WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.200 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Frank Lovejoy in tonight's presentation 00:11.200 --> 00:19.080 of Suspense. 00:19.080 --> 00:23.600 Tonight Auto Light presents the story about a man who committed a murder and got away 00:23.600 --> 00:26.320 with it for quite a while. 00:26.320 --> 00:34.720 Frank Defender, our star Mr. Frank Lovejoy. 00:34.720 --> 00:39.360 Hey Hap, why is April like an Auto Light Stayful battery? 00:39.360 --> 00:42.280 Oh that's easy Harlow, they're both famous. 00:42.280 --> 00:47.920 Right Hap, the Auto Light Stayful has three times the liquid reserve of ordinary batteries, 00:47.920 --> 00:51.480 and that's why it needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 00:51.480 --> 00:54.600 But that isn't all the Auto Light Stayful is famous for. 00:54.600 --> 00:57.440 Well sir, it's famous for longer life too. 00:57.440 --> 01:02.400 Fiberglass retaining mats surround every positive plate to reduce shedding and flaking, and 01:02.400 --> 01:07.660 give the Auto Light Stayful battery longer life, as proved by tests conducted according 01:07.660 --> 01:09.520 to accepted life cycle standards. 01:09.520 --> 01:11.800 So April's the month, eh Harlow? 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02:08.880 --> 02:11.320 Huh, I don't have one. 02:11.320 --> 02:13.880 I don't think you do either. 02:13.880 --> 02:26.400 It was a swell morning and they were having a swell parade. 02:26.400 --> 02:28.560 The whole town was out watching it. 02:28.560 --> 02:31.360 I was there too, I didn't want to miss anything. 02:31.360 --> 02:36.440 I was standing on the north side of 6th Street off of Curtis, right by the alley. 02:36.440 --> 02:39.560 I'd already spotted this lady in the fur coat. 02:39.560 --> 02:43.640 She was about five feet from me, sort of standing on her toes, trying to look over everybody's 02:43.640 --> 02:44.640 head. 02:44.640 --> 02:49.440 I looked around to make sure she was alone before I came up in back of her. 02:49.440 --> 02:50.440 What? 02:50.440 --> 02:51.440 Easy now. 02:51.440 --> 02:54.320 But, just a minute, that's my purse. 02:54.320 --> 02:58.920 You weren't supposed to notice, lady, but now that you have, this is a life. 02:58.920 --> 02:59.920 Don't make a move. 02:59.920 --> 03:03.920 Don't make one single little move or I'll shove it right in your back. 03:03.920 --> 03:09.320 I said not to move. 03:09.320 --> 03:14.320 I put one arm around her and held her up until the Drummond Bugle Corps passed. 03:14.320 --> 03:18.160 No one noticed when I let her slip to the ground. 03:18.160 --> 03:34.560 Then I just turned around and walked away. 03:34.560 --> 03:38.000 The papers called it the Armistice Day killing. 03:38.000 --> 03:41.720 It said her name was Tyler and that her husband did something for the county. 03:41.720 --> 03:45.440 Their pictures were all over the front page. 03:45.440 --> 03:48.640 That night I caught myself a bus for St. Louis and stayed there about a month. 03:48.640 --> 03:51.040 It's a pretty good town. 03:51.040 --> 04:02.520 I got back here in time for Christmas and no one bothered me up until a few days ago. 04:02.520 --> 04:03.520 Who is it? 04:03.520 --> 04:04.520 It's Mrs. Weaver. 04:04.520 --> 04:05.520 Oh. 04:05.520 --> 04:06.520 What time is it? 04:06.520 --> 04:07.520 Eight o'clock. 04:07.520 --> 04:12.200 There are two men downstairs who want to talk to you. 04:12.200 --> 04:13.200 They're from the police department. 04:13.200 --> 04:14.200 Policeman? 04:14.200 --> 04:15.200 Yes, policeman. 04:15.200 --> 04:20.000 I told them you were sleeping and could they come back later or could you call them? 04:20.000 --> 04:22.920 They said they wanted to talk to you right now. 04:22.920 --> 04:23.920 You in any trouble? 04:23.920 --> 04:24.920 I don't know. 04:24.920 --> 04:25.920 I hope not. 04:25.920 --> 04:28.120 Tell them I'll be right down, Mrs. Weaver. 04:28.120 --> 04:30.560 Well, all right, Mr. Penn. 04:30.560 --> 04:32.440 They must have made a mistake or something. 04:32.440 --> 04:33.440 Oh, yeah, sure. 04:33.440 --> 04:45.120 Are you Philip James Penn? 04:45.120 --> 04:46.120 Yes. 04:46.120 --> 04:47.120 Police. 04:47.120 --> 04:48.120 I'm Sergeant Quinn. 04:48.120 --> 04:49.120 Sergeant Lacey. 04:49.120 --> 04:50.120 All right. 04:50.120 --> 04:51.840 I was just looking around for my robe. 04:51.840 --> 04:52.840 I was coming right down. 04:52.840 --> 04:54.920 Isn't that a robe over there on the chair? 04:54.920 --> 04:55.920 Oh? 04:55.920 --> 04:56.920 No. 04:56.920 --> 04:57.920 For golly, it is. 04:57.920 --> 04:58.920 What's this all about? 04:58.920 --> 05:02.120 What do you want to see me for? 05:02.120 --> 05:03.680 Oh, just checking a few things, Penn. 05:03.680 --> 05:05.160 Sorry to get you up like this. 05:05.160 --> 05:06.160 Well, that's OK. 05:06.160 --> 05:08.040 I want to get up early today anyhow. 05:08.040 --> 05:11.720 I usually sleep on Sundays if I can, but I had some extra work to do today. 05:11.720 --> 05:13.880 Oh, where are you working these days, Penn? 05:13.880 --> 05:14.880 I'm not working at all. 05:14.880 --> 05:17.280 I'm going to school eight hours a day. 05:17.280 --> 05:18.280 Where? 05:18.280 --> 05:19.680 Commercial Electrical College. 05:19.680 --> 05:21.440 How long have you been doing that? 05:21.440 --> 05:22.440 Since last January. 05:22.440 --> 05:23.440 I enrolled on the 15th. 05:23.440 --> 05:24.440 Why? 05:24.440 --> 05:25.440 How do you live? 05:25.440 --> 05:27.280 I'd saved a little money. 05:27.280 --> 05:28.280 I worked here and there. 05:28.280 --> 05:29.280 Oh, where are you from? 05:29.280 --> 05:30.280 Milwaukee. 05:30.280 --> 05:31.280 How long have you been in town? 05:31.280 --> 05:33.240 About a part of a year, I guess. 05:33.240 --> 05:34.240 Say, I... 05:34.240 --> 05:35.240 How old are you? 05:35.240 --> 05:36.240 31. 05:36.240 --> 05:37.240 Married? 05:37.240 --> 05:38.240 No. 05:38.240 --> 05:39.240 Ever been in trouble? 05:39.240 --> 05:40.240 No, sir. 05:40.240 --> 05:41.240 Ever been arrested? 05:41.240 --> 05:42.240 No, sir. 05:42.240 --> 05:44.280 How about back in Milwaukee? 05:44.280 --> 05:46.080 I've never been in any kind of trouble. 05:46.080 --> 05:47.080 Never been arrested. 05:47.080 --> 05:48.080 No, sir. 05:48.080 --> 05:50.800 Do you know Walter Kalaman? 05:50.800 --> 05:51.800 Walter Kalaman? 05:51.800 --> 05:55.120 Now, that name sounds familiar in a way. 05:55.120 --> 05:57.040 I can't place it at the moment, though. 05:57.040 --> 05:58.800 Oh, he places you pretty well. 05:58.800 --> 06:03.000 Says you worked for him once at his place over on 17th... 06:03.000 --> 06:05.000 17th and Glenon. 06:05.000 --> 06:06.640 Kalaman, huh? 06:06.640 --> 06:08.640 I worked for him? 06:08.640 --> 06:09.640 17th? 06:09.640 --> 06:10.640 When was this? 06:10.640 --> 06:13.640 Can't you remember who you worked for? 06:13.640 --> 06:16.520 Well, I told you, I haven't worked regular for a long time. 06:16.520 --> 06:19.160 I've had lots of jobs here and there around town. 06:19.160 --> 06:21.160 You had this one around last Christmas, Penn. 06:21.160 --> 06:24.800 From the 18th of December through the 5th of January. 06:24.800 --> 06:27.240 Oh, yes, the Ace Habitashary. 06:27.240 --> 06:28.680 Oh, sure, sure. 06:28.680 --> 06:30.320 I clerked there. 06:30.320 --> 06:33.760 You can't expect me to remember a man's name just like that when it's so far back. 06:33.760 --> 06:36.520 Sure, I remember Mr. Kalaman now. 06:36.520 --> 06:37.520 What about him? 06:37.520 --> 06:41.320 Mr. Kalaman's store was burglarized last night, Penn. 06:41.320 --> 06:44.120 Somebody got away with $400 or so. 06:44.120 --> 06:45.120 Well, I'll be darned. 06:45.120 --> 06:49.280 Mr. Kalaman closed his store at 6 o'clock last night. 06:49.280 --> 06:53.080 About 10 o'clock, he was out riding with his wife and he says he saw you standing in front 06:53.080 --> 06:54.080 of the place. 06:54.080 --> 06:55.880 And Mrs. Kalaman saw you, too. 06:55.880 --> 06:56.880 Yeah? 06:56.880 --> 07:00.920 Well, how about it, Penn, you're a big, tall fella, fairly easy to pick out. 07:00.920 --> 07:02.480 The Kalamans recognized you. 07:02.480 --> 07:04.400 Oh, I think they made a mistake, Sergeant. 07:04.400 --> 07:06.640 Were you around that store at any time last night? 07:06.640 --> 07:08.560 No, sir, I sure wasn't. 07:08.560 --> 07:10.400 Not anywhere near it. 07:10.400 --> 07:13.160 I was right here in this room in bed last night. 07:13.160 --> 07:14.440 Can you prove that? 07:14.440 --> 07:15.880 I don't know, I haven't tried. 07:15.880 --> 07:19.120 Mr. Kalaman said that you had a key to the store when you worked for him. 07:19.120 --> 07:20.440 Do you still have that key? 07:20.440 --> 07:22.840 I gave it back to Mr. Kalaman when he let me go. 07:22.840 --> 07:24.040 He says you didn't give it back. 07:24.040 --> 07:25.200 Well, then he's mistaken. 07:25.200 --> 07:26.840 I gave him back his key. 07:26.840 --> 07:29.640 Whoever got in there last night had a key, Penn. 07:29.640 --> 07:33.520 How about putting some clothes on and coming downtown with us? 07:33.520 --> 07:35.760 Do I have to go? 07:35.760 --> 07:36.760 Yeah. 07:36.760 --> 07:40.280 Well, I had a lot of things I wanted to do today. 07:40.280 --> 07:43.520 I've got some studying I want to finish. 07:43.520 --> 07:45.000 Don't you believe me? 07:45.000 --> 07:54.280 Let's go, Phil. 07:54.280 --> 07:56.480 I was afraid to go with him. 07:56.480 --> 07:58.440 I didn't want to have anything to do with cops. 07:58.440 --> 08:03.000 They asked too many questions, and if I answered too many of them, they were bound to find 08:03.000 --> 08:08.920 out something about other things. 08:08.920 --> 08:14.840 It was a little rougher than I expected when we got downtown. 08:14.840 --> 08:19.240 Besides Kalaman and his wife, the guy in the filling station across the street identified 08:19.240 --> 08:20.520 me. 08:20.520 --> 08:25.280 Old Lady Weaver wouldn't back up my story about my being home sleeping. 08:25.280 --> 08:28.800 And then they went out and looked over my room and found the key to Kalaman's store in my 08:28.800 --> 08:29.800 coat pocket. 08:29.800 --> 08:32.680 I don't know how it got there. 08:32.680 --> 08:36.480 And everybody remembered I'd been wearing that coat the night before. 08:36.480 --> 08:41.680 A little while later, a man named Hale, who said he was from the district attorney's office, 08:41.680 --> 08:45.160 got me alone in a room and had me go over the whole thing. 08:45.160 --> 08:47.840 I thought he was pretty well convinced for a while. 08:47.840 --> 08:49.560 You know, you're in a pretty tough spot here. 08:49.560 --> 08:50.560 Oh, I know. 08:50.560 --> 08:51.560 I know that. 08:51.560 --> 08:53.960 Your legal entry and burglary, you could get up to seven years. 08:53.960 --> 08:56.080 Well, I don't want no seven years, sir. 08:56.080 --> 08:57.560 I haven't done anything. 08:57.560 --> 09:00.080 Then there's something else you should know. 09:00.080 --> 09:01.080 What? 09:01.080 --> 09:06.040 Mr. Kalaman kept his money hidden in one of the boxes on a shelf downstairs in the store. 09:06.040 --> 09:08.040 Somebody who had worked there had to take it. 09:08.040 --> 09:10.560 Well, why don't they ask somebody else who's worked there? 09:10.560 --> 09:11.560 It's just a small place. 09:11.560 --> 09:14.240 He only opened it a few months ago. 09:14.240 --> 09:16.840 You're the only help he's ever hired. 09:16.840 --> 09:22.520 Then you're the only one who could possibly have knowledge of where that money was hidden. 09:22.520 --> 09:25.880 Then do you want to make a statement? 09:25.880 --> 09:27.920 No, sir, I didn't take it. 09:27.920 --> 09:29.400 I wasn't around that store. 09:29.400 --> 09:38.440 Okay, Penn, that's all. 09:38.440 --> 09:40.440 They booked me in and I was arraigned. 09:40.440 --> 09:43.400 A couple of days later, they had a hearing. 09:43.400 --> 09:46.800 Everybody came in and told their little story. 09:46.800 --> 09:52.760 Philip James Penn, you have heard the charges of which you stand accused. 09:52.760 --> 09:57.120 It is my duty to inform you that it has been determined that a public offense has been 09:57.120 --> 09:58.600 committed. 09:58.600 --> 10:00.800 This is not a trial, court. 10:00.800 --> 10:04.680 You will have ample opportunity to produce witnesses and defend yourself at the proper 10:04.680 --> 10:06.520 time and place. 10:06.520 --> 10:07.520 Are you represented? 10:07.520 --> 10:10.400 No, no, your honor, I don't have a lawyer. 10:10.400 --> 10:14.000 You have any means whereby you can procure counsel? 10:14.000 --> 10:15.200 I'm broke, your honor. 10:15.200 --> 10:16.200 Nobody to help me out. 10:16.200 --> 10:17.200 I don't have any money. 10:17.200 --> 10:20.640 The clerk see that office of the public defender is notified. 10:20.640 --> 10:24.940 I hereby commit the accused to the custody of the sheriff of this county pending the 10:24.940 --> 10:26.480 action of the grand jury. 10:26.480 --> 10:27.480 Adjourned. 10:27.480 --> 10:35.320 Yeah, it was kind of rough out all right. 10:35.320 --> 10:39.520 They had it about all fixed up against me and I saw myself doing a nice little seven 10:39.520 --> 10:42.800 years for a burglary I hadn't committed. 10:42.800 --> 10:46.920 Then this fellow from the public defender's office showed up. 10:46.920 --> 10:50.880 When I saw him coming toward my cell with a turnkey there was something familiar about 10:50.880 --> 10:54.880 his face and yet I didn't know him. 10:54.880 --> 10:56.880 Hot today, huh? 10:56.880 --> 10:59.880 Sure is, Jim. 10:59.880 --> 11:04.840 Yeah, county jail's no place to be on a hot day. 11:04.840 --> 11:06.840 Any day I guess, Jim. 11:06.840 --> 11:07.840 Yeah. 11:07.840 --> 11:12.920 Now here we go. 11:12.920 --> 11:14.960 Penn, this is Mr. Tyler. 11:14.960 --> 11:17.600 He wants to talk to you. 11:17.600 --> 11:20.560 Did you say Tyler? 11:20.560 --> 11:21.560 Yeah. 11:21.560 --> 11:27.680 My mind was going a mile a minute but I couldn't think of anything to say. 11:27.680 --> 11:32.520 So I just stood there and looked at the guy who was going to handle me in court. 11:32.520 --> 11:34.920 I recognized him. 11:34.920 --> 11:41.120 His picture had been in the paper with a story about her. 11:41.120 --> 11:44.960 I'd killed his wife. 11:44.960 --> 11:46.520 Hello Phil. 11:46.520 --> 12:02.320 I'm here to help you. 12:02.320 --> 12:08.880 Autolite is bringing you Mr. Frank Lovejoy in Public Defender, tonight's presentation 12:08.880 --> 12:24.080 in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 12:24.080 --> 12:25.080 Well hello. 12:25.080 --> 12:27.320 A lot of folks get daylight saving time soon. 12:27.320 --> 12:31.660 Well, half its saving time all the time when you've got an Autolite stay full battery in 12:31.660 --> 12:37.520 your car because with an Autolite stay full you have the power for quick sure starts every 12:37.520 --> 12:38.520 time. 12:38.520 --> 12:40.240 Power that really lasts, eh Harlow? 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13:59.240 --> 14:00.240 Thanks. 14:00.240 --> 14:01.240 Aye. 14:01.240 --> 14:03.120 Oh, no need to look like that. 14:03.120 --> 14:06.240 Here you are. 14:06.240 --> 14:07.880 Thanks. 14:07.880 --> 14:14.000 At your hearing, you told the court that you weren't represented by counsel Phil, that's 14:14.000 --> 14:15.800 why I came here. 14:15.800 --> 14:18.480 I'd like to handle your case for you. 14:18.480 --> 14:19.480 I don't have any money. 14:19.480 --> 14:22.400 If you're in trouble, you have a right to legal counsel whether you have any money or 14:22.400 --> 14:23.400 not. 14:23.400 --> 14:24.400 We have a law that says that Phil. 14:24.400 --> 14:27.320 You don't have to have any money with me, my fee's on the county. 14:27.320 --> 14:29.240 Do you understand that? 14:29.240 --> 14:30.960 I guess I do. 14:30.960 --> 14:31.960 Well good. 14:31.960 --> 14:32.960 Sit down Phil. 14:32.960 --> 14:33.960 Sure hot huh? 14:33.960 --> 14:34.960 Yeah. 14:34.960 --> 14:43.000 Well now, how about telling me the whole thing? 14:43.000 --> 14:44.000 Didn't you read the charges? 14:44.000 --> 14:48.240 Oh yes, but I want to hear what you have to say about them. 14:48.240 --> 14:51.960 How do I know you're not from the district attorney's office here trying to tie me up 14:51.960 --> 14:52.960 somewhere? 14:52.960 --> 14:55.480 No I'm not Phil, I'm on your side. 14:55.480 --> 14:56.480 I'm representing you. 14:56.480 --> 15:00.260 Well you work for the county, same as a district attorney. 15:00.260 --> 15:02.880 We work pretty hard keeping people out of jail too. 15:02.880 --> 15:07.840 I'd like you to be very frank with me and tell me everything that happened. 15:07.840 --> 15:09.640 Well nothing happened. 15:09.640 --> 15:11.760 All right. 15:11.760 --> 15:14.240 Where were you Saturday night son? 15:14.240 --> 15:18.480 Phil, Mrs. Weaver told me that you were out until midnight or better. 15:18.480 --> 15:19.480 She heard you come in. 15:19.480 --> 15:24.040 Phil, were you around Mr. Calliman's store? 15:24.040 --> 15:25.040 No. 15:25.040 --> 15:26.600 Where were you son? 15:26.600 --> 15:29.320 I just walking and thinking that's all. 15:29.320 --> 15:30.320 Alone? 15:30.320 --> 15:31.320 Yeah. 15:31.320 --> 15:32.320 Tell me what you were thinking about. 15:32.320 --> 15:33.320 Hmm? 15:33.320 --> 15:34.400 What was on your mind? 15:34.400 --> 15:36.520 Were you worried about something? 15:36.520 --> 15:43.200 Oh no, I just was thinking about a lot of things, what I was going to do. 15:43.200 --> 15:44.960 Tell me what you mean. 15:44.960 --> 15:50.440 Oh, just about finishing my course in electrical work and maybe getting a good job someplace 15:50.440 --> 15:52.600 and settling down, getting married. 15:52.600 --> 15:56.760 A lot of young fellows go around thinking just about the same things. 15:56.760 --> 15:58.360 Ever been married? 15:58.360 --> 15:59.360 No. 15:59.360 --> 16:00.360 You have a girl? 16:00.360 --> 16:01.360 No. 16:01.360 --> 16:03.360 Do you go to church? 16:03.360 --> 16:06.200 Sometimes, not very often. 16:06.200 --> 16:09.640 Why did you tell the officers you were home sleeping Phil? 16:09.640 --> 16:12.000 Well I was scared I guess. 16:12.000 --> 16:13.640 What? 16:13.640 --> 16:16.120 Are you afraid of policemen Phil? 16:16.120 --> 16:18.240 I guess so. 16:18.240 --> 16:20.520 Oh, why Phil? 16:20.520 --> 16:23.320 I don't know. 16:23.320 --> 16:28.720 Well now while you were out walking did you stop in any place like for a drink or something? 16:28.720 --> 16:29.720 No. 16:29.720 --> 16:32.360 Did you see anybody you knew, somebody who might be able to identify? 16:32.360 --> 16:35.720 No, no I just took a good long walk. 16:35.720 --> 16:37.960 What time did you leave the bowling house? 16:37.960 --> 16:41.520 Right after dinner, maybe 7.30, quarter to 8. 16:41.520 --> 16:43.120 Where'd you go from there? 16:43.120 --> 16:46.040 I walked downtown to see if there were any movies I'd like to see. 16:46.040 --> 16:48.720 There weren't any so I just kept walking around town. 16:48.720 --> 16:49.720 It was a nice night. 16:49.720 --> 16:51.400 It sure was. 16:51.400 --> 16:54.520 You walked till after midnight, huh? 16:54.520 --> 16:58.600 Phil, you had a key to that store. 16:58.600 --> 17:00.200 You knew where Calliman hid his money. 17:00.200 --> 17:03.280 You were seen in the vicinity of the store the night he was robbed. 17:03.280 --> 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. 17:08.120 --> 17:11.000 No sir, I did not rob that store. 17:11.000 --> 17:13.600 Honest, I didn't. 17:13.600 --> 17:15.320 All right sir. 17:15.320 --> 17:17.240 I'll do my best to help you prove it. 17:17.240 --> 17:18.680 I'll do everything I can for you. 17:18.680 --> 17:20.280 We'll enter a not guilty plea. 17:20.280 --> 17:22.440 Do you have plenty of cigarettes, huh? 17:22.440 --> 17:23.440 Yeah. 17:23.440 --> 17:26.920 Mr. Tyler, do I have a chance of getting off? 17:26.920 --> 17:32.720 Oh, that depends on how good a defense we put up, mostly and whether or not we have all 17:32.720 --> 17:35.040 the facts. 17:35.040 --> 17:40.520 Well, you have no arrest and a dating this one, that's in your favor. 17:40.520 --> 17:44.720 All I see now, you're a pretty industrious, ambitious sort of fellow. 17:44.720 --> 17:48.280 All these things will come into account when we get into court. 17:48.280 --> 17:49.280 We'll find it out together. 17:49.280 --> 17:52.920 Now I have to run along now, but I'll be back tomorrow. 17:52.920 --> 17:58.400 Meantime you just sort of relax and straighten out your thoughts. 17:58.400 --> 17:59.400 What do you mean? 17:59.400 --> 18:04.400 Oh, man hardly ever takes a five hour walk. 18:04.400 --> 18:07.680 Maybe you'll have some things to tell me about when I come again. 18:07.680 --> 18:09.620 We interrupt this program. 18:09.620 --> 18:13.080 We have interrupted this program to bring you the latest on the prisoner of war exchange 18:13.080 --> 18:14.400 in Korea. 18:14.400 --> 18:18.920 Here are the latest names of American prisoners just released by the communists. 18:18.920 --> 18:24.640 PFC Paul O. Blanton, Route 2, Broadhead, Kentucky. 18:24.640 --> 18:31.200 From Philadelphia, Private John M. Jankiewicz Jr., 926 North 6th Street. 18:31.200 --> 18:35.440 From Greenville, Tennessee, PFC Walter Mitchell. 18:35.440 --> 18:40.000 From Covington, Kentucky, Sergeant Orville R. Mullen. 18:40.000 --> 18:43.680 Private G. Morland, no home address listed. 18:43.680 --> 18:50.800 PFC Harry Purvis, also no home address listed. 18:50.800 --> 18:56.280 Sergeant Willie Patrick Jr., Sergeant Patrick and the next names coming up are also listed 18:56.280 --> 18:59.080 as having no home address as of the moment. 18:59.080 --> 19:03.200 Sergeant Willie Patrick Jr., Sergeant Albert L. Howard. 19:03.200 --> 19:13.280 PFC Wilbert M. Waring, W-A-R-R-I-N-G. Sergeant Edward G. Anderson. 19:13.280 --> 19:20.880 Private Louis O'Kerstgroe, that's spelled O-K-E-R-K-S-T-R-O. 19:20.880 --> 19:23.400 Sergeant George W. Gray. 19:23.400 --> 19:27.940 PFC Earl N. Wiseman. 19:27.940 --> 19:30.640 Sergeant William H. White. 19:30.640 --> 19:33.560 Sergeant White is listed as a litter patient. 19:33.560 --> 19:36.480 Corporal Pedro A. Herrero. 19:36.480 --> 19:43.040 PFC Joe T. Heath, also listed as a litter patient. 19:43.040 --> 19:48.960 Those 16 names are the names of American prisoners of war released this evening by the communists 19:48.960 --> 19:50.920 in Korea. 19:50.920 --> 19:56.840 As later names become available, we will interrupt our scheduled programs to bring them to you. 19:56.840 --> 20:00.200 This bulletin has come to you from CBS Radio News. 20:00.200 --> 20:03.240 We now resume our scheduled program. 20:03.240 --> 20:08.560 I'm telling you the truth. 20:08.560 --> 20:10.440 Where'd you stay in St. Louis? 20:10.440 --> 20:11.600 At the Hall Hotel. 20:11.600 --> 20:12.600 How much rent did you pay? 20:12.600 --> 20:13.600 I didn't pay any rent. 20:13.600 --> 20:14.960 I stayed there with a friend of mine. 20:14.960 --> 20:15.960 It didn't cost me a dime. 20:15.960 --> 20:16.960 What's your friend's name? 20:16.960 --> 20:17.960 Jack O'Brien. 20:17.960 --> 20:18.960 Is he still there now? 20:18.960 --> 20:19.960 Why? 20:19.960 --> 20:21.560 Well, I want to wire him and verify this. 20:21.560 --> 20:23.600 He's in the Army now. 20:23.600 --> 20:25.760 What do you figure the trip cost you? 20:25.760 --> 20:28.440 Just my bus fare, nothing more, a little spending money. 20:28.440 --> 20:30.040 He paid for my meals, too. 20:30.040 --> 20:31.440 Say, and a hundred dollars? 20:31.440 --> 20:33.160 I had 93 dollars when I left. 20:33.160 --> 20:34.400 When'd you get back? 20:34.400 --> 20:35.400 By the middle of December. 20:35.400 --> 20:36.400 When'd you leave? 20:36.400 --> 20:37.400 Armistice... 20:37.400 --> 20:43.200 Armistice Day. 20:43.200 --> 20:47.800 Why'd you take a sudden trip on Armistice Day? 20:47.800 --> 20:53.600 Well, I just wanted to go, leave town. 20:53.600 --> 20:54.600 Why? 20:54.600 --> 20:58.380 I don't know, Mr. Tyler. 20:58.380 --> 21:04.880 You don't remember the exact day you got back, but... but you remember the day you left. 21:04.880 --> 21:07.680 Mr. Tyler, I don't go around robbing people. 21:07.680 --> 21:10.560 I just don't do it. 21:10.560 --> 21:13.160 I didn't take that money from Mr. Calliman's store. 21:13.160 --> 21:17.720 I never did any harm to anybody, Mr. Tyler. 21:17.720 --> 21:20.720 You believe me, don't you? 21:20.720 --> 21:25.440 Yeah, yeah, Phil. 21:25.440 --> 21:32.680 We went to court the next day. 21:32.680 --> 21:37.560 Hale, the district attorney's man, got up and told the jury what he was going to prove, 21:37.560 --> 21:40.560 and Mr. Tyler got up and told them how none of it was true. 21:40.560 --> 21:44.800 And after that, he asked the judge to keep all of the witnesses out of the room except 21:44.800 --> 21:47.000 the one that had something to say. 21:47.000 --> 21:48.680 The judge said that was all right. 21:48.680 --> 21:53.480 And then the two cops who'd arrested me showed up and told about it, and then Mrs. Weaver 21:53.480 --> 21:56.640 came in and told how I hadn't been home. 21:56.640 --> 22:01.420 And finally, Hale called Calliman in and spent 15 minutes or so having him say I was around 22:01.420 --> 22:05.840 the store the night it was robbed, that I had a key, and that I knew where the money 22:05.840 --> 22:06.840 was hidden. 22:06.840 --> 22:11.480 Well, Mr. Tyler listened to all of it, and then he took his turn. 22:11.480 --> 22:15.920 You testified, Mr. Calliman, that the accused was in the vicinity of your store the night 22:15.920 --> 22:16.920 the money was taken. 22:16.920 --> 22:17.920 Yes, sir. 22:17.920 --> 22:21.360 And you saw him while you were out driving with your wife. 22:21.360 --> 22:22.760 Yes, sir. 22:22.760 --> 22:26.160 Can you describe the clothing he was wearing at the time? 22:26.160 --> 22:33.920 He had on a sport coat and a pair of gray pants and a blue shirt. 22:33.920 --> 22:36.320 What color was the sport coat, Mr. Calliman? 22:36.320 --> 22:37.320 Tan. 22:37.320 --> 22:39.880 Was he wearing a hat? 22:39.880 --> 22:40.980 No hat. 22:40.980 --> 22:43.360 How close were you when you saw him? 22:43.360 --> 22:49.960 I was driving in the outside lane, and he was right on the street, 20 feet away, I'd 22:49.960 --> 22:50.960 say. 22:50.960 --> 22:53.200 How fast was your car traveling at the time? 22:53.200 --> 22:55.000 We were at this stop, sir. 22:55.000 --> 22:56.760 Then you had a good look at him. 22:56.760 --> 22:57.760 Yes, sir. 22:57.760 --> 23:00.520 For how long a period of time? 23:00.520 --> 23:05.440 Maybe 10 seconds, just while we stopped. 23:05.440 --> 23:11.480 With the court's permission, I'd like to ask the witness to step over in front of the jury. 23:11.480 --> 23:13.400 Any objections from the prosecution? 23:13.400 --> 23:15.120 No objection, your honor. 23:15.120 --> 23:18.120 All right, Mr. Calliman. 23:18.120 --> 23:22.040 Right, right there will be fine. 23:22.040 --> 23:27.040 Now Mr. Calliman, will you look at the juror sitting directly in front of you? 23:27.040 --> 23:28.040 Yes, sir. 23:28.040 --> 23:32.560 All right, Mr. Calliman, turn around, please. 23:32.560 --> 23:37.280 Now tell me, Mr. Calliman, what does that man look like? 23:37.280 --> 23:41.600 Why, he's got gray hair. 23:41.600 --> 23:44.200 He's wearing glasses. 23:44.200 --> 23:47.920 Can you tell me the color of his suit? 23:47.920 --> 23:49.600 Brown, I think. 23:49.600 --> 23:50.600 His tie? 23:50.600 --> 23:51.600 No. 23:51.600 --> 23:52.600 His shirt? 23:52.600 --> 23:53.600 No. 23:53.600 --> 24:01.200 This is the witness who, by his own statement, saw the accused for 10 seconds and positively 24:01.200 --> 24:08.120 identified him. 24:08.120 --> 24:11.980 The same thing happened to Calliman's wife and the filling station man. 24:11.980 --> 24:14.240 Was all over in less than an hour. 24:14.240 --> 24:18.200 The jury went out and came back and said that I wasn't guilty. 24:18.200 --> 24:21.760 And finally everybody had left and I was standing there with him. 24:21.760 --> 24:25.800 Well, son, how do you feel? 24:25.800 --> 24:26.800 Pretty good, Mr. Tyler. 24:26.800 --> 24:29.960 I don't know how to thank you. 24:29.960 --> 24:31.160 Don't thank me, son. 24:31.160 --> 24:33.160 Thank the law that protects you. 24:33.160 --> 24:36.600 What are you going to do now? 24:36.600 --> 24:40.080 Go back to school, I guess. 24:40.080 --> 24:41.520 Let me hear from you now and then. 24:41.520 --> 24:43.480 Glad to know how you're getting along. 24:43.480 --> 24:46.840 I'll do that, Mr. Tyler. 24:46.840 --> 24:49.840 You can go, Phil. 24:49.840 --> 24:50.840 Yeah. 24:50.840 --> 24:53.840 Well, so long. 24:53.840 --> 24:55.840 So long. 24:55.840 --> 24:56.840 Phil. 24:56.840 --> 24:59.840 Yes, Mr. Tyler? 24:59.840 --> 25:04.640 Do you have anything you want to tell me? 25:04.640 --> 25:06.720 No, sir. 25:06.720 --> 25:12.240 I sort of had the feeling that you wanted to say something, Phil. 25:12.240 --> 25:13.840 Mr. Tyler, I'll say it once more. 25:13.840 --> 25:15.560 I didn't rob Callum and Stor. 25:15.560 --> 25:18.560 I know that. 25:18.560 --> 25:21.560 You're innocent of that charge. 25:21.560 --> 25:24.520 Well, what are you getting at? 25:24.520 --> 25:29.200 I just wondered if there was anything else you'd like to tell me. 25:29.200 --> 25:30.200 Phil? 25:30.200 --> 25:31.200 No. 25:31.200 --> 25:38.040 You know, a man might do something in his life sometime that no one else will ever know 25:38.040 --> 25:39.040 about but him. 25:39.040 --> 25:44.880 And he can go through life keeping it inside, not telling anybody about it. 25:44.880 --> 25:51.200 Another man might have an idea or suspect him, but it wouldn't be right to come out 25:51.200 --> 25:54.640 and say anything unless he had some facts. 25:54.640 --> 26:00.920 Now, I have an idea of what the man was like who killed my wife. 26:00.920 --> 26:06.560 Might be wrong, but I think I know exactly what he was like, Phil. 26:06.560 --> 26:09.640 Did you know my wife? 26:09.640 --> 26:12.480 Yes, sir. 26:12.480 --> 26:15.680 Read about it in the papers that night on the bus? 26:15.680 --> 26:18.480 No, sir. 26:18.480 --> 26:20.480 Oh. 26:20.480 --> 26:24.080 Where'd you get the money to go to St. Louis, Phil? 26:24.080 --> 26:28.480 Did you get it from my wife's handbag? 26:28.480 --> 26:30.240 I didn't mean to. 26:30.240 --> 26:34.400 If I'd known she was your wife, sir, I'd... 26:34.400 --> 26:37.920 I wish I hadn't killed her, sir. 26:37.920 --> 26:44.640 Mr. Tyler, don't look at me like that, Mr. Tyler. 26:44.640 --> 27:11.720 Please, please, sir, don't look at me like that. 27:11.720 --> 27:17.720 Yes, sir. 27:17.720 --> 27:22.640 This is Harlow Wilcock speaking for Auto Light, world's largest independent manufacturer of 27:22.640 --> 27:25.120 automotive electrical equipment. 27:25.120 --> 27:29.000 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 27:29.000 --> 27:34.180 They are members of the Auto Light family, as well as are the 98,000 Auto Light distributors 27:34.180 --> 27:39.920 and dealers in the United States and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world. 27:39.920 --> 27:45.000 Our family also includes the nearly 30,000 men and women in 28 great Auto Light plants 27:45.000 --> 27:50.440 from coast to coast and Auto Light plants in many foreign countries, as well as the 27:50.440 --> 27:56.120 18,000 people who have invested a portion of their savings in Auto Light. 27:56.120 --> 28:01.240 Every Auto Light product is backed by constant research and precision built to the highest 28:01.240 --> 28:04.160 standards of quality and performance. 28:04.160 --> 28:15.720 So remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 28:15.720 --> 28:23.440 Next week, a study in fear as we present Graham Greene's novel of cowardice, The Man Within. 28:23.440 --> 28:26.920 Our star, Mr. Herbert Marshall. 28:26.920 --> 28:33.280 That's next week on Suspense. 28:33.280 --> 28:38.160 This is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morawick and 28:38.160 --> 28:40.360 conducted by Lud Duskin. 28:40.360 --> 28:44.000 Public Defender was written for Suspense by E. 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