Full Transcript for Broadway’s My Beat: The Bob Foster Murder Case

00:04:35.620 --> 00:04:35.720 Oh. 77 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:37.860 Then maybe this will interest you. Got a rundown on 78 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:40.620 that corpse you found last night. What about it? Well, 79 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:42.079 that's what it takes to get a rise out of. 80 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:42.240 You, huh? 81 00:04:42.259 --> 00:04:43.810 Come on, come on. Get with it. Yeah, I'd better 82 00:04:43.850 --> 00:04:46.550 do that, else I won't be liked, huh? Technical, charred 83 00:04:46.569 --> 00:04:48.990 at the teeth, Mugovan put the code on a teletype. 84 00:04:49.310 --> 00:04:50.930 Late last night, the one place we got a call 85 00:04:50.970 --> 00:04:53.990 back from was Dannemora. Did you get on identification? Code 86 00:04:54.009 --> 00:04:57.100 checked out to a former prisoner named Bob Foster. Released 87 00:04:57.129 --> 00:04:59.779 six years ago after a ten-spot stretch for grand larceny. 88 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.060 Anything else? Stick with me, kid. I'm loaded. My identification 89 00:05:04.100 --> 00:05:05.620 came in. I checked it with R & I. They 90 00:05:05.660 --> 00:05:08.339 had a file on Foster. Here, wait. Muggerman left some 91 00:05:08.420 --> 00:05:09.519 notes for. 92 00:05:10.699 --> 00:05:11.000 You. 93 00:05:11.060 --> 00:05:14.939 Yeah, 1947, May, May 23. The year after he was 94 00:05:14.990 --> 00:05:18.189 out of Dannemora, Foster was wanted on suspicion of grand larceny. 95 00:05:18.850 --> 00:05:21.089 Packed a satchel with his partner's dough and ran out 96 00:05:21.149 --> 00:05:23.629 on him. That would be the satchel you found. 97 00:05:24.029 --> 00:05:24.730 Who was his partner? 98 00:05:24.750 --> 00:05:27.310 A fellow by the name of Joe Turner. He and 99 00:05:27.350 --> 00:05:30.329 Foster opened a nightclub together at Blue Sheen's. The year 100 00:05:30.370 --> 00:05:32.990 after Foster allegedly checked out with his partners, though, the 101 00:05:33.029 --> 00:05:36.189 joint went into bankruptcy. And the word is Joe Turner 102 00:05:36.269 --> 00:05:38.649 cried his heart out at the time. Beat his chest. 103 00:05:39.069 --> 00:05:42.509 Called his partner naughty names. Any lead on Turner? One 104 00:05:42.529 --> 00:05:44.740 of the boys traced him to a hotel on West 12th. 105 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:48.199 Only the hotel is out of business now. Management converted 106 00:05:48.220 --> 00:05:51.300 the place into offices. Nobody knows what became of the 107 00:05:51.339 --> 00:05:54.500 hotel records, so... So on all points, bulletin on Joe Turner, huh? 108 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:54.899 Yeah. 109 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:57.639 Is that all? Yeah, it's got a girl type in it, too. 110 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:01.120 Aggie Blaine. Used to do a poker with clever parakeets 111 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:05.579 at the boys' nightclub. The last known address, let's see, 112 00:06:05.579 --> 00:06:08.439 1326 West 34. You did real good, Dennis. 113 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:09.879 Pull up

a minute, Danny. There's more. 114 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:12.139 Oh, what? Those bills you found in the satchel. 115 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:12.560 What about them? 116 00:06:12.779 --> 00:06:15.319 Their serial numbers were in series. Must have been the 117 00:06:15.339 --> 00:06:18.639 nightclub's payroll. A few weeks after Foster went up in 118 00:06:18.670 --> 00:06:21.170 a puff of air, five twenties out of the same 119 00:06:21.230 --> 00:06:24.509 series turned up in sunny California. That's all? Now I 120 00:06:24.509 --> 00:06:26.500 can go? Yeah, you can go. 121 00:06:40.290 --> 00:06:42.490 Don't sit in that chair, Sonny. Just pick a spot 122 00:06:42.500 --> 00:06:44.970 on the floor and stand on it. It's the floor, 123 00:06:45.009 --> 00:06:46.089 the floor, not the rug. 124 00:06:47.649 --> 00:06:48.870 This okay, Miss Devlin? 125 00:06:49.189 --> 00:06:52.209 Floors don't belong to me, Sonny. Furniture does. Let's not 126 00:06:52.230 --> 00:06:54.110 louse up the furniture, huh? What do you want? 127 00:06:54.569 --> 00:06:56.730 Some information about a girl named Aggie Blaine. 128 00:06:57.129 --> 00:07:00.750 My niece. Brother's daughter. Brother's dead. Went out without muffler 129 00:07:00.790 --> 00:07:03.850 and rubbers. Winter of 36. Got himself a flu that 130 00:07:03.870 --> 00:07:05.970 wouldn't quit. Fell over in his face next day. 131 00:07:06.250 --> 00:07:06.629 Never got up. 132 00:07:06.930 --> 00:07:07.470 Where's Aggie? 133 00:07:07.949 --> 00:07:08.230 My niece? 134 00:07:08.250 --> 00:07:08.949 That's what you said. 135 00:07:09.569 --> 00:07:11.490 Blew out of here a long time ago. Don't know 136 00:07:11.509 --> 00:07:13.689 whether she's alive, dead, or what or. Could be married 137 00:07:13.709 --> 00:07:14.949 to the king of Turkey for all I know. 138 00:07:15.060 --> 00:07:16.100 How long ago did she leave? 139 00:07:16.699 --> 00:07:20.100 Oh, been five years. Used to be a dancer, Aggie was. 140 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:20.560 Used to. 141 00:07:21.060 --> 00:07:24.779 Hey, don't lean on the furniture, sonny. Pretty furniture, huh? 142 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:25.899 Huh? 143 00:07:26.139 --> 00:07:26.399 Yeah. 144 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:26.759 Yeah. 145 00:07:27.310 --> 00:07:29.040 New as the day I got it. You want to 146 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:31.439 sit down? We go in the kitchen. Not in the parlor. 147 00:07:31.579 --> 00:07:32.579 Not on this stuff. 148 00:07:32.939 --> 00:07:35.399 What do you do, Miss Devlin? Huh? Your niece used 149 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:37.560 to live with you. She's gone now. What do you do? 150 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:38.240 Taking rumors? 151 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:39.259 You mean sublet? 152 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:39.939 I guess so. 153 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:41.000 What for? 154 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:41.689 Who needs it? 155 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:42.759 Retired, huh? 156 00:07:43.259 --> 00:07:43.860 It's nice. 157 00:07:44.139 --> 00:07:46.759 And all this furniture, ornate. Huh? 158 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:51.019 Oh, you mean tricky with the curlicues and the things, huh? Yeah, 159 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:53.139 all mine. Bought and paid for. 160 00:07:53.540 --> 00:07:54.870 Let's get back to Aggie, Miss Devlin. 161 00:07:55.529 --> 00:07:57.250 I don't know if she's alive or dead. I told 162 00:07:57.269 --> 00:07:57.790 you I didn't... There's a. 163 00:07:57.750 --> 00:07:59.560 Dance at a nightclub called the Blue Sheen. 164 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:00.439 With pigeons. 165 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.939 A blue one and a yellow one. One named Gloria, 166 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:06.379 the other named Phyllis. Oh, I've seen it myself. 167 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:08.220 Look, Miss Devlin, one of the men who owned that 168 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:10.300 club was found last night. He'd been murdered. 169 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:11.839 You're leaning, sonny. 170 00:08:11.860 --> 00:08:13.740 He'd been murdered. And your niece might be able to 171 00:08:13.779 --> 00:08:15.689 tell us something about it. Couldn't you give me some. 172 00:08:15.750 --> 00:08:19.829 No, no, nothing. Aggie, she was a dancer. Is she alive? 173 00:08:20.069 --> 00:08:20.529 Is she dead? 174 00:08:20.790 --> 00:08:21.610 How do I know? 175 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:28.180 And leave there. And once more into November day, its 176 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:32.149 furnishings also not to be touched nor leaned against. For instance, 177 00:08:32.490 --> 00:08:34.769 the autumn perfume worn by the girl who almost brushes 178 00:08:34.789 --> 00:08:39.690 your sleeve, sidesteps, changes course, furries on. And from far off, 179 00:08:39.970 --> 00:08:42.360 the brief wild sob of a freighter sailing out of 180 00:08:42.419 --> 00:08:47.080 autumn waters. And at headquarters, it arranges itself into familiar pattern. 181 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:52.820 Routine investigation into death. And wait. And on the first 182 00:08:52.940 --> 00:08:56.039 quick surge of November night, the return on the all-points bulletin, 183 00:08:56.100 --> 00:08:58.679 Joe Turner, bankrupt nightclub owner, had been spotted in a 184 00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:01.480 Skid Row bar. Third booth on the right was all his. 185 00:09:02.460 --> 00:09:06.669 Go there. The place is jukebox and fat cats drawing 186 00:09:06.710 --> 00:09:09.990 symbols inside us. The place is Joe Turner, who was 187 00:09:10.090 --> 00:09:10.730 once a man. 188 00:09:11.789 --> 00:09:14.750 You come up with a drink, mister, and something good 189 00:09:14.769 --> 00:09:15.580 will happen to you. 190 00:09:15.590 --> 00:09:17.789 You understand me, Joe? I'm from the police. 191 00:09:18.070 --> 00:09:22.679 Something real good. I'll dance for you. You watch me. 192 00:09:24.460 --> 00:09:25.399 You watch me. You hear this? 193 00:09:25.419 --> 00:09:26.179 It's just for you. 194 00:09:27.019 --> 00:09:28.679 Sit down, Joe. You don't have to do that. 195 00:09:30.269 --> 00:09:32.190 You like me, huh? You'll

buy. 196 00:09:32.210 --> 00:09:32.279 Huh? 197 00:09:34.970 --> 00:09:37.629 I got other routines. Tell me about your nightclub, Joe. 198 00:09:38.309 --> 00:09:38.490 Huh? 199 00:09:38.509 --> 00:09:40.860 Your nightclub, the Blue Shane. Tell me about the club 200 00:09:40.889 --> 00:09:41.940 and about Bob Foster. 201 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:45.740 Him? Oh, you're a friend of Bob's? 202 00:09:46.899 --> 00:09:47.159 Well. 203 00:09:48.179 --> 00:09:48.720 I'll hate you. 204 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.039 I'll squash you like a fly, so help me. 205 00:09:51.139 --> 00:09:52.100 What'd he do to you, Joe? 206 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:56.370 Oh. He did something to me. 207 00:09:56.509 --> 00:09:58.769 Foster. Bob Foster. He stole from you, didn't he? 208 00:09:59.830 --> 00:09:59.950 What? 209 00:10:00.289 --> 00:10:00.889 Out on me. 210 00:10:00.909 --> 00:10:08.620 Didn't even wave goodbye. Just took my money, danced off someplace. 211 00:10:09.659 --> 00:10:10.820 Far away. 212 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:13.200 Never sent a postcard. 213 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:14.220 Nothing. 214 00:10:15.940 --> 00:10:17.259 Aggie either. Aggie Blaine? 215 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:23.419 Ah, there was a dancer. You ever see her? Oh, 216 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:28.659 she's a stunning dancer. Well, I'll show you a dance. 217 00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:31.000 It's with the hands first. 218 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:33.230 You know where Aggie is, Joe? 219 00:10:36.889 --> 00:10:42.690 Aggie's far away, too. Aggie and Bob. Blue Sheen. 220 00:10:42.750 --> 00:10:45.549 We found Bob last night, Joe. He'd been buried under 221 00:10:45.590 --> 00:10:46.690 the cellar of your nightclub. 222 00:10:48.129 --> 00:10:53.830 Bob. Bobby Foster. Oh, that's where he's been. 223 00:10:53.850 --> 00:10:56.429 Did you kill him, Joe? Because he stole from you 224 00:10:56.450 --> 00:10:59.379 and went away? Joe, listen to me. 225 00:10:59.389 --> 00:11:01.320 I performed for you, mister. Where's my drink? 226 00:11:01.340 --> 00:11:02.059 Did you kill him, Joe? 227 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:05.500 I don't know. Maybe I did. 228 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:07.570 He deserved it. 229 00:11:09.100 --> 00:11:12.500 Maybe I did. You think I did? 230 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:22.220 Come on, Joe. Let's you and me go uptown. And 231 00:11:22.259 --> 00:11:26.539 book him. Charged. Suspected felony. Murdered. Turn him over to 232 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:29.559 the policeman's gould as to proper procedure and proper jail 233 00:11:29.580 --> 00:11:32.620 tier and proper cell. Back to the office and sit 234 00:11:32.659 --> 00:11:36.220 at the desk. Far away, a light is turned off. 235 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:40.259 And another. And a swollen sag of gray suddenly hangs 236 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:43.519 from the black sky. Morning folding over the horizon. 237 00:11:44.230 --> 00:11:45.210 Danny, downstairs. 238 00:11:45.250 --> 00:11:45.440 Come on. 239 00:11:46.179 --> 00:11:48.580 Down the corridor, in the steps, and outside is damp. 240 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:49.480 It's still night. 241 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.700 Ambulance just pulled in. Blown it upstairs. 242 00:11:52.779 --> 00:12:01.590 I got it. Miss Devlin. 243 00:12:02.009 --> 00:12:02.289 Uh-huh. 244 00:12:02.750 --> 00:12:02.970 Shut. 245 00:12:03.769 --> 00:12:04.269 Dead, Danny? 246 00:12:04.970 --> 00:12:07.570 On account of the police rang her doorbell yesterday? On 247 00:12:07.610 --> 00:12:10.909 account of she's Aggie Blaine's aunt? I'm talking to you, Danny. 248 00:12:11.250 --> 00:12:11.730 You think so? 249 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:30.220 You are listening to Broadway's My Beat, written by Morton 250 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:33.919 Fine and David Friedkin, and starring Larry Thor as Detective 251 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:38.919 Danny Clover. Two outstanding events on CBS Radio tomorrow in 252 00:12:38.940 --> 00:12:41.659 the daytime. For one, the Quiz Kids return to the 253 00:12:41.700 --> 00:12:45.490 star's address to begin another series of their breathtaking metal gymnastics. 254 00:12:45.980 --> 00:12:48.480 Professor Joe Kelly will be in charge of the little wizards, 255 00:12:48.940 --> 00:12:50.940 and they'll all be waiting for you to join them 256 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:54.120 tomorrow on most of these same stations. The other big 257 00:12:54.139 --> 00:12:58.159 event tomorrow is the American radio premiere of Christopher Columbus, 258 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:03.080 Darius Milo's famous opera conducted in concert form by Dimitri Metropolis. 259 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:06.549 It's the featured work on the New York Philharmonic Symphony 260 00:13:06.610 --> 00:13:19.850 heard on most of these same stations tomorrow. Broadway makes 261 00:13:19.929 --> 00:13:23.090 its entrance out of subway kiosks, out of night corridors, 262 00:13:23.549 --> 00:13:26.110 blinks once and long against the light of a new 263 00:13:26.210 --> 00:13:30.389 member day, then moves into it, soft, polite. It's the 264 00:13:30.409 --> 00:13:34.019 thing to do. Treat the morning nice. Don't step on 265 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:36.379 the cracks. You'll still be on your feet when day 266 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:39.980 is done. And the other performers, the man hanging from 267 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:43.019 a spectacular, twisting out the Mazdas that died in the night. 268 00:13:43.850 --> 00:13:46.450 And the mannequin, her face dusted, a bolt tightened where 269 00:13:46.490 --> 00:13:49.350 wax had given in to night. And torso and head 270 00:13:49.389 --> 00:13:53.029 tilted closer now to shop window. And unwaxed lips, the 271 00:13:53.070 --> 00:13:55.409 good morning kiss. A new day, kid. 272 00:13:56.269 --> 00:13:56.549 Live it. 273 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:05.379 And at headquarters November morn is Sergeant Gino Portaglia dipping 274 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:07.059 a finger into a container of coffee. 275 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:08.720 Just testing, Danny. 276 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:09.240 Oh? 277

00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:11.820 You leave these things to the whim of that new 278 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:15.539 girl in Ballows, Delco. I knew it. Too sweet. 279 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:17.120 Oh, that's too bad, Gino. 280 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:19.860 Eh, some days you wake up on the wrong side, 281 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:21.559 you get too many lumps in your container. 282 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:22.659 True, true, Gino. 283 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:26.000 Don't feel bad about it, Danny. No percentage in building 284 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:28.820 a tragedy out of it. We'll both be bigger persons 285 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:31.299 if we don't make of it an issue with the delicatessen. 286 00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:33.830 And off to work we go. You game, Danny? 287 00:14:34.350 --> 00:14:35.090 Whatever you say, Gino. 288 00:14:35.769 --> 00:14:37.889 Am I permitted a simple statement of fact? 289 00:14:38.269 --> 00:14:38.710 Of course. 290 00:14:39.429 --> 00:14:40.269 I admire you. 291 00:14:41.429 --> 00:14:42.889 Thank you. 292 00:14:43.230 --> 00:14:43.509 To work. 293 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:47.320 Why, no, Joe Turner is still in the drying-out tank. Also, 294 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:50.179 Ballistics has established that in the murder of Miss Devlin 295 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:52.940 and Aggie Blaine, the murder weapon was the same that 296 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:56.700 five years ago did do in Bob Forster, suspected absconding 297 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:57.700 with his partner's loot. 298 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.600 Same weapon? 299 00:14:58.820 --> 00:14:59.139 Indeed. 300 00:14:59.779 --> 00:15:01.720 The bullet that was found in the chest cavity of 301 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:04.820 the remains of Bob Forster bore the same markings, riflings, 302 00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:08.679 as the bullet extracted from Miss Devlin. Ergo, same weapon 303 00:15:08.710 --> 00:15:11.139 was used. Small caliber gun, Danny,. 22. 304 00:15:11.129 --> 00:15:14.289 Then whoever killed Foster five years ago is still around. 305 00:15:14.629 --> 00:15:16.600 Which brings me to Miss Aggie Blaine. 306 00:15:17.049 --> 00:15:17.340 Oh, how? 307 00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:20.299 That in a routine perusal made by our boys of 308 00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:25.700 vital statistic records, a marriage license date of July 3-0, 1947, 309 00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:28.600 was found made out to one Aggie Blaine and one 310 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:29.200 Herbie Morse. 311 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:29.879 They find the. 312 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:33.299 Don't interrupt, Danny. A check was made on said Herbie 313 00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:35.440 Morse and was found that he owns a drugstore on 314 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:35.919 23rd corner of 9th. 315 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:36.299 That's how. 316 00:15:38.470 --> 00:15:40.049 You care for my coffee, Danny? 317 00:15:40.490 --> 00:15:51.679 No, no, but thanks anyway, do you know? Thanks for everything. 318 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:53.419 You're just useless,

Mrs. 319 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:55.720 Westfall, and you'll have that lanolin flush look in no 320 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.250 time at all. 321 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:59.990 Thank you. Yes, sir? What can I do for you? 322 00:16:00.149 --> 00:16:00.389 Mr. 323 00:16:00.429 --> 00:16:00.730 Moss? 324 00:16:01.070 --> 00:16:01.309 Right. 325 00:16:01.929 --> 00:16:03.049 My name's Clover, Mr. 326 00:16:03.090 --> 00:16:03.309 Moss. 327 00:16:03.429 --> 00:16:05.710 I'm from the police. Hi. I'm trying to get some 328 00:16:05.730 --> 00:16:07.769 information about a girl named Aggie Blaines. 329 00:16:08.210 --> 00:16:10.950 Depends upon what kind of info you want. She was 330 00:16:11.009 --> 00:16:13.009 my frow. Some things I'll tell you, some things I won't. 331 00:16:13.029 --> 00:16:14.529 Just tell me how you met her and when you 332 00:16:14.549 --> 00:16:16.269 met her and why you're not married to her. Things 333 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:16.899 like that, Mr. 334 00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:17.059 Moss. 335 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:18.639 What's the matter? You think you could have stayed married 336 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:18.950 to her? 337 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:19.259 Mr. Moss. 338 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:21.700 You haven't got the dough on the wherewithal. Just tell 339 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.379 me about it, Mr. 340 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:22.519 Moss. 341 00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:24.240 She's not going to make a fool out of me. 342 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.460 You know what I'm going to do one day, buddy? 343 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:28.919 Get me another wife, a big gal, a big blonde gal. 344 00:16:28.950 --> 00:16:30.509 Then I'm going to find me Aggie and walk up 345 00:16:30.570 --> 00:16:32.029 and down in front of her with my big blonde 346 00:16:32.070 --> 00:16:33.129 wife rubbing her cheek to me. 347 00:16:33.350 --> 00:16:34.809 I'm going to show her... When did you meet Aggie? 348 00:16:35.299 --> 00:16:36.059 On an airplane. 349 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.730 I said hello to her, and from there on in, 350 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:39.559 it was air pockets all the way to Frisco. 351 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:41.320 You met her on the way to California, huh? When 352 00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:43.919 was this? In 47, Druggers Convention. 353 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:46.200 I never saw the inside of the convention hall, not 354 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:48.679 with Aggie showing me the fancy eating places, and me 355 00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:51.159 with a paper to read on dressing at the prescription department. 356 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:51.980 Go on. 357 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:54.980 That was in June. Then back in New York, somehow, 358 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:57.059 she wouldn't let me see it. Then she called me. 359 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.279 When? 360 00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:58.700 July the 30th. 361 00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:01.250 I know, because July 31st, we tied the knot. 362 00:17:01.470 --> 00:17:02.250 How come the divorce? 363 00:17:02.399

--> 00:17:02.779 A fella. 364 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:05.920 I worked late one night fixing up a one-cent sale. 365 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.519 I came home. 366 00:17:06.579 --> 00:17:08.519 She wouldn't let me in. I beat the door in 367 00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:11.140 with my bare hands. There was a fellow there selling rugs. 368 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:13.569 He gives me his card and left. Next day, she 369 00:17:13.609 --> 00:17:15.609 followed him. One of these days, I'm going to look 370 00:17:15.630 --> 00:17:16.089 that guy up. 371 00:17:16.109 --> 00:17:17.490 You know that? You still have his card? 372 00:17:17.690 --> 00:17:18.109 Do I? 373 00:17:18.269 --> 00:17:20.809 Right in my wallet. I want it. You're going to 374 00:17:20.829 --> 00:17:21.309 fix him, huh? 375 00:17:21.650 --> 00:17:22.009 Swell. 376 00:17:22.569 --> 00:17:23.470 Here you go. 377 00:17:24.329 --> 00:17:25.009 Here's the card. 378 00:17:25.289 --> 00:17:26.490 I'm on your side, buddy. 379 00:17:26.630 --> 00:17:29.309 Have you seen Aggie since then? I'm happy to say no. 380 00:17:29.529 --> 00:17:31.809 However, the day that I do, I will also find 381 00:17:31.829 --> 00:17:34.029 me that big blind buddy. I'm going to parade her 382 00:17:34.130 --> 00:17:35.869 up and down in front of that. 383 00:17:38.990 --> 00:17:41.029 And get out of the way of Mr. Moss's wagging finger. 384 00:17:41.049 --> 00:17:44.359 And through the aisle, lined with preparations guaranteed to keep 385 00:17:44.390 --> 00:17:47.420 you alive longer than anybody. Right turn, down the aisle 386 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:51.140 of space guns, insecticides, and bubble baths. And then left 387 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:53.440 at the table where everything is marked down to 19 cents... 388 00:17:54.470 --> 00:17:57.509 And out into the street. Legwork now. An address off 389 00:17:57.549 --> 00:18:00.390 the card given to you in the drugstore. Mr. Irving Lufthander, 390 00:18:00.410 --> 00:18:05.319 drug dealer. Aggie? She ran out on me, mister. Long 391 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:08.740 time ago. Customer of mine came in one day and 392 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:10.839 ordered our most expensive. 393 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:11.440 Number wall to wall. 394 00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:15.450 Aggie went along with the delivery truck and never come back. 395 00:18:15.769 --> 00:18:17.170 Customer's name? Ewing. 396 00:18:17.789 --> 00:18:18.170 Dr. 397 00:18:18.250 --> 00:18:22.509 Keith Ewing. Big back man. Got offices in the Muncie building. 398 00:18:23.430 --> 00:18:25.509 And at the offices of the Muncie building, be told 399 00:18:25.549 --> 00:18:28.269 by Dr. Ewing that Miss Blaine was merely a patient 400 00:18:28.309 --> 00:18:30.309 of his, and after he cleared up her back condition, 401 00:18:30.349 --> 00:18:32.950 he never saw her again. No, he never treated her 402 00:18:32.990 --> 00:18:36.720 at his office. She was an outpatient at the Cheney Hotel. 403 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:42.420 So go there, Cheney Hotel. Yes, the clerk says. Miss Blaine, yes, indeed. 404 00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:45.720 He checked out, he's sorry to say. The morning after 405 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:50.079 an automobile dealer's conclave, he remembers. Forwarding address? Why, yes, indeed. 406 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.279 1213 East 61st. 407 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:56.190 So go there. The girl who answers the door is 408 00:18:56.269 --> 00:19:00.210 dressed in velvet pedal pushers, but shakes her head sadly 409 00:19:00.250 --> 00:19:04.279 at the name of Aggie Blaine. Agatha, it seems, moved 410 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:07.079 out on her about a month ago. Bag, baggage, and 411 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:11.400 her very own boyfriend, Tony. Where? Well, Tony owns the 412 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:13.890 apartment building over on East River, Beekman Place. 413 00:19:14.750 --> 00:19:15.230 So go there. 414 00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:28.029 Yes? 415 00:19:28.349 --> 00:19:30.349 I'm from the police, Danny Clover. 416 00:19:30.450 --> 00:19:32.730 And I'm too desperately sorry because whatever it is, I 417 00:19:32.769 --> 00:19:33.289 can't use it. 418 00:19:33.309 --> 00:19:34.789 Let's talk about it inside, Miss Blaine. 419 00:19:35.309 --> 00:19:37.609 Oh, but then we'd be committing something or other, wouldn't we? 420 00:19:37.630 --> 00:19:37.690 Oh? 421 00:19:38.930 --> 00:19:40.930 Oh, yes, there must be a city ordinance or something. 422 00:19:40.950 --> 00:19:42.829 You see, I'd let you in here and we'd talk 423 00:19:42.849 --> 00:19:45.289 or whatever, and all the time you'd be operating under 424 00:19:45.309 --> 00:19:47.269 false pretenses. Naughty. 425 00:19:47.990 --> 00:19:48.630 Tell me about it. 426 00:19:49.410 --> 00:19:51.890 You see, dear boy, I'm not Miss Blaine. Not the 427 00:19:51.930 --> 00:19:54.519 girl you need. Not Miss... What Blaine? 428 00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:57.630 Aggie Blaine. Girl who used to work at a club 429 00:19:57.690 --> 00:19:59.720 called the Blue Sheen. Danced there with birds. 430 00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:03.740 With birds? Oh, how desperately thrilling. 431 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.809 That's what we'll talk about, huh? 432 00:20:07.430 --> 00:20:11.450 So pulpy in years. Nightclub dancer with birds, man of 433 00:20:11.470 --> 00:20:15.609 the police knocking at my door. Oh, just walk right in, Mr. Crowley. 434 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:20.559 The rugs are deep and the fireplace is Italian marble 435 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:23.700 and my dressing room is perfumes and custom-made crystal and 436 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:26.960 full-length golden mirror and it's a castle and I call 437 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:29.579 it home. So you may plump down wherever you like. 438 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.859 I'm grateful. 439 00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:35.589 Don't thank me, thank Tony. Tony Crenshaw, my fiancé. Nothing's 440 00:20:35.750 --> 00:20:38.819 too good for you, Agatha, he said, and he's loving it. 441 00:20:39.250 --> 00:20:44.009 I got this

shack on our wedding day. All mine. Oh, 442 00:20:44.049 --> 00:20:46.029 that Tony, he's a charm, all right, all right. 443 00:20:46.049 --> 00:20:48.460 And now you're Agatha's... Agatha Raines. 444 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:53.839 Always was, always will be. Oh, I almost slipped. Soon, 445 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:55.559 Agatha Crenshaw, Tony's wife. 446 00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:57.220 You want to hear about Aggie Blaine? 447 00:20:57.740 --> 00:21:01.509 Dying. It's how we met, we two. Yeah, speak to 448 00:21:01.549 --> 00:21:02.109 me of Aggie. 449 00:21:02.470 --> 00:21:06.220 Five years ago, she was a dancer at the Blue Sheen. She... Yeah, there. 450 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:08.079 Were feathered creatures. You said all that. 451 00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.859 There was something else. 452 00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:11.039 A man named Bob Foster. 453 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:14.900 Just one man? Well, this dancer couldn't have been very good. 454 00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:20.059 Bob Foster, ex-con. Five years ago, 1947. Partner in the 455 00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:22.559 Blue Sheen. We found him the other day buried under 456 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:25.180 its cellar flooring. He'd been shot twice, murdered. 457 00:21:26.069 --> 00:21:28.509 Oh, tell me you're not making this up. Because if 458 00:21:28.549 --> 00:21:31.829 you are, I'd die of disillusion. It's so desperately sordid 459 00:21:31.869 --> 00:21:32.549 and thrilling. 460 00:21:32.569 --> 00:21:33.880 You ever know this, Bob Foster? 461 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:36.819 Not till this precious instance. But don't let that stop you. 462 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.240 Go on. 463 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:42.000 Aggie Blaine had an aunt, Miss Devlin. Yesterday, she was 464 00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:44.079 murdered with the same gun that killed Foster. 465 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.869 Isn't that always the way? 466 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:49.470 Another thing about Aggie Blaine. In 1947, she met a 467 00:21:49.470 --> 00:21:51.730 man on a plane to California. When they came back here, 468 00:21:51.750 --> 00:21:54.569 they got married. A man named Herbie Moss... Serves the. 469 00:21:54.529 --> 00:21:57.349 Girl right, killing her aunt and that foster fellow. 470 00:21:57.390 --> 00:21:57.589 Yeah. 471 00:21:59.109 --> 00:22:00.210 Get your things. We're going downtown. 472 00:22:01.829 --> 00:22:04.410 Oh, such a short time and we so well know 473 00:22:04.490 --> 00:22:07.170 each other. Already you're taking me out. 474 00:22:07.450 --> 00:22:10.549 We want you for suspicion of murder. Get your things. 475 00:22:12.250 --> 00:22:14.180 Oh, it's a lovely day. And when I got up, 476 00:22:14.210 --> 00:22:16.289 I didn't know what I'd do with myself this morning. 477 00:22:16.910 --> 00:22:20.869 And you've come up with something. Let's go wherever you want, Mr. 478 00:22:20.890 --> 00:22:34.039 Clover. 479 00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:37.140 And this room is what, Mr. Clover? 480 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:38.279 Interrogation room. 481 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:40.000 Sitting or standing? 482 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:42.380 Sit down, please. Smoke? 483 00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:46.140 Oh, I have my own. You can lighten, though. 484 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.400 Yeah. 485 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:50.250 Thanks. Still excited? 486 00:22:50.269 --> 00:22:51.789 Tolerably. 487 00:22:51.809 --> 00:22:54.390 It's slowing down. Do something about it, Mr. 488 00:22:54.410 --> 00:22:54.809 Clover. 489 00:22:55.390 --> 00:22:56.410 Like book you now? 490 00:22:57.369 --> 00:22:59.029 For what was that again I've forgotten? 491 00:22:59.529 --> 00:22:59.849 Murder. 492 00:23:00.549 --> 00:23:02.900 Oh, that's a charge, all right. That's really one of the. 493 00:23:02.910 --> 00:23:05.049 Danny? You got him? Bring him in. 494 00:23:05.049 --> 00:23:05.710 Come on, Joe. 495 00:23:05.730 --> 00:23:09.230 How do you feel, Joe? 496 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:12.119 It's a shame the way I feel right now. 497 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.460 Hi, Aggie. 498 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:19.049 Charades, fellas? Am I supposed to guess what he is? 499 00:23:19.130 --> 00:23:20.529 Yeah, do that. Hint. 500 00:23:20.789 --> 00:23:23.170 A guy named Joe Turner. Co-owner of a nightclub named 501 00:23:23.190 --> 00:23:25.829 the Blue Sheen. Partner found in the cellar. Employed a 502 00:23:25.849 --> 00:23:28.049 girl named Aggie Blaine. Now guess why he's here. 503 00:23:29.349 --> 00:23:30.049 Hi, Aggie. 504 00:23:30.930 --> 00:23:32.849 There's no excitement in it anymore, Mr. 505 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.160 Clover. 506 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.880 Take me home. 507 00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:36.059 Then you don't know who this man is. 508 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:38.559 By the pink of his eyes, I'd say a wino. 509 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.660 You look nice, Aggie. 510 00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:45.039 A rumpot. Well, there's another way we can do it, Denison. 511 00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:47.660 Get the druggist, get the rug salesman, the doctor. 512 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.500 Hey, look at her, Danny. 513 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:51.920 She's getting excited all over again. Those people bring back 514 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:53.200 fond memories, lady. 515 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:57.849 You should have seen her when she danced. Should have 516 00:23:57.880 --> 00:24:02.309 seen her with the blue light. The spinning spot. 517 00:24:04.730 --> 00:24:05.369 Hi, Joe. 518 00:24:05.869 --> 00:24:06.869 Where you been, Aggie? 519 00:24:07.910 --> 00:24:09.769 I looked for you once, Joe. I couldn't find you. 520 00:24:10.049 --> 00:24:11.829 You're a stinking liar, Aggie. 521 00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.779 Now you see why I didn't find you. 522 00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:16.559 Now we all know each other. Hi, Aggie. 523 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.819 Sure. 524 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:19.660 I used to know a cop. 525 00:24:20.450 --> 00:24:24.309 I've been drinking a lot, Aggie. I've been thinking about you. 526

00:24:24.329 --> 00:24:25.769 Have you? 527 00:24:25.869 --> 00:24:28.309 Joe, she's still pretty. 528 00:24:28.890 --> 00:24:31.769 Almost all we need, Joe, is the motive. Why did 529 00:24:31.789 --> 00:24:32.990 you kill Bob Foster? 530 00:24:33.410 --> 00:24:34.019 Hey, Aggie. 531 00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:36.039 Don't remember out loud, Joe. 532 00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:38.779 He one of the business, Joe? The nightclub or her? 533 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.400 Tell him, Aggie. 534 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:44.539 You want to confess how you killed Bob? 535 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.079 Go ahead. 536 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:51.069 Oh, baby, baby. I'm going to tell him my part, baby. 537 00:24:51.089 --> 00:24:54.029 I never killed anybody. 538 00:24:54.430 --> 00:24:54.910 Joe. 539 00:24:55.170 --> 00:24:56.029 Who'd I kill? 540 00:24:57.490 --> 00:25:00.690 I wanted the business, so... So I took a shot 541 00:25:00.730 --> 00:25:03.799 at Bob, but... I hit him in the arm, that's all. 542 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:06.519 Then he ran to you, Aggie. 543 00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:09.319 You boys believe rum pots around here? 544 00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:09.819 Go on, Joe. 545 00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:15.769 Next time I saw my... My poor old partner, he 546 00:25:15.789 --> 00:25:16.349 was dead. 547 00:25:16.369 --> 00:25:19.130 Then you felt so sorry for him, Joe, you buried 548 00:25:19.150 --> 00:25:21.390 him under the cellar with some money to see him 549 00:25:21.430 --> 00:25:21.890 on his way. 550 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:24.619 Oh, that Aggie, she's got a mind on it. 551 00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.859 She figured it. 552 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:29.839 Go ahead, Aggie, show the fellas how you got a 553 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.700 mind on you. 554 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.640 Mr. Clover? Huh? 555 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:38.269 It's getting serious, huh? Huh, Mr. 556 00:25:38.289 --> 00:25:38.549 Clover? 557 00:25:38.950 --> 00:25:42.670 That's the lieutenant's serious face, yes. It's getting serious. 558 00:25:45.009 --> 00:25:45.269 Look. 559 00:25:47.190 --> 00:25:51.559 Look, Bob Foster came over with a shot arm. I said, Bob, 560 00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:54.880 before you go see an M.D. about your poor bullet-filled arm, 561 00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:57.980 here's a gun. Bob, I said, you shouldn't take that 562 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:00.880 from a guy like Joe. When I handed the gun 563 00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:02.220 to him, it went off. 564 00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.220 Well, that's some mind. 565 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:08.720 And what was your aunt defending herself against when she 566 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:12.779 got shot by the same gun? Well... When Bob came 567 00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:14.359 to you when he was shot, you were staying at 568 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.519 your aunt's place, weren't you? 569 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.680 Well, yes, I was. 570 00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:20.440 Your aunt knew what happened. Blackmailed you. 571 00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:23.859 Hey, how about my aunt's furniture? A scream, huh? 572 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:26.440 Furniture, income, proceeds from blackmail. 573 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:31.180 Was your aunt dead, Aggie? I didn't know. Gee, you're 574 00:26:31.269 --> 00:26:32.039 all alone, huh? 575 00:26:33.349 --> 00:26:36.890 She lost the whole thing for us, Joe. This policeman 576 00:26:36.930 --> 00:26:39.009 came calling. She got panicky, called me up and said 577 00:26:39.029 --> 00:26:39.789 she was going to talk. 578 00:26:40.670 --> 00:26:40.859 Oh, I. 579 00:26:40.890 --> 00:26:41.269 You see. 580 00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.269 Yeah, sure. 581 00:26:45.109 --> 00:26:47.089 From the first she lost it, Joe, you and me. 582 00:26:48.269 --> 00:26:50.009 Since I got back from California, remember? 583 00:26:50.130 --> 00:26:52.190 Now, how about that California trip, Aggie? 584 00:26:52.869 --> 00:26:53.210 Great. 585 00:26:53.589 --> 00:26:55.710 Just took a flyer to plant some of that money 586 00:26:55.769 --> 00:26:57.920 Foster was supposed to have stolen to make it look 587 00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:01.660 like he'd run away to California. Hi, Joe. 588 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:07.099 Five years, honey. I've had a lousy time. 589 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:09.069 What about you? 590 00:27:09.609 --> 00:27:09.950 Great. 591 00:27:10.829 --> 00:27:12.990 A time... A real time. 592 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:14.140 You're still lying. 593 00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.279 Yeah. 594 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:22.660 I've missed you, Joe. We probably see a lot of 595 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:25.599 each other now. For a time. 596 00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:27.759 For a time. 597 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:46.900 In the ebb of nighttime, the slabs of Broadway lean 598 00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:51.880 against the darkness in crazy, tilted angles. The balance is delicate, precise. 599 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:58.160 So the walk must be careful, the talk quiet. It's 600 00:27:58.220 --> 00:28:00.559 the never-never time that drifts in from the edge of 601 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:07.750 the world, the time of regret. It's Broadway, the gaudiest, 602 00:28:08.670 --> 00:28:12.710 the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world. 603 00:28:14.410 --> 00:28:32.329 Broadway. My Beat. 604 00:28:34.130 --> 00:28:38.289 Broadway's My Beat stars Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover, 605 00:28:38.630 --> 00:28:42.259 with Charles Calvert as Totaglia and Jack Crucian as Mugovan. 606 00:28:42.890 --> 00:28:46.069 The program is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, with 607 00:28:46.130 --> 00:28:50.930 musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage. In tonight's story, 608 00:28:51.269 --> 00:28:54.359 Mary Jane Quaft was heard as Aggie Blaine and Sheldon 609 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:58.319 Lender as Joe Turner. Featured in the cast were James McCallion, 610 00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:02.839 Ted Bliss, Martha Wentworth, and Peter Leeds. Bill Anders speaking. 611 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:09.119 ©

BF-WATCH TV 2021. 612 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:27.579 Have you ever longed for escape? Escape from an everyday 613 00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:30.109 existence that may have a color of its own, but 614 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:34.369 with which, nevertheless, you are temporarily bored? If so, CBS 615 00:29:34.410 --> 00:29:38.289 Radio's dramatic adventure program called Escape is meant for you. 616 00:29:39.029 --> 00:29:42.059 Every Sunday evening on most of these same stations, listen 617 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:45.900 in for a new drama of Escape at the star's address. 618 00:29:57.890 --> 00:30:01.430 And remember, Amos and Andy are here every Sunday on 619 00:30:01.470 --> 00:30:03.099 the CBS Radio Network. 620 00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:33.009 © transcript Emily Beynon. 621 00:31:02.250 --> 00:31:07.430 Welcome back. This was actually a really interesting role for 622 00:31:07.710 --> 00:31:12.009 Sheldon Leonard. There tend to be a couple types of 623 00:31:12.150 --> 00:31:16.910 characters Leonard tended to play. One on the comedic side, 624 00:31:17.230 --> 00:31:23.420 playing a range of sketchy characters, particularly in a horse 625 00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:29.099 race story. And in there, you'll have things like Runyoness characters, 626 00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:35.450 or small-time comedy crooks or con men like he played 627 00:31:37.029 --> 00:31:40.670 on the Martin and Lewis program. And he's also shown 628 00:31:40.730 --> 00:31:46.130 that he can play the much more straightforward, dangerous criminal 629 00:31:46.390 --> 00:31:51.720 or gangster or just hard- and steely type of character. 630 00:31:52.009 --> 00:31:55.009 Here you get to hear him in a much more 631 00:31:55.150 --> 00:32:00.970 unusual range as this utterly defeated wreck of a man. Oh, 632 00:32:00.990 --> 00:32:03.880 very nice to see something a little bit different from Leonard. 633 00:32:03.970 --> 00:32:07.380 I'd have to chuckle at the line, that's the lieutenant's 634 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:11.640 serious face. I mean, the thing is that we have 635 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:16.849 been listening to Danny for a hundred odd episodes at 636 00:32:16.890 --> 00:32:21.359 this point. And my question would be, how would you tell? 637 00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:25.400 I mean, I'd be like, isn't that just his normal face? 638 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:29.960 I imagine that Danny smiles less than Batman. At least 639 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:33.740 that's how I imagine him. Listener comments and feedback now. 640 00:32:33.769 --> 00:32:37.109 We have a comment from YouTube regarding the episode, The 641 00:32:37.210 --> 00:32:41.309 Robert Turk Murder Case. That was great. Thank you. And 642 00:32:41.430 --> 00:32:44.210 now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day. 643 00:32:44.329 --> 00:32:49.180 Thank you so much to Tim... Patreon supporters since August 2020, 644 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:54.299 currently supporting the podcast at the Detective Sergeant level of $ 7. 14 645 00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:57.329 or more per month. Thanks so much for your support, Tim. 646 00:32:57.809 --> 00:33:00.269 And that will do it for today. If you're enjoying 647 00:33:00.309 --> 00:33:04.910 the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. 648 00:33:05.470 --> 00:33:08.009 And be sure to rate and review the podcast wherever 649 00:33:08.049 --> 00:33:11.809 you download it from. We'll be back next Wednesday with 650 00:33:11.849 --> 00:33:14.750 another episode of Broadway's My Beat, but join us back 651 00:33:14.769 --> 00:33:17.230 here tomorrow for Dragnetware. 652 00:33:17.630 --> 00:33:19.329 Well, when I came up here this afternoon to show 653 00:33:19.349 --> 00:33:21.430 them the stones I'd brought, he didn't know the good 654 00:33:21.470 --> 00:33:21.990 from the bad. 655 00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.680 Yes, sir. 656 00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.920 Well, in almost any collection, there are bound to be 657 00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:27.980 a few stones that aren't absolutely perfect. It looked all right, 658 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:31.720 but there may be a small flaw someplace inside the stone. Naturally, 659 00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.819 their value isn't the highest. 660 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:34.700 I see, and this Roberts didn't know the difference. 661 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:37.579 No, but I should have known anyway. Those eyes, you know, 662 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:39.829 the meanest eyes I ever saw and so close together. 663 00:33:39.970 --> 00:33:41.750 Well, was there anything unusual that you might have noticed 664 00:33:41.789 --> 00:33:44.029 about Roberts? Anything about his speech, his manner, anything at 665 00:33:44.069 --> 00:33:46.049 all that might help us identify him? No, just like 666 00:33:46.089 --> 00:33:46.589 I told you. 667 00:33:47.069 --> 00:33:47.869 Seemed nice enough. 668 00:33:48.309 --> 00:33:49.869 Well, did he give you any indication that there might 669 00:33:49.910 --> 00:33:51.569 be something wrong? Not at all. 670 00:33:51.589 --> 00:33:53.420 Of course, I wondered about it. He's not knowing much 671 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:55.839 about diamonds, but I figured that if he was... willing 672 00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:57.700 to pay what I wanted, I didn't have to concern 673 00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.900 myself with what he's going. 674 00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.579 To do with the stones. 675 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.859 Well, Mr. Roman, I wonder if we could start from 676 00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:03.420 the beginning, exactly what happened here. 677 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.440 He knocked me out. 678 00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:07.500 No, sir, I mean what led up to his hitting it. Oh, 679 00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.340 I'm sorry. 680 00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:10.119 Well, as I said, he told me to bring the 681 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:12.570 stones up here for his father to see. I did, 682 00:34:12.590 --> 00:34:14.349 and then we waited for the father to show up. 683 00:34:14.969 --> 00:34:16.949 We were over there by the window looking at the stones. 684 00:34:17.210 --> 00:34:18.429 You know, they look better in sunlight. 685 00:34:18.449 --> 00:34:18.769 Yes, sir. 686 00:34:19.210 --> 00:34:21.369 Well, when we finished, he said something about his father 687 00:34:21.409 --> 00:34:24.340 never being on time. I turned to look out the window, 688 00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.889 and that's when he hit me, right here on the 689 00:34:25.929 --> 00:34:26.550 back of my head. 690 00:34:26.590 --> 00:34:27.050 Can you see it? 691 00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.409 Yes, sir, I can. 692 00:34:28.730 --> 00:34:31.070 I hope you'll be with us then. In the meantime, 693 00:34:31.230 --> 00:34:37.329 send your comments to box13 at greatdetectives.net. 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