34.280 --> 05:35.280 Patron! 05:35.280 --> 05:37.280 I get a hit on the head. 05:37.280 --> 05:38.280 I fall down. 05:38.280 --> 05:39.280 I'm bleeding. 05:39.280 --> 05:40.280 I drop my concertina. 05:40.280 --> 05:43.280 My head got a big hole on the top. 05:43.280 --> 05:44.920 I let out a big yell. 05:44.920 --> 05:46.920 Then I black out. 05:46.920 --> 05:49.120 Oh, boy. 05:49.120 --> 05:50.120 People come running around. 05:50.120 --> 05:51.120 And good luck. 05:51.120 --> 05:52.760 There's a doctor on board. 05:52.760 --> 05:55.960 They carry me down the stairs and he fix me up. 05:55.960 --> 05:58.080 Otherwise, I'm going to die for sure. 05:58.080 --> 05:59.080 Yeah, yeah. 05:59.080 --> 06:00.080 And you never saw the guy? 06:00.080 --> 06:01.560 No, I never saw him. 06:01.560 --> 06:02.800 Well, what did it feel like? 06:02.800 --> 06:04.280 I mean, what did he hit you with? 06:04.280 --> 06:07.200 Well, it felt just like a baseball bat. 06:07.200 --> 06:08.960 But the doctor, he said that... 06:08.960 --> 06:09.960 Oh, look, look. 06:09.960 --> 06:10.960 He said the doctor now. 06:10.960 --> 06:11.960 He just come in. 06:11.960 --> 06:12.960 Hey, doctor! 06:12.960 --> 06:19.920 The doctor looked in our direction when Tony called and strode over to the table. 06:19.920 --> 06:24.760 A big six foot three blonde guy in the Joe McCrae Gary Cooper tradition. 06:24.760 --> 06:26.120 You had to like him right away. 06:26.120 --> 06:30.440 No bedside manner to this doctor, although he could have had as much of it as he liked, 06:30.440 --> 06:32.280 but he was all business and no kidding. 06:32.280 --> 06:34.160 But I told you to go to bed and stay there. 06:34.160 --> 06:35.160 Well, Doc, I just... 06:35.160 --> 06:36.160 You may have a concussion. 06:36.160 --> 06:38.720 I'll be back in an hour and then we'll take some x-rays. 06:38.720 --> 06:40.320 My name is Man Jackson, doctor. 06:40.320 --> 06:41.880 I'm a friend of the family. 06:41.880 --> 06:43.360 Ames, Dr. Oscar Ames. 06:43.360 --> 06:44.360 How are you? 06:44.360 --> 06:45.360 Dr. Ames. 06:45.360 --> 06:47.560 Mr. Can I get you something to eat? 06:47.560 --> 06:48.560 No, thanks. 06:48.560 --> 06:49.560 Smells wonderful, but I haven't time. 06:49.560 --> 06:51.600 I'll have a cup of coffee, maybe. 06:51.600 --> 06:52.600 Sure. 06:52.600 --> 06:53.600 Mr. Jackson? 06:53.600 --> 06:54.600 Yes, please, mama. 06:54.600 --> 06:57.760 Doctor, you want me to make Tony go to bed? 06:57.760 --> 06:58.760 Go on now, Tony. 06:58.760 --> 06:59.760 You lie down. 06:59.760 --> 07:00.760 I'll be back and we'll check you over. 07:00.760 --> 07:01.760 Get some rest in the meantime. 07:01.760 --> 07:02.760 But all right, ma'am. 07:02.760 --> 07:03.760 I'm Dr. Ames. 07:03.760 --> 07:04.760 I don't know. 07:04.760 --> 07:05.760 X-rays and the whole thing. 07:05.760 --> 07:06.760 How am I going to pay you? 07:06.760 --> 07:08.400 Never mind that. 07:08.400 --> 07:11.560 That's why we charge our knob-hill patients a little extra. 07:11.560 --> 07:14.080 So we're able to do something like this once in a while. 07:14.080 --> 07:16.040 This will be on me, Tony. 07:16.040 --> 07:19.040 You're a good kind man, doctor. 07:19.040 --> 07:20.040 I don't know what to say. 07:20.040 --> 07:21.760 Look, you go on and lie down, Tony. 07:21.760 --> 07:23.360 You're embarrassing the doctor. 07:23.360 --> 07:24.360 Okay, okay. 07:24.360 --> 07:27.320 It's a screwy thing, this one, isn't it, doctor? 07:27.320 --> 07:28.320 Sure is. 07:28.320 --> 07:29.320 Here's your coffee, gentlemen. 07:29.320 --> 07:30.320 Oh, thanks. 07:30.320 --> 07:31.320 Thank you, mama. 07:31.320 --> 07:32.320 Yeah, sure is. 07:32.320 --> 07:36.560 I'm a cyber maniac, it looks like, Mr. Jackson. 07:36.560 --> 07:39.720 Man Jackson, are you the columnist, man overboard? 07:39.720 --> 07:40.720 That's right. 07:40.720 --> 07:42.120 Well, I read you all the time. 07:42.120 --> 07:44.640 Amusing, intelligent, and you've got a heart. 07:44.640 --> 07:47.160 Isn't that a little unusual for a columnist? 07:47.160 --> 07:48.160 Well... 07:48.160 --> 07:50.280 Say, what is all this tonight down here? 07:50.280 --> 07:51.280 Newspaper men, police? 07:51.280 --> 07:52.280 Police? 07:52.280 --> 07:53.280 How do you mean police? 07:53.280 --> 07:55.280 Well, I think they were police. 07:55.280 --> 07:57.440 Five or six plain clothes guys. 07:57.440 --> 08:00.720 They were waiting here on the side when the ferry pulled into the slip. 08:00.720 --> 08:02.240 They're still there holding the boat. 08:02.240 --> 08:03.240 I just left them. 08:03.240 --> 08:04.240 What were they doing? 08:04.240 --> 08:07.840 Oh, they're talking to all the passengers as they come off. 08:07.840 --> 08:09.560 Asked us for identification. 08:09.560 --> 08:12.080 They took one passenger away with them. 08:12.080 --> 08:13.080 Huh? 08:13.080 --> 08:17.160 Red-haired girl, carrying a package, paper parcel. 08:17.160 --> 08:20.400 What did they think about Tony's little experience, getting knocked on the head? 08:20.400 --> 08:22.680 Oh, they were mighty interested, naturally. 08:22.680 --> 08:25.920 Especially when I told them how I thought the wound had been inflicted. 08:25.920 --> 08:26.920 Which was? 08:26.920 --> 08:27.920 Gunbutt. 08:27.920 --> 08:28.920 Gunbutt, eh? 08:28.920 --> 08:29.920 Well... 08:29.920 --> 08:30.920 I'd say so. 08:30.920 --> 08:32.440 Hey, I gotta go. 08:32.440 --> 08:34.520 Take that dreary ride again. 08:34.520 --> 08:35.520 What, the ferry? 08:35.520 --> 08:36.960 Yeah, I've got a patient over in Oakland. 08:36.960 --> 08:39.360 Had to come back over here to pick up some serum. 08:39.360 --> 08:42.080 Well, nice to have seen you, Jackson. 08:42.080 --> 08:43.800 Tell what's his name, uh, Tony... 08:43.800 --> 08:44.800 Oh, wait a minute, Doc. 08:44.800 --> 08:45.800 I've got nothing to do. 08:45.800 --> 08:54.000 I'll ride over with you. 08:54.000 --> 08:56.480 We crossed the street, went into the ferry building. 08:56.480 --> 09:00.080 Everything was normal enough in the main waiting room where I stopped to buy cigarettes 09:00.080 --> 09:01.480 and a pocket flashlight. 09:01.480 --> 09:05.760 But outside on the dock where the Oakland boat was waiting to take off, there were a number 09:05.760 --> 09:10.360 of extra characters whom you wouldn't think would have chosen a dismal, chilly night like 09:10.360 --> 09:12.800 this for waterfront lounging. 09:12.800 --> 09:18.080 There wasn't anybody I knew, and in any gathering of plainclothesmen, local variety, I generally 09:18.080 --> 09:19.760 spot one or two familiar faces. 09:19.760 --> 09:24.600 But Dr. Ames and I got aboard, followed by three of these gentlemen. 09:24.600 --> 09:29.200 The broadest one, who was built for endurance, exchanged pleasantries with us as the boat 09:29.200 --> 09:30.800 moved out into the water. 09:30.800 --> 09:32.840 Hello, Dr. Ames. 09:32.840 --> 09:37.840 I say you didn't miss a boat, like he'll say. 09:37.840 --> 09:38.840 No. 09:38.840 --> 09:42.080 Oh, you're one of the fellows I talked to before when we landed. 09:42.080 --> 09:43.440 That's right. 09:43.440 --> 09:45.240 I don't think I got your name. 09:45.240 --> 09:46.240 Connelly. 09:46.240 --> 09:48.240 Uh, this is Mr. Jackson. 09:48.240 --> 09:49.240 Yeah? 09:49.240 --> 09:52.000 Would that be Lieutenant Connelly or Sergeant maybe? 09:52.000 --> 09:53.760 Just Connelly, no special title. 09:53.760 --> 09:56.440 How's the little fellow doing, Dr. Colucci? 09:56.440 --> 09:58.480 Tony, he's under care. 09:58.480 --> 10:00.560 He, uh, talk anymore? 10:00.560 --> 10:03.120 Say anything interesting? 10:03.120 --> 10:04.520 I didn't talk to him. 10:04.520 --> 10:06.520 Mr. Jackson here did. 10:06.520 --> 10:07.520 Oh? 10:07.520 --> 10:08.520 Really? 10:08.520 --> 10:09.520 Really. 10:09.520 --> 10:10.520 What'd he have to say? 10:10.520 --> 10:13.040 Well, uh, you see, I'm an old friend of his family. 10:13.040 --> 10:16.760 What he told me was in confidence, and I'd really have to know a little more about who 10:16.760 --> 10:18.960 I'm telling his secrets to. 10:18.960 --> 10:19.960 I see. 10:19.960 --> 10:22.960 Jackson, your name is? 10:22.960 --> 10:23.960 Still is. 10:23.960 --> 10:26.960 Nice to meet you, Ghost Buddy. 10:26.960 --> 10:27.960 Ghost Buddy? 10:27.960 --> 10:30.600 It means nothing to you. 10:30.600 --> 10:31.600 It might. 10:31.600 --> 10:32.960 Yeah, it might. 10:32.960 --> 10:35.320 Ghost Budean sounds like another word. 10:35.320 --> 10:37.560 Somebody might think you said Cuspidore. 10:37.560 --> 10:40.560 That's very funny. 10:40.560 --> 10:43.240 Are you going to stay out here on deck? 10:43.240 --> 10:45.000 Well, we haven't made up our minds. 10:45.000 --> 10:46.000 Is that okay? 10:46.000 --> 10:48.200 I ought to go inside, have a little coffee at the snack bar. 10:48.200 --> 10:49.200 Comfortable. 10:49.200 --> 10:50.200 Rides over before you know it. 10:50.200 --> 10:53.200 Out here, it's foggy, wet, and miserable. 10:53.200 --> 10:55.640 Well, I'm going in. 10:55.640 --> 10:56.640 I'll see you later. 10:56.640 --> 10:59.240 Bye-bye, Doc. 10:59.240 --> 11:02.160 Well, maybe he's right. 11:02.160 --> 11:07.560 Although I must say he's not my favorite man in the world, that Mr. Conley. 11:07.560 --> 11:09.320 It is strictly pneumonia weather out here on deck. 11:09.320 --> 11:10.320 Shall we go in? 11:10.320 --> 11:11.320 Not just yet for me. 11:11.320 --> 11:13.720 I think I'll stretch my legs a little. 11:13.720 --> 11:16.880 Dr. Ames, where was it that Tony got conked? 11:16.880 --> 11:19.720 On the upper deck, I know, but which side? 11:19.720 --> 11:23.780 We've turned around now, starboard. 11:23.780 --> 11:25.800 Just about directly above where we're standing. 11:25.800 --> 11:26.800 Yes, right about... 11:26.800 --> 11:28.800 Doc, Doc, don't point. 11:28.800 --> 11:31.880 Our friend Conley and his boys are on their way out to see us again. 11:31.880 --> 11:33.600 No, they went back in. 11:33.600 --> 11:35.720 You think they're as mysterious as they seem? 11:35.720 --> 11:37.040 Oh, definitely that. 11:37.040 --> 11:40.880 You know what made them turn back just now, decide it wasn't necessary to check whether 11:40.880 --> 11:41.880 we were still here? 11:41.880 --> 11:42.880 No, what? 11:42.880 --> 11:43.880 Our cigarettes. 11:43.880 --> 11:45.960 They can't make us out here. 11:45.960 --> 11:49.400 It's too dark, but they can see two lighted cigarettes. 11:49.400 --> 11:51.680 I'd like to get up there on that upper deck. 11:51.680 --> 11:53.400 Looking for tomorrow's column, huh? 11:53.400 --> 11:56.680 You want to get up there and know around where Tony was, is that it? 11:56.680 --> 11:58.480 Well, that's the idea, but those mugs in there... 11:58.480 --> 11:59.480 I've got it. 11:59.480 --> 12:01.560 Hand me your cigarette. 12:01.560 --> 12:03.280 I'll smoke them both a yard apart. 12:03.280 --> 12:05.880 When they check, we'll both still be here. 12:05.880 --> 12:07.520 Masterful thinking, Oscar. 12:07.520 --> 12:08.520 Go ahead. 12:08.520 --> 12:16.720 I'll be here. 12:16.720 --> 12:19.520 So I tried the slippery stairs to the upper deck. 12:19.520 --> 12:21.080 The fog was as wet as rain. 12:21.080 --> 12:24.560 I couldn't see any more than inches ahead of me with my flashlight. 12:24.560 --> 12:28.400 I stopped about a midships and looked down over the rail. 12:28.400 --> 12:33.760 Dr. Oscar Ames and his two cigarettes, tiny red dots of light were almost directly beneath 12:33.760 --> 12:34.760 me. 12:34.760 --> 12:39.200 I turned back from the rail and my foot squashed into something that sounded like an egg shell. 12:39.200 --> 12:40.440 I bent and picked it up. 12:40.440 --> 12:45.120 It was a mother of pearl ornament like the ones Tony's concertina were covered with. 12:45.120 --> 12:48.040 A sudden noise over my head made me shoot my light up. 12:48.040 --> 12:51.480 A piece of canvas had suddenly ripped loose from the top of the lifeboat. 12:51.480 --> 12:54.320 Well, I got up there somehow and looked. 12:54.320 --> 12:58.760 The canvas had been ripped open with a knife, a hole large enough for a man's body to get 12:58.760 --> 12:59.760 through. 12:59.760 --> 13:02.280 And that's what was in there. 13:02.280 --> 13:05.440 A man's body. 13:05.440 --> 13:06.880 He'd been stabbed in the neck. 13:06.880 --> 13:10.640 This was the man who had slugged Tony, or so it seemed, because the gun was still clenched 13:10.640 --> 13:12.440 in his right hand, the barrel reversed. 13:12.440 --> 13:15.840 Well, my flash caught a speck of something white in one of his shoes. 13:15.840 --> 13:18.880 It was a bit of paper with two typewritten lines on it. 13:18.880 --> 13:23.320 I let myself down to the deck and prepared to read the note, and that's when my flashlight 13:23.320 --> 13:24.480 went dead. 13:24.480 --> 13:29.880 I groped about until I found a faint ghostly glimmer of light overhead, out over the edge 13:29.880 --> 13:32.200 of the ship on the outside rail. 13:32.200 --> 13:35.800 I climbed over, steadied myself, and lit a couple of matches. 13:35.800 --> 13:43.960 It said International Postcard Shop, Geary Street, SF, reading card for Boris. 13:43.960 --> 13:48.720 I put the bit of paper in my pocket and turned to climb back over the rail, and then something 13:48.720 --> 13:49.720 came at me from the back. 13:49.720 --> 14:04.720 It caught me full in the center of the board, and I fell crashing over the side. 14:04.720 --> 14:09.000 They tell you a lot about what you remember when you're going down for the third time. 14:09.000 --> 14:10.560 You know what I remembered? 14:10.560 --> 14:28.200 I remembered that Gospodin is Russian for comrade. 14:28.200 --> 14:34.640 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Paul Douglas in Man Alive, tonight's presentation in radio's 14:34.640 --> 14:48.080 outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 14:48.080 --> 14:50.000 Well Hap, let's talk turkey. 14:50.000 --> 14:52.600 Okay Harlow, gobble away. 14:52.600 --> 14:57.460 Well I say give the bird two worn out spark plugs and replace them with a set of ignition 14:57.460 --> 15:02.400 engineered auto light spark plugs, like the amazing auto light resistor spark plug for 15:02.400 --> 15:03.400 example. 15:03.400 --> 15:05.640 You're really crow about that Harlow. 15:05.640 --> 15:10.320 Yes sir Hap, because the auto light resistor spark plug is the greatest advancement in 15:10.320 --> 15:14.240 spark plugs for automotive use in the past 20 years. 15:14.240 --> 15:19.360 You see, the auto light resistor spark plug has something extra, and that's the exclusive 15:19.360 --> 15:23.320 auto light built in 10,000 ohm resistor. 15:23.320 --> 15:27.960 Because of this exclusive extra, auto light resistor spark plugs give you such outstanding 15:27.960 --> 15:34.120 advantages as smoother engine performance, quick starts and double life under equal service 15:34.120 --> 15:35.560 conditions. 15:35.560 --> 15:40.800 And the auto light resistor spark plug is only one of a complete line of ignition engineered 15:40.800 --> 15:43.640 auto light spark plugs for every use. 15:43.640 --> 15:46.600 So see your auto light spark plug dealer soon. 15:46.600 --> 15:52.320 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with auto light. 15:52.320 --> 15:58.920 And now auto light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, Mr. Paul Douglas in Elliot Lewis's 15:58.920 --> 16:14.400 production of Man Alive, a dramatic report well calculated to keep you in suspense. 16:14.400 --> 16:20.320 I found myself mechanically keeping afloat somehow and trying to get out of my overcoat. 16:20.320 --> 16:24.560 From out of the misty blanket, from every direction and a dozen different keys, from 16:24.560 --> 16:27.440 near and far, foghorn sounded. 16:27.440 --> 16:30.560 I floated on my back trying to figure where I was. 16:30.560 --> 16:34.440 I was somewhere in San Francisco Bay, and that was all I knew. 16:34.440 --> 16:39.440 The water was chilling me, and I turned over and began swimming, just hard enough to keep 16:39.440 --> 16:40.880 the blood circulating. 16:40.880 --> 16:44.720 The lights of a boat came into sight suddenly, and I threw back my head and yelled, but the 16:44.720 --> 16:50.440 horn crying its warning drowned me out, and the boat went on and the fog closed in behind 16:50.440 --> 16:51.440 me. 16:51.440 --> 16:59.040 And then I found myself full of a strange, wonderful weariness. 16:59.040 --> 17:01.320 The water wasn't cold anymore. 17:01.320 --> 17:04.640 I was warm, with a comfortable, soothing numbness. 17:04.640 --> 17:05.960 My head stopped throbbing. 17:05.960 --> 17:08.120 There was no feeling at all in it now. 17:08.120 --> 17:10.600 There was nothing, nothing anywhere. 17:10.600 --> 17:15.040 And then some lights came into my eyes, and I wanted to stay in the dark, and I turned 17:15.040 --> 17:23.640 my face down into the embrace of the water. 17:23.640 --> 17:25.920 And then I wasn't where you'd expect at all. 17:25.920 --> 17:28.440 I was lying on a baggage truck that was moving. 17:28.440 --> 17:31.920 People were crowding around, walking beside the truck, staring at me. 17:31.920 --> 17:35.200 The guy in uniform, wheeling me, noticed I had opened my eyes. 17:35.200 --> 17:36.600 Well, hello, pal. 17:36.600 --> 17:38.080 Welcome back to the United States. 17:38.080 --> 17:39.080 Well, hello. 17:39.080 --> 17:40.480 What part of the United States? 17:40.480 --> 17:42.800 It's landing in Sausalita, a lace hill. 17:42.800 --> 17:44.160 We're taking you over to the hospital. 17:44.160 --> 17:45.160 Sausalita? 17:45.160 --> 17:47.640 How long before that boat goes back to San Francisco? 17:47.640 --> 17:48.640 It leaves right away. 17:48.640 --> 17:49.640 Well, I'm going with it. 17:49.640 --> 17:50.640 Hey, wait there. 17:50.640 --> 17:51.640 You ain't in no condition. 17:51.640 --> 17:52.640 Thanks. 17:52.640 --> 17:53.640 I'll be okay. 17:53.640 --> 18:03.280 Half an hour later, shivering and shaking in my wet clothes and keeping my mouth clamped 18:03.280 --> 18:08.000 tight so my teeth wouldn't sound like a dice game, I climbed into a taxi at the ferry building 18:08.000 --> 18:09.520 and went to my apartment. 18:09.520 --> 18:14.960 There, I swallowed a half a pint of whiskey, rubbed myself with a coarse towel until my 18:14.960 --> 18:16.400 skin was sore. 18:16.400 --> 18:19.880 Then I looked in the pocket of the soggy suit I'd hung up to dry. 18:19.880 --> 18:21.240 It was still there. 18:21.240 --> 18:25.680 The piece of paper from the dead man's shoes, damp but legible. 18:25.680 --> 18:31.280 International postcard shop, Geary Street, SF, greeting card for Boris. 18:31.280 --> 18:37.880 I got up to put on a dry suit and then I changed my mind and put the wet one back on. 18:37.880 --> 18:39.760 Good evening. 18:39.760 --> 18:41.840 Good evening. 18:41.840 --> 18:50.760 Are you the proprietor here? 18:50.760 --> 18:51.760 That's right, sir. 18:51.760 --> 18:53.440 Six years at the same location. 18:53.440 --> 18:54.440 You... 18:54.440 --> 18:55.440 Oh, my goodness. 18:55.440 --> 18:56.760 Is it raining out? 18:56.760 --> 18:57.760 You really got... 18:57.760 --> 19:00.240 Dousing, yes, I did. 19:00.240 --> 19:01.560 Nice collection of postcards. 19:01.560 --> 19:05.520 From all over, South America, every place. 19:05.520 --> 19:09.320 I bribed myself on having the most complete possible selection. 19:09.320 --> 19:11.560 Was there something you had especially in mind? 19:11.560 --> 19:13.600 Yes, there was. 19:13.600 --> 19:16.480 I'm looking for a greeting card for Boris. 19:16.480 --> 19:17.480 You... 19:17.480 --> 19:20.040 What's the matter? 19:20.040 --> 19:21.520 Didn't you hear me? 19:21.520 --> 19:22.520 Yes. 19:22.520 --> 19:24.120 Didn't you understand then? 19:24.120 --> 19:25.120 Well... 19:25.120 --> 19:26.120 Well what? 19:26.120 --> 19:31.120 It's only that I didn't exactly expect somebody like you. 19:31.120 --> 19:32.120 What did you expect? 19:32.120 --> 19:36.880 Somebody slinking around in a false mustache, wearing dark glasses and an invinous cape? 19:36.880 --> 19:40.600 You know, your type of thinking. 19:40.600 --> 19:44.760 You may not be the right man for this job, Gospedin. 19:44.760 --> 19:47.440 Oh, now wait, please, Mr. Lubov. 19:47.440 --> 19:48.600 I thought you were dead. 19:48.600 --> 19:49.600 You drowned. 19:49.600 --> 19:51.160 Yeah, yeah, who told you that? 19:51.160 --> 19:52.160 Well, you know. 19:52.160 --> 19:54.160 Yes, well, I didn't drown. 19:54.160 --> 19:55.880 I jumped in the water when I heard him coming. 19:55.880 --> 19:57.880 You can still see how wet I am. 19:57.880 --> 19:59.480 Of course. 19:59.480 --> 20:00.480 So you escaped. 20:00.480 --> 20:01.480 Easily. 20:01.480 --> 20:02.480 Well, enough talk. 20:02.480 --> 20:03.480 Hand it over. 20:03.480 --> 20:05.160 The greeting card for Boris. 20:05.160 --> 20:06.160 Very well. 20:06.160 --> 20:07.160 Let's see. 20:07.160 --> 20:10.840 That's San Francisco, of course. 20:10.840 --> 20:14.880 He turned and reached his hand down under the counter and came up with a box marked special. 20:14.880 --> 20:17.520 From this, he extracted something and handed it to me. 20:17.520 --> 20:21.520 I took it with a knowing expression on my face, but I didn't know from nothing as to 20:21.520 --> 20:22.520 what it meant. 20:22.520 --> 20:24.680 All it was was an ordinary postcard. 20:24.680 --> 20:25.680 That's all. 20:25.680 --> 20:28.720 A picture postcard showing the Golden Gate Bridge. 20:28.720 --> 20:38.920 Beneath it, the caption, Wonder Cities of the World, number 251235679, San Francisco. 20:38.920 --> 20:39.920 Nothing else. 20:39.920 --> 20:42.480 I'm afraid my mouth was open. 20:42.480 --> 20:43.480 What's the matter? 20:43.480 --> 20:44.480 Matter? 20:44.480 --> 20:46.240 Don't you know how to read the name? 20:46.240 --> 20:48.440 It's so difficult, of course. 20:48.440 --> 20:49.440 Idiots. 20:49.440 --> 20:50.440 Certainly I know how. 20:50.440 --> 20:52.760 I was just admiring the work. 20:52.760 --> 20:53.760 That's all. 20:53.760 --> 20:56.560 Oh, it is excellent, isn't it? 20:56.560 --> 20:57.560 You better go now. 20:57.560 --> 20:58.760 We've been here an awfully long time. 20:58.760 --> 20:59.760 We don't want... 20:59.760 --> 21:00.760 No, of course we don't. 21:00.760 --> 21:03.760 I'll go, Gospedin. 21:03.760 --> 21:07.440 Gospedin, I'm sorry to have been overly cautious. 21:07.440 --> 21:10.360 There is no such thing as over-caution. 21:10.360 --> 21:11.840 Oh, thank you. 21:11.840 --> 21:12.840 You were so... 21:12.840 --> 21:16.000 Well, you seem like an American. 21:16.000 --> 21:21.640 So do you. 21:21.640 --> 21:25.920 I strode out into the street, clutching my postcard, but I shoved it inside my sleeve 21:25.920 --> 21:31.000 a moment later because who I saw standing under the misty glimmer of a streetlight waiting 21:31.000 --> 21:36.120 for me was my heavyset mysterious friend from the ferryboat, Connelly. 21:36.120 --> 21:40.520 I turned my head around and glanced down the other end of the block behind me. 21:40.520 --> 21:42.920 The other two guys were there, sure enough. 21:42.920 --> 21:48.180 They advanced slowly toward me with their hands raised, palms out, as if they were showing 21:48.180 --> 21:50.480 me they weren't carrying guns. 21:50.480 --> 21:51.480 I waited. 21:51.480 --> 21:52.480 Then all of a sudden Connelly rushed me. 21:52.480 --> 21:56.680 I caught him on the chin and he went down clattering into an ash can. 21:56.680 --> 21:59.800 The other two boys grabbed me and held my arms behind me. 21:59.800 --> 22:01.920 Connelly got up rubbing his face. 22:01.920 --> 22:04.200 I waited to get murdered. 22:04.200 --> 22:05.200 But no. 22:05.200 --> 22:08.200 All right, Joe Lewis. 22:08.200 --> 22:16.120 Bring him along. 22:16.120 --> 22:17.120 And so they did. 22:17.120 --> 22:18.400 We didn't go far. 22:18.400 --> 22:22.400 Just around the corner to a little hamburger place that had a sign in the door saying, 22:22.400 --> 22:25.560 closed, although there were lights inside. 22:25.560 --> 22:28.880 Connelly knocked on the door and a fellow with an apron came and opened it and locked 22:28.880 --> 22:30.640 it after us. 22:30.640 --> 22:34.160 Connelly gave them a nod and we sat down at the table while he brought us coffee. 22:34.160 --> 22:35.920 Well, Jackson, we've checked on you. 22:35.920 --> 22:36.920 You seem to be OK. 22:36.920 --> 22:39.440 You stand in good with the department, friend. 22:39.440 --> 22:43.320 What department would that be, friend? 22:43.320 --> 22:44.320 This department. 22:44.320 --> 22:45.320 Government? 22:45.320 --> 22:46.320 Oh. 22:46.320 --> 22:47.320 Maybe you can help. 22:47.320 --> 22:51.520 Anyhow, we don't want you going around making a noise and messing it up for us. 22:51.520 --> 22:52.920 So here it is. 22:52.920 --> 22:53.920 I'm all ears. 22:53.920 --> 22:56.800 Ever hear of a man called Boris Kargamensky? 22:56.800 --> 22:57.800 No. 22:57.800 --> 23:01.280 Not many people have, even in Russia. 23:01.280 --> 23:03.760 Boris Kargamensky is the top Soviet agent of America. 23:03.760 --> 23:04.760 He's the head man. 23:04.760 --> 23:06.800 He organizes and runs everything for him here. 23:06.800 --> 23:07.800 I see. 23:07.800 --> 23:10.520 Now, he came to this country seven years ago and vanished. 23:10.520 --> 23:12.600 We've been trying to find him ever since. 23:12.600 --> 23:13.600 False passport, of course. 23:13.600 --> 23:14.600 That didn't help. 23:14.600 --> 23:16.640 There's nothing anywhere on Kargamensky. 23:16.640 --> 23:18.080 No pictures, even in Russia. 23:18.080 --> 23:19.160 No fingerprints, nothing. 23:19.160 --> 23:21.040 Every lead we had, dead end. 23:21.040 --> 23:22.960 And then last week... 23:22.960 --> 23:24.880 Well, go ahead, drink your coffee. 23:24.880 --> 23:25.880 No, no, it's all right. 23:25.880 --> 23:26.880 I'm too interested. 23:26.880 --> 23:30.520 Last week we heard that another agent, an important little guy named Lyubov, was on 23:30.520 --> 23:34.360 his way to San Francisco and that he would definitely have to contact the big gun, something 23:34.360 --> 23:38.560 to do with the Chinese war business that only Kargamensky is big enough to handle. 23:38.560 --> 23:43.680 Well, our man tailed Lyubov all the way out here and then lost him at the Oakland ferry. 23:43.680 --> 23:45.480 That didn't bother us very much. 23:45.480 --> 23:47.320 He called us and we were waiting on this end. 23:47.320 --> 23:50.600 But in pulls the ferry and no Lyubov. 23:50.600 --> 23:53.440 Lyubov was the dead man in the lifeboat. 23:53.440 --> 23:54.440 That's right. 23:54.440 --> 23:56.120 He must have been up there waiting to be contacted. 23:56.120 --> 24:00.160 Then he heard Tony and his concertina, thought that this might be it. 24:00.160 --> 24:03.520 Then when he realized he'd made a mistake and uncovered himself, he conked Tony on 24:03.520 --> 24:04.520 the head. 24:04.520 --> 24:05.520 Right. 24:05.520 --> 24:08.560 And his Soviet contact got scared and stabbed Lyubov. 24:08.560 --> 24:10.840 So now we're back where we started. 24:10.840 --> 24:12.560 Every passenger on the ferry was OK. 24:12.560 --> 24:15.000 What's that you're looking at? 24:15.000 --> 24:16.480 A picture postcard. 24:16.480 --> 24:22.640 I found a message on Lyubov about the international postcard shop and a greeting for, hey, a greeting 24:22.640 --> 24:24.600 for Boris, Boris Kargamensky. 24:24.600 --> 24:25.600 Let me see that. 24:25.600 --> 24:28.160 I bulldozed the guy into the shop into letting me have it. 24:28.160 --> 24:29.960 It looks like nothing, just a picture. 24:29.960 --> 24:31.840 But he said I could read the name. 24:31.840 --> 24:32.840 Golden Gate. 24:32.840 --> 24:34.200 Now, give me it. 24:34.200 --> 24:36.640 Give me these numbers. 24:36.640 --> 24:43.480 Wonder cities of the world, number two, five, one, two, three, five, six, seven, nine. 24:43.480 --> 24:44.480 Wait a minute. 24:44.480 --> 24:45.480 What? 24:45.480 --> 24:46.480 What's the guy's name? 24:46.480 --> 24:47.480 Boris. 24:47.480 --> 24:48.480 B-O-R-I-S. 24:48.480 --> 24:49.480 Leave a space. 24:49.480 --> 24:50.480 K-A-R-G-A-M-E-N-S-K-Y. 24:50.480 --> 24:51.480 Now, put numbers. 24:51.480 --> 24:52.480 Wait a minute. 24:52.480 --> 24:53.480 Now, the top number's nine. 24:53.480 --> 24:54.480 All right. 24:54.480 --> 24:55.480 Now, put one, two, three, four, five over Boris. 24:55.480 --> 24:56.480 Yeah. 24:56.480 --> 24:57.480 And start again. 24:57.480 --> 24:58.480 One, two, three, up to nine over Kargamensky. 24:58.480 --> 24:59.480 Uh-huh. 24:59.480 --> 25:00.480 Nine. 25:00.480 --> 25:01.480 Yeah. 25:01.480 --> 25:02.480 All right. 25:02.480 --> 25:03.480 Now, let's see the postcard. 25:03.480 --> 25:04.480 OK. 25:04.480 --> 25:05.480 I'll put it in the postcard. 25:05.480 --> 25:06.480 OK. 25:06.480 --> 25:07.480 And then I'll put it in the postcard. 25:07.480 --> 25:08.480 OK. 25:08.480 --> 25:09.480 And then I'll put it in the postcard. 25:09.480 --> 25:10.480 OK. 25:10.480 --> 25:15.480 And then I'll put it in the postcard. 25:15.480 --> 25:16.480 OK. 25:16.480 --> 25:17.480 Nine. 25:17.480 --> 25:18.480 Yeah. 25:18.480 --> 25:19.480 All right. 25:19.480 --> 25:20.480 Now, let's see the postcard. 25:20.480 --> 25:21.480 Two, five, one, two, three, five, six, seven, nine. 25:21.480 --> 25:22.480 OK. 25:22.480 --> 25:23.480 What's two? 25:23.480 --> 25:24.480 Uh, two is O. 25:24.480 --> 25:25.480 Five? 25:25.480 --> 25:26.480 S. 25:26.480 --> 25:27.480 O-S. 25:27.480 --> 25:29.280 Now, Kargamensky. 25:29.280 --> 25:30.280 One. 25:30.280 --> 25:31.280 K. 25:31.280 --> 25:32.280 Two. 25:32.280 --> 25:33.280 Three. 25:33.280 --> 25:34.280 A-R. 25:34.280 --> 25:35.280 O-S-K-A-R. 25:35.280 --> 25:36.280 Oscar! 25:36.280 --> 25:38.280 Well, I guess we know the rest of it. 25:38.280 --> 25:39.280 Five, six, seven, nine. 25:39.280 --> 25:40.280 A-N-E-S. 25:40.280 --> 25:41.280 Aims, correct? 25:41.280 --> 25:42.280 Correct. 25:42.280 --> 25:43.280 Oscar Aims. 25:43.280 --> 25:44.280 Dr. Oscar Aims. 25:44.280 --> 25:45.280 What? 25:45.280 --> 26:02.200 I was just thinking, he was worried about me catching pneumonia. 26:02.200 --> 26:05.680 I called Mama Caruso, and from what she said, we knew where to go. 26:05.680 --> 26:07.560 We picked him up at the emergency hospital. 26:07.560 --> 26:10.400 He was just finishing the operation on Tony's head. 26:10.400 --> 26:13.920 We watched him through the glass, and the other young doctor standing alongside of us 26:13.920 --> 26:17.240 said he was one of the greatest surgeons they'd ever seen. 26:17.240 --> 26:23.120 When he unrolled his gloves and took off his operating mask, he looked up and saw me, alive, 26:23.120 --> 26:24.840 and the other boys with me. 26:24.840 --> 26:28.000 His scalp tightened for just a second, and then he smiled. 26:28.000 --> 26:31.400 It was when he reached into his bag that we rushed him before he could get the little 26:31.400 --> 26:33.880 red bottle to his lips. 26:33.880 --> 26:37.000 Well, that's about it. 26:37.000 --> 26:38.800 I made the morning edition okay. 26:38.800 --> 26:44.720 On page 18, under my usual slug, Man Overboard by Man Jackson, they did a cute thing. 26:44.720 --> 26:46.920 Under Man Overboard, it said, he really is. 26:46.920 --> 26:48.400 See, page one. 26:48.400 --> 26:53.200 And on page one, with a byline, was the story just as above. 26:53.200 --> 26:56.520 Complete with a photograph of Dr. Oscar Aims. 26:56.520 --> 27:01.880 A clean-cut, smiling, confident, typically American fellow. 27:01.880 --> 27:18.800 The caption said, portrait of a spy. 27:18.800 --> 27:35.320 Suspense, presented by Auto Light, tonight's star, Mr. Paul Douglas. 27:35.320 --> 27:40.220 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light, world's largest independent manufacturer of 27:40.220 --> 27:42.320 automotive electrical equipment. 27:42.320 --> 27:45.880 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 27:45.880 --> 27:50.920 They are members of the Auto Light family, as well as are the 98,000 Auto Light distributors 27:50.920 --> 27:56.280 and dealers in the United States, and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world. 27:56.280 --> 28:01.280 Our family also includes the nearly 30,000 men and women in 28 great Auto Light plants 28:01.280 --> 28:06.120 from coast to coast, and Auto Light plants in many foreign countries, as well as the 28:06.120 --> 28:11.320 18,000 people who have invested a portion of their savings in Auto Light. 28:11.320 --> 28:16.280 Every Auto Light product is backed by constant research and precision built to the highest 28:16.280 --> 28:19.080 standards of quality and performance. 28:19.080 --> 28:24.860 So remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 28:24.860 --> 28:30.240 Next week, the story of two men who could really talk, a young man and an old man. 28:30.240 --> 28:32.840 Naturally enough, they were liars. 28:32.840 --> 28:35.080 They also happened to be bank robbers. 28:35.080 --> 28:40.020 The story is based on fact and is called The Big Heist. 28:40.020 --> 28:48.680 For star Mr. John Hodiac, the program will be heard on Suspense. 28:48.680 --> 28:54.780 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morawak. 28:54.780 --> 28:58.000 Man Alive was written for suspense by William Spear. 28:58.000 --> 29:02.720 Featured in tonight's cast were Jeanette Nolan, Jane Avello, Fred McKay, William Conrad, and 29:02.720 --> 29:03.720 Joseph Kearns. 29:03.720 --> 29:08.760 Paul Douglas will soon be seen in the RKO radio production Never Wave at a Wack with 29:08.760 --> 29:10.280 Rosalind Russell. 29:10.280 --> 29:15.240 Remember next week, Mr. John Hodiac in The Big Heist. 29:15.240 --> 29:20.360 This Thursday, Americans give thanks for all our blessings and especially our liberties. 29:20.360 --> 29:26.540 The Auto Light family sincerely wishes you and your family a happy Thanksgiving. 29:26.540 --> 29:39.360 This is the CBS Radio Network.