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Froelich. 04:11.520 --> 04:13.520 The officer at the front desk told me to see you. 04:13.520 --> 04:15.440 What can I do for you, Professor Froelich? 04:15.440 --> 04:18.120 Well, I'm afraid I'm going to need your help, Lieutenant. 04:18.120 --> 04:20.920 You see, my car was stolen a few minutes ago. 04:20.920 --> 04:23.240 Oh, you want the auto theft division. 04:23.240 --> 04:24.720 It's right down the hall to your right. 04:24.720 --> 04:25.720 No, no, no. 04:25.720 --> 04:29.520 You see, I was on my way to the university at Brenton for some lab analysis, and I stopped 04:29.520 --> 04:32.760 at a drug store just a few blocks from here to buy some pipe tobacco. 04:32.760 --> 04:33.760 Yeah. 04:33.760 --> 04:36.640 When I came out of the drug store, my car was gone, stolen. 04:36.640 --> 04:38.600 And I'd left my satchel in the car, too. 04:38.600 --> 04:42.000 It contained various instruments and a sizable amount of narcotics. 04:42.000 --> 04:43.280 Oh, I see. 04:43.280 --> 04:44.360 No, you don't. 04:44.360 --> 04:47.480 I'm not so concerned about the loss of my car nor the narcotics. 04:47.480 --> 04:50.560 Well, then what are you concerned about, Professor Froelich? 04:50.560 --> 04:51.800 The vial. 04:51.800 --> 04:53.280 That's what worries me. 04:53.280 --> 04:54.280 What vial? 04:54.280 --> 04:57.040 There was a glass vial of bacteria in my satchel, too. 04:57.040 --> 05:02.400 You see, my work is developing antibacteriological techniques, protective methods against germ 05:02.400 --> 05:03.480 warfare. 05:03.480 --> 05:08.760 In this work, I use living microorganisms, bacteria, and the vial contained an extremely 05:08.760 --> 05:10.280 large amount of these bacteria. 05:10.280 --> 05:11.280 Oh, I see. 05:11.280 --> 05:15.600 Now, what kind of bacteria did the vial contain? 05:15.600 --> 05:16.600 Cholera bacteria. 05:16.600 --> 05:17.600 Cholera? 05:17.600 --> 05:18.600 Cholera. 05:18.600 --> 05:19.600 Yes. 05:19.600 --> 05:24.600 Enough to start a cholera epidemic throughout this city in a matter of hours if the thief 05:24.600 --> 05:27.240 finds that vial and opens it. 05:27.240 --> 05:28.240 How contagious is it? 05:28.240 --> 05:32.800 Oh, if the slightest amount gets on the thief's hands or clothing, sooner or later, he's 05:32.800 --> 05:36.760 certain to get it into his food or drinking water, in which case he would undoubtedly 05:36.760 --> 05:39.680 develop cholera and then could pass it on to others. 05:39.680 --> 05:44.320 Or thinking the vial is worthless, he might throw it away on the street and break it. 05:44.320 --> 05:47.560 Or he could easily throw it into one of the reservoirs around the city, not knowing what 05:47.560 --> 05:48.560 it is. 05:48.560 --> 05:50.200 Do you understand, Lieutenant? 05:50.200 --> 05:52.560 Yeah, I understand. 05:52.560 --> 05:55.280 Animals and rodents present the greatest danger of all. 05:55.280 --> 06:00.000 If they become carriers, an epidemic is inevitable and almost impossible to curb. 06:00.000 --> 06:03.040 Wouldn't the bacteria die if they were exposed to air? 06:03.040 --> 06:05.520 They wouldn't become exposed even if the vial were broken. 06:05.520 --> 06:09.280 You see, the vial contains a peptone broth, a milky substance. 06:09.280 --> 06:13.800 The bacteria are in this peptone broth like bees in a honeycomb. 06:13.800 --> 06:16.400 It not only protects them, but it nourishes them as well. 06:16.400 --> 06:17.400 I see. 06:17.400 --> 06:22.000 Lieutenant Holloway, you must find my automobile before the thief has a chance to get at that 06:22.000 --> 06:23.000 vial. 06:23.000 --> 06:26.440 You can't imagine the horrors this city... 06:26.440 --> 06:27.800 Where was your car stolen? 06:27.800 --> 06:30.720 At the corner of Kenton Main Street about 15 minutes ago. 06:30.720 --> 06:32.280 It's a blue sedan, four-door. 06:32.280 --> 06:33.280 Get this, Sam. 06:33.280 --> 06:34.280 Right. 06:34.280 --> 06:35.280 What's your... 06:35.280 --> 06:36.280 51. 06:36.280 --> 06:37.280 License number? 06:37.280 --> 06:38.280 6N1-6837. 06:38.280 --> 06:42.000 What about the satchel? 06:42.000 --> 06:45.680 Black, usual doctor's bag with my initials on it in gold. 06:45.680 --> 06:46.680 HMF. 06:46.680 --> 06:47.680 Describe the vial. 06:47.680 --> 06:49.080 Oh, let me see. 06:49.080 --> 06:52.120 About eight inches long, diameter two inches. 06:52.120 --> 06:54.520 A silver pressure cap with a lump on top. 06:54.520 --> 06:56.600 It can't be opened without pressing the top. 06:56.600 --> 06:58.800 The contents are milky fluid. 06:58.800 --> 07:01.040 It's about the size of a baby's feeding bottle. 07:01.040 --> 07:03.880 Sam, get Lieutenant Ruby off that stakeout right away. 07:03.880 --> 07:05.440 Tell him to meet me at 10th and Main. 07:05.440 --> 07:06.440 Okay. 07:06.440 --> 07:13.640 I'll put an APB on the car. 07:13.640 --> 07:16.640 Radio room, this is Lieutenant Holloway. 07:16.640 --> 07:18.360 Broadcast this immediately. 07:18.360 --> 07:23.760 To all units, stolen car registered to a Professor Harold M. Frolic. 07:23.760 --> 07:29.840 License number in the 8th column, 6N1-6837. 07:29.840 --> 07:33.080 A 1951 blue four-door sedan. 07:33.080 --> 07:37.440 If this car is located, hold and notify Lieutenant Holloway's central division immediately. 07:37.440 --> 07:38.920 You got that? 07:38.920 --> 07:39.920 Yeah. 07:39.920 --> 07:44.520 Now, also put out a call for all B units in the 4th, 5th, and 6th districts to report to 07:44.520 --> 07:45.920 me at 10th and Main. 07:45.920 --> 07:46.920 Code 3. 07:46.920 --> 07:47.920 Sam? 07:47.920 --> 07:48.920 Yeah. 07:48.920 --> 07:49.920 Notify the chief. 07:49.920 --> 07:53.440 Then call the city health officer and tell him to meet me at 10th and Main right away. 07:53.440 --> 08:00.680 This is Holloway. 08:00.680 --> 08:02.760 Send every available man to 10th and Main. 08:02.760 --> 08:03.760 Code 3. 08:03.760 --> 08:05.520 I'll be there in five minutes. 08:05.520 --> 08:08.040 We'll start a search of the neighborhood where your car was stolen. 08:08.040 --> 08:09.800 Maybe we'll find the car nearby. 08:09.800 --> 08:11.360 Maybe not, but it's a start. 08:11.360 --> 08:12.360 Lieutenant. 08:12.360 --> 08:13.360 Yes, what? 08:13.360 --> 08:16.920 We must anticipate a cholera epidemic should the bacteria get loose. 08:16.920 --> 08:19.200 Uh, serums, facilities, doctors. 08:19.200 --> 08:21.160 We'll take that up with the city health officer. 08:21.160 --> 08:25.280 Yet we must notify all hospitals and emergency wards to report immediately any case that 08:25.280 --> 08:27.320 appears with the symptoms of cholera. 08:27.320 --> 08:30.920 Then if a case is reported, we will have something to work on. 08:30.920 --> 08:31.920 Yeah. 08:31.920 --> 08:38.600 We will indeed have something to work on. 08:38.600 --> 08:43.480 It was seven o'clock that evening when 120 officers and reserves gathered at the intersection 08:43.480 --> 08:48.200 of 10th and Main where Professor Froelich's car had been stolen. 08:48.200 --> 08:51.560 The curious was shuffled off, the press banned. 08:51.560 --> 08:54.440 Lieutenant Ruby reported for duty and I briefed him. 08:54.440 --> 08:57.640 At 730, the city health officer arrived. 08:57.640 --> 08:58.640 Serums were ordered. 08:58.640 --> 09:00.360 The Red Cross alerted. 09:00.360 --> 09:04.960 Doctors and nurses notified to be on call if an epidemic started. 09:04.960 --> 09:10.480 Hospitals have been told to notify us if a case appeared with symptoms of extreme intestinal 09:10.480 --> 09:15.520 pain, spasms, vomiting, and severe dehydration. 09:15.520 --> 09:20.200 Everything was done without attaching the word cholera to the operation. 09:20.200 --> 09:24.480 At 815, a brake, just a small one. 09:24.480 --> 09:26.880 Professor Froelich's car was found 10 blocks away. 09:26.880 --> 09:27.880 This is it. 09:27.880 --> 09:28.880 This is my car. 09:28.880 --> 09:29.880 He didn't drive it far. 09:29.880 --> 09:32.120 Oh, I hope the satchel is still in it. 09:32.120 --> 09:35.440 Well, so know. 09:35.440 --> 09:37.760 There's nothing in the front seat. 09:37.760 --> 09:39.120 Key's still in it. 09:39.120 --> 09:41.720 Ruby, check the trunk. 09:41.720 --> 09:43.720 Right. 09:43.720 --> 09:45.920 Don't touch anything, doctor. 09:45.920 --> 09:48.560 Maybe it's in the back seat. 09:48.560 --> 09:52.040 Oh, nothing. 09:52.040 --> 09:53.040 Find anything, Ruby? 09:53.040 --> 09:54.040 Nothing in the trunk, Joe. 09:54.040 --> 09:56.320 Well, I guess he took the satchel with him. 09:56.320 --> 09:57.320 I don't know why. 09:57.320 --> 09:58.880 Porn it, probably. 09:58.880 --> 10:02.480 Ruby, get a latent fingerprint man down here to dust this car. 10:02.480 --> 10:03.480 Right. 10:03.480 --> 10:04.480 Tell him to hurry. 10:04.480 --> 10:05.480 Okay. 10:05.480 --> 10:07.480 Now what, Lieutenant? 10:07.480 --> 10:09.560 Now, we try to find that satchel. 10:09.560 --> 10:14.560 An hour passed. 10:14.560 --> 10:17.040 Two. 10:17.040 --> 10:18.760 No progress. 10:18.760 --> 10:23.640 The only fingerprints found on Professor Froelich's car were his own. 10:23.640 --> 10:24.640 Suspects were picked up. 10:24.640 --> 10:25.640 No make. 10:25.640 --> 10:28.440 The search for the satchel continued. 10:28.440 --> 10:29.880 Midnight. 10:29.880 --> 10:32.320 Still no progress. 10:32.320 --> 10:34.360 I thought about the other parts of the city. 10:34.360 --> 10:38.480 Quiet, asleep, unaware of the night and what it had produced. 10:38.480 --> 10:41.320 At 1.30, another break. 10:41.320 --> 10:48.840 One we'd hoped wouldn't come. 10:48.840 --> 10:50.000 When was he brought in, nurse? 10:50.000 --> 10:51.000 A little after 12. 10:51.000 --> 10:52.000 His condition? 10:52.000 --> 10:53.000 Critical. 10:53.000 --> 10:54.000 Respiration very low. 10:54.000 --> 10:55.000 Severe dehydration. 10:55.000 --> 10:57.080 You're certain about the symptoms? 10:57.080 --> 10:58.080 Quite certain. 10:58.080 --> 11:01.360 Also, the lab confirmed presence of live Vibrio's organisms. 11:01.360 --> 11:02.360 Who brought him in? 11:02.360 --> 11:03.360 It was an ambulance call. 11:03.360 --> 11:06.280 The patient had been in one of those awful bars down the street. 11:06.280 --> 11:07.640 He suddenly became ill. 11:07.640 --> 11:08.640 Serious. 11:08.640 --> 11:11.400 Then fell to the floor with intense spasms of the intestinal tract. 11:11.400 --> 11:13.880 We'd better get the health officer on that bar right away. 11:13.880 --> 11:15.800 Yes, it must be quarantined at once. 11:15.800 --> 11:16.800 In here. 11:16.800 --> 11:23.480 I thought it best not to put him in a ward. 11:23.480 --> 11:30.240 Well, Professor Froelich? 11:30.240 --> 11:34.480 Can you visualize this happening all over the city? 11:34.480 --> 11:36.440 Your wife, possibly your children. 11:36.440 --> 11:38.360 Any chance of a mistake. 11:38.360 --> 11:39.960 Presence of live Vibrio's organisms? 11:39.960 --> 11:41.960 There's no doubt now. 11:41.960 --> 11:44.680 Nurse, was there any identification? 11:44.680 --> 11:49.120 Just the wallet there on the stand. 11:49.120 --> 11:50.120 Anything there, Joe? 11:50.120 --> 11:54.880 His name was Al Walker, 8200 Carl Street. 11:54.880 --> 11:56.520 Al? 11:56.520 --> 11:59.360 Al Walker. 11:59.360 --> 12:02.880 Can you hear me? 12:02.880 --> 12:05.200 Al, listen to me. 12:05.200 --> 12:07.160 I've got to ask you some questions. 12:07.160 --> 12:09.160 Try to answer me. 12:09.160 --> 12:10.160 Al. 12:10.160 --> 12:12.960 Al, did you steal a car tonight? 12:12.960 --> 12:14.400 He's pretty weak, Joe. 12:14.400 --> 12:17.000 Al, can you hear me? 12:17.000 --> 12:18.000 Al? 12:18.000 --> 12:21.560 Look, Professor, can I do any harm now? 12:21.560 --> 12:23.360 You are a must, Lieutenant Holloway, but hurry. 12:23.360 --> 12:24.360 He's almost... 12:24.360 --> 12:25.360 All right, Al. 12:25.360 --> 12:26.360 Al, listen to me. 12:26.360 --> 12:27.360 Answer me. 12:27.360 --> 12:29.360 Did you take a glass vial out of that car tonight? 12:29.360 --> 12:33.560 It was in a satchel, a glass jar in a black satchel. 12:33.560 --> 12:34.560 Al! 12:34.560 --> 12:35.560 Glass... 12:35.560 --> 12:36.560 Glass... 12:36.560 --> 12:37.560 Glass... 12:37.560 --> 12:38.560 Glass jar? 12:38.560 --> 12:41.560 Yes, did you take it, the jar? 12:41.560 --> 12:42.560 I... 12:42.560 --> 12:43.560 I can't... 12:43.560 --> 12:45.560 I can't breathe. 12:45.560 --> 12:48.080 Al, did you take that satchel out of a car tonight? 12:48.080 --> 12:49.080 Oh, really, Lieutenant? 12:49.080 --> 12:50.080 Keep quiet, nurse. 12:50.080 --> 12:51.520 Can you hear me? 12:51.520 --> 12:54.600 What did you do with that glass jar that was in the bag? 12:54.600 --> 12:57.600 Did you open it? 12:57.600 --> 12:58.600 Milkies... 12:58.600 --> 12:59.600 Stuffing... 12:59.600 --> 13:00.600 Inside... 13:00.600 --> 13:01.600 Oh, no, no, no. 13:01.600 --> 13:02.600 He opened it. 13:02.600 --> 13:03.600 What's... 13:03.600 --> 13:04.600 What's wrong with me? 13:04.600 --> 13:05.600 I... 13:05.600 --> 13:06.600 I can't... 13:06.600 --> 13:07.600 I can't breathe. 13:07.600 --> 13:12.600 Al, where is that glass jar now? 13:12.600 --> 13:13.600 Where? 13:13.600 --> 13:14.600 I said... 13:14.600 --> 13:15.600 Throw... 13:15.600 --> 13:16.600 Throw it... 13:16.600 --> 13:17.600 Throw it... 13:17.600 --> 13:18.600 Where? 13:18.600 --> 13:19.600 Where? 13:19.600 --> 13:20.600 Find out where! 13:20.600 --> 13:21.600 Where? 13:21.600 --> 13:22.600 Where did you throw it, Al? 13:22.600 --> 13:23.600 Where? 13:23.600 --> 13:24.600 Throw... 13:24.600 --> 13:25.600 Throw it... 13:25.600 --> 13:26.600 Throw it... 13:26.600 --> 13:27.600 Throw it... 13:27.600 --> 13:28.600 Throw it... 13:28.600 --> 13:29.600 Throw it... 13:29.600 --> 13:30.600 Throw it... 13:30.600 --> 13:31.600 Throw it... 13:31.600 --> 13:32.600 Throw it... 13:32.600 --> 13:33.600 Throw it... 13:33.600 --> 13:34.600 Throw it... 13:34.600 --> 13:35.600 Throw it... 13:35.600 --> 13:36.600 Throw it... 13:36.600 --> 13:37.600 Throw it... 13:37.600 --> 13:38.600 Throw it... 13:38.600 --> 13:39.600 Throw it... 13:39.600 --> 13:40.600 Throw it... 13:40.600 --> 13:42.960 Well, they're loose. 13:42.960 --> 13:59.960 Enough cholera bacteria to start this all over the city in the morning. 13:59.960 --> 14:04.360 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Lloyd Nolan in Vial of Death, 14:04.360 --> 14:09.860 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 14:09.860 --> 14:19.260 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 14:19.260 --> 14:24.760 Hey, Harlow, my friend Slim corralled himself a whole herd of wonder workers. 14:24.760 --> 14:25.860 He did, Sheriff? 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We searched. 16:18.160 --> 16:21.360 I always said that Al Walker was a good for nothing. 16:21.360 --> 16:24.260 He never worked, no drank. 16:24.260 --> 16:26.660 You're certain he was here about seven o'clock? 16:26.660 --> 16:30.560 Positive. I heard him come in and go out. 16:30.560 --> 16:33.760 No vial, no satchel. Nothing but dirty laundry. 16:33.760 --> 16:35.960 Well, what did he do? Steal them things? 16:35.960 --> 16:38.360 Where do we go from here, Lieutenant? 16:38.360 --> 16:42.660 I guess we'll have to go back and start with that bar. 16:42.660 --> 16:46.960 You know, we better quarantine this place and get the health department out here. 16:46.960 --> 16:47.760 What's that? 16:47.760 --> 16:51.160 Anyone who came in contact with Al Walker will have to be vaccinated. 16:51.160 --> 16:53.060 Well, what was the matter with him? 16:53.060 --> 16:54.760 He was sick. 16:54.760 --> 16:56.360 Yeah, very bad. 16:56.360 --> 16:58.060 Bad enough to kill him. 16:58.060 --> 16:59.460 Al's dead? 16:59.460 --> 17:00.460 That's right. 17:00.460 --> 17:04.060 And you say anyone who was near him might catch what he had? 17:04.060 --> 17:06.060 If they aren't vaccinated right away, they might. 17:06.060 --> 17:08.060 Well, then, Mrs. 17:08.060 --> 17:09.860 There's something you haven't told us. 17:09.860 --> 17:13.560 Well, I do want to cause anybody no trouble, but 17:13.560 --> 17:15.960 when Al was here earlier tonight, 17:15.960 --> 17:18.860 he stopped in to see Mrs. Pierce. They were friends. 17:18.860 --> 17:20.060 Where does Mrs. Pierce live? 17:20.060 --> 17:22.060 In 306, the end of the hall. 17:22.060 --> 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. 17:26.160 --> 17:29.060 Okay. Now, you better get back to bed, lady. 17:29.060 --> 17:32.360 Bed? Who can sleep with a thing like this in the house? 17:32.360 --> 17:34.860 What will the tenants say? 17:34.860 --> 17:36.460 What time is it, Lieutenant? 17:36.460 --> 17:39.860 3 a.m. 17:39.860 --> 17:41.060 Here it is. 17:41.060 --> 17:43.460 Daylight in a few hours. There's much time. 17:43.460 --> 17:45.460 I know. 17:50.660 --> 17:51.860 Asleep? 17:51.860 --> 17:54.160 Wouldn't you be? 17:57.160 --> 17:58.260 Who is it? 17:58.260 --> 17:59.860 Police. Open up. 17:59.860 --> 18:00.760 Police? 18:00.760 --> 18:02.460 Open up. 18:02.460 --> 18:06.460 Hold it. I ain't decent. 18:11.960 --> 18:12.960 What do you want? 18:12.960 --> 18:14.560 You, Mrs. Pierce? 18:14.560 --> 18:15.660 Yeah. Why? 18:15.660 --> 18:18.160 Do you know Al Walker? 18:18.160 --> 18:19.960 Al Walker? 18:19.960 --> 18:21.460 Yeah. 18:21.460 --> 18:23.360 You hold it down, my husband's asleep. 18:23.360 --> 18:26.160 When was the last time you saw Al Walker? 18:26.160 --> 18:28.460 Last time? 18:28.460 --> 18:30.660 I couldn't say. A week ago, maybe. 18:30.660 --> 18:33.860 Evie, what's going on out there? 18:33.860 --> 18:36.960 Nothing, Klaus. Go back to bed. 18:36.960 --> 18:38.060 Who are these guys? 18:38.060 --> 18:39.660 The police. 18:39.660 --> 18:40.260 What's the matter? 18:40.260 --> 18:42.160 Now, look, it's very important. 18:42.160 --> 18:44.960 We've got to know if either one of you saw Al Walker last night. 18:44.960 --> 18:46.260 Al Walker? 18:46.260 --> 18:48.160 I told you, no. We ain't seen him. 18:48.160 --> 18:50.860 Evie, you ain't been seeing that punk again, have you? 18:50.860 --> 18:52.460 I ain't seen him. I told you I wouldn't. 18:52.460 --> 18:55.860 Mrs. Pierce, last night Al Walker stole a car. 18:55.860 --> 18:58.360 When he left it, he took some things with him. 18:58.360 --> 19:02.860 Among them, a black satchel containing a small glass vial, a jar. 19:02.860 --> 19:05.060 This vial was filled with a milky substance. 19:05.060 --> 19:08.260 That milky substance would... 19:08.260 --> 19:11.460 Well, because of it, he's dead now. 19:11.460 --> 19:12.960 Dead? 19:12.960 --> 19:15.260 He died a few hours ago. 19:15.260 --> 19:16.760 Al? 19:16.760 --> 19:17.660 Dead? 19:17.660 --> 19:22.760 Anyone who came in contact with Al last night after he opened that vial can expect the same thing. 19:22.760 --> 19:23.660 Oh, no! 19:23.660 --> 19:24.460 You saw him. 19:24.460 --> 19:26.460 What? Yes. 19:26.460 --> 19:29.160 I thought you promised me you wouldn't see that punk no more. 19:29.160 --> 19:30.060 Shut up, you big ape! 19:30.060 --> 19:32.960 Mrs. Pierce, did Al have that vial when you saw him? 19:32.960 --> 19:33.360 Yes. 19:33.360 --> 19:34.960 What did he do with it? 19:34.960 --> 19:37.760 He opened it here in this apartment. 19:37.760 --> 19:39.660 He opened it and smelled it. 19:39.660 --> 19:40.760 Oh, good Lord. 19:40.760 --> 19:44.960 He put the top back on because he said it smelled like rotten eggs. 19:44.960 --> 19:48.060 What was it? Will I get it, too? Will I get it? 19:48.060 --> 19:49.060 Hey, Ruby. 19:49.060 --> 19:52.160 Call downtown. Tell them to get out here fast for vaccinations. 19:52.160 --> 19:52.660 Right, George. 19:52.660 --> 19:54.560 Now, Mrs. Pierce, what did he do with the vial? 19:54.560 --> 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. 20:00.460 --> 20:02.160 Al takes all the stuff to him. 20:02.160 --> 20:04.060 Look, you stay here. 20:04.060 --> 20:06.460 The health department will be here pretty soon to vaccinate you. 20:06.460 --> 20:07.660 Don't try to leave the building. 20:07.660 --> 20:09.760 Am I going to be okay? I won't get it, will I? 20:09.760 --> 20:11.060 I don't think so. 20:11.060 --> 20:14.160 You've been seeing that punk after all. After what I told you. 20:14.160 --> 20:14.960 Will you shut up? 20:14.960 --> 20:16.760 I hope you get it. 20:16.760 --> 20:19.360 Whatever it is, I hope you get it good. 20:19.360 --> 20:21.160 Serves you right. 20:21.160 --> 20:27.360 Come on, we'll try the pawn shop. 20:27.360 --> 20:29.160 3.30 a.m. 20:29.160 --> 20:32.360 We pulled up in front of the pawn shop, a third and lock it. 20:32.360 --> 20:41.460 The shades are down in the windows, but there's a light somewhere in the back. 20:41.460 --> 20:42.360 Someone's coming. 20:42.360 --> 20:44.160 Yeah, he's up late, eh? 20:44.160 --> 20:45.760 Oh, it has to be here. 20:45.760 --> 20:47.460 We've got to find it before morning. 20:47.460 --> 20:52.760 We'll soon know. 20:52.760 --> 20:53.660 What do you want? 20:53.660 --> 20:55.260 Open up, police. 20:55.260 --> 20:56.060 Police? 20:56.060 --> 20:57.360 Open up. 20:57.360 --> 20:58.260 What for? 20:58.260 --> 21:00.160 I said open it or we'll break it down. 21:00.160 --> 21:06.160 Well, sure, sure. Whatever you say. 21:06.160 --> 21:08.060 All right, now listen. 21:08.060 --> 21:10.060 I want some answers, Pop and I want them fast. 21:10.060 --> 21:13.460 Oh, sure, fellas. I always cooperate with you boys. 21:13.460 --> 21:16.960 Al Walker was here last night. He sold you some stuff. 21:16.960 --> 21:19.460 Al Walker? Who's he? 21:19.460 --> 21:22.560 Lieutenant, look at this, my satchel. It was on the counter. 21:22.560 --> 21:25.160 That's yours, mister? 21:25.160 --> 21:26.760 Never know where this stuff comes from. 21:26.760 --> 21:28.560 Will you quit stalling? 21:28.560 --> 21:32.460 We know Al Walker brought that in here and there was a glass vial in that satchel. 21:32.460 --> 21:33.160 Where's it now? 21:33.160 --> 21:34.360 I tell you I don't... 21:34.360 --> 21:38.160 Pop! Al Walker's dead. 21:38.160 --> 21:41.660 Al dead? From what? 21:41.660 --> 21:43.860 From the contents of that vial. 21:43.860 --> 21:44.860 That milky stuff? 21:44.860 --> 21:45.760 Then you have seen it. 21:45.760 --> 21:47.760 Well, I did have. 21:47.760 --> 21:48.460 Where is it now? 21:48.460 --> 21:51.360 We threw it away. 21:51.360 --> 21:52.560 Wasn't worth anything. 21:52.560 --> 21:53.760 Where'd you throw it? 21:53.760 --> 21:55.060 In the alley out back. 21:55.060 --> 21:56.360 All right, show us. 21:56.360 --> 21:57.060 Was it open? 21:57.060 --> 22:00.360 No, no, no, closed. I didn't know the stuff was stolen. 22:00.360 --> 22:02.260 All right, save it, Pop, will you? 22:02.260 --> 22:05.760 Yeah, I'll keep it. 22:05.760 --> 22:13.160 There. I threw it in that pile of junk. 22:13.160 --> 22:15.160 I don't see it. 22:15.160 --> 22:17.860 I don't either. Are you sure you threw it here? 22:17.860 --> 22:19.860 Right out top. 22:19.860 --> 22:23.360 I'm trying to cooperate with you boys, honest. 22:23.360 --> 22:24.660 How it isn't here, Lieutenant. 22:24.660 --> 22:26.460 Deep look in it has to be. 22:26.460 --> 22:28.460 But he threw it there. 22:28.460 --> 22:31.460 Throw all the junk out there and... 22:31.460 --> 22:32.560 Damn kids. 22:32.560 --> 22:33.760 What kids? 22:33.760 --> 22:37.160 Well, some kids were playing here late last night. 22:37.160 --> 22:40.460 Always play here and they're always picking things up and taking them away. 22:40.460 --> 22:41.260 You say kids? 22:41.260 --> 22:42.160 Do you know any of them? 22:42.160 --> 22:44.460 Oh, I don't know for sure. 22:44.460 --> 22:46.560 Look at this, this chalk drawing on the wall. 22:46.560 --> 22:47.360 What about it? 22:47.360 --> 22:50.660 Well, them kids drew that there, always doing it. 22:50.660 --> 22:53.060 Under this face it says Louis is a gooey. 22:53.060 --> 22:55.960 Louis? Sure, sure, I know Louis. 22:55.960 --> 22:57.060 He was one of them. 22:57.060 --> 23:00.960 He lives over there in one of them apartment buildings. 23:00.960 --> 23:01.660 Which one? 23:01.660 --> 23:02.960 I don't know which one. 23:02.960 --> 23:04.760 I seen him go that way sometimes. 23:04.760 --> 23:06.660 It's nearly four o'clock, Lieutenant. 23:06.660 --> 23:09.060 Can we get through all those buildings before morning? 23:09.060 --> 23:10.460 We have to try. 23:10.460 --> 23:13.060 We better get Pop here vaccinated before we run him in. 23:13.060 --> 23:13.660 Say, Joe. 23:13.660 --> 23:14.360 What? 23:14.360 --> 23:18.160 Don't you think it would be a good idea if we got vaccinated just in case? 23:18.160 --> 23:20.560 Well, sure, yeah, but we haven't got time, Ruby. 23:20.560 --> 23:21.560 Come on. 23:26.760 --> 23:30.260 It was a big block covered with big apartment houses. 23:30.260 --> 23:34.560 An additional 60 men were called in and we started checking from apartment to apartment 23:34.560 --> 23:38.060 asking for a kid named Louis and the glass vials. 23:38.060 --> 23:40.960 The people half asleep must have thought we were crazy. 23:40.960 --> 23:42.560 What they thought wasn't important. 23:42.560 --> 23:45.560 What they would wake up to in the morning was. 23:45.560 --> 23:47.960 Five o'clock, six. 23:47.960 --> 23:49.760 It got light out. 23:49.760 --> 23:52.560 Then six thirty and seven. 23:52.560 --> 23:55.660 It was a bright, beautiful, sunny morning. 23:55.660 --> 23:58.060 A few people began to appear along the streets. 23:58.060 --> 24:00.660 Buses and street cars were running. 24:00.660 --> 24:02.560 The city was waking up. 24:02.560 --> 24:07.360 And still we hadn't found Louis or the glass vial of cholera bacteria. 24:07.360 --> 24:12.560 We still had dozens of apartments to go through. 24:12.560 --> 24:16.560 If we don't find it pretty soon, Lieutenant, we've got to let the city know about it. 24:16.560 --> 24:18.060 Warn them to watch for the vial. 24:18.060 --> 24:19.860 Oh, not yet, not yet. 24:19.860 --> 24:21.260 Another album, maybe. 24:21.260 --> 24:22.260 Here's the next one. 24:22.260 --> 24:25.960 OK. 24:25.960 --> 24:26.460 Bacon. 24:26.460 --> 24:29.760 Yeah, smells good. 24:29.760 --> 24:30.360 Yeah. 24:30.360 --> 24:31.060 Police. 24:31.060 --> 24:32.060 Police? 24:32.060 --> 24:32.660 What's wrong? 24:32.660 --> 24:35.060 Do you have a child here named Louis? 24:35.060 --> 24:36.860 No, no Louis here. 24:36.860 --> 24:37.360 Why? 24:37.360 --> 24:39.760 Well, do you know of a boy by that name in the building? 24:39.760 --> 24:41.560 No, all my boys are good children. 24:41.560 --> 24:42.560 They done nothing wrong. 24:42.560 --> 24:45.660 Oh, Ma, Sybil's got my jar and she won't give it to me. 24:45.660 --> 24:46.860 Tommy, don't bother me now. 24:46.860 --> 24:48.560 Who makes Sybil give me my jar? 24:48.560 --> 24:49.060 Lieutenant. 24:49.060 --> 24:49.860 Yeah. 24:49.860 --> 24:51.560 Hey, Tommy, where's Sybil? 24:51.560 --> 24:53.360 Hey, you can't come in like that. 24:53.360 --> 24:54.560 Take us to Sybil, Tommy. 24:54.560 --> 24:56.060 She's in the bedroom. 24:56.060 --> 24:56.660 I'll show you. 24:56.660 --> 24:57.660 You stay here, lady. 24:57.660 --> 25:00.460 You got a lot of nerve telling me what to do in my own place. 25:00.460 --> 25:01.960 Where'd you get the jar, Tommy? 25:01.960 --> 25:03.660 I took it away from Louis. 25:03.660 --> 25:04.860 It's a pretty jar. 25:04.860 --> 25:07.060 I'm going to keep spiders in it. 25:07.060 --> 25:08.860 Here's the bedroom. 25:08.860 --> 25:10.560 There's Sybil in the crib. 25:10.560 --> 25:11.860 Joe, look. 25:11.860 --> 25:14.360 Mama says Sybil's cutting teeth. 25:14.360 --> 25:16.360 Easy does it. 25:16.360 --> 25:18.760 If she takes it out of her mouth and lets go of it, 25:18.760 --> 25:19.860 it'll fall on the floor. 25:23.560 --> 25:26.460 Oh, careful, Lieutenant. 25:26.460 --> 25:29.860 Don't frighten her. 25:29.860 --> 25:31.760 I got it. 25:31.760 --> 25:33.160 Don't drop it, Joe. 25:33.160 --> 25:34.060 Don't worry. 25:34.060 --> 25:35.560 Oh, at last, at last. 25:35.560 --> 25:36.660 Thank goodness. 25:36.660 --> 25:39.060 Here you are, doctor. 25:39.060 --> 25:42.760 One glass vial containing two or three million cholera germs 25:42.760 --> 25:43.660 intact. 25:43.660 --> 25:45.360 What are you doing to my baby? 25:45.360 --> 25:46.960 I never heard of such a thing. 25:46.960 --> 25:49.560 Coming into a private home and beating my baby 25:49.560 --> 25:50.960 and making her cry. 25:50.960 --> 25:51.760 You get out of here. 25:51.760 --> 25:52.160 You hear me? 25:52.160 --> 25:52.760 Get out. 25:52.760 --> 25:53.160 All right. 25:53.160 --> 25:53.760 Yes, ma'am. 25:53.760 --> 26:04.360 Where's Sally? 26:04.360 --> 26:07.860 If the people in this city only knew what you boys... 26:07.860 --> 26:10.660 But they won't know, Professor. 26:10.660 --> 26:11.960 No. 26:11.960 --> 26:19.260 I guess not, Lieutenant. 26:19.260 --> 26:20.960 Well, Joe. 26:20.960 --> 26:23.560 Beautiful morning, Ruby. 26:23.560 --> 26:25.060 Yeah. 26:25.060 --> 26:27.260 It's going to be a nice day. 26:27.260 --> 26:29.160 Yep. 26:29.160 --> 26:33.060 You know, Ruby, instead of going to bed this morning, 26:33.060 --> 26:36.960 I think I'll have breakfast with my family, 26:36.960 --> 27:02.860 and I'm going to take my kids to the zoo. 27:02.860 --> 27:04.660 Suspense. 27:04.660 --> 27:06.260 Presented by Auto Light. 27:06.260 --> 27:09.760 Tonight's star, Mr. Lloyd Nolan. 27:09.760 --> 27:12.760 This is Harlow Wilcock speaking for Auto Light, 27:12.760 --> 27:16.060 world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive 27:16.060 --> 27:17.560 electrical equipment. 27:17.560 --> 27:21.560 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 27:21.560 --> 27:24.060 They are members of the Auto Light family, 27:24.060 --> 27:27.260 as well as are the 98,000 Auto Light distributors and dealers 27:27.260 --> 27:30.360 in the United States and thousands more in Canada 27:30.360 --> 27:31.960 and throughout the world. 27:31.960 --> 27:35.260 Our family also includes the nearly 30,000 men and women 27:35.260 --> 27:38.360 in 28 great Auto Light plants from coast to coast 27:38.360 --> 27:41.060 and Auto Light plants in many foreign countries, 27:41.060 --> 27:44.460 as well as the 18,000 people who have invested a portion 27:44.460 --> 27:46.860 of their savings in Auto Light. 27:46.860 --> 27:50.760 Every Auto Light product is backed by constant research 27:50.760 --> 27:52.860 and precision built to the highest standards 27:52.860 --> 27:55.060 of quality and performance. 27:55.060 --> 27:57.860 So remember, from bumper to tail light, 27:57.860 --> 28:00.160 you're always right with Auto Light. 28:00.160 --> 28:07.160 [♪upbeat music playing 28:07.160 --> 28:13.160 Next week, a new and terrifying tale in the suspense tradition. 28:13.160 --> 28:16.160 The story of a man who overhears a murder plot 28:16.160 --> 28:19.660 and is discovered in his hiding place by the murderers. 28:19.660 --> 28:25.660 It's called Pigeon in the Cage, our star, Mr. Dick Hames. 28:25.660 --> 28:29.660 That's next week on Suspense. 28:29.660 --> 28:35.660 [♪music playing 28:35.660 --> 28:38.160 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis 28:38.160 --> 28:40.160 with music composed by Lucian Morawick 28:40.160 --> 28:42.160 and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 28:42.160 --> 28:46.160 Vial of Death was written for Suspense by Augustus C. 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