1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,200 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Frank Lovejoy in tonight's presentation 2 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:19,080 of Suspense. 3 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:23,600 Tonight Auto Light presents the story about a man who committed a murder and got away 4 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,320 with it for quite a while. 5 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:34,720 Frank Defender, our star Mr. Frank Lovejoy. 6 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:39,360 Hey Hap, why is April like an Auto Light Stayful battery? 7 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,280 Oh that's easy Harlow, they're both famous. 8 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:47,920 Right Hap, the Auto Light Stayful has three times the liquid reserve of ordinary batteries, 9 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,480 and that's why it needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 10 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:54,600 But that isn't all the Auto Light Stayful is famous for. 11 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,440 Well sir, it's famous for longer life too. 12 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:02,400 Fiberglass retaining mats surround every positive plate to reduce shedding and flaking, and 13 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:07,660 give the Auto Light Stayful battery longer life, as proved by tests conducted according 14 00:01:07,660 --> 00:01:09,520 to accepted life cycle standards. 15 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,800 So April's the month, eh Harlow? 16 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,400 Right, the month to visit your Auto Light battery dealer, the expert on all makes of 17 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:17,400 batteries. 18 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:22,680 To quickly locate him, phone Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 19 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,800 I'll gladly tell you the name of your nearest Auto Light battery dealer, where you can get 20 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:31,880 an Auto Light Stayful, the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car 21 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:32,880 use. 22 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:38,140 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 23 00:01:38,140 --> 00:01:45,520 And now, Auto Light presents Public Defender, starring Mr. Frank Lovejoy, hoping once again 24 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:56,840 to keep you in suspense. 25 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,360 The newspapers say it was a matter of conscience. 26 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,440 Well, they're wrong, dead wrong. 27 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,560 It wasn't conscience or anything like that. 28 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,880 It was just the way he looked and talked. 29 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:08,880 Conscience? 30 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,320 Huh, I don't have one. 31 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,880 I don't think you do either. 32 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:26,400 It was a swell morning and they were having a swell parade. 33 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,560 The whole town was out watching it. 34 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,360 I was there too, I didn't want to miss anything. 35 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:36,440 I was standing on the north side of 6th Street off of Curtis, right by the alley. 36 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,560 I'd already spotted this lady in the fur coat. 37 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,640 She was about five feet from me, sort of standing on her toes, trying to look over everybody's 38 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:44,640 head. 39 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:49,440 I looked around to make sure she was alone before I came up in back of her. 40 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:50,440 What? 41 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:51,440 Easy now. 42 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,320 But, just a minute, that's my purse. 43 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:58,920 You weren't supposed to notice, lady, but now that you have, this is a life. 44 00:02:58,920 --> 00:02:59,920 Don't make a move. 45 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:03,920 Don't make one single little move or I'll shove it right in your back. 46 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:09,320 I said not to move. 47 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:14,320 I put one arm around her and held her up until the Drummond Bugle Corps passed. 48 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,160 No one noticed when I let her slip to the ground. 49 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:34,560 Then I just turned around and walked away. 50 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,000 The papers called it the Armistice Day killing. 51 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,720 It said her name was Tyler and that her husband did something for the county. 52 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,440 Their pictures were all over the front page. 53 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,640 That night I caught myself a bus for St. Louis and stayed there about a month. 54 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,040 It's a pretty good town. 55 00:03:51,040 --> 00:04:02,520 I got back here in time for Christmas and no one bothered me up until a few days ago. 56 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:03,520 Who is it? 57 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:04,520 It's Mrs. Weaver. 58 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:05,520 Oh. 59 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:06,520 What time is it? 60 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:07,520 Eight o'clock. 61 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:12,200 There are two men downstairs who want to talk to you. 62 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,200 They're from the police department. 63 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,200 Policeman? 64 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:15,200 Yes, policeman. 65 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:20,000 I told them you were sleeping and could they come back later or could you call them? 66 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,920 They said they wanted to talk to you right now. 67 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:23,920 You in any trouble? 68 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:24,920 I don't know. 69 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:25,920 I hope not. 70 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,120 Tell them I'll be right down, Mrs. Weaver. 71 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,560 Well, all right, Mr. Penn. 72 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,440 They must have made a mistake or something. 73 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:33,440 Oh, yeah, sure. 74 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:45,120 Are you Philip James Penn? 75 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,120 Yes. 76 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:47,120 Police. 77 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,120 I'm Sergeant Quinn. 78 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,120 Sergeant Lacey. 79 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:50,120 All right. 80 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,840 I was just looking around for my robe. 81 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:52,840 I was coming right down. 82 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:54,920 Isn't that a robe over there on the chair? 83 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:55,920 Oh? 84 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:56,920 No. 85 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:57,920 For golly, it is. 86 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:58,920 What's this all about? 87 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,120 What do you want to see me for? 88 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,680 Oh, just checking a few things, Penn. 89 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,160 Sorry to get you up like this. 90 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:06,160 Well, that's OK. 91 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,040 I want to get up early today anyhow. 92 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,720 I usually sleep on Sundays if I can, but I had some extra work to do today. 93 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,880 Oh, where are you working these days, Penn? 94 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:14,880 I'm not working at all. 95 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,280 I'm going to school eight hours a day. 96 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:18,280 Where? 97 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:19,680 Commercial Electrical College. 98 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,440 How long have you been doing that? 99 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:22,440 Since last January. 100 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:23,440 I enrolled on the 15th. 101 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:24,440 Why? 102 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:25,440 How do you live? 103 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,280 I'd saved a little money. 104 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:28,280 I worked here and there. 105 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:29,280 Oh, where are you from? 106 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:30,280 Milwaukee. 107 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:31,280 How long have you been in town? 108 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:33,240 About a part of a year, I guess. 109 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,240 Say, I... 110 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:35,240 How old are you? 111 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:36,240 31. 112 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,240 Married? 113 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:38,240 No. 114 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:39,240 Ever been in trouble? 115 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:40,240 No, sir. 116 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:41,240 Ever been arrested? 117 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,240 No, sir. 118 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,280 How about back in Milwaukee? 119 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:46,080 I've never been in any kind of trouble. 120 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,080 Never been arrested. 121 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,080 No, sir. 122 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,800 Do you know Walter Kalaman? 123 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:51,800 Walter Kalaman? 124 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,120 Now, that name sounds familiar in a way. 125 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,040 I can't place it at the moment, though. 126 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,800 Oh, he places you pretty well. 127 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:03,000 Says you worked for him once at his place over on 17th... 128 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 17th and Glenon. 129 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,640 Kalaman, huh? 130 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,640 I worked for him? 131 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:09,640 17th? 132 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:10,640 When was this? 133 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,640 Can't you remember who you worked for? 134 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,520 Well, I told you, I haven't worked regular for a long time. 135 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,160 I've had lots of jobs here and there around town. 136 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,160 You had this one around last Christmas, Penn. 137 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,800 From the 18th of December through the 5th of January. 138 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,240 Oh, yes, the Ace Habitashary. 139 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:28,680 Oh, sure, sure. 140 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,320 I clerked there. 141 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,760 You can't expect me to remember a man's name just like that when it's so far back. 142 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,520 Sure, I remember Mr. Kalaman now. 143 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:37,520 What about him? 144 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,320 Mr. Kalaman's store was burglarized last night, Penn. 145 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,120 Somebody got away with $400 or so. 146 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:45,120 Well, I'll be darned. 147 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,280 Mr. Kalaman closed his store at 6 o'clock last night. 148 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:53,080 About 10 o'clock, he was out riding with his wife and he says he saw you standing in front 149 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,080 of the place. 150 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,880 And Mrs. Kalaman saw you, too. 151 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:56,880 Yeah? 152 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,920 Well, how about it, Penn, you're a big, tall fella, fairly easy to pick out. 153 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,480 The Kalamans recognized you. 154 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,400 Oh, I think they made a mistake, Sergeant. 155 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,640 Were you around that store at any time last night? 156 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,560 No, sir, I sure wasn't. 157 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,400 Not anywhere near it. 158 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,160 I was right here in this room in bed last night. 159 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:14,440 Can you prove that? 160 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:15,880 I don't know, I haven't tried. 161 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,120 Mr. Kalaman said that you had a key to the store when you worked for him. 162 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,440 Do you still have that key? 163 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,840 I gave it back to Mr. Kalaman when he let me go. 164 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,040 He says you didn't give it back. 165 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:25,200 Well, then he's mistaken. 166 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:26,840 I gave him back his key. 167 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,640 Whoever got in there last night had a key, Penn. 168 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,520 How about putting some clothes on and coming downtown with us? 169 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,760 Do I have to go? 170 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:36,760 Yeah. 171 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,280 Well, I had a lot of things I wanted to do today. 172 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,520 I've got some studying I want to finish. 173 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,000 Don't you believe me? 174 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:54,280 Let's go, Phil. 175 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,480 I was afraid to go with him. 176 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,440 I didn't want to have anything to do with cops. 177 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:03,000 They asked too many questions, and if I answered too many of them, they were bound to find 178 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:08,920 out something about other things. 179 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:14,840 It was a little rougher than I expected when we got downtown. 180 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:19,240 Besides Kalaman and his wife, the guy in the filling station across the street identified 181 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:20,520 me. 182 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:25,280 Old Lady Weaver wouldn't back up my story about my being home sleeping. 183 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,800 And then they went out and looked over my room and found the key to Kalaman's store in my 184 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:29,800 coat pocket. 185 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,680 I don't know how it got there. 186 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:36,480 And everybody remembered I'd been wearing that coat the night before. 187 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:41,680 A little while later, a man named Hale, who said he was from the district attorney's office, 188 00:08:41,680 --> 00:08:45,160 got me alone in a room and had me go over the whole thing. 189 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,840 I thought he was pretty well convinced for a while. 190 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,560 You know, you're in a pretty tough spot here. 191 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:50,560 Oh, I know. 192 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:51,560 I know that. 193 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:53,960 Your legal entry and burglary, you could get up to seven years. 194 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,080 Well, I don't want no seven years, sir. 195 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:57,560 I haven't done anything. 196 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:00,080 Then there's something else you should know. 197 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,080 What? 198 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:06,040 Mr. Kalaman kept his money hidden in one of the boxes on a shelf downstairs in the store. 199 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,040 Somebody who had worked there had to take it. 200 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,560 Well, why don't they ask somebody else who's worked there? 201 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:11,560 It's just a small place. 202 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:14,240 He only opened it a few months ago. 203 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,840 You're the only help he's ever hired. 204 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:22,520 Then you're the only one who could possibly have knowledge of where that money was hidden. 205 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,880 Then do you want to make a statement? 206 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:27,920 No, sir, I didn't take it. 207 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:29,400 I wasn't around that store. 208 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:38,440 Okay, Penn, that's all. 209 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,440 They booked me in and I was arraigned. 210 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,400 A couple of days later, they had a hearing. 211 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,800 Everybody came in and told their little story. 212 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:52,760 Philip James Penn, you have heard the charges of which you stand accused. 213 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:57,120 It is my duty to inform you that it has been determined that a public offense has been 214 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,600 committed. 215 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,800 This is not a trial, court. 216 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,680 You will have ample opportunity to produce witnesses and defend yourself at the proper 217 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:06,520 time and place. 218 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:07,520 Are you represented? 219 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,400 No, no, your honor, I don't have a lawyer. 220 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:14,000 You have any means whereby you can procure counsel? 221 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,200 I'm broke, your honor. 222 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:16,200 Nobody to help me out. 223 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,200 I don't have any money. 224 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,640 The clerk see that office of the public defender is notified. 225 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:24,940 I hereby commit the accused to the custody of the sheriff of this county pending the 226 00:10:24,940 --> 00:10:26,480 action of the grand jury. 227 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:27,480 Adjourned. 228 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:35,320 Yeah, it was kind of rough out all right. 229 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:39,520 They had it about all fixed up against me and I saw myself doing a nice little seven 230 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,800 years for a burglary I hadn't committed. 231 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,920 Then this fellow from the public defender's office showed up. 232 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,880 When I saw him coming toward my cell with a turnkey there was something familiar about 233 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,880 his face and yet I didn't know him. 234 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,880 Hot today, huh? 235 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,880 Sure is, Jim. 236 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:04,840 Yeah, county jail's no place to be on a hot day. 237 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,840 Any day I guess, Jim. 238 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:07,840 Yeah. 239 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,920 Now here we go. 240 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:14,960 Penn, this is Mr. Tyler. 241 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,600 He wants to talk to you. 242 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,560 Did you say Tyler? 243 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:21,560 Yeah. 244 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:27,680 My mind was going a mile a minute but I couldn't think of anything to say. 245 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:32,520 So I just stood there and looked at the guy who was going to handle me in court. 246 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,920 I recognized him. 247 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:41,120 His picture had been in the paper with a story about her. 248 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,960 I'd killed his wife. 249 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:46,520 Hello Phil. 250 00:11:46,520 --> 00:12:02,320 I'm here to help you. 251 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:08,880 Autolite is bringing you Mr. Frank Lovejoy in Public Defender, tonight's presentation 252 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:24,080 in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 253 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:25,080 Well hello. 254 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,320 A lot of folks get daylight saving time soon. 255 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,660 Well, half its saving time all the time when you've got an Autolite stay full battery in 256 00:12:31,660 --> 00:12:37,520 your car because with an Autolite stay full you have the power for quick sure starts every 257 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:38,520 time. 258 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,240 Power that really lasts, eh Harlow? 259 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:41,800 Ah, you know it, Hap. 260 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:46,320 Fiberglass retaining mats protect the power of every positive plate to reduce shedding 261 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:52,240 and flaking and give the Autolite stay full longer life as proved by tests conducted according 262 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,000 to accepted life cycle standards. 263 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,480 And the Autolite stay full hardly ever needs water. 264 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,600 Only three times a year in normal car use. 265 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,620 So friends, visit your expert Autolite battery dealer. 266 00:13:04,620 --> 00:13:08,120 Just phone Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 267 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:13,040 Now quickly tell you the location of your nearest Autolite battery dealer. 268 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:16,360 Where you can get an Autolite stay full battery. 269 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:23,200 And now, Autolite brings back to our Hollywood sound stage Mr. Frank Lovejoy in Elliot Lewis's 270 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:44,720 production of Public Defender, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 271 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,640 I'll be right down the hall Mr. Tyler. 272 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:47,920 All right Jim. 273 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:49,240 Just call when you need me. 274 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:50,240 Aye Jim. 275 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:57,240 Well now, as the fellow says, it was a pretty good trip but now I have to pay for it. 276 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,240 Like a smoke? 277 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:00,240 Thanks. 278 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:01,240 Aye. 279 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,120 Oh, no need to look like that. 280 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,240 Here you are. 281 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:07,880 Thanks. 282 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:14,000 At your hearing, you told the court that you weren't represented by counsel Phil, that's 283 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,800 why I came here. 284 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,480 I'd like to handle your case for you. 285 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:19,480 I don't have any money. 286 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,400 If you're in trouble, you have a right to legal counsel whether you have any money or 287 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:23,400 not. 288 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:24,400 We have a law that says that Phil. 289 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,320 You don't have to have any money with me, my fee's on the county. 290 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,240 Do you understand that? 291 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:30,960 I guess I do. 292 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:31,960 Well good. 293 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:32,960 Sit down Phil. 294 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:33,960 Sure hot huh? 295 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:34,960 Yeah. 296 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:43,000 Well now, how about telling me the whole thing? 297 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Didn't you read the charges? 298 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,240 Oh yes, but I want to hear what you have to say about them. 299 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,960 How do I know you're not from the district attorney's office here trying to tie me up 300 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:52,960 somewhere? 301 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,480 No I'm not Phil, I'm on your side. 302 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:56,480 I'm representing you. 303 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:00,260 Well you work for the county, same as a district attorney. 304 00:15:00,260 --> 00:15:02,880 We work pretty hard keeping people out of jail too. 305 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,840 I'd like you to be very frank with me and tell me everything that happened. 306 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,640 Well nothing happened. 307 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,760 All right. 308 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,240 Where were you Saturday night son? 309 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:18,480 Phil, Mrs. Weaver told me that you were out until midnight or better. 310 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:19,480 She heard you come in. 311 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:24,040 Phil, were you around Mr. Calliman's store? 312 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:25,040 No. 313 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:26,600 Where were you son? 314 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,320 I just walking and thinking that's all. 315 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:30,320 Alone? 316 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:31,320 Yeah. 317 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:32,320 Tell me what you were thinking about. 318 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:33,320 Hmm? 319 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:34,400 What was on your mind? 320 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,520 Were you worried about something? 321 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:43,200 Oh no, I just was thinking about a lot of things, what I was going to do. 322 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,960 Tell me what you mean. 323 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:50,440 Oh, just about finishing my course in electrical work and maybe getting a good job someplace 324 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,600 and settling down, getting married. 325 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,760 A lot of young fellows go around thinking just about the same things. 326 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,360 Ever been married? 327 00:15:58,360 --> 00:15:59,360 No. 328 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:00,360 You have a girl? 329 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,360 No. 330 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,360 Do you go to church? 331 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,200 Sometimes, not very often. 332 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,640 Why did you tell the officers you were home sleeping Phil? 333 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,000 Well I was scared I guess. 334 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,640 What? 335 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,120 Are you afraid of policemen Phil? 336 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,240 I guess so. 337 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,520 Oh, why Phil? 338 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,320 I don't know. 339 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:28,720 Well now while you were out walking did you stop in any place like for a drink or something? 340 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:29,720 No. 341 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,360 Did you see anybody you knew, somebody who might be able to identify? 342 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,720 No, no I just took a good long walk. 343 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,960 What time did you leave the bowling house? 344 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,520 Right after dinner, maybe 7.30, quarter to 8. 345 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,120 Where'd you go from there? 346 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,040 I walked downtown to see if there were any movies I'd like to see. 347 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,720 There weren't any so I just kept walking around town. 348 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:49,720 It was a nice night. 349 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,400 It sure was. 350 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,520 You walked till after midnight, huh? 351 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:58,600 Phil, you had a key to that store. 352 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,200 You knew where Calliman hid his money. 353 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,280 You were seen in the vicinity of the store the night he was robbed. 354 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:08,120 Now if you rob Mr. Calliman's store I'll have to know all about it if I'm going to help you. 355 00:17:08,120 --> 00:17:11,000 No sir, I did not rob that store. 356 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,600 Honest, I didn't. 357 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,320 All right sir. 358 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,240 I'll do my best to help you prove it. 359 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:18,680 I'll do everything I can for you. 360 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,280 We'll enter a not guilty plea. 361 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,440 Do you have plenty of cigarettes, huh? 362 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:23,440 Yeah. 363 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,920 Mr. Tyler, do I have a chance of getting off? 364 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:32,720 Oh, that depends on how good a defense we put up, mostly and whether or not we have all 365 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,040 the facts. 366 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:40,520 Well, you have no arrest and a dating this one, that's in your favor. 367 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:44,720 All I see now, you're a pretty industrious, ambitious sort of fellow. 368 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,280 All these things will come into account when we get into court. 369 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:49,280 We'll find it out together. 370 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,920 Now I have to run along now, but I'll be back tomorrow. 371 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:58,400 Meantime you just sort of relax and straighten out your thoughts. 372 00:17:58,400 --> 00:17:59,400 What do you mean? 373 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:04,400 Oh, man hardly ever takes a five hour walk. 374 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,680 Maybe you'll have some things to tell me about when I come again. 375 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,620 We interrupt this program. 376 00:18:09,620 --> 00:18:13,080 We have interrupted this program to bring you the latest on the prisoner of war exchange 377 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:14,400 in Korea. 378 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,920 Here are the latest names of American prisoners just released by the communists. 379 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:24,640 PFC Paul O. Blanton, Route 2, Broadhead, Kentucky. 380 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:31,200 From Philadelphia, Private John M. Jankiewicz Jr., 926 North 6th Street. 381 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:35,440 From Greenville, Tennessee, PFC Walter Mitchell. 382 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:40,000 From Covington, Kentucky, Sergeant Orville R. Mullen. 383 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,680 Private G. Morland, no home address listed. 384 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:50,800 PFC Harry Purvis, also no home address listed. 385 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:56,280 Sergeant Willie Patrick Jr., Sergeant Patrick and the next names coming up are also listed 386 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,080 as having no home address as of the moment. 387 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:03,200 Sergeant Willie Patrick Jr., Sergeant Albert L. Howard. 388 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:13,280 PFC Wilbert M. Waring, W-A-R-R-I-N-G. Sergeant Edward G. Anderson. 389 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:20,880 Private Louis O'Kerstgroe, that's spelled O-K-E-R-K-S-T-R-O. 390 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,400 Sergeant George W. Gray. 391 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:27,940 PFC Earl N. Wiseman. 392 00:19:27,940 --> 00:19:30,640 Sergeant William H. White. 393 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,560 Sergeant White is listed as a litter patient. 394 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,480 Corporal Pedro A. Herrero. 395 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:43,040 PFC Joe T. Heath, also listed as a litter patient. 396 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:48,960 Those 16 names are the names of American prisoners of war released this evening by the communists 397 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:50,920 in Korea. 398 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:56,840 As later names become available, we will interrupt our scheduled programs to bring them to you. 399 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,200 This bulletin has come to you from CBS Radio News. 400 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,240 We now resume our scheduled program. 401 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:08,560 I'm telling you the truth. 402 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,440 Where'd you stay in St. Louis? 403 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:11,600 At the Hall Hotel. 404 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:12,600 How much rent did you pay? 405 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:13,600 I didn't pay any rent. 406 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:14,960 I stayed there with a friend of mine. 407 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:15,960 It didn't cost me a dime. 408 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:16,960 What's your friend's name? 409 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:17,960 Jack O'Brien. 410 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:18,960 Is he still there now? 411 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:19,960 Why? 412 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,560 Well, I want to wire him and verify this. 413 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,600 He's in the Army now. 414 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,760 What do you figure the trip cost you? 415 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,440 Just my bus fare, nothing more, a little spending money. 416 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,040 He paid for my meals, too. 417 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:31,440 Say, and a hundred dollars? 418 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,160 I had 93 dollars when I left. 419 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:34,400 When'd you get back? 420 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:35,400 By the middle of December. 421 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:36,400 When'd you leave? 422 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:37,400 Armistice... 423 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:43,200 Armistice Day. 424 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:47,800 Why'd you take a sudden trip on Armistice Day? 425 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:53,600 Well, I just wanted to go, leave town. 426 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:54,600 Why? 427 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,380 I don't know, Mr. Tyler. 428 00:20:58,380 --> 00:21:04,880 You don't remember the exact day you got back, but... but you remember the day you left. 429 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,680 Mr. Tyler, I don't go around robbing people. 430 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,560 I just don't do it. 431 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,160 I didn't take that money from Mr. Calliman's store. 432 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:17,720 I never did any harm to anybody, Mr. Tyler. 433 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,720 You believe me, don't you? 434 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:25,440 Yeah, yeah, Phil. 435 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:32,680 We went to court the next day. 436 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:37,560 Hale, the district attorney's man, got up and told the jury what he was going to prove, 437 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,560 and Mr. Tyler got up and told them how none of it was true. 438 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,800 And after that, he asked the judge to keep all of the witnesses out of the room except 439 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,000 the one that had something to say. 440 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,680 The judge said that was all right. 441 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:53,480 And then the two cops who'd arrested me showed up and told about it, and then Mrs. Weaver 442 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,640 came in and told how I hadn't been home. 443 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:01,420 And finally, Hale called Calliman in and spent 15 minutes or so having him say I was around 444 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:05,840 the store the night it was robbed, that I had a key, and that I knew where the money 445 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:06,840 was hidden. 446 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,480 Well, Mr. Tyler listened to all of it, and then he took his turn. 447 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:15,920 You testified, Mr. Calliman, that the accused was in the vicinity of your store the night 448 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:16,920 the money was taken. 449 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:17,920 Yes, sir. 450 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,360 And you saw him while you were out driving with your wife. 451 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:22,760 Yes, sir. 452 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,160 Can you describe the clothing he was wearing at the time? 453 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:33,920 He had on a sport coat and a pair of gray pants and a blue shirt. 454 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,320 What color was the sport coat, Mr. Calliman? 455 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:37,320 Tan. 456 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,880 Was he wearing a hat? 457 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:40,980 No hat. 458 00:22:40,980 --> 00:22:43,360 How close were you when you saw him? 459 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:49,960 I was driving in the outside lane, and he was right on the street, 20 feet away, I'd 460 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:50,960 say. 461 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,200 How fast was your car traveling at the time? 462 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,000 We were at this stop, sir. 463 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,760 Then you had a good look at him. 464 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:57,760 Yes, sir. 465 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,520 For how long a period of time? 466 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:05,440 Maybe 10 seconds, just while we stopped. 467 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:11,480 With the court's permission, I'd like to ask the witness to step over in front of the jury. 468 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,400 Any objections from the prosecution? 469 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,120 No objection, your honor. 470 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:18,120 All right, Mr. Calliman. 471 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:22,040 Right, right there will be fine. 472 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:27,040 Now Mr. Calliman, will you look at the juror sitting directly in front of you? 473 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:28,040 Yes, sir. 474 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:32,560 All right, Mr. Calliman, turn around, please. 475 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:37,280 Now tell me, Mr. Calliman, what does that man look like? 476 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:41,600 Why, he's got gray hair. 477 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,200 He's wearing glasses. 478 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,920 Can you tell me the color of his suit? 479 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,600 Brown, I think. 480 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:50,600 His tie? 481 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:51,600 No. 482 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:52,600 His shirt? 483 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:53,600 No. 484 00:23:53,600 --> 00:24:01,200 This is the witness who, by his own statement, saw the accused for 10 seconds and positively 485 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:08,120 identified him. 486 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:11,980 The same thing happened to Calliman's wife and the filling station man. 487 00:24:11,980 --> 00:24:14,240 Was all over in less than an hour. 488 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:18,200 The jury went out and came back and said that I wasn't guilty. 489 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,760 And finally everybody had left and I was standing there with him. 490 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:25,800 Well, son, how do you feel? 491 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:26,800 Pretty good, Mr. Tyler. 492 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,960 I don't know how to thank you. 493 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,160 Don't thank me, son. 494 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,160 Thank the law that protects you. 495 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,600 What are you going to do now? 496 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:40,080 Go back to school, I guess. 497 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,520 Let me hear from you now and then. 498 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,480 Glad to know how you're getting along. 499 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,840 I'll do that, Mr. Tyler. 500 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,840 You can go, Phil. 501 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:50,840 Yeah. 502 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,840 Well, so long. 503 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,840 So long. 504 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:56,840 Phil. 505 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,840 Yes, Mr. Tyler? 506 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:04,640 Do you have anything you want to tell me? 507 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,720 No, sir. 508 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:12,240 I sort of had the feeling that you wanted to say something, Phil. 509 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:13,840 Mr. Tyler, I'll say it once more. 510 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,560 I didn't rob Callum and Stor. 511 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,560 I know that. 512 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,560 You're innocent of that charge. 513 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,520 Well, what are you getting at? 514 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:29,200 I just wondered if there was anything else you'd like to tell me. 515 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:30,200 Phil? 516 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,200 No. 517 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:38,040 You know, a man might do something in his life sometime that no one else will ever know 518 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,040 about but him. 519 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:44,880 And he can go through life keeping it inside, not telling anybody about it. 520 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:51,200 Another man might have an idea or suspect him, but it wouldn't be right to come out 521 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,640 and say anything unless he had some facts. 522 00:25:54,640 --> 00:26:00,920 Now, I have an idea of what the man was like who killed my wife. 523 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:06,560 Might be wrong, but I think I know exactly what he was like, Phil. 524 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,640 Did you know my wife? 525 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,480 Yes, sir. 526 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,680 Read about it in the papers that night on the bus? 527 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,480 No, sir. 528 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,480 Oh. 529 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,080 Where'd you get the money to go to St. Louis, Phil? 530 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,480 Did you get it from my wife's handbag? 531 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,240 I didn't mean to. 532 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:34,400 If I'd known she was your wife, sir, I'd... 533 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,920 I wish I hadn't killed her, sir. 534 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:44,640 Mr. Tyler, don't look at me like that, Mr. Tyler. 535 00:26:44,640 --> 00:27:11,720 Please, please, sir, don't look at me like that. 536 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:17,720 Yes, sir. 537 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:22,640 This is Harlow Wilcock speaking for Auto Light, world's largest independent manufacturer of 538 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,120 automotive electrical equipment. 539 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:29,000 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 540 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:34,180 They are members of the Auto Light family, as well as are the 98,000 Auto Light distributors 541 00:27:34,180 --> 00:27:39,920 and dealers in the United States and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world. 542 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:45,000 Our family also includes the nearly 30,000 men and women in 28 great Auto Light plants 543 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:50,440 from coast to coast and Auto Light plants in many foreign countries, as well as the 544 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:56,120 18,000 people who have invested a portion of their savings in Auto Light. 545 00:27:56,120 --> 00:28:01,240 Every Auto Light product is backed by constant research and precision built to the highest 546 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,160 standards of quality and performance. 547 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:15,720 So remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 548 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:23,440 Next week, a study in fear as we present Graham Greene's novel of cowardice, The Man Within. 549 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,920 Our star, Mr. Herbert Marshall. 550 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:33,280 That's next week on Suspense. 551 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:38,160 This is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morawick and 552 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,360 conducted by Lud Duskin. 553 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:44,000 Public Defender was written for Suspense by E. 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