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The Whistler - "Ticket to Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1949) · The Whistler | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: At night in a Kansas City hotel, Eve Benton overhears
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: a heated discussion next door about the return of a
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: stolen necklace. The aftermath sends her onto a train bound
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  Speaker 1: for San Francisco, where a chance encounter, a cash offer,
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  Speaker 1: and competing secrets complicate the journey. Tonight, we raise the
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  Speaker 1: curtain on The Whistler, Ticket to Murder, Episode 387. First
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  Speaker 1: broadcast October 30th, 1949 on the CBS Pacific Network with
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  Speaker 1: Signal Oil as sponsor. Adrian Gendot wrote the script. Bill
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: Foreman is heard in the cast. Now, back to the
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  Speaker 1: golden age of radio.
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  Speaker 2: And now stay tuned for the mystery program that is
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  Speaker 2: unique among all mystery programs. Because even when you know
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  Speaker 2: who's guilty, you always receive a startling surprise at the
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  Speaker 2: final curtain. In the Signal Oil program.
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  Speaker 3: The Whistler.
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  Speaker 4: S-I-T-M-A-L Signal Signal Gasoline Signal, the famous go-farther gasoline, invites
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  Speaker 4: you to sit back and enjoy another strange story by
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  Speaker 4: the whistler.
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  Speaker 2: the yellow and black circle sign that identifies signal service
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  Speaker 2: stations from Canada to Mexico. And for Sunday evening listening pleasure,
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  Speaker 2: the signal to listen for is this whistle that identifies
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  Speaker 2: the signal oil program, the whistler.
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  Speaker 3: I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for
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  Speaker 3: I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden
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  Speaker 3: in the hearts of men and women who have stepped
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  Speaker 3: into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of
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  Speaker 3: which they dare not speak.
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  Speaker 2: And now the Whistler's strange story. Ticket to murder.
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  Speaker 3: Standing at the window of the cheap hotel room and
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  Speaker 3: looking out over the outline of lights and neon that
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  Speaker 3: was Kansas City after sundown, Eve Benton felt a dread-pressing
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  Speaker 3: sense of loneliness, concern. That the condition would pass, she
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  Speaker 3: was certain. She'd managed before, she would manage again, some way.
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  Speaker 3: But she wasn't thinking of that now. Eve Benton was
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  Speaker 3: being sorry for herself, forgetting her good points, the quiet,
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  Speaker 3: restless beauty in her face, the sullen attractiveness of her features.
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  Speaker 3: She was annoyed at the city and the world. She
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  Speaker 3: raised the window as though voicing of her resentment, and
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  Speaker 3: she heard other words nearby. They came from the next room.
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  Speaker 5: I know you're singing 30,000. That's the deal. Hmm. A
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  Speaker 5: lot of money. A lot of Not for the return
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  Speaker 5: of the Perriman necklace. 30,000. And no questions asked? Is
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  Speaker 5: that what the insurance company says? Yeah, that's what they say.
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  Speaker 5: You really got the Perriman necklace? That I gotta see.
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  Speaker 6: Does this look like it?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, it does.
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  Speaker 3: You smile strangely, don't you, Lee? Listening in ironic amusement. 30,000,
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  Speaker 3: one of the men next door said. They're talking in
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  Speaker 3: thousands while you stand so close by, wondering where you'll
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  Speaker 3: get the money to pay your hotel bill. You start
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  Speaker 3: to close the window when the voices suddenly grow louder
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  Speaker 3: and rage in anger. You can't get away with this.
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  Speaker 3: I'll worry about that. You just worry about this. You
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  Speaker 3: freeze to the spot, don't you, Eve? Your outstretched hand
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  Speaker 3: touching the windowsill remains fixed, rigid like a statue, and then...
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  Speaker 3: you hear someone climbing out onto the fire escape. A
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  Speaker 3: man is outlined with a staccato flashing of a neon
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  Speaker 3: sign on top of the building next door. He hesitates,
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  Speaker 3: glances back at the room he just left. You get
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  Speaker 3: a clear look at his face, and then he starts
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  Speaker 3: down the fire escape steps. You lean out, see the
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  Speaker 3: man drop to the ground and disappear into the shadows
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  Speaker 3: of the alley below. You wait, staring, then run out
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  Speaker 3: of your room into the hall. The door to the
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  Speaker 3: room next door is partially ajar. You run to it
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  Speaker 3: and glance inside. A man on the floor, lying very still.
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  Speaker 3: He's dead, isn't he, Eve? You're about to turn and
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  Speaker 3: run when your eyes fasten on the telephone.
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  Speaker 7: Hello?
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  Speaker 3: Hello?
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  Speaker 7: Disc?
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  Speaker 1: Hello?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, what is it?
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  Speaker 8: Hello?
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  Speaker 5: Hello? Answer, please. Hello?
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  Speaker 7: Hello?
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  Speaker 3: You lower the phone, staring. Unable to speak because of
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  Speaker 3: something you see. Something near the dead man's head. A wallet,
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  Speaker 3: isn't it, Eve? Yes, with part of the contents spilled out.
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  Speaker 3: A few bills and among them a train ticket. Something
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  Speaker 3: that you could use.
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  Speaker 6: Are we still connected?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, Eve.
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  Speaker 3: A train ticket for the West Coast. San Francisco. And
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  Speaker 3: almost $ 65 in currency. It's an answer to your problem,
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  Speaker 3: isn't it? You lose little time in packing, leaving your
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  Speaker 3: room by the same method as the man who fled
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  Speaker 3: only a few moments before. The fire escapes. Later, as
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  Speaker 3: you settle safely back in the seat, the train begins
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  Speaker 3: to roll. You casually present the stolen ticket to the conductor.
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  Speaker 3: You've succeeded, haven't you, Eve? No questions asked. The train
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  Speaker 3: gathers speed, hurrying you away from Kansas City. You relax now.
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  Speaker 3: Become aware of your surroundings. The other passenger. Notice the
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  Speaker 3: man opposite you. His face half obscured by a newspaper.
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  Speaker 3: And then.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, I'm sorry. Did I startle you?
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  Speaker 7: No. No, it's just that you look like someone I...
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  Speaker 7: I knew.
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  Speaker 5: Now I've got another reason to be sorry. That I'm not.
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  Speaker 5: You just get on the train?
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  Speaker 7: Gander City, yes.
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  Speaker 5: That's an interesting place.
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  Speaker 8: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, it is.
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  Speaker 3: He smiles, doesn't he? He can even do that. This
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  Speaker 3: man who pretends to be so nonchalant, so much at ease.
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  Speaker 3: You wonder how he would feel if he knew that
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  Speaker 3: you had recognized him. That you were certain he was
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  Speaker 3: the man you saw fleeing from the hotel room next
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  Speaker 3: to yours. that you shared his grim secret of murder.
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  Speaker 5: Something wrong?
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  Speaker 7: What?
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  Speaker 5: The way you're staring at me. You said I'm not
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  Speaker 5: the guy you thought I was. Is there some other reason?
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  Speaker 7: No. No, there isn't anything.
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  Speaker 5: You want to read the paper?
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  Speaker 7: No, thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, good.
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  Speaker 5: I'd rather talk anyway.
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  Speaker 8: Talk?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: We've some distance to travel together. There's no reason why
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  Speaker 5: we shouldn't become better acquainted.
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  Speaker 3: Is there?
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  Speaker 7: No. No, there isn't. No reason at all.
• 8:10
  Speaker 2: Tonight's $ 20 signal gasoline book goes to Mrs.
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  Speaker 3: W.G.
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  Speaker 2: Reed of Long Beach, California for sending in this limerick.
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  Speaker 2: My car seemed to need overhauling. The gas it consumed
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  Speaker 2: was appalling. Then Signal I tried, and now when I ride,
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  Speaker 2: I can pay for my gas without bawling.
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  Speaker 4: Signal, Signal, Signal Gasoline.
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  Speaker 5: Your car will go farther, go farther gasoline.
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  Speaker 2: Our congratulations to Mrs. Reed for her very human way
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  Speaker 2: of describing the good mileage you enjoy with Signal, the
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  Speaker 2: famous go farther gasoline. Too bad there wasn't room in
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  Speaker 2: her limerick to get poetic about all the benefits you
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  Speaker 2: notice when you switch to Signal. I mean Signal's snappy starting,
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  Speaker 2: Signal's peppy pickup, Signal's smooth, silent power. For it's a fact,
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  Speaker 2: mileage and performance go hand in hand. If you'd like
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  Speaker 2: to enjoy both, then the next time your gas tank
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  Speaker 2: gets thirsty, treat your car to the gasoline that's packed
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  Speaker 2: with gold. Fill up with Signal and go farther.
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  Speaker 3: You're unable to avoid the young man sitting across from you,
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  Speaker 3: aren't you, Edie? A man who's introduced himself as Frank Gilbey.
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  Speaker 3: A man you're certain committed a murder in the hotel
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  Speaker 3: room next to yours in Kansas City. Later, he escorts
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  Speaker 3: you to the club car of the train, orders cocktails,
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  Speaker 3: and the two of you talk like old friends. as
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  Speaker 3: the train roars through the night heading west. You're careful
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  Speaker 3: to avoid mentioning the hotel, aren't you? Leave it to
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  Speaker 3: him to take the lead in the conversation. All you
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  Speaker 3: want to do is get the trip over with and
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  Speaker 3: leave the train. But by the time you reach Oakland
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  Speaker 3: and board the ferry boat that will take you to
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  Speaker 3: San Francisco, the young man has become quite persistent.
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  Speaker 5: Mrs.
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  Speaker 8: Fenton?
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  Speaker 4: Mrs.
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  Speaker 5: Fenton?
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  Speaker 7: Yes?
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  Speaker 8: Oh.
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  Speaker 3: Oh.
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  Speaker 5: You know, I think you've been trying to avoid me,
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  Speaker 5: Miss Benton.
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  Speaker 3: Eve.
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  Speaker 5: Any reason? Wait.
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  Speaker 7: No, Mr. Gilby, I've told you.
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  Speaker 5: I was beginning to think I should take those magazine
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  Speaker 5: pads to heart.
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  Speaker 7: No, it's just that I've had things on my mind.
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  Speaker 7: I've been thinking about a job.
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  Speaker 5: Well, perhaps I can help you. I know a lot
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  Speaker 5: of people.
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  Speaker 7: No, I have something waiting for me in the city.
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  Speaker 5: Well, just a thought. In case it doesn't work out,
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  Speaker 5: I wish you'd give me your address.
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  Speaker 7: I'm not sure what it will be.
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  Speaker 5: Well, mine is 4950 California Street. I've got a flat there.
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  Speaker 7: I don't believe I asked.
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  Speaker 5: No, you didn't. I'm forcing myself on you, Miss Benson.
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  Speaker 7: You try too hard.
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  Speaker 5: Do I? Well, don't blame me. I'd really like to
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  Speaker 5: see you again.
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  Speaker 7: Perhaps you will.
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  Speaker 5: Like I said, maybe if that job doesn't work out.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, yes, I know.
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  Speaker 8: 4950 California Street.
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  Speaker 3: You want only to rid yourself of the persistent Mr. Gilby,
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  Speaker 3: don't you, Eve? Finally, once ashore and in a taxi cab,
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  Speaker 3: you feel he's no longer a worry. You register at
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  Speaker 3: a small hotel on Gary Street, dismiss him from your thoughts.
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  Speaker 3: But late the following morning, as you're having breakfast in
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  Speaker 3: a small diner, you're listening to the radio and something
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  Speaker 3: the news announcer says sets you to thinking about Frank again.
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  Speaker 9: And in local news, a Perryman jewelry case has reached
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  Speaker 9: a stalemate. with the valuables still unreturned. According to insurance
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  Speaker 9: investigator Leonard Quinn, a contact with an underworld character in
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  Speaker 9: Kansas City failed to take place. It has since been
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  Speaker 9: revealed that the insurance company has made a tentative offer
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  Speaker 9: of $ 30, 000, with, as we understand, no questions asked for
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  Speaker 9: the return of the necklace to their representative, Mr. Quinn,
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  Speaker 9: or to the home of wealthy Mrs. Evans Perryman in Hillsborough.
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  Speaker 2: However.
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  Speaker 7: Well, I wanted to hear that.
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  Speaker 4: Huh? Oh, sorry, lady.
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  Speaker 3: The guy was just about through, though.
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  Speaker 7: Well, what was that name he mentioned? Mrs. Evans somebody?
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  Speaker 3: Perryman.
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  Speaker 4: Mrs.
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  Speaker 3: Evans Perryman. Lives down the peninsula.
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  Speaker 7: Perryman. I see.
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  Speaker 4: You acquainted with the lady?
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  Speaker 6: No.
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  Speaker 7: No. But I've heard of the name.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, the words of the newscaster set you to thinking,
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  Speaker 3: didn't they, Eve? particularly the mention of $ 30, 000. That was
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  Speaker 3: the figure you heard Frank Gilby mention in that Kansas
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  Speaker 3: City hotel room. And you remember the name Perryman, too.
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  Speaker 3: Strangely enough, after you've taken a cab to 4950 California Street,
• 13:02
  Speaker 3: walked up the stairs to Frank Gilby's flat, as you're
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  Speaker 3: about to knock on the door, you hear the words again.
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  Speaker 5: Poor Quinn.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: That, uh, that $ 30, 000 on the Perryman deal, You'll get
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  Speaker 5: me the money and you'll get the necklace back. Yes,
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  Speaker 5: that's right. Take a couple of days. The contact is
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  Speaker 5: out of town. Sure. All right.
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  Speaker 3: Bye.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, Eve, hello.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, Frank.
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  Speaker 5: Changed your mind, huh? Thought you'd look me up after all.
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  Speaker 7: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 5: How'd the job go? You all set?
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  Speaker 7: No, I didn't go there.
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  Speaker 5: Well, maybe I can help on that, like I said.
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  Speaker 7: I'm sure you can.
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  Speaker 5: Well, come in. Come in here.
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  Speaker 7: Like I said, I'm sure you can help me, Frank.
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  Speaker 5: Anything at all.
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  Speaker 7: I'm glad you feel that way. Because I'm referring to
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  Speaker 7: the Perryman deal, the $ 30, 000 you're going to get from
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  Speaker 7: Leonard Quinn and the insurance company.
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  Speaker 3: What?
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  Speaker 7: Mm-hmm. The $ 30, 000 you want it all for yourself. That's
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  Speaker 7: why you killed your partner back there in that Kansas
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  Speaker 7: City hotel, took the necklace I happened to be in
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  Speaker 7: the next room.
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  Speaker 5: I see.
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  Speaker 7: So you've got a new partner now, Frankie.
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  Speaker 3: Have I?
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 7: And I wouldn't try anything if I were you. I've
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  Speaker 7: taken the necessary precautions. If something happens to me.
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  Speaker 5: The cops find out about that little accident in Kansas
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  Speaker 5: City and they come looking for me, right?
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  Speaker 7: Right.
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  Speaker 5: Well, well, well. Looks like I'm right behind the eight ball.
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  Speaker 7: You don't have to stay there if you play it right.
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  Speaker 5: That means your way.
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  Speaker 7: My way.
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  Speaker 5: Okay.
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  Speaker 7: Have you talked with Quinn?
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  Speaker 5: Um, no.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, now, now, Frankie. I think you have.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, so I talked with him. He thinks I'm, uh,
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  Speaker 5: I'm just a go-between.
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  Speaker 7: Naturally, you wouldn't tell. You'd kill the man to get
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  Speaker 7: the necklace. Um, What sort of an arrangement have you
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  Speaker 7: made with him?
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  Speaker 5: He gives me the dough, and in a couple of days,
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  Speaker 5: after I contact the guy with the necklace, I bring it.
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  Speaker 3: Back to him. That's all.
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  Speaker 7: Quinn trusts you that much?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, sure. I've handled deals like this before for Mr. Quinn.
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  Speaker 7: When is he going to pay off?
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  Speaker 5: Tonight. Oh, fine.
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  Speaker 7: Well, it's all settled, then. I'll meet you here after
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  Speaker 7: you've collected from Quinn. What time?
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  Speaker 5: I'll be back by nine.
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  Speaker 7: We'll open a bottle of champagne to celebrate.
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  Speaker 5: I'll buy.
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  Speaker 7: Naturally, it's your party. I'll see you tonight, Frankie. At nine.
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  Speaker 3: It was simple, wasn't it, Eve? Easier than you thought.
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  Speaker 3: And now you're in partnership with a murderer. A temporary partnership,
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  Speaker 3: you tell yourself, and it'll be worth it. $ 15, 000. After
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  Speaker 3: it's over, you'll move on, start a new life. Yes,
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  Speaker 3: it was all so simple talking your way into that partnership.
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  Speaker 3: But as the day wears on, you begin to wonder
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  Speaker 3: about it. Perhaps it was too simple, Eve. You really
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  Speaker 3: hadn't expected Frank to accept your demand so readily. The
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  Speaker 3: more you think about it, the more certain you become
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  Speaker 3: that he'll bear watching. Early that evening, you hurry back
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  Speaker 3: to his flat. And as your cab turns into California Street,
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  Speaker 3: you see Frank board a cable car.
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  Speaker 5: Driver.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am?
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  Speaker 7: Don't stop. I've changed my mind. I want you to
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  Speaker 7: stay close to that streetcar.
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  Speaker 3: Sure, sure.
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  Speaker 7: But not too close.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I get it.
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  Speaker 3: At Montgomery Street, you watch Frank step into an office building.
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  Speaker 3: And sitting in the cab, you wait. keeping your eyes
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  Speaker 3: on the entrance. A quarter of an hour goes by,
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  Speaker 3: and then he comes out, walks back to the corner,
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  Speaker 3: hops onto a cable car as it starts the climb
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  Speaker 3: up the hill. Driver?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I know.
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  Speaker 2: The cable car.
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  Speaker 4: It ain't none of my business, lady, but.
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  Speaker 8: You're quite right, driver.
• 17:21
  Speaker 7: It's none of your business.
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: You follow Frank back to his flat, see him hurry inside...
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: You're quite certain you know what he's up to, aren't you, Eve?
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  Speaker 3: But you want more time to think about it alone.
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  Speaker 3: So you tell your cab driver to keep going. Finally,
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: you return to Frank's place. Well, hello.
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  Speaker 5: Sort of early, aren't you?
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  Speaker 7: I've changed my mind, Frank. I'd like to go with
• 17:54
  Speaker 7: you when you get the money.
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  Speaker 9: Oh.
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  Speaker 5: Well, it's been called off.
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  Speaker 7: Called off?
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  Speaker 5: Well, postponed is what I mean. Until tomorrow night. I
• 18:03
  Speaker 5: just got a phone call from Quinn. Said he hadn't
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  Speaker 5: had time to get the money from his boss yet.
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  Speaker 7: I see.
• 18:09
  Speaker 5: Sit down, sweetheart.
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  Speaker 7: I was looking forward to that champagne.
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  Speaker 5: Well, no reason why we can't celebrate in advance. I
• 18:16
  Speaker 5: was hoping you'd call me. Were you? Yeah, I thought
• 18:19
  Speaker 5: we might have dinner together. North Beach, Fisherman's Wharf, maybe?
• 18:23
  Speaker 7: Sounds interesting.
• 18:24
  Speaker 5: What do you say?
• 18:25
  Speaker 7: I've always wanted to see the top of the mark.
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  Speaker 5: Fine, fine. We'll start there.
• 18:28
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 18:30
  Speaker 5: It's a nice little restaurant on Broadway I think you'll like.
• 18:32
  Speaker 5: Best veal scallopini in town.
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  Speaker 7: I'm sure I'll love it, whatever it is. Oh, Frank.
• 18:38
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: My gloves. I must have left them on the chair.
• 18:40
  Speaker 5: Oh, sure. I'll get them.
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  Speaker 3: The moment he turns around, steps back into the room,
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: you snap the automatic lock in his door so that
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: it's unlocked. Now you won't need a key, will you, Eve?
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: Then quickly you reach down and tear a hole in
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: your stocking. In a moment, Frank returns.
• 18:58
  Speaker 5: Here we are.
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: Oh, thanks.
• 18:59
  Speaker 5: All set?
• 19:00
  Speaker 7: Off it. Oh, dear.
• 19:05
  Speaker 5: What's the matter?
• 19:06
  Speaker 7: Well, just look at that. A run in my stocking.
• 19:08
  Speaker 7: Look at it.
• 19:09
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that's quite a run. Nicest one I've seen in
• 19:13
  Speaker 5: a long time.
• 19:14
  Speaker 7: Well, you won't mind stopping by my hotel for a minute,
• 19:17
  Speaker 7: will you? It's only a block out of our way.
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: Oh, of course not.
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: Let's go. At your hotel, you leave Frank waiting in
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: the cab parked at the entrance. While you hurry inside
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: the crowded lobby and ride on out through the door
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: on the other side, you go back to Frank's place
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: a block away. Slip quietly into the apartment. Find what
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: you'd expected. An envelope containing $ 30, 000 in his suitcase. You
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: put the envelope in your purse. Well, Frank was going
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: to double-cross you after all, wasn't.
• 19:53
  Speaker 7: He, Eve?
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: Yes, you've proof of that now. You hurry back to
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: your hotel and go quickly to your room. The whole
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: thing has taken you less than five minutes. And now
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: you put in a phone call to the railroad station,
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: check the trains leaving town, and make your reservations. As
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: you hang up the receivables, Yes?
• 20:13
  Speaker 7: Yes, what.
• 20:14
  Speaker 5: I got to wondering about you, sweetheart.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: Oh, Frank.
• 20:17
  Speaker 7: Well, I'm sorry I took so long, but I had
• 20:20
  Speaker 7: a long-distance phone call from my brother.
• 20:22
  Speaker 5: From Newsome Home?
• 20:23
  Speaker 7: Yes, and not too good, I'm afraid. My father has
• 20:27
  Speaker 7: had another attack. I'm terribly worried.
• 20:30
  Speaker 5: Well, that's too bad.
• 20:32
  Speaker 7: Frank, about tonight, I don't feel much like celebrating. You understand. No, sure.
• 20:36
  Speaker 7: I wouldn't be very good company.
• 20:38
  Speaker 5: Oh, don't give it another thought, baby. We'll have dinner
• 20:40
  Speaker 5: tomorrow night.
• 20:40
  Speaker 7: All right. I'm really sorry.
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: Oh, sure, sure.
• 20:45
  Speaker 5: I'll see you tomorrow.
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: You watch from your hotel window and see Frank get
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: into the cab and drive away. Quickly, you pack your things,
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: check out of the hotel. It's two hours before your
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: train leaves. Time to have dinner. But first, there's one
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: thing you must do. You've made up your mind about that,
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: haven't you, Eva? From the moment you found the $ 30, 000
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: in Frank's flat, you step into a phone booth and
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: call the police department. What was that, ma'am?
• 21:19
  Speaker 7: A murder, Sergeant, at the Alden Hotel in Kansas City
• 21:22
  Speaker 7: five days ago. The killer is here in town.
• 21:24
  Speaker 5: What?
• 21:25
  Speaker 7: I arranged a deal with Leonard Quinn, the insurance investigator.
• 21:28
  Speaker 6: Anything to do with the Perryman necklace robbery?
• 21:30
  Speaker 7: Everything. The party I'm talking about took the Perryman necklace
• 21:33
  Speaker 7: from the man who was killed in Kansas City.
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: Go ahead.
• 21:37
  Speaker 7: I suggest you contact Mr. Quinn. Get him to tell
• 21:40
  Speaker 7: you who he'd made that deal with, and you'll have
• 21:42
  Speaker 7: the killer.
• 21:43
  Speaker 5: You'll give me your name, ma'am?
• 21:45
  Speaker 7: No, I won't. Goodbye.
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: Now you're settled comfortably on the train as it moves
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: out of the station. Rumble through the outskirts of San Francisco.
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: You lean back, close your eyes. It's been a trying day,
• 22:06
  Speaker 3: hasn't it, Eve? And you're tired. As you listen to
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: the rhythmic click of the wheels, you doze off. And
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: then suddenly you're awake again. You're staring at the newspaper
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: headlines in the hands of the man sitting opposite. Perryman
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: necklace mystery near solution. Local police link obscure Kansas City
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: murder victim with theft. A cold wave of fear sweeps
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: over you. Then he lowers the paper.
• 22:32
  Speaker 5: Hello, sweetheart.
• 22:33
  Speaker 7: Frank.
• 22:34
  Speaker 5: Surprised? The switchboard operator at your hotel couldn't resist a
• 22:38
  Speaker 5: ten spot.
• 22:40
  Speaker 7: I see. How stupid of me.
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: Wasn't very smart of you to walk out with my
• 22:45
  Speaker 5: 30 grand, either.
• 22:46
  Speaker 7: Isn't that what you were going to do?
• 22:48
  Speaker 5: You got me all wrong, honey. I was going to
• 22:51
  Speaker 5: surprise you. I'll bet. Okay. So each of us tried
• 22:58
  Speaker 5: to double-cross the other one. What do you say we
• 23:01
  Speaker 5: call it even and split the money between us?
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: All right, Frank.
• 23:07
  Speaker 5: We ought to try to get along, sweetheart. You have
• 23:10
  Speaker 5: something on me, and I can make trouble for you
• 23:13
  Speaker 5: if I want to.
• 23:13
  Speaker 7: Can you?
• 23:14
  Speaker 5: You're in this as much as I am now. I
• 23:17
  Speaker 5: can always say that you helped me do that job
• 23:19
  Speaker 5: in Kansas City. Our coincidental appearances would make it pretty
• 23:24
  Speaker 5: hard for you to deny.
• 23:27
  Speaker 7: Yes, I guess it would.
• 23:30
  Speaker 5: So let's bury the hatchet, hmm?
• 23:33
  Speaker 7: Why not?
• 23:34
  Speaker 5: And after we get back to San Francisco, we can
• 23:36
  Speaker 5: do the town together, baby. Have a lot of laughs.
• 23:40
  Speaker 5: You know, I gotta hunch this partnership's gonna turn out okay.
• 23:42
  Speaker 7: I was just thinking the same thing. We'll just forget
• 23:45
  Speaker 7: the past. Think only of the future.
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 23:48
  Speaker 5: A bright future, sweetheart. For the two of us.
• 23:52
  Speaker 4: THE END.
• 24:01
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• 24:03
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• 24:09
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• 24:16
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• 24:35
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• 24:40
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• 24:48
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• 24:51
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• 25:19
  Speaker 3: It was a shock, wasn't it, Eve, to find Frank
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: Gilby on the train after you thought you'd slipped away
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: from him in San Francisco. You were certain you'd seen
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: the last of him. And you'd have the $ 30, 000 all
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: to yourself. But then there he was demanding his share. $ 30, 000, Eve.
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: A lot of money. And you made up your mind
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: that Frank wasn't going to get any part of it regardless.
• 25:45
  Speaker 3: In the morning when the train pulls into Los Angeles,
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: the $ 30, 000 is still tucked away safely in your suitcase.
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: And you're confident Frank Gilby will never bother you again.
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: He'll never be able to involve you in the murder
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: he committed in Kansas City. Yes, you're quite confident. Sure,
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: aren't you, Eve? Even as the police board the train,
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: step into your car, talk quietly to the other passengers.
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: Then you find the lieutenant talking to you.
• 26:13
  Speaker 6: That's right, Miss... Benton. Miss Benton. He was sitting here
• 26:17
  Speaker 6: opposite you, according to the conductor.
• 26:19
  Speaker 7: You say he fell off the train, Lieutenant? Oh, how horrible. Oh,
• 26:24
  Speaker 7: he seemed like such a nice young man, too.
• 26:26
  Speaker 6: You, uh, you didn't know him?
• 26:27
  Speaker 7: Well, no, I'd never seen him before. We talked a little,
• 26:29
  Speaker 7: of course. Just train conversation, you know.
• 26:32
  Speaker 4: Oh, it's you.
• 26:34
  Speaker 6: Didn't waste any time getting down here, did you?
• 26:37
  Speaker 9: We gotta keep our readers up on what's happening in
• 26:39
  Speaker 9: our little old world, you know?
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: Come on, Lieutenant. I want this to hit the next edition.
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: Watch where this guy fell off the train. Where'd this happen?
• 26:45
  Speaker 6: Just out of San Luis Obispo. And he didn't fall.
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: He was pushed.
• 26:49
  Speaker 7: Oh, pushed. I've What makes you think that, Lieutenant? Yeah.
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: What's this all about?
• 26:54
  Speaker 6: The San Francisco police got a tip last night. A
• 26:56
  Speaker 6: phone call from a dame about a payoff. An insurance
• 27:00
  Speaker 6: investigator was making a deal for the Perryman necklace with
• 27:03
  Speaker 6: a party she said killed a man in Kansas City.
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: Oh, another killing involved, huh?
• 27:07
  Speaker 9: Mm-hmm.
• 27:08
  Speaker 6: The insurance man was going to hand over 30 grand
• 27:10
  Speaker 6: for the Perryman necklace.
• 27:11
  Speaker 5: Gee, then you think the payoff was to be made
• 27:13
  Speaker 5: here on the train.
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 27:15
  Speaker 6: Quinn completed the deal all right, because when his body
• 27:17
  Speaker 6: was found, the necklace was in his pocket.
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: Quinn... That's right.
• 27:22
  Speaker 6: The man who was pushed off the train.
• 27:24
  Speaker 5: Leonard Quinn.
• 27:26
  Speaker 7: He told me he was Frank Gilby.
• 27:31
  Speaker 6: Well, he probably wanted to keep his identity covered until
• 27:34
  Speaker 6: he'd completed the deal.
• 27:36
  Speaker 7: I see.
• 27:37
  Speaker 6: If our tip is right, the killer pushed Quinn off
• 27:39
  Speaker 6: the train so that there wouldn't be any witness.
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: Now, wait a minute.
• 27:42
  Speaker 9: You think the killer who pushed Quinn off the train
• 27:45
  Speaker 9: was the Kansas City Killer, too?
• 27:46
  Speaker 6: Well, that's what the woman who tipped us off told us. Now,
• 27:50
  Speaker 6: all we have to do is examine all the luggage
• 27:52
  Speaker 6: in these cars and search the passengers.
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: Ah, I get it. And if you find the 30 grand,
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: you'll have... We'll have our killer. Ah.
• 27:59
  Speaker 6: Well, Miss Benton, I'm sorry to bother you. But as
• 28:03
  Speaker 6: long as we're here, we might as well start with you.
• 28:24
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