WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.960 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Dana Andrews in tonight's presentation 00:10.960 --> 00:12.960 of Suspense. 00:12.960 --> 00:24.040 Tonight, Auto Light presents a story based on fact as we examine a city in terror of 00:24.040 --> 00:30.840 its life, a dramatic report which we call the One Man Crime Wave, our star Mr. Dana 00:30.840 --> 00:31.840 Andrews. 00:31.840 --> 00:38.120 Well, Hap, how are they going? 00:38.120 --> 00:39.120 What, Harlow? 00:39.120 --> 00:40.880 Why, your New Year's resolutions. 00:40.880 --> 00:42.880 Oh, they're going fine. 00:42.880 --> 00:45.520 In fact, they're all gone except one. 00:45.520 --> 00:46.920 What's that, Hap? 00:46.920 --> 00:49.800 Never to use any battery except an Auto Light stay-for. 00:49.800 --> 00:54.320 Well, you couldn't keep a better resolution, Hap, because the Auto Light stay-for is the 00:54.320 --> 00:59.080 famous battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 00:59.080 --> 01:03.520 There's no better way to start the New Year and to start your car than with the battery 01:03.520 --> 01:06.000 that gives fast, sure starts every time. 01:06.000 --> 01:08.000 And that means the Auto Light stay-for. 01:08.000 --> 01:10.440 And what about its long, long life, Harlow? 01:10.440 --> 01:12.560 Why, everybody knows about that, Hap. 01:12.560 --> 01:17.080 Fiberglass retaining mats protect the power of every positive plate to reduce shedding 01:17.080 --> 01:22.600 and flaking and give that Auto Light stay-for longer life as proved by tests conducted according 01:22.600 --> 01:24.640 to accepted life cycle standards. 01:24.640 --> 01:28.000 So, friends, see your Auto Light battery dealer. 01:28.000 --> 01:34.020 He services all makes of batteries and makes sure your next battery is an Auto Light stay-for, 01:34.020 --> 01:38.640 the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 01:38.640 --> 01:44.000 Remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 01:44.000 --> 01:50.000 And now, Auto Light presents transcribed, the one-man crime wave starring Mr. Dana Andrews, 01:50.000 --> 01:57.680 hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 01:57.680 --> 02:00.680 These murders occurred in a city, a good-sized city. 02:00.680 --> 02:08.960 If it's your city, you'll know it. 02:08.960 --> 02:14.200 Take murder and take carefully into consideration the results of the crime. 02:14.200 --> 02:17.720 Tragedy, not perhaps so much for the victim because to the dead, there's no further use 02:17.720 --> 02:18.720 for tears. 02:18.720 --> 02:23.920 Tragedy, though, for those who are left to mourn and fear if it happened to your next-door 02:23.920 --> 02:29.000 neighbor, the friendly man or woman, the ones with kids, the ones with a big hello and a 02:29.000 --> 02:31.360 comfortable approach to living. 02:31.360 --> 02:34.720 The fear because it was next door and might have been you. 02:34.720 --> 02:38.960 It began on a Tuesday night, senseless, fightful. 02:38.960 --> 02:45.520 It happened in a city and the city began to live in fear for what was to follow. 02:45.520 --> 02:46.520 Sergeant Farring? 02:46.520 --> 02:47.520 Yeah? 02:47.520 --> 02:48.520 I'm Driscoll. 02:48.520 --> 02:49.520 I was told to report to you for duty. 02:49.520 --> 02:50.520 Oh, sure. 02:50.520 --> 02:51.520 You're the new man. 02:51.520 --> 02:52.520 Yes, sir. 02:52.520 --> 02:53.520 Okay. 02:53.520 --> 02:54.520 Come on. 02:54.520 --> 02:56.520 There's been a killing over on East Bay. 02:56.520 --> 03:04.400 Woman in the street stabbed. 03:04.400 --> 03:05.400 We got to East Bay. 03:05.400 --> 03:08.520 The body was still there, shrouded in an overcoat. 03:08.520 --> 03:12.720 One hand uncovered lay in the gutter, thin stream of water washing through the stiffening 03:12.720 --> 03:13.720 fingers. 03:13.720 --> 03:16.160 She'd been murdered a half a block from her house. 03:16.160 --> 03:20.520 A neighbor told what she knew, standing white-faced, frightened under the streetlight. 03:20.520 --> 03:24.880 It was 8.30 p.m. and the temperature was 39 degrees. 03:24.880 --> 03:28.480 Well, I saw her pass my window. 03:28.480 --> 03:32.440 She waved and she had a letter in her hand. 03:32.440 --> 03:34.560 I guess she was going to mail it at the corner. 03:34.560 --> 03:36.000 Did you see her after that? 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 No. 03:37.000 --> 03:40.000 I only heard, heard a scream. 03:40.000 --> 03:41.880 I ran out and looked up and down the street. 03:41.880 --> 03:47.840 I thought there'd been an accident maybe, but I didn't see a car or anything until I 03:47.840 --> 03:49.120 saw her lying here. 03:49.120 --> 03:51.360 Was there anybody on the street? 03:51.360 --> 03:52.880 I don't know. 03:52.880 --> 03:57.200 I thought I saw somebody go around the corner at the end of the block, running. 03:57.200 --> 03:58.800 I'm not sure. 03:58.800 --> 04:02.960 You'd better go inside, Mrs. Meade, it's kind of chilly out here. 04:02.960 --> 04:05.000 What'll her husband do? 04:05.000 --> 04:07.080 He gets off work at 10. 04:07.080 --> 04:10.040 What's he going to do when he finds out? 04:10.040 --> 04:21.800 And those, those nice kids, what are they going to do? 04:21.800 --> 04:22.800 Camera work was finished. 04:22.800 --> 04:28.080 An ambulance took the dead mother away and the search for a murderer was begun. 04:28.080 --> 04:31.560 I roughed out the first report and Driscoll filled in the details. 04:31.560 --> 04:34.480 They were not released to the press. 04:34.480 --> 04:36.760 The husband of the deceased was questioned. 04:36.760 --> 04:38.640 His replies were all negative. 04:38.640 --> 04:39.640 No known enemies. 04:39.640 --> 04:42.680 His wife was not involved with another man. 04:42.680 --> 04:46.480 His own movements on the night were checked and found to be as described. 04:46.480 --> 04:47.600 Neighbors were questioned. 04:47.600 --> 04:49.280 They had seen nothing of the attack. 04:49.280 --> 04:53.920 There were 14 knife wounds in the deceased's body, any five of which could have caused 04:53.920 --> 04:55.640 death. 04:55.640 --> 04:57.920 His report is attached. 04:57.920 --> 05:00.880 We're proceeding now with the theory that the department is dealing with an unknown 05:00.880 --> 05:05.600 assailant, probably with a criminally insane background. 05:05.600 --> 05:13.120 The killer, if he were criminally insane, would strike again. 05:13.120 --> 05:14.120 He did. 05:14.120 --> 05:15.120 It was on Thursday. 05:15.120 --> 05:18.560 There'd been a light snowfall during the day and as evening came the temperature dropped 05:18.560 --> 05:21.360 lower leaving a thin covering of crystals on the ground. 05:21.360 --> 05:23.360 It was 10 p.m. 05:23.360 --> 05:25.360 The street, Washington. 05:25.360 --> 05:28.120 A woman of 37 was returning to her apartment. 05:28.120 --> 05:30.880 She was a waitress at the Gold Rush restaurant. 05:30.880 --> 05:35.280 She was between two lamp posts in semi-light when the man stepped out from a doorway. 05:35.280 --> 05:37.120 He didn't give her a chance. 05:37.120 --> 05:39.360 She was alive when they got her to the hospital. 05:39.360 --> 05:42.240 She was alive when I went into the white room to question her. 05:42.240 --> 05:44.240 She told me what she could remember. 05:44.240 --> 05:49.640 Grieftly frightened of what had happened and of what was going to happen. 05:49.640 --> 05:53.400 You think you're strong enough to tell me a couple of things, Miss? 05:53.400 --> 05:54.400 I'll try. 05:54.400 --> 05:56.400 Can you describe him? 05:56.400 --> 06:00.320 Well, he was about your height. 06:00.320 --> 06:02.320 Maybe a little shorter. 06:02.320 --> 06:04.920 Kind of heavy set. 06:04.920 --> 06:08.400 His eyebrows grew across the middle. 06:08.400 --> 06:10.920 Funny eyes. 06:10.920 --> 06:11.920 What complexion? 06:11.920 --> 06:14.920 Dark, I guess. 06:14.920 --> 06:15.920 Dark. 06:15.920 --> 06:16.920 Any scars? 06:16.920 --> 06:19.920 I didn't see. 06:19.920 --> 06:22.600 Can you remember how he was dressed? 06:22.600 --> 06:24.800 I don't know. 06:24.800 --> 06:27.880 I was scared. 06:27.880 --> 06:30.880 There was an overcoat. 06:30.880 --> 06:33.600 I don't remember. 06:33.600 --> 06:36.600 And he had a hat. 06:36.600 --> 06:38.600 Kind of a regular hat. 06:38.600 --> 06:39.600 All right. 06:39.600 --> 06:43.600 You said you told him a man was coming down the street. 06:43.600 --> 06:44.600 Yeah. 06:44.600 --> 06:47.600 I thought I'd scare him. 06:47.600 --> 06:49.600 He'd turn around. 06:49.600 --> 06:50.600 I could run. 06:50.600 --> 06:53.600 That's funny. 06:53.600 --> 06:54.600 Yeah. 06:54.600 --> 06:58.600 Is there anything else you can remember about this fellow? 06:58.600 --> 06:59.600 No. 06:59.600 --> 07:00.600 Hey. 07:00.600 --> 07:03.600 Hold my hand, will you? 07:03.600 --> 07:04.600 Sure. 07:04.600 --> 07:05.600 Thanks. 07:05.600 --> 07:08.600 Try to remember something now. 07:08.600 --> 07:10.600 What color was the overcoat? 07:10.600 --> 07:12.600 I told you. 07:12.600 --> 07:14.600 I don't know. 07:14.600 --> 07:19.600 It was maybe dark gray or brown. 07:19.600 --> 07:20.600 I was scared. 07:20.600 --> 07:21.600 I was... 07:21.600 --> 07:22.600 That's all right. 07:22.600 --> 07:25.600 It might come to you later. 07:25.600 --> 07:28.600 Just one more thing. 07:28.600 --> 07:29.600 Miss? 07:29.600 --> 07:30.600 Miss? 07:30.600 --> 07:35.600 She turned her head aside. 07:35.600 --> 07:38.600 The eyes were closed. 07:38.600 --> 07:47.600 I held her hand, and it was the last knowing thing in her life as she died, quietly, unprotesting. 07:47.600 --> 07:51.600 I went back to the office and called in Driscoll. 07:51.600 --> 07:55.600 We had coffee sent up, drank it steaming. 07:55.600 --> 07:58.600 I'm going to give it out to the papers. 07:58.600 --> 07:59.600 This guy's a nut. 07:59.600 --> 08:01.600 He'll keep on killing until we catch him. 08:01.600 --> 08:04.600 It's best to warn the women about walking alone at night. 08:04.600 --> 08:05.600 Yes, sir. 08:05.600 --> 08:06.600 What about the description? 08:06.600 --> 08:07.600 Well, it's enough for a start. 08:07.600 --> 08:10.600 We'll contact institutions, go over our files. 08:10.600 --> 08:12.600 We can get to work on that now. 08:12.600 --> 08:13.600 Okay, Sergeant. 08:13.600 --> 08:16.600 By the way, do they get any footprints in the snow? 08:16.600 --> 08:19.600 No, by the time I got there, 50 people had trampled it all up. 08:19.600 --> 08:23.600 For the time being, anyway, we'll have to go on luck unless we come up with something. 08:23.600 --> 08:25.600 That's the trouble with killings like this. 08:25.600 --> 08:31.600 A city this size, you have a tough time finding a murderer unless he's got a record or a motive. 08:31.600 --> 08:32.600 Well, he's nuts. 08:32.600 --> 08:34.600 That's his motive, I guess. 08:34.600 --> 08:42.600 We'll have to wait for the record. 08:42.600 --> 08:45.600 The story broke in the papers on the next day, Friday. 08:45.600 --> 08:48.600 The results were immediate and expected. 08:48.600 --> 08:50.600 My telephone began to ring and kept on ringing. 08:50.600 --> 08:54.600 Quackpots, people who had seen a man they thought answered the general description of the murderer. 08:54.600 --> 08:57.600 They'd seen him in a dozen different places at the same time. 08:57.600 --> 09:04.600 And they knew more about him than we did because we had nothing to go on. 09:04.600 --> 09:06.600 You've got a lot of patience, Sergeant. 09:06.600 --> 09:08.600 I don't know how you take it. 09:08.600 --> 09:09.600 Well, I look at it this way. 09:09.600 --> 09:11.600 There's always one call that's the real thing. 09:11.600 --> 09:13.600 Can't afford to take any chances. 09:13.600 --> 09:17.600 This guy's done two killings on opposite sides of the city. 09:17.600 --> 09:18.600 That makes it even worse. 09:18.600 --> 09:19.600 He's not killing in a pattern. 09:19.600 --> 09:22.600 And he might do it again somewhere else. 09:22.600 --> 09:27.600 Until we get a lead, I'll listen to anybody who's got something to say. 09:27.600 --> 09:29.600 Get me a pack of cigarettes out of my coat, will you, Driscoll? 09:29.600 --> 09:31.600 Yes, sir. 09:31.600 --> 09:34.600 Homicide, Sergeant Faring. 09:34.600 --> 09:36.600 Yes, ma'am. 09:36.600 --> 09:38.600 That's right, ma'am. 09:38.600 --> 09:47.600 Yes, ma'am, I'm in charge. 09:47.600 --> 09:50.600 The weekend passed, and it was Monday, Tuesday. 09:50.600 --> 09:53.600 We worked hard, sifting rumor, possibility. 09:53.600 --> 09:55.600 There was nothing much to show for it. 09:55.600 --> 09:57.600 The tension in the city mounted. 09:57.600 --> 09:58.600 Started to build into panic. 09:58.600 --> 10:01.600 There was talk of vigilantes, college day stuff. 10:01.600 --> 10:05.600 Complaints as to the ineptness of the police force piled up. 10:05.600 --> 10:07.600 We took it and waited. 10:07.600 --> 10:11.600 Then the thing we were scared of happened. 10:11.600 --> 10:14.600 Wednesday morning, a little after midnight, on the west side, 10:14.600 --> 10:17.600 a young couple, both of them, ripped to pieces. 10:17.600 --> 10:19.600 Dead before any help could come. 10:19.600 --> 10:23.600 And early the next morning... 10:23.600 --> 10:24.600 Yes, sir. 10:24.600 --> 10:28.600 Yes, sir, I know, but we may have got hold of something. 10:28.600 --> 10:30.600 A young fellow struggled with him. 10:30.600 --> 10:33.600 He ripped off a button and some cloth from his coat. 10:33.600 --> 10:36.600 Yes, sir, the lab's working on it now. 10:36.600 --> 10:38.600 Yes, sir, I will. 10:38.600 --> 10:41.600 Yes, sir. 10:41.600 --> 10:43.600 Well, that was the chief. 10:43.600 --> 10:46.600 We'd better be getting something fast, lots of pressure. 10:46.600 --> 10:47.600 Maybe we have, sir. 10:47.600 --> 10:49.600 14th Precinct picked up a man last night. 10:49.600 --> 10:51.600 He might answer the description. 10:51.600 --> 10:52.600 Kind of crazy. 10:52.600 --> 10:54.600 Won't deny or admit anything. 10:54.600 --> 10:55.600 Oh? 10:55.600 --> 10:56.600 They're bringing him down now. 10:56.600 --> 10:58.600 He should be here in about 15 minutes. 10:58.600 --> 10:59.600 There's another thing. 10:59.600 --> 11:01.600 Have they got the overcoat? 11:01.600 --> 11:02.600 No. 11:02.600 --> 11:04.600 He wasn't wearing one. 11:04.600 --> 11:06.600 And he won't say what happened to him. 11:15.600 --> 11:18.600 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Dana Andrews in... 11:18.600 --> 11:20.600 The One Man Crime Wave. 11:20.600 --> 11:24.600 Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills... 11:24.600 --> 11:35.600 Suspense. 11:35.600 --> 11:39.600 Say, Harlow, what about your New Year's resolutions? 11:39.600 --> 11:43.600 Well, Hap, I've resolved to tell everyone the great news for 54. 11:43.600 --> 11:44.600 What is it, Harlow? 11:44.600 --> 11:47.600 Why, Hap, an Auto Light stay-full battery needs water... 11:47.600 --> 11:50.600 only three times a year in normal car use. 11:50.600 --> 11:54.600 That's reason enough for going to Auto Light in 54. 11:54.600 --> 11:56.600 Well, if it isn't, Hap, this is. 11:56.600 --> 12:01.600 The Auto Light stay-full has a life that's longer than your winter underwear. 12:01.600 --> 12:06.600 Fiberglass retaining mats surround every positive plate to reduce shedding and flaking... 12:06.600 --> 12:10.600 and give the Auto Light stay-full longer life as proved by tests... 12:10.600 --> 12:13.600 conducted according to accepted life cycle standards. 12:13.600 --> 12:15.600 So see your Auto Light battery dealer. 12:15.600 --> 12:16.600 That's right, friends. 12:16.600 --> 12:18.600 He's a battery expert. 12:18.600 --> 12:23.600 He'll tell you all about that dynamic and dependable Auto Light stay-full. 12:23.600 --> 12:27.600 The battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 12:27.600 --> 12:32.600 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 12:32.600 --> 12:37.600 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr. Dana Andrews... 12:37.600 --> 12:41.600 in Elliot Lewis' production of The One Man Crime Wave. 12:41.600 --> 12:48.600 A true report, well calculated to keep you in suspense. 12:54.600 --> 12:56.600 The man was brought into my office on Thursday morning. 12:56.600 --> 12:58.600 His name was Frederick Sorensen. 12:58.600 --> 13:00.600 He'd been picked up ten blocks from the scene of the crime... 13:00.600 --> 13:02.600 two hours after he'd been committed. 13:02.600 --> 13:06.600 He appeared to be drunk, and although the temperature was in the low 30s... 13:06.600 --> 13:08.600 he wore no overcoat. 13:08.600 --> 13:12.600 In general, his features answered the vague description given by the dead waitress. 13:12.600 --> 13:18.600 He sat with his head lowered, sullen, ignoring the coffee by his side. 13:18.600 --> 13:20.600 Well, you're not under arrest, Mr. Sorensen. 13:20.600 --> 13:22.600 This is just a routine questioning. 13:22.600 --> 13:27.600 It's like the Germans or the Russians. 13:27.600 --> 13:31.600 Man's walking along, he's arrested just like that. 13:31.600 --> 13:34.600 If you'll answer a few questions, sir, you can be on your way. 13:34.600 --> 13:37.600 What am I supposed to have done? What? 13:37.600 --> 13:40.600 Can you tell me where you were this morning, a little after midnight? 13:40.600 --> 13:44.600 In a bar, I guess. I don't remember. 13:44.600 --> 13:46.600 Any particular bar? 13:46.600 --> 13:49.600 There were two or three. 13:49.600 --> 13:53.600 I got problems. I was drunk last night. 13:53.600 --> 13:56.600 Will you try to remember the names of the bars? 13:56.600 --> 13:58.600 I don't know. 13:58.600 --> 14:02.600 Oh, the Star, I guess, over on Manchester. 14:02.600 --> 14:06.600 Well, once in a while I go into the Astor. 14:06.600 --> 14:08.600 I guess I did last night. 14:08.600 --> 14:11.600 I was pretty drunk. Got no right to arrest me. 14:11.600 --> 14:14.600 You're not under arrest, Mr. Sorensen. 14:14.600 --> 14:16.600 What happened to your overcoat? 14:16.600 --> 14:18.600 I don't know. 14:18.600 --> 14:21.600 I had it on when I left my apartment. 14:21.600 --> 14:25.600 I took it off in one of the bars and forgot it. 14:25.600 --> 14:27.600 I was pretty drunk. 14:27.600 --> 14:30.600 Will you describe your coat? 14:30.600 --> 14:36.600 Sure, it was gray, tweed, I guess, not too heavy. 14:36.600 --> 14:39.600 I don't like a heavy coat. It makes my back ache. 14:39.600 --> 14:42.600 We'll see if we can get it back for you, Mr. Sorensen. 14:42.600 --> 14:46.600 You said you were in the Star and the Astor. Any other place? 14:46.600 --> 14:48.600 I don't think so. 14:48.600 --> 14:50.600 Oh, wait a minute. 14:50.600 --> 14:55.600 Maybe the joint over on Williams Street opposite the big hotel. 14:55.600 --> 14:56.600 You know, the... 14:56.600 --> 14:57.600 McDonald's bar and grill? 14:57.600 --> 15:01.600 Yeah, that's the one. I think so. I don't know. I'm not sure. 15:01.600 --> 15:04.600 Hey, look, I'm answering all these questions. 15:04.600 --> 15:06.600 What am I supposed to have done? 15:06.600 --> 15:08.600 Two people were killed just after midnight last night, 15:08.600 --> 15:10.600 a few blocks from where you were picked up. 15:10.600 --> 15:14.600 It's our job to investigate anybody who might know something about it. 15:14.600 --> 15:16.600 I don't know anything. 15:16.600 --> 15:19.600 When the officers questioned you, you refused to answer. 15:19.600 --> 15:23.600 They asked you if you knew about the murders, and you said, 15:23.600 --> 15:28.600 I'm not saying yes and I'm not saying no. I'm not saying anything. 15:28.600 --> 15:30.600 Do you remember that, Mr. Sorensen? 15:30.600 --> 15:34.600 No. I was drunk. 15:34.600 --> 15:37.600 Did you ever get drunk and try to remember what you said? 15:37.600 --> 15:42.600 I didn't even know what they were talking about. I didn't kill anybody. 15:42.600 --> 15:45.600 I got enough problems without killing somebody. 15:45.600 --> 15:47.600 All right, Mr. Sorensen. 15:47.600 --> 15:51.600 I'd like you to wait in there for a while until we check on some of these things. 15:51.600 --> 15:52.600 Have you had any breakfast? 15:52.600 --> 15:53.600 No. 15:53.600 --> 15:54.600 We'll have some soon enough. 15:54.600 --> 15:57.600 Hey, listen, if I'm not under arrest, how come I've got to stay here? 15:57.600 --> 16:02.600 As a good citizen, Mr. Sorensen, I'm sure you want to help in every way to catch the murderer. 16:02.600 --> 16:03.600 Sure, but I don't... 16:03.600 --> 16:06.600 You're helping, then, by staying in there until I get back. 16:12.600 --> 16:17.600 We checked. They asked to star at McDonough's Bar and Grill, asked questions. 16:17.600 --> 16:19.600 Sorensen was known to them all. 16:19.600 --> 16:22.600 In particular, he was known to Mr. McDonough. 16:22.600 --> 16:26.600 Yeah, he was in here kind of late. He had a good load on. 16:26.600 --> 16:27.600 Could you say what time? 16:27.600 --> 16:29.600 Oh, one, maybe two. 16:29.600 --> 16:32.600 Tell you, Sergeant, it was a big night last night. 16:32.600 --> 16:37.600 Maybe they're cold and snow, but everybody felt good, didn't want to go out. You know how it is. 16:37.600 --> 16:38.600 Oh, sure. 16:38.600 --> 16:42.600 Did you happen to notice whether Mr. Sorensen was wearing an overcoat? 16:42.600 --> 16:46.600 I couldn't swear, but put it this way. 16:46.600 --> 16:51.600 If he wasn't, I would have noticed because it was too cold outside to be without one. 16:51.600 --> 16:54.600 Now, wouldn't you say the odds are he was wearing one? 16:54.600 --> 16:55.600 Possible. 16:55.600 --> 16:59.600 Freddy, there's a couple of butts under the table at the end. You missed them. 16:59.600 --> 17:03.600 You didn't find an overcoat after you closed. Gray, tweed? 17:03.600 --> 17:07.600 No. Freddy, did you find an overcoat of men left here last night? 17:09.600 --> 17:11.600 I guess you're out of luck. 17:11.600 --> 17:15.600 Yeah. Well, if it does show up, Mr. McDonough, I'd be obliged if you'd give me a call. 17:15.600 --> 17:20.600 Brett, say, uh, it's, uh, none of my business, but have you arrested Sorensen? 17:20.600 --> 17:22.600 No. Routine questions, that's all. 17:22.600 --> 17:26.600 Well, I wondered. He's not the type for that killer. 17:26.600 --> 17:29.600 I've talked to him. He's been coming in here for five or six years. 17:29.600 --> 17:32.600 He's a nice guy, quiet, no trouble. 17:32.600 --> 17:36.600 As a student of human nature, I'd say he wasn't your man. 17:36.600 --> 17:38.600 Thanks a lot for your trouble. 17:38.600 --> 17:43.600 We checked some more. Sorensen's apartment, neighbors. Found nothing. 17:43.600 --> 17:46.600 The man was quiet, but well-liked. 17:46.600 --> 17:48.600 The overcoat had disappeared. 17:48.600 --> 17:53.600 And since his alibi held up, we didn't have much choice. 17:53.600 --> 17:56.600 You've been cooperative, Mr. Sorensen. Thank you. 17:56.600 --> 17:58.600 Oh, that's okay. 17:58.600 --> 18:00.600 Hey, did you find my overcoat? 18:00.600 --> 18:02.600 I'm afraid not, but if we do, we'll let you know. 18:02.600 --> 18:04.600 I sure hate to lose it. 18:04.600 --> 18:08.600 Uh, uh, it's all right for me to go now? 18:08.600 --> 18:10.600 Yeah, I'm sorry for the inconvenience. 18:10.600 --> 18:12.600 Oh, that's okay. 18:13.600 --> 18:15.600 Hope you get that guy. 18:15.600 --> 18:17.600 We will, Mr. Sorensen. 18:17.600 --> 18:23.600 Yeah. Well, so long. Nice to have met you. 18:23.600 --> 18:25.600 Thanks again. 18:27.600 --> 18:28.600 Yes, Sergeant? 18:28.600 --> 18:30.600 He's leaving here. 18:30.600 --> 18:34.600 Get a man to follow him and a relief for that man. 18:34.600 --> 18:36.600 I don't want Sorensen out of sight for a minute. 18:36.600 --> 18:38.600 Yes, sir. Right away. 18:45.600 --> 18:47.600 They followed him for a week. 18:47.600 --> 18:50.600 The only thing he did to be noted was to buy a new overcoat. 18:50.600 --> 18:54.600 I summed up our progress for the chief, and it wasn't much. 18:54.600 --> 18:59.600 Thanks. Well, sir, he's a suspect, but he's a weak one. 18:59.600 --> 19:01.600 We've checked pretty carefully. 19:01.600 --> 19:04.600 He works for a lumber yard. He's been there nine years. 19:04.600 --> 19:06.600 No financial problems. 19:06.600 --> 19:08.600 He was married, but he got a divorce three years ago. 19:08.600 --> 19:11.600 His ex-wife says he was all right, kind of moody sometimes, 19:11.600 --> 19:13.600 but no big thing. 19:13.600 --> 19:14.600 Just wanted to live alone. 19:14.600 --> 19:17.600 Didn't want to be married, so she gave him a divorce. 19:17.600 --> 19:19.600 There wasn't another woman in the house. 19:19.600 --> 19:21.600 I don't know. 19:21.600 --> 19:24.600 So unless that overcoat shows up somewhere 19:24.600 --> 19:26.600 and there's a button with some cloth missing, 19:26.600 --> 19:28.600 we haven't got much. 19:34.600 --> 19:38.600 And for another week, no killings, no progress. 19:38.600 --> 19:40.600 We continued to have the suspect followed, 19:40.600 --> 19:42.600 but for no other reason than the physical description 19:42.600 --> 19:45.600 given by the dead waitress, but even that was flimsy. 19:45.600 --> 19:48.600 On a Friday at 10 a.m., 19:48.600 --> 19:51.600 it was raining, not cold enough to freeze, 19:51.600 --> 19:53.600 just a bitter penetrating wetness, 19:53.600 --> 19:55.600 and that's when the overcoat showed up. 19:55.600 --> 19:57.600 The overcoat with the missing button. 19:57.600 --> 19:59.600 There was a man in it, too. 19:59.600 --> 20:02.600 He'd been picked up in a bar, disturbing the peace. 20:02.600 --> 20:04.600 His name was Winters, and he had a record. 20:04.600 --> 20:06.600 Five arrests, three convictions. 20:06.600 --> 20:09.600 It took a couple of minutes to match up the shred of cloth 20:09.600 --> 20:10.600 and button to the coat, 20:10.600 --> 20:12.600 and we had our first break. 20:12.600 --> 20:14.600 We sent for Winters. 20:14.600 --> 20:16.600 We'll be back. 20:16.600 --> 20:18.600 We sent for Winters. 20:18.600 --> 20:20.600 It doesn't have to be Sorensen's coat, Sergeant. 20:20.600 --> 20:22.600 Doesn't have to be, no. 20:22.600 --> 20:23.600 You think it is? 20:23.600 --> 20:26.600 That's what we've been working on. 20:26.600 --> 20:28.600 Come in, Winters. 20:28.600 --> 20:30.600 Sit down. 20:32.600 --> 20:34.600 Okay. 20:34.600 --> 20:38.600 Now, you ever see this coat before? 20:38.600 --> 20:40.600 Sure, it's mine. 20:40.600 --> 20:42.600 You swear to that? 20:42.600 --> 20:44.600 Sure I swear. 20:44.600 --> 20:46.600 Bumrap. 20:46.600 --> 20:48.600 The fellow starts picking on me in a bar. 20:48.600 --> 20:50.600 I hit him first. 20:50.600 --> 20:52.600 He was begging me. 20:52.600 --> 20:54.600 Disturbing the peace. 20:54.600 --> 20:56.600 How would you like murder added to that? 20:56.600 --> 20:58.600 Murder? You're crazy. 20:58.600 --> 20:59.600 I didn't kill nobody. 20:59.600 --> 21:01.600 Where did you get the coat? 21:01.600 --> 21:02.600 It's mine. 21:02.600 --> 21:04.600 What do you mean, where did I get it? 21:04.600 --> 21:07.600 Two weeks ago, that was Wednesday, 16 days ago, 21:07.600 --> 21:09.600 a man and a woman were stabbed to death. 21:09.600 --> 21:11.600 The murderer wore this coat. 21:11.600 --> 21:14.600 We've got a bit of cloth and a button to prove it. 21:14.600 --> 21:16.600 Your coat, Winters. 21:16.600 --> 21:19.600 Listen, I never kill. 21:19.600 --> 21:24.600 Now listen, just because I got a coat that looks like... 21:24.600 --> 21:26.600 Oh, I didn't. 21:26.600 --> 21:28.600 Where did you get the coat? 21:28.600 --> 21:30.600 I told you. I... 21:32.600 --> 21:34.600 Mrs. Driscoll. 21:34.600 --> 21:36.600 Yeah? 21:36.600 --> 21:38.600 Where? 21:38.600 --> 21:40.600 Oh. 21:40.600 --> 21:42.600 What about Sorenson? 21:42.600 --> 21:44.600 You sure? 21:44.600 --> 21:46.600 Okay, I'll tell the sergeant. 21:48.600 --> 21:49.600 Stabbing off Lincoln Avenue. 21:49.600 --> 21:51.600 Woman. She's dead. 21:51.600 --> 21:53.600 Sounds the same. 21:53.600 --> 21:55.600 All right, Winters. 21:55.600 --> 21:57.600 You hear me now. 21:57.600 --> 21:59.600 You want that to be your coat. 21:59.600 --> 22:01.600 I'll accept it. 22:01.600 --> 22:03.600 No more talk and you're up for murder. 22:03.600 --> 22:04.600 And I'm not kidding. 22:04.600 --> 22:06.600 But I don't think you did it. 22:06.600 --> 22:08.600 And I'm giving you one more chance to tell me where you got it. 22:08.600 --> 22:10.600 Look, Mr. I... 22:10.600 --> 22:12.600 Okay, I found it. 22:12.600 --> 22:13.600 Found it where? 22:13.600 --> 22:14.600 In a bar. 22:13.600 --> 22:14.600 When? 22:14.600 --> 22:16.600 Like you said, a couple of weeks ago. 22:16.600 --> 22:17.600 What bar? 22:17.600 --> 22:18.600 I don't... 22:18.600 --> 22:21.600 Come on, come on. Astor, the star, McDonald's? 22:21.600 --> 22:23.600 McDonald's. 22:23.600 --> 22:24.600 Okay. 22:24.600 --> 22:26.600 Did you see the fellow you got it from? 22:26.600 --> 22:28.600 Oh, look. Now, I'm a loser. 22:28.600 --> 22:30.600 You're going to get me in on a larceny wrap? 22:30.600 --> 22:32.600 You want murder? 22:32.600 --> 22:34.600 I... 22:34.600 --> 22:35.600 Yeah, I saw him. 22:35.600 --> 22:37.600 Was he wearing the coat when he came in? 22:37.600 --> 22:39.600 Yeah. 22:39.600 --> 22:41.600 He... he acted kind of strange. 22:41.600 --> 22:43.600 Like he was hot, maybe drunk. 22:43.600 --> 22:46.600 He sat down at the table, took off the coat, 22:46.600 --> 22:48.600 then he started to look at his hands. 22:48.600 --> 22:50.600 For a long time. 22:50.600 --> 22:52.600 I remember because he looked kind of nuts. 22:52.600 --> 22:55.600 Then he went to the men's and left his coat. 22:55.600 --> 22:57.600 It was a good-looking coat, so I... 22:57.600 --> 22:59.600 Did you hear him call by name? 22:59.600 --> 23:01.600 A couple of guys seem to know him, I guess. 23:01.600 --> 23:03.600 I don't remember what they call him. 23:03.600 --> 23:04.600 Can you identify him? 23:04.600 --> 23:06.600 I guess so. 23:06.600 --> 23:08.600 Okay, I'm holding you as a material witness. 23:08.600 --> 23:11.600 You're going to book me for taking the coat? 23:11.600 --> 23:13.600 I'll think about it. 23:18.600 --> 23:20.600 With a new killing, we had another problem. 23:20.600 --> 23:22.600 The man on duty outside Sorensen's apartment 23:22.600 --> 23:26.600 had reported that Sorensen hadn't left the place all evening. 23:26.600 --> 23:29.600 That might mean we had still one more killer working with a knife. 23:29.600 --> 23:31.600 But Driscoll and I drove over to Sorensen's place. 23:31.600 --> 23:33.600 We had enough to pick him up. 23:33.600 --> 23:37.600 Matson was on duty, and he came up to the apartment with us. 23:37.600 --> 23:39.600 We had to break the door down. 23:39.600 --> 23:41.600 Sorensen wasn't answering. 23:41.600 --> 23:44.600 And when we got inside, we knew why. 23:44.600 --> 23:46.600 Sergeant, I swear he didn't come out. 23:46.600 --> 23:48.600 That's where he went out. 23:48.600 --> 23:50.600 Fire escape. Leads out the back. 23:50.600 --> 23:52.600 I'm sorry, Sergeant. He never... 23:52.600 --> 23:54.600 Can't do anything about it now. 23:54.600 --> 23:55.600 We go after him, Sergeant? 23:55.600 --> 23:57.600 No. Put out a call to pick him up. 23:57.600 --> 23:59.600 We'll stay here. I think he'll come back. 23:59.600 --> 24:01.600 Matson, get back out front. 24:01.600 --> 24:04.600 If you see him, don't make any move unless you're sure you can get him. 24:04.600 --> 24:06.600 Yes, sir. 24:10.600 --> 24:13.600 We turned out the lights, left the window open, and waited. 24:13.600 --> 24:16.600 The rain kept falling, and it got cold in the room. 24:16.600 --> 24:18.600 An hour went by. 24:18.600 --> 24:20.600 We didn't smoke for fear Sorensen would smell it 24:20.600 --> 24:23.600 as he came out the forest gate through his window. 24:23.600 --> 24:25.600 So we just waited. 24:28.600 --> 24:29.600 Sergeant? 24:29.600 --> 24:30.600 Yeah. 24:30.600 --> 24:32.600 Will they execute a man like that? 24:32.600 --> 24:34.600 I don't know. They might as well. 24:34.600 --> 24:38.600 He'll cost the taxpayer a lot of money for the rest of his life if they don't. 24:38.600 --> 24:40.600 He'd be better off dead. 24:40.600 --> 24:42.600 Or himself, he'd be better off. 24:42.600 --> 24:44.600 What makes him do it? 24:44.600 --> 24:47.600 You read about it. You see him, talk to him. 24:47.600 --> 24:49.600 What makes him that way? 24:49.600 --> 24:52.600 Don't ask me. I'm just a guy who has to try and catch him 24:52.600 --> 24:55.600 after they've got their kicks carving out somebody's life. 24:55.600 --> 24:58.600 Boy, I'd sure like a cigarette. 24:58.600 --> 25:00.600 Shh. 25:03.600 --> 25:05.600 Wait until he's inside. 25:05.600 --> 25:07.600 Okay. 25:11.600 --> 25:13.600 Who's there? 25:13.600 --> 25:15.600 You're under arrest, Sorensen. 25:15.600 --> 25:17.600 Disco, come on. 25:21.600 --> 25:24.600 He'd sensed something wrong, and he wasn't close enough for us to get him. 25:24.600 --> 25:27.600 We followed him out to the forest gate and up to the roof. 25:27.600 --> 25:30.600 We saw a man up there, and a slick was forming underfoot. 25:30.600 --> 25:34.600 There was only one place for him to be, behind the elevator housing shaft. 25:34.600 --> 25:36.600 You could only approach it on one side, 25:36.600 --> 25:40.600 so I stationed Disco behind me to cut him off if he made a run for it. 25:42.600 --> 25:44.600 Come out with your hands up. 25:44.600 --> 25:46.600 I... I haven't done anything. 25:46.600 --> 25:48.600 Let me alone. 25:48.600 --> 25:50.600 I feel sick. 25:50.600 --> 25:52.600 Why don't you let me alone? 25:52.600 --> 25:54.600 Get out here where I can see you. 25:54.600 --> 25:57.600 Move slowly and keep your hands high. 25:57.600 --> 26:00.600 I want to die. I want to die. 26:00.600 --> 26:02.600 Come on. 26:02.600 --> 26:04.600 You don't know. 26:04.600 --> 26:06.600 You just don't know. 26:06.600 --> 26:07.600 You don't care. 26:07.600 --> 26:10.600 Well, I won't... I won't go to jail. 26:10.600 --> 26:11.600 You're not gonna kill me. 26:11.600 --> 26:13.600 Disco, watch out! 26:13.600 --> 26:15.600 You all right, Sergeant? 26:15.600 --> 26:18.600 Yeah. I got my arm. 26:18.600 --> 26:20.600 Sorensen? 26:20.600 --> 26:22.600 Sorensen? 26:22.600 --> 26:24.600 He's done. 26:24.600 --> 26:47.600 Better call the ambulance. 26:54.600 --> 26:56.600 Suspense. 26:56.600 --> 27:00.600 Brought to you by Autolite, tonight's star, Mr. Dana Andrews. 27:00.600 --> 27:03.600 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Autolite, 27:03.600 --> 27:07.600 the world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. 27:07.600 --> 27:12.600 In 28 plants from coast to coast, Autolite makes over 400 products 27:12.600 --> 27:16.600 for cars, trucks, tractors, planes, boats, and industry. 27:16.600 --> 27:21.600 These products include bumpers, die castings, industrial thermometers, 27:21.600 --> 27:24.600 and batteries such as the famous Autolite Stayfull, 27:24.600 --> 27:28.600 ignition engineered Autolite spark plugs, both standard and resistor types, 27:28.600 --> 27:34.600 voltage regulators, wire and battery cable, Autolite bullseye sealed beam units, 27:34.600 --> 27:40.600 and Autolite original service parts for all Autolite equipped electrical systems. 27:40.600 --> 27:44.600 Autolite is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 27:44.600 --> 27:49.600 So, from bumper to tail light, you're always welcome to come to Autolite. 27:49.600 --> 28:01.600 From bumper to tail light, you're always right with Autolite. 28:01.600 --> 28:05.600 Next week, the story of a man who was able single-handedly 28:05.600 --> 28:09.600 to rob a bank of $50,000 and get away with it. 28:09.600 --> 28:15.600 It's called, The Face is Familiar, our star, Mr. Jack Benny. 28:15.600 --> 28:24.600 That's next week on Suspense. 28:24.600 --> 28:27.600 The one-man crime wave was written by Anthony Ellis. 28:27.600 --> 28:30.600 Suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis 28:30.600 --> 28:34.600 with music composed by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 28:34.600 --> 28:39.600 In tonight's story, Joseph Kearns was heard as Sorenson and Lee Millar as Driscoll, 28:39.600 --> 28:42.600 featured in the cast were Paula Winslow, Charlotte Lawrence, 28:42.600 --> 28:45.600 Junius Matthews and Tom Tully. 28:45.600 --> 28:50.600 Dana Andrews can soon be seen in the Warner Brothers picture, Dual in the Jungle. 28:50.600 --> 29:00.600 And remember next week, Mr. Jack Benny in The Face is Familiar. 29:00.600 --> 29:04.600 You can buy Autolite stay full batteries, Autolite original service parts 29:04.600 --> 29:08.600 and Autolite standard or resistor type spark plugs at your neighborhood Autolite dealers. 29:08.600 --> 29:10.600 Switch to Autolite. 29:10.600 --> 29:12.600 Good night. 29:12.600 --> 29:18.600 If you know a man in the service, one of the greatest favors you can do is to write him regularly. 29:18.600 --> 29:21.600 Even though it is often difficult for servicemen to reply promptly, 29:21.600 --> 29:24.600 word from home is a great morale builder. 29:24.600 --> 29:29.600 Resolve now to write and keep writing to a serviceman you know. 29:29.600 --> 29:44.600 This is the CBS Radio Network.