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Oh, hello, Casey. I'm sure glad to see you. Yeah, hi, Ethelbert.
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Say, what's with Marvin and this me, me, me stuff?
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Maybe you can find out. He won't talk.
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Hey, Tony, what goes with you and Herman Chitteson and
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that me, me.
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Me noise?
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Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
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Hey, Herman, will you give me an A now? Me, me, me, me.
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First it's me, me, me, and then it's give me
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an A. Well, what's this A business, anyhow?
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Why, Casey, A is for Anchor Hawking, the world's largest
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makers of household glass.
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
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This is Tony Marvin.
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Every week at this time, the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation
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of Lancaster, Ohio, and its more than 10,000 employees, bring
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you another adventure of Casey, Crime Photographer, ace cameraman who
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covers the crime news of a great city. Written by
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Alonzo Dean Cole. Our adventure for tonight, The Surprising Corpse.
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Two o'clock in the afternoon... the living room of a
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beautifully furnished penthouse apartment.
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Mrs.
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Abel.
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Yes, Marie?
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The Comte de Gaston is here.
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Show him in.
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Yes, Mrs.
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Abel.
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You may go in, Comte de Gaston.
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Henriette, my lovely one.
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Hello, Leon.
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It was good of you to send for me. I
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kiss your beautiful hand.
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Don't. Henriette.
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Come into the library where we can talk privately.
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Very well.
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Sit down, Leon.
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You are mad at me, Henriette. I can always tell
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when you are so green. It's showing your so lovely eyes.
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Yes, well, now that we're alone, Count, suppose you drop
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the phony accent.
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Okay, what's the beat?
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I've advanced you almost $ 40, 000.
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As you're to get it back with 500% interest, you've
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made a good investment.
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I'm not so sure of that, Henriette.
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This silly bird-brained girl I'm engaged to marry will inherit
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millions when she's 21, only a year from now.
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You can't lose.
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You even took out insurance on my life.
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Yes, but only for enough to protect my actual loans
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to you. You see, Leon, I expect a profit as well,
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and I won't get that unless you marry Paula Durfee
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and get your hands on her inheritance.
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Don't worry.
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She's mad about me.
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Her uncle, who controls her estate until she's 21, and
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her brother Arthur are mad at you.
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Paula pays no attention to them.
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When you drink, you talk too much.
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What do you mean?
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Several nights ago at the bar of the Yorkshire Club,
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you told everybody what you really think of Paula Durfee.
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Who told you that?
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I swear.
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I have reliable informants in many places, Leon. I watch
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over my investments, and you're one of them. I've not
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had a loss so far, and I don't intend to
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have one in you.
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I'm sorry, Henriette. I dream too much no more. I
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don't trust you, Henriette.
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And because I don't trust you, I want to liquidate
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your debt.
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Liquidate your debt?
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Oh, it'll be to your.
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Advantage as well as mine. Would you like to make $ 100, 000
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right away? 25% of which goes.
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To me, of course.
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My plan may strike you as fantastic, Leon, but this
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Paula Durfee is a little fool. If she weren't, she
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wouldn't be in love with you and jealous of you.
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You're most flattering, Mrs.
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Zabel.
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You've an appointment with Paula today, of course?
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At 5 o'clock for cocktails.
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Well, don't drink too much before you meet her. And
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don't tell her this scheme was the idea of anyone
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but yourself.
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You must take all the credit. Go on.
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Tell me how to get this $ 100, 000.
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This is the way, Leon.
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When you meet Paula, you tell her.
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Leon, darling, you're not serious about this.
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My beautiful Paula, I've never been more serious in my life.
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But it's crazy, my sweet.
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You had too much to drink before you met me.
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I have only a few. What is four, five, maybe
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six cocktails.
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Where did you have him?
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At Loire's bar.
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With some woman?
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I am with a man, a man named Casey.
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I don't know any Casey.
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He's a nobody who takes pictures for the newspapers. I
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meet him in this cafe. We have a drink together.
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But I don't trust you.
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You've been seen with other women.
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Who sees me with other women?
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My brother Arthur has seen you.
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And my uncle.
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They tell you this because they do not like me. Ah,
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Paul Le Cheri.
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You have proof that I love you madly. That I
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desire to marry you right away. What I tell you
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a moment ago is proof of that.
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What, that crazy scheme?
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It is good scheme.
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Will you go to your uncle tonight?
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I'd never convince him.
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You will.
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Paula, you are great actress.
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What drew me to you when first we meet is
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the drama in you.
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I say to myself, there is woman in fire with emotion.
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She is Bernard. She is Betty Grable.
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You dig it. Upon my love for you, I dig.
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Oh, Leon. Will you go to your uncle in two
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hours from.
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Now and tell him? Would be exciting.
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It is perfect plan.
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You thought it up?
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Certainly.
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I have a brain.
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I'll do it.
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Uncle Clement should give me enough for us to get
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married on, even if we have to trick him into it.
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Tell me the plan again, Leon.
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All of it.
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So when I go.
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To Uncle Clement.
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My dear, this is astounding. Devastating.
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I couldn't help it, Uncle Clemens.
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I couldn't help it.
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Paula, I've tried to take care of you since your
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parents died. I've tried to shield you. I've warned you.
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I had to do it.
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And now you've got to protect me, Uncle. You've got
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to save me.
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I will, child. Take me to this place. I'll do
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what I have to do.
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Why are we turning here, Casey?
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Annie, won't you ever learn this town? This is a
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shortcut back to the office.
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Oh, you and your shortcuts.
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Hey, that car that just passed us, Annie.
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What car?
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Look at the license number.
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Captain Logan, Homicide Squad.
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Wait a minute, it's stopping. He's going to park. Sure is,
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in front of that brownstone house. Look, Logan and Sergeant
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Flanagan are getting out and fast.
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They're here on a job, Casey.
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Is that it? Let's see what this is all about.
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You and me both.
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Come on.
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What do you suppose they're here for?
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What's the use of supposing? We'll know in a minute.
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Logan just opened the door and walked in. We'll do
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the same thing.
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He probably won't like this.
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So what? They're in that room.
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Hi, pal. Casey!
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Just happened to be passing by. I thought we'd drop in.
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Good evening, Sergeant. Hello, Casey.
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Miss Williams.
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Well, what brought you two uncouth characters to this swanky church, huh?
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Take a look behind this sofa.
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Say.
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A dead man.
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Two gunshots got.
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Him through the head. That's the Count.
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Who?
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Count Leon de Gaston is what he called himself. He
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was engaged to that dumb little glamour girl, Paula Durfee.
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Sure, sure.
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I've seen her with him around the night spot.
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This is interesting. How did it happen, Captain?
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I don't know, Miss Williams. I got a phone call
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at headquarters from a guy who wouldn't give his name.
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He said a murder had been committed at this address
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and that we'd find the front door unlocked. He knew
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what he was talking about.
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Logan, this body's still warm. Yeah. I'm going to take
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some pictures of it.
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No, no, not until I call my tech man.
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Now, Logan.
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You heard me. Outside door's open. More visitors.
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It happened in that room, Uncle.
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I get behind this screen, everybody out of sight.
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Show me, Paula. Paula.
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Quiet and keep out of sight.
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I can't go in there again, Uncle. I can't.
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You must show me where you killed that man.
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Oh, please, Uncle Clemens.
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Show me where and how you shot him.
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All right.
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Leon stood there behind that sofa laughing at me. I
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took the gun and pointed it at him and pressed
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the trigger. Right there is.
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Where he stood.
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He told me the truth.
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Where's his body?
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No. Oh.
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Oh, no!
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We've heard enough.
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You're under arrest, miss.
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I didn't do it.
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I didn't kill him.
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That's not what you said a minute ago.
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But I was lying.
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Leon can't be dead. He just can't be.
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Oh, my child.
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I think introductions are in order, mister. I'm Captain Logan,
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Homicide Bureau.
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I'm Clement Berkey. This is my niece, Paula.
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Oh, Leon can't be dead. He can't be.
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It's no use trying to change your story, Miss Durfee.
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But what I said was all a lie.
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I didn't, Julian.
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Please.
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I didn't. I couldn't. I loved him.
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The things you heard me say, the story I told
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my uncle, was Leon's idea.
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What did she tell you, Mr. Durfee?
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I'd rather not say.
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Look, a murder has been committed.
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You got to.
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I'll tell you what I told my uncle, but it
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wasn't true. I said that I was jealous of Leon,
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that I came here tonight and shot him, but it
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was all a lie.
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You were jealous of Count de Gaston, weren't you, Miss Durfee?
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He told me you were when I was with him
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this afternoon. You were with this guy today, Casey? Mm-hmm,
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for about an hour at Luardi's bar, and he was
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getting quite a load on, too.
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Maybe he told you about the plan he had.
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He didn't say anything about a plan.
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Go on, Miss Durfee.
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All I told my uncle was part of Leon's plan.
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He said that if Uncle Clement was convinced I'd committed
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a murder, he'd pay $ 100, 000 to protect me.
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Really? How was he to pay the $ 100, 000?
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He was to give it.
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To Batson, Leon's valet. Leon said he'd arranged everything with Batson.
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And why was he to give it to this Batson?
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Well, because Batson would say he'd been a witness to
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the murder and that he'd gotten rid of the body.
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When Uncle came here, he was to see nothing but
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some stains on the floor that would look like blood.
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Leon said he'd put some here before he went away
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and hid himself. And I was to get the money
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from Uncle and pretend to pay Batson for his help
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and silence. And then I was to join Leon at
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his hiding place, and we were going to be married.
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I don't know who killed him.
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I don't know.
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I've heard some pretty fantastic stories from murderers, Miss Durfee,
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but yours tops them all.
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Oh, Uncle Cameron, make him believe me.
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My niece told me this man, Batson, had promised to
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take the Gaston's body away, Captain.
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He obviously didn't take the body away. Sergeant, we want
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to see Batson. Get out a tracer on him.
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Yes, sir.
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There's the front door again. More people come into this house.
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What?
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Oh, I beg your pardon.
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Who are you?
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It's Batson.
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Good evening, Miss Durfee.
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Batson, I... Tell them what the Count of Gaston told.
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You to do tonight.
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Tell them. The Count told me to do nothing tonight, Miss.
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He did.
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He must have. He was going to give you instructions.
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I haven't seen the Count since early afternoon, Miss Murphy.
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You're lying.
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You're lying. Really, Miss. I say, what's going on here?
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Step back on this sofa, Batson. Take a look.
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The Count.
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Oh, heavens.
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He's dead.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Who?
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This very imaginative young woman did the job.
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I didn't.
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I didn't.
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You'll have a hard time convincing anyone of that, Miss Durfee. Sergeant,
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phone the squad now and stay in charge here. The
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rest of us are going to headquarters.
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Yes, sir, Captain.
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Logan.
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Yes, Casey?
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That gal's story is so completely cockeyed, it might be true.
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Oh, Casey.
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Are you nuts?
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Maybe. But I'm getting what feels like a hunch.
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Oh. Only a few years ago, oven glass, glass which
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could be used for oven baking, was considered an expensive luxury.
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Anchor Hawking, with.
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Its vast laboratory and manufacturing facilities, changed all that by
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perfecting a new kind of oven glass, more beautiful than
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anything that had been known before, guaranteed it for two
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years against oven breakage, and offered it at unbelievably low prices.
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This new kind of glass is Fire King Oven Glass.
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you can recognize it immediately by its.
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Beautiful pale blue color. A special process makes.
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Its mirror-smooth surfaces miraculously easy to clean. Its lighter weight
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makes it easier to handle. If you've never tried oven glass,
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why not try it now? Ask for it at your
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favorite chain, variety, hardware, or department store. Fire King Oven
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Glass is a product of Anchor Hawking. A great name
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in glass.
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Casey, how in the world, huh?
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Now, Grace, look.
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After all... No, not now. Oh, dear, these women.
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Now, Casey, as I was saying, how in the world
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can you think that dirty gal didn't commit the murder?
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That's what I'd like to know, too, Ethelbert.
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Look, I'd tell both of you. I've got a hunch.
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It's the kind of hunch I'd hate to bet on.
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Well, who's asking you to bet on it?
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I've noticed that when Casey gets a hunch that a
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gal's being unjustly treated, Ethelbert, she's usually.
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A very good-looking gal.
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Hmm.
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Paula Durfee hasn't got a brain in her head, but
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she has got looks.
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Oh, don't talk nonsense, Ann. Hey, Walter! Bring up some
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more lemons.
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Yeah. Huh?
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Annie, listen, I'm telling you, it's because that kid is
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so brainless that I think that she may have fallen
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for that crazy plan she says to Gastoni proposed. And
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then somebody who knew about the plan bumped the guy off,
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knowing that she'd take the rap for it.
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Oh, Casey, you haven't got the slightest basis.
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For that idea. Oh, yes, I have.
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Yes, I have. That phone call that brought Logan to
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DeGaston's place.
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They ain't been able to trace that call?
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No. Well, a neighbor might have made it or somebody
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passing on the street who heard the shots and didn't
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want to become involved.
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Oh, that's possible.
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Now, Casey, DeGaston told you himself that she was madly
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jealous of him. So tonight she just got too jealous
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and went bang, bang.
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Yeah. Gaston told me something else this afternoon. As a
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matter of fact, I'd forgotten it up to now. He'd
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just come from Mrs. Zabel's place.
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Mrs.
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Zabel?
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Yes.
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Did you make that name up?
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No, no.
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Henrietta Zabel, that's her name. Who's she?
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The hard-boiled dame I know.
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I wonder.
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You wonder what?
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Mrs.
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Zabel always has a few of those fortune-hunting guys around her,
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guys like the Gaston. I've heard she bankrolls them while
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they're on the make for gals with dough. So what? Well,
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so I'm going back to headquarters and check a little
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matter with Logan that I neglected to check before.
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Captain Logan's in.
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His office, Casey, but he's busy right now. Somebody with him, Sarge? Yeah,
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the brother of that girl who knocked off the gas tone,
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Arthur Durfee. Oh, yeah, that Paula kid's his only sister.
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Just two of them, huh?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Arthur's about five years older than she is, I think.
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He's another case of too much dough.
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Uh-huh.
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He got his share of the Durfee millions when he
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reached 21.
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And he's been spending.
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He's leaving the office now, King. Yeah. Good night, Mr. Durfee.
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I deeply regret the trouble that's come upon you and
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your uncle and your sister, and you must realize that
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I have a.
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Job to do.
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Yes, I realize that, Captain Logan.
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I can promise you she'll undergo no unnecessary hardships.
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Thank you.
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Good night.
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Good night, Captain. Tough luck, fella.
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Who?
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I'm just a newspaper guy. I want you to know
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that I'm all for your sister.
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Oh.
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Well, thank you. Thank you very much.
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You want to see me, Casey?
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Yeah, Logan, yeah. Come on in.
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The toughest thing a cop ever has to do is
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talk to relatives of a prisoner he's shoving toward the chair.
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I can imagine.
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What's on your mind?
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Logan, you traced all phone calls to and from DeGaston's
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home today. Yeah. Did DeGaston make a call from his
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home not long before he was shot?
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Yeah, that's here in the report. Yeah?
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To whom?
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My.
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Mrs. Henrietta Zabel.
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Mrs.
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Zabel, huh?
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Yeah. Lives in a swanky penthouse over on the boulevard.
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Yeah?
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She's 100%.
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100% what?
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Well, okay. What makes you so sure of that?
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Oh, I went over and talked to her myself. She
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admits DeGaston phoned her, makes no secret about it, says
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they were old friends.
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What did he call her about? She doesn't know.
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She was out at the time. The maid answered.
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Oh, where was she out at the time DeGaston was shot?
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How do I know?
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I don't ask everyone I talk to for an alibi
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when I got the killer in a cell.
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I don't think you have the killer in a cell.
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Are you going to start that again?
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Yes, Logan, I am, and you're going to help me
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prove that I'm right. Logan, look. Now, I've met this Mrs. Zabel,
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and she's a foxy character.
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And.
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that de Gaston hadn't enough imagination himself to cook up
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the scheme that Paula claimed she fell for. Well, my
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hunch says that Mrs. Zabel put him up to it.
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Casey, there wasn't any scheme.
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But you don't know there wasn't. You've got to give
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that derpy kid a chance.
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What do you want me to do?
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I want Mrs. Zabel watched in her telephone wire tap.
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Hey, I.
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You can do it, Logan. You can do it. And
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be sure it's done by the time that I visit
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her tomorrow. So you're going to visit the lady?
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Yeah.
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I'm going to pull a bluff that I think she'll
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fall for.
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Mrs. Zabel will see you in the library, sir.
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Thank you.
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Mr. Casey, madam.
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Come in.
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Thank you, Mrs. Zabel.
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Well, I seldom forget a face, Mr.
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Casey.
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We've met before, haven't we?
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Yes, I've taken pictures of you several times for the
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Cafe Society pages.
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Oh, yes, of course.
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May I close this door?
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If you wish.
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Thank you.
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Is it customary for press photographers to require such privacy?
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Well, I'm not here as a press photographer.
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Oh, then what are.
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I really want to talk to you about Leon de Gaston.
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Well?
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I spent over an hour with him yesterday at Luardi's Cafe.
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He'd been drinking and was talkative. Really?
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Yeah.
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He told me about the idea you'd given him Interesting.
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I think the cops would find it so if I
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told them. They might connect it with a phone call
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de Gaston made to you shortly before he was shot
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while you were not at home. They might wonder who
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phoned headquarters to report the murder of de Gaston, and
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they might wonder who really killed de Gaston. What do
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you think?
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I wonder why you haven't told.
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This to the, um, cops.
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I have. Because you're a rich woman and I'm a
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poor guy.
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Blackmail.
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Well, let's say you do me a favor and I
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do one for you.
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Can you suggest any motive I might have had for
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committing a murder?
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I think the cops might be able to dig one up.
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A motive perhaps that would mean a profit for you
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or prevent a loss. Hmm.
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Okay, Mrs.
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Zabo. Until tomorrow. Logan, you say she made a phone
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call right after I left her, huh?
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Yeah, but not from her own phone that I had
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a tap on. She went out to a public booth,
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so my guys don't know what she talked about. We
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traced the call she made to Clement Durfee's home.
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Paula's uncle?
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Uh-huh.
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So he's her partner in this scheme. Now, wait a minute. Look, Logan, look.
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If you'd just been threatened by a blackmailer who accused
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you of conniving in a murder that you had connived in,
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wouldn't your first act be to contact the other party
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to your killing? I guess so, but... Well, Mrs. Zabel
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fell for my bluff, Logan. Because she framed the scheme
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that de Gaston and his girlfriend fell for. And she
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framed it with Clement Durfee. But why Durfee? Remember, he
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handles Paula's estate, Logan. In a year, he'd have to
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turn it over to her. But with her out of
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the way.
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But why should Mrs. Zabel.
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Well, she'll do anything for Doe, won't she? And he's
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paying plenty for what she did. But we'll get them both, Logan.
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And with the goods. I hooked her today. Tomorrow, when
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she tries to pay me blackmail, you'll be there to
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pull her in.
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Well, she's a swell-looking woman with a head.
526
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Full of brains, all right. And that little Paula's a
527
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beautiful thing, too.
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Excuse me. Homicide Bureau, Captain Logan speaking.
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This is Mrs.
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Zabel, Captain.
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Huh?
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Mrs.
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Zabel. How do you do?
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I'd like to see you as soon as possible, if
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I may.
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Logan, she's all set for a confession.
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Shut up.
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What do you want to see me about, Mrs.
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Zabel?
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Well, I'd like to report the threats of a blackmailer,
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a press photographer named Casey.
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Very interesting, Mrs.
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Zabel.
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I'm anxious to hear about him.
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Will you come to my home as soon as possible, alone?
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Yeah, I'll be there in half an hour.
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Then I'll expect you.
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Goodbye.
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You heard that, Casey.
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I heard it.
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You put something over on her.
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Wise guy.
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And that's a full account of the man's clumsy blackmail attempt,
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Captain Logan.
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And a true account.
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How do you know it's true?
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Oh, I know this Casey, Mrs.
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Zabel.
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I can figure he'd pull things like you said.
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Now, I want to tell you something else.
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Go on.
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Um.
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That man Casey was right.
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I did suggest the plan that Paula Durfee told you about.
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What?
566
00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:04.170
Yes, I gave it.
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To Leon de Gaston in detail, and I told him
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to make Paula go through with it. Then you... No,
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I didn't kill him. Somebody else made dupes of all
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of us.
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Who's that somebody else?
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Telling you won't be so convincing as letting you see
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and hear for yourself.
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Now, look here, Mrs.
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Daybell.
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This will be done my way, Captain, or.
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Not at all.
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Let's hear your way.
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Can you install a radio contrivance in my car that
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will permit you in a car following to hear what's said?
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Yeah, my man can.
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Then have it done at once, and follow me tonight.
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Where's she going in that car of hers, Logan?
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I told you she wouldn't tell me a thing, Casey,
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except to follow her, and we're doing that.
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She might give us a word occasionally through that radio
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gadget you had.
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Installed in her car.
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She's going to play this the way she wants it.
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You know, she is a swell-looking woman, Casey.
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Yeah.
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Not so young as Miss Dirty, of course.
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Oh, no, not nearly as young.
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But swell-looking.
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Swell-looking.
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All right, all right, all right. You both agree that
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they're both beautiful, gentlemen.
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Hey, she's slowing down, Logan. She's going to stop.
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I'll slow down, too, boy.
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Hey, a man's getting into her car.
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Couldn't see his face. Neither could I.
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She's starting up again.
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Well, thanks for picking me up, Henrietta.
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That guy's voice. That radio gadget works pretty good.
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Quiet. I didn't want you to come to my house.
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Yes, in the car here, I'm sure no one can
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hear us.
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Who's the man, Casey?
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Can't get his voice. Neither can I.
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00:23:41.450 --> 00:23:45.160
So, Henrietta, you think we are under suspicion of murder?
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Yes, and I have no intention of facing a murder
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charge I don't merit.
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You suggested that little plan to the Gaston.
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Whose plan was it?
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Well, since we're quite along, it was mine.
616
00:24:00.529 --> 00:24:03.250
But you didn't tell me you really planned to murder Leon.
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I thought you were only helping me recover my money.
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Oh, you know my real motive?
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Yes.
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You wanted a murder conviction and death for your sister.
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His sister?
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00:24:13.950 --> 00:24:15.430
It's Arthur Durfee still.
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You see, I've spent my share of the estate, but
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with Paula out of the way, I'd get her share too.
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I couldn't allow a little fool like Paula to get
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that money when I needed it.
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Could I?
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You think you'll get away with it?
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You'll never tell anyone.
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What?
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00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.660
You think I'd have said what I have if you
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were going to live? Step on it, Logan.
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I'm fast.
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I'm stepping.
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00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.769
Look at that car behind us.
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00:24:36.809 --> 00:24:37.049
What?
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00:24:37.549 --> 00:24:38.289
You cut the ignition.
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And threw the key out the window.
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What a gal.
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Now, say, it's all over for him now.
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Sure is. That car's stopping.
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Come out of that car, Mr.
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Arthur Durfee, with your hands in the air. What's the
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meaning of this, Mike?
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00:24:49.710 --> 00:24:51.890
We're finishing your perfect plan, fella.
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For keeps. And Mrs. Zabel... Why, Mr.
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Casey.
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I'm going to ask a favor of you. May I
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kiss you? Hey. Excuse me, Annie. Thanks, Mrs... Zabel.
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Thank you, Mr.
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Casey.
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Well, I like that.
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I was just apologizing, Annie, and congratulating Henrietta.
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We'll discuss your methods later.
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Mr.
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Casey.
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It's now possible to tell almost exactly what Americans think
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on almost any given subject. An independent research organization recently
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conducted a poll in an eastern city to find out
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what kind of containers housewives prefer for foods. An overwhelming
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majority said that they preferred glass containers, and most of
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them mentioned these four reasons. Glass lets you see exactly
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what you buy before you buy it. Glass containers are
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clean and sanitary. They don't affect flavor or purity. Glass
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containers are easier and safer to open and can safely
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be used to store leftovers. Now, in the same survey,
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eight out of nine mothers of young babies said they
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preferred prepared baby.
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Foods packed in glass.
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Most of your favorite food products and all of the
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better brands of prepared baby foods are now available in
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Anchor glass containers, protected by Tampa-proof Anchor vacuum caps. Both
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products of Anchor Hawking. A great name in glass.
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¶ ¶.
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So, Arthur Durfee's in the clink, Casey, and his sister's free, huh?
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00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:43.740
Yeah, Bethelbert, yeah. And Logan's treating me respectfully.
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For a change.
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I don't know why you had this case all wrong.
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Even if Mrs. Zabel wasn't guilty, she led us to
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the murderer, didn't she?
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That's right.
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00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:53.900
She did and you didn't. Well... All you did was
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push your way in for that apologetic, congratulatory kiss at
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the end. Honey, my emotional nature got the best of
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me that time.
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00:27:02.230 --> 00:27:06.049
She's a nice-looking woman, that Mrs. Zabel.
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She'll never see 45 again.
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00:27:08.109 --> 00:27:08.470
So what?
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Age brings experience.
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00:27:10.650 --> 00:27:10.750
Hmm.
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No, but experience isn't really necessary.
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Casey, what did that young, good-looking Paula do when they
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let her out of the pokey?
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Uh, well.
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Oh, yes, yes.
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Tell him, Mr.
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Casey.
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00:27:23.289 --> 00:27:24.750
Ethelbert, she kissed Logan.
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00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:27.579
And as for you, Ethelbert, what's that on your lips?
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00:27:28.549 --> 00:27:30.029
That looks like.
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Who?
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00:27:30.390 --> 00:27:30.589
Me?
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00:27:30.690 --> 00:27:32.289
Good night, Ethelbert.
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00:27:32.849 --> 00:27:33.150
Huh?
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00:27:33.829 --> 00:27:34.950
Oh, good night, Grace.
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00:27:36.589 --> 00:27:37.950
Oh, dear, these women.
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Crime Photographer, starring Stotz Cotsworth as Casey, is brought to
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you each Thursday by the Anchor Hawking Glass Corporation, makers
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of Fire King Oven Glass, Anchor glass containers. Anchor caps
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and closures. All products of the Anchor Hawking Glass Corporation.
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A great name in glass. My Photographer is directed.
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By John Deeks.
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The original music is by Archie Blyer, and the program
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features Miss Leslie Woods as Anne and John Gibson as Ethelbert.
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Thursday night on CBS is the biggest show in town,
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so stay tuned for exciting dramatizations on Reader's Digest Radio Edition,
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which follows immediately over most of these stations. This is
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Tony Marvin saying goodnight for the Anchor Hawking Glass Corporation,
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the world's largest
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Oh, hello, Casey. I'm sure glad to see you. Yeah, hi, Ethelbert.
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Say, what's with Marvin and this me, me, me stuff?
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Maybe you can find out. He won't talk.
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Hey, Tony, what goes with you and Herman Chitteson and
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that me, me.
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Me noise?
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Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
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Hey, Herman, will you give me an A now? Me, me, me, me.
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First it's me, me, me, and then it's give me
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an A. Well, what's this A business, anyhow?
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Why, Casey, A is for Anchor Hawking, the world's largest
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makers of household glass.
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
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This is Tony Marvin.
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Every week at this time, the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation
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of Lancaster, Ohio, and its more than 10,000 employees, bring
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you another adventure of Casey, Crime Photographer, ace cameraman who
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covers the crime news of a great city. Written by
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Alonzo Dean Cole. Our adventure for tonight, The Surprising Corpse.
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Two o'clock in the afternoon... the living room of a
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beautifully furnished penthouse apartment.
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Mrs.
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Abel.
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Yes, Marie?
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The Comte de Gaston is here.
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Show him in.
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Yes, Mrs.
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Abel.
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You may go in, Comte de Gaston.
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Henriette, my lovely one.
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Hello, Leon.
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It was good of you to send for me. I
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kiss your beautiful hand.
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Don't. Henriette.
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Come into the library where we can talk privately.
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Very well.
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Sit down, Leon.
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You are mad at me, Henriette. I can always tell
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when you are so green. It's showing your so lovely eyes.
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Yes, well, now that we're alone, Count, suppose you drop
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the phony accent.
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Okay, what's the beat?
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I've advanced you almost $ 40, 000.
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As you're to get it back with 500% interest, you've
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made a good investment.
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I'm not so sure of that, Henriette.
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This silly bird-brained girl I'm engaged to marry will inherit
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millions when she's 21, only a year from now.
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You can't lose.
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You even took out insurance on my life.
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Yes, but only for enough to protect my actual loans
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to you. You see, Leon, I expect a profit as well,
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and I won't get that unless you marry Paula Durfee
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and get your hands on her inheritance.
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Don't worry.
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She's mad about me.
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Her uncle, who controls her estate until she's 21, and
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her brother Arthur are mad at you.
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Paula pays no attention to them.
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When you drink, you talk too much.
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What do you mean?
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Several nights ago at the bar of the Yorkshire Club,
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you told everybody what you really think of Paula Durfee.
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Who told you that?
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I swear.
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I have reliable informants in many places, Leon. I watch
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over my investments, and you're one of them. I've not
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had a loss so far, and I don't intend to
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have one in you.
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I'm sorry, Henriette. I dream too much no more. I
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don't trust you, Henriette.
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And because I don't trust you, I want to liquidate
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your debt.
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Liquidate your debt?
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Oh, it'll be to your.
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Advantage as well as mine. Would you like to make $ 100, 000
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right away? 25% of which goes.
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To me, of course.
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My plan may strike you as fantastic, Leon, but this
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Paula Durfee is a little fool. If she weren't, she
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wouldn't be in love with you and jealous of you.
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You're most flattering, Mrs.
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Zabel.
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You've an appointment with Paula today, of course?
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At 5 o'clock for cocktails.
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Well, don't drink too much before you meet her. And
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don't tell her this scheme was the idea of anyone
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but yourself.
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You must take all the credit. Go on.
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Tell me how to get this $ 100, 000.
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This is the way, Leon.
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When you meet Paula, you tell her.
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Leon, darling, you're not serious about this.
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My beautiful Paula, I've never been more serious in my life.
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But it's crazy, my sweet.
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You had too much to drink before you met me.
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I have only a few. What is four, five, maybe
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six cocktails.
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Where did you have him?
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At Loire's bar.
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With some woman?
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I am with a man, a man named Casey.
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I don't know any Casey.
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He's a nobody who takes pictures for the newspapers. I
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meet him in this cafe. We have a drink together.
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But I don't trust you.
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You've been seen with other women.
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Who sees me with other women?
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My brother Arthur has seen you.
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And my uncle.
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They tell you this because they do not like me. Ah,
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Paul Le Cheri.
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You have proof that I love you madly. That I
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desire to marry you right away. What I tell you
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a moment ago is proof of that.
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What, that crazy scheme?
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It is good scheme.
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Will you go to your uncle tonight?
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I'd never convince him.
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You will.
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Paula, you are great actress.
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What drew me to you when first we meet is
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the drama in you.
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I say to myself, there is woman in fire with emotion.
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She is Bernard. She is Betty Grable.
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You dig it. Upon my love for you, I dig.
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Oh, Leon. Will you go to your uncle in two
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hours from.
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Now and tell him? Would be exciting.
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It is perfect plan.
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You thought it up?
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Certainly.
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I have a brain.
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I'll do it.
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Uncle Clement should give me enough for us to get
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married on, even if we have to trick him into it.
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Tell me the plan again, Leon.
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All of it.
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So when I go.
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To Uncle Clement.
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My dear, this is astounding. Devastating.
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I couldn't help it, Uncle Clemens.
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I couldn't help it.
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Paula, I've tried to take care of you since your
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parents died. I've tried to shield you. I've warned you.
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I had to do it.
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And now you've got to protect me, Uncle. You've got
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to save me.
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I will, child. Take me to this place. I'll do
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what I have to do.
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Why are we turning here, Casey?
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Annie, won't you ever learn this town? This is a
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shortcut back to the office.
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Oh, you and your shortcuts.
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Hey, that car that just passed us, Annie.
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What car?
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Look at the license number.
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Captain Logan, Homicide Squad.
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Wait a minute, it's stopping. He's going to park. Sure is,
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in front of that brownstone house. Look, Logan and Sergeant
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Flanagan are getting out and fast.
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They're here on a job, Casey.
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Is that it? Let's see what this is all about.
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You and me both.
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Come on.
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What do you suppose they're here for?
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What's the use of supposing? We'll know in a minute.
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Logan just opened the door and walked in. We'll do
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the same thing.
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He probably won't like this.
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So what? They're in that room.
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Hi, pal. Casey!
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Just happened to be passing by. I thought we'd drop in.
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Good evening, Sergeant. Hello, Casey.
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Miss Williams.
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Well, what brought you two uncouth characters to this swanky church, huh?
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Take a look behind this sofa.
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Say.
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A dead man.
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Two gunshots got.
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Him through the head. That's the Count.
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Who?
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Count Leon de Gaston is what he called himself. He
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was engaged to that dumb little glamour girl, Paula Durfee.
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Sure, sure.
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I've seen her with him around the night spot.
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This is interesting. How did it happen, Captain?
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I don't know, Miss Williams. I got a phone call
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at headquarters from a guy who wouldn't give his name.
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He said a murder had been committed at this address
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and that we'd find the front door unlocked. He knew
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what he was talking about.
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Logan, this body's still warm. Yeah. I'm going to take
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some pictures of it.
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No, no, not until I call my tech man.
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Now, Logan.
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You heard me. Outside door's open. More visitors.
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It happened in that room, Uncle.
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I get behind this screen, everybody out of sight.
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Show me, Paula. Paula.
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Quiet and keep out of sight.
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I can't go in there again, Uncle. I can't.
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You must show me where you killed that man.
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Oh, please, Uncle Clemens.
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Show me where and how you shot him.
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All right.
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Leon stood there behind that sofa laughing at me. I
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took the gun and pointed it at him and pressed
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the trigger. Right there is.
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Where he stood.
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He told me the truth.
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Where's his body?
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No. Oh.
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Oh, no!
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We've heard enough.
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You're under arrest, miss.
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I didn't do it.
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I didn't kill him.
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That's not what you said a minute ago.
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But I was lying.
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Leon can't be dead. He just can't be.
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Oh, my child.
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I think introductions are in order, mister. I'm Captain Logan,
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Homicide Bureau.
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I'm Clement Berkey. This is my niece, Paula.
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Oh, Leon can't be dead. He can't be.
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It's no use trying to change your story, Miss Durfee.
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But what I said was all a lie.
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I didn't, Julian.
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Please.
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I didn't. I couldn't. I loved him.
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The things you heard me say, the story I told
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my uncle, was Leon's idea.
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What did she tell you, Mr. Durfee?
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I'd rather not say.
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Look, a murder has been committed.
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You got to.
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I'll tell you what I told my uncle, but it
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wasn't true. I said that I was jealous of Leon,
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that I came here tonight and shot him, but it
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was all a lie.
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You were jealous of Count de Gaston, weren't you, Miss Durfee?
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He told me you were when I was with him
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this afternoon. You were with this guy today, Casey? Mm-hmm,
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for about an hour at Luardi's bar, and he was
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getting quite a load on, too.
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Maybe he told you about the plan he had.
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He didn't say anything about a plan.
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Go on, Miss Durfee.
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All I told my uncle was part of Leon's plan.
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He said that if Uncle Clement was convinced I'd committed
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a murder, he'd pay $ 100, 000 to protect me.
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Really? How was he to pay the $ 100, 000?
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He was to give it.
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To Batson, Leon's valet. Leon said he'd arranged everything with Batson.
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And why was he to give it to this Batson?
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Well, because Batson would say he'd been a witness to
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the murder and that he'd gotten rid of the body.
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When Uncle came here, he was to see nothing but
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some stains on the floor that would look like blood.
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Leon said he'd put some here before he went away
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and hid himself. And I was to get the money
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from Uncle and pretend to pay Batson for his help
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and silence. And then I was to join Leon at
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his hiding place, and we were going to be married.
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I don't know who killed him.
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I don't know.
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I've heard some pretty fantastic stories from murderers, Miss Durfee,
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but yours tops them all.
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Oh, Uncle Cameron, make him believe me.
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My niece told me this man, Batson, had promised to
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take the Gaston's body away, Captain.
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He obviously didn't take the body away. Sergeant, we want
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to see Batson. Get out a tracer on him.
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Yes, sir.
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There's the front door again. More people come into this house.
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What?
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Oh, I beg your pardon.
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Who are you?
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It's Batson.
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Good evening, Miss Durfee.
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Batson, I... Tell them what the Count of Gaston told.
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You to do tonight.
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Tell them. The Count told me to do nothing tonight, Miss.
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He did.
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He must have. He was going to give you instructions.
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I haven't seen the Count since early afternoon, Miss Murphy.
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You're lying.
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You're lying. Really, Miss. I say, what's going on here?
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Step back on this sofa, Batson. Take a look.
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The Count.
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Oh, heavens.
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He's dead.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Who?
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This very imaginative young woman did the job.
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I didn't.
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I didn't.
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You'll have a hard time convincing anyone of that, Miss Durfee. Sergeant,
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phone the squad now and stay in charge here. The
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rest of us are going to headquarters.
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Yes, sir, Captain.
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Logan.
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Yes, Casey?
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That gal's story is so completely cockeyed, it might be true.
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Oh, Casey.
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Are you nuts?
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Maybe. But I'm getting what feels like a hunch.
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Oh. Only a few years ago, oven glass, glass which
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could be used for oven baking, was considered an expensive luxury.
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Anchor Hawking, with.
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Its vast laboratory and manufacturing facilities, changed all that by
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perfecting a new kind of oven glass, more beautiful than
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anything that had been known before, guaranteed it for two
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years against oven breakage, and offered it at unbelievably low prices.
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This new kind of glass is Fire King Oven Glass.
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you can recognize it immediately by its.
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Beautiful pale blue color. A special process makes.
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Its mirror-smooth surfaces miraculously easy to clean. Its lighter weight
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makes it easier to handle. If you've never tried oven glass,
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why not try it now? Ask for it at your
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favorite chain, variety, hardware, or department store. Fire King Oven
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Glass is a product of Anchor Hawking. A great name
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in glass.
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Casey, how in the world, huh?
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Now, Grace, look.
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After all... No, not now. Oh, dear, these women.
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Now, Casey, as I was saying, how in the world
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can you think that dirty gal didn't commit the murder?
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That's what I'd like to know, too, Ethelbert.
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Look, I'd tell both of you. I've got a hunch.
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It's the kind of hunch I'd hate to bet on.
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Well, who's asking you to bet on it?
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I've noticed that when Casey gets a hunch that a
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gal's being unjustly treated, Ethelbert, she's usually.
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A very good-looking gal.
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Hmm.
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Paula Durfee hasn't got a brain in her head, but
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she has got looks.
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Oh, don't talk nonsense, Ann. Hey, Walter! Bring up some
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more lemons.
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Yeah. Huh?
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Annie, listen, I'm telling you, it's because that kid is
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so brainless that I think that she may have fallen
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for that crazy plan she says to Gastoni proposed. And
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then somebody who knew about the plan bumped the guy off,
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knowing that she'd take the rap for it.
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Oh, Casey, you haven't got the slightest basis.
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For that idea. Oh, yes, I have.
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Yes, I have. That phone call that brought Logan to
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DeGaston's place.
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They ain't been able to trace that call?
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No. Well, a neighbor might have made it or somebody
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passing on the street who heard the shots and didn't
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want to become involved.
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Oh, that's possible.
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Now, Casey, DeGaston told you himself that she was madly
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jealous of him. So tonight she just got too jealous
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and went bang, bang.
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Yeah. Gaston told me something else this afternoon. As a
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matter of fact, I'd forgotten it up to now. He'd
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just come from Mrs. Zabel's place.
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Mrs.
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Zabel?
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Yes.
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Did you make that name up?
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No, no.
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Henrietta Zabel, that's her name. Who's she?
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The hard-boiled dame I know.
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I wonder.
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You wonder what?
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Mrs.
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Zabel always has a few of those fortune-hunting guys around her,
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guys like the Gaston. I've heard she bankrolls them while
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they're on the make for gals with dough. So what? Well,
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so I'm going back to headquarters and check a little
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matter with Logan that I neglected to check before.
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Captain Logan's in.
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His office, Casey, but he's busy right now. Somebody with him, Sarge? Yeah,
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the brother of that girl who knocked off the gas tone,
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Arthur Durfee. Oh, yeah, that Paula kid's his only sister.
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Just two of them, huh?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Arthur's about five years older than she is, I think.
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He's another case of too much dough.
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Uh-huh.
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He got his share of the Durfee millions when he
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reached 21.
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And he's been spending.
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He's leaving the office now, King. Yeah. Good night, Mr. Durfee.
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I deeply regret the trouble that's come upon you and
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your uncle and your sister, and you must realize that
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I have a.
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Job to do.
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Yes, I realize that, Captain Logan.
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I can promise you she'll undergo no unnecessary hardships.
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Thank you.
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Good night.
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Good night, Captain. Tough luck, fella.
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Who?
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I'm just a newspaper guy. I want you to know
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that I'm all for your sister.
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Oh.
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Well, thank you. Thank you very much.
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You want to see me, Casey?
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Yeah, Logan, yeah. Come on in.
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The toughest thing a cop ever has to do is
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talk to relatives of a prisoner he's shoving toward the chair.
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I can imagine.
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What's on your mind?
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Logan, you traced all phone calls to and from DeGaston's
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home today. Yeah. Did DeGaston make a call from his
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home not long before he was shot?
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Yeah, that's here in the report. Yeah?
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To whom?
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My.
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Mrs. Henrietta Zabel.
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Mrs.
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Zabel, huh?
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Yeah. Lives in a swanky penthouse over on the boulevard.
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Yeah?
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She's 100%.
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100% what?
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Well, okay. What makes you so sure of that?
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Oh, I went over and talked to her myself. She
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admits DeGaston phoned her, makes no secret about it, says
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they were old friends.
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What did he call her about? She doesn't know.
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She was out at the time. The maid answered.
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Oh, where was she out at the time DeGaston was shot?
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How do I know?
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I don't ask everyone I talk to for an alibi
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when I got the killer in a cell.
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I don't think you have the killer in a cell.
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Are you going to start that again?
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Yes, Logan, I am, and you're going to help me
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prove that I'm right. Logan, look. Now, I've met this Mrs. Zabel,
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and she's a foxy character.
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And.
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that de Gaston hadn't enough imagination himself to cook up
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the scheme that Paula claimed she fell for. Well, my
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hunch says that Mrs. Zabel put him up to it.
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Casey, there wasn't any scheme.
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But you don't know there wasn't. You've got to give
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that derpy kid a chance.
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What do you want me to do?
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I want Mrs. Zabel watched in her telephone wire tap.
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Hey, I.
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You can do it, Logan. You can do it. And
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be sure it's done by the time that I visit
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her tomorrow. So you're going to visit the lady?
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Yeah.
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I'm going to pull a bluff that I think she'll
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fall for.
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Mrs. Zabel will see you in the library, sir.
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Thank you.
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Mr. Casey, madam.
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Come in.
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Thank you, Mrs. Zabel.
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Well, I seldom forget a face, Mr.
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Casey.
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We've met before, haven't we?
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Yes, I've taken pictures of you several times for the
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Cafe Society pages.
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Oh, yes, of course.
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May I close this door?
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If you wish.
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Thank you.
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Is it customary for press photographers to require such privacy?
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Well, I'm not here as a press photographer.
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Oh, then what are.
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I really want to talk to you about Leon de Gaston.
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Well?
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I spent over an hour with him yesterday at Luardi's Cafe.
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He'd been drinking and was talkative. Really?
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Yeah.
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He told me about the idea you'd given him Interesting.
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I think the cops would find it so if I
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told them. They might connect it with a phone call
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de Gaston made to you shortly before he was shot
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while you were not at home. They might wonder who
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phoned headquarters to report the murder of de Gaston, and
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they might wonder who really killed de Gaston. What do
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you think?
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I wonder why you haven't told.
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This to the, um, cops.
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I have. Because you're a rich woman and I'm a
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poor guy.
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Blackmail.
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Well, let's say you do me a favor and I
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do one for you.
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Can you suggest any motive I might have had for
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committing a murder?
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I think the cops might be able to dig one up.
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A motive perhaps that would mean a profit for you
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or prevent a loss. Hmm.
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Okay, Mrs.
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Zabo. Until tomorrow. Logan, you say she made a phone
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call right after I left her, huh?
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00:19:40.269 --> 00:19:42.549
Yeah, but not from her own phone that I had
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a tap on. She went out to a public booth,
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so my guys don't know what she talked about. We
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traced the call she made to Clement Durfee's home.
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Paula's uncle?
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Uh-huh.
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So he's her partner in this scheme. Now, wait a minute. Look, Logan, look.
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If you'd just been threatened by a blackmailer who accused
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you of conniving in a murder that you had connived in,
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wouldn't your first act be to contact the other party
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to your killing? I guess so, but... Well, Mrs. Zabel
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fell for my bluff, Logan. Because she framed the scheme
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that de Gaston and his girlfriend fell for. And she
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framed it with Clement Durfee. But why Durfee? Remember, he
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handles Paula's estate, Logan. In a year, he'd have to
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turn it over to her. But with her out of
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the way.
519
00:20:22.210 --> 00:20:23.750
But why should Mrs. Zabel.
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00:20:23.769 --> 00:20:26.930
Well, she'll do anything for Doe, won't she? And he's
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paying plenty for what she did. But we'll get them both, Logan.
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And with the goods. I hooked her today. Tomorrow, when
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she tries to pay me blackmail, you'll be there to
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pull her in.
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00:20:38.109 --> 00:20:41.970
Well, she's a swell-looking woman with a head.
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Full of brains, all right. And that little Paula's a
527
00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.599
beautiful thing, too.
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Excuse me. Homicide Bureau, Captain Logan speaking.
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This is Mrs.
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Zabel, Captain.
531
00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.099
Huh?
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Mrs.
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00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:54.519
Zabel. How do you do?
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00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:57.240
I'd like to see you as soon as possible, if
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I may.
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00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:59.380
Logan, she's all set for a confession.
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Shut up.
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00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:02.579
What do you want to see me about, Mrs.
539
00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.059
Zabel?
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00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:05.799
Well, I'd like to report the threats of a blackmailer,
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a press photographer named Casey.
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00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.740
Very interesting, Mrs.
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00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.259
Zabel.
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I'm anxious to hear about him.
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Will you come to my home as soon as possible, alone?
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Yeah, I'll be there in half an hour.
547
00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.539
Then I'll expect you.
548
00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.299
Goodbye.
549
00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:23.720
You heard that, Casey.
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00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.490
I heard it.
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00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:26.539
You put something over on her.
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Wise guy.
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00:21:36.170 --> 00:21:39.509
And that's a full account of the man's clumsy blackmail attempt,
554
00:21:39.529 --> 00:21:40.210
Captain Logan.
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And a true account.
556
00:21:42.869 --> 00:21:44.950
How do you know it's true?
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00:21:45.150 --> 00:21:47.569
Oh, I know this Casey, Mrs.
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Zabel.
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I can figure he'd pull things like you said.
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00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:54.140
Now, I want to tell you something else.
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Go on.
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00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:54.940
Um.
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That man Casey was right.
564
00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:01.599
I did suggest the plan that Paula Durfee told you about.
565
00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:02.980
What?
566
00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:04.170
Yes, I gave it.
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00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:06.269
To Leon de Gaston in detail, and I told him
568
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to make Paula go through with it. Then you... No,
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00:22:09.410 --> 00:22:12.809
I didn't kill him. Somebody else made dupes of all
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of us.
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Who's that somebody else?
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Telling you won't be so convincing as letting you see
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and hear for yourself.
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Now, look here, Mrs.
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Daybell.
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This will be done my way, Captain, or.
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Not at all.
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Let's hear your way.
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Can you install a radio contrivance in my car that
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will permit you in a car following to hear what's said?
581
00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.960
Yeah, my man can.
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Then have it done at once, and follow me tonight.
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00:22:44.289 --> 00:22:45.950
Where's she going in that car of hers, Logan?
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I told you she wouldn't tell me a thing, Casey,
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except to follow her, and we're doing that.
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She might give us a word occasionally through that radio
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gadget you had.
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Installed in her car.
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She's going to play this the way she wants it.
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You know, she is a swell-looking woman, Casey.
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Yeah.
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Not so young as Miss Dirty, of course.
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Oh, no, not nearly as young.
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But swell-looking.
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Swell-looking.
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All right, all right, all right. You both agree that
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they're both beautiful, gentlemen.
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Hey, she's slowing down, Logan. She's going to stop.
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I'll slow down, too, boy.
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Hey, a man's getting into her car.
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Couldn't see his face. Neither could I.
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She's starting up again.
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Well, thanks for picking me up, Henrietta.
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That guy's voice. That radio gadget works pretty good.
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Quiet. I didn't want you to come to my house.
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Yes, in the car here, I'm sure no one can
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hear us.
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Who's the man, Casey?
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Can't get his voice. Neither can I.
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So, Henrietta, you think we are under suspicion of murder?
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Yes, and I have no intention of facing a murder
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charge I don't merit.
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You suggested that little plan to the Gaston.
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Whose plan was it?
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Well, since we're quite along, it was mine.
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But you didn't tell me you really planned to murder Leon.
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I thought you were only helping me recover my money.
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Oh, you know my real motive?
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Yes.
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You wanted a murder conviction and death for your sister.
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His sister?
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It's Arthur Durfee still.
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You see, I've spent my share of the estate, but
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with Paula out of the way, I'd get her share too.
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I couldn't allow a little fool like Paula to get
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that money when I needed it.
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Could I?
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You think you'll get away with it?
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You'll never tell anyone.
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What?
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You think I'd have said what I have if you
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were going to live? Step on it, Logan.
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I'm fast.
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I'm stepping.
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Look at that car behind us.
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What?
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You cut the ignition.
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And threw the key out the window.
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What a gal.
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Now, say, it's all over for him now.
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Sure is. That car's stopping.
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Come out of that car, Mr.
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Arthur Durfee, with your hands in the air. What's the
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meaning of this, Mike?
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We're finishing your perfect plan, fella.
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For keeps. And Mrs. Zabel... Why, Mr.
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Casey.
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I'm going to ask a favor of you. May I
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kiss you? Hey. Excuse me, Annie. Thanks, Mrs... Zabel.
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Thank you, Mr.
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Casey.
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Well, I like that.
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I was just apologizing, Annie, and congratulating Henrietta.
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We'll discuss your methods later.
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Mr.
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Casey.
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It's now possible to tell almost exactly what Americans think
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on almost any given subject. An independent research organization recently
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conducted a poll in an eastern city to find out
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what kind of containers housewives prefer for foods. An overwhelming
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majority said that they preferred glass containers, and most of
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them mentioned these four reasons. Glass lets you see exactly
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what you buy before you buy it. Glass containers are
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clean and sanitary. They don't affect flavor or purity. Glass
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containers are easier and safer to open and can safely
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be used to store leftovers. Now, in the same survey,
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eight out of nine mothers of young babies said they
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preferred prepared baby.
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Foods packed in glass.
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Most of your favorite food products and all of the
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better brands of prepared baby foods are now available in
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Anchor glass containers, protected by Tampa-proof Anchor vacuum caps. Both
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products of Anchor Hawking. A great name in glass.
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¶ ¶.
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So, Arthur Durfee's in the clink, Casey, and his sister's free, huh?
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00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:43.740
Yeah, Bethelbert, yeah. And Logan's treating me respectfully.
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For a change.
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I don't know why you had this case all wrong.
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Even if Mrs. Zabel wasn't guilty, she led us to
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the murderer, didn't she?
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That's right.
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00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:53.900
She did and you didn't. Well... All you did was
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push your way in for that apologetic, congratulatory kiss at
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the end. Honey, my emotional nature got the best of
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me that time.
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She's a nice-looking woman, that Mrs. Zabel.
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00:27:06.150 --> 00:27:07.849
She'll never see 45 again.
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00:27:08.109 --> 00:27:08.470
So what?
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Age brings experience.
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00:27:10.650 --> 00:27:10.750
Hmm.
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No, but experience isn't really necessary.
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00:27:13.690 --> 00:27:17.410
Casey, what did that young, good-looking Paula do when they
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let her out of the pokey?
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Uh, well.
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Oh, yes, yes.
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Tell him, Mr.
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Casey.
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Ethelbert, she kissed Logan.
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00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:27.579
And as for you, Ethelbert, what's that on your lips?
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That looks like.
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Who?
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Me?
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Good night, Ethelbert.
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Huh?
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00:27:33.829 --> 00:27:34.950
Oh, good night, Grace.
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00:27:36.589 --> 00:27:37.950
Oh, dear, these women.
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Crime Photographer, starring Stotz Cotsworth as Casey, is brought to
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you each Thursday by the Anchor Hawking Glass Corporation, makers
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of Fire King Oven Glass, Anchor glass containers. Anchor caps
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and closures. All products of the Anchor Hawking Glass Corporation.
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A great name in glass. My Photographer is directed.
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By John Deeks.
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The original music is by Archie Blyer, and the program
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features Miss Leslie Woods as Anne and John Gibson as Ethelbert.
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Thursday night on CBS is the biggest show in town,
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so stay tuned for exciting dramatizations on Reader's Digest Radio Edition,
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which follows immediately over most of these stations. This is
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Tony Marvin saying goodnight for the Anchor Hawking Glass Corporation,
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