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it's time for today's episode of Pursuit. And there were several lost episodes between
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last week's showing this one. This one was the first program of nineteen fifty
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from January sixth, nineteen fifty. Here is the Tall Man, purshoots and
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a criminal strikes and fades quickly back into the shadows of his dark world.
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And then the Man from Scotland Yard, The Relentless Dangerous Pursuits, quen Man,
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Huntsman, The Nice Story, The Tall Man, A brief message from
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the Board Dealers of America, Park Dan, the Allway Construction engineer and builder
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is one of more than one hundred and ten thousand owners of new nineteen fifty
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boards. He says, when I build, I like to start with a
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solid foundation. So when I first looked at the fifty Ford, I got
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right down under and examined its frame. One luck told me that this wasn't
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the frame you usually see under a low price car. It was quality,
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sturdy steel, worthy of America's finest cars. And the heavy gate steel of
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the Lifeguard body told me the same quality story. But it was driving the
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fifty Ford that convinced me. That tire of the owning one. It's a
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fine car, feel and show makes me glad I picked a Ford. Yes,
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we board dealers of America don't want you to take anyone's word for this
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new nineteen fifty four. You can't know how good it is until you test
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drive it yourself. Any Ford dealer will be delighted to let you test drive
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the fifty four. If you don't know his name, just look it up
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in the classified section of the phone book. Test drive it for power,
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for safety, for the quietness, which is its market quality. Yes,
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before you buy any car at any price, test drive the fifty four.
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It will open your eyes to how good a low price car can be.
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Now, with Ted n Cossia's starred as the famous Inspector Peter Blackham's backland yard,
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we bring you tonight's story of violence and murder pursuits of the tall Man.
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Oh good you mean whether I do hope you'll wind? Is katy on
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several long oh persa at the back of the shower, Thank you, mom
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b to say, yeah, yeah, that's all right, that's going good
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anything, Oh, Inspector black I didn't realize the importance of the case.
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It's nice to see you. Any chance. The bullet pilicates the left side
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of the body, no point of exit. Here's the left love internal hundreds
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at plenty talk. I don't think it'll make any difference. Now you can
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cry in case. I'm Inspector black I'm sorry, but I must ask you
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some questions. Do you know who shut you now? Can you tell me
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what you looked like? She was big? Dark? Do you mean a
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tongue? Yes, hatty us customer pulled out, Yes, yes, I
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know, Hey, okay to reach the hi to be seized? Um finished,
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bad luck mating you want the bullet? Yes to send it ballistics if
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you will, and thank you doctor details yes starting Fisher, any inspector.
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Oh hello Fisher, you're a lead Mubbitt. Go home and enjoy yourself.
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Thank you, sir. Come up with anything at Fisher not much so at
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least we shan't have to look far for emotive and these broken curry cases,
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you know, ser, this or gets into a definite pattern. Oh,
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two nights ago a jewelry firm Macintoch Limited was held up and rub and yesterday
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and Greenwich at Huxton House. Also at gory Burn it happened again. Was
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there a description of the men but both mister mcindosh and mister Duxton it's god
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the man as tall and wearing dark clothes. Then it appears that we're looking
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for the same men in all three instances. As a potho were no prince
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nosa, no more than here. Well, I don't think there's anything more
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you doing here on the premises, No, sir. I posted a constable
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outside, but they're not so good. It's in in your repoti soon as
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you can. So I knew I should have won my garages. How I
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think it's giving up for a bit. Come on for mind the battle.
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Thank you they please, Yes, sir, we knew we were looking for
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a tall man in dark clothes. Our witnesses had a greatpence. Now we
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wanted a comprehensive record of every criminal who specialized in your in particular those who
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stood over seventy two inches a night. We wanted the name, history and
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picture of every man in our files who answer to those qualifications. From that
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point, the pursuit of the tall man would progress accordingly. Pert, good
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even, thank you at your report. Yes, yes, Chrishner, we're
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up against an experts then one man, no doubt about, at least as
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far as the actual deed is concerned. Witnesses descriptions, even the man's methods.
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Hey, here's the breakdownswer twenty two men of the general description meet our
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requirements. These thirteen vent penal servitude at the moment, two awaiting trial at
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Brixton. End of the remaining seven four unknown dead ent here are the other
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three. Let me see and Jack Peeter sertainly foreigns requatics, un usual rectory.
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I'll see of them exactly. I think that's about it, sir.
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It's a matter of identification. Now, may I usual telecomone? Good,
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thank you, back here, would you not, if I'm mister mcintash and
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mister Huckston, that i'd like to see them in my office at nine o'clock
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tomorrow morning. A routine identification, that's all. Oh, yes, how
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do you do, mister Saxton? How do you do? Mister Huckston?
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Have you met mister McIntosh? No, I have not had How do you
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do? Of course we are before, well have away? Your face is
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familiar. Well, perhaps at the market, possibly so pustle crystal. Yes,
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gentlemen, before I asked you to look at these photographs, I want
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to ask a question. It is our belief that the person who rapped your
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shops so thoroughly acquainted with the merchandise who had him stock. Now all of
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you saw him, of course, at the time of the robbery, But
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do any of you recall see him prior to that? Well, gentlemen,
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well, I have my regular salesman, the customers inspector, and of course
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my top in tray. But I can't remember anyone who's a considerable amount of
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time in the shops. And Humiss Jackson. We know. I'm afraid I
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can't help you there. I will certainly remember him, I see, would
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you both step over here. Please attagin Marty, would you turn out the
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lines now? Gentlemen, I shall run these photographs through this lantern sign.
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We believe there is a possibility that one of these men is the man who
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rapped your shops and killed mister Jason. Now, then if you see anyone
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recognizable stuff and here's the first I help all right, what about this man?
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Leave? Yes, mister magniz. Have you have you got a spite
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few of the swamps and spike? Look, yes, mister Macintosh, I
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have put it in my There you are, mister macintarsh front. Have you
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seen this man before? I'm sure that's someone who make stadst and why I
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yes, I think the man's mouth it's incredible. I figure up. Why
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do you look at me like that? Or I mean, no offenserver,
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but the resemblance between you and the man I pick out, he's incredible,
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even your size. Look here are you in senior even now? Gentlemen,
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I'm sure mister McIntosh myth don't harm. We'd hardly be likely to suspect the
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victim of a crime, now, would we? Just no offense intended?
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I am very much abliged to book. I'm sure we shan't have to take
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up any more of your valuable time. It's not my time. I'm worried
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about this. It's my good now of course god Man's came. Well,
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a good day, gentlemen. Well now, Mary, I think we're getting
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somewhere. You may miss Hoxton, Sir. I think Macintosh's identification was no
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more than the witness's confusion. You might inquire further into his background, however,
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all right, although I doubt you'll find anything we don't already know.
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Now, I believe Jack Cleever's a many Let me have that record card?
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Would you here? You are so, thanks tether. Jack Cleever first arrested
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June nineteen thirty nine connection with burglary jewel house, Sussex conviction two years Jack
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Cleaver's subsequent arrests following release of convictions Jack clear at your robberis Twin in nineteen
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forty seven, released in sufficient evidence, great many questions and a very few
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answers. There am I have had a character said? Yes, Well I
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think we guys, Martin, I think we know a man not a fine
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to me get me a car? Would you want to pursuits with ten to
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Costia star as Inspector Peter Black of Scotland Yard continues in just a moment,
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but first a brief message from the Ford Dealers of America. More than one
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hundred and ten thousand happy owners of the new nineteen fifty port will tell you
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that it's just common sense to test drive the fifty fort before you buy any
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car. Ten minutes will convince you that the fifty four tops them all.
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That's why your Ford dealer wants you to test drive the quiet new V eight
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engine. It's the tight hu's in America's most expensive cars. He wants you
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to test drive the magic action of the King size breaks, which are thirty
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five percent easier to apply. He wants you to test drive it for the
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feeling of security of its lifeguard body and the comfort and spaciousness of its midship
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ride. He wants you to test drive it for the Ford field, which
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is a revelation of driving ease and player. If you don't know your fourty
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dealer personally, you'll find his name in your classified phone book. Even a
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ten minute test driver the fifty four will open your eyes. You'll discover there
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is one fine car in the low price field, and only one. The
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fifty Ford and now back to Tonight's story Pursuits of the tall Man. A
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man engaged in crime is usually consistent in his actions, even perform the same
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crime in the same manner again and again. And in pursuing the criminal,
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the assumption of this factor is to hunt his basis of operations. So,
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on a rainy afternoon in London, the last words of a dying man described
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his killer. They describe a million men living in medic Trabollt in London.
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They describe five hundred with criminal records. They describe twenty two men who could
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have committed the murder, and in the end they describe only one man one
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certain suspects. Good morning, Jerry. You're ropping the dog, Jerie,
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ain't you? I'm inspected by starving young Oh what's that? Now? I'm
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here to question a man named Jacks people, madam, which one does he
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occupy? Please the big fellow, ye angel peer more than a year now?
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He always hide his lodgings on time, Not like that, judge.
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It according address. Now do you know as she can be reached? Let
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anybody knows where to reach Leggie. She's making a fight in mind for herself
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around the corner of the eye. Eye steer. Yeh, she calls herself
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a dancer. That's between you and me. I don't think her audience care
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as much what he does with our feet. You know what I'm mean?
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I understand you to mean good morning? Oh what a sec I'm not time
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yet, I'm inspected black scoff and Johnny, I'm coming from home please,
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So so you are Letty clever? What are this sister? Do Jack clever?
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And what of that? We wish to question your brother in connection with
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a series of robberies? No good you're asking me about yet it will be
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easier for him if you tell us where we can try to Should I tell
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you anything? Well, all you've ever done is down and until he had
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believe the country. You want to know where he is? Or right,
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I'll tell you where he is, dear l, tell you sit that's where
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he is, passed his life out there are two months ago you and Darry
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Rock Britain sort of that he's dead. I'm sorry, miss, I'm sorry.
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And the cable was sent to Paris and the French officials of the Surete
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confirmed the information Jack Paper was dead. So somewhere in our pursuit, there
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had been a side turning that we had missed. The next morning we started
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the tedious process of retracing our paths. It was Sergeant Moffatt, searching through
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the files and papers of the deceased, who came across the detail which had
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been overlooked. Two weeks before his murder, Jason had discharged a clock named
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King King. As Marbat put it, it had occurred to him that this
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detail might send some light. As it turned out, it did. I
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want to question me, boy, I've never done a dishonesty in my life,
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asked him. I'm sure of that, mister kinkidjelp me, sir.
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How long had you worked in Jesus Jewishop before you were this charge? Better
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than four years? It was my discharged two weeks ago came as a great
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shock. I must say. Yes. During the last few months, did
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you notice any persons other than regular customers who frequented the shop? Well,
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I know, sir, that is excepting his wife. And I suppose she
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had good reason. What do you mean by that? Well, I hesitate
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to mention it, but poor missus Jason, she had good reason to keep
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an eye on him. Another lady mister Kinkin, well in a manner of
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speaking a woman? What did she look like? Go? I'm not in
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the habit of looking at strange women, Inspector Black. I'm a happily married
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man. Ah. She was pretty and blonde, quite tall, well formed,
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you might say, would you not if you saw her again? I
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should smile. Do you know I name? No, sir, I don't
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to the best of your knowledge. Did missus Jason's wife ever see her husband
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in the company of this lady? I should hardly like to say so,
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but I wouldn't be surprised. Thank you. You've been very helpful. I
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always told my wife. I don't know what you can understand, but it's
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not pleasant. We need to admit to be till this change is that my
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husband was involved with another woman. As I said before, Missus Jason.
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As unpleasant as this must be for you, there are questions that must be
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answered if we are to find your I don't know when it started, perhaps
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two or three months ago. He changed myles. Was never a very good
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liar. Perhaps it was my fault. I think I've forgotten how to be
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attractive to him. I'm not young. I suppose he saw in her what
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if once saw in me? I'm sorry, you know, I once saw
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them together, and she was quite attractive. Her hair was blonde, not
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like not died. She wasn't a chowdy, middle aged woman who you will.
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Don't have to tell me any more, missus Jason. And if there's
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anything I can do, you should can't. There are times in pursuit when
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the residue of violence is even more tragic than the violence. It is at
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this point in pursuan and I find that I neither respect myself nor find satisfaction
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in my job. I am aware, Inspector, that you did not ask
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me here to speak of frivolities. As a matter of fact, in a
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way I did have you. In the week's previous to the robbery, met
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a blonde woman, rather tall, and I gat a quite striking look here,
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though then you did. I consider that extremely impultimate question, can you
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give me her name, mister Macintosh? I see no recent This is officials.
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I must insist very well. Sylvia, Sylvia Pembleton. She'd come into
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my shop at tea time. What supper that hit meant nothing? I stopped
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seeing her when I saw her with him with whom sa the follow in Latin
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EU office Axton. I lost the one, I said to myself, and
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I saw she had another string. That was no hope for an old blotter
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like myself. So that was the last I saw of her. Do you
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still have her address? A Liberty? Well? Possibly mister Huckston had better
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for you. Just caught me in time, Inspector. I was about to
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close up. I shall be very brief, sir. Do you know a
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lady who calls herself Sylvia Pemberton? I'm afraid not should I blonde? Rather
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tall, attractive, my dear fellow. That's a description could put any number
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of my estimates. She would not be a customer, Miss Saxon. Now
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what are you driving at? I'm a married man. I am aware of
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that, sir, but I haven't promoted idea of what you're talking about.
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I must remind you that endured mister Mackintosh's statement in my office. So you
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mean a resemblance between I see you follow me? I could ask you to
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come along with me. There is a girl Rita went with Now I met
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her some three months ago that you pictured her. But Rita, that is
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what mister Macintosh thought about Sylvia. Pemberton or Rita went with? Oh,
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kaya can't believe this? You you you mean the trees? A man's a
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companess, possibly Miss Hudston, quite possibly. And now perhaps you'll be good
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enough to tell me where I can find you. This went give she's a
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dancer and it's good. The icis sciens si, I know how it is?
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Man? Are you yes? Yes, of course? Please be good?
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Thank you? Oh I, Muffett, would you be good enough to
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see that mister Macintosh meets mister Huxton myself at the stage jar of the Isis
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Theater about eight o'clock, good man, oh I Muffett here if you think
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that, bring mind looges? Will you thank you? Mouse? Oh?
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Thank you? Mama? This very gentlemen. There you are, mister Magnutish,
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can you identify her? I? That's how all right? That's Sylvia,
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mister Huxton, you know her as Rita Wentworth. He is I've been
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up, bloody fool and spier. I only offer stuck too late for me
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to a couple of mids. I imagine you will, sir. It's unfortunate,
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however, that it's too late for mister Jason to recover his life now
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gentlemen, I think we might as well wait for the lady in her dressing
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room. Sit down. It may be a few wants. Mister Hackston,
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I'd rather stand than your life money. Have a look around. Here's her
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look here find something money? I think so good? Show my see what
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else were you began? Mister Magantish? Have you ever seen these before?
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Oh? I'm not sure. The overfelt seems to be the weight he was
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with a pole and the hat it was black, Yes, sir, it
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might be the one that he and you, mister Huxton. Is this curtain
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hat familiar? Well, I don't know. Well, during the robbery,
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I was so upset I didn't notice what what about these? Sir? And
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so that's it. Well, gentlemen, I think we've found our man,
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or should I say woman over? Yes? Woman. These issues, gentlemen,
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are the enterical rips, not the heels, and bil was up inside.
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They would increase one's had some for inches. Now I want you to
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picture Letty alias Sylvia Penderton alias Rigel Went. We have dressed in the clos
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you identified wearing these lips by skip Volve of course. Cleefer Wie that's the
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name of the man we identified in your office. He's sister exactly, Letty
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Clever, she's our tall man. Yes, Miss let me Clever, I
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am placing you under arrest for the murder of mister Miles Jason, and I
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must warn you that anything you may say will be taken down and given in
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evidence. The criminal is like the animal. His reaction to capture maybe fury
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or sickness or docility. Miss Letting Clever was docile pursuit, and the pursuit
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is in Welcome Back. This would be the last episode where the naming scheme
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was not in effect that after this every episode would include the title pursuit either
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in or of except for a couple during the summer replacement series, because I
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think that does add something to it in terms of the rhythm. In terms
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of the missing episodes, the one, there were a total of eight or
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seven missing episodes, the Double Faced Killer, the Veiled Hat, the Tears
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Tears of Siva pattern for homicide, Death is a memory, Murder is the
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Cargo, and the five Pound Killer. So it missed quite a few,
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and we only have the twenty twenty nine that we're done with Ted Decrcia in
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the role. We actually only have four, so all right, Well,
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that will actually do it for today. We'll be back tomorrow with Pat Novak
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for Hire, and then join us back here on Monday for another episode of
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Pursuit. In the meantime, sender comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot
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