WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:14.400 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:14.400 --> 00:23.720 Tonight, the transcribed story of what happens when a trunk is bought at auction, contents 00:23.720 --> 00:24.960 unknown. 00:24.960 --> 00:28.020 We call it Going, Going, Gone. 00:28.020 --> 00:34.960 So now, starring Tom Brown and Eve McVeigh, here is tonight's Suspense play, Going, Going, 00:34.960 --> 00:35.960 Gone. 00:35.960 --> 00:36.960 Sold for $12. 00:36.960 --> 00:37.960 Now, ladies and gentlemen, the next item is very special and not in your category. 00:37.960 --> 00:38.960 Rack it up, boys, and be careful. 00:38.960 --> 00:39.960 It may be valuable. 00:39.960 --> 00:40.960 Very exciting, my folks. 00:40.960 --> 00:41.960 Very exciting. 00:41.960 --> 00:42.960 Wally. 00:42.960 --> 00:43.960 Wally, look. 00:43.960 --> 00:44.960 I swung. 00:44.960 --> 00:45.960 I swung. 00:45.960 --> 00:46.960 I swung. 00:46.960 --> 00:47.960 I swung. 00:47.960 --> 00:48.960 I swung. 00:48.960 --> 00:49.960 I swung. 00:49.960 --> 00:50.960 I swung. 00:50.960 --> 00:51.960 I swung. 00:51.960 --> 00:52.960 I swung. 00:52.960 --> 00:53.960 I swung. 00:53.960 --> 00:54.960 I swung. 00:54.960 --> 00:55.960 I swung. 00:55.960 --> 00:56.960 I swung. 00:56.960 --> 00:57.960 I swung. 00:57.960 --> 00:58.960 I swung. 00:58.960 --> 00:59.960 I swung. 00:59.960 --> 01:00.960 I swung. 01:00.960 --> 01:01.960 I swung. 01:01.960 --> 01:02.960 I swung. 01:02.960 --> 01:03.960 I swung. 01:03.960 --> 01:04.960 Now, ladies and gentlemen, our trunk, contents unknown. 01:04.960 --> 01:07.500 And you, boys, an old trunk, ladies and gentlemen, from the estate of Mrs. Dexter Joslyn. 01:07.500 --> 01:14.120 Since Mr. Joslyn's unfortunate disappearance last week, the executives have found a ladder 01:14.120 --> 01:21.020 left by Mr. Joslyn requesting us to sell his belong. 01:21.020 --> 01:22.020 Wally. 01:22.020 --> 01:23.020 Yes, sir? 01:23.020 --> 01:24.020 I'm going to bid on it. 01:24.020 --> 01:25.280 Oh, now, Jan, please be sensible. 01:25.280 --> 01:27.640 We already bought a lamp, two chairs, another old trunk. 01:27.640 --> 01:30.080 another original The Mr. Myler statue. 01:30.080 --> 01:31.440 What do we want with a trophy? 01:31.440 --> 01:33.280 I won't go over $10 while they're out. 01:33.280 --> 01:34.200 $10, I should say. 01:34.200 --> 01:36.080 Oh please, honey, it's got such lovely old stains. 01:36.080 --> 01:38.080 Please, it might be very valuable. 01:38.080 --> 01:41.120 Three, two, I hear one. 01:41.120 --> 01:43.200 I hear one who'll make it two. 01:43.200 --> 01:44.200 $2. 01:44.200 --> 01:45.200 Thank you, Mr. Myler. 01:45.200 --> 01:46.640 I have $2. 01:46.640 --> 01:48.000 No. 01:48.000 --> 01:49.920 It's only $2. 01:49.920 --> 01:50.960 Do I hear three? 01:50.960 --> 01:52.160 Three, do I hear three? 01:52.160 --> 01:52.980 $250. 01:52.980 --> 01:53.820 $250. 01:53.820 --> 01:54.660 Three? 01:54.660 --> 01:55.480 $3, Mr. Myler. 01:55.480 --> 01:57.680 Three, three, three, do I hear more? 01:57.680 --> 02:00.600 Three going once, three going twice, 02:00.600 --> 02:03.120 going for the third and last time at, 02:03.120 --> 02:06.040 three sold to the lady for $3. 02:06.040 --> 02:06.880 Ha ha ha. 02:08.880 --> 02:11.240 Wally, I got it. 02:11.240 --> 02:12.080 Wait, wait. 02:13.640 --> 02:15.720 I raised the bid, $100. 02:15.720 --> 02:17.440 I'll give $100. 02:17.440 --> 02:18.760 Sorry, friend, you're too late. 02:18.760 --> 02:20.560 No, but I must have the trunk. 02:20.560 --> 02:21.400 $200. 02:21.400 --> 02:24.880 Sorry, friend, it's been sold to this lady for $3. 02:24.880 --> 02:27.480 Come on, dear, let's go back and pick up our things. 02:27.480 --> 02:28.480 Yes, that's ours. 02:36.480 --> 02:38.760 And the statue, too, and the trunk. 02:38.760 --> 02:40.200 Right here, lady. 02:40.200 --> 02:43.040 No, no, that's not the same one. 02:43.040 --> 02:43.960 It's newer. 02:43.960 --> 02:45.400 It's the same one, lady. 02:45.400 --> 02:48.960 No, the one you sold me was lovely and old. 02:48.960 --> 02:51.520 That's right, the one you sold my wife had stains on it, 02:51.520 --> 02:52.920 and we want the one with the stains. 02:52.920 --> 02:54.800 That's right, I want the one I bought. 02:54.800 --> 02:58.080 But I tell you, lady, we use the old one for a come on. 02:58.080 --> 03:00.160 Now take this, it'll make you happy. 03:00.160 --> 03:02.120 No, we want the one you sold me. 03:02.120 --> 03:05.680 Mm-hmm, oh, okay, okay, sure, I'll get it. 03:05.680 --> 03:06.600 I'll be right back. 03:06.600 --> 03:08.320 Okay, boys, drag out the old one. 03:08.320 --> 03:09.720 Now, yeah, that's the one I want right now. 03:09.720 --> 03:11.720 Jan, sometimes I wonder about you. 03:11.720 --> 03:13.120 Oh, you do, huh? 03:13.120 --> 03:14.560 Well, let me tell you something. 03:14.560 --> 03:17.320 That old trunk's got something in it, I know. 03:17.320 --> 03:18.480 You know. 03:18.480 --> 03:19.800 No, what about that funny little man 03:19.800 --> 03:22.280 who came in late and bid $200? 03:22.280 --> 03:23.680 You know, I'll bet he made them offers 03:23.680 --> 03:24.960 for that other trunk just now. 03:24.960 --> 03:27.200 Honey, that's just part of the act. 03:27.200 --> 03:29.840 They want to make people figure it's valuable. 03:29.840 --> 03:32.280 Next Sunday, they'll have 50 old trunks to sell. 03:32.280 --> 03:35.000 All right, you wait, you'll see. 03:35.000 --> 03:36.440 You just wait. 03:36.440 --> 03:39.440 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 03:42.080 --> 03:45.400 We got our old trunk, paid for it, and caught it at home. 03:45.400 --> 03:47.480 Sat in the middle of the living room. 03:47.480 --> 03:52.480 Big, old, and dirty, with a lot of funny looking stains. 03:52.480 --> 03:55.640 Jan was like a kid with a new doll. 03:55.640 --> 03:57.880 What do you think's in it, Wal? 03:57.880 --> 03:58.800 I don't know. 03:58.800 --> 04:00.440 Could be anything, couldn't it? 04:00.440 --> 04:02.400 Yeah, sure, sure anything. 04:02.400 --> 04:04.680 It's kind of like Christmas, you know? 04:04.680 --> 04:06.800 Well, honey, are we going to stand here and talk about it? 04:06.800 --> 04:07.880 Let's open it and get it open. 04:07.880 --> 04:10.040 No, wait, not for a minute. 04:10.040 --> 04:12.840 I just want to look. 04:12.840 --> 04:16.160 Why do you suppose that little man wanted it so badly? 04:16.160 --> 04:18.640 It can't be the same as the other trunks they've got. 04:18.640 --> 04:21.080 Oh, Jan, I thought you had more sense. 04:21.080 --> 04:24.200 Do you honestly think they'd sell us something for $3 04:24.200 --> 04:26.480 if they didn't open it first to find out what was in it? 04:26.480 --> 04:28.680 Oh, it's heavy. 04:28.680 --> 04:29.480 Sure. 04:29.480 --> 04:31.800 Well, with all clothes, all the skates, blood, instruments, 04:31.800 --> 04:33.200 and, well, that's it. 04:33.200 --> 04:35.120 Wal. 04:35.120 --> 04:36.440 Guess what's in it. 04:36.440 --> 04:37.280 Guess? 04:37.280 --> 04:38.400 Oh, come on, Jan. 04:38.400 --> 04:39.440 Come on, let's open it. 04:39.440 --> 04:40.880 First, we'll guess what's in it. 04:40.880 --> 04:42.160 You guess first. 04:42.160 --> 04:43.880 All right, let's see now. 04:43.880 --> 04:45.920 Old trunk, pretty big. 04:45.920 --> 04:48.800 A lot of peculiar stains. 04:48.800 --> 04:51.240 Big enough to put a book. 04:51.240 --> 04:52.120 Oh, come on. 04:52.120 --> 04:53.000 Come on, let's open it. 04:53.000 --> 04:54.920 Wait, we'll open it together. 04:54.920 --> 04:55.840 All right. 04:55.840 --> 04:58.280 Oh, the cat is stuck. 04:58.280 --> 04:59.160 All right, all right. 04:59.160 --> 05:00.880 Here, I'll do it. 05:00.880 --> 05:01.560 Now stand back. 05:06.520 --> 05:08.560 Well, go on, open it. 05:08.560 --> 05:09.880 It's yours. 05:09.880 --> 05:13.280 Well, doesn't it scare you just a little bit? 05:13.280 --> 05:18.960 Scare me? 05:18.960 --> 05:21.040 There. 05:21.040 --> 05:22.680 Now are you satisfied? 05:22.680 --> 05:26.240 Wally, I'm sorry. 05:26.240 --> 05:28.280 Oh, now look at that. 05:28.280 --> 05:31.360 Nothing but a mess of old rags and papers. 05:31.360 --> 05:33.480 Three dollars. 05:33.480 --> 05:37.560 Three hard earned dollars for a pile of newspapers and. 05:37.560 --> 05:38.360 Hey. 05:41.240 --> 05:43.120 Wally. 05:43.120 --> 05:45.120 Hey. 05:45.120 --> 05:49.080 Oh, wow, look. 05:49.080 --> 05:54.120 Diamonds, gold, rubies. 05:54.120 --> 05:56.160 Wow. 05:56.160 --> 05:57.880 Oh, it's a fake. 05:57.880 --> 05:59.400 It must be. 05:59.400 --> 06:00.680 Oh, these aren't real. 06:00.680 --> 06:03.880 They look real, but. 06:03.880 --> 06:05.920 Yeah, but there's nothing to be scared about anymore. 06:05.920 --> 06:06.720 It's not real. 06:06.720 --> 06:07.200 None of it. 06:07.200 --> 06:08.120 I don't know. 06:08.120 --> 06:10.440 Oh, now look, look, be sensible. 06:10.440 --> 06:13.280 If this stuff were the real thing, I mean diamonds, pearls, 06:13.280 --> 06:17.000 emeralds, and all it, it'd be worth millions. 06:17.000 --> 06:18.400 It looks real. 06:18.400 --> 06:19.560 I mean it. 06:19.560 --> 06:21.760 A woman has a feeling about jewelry. 06:21.760 --> 06:23.040 She can tell. 06:23.040 --> 06:25.520 Jewelry. 06:25.520 --> 06:26.160 Here, look. 06:26.160 --> 06:27.840 Did you ever see a diamond ring this big? 06:27.840 --> 06:28.840 Well, no, I never did. 06:28.840 --> 06:29.440 All right. 06:29.440 --> 06:32.240 All right, now once and for all, I prove it to you. 06:32.240 --> 06:33.880 You think this is a diamond ring? 06:33.880 --> 06:35.520 Yes, Wally, I think it is. 06:35.520 --> 06:36.640 This is a diamond? 06:36.640 --> 06:38.080 OK. 06:38.080 --> 06:38.960 It's a diamond ring? 06:38.960 --> 06:39.880 OK. 06:39.880 --> 06:41.080 Now watch. 06:41.080 --> 06:42.240 Diamonds cut glass, right? 06:42.240 --> 06:42.840 Right. 06:42.840 --> 06:44.000 OK. 06:44.000 --> 06:45.840 I'm going to scratch it on the window, 06:45.840 --> 06:47.840 and maybe this will satisfy you. 06:47.840 --> 06:49.800 OK. 06:49.800 --> 06:52.160 Now there's your fake diamond. 06:52.160 --> 06:53.240 Now for heaven's sake, just. 06:53.240 --> 06:55.320 Oh. 06:55.320 --> 06:56.840 I told you. 06:56.840 --> 06:58.920 I told you they're real. 06:58.920 --> 07:00.480 We bought a trunk full of jewels. 07:04.560 --> 07:06.880 What are we going to do with it? 07:06.880 --> 07:08.160 I don't know. 07:08.160 --> 07:09.320 What do you think? 07:09.320 --> 07:10.920 Maybe we should call the police. 07:10.920 --> 07:11.640 Oh. 07:11.640 --> 07:12.280 No, no, no. 07:12.280 --> 07:13.080 Why should we? 07:13.080 --> 07:15.680 Well, I mean supposing it's all stolen jewels. 07:15.680 --> 07:16.760 Hey. 07:16.760 --> 07:17.320 Hey, the door. 07:17.320 --> 07:18.360 Someone's at the door. 07:18.360 --> 07:19.280 Now come on. Come on. 07:19.280 --> 07:20.720 Get the rags and papers back in the trunk. 07:20.720 --> 07:21.760 We'll put it in the bedroom. 07:21.760 --> 07:23.200 Well, it's probably only mother's. 07:23.200 --> 07:24.720 Yeah, or the guy from the auction. 07:24.720 --> 07:25.880 Now come on, hurry. 07:25.880 --> 07:26.840 All right. 07:26.840 --> 07:29.320 All right, now you push, and I'll pull. 07:29.320 --> 07:34.080 Well, I feel as if we've done something wrong. 07:34.080 --> 07:36.360 Oh, we've got to be careful. 07:36.360 --> 07:37.960 There. 07:37.960 --> 07:40.640 Now shut the door. 07:40.640 --> 07:43.240 Now if it is your mother, don't say anything, please. 07:43.240 --> 07:44.040 All right. 07:47.160 --> 07:48.720 Oh, how do you do? 07:48.720 --> 07:50.800 My name is Mr. Minchi. 07:50.800 --> 07:51.320 Yes? 07:51.320 --> 07:53.200 You are Mr. Pindale? 07:53.200 --> 07:54.040 Yeah, that's right. 07:54.040 --> 07:57.320 You bought a trunk this afternoon at the auction. 07:57.320 --> 07:59.880 You see, I arrived too late to buy it myself. 07:59.880 --> 08:01.200 Oh, that's too bad. 08:01.200 --> 08:02.760 Too bad, yes. 08:02.760 --> 08:06.640 Mr. Pindale, I will give you $200 for it, 08:06.640 --> 08:08.720 a sentimental value, you understand. 08:08.720 --> 08:10.680 I'm sorry. 08:10.680 --> 08:13.320 Would you mind getting your foot out of the door? 08:13.320 --> 08:15.640 You have opened the trunk. 08:15.640 --> 08:17.600 Oh, yes. 08:17.600 --> 08:18.840 $50,000 in. 08:18.840 --> 08:21.400 You must be a very sentimental man. 08:21.400 --> 08:24.200 $100,000, Mr. Pindale, my last offer. 08:24.200 --> 08:25.080 We needed a trunk. 08:25.080 --> 08:26.040 Good evening. 08:26.040 --> 08:28.160 I must warn you, the consequences 08:28.160 --> 08:29.880 will be upon your own head. 08:29.880 --> 08:31.320 This is your last chance. 08:31.320 --> 08:32.280 Think carefully. 08:32.280 --> 08:33.840 Good evening. 08:33.840 --> 08:35.720 Mr. Pindale. 08:35.720 --> 08:36.920 You're making a mistake. 08:36.920 --> 08:38.880 Please, please, I beg you. 08:38.880 --> 08:41.480 Please take my offer. 08:41.480 --> 08:43.680 I heard it, Wally. 08:43.680 --> 08:45.200 What are we going to do? 08:45.200 --> 08:46.360 I don't know. 08:46.360 --> 08:48.960 It was that same little fellow. 08:48.960 --> 08:50.360 He's still there. 08:50.360 --> 08:51.640 Oh, I'm scared. 08:51.640 --> 08:56.200 Well, he's quite old and not very big. 08:56.200 --> 08:57.160 I'll take care of him. 08:57.160 --> 08:58.440 No, no, don't do that. 08:58.440 --> 08:59.360 Call the police. 08:59.360 --> 09:00.280 Oh, no, Jan is. 09:00.280 --> 09:01.160 I mean it. 09:01.160 --> 09:02.080 He might have a gun. 09:02.080 --> 09:03.480 Jan is. 09:03.480 --> 09:04.880 Please. 09:04.880 --> 09:08.480 Well, all right, maybe I better. 09:08.480 --> 09:11.120 Well, I never thought I'd see today what's going on. 09:11.120 --> 09:12.000 Hello. 09:12.000 --> 09:13.320 Please, I'm using the phone. 09:13.320 --> 09:14.800 Do you mind getting off? 09:14.800 --> 09:16.720 I'm sorry. 09:16.720 --> 09:17.760 What's the matter? 09:17.760 --> 09:19.360 Party line. 09:19.360 --> 09:21.120 What does that woman talk about all day? 09:21.120 --> 09:22.960 Well, you'd better drive down to the police station. 09:22.960 --> 09:23.840 No, wait a minute. 09:23.840 --> 09:36.120 Maybe he's gone. 09:36.120 --> 09:37.400 It's all right, honey. 09:37.400 --> 09:38.520 Nobody's there. 09:38.520 --> 09:40.400 What are we going to do? 09:40.400 --> 09:41.760 Oh, about what? 09:41.760 --> 09:43.000 We bought the trunk. 09:43.000 --> 09:43.920 What's in it's eyes? 09:43.920 --> 09:45.160 It isn't right, Wally. 09:45.160 --> 09:46.720 We'll get into trouble. 09:46.720 --> 09:49.720 That man at the door, he might be a gangster, 09:49.720 --> 09:51.640 a foreign jewel thief. 09:51.640 --> 09:54.640 Suppose he's got other men with him. 09:54.640 --> 09:57.680 I'll try the police again. 09:57.680 --> 10:00.480 Chestnuts is the only stuffing I use. 10:00.480 --> 10:02.880 Of course, some people like oyster, but I obviously. 10:02.880 --> 10:03.280 Hello. 10:03.280 --> 10:04.680 Will you please hang up? 10:04.680 --> 10:05.920 I'm using the phone. 10:05.920 --> 10:07.280 Look, lady, this is an emergency. 10:07.280 --> 10:08.960 I'm nervous, some people, honestly. 10:08.960 --> 10:09.840 Lady, you don't. 10:09.840 --> 10:11.400 The times I try to get the use of this phone, 10:11.400 --> 10:14.360 I'm in awe with any excuse. 10:14.360 --> 10:15.440 It isn't an excuse. 10:15.440 --> 10:21.400 What I'm saying is, oh, yes, oyster stuffing will. 10:21.400 --> 10:23.000 She won't get off. 10:23.000 --> 10:24.160 She's got to. 10:24.160 --> 10:25.080 Here, let me try. 10:25.080 --> 10:26.640 No, no, no. 10:26.640 --> 10:28.840 Now wait, maybe it's fate. 10:28.840 --> 10:30.520 Maybe we're not supposed to. 10:30.520 --> 10:31.960 You listen to me, Wally. 10:31.960 --> 10:35.040 Now, I don't see why you're making such a fuss. 10:35.040 --> 10:36.760 We're safe enough. 10:36.760 --> 10:39.240 I'm not afraid of. 10:39.240 --> 10:40.680 Wally. 10:40.680 --> 10:42.280 I heard it. 10:42.280 --> 10:43.160 Don't you dare go. 10:46.040 --> 10:46.960 What do you want me to do? 10:46.960 --> 10:47.960 I don't know, but. 10:47.960 --> 10:51.640 Maybe it's your mother this time, huh? 10:51.640 --> 10:53.960 Who is it? 10:53.960 --> 10:55.280 I'll scream out the window for help. 10:55.280 --> 10:56.400 No, no, you can't do that. 10:56.400 --> 10:58.360 What would the neighbors think? 10:58.360 --> 10:59.240 I'm going. 10:59.240 --> 11:01.400 Wally, you be careful. 11:01.400 --> 11:03.000 Here, take the poker. 11:03.000 --> 11:05.520 OK, now you stay where you are. 11:05.520 --> 11:07.440 Wally, please don't open it. 11:07.440 --> 11:08.160 It's all right. 11:08.160 --> 11:09.200 Now you just stay there. 11:09.200 --> 11:09.600 Wally. 11:12.960 --> 11:15.480 OK, I've had enough of this. 11:15.480 --> 11:17.480 Oh. 11:17.480 --> 11:17.980 No. 11:17.980 --> 11:18.960 Whoa. 11:18.960 --> 11:20.440 ["Going, Going, Gone"] 11:28.680 --> 11:32.120 You are listening to Going, Going, Gone, tonight's 11:32.120 --> 11:34.400 presentation in radio's outstanding 11:34.400 --> 11:36.960 theater of thrills, Suspense. 11:44.880 --> 11:46.640 You are the Red Cross. 11:46.640 --> 11:49.160 If you're not serving, then it's your neighbors. 11:49.160 --> 11:51.360 When the Red Cross blood program helps you, 11:51.360 --> 11:53.840 when relief and rehabilitation move inefficiently 11:53.840 --> 11:57.680 after disaster, it's a people to people program and operation, 11:57.680 --> 12:01.240 not a disembodied machine that works by flicking a switch. 12:01.240 --> 12:03.800 Today, the Red Cross needs not just your donation, 12:03.800 --> 12:06.040 but you as an active member. 12:06.040 --> 12:08.480 Take your contribution to your local chapter. 12:08.480 --> 12:11.280 And while you're there, join so you can serve. 12:11.280 --> 12:14.920 30 million new members are needed now. 12:14.920 --> 12:17.520 And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, 12:17.520 --> 12:20.960 Tom Brown and Eve McVeigh, starring in tonight's 12:20.960 --> 12:26.000 production, Going, Going, Gone, a tale well calculated 12:26.000 --> 12:28.080 to keep you in suspense. 12:42.720 --> 12:44.200 Why? 12:44.200 --> 12:46.840 What's wrong with him? 12:46.840 --> 12:47.800 Make him get up. 12:47.800 --> 12:49.160 The door. 12:49.160 --> 12:50.080 The door. 12:50.080 --> 12:51.240 Yes. 12:51.240 --> 12:53.400 Oh, yes. 12:53.400 --> 12:54.960 What happened? 12:54.960 --> 12:56.000 Are you hurt? 12:56.000 --> 12:57.920 I don't know. 12:57.920 --> 12:59.000 Been close to me. 13:02.000 --> 13:03.440 I've got to tell you. 13:03.440 --> 13:04.800 You've got to do something. 13:04.800 --> 13:06.560 No, no time, no time. 13:06.560 --> 13:10.000 They caught me as I was coming back up here. 13:10.000 --> 13:11.240 They'll get you too. 13:11.240 --> 13:12.040 Who? 13:12.040 --> 13:12.920 Who? 13:12.920 --> 13:14.440 I don't get it. 13:14.440 --> 13:17.200 They are waiting outside. 13:17.200 --> 13:19.640 Later in the night, they will come. 13:19.640 --> 13:20.800 The killers. 13:20.800 --> 13:22.520 The killers? 13:22.520 --> 13:23.640 Who are they? 13:23.640 --> 13:24.960 The jewels. 13:24.960 --> 13:25.920 Where are they? 13:25.920 --> 13:26.400 In the trunk. 13:26.400 --> 13:27.680 We put them in the bedroom. 13:27.680 --> 13:29.640 We can't let him die there. 13:29.640 --> 13:32.320 Call the police, Wally, and doctor or something. 13:32.320 --> 13:33.760 Save yourselves. 13:33.760 --> 13:35.040 Get out of this house. 13:39.920 --> 13:42.520 Wally? 13:42.520 --> 13:45.560 I guess so. 13:45.560 --> 13:47.280 Oh, I'm scared, Wally. 13:47.280 --> 13:48.480 What are we going to do? 13:48.480 --> 13:51.040 Well, now, now, now, take it easy, honey. 13:51.040 --> 13:53.480 Nobody's going to hurt you. 13:53.480 --> 13:55.200 Hello. 13:55.200 --> 13:57.120 Hello. 13:57.120 --> 13:57.600 Hello. 13:57.600 --> 13:58.640 Hello, for Pete's sake. 13:58.640 --> 13:59.480 What's the matter? 13:59.480 --> 14:00.920 Oh, that. 14:00.920 --> 14:03.240 She left her phone off the hook just for a spike. 14:03.240 --> 14:04.200 She's left it off. 14:04.200 --> 14:06.120 Oh. 14:06.120 --> 14:07.720 Well, I've got to think now. 14:07.720 --> 14:09.440 Couldn't I scream out the window for help? 14:09.440 --> 14:10.400 Oh, sure. 14:10.400 --> 14:11.320 Sure, they're waiting out there. 14:11.320 --> 14:12.680 You get killed just like him. 14:12.680 --> 14:13.960 Oh, no. 14:13.960 --> 14:15.720 Got to think. 14:15.720 --> 14:16.840 Wait a minute. 14:16.840 --> 14:18.160 Put out the light, honey. 14:18.160 --> 14:20.200 I'm going to peek out. 14:20.200 --> 14:22.240 You stay behind the curtain, Wally. 14:22.240 --> 14:23.400 Don't let him see you. 14:27.000 --> 14:28.400 It was getting misty. 14:28.400 --> 14:29.800 I couldn't see the end of the street, 14:29.800 --> 14:31.680 but near the lamppost a couple of houses down, 14:31.680 --> 14:34.680 I saw a black car, begging along. 14:34.680 --> 14:37.040 In our street, there's only two houses, mine 14:37.040 --> 14:39.000 and a neighbor who wasn't home. 14:39.000 --> 14:41.360 I'd never seen that car before. 14:41.360 --> 14:42.560 I thought of what was in the trunk 14:42.560 --> 14:46.800 and what was lying right outside of the front door. 14:46.800 --> 14:49.260 Man doesn't like to show it, but as I looked out, 14:49.260 --> 14:51.880 I was scared. 14:51.880 --> 14:53.400 Can you see them? 14:53.400 --> 14:54.280 No. 14:54.280 --> 14:55.720 But there's a car down there. 14:55.720 --> 14:56.640 It must be in it. 14:56.640 --> 14:57.540 Come away. 14:57.540 --> 14:59.080 No, no, wait a minute. 14:59.080 --> 15:00.000 What? 15:00.000 --> 15:00.920 Stay back. 15:00.920 --> 15:11.440 There's lights coming around the corner. 15:11.440 --> 15:12.160 Slowing down. 15:15.320 --> 15:16.440 It's Mr. Fling. 15:16.440 --> 15:17.560 Mr. Fling? 15:17.560 --> 15:18.600 He won't do any good. 15:18.600 --> 15:20.480 He always comes home drunk on Sundays. 15:20.480 --> 15:21.280 Hold on. 15:21.280 --> 15:23.200 I'm going to open the window and yell anyway. 15:23.200 --> 15:24.520 Now, you get down on the floor. 15:24.520 --> 15:25.440 They may start shooting. 15:25.440 --> 15:27.200 Oh, Wally. 15:27.200 --> 15:28.640 Mr. Fling. 15:28.640 --> 15:29.540 Hey. 15:29.540 --> 15:31.200 Mr. Fling. 15:31.200 --> 15:32.120 Mr. Fling. 15:32.120 --> 15:33.020 Why? 15:33.020 --> 15:35.000 Why don't you shut up? 15:35.000 --> 15:35.900 No, no. 15:35.900 --> 15:37.640 Mr. Fling. 15:37.640 --> 15:40.080 It's Pindell, Wally Pindell. 15:40.080 --> 15:41.000 Oh, yeah. 15:41.000 --> 15:41.880 Yeah, hi. 15:41.880 --> 15:44.120 We're in trouble, Mr. Fling. 15:44.120 --> 15:46.000 You've got to call the police. 15:46.000 --> 15:47.520 Tell them to get over here and hurry. 15:47.520 --> 15:48.420 Oh, sure. 15:48.420 --> 15:49.320 OK. 15:49.320 --> 15:50.240 And you get in your house quick. 15:50.240 --> 15:51.320 You're in danger too. 15:51.320 --> 15:52.220 Yeah, yeah. 15:52.220 --> 15:53.120 OK. 15:53.120 --> 15:55.040 Thank you, Mr. Fling. 15:55.040 --> 15:56.920 Oh, he must be sober tonight. 15:56.920 --> 15:57.800 He's going to do it. 15:57.800 --> 15:58.680 Oh, gee. 15:58.680 --> 16:01.000 I bet the police can just get here in time. 16:01.000 --> 16:02.240 You know, it's funny. 16:02.240 --> 16:04.520 They didn't try anything. 16:04.520 --> 16:06.960 What are we going to do with him? 16:06.960 --> 16:08.440 Mr. Minch? 16:08.440 --> 16:09.920 I don't know. 16:09.920 --> 16:11.520 Better put him in the bedroom, I guess. 16:11.520 --> 16:12.520 On our bed? 16:12.520 --> 16:13.760 Oh, honey. 16:13.760 --> 16:15.880 He's dead, poor guy. 16:15.880 --> 16:17.400 You stay here. I'll carry him in. 16:17.400 --> 16:18.300 All right. 16:18.300 --> 16:26.280 I carried him into the bedroom and laid him down. 16:26.280 --> 16:27.920 I've never touched a dead man before. 16:27.920 --> 16:30.480 And I'd always thought they'd be cold. 16:30.480 --> 16:31.400 He wasn't. 16:31.400 --> 16:32.760 Not yet. 16:32.760 --> 16:35.000 And the doorbell rang. 16:35.000 --> 16:35.920 It's them. 16:35.920 --> 16:36.820 Shh. 16:36.820 --> 16:37.720 Stay with me. 16:37.720 --> 16:38.620 Shh. 16:38.620 --> 16:39.520 Shh. 16:39.520 --> 16:40.420 Shh. 16:40.420 --> 16:41.320 Shh. 16:41.320 --> 16:42.220 Shh. 16:42.220 --> 16:43.120 Shh. 16:43.120 --> 16:44.920 Uh, yeah? 16:44.920 --> 16:45.820 Hi. 16:45.820 --> 16:47.000 Hi, pal. 16:47.000 --> 16:48.240 Oh, Mr. Fling. 16:48.240 --> 16:49.600 Anybody with you? 16:49.600 --> 16:50.920 Oh, what do you got? 16:50.920 --> 16:51.820 Huh? 16:51.820 --> 16:52.720 A party? 16:52.720 --> 16:54.680 Hey, you want, I should get a drink? 16:54.680 --> 16:55.580 Oh, no. 16:55.580 --> 16:56.480 No, no. 16:56.480 --> 16:57.380 Come on in. 16:57.380 --> 16:58.280 Oh, push, don't. 16:58.280 --> 16:59.180 Oh, push. 16:59.180 --> 17:01.280 I told you to call the police. 17:01.280 --> 17:02.080 The police? 17:02.080 --> 17:03.200 Yes. 17:03.200 --> 17:06.560 I thought you said, come on up and have a drink. 17:06.560 --> 17:08.280 What's the matter? 17:08.280 --> 17:09.680 Somebody dead? 17:09.680 --> 17:10.580 Jan. 17:10.580 --> 17:11.480 Jan. 17:11.480 --> 17:12.880 Go make some coffee. 17:12.880 --> 17:13.680 Oh, honey. 17:13.680 --> 17:14.580 Go make coffee. 17:14.580 --> 17:16.680 Something, anything. 17:16.680 --> 17:17.720 Now, look. 17:17.720 --> 17:19.720 Are you sober enough to listen? 17:19.720 --> 17:21.080 Wait a minute. Who's sober? 17:21.080 --> 17:22.640 For the, look, look. 17:22.640 --> 17:24.680 We've got to get the police. 17:24.680 --> 17:25.480 Why, I got to go? 17:25.480 --> 17:26.280 A raid, huh? 17:26.280 --> 17:27.680 Let me out. I got to get out of here. 17:27.680 --> 17:28.080 Now, look. 17:28.080 --> 17:30.640 Some men are outside there trying to kill us all. 17:30.640 --> 17:31.960 They've already killed one man. 17:31.960 --> 17:33.520 Oh, yeah. 17:33.520 --> 17:34.520 Who, who? 17:34.520 --> 17:36.200 Oh, it doesn't matter. 17:36.200 --> 17:37.680 Look, we can't use our phone. 17:37.680 --> 17:39.280 We've got to get to another one. 17:39.280 --> 17:40.160 Oh, no, no. 17:40.160 --> 17:42.400 Nine no days wild parties. 17:42.400 --> 17:46.320 You get on my phone and you call some dame in Paris. 17:46.320 --> 17:48.480 Oh, if you weren't drunk, I'd put. 17:48.480 --> 17:49.200 No, no. 17:49.200 --> 17:49.680 Come on. 17:49.680 --> 17:50.080 Hey, hey. 17:50.080 --> 17:50.480 Come on. 17:50.480 --> 17:51.080 Hey, that hurt. 17:51.080 --> 17:52.000 That, that hurt. 17:52.000 --> 17:52.680 Hey, hey. 17:52.680 --> 17:53.080 No. 17:53.080 --> 17:53.680 Jan. 17:53.680 --> 17:54.480 What? 17:54.480 --> 17:55.200 What, Wally? 17:55.200 --> 17:55.680 What? 17:55.680 --> 17:57.520 Oh, he's no help. 17:57.520 --> 17:58.560 I'm going to make a run for it. 17:58.560 --> 17:59.640 But you can't go outside. 17:59.640 --> 18:00.440 They'll shoot him. 18:00.440 --> 18:01.760 Now, look, we're not going to stay here. 18:01.760 --> 18:03.400 Hey, hey, where's that drink? 18:03.400 --> 18:04.440 Wait a minute. 18:04.440 --> 18:05.760 I'm going to take a look out the window again. 18:05.760 --> 18:06.720 OK. 18:06.720 --> 18:08.240 OK, I'm going to bed. 18:08.240 --> 18:09.960 The car's still there. 18:09.960 --> 18:11.400 I can't see if anyone's in it. 18:11.400 --> 18:13.400 Oh, good evening, sir. 18:13.400 --> 18:15.440 No, no, don't get up. 18:15.440 --> 18:16.600 Got to take the chance. 18:16.600 --> 18:17.840 Where are you going? 18:17.840 --> 18:19.600 There's no good trying to get to Flings House. 18:19.600 --> 18:20.760 They'd see us. 18:20.760 --> 18:21.880 Try the back way. 18:21.880 --> 18:23.400 Now, if I can get to the garage, 18:23.400 --> 18:25.560 I might be able to make it to the police in the car. 18:25.560 --> 18:26.880 What about him? 18:26.880 --> 18:28.680 I don't want to stay here alone with him. 18:28.680 --> 18:30.640 OK, OK, come with me. 18:37.240 --> 18:39.080 We went out the back door. 18:39.080 --> 18:41.680 Everything was quiet, even quieter than usual 18:41.680 --> 18:43.120 because of the fog. 18:43.120 --> 18:44.840 I knew that we couldn't be seen from the street, 18:44.840 --> 18:47.160 and if we were quiet, maybe. 18:47.160 --> 18:49.640 Ah! 18:49.640 --> 18:52.120 It's all right. 18:52.120 --> 18:55.200 Oh, Wally, he must have heard the noise. 18:55.200 --> 18:56.200 What if they... 18:56.200 --> 18:57.880 Now, look, when we drive out of the garage, 18:57.880 --> 18:59.080 you duck down. 18:59.080 --> 19:02.520 If they try to stop us, well, I'll run them down. 19:02.520 --> 19:04.200 I'll get in. 19:04.200 --> 19:06.200 Go on. 19:06.200 --> 19:07.200 Yeah. 19:07.200 --> 19:09.200 Oh, it's so loud. 19:09.200 --> 19:10.200 Shh. 19:10.200 --> 19:12.200 Oh, my gosh. 19:12.200 --> 19:13.200 Oh. 19:13.200 --> 19:14.200 Ah! 19:14.200 --> 19:15.200 It's all right. 19:15.200 --> 19:16.200 It's all right. 19:16.200 --> 19:17.200 It's only a backfire. 19:17.200 --> 19:18.200 Hold on. 19:18.200 --> 19:32.760 I'll get your guns out, boys. 19:32.760 --> 19:33.760 Mr. Pendell, where's the black car? 19:33.760 --> 19:34.760 Quiet, sir. 19:34.760 --> 19:35.760 It was right over there, across the street. 19:35.760 --> 19:36.760 God. 19:36.760 --> 19:37.760 Hey, maybe they... 19:37.760 --> 19:40.760 Jan, you stay here. 19:40.760 --> 19:42.960 Looks bad. 19:42.960 --> 19:43.960 Door's open. 19:43.960 --> 19:44.960 You wait, Mr. Pendell. 19:44.960 --> 19:45.960 We'll go on first. 19:45.960 --> 19:46.960 You two guys watch the back. 19:46.960 --> 19:47.960 OK, Sarge. 19:47.960 --> 19:48.960 I'll go on. 19:48.960 --> 19:49.960 Yeah. 19:49.960 --> 19:50.960 This the body? 19:50.960 --> 19:51.960 No. 19:51.960 --> 19:52.960 That's Mr. Fling. 19:52.960 --> 19:53.960 Where's Mr. Munchy? 19:53.960 --> 19:54.960 He's gone. 19:54.960 --> 19:55.960 They took him away. 19:55.960 --> 19:56.960 But the trunk's here. 19:56.960 --> 19:57.960 Look. 19:57.960 --> 19:58.960 Yeah. 19:58.960 --> 19:59.960 The jewels. 19:59.960 --> 20:00.960 They're not here. 20:00.960 --> 20:01.960 Mr. Munchy, he was here. 20:01.960 --> 20:02.960 Oh, listen, don't look at me like that. 20:02.960 --> 20:03.960 I'm not a man. 20:03.960 --> 20:04.960 I'm a man. 20:04.960 --> 20:05.960 I'm a man. 20:05.960 --> 20:06.960 I'm a man. 20:06.960 --> 20:07.960 I'm a man. 20:07.960 --> 20:08.960 I'm a man. 20:08.960 --> 20:09.960 I'm a man. 20:09.960 --> 20:10.960 I'm a man. 20:10.960 --> 20:11.960 I'm a man. 20:11.960 --> 20:12.960 I'm a man. 20:12.960 --> 20:13.960 I'm a man. 20:13.960 --> 20:14.960 I'm a man. 20:14.960 --> 20:15.960 I'm a man. 20:15.960 --> 20:16.960 I'm a man. 20:16.960 --> 20:18.480 Don't look at me like that. 20:18.480 --> 20:21.960 I tell you, there was a trunk full of jewels, and Mr. Munchy, he was... 20:21.960 --> 20:22.960 Oh, Jan! 20:22.960 --> 20:25.960 Jan, Jan, come on in and tell him. 20:25.960 --> 20:26.960 Jan! 20:26.960 --> 20:37.960 I was about at... 20:37.960 --> 20:38.960 Same trunk was there, empty. 20:38.960 --> 20:43.280 There was a mark on the bed, and the dead body was gone. 20:43.280 --> 20:49.000 We managed to wake up Mr. Fling, but he couldn't remember anything except that he wanted a drink. 20:49.000 --> 20:53.200 Place were pretty mad, but I guess Jan convinced them that we hadn't been kidding. 20:53.200 --> 20:56.400 Anyway, we gave him coffee, and that was that. 20:56.400 --> 21:01.140 There was much more to it, except that about two months later, Jan and I were having breakfast 21:01.140 --> 21:03.640 on Saturday when the mail came. 21:03.640 --> 21:09.040 Honey, do we know anybody in Mexico? 21:09.040 --> 21:11.040 I don't think so. 21:11.040 --> 21:12.040 More coffee? 21:12.040 --> 21:13.040 Yeah, yeah. 21:13.040 --> 21:14.040 It's from Mexico. 21:14.040 --> 21:17.040 I know, dear, you said so. 21:17.040 --> 21:18.040 Bester and Mrs. Wallace-Pindell. 21:18.040 --> 21:19.040 Who's it from, dear? 21:19.040 --> 21:26.160 Hey, Jan, there's some money in it. 21:26.160 --> 21:27.160 Two $100 bills. 21:27.160 --> 21:28.160 Well, let me see. 21:28.160 --> 21:31.160 What does the letter say? 21:31.160 --> 21:38.160 Dear folks, I'm sorry for the inconvenience I caused you, but it was my trunk and my jewels, 21:38.160 --> 21:39.920 and I had to get it back. 21:39.920 --> 21:43.780 So I know you'll excuse the little trick I played on you. 21:43.780 --> 21:49.320 Just before my disappearance, I put all our jewelry in the trunk and by letter ordered 21:49.320 --> 21:52.320 the sealed trunk to be sold at auction. 21:52.320 --> 21:57.520 But I got caught in the traffic and you got it away from me and closed as a token of my 21:57.520 --> 21:58.520 appreciation. 21:58.520 --> 22:04.600 Sincerely, Dexter Joslyn, alias Anatole Minchie. 22:04.600 --> 22:05.880 Minchie? 22:05.880 --> 22:07.320 We better call the police. 22:07.320 --> 22:08.320 Why? 22:08.320 --> 22:09.320 All those jewels. 22:09.320 --> 22:10.320 He says right here they're his. 22:10.320 --> 22:11.320 Well, I know. 22:11.320 --> 22:23.080 Now, let's just forget the whole thing, pretend it never happened. 22:23.080 --> 22:25.840 But every once in a while, we are reminded of it. 22:25.840 --> 22:29.320 There's a diamond ring about as big as a half dollar. 22:29.320 --> 22:33.160 I put it in my pocket after I cut the glass out of our window. 22:33.160 --> 22:35.160 Jan used to wear it to parties. 22:35.160 --> 22:36.800 Hardly more. 22:36.800 --> 22:56.720 She thinks it looks too much like a fake. 22:56.720 --> 23:02.000 Suspense in which Tom Brown and Eve McVeigh starred in tonight's transcribed presentation 23:02.000 --> 23:05.360 of Going, Going, Gone. 23:05.360 --> 23:14.200 Be sure to listen next week to Suspense. 23:14.200 --> 23:38.320 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.