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Boise, Idaho eight three seven one five. Well, it's time to
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return to Police Headquarters. And when we first played this series, just before
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we got into Dragnet, uh we uh, there were two episodes lost,
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and thankfully those have both been located. And the Police Headquarters was a fifteen
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minute show from nineteen thirty two. It's the oldest thing we've played on Great
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Detectives of Old Time Radio. So we're pleased to go ahead and at last
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wrap up the series polite Police Headquarters. So here are those two missing episodes,
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Episode nineteen and episode twenty two of police headquarters. First up is eighty
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thousand dollars robbery and followed by two officers disappear at least said quarters. Hold
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the wire, please act if you're O Captain Woods seeking the Central Scurity Company.
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Something just took one of our land systems and they probably seven reading street,
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it's the Stanberg bohut Okay, okay, someone all right away radio.
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Then the patrol to eight forty seven ready on investigations robbery calling hi forty five
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P four five investigator robbery eight four seven reading eight forty seven reading seven thirty
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men making the same call. Watch for fall Oh, sit down, Ryan,
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thanks captain, that's the dope on that fur job. Oh No.
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Captain Carton and I got the radio call at five thirty two this morning and
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we made the trip in two minutes. Plants. We found the back door
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the place open and went in the back storeroom was pretty much upset and looked
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like it had been cleaned down well well. We flashed our lights around and
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pretty soon we went onto a guy laying on the floor with a cut on
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his head allan tooy's pockets. While the partner was calling for an ambulance and
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found out that he was Sternberg, the guy who owns the fur chap.
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Where is he now? They're in the general hospital. I reckon he was
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all cold when they caught at him. Away, oh Ley, get a
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general hospital on the wire and find out how this fellow Sternberg is getting along,
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right, go ahead, Ryan, Well that's about all there is.
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Setting the eggs cleaned the place out. A click named Andrews came in about
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eight o'clock and said that the furs were worth eighty thousand bucks. What time
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did you say you got the call? I thirty two this morning, sir,
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and you made it in two minutes. Yes, this report from the
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Dead Shorty Company shows that the burglar alarm was tripped at five twenty nine.
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We had to call in the here two minutes later, and in two more
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minutes you boys were on the scene at you saw nothing of the robberts.
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That's right, sir, and I guess they'd gone. Captain. You mean
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to tell me that a bunch of giggs can break into the shop and see
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eighty thousand dollars worth of furs and get away inside of four minutes. Well,
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own nothing. It can't be done. Just hear have any witnesses,
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no thing that wasn't a soul in sight set in the paper boy, did
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you talk to him, Yeah, and he said, but he was positive
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that there hadn't been a car down that street in the last hour. Oh
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he did, did he? Well, that's what he said the listen Ryan.
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Whoever stole those furs had to use the truck and if they did,
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that newsboy would have heard of or seen it. What was his name,
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azy, Yeah, wait a minute, I have it here some ways.
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Joey Yarwick. There's three four twol in hare Fell Street. Oh so it
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was Joey Yarvis who says he didn't hear any sounds of a truck. Huh,
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Well, that's what he told us, Sir Pley. He's been a
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pickout on Joey or Yarwiz. You'll probably find him around the star pool room.
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Elligans, it's the same kid we had in here from milk stealing about
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a month ago. Okay, cap'n oh. The hospital report that Sternberg is
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okay, he went home about an hour ago. Minor contusion. All right,
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thanks, anything else for me, capt'n Yeah, he's after Sternberger's house
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and get him down here for the lineup this afternoon. He may be able
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to pick out a few faces from the drag net. Right, sir,
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here's mister Sternberg, the fir man captain. Oh, yes, down place
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this officer captain told me you wanted to see me. Yes, in regard
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to the robbery. Oh how's your head? It's better? Did you get
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a glimpse of the man who hitches? And in the storeroom it was dark?
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I wonder if you'd mind explaining, mister Sternberg, how you happen to
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be in your shop at five thirty in the morning or come to the overstown
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early. Yes, but you always make it a custom to come down at
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five thirty in the morning. Nine this morning, I was taking the six
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o'clock train for Clifton to visit Mi, myn brother. I come to the
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robbers by to got some papers for him to sign. I was in the
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office and in the storeroom I heard noises, I say, I walked quiet
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to the banks, and all of a sudden some one hit me, and
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I knew nothing. If your furs doesn't seem to bother you much, wore
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I should it? Hey? From two years back? I hit them first.
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In short oh, I see, they're gonna let the insurance company worry
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about it. Did you hear any words spoken before you were hip come?
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I would not to remember. What'd you say? The man who hits you
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was a small man or a large man? He brought a big man.
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I see. Oh, mister Sternberg, when you entered your store at five
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thirty this morning, did you see the newsboy on the corner? Did you
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see anything of a truck? A truck nine? I see. Well,
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we're holding our regular weekday line up in the auditorium in just a minute.
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What did a step in and give the guys who paraded by in front of
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the microphone the once over? If you see anyone or hearing any voices a
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sound familiar, just let me know. But we're only asking a few assistants
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in the recovery of your first Who's all right? Good? Oh you just
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wait a minute, I'll see if there, Oh, there it is.
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Yeah, they're ready on there now. I might tell you that we do
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all our work in the dark, only the platform and the us is illuminated.
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Well, there are one hundred and eighty of the city's finest detectives in
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here. Let's make this up at home. I'll be near the platform.
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You're a junker. Alright man, alright man. Bring in the first prisoner,
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Antonio Romelly. Well, I see your little trip to the big house
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didn't do you much good. Tony here he has men. Tony Romelli EIGHTE
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thirty eight records three terms in state's prison, assault with intense to kill,
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first degree robbery and not as Now he comes back on a charge of robbery
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again. Why laying drunks is here? Specialty? Take a good look at
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him? What about a Tony nice fellacy? Clean upright? Citizens? Take
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you down? Next one, boys, Samuel Johnson Colored has more troubles staying
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on the wagon than all the rest of the drunk in town. This makes
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his fifteenth arrest on a charge of drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Sam has
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a razor in one of these days, it's going to send into that one
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way walk if he doesn't cut out his fighting. What about it, Sam,
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Well, mister Captain's I guess I just slipped again. I know.
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I take him down. Next prisoner. Wow, I didn't know the boys
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had picked you up yet, Joey, Well, what you got me down
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for? This time? Captain? I'll Joey, you know why we brought
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you down because you didn't tell us the truth about that fur offer this morning
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a your folks make me six. I tell you, tomb flat Foot that
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I ain't saying nothing. I ain't he ain't gonna tell nothing. Yeah,
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I know you're a lying Joey man. This is Joey yarwith sells papers at
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six and ready. Used to be the leader of the East Side hoodlums until
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he broke him up. I did even here a month ago on a milk
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stealing charge, but he lied out of it. Take a good look at
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him, man, he'll probably be after him for murder one of these days.
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All right, take him away next president. Well, I'm sorry you
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didn't see anyone who looked like the man who is Missus Sternberg. After all,
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it was just a shop in the dark. Yes, I don't want
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here to see you, Sir Joey Year with his mother. Oh yes,
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I asked her to come down. I'm going now. When a minute,
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mister Sternberg, you still have to fill out the robbery report. You'll just
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wait until I finished with Missus Yar. Let's uh sorry, and Ryan,
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but I must be now. And sit down, mister Sternberg. I'll just
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be a minute. This time. Trouble again out there there? It's nothing
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serious, Mamma, yarlis here. Sit down. Always I was such a
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good muster to him. Always. I tried to send him to school and
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buy him life. Clue. Yeah there now, Joey hasn't done anything bad.
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Here here, stop crying. Maybe you can help us out. Oh
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oh, the trouble with us is that we can't get along with Joey.
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I'm where he developed a hatred for cops. Consequently, he does things which
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are against the law. Joey and the law just don't hit it off.
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I thought that, perhaps, all right, bring him in. I'm sorry
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to keep you waiting, mister Sternberg, but I have a hunst that we
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might pick up a clue from Joey yar with if our plan work. I
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just had dumps like we're I can walk along. What do you want now,
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Copper? I just wanted to have a little talk with you. Joey,
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have stacked talking and talk fast. I gotta get me papers at the
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start four o'clock. Ye're pretty tough, aren't you, Joey? What about
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it? Sure? I'm tough. You gotta pay now it right? Yeah?
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I guess you're right, Joan. That fella has to be tough,
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doesn't it. Yeah, you'll be getting allows the end of the dale all
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the time. Fella doesn't have to be crooked, Joey. Oh no,
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your cops are crooked. Why shouldn't wait? Pay? No, but your
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mother doesn't know that you're a crooked Joey. You lay my old lady out
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of that. That's the same. I'll bet it to break her heart know
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that you're rolling dunks and stealing milks. You lame my mother out of that.
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I'll bet you've got a good mother, Joey, someone who has worked
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hard to try to make a man out of you'd be awfully disappointed to know
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that you're growing up into a first place udlum Ah, what you don't know,
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don't hurt her? And I'm kin, what do I care? She'll
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crook one a day. Sorry that you talked like this, Joey. All
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right, Mammy Yarma, you can come out and behind that screen, Joie,
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you cannot crook ma. I didn't quite thirty double cross and kopper,
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I'm can even with you. Bring my ma down here? Why? Yes,
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let her know about me. Why, I'll show you. Oh please,
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I'm sorry, Joey, you asked for it. He's not hurt.
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Mommy arward, Joey, my little Joey. Let's mama was you'll say,
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I'm sorry, Joey. That's all right, Captain. I've been pretty much
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of a fool. I guess, Oh, joe don't time out, straighten
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up, honest, I will honest my, Oh my god, what I
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captain? Yeah, you'll make good Joey. And the way to start is
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to tell us just what you saw at mister Sternberg's fur house this morning.
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Excuse me her company. I just admitted mister Sternberg. Maybe something for us
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to work on. Oh ahead, Joey. You'll tell us, won't you?
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Yeah, don totin, I'll tell you sans guy you want Sternford,
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him and his father came in a truck this morning and cart it is a
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whole lot of way. He's planning to collect the insurance on them. First,
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he gave me ten bucks to keep an eye out for the cups,
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but I give it back here. Say there, that's chuck on the jaw
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from Captain Woodwick. What's more than may than all allows you so you could
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get me. Come on, ma, I'm sorry, he's busy. Now.
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Once that the thing happens to one officer, Inspector Bamley, some personal
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reason might account for. But when two officers disappear one after the other on
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the same detail, well I say something must be done. I agree with
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your wholeheartedly, Commissioner. When Detective Aigan disappeared on that assignment to pick up
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Jill Mogo last night, I felt that he might as have some personal reason
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for not calling in. But when Detective Sergeant Gregory failed to call him this
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morning on the same assignment, I knew that something was wrong. And here
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it is, more than twelve hours later, and we've heard nothing from either
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man. I have the entire personnel of the department something for them right now.
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Tell me, Inspector Bamble, was this mogul arrest anything more than the
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usual assignment? Well, yeah, you've you've read about Blackie Peters. Yes,
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your man arrested him for a participation in a gang land murder, didn't
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they all right, maybe before yesterday and he's still in jail. Yes,
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God Blake refused bonds this morning. Well, does this mogul arrest come into
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the picture. Well, Joe Moga is Blackie Peter's right hand man. He's
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one of them, the same charge. I see. I'm afraid you don't
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see all of the dog can I No. Both of these men are gunmen,
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Rodman and the nacted of the underworld for Big Steve Maloney. Maloney,
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Yeah, the same man who came here being elected councilman last year due to
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his gang in front. But Maloney, I know, I know. You
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think that the only reason we're after Steve Maloney is a violation of the state
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lawrence gambling houses. Yes, well it isn't. Steve Maloney is the head
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of the greatest criminal ring this state has ever known. And you think that
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Maloney may know something about the disappearance of Acon and Gregory, I certainly do.
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Let me get this straight, Inspector Domley. We have a notorious gunman
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in jail, Flacky Peter. That's right. We're looking for another member of
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the gang on a murdered charge, Joe Moga. Ye, both of these
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men work for Big Steve Maloney and two officers. Since to bring Joe Mogo
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to headquarters that disappears is that it in a nutshell? Well, why then
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don't you arrest Steve Maloney on suspicion of kidnapping because we've gotten hold in twenty
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four hours, person Commissioner. I've tried for a year to get something on
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Maloney, but he's too smart for us. The arrest of Blackie Peters is
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the first step, Chargian that I've been able to make. What do you
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think has become a detective agent and graduator? I confess that I haven't the
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slightest idea except that their disappearance is very irregular. Well, push things to
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the limit from it, distributticulars and offer a reward of one thousand dollars for
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information leading to their safe return. These men must be found right in the
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running and thank Steve Maloney. Possible one of those Sluggle models are possible for
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Oh yeah, well, not going to wait. Anything new might be big.
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Steve Maloney and one of his hired killers just came in to see me.
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Can you imagine a crust of that guy coming right in the police headquarter?
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You don't think, no, no, Steve Maloney is too smart or
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anything like that. He wouldn't try to deliver Blackie Peters with an army.
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Oh you're leaving commissioner. Yes, well that is I have a pressing engagement
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in the Mayor's office. I thought you might like to stick around and hear
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what Steve has to say. I know, well that is I'd like to
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But well, good day, Inspector. I'm sure you'll do everything in your
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power to find these, but I will say, are you by this door?
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If you don't mind, it would be well yeah, m hmm,
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yeah alone was a little whole. Send them in, come Oho, inspector
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mining Tony, what do you want to Steve? Mister Maloney to you copper?
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Since when? So? This is the way our public service great the
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taxpayers, is it? You know? The proper thing to do is to
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ask me to have a chair. There's a chair over there if you want
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to sit in it and say what you've got to say. I'm busy,
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Okay, set down over that, Tony, and you can keep your thug
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facing if you don't mind. They listen. That's thirty two men. They
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take your hands off. Then, I don't get tough, Maloney. Right,
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you don't think we'd be so dumb as to walk in the headquarters pack
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and riding to you. After all, we can read, we know you've
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got to sell them in law. Oh indeed, you've both got more brains
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than I gave you credit for. Sorry, Ryan, what in your mind?
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Steve? You've got an acquaintance of mind Blackie. Peter's in the jug,
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A good boy, an acquaintance of yours, A good boy. Don't
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make me laugh? All right, I've got him in a judg What about
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it? Nothing except in well I thought maybe all right, I got down
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to brass tacks. It's not what I hear. You got a couple of
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Dick's missing. Do you get that from a little bird? And you tell
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that little bird for me that my cops will show up? Yeah? And
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why have you got the entire force out comb in the city. Well,
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it is many of your business. But if you want to know, we're
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coming in the city for where's logan for Cicago authority? Logan? Right?
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When did he hit this bird? I don't know when he hit it,
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but he's going back to Chicago. He's out of twenty four hours. Oh,
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then you ain't looking for detectives. Aching and Gregory not yet. R
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aren't we admit that they're missing? It's a game, Ony, that's it.
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You've got Blackie Peter's and the jugs the short two dicks out of the
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detective Bureau. I was just thinking that if h well, maybe somebody left
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the door the Blackie still opened by a mistake. Maybe your two lost copper
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should come one thing home, you low down thirty snake. So now now
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I got the body's out of his horse, And if I ever catch you
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down here again, I'll judging myself to you no charge. Now get out
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hold of this. Yeah, you're going to be sorry for this. Mh
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mh what well? I gotta tell me for you black heat? Where's Logan
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in Chicago? Did I asked? That's a couple of you always get what
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you asked for. Shut him in that him just knowing where Now you two
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reps have got a long knife and peace for like that's you you got a
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lot in common. I'm gonna type tim the surprise catch of that year,
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having these two yeggs in the same cell. And she's right, yes,
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come along on my bisigar. You think luck he knows he's do to be
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sprung. He does that. That's people while who was talking to him today?
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All right, and when the thing comes off, we don't want any
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violence. Unlocked the fell, don't want to walk away from it like malonean
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stuck? Did you do right? Only? I can't see why you told
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me to take that bribe and let Blackly Petre's escape. You that end up
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to me are your certain sort. I am not going to get into a
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job over again. Oh of course not. You're acting under orders. You're
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a very odd thing. As soon as you unlock the fell, though,
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you better fade out of the picture for a few days. I don't want
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to see anything happened to you like you say. So you're with his leg
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and eh, yeah, what are you doing in this time? Thinks that
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to happen? I happy tear out. Somebody drop the bows and they picked
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me up down the top. Yeah you know, I get a drive on
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in this bag. We're gonna pretty tough fuck myself. Three Time News are
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in the big House and they got me up on a murder rap. Oh
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yeah, tough by here. I don't know. Maybe it ain't so bad.
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What do you mean? But that? Listen to you and look see
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I work for big Steve Maloney. Do you ever hear I am? Yeah,
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Steve sort of run things in this town, and he's got me off
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set for a break. What is it a delivery? Yeah, so the
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no rough stuff. If you've got old men that turned the screws on you.
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Yeah, Steve was down this morning and set him half a grain to
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turn the king and let me take it on the lamb. Yeah. Once
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it's coming off the almost any time now and listen and show switch steps bush
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Bush open up. Works like a charm bosh, got out here, come
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inside. Oh yeah, wait a minute, who's this guy with you?
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That's with Logan from Chicago? Where's Logan? Yeah? I dun't dick locked
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him up in the frame. Show with me and we're gonna turn to you.
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Fixed and unlocked the fells door. He landed up with me. Well
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bring him in then, Well they got you for Logan job in shot me.
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I was lucky when they sucked me in. I said you I didn't
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know to break on the blackies filled it up. Yeah. Well you tell
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your boy who crost them five grands for delivering you your pat and you'll see
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that he does. Well, how did it work, Blackie? Like a
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charm bosh. Right at the child time to turn, he SIPs in and
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turns the lofty They waited two minutes like you said, and then beat it
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right down the back stair where the boys was waiting with the car. That
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god school had to wait. Care for him good? I was afraid of
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that old man. Well, we got to get you out of town.
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I have a plane leaving the airport in twenty minutes. It will land you
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in Canada. After that'll be up to you to keep out of trouble.
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Of the list blows over, Well, you can count on me, boss,
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He's a grand that's all you'll get. How about his logan? You
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want to take the same plane? Know what time? Is it? All
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like? Shake down here? Fool cops might have a stake out on this
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joints Si Malone. I just wanted to see the clock across the street.
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You'd better take the plane with Blackie. I don't want the Lord to catch
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me hopping and he wanted men. That's as you say, hey boys,
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what you're going to do about them two dicks the boys picked up. I
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don't know yet. We have got him tied up in the waterfront hangout nearly
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all care better check them in the river, boss, I was thinking of
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that. Well, bet your clothes change and get out of here and don't
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come back at Like, why you that everything is blown over? Hey,
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here's a right blackie. You want one logan? Yeah, there you go
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both. If you're loaded to the hill, than now put them up.
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Good work. You rushed the giant as soon as I saw the said go
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up. Cut them together. Boys, drop that gun. See where you're
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gone. They're not allowed. Hey, what is this? I know you've
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been framed? Why you're right this time? You're wearing a frame that will
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send you to the chair. You've got a promotion for the taken. Well,
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what'd you call this guy? Aichon? Bill Aikin brother the Ache and
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you guys have got tied up in a warehouse Akon and he's with Rogan k
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Yeah, yeah, that's right, sweetheart. As far as we know,
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who's logan is still leaving the Chicago boys and Mary Chase, Come on Acon,
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let's raide that waterfun, hang out and take up our boys and nap
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the rest of this mob. Welcome back. Well kind of as usual with
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police headquarters a bit of a mixed bag, particularly in the first story.
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I thought that the sound was actually pretty good. Some of the effects for
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nineteen thirty two and it was interesting to see a lineup though the way that
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they portrayed it in nineteen thirty two versus the way that it was portrayed in
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nineteen fifty two. Although it thinks that the ending part was a bit fell
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over the top and some of the dialects too, But it was nineteen thirties
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radio and pretty enjoyable for the time, So I hope that you enjoyed it.
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And coming up next week we're going to be listening to Ellery Queen,
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and of course tomorrow it's the Adventures of Philip Carlow. In the meantime,
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