1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. William Powell in tonight's presentation of... 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Suspense. 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Tonight, a story based on fact. The true report of a chase through a city in an effort to find a killer. 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:30,000 It's called The Barking Death, our star Mr. William Powell. 5 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:38,000 This is Harlow Wilcox. 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There's no obligation. 16 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:58,000 And now, Auto Light presents The Barking Death starring Mr. William Powell, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 17 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,000 It's over now, and the town has settled down. 18 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Most of what happened I know because I was a part of it. 19 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 The rest I must imagine for you. 20 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Our town is not very large, 25,000 people lost senses. 21 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Good town, proud of its police and fire protection. 22 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:02,820 Proud of its 23 00:02:02,820 --> 00:02:15,820 city administration and its health center. 24 00:02:15,820 --> 00:02:18,820 Then a thing happened to me. 25 00:02:18,820 --> 00:02:20,820 I was a little bit worried. 26 00:02:20,820 --> 00:02:22,820 I was a little bit worried. 27 00:02:22,820 --> 00:02:24,820 I was a little bit worried. 28 00:02:24,820 --> 00:02:26,820 I was a little bit worried. 29 00:02:26,820 --> 00:02:28,820 I was a little bit worried. 30 00:02:28,820 --> 00:02:32,820 I was a little bit worried. 31 00:02:32,820 --> 00:02:34,820 I was a little bit worried. 32 00:02:34,820 --> 00:02:36,820 Terrifying thing. 33 00:02:36,820 --> 00:02:42,820 And this is the way it began. 34 00:02:42,820 --> 00:02:48,820 Right in here, doctor. 35 00:02:48,820 --> 00:02:50,820 Massive bite. 36 00:02:50,820 --> 00:02:52,820 Here. Cheek. 37 00:02:52,820 --> 00:02:53,820 How long ago? 38 00:02:53,820 --> 00:02:54,820 Ten days ago. 39 00:02:54,820 --> 00:02:56,820 Medicated it himself. 40 00:02:56,820 --> 00:02:58,820 A few hours ago his wife called me. 41 00:02:58,820 --> 00:03:00,820 She wouldn't speak to me when I came in, doctor. 42 00:03:00,820 --> 00:03:01,820 Upset. 43 00:03:01,820 --> 00:03:02,820 Yeah. 44 00:03:02,820 --> 00:03:05,820 Well, Mr. Garrison here has been a patient of mine for a long time. 45 00:03:05,820 --> 00:03:07,820 Whole family. 46 00:03:07,820 --> 00:03:10,820 Well, she called me and said her husband was complaining of headaches. 47 00:03:10,820 --> 00:03:14,820 Then had a spasm when he tried to drink a glass of water. 48 00:03:14,820 --> 00:03:17,820 And a certain excitability. 49 00:03:17,820 --> 00:03:20,820 I didn't know about the dog bite until I came over. 50 00:03:20,820 --> 00:03:21,820 What do you think? 51 00:03:21,820 --> 00:03:22,820 Where's the dog? 52 00:03:22,820 --> 00:03:24,820 That one you hear out in the backyard. 53 00:03:24,820 --> 00:03:27,820 He's on a leash attached to clothesline. 54 00:03:27,820 --> 00:03:30,820 Yeah, I'll get him down to the lab and run us a live attest. 55 00:03:30,820 --> 00:03:31,820 Observe him. 56 00:03:31,820 --> 00:03:32,820 What about Garrison here? 57 00:03:32,820 --> 00:03:34,820 Last year treatment? 58 00:03:34,820 --> 00:03:37,820 You need me to say it for you, doctor. 59 00:03:37,820 --> 00:03:50,820 If this man's got rabies, it's too late for anything at all. 60 00:03:50,820 --> 00:03:51,820 The dog was a mongrel. 61 00:03:51,820 --> 00:03:53,820 Mostly beagle. 62 00:03:53,820 --> 00:03:55,820 Spotted black and white. 63 00:03:55,820 --> 00:03:57,820 Both ears and its muzzle white. 64 00:03:57,820 --> 00:04:01,820 A man from the animal society was called in and he took the dog to the health center. 65 00:04:01,820 --> 00:04:03,820 It was shortly after midnight. 66 00:04:03,820 --> 00:04:05,820 Mr. Garrison was kept under sedation. 67 00:04:05,820 --> 00:04:08,820 His symptoms being very painful. 68 00:04:08,820 --> 00:04:11,820 I got to the center about 8.30 the next morning. 69 00:04:11,820 --> 00:04:15,820 And went immediately to the laboratory where the dog had been quartered. 70 00:04:15,820 --> 00:04:18,820 Yeah, I got the list right here, lieutenant. 71 00:04:18,820 --> 00:04:19,820 Three microscopes. 72 00:04:19,820 --> 00:04:20,820 That's right, lieutenant. 73 00:04:20,820 --> 00:04:22,820 Three microscopes, binocular. 74 00:04:22,820 --> 00:04:24,820 Dissecting instruments. 75 00:04:24,820 --> 00:04:26,820 So must have taken a couple of fistfuls of them. 76 00:04:26,820 --> 00:04:27,820 I don't know exactly what. 77 00:04:27,820 --> 00:04:29,820 Scalpels, probes. 78 00:04:29,820 --> 00:04:30,820 I guess that's about all. 79 00:04:30,820 --> 00:04:31,820 Hey, what's the matter? 80 00:04:31,820 --> 00:04:32,820 Oh, hi, Paul. 81 00:04:32,820 --> 00:04:33,820 Hold it a minute, lieutenant. 82 00:04:33,820 --> 00:04:35,820 Dr. Miller just came in. 83 00:04:35,820 --> 00:04:36,820 Robbery here last night, Paul. 84 00:04:36,820 --> 00:04:37,820 Got three microscopes. 85 00:04:37,820 --> 00:04:38,820 Yes, I heard you. 86 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:39,820 Must have picked the lock. 87 00:04:39,820 --> 00:04:42,820 I found a piece of tin on the sidewalk when I came in. 88 00:04:42,820 --> 00:04:44,820 Well, you finish up with the police and then you can tell me about it. 89 00:04:44,820 --> 00:04:45,820 Hello, lieutenant. 90 00:04:45,820 --> 00:04:47,820 Yeah, you got that? 91 00:04:47,820 --> 00:04:49,820 Oh, the way I figure, it couldn't have been just one man. 92 00:04:49,820 --> 00:04:51,820 Those microscopes are pretty heavy. 93 00:04:51,820 --> 00:04:53,820 So there must have been a couple of them. 94 00:04:53,820 --> 00:04:54,820 Oh, yeah, sure. 95 00:04:54,820 --> 00:04:56,820 I'll leave everything alone. 96 00:04:56,820 --> 00:04:57,820 Joe? 97 00:04:56,820 --> 00:04:58,820 Hold a minute, lieutenant. 98 00:04:58,820 --> 00:04:59,820 Yeah, what, Paul? 99 00:04:59,820 --> 00:05:00,820 The dog. 100 00:05:00,820 --> 00:05:01,820 Huh? 101 00:05:01,820 --> 00:05:02,820 In that cage. 102 00:05:02,820 --> 00:05:03,820 The lock's been sprung in that cage. 103 00:05:03,820 --> 00:05:04,820 Did you... 104 00:05:04,820 --> 00:05:05,820 Why? 105 00:05:05,820 --> 00:05:06,820 I don't know anything about it. 106 00:05:06,820 --> 00:05:08,820 Then give me that phone. 107 00:05:09,820 --> 00:05:10,820 Hello? 108 00:05:10,820 --> 00:05:11,820 Yes? 109 00:05:11,820 --> 00:05:12,820 This is Dr. Miller. 110 00:05:12,820 --> 00:05:13,820 Yes, sir? 111 00:05:13,820 --> 00:05:14,820 Something's important. 112 00:05:14,820 --> 00:05:17,820 Dr. Kramers just gave me a list of things that were stolen. 113 00:05:17,820 --> 00:05:19,820 Listen, there was a dog here, a rabid dog. 114 00:05:19,820 --> 00:05:20,820 And he's gone. 115 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:21,820 What? 116 00:05:21,820 --> 00:05:24,820 A dog, a black and white spotted mongrel. 117 00:05:24,820 --> 00:05:27,820 And chances are, a thousand of one he had rabies. 118 00:05:27,820 --> 00:05:30,820 And whoever stole those microscopes stole that dog. 119 00:05:30,820 --> 00:05:34,820 If that dog bites, well, rabies is 100% fatal. 120 00:05:34,820 --> 00:05:37,820 I guess you'd better let me have that description, Doc. 121 00:05:37,820 --> 00:05:39,820 Black and white spots. 122 00:05:39,820 --> 00:05:51,820 Mostly beagle, I think. 123 00:05:51,820 --> 00:05:56,820 Where'd you get them crazy black and white spots, doggy? 124 00:05:56,820 --> 00:05:57,820 Cliff. 125 00:05:57,820 --> 00:05:58,820 Doggy. 126 00:05:58,820 --> 00:05:59,820 Doggy? 127 00:05:59,820 --> 00:06:00,820 Pooch. 128 00:06:00,820 --> 00:06:02,820 Here's some more hamburger, doggy. 129 00:06:02,820 --> 00:06:05,820 Look at him, Harry. 130 00:06:05,820 --> 00:06:06,820 Cliff. 131 00:06:06,820 --> 00:06:07,820 Nice doggy. 132 00:06:07,820 --> 00:06:09,820 What'd you take the dog for, Cliff? 133 00:06:09,820 --> 00:06:10,820 Pretty doggy. 134 00:06:10,820 --> 00:06:12,820 Merchandise ain't enough for you, Cliff. 135 00:06:12,820 --> 00:06:14,820 Microscopes, all that junk, you gotta take that down. 136 00:06:14,820 --> 00:06:15,820 I like pooches, Harry. 137 00:06:15,820 --> 00:06:16,820 Now, leave me alone. 138 00:06:16,820 --> 00:06:17,820 I like pooches. 139 00:06:17,820 --> 00:06:18,820 That dog's got to go. 140 00:06:18,820 --> 00:06:19,820 Oh. 141 00:06:19,820 --> 00:06:20,820 Got to go. 142 00:06:20,820 --> 00:06:21,820 Now, listen. 143 00:06:21,820 --> 00:06:22,820 Out out with that dog, Cliff. 144 00:06:22,820 --> 00:06:24,820 I ain't gonna live in the same room with no androids. 145 00:06:24,820 --> 00:06:25,820 Now, wait a minute, Harry. 146 00:06:25,820 --> 00:06:26,820 So you like the dog. 147 00:06:26,820 --> 00:06:29,820 Well, both of you, good day. 148 00:06:29,820 --> 00:06:32,820 Cliff, you and the pooch. 149 00:06:32,820 --> 00:06:33,820 Doggy. 150 00:06:33,820 --> 00:06:36,820 Doggy, you're not liked. 151 00:06:36,820 --> 00:06:39,820 You gotta lose your doggy. 152 00:06:39,820 --> 00:06:40,820 Now. 153 00:06:40,820 --> 00:06:41,820 Poochie. 154 00:06:41,820 --> 00:06:44,820 Poochie little poochie. 155 00:06:44,820 --> 00:06:55,820 We gotta go for a little walk, poochie. 156 00:06:55,820 --> 00:07:01,820 And a petty thief took a walk with a dog, holding him in his arms against the chill autumn air. 157 00:07:01,820 --> 00:07:08,820 Took a walk while the town alerted itself, made aware of a danger, that leaders and interested 158 00:07:08,820 --> 00:07:13,820 people had came together and were briefed. 159 00:07:13,820 --> 00:07:19,820 Now, everyone find a chair and sit down, please. 160 00:07:19,820 --> 00:07:21,820 Dr. Miller. 161 00:07:21,820 --> 00:07:22,820 Yes? 162 00:07:22,820 --> 00:07:24,820 My name is Mrs. Stone, and I... 163 00:07:24,820 --> 00:07:26,820 Mrs. Stone, there'll be ample opportunity to... 164 00:07:26,820 --> 00:07:31,820 I've written down a question, a question here, and I'd like to ask you. 165 00:07:31,820 --> 00:07:36,820 Is it the habit of this foundation to house a mad dog? 166 00:07:36,820 --> 00:07:41,820 The second part of my question is, who is responsible for the laxity in letting this 167 00:07:41,820 --> 00:07:45,820 dog escape so that he is a menace to the community and its people? 168 00:07:45,820 --> 00:07:50,820 That's my question, Dr. Miller, and as a housewife and a woman who... 169 00:07:50,820 --> 00:07:54,820 Well, I would like to hear what you have to say. 170 00:07:54,820 --> 00:07:59,820 Mrs. Stone, this meeting was called for the press and any interested parties just to answer 171 00:07:59,820 --> 00:08:01,820 that kind of question. 172 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:05,820 The dog was under observation to make certain he was rabid. 173 00:08:05,820 --> 00:08:06,820 But the fact remains... 174 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:08,820 What fact remains? 175 00:08:08,820 --> 00:08:10,820 Somebody was incompetent. 176 00:08:10,820 --> 00:08:12,820 That's all I have to say. 177 00:08:12,820 --> 00:08:13,820 Dr. Miller. 178 00:08:13,820 --> 00:08:14,820 Mr. Collins. 179 00:08:14,820 --> 00:08:16,820 My paper is questioning your methods. 180 00:08:16,820 --> 00:08:17,820 What about? 181 00:08:17,820 --> 00:08:19,820 All this publicity. 182 00:08:19,820 --> 00:08:20,820 A newspaper man and you... 183 00:08:20,820 --> 00:08:22,820 The duty to the community. 184 00:08:22,820 --> 00:08:23,820 What about panic? 185 00:08:23,820 --> 00:08:24,820 What about it? 186 00:08:24,820 --> 00:08:29,820 Well, scaring people about an animal on the loose, an animal that might kill you. 187 00:08:29,820 --> 00:08:34,820 People from the health department ringing doorbells, police, people up in the hills with 188 00:08:34,820 --> 00:08:39,820 guns hunting for a dog, a spotted black and white dog. 189 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:41,820 A little ridiculous, huh? 190 00:08:41,820 --> 00:08:42,820 Is it? 191 00:08:42,820 --> 00:08:44,820 That's the question I asked you, doctor. 192 00:08:44,820 --> 00:08:46,820 Yes, you did. 193 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:47,820 Dr. Crammas. 194 00:08:47,820 --> 00:08:48,820 Yes, doctor? 195 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:49,820 Are you ready with the film? 196 00:08:49,820 --> 00:08:50,820 Already. 197 00:08:50,820 --> 00:08:53,820 Will one of you people switch off that light, please? 198 00:08:53,820 --> 00:09:01,820 Now, in this projector is just a few feet of film of a child suffering from rabies. 199 00:09:01,820 --> 00:09:04,820 I think all of you should see it. 200 00:09:04,820 --> 00:09:21,820 Okay, doctor. 201 00:09:21,820 --> 00:09:27,820 All right. 202 00:09:27,820 --> 00:09:32,820 Now, will someone turn on the lights again, please? 203 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:35,820 Well, I see Mrs. Stone walked out. 204 00:09:35,820 --> 00:09:39,820 Well, I didn't show that film to scare anyone. 205 00:09:39,820 --> 00:09:44,820 Just so we can get into a frame of mind, just so we can be deadly serious. 206 00:09:44,820 --> 00:09:48,820 Somewhere in our town is an animal which has a deadly disease. 207 00:09:48,820 --> 00:09:53,820 And whoever he bites, if that person does not receive immediate treatment, that person 208 00:09:53,820 --> 00:09:54,820 will surely die. 209 00:09:54,820 --> 00:09:56,820 You mean anybody who gets rabies? 210 00:09:56,820 --> 00:09:58,820 Will surely die. 211 00:09:58,820 --> 00:10:02,820 Without treatment, it's 100% fatal. 212 00:10:02,820 --> 00:10:04,820 Now, Dr. Crammas, can I have that chart? 213 00:10:04,820 --> 00:10:07,820 Of course, doctor. 214 00:10:07,820 --> 00:10:10,820 Drawing a human nervous system. 215 00:10:10,820 --> 00:10:17,820 To make a simple point, the virus of rabies attacks the nerves, travels them until it reaches 216 00:10:17,820 --> 00:10:18,820 the brain. 217 00:10:18,820 --> 00:10:22,820 The closer to the brain the bite is, the less time it takes for the awful symptoms you just 218 00:10:22,820 --> 00:10:24,820 saw to appear. 219 00:10:24,820 --> 00:10:27,820 Then, death. 220 00:10:27,820 --> 00:10:29,820 And I repeat it. 221 00:10:29,820 --> 00:10:35,820 Once the virus reaches here, it is 100% fatal. 222 00:10:35,820 --> 00:10:47,820 Want a doggies, honey? 223 00:10:47,820 --> 00:10:48,820 Huh? 224 00:10:48,820 --> 00:10:49,820 Pretty little doggies. 225 00:10:49,820 --> 00:10:50,820 You can have them. 226 00:10:50,820 --> 00:10:51,820 Honest? 227 00:10:51,820 --> 00:10:53,820 Just you be nice to them, that's all. 228 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:55,820 My mother wouldn't let me have them. 229 00:10:55,820 --> 00:10:57,820 Oh, pretty little poochie. 230 00:10:57,820 --> 00:10:58,820 Feed him. 231 00:10:58,820 --> 00:11:01,820 Feed him right back here between his floppy little ears. 232 00:11:01,820 --> 00:11:03,820 You could keep them in the garage, though. 233 00:11:03,820 --> 00:11:04,820 And not tell Mommy. 234 00:11:04,820 --> 00:11:05,820 Just so you be good to them. 235 00:11:05,820 --> 00:11:07,820 That's my house right over there. 236 00:11:07,820 --> 00:11:10,820 Right in back's the garage and nobody hardly goes in there. 237 00:11:10,820 --> 00:11:12,820 We use it for storage mostly. 238 00:11:12,820 --> 00:11:13,820 Mommy wouldn't know I have them. 239 00:11:13,820 --> 00:11:15,820 Now, he likes meat and bones. 240 00:11:15,820 --> 00:11:16,820 I know about doggies. 241 00:11:16,820 --> 00:11:18,820 He needs something warm. 242 00:11:18,820 --> 00:11:19,820 Put a cushion down. 243 00:11:19,820 --> 00:11:20,820 Yes, sir. 244 00:11:20,820 --> 00:11:22,820 Handling nice. 245 00:11:22,820 --> 00:11:24,820 What's his name? 246 00:11:24,820 --> 00:11:25,820 Pooch. 247 00:11:25,820 --> 00:11:26,820 Oh, what kind of name? 248 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:29,820 Look, you want them or don't you want them? 249 00:11:29,820 --> 00:11:30,820 Come here, doggy. 250 00:11:30,820 --> 00:11:41,820 Come here, pretty doggy. 251 00:11:41,820 --> 00:11:44,820 The boy, whose name was Peter Barrett, 252 00:11:44,820 --> 00:11:47,820 took the dog at his arms and walked away with it. 253 00:11:47,820 --> 00:11:53,820 And a half mile away, a jeep, outfitted as a sound truck, blared a warning. 254 00:11:53,820 --> 00:11:56,820 The three men's clubs of the town held an emergency meeting together. 255 00:11:56,820 --> 00:11:58,820 Searching parties were organized. 256 00:11:58,820 --> 00:12:01,820 The civil defense system was alerted. 257 00:12:01,820 --> 00:12:05,820 And a man, a health officer, directed all of it. 258 00:12:05,820 --> 00:12:08,820 A man who became tired. 259 00:12:08,820 --> 00:12:10,820 Paul? 260 00:12:10,820 --> 00:12:11,820 Yeah? 261 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:12,820 Some coffee. 262 00:12:12,820 --> 00:12:13,820 Oh, thanks. 263 00:12:13,820 --> 00:12:14,820 I've got it black. 264 00:12:14,820 --> 00:12:15,820 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 265 00:12:15,820 --> 00:12:16,820 Put it down. 266 00:12:16,820 --> 00:12:19,820 Now who should take it easy? 267 00:12:19,820 --> 00:12:20,820 What do you want, Joe? 268 00:12:20,820 --> 00:12:21,820 Just take it easy. 269 00:12:21,820 --> 00:12:23,820 16 hours. 270 00:12:23,820 --> 00:12:25,820 Well, probably. 271 00:12:25,820 --> 00:12:28,820 No, I'll get it. 272 00:12:28,820 --> 00:12:29,820 Dr. Miller's office. 273 00:12:29,820 --> 00:12:32,820 This is Dr. Cremar speaking. 274 00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:33,820 Oh, yes. 275 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:34,820 Oh. 276 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:37,820 Oh, that's too bad. 277 00:12:37,820 --> 00:12:40,820 Yes, of course, I'll tell him. 278 00:12:40,820 --> 00:12:41,820 Well? 279 00:12:41,820 --> 00:12:43,820 Tell me what? 280 00:12:43,820 --> 00:12:45,820 Mr. Garrison died, rabies. 281 00:12:45,820 --> 00:12:48,820 They'll send some samples over to Pathology for Negro bodies, 282 00:12:48,820 --> 00:12:51,820 but there's no question about it. 283 00:12:51,820 --> 00:12:53,820 Now we're sure of it. 284 00:12:53,820 --> 00:12:54,820 Rabies. 285 00:12:54,820 --> 00:12:56,820 Yeah, now we're sure of it. 286 00:12:56,820 --> 00:12:58,820 The dog hasn't been found. 287 00:12:58,820 --> 00:13:02,820 And somebody's going to irritate that dog, and he'll bite. 288 00:13:02,820 --> 00:13:19,820 And the rabid dog is very easy to irritate. 289 00:13:19,820 --> 00:13:21,820 Hi, doggy. 290 00:13:21,820 --> 00:13:23,820 Hi, sweet doggy. 291 00:13:23,820 --> 00:13:27,820 Brought you a bone, doggy, and some milk. 292 00:13:27,820 --> 00:13:29,820 You look funny, Poochie. 293 00:13:29,820 --> 00:13:31,820 What's the matter? 294 00:13:31,820 --> 00:13:34,820 Come here and snuggle up. 295 00:13:34,820 --> 00:13:36,820 Is that better? 296 00:13:53,820 --> 00:13:57,820 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. William Powell in The Barking Death, 297 00:13:57,820 --> 00:14:01,820 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 298 00:14:01,820 --> 00:14:03,820 Suspense. 299 00:14:14,820 --> 00:14:16,820 This is Harlow Wilcox. 300 00:14:16,820 --> 00:14:19,820 Tonight we are privileged to salute the Studebaker Corporation 301 00:14:19,820 --> 00:14:22,820 as a distinguished member of our Auto Light family. 302 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:25,820 So I've got a date at my Studebaker dealers, 303 00:14:25,820 --> 00:14:27,820 and here I am. 304 00:14:29,820 --> 00:14:30,820 Hello, Mr. Wilcox. 305 00:14:30,820 --> 00:14:31,820 Hi. 306 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:33,820 Say, what's this model? 307 00:14:33,820 --> 00:14:35,820 A car of the future? 308 00:14:35,820 --> 00:14:38,820 Well, it's a car of the future, all right, but you can buy one today. 309 00:14:38,820 --> 00:14:41,820 It's the new Studebaker for 54. 310 00:14:41,820 --> 00:14:45,820 You know, Mr. Wilcox, while other makers are talking about their dream cars, 311 00:14:45,820 --> 00:14:47,820 Studebaker is building and selling them. 312 00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:51,820 But of course, the pace-setting Studebaker styling means more than just beauty. 313 00:14:51,820 --> 00:14:54,820 It eliminates needless dead weight and excess bulk. 314 00:14:54,820 --> 00:14:57,820 That means terrific gas mileage and superb handling ease. 315 00:14:57,820 --> 00:15:00,820 Well, can you get power steering on the new Studebaker? 316 00:15:00,820 --> 00:15:03,820 You sure can, and overdrive, too, if you wish. 317 00:15:03,820 --> 00:15:06,820 And of course, our new Studebakers use many Auto Light products, too. 318 00:15:06,820 --> 00:15:08,820 Well, thanks, Mr. Dealer. 319 00:15:08,820 --> 00:15:12,820 Auto Light is proud of its long association with Studebaker 320 00:15:12,820 --> 00:15:15,820 and you Studebaker dealers everywhere. 321 00:15:16,820 --> 00:15:19,820 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 322 00:15:19,820 --> 00:15:22,820 Mr. William Powell in Elliot Lewis's production of 323 00:15:22,820 --> 00:15:26,820 The Barking Death, a story based on fact 324 00:15:26,820 --> 00:15:31,820 and well calculated to keep you in suspense. 325 00:15:41,820 --> 00:15:45,820 A child of the town nuzzling his cheek against death, 326 00:15:45,820 --> 00:15:49,820 something he was hiding away, child's secret, 327 00:15:49,820 --> 00:15:52,820 as every child has and is entitled to a secret. 328 00:15:52,820 --> 00:15:55,820 And in another place of the town, the place of test tubes 329 00:15:55,820 --> 00:15:59,820 and experiments and statistics, the town's health center 330 00:15:59,820 --> 00:16:01,820 and my office. 331 00:16:02,820 --> 00:16:03,820 Hello. 332 00:16:03,820 --> 00:16:04,820 Yes? 333 00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:05,820 Dr. Miller. 334 00:16:05,820 --> 00:16:06,820 Yes, what can I do for you? 335 00:16:06,820 --> 00:16:08,820 I'm Mrs. Rokey. 336 00:16:08,820 --> 00:16:09,820 Will you sit down? 337 00:16:09,820 --> 00:16:11,820 All those advertisements about a dog. 338 00:16:11,820 --> 00:16:12,820 Yes? 339 00:16:12,820 --> 00:16:13,820 On the radio and the newspapers. 340 00:16:13,820 --> 00:16:14,820 Yes? You know where... 341 00:16:14,820 --> 00:16:15,820 Oh, yes. 342 00:16:15,820 --> 00:16:17,820 You know where it is? Is that what you're saying? 343 00:16:17,820 --> 00:16:20,820 But first you must understand something, Dr. Miller. 344 00:16:20,820 --> 00:16:21,820 What? 345 00:16:21,820 --> 00:16:24,820 That I alone am responsible for catching the animal. 346 00:16:24,820 --> 00:16:25,820 You caught him? 347 00:16:25,820 --> 00:16:27,820 I certainly knew the risk I was taking. 348 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:29,820 Where is he, Mrs. Rokey? 349 00:16:29,820 --> 00:16:32,820 Now, after all, if that animal's as dangerous as you say he is, 350 00:16:32,820 --> 00:16:33,820 I did a pretty brave thing. 351 00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:35,820 Oh, there you are, Mrs. Rokey. 352 00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:37,820 Come on, let's leave Dr. Miller alone. 353 00:16:37,820 --> 00:16:38,820 Oh, you think you're smart. 354 00:16:38,820 --> 00:16:39,820 What's all this? 355 00:16:39,820 --> 00:16:41,820 She came up the back way. 356 00:16:41,820 --> 00:16:42,820 Just take your hand away. 357 00:16:42,820 --> 00:16:43,820 Come on, come on. 358 00:16:43,820 --> 00:16:44,820 So what is all this, Joe? 359 00:16:44,820 --> 00:16:46,820 Mrs. Rokey got past the police. 360 00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:48,820 She got past the information desk and she got to me 361 00:16:48,820 --> 00:16:51,820 and she told me she caught a black and white spotted dog. 362 00:16:51,820 --> 00:16:52,820 She's got one all right. 363 00:16:52,820 --> 00:16:53,820 I have. 364 00:16:53,820 --> 00:16:54,820 Yes, you have, Mrs. Rokey. 365 00:16:54,820 --> 00:16:55,820 In my car. 366 00:16:55,820 --> 00:16:56,820 Yes, you have, Mrs. Rokey. 367 00:16:56,820 --> 00:16:58,820 Then you go right down there and destroy him. 368 00:16:58,820 --> 00:17:01,820 We don't destroy animals, Mrs. Rokey, never. 369 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:02,820 Dr. Miller. 370 00:17:02,820 --> 00:17:03,820 Yes? 371 00:17:03,820 --> 00:17:04,820 Now, you listen here. 372 00:17:04,820 --> 00:17:05,820 I caught a mad dog and I... 373 00:17:05,820 --> 00:17:06,820 She's got a little chihuahua down there, 374 00:17:06,820 --> 00:17:08,820 not the dog we're looking for. 375 00:17:08,820 --> 00:17:10,820 Mrs. Rokey wants her picture in the paper. 376 00:17:10,820 --> 00:17:11,820 Don't you, Mrs. Rokey? 377 00:17:11,820 --> 00:17:13,820 You don't really know what's going on right now, do you? 378 00:17:13,820 --> 00:17:15,820 Now, come on, let's get out of here. 379 00:17:15,820 --> 00:17:18,820 Oh, all that bother about a dog. 380 00:17:18,820 --> 00:17:20,820 Oh, probably no such thing as rabies anyhow. 381 00:17:20,820 --> 00:17:21,820 Come on. 382 00:17:21,820 --> 00:17:22,820 Mrs. Rokey. 383 00:17:24,820 --> 00:17:27,820 Mrs. Rokey, pray that that animal doesn't bite anyone. 384 00:17:41,820 --> 00:17:43,820 What did you do that for? 385 00:17:43,820 --> 00:17:45,820 Why did you bite me? 386 00:17:46,820 --> 00:17:49,820 Why did you bite my arm, poor Foochie? 387 00:17:53,820 --> 00:17:54,820 Mama! 388 00:17:55,820 --> 00:17:56,820 Mama! 389 00:18:00,820 --> 00:18:01,820 Mama? 390 00:18:03,820 --> 00:18:04,820 Mama? 391 00:18:04,820 --> 00:18:11,820 Mama! 392 00:18:17,820 --> 00:18:19,820 Which happened in a white clobbered house, 393 00:18:19,820 --> 00:18:21,820 1647 Whittier Avenue, 394 00:18:21,820 --> 00:18:24,820 Darroch detached near the railroad yards. 395 00:18:24,820 --> 00:18:27,820 And down Main Street, close to its east end, 396 00:18:27,820 --> 00:18:28,820 where there's more grass, 397 00:18:28,820 --> 00:18:30,820 the group of municipal buildings, 398 00:18:30,820 --> 00:18:32,820 the office of the lieutenant of police. 399 00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:35,820 From my point of view, Dr. Miller, police point of view. 400 00:18:35,820 --> 00:18:36,820 Now, which is that? 401 00:18:36,820 --> 00:18:38,820 What we seem to have forgotten. 402 00:18:38,820 --> 00:18:40,820 Two microscopes were stolen and various instruments, 403 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:42,820 the disposal of same. 404 00:18:42,820 --> 00:18:44,820 That's my point of view, Dr. Procedure. 405 00:18:44,820 --> 00:18:46,820 You care to tell me about it? 406 00:18:46,820 --> 00:18:47,820 Yeah, we're looking for the wrong thing. 407 00:18:47,820 --> 00:18:49,820 What do you mean? 408 00:18:49,820 --> 00:18:51,820 It's easier to find microscopes than a dog. 409 00:18:51,820 --> 00:18:53,820 Anyhow, I told you, procedure, routine. 410 00:18:53,820 --> 00:18:55,820 We question men with known records, alerted... 411 00:18:55,820 --> 00:18:57,820 Excuse me. 412 00:18:57,820 --> 00:18:59,820 Lieutenant Stevens speaking. 413 00:18:59,820 --> 00:19:01,820 Oh, when? 414 00:19:01,820 --> 00:19:03,820 Good. Bring him down here. 415 00:19:05,820 --> 00:19:07,820 I said routine, doctor. You didn't seem impressed. 416 00:19:07,820 --> 00:19:09,820 Shootably so, lieutenant. 417 00:19:09,820 --> 00:19:12,820 Listen, there's only one thing that could make me jump up on this desk 418 00:19:12,820 --> 00:19:14,820 and shout array and go through all the antics you... 419 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:16,820 Oh, no, just take it easy. 420 00:19:16,820 --> 00:19:19,820 It's not a time to get cryptic, that's all. 421 00:19:19,820 --> 00:19:21,820 Oh, thanks, sergeant. That'll be all. 422 00:19:23,820 --> 00:19:25,820 Sit down. 423 00:19:25,820 --> 00:19:27,820 Sit down. 424 00:19:30,820 --> 00:19:32,820 What's your name? 425 00:19:32,820 --> 00:19:34,820 Wood. Harry Wood. 426 00:19:34,820 --> 00:19:36,820 Vagrancy. 427 00:19:36,820 --> 00:19:38,820 Started out like that, sir. 428 00:19:38,820 --> 00:19:40,820 Yeah, that's what the sergeant told me over the phone. 429 00:19:40,820 --> 00:19:42,820 He said you yelled you weren't a vagrant 430 00:19:42,820 --> 00:19:44,820 and they took you home to find out. 431 00:19:44,820 --> 00:19:46,820 And they found a microscope. 432 00:19:46,820 --> 00:19:48,820 I said routine, doctor, and you didn't seem impressed. 433 00:19:48,820 --> 00:19:50,820 Spotting a vagrant is routine. 434 00:19:50,820 --> 00:19:52,820 Is it all right if I... 435 00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:54,820 Sure, sure. Go ahead. 436 00:19:54,820 --> 00:19:57,820 You stole the microscope from the health center, didn't you? 437 00:19:57,820 --> 00:19:58,820 Yes, sir. 438 00:19:58,820 --> 00:20:00,820 Three microscopes and instruments on the dog. 439 00:20:00,820 --> 00:20:02,820 Yes, sir. 440 00:20:02,820 --> 00:20:03,820 Where's the dog? 441 00:20:03,820 --> 00:20:05,820 I don't know. 442 00:20:05,820 --> 00:20:08,820 Now, listen, you. What did you do with that dog? 443 00:20:08,820 --> 00:20:10,820 I said I didn't know. 444 00:20:10,820 --> 00:20:12,820 Cliff took the dog. 445 00:20:12,820 --> 00:20:14,820 What's he talking about, lieutenant? 446 00:20:14,820 --> 00:20:16,820 Cliff, the other man. There was more than one, remember? 447 00:20:16,820 --> 00:20:18,820 And he took the dog. 448 00:20:18,820 --> 00:20:20,820 And I made him get rid of it. 449 00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:21,820 How? 450 00:20:21,820 --> 00:20:23,820 I didn't ask him how I got rid of it. He got rid of it. 451 00:20:23,820 --> 00:20:25,820 Well, where is he? Where is this Cliff? 452 00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:27,820 Lieutenant, ask him where... 453 00:20:27,820 --> 00:20:29,820 Now, look, the sergeant said he went back to this man's room. 454 00:20:29,820 --> 00:20:30,820 No one was there. 455 00:20:30,820 --> 00:20:32,820 Or the two other microscopes, or the instruments. 456 00:20:32,820 --> 00:20:34,820 I don't know where he went. 457 00:20:34,820 --> 00:20:36,820 I'm going to say it to you again, doctor. Routine. 458 00:20:36,820 --> 00:20:39,820 Mostly that pays off more than anything else. 459 00:20:39,820 --> 00:20:41,820 Now, it's a matter of finding a man named Cliff. 460 00:20:49,820 --> 00:20:51,820 And 12 blocks away, across Main Street, 461 00:20:51,820 --> 00:20:53,820 and down two blocks, there was a store. 462 00:20:53,820 --> 00:20:57,820 There was a man in the store he had owned for the last 20 years. 463 00:20:57,820 --> 00:20:59,820 Smallish man, nothing extraordinary. 464 00:20:59,820 --> 00:21:01,820 Citizen of the town. 465 00:21:01,820 --> 00:21:03,820 About to become a hero. 466 00:21:07,820 --> 00:21:09,820 Yes, sir? 467 00:21:09,820 --> 00:21:11,820 Hornet. 468 00:21:11,820 --> 00:21:13,820 Listen to... 469 00:21:13,820 --> 00:21:15,820 microscopes. 470 00:21:15,820 --> 00:21:17,820 Yes, yes, I see. 471 00:21:17,820 --> 00:21:19,820 How much? 472 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:21,820 Two microscopes. 473 00:21:21,820 --> 00:21:25,820 I'm throwing over my entire practice and getting rid of everything. 474 00:21:25,820 --> 00:21:27,820 And I'll tell you something. 475 00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:29,820 Oh? 476 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:31,820 Give me a good price on these two and I got another one. 477 00:21:31,820 --> 00:21:33,820 Doctor. 478 00:21:33,820 --> 00:21:35,820 I said, doctor. 479 00:21:35,820 --> 00:21:37,820 Oh, yeah. Yeah? 480 00:21:37,820 --> 00:21:40,820 Mr. Harding, our instrument man, is in the back. 481 00:21:40,820 --> 00:21:42,820 You should see these. 482 00:21:42,820 --> 00:21:43,820 Well, you understand. 483 00:21:43,820 --> 00:21:45,820 Oh, sure, sure, sure. 484 00:21:45,820 --> 00:21:47,820 You're just the violin and suit man, 485 00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:49,820 and Mr. Harding's the instrument man. 486 00:21:49,820 --> 00:21:51,820 Oh, sure, sure, sure. 487 00:21:51,820 --> 00:21:53,820 Wait here. I'll be right back. 488 00:21:53,820 --> 00:21:57,820 Well, you just tell Mr. Harding the docs in a big hurry. 489 00:22:03,820 --> 00:22:05,820 Quickly, the police. 490 00:22:07,820 --> 00:22:09,820 Hello? 491 00:22:09,820 --> 00:22:11,820 This is Carl Roberts on 3rd Street, pawn shop. 492 00:22:11,820 --> 00:22:13,820 A man just came in, a little bit drunk, 493 00:22:13,820 --> 00:22:15,820 came in with two binocular microscopes, 494 00:22:15,820 --> 00:22:17,820 both at the embossed room. 495 00:22:17,820 --> 00:22:19,820 Says he has another one, claims he's a doctor. 496 00:22:19,820 --> 00:22:21,820 Oh, yeah. 497 00:22:21,820 --> 00:22:23,820 Oh, just a second. 498 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:25,820 Serial number. 499 00:22:25,820 --> 00:22:27,820 G1-135... 500 00:22:29,820 --> 00:22:31,820 Wait, no, Mr. Harding. 501 00:22:31,820 --> 00:22:33,820 I told you on the phone. 502 00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:35,820 Give me those. Now, sir. 503 00:22:35,820 --> 00:22:37,820 Get out of the way and give me those microscopes. 504 00:22:37,820 --> 00:22:39,820 You're a dirty little thief. That's what you are, 505 00:22:39,820 --> 00:22:41,820 breaking into the health center and stealing, 506 00:22:41,820 --> 00:22:43,820 and that's where these microscopes come from. 507 00:22:43,820 --> 00:22:45,820 Look, the whole town is looking for them. 508 00:22:45,820 --> 00:22:47,820 I said get out of my way. Oh, no, you don't. 509 00:22:47,820 --> 00:22:49,820 Can't you ask for it? 510 00:22:52,820 --> 00:22:54,820 Help. 511 00:23:02,820 --> 00:23:04,820 Stop him! Stop that man! 512 00:23:04,820 --> 00:23:13,820 Stop him! 513 00:23:14,820 --> 00:23:16,820 The man who owned the pawn shop had been in business 514 00:23:16,820 --> 00:23:18,820 for the last 20 years. 515 00:23:18,820 --> 00:23:20,820 A smallish man, nothing extraordinary, 516 00:23:20,820 --> 00:23:23,820 citizen of the town, who became a hero, 517 00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:26,820 who caught a thief named Cliff Loomis. 518 00:23:26,820 --> 00:23:29,820 Loomis confessed to his thefts, 519 00:23:29,820 --> 00:23:33,820 and a little later I had a chance to speak with Loomis. 520 00:23:33,820 --> 00:23:35,820 How about a dog? 521 00:23:35,820 --> 00:23:37,820 Look, I've been on a tooth. 522 00:23:37,820 --> 00:23:39,820 A dog with black and white spots and white muzzle. 523 00:23:39,820 --> 00:23:41,820 What do you want from me? You got your junk back. 524 00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:44,820 What's so important about a lousy dog? 525 00:23:44,820 --> 00:23:46,820 Look, the police have been to your room, and he's not there. 526 00:23:46,820 --> 00:23:49,820 I asked you a question. What's so important about a lousy... 527 00:23:49,820 --> 00:23:50,820 Did he bite you? 528 00:23:50,820 --> 00:23:52,820 You're crazy. 529 00:23:52,820 --> 00:23:53,820 Did he? 530 00:23:53,820 --> 00:23:56,820 Bones he bit. Me, he wagged his tail for. 531 00:23:56,820 --> 00:23:59,820 A very nice dog. 532 00:23:59,820 --> 00:24:01,820 I want to show you something. 533 00:24:01,820 --> 00:24:04,820 Here, look at them. 534 00:24:04,820 --> 00:24:05,820 Go on, take them, Cliff. 535 00:24:05,820 --> 00:24:06,820 Pictures? 536 00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:07,820 Go on. 537 00:24:07,820 --> 00:24:09,820 Go on. 538 00:24:13,820 --> 00:24:14,820 Doc. 539 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:15,820 Yes? 540 00:24:15,820 --> 00:24:19,820 You must be crazy carrying around pictures like these. 541 00:24:19,820 --> 00:24:21,820 Pictures of people dying, Cliff. 542 00:24:21,820 --> 00:24:23,820 That's what I mean, pictures like these. 543 00:24:23,820 --> 00:24:26,820 People bitten by a rabid animal. 544 00:24:26,820 --> 00:24:28,820 What does that mean? 545 00:24:28,820 --> 00:24:30,820 Like that dog you stole. 546 00:24:30,820 --> 00:24:31,820 What? 547 00:24:31,820 --> 00:24:33,820 It had rabies. 548 00:24:33,820 --> 00:24:34,820 Bitten somebody, they'd... 549 00:24:34,820 --> 00:24:38,820 Unless they were treated in time. 550 00:24:38,820 --> 00:24:39,820 Doc. 551 00:24:39,820 --> 00:24:40,820 Yes? 552 00:24:40,820 --> 00:24:43,820 I gave the dog to a little boy. 553 00:24:43,820 --> 00:24:46,820 Where? 554 00:24:46,820 --> 00:24:48,820 Where, Cliff? 555 00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:49,820 Doc. 556 00:24:49,820 --> 00:24:50,820 Where? 557 00:24:50,820 --> 00:24:51,820 I don't know. 558 00:24:51,820 --> 00:24:52,820 Listen, Cliff. 559 00:24:52,820 --> 00:24:54,820 No, no, I'm not kidding, Doc. I don't know. 560 00:24:54,820 --> 00:24:56,820 I told you I've been looped. 561 00:24:56,820 --> 00:24:58,820 This is the joke that makes me all of a sudden not looped, 562 00:24:58,820 --> 00:25:00,820 and I'm telling you the truth. 563 00:25:00,820 --> 00:25:01,820 I don't know where the kid is. 564 00:25:01,820 --> 00:25:02,820 Yeah? 565 00:25:02,820 --> 00:25:04,820 Doc. 566 00:25:04,820 --> 00:25:06,820 Doc, it was... it was now... 567 00:25:06,820 --> 00:25:09,820 It was somewhere near where our room was. 568 00:25:09,820 --> 00:25:11,820 I remember Harry said, get rid of the pooch, 569 00:25:11,820 --> 00:25:13,820 so I went downstairs and the first kid I met, I... 570 00:25:13,820 --> 00:25:16,820 It's hazy, Doc. 571 00:25:16,820 --> 00:25:19,820 Listen, we'll take a ride, Cliff. 572 00:25:19,820 --> 00:25:21,820 Police too? 573 00:25:21,820 --> 00:25:22,820 Afraid so. 574 00:25:22,820 --> 00:25:24,820 We're going to take a ride, 575 00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:26,820 and we're going to try to find that boy. 576 00:25:26,820 --> 00:25:29,820 Ring a lot of doorbells and ask a lot of questions. 577 00:25:29,820 --> 00:25:32,820 And find him, right? 578 00:25:32,820 --> 00:25:34,820 Okay. 579 00:25:45,820 --> 00:25:47,820 I'm sorry, Tinker Doll. 580 00:25:47,820 --> 00:25:48,820 I didn't see you. 581 00:25:48,820 --> 00:25:50,820 I didn't mean to kick you. 582 00:25:50,820 --> 00:25:52,820 Now don't you cry. 583 00:25:52,820 --> 00:25:53,820 My mom isn't home, 584 00:25:53,820 --> 00:25:56,820 and I won't know what to do if you cry. 585 00:25:56,820 --> 00:25:57,820 I know. 586 00:25:57,820 --> 00:25:59,820 I'll play you a tune. 587 00:26:07,820 --> 00:26:09,820 Better? 588 00:26:09,820 --> 00:26:11,820 I got hurt too. 589 00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:13,820 It doesn't hurt so much anymore. 590 00:26:13,820 --> 00:26:16,820 Poochie didn't mean to bite me. 591 00:26:16,820 --> 00:26:18,820 Should we play records, Tinker Doll? 592 00:26:18,820 --> 00:26:23,820 All right. 593 00:26:23,820 --> 00:26:27,820 Little, little Dumpling, my son Charles, 594 00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:30,820 went to bed with his stockings on. 595 00:26:30,820 --> 00:26:33,820 One shoe off and one shoe on. 596 00:26:33,820 --> 00:26:37,820 Little, little Dumpling, my son Charles. 597 00:26:38,820 --> 00:26:39,820 Hello. 598 00:26:39,820 --> 00:26:40,820 Hello. 599 00:26:40,820 --> 00:26:43,820 My mother isn't home, mister. 600 00:26:43,820 --> 00:26:45,820 Why are you holding your arm like that? 601 00:26:45,820 --> 00:26:47,820 It hurts a little. 602 00:26:47,820 --> 00:26:48,820 Why? 603 00:26:48,820 --> 00:26:50,820 Poochie bit me. 604 00:27:02,820 --> 00:27:05,820 Then he told me where the dog was. 605 00:27:05,820 --> 00:27:08,820 The dog with the black and white spots. 606 00:27:08,820 --> 00:27:11,820 The deadly animal who had bitten no one else. 607 00:27:11,820 --> 00:27:13,820 We had gotten there in time. 608 00:27:13,820 --> 00:27:17,820 The boy was treated and got better 609 00:27:17,820 --> 00:27:20,820 in a town that slept well that night. 610 00:27:20,820 --> 00:27:23,820 Suspense presented by Auto Light 611 00:27:23,820 --> 00:27:25,820 tonight's star, Mr. William Powell. 612 00:27:25,820 --> 00:27:27,820 This is Harlow Wilcox again. 613 00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:29,820 Have you signed the contract? 614 00:27:29,820 --> 00:27:31,820 I have. 615 00:27:31,820 --> 00:27:33,820 I'm sorry. 616 00:27:33,820 --> 00:27:35,820 I'm sorry. 617 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:37,820 I'm sorry. 618 00:27:37,820 --> 00:27:39,820 I'm sorry. 619 00:27:39,820 --> 00:27:41,820 I'm sorry. 620 00:27:41,820 --> 00:27:43,820 I'm sorry. 621 00:27:43,820 --> 00:27:45,820 I'm sorry. 622 00:27:45,820 --> 00:27:47,820 I'm sorry. 623 00:27:47,820 --> 00:27:49,820 I'm sorry. 624 00:27:49,820 --> 00:27:54,820 Have you signed up in the $100,000 Auto Light family charity drawing? 625 00:27:54,820 --> 00:27:56,820 Well, if you're 18 or over, 626 00:27:56,820 --> 00:27:58,820 visit one of the following car dealers. 627 00:27:58,820 --> 00:28:04,820 DeSoto, Hudson, Plymouth, Studebaker, Dodge, Willis, Nash, Packard, Kaiser, or Chrysler. 628 00:28:04,820 --> 00:28:07,820 Just print your name and address on a registration form 629 00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:09,820 and have the dealer sign it. 630 00:28:09,820 --> 00:28:11,820 You don't have to own one of these cars. 631 00:28:11,820 --> 00:28:14,820 You don't have to solve or buy or write anything. 632 00:28:14,820 --> 00:28:17,820 So help your local church, hospital, 633 00:28:17,820 --> 00:28:19,820 the American Foundation for the Blind, 634 00:28:19,820 --> 00:28:25,820 or any other local or national recognized charity share in this huge sum. 635 00:28:25,820 --> 00:28:29,820 Remember, if you are one of the top 25 names in this drawing, 636 00:28:29,820 --> 00:28:35,820 the recognized charity of your choice can receive a big part of $100,000. 637 00:28:35,820 --> 00:28:38,820 So visit any of these Auto Light family car showrooms. 638 00:28:38,820 --> 00:28:45,820 DeSoto, Hudson, Plymouth, Studebaker, Dodge, Willis, Nash, Packard, Kaiser, or Chrysler. 639 00:28:45,820 --> 00:28:47,820 Make sure to sign up tomorrow. 640 00:28:47,820 --> 00:28:53,820 The Story of a Stranger 641 00:28:53,820 --> 00:28:58,820 Next week, the story of a man who wanted to apologize for threatening a stranger. 642 00:28:58,820 --> 00:29:02,820 When he got there, the stranger was dead and the police were waiting. 643 00:29:02,820 --> 00:29:04,820 It's called Circumstantial Terror. 644 00:29:04,820 --> 00:29:06,820 Our star, Mr. Ronald Reagan. 645 00:29:06,820 --> 00:29:11,820 That's next week on Suspense. 646 00:29:11,820 --> 00:29:15,820 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morawick 647 00:29:15,820 --> 00:29:17,820 and conducted by Lutte Gluskin. 648 00:29:17,820 --> 00:29:21,820 The barking death was written for Suspense by Morton Fine and David Friedkin. 649 00:29:21,820 --> 00:29:26,820 Featured in the cast were Junius Matthews, Dick Beals, Ted Bliss, Joseph Kearns, 650 00:29:26,820 --> 00:29:31,820 Jack Crouchon, Gene Wood, Paula Winslow, and Hi Everback. 651 00:29:31,820 --> 00:29:45,820 This is the CBS Radio Network.