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Well, now it is time for 11 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:36,000 this week's episode of Filo Vance. The original air date March the twenty feet 12 00:01:36,239 --> 00:02:10,120 of nineteen fifty and the title as The Jackpot Murder Case. What a night, 13 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,879 Margam, he dik the words right out of my thought one a night. 14 00:02:14,039 --> 00:02:15,479 Glad you decided to come along with me. Vans. Thanks for asking 15 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:19,759 me. Isn't every private investigator who had taken out on a case by but 16 00:02:19,879 --> 00:02:23,159 just turning. You aren't every private investigative van Well, thank you, margam 17 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,199 right now. I wish I were an Indian guy. Oh, I think 18 00:02:27,319 --> 00:02:30,319 this is the spot where I'm supposed to meet why Willie, and I'd like 19 00:02:30,319 --> 00:02:34,439 to get out there weeping Willie gangster nicknames are very descriptive, aren't they. 20 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,280 Definitely only Willie isn't the gangster. He's what the highly literate newspaper is referred 21 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,400 to as an informer and the police call a stool pigeon. He insisted to 22 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,719 me on the phone this afternoon that he knows who killed Laport yesterday and would 23 00:02:45,759 --> 00:02:49,479 tell me if I met him here alone. You're not very complimentary we met. 24 00:02:49,479 --> 00:02:52,520 I wasn't to bringing Sergeant Heath or any policeming for that matter. I 25 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,240 can't tell you why because I don't know. I do know, I don't 26 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,080 really sh going out in this rain. There's supposed to be a shack of 27 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,560 some kind out here, so will he said, M I use the spotlight 28 00:03:00,599 --> 00:03:04,120 on this side of the car, perhaps I can pick it out there. 29 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:08,599 We are not over in that direction, No, not over there. It 30 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,560 is Markham yep, the practically parked on the threshold right we'll make a run 31 00:03:12,599 --> 00:03:15,280 for it. Ready, Yes, let's go. Come on, Mark, 32 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:23,319 let drop him? Do you get very wet? Vance? Not too go 33 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:28,159 in and see you a friend weeping? Willie good enough? Of course if 34 00:03:28,159 --> 00:03:32,000 he does a pot yesterday, frip would have been worthwhile, no question about 35 00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:36,080 that. The Pope was in a racket slot machines. But he was murdered. 36 00:03:37,919 --> 00:03:43,159 I wonder why Willie doesn't answer. I suppose we find out Markholm. 37 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:47,840 Yes, I see the body Vans a knife in his back. Yeah, 38 00:03:49,759 --> 00:03:53,639 that's Willie all right. He had an appointment with us, but somebody got 39 00:03:53,639 --> 00:04:16,040 to impurse somebody something named murder. Slug me, Sam, I beg your 40 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,000 pardon, boy, I said, slug me, give me a slug. 41 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,959 I want to play the slat machine. That's a difference. I got it 42 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,600 quite a different meaning at first, you and you're gathering. If you didn't 43 00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:26,839 know so many words, wouldn't find it's a tough to understand the one's eye. 44 00:04:26,879 --> 00:04:35,079 You give me a slug, certainly, sir? Here you are um 45 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:41,279 apple women good good? It should be good. I fixed the machine. 46 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,720 Wis home. It's okay. Sam. You did good. Thank you Almost 47 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,920 as good as I did with weeping Willie up in his shack. I'd say 48 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,920 that was quite an achievement, dude, you would say so, if you'd 49 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,920 say it, say it. What are you waiting for to sing your brown 50 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,240 slug? Me? You want another slug? You and your education? Yeah? 51 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,519 I want another slug? I said that plain enough. Yes, dude, 52 00:04:59,519 --> 00:05:02,399 you did, you did? Yeah you are. But may I ask 53 00:05:02,439 --> 00:05:05,040 what you're trying to do? Ye? Yes? May I ask? Yes? 54 00:05:05,199 --> 00:05:10,199 Can't you? I'm testing this slot machine. If it works like you 55 00:05:10,319 --> 00:05:12,040 say, and if the other is a gimmick as good as this one, 56 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:16,519 we go in business tomorrow, yea, with no competition and nobody no competition 57 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,600 because I'm not thought. I'll apoort yesterday number one, and nobody to finger 58 00:05:20,639 --> 00:05:25,720 it because they took care of weeping Willie tonight too. You know you got 59 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:29,519 words, but I got ideas. So when the cops find that knife and 60 00:05:29,519 --> 00:05:31,920 Willie, how they're gonna be surprised? Give me the slug? Will you? 61 00:05:31,959 --> 00:05:36,199 How many times I have to ask? Thanks, Well, what's the 62 00:05:36,439 --> 00:05:40,839 surprise the police are going to get? I liked you. You'll be surprised 63 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:48,560 too when you find out I see bye bye the jack stupid. Give me 64 00:05:48,639 --> 00:05:57,639 the machine. H get out. I didn't hunt you cut up a little, 65 00:05:57,639 --> 00:06:00,199 go and get up. Here's some of them words of years to help 66 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:05,319 you? Are you dub? I put two slugs in a machine and right 67 00:06:05,319 --> 00:06:08,759 away it pays off. How long you think we'd be in business if you 68 00:06:08,759 --> 00:06:12,720 don't get make it better than that? I fix this machine. Fix all 69 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,120 the machines in the back by to night, fix them so they don't pay 70 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:29,800 off better than ten percent, or I'll fix you for good. How bad 71 00:06:29,879 --> 00:06:32,399 does it hurt? Say? Oh, not too bad, Millie. Whatever 72 00:06:32,439 --> 00:06:35,360 you put on the cutch took most of the pain away. I'm glad. 73 00:06:35,639 --> 00:06:39,399 I tell me what happened why the boss quit your sam? Tell me, 74 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,120 well, I fixed one of his slot machines. He tried it out, 75 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,399 but I guess I didn't file down the notches on the last bar far enough. 76 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,920 It's caught. When three bars came up the jack bar. The boss 77 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:55,120 hit the jackpot on my jaw practically at the same time. He hits very 78 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,879 hard, Millie. That ring he wears doesn't help any Yes, I know, 79 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,000 Dave hits very hard. That ring he wears cuts, That's why he 80 00:07:01,079 --> 00:07:04,360 wears it. But he shouldn't have hit you, and I was thinking not 81 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:11,240 too Millie. And how long have you been with Dave been? Lilli? 82 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,800 Yeah? Oh that's hard to say. I I guess I've hung around him 83 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:20,240 for han maybe seen years? Seems like always. What's the difference? How 84 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:25,319 many years makes up? Oh? Are you still fond of him? Well? 85 00:07:25,319 --> 00:07:28,040 I know he hits you. I've seen him. You can't still be 86 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,199 fun. What are you driving at you? Well, he shouldn't have hit 87 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,439 me, Millie. I don't think he knows that. And I'm think I'm 88 00:07:33,439 --> 00:07:39,839 going to convintion. Hand me that telephone. You gotta calley, good boy. 89 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,920 Wait a minute, I'll look up the number for you. Oh, 90 00:07:43,959 --> 00:07:46,680 thank you, Millie. He shouldn't have hit me. I wouldn't do this 91 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,399 if he hadn't hit any million. You know that I got the number. 92 00:07:50,199 --> 00:07:54,720 I'll get it for you. You know you're doing the right thing, sam 93 00:07:55,199 --> 00:07:59,000 REI me, you're doing the right thing. I'm talking to him when you 94 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:05,000 get him. M Hello, Hello is the district attorney there? District attorney? 95 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,399 What are you talking about? Well? When do you expect him? 96 00:08:07,759 --> 00:08:11,920 Look? This is Millie in it. Yes, what's all this about? 97 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:16,120 The DA? Somebody here wants to talk to the district attorney. Oh, 98 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:20,240 I get it, Sam, Yes, that's right, I get it. 99 00:08:20,839 --> 00:08:24,360 Look, you tell him the d an, tell him not to call on 100 00:08:24,439 --> 00:08:37,919 a DA. Don't tell him the district attorney is coming to call on him. 101 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,320 He vans. There are certain cases that are out now, the police 102 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,279 cases, and I think these two murders belong in that category. I think 103 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:48,080 I follow you. Markham Alaparte was a gangster. He was killed by another 104 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,840 gangster. We think Willie was about to tell you the name of the killer, 105 00:08:50,879 --> 00:08:54,399 and it was murdered to prevent that. Exactly. Geying this thing a 106 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:58,000 little further, there was a knife at Willy's back. That knife had fingerprints 107 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,360 on it. Pretty clear set of fingerprints are being checked right now in our 108 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,639 files, and at the moment we'll know who held a knife that kill Willie. 109 00:09:03,759 --> 00:09:05,919 That seems me fine if we do, Madam, there's doubt in your 110 00:09:05,919 --> 00:09:09,639 mind, there's always doubt in my mind. Allow me to dispel that practically 111 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:15,639 immediately. Hello Kennon, why hello, right? Come a youns? Thank 112 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,919 you can I'll have you checked the fingerprints We found them the knife that killed 113 00:09:18,919 --> 00:09:22,039 weeping Willie. Yes, the hey we did the French every clear you see 114 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:26,559 that. That's the cycle I was telling you about. We're sure that Willy 115 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,879 knew who killed a Laporte was going to tell us who killed Laporte when he 116 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:35,720 was lain b Hey, you're sure that Laporte is dead? Sure, of 117 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,039 course, I'm sure. I identified his body myself while I was at the 118 00:09:39,039 --> 00:09:41,879 morgue. I just wanted to know. That's why can't Well, this is 119 00:09:41,919 --> 00:09:46,960 going to sound a little silly, but the fingerprints on the knife that killed 120 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,919 weeping Willie belonged to al Laporte, who had been dead twenty four hours at 121 00:09:50,919 --> 00:10:05,200 the time Willie was murdered. You asked something there. Oh no, thank 122 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,559 you, Milly. These cuts don't look very pretty. But I just bry 123 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:15,320 my face for a walk. Are you sure? The district attorney's officer said 124 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,639 he'd call back when he came in. That's what they told me. Oh 125 00:10:18,759 --> 00:10:24,320 that's a nice tie, Sam, thank you. Oh it's a little bit 126 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:33,120 loose. Yeah, right ahead. I like there we are. That's well, 127 00:10:33,639 --> 00:10:37,799 thank you, Milly. You're awful polite. You wish you were a 128 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,360 big shot. I'd like to go for you. So it's only the big 129 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:45,799 shot out and go for the guy on top. That's not so very unusual. 130 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:50,919 Many people have Hello day, Hello boss, Win didn't expect you to 131 00:10:52,039 --> 00:10:54,600 drop around. Well, how are the rest of those slat machines? I 132 00:10:54,720 --> 00:11:00,519 fixed to be all right? He gets on. Damn hear you in a 133 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:05,039 da are real bad? That right? Of course? Not? I hear 134 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:09,840 different. You know what I do. The guys that crossed me saying what 135 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:13,759 is a litery? Simple? Sam Fney me having to tell you what's simple? 136 00:11:15,399 --> 00:11:18,799 You and all those words you know, but it still is simple. 137 00:11:18,279 --> 00:11:22,159 You know what's so simple is that I can't let you go talking about me 138 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:26,720 to any district attorney. Relly, you told him, sure, I'm not 139 00:11:26,919 --> 00:11:28,480 Wait a minute, boss, I want you told me and Nelly, don't 140 00:11:28,519 --> 00:11:31,200 lie to me, don't keep away from me. I was only fooling. 141 00:11:31,279 --> 00:11:41,039 I didn't think he'll never tell anybody or anything about it. Ever? Did 142 00:11:41,039 --> 00:11:43,919 you kill him, Dave? Did? Did you kill him? Sure? 143 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:50,639 I begged for it, didn't he trying to crush me? Nobody crosses me, 144 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:56,759 Milly. Ever, maybe you should remember that I don't worry about me, 145 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:01,799 Dave. I'll never crush As long as you stay on top, I'll 146 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:13,639 be right at your side. I'm sorry, Markham. Only this is such 147 00:12:13,639 --> 00:12:16,600 an absurd theory of mine. I'd rather not discuss it further until we get 148 00:12:16,639 --> 00:12:20,080 to the morgue. We'll be there very shortly. What do you expect to 149 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,480 find when we get there? A dead morgue keeper? What that's right? 150 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,519 I'll wait a minute, advance. This is a little ridiculous, I know, 151 00:12:24,639 --> 00:12:28,080 but so is the finding of a dead man's fingerprints on a knife that 152 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,919 killed weeping Willie. This is a possible explanation. If the morgue keeper is 153 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,240 dead too, that's a possible explanation. Not for me. Let's wait until 154 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,559 we get there and find whether I'm right or not. You don't have to 155 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:41,679 wait any longer. Here we are, Oh this Kenon of the homicide department 156 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:43,879 outside the morge door. This minute dance rolled down your window with it? 157 00:12:43,879 --> 00:12:52,200 Please certainly, Kennon, Kennon, Oh, hello, hello Kenon, We 158 00:12:52,279 --> 00:12:56,120 just dry ye see Drappin who are? They've been fine to reach you. 159 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,960 Mister Markham hasn't been in his office. He's been with me. What news 160 00:12:58,039 --> 00:13:03,360 you're talking about? We came to talk to the marenkeeper that I'm glad of 161 00:13:03,399 --> 00:13:05,759 that i'd brother explodes your theory. Vance doesn't it. I told you it 162 00:13:05,799 --> 00:13:09,879 was a pretty far fetched idea I had. Yes, I know the more 163 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,600 Keepers in there. Nay Kendon, Oh definitely. And it's perfectly all right 164 00:13:13,639 --> 00:13:15,759 for you to talk to him. Good. But if he answers you, 165 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,200 that's news. He's been murdered. Murder. He's as dead as any guy 166 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:37,879 we ever had in that giant of hep. This is District Attorney Markham. 167 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,240 The murder case we started on has become three murder cases, the final vans 168 00:13:41,279 --> 00:13:45,960 and I are sure all are related. All were done by the same person. 169 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,559 A more Keeper is the latest murder that comper and Vance insists that whose 170 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,440 death explains how a dead man's fingerpieces were on a knife that killed weeping Willie 171 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,360 a stool pitcher, although he doesn't say how it does. Meanwhile, the 172 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:09,799 murderer might be anyone might be. How do you do? What can I 173 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,279 do for you? I can show you stationary off perhaps a box of candy 174 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:18,320 nice place? Ye, yes, yes it is Pats. You would like 175 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,679 to see some greeting cards? Now, I'd like them to see the back 176 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:24,120 room. What's in it room? Yeah, the back room. You're gonna 177 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,759 have to keep the machines in the back room for a while. I'm afraid 178 00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:30,519 I don't know what you're talking about. I'm talking about slop machines. I 179 00:14:30,519 --> 00:14:33,600 don't have it. I'm putting two slot machines in the back room of your 180 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,360 store. But they'll bring customers and they'll keep me here. They play the 181 00:14:37,399 --> 00:14:41,279 machine. It pays off ten percent of what's put in. You and I 182 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:46,000 split the profit crooked to machine. I would have crooked machines in my store. 183 00:14:46,039 --> 00:14:50,120 Maybe you'd rather have a crooked nose. I could break yours with one 184 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:54,559 crack. The machines will be moved in this afternoon. Anything goes wrong with 185 00:14:54,679 --> 00:14:56,600 them, there's a card. Tell them where you can phone me so I 186 00:14:56,639 --> 00:15:00,240 can send a guy over to fix them. That okay with you? I'm 187 00:15:00,279 --> 00:15:03,480 not sure. I don't mine. I ain't got all day. Is it 188 00:15:03,559 --> 00:15:05,799 okay with you? Do I really go to work onion? I'll make up 189 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:20,440 your mind. What tense is? Absolutely? Hello Fello Vans speaking. This 190 00:15:20,559 --> 00:15:24,519 is markham Well. Hello, Yes, we've got another one murder. Yes 191 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,960 that makes four, and don't tell me you anticipated this one on the contrary, 192 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,279 but I imagine it's tied up with our case. We're pretty sure it's 193 00:15:31,279 --> 00:15:35,279 a gangster named Sam, excellent mechanic as I understand it, and the slot 194 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,159 machine expert. He'd been choked to death. And we found the body and 195 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:41,600 an empty lot word had obviously been thrown. Oh, there were marks on 196 00:15:41,639 --> 00:15:45,480 his face vans. He'd apparently been beaten up about twenty four hours before his 197 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,679 death. And whoever did the beating up or a ring that did a lot 198 00:15:48,679 --> 00:15:50,559 of cutting. No idea as to who did it, not any more than 199 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,399 I have an idea how a Laporte could have gotten off his slab in the 200 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,639 morgue to kill weeping Willie. He didn't, of course. I'll explain that 201 00:15:56,759 --> 00:16:00,639 some other time. Right now, I'm interested in grabbing our killer. Good. 202 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,799 This is getting to be an epidemic, I know. Oh, I 203 00:16:03,799 --> 00:16:07,279 can give you one little help, I think. What's that I mentioned that 204 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,519 this Sam was a slot machine expert. Yes, you did well. We 205 00:16:10,559 --> 00:16:14,159 had a call from a shopkeeper on Market Street who says that he's being forced 206 00:16:14,159 --> 00:16:17,840 to put in a couple of crooked slot machines this afternoon. I'm going to 207 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,960 send a man down there to protective No, no, Markham, don't do 208 00:16:21,039 --> 00:16:23,919 that, needing no danger. I want to go down there. I have 209 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:37,639 an idea how I can make a slot machine really pay off. Yeah, 210 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:41,399 man, I'll be here any minute, any minute better I come in here. 211 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,799 I play this slot machine, I hit the jack pot, and what 212 00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:48,440 happens? Nothing comes out? Yeah it, I know. I explained that 213 00:16:48,559 --> 00:16:51,720 to the man on the telephone. I'm awfully sorry about this. You see, 214 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,879 I don't I've only had these machines in the space for an hour or 215 00:16:55,919 --> 00:16:57,960 so, and I don't know very much about them. Well, however, 216 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,799 that guy is you sent before? He better get here right away. He 217 00:17:00,879 --> 00:17:04,799 realized it's tough enough to hit the jackpot on a thing like this and then 218 00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:07,480 after right, editor don't pay off. Well, I'm sure the kind of 219 00:17:07,519 --> 00:17:11,920 a rickort of you're running. No, no, I'm sorry. I assure 220 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:17,240 you everything will be taken care of. This gentleman here was playing the machine. 221 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:18,799 He hit the jackpott, but nothing came out, and he said he'd 222 00:17:18,839 --> 00:17:22,400 go to the police. All right, okay, you get outside, they 223 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,640 carry your story, leave me in the back room. Here was this guy. 224 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:29,680 Yeah, I will you understand why I called? Yeah, I understand. 225 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,720 I bait it all right? You what goes on? They go? 226 00:17:33,839 --> 00:17:37,559 Look the three bars or where they should be. That means the jackpot. 227 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:45,519 Nothing came out the machine in here now and it's hit the jack What I's 228 00:17:45,559 --> 00:17:48,599 talking to you? I don't see anybody else in here. Keep looking the 229 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,759 machine. It's probably stuck. Now. Whack at a couple of times. 230 00:17:52,759 --> 00:18:00,559 It's still Yeah, thing was jammed up, that's all. It's matchbox was 231 00:18:00,599 --> 00:18:03,440 stuck in a payoff slot. The coins couldn't come down. Pretty good way 232 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,240 of making sure the machine doesn't pay off. Look you got you though. 233 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:07,799 It's there on the floor and I pick it up and beat it to keep 234 00:18:07,839 --> 00:18:11,759 playing. You'll pick it up? What have you saying? You'll pick it 235 00:18:11,839 --> 00:18:17,519 up your machine? Go on before I get tough. You're gonna get tough. 236 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,359 And you were going to the cops before once you well, a little 237 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:32,920 man, you're for me, that's what you little rugged? Yeah? Wait, 238 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:41,759 tice up, guys, what you do that man? I just knocked 239 00:18:41,799 --> 00:18:44,799 him around a little bit. He'll be okay. Drag him out in the 240 00:18:44,839 --> 00:18:48,279 streets when he wakes up with good blood. But cut up the little betsy? 241 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:52,039 Did that? My ring girlfriend of my name? Really give it me? 242 00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:56,599 I look straight out this room after a bounce. No good to have 243 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:07,160 a joint looking so sloppy. It's bad for business. You shut. Those 244 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,640 cuts on your face don't really bother you, guys, I'm not at all 245 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,039 Markham. They're serving a very good cause, I hope. I hope so 246 00:19:14,279 --> 00:19:15,960 too. It looked to me exactly like the cuts on the face of that 247 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,960 dead machine. That's but Sam. Remember, yes, I do, and 248 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,640 I was especially careful. It'll be beaten up by the character who came to 249 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,440 investigate the slot machine after I fixed the back of the machine so it will 250 00:19:26,519 --> 00:19:30,880 hit the jackpot, then jam. The pictures we took of your face would 251 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,839 be ready any second. Good Kenton is bringing them in along with the pictures 252 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,440 we took of Sam's face. The cuts are similar. Whoever beat me up 253 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:41,440 beat Sam up and in all probability later killed him rife And if he killed 254 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,519 Sam, he killed the other three too, Markham. It all ties up 255 00:19:44,519 --> 00:19:47,920 in my mind. I know the motivation everything, all right, Hello, 256 00:19:48,039 --> 00:19:52,160 Kendon, come in, I see you have the photographs alot. Let me 257 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:59,880 see the martham m I'm not very handsome, am I I can tell cus 258 00:20:00,079 --> 00:20:03,039 party. I'll tell you that. And in those cuts of pay moost zedli 259 00:20:03,079 --> 00:20:07,119 Ah, they're almost identical with the ones on the picture of Sam's Sam's Killer. 260 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,279 Beat you up. We're gonna send Sergeant Heat out to pick him up. 261 00:20:11,319 --> 00:20:12,599 You can get him through the store keeper. He has the phone number, 262 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,480 Marcolm, my friend, do me a favor. Yes, let's sergeant 263 00:20:15,519 --> 00:20:19,039 Heat stay wherever he is. I don't want to go to see this particular 264 00:20:19,039 --> 00:20:22,880 individual myself. He did a pretty good job on my face when he called 265 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:27,039 on me at the shop. I want to repay that call and the job 266 00:20:27,079 --> 00:20:41,160 he did on my face. I dan you, Millie, you should have 267 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,160 been there, have been there? How many times? How do I know? 268 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,519 An? I clipp him, he comes back for more. I clipped 269 00:20:48,559 --> 00:20:51,200 me again. Back he come, but he wound up like all of them 270 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:55,119 do on a floor. You're my kind of guy. Day. We really 271 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,519 clipped him, didn't I guarantee don't think I was petting him. You know, 272 00:20:57,599 --> 00:21:02,839 Millie, you expecting anyone the guys who delivered the rest of the sloper 273 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:07,400 scene early, But that means they work fat. That was complaining my name 274 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:12,519 Fellows. You undoubtedly you liked what you got in the shop. Down here 275 00:21:12,519 --> 00:21:17,880 for a little more, huh, Happy to oblige you. The guy is 276 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,319 this the one. Look at his face? Can't you tell me? Oh? 277 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,839 Sure, sure, Dave, I can tell. I suppose both of 278 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,480 you listen. Great. First of all, I want you to know who 279 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:30,400 I am. Well, I think so. My name is Filo Vans. 280 00:21:30,519 --> 00:21:33,079 Are you a Van? Sorry? I didn't know that back in the shop, 281 00:21:33,079 --> 00:21:34,680 and I really worked you over. I'm going to give you another chance. 282 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:40,799 Thanks, Well day, I'm wait just a moment. I'm going to 283 00:21:40,839 --> 00:21:42,640 give you a real reason for taking me apart. Okay, I'll wait. 284 00:21:44,079 --> 00:21:47,279 First of all, I know you killed a Laporte because I'll have the slop 285 00:21:47,279 --> 00:21:51,160 machine rackets sewed up to. Then you're killed weeping Willie because he was going 286 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,359 to tell the district attorney that you killed Laporte. He did a cute knife 287 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,359 crick with Willie. Then I had to kill the morgue keeper. Yeah, 288 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,480 he had a confederate named Sam. He was a slop machine expert. You 289 00:22:00,599 --> 00:22:03,599 probably had a run in with him. That's the reason he's dead, you 290 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:07,359 know, Vans, Its sound very convincing. I didn't know better. I 291 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,880 begin to believe what you're saying. Being a murderer, daby cat do death. 292 00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:12,319 You're not gonna let him are you. You can say that again. 293 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,759 Please don't. She said it already now, friend, Dave, what are 294 00:22:15,759 --> 00:22:23,720 you waiting for? Not a thing? Oh, I'm dance. Just what 295 00:22:23,799 --> 00:22:34,759 I'm gonna I knock at Kay. You knocked him out there, Yes, 296 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:41,039 I imagine I did. You're right, who figured everything right? And you 297 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:45,759 knocked him out. Nobody are knocked out big days before. You had it 298 00:22:45,799 --> 00:22:51,680 coming for a long time to beat him vance nobody could do dead beat everybody. 299 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,920 I don't understand it. You heard him, yes, I imagine so 300 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,359 you said before I was right. You know he killed the poor and the 301 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,200 others. Certainly I know it. I even watched him killed Sam. But 302 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,720 you'll beat Dave. Nobody ever did that. You tell the district Attorney about 303 00:23:08,759 --> 00:23:12,880 Dave? All right? Tell him? Why shouldn't I tell him? Dave 304 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:18,000 ain't a big man anymore. You're the big man. Then you get him. 305 00:23:18,279 --> 00:23:22,599 Sure, I tell the DA anything you want, Thank you. I 306 00:23:22,599 --> 00:23:26,440 imagine Markham will be very interested in what you ever say. I'm quite sure 307 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:30,400 he's also going to want to hear how that dead Laporte's fingerprints were on the 308 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:52,519 knife that killed weeping Willie. The man who asked the questions is advanced, 309 00:23:52,599 --> 00:23:55,119 I intend to sit back and be told, and I've waited long enough. 310 00:23:55,599 --> 00:23:57,200 Yes, you have Markham. But it was worth waiting for, wasn't it. 311 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,000 Certainly neally, he's not like the big days, criminal activities or all 312 00:24:00,039 --> 00:24:03,839 we needed. But how did you get her to talk? That's a long 313 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,559 story. Well let's have it. Well, Milly was on Dave's side as 314 00:24:06,599 --> 00:24:08,039 long as he was a big man. When I knocked him out, the 315 00:24:08,039 --> 00:24:11,599 one thing she worshiped, and the man was gone. Huh. But right 316 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,400 now, you're interested in the Laport fingerprints, aren't you. I most certainly 317 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,279 am. A Laport was dead when Weeping Willie was stabbed, and the Port's 318 00:24:18,279 --> 00:24:21,799 fingerprints were the only ones on the knife. Come on, Ben, stop 319 00:24:21,799 --> 00:24:25,079 pulling back. All right, here's what happened. Go ahead, Big Dave 320 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,359 went to the morgue on some pretext or other after deciding to kill Willie yet 321 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,519 with him a knight. Yes. When he got to the morgue, asked 322 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:33,480 the keeper if he could see a Laport's buddy. The keeper let him. 323 00:24:33,519 --> 00:24:36,079 He took out the knife, pressed the dead Laport's fingerprints on the handle, 324 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,400 wrapped the knife in the handkerchief, and left exactly later, he stabbed Willie, 325 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,079 still using the handkerchief, and left the knife to confuse us. He 326 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:45,759 then realized that the Morgue Keeper could identify him if we figured what happened, 327 00:24:45,079 --> 00:24:48,240 and so he returned to kill him too the rest I know. Yeah, 328 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,960 well, this is quite a case, wasn't it. Fants hor murders all 329 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,440 over slot machines with only one killer. At least he's in the middle of 330 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,720 our net and Markham as long as he's in the middle where at the end 331 00:24:57,799 --> 00:26:14,480 of the Jackpot murder case the welcome back. Okay, that was definitely solving 332 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:19,039 a case the hard way, and there ought to be a way to track 333 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:26,799 down a murderer in the habit of leaving body strewn all over town. That 334 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:33,480 doesn't involve risking disfigurement or death, we should say, because Dave had committed 335 00:26:33,599 --> 00:26:40,200 for murders, and the murder of the morn Keeper was not a real title 336 00:26:40,319 --> 00:26:44,079 by the way, or just something that they made up for the episode, 337 00:26:44,319 --> 00:26:48,000 because that sounds made up. I mean, but the killing of the morn 338 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:52,279 Keeper was simply because he hadn't thought through his plan. So I'm not going 339 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,279 to let a guy like that use my face as a punching bag, and 340 00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:00,920 I don't know why Vance would either, but this it's definitely an episode that 341 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:07,799 leaned into the festicoffs. So nice if you like radio fight scenes. All 342 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,599 right, Well, listener comments and feedback now, and I want to think, 343 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:18,400 first of all everyone who has sent along their well wishes in lot of 344 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:23,119 my decision to go full time with my podcasting and creative efforts. I couldn't 345 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,480 well read them all out, but I do want to say I appreciate all 346 00:27:27,519 --> 00:27:33,160 of them. I'll be reading some that contains things that I do want to 347 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:37,400 address. First, we've got this note here from Linda, who emails in 348 00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:45,200 congratulations on your career move. I'm glad you were able to follow your heart. 349 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:52,799 I have two other comments. Have you ever considered including Cabin B thirteen 350 00:27:53,079 --> 00:27:57,759 in your future series. I've been listening since the beginning, but I'm may 351 00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:03,359 have forgotten if you've played the series before. And Two, I recently discovered 352 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:11,559 your podcast on Audible and enjoy listening to them while I do things outside or 353 00:28:11,599 --> 00:28:15,960 around my home. Your other listeners may benefit from knowing your previous series are 354 00:28:17,039 --> 00:28:22,480 just to click away. I look forward to your new ideas. Also regards 355 00:28:22,559 --> 00:28:25,880 Linda. Well, thank you so much, Linda. First, as to 356 00:28:26,079 --> 00:28:30,839 Cabin B thirteen, I've not played an episode of it. That series, 357 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:36,519 of course, came from the mind of John Dixon Carr, and it was 358 00:28:36,559 --> 00:28:44,039 an anthology series of both mystery and adventure stories. So it may be worth 359 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:51,559 revisiting to see if we have any episodes that would work for great detectives or 360 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:57,200 might work as part of the Old Time Radio adventure podcast will probably be rolling 361 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:03,240 out like sometimes season fifteen or sixteen. And I appreciate your highlighting that we 362 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:10,920 have all our past series available. It's not something that I mentioned nearly enough. 363 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:17,359 We've done Richard Diamond, not bat POI Row, Candy Mattson, and 364 00:29:17,519 --> 00:29:22,200 a host of a lot of other series, and they're available not just on 365 00:29:22,359 --> 00:29:27,359 Audible, but pretty much anywhere we have our podcast posted, whether it's pod 366 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:36,839 being or Apple podcast or Spotify. And of course we are posting our volume 367 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:44,039 one project so you can get a feel for the run through the series as 368 00:29:44,079 --> 00:29:48,640 if you were listening to it when we were first playing them, which means 369 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:53,279 a far less advanced host. Not that I'm super advanced, but these episodes 370 00:29:53,279 --> 00:29:57,640 were recorded between two thousand and nine and two thousand and twelve, and you 371 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:03,000 can listen to those Atvolume one dot Great Detectives dot net. Thanks so much 372 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:07,599 for the great email, Linda. Now it is time to thank our Patreon 373 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,160 supporter of the day. Thank you so much for your support, josh and 374 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,200 I want to go ahead and thank Joshua. Joshua has been one of our 375 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:21,960 Patreon supporters since June of twenty twenty one, currently supporting us at the Shamas 376 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,920 level of four dollars or more per month. Thanks so much for your support, 377 00:30:26,039 --> 00:30:30,279 Joshua, and that will actually do it for today. If you are 378 00:30:30,359 --> 00:30:33,079 enjoying this podcast and want to be sure that you never miss an episode, 379 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:38,640 I encourage you to follow us using your favorite podcast software, and I do 380 00:30:38,839 --> 00:30:44,599 encourage you also to rate and review us wherever you download your podcast from. 381 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,599 We'll be back next Thursday with another episode of Follow Vans, But join us 382 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:55,680 back here tomorrow for yours truly Johnny Doller and the conclusion of this week's serial, 383 00:30:55,839 --> 00:30:59,599 where y'all Here. We were shut cutting through the Harvard District when I 384 00:30:59,599 --> 00:31:02,519 began to realize that the same car had been behind us ever since we'd left 385 00:31:02,559 --> 00:31:06,440 Maria's. It was a low slung English job, expensive and easy to recognize. 386 00:31:08,119 --> 00:31:11,160 Driver, Leave us Year, get the gas a little harder. See 387 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:17,000 if you can shake that car behind us. May we The other car picked 388 00:31:17,039 --> 00:31:19,839 up speed to matched arts and still held the same distance. They try a 389 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:29,039 couple of fast corners. I want to make sure. Yeah, the next 390 00:31:29,039 --> 00:31:33,200 place where the street narrows down, stop fast, swing crosswise, block off 391 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:34,880 the road. I want to stop that guy and have a talk with us. 392 00:31:36,119 --> 00:31:37,440 And you understand what I mean. May wee, miss Year. It's 393 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:42,359 just like in a movie or something like that, and there's a place coming 394 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,680 up. Let's let's have a go at it. You do not worry. 395 00:31:45,799 --> 00:31:51,960 I will do it good. I only hope we've seen the same movies now, 396 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:57,599 Missy, I hope you'll be with us then. In the meantime, 397 00:31:57,759 --> 00:32:04,640 do send your callman to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, follow us 398 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,920 on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, 399 00:32:09,039 --> 00:32:15,599 dot com, slash Great Detectives from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, 400 00:32:15,799 --> 00:32:16,680 Adam Graham signing off.