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Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Lloyd Nolan in tonight's presentation

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of Suspense.

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Tonight, Auto Light presents a story based on fact, the documented report of a man who

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lost a jar which contained the destruction of a city, vial of death, our star, Mr. Lloyd

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Nolan.

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Hello, hello.

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Say, you know today's my birthday.

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It is?

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Well, congratulations, Sheriff.

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Yep, and I've covered a good many miles in my day.

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Oh, my car is slow in the pickup.

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Not performing up to par?

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Well, how can I find his address?

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Just call Western Union by number and ask for operator 25.

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And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light.

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And now, Auto Light presents Vial of Death, starring Mr. Lloyd Nolan, hoping once again

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to keep you in suspense.

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When it happened, you knew nothing about it.

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The events of that long, frightening night began about the time you were catching a bus

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or a streetcar toward home.

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Probably you had dinner that night, played with the children and went to bed.

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You slept.

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In the morning you got up, came to work, and it was just another day.

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By then, it was all over.

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Many innocent people missed an appointment with death that morning.

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You might have been one of them.

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It was five o'clock in that particular night as I climbed the stairs of the downtown Central

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Station.

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I'm Lieutenant Joe Holloway, acting chief of detectives during the night watch.

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Most of the men on the day watch had deserted their desks and were climbing into overcoats

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as I passed them in the hall.

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Good evening, Lieutenant.

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Sam?

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Hey, weren't you off yesterday?

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Yep.

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Have a nice day.

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I guess so.

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I stayed up when I should have been in bed and took the kids out to the zoo.

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And when I should have been up, I went to bed.

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Today, instead of going to bed, I was up.

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But to answer your question, Lieutenant, I enjoyed my day off, but I should have stayed

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in bed.

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Well, I guess I should spend more time with my kids, but I don't.

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Work in night six days a week.

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I never have time to see them.

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I can understand that, Lieutenant, but today...

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Yeah, I know.

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Maybe next week.

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There, anything interesting on the hot shot sheet?

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Nah, nothing exciting.

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Hey, does Ruby come in yet?

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On a stakeout tonight.

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Oh.

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Well, might as well make out the watch for tomorrow.

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Evening papers come in yet?

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No.

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Excuse me, is this the office of the chief of detectives?

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That's right.

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Lieutenant Holloway?

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Lieutenant?

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Yeah.

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This is Lieutenant Holloway, mister.

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Are you in charge here?

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That's right.

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I'm Professor Harold M. Froelich.

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The officer at the front desk told me to see you.

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What can I do for you, Professor Froelich?

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Well, I'm afraid I'm going to need your help, Lieutenant.

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You see, my car was stolen a few minutes ago.

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Oh, you want the auto theft division.

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It's right down the hall to your right.

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No, no, no.

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You see, I was on my way to the university at Brenton for some lab analysis, and I stopped

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at a drug store just a few blocks from here to buy some pipe tobacco.

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Yeah.

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When I came out of the drug store, my car was gone, stolen.

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And I'd left my satchel in the car, too.

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It contained various instruments and a sizable amount of narcotics.

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Oh, I see.

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No, you don't.

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I'm not so concerned about the loss of my car nor the narcotics.

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Well, then what are you concerned about, Professor Froelich?

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The vial.

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That's what worries me.

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What vial?

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There was a glass vial of bacteria in my satchel, too.

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You see, my work is developing antibacteriological techniques, protective methods against germ

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warfare.

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In this work, I use living microorganisms, bacteria, and the vial contained an extremely

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large amount of these bacteria.

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Oh, I see.

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Now, what kind of bacteria did the vial contain?

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Cholera bacteria.

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Cholera?

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Cholera.

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Yes.

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Enough to start a cholera epidemic throughout this city in a matter of hours if the thief

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finds that vial and opens it.

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How contagious is it?

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Oh, if the slightest amount gets on the thief's hands or clothing, sooner or later, he's

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certain to get it into his food or drinking water, in which case he would undoubtedly

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develop cholera and then could pass it on to others.

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Or thinking the vial is worthless, he might throw it away on the street and break it.

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Or he could easily throw it into one of the reservoirs around the city, not knowing what

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it is.

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Do you understand, Lieutenant?

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Yeah, I understand.

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Animals and rodents present the greatest danger of all.

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If they become carriers, an epidemic is inevitable and almost impossible to curb.

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Wouldn't the bacteria die if they were exposed to air?

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They wouldn't become exposed even if the vial were broken.

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You see, the vial contains a peptone broth, a milky substance.

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The bacteria are in this peptone broth like bees in a honeycomb.

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It not only protects them, but it nourishes them as well.

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I see.

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Lieutenant Holloway, you must find my automobile before the thief has a chance to get at that

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vial.

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You can't imagine the horrors this city...

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Where was your car stolen?

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At the corner of Kenton Main Street about 15 minutes ago.

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It's a blue sedan, four-door.

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Get this, Sam.

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Right.

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What's your...

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51.

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License number?

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6N1-6837.

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What about the satchel?

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Black, usual doctor's bag with my initials on it in gold.

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HMF.

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Describe the vial.

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Oh, let me see.

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About eight inches long, diameter two inches.

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A silver pressure cap with a lump on top.

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It can't be opened without pressing the top.

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The contents are milky fluid.

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It's about the size of a baby's feeding bottle.

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Sam, get Lieutenant Ruby off that stakeout right away.

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Tell him to meet me at 10th and Main.

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Okay.

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I'll put an APB on the car.

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Radio room, this is Lieutenant Holloway.

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Broadcast this immediately.

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To all units, stolen car registered to a Professor Harold M. Frolic.

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License number in the 8th column, 6N1-6837.

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A 1951 blue four-door sedan.

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If this car is located, hold and notify Lieutenant Holloway's central division immediately.

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You got that?

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Yeah.

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Now, also put out a call for all B units in the 4th, 5th, and 6th districts to report to

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me at 10th and Main.

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Code 3.

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Sam?

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Yeah.

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Notify the chief.

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Then call the city health officer and tell him to meet me at 10th and Main right away.

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This is Holloway.

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Send every available man to 10th and Main.

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Code 3.

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I'll be there in five minutes.

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We'll start a search of the neighborhood where your car was stolen.

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Maybe we'll find the car nearby.

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Maybe not, but it's a start.

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Lieutenant.

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Yes, what?

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We must anticipate a cholera epidemic should the bacteria get loose.

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Uh, serums, facilities, doctors.

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We'll take that up with the city health officer.

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Yet we must notify all hospitals and emergency wards to report immediately any case that

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appears with the symptoms of cholera.

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Then if a case is reported, we will have something to work on.

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Yeah.

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We will indeed have something to work on.

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It was seven o'clock that evening when 120 officers and reserves gathered at the intersection

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of 10th and Main where Professor Froelich's car had been stolen.

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The curious was shuffled off, the press banned.

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Lieutenant Ruby reported for duty and I briefed him.

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At 730, the city health officer arrived.

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Serums were ordered.

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The Red Cross alerted.

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Doctors and nurses notified to be on call if an epidemic started.

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Hospitals have been told to notify us if a case appeared with symptoms of extreme intestinal

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pain, spasms, vomiting, and severe dehydration.

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Everything was done without attaching the word cholera to the operation.

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At 815, a brake, just a small one.

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Professor Froelich's car was found 10 blocks away.

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This is it.

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This is my car.

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He didn't drive it far.

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Oh, I hope the satchel is still in it.

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Well, so know.

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There's nothing in the front seat.

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Key's still in it.

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Ruby, check the trunk.

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Right.

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Don't touch anything, doctor.

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Maybe it's in the back seat.

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Oh, nothing.

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Find anything, Ruby?

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Nothing in the trunk, Joe.

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Well, I guess he took the satchel with him.

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I don't know why.

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Porn it, probably.

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Ruby, get a latent fingerprint man down here to dust this car.

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Right.

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Tell him to hurry.

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Okay.

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Now what, Lieutenant?

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Now, we try to find that satchel.

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An hour passed.

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Two.

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No progress.

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The only fingerprints found on Professor Froelich's car were his own.

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Suspects were picked up.

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No make.

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The search for the satchel continued.

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Midnight.

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Still no progress.

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I thought about the other parts of the city.

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Quiet, asleep, unaware of the night and what it had produced.

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At 1.30, another break.

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One we'd hoped wouldn't come.

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When was he brought in, nurse?

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A little after 12.

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His condition?

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Critical.

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Respiration very low.

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Severe dehydration.

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You're certain about the symptoms?

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Quite certain.

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Also, the lab confirmed presence of live Vibrio's organisms.

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Who brought him in?

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It was an ambulance call.

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The patient had been in one of those awful bars down the street.

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He suddenly became ill.

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Serious.

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Then fell to the floor with intense spasms of the intestinal tract.

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We'd better get the health officer on that bar right away.

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Yes, it must be quarantined at once.

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In here.

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I thought it best not to put him in a ward.

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Well, Professor Froelich?

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Can you visualize this happening all over the city?

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Your wife, possibly your children.

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Any chance of a mistake.

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Presence of live Vibrio's organisms?

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There's no doubt now.

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Nurse, was there any identification?

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Just the wallet there on the stand.

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Anything there, Joe?

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His name was Al Walker, 8200 Carl Street.

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Al?

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Al Walker.

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Can you hear me?

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Al, listen to me.

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I've got to ask you some questions.

266
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Try to answer me.

267
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Al.

268
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Al, did you steal a car tonight?

269
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He's pretty weak, Joe.

270
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Al, can you hear me?

271
00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,000
Al?

272
00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,560
Look, Professor, can I do any harm now?

273
00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:23,360
You are a must, Lieutenant Holloway, but hurry.

274
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He's almost...

275
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All right, Al.

276
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Al, listen to me.

277
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Answer me.

278
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Did you take a glass vial out of that car tonight?

279
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It was in a satchel, a glass jar in a black satchel.

280
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Al!

281
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Glass...

282
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Glass...

283
00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:37,560
Glass...

284
00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:38,560
Glass jar?

285
00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:41,560
Yes, did you take it, the jar?

286
00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:42,560
I...

287
00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:43,560
I can't...

288
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I can't breathe.

289
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Al, did you take that satchel out of a car tonight?

290
00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,080
Oh, really, Lieutenant?

291
00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:50,080
Keep quiet, nurse.

292
00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:51,520
Can you hear me?

293
00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,600
What did you do with that glass jar that was in the bag?

294
00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,600
Did you open it?

295
00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:58,600
Milkies...

296
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Stuffing...

297
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Inside...

298
00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:01,600
Oh, no, no, no.

299
00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,600
He opened it.

300
00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:03,600
What's...

301
00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:04,600
What's wrong with me?

302
00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:05,600
I...

303
00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:06,600
I can't...

304
00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:07,600
I can't breathe.

305
00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:12,600
Al, where is that glass jar now?

306
00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:13,600
Where?

307
00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:14,600
I said...

308
00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:15,600
Throw...

309
00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:16,600
Throw it...

310
00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:17,600
Throw it...

311
00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:18,600
Where?

312
00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:19,600
Where?

313
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Find out where!

314
00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:21,600
Where?

315
00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:22,600
Where did you throw it, Al?

316
00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:23,600
Where?

317
00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:24,600
Throw...

318
00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:25,600
Throw it...

319
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Throw it...

320
00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:27,600
Throw it...

321
00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:28,600
Throw it...

322
00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:29,600
Throw it...

323
00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,600
Throw it...

324
00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:31,600
Throw it...

325
00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,600
Throw it...

326
00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,600
Throw it...

327
00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:34,600
Throw it...

328
00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:35,600
Throw it...

329
00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:36,600
Throw it...

330
00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:37,600
Throw it...

331
00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:38,600
Throw it...

332
00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:39,600
Throw it...

333
00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:40,600
Throw it...

334
00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,960
Well, they're loose.

335
00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:59,960
Enough cholera bacteria to start this all over the city in the morning.

336
00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:04,360
Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Lloyd Nolan in Vial of Death,

337
00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:09,860
tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense.

338
00:14:09,860 --> 00:14:19,260
["The Star-Spangled Banner"]

339
00:14:19,260 --> 00:14:24,760
Hey, Harlow, my friend Slim corralled himself a whole herd of wonder workers.

340
00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:25,860
He did, Sheriff?

341
00:14:25,860 --> 00:14:30,060
Yep, he got a set of them Auto Light resistor spark plugs.

342
00:14:30,060 --> 00:14:34,960
Says they're the finest things since Texas joined the Union.

343
00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,560
Well, they sure are, Sheriff.

344
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345
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That built-in exclusive Auto Light 10,000 ohm resistor

346
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makes possible such outstanding advantages as double spark plug life,

347
00:14:49,060 --> 00:14:51,760
smoother engine performance, and quick starts.

348
00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:56,360
And the Auto Light resistor spark plug is only one of a complete line of world-famous

349
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Auto Light spark plugs, ignition engineered for every use.

350
00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:05,460
So lasso yourself a whole set of them Auto Light resistor spark plugs, partners.

351
00:15:05,460 --> 00:15:09,260
They're available at your nearest Auto Light spark plug dealers.

352
00:15:09,260 --> 00:15:14,560
To locate him quickly, call Western Union by number and ask for operator 25.

353
00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:19,460
And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light.

354
00:15:19,460 --> 00:15:22,860
And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage,

355
00:15:22,860 --> 00:15:28,060
Mr. Lloyd Nolan, in Elliot Lewis's production of Vial of Death,

356
00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:31,560
a dramatic report, well calculated to keep you in...

357
00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,560
Suspense!

358
00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:46,860
Al Walker was dead.

359
00:15:46,860 --> 00:15:52,360
Not knowing what the stolen vial contained, he had opened it and exposed himself to disease.

360
00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,360
Then he'd thrown it away.

361
00:15:54,360 --> 00:16:03,760
This is what faced us in our city that night, an epidemic of cholera.

362
00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,360
Professor Froelich, Ruby, and myself left the hospital.

363
00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:12,060
We crossed a sleeping city to the address found in Al Walker's wallet, 8200 Carl Street.

364
00:16:12,060 --> 00:16:13,660
It was an apartment house.

365
00:16:13,660 --> 00:16:18,160
We woke the landlady and she led us into Al Walker's room. We searched.

366
00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,360
I always said that Al Walker was a good for nothing.

367
00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,260
He never worked, no drank.

368
00:16:24,260 --> 00:16:26,660
You're certain he was here about seven o'clock?

369
00:16:26,660 --> 00:16:30,560
Positive. I heard him come in and go out.

370
00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,760
No vial, no satchel. Nothing but dirty laundry.

371
00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:35,960
Well, what did he do? Steal them things?

372
00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,360
Where do we go from here, Lieutenant?

373
00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:42,660
I guess we'll have to go back and start with that bar.

374
00:16:42,660 --> 00:16:46,960
You know, we better quarantine this place and get the health department out here.

375
00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:47,760
What's that?

376
00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,160
Anyone who came in contact with Al Walker will have to be vaccinated.

377
00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,060
Well, what was the matter with him?

378
00:16:53,060 --> 00:16:54,760
He was sick.

379
00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,360
Yeah, very bad.

380
00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,060
Bad enough to kill him.

381
00:16:58,060 --> 00:16:59,460
Al's dead?

382
00:16:59,460 --> 00:17:00,460
That's right.

383
00:17:00,460 --> 00:17:04,060
And you say anyone who was near him might catch what he had?

384
00:17:04,060 --> 00:17:06,060
If they aren't vaccinated right away, they might.

385
00:17:06,060 --> 00:17:08,060
Well, then, Mrs.

386
00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:09,860
There's something you haven't told us.

387
00:17:09,860 --> 00:17:13,560
Well, I do want to cause anybody no trouble, but

388
00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,960
when Al was here earlier tonight,

389
00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,860
he stopped in to see Mrs. Pierce. They were friends.

390
00:17:18,860 --> 00:17:20,060
Where does Mrs. Pierce live?

391
00:17:20,060 --> 00:17:22,060
In 306, the end of the hall.

392
00:17:22,060 --> 00:17:26,160
I wasn't snooping. It's just that I like to know what's going on in my place. That's all.

393
00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,060
Okay. Now, you better get back to bed, lady.

394
00:17:29,060 --> 00:17:32,360
Bed? Who can sleep with a thing like this in the house?

395
00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:34,860
What will the tenants say?

396
00:17:34,860 --> 00:17:36,460
What time is it, Lieutenant?

397
00:17:36,460 --> 00:17:39,860
3 a.m.

398
00:17:39,860 --> 00:17:41,060
Here it is.

399
00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:43,460
Daylight in a few hours. There's much time.

400
00:17:43,460 --> 00:17:45,460
I know.

401
00:17:50,660 --> 00:17:51,860
Asleep?

402
00:17:51,860 --> 00:17:54,160
Wouldn't you be?

403
00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,260
Who is it?

404
00:17:58,260 --> 00:17:59,860
Police. Open up.

405
00:17:59,860 --> 00:18:00,760
Police?

406
00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:02,460
Open up.

407
00:18:02,460 --> 00:18:06,460
Hold it. I ain't decent.

408
00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:12,960
What do you want?

409
00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:14,560
You, Mrs. Pierce?

410
00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:15,660
Yeah. Why?

411
00:18:15,660 --> 00:18:18,160
Do you know Al Walker?

412
00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:19,960
Al Walker?

413
00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:21,460
Yeah.

414
00:18:21,460 --> 00:18:23,360
You hold it down, my husband's asleep.

415
00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:26,160
When was the last time you saw Al Walker?

416
00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,460
Last time?

417
00:18:28,460 --> 00:18:30,660
I couldn't say. A week ago, maybe.

418
00:18:30,660 --> 00:18:33,860
Evie, what's going on out there?

419
00:18:33,860 --> 00:18:36,960
Nothing, Klaus. Go back to bed.

420
00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,060
Who are these guys?

421
00:18:38,060 --> 00:18:39,660
The police.

422
00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:40,260
What's the matter?

423
00:18:40,260 --> 00:18:42,160
Now, look, it's very important.

424
00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,960
We've got to know if either one of you saw Al Walker last night.

425
00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,260
Al Walker?

426
00:18:46,260 --> 00:18:48,160
I told you, no. We ain't seen him.

427
00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,860
Evie, you ain't been seeing that punk again, have you?

428
00:18:50,860 --> 00:18:52,460
I ain't seen him. I told you I wouldn't.

429
00:18:52,460 --> 00:18:55,860
Mrs. Pierce, last night Al Walker stole a car.

430
00:18:55,860 --> 00:18:58,360
When he left it, he took some things with him.

431
00:18:58,360 --> 00:19:02,860
Among them, a black satchel containing a small glass vial, a jar.

432
00:19:02,860 --> 00:19:05,060
This vial was filled with a milky substance.

433
00:19:05,060 --> 00:19:08,260
That milky substance would...

434
00:19:08,260 --> 00:19:11,460
Well, because of it, he's dead now.

435
00:19:11,460 --> 00:19:12,960
Dead?

436
00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,260
He died a few hours ago.

437
00:19:15,260 --> 00:19:16,760
Al?

438
00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:17,660
Dead?

439
00:19:17,660 --> 00:19:22,760
Anyone who came in contact with Al last night after he opened that vial can expect the same thing.

440
00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:23,660
Oh, no!

441
00:19:23,660 --> 00:19:24,460
You saw him.

442
00:19:24,460 --> 00:19:26,460
What? Yes.

443
00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:29,160
I thought you promised me you wouldn't see that punk no more.

444
00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:30,060
Shut up, you big ape!

445
00:19:30,060 --> 00:19:32,960
Mrs. Pierce, did Al have that vial when you saw him?

446
00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:33,360
Yes.

447
00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:34,960
What did he do with it?

448
00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,760
He opened it here in this apartment.

449
00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:39,660
He opened it and smelled it.

450
00:19:39,660 --> 00:19:40,760
Oh, good Lord.

451
00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,960
He put the top back on because he said it smelled like rotten eggs.

452
00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,060
What was it? Will I get it, too? Will I get it?

453
00:19:48,060 --> 00:19:49,060
Hey, Ruby.

454
00:19:49,060 --> 00:19:52,160
Call downtown. Tell them to get out here fast for vaccinations.

455
00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:52,660
Right, George.

456
00:19:52,660 --> 00:19:54,560
Now, Mrs. Pierce, what did he do with the vial?

457
00:19:54,560 --> 00:20:00,460
Oh, he took all that stuff with him to a pawn shop, a third and lock, and the old man there is a fence.

458
00:20:00,460 --> 00:20:02,160
Al takes all the stuff to him.

459
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,060
Look, you stay here.

460
00:20:04,060 --> 00:20:06,460
The health department will be here pretty soon to vaccinate you.

461
00:20:06,460 --> 00:20:07,660
Don't try to leave the building.

462
00:20:07,660 --> 00:20:09,760
Am I going to be okay? I won't get it, will I?

463
00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,060
I don't think so.

464
00:20:11,060 --> 00:20:14,160
You've been seeing that punk after all. After what I told you.

465
00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:14,960
Will you shut up?

466
00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,760
I hope you get it.

467
00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,360
Whatever it is, I hope you get it good.

468
00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:21,160
Serves you right.

469
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:27,360
Come on, we'll try the pawn shop.

470
00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,160
3.30 a.m.

471
00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,360
We pulled up in front of the pawn shop, a third and lock it.

472
00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:41,460
The shades are down in the windows, but there's a light somewhere in the back.

473
00:20:41,460 --> 00:20:42,360
Someone's coming.

474
00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:44,160
Yeah, he's up late, eh?

475
00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,760
Oh, it has to be here.

476
00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,460
We've got to find it before morning.

477
00:20:47,460 --> 00:20:52,760
We'll soon know.

478
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:53,660
What do you want?

479
00:20:53,660 --> 00:20:55,260
Open up, police.

480
00:20:55,260 --> 00:20:56,060
Police?

481
00:20:56,060 --> 00:20:57,360
Open up.

482
00:20:57,360 --> 00:20:58,260
What for?

483
00:20:58,260 --> 00:21:00,160
I said open it or we'll break it down.

484
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:06,160
Well, sure, sure. Whatever you say.

485
00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,060
All right, now listen.

486
00:21:08,060 --> 00:21:10,060
I want some answers, Pop and I want them fast.

487
00:21:10,060 --> 00:21:13,460
Oh, sure, fellas. I always cooperate with you boys.

488
00:21:13,460 --> 00:21:16,960
Al Walker was here last night. He sold you some stuff.

489
00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,460
Al Walker? Who's he?

490
00:21:19,460 --> 00:21:22,560
Lieutenant, look at this, my satchel. It was on the counter.

491
00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,160
That's yours, mister?

492
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,760
Never know where this stuff comes from.

493
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,560
Will you quit stalling?

494
00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,460
We know Al Walker brought that in here and there was a glass vial in that satchel.

495
00:21:32,460 --> 00:21:33,160
Where's it now?

496
00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:34,360
I tell you I don't...

497
00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:38,160
Pop! Al Walker's dead.

498
00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,660
Al dead? From what?

499
00:21:41,660 --> 00:21:43,860
From the contents of that vial.

500
00:21:43,860 --> 00:21:44,860
That milky stuff?

501
00:21:44,860 --> 00:21:45,760
Then you have seen it.

502
00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,760
Well, I did have.

503
00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:48,460
Where is it now?

504
00:21:48,460 --> 00:21:51,360
We threw it away.

505
00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:52,560
Wasn't worth anything.

506
00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:53,760
Where'd you throw it?

507
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,060
In the alley out back.

508
00:21:55,060 --> 00:21:56,360
All right, show us.

509
00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:57,060
Was it open?

510
00:21:57,060 --> 00:22:00,360
No, no, no, closed. I didn't know the stuff was stolen.

511
00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:02,260
All right, save it, Pop, will you?

512
00:22:02,260 --> 00:22:05,760
Yeah, I'll keep it.

513
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:13,160
There. I threw it in that pile of junk.

514
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,160
I don't see it.

515
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,860
I don't either. Are you sure you threw it here?

516
00:22:17,860 --> 00:22:19,860
Right out top.

517
00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:23,360
I'm trying to cooperate with you boys, honest.

518
00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:24,660
How it isn't here, Lieutenant.

519
00:22:24,660 --> 00:22:26,460
Deep look in it has to be.

520
00:22:26,460 --> 00:22:28,460
But he threw it there.

521
00:22:28,460 --> 00:22:31,460
Throw all the junk out there and...

522
00:22:31,460 --> 00:22:32,560
Damn kids.

523
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:33,760
What kids?

524
00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:37,160
Well, some kids were playing here late last night.

525
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,460
Always play here and they're always picking things up and taking them away.

526
00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:41,260
You say kids?

527
00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:42,160
Do you know any of them?

528
00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,460
Oh, I don't know for sure.

529
00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:46,560
Look at this, this chalk drawing on the wall.

530
00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:47,360
What about it?

531
00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:50,660
Well, them kids drew that there, always doing it.

532
00:22:50,660 --> 00:22:53,060
Under this face it says Louis is a gooey.

533
00:22:53,060 --> 00:22:55,960
Louis? Sure, sure, I know Louis.

534
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,060
He was one of them.

535
00:22:57,060 --> 00:23:00,960
He lives over there in one of them apartment buildings.

536
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:01,660
Which one?

537
00:23:01,660 --> 00:23:02,960
I don't know which one.

538
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,760
I seen him go that way sometimes.

539
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:06,660
It's nearly four o'clock, Lieutenant.

540
00:23:06,660 --> 00:23:09,060
Can we get through all those buildings before morning?

541
00:23:09,060 --> 00:23:10,460
We have to try.

542
00:23:10,460 --> 00:23:13,060
We better get Pop here vaccinated before we run him in.

543
00:23:13,060 --> 00:23:13,660
Say, Joe.

544
00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:14,360
What?

545
00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:18,160
Don't you think it would be a good idea if we got vaccinated just in case?

546
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,560
Well, sure, yeah, but we haven't got time, Ruby.

547
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:21,560
Come on.

548
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,260
It was a big block covered with big apartment houses.

549
00:23:30,260 --> 00:23:34,560
An additional 60 men were called in and we started checking from apartment to apartment

550
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,060
asking for a kid named Louis and the glass vials.

551
00:23:38,060 --> 00:23:40,960
The people half asleep must have thought we were crazy.

552
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:42,560
What they thought wasn't important.

553
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,560
What they would wake up to in the morning was.

554
00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,960
Five o'clock, six.

555
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,760
It got light out.

556
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,560
Then six thirty and seven.

557
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,660
It was a bright, beautiful, sunny morning.

558
00:23:55,660 --> 00:23:58,060
A few people began to appear along the streets.

559
00:23:58,060 --> 00:24:00,660
Buses and street cars were running.

560
00:24:00,660 --> 00:24:02,560
The city was waking up.

561
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:07,360
And still we hadn't found Louis or the glass vial of cholera bacteria.

562
00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:12,560
We still had dozens of apartments to go through.

563
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:16,560
If we don't find it pretty soon, Lieutenant, we've got to let the city know about it.

564
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,060
Warn them to watch for the vial.

565
00:24:18,060 --> 00:24:19,860
Oh, not yet, not yet.

566
00:24:19,860 --> 00:24:21,260
Another album, maybe.

567
00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:22,260
Here's the next one.

568
00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:25,960
OK.

569
00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:26,460
Bacon.

570
00:24:26,460 --> 00:24:29,760
Yeah, smells good.

571
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:30,360
Yeah.

572
00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:31,060
Police.

573
00:24:31,060 --> 00:24:32,060
Police?

574
00:24:32,060 --> 00:24:32,660
What's wrong?

575
00:24:32,660 --> 00:24:35,060
Do you have a child here named Louis?

576
00:24:35,060 --> 00:24:36,860
No, no Louis here.

577
00:24:36,860 --> 00:24:37,360
Why?

578
00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,760
Well, do you know of a boy by that name in the building?

579
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,560
No, all my boys are good children.

580
00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:42,560
They done nothing wrong.

581
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,660
Oh, Ma, Sybil's got my jar and she won't give it to me.

582
00:24:45,660 --> 00:24:46,860
Tommy, don't bother me now.

583
00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:48,560
Who makes Sybil give me my jar?

584
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:49,060
Lieutenant.

585
00:24:49,060 --> 00:24:49,860
Yeah.

586
00:24:49,860 --> 00:24:51,560
Hey, Tommy, where's Sybil?

587
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,360
Hey, you can't come in like that.

588
00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:54,560
Take us to Sybil, Tommy.

589
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,060
She's in the bedroom.

590
00:24:56,060 --> 00:24:56,660
I'll show you.

591
00:24:56,660 --> 00:24:57,660
You stay here, lady.

592
00:24:57,660 --> 00:25:00,460
You got a lot of nerve telling me what to do in my own place.

593
00:25:00,460 --> 00:25:01,960
Where'd you get the jar, Tommy?

594
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,660
I took it away from Louis.

595
00:25:03,660 --> 00:25:04,860
It's a pretty jar.

596
00:25:04,860 --> 00:25:07,060
I'm going to keep spiders in it.

597
00:25:07,060 --> 00:25:08,860
Here's the bedroom.

598
00:25:08,860 --> 00:25:10,560
There's Sybil in the crib.

599
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:11,860
Joe, look.

600
00:25:11,860 --> 00:25:14,360
Mama says Sybil's cutting teeth.

601
00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:16,360
Easy does it.

602
00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:18,760
If she takes it out of her mouth and lets go of it,

603
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:19,860
it'll fall on the floor.

604
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,460
Oh, careful, Lieutenant.

605
00:25:26,460 --> 00:25:29,860
Don't frighten her.

606
00:25:29,860 --> 00:25:31,760
I got it.

607
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,160
Don't drop it, Joe.

608
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:34,060
Don't worry.

609
00:25:34,060 --> 00:25:35,560
Oh, at last, at last.

610
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:36,660
Thank goodness.

611
00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:39,060
Here you are, doctor.

612
00:25:39,060 --> 00:25:42,760
One glass vial containing two or three million cholera germs

613
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:43,660
intact.

614
00:25:43,660 --> 00:25:45,360
What are you doing to my baby?

615
00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:46,960
I never heard of such a thing.

616
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,560
Coming into a private home and beating my baby

617
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:50,960
and making her cry.

618
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:51,760
You get out of here.

619
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:52,160
You hear me?

620
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:52,760
Get out.

621
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:53,160
All right.

622
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:53,760
Yes, ma'am.

623
00:25:53,760 --> 00:26:04,360
Where's Sally?

624
00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:07,860
If the people in this city only knew what you boys...

625
00:26:07,860 --> 00:26:10,660
But they won't know, Professor.

626
00:26:10,660 --> 00:26:11,960
No.

627
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:19,260
I guess not, Lieutenant.

628
00:26:19,260 --> 00:26:20,960
Well, Joe.

629
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,560
Beautiful morning, Ruby.

630
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,060
Yeah.

631
00:26:25,060 --> 00:26:27,260
It's going to be a nice day.

632
00:26:27,260 --> 00:26:29,160
Yep.

633
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,060
You know, Ruby, instead of going to bed this morning,

634
00:26:33,060 --> 00:26:36,960
I think I'll have breakfast with my family,

635
00:26:36,960 --> 00:27:02,860
and I'm going to take my kids to the zoo.

636
00:27:02,860 --> 00:27:04,660
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00:27:04,660 --> 00:27:06,260
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00:27:06,260 --> 00:27:09,760
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658
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664
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