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So if you have a Kindle, just go to Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. You can try it out free for two weeks. Well, now it's time for today's episodes of Police headquarters, the warehouse job and James Davis killed Lease headquarters. Know that I'll give you a detective Ji thank of Lieutenant Cameron. Yeah, Mic, what's that? I'm thinking? Sunny going on the severman where he was let slip on a program. I got a hunt for clift down the river as the pel litle pu Ye see none of things. Several guys slipping down to the walls. I want to drop down and give me a hand. Okay, Mac, you beat it over to the warehouse and keep an eye on things. I'll pick up A couple of boys, come right down getting Brady and Williams. They're going down to the Waterfront's order a squad car to the side doing sit tight for a call. My Braddy's expecting trouble at the waterfront. A couple fan self the gang has a job onto the night. We won't stare them away. Put your lights and in here, don't make anywhere on blankets, pitch down on the stairs on the land blazers. They don't put in a few lights along this place. Man and maybe he's gonna tinnd A where Brady E and Williams go around the back of the giant Joe and I'm going in here and they don't make any noise. Joe, why down here? You can hear them? What is that? Holy Lieutenant? No? Nice? Sick? Great, he's nice. Stick did you cat too? Maybe something's happened to him, That's what I was thinking. Very nut somebody coming out of that warehouse. Look he's scattered. That man isn't drunk. Come on, Oh that's Max. Easy, old man here, give me your hand, Joe. Oh that's you got here, lieutenant? Oh what a head? Nasty cut there? What happened? After I phoned? I came down to the warehouse and I hear somebody moving in. I'm inside. I look around for old that hold the watchman, and he's not inside. I opened the door and stepped in. Where what is the watchman? I don't know since they got him too, going what happened to you? Well? I heard several men moving in the back part of the building, so I started back and somebody tackled me. Recognize him? Now? Who does in there? I don't know. Big man over two hundreds fall in a two I think bring me was something. I went out like a light, just came to Okay, they didn't throw you in the water had your cap and the knights that get out here? No unless they threw him out. Oh what ahead, Now we've got a doctor. Look at that cut How do you feel? Okay, shut the head. We'll have a look around and give me a hand on the door. M h it's not your light around in there. Joe's better. I'm here, No on t the back. Maybe we can wait a minute. He's this on the floor. That told that. Put the right over here, Joe. Mmm, he's been bean too. Wise a up m hmm. It's a bad a cutters. Make them bring them around? That is it? The sus is what I came in. The fain guy puts you out of that cap. Mm hmmm, it's coming to Uh we're officers. What's happened? I don't forget about to happen? Tell us what happened? First, they got the first? Who got the first? Did you see him? It's just surrounding the corners and I saw him carrying the post house. I yelled at them to stop them. Somebody hit me. How many were there? About three or four? They're all in the back of the warehouse. I thought them moving out the first recognize I am, But the man who hit me. That's a big fellow, not about much. It's your cap here. You know that is not my cap? Okay, and my boys will get on and on that we've got something to know. I don't know cars to sink. All cars stop passing up. A couple nine were starting the store robbery down the look out at twenty box of the spurs stolen to Nats and the selve them in the warehouse. One of the tough stuffs to describe as a stawing a ways over two hundred no later see the boys out the crows out has a head to feel knight better. That doc sure knows his stuff and picks me up so many times you couldn't count him. They get the young fellow knike you want to be careful about coping your head around in a strange warehouses. You did right to call in. You can bet you dudes have a more careful next time. Where are you going on a slum? I don't know where the fellow about that cat to be found in the warehouse. I'll go down and say they can give us some descriptions him think they can. And a guy sell this cap on a small shop down on Spring doesn't do a lot of business. Yeah, but do you think he remember telling us you should unusual size sevens a quarters? The guy who worked and has had the big head. I think it is bo Easerly No, no, no, oh were I'll find out? What can I do for you? Oh? Do you remember me? Always? I remember the time you found my lost decade you please? At your time you had mama was leaping and playing and was reaping. All right? This is officer A grady man by Max Mars friends a store. Oh my baby, And that's if I show you to day. Now we have some name when I'm here to buy a hat mark, No, no, we had to find out who bought one? You told this cappen? You guys know who seven? All the time I'm selling fat that you share. Give me that, I just store a label on it. Well that's give it. Now. Let me see you got any more like it anymore in stock. I'm showing you lout telling I think we got one more just like this. I wanted to think hard, now, how many of these caps are so reasonably two? What are the caps? I saw you? I don't know his name. What did he look like? He was so? How old? A man. Oh, but he was not an old man. He was a young man, I should say, about twenty, but not ivan Vey is in this cap. We're looking for a nun about forty maybe fifty. Hey, right, didn't you stay, sir? I saw that cap away? No, no, mek no man yes, tis oh about three weeks ago became rushing in, brought the keep and then rushing out in a hurry. Huh. Yeah, you left his truck in the middle of the street. Suck sure, in the middle of the street, and tactic and peak over, hunting and booting and him how much did he weigh? He was a big sollo like you said. What kind of a truck was he? Goding? It was a cold truck, a cold truck. Did you see the name? No? No, I wasn't looking, say you thought you must have seen thee not think one of the big companies. No, I'm telling you, lieutenant, I wasn't saying no attention minute only this morning I'm seeing that same run. Now we're getting some h oh. And it was a please street that had a big starn on it, the star Hole company. Good Whe'd you see it? I don't know, Lieutenant, I got yes, you do. Where were you this morning? I was done by my brother Benny Delica, then a dreaming sometimes company to the fie from my run. I'm not lane. Now where did you see the truck right across the streets? I seen it. It was talk. Maybe he hang out around that neighborhood. Where's your brother Benny's delicatessen? Sister run Martha Street? Okay, thanks Mark, Come on, Mick, we'll take a look at the Star Coal company. Maybe you want to buy some cold there's a truck and there's a place a cold company looks tell us, yeah, anybody, I'm saying, there's anybody from here? Okay, they got the uniform coat in your cap? Oh what's the guy that? Don't argue? And I roll up the speed. Hey what what are you? What they've done in your pocket? What's coming on? And I won't talk to as a cop right away? And you walk into that place you think the guy in there, and then you ran into him the dock, flashed your gun on him and you're taking in and as John Doe, want you get in a trumpet player? Whist one? Okay, I like to take a puk the guy and they this is your chance and remember if you get in trouble. Boy your what's not the right behind him? Okay, let's let me get my hand on. I love you doing. Guy here, just coming times. Take carry yourself okay, thanks, Hey my next huh oh yeah, yeah thanks. Boss takes up to hey. You forgot to say you gotta make Yeah. But the other guy in the back room, get him, Okay, hold on to that guy, he's Paul Hoffman. We've got to pick on it. Down him for a month. I'll take care of him. Get the one in the back room, he's got a gun. I'll get him. I'll drop that gun, all right. From the third effect here, Max's abort all right, Buddy's good man. They haven't I seen you some place before? Yeah, huh yeah, I don't know when you've been mixed up on this step out here in the next room the side for you, Mac, take a look at who I've found hiding in the back. I'll be enough meat Cockoa, Joe Maniffle and night watchman please headquarters. Okay, Lieutenant hello, Tim orders the roll out of seven forty two market speak. Yeah, you cancel a card on the warehouse job. Lieutenant Cameron just took the men in the customer police headquarters. Please headquarters, it's a second. I'll give you the detective bureau. We take up your own, Captain Stewart. Captain, this is Joe Biscus, you know, smokey Joe. Yeah, what's wrong, Joe? There's a drunk down here in my places. I faid to go home. He wants me to a cop. Yeah, what's wrong with him? I don't know DT's I guess this guy looks like a big shot, maybe better than one of the boys over. Okay, Kay, got a good mun for you, Andy. I want you to play nurse made to a drunk for a few minutes. He's over smoking Joe's place, and he's afraid of the home. Once the police ha scored. I guess yes, sir, I'll go right over. Oh hello, officer, I'm Joe Bescus. Where's this run? I'm back here in a private room. I'll show you. Yeah, it's a door. The doors locked from me inside. This guy's a dummy, if you ask me, come on, open up. I got your cap for you. I think anything's happened to him. I passed out, maybe come on you open up? Hello, listen, what do you want with an officer. All right, I want to go home. So well, who's holding here? Not going home alone? Obviously scared? Come on when you go with me? Wait a minute, what's your name? Davis? James? Dais? Where do you live? One twenty seven wreckson? What are you afraid of? No? Over? No, no, come on, you go home with me. You know what's out for me? Want you all right? Here's your habit? I got a taxi right outside city there, open the door, show here you go, one twenty seven rerec driver. Oh it's twelve thirty. Soon as I get you home, I'm going home myself. Oh all right, all right, hello and sorry to wake you up. Yeah, what's the big idea? Don't mean anything to be off duty, not on this police force. What was the name of that drunk you took home last night? M Oh, there's no David, I thought so. First name James? Yeah? Well where did you take him to his home? Somewhere on Rickson? What time did you take him there? I don't know about one. It's on the report. I didn't stop the report. How old a man was he? A young fellow, about twenty five or six? Why what's up I'll tell you what's up. One James Davis, age twenty five, was killed shortly after one o'clock this morning. No, that's the steake dope, Andy. A friend of his found him about eight thirty. Commissioner called me at home. I got by here on the way over the identify side. The man is James Davis, and somehow I connected him with the Davis you took home last night from Smoky Joe's. Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle. And the guy didn't just have the willis He must have really had something to be afraid of. Get on your clothes, Andy, we're taking the run over to his apartment. Okay, your phone bill paid? Yeah, God, I'll call headquarters for a car while you're dressing. Hello in the police headquarters. Don't take all day, Andy, Hello, Mike Steward been a squad car to pick me up at Anderson's apartment and hold everybody off that Davis case till I get there. Hit the house. Yeah, same place I took him last night. All right, mack all right, stand back, open up here, stay outside and keep this mob back. Okay, all right, thank you, come on, Andy, shut it off. A wait away, take a room here. Oh well, all right, boys, got big charge. That's him, all right, Captain, that's just like I left him. I got that dress robe out of his closet. This forty five has got in his hand. You gave him that tomb noser? Where did he get it? Don't know, Captain, he didn't have it when I left. It's a cinch. This death was a transact like this when you left the noser, the room was real meat. That water picture wasn't broken either, I guess not. That water picture was used to kill him. Look that picture is heavy enough to crack an elephant scalp. Don't pick it up. It's probably full of prints. Looks like his pocket's been rifled too. H Look at this poker chip. Yeah, here's another one. What if this guy say to you on the way home? Oh, nothing much, It was pretty crock. Say what he was scared of? It's smoky Joe, Say what he was scared of? No know where this poker chip came from. No, you're a great help, aren't you? If you ask me? Davis made a big winning in some joint tonight, and someone who saw him do it followed him home and bumped him off. Why hate your right, captain. You know. All the way home, this drunk kept muttering, huh sha't they take me for a ride her? I showed him. I tell him for a ride myself. Well, why didn't you tell me that the first time? Didn't think of it? Capt'n too sleepy, I reckon think of anything else? Nose? All right, head stand in the photographers did that broken pinture for Prince Murphy? All right, boys, back out of the way. Wait a minute, cap'n, look at this. We're live. I want to see Joe. Hello, who's the calling piece? All right? Don't try to be funny. It's a bit gud. She's not it. Don't give me that all right? Now? Where is he? Oh? It's all right now I'm in mister and Anderson's the name in it. Yeah, have a chair, thanks, smoke, Nope, and now what can I do for you? Mister Anderson? We want you to help us, Joe. Sure, you know I feel about you. Boys. Anything you want. The sky's a limit, you know me. Good? Remember that drunk you called me to take away last night? Yeah? Sure? Somebody bumped him off about ten or fifteen minutes after I took him home. Huh, I say somebody bumped him off about ten or fifteen minutes after I took him home. Well, what do you know? And the guy wasn't buggy? Someone was after him? Yeah. I think with your help, I can find out who it was. Oh yeah, well, uh, why me? Because the guy was in your place? Joe? YEA ain't know. But I never set eyes on him before. How long had he been there? Oh? Not long, about thirty minutes maybe longer. Was he drunk when he came in? Yeah? Yeah, what'd you do? I wasn't paying much attention to me. He went back to the private room and ordered a bottle and some sandwiches. I see, say where he'd been? And no, I didn't talk to him. H was he alone all the time he was there? So, as I know, I didn't take much notice of him. When did you first take notice of him? Joe? When one of the waiters called me in and told me that the door locked from the inside, what'd you do? I went back to the door and asked him what was wrong. He said he was scared for me to call a cop. And tried to talk him out of it, but he he wouldn't open the door and I called, Joe. Did he say what he was scared of? No? I wouldn't say a word. Maybe he saw somebody he was afraid of. Yeah, maybe, so you should tell me the truth, Joe, the truth. Sure, it wouldn't hurt you. What do you mean you think I bumped him? Did I say that? Joe? No? But I know you don't like to have it made public, Joe. But you run a set of games back of your place, don't you. Sure? But just a social club, that's son. You can't pick nothing else on me. I'm not here on a gambling charge, Joe. I'm just trying to get you to help me discover who killed the guy. Okay, that's why I want you to tell me the truth. I've told you the truth, yes, but not all of it. Now listen. I've found out that Davis, that was the man's name, was playing the wheel in your social club last night, right. Yeah. I also found out that he hit the bank to the tune of ten thousand smackers. How'd you find that out? That's my own business right now, Joe. Somebody saw him, cleaned the bank and followed him home, and you can't hold that against my place. I'm not trying to whoever followed him home after I left, went through his rooms for the ten grand. Davis woke up, reached for a gun, and somebody give him the works. So what I want you to tell me who it was? I don't know who it was. Yes, you do, Joe? What makes you think that? Because you did it? Joe, I did it. Now I know you don't steing them up. Joe, you too, Oku got that gun. I've known you are behind that, Kurt never since I've been here. I gotcha. It is your dumb flat foot. You ain't got nothing on me. Oh no, I've got enough to hang you. Why what listen you? We found a blue chip, a blue poker chip in Davids's pocket. That chip had some queer scratches on it. I took it and tried it in your chip machine and it fit exactly. Don't interrupt me. I pried my way into your office and discovered that Davis had cleaned you to the tune of ten grand. You didn't like it. You heard Davis give me the number of his house, so you decided to get your ten grand back. But how do I know you did it? Yeah? Because years ago, Joe, when my Dad was on this force. They brought you in on a fight charge. It seems to nearly killed a man after that. In two other fights in your joint, you invariably chose the same weapon, a water pitcher, and you phony copper. You can't convict me on that evidence. No, but you see, Joe, you very conveniently helped me when you bent over Davis to say, Jim, your fountain pen slipped from your pocket, and Joe, I'm awfully sorry, but that pen had your name on it. M leasee headquarters. Okay, Andy, Hello, captain, cancel your card on the Davis killing and he just got a consasion from smoking. Joe Brescos Police Headquarters of Perfect Stet Welcome back the nineteen thirties language stick. It continues to be something that makes me chuckle as I listen to it. I just reminder how different the style was in the early thirties. Both of these pretty good. I did recognize the a voice I believe in the James Davis kill case, Andy, the police officer who caught the killer. I believe his voice is the voice of Hanley Stafford, most famous as Daddy in the Baby Snook sketches. There may be listeners who are more expert at voice identification. So if you think I'm wrong, feel free to let me know. I rarely have to provide that invitation, but just decided I do that case all right. Well, on to listener comments. Michael says, really enjoy the shows, thank you, and Mark writes in to ask, just found the app for my Windows phone. I'd started the podcast around nine hundred episodes and just caught up, but now it can start all the way at the beginning. WHOA, that's a lot of shows. Indeed it is, and that's really one of the nice things about the app, and I hope you enjoy it. Finally, we have a comment from Dan Over on our Facebook page. Really enjoy the various podcasts. You work very hard on them and it shows. Thanks so much again. You're welcome, Dan, And that'll do it for today. Join us back here tomorrow. We'll have an episode of Walk Up for our video theater this month, and then listen on Monday as we kick off with another episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. In the meantime, send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectors dot net. Follow us on Twitter, Radio Detactors and become one of our friends on Facebook, book, Facebook dot com. Slash Radio detact us from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Grahamson and off