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

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  Speaker 1: February 1st, 1952, ABC presented episode 120 of Richard Diamond,
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  Speaker 1: Private Detective. Dick Powell stars as Diamond, approached by Helen
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  Speaker 1: Asher with an urgent request. Find a missing witness who
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  Speaker 1: may clear her brother before an execution scheduled for the
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  Speaker 1: next day. Virginia Gregg is heard as Helen Asher, with
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  Speaker 1: Ed Begley as Lieutenant Walt Levinson, in a script and
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  Speaker 1: direction by Blake Edwards. From the camel-sponsored run of Richard Diamond,
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  Speaker 1: private detective, this is The Garibaldi Case. We now take
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  Speaker 1: you back to the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: The makers of Camel Cigarettes present Dick Powell as Richard Diamond.
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  Speaker 3: Private detective. The End.
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  Speaker 2: No other cigarette has camel's rich, full flavor. No other
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  Speaker 2: cigarette gives you this convincing proof of mildness. In a
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  Speaker 2: coast-to-coast test, hundreds of people with normal throats smoked only
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  Speaker 2: camels for 30 days. Noted throat specialists examined the throats
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  Speaker 2: of those smokers every week and reported not one single
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  Speaker 2: case of throat irritation. Due to smoking camels. Make your
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  Speaker 2: own 30-day camel test. Smoke only camels for 30 days.
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  Speaker 2: See how well camels agree with your throat, pack after pack,
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  Speaker 2: week after week. Here transcribed is Richard Diamond, Private Detective,
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  Speaker 2: starring Dick Powell.
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  Speaker 3: Diamond Detective Agency, your plight is our delight.
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  Speaker 4: Hmm. Helen Asher speaking, a gal alone with just a phone.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, clever, Helen, clever.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, sir. After all, you're not the only one
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  Speaker 4: who can make up corny slogans.
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  Speaker 3: Easy, girl. You're crowding me.
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  Speaker 4: Of course, I just might give up my slogans if
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  Speaker 4: you were on time for dinner tonight.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that's the deal. I can't stand competition.
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  Speaker 4: Seriously, Rick, I have a surprise for you tonight.
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  Speaker 6: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: You're inviting a preacher for dinner, maybe?
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  Speaker 4: No, nothing like that. But I'm fixing the whole dinner myself,
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  Speaker 4: from soup to salad.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, great, Scott. Four million dollars and she can cook, too.
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  Speaker 4: Well, you just remember to go easy on lunch. I
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  Speaker 4: want you to have an appetite by the time you
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  Speaker 4: get here.
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  Speaker 3: Helen, I couldn't think of eating anything that would spoil
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  Speaker 3: my appetite. Besides, the automatic won't take slugs anymore. Well,
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  Speaker 3: I do believe little old Mia's a little old client.
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  Speaker 4: Must be mail. I don't hear your fangs clicking.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, dear, you're so astute. Bye.
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  Speaker 7: Bye.
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  Speaker 8: You're done.
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  Speaker 9: Diamond?
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  Speaker 3: That's right.
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  Speaker 9: Well, what do you know? Odds were 10 to 1
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  Speaker 9: I'd find you in.
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  Speaker 3: You don't say.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, now get your hat, pal. It's 45 puts the
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  Speaker 9: odds in my favor. Now, now, get up.
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  Speaker 3: What are the odds on finding out what this is
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  Speaker 3: all about?
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  Speaker 9: 101 right now. You'll find out soon enough, though.
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  Speaker 5: Now, now, come on.
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  Speaker 9: Diamond, don't try no tricks. You do, and it's even
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  Speaker 9: money you'll be a dead man.
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  Speaker 3: Well, some people collect stamps. Me, I collect strange visitors.
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  Speaker 3: And the character who led me downstairs to his car
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  Speaker 3: was one of the strangest I'd seen all week. He
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  Speaker 3: wore a loud check vest, purple sports coat, and bright
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  Speaker 3: yellow slacks. And every time he opened his mouth, he
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  Speaker 3: gave odds on something or other. We drove through town,
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  Speaker 3: finally pulled up in front of a ritzy apartment house.
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  Speaker 3: He led me back to an apartment on the first floor.
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  Speaker 8: Hold it. This is it.
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  Speaker 9: Inside, Diamond. That's far enough.
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  Speaker 8: Hey, Janet!
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  Speaker 9: Janet!
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  Speaker 7: Janet!
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  Speaker 10: I'm right here, Freddy.
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  Speaker 8: You don't have to.
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  Speaker 9: I told you it was four to one. I could
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  Speaker 9: bring him here.
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  Speaker 10: You're in the bed, Freddy.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Diamond.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, hello. Freddy, if you'd told me she was going
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  Speaker 3: to be here, you wouldn't have needed odds.
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  Speaker 10: That's very sweet.
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  Speaker 3: I'm a very sweet guy, especially with a gun in
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  Speaker 3: my bag.
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  Speaker 10: You can put it away now, Freddy, and take a walk.
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  Speaker 10: I want to speak to Mr. Diamond alone.
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  Speaker 3: Freddy! Okay, okay.
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  Speaker 9: Only the odds are three to one. I should stick around.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 10: Diamond, I need your help. I suggested this to Freddy
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  Speaker 10: and he said he'd bring you. I had no idea
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  Speaker 10: he'd force you to come.
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  Speaker 3: I'll skip the apologies, honey. Just why do you need
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  Speaker 3: my help?
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  Speaker 10: My name is Janet Collins. My brother is Bert Collins.
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  Speaker 10: Does that name mean anything to you?
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  Speaker 3: Well, all depends. There was a Bert Collins sentence to
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  Speaker 3: the electric chair a few months ago. Same one?
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  Speaker 10: Yes, but he isn't guilty, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Diamond.
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  Speaker 10: Bert was convicted of murdering a bookie, but he didn't.
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  Speaker 10: He tried to tell his story in court, but they
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  Speaker 10: wouldn't believe him.
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  Speaker 3: And I take it you want to tell me his
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  Speaker 3: story now.
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  Speaker 10: Exactly.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'm listening.
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  Speaker 10: Bert went into the pool room to see this bookie
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  Speaker 10: about alone. While he was talking to him, a stranger
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  Speaker 10: came in and shot the bookie. Said something about getting even.
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  Speaker 10: And the stranger dropped the gun and ran.
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  Speaker 3: And what did Bert do all this time?
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  Speaker 10: Well, he was stunned. He bent over the body and
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  Speaker 10: picked up the gun just as the police rushed in.
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  Speaker 10: It looked like he did it. Only he's innocent, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Diamond.
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  Speaker 3: Honey, as I remember it, your brother had a fair trial.
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  Speaker 3: Twelve men disagree with you about his guilt.
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  Speaker 8: I know that.
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  Speaker 10: But there's one man who can prove he told the truth.
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  Speaker 7: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: Well, keep talking.
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  Speaker 10: There was a witness to the murder. A little racketeer
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  Speaker 10: named Tony Garibaldi was in the pool room when it happened.
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  Speaker 10: He saw this stranger come in and kill the bookie.
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  Speaker 3: Why didn't this come out at the trial?
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  Speaker 10: Because we couldn't find Tony.
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  Speaker 3: We?
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  Speaker 10: Freddie, Bert's lawyer, and myself. We have witnesses who swear
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  Speaker 10: they saw Tony enter the pool room and rush out
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  Speaker 10: after the shooting.
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  Speaker 3: But you haven't got Tony.
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  Speaker 10: No, and he's the only one who can prove Bird
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  Speaker 10: is innocent. Unless we find Tony by tomorrow, it'll be
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  Speaker 10: too late. Please take the case, Mr. Diamond. Find Tony Garibaldi.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I can give it a try. This is a
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  Speaker 3: big city, though. Tony could be hiding anywhere.
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  Speaker 10: I know it's a hard job, but I'll pay the
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  Speaker 10: usual fee and... I'll be very grateful, Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Diamond.
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  Speaker 8: Very grateful.
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  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm. Well, save the gratitude for later, dear. After we
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  Speaker 3: find Tony Garibaldi. Oh, Diamond. A pretty face, a sob story,
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  Speaker 3: and you get into the scroyest cases. Find a cheap
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  Speaker 3: racketeer out of seven million people. I wonder what kind
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  Speaker 3: of odds Freddy would have given me on that. I
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  Speaker 3: caught a cab back to my office, picked up my card,
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  Speaker 3: then drove down to the 5th Precinct. I was hoping
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  Speaker 3: Lieutenant Walt Levinson could give me some lead on Tony Garibaldi. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: good morning, Mr. Diamond. Mr. Diamond? Well, so formal. New policy.
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  Speaker 11: Commissioner decided we were getting too lax here at the
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  Speaker 11: 5th Precinct. Henceforth, we are to treat visitors with dignity
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  Speaker 11: and respect.
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  Speaker 3: You don't say. Yeah, and stop grinning. What do you
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  Speaker 3: want down here, anyway? Oh, I'm working on a case. You, uh,
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  Speaker 3: you remember Bert Collins? And how? Grilled him after he
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  Speaker 3: was arrested. Tough boy.
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  Speaker 4: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 3: I'm working the springing. Yeah, he was one of the... What?
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  Speaker 3: Are you crazy? Collins gets the chair tomorrow night. I know,
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  Speaker 3: I know, but his sister says he's innocent. And you
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  Speaker 3: believed her? I don't know. She wants me to find
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  Speaker 3: a punk named Tony Garibaldi. So has Tony witnessed the
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  Speaker 3: murder and can prove Bert didn't do it? Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 11: I remember.
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  Speaker 3: That's what Bert told us. He tried to locate Tony,
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  Speaker 3: but he's dropped out of circulation. You think Tony really
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  Speaker 3: saw the murder? Who knows?
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  Speaker 11: The guy next door to the pool room said he
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  Speaker 11: saw Tony enter and come.
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  Speaker 3: Out later after the shots. Look, Rick, there's no doubt
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  Speaker 3: that Bert did it.
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  Speaker 11: The patrolman on the beat rushed in, found him standing
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  Speaker 11: over the body with a gun.
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  Speaker 3: In his hand. Why is Tony hiding? And why would
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  Speaker 3: Bert's sister want me to find Tony unless he was
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  Speaker 3: sure he could free her brother?
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  Speaker 11: All I know is we had all the evidence against
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  Speaker 11: Bert that we needed. He tried to borrow money from
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  Speaker 11: the bookie. Bookie refused.
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  Speaker 3: They had a fight. Bert shot him open and shut case.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe it is and maybe it isn't, Walt. I'm still
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  Speaker 3: going looking for Tony Garibaldi. Any leads on him?
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  Speaker 11: I'm afraid not. Chances are some of the petty rackets
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  Speaker 11: might know where he is. Tony's worked all the cheap rackets,
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  Speaker 11: got a lot of friends.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I guess I start covering the petty rackets.
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  Speaker 7: Then, huh?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, good luck, Rick's. Bert is innocent. I'd hate to
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  Speaker 3: see him burn. Well, if I find Tony, I'll bring
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  Speaker 3: him in to you here. I'm glad you said if.
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  Speaker 11: If you find Tony and if he can clear Bert Collins.
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  Speaker 3: That's right, fatty. If. New York is a big city,
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  Speaker 3: and like any big city, it has a lot of rackets.
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  Speaker 3: Everything from fake panhandlers to phony insurance salesmen. But someone
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  Speaker 3: in these rackets might know where I could find Tony Garibaldi.
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  Speaker 3: So I began checking... One racket after another, charity rackets,
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  Speaker 3: used car rackets, everything. Yeah, a lot of people knew Tony,
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  Speaker 3: but they hadn't seen him in months, or so they said.
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  Speaker 3: It was late afternoon by the time I pulled up
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  Speaker 3: in front of Sneezy Williams' apartment. A few years back,
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  Speaker 3: Sneezy had organized every pickpocket in town, formed a sort
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  Speaker 3: of a union. There was a chance he might know
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  Speaker 3: Tony's whereabouts. I got out of my car and started
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  Speaker 3: for his apartment.
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  Speaker 5: Don't turn around, Diamond.
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  Speaker 3: It couldn't be your finger sticking in my back, could it, friend? No,
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  Speaker 3: it couldn't be.
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  Speaker 5: Walk toward that alley, Diamond, or I'll put a hole
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  Speaker 5: right through you.
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  Speaker 3: That's a pleasant thought. Now, pal, if this is a stick-up,
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  Speaker 3: you're in for a disappointment. The only green stuff in
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  Speaker 3: my wallet is moss.
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  Speaker 5: Shut up and don't turn around. That's far enough. Diamond,
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  Speaker 5: I hear you've been looking for me.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, you're Garibaldi?
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  Speaker 5: Shut up! I'll do the talking, Diamond. I don't know
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  Speaker 5: what your angle is in this or why you're after me,
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  Speaker 5: but I want you to lay off.
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  Speaker 3: Well, why are you hiding, Tony? What are you afraid of?
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  Speaker 5: Never mind that.
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  Speaker 7: Now, look, I've heard you're a right guy. I hate
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  Speaker 7: to do this, but you've got to understand I'm not kidding.
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  Speaker 7: Keep away from me or next time you won't get
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  Speaker 7: off so easy.
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  Speaker 3: Tony, Tony, listen to me. I.
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  Speaker 2: Before we continue with Richard Diamond, here are a few
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  Speaker 2: words about smoking enjoyment. Listen to this report by leading
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  Speaker 2: throat specialists. After making more than 2,000 weekly examinations of
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  Speaker 2: hundreds of smokers from coast to coast, smokers with normal
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  Speaker 2: throats who smoked only camels for 30 days, noted throat
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  Speaker 2: specialists reported not one single case of throat irritation due
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  Speaker 2: to smoking camels. That's proof of mildness. Proof offered by
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  Speaker 2: no other cigarette. Start your own 30-day camel test. Smoke
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  Speaker 2: only camels for the next 30 days. You'll soon see
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  Speaker 2: how mild, how flavorful, how thoroughly enjoyable a cigarette can be.
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  Speaker 2: You'll see how well camels agree with your throat. Pack
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  Speaker 2: after pack, week after week.
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  Speaker 3: How mild, how mild.
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  Speaker 12: How mild can.
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  Speaker 6: A cigarette be?
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  Speaker 10: Make the camel 30-day test.
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  Speaker 12: And you'll see Smoke camels and see And now, back
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  Speaker 12: to Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring Dick Powell.
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  Speaker 3: I was looking for a little racketeer named Tony Garibaldi.
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  Speaker 3: Only instead of finding him, Tony found me. and he
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  Speaker 3: left a bump on my head as a not-too-gentle reminder
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  Speaker 3: that he didn't appreciate me searching for him. But now
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  Speaker 3: I was even more determined to find him, for two
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  Speaker 3: good reasons. One, he might save Bert Collins from the chair,
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  Speaker 3: and two, I wanted to repay him for that crack
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  Speaker 3: on the head, with interest. After I'd come to in
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  Speaker 3: the alley, I went to a cafe on the corner,
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  Speaker 3: smoked four Campbells, had two cups of coffee, and washed
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  Speaker 3: my face. I felt much better as I walked back
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  Speaker 3: up the street to Sneezy Williams' apartment. I climbed the
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  Speaker 3: stairs and knocked on Sneezy's door. When the door opened,
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  Speaker 3: Sneezy stood there, his face screwed up like he'd just
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  Speaker 3: bitten into an unripe persimmon. Then.
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  Speaker 3: Relief spread over his pudgy features and he held out
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  Speaker 3: his hand.
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  Speaker 8: Ricky Diamond. Long time no see.
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  Speaker 3: How are you, Sneezy?
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  Speaker 8: Bad, Ricky. Awful bad. Come on in.
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  Speaker 9: Well, thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Ooh, what's that smell?
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  Speaker 13: Foams from my vaporizer over there on the table. I've
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  Speaker 13: got to breathe them. It clears up my head.
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  Speaker 4: Oh.
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  Speaker 3: I hear you've gone up in the world, Sneezy. Pickpocket union, huh?
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  Speaker 13: Diabert, please, don't use that word, pickpocket.
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  Speaker 8: In the trade, we call them cadets.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be disrespectful.
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  Speaker 8: Common mistake. Yeah, I organize the boys.
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  Speaker 13: He keeps them out of each other's territory, and I
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  Speaker 13: get a percentage of all their takes.
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  Speaker 7: Hmm.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that explains the fancy apartment.
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  Speaker 8: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 13: Only what would know when you're a sick man like me?
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  Speaker 13: I got a cold all year round. I've been under
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  Speaker 13: a mustard plaster so long I feel like a hot dog.
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  Speaker 8: What brings you here, Ricky?
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  Speaker 3: I'm looking for a man, Sneezy. You might know where
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  Speaker 3: I could find him.
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  Speaker 13: Well, it all depends. Come on, let's sit over here
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  Speaker 13: by the vaporizer. I gotta sniff those fooms. Who you after, Ricky?
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  Speaker 3: Guy by the name of Tony Garibaldi.
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  Speaker 8: Tony, huh?
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  Speaker 3: You know him?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, sure. Worked for me a few years back. I
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  Speaker 8: haven't seen him lately, though.
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  Speaker 3: Where was he living when you knew him, Sneezy?
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  Speaker 8: Now, let's see. Excuse me a sec. Ooh, them fooms
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  Speaker 8: feel good.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, about Tony. Huh?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, yeah, yeah. I should know it. Uh, Oh, sure.
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  Speaker 8: He lived with his mother. Yeah, that's a nice old lady.
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  Speaker 8: I've been over there a few times.
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  Speaker 3: Where, Sneezy? What's the address?
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  Speaker 8: The address... Ooh, them fooms.
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  Speaker 13: You know, these vaporizers come pretty high these days. This
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  Speaker 13: one set me back ten bucks.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Sneezy, here's ten bucks. Vicky, you are a
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  Speaker 3: kindred soul. Just make with the address, Sneezy.
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  Speaker 13: Yeah, the old lady runs a dry cleaning shop over
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  Speaker 13: on 79th and 3rd.
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  Speaker 8: Right on the corner. You can't miss it.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, them fools. Gesundheit. That last one must have registered
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  Speaker 3: on the Caltech seismograph. I left Sneezy with another Gesundheit
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  Speaker 3: and went out the door before he blew me out.
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  Speaker 3: Then I went to my car, drove across town to
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  Speaker 3: the cleaning shop on 79th and 3rd. Inside, I found
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  Speaker 3: a tired-looking old lady marking clothes.
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  Speaker 8: Yes?
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  Speaker 5: You have come for clothes?
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  Speaker 3: No, Mrs. Garibaldi, I'm looking for your son. Tony? Tony.
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  Speaker 5: What is it you want with him?
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  Speaker 3: I'd like to talk to her.
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  Speaker 14: You're trying the police?
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  Speaker 3: Well, indirectly, yes.
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  Speaker 8: Go away.
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  Speaker 3: No, Mrs. Garibaldi.
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  Speaker 5: Go away.
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  Speaker 14: You're not dressed like a policeman. You're not from the police.
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  Speaker 14: You wish to harm my Tony.
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  Speaker 9: Go away.
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  Speaker 3: Mrs. Garibaldi, your son's in a lot of trouble. He
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  Speaker 3: might be able to save an innocent man from dying.
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  Speaker 3: I intend to find him.
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  Speaker 14: Tony's in trouble, yes, I know. He comes here months ago,
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  Speaker 14: tells me he must hide. He does not tell me why.
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  Speaker 14: Why must Tony hide from men like you?
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  Speaker 3: Why?
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  Speaker 1: Why?
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  Speaker 3: Your son witnessed a murder.
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  Speaker 5: This is a crime?
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  Speaker 3: No, no, but Tony ran away. If he tells what
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  Speaker 3: he really saw, perhaps an innocent man will go free.
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  Speaker 14: Tony is a good boy.
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  Speaker 9: He would not wish harm to innocent man.
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  Speaker 3: Perhaps Tony's afraid, Mrs. Garibaldi. Afraid some harm will come
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  Speaker 3: to him if he tells the truth.
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  Speaker 5: Is this true?
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  Speaker 3: No, the police will protect your son. But they can't
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  Speaker 3: protect him if they don't know where he is. He's
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: in more danger now.
• 17:14
  Speaker 14: How do I know you speak the truth? You're not
• 17:17
  Speaker 14: from the police. I know you're not a harm to
• 17:21
  Speaker 14: Tony yourself.
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: You can check with the police. Lieutenant Levinson, 5th Precinct.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: He'll vouch for me. I do not know.
• 17:31
  Speaker 14: You would not tell me to check unless you spoke
• 17:33
  Speaker 14: the truth.
• 17:35
  Speaker 8: But I do not know.
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: Where's Tony living, Mrs. Garibaldi?
• 17:41
  Speaker 8: Tony says I'm not to tell anyone.
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: Your son's afraid. People in fear don't think clearly. Now,
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: where's Tony? I.
• 17:51
  Speaker 10: Tony's a good boy.
• 17:53
  Speaker 9: There's no good he must hide.
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: Where is he? Tony must hide no more.
• 17:58
  Speaker 8: Tony must tell truth.
• 18:01
  Speaker 14: If I do wrong, may I be forgiven, but.
• 18:05
  Speaker 8: I will tell you where Tony hides.
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: Mrs. Garibaldi wrote the address on a slip of paper.
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: I called Janet Collins and asked her to meet me
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: at Tony's hideout. Together, we might be able to persuade
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: him to tell the truth about the murder. When I
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: got to Tony's rooming house, Janet hadn't arrived yet, so
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: I went up alone. And after five flights, I didn't
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: bother to knock.
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: What?
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: Hello, Tony. Diamond! Yeah. Now, punk, we'll have a little talk.
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: You get out of here. Leave me alone.
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: Now, stay right there, Tony. I've got the gun this time.
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: And I'm itching to pay you back for that wallop
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: in the alley.
• 18:43
  Speaker 5: I had to do that, Diamond. You don't understand.
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: Well, then suppose you enlighten me. Who are you hiding from?
• 18:49
  Speaker 5: You know as well as I do they hired you
• 18:51
  Speaker 5: to find me, didn't they?
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: It all depends. Who do you mean by they?
• 18:54
  Speaker 5: Call them Sister Janet and that Freddy character. They hired you,
• 18:57
  Speaker 5: didn't they?
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: That's right. To find a chicken-hearted punk who might be
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: able to save Bert Collins from the chair. You're quite
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: a guy, Tony. Let Bert die because you're afraid you'll
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: risk your own neck.
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: Oh, come off it, Mr.
• 19:09
  Speaker 4: Diamond.
• 19:09
  Speaker 5: You must know why they want me. Sure, I was
• 19:11
  Speaker 5: in the pool room the night of the murder. That's
• 19:13
  Speaker 5: why I gotta hide.
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: I don't follow you, Tony. Now, who was it you saw?
• 19:17
  Speaker 5: You're trying to tell me you don't know.
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: I never ask questions if I know the answers.
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: Okay, then here's your answer. Sure, I seen the killer.
• 19:24
  Speaker 5: It was Bert Collins.
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: What?
• 19:27
  Speaker 5: I was at a back table. Bert come in, he
• 19:29
  Speaker 5: didn't see me. And after the shots, I got out
• 19:31
  Speaker 5: of there fast.
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: Ah, you're lying, Tony. Why are you hiding if Bert
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: really did it? He's been convicted. He can't harm you.
• 19:38
  Speaker 7: No, but his sister and that Freddy guy can't. After
• 19:41
  Speaker 7: the murder, they got in touch with me. Told me
• 19:43
  Speaker 7: I had a swear I saw a stranger come in
• 19:45
  Speaker 7: and kill the bookie. They told me I had to
• 19:47
  Speaker 7: swear Bert didn't do it.
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: So that's why you ran?
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: Sure, I didn't want to get in trouble with the law.
• 19:53
  Speaker 5: But if I didn't lie, I'd be killed, so I
• 19:55
  Speaker 5: hid out.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Tony, if what you say is true, I'm the biggest
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: stoop in town.
• 20:00
  Speaker 5: You gotta believe me, Mr. Diamond. I swear I tell
• 20:03
  Speaker 5: the truth. And please don't tell them where I'm hiding, please.
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: It's too late for that, Tony. They already know.
• 20:09
  Speaker 14: What?
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: Yeah, come on. Let's get out of here. We'll get
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: you to a safer place, then we'll have.
• 20:15
  Speaker 9: Hold it right there, kiddies. It's a fight or one,
• 20:18
  Speaker 9: I'll pull a trigger.
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: Well, well, well. Yellow vest, purple sports coat, and gray gun. Freddy,
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: your regular Technicolor nightmare.
• 20:26
  Speaker 10: Better drop your gun, Diamond.
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: Hello, Janet.
• 20:29
  Speaker 9: Drop it.
• 20:32
  Speaker 10: That's a sweet little boy.
• 20:34
  Speaker 5: You believe me now, Mr. Diamond?
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Tony, only don't rub it in.
• 20:37
  Speaker 10: Diamond, I'm sorry this has to be. I wanted you
• 20:40
  Speaker 10: to find Tony, but I wish you hadn't talked to him.
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: Oh, Janet, you're a dreamer. This won't work. Even if
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: Tony does swear Bert's innocent, the police will break his story.
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: Your brother dies in the chair tomorrow night, and a
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: lie can't save him.
• 20:52
  Speaker 10: We'll see about that. It's a chance, anyway.
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: What about it, Tony? You gonna let him take you
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: downtown and lie for them? Well, I.
• 21:00
  Speaker 5: I don't know.
• 21:01
  Speaker 10: I know Tony Diamond. Don't try and fill him with
• 21:03
  Speaker 10: false bravado. He knows what Freddy will do with him.
• 21:07
  Speaker 10: Unless he does exactly what we tell him. don't you, Tony?
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: Yeah, kid, you know.
• 21:12
  Speaker 9: When the odds are 50 to 1, you'll say just
• 21:13
  Speaker 9: what we want you to say. I.
• 21:17
  Speaker 5: I'm sorry, Mr.
• 21:18
  Speaker 13: Diamond.
• 21:18
  Speaker 5: I guess I gotta do what they want.
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: Oh, don't be a fool, Tony. Shut up, Diamond.
• 21:24
  Speaker 9: You've talked enough.
• 21:25
  Speaker 10: Freddy, I'll leave you here with Diamond. Tony and I
• 21:27
  Speaker 10: will wait in the car. Don't be long.
• 21:29
  Speaker 9: Come on, Tony.
• 21:30
  Speaker 8: Diamond, I.
• 21:34
  Speaker 9: Now then, Diamond, just you and me.
• 21:37
  Speaker 4: Oh.
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: You make the most brilliant statements, Freddy.
• 21:40
  Speaker 9: Yeah, and the odd job... Hey, keep your hands out
• 21:42
  Speaker 9: of your pocket.
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: Oh, take it easy, Freddy. There couldn't be a gun
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: in this pocket. Just got a half dollar. See?
• 21:48
  Speaker 9: What's I do?
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: Well, Freddy, old boy, the way I see it, I'm
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: about to be shot.
• 21:53
  Speaker 9: That's even money, all right.
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: Well, I can't figure out whether to die a hero
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: trying to rush you or just stand here and wait
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: for you to shoot.
• 22:01
  Speaker 4: Huh?
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: Now, either way, I die. So I might as well
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: decide which way I want it. Thought I might flip
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: a coin.
• 22:09
  Speaker 9: Diamond, you must be a little lost, huh?
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: Freddy, Freddy, I didn't admit it before, but you see,
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: I'm crazy about gambling, too. Just like you.
• 22:20
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: Sure, sure. You can appreciate a sportsman wanting to go
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: out like this to die on a gamble. I don't know. Freddy, Freddy, relax.
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: Either way, I die. Now, I'll flip the coin, two
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: out of three. Heads, I die rushing you. Tails, I
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: wait for you to shoot. It is sort of interesting.
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: Here we go.
• 22:44
  Speaker 7: Up.
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: There.
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: Tails. You wait. Two out of three.
• 22:52
  Speaker 13: Up.
• 22:55
  Speaker 9: What is it?
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: Heads.
• 22:57
  Speaker 8: Go on, go on.
• 22:58
  Speaker 9: This one tells the tale.
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Freddy, this one tells the tale. I held the
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: coin against my thumb. Freddy was interested now. He was
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: the type who liked any kind of a bet, and
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: in this one, the odds were all in his favor.
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: But I always did like long shots. I flipped the
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: coin high. Only this time, I didn't catch it. I
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: let it fall to the floor, and Freddy's eyes followed it.
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: This was what I needed. I threw him off balance,
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: and the gun went clattering to the floor. Then my
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: right hand plowed into a yellow vest, and my left
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: hand followed through. And that took care of Freddy. but
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: there was still Janet outside with Tony in the car.
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: I stripped Freddy of his purple sport coat, put it on,
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: and went downstairs. Outside, I saw Janet and Tony in
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: a blue sedan parked at the curb. I lowered my
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: head and went around to Janet's side as fast as
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: I could.
• 23:56
  Speaker 10: Get in the other side, Freddy. Diamond!
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: Take it easy, honey.
• 23:59
  Speaker 4: Let me go.
• 24:00
  Speaker 5: Let me go.
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: Just relax now. You'll go somewhere in a minute.
• 24:03
  Speaker 4: Tony. Yeah?
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: Run out the corner and get the cop of the
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: beat to take care of our little friends, will you?
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: And make it snappy. I got a date at 7 o'clock. Hmm.
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: I wonder how Helen would like me in a purple
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: sport jacket.
• 24:22
  Speaker 9: Hmm.
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: I beg your pardon, Helen dear? I said, hmm. Well,
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: that's what I thought you said. Now, dear, please stop
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: staring at me. It makes me self-conscious. Oh, I just
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: can't help it, Rick.
• 24:39
  Speaker 9: I don't think it's right for a woman to tell
• 24:41
  Speaker 9: a man how to dress.
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: I agree. Only sometimes.
• 24:44
  Speaker 8: Well, that purple sport jacket.
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: I was wondering when you'd notice it.
• 24:50
  Speaker 10: Well, I noticed it when you first came in.
• 24:51
  Speaker 9: I'm just getting over the shock.
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: Oh, I knew you'd like it, dear. Wait until you
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: see my red, white, and blue slacks. I'm saving them
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: for Lincoln's birthday.
• 24:58
  Speaker 10: Oh, now, Rick, what's come over you?
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: Personality, dear. Now settle back and listen to your colorful
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: boyfriend sing a sweet song.
• 25:07
  Speaker 4: Oh, what a way to spend an evening.
• 25:11
  Speaker 10: A purple coat, a piano, and a private detective. And
• 25:14
  Speaker 10: I'm the gal who graduated from Vassar.
• 25:18
  Speaker 6: And so to sleep again.
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: As if I'll ever.
• 25:27
  Speaker 8: Sleep again.
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: These restless nights go on Away from you And so to.
• 25:45
  Speaker 6: Dream again As if I'll ever dream again.
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: My darling, since you're gone.
• 26:00
  Speaker 15: My dreams are through. No other arms can ease this
• 26:12
  Speaker 15: ache within my heart. No other lips can kiss away
• 26:24
  Speaker 15: these tears that start.
• 26:29
  Speaker 6: And so to sleep again As if I'll ever sleep
• 26:39
  Speaker 6: again As if I'll ever love again Anyone but you.
• 26:59
  Speaker 8: Oh, that was very nice.
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 27:02
  Speaker 14: Only I'm surprised you didn't sing a louder tune to
• 27:04
  Speaker 14: go with your clothes.
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: Oh, Helen, Helen, from your tone, one would think you
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: didn't approve of my new apparel. Yes, one would, wouldn't one?
• 27:13
  Speaker 8: One would all.
• 27:14
  Speaker 16: No, Rick.
• 27:16
  Speaker 5: Rick.
• 27:17
  Speaker 4: Rick.
• 27:22
  Speaker 5: Oh, Rick.
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: Yes, dear. More?
• 27:25
  Speaker 10: Well.
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: I'll be romantic tonight.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: Romantic?
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: Nothing.
• 27:30
  Speaker 10: As long as you wear that jacket, I'd rather keep
• 27:33
  Speaker 10: my eyes closed.
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: Come here.
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: Dick Powell will return in just a minute. What cigarette
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: do you smoke, Doctor? When that question was asked of
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: doctors from coast to coast, doctors in all branches of medicine...
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: The brand name most was Camel. Why don't you smoke
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: camels too? And say, why not give a carton of
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: camels for St. Valentine's Day? Camels come in a special
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: carton all dressed up for the Valentine season. Give your
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: Valentine camels.
• 28:11
  Speaker 8: How mild, how.
• 28:13
  Speaker 12: Mild, how mild, how mild can a cigarette be?
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: Smoke camels and see.
• 28:20
  Speaker 16: Here's Dick Powell with a special message.
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, to help bring pleasure to
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: hospitalized veterans and members of our armed forces, the makers
• 28:29
  Speaker 3: of Camel send thousands of packs of Camel cigarettes to
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: service in veterans' hospitals every week. This week, the gift
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: Camels go to Veterans Hospitals, Fort Harrison, Montana, and West Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: Naval Hospital, Quantico, Virginia, U.S. Army Station Hospital, Camp Carson, Colorado,
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: and the Military Air Transport Service, which evacuates virtually all
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: overseas wounded personnel. Now, until next week, enjoy Camels. I
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: always do.
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: Tonight's transcribed adventure of Richard Diamond was written and directed
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: by Dick Carr with music by Frank Wirth. Virginia Gregg
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: played the part of Helen Asher and Alan Reed was
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: Lieutenant Levinson. Others in the cast were Herb Butterfield, Gene Bates,
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: and Parley Bearer. Be sure to listen to another great
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: camel show, Vaughn Monroe and the Camel Caravan, every Saturday night.
• 29:30
  Speaker 16: Here's Prince Albert, the National Joy Smoke.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: The bite is out and the pleasure's in when you
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: smoke Prince Albert.
• 29:39
  Speaker 9: It's specially treated not to bite your tongue.
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: The bite is out and the pleasure's in.
• 29:45
  Speaker 16: So pack your pipe with Prince Albert, the largest selling
• 29:48
  Speaker 16: pipe tobacco in America. It's smooth, cool smoking. And say,
• 29:53
  Speaker 16: there's more tobacco in the pocket tin now. So get
• 29:56
  Speaker 16: Prince Albert tomorrow.
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: Listen next week for another exciting adventure of Richard Diamond,
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: starring Dick Powell.
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: Richard Diamond, private detective, has concluded with The Garibaldi Case.
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: Good night, and thank you for joining us for Classic Radio.
• 30:20
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• 30:24
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