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today's episode of the Lineup. This one is called Teacher's Pet. We take
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you now behind the scenes of a police headquarters in a great American city,
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or under the cold glaring lights. Will pass before us. The innocent,
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the vagrant, the thief, the murderer. This is the lineup. It's
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kind of funny to be on this side of the while at ten it pays
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off better. Frankie. Yeah, and we can sit here just routine.
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Frankie, you used to know most of the junkies in town. Maybe you
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can tip us. Show glad to help. I got a white and kid,
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you know, and there's nothing to worry about. Yeah, yeah,
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sure, Hey, I have your attention. Please you people out there on
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the other side of the screen in the audience room, man, I have
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your attention, please, thank you. My name is Corger, Sergeant Pete
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Coager. I'll explain the lineup to you. Each of the suspects you will
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see will be numbers. I'll call off a number their name in charge.
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If you have any questions or identification, please remember the number of sign of
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the prisoners. I call his name at the end of each line when I
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ask for questions or identifications, called out the number. If you're sure,
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are not too sure of the suspect, have him out The questions I asked
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these suspects are merely to get a natural tone of voice, but do not
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pay too much attention to their answers, as they often lie. All right,
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bring on the line. Keep it moving, boys, over here at
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the end of the stage. That's right. To step it up right over
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here to the end. I'll turn on of you and face the screen.
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That's it. Stand still, keep your hands at your sides when you answer
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my questions. Don't mumble. The people out there on the other side of
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the screen want to hear you, so talk all right. Number one,
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George Ashaw, are can see your weapons. Step right up there, George,
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that's it. Where do you live, George? I ain't got one
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stuck up George in the park, the park before that, same place.
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How long you've been in town, George? Three or four days? Where'd
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you come from? Oh? West, somewhere's west? Where George? Que
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Sam Quentin? One to ten? Armed robbery? Where'd you get the gun?
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George? Or gun? The gun you were carrying when the officers arrested
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you didn't have no gun. They found the seven sixty five Lugar automatic in
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your coat pocket. George, I did that's right? Where'd you get it?
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Didn't have no gun? Right now? All right, slide down,
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George. Number two Jeffrey cap Staff Vagrancy. Step right up there, Jeff,
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that's it. Keep those hands with you side. Sure the dad anything,
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he's back only I ain't no vega. Where do you live, Jeff,
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West Hollye Street, Sergeant? And where right out of the street John's
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fleabag? Oh, I don't know the right It's in the four hundred block
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on the north side of the street. But I ain't no vaguely, I
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just said, oh that sub ject. Oh, no, guy, I
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believe you're doing an honest day's work. And how to do another dollar?
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I say, what were you doing when the officers picked up Jeff? I
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was looking for work? What kind of work? Oh? Any kind of
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a good honest job. You don't make no difference to me, gee,
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deep sea diving, rain making, just any kind of jobs. You were
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picked up at one in the morning, Jeff, Oh boy, I was
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really trying that day, all right. Number three, Gentry DAWs and Narcotics.
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Step right up there, Gentry all right, face the screen I kept.
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I finally picked up for so far be a break that so as you've
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noticed it. Day oh, come in ben to dam fine, says Louis
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Silvano's den. Though that's right. They picked him up in a routine accident
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report ran his car into the window of Sables Market eleven forty three last night.
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Hi drunk, just did Doc Gorson's making a routine up topsy. Now
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it looks like simple cardiac figure. Boys went over the car. They found
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these statched away in the radiator cells, prescription stuff morphine heroin. By the
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time the pushers cut it, it'd be worth maybe fifty thousand dollars. And
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they tried to burn out the numbers. The lab was able to read them.
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Came from that Adlon pharmacy hold up two weeks ago. Well that's one
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week. Can write off the books. And that's an interesting sight. Two
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police department notables dealing with narcotics. Who's the shoving and who the junkie?
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A friend of yours, captain, never saw him before here you gimes leave
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me cold, gentlemen. A pleasant change I might have after two hours on
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the hot lights with the mortal remains of Louis Silvano and what was it do?
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Cardiac Vidia? Well, there was a little help from a twenty two
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slug. Ballistics is checking it now. How come it didn't turn it earlier?
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Solano leaded a haircut. Penetration point was behind the right ear, concealed
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by hair and the earlob and he flashed burned. No, but the angle
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says it was fired from inside the car. A muzzle could have been held
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right against his hand. Could he have done it himself? Dog? Not
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unless he had a third arm in the middle of his back. I know
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somebody did the people of this state a good turn. Still, Hamasad Ben
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your job to get him, okay, but it's a dirty trick to pull
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on the guy who didn't got anything for his breaker, all right, Savana
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slug? Yeah, here's the dope. It's a Winchester in a Western Semmer
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squire soft nose, twenty two short and hunted grain designed for environmut shooting.
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Yeah that fits. Can you tell us anything about the gun that fired it?
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Well, the rifling marks are cut sharp and clean. Some microscopic metal
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particles on it that indicate a new or only slightly used Burrow. The gun
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is probably new or only test fire, most likely target Crystal in anything else,
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what do you want me to do? Find the killer for you?
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You got it? Hell? Good monthy. You're gonna check gun registrations.
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Nothing else to do. I'll go back a couple of years. I'm can't
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talk about that needle in a haystack. Nothing else to do. We could
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have hit that sandwich machine. I'm stop. Yeah, I mus think a
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person that's got this report in a couple of minutes ago. Maybe it ties
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in with so I've seen clocked In a twelve or four, a woman by
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the name of Margaret Benson called and said her husband name of Harriet, the
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missing two days the night before last, Angley, that's night we picked up
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Savanah. Yeah, you have a pretty complete description. Fits Sylvana like a
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glove. I think you'd better see it. What do you think then?
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We better visit Margaret Benson. We can go right in here, sit down,
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won't you. That's all right? Miss Benson. You're detective. Yes,
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I'm Lieutenant Gothrie. This is Sergeant Corgan Corgar k r G I Sergeant
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Carger, thank you. I got into the habit of getting names correctly.
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One has to with so many pupils these days. You're a teacher, Missus
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Benson, Yes, art music at Tracy High School. I suppose you think
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I'm a bit foolish calling in about Harry. My husband is idea? Why
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should we think? Then? Well, I suppose I have my imagination run
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away with me. After all, he's not even ten hours late. But
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he did say he'd be back early this morning. Mister Benson was away,
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yes, on a business trip. He's a real estate booker resort properties.
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He went north somewhere to make an appraisal on a dude branch. He expected
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to be back this morning. It's the very latest. I see. His
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name is Harry, Yes, that's right. Does the name Louis Sylvano mean
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anything to you, Louis Sylvana? Yes, no, I believe so.
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Are you sure, Missus Benson? Yes, I'm certain. I've never heard
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it before. Why do you were, miss Benson? How long have you
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been married? Why? It'll be six months Friday. How long had you
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known Harry Benson before that? Oh, just a couple of weeks. Was
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what you might call a burrow in courtship. I met him while I was
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on a vacation, Lieutenant Guthrie, Yes, Miss Benson, my husband's dead,
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isn't me? Sure? We have some pictures with us? May I
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see them? Please be sure? Billie? Thank you, sir. Yes,
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I'm sorry, Lieutenant. Yes, my husband's real name wasn't Marry Benson,
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wasn't no? And that business of his real estate proper? He was
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a criminal, wasn't he? Yes? Was it? Did he meet with
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a violent day? He was shot? Missus Benson murdered. I see,
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I suppose there's something you want me to do, something official. We'd like
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to take a statement from your headquarters. No hurry, though, that's all
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right. I have no more classes today. I can go with you,
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if you'll excuse me moment while I get rid, of course, Miss Benson,
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sometimes this is a lousy job. Tomorrow night, The Ben Crosby Show
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returns from vacation, making the fall parade of stars back to CBS Radio just
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about complete. Thing's guest will be lovely Jane Wyman. Another big musical event
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of tomorrow evening will be the arrival of the Doris Day Show, moving in
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to occupy her new CBS Radio time. Remember arriving tomorrow night, the Bing
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Crosby Show and The Doras Day Show. Then Mano was hap. He ran
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into this Margaret Yates was it former married name. She was a widow and
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a respectable school teacher, her own home and a respectable neighborhood. Ind a
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perfect cover up. So he married her under the phony of Harry Benson.
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Swell guy, yep, but somebody murdered him. Ben, I remember,
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so I'll try to get him. Okay, what's wallaw? Say Ben,
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We've still got a job to do. You're gone through the gun registrations.
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Yeah, just finished. How'd you make a You've ever gone through those things?
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Looks like everybody in town owns a twenty two? How about the one
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we're after? I think I got, Oh, what's the dope? The
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Colt Woodsman Master Target, purchased two days ago from Saunder's gun shop. What
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makes you think it's the one we're after. It's registered in the name of
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Blanket Bence and be right with it in justice sight, No, Harry s
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try that rack second from the window. I got some new thirty eight and
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the police Positives office is special as you're a righter. Nice guns, Ben
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Saunders carries the best. Yeah, I bought my last one here must be
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eight years ago. Hasn't seen that long though, and sometimes it seems twice
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as long. Ah, I guess that'll yeah. As your real guns,
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all right, I guarantee seven nights group of fifty feet in any room on
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a turn. Not today's it. We're a job I knew you would be,
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and never come in here to buy anything. Just ask questions who you
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after this time? You sold a Colt Woodsman Master target two days ago.
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Remember, I don't forget my guns. I never believe you're after her though?
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After who that woman who bought it? Missus Benson, real nice lady,
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and she was the one who bought it. Well, you got it
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down your register occasions. I just told you why I waste my time?
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Asked anybody with her? She bought it along? What's the mat u saage
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and your death? I said nobody was with him. Did she say why
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she was buying it? Yep? Well what did she say? Yeah?
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I said she wanted to do some hunting. I didn't believe it. He
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why, No, she didn't know nothing about hunting or guns. I'd tried
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to talk drew another gun that was kind of heavy for a woman thirty six
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and a half hounds is too heavy and she wouldn't listen to me. Maybe
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she wanted to give it to somebody as a present. That's not what she
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said that she wanted it for a hunting. Did she live? Looks like
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it's on her I had think, what a rain? Sticky? Enough?
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Hit it again? You there? You looking for miss Benson. Yes,
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that's right, you won't find her dad. She ain't home last about an
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hour ago. Well where did she go? You know? I didn't get
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a chance to ask. Probably out of town to visit a daughter though.
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Anyway, stop a cab and had some lovees with her. Got a call
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him. Yeah, you think missus Benson was going to visit her daughter.
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Yes, Natalie's her name from her former marriage to mister Yates. That was
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pretty little thing she is nailing. Hasn't been too well past three or four
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months though, And Natalie lives out of town that she Oh no, no,
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she lives at home with her mother. Only seventeen, you know,
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goes to Tracy High. But she's out of town now. Yes, but
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about ten days now it's been in relative somewhere in the east. I understand.
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I imagine miss Benson's going to join her, you know, any idea
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of wearing the east? And now Miss Benson never did say she thinks she'd
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mentioned something like that to a good neighbor once in a while, wouldn't you.
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But she never did say, Oh, Captain All will send how to
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pick up on her? Ben wants us to come in. Okay, Well,
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thanks for your trouble. I'm sorry we bothered you. Oh bother.
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I don't know that I've been of any help to you, though. The
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principal of mine not to talk about my neighbors to strangers. Well, Ben,
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she's blown down, looks like it. There's a lot of traveling for
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a school teacher. Who the Lexington, Kentucky ten days ago. That was
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on the fifth book, two seats one of the name of Natalie Benson.
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Yeah, who's she? A daughter? She left her there then came back
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alone on the twelfth, that's to day Silvana was shot. Yeah, who's
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coming the airport? Twine? Do you think she'll try for Lexington? I'm
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pretty sure the daughter the best part of her. What do you think,
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Ben? Well? There are two federal hospitals where narcotic addicts, ones at
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Fort Worth, the others at Lexington. You want to relieve clan. He
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gave me the job. Well that's Jake Keeth and I and Marvin Winters reports
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the reservation de ja yeah, yeah, right over there filling out one of
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those insurance farms on the machine. So yeah, yeah, that's right.
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Came in about five minutes ago. It's cleared to ticket through the Lexington,
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Kentucky in the name of Margaret Yates. Quite two or one slowing out gate
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the departure times in six months. That gives us plenty of time. I'll
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report you and then okay, plan, she's almost through. All right,
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let's go you all one for Saint Louis, Nordelle, Sharleston and Washington.
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Now loading head Kathy, Oh god, plea, Miss Benson. Why it's
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Lieutenant Guthrie and Sergeant carg You see I did remember your name, sergeant.
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That's right, missus Benson. How nice to see you again. Are you
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down here to meet someone? Not exactly. I'm leaving myself for Lexington,
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going down to visit my daughter there. Yes, sir, we know.
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Oh I don't remember telling you about I'm sorry, Miss Benson. We can't
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let you go on that plane. You can't. Why not. I think
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we better talk about it down that headquarters. Oh, we's leaving in a
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few minutes. My daughter's expecting me in the morning. I'm sorry. Is
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it about my husband's day? That's right, but I told you all I
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knew about that before, and my plane's leaving in a minute. I can't
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possibly disappoint my daughter. It's no good, missus Benson. We know about
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the gun. Do you mind if we go out to the concourse entrance for
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few in its? That'll be okay, thank you? Huh. I'm forty
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five years of age, Lieutenant. My pupils think of me as an old
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lady, but I don't feel old. Strange is me that a woman of
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forty five can have the same emotions desires as a girl of twenty. Needs
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to be loved, wanted, Yes, ma'am, I had all at once
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with Natalie's father. I thought after he died that I'd never wanted again.
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I was wrong. Not enough for a woman to have just a job as
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a child wasn't enough for me. It's the final call of black for all
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one. But maybe I asked too much, and I don't know when I
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met him, final call that man, I knew was Harry Benson. God
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forgive me. I didn't know what would happened to Natalie. I didn't know
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Miss Benson. Is she in the Federal hospital at Lexington. She's there.
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I took her there myself. She was a lovely child. I took her
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to that hospital myself for narcotic addicts and left her there. The day I
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came back here, I bought that gun and killed him. She was a
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lovely child, Mally, I'm sure she was. Day I came back,
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I killed him. Talking to man do a thing like that, sell drugs
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to children, turn them into what Natalie turned into. Have you ever seen
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what it does to the lieutenant. I've seen them. I saw it in
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my own home. Saw my own daughter fly at me like a wild animal.
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When I found then she was using, she clawed at me, shrieked
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like a wild animal. That's when I learned what he was doing. My
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husband selling drugs to the children at Tracy High School, to my own daughter.
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I don't remember actually planning to kill him. Natalie, it was a
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lovely child, that's plain. I was going to take it, the one
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for Lexington, Yes, that's him. I'd hoped I could take it to
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be with her for a little while to help her. You've both been very
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kind. I'm ready to go now. M The line up, starring Bill
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Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie with Jack Moyles a Sergeant Pete Carter, was written
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by Sidney Marshall with music by Eddie Dunsteedder. Featured in tonight's cast were Herb
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Butterfield, Raymond Burr, Howard mcneer, Benny Rubin, high ever Back,
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Ted Bliss, Jeanette Nolan, and Virginia Gregg. The line up is produced
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and directed by Himde del Vayer. If you like your ladies youthful, full
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of bigger, and more than slightly unpredictable, try Millie Bronson and Judy Graves
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both at this corner Tomorrow Night for some of the funniest listening of the week,
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these same stations, presented by CBS Radio, Dan Coverly speaking this the CBS
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Radio that word welcome back. Wow. This one was a very moving episode.
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Rarely is it that the lineup gives us a sympathetic killer or even a
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sympathetic criminal. Draw It tended to do that more. But really, the
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criminals in the lineup mostly are kind of pathetic. This one really that I
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thought the final scene in this was just very moving, very well done,
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and you can understand why she did it, and you can kind of agree
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with Pete Carker that this is one of those times the job stank. I
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should mention that there was one lost episode here. We cannot find the Poker
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Party killings that were broadcast on October the first of nineteen fifty two. This
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episode was from October eighth. I thought I had it, but when I
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listened to it it was a pre episodes. So if we find it,
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will play it for you. But yeah, we had to skip it this
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time. But that's I think the only lost episode during this stretch. All
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right, Well, that will do it for today. Join us on Sunday
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we'll have a video theater special. This one's an episode of the nineteen sixties
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TV show Checkmate. It's one of only three of the episodes of that series
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to enter the public domain, and I've seen two of them, and this
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one's the better one. And then join us back here on Monday for yours
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truly. Johnny Dollar in the meantime, send your comments to Box thirteen at
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