1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,620 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Joseph Cotton in tonight's presentation 2 00:00:10,620 --> 00:00:17,780 of Suspense. 3 00:00:17,780 --> 00:00:23,820 Tonight Auto Light presents a story based on fact, an American legend of love and death 4 00:00:23,820 --> 00:00:30,680 as we recreate the tragic history of Tom Dooley, our star, Mr. Joseph Cotton. 5 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:39,840 Hey, Wilcox, where you rushing like a loco coyote? 6 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:40,840 Hi, Sheriff. 7 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,200 Well, I've got a date to tell folks that for the swellest, sweetest, and smoothest performance 8 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:50,440 money can buy, you just can't beat those world famous ignition engineered auto light spark 9 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:51,440 lights. 10 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,280 Well, even an ignorant critter like me knows that. 11 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:55,360 Sure, Sheriff. 12 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,680 And I'll bet you also know that if your present spark plugs aren't functioning properly, your 13 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,200 car won't give you the performance it should. 14 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,920 Have those spark plugs checked by your auto light spark plug dealer, the expert in cleaning 15 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:08,200 and adjustment. 16 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,600 And if replacements are needed, he'll recommend ignition engineered auto light spark plugs, 17 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,400 either standard or resistor type. 18 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:15,400 Yep. 19 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,880 Why, they're smoother than grandma's flapjacks. 20 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:18,960 Right you are. 21 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:21,760 So see your nearest auto light spark plug dealer. 22 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:26,840 To quickly locate him, phone Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 23 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:33,320 Remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with auto light. 24 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:40,440 And now, auto light presents Tom Dooley, starring Mr. Joseph Cotton, hoping once again 25 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,440 to keep you in suspense. 26 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:50,160 Bow down your head, Tom Dooley. 27 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,560 Bow down your head and cry. 28 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,160 Bow down your head, Tom Dooley. 29 00:01:55,160 --> 00:02:05,240 You know you're bound to die. 30 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:06,240 You wait here, Noah. 31 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,240 You're a fool, Tom. 32 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,240 You ought to do it. 33 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,080 You're going to stop me, cousin. 34 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,080 Just watch the horses. 35 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,080 Open. 36 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,080 Yes? 37 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,920 What? 38 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:24,960 You be Paul, Cabot. 39 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:25,960 Yes, I'm Cabot. 40 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:26,960 What? 41 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:27,960 Get up. 42 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,760 Maybe I ain't going to kill you. 43 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:31,760 I don't know. 44 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:32,760 Get up. 45 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:48,400 Let's go, cousin. 46 00:02:48,400 --> 00:03:04,440 How do I look, cousin? 47 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,400 Dirty? 48 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,800 She won't mind. 49 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,080 She is what you just did. 50 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,200 She won't mind. 51 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:14,440 Don't need you anymore, Noah. 52 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:15,440 Go home. 53 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:16,440 I'm waiting. 54 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,080 You're liable to wait right long. 55 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:21,840 Laura. 56 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,840 Laura. 57 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,920 Hello, Tom. 58 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:32,680 Oh, darling. 59 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:37,520 Still a darling. 60 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:38,520 Pretty as a... 61 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:39,520 Let go of me. 62 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,520 You better come in. 63 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,520 I better. 64 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:48,640 Well, well, my darling. 65 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,400 I thought you were dead, Tom. 66 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,160 Dead they were, piled high. 67 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,600 But not Tom Dooley. 68 00:03:54,600 --> 00:04:01,200 Months ago, at the Gettysburg, when the men came drifting back home, nobody had seen you, 69 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,200 Tom. 70 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Some said they heard you were dead. 71 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:04,200 Died early, at Manassas. 72 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:05,200 What the talking fool are. 73 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,200 What's all this talking for? 74 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,200 Don't, Tom. 75 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,200 Pretty mouth. 76 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:13,680 Wasting on talk. 77 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:14,680 Don't. 78 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:20,720 And teasing and trembling in a way I remember. 79 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,240 I'm sorry, Tom. 80 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:28,760 Whatever you do after now, Laura, don't hit no more. 81 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,760 Gentle me. 82 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:32,760 You do that and that. 83 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,760 Four years you've been away, Tom Dooley. 84 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:35,760 I'm back now. 85 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:36,760 You're back. 86 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,120 And I thought you were dead. 87 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,520 Over a year now. 88 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,280 And I grieve for you, like I had to do. 89 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:45,400 And a man came along and gently, like I heard he did. 90 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:46,400 Yes. 91 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:47,400 Paul Cabot. 92 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:48,400 I love him. 93 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:49,400 That's the way things are now. 94 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:50,400 A doctor. 95 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:51,400 A Yankee. 96 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:52,400 The war's done, Tom Dooley. 97 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,400 And the killing's done. 98 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:54,400 And the hate's done. 99 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:55,400 And what's happened to the loving, Laura? 100 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:56,400 Yours to me. 101 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,400 Over, Tom. 102 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,400 There was grieving, like I told you, and it's over. 103 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:06,040 And I love a Yankee doctor named Paul Cabot. 104 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,040 I love him. 105 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,640 Come on, I'll take you to him. 106 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:09,640 Your what? 107 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,880 Where he's laying on the floor. 108 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,480 I think it was whimpering when I left him like a sugar candy baby. 109 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:16,480 Come on, I'll show you. 110 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:17,480 Get out of here. 111 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,480 Maybe I will, but I don't know that yet. 112 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:23,840 First, I want you to remember something, Laura. 113 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:24,840 Get out. 114 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:27,400 I want you to remember you hanging on my horse and wailing. 115 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:33,200 The tears on you four years ago when I rode out to join with Beb Vance and his cavalry. 116 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,200 You remember, Laura? 117 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,200 I grieve. 118 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:36,280 The tears on you. 119 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:37,280 That was your grieving. 120 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:38,280 Listen to mine. 121 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:43,520 The fighting and the blood and the screaming and bull running, Manassas and the Yankees. 122 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,240 Killing them and they always coming. 123 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:49,280 Virginia and Pennsylvania and the killing and leaving your own blood every place you 124 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:50,280 go. 125 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:51,280 Tom. 126 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:54,280 But you go because as long as you're going, you're coming back. 127 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:57,280 Back here to the Smokies. 128 00:05:57,280 --> 00:06:00,280 Back here to Laura Foster. 129 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:03,280 That pretty mouth. 130 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:04,280 Laura. 131 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:08,160 No, I don't love you no more, Tom. 132 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,160 I don't love you. 133 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:10,520 You're not going to love me. 134 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:11,520 You'll remember how you... 135 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:12,520 Tom, Tom, not you. 136 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,520 You ain't worth those four years. 137 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:15,520 No. 138 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,520 I thought you couldn't wait for your man. 139 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,520 You better go, cousin. 140 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:27,200 Get out of here, Noah. 141 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,360 You're my blood cousin and I'm holding a gun on you. 142 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:31,960 And I'm saying you got to go. 143 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,440 I'll kill you where you stand, Tom. 144 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,440 No matter blaming. 145 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,960 I would, Tom. 146 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:42,240 Yeah. 147 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,240 I think you would. 148 00:06:44,240 --> 00:07:12,400 Good night, Laura. 149 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,320 You still know how to play a tune on the fiddle, don't you, Tom? 150 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:16,320 Sure do. 151 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,840 Nobody plays like you play, Tom. 152 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:19,840 Thank you, Jess. 153 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,680 I don't miss you here on the stove. 154 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,080 Why all of us thought you... 155 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:25,920 Thought I was dead. 156 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:26,920 What kept you, Tom? 157 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,640 All of us come back soon as we hear General Lee surrendering. 158 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:32,200 What happened to you? 159 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,360 I had never seen Pennsylvania. 160 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:35,360 Walked around it. 161 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:36,720 With a gal? 162 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:37,900 Just walked. 163 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:41,360 You walked too slow, Tom. 164 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:42,920 You walked a lot too slow. 165 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,920 Laura Foster passed you right by. 166 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:45,920 Yeah, I heard. 167 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,280 Tell me she's learning how to read and write. 168 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:50,640 I heard that too. 169 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:51,640 Doctor. 170 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:52,640 Yankee. 171 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:54,640 War's over, Jess. 172 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,320 Fighting, hating. 173 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,560 Why you laughing? 174 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,360 I heard you almost killed the Yankee, Dr. Tom. 175 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,160 You heard it, so I guess I did. 176 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,160 Hey, Noah. 177 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,160 What you want, Jess? 178 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:06,160 Pass that jug over here. 179 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,160 Give your cousin a drink. 180 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,160 Ain't drinking no more, Jess. 181 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,440 Hey, now. 182 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,200 Reasons you ain't doing a lot of things. 183 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,000 Well, you changed, Tom. 184 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,840 What rank did I have? 185 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,960 You going to learn how to read and write? 186 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,400 Doctor say he can teach anybody who wants to learn. 187 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:27,200 Here is how you can learn a lot from that doctor. 188 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:28,200 Stop it, Jess. 189 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,000 Those Yankees are smart fellas. 190 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,520 Reckon that's why they won the war. 191 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,560 Won everything, those Yankees. 192 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:38,080 You heat up my cousin, your tongue's going to be real cold, Jess. 193 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,080 Oh, be it now? 194 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,640 What are you going to say about that, Tom? 195 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:43,640 Keep talking. 196 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:44,640 I don't mind. 197 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:49,680 All I can say is my gal start cheeking with somebody else. 198 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:51,880 Hi, Yankee. 199 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:53,360 Hello. 200 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:58,280 What are you on? 201 00:08:58,280 --> 00:08:59,280 I've got a list here. 202 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:00,280 I need some groceries. 203 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:01,840 We've just been talking about you. 204 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,880 Me, Zach, Herman, Josh, all of us. 205 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,480 Noah Dooley, his cousin Tom, too. 206 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,360 Here's the list. 207 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:11,360 You read it to me, doctor. 208 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,360 I ain't got the lining. 209 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:15,360 Sack of potatoes? 210 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,600 Like I said, we've been talking. 211 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,600 Wondering. 212 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,600 Sack of sugar? 213 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:22,600 Wondering. 214 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,200 You like North Carolina Yankee? 215 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,360 Carolina Knights? 216 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:28,360 Green beans and flour. 217 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,800 How about North Carolina women? 218 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:32,800 Pretty ain't they? 219 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:33,800 Bizarre. 220 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:34,800 Wait on him, Jess. 221 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,200 And law's pretty stuff them all, ain't she? 222 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:38,760 Wait on him. 223 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:39,760 Ain't she? 224 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,120 Tom Dooley here used to think so. 225 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,720 If a man wants to buy something, shopkeeper, sell it to him. 226 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,920 I seen you walking, Yankee, trying to get yourself lost with Laura. 227 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:50,920 Jess. 228 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,320 What do you want, Tom? 229 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,760 Why'd you knock him down, Mr. Dooley? 230 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:57,760 Mace up for things. 231 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:58,760 I'm apologizing. 232 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,880 I want to shake your hand. 233 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:03,880 I'd be pleased. 234 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:08,040 It's all right about the other night I'd forgotten about it. 235 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,200 I want to be your friend. 236 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,560 That's what you are right now, Mr. Cabot. 237 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:12,920 I want to tell you this. 238 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:13,920 What? 239 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,520 Laura loves you and that's all right. 240 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:17,520 We're getting married, Mr. Dooley. 241 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:18,960 I'm not saying you can't. 242 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,560 I'm saying I hope you'll be very happy. 243 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:25,360 Laura will be very glad to hear that. 244 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:26,360 Mr. Dooley. 245 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:27,360 Yes? 246 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,320 Laura says you play the fiddle. 247 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,480 I hear you're having a betrothal party tomorrow night. 248 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,000 Yes, that's right. 249 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,400 I'll play the fiddle for you. 250 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:45,400 For you and Laura. 251 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:53,840 It's the black, black heart within you, a scheming for a life. 252 00:10:53,840 --> 00:11:03,520 Then you'd play the fiddle while feeling along your knife. 253 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,960 Hey, Noah. 254 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,840 Come here. 255 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:14,240 Come here a minute. 256 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:15,240 What you want, Tom? 257 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,040 Spell me on the fiddle a little bit, Noah. 258 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,040 Sure. 259 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:19,040 Man, I bet you're tired. 260 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:20,520 Fiddling two hours, I'd let him up. 261 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:21,520 Spell me, cousin. 262 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:22,520 Take the fiddle. 263 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:23,520 Where you going, Tom? 264 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:24,920 I'll play the fiddle, pretty cousin. 265 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:29,920 Don't worry about me. 266 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:31,960 Laura. 267 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:47,480 I didn't mean to frighten you, Laura. 268 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:48,480 That's all right. 269 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,920 Noah's playing me my fiddle. 270 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,680 I saw you come out here. 271 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:54,600 I wanted to say something to you. 272 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:55,600 Tom. 273 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:56,600 Yes. 274 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,600 I'm glad. 275 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,320 I wanted to talk to you, too. 276 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,360 Paul told me what you did. 277 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,760 They teased me and called me Yankee. 278 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:06,880 And you... 279 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:07,880 That's all right. 280 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,360 And I've been hearing other things, Tom. 281 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:11,360 What? 282 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:12,360 How you're different. 283 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:17,880 How you ease down and not so wild so much no more. 284 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:18,880 I'm glad, Tom. 285 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,920 But it don't make no difference to you, does it, Laura? 286 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,920 How I feel, you mean? 287 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:24,920 No. 288 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:29,200 Why are you out here by yourself? 289 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,400 Because I'm so happy, Tom. 290 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,680 Because I danced a lot. 291 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:36,400 Because my heart's pounding so much. 292 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,080 Because Paul's in there. 293 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:39,080 When I look at him... 294 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,080 I know, Laura. 295 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:42,080 Laura. 296 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:43,080 Yes? 297 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,000 Walk with me. 298 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,560 That wouldn't be right, Tom. 299 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:47,560 Things I've got to tell you. 300 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:49,680 It wouldn't be right to listen, Tom. 301 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,200 Just a fave, I'm asking. 302 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:52,200 I'm pleading. 303 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:53,200 I changed. 304 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,200 You heard that. 305 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,200 A little walk, Laura. 306 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,200 A little walk. 307 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,200 Yes. 308 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:04,200 And my heart will settle down. 309 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,280 You remember we used to come this way? 310 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:07,280 No talk of that, Tom. 311 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:08,280 I remember we used to... 312 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:09,280 I'm going back. 313 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:10,280 No, no. 314 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:11,280 I'm sorry. 315 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:12,280 Tom. 316 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:13,280 Tom, you'll find you a girl. 317 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:20,280 There's no bitterness now, is there, Tom? 318 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:21,280 Tom. 319 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:31,000 The way that water runs from the top of the mountains to who knows where. 320 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,960 You'll find you a girl and you'll be happy. 321 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,960 A man like me, Laura. 322 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,440 Tom, why the knife? 323 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,440 Because a man like me never be happy. 324 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,440 You the cause, Laura. 325 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:44,440 You the cause. 326 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:45,440 I'll take the fiddle now, Noah. 327 00:13:45,440 --> 00:14:13,200 Here you are. 328 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:14,200 You feel better, Tom? 329 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:35,320 I feel a lot better. 330 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:40,040 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Joseph Cotton in Tom Dooley. 331 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:54,240 It's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 332 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,920 This is Harlow Wilcock speaking for Auto Light. 333 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:02,200 And I have here as our special guest, Lieutenant Colonel Sherman D. Cosgrove of the United 334 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,200 States Army. 335 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:08,120 Colonel Cosgrove, I understand that the Army has special relief funds that are made available 336 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:13,040 to officers and enlisted personnel and their families in time of distress. 337 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:14,740 We do, Mr. Wilcox. 338 00:15:14,740 --> 00:15:17,400 It's administered by the Army Emergency Relief in Washington. 339 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:21,160 Now, where do these funds come from, Colonel Cosgrove? 340 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:25,640 The money comes from voluntary contributions by the men and women in the services and from 341 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:30,620 proceeds of a very few special outside events approved by the officers in charge of these 342 00:15:30,620 --> 00:15:32,560 three relief organizations. 343 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,680 That's the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. 344 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:40,040 One of these events, by the way, is the supper party and reception to be given by the Auto 345 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:44,440 Light family at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on April 7. 346 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:49,120 Well, tell me, how are these funds made available to those in distress? 347 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:53,920 After thorough investigation, allocation of funds is handled by chaplains under the supervision 348 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:55,240 of their commanding officers. 349 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:59,720 It must require a huge sum of money to take care of all the needs that develop over a 350 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,280 period of a year. 351 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,480 It surely does, Mr. Wilcox. 352 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:08,680 Since its incorporation in February 1942, Army Emergency Relief alone has dispersed 353 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:15,840 over $24 million in rendering financial assistance to over 250,000 members of the Army and their 354 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:16,840 families. 355 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:18,320 Well, thank you very much, Colonel Cosgrove. 356 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,920 Tonight, we've been privileged to have as our guest Colonel Sherman D. Cosgrove, who 357 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:30,520 has brought you a special message on behalf of the Armed Services Emergency Relief Funds. 358 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:36,320 Now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr. Joseph Cotton in Elliot Lewis's 359 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:44,560 production of Tom Dooley, based on fact and well calculated to keep you in suspense. 360 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:54,200 Bow down your head, Tom Dooley. 361 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,160 Bow down your head and cry. 362 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,120 You killed poor Laura Foster. 363 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:06,600 You know you're bound to die. 364 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,720 Hello, Mr. Dooley. 365 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:15,760 Nice party you got going, Mr. Cabot. 366 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:16,760 Talk to you for a minute? 367 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:17,760 Sure. 368 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,760 Hey Noah, spell me again, will you? 369 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,080 Yeah, sure, Tom. 370 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,760 What can I do for you? 371 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:24,760 Have you seen Laura? 372 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,760 Oh, a while ago when I was fiddling. 373 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:28,760 Oh, she looks pretty tonight. 374 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,280 There's something else I got to tell you. 375 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,280 Yes? 376 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,080 You Yankees know how to give parties too. 377 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:35,080 How long ago did you see Laura? 378 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:36,520 Oh, like I told you, when I was... 379 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:37,520 How long ago was that? 380 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:38,520 Half an hour, maybe. 381 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:39,520 Why, what's the matter? 382 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:40,520 Well, she's not here. 383 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:41,520 Well, outside maybe. 384 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:42,520 Not that I could find. 385 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:43,520 Well, maybe you could... 386 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:44,520 Would you come help me look for her? 387 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:45,520 Oh, she don't need looking for her. 388 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:46,520 She'll be around. 389 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:47,520 Enjoy yourself, Mr. Dooley. 390 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:48,520 I'll do that, Mr. Cabot. 391 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:49,520 Aaron? 392 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:50,520 Yes, Paul? 393 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:51,520 See Laura? 394 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:52,520 I saw her go outside a while ago. 395 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:53,520 She's been out for a while. 396 00:17:53,520 --> 00:18:00,080 Get a few of the boys. 397 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,800 Let's go outside and look for her. 398 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:02,800 Sure. 399 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:03,800 Hey, Betty Lou. 400 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:18,800 Come on, give me a dance. 401 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,760 Tom. 402 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,920 Tom, wake up. 403 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:24,920 Come on, Tom, come on. 404 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:25,920 Wake up. 405 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:26,920 Get on your feet. 406 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,760 Why are you waking me, cousin? 407 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:30,760 You listen to me. 408 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,080 Why are you waking me when it's still black outside? 409 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:35,720 You killed Laura, Tom. 410 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:36,720 What? 411 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,640 They found Laura snagged on a rock right under the North Falls. 412 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:40,640 She was stabbed. 413 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:41,880 What are you saying, over? 414 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,040 I'm saying it and everybody else is saying it. 415 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:45,160 Saying what? 416 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:46,360 You put a knife to Laura. 417 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:47,640 Oh, you saw me dancing. 418 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,560 Oh, everybody saw me dancing. 419 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,200 Everybody's seen you go outside, too. 420 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,560 They're coming after you, Tom. 421 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,080 Saying I killed her? 422 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:56,080 Knowing it. 423 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,720 Knowing you're the only person who had reason. 424 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:58,720 But I... 425 00:18:58,720 --> 00:18:59,720 You're talking and they're coming after you. 426 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:00,720 They're going to hang you, cousin. 427 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,560 They're going to hang you for sure. 428 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,520 You killed her, didn't you? 429 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:06,760 You got to help me. 430 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:11,400 You put on all the gentle and there was nothing but black inside you. 431 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:12,400 You're my cousin. 432 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,560 And I'm your cousin and you got to help me. 433 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:15,560 Killer. 434 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,080 Pretty thing like Laura. 435 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,200 You're blood killing me, Noah, and you're going to help me. 436 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:20,200 You're going to do what I tell you. 437 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,200 No, I'm not, Tom. 438 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:22,760 I'm doing nothing to help you. 439 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,640 You're talking like a man who don't care if you die. 440 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,560 You're going to wait till I get out of this cabin, till I get on your horse and start 441 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:29,560 riding to a Tennessee. 442 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,440 And you're going to wait some more. 443 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,880 Till you hear them coming, then you're going to get on my horse and wear my hat and you're 444 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,120 going to start riding the other direction. 445 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:44,280 When you leave, I got the length of this room to decide whether to shoot you in the back. 446 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,280 Now you get going. 447 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,280 Stay here. 448 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:51,280 Tick-tock. 449 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:52,280 Tick-tock. 450 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:53,280 Tick-tock. 451 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:54,280 Tick-tock. 452 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:55,280 Tick-tock. 453 00:19:55,280 --> 00:20:02,600 Tom Dooley rode the morning. 454 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:15,340 Tom Dooley galloped west and when the sun was gone, he laid him down to rest. 455 00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:18,340 The rest. 456 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:24,600 Who's there? 457 00:20:26,300 --> 00:20:27,300 Who's there? 458 00:20:30,180 --> 00:20:31,640 I see you. I'm going to shoot. 459 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,760 That's my friend, Salman, you might see me. 460 00:20:36,140 --> 00:20:38,100 You can't see at all because I'm at your back. 461 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,840 Now, you just stand where you're standing. 462 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:41,640 What do you want? 463 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,480 Stand where you're standing and you're going to feel something. 464 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:47,600 Feel it? My gun to your back. 465 00:20:48,940 --> 00:20:51,100 All right, Salman, take his gun. 466 00:20:51,180 --> 00:20:53,140 Give it to him. Give it to him. 467 00:20:53,220 --> 00:20:54,220 That's it. 468 00:20:55,140 --> 00:20:57,900 You come out too, George. You too, Dawson. 469 00:20:57,980 --> 00:20:59,360 I don't know you men. Who? 470 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:00,560 Yankees. 471 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:01,440 What do you want me for? 472 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:03,440 Well, we don't know, Johnny Reb. 473 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,240 We just come down here on a visit. 474 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:06,200 You want my money, that's why. 475 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,700 Now, there's a thought. 476 00:21:08,780 --> 00:21:09,820 Where's your money, Reb? 477 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:10,440 I've got none. 478 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,900 Oh, you've got none. You've got none. 479 00:21:14,820 --> 00:21:16,440 Where you come from, Reb? 480 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:17,560 From back there. 481 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,020 You're still wearing the rebel jacket. 482 00:21:20,100 --> 00:21:21,240 Don't you know the war's over? 483 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:22,320 The war's over and you still... 484 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,660 Enjoying it. Living off the fat of southern land. 485 00:21:25,740 --> 00:21:28,360 Won a war, we did, Reb, and we're enjoying it. 486 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,160 I've got no quarrel with you now. 487 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,240 Once you had a quarrel. 488 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,780 Where'd you fight, Reb? 489 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:36,080 Manassas. 490 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:36,580 Get his... 491 00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:37,660 Manassas. 492 00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:41,580 Now, you take a look at the wood I wear for a leg, Reb. 493 00:21:41,660 --> 00:21:43,660 I changed him at Manassas. 494 00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:45,660 A Reb bullet. 495 00:21:45,740 --> 00:21:47,740 You shoot that bullet? 496 00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:49,040 Maybe I did. 497 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:51,880 You got us a brave one, settlement. 498 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:53,960 Make him cry a little bit. 499 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:55,920 Go. 500 00:22:01,180 --> 00:22:02,800 Get up, Reb. 501 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:03,880 Get up. 502 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,640 Get up. 503 00:22:07,060 --> 00:22:09,400 You crying? 504 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:10,900 You smiling? 505 00:22:10,980 --> 00:22:14,600 Can't tell with that face, settlement made for you. 506 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,060 Now, let me look real close. 507 00:22:17,140 --> 00:22:18,820 Why, you ain't doing nothing at all. 508 00:22:18,900 --> 00:22:20,980 Just... just let me get out of here. 509 00:22:21,060 --> 00:22:22,360 Night's entertainment. 510 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:23,700 That's what we're looking for, Reb. 511 00:22:23,780 --> 00:22:24,740 And you don't do nothing. 512 00:22:24,820 --> 00:22:27,120 Laugh, cry, nothing. 513 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,120 Ah, you dance, I bet. 514 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:29,960 You Rebs. 515 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:30,920 I tell you what. 516 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,700 You dance for us. 517 00:22:32,700 --> 00:22:33,960 Dawson, get us a rope. 518 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:35,460 You've got no cause to hang me. 519 00:22:35,540 --> 00:22:36,960 For dancing purposes. 520 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:40,580 You do us a do-si-do on the air from that tree over there. 521 00:22:40,660 --> 00:22:42,000 Thank you kindly, Dawson. 522 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,260 No cause at all. 523 00:22:43,340 --> 00:22:44,880 Don't like to dance? 524 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,800 Then what you gonna do for us, Reb? 525 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,340 I know a thing. 526 00:22:49,420 --> 00:22:51,020 Sing us a tune. 527 00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:52,520 Nice Yankee tune. 528 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,300 Reb, you know one? 529 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,060 Sure you do. 530 00:22:56,140 --> 00:22:58,060 I'll help you, Reb. 531 00:22:58,140 --> 00:23:00,520 Yankee doodle, keep it up. 532 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:01,520 Sing. 533 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,020 Let him alone. 534 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:04,900 Who are you? 535 00:23:04,980 --> 00:23:07,400 A Yankee, like you. 536 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:08,780 Isn't that right, Tom? 537 00:23:08,860 --> 00:23:11,620 Yes, sir. Yes, sir, Mr. Cabot. 538 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:14,120 A Yankee, gentlemen. 539 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,540 Who says with this rifle that the hating's over. 540 00:23:17,620 --> 00:23:20,500 Now leave this man alone and get out. 541 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:23,920 All right. 542 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,380 All right, men. 543 00:23:25,460 --> 00:23:26,460 Get. 544 00:23:26,540 --> 00:23:28,340 Oh, Mr. Cabot. 545 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:31,520 Mr. Cabot, they were gonna kill me. 546 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,180 I'm grateful. 547 00:23:33,260 --> 00:23:34,680 Grateful? 548 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,180 For saving your life? 549 00:23:36,260 --> 00:23:39,060 You're going back right where you came from, Tom Dooley. 550 00:23:39,140 --> 00:23:41,820 To where you killed Laura. 551 00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:45,280 Walk ahead of me, Tom Dooley, or I'll shoot you where you stand. 552 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:46,820 Doctor. 553 00:23:46,900 --> 00:23:48,160 Yankee doctor. 554 00:23:48,160 --> 00:24:01,500 Who's going to see that you die legal, Tom Dooley. 555 00:24:01,580 --> 00:24:03,540 Carts ready for you, Tom. 556 00:24:03,540 --> 00:24:22,540 Time for hanging. 557 00:24:22,620 --> 00:24:33,260 Ooh. 558 00:24:33,260 --> 00:24:39,840 Come on, Tom. 559 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:47,180 To that scrub oak tree. 560 00:24:47,260 --> 00:24:51,800 Get up on your horse, Tom. 561 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,260 Rope tight to the branch up there. 562 00:24:54,340 --> 00:24:55,840 Yeah, real tight. 563 00:24:55,940 --> 00:24:58,220 Mr. Cabot. 564 00:24:58,300 --> 00:25:01,900 Reckon you want to fit the noose to Tom's neck? 565 00:25:01,900 --> 00:25:03,860 Yes. 566 00:25:03,940 --> 00:25:09,700 Lean down, Tom Dooley. 567 00:25:09,780 --> 00:25:11,700 All right, it's done. 568 00:25:11,780 --> 00:25:17,540 You got anything to say, Tom, before we slap your horse out from under you? 569 00:25:17,620 --> 00:25:23,760 Bow down your head, Tom Dooley. 570 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:29,840 Bow down your head and cry. 571 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,600 Goodbye, Tom. May your soul rest in peace. 572 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:39,680 You killed poor Laura Foster. 573 00:25:39,780 --> 00:25:48,660 You know you're bound to die. 574 00:25:48,660 --> 00:26:05,460 Get. 575 00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:07,540 Suspense. 576 00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:08,800 Presented by Auto Light. 577 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:13,340 Tonight's star, Mr. Joseph Cotton. 578 00:26:13,420 --> 00:26:16,220 Suspense has again been brought to you by Auto Light. 579 00:26:16,220 --> 00:26:21,020 World's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. 580 00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:25,360 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 581 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:30,440 That's why during these early months of 1953, the Auto Light family has again 582 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:36,060 saluted the leading manufacturers who install Auto Light products as original equipment. 583 00:26:36,140 --> 00:26:40,740 Next week as a climax to this salute series, our show will originate from the Easter 584 00:26:40,740 --> 00:26:46,580 Parade of Stars Auto Show in the Grand Ballroom of New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. 585 00:26:46,660 --> 00:26:52,660 Our story will be a dramatization of the first and only round the world auto race ever held. 586 00:26:52,740 --> 00:26:55,000 Our star will be Van Johnson. 587 00:26:55,080 --> 00:27:01,080 So be sure to be with us next week for the auto race that stirred the world. 588 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:05,080 Next week, a story based on fact as we recreate the first international automobile race. 589 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,160 The time, 1908. 590 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,240 The story around the world. 591 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:13,320 Our star, Mr. Van Johnson. 592 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:19,400 That's next week on Suspense. 593 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:25,480 Next week, a story based on fact as we recreate the first international automobile race. 594 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,560 The time, 1908. 595 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,560 Suspense. 596 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:50,640 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morawick 597 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,720 and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 598 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:58,720 Tom Dooley was written for Suspense by Morton Fine and David Friedkin. 599 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:04,800 Featured in tonight's cast were Sammy Hill, William Conrad, Joseph Kearns and Bill Bissell. 600 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:10,880 The singer was Harry Stanton. 601 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:16,960 Joseph Cotton may currently be seen in the 20th Century Fox picture, Niagara. 602 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:22,960 And remember, next week, Mr. Van Johnson in Around the World. 603 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:38,960 This is the CBS Radio Network.