WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.680 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. John Lund. 00:10.680 --> 00:15.440 In tonight's presentation of Suspense. 00:15.440 --> 00:23.960 Tonight, Auto Light presents a story from your morning newspaper, the dramatic expose 00:23.960 --> 00:31.320 of narcotics peddling among teenagers, as reported in Melody in Dreams, our star Mr. 00:31.320 --> 00:32.320 John Lund. 00:32.320 --> 00:41.000 Well, Harlow, 1952 was a pretty good year. 00:41.000 --> 00:42.000 Pretty good? 00:42.000 --> 00:46.280 Why, half they just don't come any better than complete electrical systems designed 00:46.280 --> 00:50.720 and built by Auto Light for manufacturers of many leading makes of our finest cars, 00:50.720 --> 00:52.400 trucks, and tractors. 00:52.400 --> 00:57.040 All units, including the generators, starting motor, distributor, and coil, spark plugs, 00:57.040 --> 01:01.240 and batteries are engineered to give the finest performance money can buy. 01:01.240 --> 01:03.240 My car is Auto Light equipped, Harlow. 01:03.240 --> 01:08.560 Millions are half because Auto Light electrical systems have been used as original equipment 01:08.560 --> 01:13.960 ever since 1911 when Auto Light developed the first six-volt, two-unit electrical system 01:13.960 --> 01:15.460 for the industry. 01:15.460 --> 01:20.680 That means Auto Light electrical systems have been starting, lighting, and providing electrical 01:20.680 --> 01:23.200 energy for car owners for 41 years. 01:23.200 --> 01:24.840 That is a record, Harlow. 01:24.840 --> 01:25.840 Yes. 01:25.840 --> 01:31.400 So friends insist on Auto Light original service parts for your Auto Light equipped car because 01:31.400 --> 01:36.680 only Auto Light original service parts are related by Auto Light engineering design to 01:36.680 --> 01:40.840 fit and work as a team with your car's electrical system. 01:40.840 --> 01:46.080 You'll find it pays because from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto 01:46.080 --> 01:47.080 Light. 01:47.080 --> 01:54.200 And now, Auto Light presents transcribed Melody in Dreams, starring Mr. John Lund, a dramatic 01:54.200 --> 02:00.600 report based on fact, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 02:00.600 --> 02:03.920 Hi, Lieutenant. 02:03.920 --> 02:07.720 Where's Shank? 02:07.720 --> 02:16.200 He's in the other office on the telephone. 02:16.200 --> 02:18.600 Right, Mr. Graf? 02:18.600 --> 02:19.920 Yes, sir. 02:19.920 --> 02:20.920 I have the address. 02:20.920 --> 02:23.560 We'll try to get out there as soon as we can. 02:23.560 --> 02:24.560 Keep the girl there. 02:24.560 --> 02:25.560 Yes, sir. 02:25.560 --> 02:26.560 Oh, hi, Chris. 02:26.560 --> 02:27.560 How was it, Luke? 02:27.560 --> 02:28.560 Might be the lead. 02:28.560 --> 02:29.560 Huh. 02:29.560 --> 02:30.560 Bad chance. 02:30.560 --> 02:34.600 There was a guy named Graf, Walter Graf. 02:34.600 --> 02:36.280 He lives out on South Tyburn. 02:36.280 --> 02:41.160 He found a cache of marijuana cigarettes hidden in an old coffee can in his daughter's bedroom. 02:41.160 --> 02:42.160 How old is the girl? 02:42.160 --> 02:43.160 All 16. 02:43.160 --> 02:46.720 She nearly went hysterical when the old man confronted her with a can of the cigarette. 02:46.720 --> 02:47.720 Yeah, they all do. 02:47.720 --> 02:49.120 This kid's thrown convulsion. 02:49.120 --> 02:50.120 Huh. 02:50.120 --> 02:52.120 The old man must be a funny character. 02:52.120 --> 02:53.120 Can you imagine? 02:53.120 --> 02:58.040 Made a citizen's arrest of his own daughter. 02:58.040 --> 03:07.480 For almost six months, the Narcotics Division had been trying to find the leak. 03:07.480 --> 03:12.280 The hole through which an estimated $70,000 worth of drugs was being passed to high school 03:12.280 --> 03:17.480 kids monthly in the forms of marijuana, opium, and heroin. 03:17.480 --> 03:20.360 Regular stakeouts, raids, and arrests had been made. 03:20.360 --> 03:25.240 The number of teenage addicts arrested was a staggering, frightening total. 03:25.240 --> 03:28.980 Arrests made yielded the addicts, but they didn't yield the source of supply. 03:28.980 --> 03:32.680 In the meantime, public sentiment and high official pressure abetted by the newspaper 03:32.680 --> 03:38.360 headlines was growing while police department investigation was groping. 03:38.360 --> 03:41.200 Each and every possible lead obtained had to be followed up. 03:41.200 --> 03:45.680 In the case of Walter Graff, who had made a citizen's arrest of his 16-year-old daughter 03:45.680 --> 03:50.480 after discovering marijuana cigarettes hidden in a coffee can in her bedroom, another lead 03:50.480 --> 03:52.480 was about to be followed up. 03:52.480 --> 03:56.480 This is the address, Chris. 03:56.480 --> 03:57.960 Yeah. 03:57.960 --> 04:02.160 Nice old house. 04:02.160 --> 04:03.160 Ring the bell. 04:03.160 --> 04:04.160 Sure. 04:04.160 --> 04:07.320 Well, they don't build them like this anymore. 04:07.320 --> 04:08.320 Maybe they don't take the time. 04:08.320 --> 04:11.560 Agnes goes for this kind of architect. 04:11.560 --> 04:12.560 Yes? 04:12.560 --> 04:13.560 Police. 04:13.560 --> 04:14.560 Mr. Graff? 04:14.560 --> 04:15.560 Oh, yes, yes. 04:15.560 --> 04:16.560 Come in. 04:16.560 --> 04:17.560 I'm Mr. Graff. 04:17.560 --> 04:18.560 Thanks. 04:18.560 --> 04:19.560 Here. 04:19.560 --> 04:21.560 Let's go into the living room. 04:21.560 --> 04:25.400 Please be seated. 04:25.400 --> 04:28.400 You'll have to excuse the appearance of the house, gentlemen. 04:28.400 --> 04:33.960 Ever since Mrs. Graff passed away, I haven't taken much interest in such things as cleanliness. 04:33.960 --> 04:34.960 I know it's wrong. 04:34.960 --> 04:35.960 We understand. 04:35.960 --> 04:41.040 I presume you're here in response to my telephone call. 04:41.040 --> 04:42.040 Yes, sir. 04:42.040 --> 04:43.040 I'm Lieutenant Royals. 04:43.040 --> 04:46.120 This is Detective Sergeant Schenck, narcotics detail. 04:46.120 --> 04:48.120 Yes, yes. 04:48.120 --> 04:51.720 I'm quite upset, as you can see. 04:51.720 --> 04:52.720 The shock... 04:52.720 --> 04:54.240 You're only one parent among many, Mr. Graff. 04:54.240 --> 04:55.240 Oh, I know, I know. 04:55.240 --> 04:56.920 I read the newspapers, too. 04:56.920 --> 04:57.920 They're full of it. 04:57.920 --> 05:01.120 Every day you read about the horrible... 05:01.120 --> 05:04.200 When did you discover the coffee can with the cigarettes, Mr. Graff? 05:04.200 --> 05:05.200 This morning. 05:05.200 --> 05:08.000 You see, I didn't go to work today. 05:08.000 --> 05:11.560 I wasn't feeling very good, so I stayed home. 05:11.560 --> 05:14.120 It's the first time I've ever been absent. 05:14.120 --> 05:17.240 Why did you wait until this evening to report the discovery? 05:17.240 --> 05:19.600 Why did I wait until this evening? 05:19.600 --> 05:20.600 Yeah. 05:20.600 --> 05:22.440 Well, because I couldn't believe it. 05:22.440 --> 05:24.080 I simply couldn't believe it. 05:24.080 --> 05:25.640 Don't you understand? 05:25.640 --> 05:26.640 Joan is my child. 05:26.640 --> 05:32.040 How is a father supposed to believe such a terrible thing of his child? 05:32.040 --> 05:33.400 We understand. 05:33.400 --> 05:36.080 I had to give Joan a chance to deny it, Lieutenant. 05:36.080 --> 05:40.920 I had to give her a chance to yell to her papa that she knew nothing about the coffee 05:40.920 --> 05:43.520 can and its sinful contents. 05:43.520 --> 05:45.480 Did she deny knowing about the can? 05:45.480 --> 05:46.480 Deny it? 05:46.480 --> 05:49.800 She didn't even try to defend herself. 05:49.800 --> 05:51.960 She admitted the guilt. 05:51.960 --> 05:56.360 But what hurt most of all was her... her arrogance. 05:56.360 --> 06:00.200 What are you going to do about it, she said to me? 06:00.200 --> 06:05.040 I did the only thing I thought was right to do. 06:05.040 --> 06:07.480 I called the police. 06:07.480 --> 06:08.840 I'm sorry, Mr. Graff. 06:08.840 --> 06:11.320 Oh, don't be sorry, Lieutenant Riles. 06:11.320 --> 06:13.080 It's a very funny story. 06:13.080 --> 06:15.200 And the neighbors will thoroughly enjoy it. 06:15.200 --> 06:18.800 Ring around the rosy old man Graff arrested his daughter. 06:18.800 --> 06:21.520 She's a dope fiend, pocketful of posies. 06:21.520 --> 06:24.840 What made you suspect the cigarettes contained marijuana, Mr. Graff? 06:24.840 --> 06:25.840 Suspect? 06:25.840 --> 06:26.840 How do I know? 06:26.840 --> 06:28.960 Well, lots of things. 06:28.960 --> 06:32.360 Jones moods, strange moods. 06:32.360 --> 06:36.360 Moods which I can't describe to you because I don't know how. 06:36.360 --> 06:37.360 Her friends. 06:37.360 --> 06:38.360 Friends? 06:38.360 --> 06:41.120 One in particular. 06:41.120 --> 06:42.120 Mickey Malone. 06:42.120 --> 06:44.520 No good, no good, Lieutenant. 06:44.520 --> 06:45.520 I see. 06:45.520 --> 06:49.320 Now, where is the can with the cigarettes, Mr. Graff? 06:49.320 --> 06:52.320 One moment. 06:52.320 --> 07:02.040 Here, Lieutenant Boyle, here, the poison. 07:02.040 --> 07:10.320 Take it, burn it, destroy it. 07:10.320 --> 07:19.000 The time was 7.30 when Joan Graff was booked in at police headquarters on a charge of illegal 07:19.000 --> 07:21.240 possession of narcotics. 07:21.240 --> 07:25.920 The file sheet also listed the name of the arresting citizen, Walter Graff, the girl's 07:25.920 --> 07:27.880 own father. 07:27.880 --> 07:32.740 Joan was a plain featured girl, bleached blonde hair, fair skin, narrow hazel eyes and a slim 07:32.740 --> 07:35.040 slight frame. 07:35.040 --> 07:39.120 After Detective Sergeant Schenck had finished typing the police report, we took the girl 07:39.120 --> 07:41.680 back to interrogation for further questioning. 07:41.680 --> 07:44.360 Go ahead, Joan. 07:44.360 --> 07:45.360 Sit down. 07:45.360 --> 07:46.360 Thank you. 07:46.360 --> 07:50.800 Tell me, Joan, how old are you? 07:50.800 --> 07:51.800 16. 07:51.800 --> 07:53.960 Do you know why you're here? 07:53.960 --> 07:56.280 Yes, my father arrested me. 07:56.280 --> 07:57.480 That's why I'm here. 07:57.480 --> 08:00.640 You've broken a law, Joan, a very serious law. 08:00.640 --> 08:02.160 Does everyone get a sermon? 08:02.160 --> 08:04.160 This is no sermon. 08:04.160 --> 08:07.760 You've been charged with illegal possession of narcotics. 08:07.760 --> 08:09.160 That's a very serious charge. 08:09.160 --> 08:10.440 I know. 08:10.440 --> 08:12.320 I also know I'm a minor. 08:12.320 --> 08:16.240 Yes, you are, in which case you'll be turned over to the juvenile authorities. 08:16.240 --> 08:18.520 What will they do to me? 08:18.520 --> 08:20.040 They can do a lot. 08:20.040 --> 08:24.560 They have the authority to take you out of school, away from your friends, give you the 08:24.560 --> 08:27.160 treatment you need. 08:27.160 --> 08:30.800 They can also send you to a detention home if necessary. 08:30.800 --> 08:32.760 What kind of meals do they serve? 08:32.760 --> 08:35.480 They don't serve cigarettes like these in detention homes. 08:35.480 --> 08:36.880 Where'd you get them? 08:36.880 --> 08:37.880 Nowhere. 08:37.880 --> 08:40.000 If it didn't just happen out of thin air, where'd you get them? 08:40.000 --> 08:41.600 I don't know where I got them. 08:41.600 --> 08:44.400 Look, Joan, you've broken a law. 08:44.400 --> 08:48.980 You've done something very wrong, but it's not entirely your fault. 08:48.980 --> 08:50.920 You're not the real enemy. 08:50.920 --> 08:54.960 The real enemy is the person who sold you these cigarettes, and that's the enemy we 08:54.960 --> 08:55.960 want. 08:55.960 --> 08:56.960 Who was it? 08:56.960 --> 09:00.440 Please, I don't remember where I got them. 09:00.440 --> 09:01.920 Are you trying to shield somebody, Joan? 09:01.920 --> 09:02.920 Is that it? 09:02.920 --> 09:04.160 No, it's nobody. 09:04.160 --> 09:05.160 I don't know. 09:05.160 --> 09:08.080 All right, Joan, all right. 09:08.080 --> 09:09.080 You don't have to tell us. 09:09.080 --> 09:12.280 I'm not going to force you to do something you don't want to do. 09:12.280 --> 09:14.800 That'd be wrong. 09:14.800 --> 09:17.800 But there's something I want to explain to you. 09:17.800 --> 09:19.640 And I want you to try to understand it. 09:19.640 --> 09:22.360 It's about your father and what he did. 09:22.360 --> 09:23.360 My father? 09:23.360 --> 09:26.160 When he arrested you, he did the only thing he thought was right. 09:26.160 --> 09:28.800 I'm his daughter, his own flesh and blood. 09:28.800 --> 09:30.280 Yes, his own flesh and blood. 09:30.280 --> 09:31.280 That's right, right. 09:31.280 --> 09:35.360 And don't you realize what it must have done to him inside? 09:35.360 --> 09:37.360 I don't want to talk about him. 09:37.360 --> 09:38.360 Please. 09:38.360 --> 09:41.640 I've got two children of my own, Joan, two small boys. 09:41.640 --> 09:42.640 Please. 09:42.640 --> 09:46.680 If they were older and either one of them had done something like this, I swear to you, 09:46.680 --> 09:49.160 I'd do the same thing that your father did. 09:49.160 --> 09:52.880 Okay, Lou, that's all for now. 09:52.880 --> 09:53.880 Let's go. 09:53.880 --> 09:54.880 Lieutenant. 09:54.880 --> 09:55.880 Yes? 09:55.880 --> 09:59.640 Lieutenant, I'll tell you. 09:59.640 --> 10:02.120 I'll tell you where I got the cigarettes. 10:02.120 --> 10:04.480 All right, tell me. 10:04.480 --> 10:06.840 From Nikki. 10:06.840 --> 10:10.240 Nikki Malone, my boyfriend from high school. 10:10.240 --> 10:12.560 Do you know where Nikki gets them? 10:12.560 --> 10:16.640 There's a coffee shop somewhere near our school. 10:16.640 --> 10:19.600 That's how Nikki gets the cigarettes, I think. 10:19.600 --> 10:21.600 Haven't you ever been to this coffee shop with Nikki? 10:21.600 --> 10:24.000 No, I don't even know where it is. 10:24.000 --> 10:25.000 I see. 10:25.000 --> 10:27.080 Will I put out a call on the Malone kid? 10:27.080 --> 10:28.680 No, I don't think that's necessary. 10:28.680 --> 10:31.720 We'll go out to the house and talk to him. 10:31.720 --> 10:32.720 Lieutenant. 10:32.720 --> 10:34.000 Yes, Joan? 10:34.000 --> 10:35.000 I understand. 10:35.000 --> 10:37.600 Understand what? 10:37.600 --> 10:42.040 My father, his herd inside. 10:42.040 --> 10:52.800 I have that same herd. 10:52.800 --> 10:57.560 Joan Graff volunteered the address of her high school boyfriend, Nikki Malone. 10:57.560 --> 11:00.720 Detective Sergeant Schenck made arrangements for the girl to be turned over to the juvenile 11:00.720 --> 11:03.520 authorities pending further investigation. 11:03.520 --> 11:06.960 And then we went out to question Nikki Malone. 11:06.960 --> 11:10.480 The address the girl had given us turned out to be located in a run-down section of the 11:10.480 --> 11:11.480 city. 11:11.480 --> 11:15.600 763 was a white single frame house badly in need of repairs. 11:15.600 --> 11:21.760 The shades were drawn, but a dim light inside indicated someone was at home. 11:21.760 --> 11:24.760 Want a knock? 11:24.760 --> 11:26.760 Sure. 11:26.760 --> 11:28.760 Yes? 11:28.760 --> 11:32.080 Does Nikki Malone live here? 11:32.080 --> 11:33.800 Who wants to know? 11:33.800 --> 11:34.800 Police officers. 11:34.800 --> 11:38.000 I'm Lieutenant Royals, Sergeant Schenck. 11:38.000 --> 11:39.000 Oh? 11:39.000 --> 11:41.000 What's the boy done? 11:41.000 --> 11:42.400 We'd like to ask him some questions. 11:42.400 --> 11:43.400 He at home? 11:43.400 --> 11:44.400 Yeah, yeah, yes. 11:44.400 --> 11:46.680 He's getting ready to go out. 11:46.680 --> 11:50.280 Come in, officers. 11:50.280 --> 11:52.600 What is it you wanted Nicholas for? 11:52.600 --> 11:54.400 We'd like to talk to him. 11:54.400 --> 11:55.400 Sure. 11:55.400 --> 11:57.600 How about a drink? 11:57.600 --> 11:58.600 No, thanks. 11:58.600 --> 11:59.600 You? 11:59.600 --> 12:00.600 No. 12:00.600 --> 12:01.600 Mine? 12:01.600 --> 12:05.200 You any relation to the boy? 12:05.200 --> 12:06.200 Relation? 12:06.200 --> 12:07.200 Sure. 12:07.200 --> 12:08.200 I'm his Uncle Fred. 12:08.200 --> 12:09.200 And Nikki? 12:09.200 --> 12:10.200 Nikki? 12:10.200 --> 12:11.200 Yeah? 12:11.200 --> 12:12.200 What do you want? 12:12.200 --> 12:13.200 What's the matter? 12:13.200 --> 12:14.200 He's a policeman, Nikki. 12:14.200 --> 12:15.200 They want to talk to you. 12:15.200 --> 12:16.200 Right? 12:16.200 --> 12:17.200 That's right. 12:17.200 --> 12:18.200 Policeman? 12:18.200 --> 12:19.200 What do you want to talk to me about? 12:19.200 --> 12:20.200 It's about your sideline at high school. 12:20.200 --> 12:21.200 Teach me. 12:21.200 --> 12:24.200 What kind of a sideline you guys talking about? 12:24.200 --> 12:25.200 Narcotics. 12:25.200 --> 12:26.200 You guys must be crazy. 12:26.200 --> 12:27.200 You know what we're talking about. 12:27.200 --> 12:28.200 I do. 12:28.200 --> 12:29.200 Nicholas, maybe you... 12:29.200 --> 12:30.200 Listen to me. 12:30.200 --> 12:31.200 You're not the only one talking about it. 12:31.200 --> 12:32.200 You're talking about a person who's been in a coma. 12:32.200 --> 12:33.200 You've got to be kidding me. 12:33.200 --> 12:34.200 You're talking about a person who's been in a coma. 12:34.200 --> 12:35.200 You're talking about a person who's been in a coma. 12:35.200 --> 12:36.200 You're talking about a person who's been in a coma. 12:36.200 --> 12:41.200 You're talking about a person who's been in a coma. 12:41.200 --> 12:44.200 Not a person in a coma. 12:44.200 --> 12:45.200 I don't know who. 12:45.200 --> 12:46.200 I don't know who. 12:46.200 --> 12:47.200 I don't know who. 12:47.200 --> 12:48.200 I don't know who. 12:48.200 --> 12:49.200 I don't know who. 12:49.200 --> 12:50.200 What's wrong with you? 12:50.200 --> 12:51.200 I don't know who. 12:51.200 --> 12:52.200 What's wrong with you? 12:52.200 --> 12:53.200 You're crazy. 12:53.200 --> 12:54.200 You're crazy. 12:54.200 --> 12:55.200 You know what we're talking about. 12:55.200 --> 12:56.200 I do. 12:56.200 --> 12:57.200 Nicholas, maybe you... 12:57.200 --> 12:58.200 Listen to these guys, Hank. 12:58.200 --> 12:59.200 Shake them down, Lou. 12:59.200 --> 13:00.200 Hey, what is this? 13:00.200 --> 13:01.200 Routine, Nikki. 13:01.200 --> 13:02.200 Come on, empty your pockets. 13:02.200 --> 13:03.200 What? 13:03.200 --> 13:04.200 I said, empty your pockets. 13:04.200 --> 13:05.200 Oh, for the love of... 13:05.200 --> 13:06.200 Where's your room? 13:06.200 --> 13:08.200 You saw me come out the door. 13:08.200 --> 13:09.200 Want to take a look, Lou? 13:09.200 --> 13:10.200 Yeah. 13:10.200 --> 13:15.200 Don't you think you'd better tell me what this is all about, Lieutenant? 13:15.200 --> 13:17.200 I am the boy's guardian. 13:17.200 --> 13:21.200 We suspect your nephew of passing out marijuana cigarettes to students at his high school. 13:21.200 --> 13:23.200 Marijuana cigarettes? 13:23.200 --> 13:26.200 It must be some mistake, Lieutenant, not Nicholas. 13:26.200 --> 13:27.200 Of course not me. 13:27.200 --> 13:30.200 That isn't what your girlfriend Joan told us. 13:30.200 --> 13:32.200 I get it now. 13:32.200 --> 13:36.200 That kid gets caught with a weed and she tries to pass the buck to me. 13:36.200 --> 13:38.200 Why, if I ever get my hands on her... 13:38.200 --> 13:40.200 All right, Nicholas, that's enough. 13:40.200 --> 13:41.200 Anything, Lou? 13:41.200 --> 13:43.200 Clean as a whistle. 13:43.200 --> 13:45.200 Okay, Nicky, where is it? 13:45.200 --> 13:46.200 Where's what? 13:46.200 --> 13:47.200 The cigarettes. 13:47.200 --> 13:49.200 Look, I told you once, I'll tell you again. 13:49.200 --> 13:51.200 I don't know what you're talking about. 13:51.200 --> 13:53.200 I don't have no marijuana cigarettes. 13:53.200 --> 13:54.200 You found me clean, didn't you? 13:54.200 --> 13:55.200 Make me some trouble. 13:55.200 --> 13:58.200 That isn't what your girlfriend Joan Graff told us. 13:58.200 --> 13:59.200 I don't care what she told you. 13:59.200 --> 14:01.200 You got no evidence to arrest me. 14:01.200 --> 14:04.200 All right, Nicky, that's all for now. 14:04.200 --> 14:06.200 Come on, Lou. 14:14.200 --> 14:16.200 And we were right back where we started, 14:16.200 --> 14:19.200 up against another frightened high school student 14:19.200 --> 14:23.200 who refused to divulge the source of his supply of narcotics. 14:23.200 --> 14:26.200 We didn't have any physical evidence on Nicky Malone, 14:26.200 --> 14:29.200 but we did believe that the young girl had been telling the truth 14:29.200 --> 14:32.200 and therefore decided to place him under surveillance. 14:32.200 --> 14:36.200 He was our closest link to the source of the narcotics supply. 14:36.200 --> 14:38.200 For four days, we followed his every move. 14:38.200 --> 14:41.200 At 8.30 every morning, he left the house, 14:41.200 --> 14:43.200 walked six blocks to his high school, 14:43.200 --> 14:47.200 left school at 3.20 and walked two blocks to a coffee shop 14:47.200 --> 14:51.200 where he had a chocolate milkshake, and then returned home. 14:51.200 --> 14:54.200 He didn't leave the house at any time during the evenings. 14:54.200 --> 14:57.200 On the fifth day, the boy went to the coffee shop, 14:57.200 --> 15:01.200 had his regular milkshake, and then played the jukebox. 15:01.200 --> 15:05.200 Once again, when he left the coffee shop, we followed him. 15:05.200 --> 15:08.200 He's heading in the opposite direction, Chris. 15:08.200 --> 15:10.200 Yeah, this may be it, Lou. 15:10.200 --> 15:12.200 He may be going to pick up some stuff. 15:12.200 --> 15:14.200 He's turning the corner on a Madison. 15:14.200 --> 15:17.200 Here we go, Lou, hold your breath. Yeah. 15:22.200 --> 15:26.200 Pretty bright kid, huh, Chris? 15:26.200 --> 15:30.200 Yeah. If we're right about him, we've got nothing but trouble. 15:30.200 --> 15:32.200 He's disappeared. 15:42.200 --> 15:47.200 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. John Lund in Melody in Dreams, 15:47.200 --> 15:56.200 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 16:02.200 --> 16:04.200 Any New Year's resolutions, Harlow? 16:04.200 --> 16:08.200 Ah, two mighty important ones to help car owners everywhere, Hap. 16:08.200 --> 16:09.200 Oh, how, Harlow? 16:09.200 --> 16:13.200 By reminding them that their car's electrical system works like a beaver 16:13.200 --> 16:16.200 every second their engine runs, and it provides energy for starting, 16:16.200 --> 16:21.200 sounding a horn, lights, heater, radio, electric windshield wiper, and cigarette lighter. 16:21.200 --> 16:24.200 Auto Light makes complete electrical systems used as original equipment 16:24.200 --> 16:28.200 on many leading makes of our finest cars, trucks, and tractors. 16:28.200 --> 16:32.200 Right you are, Hap, and that's why my second resolution is to tell car owners 16:32.200 --> 16:36.200 to treat the important electrical system of their car to a periodic checkup 16:36.200 --> 16:39.200 for top performance at all times. 16:39.200 --> 16:40.200 Good advice, Harlow. 16:40.200 --> 16:44.200 Right, so friends, have your car's electrical system checked by experts. 16:44.200 --> 16:48.200 Your nearest authorized Auto Light service station has specialized equipment 16:48.200 --> 16:50.200 to service all makes of cars. 16:50.200 --> 16:54.200 You can quickly locate him in the classified section of your phone book 16:54.200 --> 16:58.200 under Automobile Electrical Service, or call Western Union by number 16:58.200 --> 17:01.200 and ask for operator 25. 17:01.200 --> 17:05.200 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 17:05.200 --> 17:11.200 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, Mr. John Lund 17:11.200 --> 17:15.200 in Elliot Lewis's production of Melody in Dreams, 17:15.200 --> 17:21.200 a dramatic report well calculated to keep you in suspense. 17:26.200 --> 17:29.200 Right out from under our noses. How's it possible? 17:29.200 --> 17:31.200 Like I said, Chris, bright boy. 17:31.200 --> 17:33.200 Must have known he was being followed. 17:33.200 --> 17:34.200 Of course he did. 17:34.200 --> 17:38.200 Lots of nerve. The law on his tail and he still does business. 17:38.200 --> 17:41.200 Yeah. Well, he's got to go home sometime. 17:41.200 --> 17:45.200 That's right, Lou. He's got to go home sometime. 17:45.200 --> 17:47.200 And that's where he's going to find us. 17:53.200 --> 17:56.200 We got back in the police car and drove over to the Malone house, 17:56.200 --> 17:59.200 parked across the street and waited. 17:59.200 --> 18:01.200 It was beginning to get dark. 18:01.200 --> 18:03.200 The shades were still drawn. 18:03.200 --> 18:06.200 I wondered if anybody ever bothered to raise them. 18:06.200 --> 18:09.200 Time passes slowly when you're waiting. 18:09.200 --> 18:11.200 Cigarette, Chris? 18:11.200 --> 18:13.200 No, my mouth feels like an oven now. 18:13.200 --> 18:15.200 Somebody's home. 18:15.200 --> 18:19.200 Probably his polite uncle. Funny guy. 18:19.200 --> 18:21.200 Wonder what he does for a living. 18:21.200 --> 18:24.200 Oh, I saw a lot of music sheets laying around. 18:24.200 --> 18:26.200 Probably in the business. 18:26.200 --> 18:27.200 Hey. What? 18:27.200 --> 18:30.200 Thought I saw something moving in the driveway. Shadow. 18:30.200 --> 18:36.200 Might be the kid. Let's go. 18:40.200 --> 18:41.200 It is somebody. 18:41.200 --> 18:42.200 Get your flash ready. 18:42.200 --> 18:44.200 Okay, hold it. Hey. 18:44.200 --> 18:46.200 All right, kid. Stand still. Don't move. 18:46.200 --> 18:48.200 What is this? Cops again? 18:48.200 --> 18:50.200 Yeah, Nicky. Cops again. 18:50.200 --> 18:52.200 I thought I shook you guys once. 18:52.200 --> 18:53.200 Why did you shake us, Nicky? 18:53.200 --> 18:56.200 Because... because I don't like being followed. 18:56.200 --> 18:58.200 That's your story, son. Where have you been? 18:58.200 --> 18:59.200 I haven't been anywhere. 18:59.200 --> 19:01.200 Where did you go after you lost us? 19:01.200 --> 19:02.200 I went for a walk in the park. 19:02.200 --> 19:04.200 What did you do? Pick up the stuff? 19:04.200 --> 19:05.200 What stuff? 19:05.200 --> 19:07.200 All right, Lou. I'll hold the lights. Shake them. 19:07.200 --> 19:10.200 No. What is this? A habit? I got some rights. 19:10.200 --> 19:14.200 Come on. Come on. Easy, son. Easy. 19:14.200 --> 19:16.200 Hey. 19:16.200 --> 19:18.200 What's this, Nicky, in your coat pocket? 19:18.200 --> 19:20.200 Nothing. It ain't nothing. Give me that. 19:20.200 --> 19:24.200 Open it up, Lou. 19:24.200 --> 19:26.200 Chris? 19:26.200 --> 19:29.200 That's an awful lot of nothing, Nicky. 19:29.200 --> 19:32.200 Six packs of marijuana cigarettes. 19:41.200 --> 19:43.200 We booked the boy down at police headquarters 19:43.200 --> 19:46.200 on a charge of illegal possession of narcotics. 19:46.200 --> 19:48.200 And then we interrogated him. 19:48.200 --> 19:50.200 Although he realized the seriousness of the charges, 19:50.200 --> 19:54.200 he still refused to tell us where he'd obtained the cigarettes. 19:54.200 --> 19:57.200 His guardian uncle was notified and came down to see the boy. 19:57.200 --> 19:59.200 He seemed quite concerned. 19:59.200 --> 20:01.200 We listened in on their conversation. 20:01.200 --> 20:05.200 The uncle pleaded with the boy to tell us all he knew about the narcotics. 20:05.200 --> 20:08.200 But uncle's pleas went unheard. 20:15.200 --> 20:20.200 A few days later, I decided to bring Nicky Malone and Joan Graff together, face to face. 20:20.200 --> 20:22.200 I didn't know what I hoped to learn. 20:22.200 --> 20:24.200 Maybe nothing. 20:24.200 --> 20:27.200 Maybe something in a moment of temper. 20:27.200 --> 20:33.200 On the morning of December 21st, the young boy and girl were brought to my office. 20:33.200 --> 20:35.200 Sit right over there, Nicky. 20:35.200 --> 20:37.200 Thanks. 20:40.200 --> 20:41.200 Well? 20:41.200 --> 20:44.200 Wouldn't you like to say hello to Joan? 20:44.200 --> 20:45.200 Hmm. 20:45.200 --> 20:46.200 Hello, Nicky. 20:46.200 --> 20:48.200 Know any more good stories, policeman? 20:48.200 --> 20:50.200 Nicky, I'm so scared. 20:50.200 --> 20:52.200 Scared of what? 20:52.200 --> 20:54.200 This whole thing. It's so terrible. 20:54.200 --> 20:55.200 She's right, Nicky. 20:55.200 --> 20:57.200 Something like this can ruin your whole life. 20:57.200 --> 20:58.200 Don't you realize that? 20:58.200 --> 21:00.200 Well, stop with the sermon, will you? 21:00.200 --> 21:03.200 Your uncle seems like a pretty nice guy, Nicky. 21:03.200 --> 21:06.200 How did you turn out to be such a bad apple? 21:06.200 --> 21:08.200 Is that part of your job, policeman? 21:08.200 --> 21:10.200 Telling people what they are? 21:10.200 --> 21:13.200 No. No, it's not, Nicky. 21:13.200 --> 21:16.200 I'm sorry I said that. 21:16.200 --> 21:19.200 Because basically, I think you're a good boy. 21:19.200 --> 21:23.200 I think you're intelligent enough to know what's right and what's wrong. 21:23.200 --> 21:25.200 And you know this is wrong. 21:25.200 --> 21:27.200 I don't have to reason with you. 21:27.200 --> 21:34.200 The thing that really puzzles me is why an intelligent young boy like you refuses to right this wrong. 21:34.200 --> 21:37.200 You made a mistake. We all make mistakes. 21:37.200 --> 21:39.200 Mistakes are forgivable, Nicky. 21:39.200 --> 21:41.200 Nicky, the lieutenant is right. 21:41.200 --> 21:44.200 Ah, what do you know anyway, loudmouth? 21:44.200 --> 21:46.200 Couldn't keep your mouth shut, could you? You had to tell him. 21:46.200 --> 21:49.200 I hurt my father, Nicky. I hurt him very much. 21:49.200 --> 21:52.200 I had to tell the police all I knew. 21:52.200 --> 21:54.200 Big blabbermouth. 21:54.200 --> 21:56.200 Well, find yourself another boyfriend, sister. 21:56.200 --> 21:57.200 Nicky! 21:57.200 --> 22:00.200 See if he'll get you a stick. 22:00.200 --> 22:02.200 Another stick, Nicky? 22:02.200 --> 22:03.200 I mean... 22:03.200 --> 22:06.200 Yeah, I know what you mean. 22:06.200 --> 22:08.200 Another stick of this. 22:08.200 --> 22:10.200 Oh, why can't you leave me alone? 22:10.200 --> 22:13.200 Give me a trial. Set me up. I don't care what you do. 22:13.200 --> 22:15.200 Trial? Jail? 22:15.200 --> 22:20.200 No, son. They're not the answer. Not really. 22:20.200 --> 22:24.200 I'm trying to make you understand that you've got a long life ahead of you. 22:24.200 --> 22:27.200 It'll be a shame to ruin it now. 22:34.200 --> 22:39.200 Our last chance, then. Stake out the coffee shop. 22:39.200 --> 22:44.200 For four days, Detective Shank and myself kept it under surveillance. 22:44.200 --> 22:49.200 On the evening of December 29th, I walked into the coffee shop to relieve Detective Shank. 22:49.200 --> 22:51.200 It was ten minutes to seven. 22:51.200 --> 22:52.200 Hello? 22:52.200 --> 22:54.200 Hi, Chris. 22:54.200 --> 22:57.200 Don't look so sour. Go home and get some sleep. 22:57.200 --> 22:58.200 You gonna sit it out? 22:58.200 --> 23:00.200 Yeah, a couple hours, maybe. 23:00.200 --> 23:02.200 I'll sit around with you for a while. 23:02.200 --> 23:03.200 How about a cup of coffee? 23:03.200 --> 23:05.200 Yeah, I'm up to here. No thanks. 23:05.200 --> 23:06.200 Anything? 23:06.200 --> 23:10.200 No, nothing. Just stares from the guy who owns this place. He keeps leering. 23:10.200 --> 23:15.200 You want me to stick around and go play a record on the jukebox? Here's a dime. 23:15.200 --> 23:16.200 The jukebox? 23:16.200 --> 23:20.200 Yeah, play something. Let's make it festive around here. 23:20.200 --> 23:24.200 The afternoon Nicky got away from us, he broke his pattern. 23:24.200 --> 23:28.200 He did something different. Something he'd never done before. 23:28.200 --> 23:30.200 He played the jukebox. 23:30.200 --> 23:34.200 That's right. He played the jukebox. 23:34.200 --> 23:36.200 Billy May. 23:36.200 --> 23:38.200 Wish you were here. 23:38.200 --> 23:40.200 Broken... 23:40.200 --> 23:42.200 Oh. 23:50.200 --> 23:53.200 Thanks. Now I'll stay with you for a while. 23:53.200 --> 23:55.200 Might even have a cup of coffee. 23:55.200 --> 23:58.200 I was right about Nicky's uncle being in the business. 23:58.200 --> 23:59.200 What? 23:59.200 --> 24:01.200 This is a good time to get some sleep. 24:01.200 --> 24:04.200 He's been playing the tune. 24:04.200 --> 24:08.200 What do you know? The guy's a celebrity. So that's what he does. 24:08.200 --> 24:09.200 Hello. 24:09.200 --> 24:13.200 The night we picked up the Malone kid, we thought he was coming home with his stuff, right? 24:13.200 --> 24:14.200 Yeah. 24:14.200 --> 24:16.200 We couldn't see. It was too dark. 24:16.200 --> 24:18.200 But what if it was the other way around? 24:18.200 --> 24:21.200 What if the kid was leaving instead of just arriving? 24:21.200 --> 24:23.200 Yeah. Yeah. 24:23.200 --> 24:25.200 We've come in here for four days straight. 24:25.200 --> 24:27.200 That record wasn't on the jukebox. 24:27.200 --> 24:31.200 The day that the kid disappeared, he played the machine. 24:31.200 --> 24:35.200 Come on. Let's talk to the guy at the counter. 24:37.200 --> 24:38.200 You the owner, mister? 24:38.200 --> 24:40.200 Yeah. Yeah, I'm the owner. 24:40.200 --> 24:41.200 Police officers. 24:41.200 --> 24:42.200 Police? Oh, hey, now... 24:42.200 --> 24:44.200 Don't get excited. Just want to ask you a few questions. 24:44.200 --> 24:46.200 Well, sure. Sure, officers. Anything. 24:46.200 --> 24:49.200 There's a new record on that machine by a Freddie Malone. 24:49.200 --> 24:52.200 Oh, yeah. Him. I know him. Nice guy. 24:52.200 --> 24:53.200 Nice guy? 24:53.200 --> 24:54.200 Yeah. 24:54.200 --> 24:57.200 Every week he comes in, slips me a ten. 24:57.200 --> 24:58.200 Slips your ten? 24:58.200 --> 25:00.200 Yeah. Put his record on the machine. 25:00.200 --> 25:03.200 Says even if it does cost him dough, he wants to push it. 25:03.200 --> 25:07.200 It's a nice tune, now. Melody in dreams. 25:13.200 --> 25:17.200 Back at headquarters, we learned the whereabouts of Uncle Freddie Malone. 25:17.200 --> 25:21.200 He was playing piano in a small nightclub on Halstead. 25:21.200 --> 25:24.200 The place was crowded with people when we got there. 25:24.200 --> 25:27.200 In a corner off to the right was a platform. 25:27.200 --> 25:30.200 And on the platform, at the piano, sat Freddie Malone. 25:30.200 --> 25:33.200 Think there'll be any trouble, Chris? 25:33.200 --> 25:36.200 I doubt it, Lou. He's not the type. 25:37.200 --> 25:39.200 Hello, Mr. Malone. 25:39.200 --> 25:43.200 Hello, police officers. You have a request? 25:43.200 --> 25:46.200 Yeah. Melody in dreams. 25:46.200 --> 25:48.200 One of my favorites. 25:48.200 --> 25:51.200 One of my favorites? That's no surprise. 25:51.200 --> 25:53.200 It was wrong, huh? 25:53.200 --> 25:55.200 Real wrong. 25:55.200 --> 26:00.200 A lot of poor, innocent kids, Mr. Malone. Real wrong. 26:00.200 --> 26:02.200 Poor, innocent kids. 26:02.200 --> 26:04.200 We still don't know how the record figured in. 26:04.200 --> 26:08.200 That was how Nicky notified the other kids he was ready to pass the stuff. 26:08.200 --> 26:10.200 And the night we caught him? 26:10.200 --> 26:15.200 He was leaving the house. He was on his way out to make delivery. 26:15.200 --> 26:18.200 Poor kid. 26:18.200 --> 26:21.200 Try to protect me. 26:22.200 --> 26:25.200 Someday I'll do something for him. 26:25.200 --> 26:28.200 Maybe. Shall we go? 26:28.200 --> 26:31.200 The manager won't like it if I don't stick around. 26:31.200 --> 26:34.200 It's going to be a big night. 26:34.200 --> 26:37.200 Can't stick around, huh? 26:37.200 --> 26:45.200 Not tonight, Mr. Malone. 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