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The Line Up: The Poker-Party Killing (EP1130) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

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Radio Theater. You can check that out at Great Detectors dot nett. Well,
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last week I looked all around and I had to conclude that the Poker
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Parter Party Killings episode was either lost or so lost that I could not find
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it. So I went with the next week's episode instead. But I am
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very pleased that. Well, I wasn't happy that I had the same situation
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happened this week, getting an unexpected misdirection, but I was happy that I
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was able to locate the actual copy of the Poker Party killings case. And
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so let's go ahead and take a lesson. We're going back one week to
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October one of nineteen fifty two. Take a lesson, ladies and gentlemen.
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We take you now behind the scenes of a police headquarters in a great American
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city, or under the cold glaring lights. Will pass before us. The
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innocent, the vagrant, the thief, the murderer. This is the lineup
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I will colin my witness show. Yeah, over there. Second row came
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in about fifteen months ago. Anything happened, but they made Francisco's print on
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the showcase and safe she identifies him. He can be arranged in the morning
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without any trouble. How many tonight forty two? Matheson's been picking up narcotics
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suspects all day? The thing on Temple Hill. Oh yeah, you getting
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anywhere? I broke it this afternoon, I guess A couple of his men
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found an acre of marijuana growing next to a subbery perch. So for so,
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hey, how about those dodgers today? Yeah, the home was really
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paid. Oh I see you lady, right, pardon me, pardon me,
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please, thank you? Hello Shirley, Oh hi, thanks Tom told
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me to sit here, said you'd be along pretty soon to take care of
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me. Tom. The sergeant quine you know, oh, sergeant quiet?
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Yeah, here you are now. Surely have you see anybody in the line
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you recognize you? Didn't you get it? Didn't you arrest the one I
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saw in the picture? Well, we want you to identify the man you
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saw breaking into the store, if you can. I picked out his picture,
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didn't I. That's right now. We want you to identify him in
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person. It's the way we make sure on these things. Oh, hey,
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I know here the sergeant. Yeah, hey, I have your attention.
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To please. People out there on the other side of the wire in
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the audience room, may I have your attention? Please? Thank you.
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My name is Corgar, Sergeant Pete Corger. I'll explain the lineup to you.
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Each of the suspects you will see will be numbered. I'll call off
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the number their name in charge. Do you have any questions or identifications?
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Please remember the number of signs of the prisoners. I call his name the
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end of each line. When I ask for questions or identifications, call out
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the number. If you're sure. You're not too sure of the suspect.
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Have him held the officers who took your name and assist you. They seated
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the money. Please be prompted with your questions or identifications. When the press
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back into the jail, you for God to bring them back. After the
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questions, I asked much attention. All right, bring on the line all
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the way at the end of the stage. Boys over here, the that's
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right, I'll turn in patient screen. There was spreading. Then I saw
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in the picture. I want to work into the store. You're certain number
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one? Okay, waiting for the quest merchandise after the whiteline, Clarence,
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where do you live? Speak right up, Clarence. It's a long way
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to the back of the room once more, seven to seven painting arch stream.
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What's your occupation, Clarents. I work in a liquor store. Sell
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liquid. Happens, happens, It happens liquors. So going board there,
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that's where you arrested, Clarence. Anyone arrested with him. Look straight ahead
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of your Clarence, don't look at me. You're on a gun, no
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automobile, no, not anymore. I had a board in the last month.
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Okay, Clarence stepped back. I didn't get that side and step back
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against the wall. Clarence, Oh, I didn't understand it. Number two,
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Joseph Francisco, burgery. Okay, Joe, Okay, on the line,
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Joe, what's your right? Richard? Ye, hear me. I'm
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trying Holy Rabbit Support hotels someplace on Marshall Street, you know, in town.
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That's right where you're from. Bull? Missoo, when'd you get here
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last week? Thursday? No, it's Friday. Are you sure about that?
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Straight, Joe? That's more like it. Just let your hands hang
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at your sides. If you're on a car, what time, what color
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a well? At the end of the line, we will hold him out
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for interrogation anyone, whether you're when you're arrested. Joe, I was with
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a girl. What's her name? I don't know. It's just some girl
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I met. I have an appear when Big John Bull walked in. Sure
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could use that now, yeahs step back, How about three? Robert step
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up for the circle, Robert, Yeah, I only take a minute.
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It's all right, I got twenty time. I'd like to have you sign
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this verification, Trod sure, yeah, okay, Oh, last Francisco for
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a statement, you mean you ask him to confess, monster that it's not
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for him. Well, you don't want to confess. I think you understands
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we have. I'm pretty cold on these burglaries he's been pulling. He makes
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a statement and got a quicker hearing. I might be calling you back in
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a few days to appear in court. Well sort of magistrates caught. That's
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when the complaint will be presented. Oh well, thanks for coming down.
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Really appreciate it. I'm glad to do it. Hello Pete, Oh hello,
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yeah, I'm fine. Hot shot called man? Now what's up?
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Double murder? And ten minutes ago? Quin's out there? Now I see
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you in the garage, right bye? Oh yeah, well goodbye, goodbye,
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Charley. That's the way better. What happened? I'm here some party?
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Yeah? Who are they? That one's Anthony Avrilla. This one's Vincent
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Devia cheer you'll find to night. Now. I have someone looking around outside
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I thought waiting here to Leconnor's first. Yeah, any witnesses, lots of
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man who lives next door. Edward Propelle says it was a poker game here
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tonight who identified him? Pell? He's no Hobrilla for years now about two
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months. This is Rilla is wrong. I know he says he ran into
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about a year ago. Okay where she downstairs? I take it here?
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Paint? Yeah, come on, you're right then, missus kana, this
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is Lieutenant the terrible change. Such nice voice, all of them, such
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nice nice boy playing cards and living and court. You understand Anthony Haverilla has
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lived here for a year? Is that right, missus Cannappin, Yes,
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yes, you have known him all that time? Oh? Yes, poor
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in the other victim, Vincent Beacchino, you know him too, friend,
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I know this and little friend they work together nowhere. I do not know.
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Do you know Whereino lives? Yes, he lives in gorment or ten
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minutes ago? You didn't remember that, missus Kannaka, No I do.
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How about the others who were here? Did you see them? Yes?
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I see? Did you know them? No? Any of them at all.
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He's seen in here before, but I do not know them. How
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many were there? No? No, I do not know. Well did
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you hear anything unusual tonight? Nothing? Not the world? Well? I
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was reading my paper. No loud voices from up there? Oh no?
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No? Any sounds of a struggle struggle? Oh no, only laughing and
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talking. I saw him come here to pour anthemies from their path by right
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there in the hall you see, to go upstairs, Yes, took up
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these stairs. I said to them. The gentlemen, they quietly. There
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are others. This is the leman across the hole. Sick go on,
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missus Canny. They were quiet. For boys, they were quiet. I
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mean I albout laugh. Maybe maybe a word not too nice. But gentlemen,
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this is Knaka. You've seen that room up there? Oh? Sure,
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some furniture broken, one of the windows smashed, the bottle broken,
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a broken furniture and glass. Looks like there might have been quite a fight
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of them, missus Yes, well, yes, what did you know about
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the fire? Oh there was fighting. I heard that but an hour ago.
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I hear them rush downstairs fast. Then all is quiet. I wait
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a moment. Then I got to Anthony's room to see what terrible, terrible,
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oh terrible lot. I know this has been a lot for him,
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Missus Knapka, but I wish you do your best. Co op right?
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Well, everything nothing too hide? Well did you say anything to them when
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I came down? Stand? Oh? No, no, Ben? Is
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this the police officer Mesican Opi Coeigners waiting for me. Okay, keep on
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here, Quint, Yeah you come back? Yeah, yeah, thanks.
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It might have been a screwdriver instead of a knife. Oh, I'm gonna
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post them tomorrow. Will you talk to laxman man who lives in that one.
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Yeah, he says he knew Habrella and Iachino told me a man named
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Charles Bender another one named Bob Fisher in the card game. Tonight might be
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a break. Huh Yeah, I phoned in r and I gotta make for
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him. Fisher did two years for Karl theft out last November. Five arrests.
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Previous to that burglary theft nothing Big Benders had thirteen arrests, two convictions,
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both narcotics, six months county jail lenty thirty nine, six months county
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jail nineteen forty six. Okay, check him out now we need at least
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one more. H takes five men for a folk again, Morning Man,
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Morning anything New. Francisco had a statement clears up about twenty seven burglary jobs,
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and your friend Shirley Matton called twice what she won. You didn't get
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the package together on Francisco sent over the district attorney's office. All right,
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Pete, Yeah, he's in your office. Benda turned himself in this morning.
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Yeah, I walked in the fifth precinct, told the desk sound and
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he thought he was one of They just brought him down. Okay, anything
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on the others watching their houses, checking their mama sheets. Okay, What'll
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I tell Shirley if she calls again? Oh? Say, I will see
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her at the trial. I want to spoke Ben. Yeah, yeah,
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oh hi Ben, this is uh Charlie Bender. Yeah, I know what
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I'm saying. Hello the tennis and stand you turned yourself in, Yes,
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sir, I didn't want any part of this, no part of it at
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all. He was just about to tell us what happened last night. Go
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ahead. I don't know how it started. I really don't. He'd been
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drinking some, but nobody was chunking. Who was there? Well, brother,
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it's you know then a kid named Fish And there's no kid that Tony
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invited. Now what was his name? Tony just called him. Pinky was
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already there when Fish and make him in sitting there with Tony in Vince.
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They just called him thinking we sat down to play. You don't know his
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full name, No, no, and I had nothing to do with it.
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It was Pinky. He was the one. You mean he did the
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killing. Yeah, yeah, you don't know any more about him other than
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that they called him thinking no going well. We were playing five card Me
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and Fish had dropped out after the opener's Pinky and Vincent Tony played it out.
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Tony won the hand, and Pinky got mad about it, said he'd
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been sandbagg began calling him Tony names, kept kneeling him. Pinky felt the
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next hand lost that too, played Vince foot and he started swinging on him.
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Vince went after him. Pinky picked up a screwdriver sitting in a window,
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sewed what chest you all got scared? Tony tried to get his arms
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around Pink. Pinky let him have it too. That's just so aware.
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That's about the way it happened. Why don't you run, Charlie think.
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He looked at me and Fish and said we better get out of there for
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somebody call the cops. He said we were all in it together. Did
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he threaten you? He still had the scow drive in his hand. Did
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he threaten you? Did he say he'd kill you if he didn't go with
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him? He just killed two guys. He had the scow driver in his
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hand. Did he threaten Fisher? No, Oh, he just said we'd
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all be hauled in if we didn't get out of there. And I never
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liked this thing when out there. Yeah, look, won't you guys believe
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me? Just trying to get all the facts. Well, I'm telling him
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to you. What happened after he left the house, Oh, pile and
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Fisher's car started driving. Think he said we edited the Chicago. Fisher didn't
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want it, but Pinky kept talking crazy kind of said, okay, we
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do that. Think he said he had a gun at his place. He
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want to stop pick it up, so they should drove him over there.
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Where was that, uh, Clover Street. I think he went in,
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come right out. He had a gun with him, what kind? I
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didn't know, just a gun. Then what happened? Fisher said he wanted
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to get some things at his place, so drove over there, but there
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was a proud car out in front him and went by, so he just
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kept on going. It's it's really what started me thinking, I know we're
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in for it real good. Fisher didn't have anything to do with it,
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but they already wanted us. They knew who we were. I just took
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a chance. When we stopped for light on Federal, probably out of car
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began running. Think he yelled at me, but I just kept on going.
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I ran an alley and climbed a fencer, and I hid in the
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filling station. It was closed for the night. I just stayed there and
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I thought it was safe, and and I found the nearest police station.
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The whole things started when Vincentiacchino w a hand from Pink. Yeah, as
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Finky went after Vincent with a screwdriver. Then he got Tony all over that
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one hand. Yeah yeah. How much money did Pinky lose on a hand?
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Tony? Nineteen cents? Both Back this Sunday Night Edgar Bergen and Company
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white house. Yeah, yeah, it was a white house. I'm pretty
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sure it was a white house on Clover Street. Yeah yeah, Look,
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I'm doing my best. We've gone up and down three times now, been
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thirty second to twenty fifth. You said it was here, someplace it is
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it is? Yeah? Can we try the alley? He took a sense
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for the alley. Okay, Pete, back it up. I sure want
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you to get a line on him. You know that, don't you.
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You know I want you to get him. Yeah, sure, Ben,
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it's almost six I'm getting hungry. Hummy too. Hey you spot he who
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We turned left in the alley, just like we did it in this one.
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They made Fisher stop the car ride by a big garage. Then he
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went into the house while we waited. He hey, look this could be
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it. All right, take a good look, Benda. I think there's
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the place. It was dark, but I remember there was a high fence
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and he went to a gate like that one. Okay, Pete, give
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it a try. Yep, be right back all right. You said you
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didn't have a chance to talk to Fisher, I didn't know what about when
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you were waiting in the car for Pinky. How did you talk about then?
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Well, we were all alone. I think he wasn't around. We
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were scared more than anything else. A crazy guy just killed two people.
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We were scared, that's all. I just got to play a little penny
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an you last night, that's all. But you could have gotten away from
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him then, yeah, yeah, we could have, but we were scared.
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Uh. That's the truth to me, and Fisher didn't have anything to
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do with the killing. It was all thinky, that's true on it true.
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Yeah, Harrison owns the house. He's putting on some clothes right now.
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Three days ago he ran at the back room to a guy who gave
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his name as Lloyd Talbot's tall, redheaded, medium build about twenty seven.
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Well bender, I never heard that name, but it sounds likely. Harrison
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got a phone in there. Yeah, let's take it here, Pete.
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I'll send somebody out from the crime land. I had been call him that
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name. We might have something. Yeah, sure, pretty morning. Uh
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yeah, that's the stars were fine, all right, Charlie, Yeah,
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no division, I just sit down on the bench, live whole this goes
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three or five. Hi, oh hi, I haven't got thing on a
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light top of then mina file was still my best bet. Then as you
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brought up a patch a couple of minutes ago, got some much spundling.
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How many on it? Three and twenty five? Hey, look, don't
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I get any sleep after you look at these? Come on, Harf and
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crocket found a screwdriver. There's in some bushes in front of the house.
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Laps of the blood samples the same type of those of the chain on umbrella.
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Any prints one good thumb print? Thing checked? Now let me know.
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Okay, okay, Charlie, make yourself comfortable. Yeah, y hey,
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do I have to look at all these? I don't know what he
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might be this first boy? No, no, how about this one?
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No? No, no, no, Look, I'm hungry, I'm tired.
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Do you want to smoke? Yeah? How about this one? No?
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Heres mm hmm okus. They found a car ben huh moldorcycle officer on
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the Federal Highway. Spotted fishes in a shot to death. Let's go.
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My bike started to go. Hey, wire about there. I pulled over
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to the side of the road to have a look. I saw it sticking
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out in those trees. Must have rolled it down from up there, tracks
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across the shoulder of the road. All this brush broken around here. Ye
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know? Now, what time do you come on? Never at six o'clock
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this morning, sir. I figure it must have happened before sunrise, because
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there are a lot of trucks on the highway early in the morning, pretty
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busy, and he needed a minute or two to get out of the car
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and push it over. Yeah, it's had about four hours man, make
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it around, uh two or three this morning? Huh yeah, burs all
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over the place. Yeah, this Petroman Nevers, he spotted the car.
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Sergeant flylying, well, sergeant, we wanted roped off from about there to
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there when we're there, Yeah, soft ground round here? Might be a
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footprint somewhere, little help I cover the shoulder of this road on both sides.
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He might still be around. Lots of cafes and roll houses up the
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road, sir, motels and places he could stay a walking distance, Oh,
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five six miles maybe, h Yeah, we better cover all those plans.
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Right where'd you call from? Nevers Plulling station? Half mile down?
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How much longer the carn are going to be? Another hours? Oh?
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Yeah, here's peet. Yeah, came from the office. Ben, go
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make on pinky oh, Ben to find him on that thumbprint. Name is
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Lester Richard Thompson. What was he for? Auto theft in nineteen forty three?
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Burglary conviction nineteen fifty one? Small time stuff? Cheap crook? What
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about this here? It looks like he killed fish in the car, then
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pushed it over the side and took off less than Richard Thompson man. Yeah,
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he's growing up. He's still cheap. Huh. He's killed three men
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for nothing anything now? Yeah. A couple of things place on a federal
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highway about eighteen miles from while the car was found, called the high Half.
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I should cover the place with Marpha Olanders waitress. Their name of Vicky
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Waters. Remember the man who came in the restaurant about ten or eleven this
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morning? She said he had mudd all over his shoes, looked tired,
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a little scared. You had some coffee, made a phone called taxi came
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out picked him. Did she see the mug on Thompson? Yeah, she
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wasn't too sure it was the same man, but Asher's checking it out now.
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Black and Tan Cap Company take a while ago through those weight bones.
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Yeah you get any sleep? Yeah? That much too hot? Yeah?
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Peka home. No, he went over with Asher. Oh at least came
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in from the lab and so she got it with a thirty eighth ballistics working
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on the sledge. Now post over, yeah, reported on would be a
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pretty song. Four good. Prince of Thompson's in the car. Well,
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he's our boy. Yeah, I would have made him do it all all
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of a sudden, I got you suppose it's a heap. Then when we
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get him on last minus investigation sergeant quiet, Yeah, well, what's another
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three fifteen right, that's Asher cab drive identify Thompson's Mike might be taken.
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Newport Hotel three fifteen Daily checked in under the name of Lawrence Tyler. Hi.
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Hi, he's on the second floor, room two fifteen ashes covering the
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stairs in the back. Okay, you want to take a tight pine right
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he alone? Yeah? Oh, this is mister Compton and he's the clerk
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here, Lieutenant Guthrie alone, mister Compton. Oh w but I was just
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telling this officer here. I checked him in about oh well, it was
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about eleven o'clock. He didn't have any luggies, but he didn't pay in
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advance. And tell me you got any phone calls or has he made any
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since he's been there? Oh no, no, no, no, no
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no. He just went up to his room and he's been there ever since.
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You're sure, mister Comport, he'd have to pass his desk to get
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out unless he went out the fires came. I see you got to keep
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it. Yeah, okay, now you won't. I mean there won't be
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any ruckus, I hope not, mister Compton, dude to help. I
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need to just stay here. Thanks as to the right. Ben quiet.
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Yeah, let's not give him any chances opening All right, Thompson, you're
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coming. Hey, what is this? What's the idea? Must have been
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guy's room when he's sleeping the police officers. Get on your feet and get
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some clothes on. We want you downtown, went Ben watch all right?
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Point, come on now, be sensible, h hill All okay here you
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hear me? Are yah? Tough guy? Yeah, cheap tough guy.
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The lineup for before you passed, the innocent, the vagrant, the thief,
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the murderer. Listen again next week when we again bring you the lineup.
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May I have your attention. Please, you people out there on the
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other side of the wire in the audience room, may I have your attention?
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Please, thank you. My name is Corger, Sergeant Pete Coager.
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I'll explain the line up to you, each of the suspects you will see
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room number. The lineup, starring Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie with Jack
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Moyles a Sergeant Pete Carger, was written by E Jack Newman with music by
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Tim Pannelle joined Bond Monroe on Saturday nights. This let's be asked right you
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on that word welcome back. Just a pretty solid episode, just a great
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procedural. I love the twist and I love the bit of humor at the
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beginning. Only thing in that episode that didn't work is just that kind of
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awkward conversation about the Dodgers at the beginning. But I love the little bit
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with the witness having a crush on Guthrie and then investigation work in just quite
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a wide variety of characters. So I was glad that I found this and
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was able to bring it to you. All Right, Well, that will
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do it for today. We will be back on Monday with yours truly Johnny
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Dollar as we get into our pre Christmas shows, and then we'll be back
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here again next week for another episode of the lineup on Saturday. In the
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meantime, Sendor comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectors Dot Matt, follow us
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and let you know listen to the war as we'll have a special podcast of
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We Hold These Truths commemorating the anniversary of the American Bill of Rights, So
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be sure and listen to that. But from Boise, Idaho, this is
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your host Adam Grahamson and off