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There's no obligation. 01:48.000 --> 01:58.000 And now, Auto Light presents The Barking Death starring Mr. William Powell, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 01:58.000 --> 02:02.000 It's over now, and the town has settled down. 02:02.000 --> 02:06.000 Most of what happened I know because I was a part of it. 02:06.000 --> 02:09.000 The rest I must imagine for you. 02:09.000 --> 02:14.000 Our town is not very large, 25,000 people lost senses. 02:14.000 --> 02:17.000 Good town, proud of its police and fire protection. 02:17.000 --> 02:02.820 Proud of its 02:02.820 --> 02:15.820 city administration and its health center. 02:15.820 --> 02:18.820 Then a thing happened to me. 02:18.820 --> 02:20.820 I was a little bit worried. 02:20.820 --> 02:22.820 I was a little bit worried. 02:22.820 --> 02:24.820 I was a little bit worried. 02:24.820 --> 02:26.820 I was a little bit worried. 02:26.820 --> 02:28.820 I was a little bit worried. 02:28.820 --> 02:32.820 I was a little bit worried. 02:32.820 --> 02:34.820 I was a little bit worried. 02:34.820 --> 02:36.820 Terrifying thing. 02:36.820 --> 02:42.820 And this is the way it began. 02:42.820 --> 02:48.820 Right in here, doctor. 02:48.820 --> 02:50.820 Massive bite. 02:50.820 --> 02:52.820 Here. Cheek. 02:52.820 --> 02:53.820 How long ago? 02:53.820 --> 02:54.820 Ten days ago. 02:54.820 --> 02:56.820 Medicated it himself. 02:56.820 --> 02:58.820 A few hours ago his wife called me. 02:58.820 --> 03:00.820 She wouldn't speak to me when I came in, doctor. 03:00.820 --> 03:01.820 Upset. 03:01.820 --> 03:02.820 Yeah. 03:02.820 --> 03:05.820 Well, Mr. Garrison here has been a patient of mine for a long time. 03:05.820 --> 03:07.820 Whole family. 03:07.820 --> 03:10.820 Well, she called me and said her husband was complaining of headaches. 03:10.820 --> 03:14.820 Then had a spasm when he tried to drink a glass of water. 03:14.820 --> 03:17.820 And a certain excitability. 03:17.820 --> 03:20.820 I didn't know about the dog bite until I came over. 03:20.820 --> 03:21.820 What do you think? 03:21.820 --> 03:22.820 Where's the dog? 03:22.820 --> 03:24.820 That one you hear out in the backyard. 03:24.820 --> 03:27.820 He's on a leash attached to clothesline. 03:27.820 --> 03:30.820 Yeah, I'll get him down to the lab and run us a live attest. 03:30.820 --> 03:31.820 Observe him. 03:31.820 --> 03:32.820 What about Garrison here? 03:32.820 --> 03:34.820 Last year treatment? 03:34.820 --> 03:37.820 You need me to say it for you, doctor. 03:37.820 --> 03:50.820 If this man's got rabies, it's too late for anything at all. 03:50.820 --> 03:51.820 The dog was a mongrel. 03:51.820 --> 03:53.820 Mostly beagle. 03:53.820 --> 03:55.820 Spotted black and white. 03:55.820 --> 03:57.820 Both ears and its muzzle white. 03:57.820 --> 04:01.820 A man from the animal society was called in and he took the dog to the health center. 04:01.820 --> 04:03.820 It was shortly after midnight. 04:03.820 --> 04:05.820 Mr. Garrison was kept under sedation. 04:05.820 --> 04:08.820 His symptoms being very painful. 04:08.820 --> 04:11.820 I got to the center about 8.30 the next morning. 04:11.820 --> 04:15.820 And went immediately to the laboratory where the dog had been quartered. 04:15.820 --> 04:18.820 Yeah, I got the list right here, lieutenant. 04:18.820 --> 04:19.820 Three microscopes. 04:19.820 --> 04:20.820 That's right, lieutenant. 04:20.820 --> 04:22.820 Three microscopes, binocular. 04:22.820 --> 04:24.820 Dissecting instruments. 04:24.820 --> 04:26.820 So must have taken a couple of fistfuls of them. 04:26.820 --> 04:27.820 I don't know exactly what. 04:27.820 --> 04:29.820 Scalpels, probes. 04:29.820 --> 04:30.820 I guess that's about all. 04:30.820 --> 04:31.820 Hey, what's the matter? 04:31.820 --> 04:32.820 Oh, hi, Paul. 04:32.820 --> 04:33.820 Hold it a minute, lieutenant. 04:33.820 --> 04:35.820 Dr. Miller just came in. 04:35.820 --> 04:36.820 Robbery here last night, Paul. 04:36.820 --> 04:37.820 Got three microscopes. 04:37.820 --> 04:38.820 Yes, I heard you. 04:38.820 --> 04:39.820 Must have picked the lock. 04:39.820 --> 04:42.820 I found a piece of tin on the sidewalk when I came in. 04:42.820 --> 04:44.820 Well, you finish up with the police and then you can tell me about it. 04:44.820 --> 04:45.820 Hello, lieutenant. 04:45.820 --> 04:47.820 Yeah, you got that? 04:47.820 --> 04:49.820 Oh, the way I figure, it couldn't have been just one man. 04:49.820 --> 04:51.820 Those microscopes are pretty heavy. 04:51.820 --> 04:53.820 So there must have been a couple of them. 04:53.820 --> 04:54.820 Oh, yeah, sure. 04:54.820 --> 04:56.820 I'll leave everything alone. 04:56.820 --> 04:57.820 Joe? 04:56.820 --> 04:58.820 Hold a minute, lieutenant. 04:58.820 --> 04:59.820 Yeah, what, Paul? 04:59.820 --> 05:00.820 The dog. 05:00.820 --> 05:01.820 Huh? 05:01.820 --> 05:02.820 In that cage. 05:02.820 --> 05:03.820 The lock's been sprung in that cage. 05:03.820 --> 05:04.820 Did you... 05:04.820 --> 05:05.820 Why? 05:05.820 --> 05:06.820 I don't know anything about it. 05:06.820 --> 05:08.820 Then give me that phone. 05:09.820 --> 05:10.820 Hello? 05:10.820 --> 05:11.820 Yes? 05:11.820 --> 05:12.820 This is Dr. Miller. 05:12.820 --> 05:13.820 Yes, sir? 05:13.820 --> 05:14.820 Something's important. 05:14.820 --> 05:17.820 Dr. Kramers just gave me a list of things that were stolen. 05:17.820 --> 05:19.820 Listen, there was a dog here, a rabid dog. 05:19.820 --> 05:20.820 And he's gone. 05:20.820 --> 05:21.820 What? 05:21.820 --> 05:24.820 A dog, a black and white spotted mongrel. 05:24.820 --> 05:27.820 And chances are, a thousand of one he had rabies. 05:27.820 --> 05:30.820 And whoever stole those microscopes stole that dog. 05:30.820 --> 05:34.820 If that dog bites, well, rabies is 100% fatal. 05:34.820 --> 05:37.820 I guess you'd better let me have that description, Doc. 05:37.820 --> 05:39.820 Black and white spots. 05:39.820 --> 05:51.820 Mostly beagle, I think. 05:51.820 --> 05:56.820 Where'd you get them crazy black and white spots, doggy? 05:56.820 --> 05:57.820 Cliff. 05:57.820 --> 05:58.820 Doggy. 05:58.820 --> 05:59.820 Doggy? 05:59.820 --> 06:00.820 Pooch. 06:00.820 --> 06:02.820 Here's some more hamburger, doggy. 06:02.820 --> 06:05.820 Look at him, Harry. 06:05.820 --> 06:06.820 Cliff. 06:06.820 --> 06:07.820 Nice doggy. 06:07.820 --> 06:09.820 What'd you take the dog for, Cliff? 06:09.820 --> 06:10.820 Pretty doggy. 06:10.820 --> 06:12.820 Merchandise ain't enough for you, Cliff. 06:12.820 --> 06:14.820 Microscopes, all that junk, you gotta take that down. 06:14.820 --> 06:15.820 I like pooches, Harry. 06:15.820 --> 06:16.820 Now, leave me alone. 06:16.820 --> 06:17.820 I like pooches. 06:17.820 --> 06:18.820 That dog's got to go. 06:18.820 --> 06:19.820 Oh. 06:19.820 --> 06:20.820 Got to go. 06:20.820 --> 06:21.820 Now, listen. 06:21.820 --> 06:22.820 Out out with that dog, Cliff. 06:22.820 --> 06:24.820 I ain't gonna live in the same room with no androids. 06:24.820 --> 06:25.820 Now, wait a minute, Harry. 06:25.820 --> 06:26.820 So you like the dog. 06:26.820 --> 06:29.820 Well, both of you, good day. 06:29.820 --> 06:32.820 Cliff, you and the pooch. 06:32.820 --> 06:33.820 Doggy. 06:33.820 --> 06:36.820 Doggy, you're not liked. 06:36.820 --> 06:39.820 You gotta lose your doggy. 06:39.820 --> 06:40.820 Now. 06:40.820 --> 06:41.820 Poochie. 06:41.820 --> 06:44.820 Poochie little poochie. 06:44.820 --> 06:55.820 We gotta go for a little walk, poochie. 06:55.820 --> 07:01.820 And a petty thief took a walk with a dog, holding him in his arms against the chill autumn air. 07:01.820 --> 07:08.820 Took a walk while the town alerted itself, made aware of a danger, that leaders and interested 07:08.820 --> 07:13.820 people had came together and were briefed. 07:13.820 --> 07:19.820 Now, everyone find a chair and sit down, please. 07:19.820 --> 07:21.820 Dr. Miller. 07:21.820 --> 07:22.820 Yes? 07:22.820 --> 07:24.820 My name is Mrs. Stone, and I... 07:24.820 --> 07:26.820 Mrs. Stone, there'll be ample opportunity to... 07:26.820 --> 07:31.820 I've written down a question, a question here, and I'd like to ask you. 07:31.820 --> 07:36.820 Is it the habit of this foundation to house a mad dog? 07:36.820 --> 07:41.820 The second part of my question is, who is responsible for the laxity in letting this 07:41.820 --> 07:45.820 dog escape so that he is a menace to the community and its people? 07:45.820 --> 07:50.820 That's my question, Dr. Miller, and as a housewife and a woman who... 07:50.820 --> 07:54.820 Well, I would like to hear what you have to say. 07:54.820 --> 07:59.820 Mrs. Stone, this meeting was called for the press and any interested parties just to answer 07:59.820 --> 08:01.820 that kind of question. 08:01.820 --> 08:05.820 The dog was under observation to make certain he was rabid. 08:05.820 --> 08:06.820 But the fact remains... 08:06.820 --> 08:08.820 What fact remains? 08:08.820 --> 08:10.820 Somebody was incompetent. 08:10.820 --> 08:12.820 That's all I have to say. 08:12.820 --> 08:13.820 Dr. Miller. 08:13.820 --> 08:14.820 Mr. Collins. 08:14.820 --> 08:16.820 My paper is questioning your methods. 08:16.820 --> 08:17.820 What about? 08:17.820 --> 08:19.820 All this publicity. 08:19.820 --> 08:20.820 A newspaper man and you... 08:20.820 --> 08:22.820 The duty to the community. 08:22.820 --> 08:23.820 What about panic? 08:23.820 --> 08:24.820 What about it? 08:24.820 --> 08:29.820 Well, scaring people about an animal on the loose, an animal that might kill you. 08:29.820 --> 08:34.820 People from the health department ringing doorbells, police, people up in the hills with 08:34.820 --> 08:39.820 guns hunting for a dog, a spotted black and white dog. 08:39.820 --> 08:41.820 A little ridiculous, huh? 08:41.820 --> 08:42.820 Is it? 08:42.820 --> 08:44.820 That's the question I asked you, doctor. 08:44.820 --> 08:46.820 Yes, you did. 08:46.820 --> 08:47.820 Dr. Crammas. 08:47.820 --> 08:48.820 Yes, doctor? 08:48.820 --> 08:49.820 Are you ready with the film? 08:49.820 --> 08:50.820 Already. 08:50.820 --> 08:53.820 Will one of you people switch off that light, please? 08:53.820 --> 09:01.820 Now, in this projector is just a few feet of film of a child suffering from rabies. 09:01.820 --> 09:04.820 I think all of you should see it. 09:04.820 --> 09:21.820 Okay, doctor. 09:21.820 --> 09:27.820 All right. 09:27.820 --> 09:32.820 Now, will someone turn on the lights again, please? 09:32.820 --> 09:35.820 Well, I see Mrs. Stone walked out. 09:35.820 --> 09:39.820 Well, I didn't show that film to scare anyone. 09:39.820 --> 09:44.820 Just so we can get into a frame of mind, just so we can be deadly serious. 09:44.820 --> 09:48.820 Somewhere in our town is an animal which has a deadly disease. 09:48.820 --> 09:53.820 And whoever he bites, if that person does not receive immediate treatment, that person 09:53.820 --> 09:54.820 will surely die. 09:54.820 --> 09:56.820 You mean anybody who gets rabies? 09:56.820 --> 09:58.820 Will surely die. 09:58.820 --> 10:02.820 Without treatment, it's 100% fatal. 10:02.820 --> 10:04.820 Now, Dr. Crammas, can I have that chart? 10:04.820 --> 10:07.820 Of course, doctor. 10:07.820 --> 10:10.820 Drawing a human nervous system. 10:10.820 --> 10:17.820 To make a simple point, the virus of rabies attacks the nerves, travels them until it reaches 10:17.820 --> 10:18.820 the brain. 10:18.820 --> 10:22.820 The closer to the brain the bite is, the less time it takes for the awful symptoms you just 10:22.820 --> 10:24.820 saw to appear. 10:24.820 --> 10:27.820 Then, death. 10:27.820 --> 10:29.820 And I repeat it. 10:29.820 --> 10:35.820 Once the virus reaches here, it is 100% fatal. 10:35.820 --> 10:47.820 Want a doggies, honey? 10:47.820 --> 10:48.820 Huh? 10:48.820 --> 10:49.820 Pretty little doggies. 10:49.820 --> 10:50.820 You can have them. 10:50.820 --> 10:51.820 Honest? 10:51.820 --> 10:53.820 Just you be nice to them, that's all. 10:53.820 --> 10:55.820 My mother wouldn't let me have them. 10:55.820 --> 10:57.820 Oh, pretty little poochie. 10:57.820 --> 10:58.820 Feed him. 10:58.820 --> 11:01.820 Feed him right back here between his floppy little ears. 11:01.820 --> 11:03.820 You could keep them in the garage, though. 11:03.820 --> 11:04.820 And not tell Mommy. 11:04.820 --> 11:05.820 Just so you be good to them. 11:05.820 --> 11:07.820 That's my house right over there. 11:07.820 --> 11:10.820 Right in back's the garage and nobody hardly goes in there. 11:10.820 --> 11:12.820 We use it for storage mostly. 11:12.820 --> 11:13.820 Mommy wouldn't know I have them. 11:13.820 --> 11:15.820 Now, he likes meat and bones. 11:15.820 --> 11:16.820 I know about doggies. 11:16.820 --> 11:18.820 He needs something warm. 11:18.820 --> 11:19.820 Put a cushion down. 11:19.820 --> 11:20.820 Yes, sir. 11:20.820 --> 11:22.820 Handling nice. 11:22.820 --> 11:24.820 What's his name? 11:24.820 --> 11:25.820 Pooch. 11:25.820 --> 11:26.820 Oh, what kind of name? 11:26.820 --> 11:29.820 Look, you want them or don't you want them? 11:29.820 --> 11:30.820 Come here, doggy. 11:30.820 --> 11:41.820 Come here, pretty doggy. 11:41.820 --> 11:44.820 The boy, whose name was Peter Barrett, 11:44.820 --> 11:47.820 took the dog at his arms and walked away with it. 11:47.820 --> 11:53.820 And a half mile away, a jeep, outfitted as a sound truck, blared a warning. 11:53.820 --> 11:56.820 The three men's clubs of the town held an emergency meeting together. 11:56.820 --> 11:58.820 Searching parties were organized. 11:58.820 --> 12:01.820 The civil defense system was alerted. 12:01.820 --> 12:05.820 And a man, a health officer, directed all of it. 12:05.820 --> 12:08.820 A man who became tired. 12:08.820 --> 12:10.820 Paul? 12:10.820 --> 12:11.820 Yeah? 12:11.820 --> 12:12.820 Some coffee. 12:12.820 --> 12:13.820 Oh, thanks. 12:13.820 --> 12:14.820 I've got it black. 12:14.820 --> 12:15.820 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 12:15.820 --> 12:16.820 Put it down. 12:16.820 --> 12:19.820 Now who should take it easy? 12:19.820 --> 12:20.820 What do you want, Joe? 12:20.820 --> 12:21.820 Just take it easy. 12:21.820 --> 12:23.820 16 hours. 12:23.820 --> 12:25.820 Well, probably. 12:25.820 --> 12:28.820 No, I'll get it. 12:28.820 --> 12:29.820 Dr. Miller's office. 12:29.820 --> 12:32.820 This is Dr. Cremar speaking. 12:32.820 --> 12:33.820 Oh, yes. 12:33.820 --> 12:34.820 Oh. 12:34.820 --> 12:37.820 Oh, that's too bad. 12:37.820 --> 12:40.820 Yes, of course, I'll tell him. 12:40.820 --> 12:41.820 Well? 12:41.820 --> 12:43.820 Tell me what? 12:43.820 --> 12:45.820 Mr. Garrison died, rabies. 12:45.820 --> 12:48.820 They'll send some samples over to Pathology for Negro bodies, 12:48.820 --> 12:51.820 but there's no question about it. 12:51.820 --> 12:53.820 Now we're sure of it. 12:53.820 --> 12:54.820 Rabies. 12:54.820 --> 12:56.820 Yeah, now we're sure of it. 12:56.820 --> 12:58.820 The dog hasn't been found. 12:58.820 --> 13:02.820 And somebody's going to irritate that dog, and he'll bite. 13:02.820 --> 13:19.820 And the rabid dog is very easy to irritate. 13:19.820 --> 13:21.820 Hi, doggy. 13:21.820 --> 13:23.820 Hi, sweet doggy. 13:23.820 --> 13:27.820 Brought you a bone, doggy, and some milk. 13:27.820 --> 13:29.820 You look funny, Poochie. 13:29.820 --> 13:31.820 What's the matter? 13:31.820 --> 13:34.820 Come here and snuggle up. 13:34.820 --> 13:36.820 Is that better? 13:53.820 --> 13:57.820 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. William Powell in The Barking Death, 13:57.820 --> 14:01.820 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 14:01.820 --> 14:03.820 Suspense. 14:14.820 --> 14:16.820 This is Harlow Wilcox. 14:16.820 --> 14:19.820 Tonight we are privileged to salute the Studebaker Corporation 14:19.820 --> 14:22.820 as a distinguished member of our Auto Light family. 14:22.820 --> 14:25.820 So I've got a date at my Studebaker dealers, 14:25.820 --> 14:27.820 and here I am. 14:29.820 --> 14:30.820 Hello, Mr. Wilcox. 14:30.820 --> 14:31.820 Hi. 14:31.820 --> 14:33.820 Say, what's this model? 14:33.820 --> 14:35.820 A car of the future? 14:35.820 --> 14:38.820 Well, it's a car of the future, all right, but you can buy one today. 14:38.820 --> 14:41.820 It's the new Studebaker for 54. 14:41.820 --> 14:45.820 You know, Mr. Wilcox, while other makers are talking about their dream cars, 14:45.820 --> 14:47.820 Studebaker is building and selling them. 14:47.820 --> 14:51.820 But of course, the pace-setting Studebaker styling means more than just beauty. 14:51.820 --> 14:54.820 It eliminates needless dead weight and excess bulk. 14:54.820 --> 14:57.820 That means terrific gas mileage and superb handling ease. 14:57.820 --> 15:00.820 Well, can you get power steering on the new Studebaker? 15:00.820 --> 15:03.820 You sure can, and overdrive, too, if you wish. 15:03.820 --> 15:06.820 And of course, our new Studebakers use many Auto Light products, too. 15:06.820 --> 15:08.820 Well, thanks, Mr. Dealer. 15:08.820 --> 15:12.820 Auto Light is proud of its long association with Studebaker 15:12.820 --> 15:15.820 and you Studebaker dealers everywhere. 15:16.820 --> 15:19.820 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 15:19.820 --> 15:22.820 Mr. William Powell in Elliot Lewis's production of 15:22.820 --> 15:26.820 The Barking Death, a story based on fact 15:26.820 --> 15:31.820 and well calculated to keep you in suspense. 15:41.820 --> 15:45.820 A child of the town nuzzling his cheek against death, 15:45.820 --> 15:49.820 something he was hiding away, child's secret, 15:49.820 --> 15:52.820 as every child has and is entitled to a secret. 15:52.820 --> 15:55.820 And in another place of the town, the place of test tubes 15:55.820 --> 15:59.820 and experiments and statistics, the town's health center 15:59.820 --> 16:01.820 and my office. 16:02.820 --> 16:03.820 Hello. 16:03.820 --> 16:04.820 Yes? 16:04.820 --> 16:05.820 Dr. Miller. 16:05.820 --> 16:06.820 Yes, what can I do for you? 16:06.820 --> 16:08.820 I'm Mrs. Rokey. 16:08.820 --> 16:09.820 Will you sit down? 16:09.820 --> 16:11.820 All those advertisements about a dog. 16:11.820 --> 16:12.820 Yes? 16:12.820 --> 16:13.820 On the radio and the newspapers. 16:13.820 --> 16:14.820 Yes? You know where... 16:14.820 --> 16:15.820 Oh, yes. 16:15.820 --> 16:17.820 You know where it is? Is that what you're saying? 16:17.820 --> 16:20.820 But first you must understand something, Dr. Miller. 16:20.820 --> 16:21.820 What? 16:21.820 --> 16:24.820 That I alone am responsible for catching the animal. 16:24.820 --> 16:25.820 You caught him? 16:25.820 --> 16:27.820 I certainly knew the risk I was taking. 16:27.820 --> 16:29.820 Where is he, Mrs. Rokey? 16:29.820 --> 16:32.820 Now, after all, if that animal's as dangerous as you say he is, 16:32.820 --> 16:33.820 I did a pretty brave thing. 16:33.820 --> 16:35.820 Oh, there you are, Mrs. Rokey. 16:35.820 --> 16:37.820 Come on, let's leave Dr. Miller alone. 16:37.820 --> 16:38.820 Oh, you think you're smart. 16:38.820 --> 16:39.820 What's all this? 16:39.820 --> 16:41.820 She came up the back way. 16:41.820 --> 16:42.820 Just take your hand away. 16:42.820 --> 16:43.820 Come on, come on. 16:43.820 --> 16:44.820 So what is all this, Joe? 16:44.820 --> 16:46.820 Mrs. Rokey got past the police. 16:46.820 --> 16:48.820 She got past the information desk and she got to me 16:48.820 --> 16:51.820 and she told me she caught a black and white spotted dog. 16:51.820 --> 16:52.820 She's got one all right. 16:52.820 --> 16:53.820 I have. 16:53.820 --> 16:54.820 Yes, you have, Mrs. Rokey. 16:54.820 --> 16:55.820 In my car. 16:55.820 --> 16:56.820 Yes, you have, Mrs. Rokey. 16:56.820 --> 16:58.820 Then you go right down there and destroy him. 16:58.820 --> 17:01.820 We don't destroy animals, Mrs. Rokey, never. 17:01.820 --> 17:02.820 Dr. Miller. 17:02.820 --> 17:03.820 Yes? 17:03.820 --> 17:04.820 Now, you listen here. 17:04.820 --> 17:05.820 I caught a mad dog and I... 17:05.820 --> 17:06.820 She's got a little chihuahua down there, 17:06.820 --> 17:08.820 not the dog we're looking for. 17:08.820 --> 17:10.820 Mrs. Rokey wants her picture in the paper. 17:10.820 --> 17:11.820 Don't you, Mrs. Rokey? 17:11.820 --> 17:13.820 You don't really know what's going on right now, do you? 17:13.820 --> 17:15.820 Now, come on, let's get out of here. 17:15.820 --> 17:18.820 Oh, all that bother about a dog. 17:18.820 --> 17:20.820 Oh, probably no such thing as rabies anyhow. 17:20.820 --> 17:21.820 Come on. 17:21.820 --> 17:22.820 Mrs. Rokey. 17:24.820 --> 17:27.820 Mrs. Rokey, pray that that animal doesn't bite anyone. 17:41.820 --> 17:43.820 What did you do that for? 17:43.820 --> 17:45.820 Why did you bite me? 17:46.820 --> 17:49.820 Why did you bite my arm, poor Foochie? 17:53.820 --> 17:54.820 Mama! 17:55.820 --> 17:56.820 Mama! 18:00.820 --> 18:01.820 Mama? 18:03.820 --> 18:04.820 Mama? 18:04.820 --> 18:11.820 Mama! 18:17.820 --> 18:19.820 Which happened in a white clobbered house, 18:19.820 --> 18:21.820 1647 Whittier Avenue, 18:21.820 --> 18:24.820 Darroch detached near the railroad yards. 18:24.820 --> 18:27.820 And down Main Street, close to its east end, 18:27.820 --> 18:28.820 where there's more grass, 18:28.820 --> 18:30.820 the group of municipal buildings, 18:30.820 --> 18:32.820 the office of the lieutenant of police. 18:32.820 --> 18:35.820 From my point of view, Dr. Miller, police point of view. 18:35.820 --> 18:36.820 Now, which is that? 18:36.820 --> 18:38.820 What we seem to have forgotten. 18:38.820 --> 18:40.820 Two microscopes were stolen and various instruments, 18:40.820 --> 18:42.820 the disposal of same. 18:42.820 --> 18:44.820 That's my point of view, Dr. Procedure. 18:44.820 --> 18:46.820 You care to tell me about it? 18:46.820 --> 18:47.820 Yeah, we're looking for the wrong thing. 18:47.820 --> 18:49.820 What do you mean? 18:49.820 --> 18:51.820 It's easier to find microscopes than a dog. 18:51.820 --> 18:53.820 Anyhow, I told you, procedure, routine. 18:53.820 --> 18:55.820 We question men with known records, alerted... 18:55.820 --> 18:57.820 Excuse me. 18:57.820 --> 18:59.820 Lieutenant Stevens speaking. 18:59.820 --> 19:01.820 Oh, when? 19:01.820 --> 19:03.820 Good. Bring him down here. 19:05.820 --> 19:07.820 I said routine, doctor. You didn't seem impressed. 19:07.820 --> 19:09.820 Shootably so, lieutenant. 19:09.820 --> 19:12.820 Listen, there's only one thing that could make me jump up on this desk 19:12.820 --> 19:14.820 and shout array and go through all the antics you... 19:14.820 --> 19:16.820 Oh, no, just take it easy. 19:16.820 --> 19:19.820 It's not a time to get cryptic, that's all. 19:19.820 --> 19:21.820 Oh, thanks, sergeant. That'll be all. 19:23.820 --> 19:25.820 Sit down. 19:25.820 --> 19:27.820 Sit down. 19:30.820 --> 19:32.820 What's your name? 19:32.820 --> 19:34.820 Wood. Harry Wood. 19:34.820 --> 19:36.820 Vagrancy. 19:36.820 --> 19:38.820 Started out like that, sir. 19:38.820 --> 19:40.820 Yeah, that's what the sergeant told me over the phone. 19:40.820 --> 19:42.820 He said you yelled you weren't a vagrant 19:42.820 --> 19:44.820 and they took you home to find out. 19:44.820 --> 19:46.820 And they found a microscope. 19:46.820 --> 19:48.820 I said routine, doctor, and you didn't seem impressed. 19:48.820 --> 19:50.820 Spotting a vagrant is routine. 19:50.820 --> 19:52.820 Is it all right if I... 19:52.820 --> 19:54.820 Sure, sure. Go ahead. 19:54.820 --> 19:57.820 You stole the microscope from the health center, didn't you? 19:57.820 --> 19:58.820 Yes, sir. 19:58.820 --> 20:00.820 Three microscopes and instruments on the dog. 20:00.820 --> 20:02.820 Yes, sir. 20:02.820 --> 20:03.820 Where's the dog? 20:03.820 --> 20:05.820 I don't know. 20:05.820 --> 20:08.820 Now, listen, you. What did you do with that dog? 20:08.820 --> 20:10.820 I said I didn't know. 20:10.820 --> 20:12.820 Cliff took the dog. 20:12.820 --> 20:14.820 What's he talking about, lieutenant? 20:14.820 --> 20:16.820 Cliff, the other man. There was more than one, remember? 20:16.820 --> 20:18.820 And he took the dog. 20:18.820 --> 20:20.820 And I made him get rid of it. 20:20.820 --> 20:21.820 How? 20:21.820 --> 20:23.820 I didn't ask him how I got rid of it. He got rid of it. 20:23.820 --> 20:25.820 Well, where is he? Where is this Cliff? 20:25.820 --> 20:27.820 Lieutenant, ask him where... 20:27.820 --> 20:29.820 Now, look, the sergeant said he went back to this man's room. 20:29.820 --> 20:30.820 No one was there. 20:30.820 --> 20:32.820 Or the two other microscopes, or the instruments. 20:32.820 --> 20:34.820 I don't know where he went. 20:34.820 --> 20:36.820 I'm going to say it to you again, doctor. Routine. 20:36.820 --> 20:39.820 Mostly that pays off more than anything else. 20:39.820 --> 20:41.820 Now, it's a matter of finding a man named Cliff. 20:49.820 --> 20:51.820 And 12 blocks away, across Main Street, 20:51.820 --> 20:53.820 and down two blocks, there was a store. 20:53.820 --> 20:57.820 There was a man in the store he had owned for the last 20 years. 20:57.820 --> 20:59.820 Smallish man, nothing extraordinary. 20:59.820 --> 21:01.820 Citizen of the town. 21:01.820 --> 21:03.820 About to become a hero. 21:07.820 --> 21:09.820 Yes, sir? 21:09.820 --> 21:11.820 Hornet. 21:11.820 --> 21:13.820 Listen to... 21:13.820 --> 21:15.820 microscopes. 21:15.820 --> 21:17.820 Yes, yes, I see. 21:17.820 --> 21:19.820 How much? 21:19.820 --> 21:21.820 Two microscopes. 21:21.820 --> 21:25.820 I'm throwing over my entire practice and getting rid of everything. 21:25.820 --> 21:27.820 And I'll tell you something. 21:27.820 --> 21:29.820 Oh? 21:29.820 --> 21:31.820 Give me a good price on these two and I got another one. 21:31.820 --> 21:33.820 Doctor. 21:33.820 --> 21:35.820 I said, doctor. 21:35.820 --> 21:37.820 Oh, yeah. Yeah? 21:37.820 --> 21:40.820 Mr. Harding, our instrument man, is in the back. 21:40.820 --> 21:42.820 You should see these. 21:42.820 --> 21:43.820 Well, you understand. 21:43.820 --> 21:45.820 Oh, sure, sure, sure. 21:45.820 --> 21:47.820 You're just the violin and suit man, 21:47.820 --> 21:49.820 and Mr. Harding's the instrument man. 21:49.820 --> 21:51.820 Oh, sure, sure, sure. 21:51.820 --> 21:53.820 Wait here. I'll be right back. 21:53.820 --> 21:57.820 Well, you just tell Mr. Harding the docs in a big hurry. 22:03.820 --> 22:05.820 Quickly, the police. 22:07.820 --> 22:09.820 Hello? 22:09.820 --> 22:11.820 This is Carl Roberts on 3rd Street, pawn shop. 22:11.820 --> 22:13.820 A man just came in, a little bit drunk, 22:13.820 --> 22:15.820 came in with two binocular microscopes, 22:15.820 --> 22:17.820 both at the embossed room. 22:17.820 --> 22:19.820 Says he has another one, claims he's a doctor. 22:19.820 --> 22:21.820 Oh, yeah. 22:21.820 --> 22:23.820 Oh, just a second. 22:23.820 --> 22:25.820 Serial number. 22:25.820 --> 22:27.820 G1-135... 22:29.820 --> 22:31.820 Wait, no, Mr. Harding. 22:31.820 --> 22:33.820 I told you on the phone. 22:33.820 --> 22:35.820 Give me those. Now, sir. 22:35.820 --> 22:37.820 Get out of the way and give me those microscopes. 22:37.820 --> 22:39.820 You're a dirty little thief. That's what you are, 22:39.820 --> 22:41.820 breaking into the health center and stealing, 22:41.820 --> 22:43.820 and that's where these microscopes come from. 22:43.820 --> 22:45.820 Look, the whole town is looking for them. 22:45.820 --> 22:47.820 I said get out of my way. Oh, no, you don't. 22:47.820 --> 22:49.820 Can't you ask for it? 22:52.820 --> 22:54.820 Help. 23:02.820 --> 23:04.820 Stop him! Stop that man! 23:04.820 --> 23:13.820 Stop him! 23:14.820 --> 23:16.820 The man who owned the pawn shop had been in business 23:16.820 --> 23:18.820 for the last 20 years. 23:18.820 --> 23:20.820 A smallish man, nothing extraordinary, 23:20.820 --> 23:23.820 citizen of the town, who became a hero, 23:23.820 --> 23:26.820 who caught a thief named Cliff Loomis. 23:26.820 --> 23:29.820 Loomis confessed to his thefts, 23:29.820 --> 23:33.820 and a little later I had a chance to speak with Loomis. 23:33.820 --> 23:35.820 How about a dog? 23:35.820 --> 23:37.820 Look, I've been on a tooth. 23:37.820 --> 23:39.820 A dog with black and white spots and white muzzle. 23:39.820 --> 23:41.820 What do you want from me? You got your junk back. 23:41.820 --> 23:44.820 What's so important about a lousy dog? 23:44.820 --> 23:46.820 Look, the police have been to your room, and he's not there. 23:46.820 --> 23:49.820 I asked you a question. What's so important about a lousy... 23:49.820 --> 23:50.820 Did he bite you? 23:50.820 --> 23:52.820 You're crazy. 23:52.820 --> 23:53.820 Did he? 23:53.820 --> 23:56.820 Bones he bit. Me, he wagged his tail for. 23:56.820 --> 23:59.820 A very nice dog. 23:59.820 --> 24:01.820 I want to show you something. 24:01.820 --> 24:04.820 Here, look at them. 24:04.820 --> 24:05.820 Go on, take them, Cliff. 24:05.820 --> 24:06.820 Pictures? 24:06.820 --> 24:07.820 Go on. 24:07.820 --> 24:09.820 Go on. 24:13.820 --> 24:14.820 Doc. 24:14.820 --> 24:15.820 Yes? 24:15.820 --> 24:19.820 You must be crazy carrying around pictures like these. 24:19.820 --> 24:21.820 Pictures of people dying, Cliff. 24:21.820 --> 24:23.820 That's what I mean, pictures like these. 24:23.820 --> 24:26.820 People bitten by a rabid animal. 24:26.820 --> 24:28.820 What does that mean? 24:28.820 --> 24:30.820 Like that dog you stole. 24:30.820 --> 24:31.820 What? 24:31.820 --> 24:33.820 It had rabies. 24:33.820 --> 24:34.820 Bitten somebody, they'd... 24:34.820 --> 24:38.820 Unless they were treated in time. 24:38.820 --> 24:39.820 Doc. 24:39.820 --> 24:40.820 Yes? 24:40.820 --> 24:43.820 I gave the dog to a little boy. 24:43.820 --> 24:46.820 Where? 24:46.820 --> 24:48.820 Where, Cliff? 24:48.820 --> 24:49.820 Doc. 24:49.820 --> 24:50.820 Where? 24:50.820 --> 24:51.820 I don't know. 24:51.820 --> 24:52.820 Listen, Cliff. 24:52.820 --> 24:54.820 No, no, I'm not kidding, Doc. I don't know. 24:54.820 --> 24:56.820 I told you I've been looped. 24:56.820 --> 24:58.820 This is the joke that makes me all of a sudden not looped, 24:58.820 --> 25:00.820 and I'm telling you the truth. 25:00.820 --> 25:01.820 I don't know where the kid is. 25:01.820 --> 25:02.820 Yeah? 25:02.820 --> 25:04.820 Doc. 25:04.820 --> 25:06.820 Doc, it was... it was now... 25:06.820 --> 25:09.820 It was somewhere near where our room was. 25:09.820 --> 25:11.820 I remember Harry said, get rid of the pooch, 25:11.820 --> 25:13.820 so I went downstairs and the first kid I met, I... 25:13.820 --> 25:16.820 It's hazy, Doc. 25:16.820 --> 25:19.820 Listen, we'll take a ride, Cliff. 25:19.820 --> 25:21.820 Police too? 25:21.820 --> 25:22.820 Afraid so. 25:22.820 --> 25:24.820 We're going to take a ride, 25:24.820 --> 25:26.820 and we're going to try to find that boy. 25:26.820 --> 25:29.820 Ring a lot of doorbells and ask a lot of questions. 25:29.820 --> 25:32.820 And find him, right? 25:32.820 --> 25:34.820 Okay. 25:45.820 --> 25:47.820 I'm sorry, Tinker Doll. 25:47.820 --> 25:48.820 I didn't see you. 25:48.820 --> 25:50.820 I didn't mean to kick you. 25:50.820 --> 25:52.820 Now don't you cry. 25:52.820 --> 25:53.820 My mom isn't home, 25:53.820 --> 25:56.820 and I won't know what to do if you cry. 25:56.820 --> 25:57.820 I know. 25:57.820 --> 25:59.820 I'll play you a tune. 26:07.820 --> 26:09.820 Better? 26:09.820 --> 26:11.820 I got hurt too. 26:11.820 --> 26:13.820 It doesn't hurt so much anymore. 26:13.820 --> 26:16.820 Poochie didn't mean to bite me. 26:16.820 --> 26:18.820 Should we play records, Tinker Doll? 26:18.820 --> 26:23.820 All right. 26:23.820 --> 26:27.820 Little, little Dumpling, my son Charles, 26:27.820 --> 26:30.820 went to bed with his stockings on. 26:30.820 --> 26:33.820 One shoe off and one shoe on. 26:33.820 --> 26:37.820 Little, little Dumpling, my son Charles. 26:38.820 --> 26:39.820 Hello. 26:39.820 --> 26:40.820 Hello. 26:40.820 --> 26:43.820 My mother isn't home, mister. 26:43.820 --> 26:45.820 Why are you holding your arm like that? 26:45.820 --> 26:47.820 It hurts a little. 26:47.820 --> 26:48.820 Why? 26:48.820 --> 26:50.820 Poochie bit me. 27:02.820 --> 27:05.820 Then he told me where the dog was. 27:05.820 --> 27:08.820 The dog with the black and white spots. 27:08.820 --> 27:11.820 The deadly animal who had bitten no one else. 27:11.820 --> 27:13.820 We had gotten there in time. 27:13.820 --> 27:17.820 The boy was treated and got better 27:17.820 --> 27:20.820 in a town that slept well that night. 27:20.820 --> 27:23.820 Suspense presented by Auto Light 27:23.820 --> 27:25.820 tonight's star, Mr. William Powell. 27:25.820 --> 27:27.820 This is Harlow Wilcox again. 27:27.820 --> 27:29.820 Have you signed the contract? 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