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Richard Diamond, Private Detective - "The Eddie Burke Case" (1952) · Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: On February 8th, 1952, ABC brought Dick Powell back as
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  Speaker 1: Richard Diamond, private detective, in episode 121, The Eddie Burke Case.
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  Speaker 1: A stranger named Eddie Burke arrives demanding a package Diamond
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  Speaker 1: says he has never received, then connects it with Nancy
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  Speaker 1: Casey and.
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  Speaker 2: A $ 1, 000 payment.
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  Speaker 1: Diamond turns to Lieutenant Walt Levinson as the trail reaches
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  Speaker 1: into Burke's underworld past and an unsolved counterfeiting operation. The
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  Speaker 1: cast includes Virginia Gregg, Alan Reed, and William Conrad. Richard
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  Speaker 1: Carr wrote the script, with Jaime Del Valle directing. Now,
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  Speaker 1: back to the golden age of radio.
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  Speaker 3: The makers of Camel Cigarettes present Dick Powell as Richard Diamond,
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  Speaker 3: private detective.
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  Speaker 4: ¶ ¶.
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  Speaker 2: How will camels get along with your throat? Listen.
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  Speaker 5: In a coast-to-coast test, hundreds of people with normal throats
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  Speaker 5: smoked only camels for 30 days.
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  Speaker 3: Noted throat specialists made weekly throat examinations of those smokers
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  Speaker 3: and reported not one single case of throat irritation due
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  Speaker 3: to smoking camels. Make your own 30-day camel test. Smoke
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  Speaker 3: only camels for the next 30 days.
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  Speaker 5: You'll see how well camels agree with your throat, pack
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  Speaker 5: after pack, week after week.
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  Speaker 3: Now we bring you another transcribed adventure with Richard Diamond,
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  Speaker 3: Private Detective, starring Dick Powell.
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  Speaker 2: Diamond Detective Agency, you spent the dime, you name the crime.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, Helen.
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  Speaker 4: Hi. Rick, what kind of a slogan is that, you
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  Speaker 4: spent the dime, you name the crime?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it only applies to people calling from phone booths, dear.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I'm not calling from a phone booth.
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  Speaker 2: Then you have no right to judge the merits of
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  Speaker 2: my slogan.
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  Speaker 4: Hmm. This is logic?
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  Speaker 2: Dear, you worry about your millions and I'll worry about
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  Speaker 2: my slogans. Nova, how is your bulging little bank account
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  Speaker 2: these days?
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  Speaker 4: Healthy, which is more than I am. I have a cold.
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  Speaker 2: Why, you poor kid. Sure, I'll let you take me
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  Speaker 2: to dinner tonight. That should make you feel better.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe. But, you know, I seem to remember a past
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  Speaker 4: generation where the men took the women to dinner. I
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  Speaker 4: suppose you never heard of that arrangement.
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  Speaker 2: No, but it does sound novel. Shall we try it?
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  Speaker 4: Love to.
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  Speaker 2: Good. I have two cents in my pocket. Beat me
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  Speaker 2: in front of the corner drugstore and I'll blow you
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  Speaker 2: to a stick of gum.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, Rick.
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  Speaker 2: On second thought, we'll split a stick of gum and
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  Speaker 2: save the other penny for entertainment.
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  Speaker 4: All right. I'll take you to dinner.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if you insist. I'll meet you in your wallet
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  Speaker 2: at seven, dear. Bring your own cough drops. We'll have a.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. I do believe a living creature has wandered into
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  Speaker 2: my emporium.
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  Speaker 4: Client?
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  Speaker 2: I think I put it more elegantly, but why quibble?
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  Speaker 2: See you at seven. Bye. Bye. Diamond? That's right. I'm
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  Speaker 2: Eddie Burke. Glad to know you, Mr. Burke. Eddie Burke.
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  Speaker 2: That's me. You said that before. Well? Well, what? Diamond,
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  Speaker 2: you know why I'm here. Don't stall. Sorry, pal, but
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  Speaker 2: I can't seem to remember who you are or why
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  Speaker 2: you're here. Should I? What is this, a game? Just
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  Speaker 2: hand over the package. You've been paid. I have? Well,
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  Speaker 2: that's news to my bank account. Diamond, don't get smart
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  Speaker 2: with me. Where's the package? Now, take it easy, Burke.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get something straight. If you'd like to hire me
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  Speaker 2: and pay a hundred a day, then I'll humor you
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  Speaker 2: and pretend to know what you're talking about. I have
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  Speaker 2: loads of screwy clients. But if you expect me to
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  Speaker 2: listen to your wild talk for free, start walking. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think I like this. Well, that's tough. No, I
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  Speaker 2: don't think I like this at all.
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  Speaker 6: Well, that.
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  Speaker 4: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm not sure I like that gun either. Then
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  Speaker 2: we're even. And now no more stalling. Hand me the package.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Only first you tell me where I find it. Okay, okay,
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  Speaker 2: so you play it cozy. You plan to cash in
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  Speaker 2: on it yourself, huh? Burke, either this is someone's idea
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  Speaker 2: of a bad joke or you're a pretty mixed-up guy.
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  Speaker 2: What makes you think I should have a package that
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  Speaker 2: belongs to you? Casey got scared. Casey?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, she decided the package should be safer with a
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  Speaker 7: private cop. She says she paid you a thousand to
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  Speaker 7: keep it till I came for it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, all I can say is that Casey should never
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  Speaker 2: go near a lie detector. I never heard of her.
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  Speaker 2: Or you or your package. So put that gun back
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  Speaker 2: in your pocket and beat it, huh? You're pretty cool, Diamond. Only, Casey,
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  Speaker 2: don't lie. You opened the package. You know what it's worth. Pal,
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  Speaker 2: you're so far... Stand up.
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  Speaker 8: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Up, Diamond. Suit yourself. Diamond, I'm not gonna kill you
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  Speaker 2: unless I have to. Glad to hear it. Now, suppose you... Now,
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  Speaker 2: don't talk big.
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  Speaker 7: You'll be seeing me again real soon, only next time
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  Speaker 7: I contact you, you won't get off so easy. When
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  Speaker 7: you come to, if you're smart, You'll get that package
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  Speaker 7: and have it waiting for me.
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  Speaker 2: Now, keep your hands up.
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  Speaker 4: Hi.
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  Speaker 2: Burke, you're making a big... Oh, it isn't fun getting
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  Speaker 2: a face full of cold steel. Your eyes seem to
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  Speaker 2: fly back into your head, and by the time they
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  Speaker 2: bounce into position again, you're not seeing out of them.
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  Speaker 2: But in my business, things like this happen so often,
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  Speaker 2: I go to the blood bank once a week for
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  Speaker 2: a refill. I don't know how long I was out,
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  Speaker 2: but when I came to, I made the mistake of
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  Speaker 2: dragging myself to the wash basin and looking in the mirror. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I looked like a bad dream trying to qualify as
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  Speaker 2: a nightmare. And then I got mad. I decided I
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't wait for Eddie Burke to come and see me.
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  Speaker 2: I'd rather find him first. I put my hat on
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  Speaker 2: what was left of my head, picked up my car
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  Speaker 2: from the garage, and headed downtown to the 5th Precinct
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  Speaker 2: and Lieutenant Walt Levinson. Hi, Francie Pants. How's the... Wow.
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  Speaker 2: What happened to your kisser? That's a new disguise, Walt.
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  Speaker 2: I'm posing as a pound of hamburger. Nice work. You
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  Speaker 2: even got the ketchup. No kidding, Rick. What gives? Well,
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  Speaker 2: a guy by the name of Eddie Burke must be
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  Speaker 2: a frustrated plastic surgeon. Well, he's not frustrated anymore. What
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  Speaker 2: caused it, Rick? It beats me. Burke came in, acted
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  Speaker 2: like I should have a package that belonged to him.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe he thought you were a Chinese laundry. Very funny.
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  Speaker 2: Don't kill yourself. You crack some more like that and
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  Speaker 2: I might. Come on, let's get back to Burke. Well,
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know what package he was talking about and
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  Speaker 2: told him so. He thought I was lying and went
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  Speaker 2: to work on my face. Well, cheer up. It's an improvement.
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  Speaker 4: Hmm.
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  Speaker 2: Bless your brass buttons and head. Thank you. You're welcome. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: this was supposed to be a warning of what would
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  Speaker 2: happen next time Burke contacts me. What's he going to do,
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  Speaker 2: make weekly visits or something? Oh, no, no, nothing chummy
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  Speaker 2: like that. He just promised to look me up once
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  Speaker 2: more for the package. I see. What brings you down here?
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  Speaker 2: You come to cry on my shoulder or fill out
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  Speaker 2: an assault charge against Burke? Neither, you sympathetic soul, you.
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  Speaker 2: Just thought you might know something about this Burke guy.
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to look him up and play some more games.
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  Speaker 2: I'll bet. Well, we've had Eddie Burke down here a
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  Speaker 2: few times. I'll get his file. What's his racket? It
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  Speaker 2: was set up on a counterfeiting wrap several years ago.
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  Speaker 2: Before that, he was mixed up in about every... Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: here we are. There's his folder.
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  Speaker 8: Good.
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  Speaker 2: It's a big one, isn't it? I'm going to look
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  Speaker 2: at a list of his friends. He said a guy
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  Speaker 2: named Casey told him I had the package.
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  Speaker 4: Casey?
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  Speaker 2: Casey? Never heard of him with a girl by that name. Oh, sure.
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  Speaker 2: She's the lad with the bat. What bat? The one
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  Speaker 2: she struck out with.
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  Speaker 9: Struck out?
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  Speaker 2: What are you talking about? You remember Casey at the bat. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: but that was a man that... Oh, dear. Look at
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  Speaker 2: the file. The only name you'll find connected with Burke
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  Speaker 2: is Manny Warren. Manny Warren? Oh. When was Manny mixed
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  Speaker 2: up with Burke? On that counterfeiting rap. He couldn't prove
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  Speaker 2: anything against Manny, so we let him go. You think
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  Speaker 2: he might know where Burke is now? It's hard to say.
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  Speaker 2: Manny's been running a big garage over on 71st. The
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  Speaker 2: address there in the folder. Yeah. Well, that seems to
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  Speaker 2: be the only lead. Here. You know, that package Burke
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  Speaker 2: Lawson thinks you might have. Thought that was important, huh?
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  Speaker 2: Important enough to bash my head in. Why? I'm just thinking.
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  Speaker 2: When Eddie was picked up, we never found the plates
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  Speaker 2: he was making the phony dough from. Chances are he
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  Speaker 2: hid them. You think the plates might be in the package?
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  Speaker 2: Could be. Only I still can't figure out why this
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  Speaker 2: Casey day must say she gave them to you. Well,
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  Speaker 2: neither can I, Fatty. But I'll try and find out.
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  Speaker 2: See you later. I drove across town and located Manny
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  Speaker 2: Warren's big garage. From the looks of the place, Manny
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  Speaker 2: had come a long way from his counterfeiting days with
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  Speaker 2: Eddie Burke. There were several trucks inside, but just one man,
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  Speaker 2: a beefy-looking character pounding out a dent in one of
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  Speaker 2: the truck fenders. I walked over to him. Say, buddy.
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  Speaker 6: Hey.
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  Speaker 2: Hey.
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  Speaker 8: Huh?
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  Speaker 6: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Is the boss around?
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  Speaker 6: I want to know.
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  Speaker 2: That's a silly question. I want to know.
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  Speaker 6: Maybe. he is, maybe he ain't.
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  Speaker 2: What do you want to see him about? I'd like
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  Speaker 2: to hire a truck. My relatives are coming down for
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  Speaker 2: a sightseeing tour.
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  Speaker 4: Huh?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, skip it. Where's Manny?
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  Speaker 5: You tell me who you are, maybe I'll tell him
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  Speaker 5: you're here.
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  Speaker 2: Boss don't like to be interrupted all the time.
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  Speaker 4: Hmm.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, okay. We'll play it your way. Tell him Richard
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  Speaker 2: Diamond wants to see him. Richard Diamond? Richard Diamond? You're
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  Speaker 2: the private eye? The private black eye at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: Snap it up, huh? Okay, I'll cut it. Bill, on
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  Speaker 2: that blue car, you'd better... Ah. Hello, Manny. Well, Diamond.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't seen you around for quite some time. I
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  Speaker 2: bet you've been heart sick. Yeah. What brings you down here?
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  Speaker 2: Eddie Burke. Eddie, yeah. Okay, Bill, get back to work.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Come on in the office, Diamond. Sit down. I'm not tired.
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  Speaker 2: About Eddie. What about him? You seen him lately? Uh-uh.
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  Speaker 7: What would I want with a punk like Eddie? You
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  Speaker 7: were pals once. I'm glad you said once, Diamond. That
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  Speaker 7: was seven years ago. I run a legitimate business now.
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  Speaker 2: So it seems. You must have made plenty off that
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  Speaker 2: counterfeit money to start a place like this, Manny. Just
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  Speaker 2: watch yourself, Diamond. They proved Eddie was mixed up in
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  Speaker 2: the queer money, not me. Let's skip the small talk.
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  Speaker 2: You know of any place Eddie might be staying?
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  Speaker 7: As like I say, it's been a long time since
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  Speaker 7: I knew Eddie. He had a girl back then, though.
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  Speaker 7: Maybe he still runs around with her. Was her name
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  Speaker 7: Casey by any chance?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, that was it. Nancy Casey. She might be
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  Speaker 2: listed in the phone book. She might be. I'll take
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  Speaker 2: a look anyway. I'm sorry. That's all the help I
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  Speaker 2: can give you, Seamus. You'll look up.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, don't I? I'll drop around again sometime, though. Always
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  Speaker 2: glad to see a familiar face. I left Manny's garage
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  Speaker 2: and headed for a phone booth. In the book, I
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  Speaker 2: found a listing for a Miss Nancy Casey. The address
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  Speaker 2: turned out to be a run-down apartment building on the
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  Speaker 2: west side. But there was nothing run-down about the girl
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  Speaker 2: who answered my knock. She stood in the doorway with
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  Speaker 2: her head tilted as if to say, What can I
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  Speaker 2: do for you? Only the hard look in her eyes
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  Speaker 2: seemed to say, Don't get ideas, bud. And her mouth?
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  Speaker 2: All it said was, Well... Are you Nancy Casey? Uh-uh.
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  Speaker 10: Nancy's out.
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  Speaker 9: I'm her roommate.
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  Speaker 2: Do you expect her back soon?
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, she shouldn't be long.
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  Speaker 9: Who are you?
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  Speaker 2: Well, just a friend of hers. Mind if I come
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  Speaker 2: in and wait?
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  Speaker 10: I guess not.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thanks.
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  Speaker 10: I was just making some coffee.
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  Speaker 2: Smells good.
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  Speaker 4: Sit down.
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  Speaker 10: I'll get you a cup.
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  Speaker 2: Cream and sugar?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Tell me, do you know many of Nancy's friends?
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  Speaker 2: A few.
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  Speaker 8: Why? Why?
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  Speaker 2: Well, Nancy and I have a mutual friend. I'd like
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  Speaker 2: to get in touch with him.
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  Speaker 6: Oh.
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  Speaker 10: Here's your coffee.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks. The friend's name is Eddie Burke.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 10: I heard Nancy speak of him. Your coffee all right?
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  Speaker 2: Huh? Yeah, yeah, fine.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, Nancy talks about this Burke guy a lot.
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  Speaker 2: You ever come up to see her?
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  Speaker 10: Oh, once or twice. I was always out, though. Nancy
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  Speaker 10: should have been here before this. You have a date
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  Speaker 10: with her?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, not exactly.
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  Speaker 10: She goes out with a lot of guys. Me, I
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  Speaker 10: like to stay home.
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  Speaker 2: Read a lot. Well, to each his own.
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  Speaker 10: Do you read a lot?
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  Speaker 2: Only bubblegum rappers.
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  Speaker 10: I read heavy stuff. Historical novels.
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  Speaker 2: Good for you.
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  Speaker 10: You want some more coffee?
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  Speaker 2: No, that's plenty. It's hot in here, isn't it?
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  Speaker 4: Is it? Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Real hot.
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  Speaker 10: It'll get hotter, Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Diamond.
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  Speaker 2: Diamond? How did you know my name?
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  Speaker 10: Your picture's been in the paper. Like I say, I
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  Speaker 10: read a lot. You getting tired?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I....
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  Speaker 1: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 10: The coffee. Shouldn't take long. You dropped your cup, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Diamond.
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  Speaker 10: Oh, you shouldn't try and get up.
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 10: That drug takes effect fast. You just tire yourself.
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  Speaker 2: You... You Casey?
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  Speaker 9: That's right.
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  Speaker 10: I'm Nancy Casey. Find it hard to stay on your feet, Diamond?
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  Speaker 2: My... My head, I... You what?
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  Speaker 10: You can't even stand straight. The big, strong detective.
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  Speaker 6: The Big Strong Detective.
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  Speaker 2: It was a long, peaceful sleep. I kept having a
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  Speaker 2: falling sensation like I was floating down into a dark well,
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  Speaker 2: only there was no bottom. My head felt light, and finally,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how much later, I seemed to stop floating.
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  Speaker 2: My senses came back, and I remembered Casey and the
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  Speaker 2: cup of coffee. And then I heard the pounding. At
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  Speaker 2: first it sounded far away, but it got louder. I
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  Speaker 2: felt something in my hands. I tried to focus on
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  Speaker 2: it as the pounding continued. It was my gun. Then
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  Speaker 2: I heard the voice. Open up!
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  Speaker 6: Police!
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  Speaker 2: Open up! I looked across the room, but I didn't
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  Speaker 2: like what I saw. Eddie Burke was propped up in
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  Speaker 2: a chair and there were two bullet holes in his head.
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  Speaker 2: And chances were the bullets had come from my gun.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, open up or they'll ask the police!
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  Speaker 5: Before we continue with Richard Diamond, here are a few
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  Speaker 5: words about smoking enjoyment. Try the one sensible test of
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  Speaker 5: cigarette mildness. Try the 30-day camel test. Smoke only camels
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  Speaker 5: for 30 days. Enjoy camels' rich, full flavor, pack after pack.
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  Speaker 3: Through steady smoking, the only sensible way to judge a cigarette.
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  Speaker 3: You'll see for yourself how well camels agree with your throat.
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  Speaker 5: In a coast-to-coast test... Hundreds of smokers with normal throats
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  Speaker 5: smoked only camels for 30 days. Noted throat specialists made
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  Speaker 5: careful weekly examinations of the throats of those smokers and reported.
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  Speaker 3: Not one single case of throat irritation due to smoking camels.
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  Speaker 5: That's proof of camel mildness. The kind of proof no
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  Speaker 5: other cigarette gives you. Tonight, start your own 30-day camel test.
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  Speaker 5: Make camels your steady smoke for the next 30 days.
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  Speaker 5: And you'll discover why Camel is America's most popular cigarette
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  Speaker 5: by billions.
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  Speaker 6: How mild, how mild, how mild can a cigarette be?
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  Speaker 9: Make the Camel 30-day test and you'll see. Smoke Camels
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  Speaker 9: and see.
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  Speaker 3: And now back to Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring Dick Powell.
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  Speaker 2: I opened the door of Nancy Casey's apartment and admitted
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  Speaker 2: Lieutenant Walt Levinson homicide. And he had good reason to
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  Speaker 2: be there, for Eddie Burke was certainly a case for homicide.
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  Speaker 2: I brought Walt up to date, told him about Casey
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  Speaker 2: drugging me and my finding the gun in my hand.
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  Speaker 2: It's a good thing Walt was my friend. He believed me. Well, Rick,
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  Speaker 2: it's been quite a day. Slugging, drugging, now it looks
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: like somebody's trying to frame you, but good.
• 17:52
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: What brought you here anyway, Walt? Anonymous phone call. Rick,
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: somebody went to a lot of trouble to make it
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: look like you killed Burke. Who was it? Casey Dame? Yeah,
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: but I don't think she's in this alone. Who else?
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: Manny Warren. Oh, Joe Legit, huh? How do you figure
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: him in? When I got here, Nancy Casey was expecting me.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: I was watching her when she fixed that coffee. I
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: didn't see her slip in the drug. That means the
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: drug was already in the cup. Well, what's that got
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: to do with Oh, you think Manny tipped her off
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: that you were coming over, huh? Well, who else? Besides you,
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: he's the only one who knew I was looking for her. Well,
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: what are we waiting for? Come on, let's have a
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: talk with Warren. No, no, no. You let me do it, Walt.
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: You'll be busy here for a while anyway, and we'll
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: have to prove Manny did it, not just accuse him. Okay, okay.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: You can give it a try. I only look bright eyes.
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: Until you find out why Burke was killed and just
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: how those characters all fit together, you're going to be
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: on the spot. I still have to report it was
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: your gun that killed Burke. Commissioner might not be happy
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: when he hears I let you go. Well, you hold
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: off the commissioner, Walt. You should be used to that
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: by now. I left the apartment and drove across town
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: back to Manny Warren's garage. But I still couldn't figure
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: the tie in. Nancy Casey had lied to Burke, told
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: him I had the package he was looking for. Then
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: she drugs me and Burke is killed. And somewhere in
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: this mess, Manny Warren was involved. But how? I quit
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: thinking about that as I parked in front of the
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: garage and went inside. Bill, the beefy character, was still
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: the only man around. Oh, you're back again? Either I
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: am or you've got bad eyes. Tell Manny I want
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: to see him.
• 19:33
  Speaker 6: He ain't here.
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: Besides, it's closing time.
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: Beat it.
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: Now, look, pal, don't make with the runaround. Where's Manny?
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: I said he ain't here. You got no right coming
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: in here after closing time. I got half a mind
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: to throw you out. You try it, and I'll scatter
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: your half mind all over this floor. Why, you... Now,
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: where's Manny Warren?
• 19:51
  Speaker 9: Let go.
• 19:52
  Speaker 6: Let go of me.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: You're choking me. Manny ain't here, I tell you.
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: Maybe he's home.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: Where's home? I don't know. Now, where's home? I don't know,
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: I tell you. Maybe that's him now. Okay. Enter the
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: office and answer it. And if it is Manny, ask
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: him where he is. And don't try anything or I'll
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: make you look like I feel. Manny ain't gonna like it. Oh,
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: shut up. Just answer that phone and hold the receiver
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: up so I can hear, too.
• 20:20
  Speaker 9: Hello?
• 20:22
  Speaker 10: Bill, this is Casey.
• 20:23
  Speaker 4: Is Manny there?
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: No. No, he ain't.
• 20:26
  Speaker 4: Well, I'll try his home, then. If he should come in, though,
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: tell him I found a place I'll be staying in
• 20:31
  Speaker 4: for a while. I'm registered at the Carter Hotel as
• 20:34
  Speaker 4: Nancy Collins. You got that?
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I got it. Well, that's as good as Manny's address.
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: Come on, Bill. Where do you think you're taking me?
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: To that closet over there. That'll keep you out of
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: the way temporarily. Oh, no, you don't. I dragged Bill
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: into the closet, locked it, and then headed for the
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: Carter Hotel. Nancy Casey could clear up a lot of questions,
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: and I was in a good mood to play quiz master.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: She was in room 312, and I took the elevator
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: to the third floor. Then I reached her room. But
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: before I could knock... I tried the door. It was locked.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: I threw my weight against it. I tried again and
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: the door flew open. No, it was quite a sight.
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: Nancy Casey was writhing on the floor with a knife
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: in her back. There was an open window and climbing
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: out of it onto the fire escape was Manny Warren.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: I scrambled after him. I was too close and Manny
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: knew it. He didn't try and run. Instead, he aimed
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: a kick at my face as I climbed on to
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: the fire escape. Diamond, I'll kill you.
• 21:37
  Speaker 9: I'll kill you.
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: Diamond, I'll... Manny Warren took a long trip down. I
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: went back into the room. Nancy Casey was in a
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: bad way, and I phoned for an ambulance.
• 21:55
  Speaker 10: Oh, it hurts, Diamond.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: It hurts. Take it easy, honey.
• 22:02
  Speaker 10: Tried to kill me, too. I hadn't expected that.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: Why, Casey? What's it all about? Plates.
• 22:10
  Speaker 10: Those counterfeited plates. All this over some stinking plates.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: The package Eddie Burke thought I had? Yeah.
• 22:21
  Speaker 10: Eddie left it with me for safekeeping. He told me
• 22:27
  Speaker 10: we'd clean up and leave town by the time Eddie
• 22:29
  Speaker 10: got out. Only we didn't. Eddie came to me, wanted
• 22:35
  Speaker 10: the plates.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: So you lied and said you'd give them to me.
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: I needed time.
• 22:39
  Speaker 10: I needed time to talk to Manny. He decided how
• 22:46
  Speaker 10: to get rid of Eddie. When you came along, he
• 22:49
  Speaker 10: told me to drug you.
• 22:52
  Speaker 9: He'd handle the rest.
• 22:54
  Speaker 10: Then I came here.
• 22:56
  Speaker 9: I phoned him at home.
• 22:57
  Speaker 10: I told him where I was.
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: He didn't waste any time getting here.
• 23:01
  Speaker 10: All those stinking plates. They meant more to him than
• 23:08
  Speaker 10: I did. And he didn't trust me. This way nobody
• 23:13
  Speaker 10: knew about the plates but him. He didn't trust me.
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: And in his business you don't trust anyone. Now, I
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: better keep quiet and lie still.
• 23:24
  Speaker 4: No! No!
• 23:26
  Speaker 9: No, I gotta talk.
• 23:29
  Speaker 10: Talking keeps my mind off the pain.
• 23:31
  Speaker 4: Talk to me.
• 23:32
  Speaker 9: Talk to me, Diamond.
• 23:33
  Speaker 4: Talk.
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: All right, Nancy. I'll talk to you.
• 23:36
  Speaker 10: You swim, Diamond? I used to like swimming.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: It's a lot of fun.
• 23:44
  Speaker 10: Yeah, it's a lot of fun.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: It hurts.
• 23:50
  Speaker 10: Lie still.
• 23:51
  Speaker 4: Pain.
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: Pain.
• 23:58
  Speaker 10: Never could stand pain.
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: Nancy. Well, at least it doesn't hurt anymore, does it, kid?
• 24:12
  Speaker 6: Reg.
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: Yes, Helen dear?
• 24:29
  Speaker 9: You sure I can't get something to help your face?
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: Not unless you have an old gas mask handy.
• 24:34
  Speaker 9: You poor boy, I can't stand to see you all
• 24:36
  Speaker 9: beaten up like this.
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: You can't stand it? Honey, honey, it's my face.
• 24:41
  Speaker 9: When it's present form, I wouldn't brag about that.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: Oh, now that's what I like, a gal to cheer
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: you up after a hard day's work.
• 24:48
  Speaker 9: Hard day's work. Pistol-whipped, drugged, framed... What a business. And
• 24:54
  Speaker 9: what do you get out of it?
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: Oh, a hundred a day and a very high mercuric
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: chrome belt.
• 24:58
  Speaker 9: Oh, I'm serious, Rick. Other men lead pleasant, quiet lives.
• 25:03
  Speaker 9: They have nice jobs, nice homes, nice wives.
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: Oh, I knew this conversation was leading somewhere.
• 25:12
  Speaker 9: Well, while we're on the subject.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: I'm not safe. Dear, I want you to hear the
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: nicest song. Oh, no. I'll sing it just for you.
• 25:21
  Speaker 9: I might as well give up with my cold. You
• 25:23
  Speaker 9: can sing louder than I can talk.
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: Oh, save for the skin of my vocal cords.
• 25:27
  Speaker 9: Just wait until one day you have laryngitis, coward.
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie.
• 25:41
  Speaker 8: How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?
• 25:51
  Speaker 8: How many times a day do I think of you?
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: How many roses.
• 26:07
  Speaker 8: I sprinkle with dew?
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: How far would I travel to be where you are?
• 26:25
  Speaker 8: How far is the journey from here to a star?
• 26:37
  Speaker 8: And if I ever lost you.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: How much would I cry?
• 26:50
  Speaker 8: How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?
• 27:04
  Speaker 9: Oh, very nice.
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: Oh, thank you, dear.
• 27:06
  Speaker 9: Only somehow that sweet song doesn't go with that battered
• 27:09
  Speaker 9: face of yours.
• 27:10
  Speaker 4: No?
• 27:11
  Speaker 9: Like Frankenstein whistling Mother McCree.
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: Oh, clever, clever. You know, I could take my bruises
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: and leave.
• 27:18
  Speaker 9: Why don't you just snap off the lamp and then
• 27:20
  Speaker 9: I won't notice them?
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: Helen, at times you are endowed with genius. Come here.
• 27:27
  Speaker 9: And have you catch my cold? Not in your life.
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: Oh, then let's turn the lights back on, dear. I
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: can't stand to see all this darkness going to waste.
• 27:45
  Speaker 5: Dick Powell will return in just a minute.
• 27:47
  Speaker 3: Here's a very special way to remember your Valentine next Thursday.
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: Give a carton of camels, a special carton that's all
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: dressed up in happy Valentine colors. It's available wherever camels
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: are sold. Camels make such a welcome gift. They're America's
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: most popular cigarette, leading all other brands.
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: By billions.
• 28:08
  Speaker 6: How mild, how mild, how mild can a cigarette be?
• 28:15
  Speaker 9: Smoke camels and see.
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: Here's Dick Powell with a special message.
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, every week the makers of
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: camels send thousands of packs of camels to military and
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: veterans' hospitals. That's to help show the hospitalized men and
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: women of our armed forces that the folks at home
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: haven't forgotten their sacrifices. This week, the gift camels go
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: to Veterans Hospitals, Northport, New York, and Madison, Wisconsin.
• 28:39
  Speaker 6: U.S.
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: Army Station Hospital, Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky. To all overseas hospitals
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: operated by the Northeast Command of the U.S. Air Force.
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: Now until next week, enjoy Camels. I always do.
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: Tonight's adventure of Richard Diamond was written by Dick Carr
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: with music by Frank Wirth. Virginia Gregg was heard as
• 29:13
  Speaker 3: Helen Asher and Alan Reid as Lieutenant Walt Levinson. Others
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: in the cast were Bill Conrad, Jeanette Nolan, and John Daner.
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: Richard Diamond, Private Detective, is transcribed in Hollywood by Jaime
• 29:22
  Speaker 3: Del Valle. Be sure to listen to another great camel show,
• 29:30
  Speaker 3: Vaughn Monroe and the Camel Caravan, every Saturday night.
• 29:33
  Speaker 11: Want to know why you should pack your pipe with P.A.?
• 29:36
  Speaker 11: The bite is.
• 29:37
  Speaker 6: Out and the pleasure's in when you smoke Prince Albert.
• 29:42
  Speaker 11: It's specially treated not to bite your tongue.
• 29:45
  Speaker 4: The bite is out and the pleasure's in.
• 29:48
  Speaker 11: So if you smoke a pipe and want the fine
• 29:50
  Speaker 11: flavor of choice tobacco with rich natural tobacco fragrance, pack
• 29:55
  Speaker 11: your pipe with Prince Albert, the national joy smoke. Listen
• 30:05
  Speaker 11: next week for another exciting adventure of Richard Diamond starring
• 30:09
  Speaker 11: Dick Powell.
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: That was Richard Diamond, private detective with the Eddie Burke case.
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: Good night and join us again for another hour from
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: radio's past.