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Welcome to the Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho.
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This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're
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going to bring you this week's episode of Counterspy. But first,
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one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net. But now,
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from October 4th, 1949, here is The Sweepstakes Murder.
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Pepsi-Cola, P-E-P-S-I, that's your smartest cola buy. Pepsi-Cola presents Counterspy.
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Washington calling David Harding Counterspy.
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Washington calling David Harding Counterspy.
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Harding Counterspy. Calling Washington. United States counter-spies.
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Especially appointed to investigate and combat the enemies of our country,
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both at home and abroad.
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Tonight, the case of the sweepstake murder. Another counter-spy report
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to the American people. Brought to you each Tuesday and
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Thursday by Pepsi-Cola.
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of sparkling Pepsi from one big 12-ounce bottle. You're getting
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big favorite. And America's biggest cola value. So why take
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less when Pepsi's best? Whenever you reach for a refreshment, remember... Why.
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Take less when Pepsi's best?
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And now, to Counterspy. It was a moonless night. in
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the small southern town of Gulfport, near the Mexican border.
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In a dimly lit, evil-smelling corridor of a rooming house,
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two shadowy men stood before a closed door.
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Tom, you sure this is the room?
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Positive, Sheriff.
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Let's go in.
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Wait, wait, Tom.
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Get away from the door. But what? Get back alongside it.
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That's it.
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Let's see if it's unlocked.
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It is unlocked.
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No light in the room. Now, listen.
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I'm going to shove the door open, shine my light in.
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You stay right where you are till I tell you.
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Okay, Sheriff.
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What the.
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Come on, Thomas.
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What is it?
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Look. There on the floor.
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What?
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It's Frenchy. What's left of him? His chest.
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His chest? Look at his chest.
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What?
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I don't know what did it. I've never seen anything
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like this.
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It's obvious, Uncle Ty.
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The big shots in the sweepstakes racket found out Frenchy
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was going to talk to a newspaper reporter. Me. So
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they killed him.
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I never saw anything so.
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So horrible.
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It's an outrage, Tom.
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If they think they've stopped me, they got another thing coming.
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I found something in Frenchie's room tonight which just might
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lead me to the men we want.
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Oh?
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What did you find?
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I'll tell you all about it when I bring in
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the story. I've got to be on my way. Yeah, no, no, Tom.
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One man's been murdered already.
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I don't want anything to happen to you.
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Oh, now, look, Uncle Si, this is a terrific story.
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Thousands and thousands of Americans are buying tickets on what's
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supposed to be an official Mexican sweepstakes. But the Mexican
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government says it doesn't know anything about it. Yes, yes, yes,
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I know. And tonight, the racketeers proved they're murderous, too.
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Is the Gulfport Gazette going.
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To laugh that off?
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That's not the point, Tom. I can't let my own
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nephew risk his life.
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Your nephew has to take the same chances any other
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reporter would take.
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See you later, Uncle Si.
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Hello?
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Is Tom Fisher there?
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No, he's not, but this is his wife, Ruth. Can
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I take a message?
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Yeah.
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Tell him to lay off the big stories he's working on.
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Unless he wants the same thing to happen to him
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that happened to Frenchy.
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Tom, that man on the phone frightens me. Darling, please
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drop the story you're working on.
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Drop the biggest story that ever came my way? Don't
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be silly, Ruth.
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But I don't want anything to happen to you.
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Nothing's going to happen to me.
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Now, where.
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Oh, here it is.
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What's that?
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Oh, something I picked up in Frenchie's room.
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Looks like a poker chip.
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Uh-huh. Well, I've got to get moving. Where are you going?
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Now, now, now, you're forgetting the rules.
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When Papa goes out on a big story, Mama doesn't
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ask questions.
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Tom, don't go.
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Hey, stop it now.
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Relax.
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I'll be back soon.
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Hey!
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You and the launch!
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You got room for one more?
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I'm going out to the gambling ship, too!
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Number 22, the afternoon.
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Number 22.
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Hiya, Taro.
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Yes, Mark. Big spending crowd aboard tonight, Taro.
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Here's the take from the wheel so far.
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How much, Monk?
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2,100 bucks. And the launch is still bringing the suckers
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out here to the ship.
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Not bad, huh? No, he's not bad.
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What are you counting for? Don't you trust me?
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Just as far as, uh, how do you say? I
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can see.
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Oh, now, look, Toro.
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Oh, do I enjoy to count the money?
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Much money. You ought to be having the time of
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your life, then, the way that stuff is rolling in.
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The door, Monk. The back door.
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Okay.
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Who is it?
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Me.
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Johnny. Open up.
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All right.
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Get in. Okay, okay.
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Get that gun out of my back. What? That's Tom Fisher,
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the reporter. What?
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That's right, Taro.
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Got him snooping around below decks.
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You know where. So, Senor Fisher. You have found what
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you expected below, huh?
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Why, I don't know what you mean.
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Now.
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You're a poor liar, senor.
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Nor are you wise. You should have heeded the advice
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conveyed to your wife. Then she would not become a widow.
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What?
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Now listen, Toro, you... You know, senor, that I was
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once a matador, a fighter of bulls.
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No, I.
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This case contains two of my favorite swords. This gold-hilted
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one was presented to me by enthusiastic aficionados in Mexico
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City after a corrida in which I dispatched six of
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the bravest and fiercest bulls ever seen in any arena.
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As you see, from the side, the blade appears to
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be a strength. But if you hold it this way,
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observe how the blade curves to penetrate to the bull's heart.
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And now, Senor Bull... I am sighting... on your heart.
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On your heart!
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From Counter Spy Field Office, Charleston, South Carolina... at David Harding, Washington.
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Still another distributor of phony Mexican sweepstakes tickets apprehended here. Terrified,
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the man pleaded his arrest to be kept secret. Denied
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knowing leaders of racket, but said had been warned that
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any squealer meant horrible death by.
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A golden sword. © BF-WATCH TV 2021.
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Attention, all counter-spy statistical department personnel.
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This is David Hardy.
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Referring to counterfeit Mexican sweepstakes tickets. This case has some
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strange angles and is high on the counter-spy docket. We've
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had an official request for help from the Mexican government. Further,
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thousands of Americans are being swindled. All murders of last
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three months are to be reclassified as to method of homicide.
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The counterfeit tickets themselves on hand here are to be
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given to my assistant, Harry Peters, for laboratory analysis.
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Here it is, Dave.
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The paper those phony sweepstakes tickets were printed on is
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a 34-pound super newsprint stock. It was made by the
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Southwest Pulp and Paper Mill in Orango, Texas.
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Texas, huh?
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You get a list of their customers, Peters?
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We can't get that for a day or two. The
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mill had a fire last week.
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Their records are in a mess. Oh, fire.
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They told me, though, a couple of hundred newspapers buy
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super newsprint for their rotogravure sections.
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This particular grade.
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In addition to printers all over the country.
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That's many, huh?
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I told you this would be tough.
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Well, maybe we can expedite matters. What did the lab
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say about the ink used on the phony ticket?
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Well, it's a standard black ink, Chief. Colored ink or
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some special variation of black might be traced. But standard
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black is practically impossible. Well, how about the printing press?
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It's a flatbed press, printing in large sheets of paper,
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not in continuous rolls.
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Well, as soon as we get that list from the
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paper mill, I'll instruct our agents. Yes, what is it,
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Miss Ferguson?
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This report just came in from Texas, Mr.
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Harding.
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I think you'll want to see it.
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Thank you. Well, I like your new hairdo, Ellen.
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Thank you, Mr. Peters. Only it's not you.
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Uh-oh. What is it, Dad?
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Listen to this report.
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Two nights ago, a man called Frenchy, a small-time grafter,
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was found murdered in a rooming house in Gulfport, Texas.
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He'd been killed by a long stiletto or sword that
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mutilated his chest and went completely through his body. Now, wait.
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Early the following morning, the body of a young newspaper reporter,
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Tom Fisher, was found in the Gulf, just off Gulfport.
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He'd been murdered in exactly the same way.
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Dave, that report from our Charleston office about the distributor
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who was peddling the phony sweepstake tickets. Didn't he say
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something about a sword?
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Right, Peters. He said that anyone in the racket who
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squealed died horribly by a golden sword.
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Wait a minute, Mark. Take a look at this map here.
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Ah, what is it?
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Here's Oringo, where you said that paper mill's located. And
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here's Gulfport, about a hundred miles away. Peters, we've got
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to shortcut the job of tracing this paper. I want
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you to grab the first plane for Gulfport and go
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to work. Now, Mr.
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Pickett, try to recall. Did your husband tell you where
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he was going that night? The last time you saw him?
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I asked him, but he wouldn't tell me, Mr. Peters.
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I begged him not to go.
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Now try to put yourself together. Come on now.
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I'm sorry.
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That's it.
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Now, Tom's editor, his uncle, said Tom didn't have any
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real clue to the men behind the phony sweepstakes racket.
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Did Tom tell you anything that he didn't tell his
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uncles No.
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Tom said he just looked around the room of that
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poor man who'd been murdered.
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French, yes. Now, try to remember, Mrs. Fisher, this is
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very important. Tom may have said something which we might
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use as a clue. Some little thing.
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But he didn't. We had a rule. There was something.
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Yes?
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A poker chip. A golden poker chip.
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A poker chip?
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Only this one was gold and it had the picture
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of a bull on it. Tom said he found it
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in the century room.
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Well, ordinary poker chips aren't usually gold. They're white, red,
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or blue. But they do have gold chips, the high-priced ones,
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in gambling houses. Are there any gambling houses in Gulfport,
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you know?
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Not in town, but there's a ship out in the Gulf,
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a converted yacht, where people go to dine and dance
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and gamble. El Toro, it's called. It's very popular.
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El Toro.
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Toro means bull in Spanish, and there was a picture
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of a bull on the chip your husband had.
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Mr. Peters, do you think that's where Tom went that night?
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It could be.
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That's where I'm going now.
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I'll go with you.
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No, no, Mrs. Fisher. This might be dangerous.
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I don't care. I want to find the man who
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killed my husband.
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Mrs.
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Fisher, that's my job. You stay here and I'll keep
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in touch with you. I'll see you later.
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Good evening, Mr.
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Peters.
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Ruth Fisher, what are you doing here?
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I told you I want to find a man who
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killed my husband. And I told you to.
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Well, what's the use?
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You're here now.
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Have you found out anything?
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No, not yet. I've been circulating around in the crowd,
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but so.
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Say, there it is again.
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What?
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You hear that sound? Kind of dull hammering. It's coming
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from below decks. Yes, I hear it.
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It's probably the yacht's engine.
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But we're not moving. Ventilator pumps?
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No.
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Sounds more like.
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What?
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There's too much noise in here. Come out on deck
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where we can hear better.
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Yes.
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Pardon me.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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Excuse me. Excuse me. Yeah.
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Mr.
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Peters.
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Wait.
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Yes, by George, I think I know what that sound is.
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What?
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A printing press.
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A printing press out here on the boat?
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I'm sure it is. It seems to be coming from
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below decks. Come on, Mrs.
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Fisher.
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The stairs are over this way.
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Look out, Mr.
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Peters.
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There are two men behind you.
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What? That does it.
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You killed Mr.
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Peters.
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In just a moment, we'll return to Counterspy, brought to
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you by Pepsi-Cola.
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Pepsi-Cola hits the spot. Two full glasses, that's a lot.
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Lots more value, lots more zest. Why take less.
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When Pepsi's best?
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More and more among fellows and girls, among mothers and dads,
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you hear that sane and sensible question. Why take less
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when Pepsi is best? No budget, no allowance ever had
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a better friend than tangy, sparkling Pepsi-Cola. Because one big
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12-ounce Pepsi bottle gives you two delicious drinks. That's twice
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as much tangy taste, twice as much delicious Pepsi to
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go just.
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Twice as far.
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That's why more and more families say, why take less
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when Pepsi is best? Yes, families like yours and mine,
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families all over America, they're all saying, why take less
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when Pepsi is best?
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Pepsi-Cola hits the spot. Tastes terrific when you're hot.
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More and better than the rest.
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Why take less when Pepsi's best?
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Today, tomorrow, always. Get America's biggest cola value. Take home
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a carton of six big, big Pepsi bottles. Insist on
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Pepsi at the store. And say Pepsi at the fountain.
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Say Pepsi at the stand.
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Say Pepsi.
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Whenever you reach for a refreshment, remember... Why take less
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when Pepsi's best? And now, back to Counterspy and David
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Harding in Washington.
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Miss Ferguson.
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Yes, Mr.
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Harding. Any word from Peterson Gofford yet?
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Not a thing.
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I'm worried, Mr. Harding. So am I. I'm flying down
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to Gofford.
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I was hoping you'd say that.
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Call the airport. Tell them to get a plane ready.
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Then call Merc Kennedy at the field office in Dallas.
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Tell him to meet me in Gulfport. I'm leaving at once.
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Wake up, Senor Peters.
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Wake up, I say.
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Stop hitting him, you brute. You be silent, Senor Fisher.
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Or you get it, too. Senor Peter, wake up.
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It's morning.
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You've been asleep all night.
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Johnny sure gave him an awful crank on the noggin, Toro.
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Yeah, but he's not dead yet. Wake up, you pig.
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Of a counter-spy.
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He's coming too.
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Take these ropes off my arms and I'll.
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You'll do nothing, senor. Except what I tell you. Who
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are you? I? I am El Toro. El Toro? Oh.
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You run this gambling ship and the.
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Si.
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Si, the gambling ship and all else you came to find. Amigo,
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you wish both yourself and the charming senor official to live, huh?
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Naturally.
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Well, then all you need to do is to send
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a telegram to your, how do you say, chief in Washington,
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the great David Hardy. You say to him, you have investigated?
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And the headquarter of the sweepstakes is not in Goldport,
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as you think first. But in this small town of
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Veranoche over in Mexico. And you say you go there now.
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Hey, that's good, Toro.
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And after I send this wire taking the heat off you, Mrs.
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Fisher and I get bumped off.
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Oh, no, no, amigo. After a short while, you're made free.
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You think I'm dumb enough to believe that? I know
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you killed that poor bum Frenchie and you killed Tom Fisher.
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Oh.
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Oh, you grieve me, amigo, to doubt my word. But
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you listen to me, then. You, I promise nothing. But
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send the telegram, and the senor will not be harmed.
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I promise.
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I wouldn't trust you as far as I could throw
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the animal you're named after.
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Very well, then, senor Peters. Observe. Here is my gold-hilted
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matador sword, with which I dispatch the treacherous Frenchie and reporter. Now,
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you do as I say, for I kill Senor Afici
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here right before your eyes.
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No!
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Oh, what do you say, Senor?
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Okay, I'll send the wire.
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Now you talk.
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Bueno, bueno. There's a telegraph card here on my desk
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and pen and ink. Now write.
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All right. Untie my hands.
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That is simple. With this sword. But try nothing rash, amigo.
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I know when I'm licked.
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Let's see. Not much ink in this inkwell. Oh, there's
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enough for the purpose. Enough to blind you for a moment.
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Toro!
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I am blind! No, you don't, Monk. You throw things
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at my eyes! You are a killer!
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Look out!
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I will hold you, Monk! Give me that gun!
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Carry you, Monk.
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Bad luck. Toro got away.
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Now you start running out into another trap. Bruce, help
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me push the desk against the door.
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One Try and figure something out.
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All right.
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Johnny.
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Johnny, my motor room. Here they come.
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I'll be able to hold them off with Monk's gun
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for a while. But there's only one bullet left in it.
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I just had a session with Gulfport Sheriff, Mr.
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Harding.
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Two fellas killed, Frenchy and Tom Fisher.
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Two folks disappeared, Peters and Mrs.
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Fisher.
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But the sheriff has plumbed out ideas. We'll have to
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find Peters and Mrs. Fisher without him then, Kennedy. Did
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you see the newspaper editor? Cyrus Manning, yes. He's young
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Fisher's uncle and he's afraid of something. And I have
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an idea, but I can't do anything about it until
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I hear. Maybe that's the call I want now. Harding speaking. Oh, yes, Mr.
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King.
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Have you got that shipping figure? Good, let's have it. Four,
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four point six, seven tons. Thanks very much. No, no,
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that's all I need right now. Thanks again.
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Goodbye.
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My hunch was right, Kennedy. I've got a plan, but
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I'll need your help. I'm going back to see Cyrus Manning,
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editor of the Gulfport Gazette. You want your niece, Ruth Fisher,
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to be found, and you want the killers of your
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nephew brought to justice. Isn't that right? Naturally, Mr.
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Harding.
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Well, then tell me who killed your nephew, and who's
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responsible for your niece's disappearance?
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I don't know.
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You're afraid to talk. You're afraid you'll be killed, too,
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by the Golden Sword.
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That's... that's not true. Mr.
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Manning, the men you're protecting can't afford to let you live.
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You know too much. Your only chance to save your
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life is to confide in me. Those fellows may be
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planning to murder you at this very moment. Look out, Mr.
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Manning.
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Get on the floor. Somebody shot at you from the window.
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Come back here.
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Too bad, Mr.
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Manning.
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He got away.
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Mr.
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Manning, you all right?
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Yes, I think so. Good heavens. See, I told you.
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You were in great danger. Use your head, man. Talk
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before it's too late. Get away from the door, Toro,
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or I'll shoot again.
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I have started your shot, Senor Peters. You don't have
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no foolish threat.
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Now, come on, amigos.
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We break down the door.
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Now, together.
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Is he right, Mr.
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Peters? Are all the bullets really gone?
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Yes, Ruth.
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I tried to bluff him, and he called my bluff.
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Oh, dear.
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Mr.
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Peters, the door is cracking.
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I'm afraid it won't be long now.
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Well, there's the gambling ship, Mr.
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Hardy. The El Toro. Right, Kennedy. Bring us in alongside, Lieutenant.
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Mr.
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Hardy, aren't you scared there's innocent patrons aboard? No launches
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have come out here all day, Kennedy. All right, men,
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check your weapons. Prepare to board. Lieutenant, head us in.
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Cut your engines.
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There are nobody in sight, Mr. Harding.
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And the deck's empty.
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I don't like it, Kennedy.
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I sent six men down the port side. You want
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us to go up on this side? Now, let's go.
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That's a trap. Hit the deck, men. Return that fire.
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Here he is, Mr.
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Harding.
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El Toro himself. Caught hiding up forward. Peters must have
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winged him. Toro, meet Mr.
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Harding.
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I bow to a great matador. Then my son. Save
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that baloney for your trial, Toro.
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All right, Kennedy. Handcuff and hold him aboard our cutter. Peters,
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you all right?
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Found us a dollar, Dave.
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Good.
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So these are the presses Toro used for printing the
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phony sweepstakes tickets.
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Yes, sir. Pretty clever setting him up down here in
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the hold, hmm?
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Well, he'll never print any more tickets, Peters. That ex-bullfighter
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is going to the electric chair.
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By the way, Dave, Kennedy told me about the trick
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you and he pulled on Manning, the newspaper editor. firing
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blank shots near him to make him think Toro was
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after him, so he'd talk.
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Fortunately, it worked.
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How did you happen to suspect that smooth old mint
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julep was part of this gang?
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When the Southwest Paper Mill reported that the Gulfport Gazette
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bought super newsprint from them, I checked their shipping records
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against Manning's daily inventory. The inventory was short, which made
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me suspect that Manning was diverting paper to Toro for
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his sweepstake ticket.
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Well, it was all a well-concealed connection, David.
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Yes, Toro was very clever with his golden sword, but
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you'll find it won't cut the lock to the death
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house door.
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When your friends drop in, be generous, but be thrifty, too.
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Serve plenty of delicious Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi's big 12-ounce bottle gives
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you not just one sparkling glass full, but two. Get
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a carton of six and serve 12 delicious drinks. Yes,
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Pepsi is America's biggest cola value. You get twice the
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tangy taste, twice the refreshment, twice the Pepsi. So why
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take less when Pepsi is best? Whenever you reach for refreshment, remember...
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Pepsi-Cola hits the spot.
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Two full glasses, that's a lot. Lots more value, lots
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more zest. Why take less when Pepsi's best?
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This is David Harding. A special word to employers. Give
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work to our handicapped veterans. Next time a job opens
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right to Captain Maurice Witherspoon, Masonic Veterans Committee, 71 West
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23rd Street, New York City. Give our fighting men a
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fighting chance for rehabilitation.
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Tune in every Tuesday and Thursday, same time, same station,
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to Counterspy. Listen on Thursday for the.
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Exciting Counterspy case of the genuine counterfeit. In the case
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of the genuine counterfeits, we face a baffling situation of
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mixed identities. Two men died. Yet who were they? One
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man lived while another hovered between life and death. And
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a subtle criminal came within minutes of getting away with
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a long-prepared, carefully rehearsed plot. The decisive clue a knife
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in a man's hand. I invite you to be tuned
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in on Thursday, day after tomorrow.
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For Case of the Genuine Counterfeit on Counterspy. Tonight's Counterspy
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program originated in New York, was directed by Leonard L. Bass,
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and featured Don McLaughlin and Mandel Kramer, with music by
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Jesse Crawford. Counterspy is a Phillips H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola.
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Enjoy some Pepsi. Ice cold tonight.
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¶ ¶.
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Welcome back. Welcome back.
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I recognize the voice of Maurice Tarplin, a.k.a. Inspector Faraday
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from Boston Blackie, as one of the hoods. I think
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he may even have done multiple parts. Now, with Counterspy,
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there are some weeks where they try to be a
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pretty straight-laced case that stands close to the reality of
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the sort of cases the FBI investigates. And then there
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are others where they make the chief of the operation
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an evil matador who uses the tool of his former
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profession to dispatch his enemies in a way that is
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very traceable. Well, I do appreciate Harding's sagacity in identifying
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that the newspaper editor was in on it, and I
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think there's some good common sense in that. I'm not
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certain why it worked that a guy known for stabbing
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people would necessarily be behind a shooting, but at any rate,
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Harding did get it done.
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All right.
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Now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day.
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Thank you to Julie, Patreon supporter since September 2018, currently
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supporting the podcast at the first mate level of $ 7. 14
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or more per month. Thanks so much for your support, Julie,
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and that will do it for today. If you're enjoying
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the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software,
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Old Time Radio Snack Wagon Smorgasbord. In the meantime, do
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slash greatdetectives from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham,
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signing off.
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Welcome to the Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho.
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This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're
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going to bring you this week's episode of Counterspy. But first,
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please follow us using your favorite podcast software. And our
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listener support and appreciation campaign concludes. And you can become
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one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net. But now,
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from October 4th, 1949, here is The Sweepstakes Murder.
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Pepsi-Cola, P-E-P-S-I, that's your smartest cola buy. Pepsi-Cola presents Counterspy.
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Washington calling David Harding Counterspy.
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Washington calling David Harding Counterspy.
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Harding Counterspy. Calling Washington. United States counter-spies.
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Especially appointed to investigate and combat the enemies of our country,
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both at home and abroad.
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Tonight, the case of the sweepstake murder. Another counter-spy report
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to the American people. Brought to you each Tuesday and
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Thursday by Pepsi-Cola.
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Pepsi-Cola hits the spot. Two full glasses, that's a lot.
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That's right, you heard what they said. Two full glasses
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of sparkling Pepsi from one big 12-ounce bottle. You're getting
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an extra glass full. And what a delicious glass full.
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The most refreshing, delightful cola that ever tickled your taste.
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You can't top Pepsi's tangy flavor. And that big, big
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bottle saves you money, goes twice as far. Pepsi's America's big,
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big favorite. And America's biggest cola value. So why take
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less when Pepsi's best? Whenever you reach for a refreshment, remember... Why.
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Take less when Pepsi's best?
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And now, to Counterspy. It was a moonless night. in
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the small southern town of Gulfport, near the Mexican border.
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In a dimly lit, evil-smelling corridor of a rooming house,
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two shadowy men stood before a closed door.
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Tom, you sure this is the room?
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Positive, Sheriff.
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Let's go in.
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Wait, wait, Tom.
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Get away from the door. But what? Get back alongside it.
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That's it.
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Let's see if it's unlocked.
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It is unlocked.
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No light in the room. Now, listen.
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I'm going to shove the door open, shine my light in.
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You stay right where you are till I tell you.
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Okay, Sheriff.
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What the.
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Come on, Thomas.
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What is it?
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Look. There on the floor.
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What?
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It's Frenchy. What's left of him? His chest.
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His chest? Look at his chest.
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What?
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I don't know what did it. I've never seen anything
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like this.
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It's obvious, Uncle Ty.
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The big shots in the sweepstakes racket found out Frenchy
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was going to talk to a newspaper reporter. Me. So
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they killed him.
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I never saw anything so.
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So horrible.
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It's an outrage, Tom.
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If they think they've stopped me, they got another thing coming.
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I found something in Frenchie's room tonight which just might
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lead me to the men we want.
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Oh?
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What did you find?
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I'll tell you all about it when I bring in
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the story. I've got to be on my way. Yeah, no, no, Tom.
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One man's been murdered already.
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I don't want anything to happen to you.
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Oh, now, look, Uncle Si, this is a terrific story.
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Thousands and thousands of Americans are buying tickets on what's
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supposed to be an official Mexican sweepstakes. But the Mexican
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government says it doesn't know anything about it. Yes, yes, yes,
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I know. And tonight, the racketeers proved they're murderous, too.
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Is the Gulfport Gazette going.
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To laugh that off?
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That's not the point, Tom. I can't let my own
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nephew risk his life.
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Your nephew has to take the same chances any other
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reporter would take.
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See you later, Uncle Si.
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Hello?
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Is Tom Fisher there?
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No, he's not, but this is his wife, Ruth. Can
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I take a message?
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Yeah.
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Tell him to lay off the big stories he's working on.
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Unless he wants the same thing to happen to him
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that happened to Frenchy.
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Tom, that man on the phone frightens me. Darling, please
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drop the story you're working on.
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Drop the biggest story that ever came my way? Don't
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be silly, Ruth.
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But I don't want anything to happen to you.
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Nothing's going to happen to me.
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Now, where.
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Oh, here it is.
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What's that?
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Oh, something I picked up in Frenchie's room.
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Looks like a poker chip.
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Uh-huh. Well, I've got to get moving. Where are you going?
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Now, now, now, you're forgetting the rules.
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When Papa goes out on a big story, Mama doesn't
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ask questions.
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Tom, don't go.
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Hey, stop it now.
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Relax.
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I'll be back soon.
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Hey!
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You and the launch!
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You got room for one more?
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I'm going out to the gambling ship, too!
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Number 22, the afternoon.
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Number 22.
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Hiya, Taro.
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Yes, Mark. Big spending crowd aboard tonight, Taro.
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Here's the take from the wheel so far.
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How much, Monk?
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2,100 bucks. And the launch is still bringing the suckers
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out here to the ship.
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Not bad, huh? No, he's not bad.
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What are you counting for? Don't you trust me?
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Just as far as, uh, how do you say? I
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can see.
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Oh, now, look, Toro.
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Oh, do I enjoy to count the money?
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Much money. You ought to be having the time of
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your life, then, the way that stuff is rolling in.
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The door, Monk. The back door.
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Okay.
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Who is it?
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Me.
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Johnny. Open up.
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All right.
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Get in. Okay, okay.
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Get that gun out of my back. What? That's Tom Fisher,
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the reporter. What?
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That's right, Taro.
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Got him snooping around below decks.
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You know where. So, Senor Fisher. You have found what
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you expected below, huh?
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Why, I don't know what you mean.
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Now.
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You're a poor liar, senor.
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Nor are you wise. You should have heeded the advice
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conveyed to your wife. Then she would not become a widow.
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What?
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Now listen, Toro, you... You know, senor, that I was
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once a matador, a fighter of bulls.
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No, I.
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This case contains two of my favorite swords. This gold-hilted
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one was presented to me by enthusiastic aficionados in Mexico
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City after a corrida in which I dispatched six of
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the bravest and fiercest bulls ever seen in any arena.
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As you see, from the side, the blade appears to
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be a strength. But if you hold it this way,
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observe how the blade curves to penetrate to the bull's heart.
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And now, Senor Bull... I am sighting... on your heart.
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On your heart!
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From Counter Spy Field Office, Charleston, South Carolina... at David Harding, Washington.
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Still another distributor of phony Mexican sweepstakes tickets apprehended here. Terrified,
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the man pleaded his arrest to be kept secret. Denied
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knowing leaders of racket, but said had been warned that
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any squealer meant horrible death by.
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A golden sword. © BF-WATCH TV 2021.
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Attention, all counter-spy statistical department personnel.
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This is David Hardy.
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Referring to counterfeit Mexican sweepstakes tickets. This case has some
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strange angles and is high on the counter-spy docket. We've
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had an official request for help from the Mexican government. Further,
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thousands of Americans are being swindled. All murders of last
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three months are to be reclassified as to method of homicide.
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The counterfeit tickets themselves on hand here are to be
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given to my assistant, Harry Peters, for laboratory analysis.
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Here it is, Dave.
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The paper those phony sweepstakes tickets were printed on is
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a 34-pound super newsprint stock. It was made by the
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Southwest Pulp and Paper Mill in Orango, Texas.
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Texas, huh?
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You get a list of their customers, Peters?
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We can't get that for a day or two. The
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mill had a fire last week.
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Their records are in a mess. Oh, fire.
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They told me, though, a couple of hundred newspapers buy
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super newsprint for their rotogravure sections.
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This particular grade.
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In addition to printers all over the country.
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That's many, huh?
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I told you this would be tough.
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Well, maybe we can expedite matters. What did the lab
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say about the ink used on the phony ticket?
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Well, it's a standard black ink, Chief. Colored ink or
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some special variation of black might be traced. But standard
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black is practically impossible. Well, how about the printing press?
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It's a flatbed press, printing in large sheets of paper,
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not in continuous rolls.
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Well, as soon as we get that list from the
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paper mill, I'll instruct our agents. Yes, what is it,
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Miss Ferguson?
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This report just came in from Texas, Mr.
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Harding.
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I think you'll want to see it.
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Thank you. Well, I like your new hairdo, Ellen.
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Thank you, Mr. Peters. Only it's not you.
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Uh-oh. What is it, Dad?
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Listen to this report.
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Two nights ago, a man called Frenchy, a small-time grafter,
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was found murdered in a rooming house in Gulfport, Texas.
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He'd been killed by a long stiletto or sword that
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mutilated his chest and went completely through his body. Now, wait.
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Early the following morning, the body of a young newspaper reporter,
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Tom Fisher, was found in the Gulf, just off Gulfport.
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He'd been murdered in exactly the same way.
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Dave, that report from our Charleston office about the distributor
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who was peddling the phony sweepstake tickets. Didn't he say
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something about a sword?
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Right, Peters. He said that anyone in the racket who
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squealed died horribly by a golden sword.
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Wait a minute, Mark. Take a look at this map here.
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Ah, what is it?
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Here's Oringo, where you said that paper mill's located. And
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here's Gulfport, about a hundred miles away. Peters, we've got
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to shortcut the job of tracing this paper. I want
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you to grab the first plane for Gulfport and go
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to work. Now, Mr.
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Pickett, try to recall. Did your husband tell you where
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he was going that night? The last time you saw him?
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I asked him, but he wouldn't tell me, Mr. Peters.
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I begged him not to go.
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Now try to put yourself together. Come on now.
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I'm sorry.
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That's it.
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Now, Tom's editor, his uncle, said Tom didn't have any
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real clue to the men behind the phony sweepstakes racket.
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Did Tom tell you anything that he didn't tell his
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uncles No.
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Tom said he just looked around the room of that
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poor man who'd been murdered.
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French, yes. Now, try to remember, Mrs. Fisher, this is
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very important. Tom may have said something which we might
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use as a clue. Some little thing.
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But he didn't. We had a rule. There was something.
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Yes?
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A poker chip. A golden poker chip.
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A poker chip?
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Only this one was gold and it had the picture
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of a bull on it. Tom said he found it
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in the century room.
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Well, ordinary poker chips aren't usually gold. They're white, red,
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or blue. But they do have gold chips, the high-priced ones,
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in gambling houses. Are there any gambling houses in Gulfport,
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you know?
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Not in town, but there's a ship out in the Gulf,
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a converted yacht, where people go to dine and dance
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and gamble. El Toro, it's called. It's very popular.
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El Toro.
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Toro means bull in Spanish, and there was a picture
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of a bull on the chip your husband had.
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Mr. Peters, do you think that's where Tom went that night?
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It could be.
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That's where I'm going now.
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I'll go with you.
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No, no, Mrs. Fisher. This might be dangerous.
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I don't care. I want to find the man who
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killed my husband.
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Mrs.
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Fisher, that's my job. You stay here and I'll keep
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in touch with you. I'll see you later.
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Good evening, Mr.
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Peters.
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Ruth Fisher, what are you doing here?
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I told you I want to find a man who
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killed my husband. And I told you to.
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Well, what's the use?
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You're here now.
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Have you found out anything?
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No, not yet. I've been circulating around in the crowd,
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but so.
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Say, there it is again.
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What?
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You hear that sound? Kind of dull hammering. It's coming
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from below decks. Yes, I hear it.
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It's probably the yacht's engine.
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But we're not moving. Ventilator pumps?
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No.
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Sounds more like.
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What?
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There's too much noise in here. Come out on deck
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where we can hear better.
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Yes.
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Pardon me.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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Excuse me. Excuse me. Yeah.
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Mr.
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Peters.
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Wait.
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Yes, by George, I think I know what that sound is.
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What?
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A printing press.
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A printing press out here on the boat?
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I'm sure it is. It seems to be coming from
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below decks. Come on, Mrs.
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Fisher.
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The stairs are over this way.
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Look out, Mr.
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Peters.
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There are two men behind you.
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What? That does it.
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You killed Mr.
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Peters.
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In just a moment, we'll return to Counterspy, brought to
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you by Pepsi-Cola.
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Pepsi-Cola hits the spot. Two full glasses, that's a lot.
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Lots more value, lots more zest. Why take less.
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When Pepsi's best?
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More and more among fellows and girls, among mothers and dads,
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you hear that sane and sensible question. Why take less
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when Pepsi is best? No budget, no allowance ever had
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a better friend than tangy, sparkling Pepsi-Cola. Because one big
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12-ounce Pepsi bottle gives you two delicious drinks. That's twice
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as much tangy taste, twice as much delicious Pepsi to
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go just.
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Twice as far.
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That's why more and more families say, why take less
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when Pepsi is best? Yes, families like yours and mine,
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families all over America, they're all saying, why take less
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when Pepsi is best?
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Pepsi-Cola hits the spot. Tastes terrific when you're hot.
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More and better than the rest.
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Why take less when Pepsi's best?
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Today, tomorrow, always. Get America's biggest cola value. Take home
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a carton of six big, big Pepsi bottles. Insist on
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Pepsi at the store. And say Pepsi at the fountain.
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Say Pepsi at the stand.
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Say Pepsi.
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Whenever you reach for a refreshment, remember... Why take less
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when Pepsi's best? And now, back to Counterspy and David
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Harding in Washington.
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Miss Ferguson.
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Yes, Mr.
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Harding. Any word from Peterson Gofford yet?
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Not a thing.
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I'm worried, Mr. Harding. So am I. I'm flying down
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to Gofford.
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I was hoping you'd say that.
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Call the airport. Tell them to get a plane ready.
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Then call Merc Kennedy at the field office in Dallas.
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Tell him to meet me in Gulfport. I'm leaving at once.
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Wake up, Senor Peters.
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Wake up, I say.
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Stop hitting him, you brute. You be silent, Senor Fisher.
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Or you get it, too. Senor Peter, wake up.
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It's morning.
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You've been asleep all night.
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Johnny sure gave him an awful crank on the noggin, Toro.
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Yeah, but he's not dead yet. Wake up, you pig.
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Of a counter-spy.
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He's coming too.
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Take these ropes off my arms and I'll.
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You'll do nothing, senor. Except what I tell you. Who
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are you? I? I am El Toro. El Toro? Oh.
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You run this gambling ship and the.
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Si.
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Si, the gambling ship and all else you came to find. Amigo,
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you wish both yourself and the charming senor official to live, huh?
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Naturally.
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Well, then all you need to do is to send
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a telegram to your, how do you say, chief in Washington,
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the great David Hardy. You say to him, you have investigated?
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And the headquarter of the sweepstakes is not in Goldport,
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as you think first. But in this small town of
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Veranoche over in Mexico. And you say you go there now.
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Hey, that's good, Toro.
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And after I send this wire taking the heat off you, Mrs.
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Fisher and I get bumped off.
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Oh, no, no, amigo. After a short while, you're made free.
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You think I'm dumb enough to believe that? I know
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you killed that poor bum Frenchie and you killed Tom Fisher.
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Oh.
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Oh, you grieve me, amigo, to doubt my word. But
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you listen to me, then. You, I promise nothing. But
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send the telegram, and the senor will not be harmed.
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I promise.
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I wouldn't trust you as far as I could throw
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the animal you're named after.
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Very well, then, senor Peters. Observe. Here is my gold-hilted
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matador sword, with which I dispatch the treacherous Frenchie and reporter. Now,
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you do as I say, for I kill Senor Afici
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here right before your eyes.
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No!
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Oh, what do you say, Senor?
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Okay, I'll send the wire.
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Now you talk.
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Bueno, bueno. There's a telegraph card here on my desk
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and pen and ink. Now write.
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All right. Untie my hands.
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That is simple. With this sword. But try nothing rash, amigo.
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I know when I'm licked.
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Let's see. Not much ink in this inkwell. Oh, there's
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enough for the purpose. Enough to blind you for a moment.
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Toro!
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I am blind! No, you don't, Monk. You throw things
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at my eyes! You are a killer!
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Look out!
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I will hold you, Monk! Give me that gun!
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Carry you, Monk.
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Bad luck. Toro got away.
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Now you start running out into another trap. Bruce, help
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me push the desk against the door.
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One Try and figure something out.
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All right.
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Johnny.
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Johnny, my motor room. Here they come.
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I'll be able to hold them off with Monk's gun
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for a while. But there's only one bullet left in it.
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I just had a session with Gulfport Sheriff, Mr.
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Harding.
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Two fellas killed, Frenchy and Tom Fisher.
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Two folks disappeared, Peters and Mrs.
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Fisher.
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But the sheriff has plumbed out ideas. We'll have to
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find Peters and Mrs. Fisher without him then, Kennedy. Did
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you see the newspaper editor? Cyrus Manning, yes. He's young
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Fisher's uncle and he's afraid of something. And I have
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an idea, but I can't do anything about it until
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I hear. Maybe that's the call I want now. Harding speaking. Oh, yes, Mr.
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King.
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Have you got that shipping figure? Good, let's have it. Four,
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four point six, seven tons. Thanks very much. No, no,
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that's all I need right now. Thanks again.
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Goodbye.
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My hunch was right, Kennedy. I've got a plan, but
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I'll need your help. I'm going back to see Cyrus Manning,
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editor of the Gulfport Gazette. You want your niece, Ruth Fisher,
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to be found, and you want the killers of your
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nephew brought to justice. Isn't that right? Naturally, Mr.
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Harding.
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Well, then tell me who killed your nephew, and who's
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responsible for your niece's disappearance?
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I don't know.
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You're afraid to talk. You're afraid you'll be killed, too,
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by the Golden Sword.
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That's... that's not true. Mr.
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Manning, the men you're protecting can't afford to let you live.
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You know too much. Your only chance to save your
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life is to confide in me. Those fellows may be
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planning to murder you at this very moment. Look out, Mr.
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Manning.
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Get on the floor. Somebody shot at you from the window.
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Come back here.
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Too bad, Mr.
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Manning.
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He got away.
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Mr.
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Manning, you all right?
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Yes, I think so. Good heavens. See, I told you.
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You were in great danger. Use your head, man. Talk
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before it's too late. Get away from the door, Toro,
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or I'll shoot again.
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I have started your shot, Senor Peters. You don't have
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no foolish threat.
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Now, come on, amigos.
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We break down the door.
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Now, together.
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Is he right, Mr.
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Peters? Are all the bullets really gone?
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Yes, Ruth.
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I tried to bluff him, and he called my bluff.
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Oh, dear.
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Mr.
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Peters, the door is cracking.
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I'm afraid it won't be long now.
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Well, there's the gambling ship, Mr.
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Hardy. The El Toro. Right, Kennedy. Bring us in alongside, Lieutenant.
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Mr.
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Hardy, aren't you scared there's innocent patrons aboard? No launches
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have come out here all day, Kennedy. All right, men,
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check your weapons. Prepare to board. Lieutenant, head us in.
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Cut your engines.
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There are nobody in sight, Mr. Harding.
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And the deck's empty.
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I don't like it, Kennedy.
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I sent six men down the port side. You want
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us to go up on this side? Now, let's go.
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That's a trap. Hit the deck, men. Return that fire.
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Here he is, Mr.
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Harding.
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El Toro himself. Caught hiding up forward. Peters must have
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winged him. Toro, meet Mr.
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Harding.
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I bow to a great matador. Then my son. Save
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that baloney for your trial, Toro.
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All right, Kennedy. Handcuff and hold him aboard our cutter. Peters,
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you all right?
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Found us a dollar, Dave.
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Good.
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So these are the presses Toro used for printing the
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phony sweepstakes tickets.
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Yes, sir. Pretty clever setting him up down here in
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the hold, hmm?
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Well, he'll never print any more tickets, Peters. That ex-bullfighter
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is going to the electric chair.
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By the way, Dave, Kennedy told me about the trick
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you and he pulled on Manning, the newspaper editor. firing
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blank shots near him to make him think Toro was
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after him, so he'd talk.
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Fortunately, it worked.
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How did you happen to suspect that smooth old mint
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julep was part of this gang?
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When the Southwest Paper Mill reported that the Gulfport Gazette
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bought super newsprint from them, I checked their shipping records
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against Manning's daily inventory. The inventory was short, which made
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me suspect that Manning was diverting paper to Toro for
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his sweepstake ticket.
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Well, it was all a well-concealed connection, David.
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Yes, Toro was very clever with his golden sword, but
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you'll find it won't cut the lock to the death
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house door.
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When your friends drop in, be generous, but be thrifty, too.
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Serve plenty of delicious Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi's big 12-ounce bottle gives
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you not just one sparkling glass full, but two. Get
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a carton of six and serve 12 delicious drinks. Yes,
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Pepsi is America's biggest cola value. You get twice the
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tangy taste, twice the refreshment, twice the Pepsi. So why
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take less when Pepsi is best? Whenever you reach for refreshment, remember...
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Pepsi-Cola hits the spot.
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Two full glasses, that's a lot. Lots more value, lots
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more zest. Why take less when Pepsi's best?
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This is David Harding. A special word to employers. Give
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work to our handicapped veterans. Next time a job opens
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right to Captain Maurice Witherspoon, Masonic Veterans Committee, 71 West
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23rd Street, New York City. Give our fighting men a
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fighting chance for rehabilitation.
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Tune in every Tuesday and Thursday, same time, same station,
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to Counterspy. Listen on Thursday for the.
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Exciting Counterspy case of the genuine counterfeit. In the case
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of the genuine counterfeits, we face a baffling situation of
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mixed identities. Two men died. Yet who were they? One
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man lived while another hovered between life and death. And
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a subtle criminal came within minutes of getting away with
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a long-prepared, carefully rehearsed plot. The decisive clue a knife
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in a man's hand. I invite you to be tuned
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in on Thursday, day after tomorrow.
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For Case of the Genuine Counterfeit on Counterspy. Tonight's Counterspy
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program originated in New York, was directed by Leonard L. Bass,
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and featured Don McLaughlin and Mandel Kramer, with music by
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Jesse Crawford. Counterspy is a Phillips H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola.
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Enjoy some Pepsi. Ice cold tonight.
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¶ ¶.
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Welcome back. Welcome back.
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I recognize the voice of Maurice Tarplin, a.k.a. Inspector Faraday
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from Boston Blackie, as one of the hoods. I think
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he may even have done multiple parts. Now, with Counterspy,
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there are some weeks where they try to be a
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pretty straight-laced case that stands close to the reality of
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the sort of cases the FBI investigates. And then there
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are others where they make the chief of the operation
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an evil matador who uses the tool of his former
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profession to dispatch his enemies in a way that is
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very traceable. Well, I do appreciate Harding's sagacity in identifying
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that the newspaper editor was in on it, and I
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think there's some good common sense in that. I'm not
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certain why it worked that a guy known for stabbing
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people would necessarily be behind a shooting, but at any rate,
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Harding did get it done.
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All right.
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Now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day.
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Thank you to Julie, Patreon supporter since September 2018, currently
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supporting the podcast at the first mate level of $ 7. 14
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or more per month. Thanks so much for your support, Julie,
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and that will do it for today. If you're enjoying
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the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software,
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with another episode of Counterspy. Great Adventurers returns on Tuesday
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with Tarzan. Great Detectives tomorrow. Join us for our third
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Old Time Radio Snack Wagon Smorgasbord. In the meantime, do
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