The Phantom Voice - The Shadow

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Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
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The Shadow knows.
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Brew Coal presents one of radio's most famous features, The Shadow.
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The story of the mystery man who strikes terror into
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the very hearts of shopsters, lawbreakers, and criminals. Today we
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present The Shadow in one of his most remarkable adventures.
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A modern mystery of science and crime, The Phantom Voice.
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In just a moment, The Shadow begins his exciting adventure. Meanwhile,
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Here we are.
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Here we are, Margaret.
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Let me help you on.
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All right.
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Thank you, Lamont.
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This way, Margo.
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Lamont Cranston, where on earth are you taking me?
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We're on our way to the criminal court, Margo.
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The criminal court?
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Oh, a murder trial.
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This isn't a murder trial. Unless I'm badly mistaken, we're
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going to witness an assassination.
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What?
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An assassination.
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The assassination of the character and reputation of one of
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the most outstanding public men in America today.
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Oh, you mean Kennedy Durham?
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Yes.
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Say, I've been reading about his trial in the papers.
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There's certainly on earth plenty of evidence that he accepted
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that bribe.
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Unless I've made a mistake in character analysis, that evidence
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is forged. Durham is more than a political figure, Margo.
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He's a statesman.
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He has an independent income.
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He's devoted his life to unselfish public service.
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He's a very wealthy man.
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Yes, Margo.
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Senator Durham has given away ten times the amount of
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money he's accused of taking.
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As a bribe.
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Well, if that's true, Lamont, the whole thing doesn't make sense.
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Why should a man like that take a 15-year prison
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term for taking a bribe he didn't need?
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That's the point that worries me.
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Incidentally, didn't I see that the prosecution expects to spring
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a surprise bit of evidence today?
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Exactly. That's why we're here.
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Come along, Margo.
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Court's already in session.
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Order.
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Order in the court.
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One more such outburst on the part of the spectators
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at this.
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Trial, and I.
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Shall order the courtroom cleared.
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Proceed, Mr.
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Defense Attorney.
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Your Honor, I have stated the case for my client.
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I have shown that by.
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His record, it would have been impossible for him to
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act as the prosecution claims he has acted. And I
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have yet to see any proof that Senator Durham has
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committed any crimes. I will now call Senator Durham himself
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to the stand to deny these lies in person. Senator
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Durham to the stand.
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Here I am.
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Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,
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and nothing but the truth, sir, if you're God?
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I do. We'll see it with the examination.
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Senator, you have heard the prosecution's accusations that you did
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at some time during last December accept a bribe from
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the late Mario Rinaldi.
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Yes.
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What is your answer?
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I never accepted a bribe from anyone. My answer is
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that the whole thing is a pack of lies.
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Order. Order in the court.
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Your witness, Senator Durham. Do you deny that on the
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16th of December last, you received a visit from the
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late Mario Rinaldi in your room at the Maximilian Hotel?
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Why, no.
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He came to see me and I thought.
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Confine yourself to specific answers.
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Gentlemen of the jury.
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The defense has made much of the senator's long and
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seemingly illustrious career of public service. They would have you
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believe that, like Caesar's wife, the.
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Defended Senator Durham is above suspicion. They've paraded witnesses to
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the stand who've told you of his philanthropies, of his
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unselfish devotion to public service, of his blameless personal life
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in the past. That we do not contest, refute, nor
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deny it.
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But unfortunately for Senator.
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Durham, he is not being tried for his past. We,
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the prosecution, need.
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But one more bit of evidence to complete our case.
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We have that evidence.
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Order.
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Order in the court.
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I beg leave to show the jury a soundtrack motion
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picture of a meeting between the defendant of the late
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Mario Rinaldi, whose bribe of $ 50, 000 paid to the defendant
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is the basis upon which this case was brought to trial.
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Order.
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Order in the court.
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Has this motion picture a direct bearing on this case, Mr.
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Prosecutor?
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It has, Your Honor.
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Has the counsel for the.
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Defense any objection to the introduction of this type of
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evidence without due notice? Senator Durham has nothing whatever.
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To fear from the introduction of any authentic motion picture
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record of any meeting of Mario Rinaldi and himself, even
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though the picture was made without.
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The senator's knowledge.
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Very well.
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The projection equipment is in the courtroom. Will you order
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the shades drawn.
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And the lights extinguished?
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Court attendants will please draw the shades. Again, I caution
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the spectators against any outbursts of any kind.
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Furthermore, no one will be allowed to leave the court.
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until the introduction of this evidence is complete.
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You may proceed, Mr.
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Roscuro.
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With the court's permission, we will place the screen in
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full view of the jury.
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Your Honor!
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Counsel for the defense has a question.
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For the sake of the record, will the prosecution state
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at whose request this.
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Motion picture was made? It was made at the.
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Request of Anthony Vogel, an attorney of this city.
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For what reason? As a citizen.
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Interested in public welfare.
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Very well.
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Now, if the attendant will turn.
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Out the light.
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Order. Silence in the court.
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The prosecution will submit affidavits to prove that this is
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an authentic film record of a meeting between Senator Durham
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and Mario Rinaldi on the evening of December 16th. You
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may turn on the machine.
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Yes, sir.
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Yes? Come in.
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Oh, hello, Rinaldi.
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I've been expecting you.
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Looky here, Senator Durham.
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Why haven't I got the contract award on that majestic building?
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The money's been appropriated. You said you'd use your influence
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if we pitched you up.
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Of course. Of course, Renaud.
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I told you you'd get that contract. For consideration.
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But you didn't send me my present of $ 50, 000 for
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swinging it your way.
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So naturally, I.
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So that's it.
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You want to be paid off first, huh?
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Yes.
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And in cash.
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No checks.
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Okay.
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You get your $ 50, 000.
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Get me that contract.
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I'll be expecting her now.
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Order.
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Order in the court.
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Order. Order in the court.
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That's the end of the film, gentlemen.
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It's a lie.
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A lie.
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I tell you, I never said that.
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Order.
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Order in the court.
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Your Honor, I object.
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My client never had such a conversation with Mario Rinaldi.
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That picture is a fake.
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One moment. Attendants will please turn on the light.
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Your Honor, allow me to remind the counsel for the
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defense The pictures do not lie. Your Honor, we do
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not deny that the meeting between Senator Durham and Mario
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Rinaldi did take place in the manner shown in this film,
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but we deny that any such conversation took place.
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Have you any proof of that?
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There are only two people who could know what went
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on in that room. Senator Durham and Rinaldi.
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And Rinaldi is dead.
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Do you deny.
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The voice was the voice of the defendant.
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My client admits that it sounds like his voice, but
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it cannot be, since he never asked or received a
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bribe from the late Mario Rinaldi for any reason or
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purpose whatever. Your Honor, I ask a recess of this
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trial in order that the defense may have an opportunity
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to study this film and soundtrack. I object. I do
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not see how the due process of law will be
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impaired by.
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A 24-hour delay.
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Objection overruled. Ports adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Lamont, after seeing that talking picture of Senator Durham meeting
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Rinaldi and practically demanding a bride, how can you, how
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can anyone doubt his.
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Margot, the Greeks had a philosophy that ran something like this.
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Only believe half that which you see and nothing you hear.
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Oh, but Lamar, that wasn't hearsay evidence.
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That was the senator speaking.
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That was his voice. Even he couldn't deny it.
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No man knows the sound of his own voice, Margot.
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Besides.
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Durham never spoke those words to Rinaldi.
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But you saw him.
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You saw the motion picture.
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Exactly.
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Because I did see him speak, I know he didn't
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say the things that were on.
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The soundtrack of that film.
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What do you mean, Lamont?
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Have you ever watched the movement of a man's jaw
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muscles when he speaks certain words?
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You mean you know what he really says? No. No,
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his face was half averted from the camera. I couldn't
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see his lips.
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I don't know just what he did say, but I
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know he didn't utter the words we just heard.
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Oh, but, Lamont, it.
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Was still the senator's voice saying those other things, demanding
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that bribe.
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I'd swear to you.
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Yes, and so will the jury, Margo. And that's something
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that Donald, in the next 24 hours, is one of
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the finest men in this country. An innocent man. Senator
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Durham is going to be railroaded into prison for 15
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years by his political enemies. I'm stopping you, Margo.
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I want you to wait in the car, please.
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The lawyer's building?
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What are you going to do here, Lamont?
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I'm going up to the 25th floor, Margot. The shadow
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has an appointment with one of the most crooked lawyers
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in this city. Anthony Vogel, who was so interested in
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the public welfare that he went to the trouble of
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having a sound camera planted in Senator Durham's hotel suite
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the night of.
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December 16th.
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While we are waiting for the shadow to return, I
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would like to ask all homeowners a question. Do you
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want to save money?
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Of course you do.
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And you begin real saving when you cut down on
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the cost of heating your home. Here's the easiest and
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surest way to do this. decide now to cook and
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heat with blue coal. Here's why blue coal is more economical.
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It is prepared especially for use in the home. And
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blue coal is Pennsylvania anthracite, the fuel that furnaces cooking
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ranges and parlor stoves in this section of the country
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were especially designed to burn. It is mined by the
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Glen Alden Coal Company, the world's largest producer of specially
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prepared home fuel. And every carload of blue coal is
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laboratory tested for purity and size before shipment. And you
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can always be sure of getting this superior home fuel
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because it is tinted with an unmistakable blue color so
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that you can easily identify it at a glance. In Waverly,
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New York, in vicinity, blue coal sales so far this
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winter are 27% ahead of sales for the same period
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a year ago. This increase in sales is because Waverly
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families have found out that blue coal does all I
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say it will do. So I urge all families throughout
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this region to try blue coal. Order a trial ton tomorrow.
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Ask for Blue Coal by name in any one of
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four sizes.
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Eggs, stove, chestnut, or pea.
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You will find the name of your nearest Blue Coal
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dealer listed in the where to buy it section of
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your classified telephone directory under the name Blue Coal.
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Gee, that's swell, Mr.
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Vogel.
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You certainly put it over.
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That sound picture sure turned the trick.
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Yes, but I'm still worried, Travers.
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Well, there ain't nothing to be worried about.
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Senator Durham's as good as on his way to the
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pen right now.
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Well, I won't feel happy until he is.
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When are you going to get me a wrestling bout, boss?
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A wrestling bout?
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Yeah, it's about time I was getting in the ring again.
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And.
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Well, I could stand the extra dough.
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Forget you're a wrestler, Travers.
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You'll make more money in this racket as my bodyguard.
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Any calls while I was down at court?
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Yeah, Wilson phoned a couple minutes ago.
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Why didn't you say so?
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You didn't ask me.
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What did he want?
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I wanted to talk to you. What do you suppose
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he wants? Dough?
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I've paid him all he's gonna get.
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Maybe he's read in the afternoon papers what we're really
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using that soundtrack for.
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If he gets white-livered and talks.
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Well, maybe we should fix him so he can't talk.
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Huh, boss? What do you mean?
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Well, he could fall out of that 15-story apartment of his, accidental-like.
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He'd only have to fall once.
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It might be a good plan.
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Okay, you want me to go over there now and
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take care of.
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It, boss?
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No.
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No, there's no sense doing anything about him until we
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have to. But the first sign of anybody getting new
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eyes to what we're doing.
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Then we'll.
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Arrange a neat little accident for friend Wilson.
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Now let's take a look at that Wesley murder case.
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One case at a time, Mr.
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Vogel.
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What was that?
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Suppose we review the evidence of the case against Senator Durham.
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What sort of devil's trick is this?
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Who are you? I am the Shadow.
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But I can't see you.
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Nevertheless, Vogel, I am here in the shadows.
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Gee, what?
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Somebody's talking and nobody's here.
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Shut up, Travers.
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I'll handle this. Oh, so you're the shadow.
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You've come here to play your hypnotic tricks on me.
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What do you know about Senator Durham's business?
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I know everything about it.
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I've been listening to your interesting conversation about this Mr.
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Wilson thing.
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He seems to play an important part in your case
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against Senator Durham.
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Listen, Shadow. I've heard plenty about you. I don't want
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to fight you. How much do you want to keep
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out of this?
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Always the fixer.
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How much, Shadow?
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There isn't enough money in the world to cover up
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what you're trying to do, Vogel.
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Who is this man? Wilson. What part did he play
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in this scheme of yours? Oh, so you don't know.
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You're just trying to find out, are you, Shadow?
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No.
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Travis, lock the door.
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Okay, boss.
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That's locked. Melodrama won't help you, Logo.
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Boss, if I can only see this guy, I can.
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Come on, Travis. We don't need to see him. What
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do you mean, boss?
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Come over here.
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Give me your hand.
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Okay, but it don't make much sense.
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You'll see.
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All right.
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Stand up with me against this wall. Now, stretch out
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your arms. Can you touch the side wall on that side? Yeah,
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I can touch it.
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Good.
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I can touch it on my side.
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Now.
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Walk slowly to the other end of the room and
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don't let your fingers leave the wall.
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Oh, I get it.
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Then the shadow can't get past.
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Us, huh?
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You're quick. Now, walk forward slowly.
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Slow, you fool!
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Okay.
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Well, I.
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I don't feel nothing.
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We're almost to the end of the room, boss.
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Maybe he got away. No, no, he couldn't go through
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the door.
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It's locked. The window is locked, too.
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Hey, boss, I felt something.
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Huh?
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I got him.
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I got a hold of him, boss.
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I can't see him, but I got him. I got
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the shadow around the throat.
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He's a man after all.
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Gee, Strongwood.
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Kill him, Travers.
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Maybe.
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Maybe he can.
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He's choking me.
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Give me a gap, boss.
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I'll shoot him.
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You don't need a gun.
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It'll make too much noise.
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He's weakening, boss. Kill him, Travers. Give him your famous stranglehold.
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If he... doesn't let go, he'll kill me.
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Yes, yes, Shadow.
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This is where you die.
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Finish him off, brothers.
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I've got to hurry and take care of Wilson before
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he gets a chance to talk.
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I wonder who that can be.
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Oh.
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Good evening, Mr.
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Vogel.
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Hello, Wilson.
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I hear you were trying to get a hold of
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me earlier this evening.
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Yes, that's right.
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I want to talk to you.
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Won't you come in? Are you alone? Oh, yes.
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Good.
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Mr.
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Vogel, when you asked me to do some work for you,
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I didn't ask to know what you were going to
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do with it. I needed the money for my wife, Alice,
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and kids, and I... You got paid, didn't you?
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Yes, but... I mean.
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Well, all this stuff in the papers, Mr.
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Vogel, about the.
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Frankly, I don't like it.
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Oh, you don't?
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Having a little attack of conscience, Wilson? Well, doing a
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job is one thing, but sending a man away to
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prison on a false charge is something else. So I
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intended to tell you that.
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Tell me what?
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Well, that I refuse to let it go on any further.
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Oh, you refuse?
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Yes.
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After all, Mr.
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Vogel, if I tell what I know about... Well, what
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are you going to do about it?
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Just this.
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Don't move, Wilson.
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Put that gun down. Don't be a fool, Vogel.
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I'm not the fool, Wilson.
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Now, turn your back to me.
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That's right. What are you going to do?
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I'm going to assist at a little accident. Now, walk
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to that window.
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Wait. You can't do this to me.
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You can't.
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Walk. Okay.
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Now, open the window. All right, Wilson. Climb up on
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the windowsill.
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Just a moment, Mr. Vogel.
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The shadow. I.
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I thought Travers took.
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Care of you.
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You thought Travers took care of me, did you, Vogel? Well,
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I admit he's a good wrestler.
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But there was one little hole, Vogel, I learned in
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the Orient. But he didn't know. He had me beaten
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for a moment. It was my one chance to get
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you to lead.
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Me to Wilson.
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You mean you followed me here?
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Yes.
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Yes, I followed you here. It wasn't very difficult to
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get away from Mr. Travers.
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It seems.
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I arrived just in time for my proof.
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In time?
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No.
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There, Shadow, there's your proof lying dead on the floor.
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You're crazy, Vogel.
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You're a fool.
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You'll get the chair for this.
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I'm not as crazy as you think. So I'm a fool,
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am I, Shadow? Now, you're the fool for coming here.
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You're the fool the police will find locked in this
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room with Wilson's dead body.
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They'll find you.
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I'll see that they do.
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And here's the gun you killed him with. Why don't
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you try the window, Shadow?
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It's only 15 stones to the floor.
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Shadow. Shadow. Wilson. Wilson. Tell me. Quick.
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I'm done for.
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Quick.
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Quick, Wilson.
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Give me the proof. The proof, Wilson. The proof that
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you framed Senator Durham.
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The proof.
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Come on, Wilson. Come on. Tell me.
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How did you frame Senator Durham?
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My baby.
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Wilson.
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Lamar, are you all right?
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Unlock the door, Margot.
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Unlock the door. The key's on the outside. Oh, Lamar,
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I had a shot and saw Rosa running out, so
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I couldn't wait.
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What happened?
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I hadn't been so stupid. Waited so long. I wanted
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to find out their secret.
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Before I spoke.
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Now... Now it's too late. Wilson is unconscious, I'm afraid.
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Dying.
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Vogel has outwitted me. After all, that's.
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What Vogel shot me. He cold-blooded shot me.
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He burned for it. Wilson.
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Wilson.
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Wilson, listen to me. Listen and think.
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Think.
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Tell me.
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How did you frame Senator Durham?
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Tell me that, Wilson. Tell me that and I'll see
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that Vogel pays for doing this to you.
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Senator Durham, now I remember.
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I'll show you.
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Help me into the next room.
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I'll show you.
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I will help you. Easy now.
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Easy.
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I'll get on the other side.
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Now look.
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It's a recording studio. Yeah, that's right.
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It's my hobby.
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I'm an actor.
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I'm impersonated by professionals.
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An impersonator?
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Yes.
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Help me to that chair by the turntable.
536
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I impersonate people.
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I've imitated Senator Durham's voice dozens of times.
538
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Quick. Hand me the microphone. Turn on the switch.
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00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:22.099
There, I can't hold out my tongue.
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Here's the microphone.
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Just drop that needle on the wax record.
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Then it'll switch.
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This is Hugh Wilson speaking.
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I've just been shot by Anthony Vogel.
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He hired me to.
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Order!
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Order in the car!
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Your Honor!
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I move that the case against my client, Senator Durham,
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be dismissed.
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On what ground?
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On the evidence contained on this record found in the
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apartment of the late Hugh Wilson, the radio and stage
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impersonator who was found shot in his apartment last night.
555
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I ask the court's permission to.
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Pray it at this time.
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Permission granted.
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You may start the record now.
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Yes, sir.
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This is Hugh Wilson speaking.
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I've just been shot by Anthony Bogus. He hired me
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to impersonate the voice of Senator Durham. It's my voice
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on the soundtrack of the picture shown at Senator Durham's trial. I.
564
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I'll show how I did it. Listen.
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Of course.
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00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:33.779
Of course, Rinaldi, I told you you'd get the contract.
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For consideration.
568
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But you didn't send me my present of $ 50, 000 for
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swinging it your way.
570
00:24:42.349 --> 00:24:43.130
So naturally.
571
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That.
572
00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:48.700
That's how it was done.
573
00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:51.579
That's how I did it.
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I was innocent.
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You never heard of those words.
576
00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.700
How dare I? Order.
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00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.920
Order in the court.
578
00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.500
What?
579
00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.319
Amazing. Incredible.
580
00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:04.740
Your Honor, there is one more voice on the record.
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At the end.
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Listen.
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00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:10.019
The voice you have heard is that of Hugh Wilson,
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murdered by Anthony Vogel.
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He is the man who sought to frame Senator Durst.
586
00:25:16.670 --> 00:25:20.440
But Vogel failed. Just as in the end, all crime
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00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:25.000
must fail. And all criminals pay the penalty of death.
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Order!
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Order in the court!
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00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:31.019
Whose voice was that?
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00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:33.819
That, Your Honor, is the voice of the man to
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whom Senator Durham owes his vindication. The voice of the shadow.
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00:26:06.529 --> 00:26:08.630
You have just heard a dramatized version of one of
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the many copyrighted stories which appear in the Shadow magazine.
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All the characters and all the places named are fictitious.
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Any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
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As you sow evil, so shall you reap evil. Crime
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does not pay. The shadow knows.
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The End