1 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:35,679 Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise Idahol. This is 2 00:00:35,719 --> 00:00:40,320 your host, Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email it to 3 00:00:40,359 --> 00:00:46,280 me Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net. Follow us on Twitter at Radio 4 00:00:46,359 --> 00:00:52,000 Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, slash 5 00:00:52,039 --> 00:00:56,679 Great Detectives. If you are enjoying this podcast, please follow us using your 6 00:00:56,759 --> 00:01:00,799 favorite podcast software. Today's program is brought to you in part by the financial 7 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,879 support of our listeners. You can support the show on a one time basis 8 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:11,359 at support dot Great Detectives dot net, or become one of our ongoing Patreon 9 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:17,640 supporters for its little as two dollars per month at Patreon dot Great Detectives dot 10 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:22,439 net. Well, now it is time for this week's episode of the Adventures 11 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:26,840 of Sam Spade. The original air date March ninth, nineteen fifty one and 12 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:37,560 the title is The Spanish Prisoner Caper. The National Broadcasting Company presents the Adventures 13 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:59,239 of Sam Spade Detectives. Still, how can you forgive me? Save? 14 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,560 I almost kill you? Why kicked yourself? F you would have done the 15 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:07,960 private detective profession a great favor. Fire Moving from its rolls, the only 16 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:12,800 operative in San Francisco, stupid enough to shake an apple tree for an entire 17 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,919 evening, trying to pick up an apron full of bananas. But they all 18 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:21,479 can't come out riding the end day. But you haven't heard the PostScript Angel 19 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,400 PostScript indeed, batten down the hatches and worn all within ear shot that they're 20 00:02:24,439 --> 00:02:29,599 about to catch stupid Sam the incomparable in a new act. We're during the 21 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,639 next twenty nine minutes to thirty seconds, I shall down the mattle of don 22 00:02:31,719 --> 00:02:36,680 kiote, shoulder my battered glance, and killed that windmills. In an object 23 00:02:36,759 --> 00:02:50,000 lessens the Gullible entitled The Spanish Prisoner Taper Friends Cribe Bren DC William Fear, 24 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:54,919 Radio's outstanding producer director of mystery and crime drama, brings you the greatest private 25 00:02:54,919 --> 00:03:15,120 detective of them all in the Adventures of Sam Spade. Effie, Oh now 26 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:23,319 there there, Rangeel. Don't cry, little girl, don't cry you might 27 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:34,879 have been Yes, we'll have no more word book pencil. They fill it 28 00:03:34,919 --> 00:03:39,599 into Miss Marjorie Loveland Barkhaven Apartments from Samuel Spade still license number one, three, 29 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:45,560 seven, five, nine, six, down, fade down subject the 30 00:03:45,639 --> 00:03:52,479 Spanish prisoner caper, dear dear Margarine. When they made too darling, they 31 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:57,080 threw them all away. In this day of the emancipated, self sufficient, 32 00:03:57,159 --> 00:04:00,280 competent female. It came as a fresh breeze gone a boost of my masculine 33 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:04,639 ego to run across the lady, white haired and fragile with all who needed 34 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,080 protection. After meeting you, rhy know what the fellow Adam Mine when he 35 00:04:09,159 --> 00:04:12,919 wrote Heaven will protect the working girls. As a matter of fact, who 36 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,800 could have been the very girls? And you and the song were about the 37 00:04:15,879 --> 00:04:24,560 same vendors. I do please to down mister school where some tea I tend 38 00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:28,319 to come to your office. But I I decided I just couldn't be going 39 00:04:28,319 --> 00:04:31,560 out at this time, Oh my last wherely my come you see? And 40 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:36,079 I'd never forgive myself that I was out. Can you out TI now? 41 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:41,519 When better than the recood? You now? And I'm on pins and neothers. 42 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,480 I do an I'd be here at the Brockhaven, But there's the Brocco 43 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,160 Bank and the Brockhurst from the Brockhorton and and the Brocks. It would be 44 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:54,240 so easy for him to become confused, being strangers in town. Oh, 45 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:58,079 I'm a native. I'm confused myself. Then I thought, perhaps you could 46 00:04:58,079 --> 00:05:00,920 locating. He should be that in Mexico. By now was so Louise, 47 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,879 excuse me? So many things could happened to them walking the streets with all 48 00:05:06,959 --> 00:05:15,240 that money. What's money? The gold in the precious gems? How about 49 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,360 starting all over again? Why haven't I made myself here missus space. Well, 50 00:05:19,399 --> 00:05:23,040 I have the end fairly straight yet, But if you'll give me the 51 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:28,319 beginning, we'll have everything. Oh, oh, a rest Where I suppose 52 00:05:28,399 --> 00:05:32,399 the beginning was three weeks ago in the lobby of the Grand Hotel for Women. 53 00:05:33,319 --> 00:05:38,319 I was saying there temporarily while I was waiting for this department. So 54 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,839 the day I got word I could move here, I passed up and had 55 00:05:42,879 --> 00:05:46,399 them take my things out to the taste. Then I went to the desk 56 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:51,240 and got my money from the ball, eight hundred and forty es and bills. 57 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:57,720 My ammuity money had just come to me. Wow, I just put 58 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,680 the bills in My person was starting off the door when it happened this voice 59 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:10,399 came over my shoulder, a soft, lasting voice, saying, I come 60 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:15,319 to you on a matter of terrible agency and loan behold of the senor Palmera, 61 00:06:15,879 --> 00:06:18,639 how did you know I have a feeling for those things? Go ahead, 62 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:24,199 Yes, he's ocus den Luis Alvara was in terrible trouble, he said, 63 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,680 in prison in Mexico City on some sort of trumped up political charge, 64 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:33,720 and the family, the noble was financially impoverished. Yes, except except for 65 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:39,160 a casket containing the family jewels and an assortment of priceless heirlooms, all hundreds 66 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:45,199 of years old handwroffs of the finest virgin goal. However, red caskets and 67 00:06:45,319 --> 00:06:48,079 its precious Howard being hidden away in a secret place known only to Dan Louis. 68 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:53,839 All he needs is a paltry eight hundred boarding dollars. It was the 69 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:58,079 houses. I went to the bay a paltry thousand dollars to bribe a jail 70 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,079 official, and prestel, Dan Louis goes free, unearth the casket and rewards 71 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,759 you with an ample share of the family treasure. Missus Spade, you've trust 72 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:11,399 it in your Powdmera, Nope, how badly you need the dog? He 73 00:07:12,319 --> 00:07:17,560 need it well? Good heavens Spade, it's that I haven't still a stused 74 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:24,399 there's a small attentions to the school board and kiokus. But dear me, 75 00:07:25,439 --> 00:07:33,480 I don't know just how missus Spade you mean me. He isn't coming back 76 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:45,839 with my mummy. The truth of the matter, Marjorie, was the you've 77 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,040 fallen for the Spanish prisoners swindle A horry old Chestni to go back to the 78 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,160 day of p. T. Barn a man before that's you look like if 79 00:07:53,199 --> 00:07:56,000 I gave you an honest answer, you dissolved in the tears. As I 80 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,199 said, I was in one of my heaven and Spade will protect the working 81 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:05,360 girl modes I made up a dishonest one. I'll try and look him up. 82 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:28,399 Maybe it's all a terrible misunderstanding that snipped two and snipp two isn't jarthy 83 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:37,360 free miss Prende agency, mister Spa, this is mister Spade coming one. 84 00:08:37,519 --> 00:08:39,879 Oh damn, I'm sorry, Yes, Joy, and I'm trying to learn 85 00:08:39,879 --> 00:08:43,519 a nitp argyle sauce fine drop all stitches and looking a file for me, 86 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,240 will you? I remember getting a circuit or a while back on a carn 87 00:08:46,279 --> 00:08:52,240 man who was running the Spanish prisoner around here under sam Spanish prisoners can games. 88 00:08:52,279 --> 00:09:00,679 I absolutely get out the file out, look at the file, happiness 89 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:07,159 sto. Oh yeah, I'm sure damn I found it. His named Pedro 90 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:13,480 Rodriguez, Rodriguez. There's no address, but he says he pbitually associates with 91 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:22,080 somebody named no Nita Montoya SI slightly slaightly any address for her, six fifty 92 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,759 Mason Streets. Fine, fine, that's all there is, says, Oh 93 00:09:24,799 --> 00:09:28,240 goy, I'm so mixed up with these dark argyles. What's your talk about 94 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,480 that you want to try it sometime? What roar were you on? Twenty 95 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,679 seven? Nip three and sixth one, she says? And I he's wrong, 96 00:09:35,799 --> 00:09:37,039 wrong, wrong, nip two, slip one, nip one, pass 97 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:43,080 one and nip one. You got it first? Nothing, nothing at all. 98 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:52,840 I've been going out with a gray lady. Six fifteen Mason Street was 99 00:09:52,879 --> 00:09:56,480 a very large apartment building where the usual brass played in the empyre listening. 100 00:09:56,519 --> 00:10:00,240 The inhabitants, among which I was happy to oath, was ld eat On 101 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,960 Montoya apartment four oh eight. I pick up a house bold and press the 102 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:11,960 button. Yeah, telegram for Lolita Montoya isn't here? By Lolita? Who 103 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:16,039 is calling the telegram? Stick it in the box money order somebody has to 104 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:20,679 sign for it may be important. I wish stick care of it. Understand 105 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:26,759 yes, yes, say Sonny yeah, climb back into that gap. I 106 00:10:26,799 --> 00:10:31,919 saw you get out of hustle over the Western Junion and tell the president Lolita's 107 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:37,600 on a vacation. Get it go for you now, Hello, Hello, 108 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,679 nothing dauted. I pressed a few bells until one of the less suspicious tenants 109 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,720 gave me the front door of bus, walked in and took the automatic elevator 110 00:10:52,799 --> 00:10:56,559 or fourth floor, or I should say toward the fourth floor, since halfway 111 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:00,120 between the third and fourth she quick cool the elevator. That is, there 112 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,799 were devices for such things. I pushed the button, mocked emergency, and 113 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:07,000 it took me only fifty minutes. They get out, assisted by the janet 114 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,919 or the manager and twelve tenants. The doors on the fourth floor it seemed, 115 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,759 have been carelessly pied open and held that way by a magazine carelessly stuck 116 00:11:15,799 --> 00:11:18,919 in a crack. Continuing my stealthily approach to four or eight, I found 117 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,360 my man and his pal had somehow since I was coming, and run off 118 00:11:22,399 --> 00:11:26,240 without stopping to close the door. The apartment was filled with cigarette smoke, 119 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:30,399 and not much else, a bad and empty dresser and a table on which 120 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,799 were one pot half full of foul black coffee, a little pointed gadget that 121 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:39,519 looked like a nuttick, and a handful of metal shaving. I was contemplating 122 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:46,639 what connection, if any, this had with your missing thousand bucks when young. 123 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:52,120 That's just I just wanted to inquire how everything is coming to look? 124 00:11:52,399 --> 00:12:00,200 If they see gray? How much rare amazed? A thousand good? For 125 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,559 see? What do you think? A very dro just sive, joyous, 126 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:09,080 smooth like you said? Pedro, our Spanish prisoner is a valuable man. 127 00:12:09,799 --> 00:12:13,080 Huh. I must hustle over to the lighthouse and inform the leaders lighthouse. 128 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:20,519 She's been very conscientious in the Ncy grain. It's not every girl who would 129 00:12:20,519 --> 00:12:24,080 tell out her grandfather so readily. Big. Nope, we must not take 130 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,240 a little leader for granted. I would give it a new rumble and we'll 131 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:31,279 see it a night. It's simpler, right, see right a report, 132 00:12:31,399 --> 00:12:45,240 Pedro? A revoir? What a revoir, hey snide. The only lighthouse 133 00:12:45,279 --> 00:12:48,000 signer was a gin Nill first midway down the embarcad arrow south of Market, 134 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:52,360 surrounded by shoals from the human wrecks of all descriptions. I place your night 135 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,799 for fine shell game Man and Connie Grippers, but hardly a habitat tract con 136 00:12:56,919 --> 00:13:01,879 Man, it's moving up to work. The Spanish prisoner a lighthousekeeper who looked 137 00:13:01,879 --> 00:13:05,399 like he'd retired from the sea after losing the battle of Movie Dick. He's 138 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,720 been over a pinball machine next to the door. As far as I could 139 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:16,600 see about a one light on the jointing. It was empty. Oh, 140 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,279 little bad lighthouse keeper. Yeah, yeah, what do you have? Well, 141 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:26,279 a bear when you're ready, you know. Pedro Rodriguez, Yeah it 142 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,200 worked for me. What a couple of years ago, I can the Yeah, 143 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,120 he's a swab only hotist thickly the ever day was what he was here? 144 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:46,960 Ah, thanks, Yeah, crooked swab is Pedro Rodriguez. He's up 145 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,879 to something right now. If thesb Spanish prison or you mixed up with it 146 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,399 too, huh no, Frank, just wanna be how does it go? 147 00:13:54,799 --> 00:13:58,559 Well? I don't over about your bottle. Only it seeks to smell stick. 148 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,960 Figer was sitting at the Body to Night with another swap talking about an 149 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,360 old Spanish kid, The Good Night of the Bedia Dollar just come over from 150 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:18,000 Spade, nice shut body, English period simple. So what about the Spanish 151 00:14:18,039 --> 00:14:20,440 thing? Well, I didn't hear no more about that. I'll tell you 152 00:14:20,519 --> 00:14:24,879 what you would do. You ask Lolita about it. Anything kid goes big 153 00:14:24,919 --> 00:14:28,200 stuff and she generally goes about good. Where do I find Lolita? Let's 154 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,360 say, sure, whether it's the third or the fourth? Third or fourth? 155 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,519 Win the boots from the back there. She's been sitting there all night, 156 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,360 write letters. It better be careful though she got all fourth temper a 157 00:14:39,399 --> 00:14:43,399 thanks line housekeeper. How about the beer? Sure? Hey, Larry go 158 00:14:43,759 --> 00:14:52,399 one? So Larry Drew was and I took it down to the Bible to 159 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,080 a point. Out was a boot number four, which indeed contained little Leita, 160 00:14:56,519 --> 00:15:01,799 fragile little thing wearing a turtle next her my stillman's gym. The table 161 00:15:01,919 --> 00:15:05,799 was covered with writing paper, and her elevator bro a manth of unsightly wrinkled. 162 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,919 As you choose the end of her punt, I'd know soon to settled 163 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:11,960 down. I'm on the front door, open on what appeared to be the 164 00:15:11,039 --> 00:15:16,679 reincarnation of dark Guns. You with a gorilla only with clothes steamed down the 165 00:15:16,759 --> 00:15:18,919 island, slid in next to a leader who was not alarmed at all, 166 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:28,960 believing. Listen to this immaking progress. Grandfather, dear, you cannot know 167 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:37,639 how dire is the peril into which I have been thrust. Okay, maybe 168 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,960 maybe a grandfather belover. As I take up my pen in hand, I 169 00:15:43,039 --> 00:15:48,120 am overcome with steer. Things look very black. Indeed, I have fallen 170 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:54,919 into the clutches of arbuton who are you greening there? I have just con 171 00:15:56,039 --> 00:16:00,879 vert to paid you and the telephone we are in. You need no more 172 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:11,360 letting, he says it. M are we interfering that you have trained to 173 00:16:11,559 --> 00:16:15,759 it? But no, no, no, no, go right ahead, 174 00:16:15,759 --> 00:16:19,519 I'll just sit here. Thanks. Wait a minute now, look, George, 175 00:16:19,639 --> 00:16:25,879 there is plenty of bar down near the front door. He's just a 176 00:16:26,039 --> 00:16:30,519 shmooth. I'm not so sure he's got an host look about him. I 177 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:40,080 do not like what is on your mind. Yours had great? Huh. 178 00:16:40,279 --> 00:16:42,960 Yeah, he's getting careless shut changed a friend of mine. A thousand bucks 179 00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:52,559 is just big. This man is so stivy, and you are anxious to 180 00:16:52,639 --> 00:16:56,600 put the bite on Pabrio for a groand a is up? How much paper 181 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,080 wants to set a five year reps up to him? Why year rep for 182 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,440 what stupidity. You gotta know better than to try to get by with a 183 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:11,480 Spanish prisoner hunter and I tell you to shake down black divers. Violence will 184 00:17:11,519 --> 00:17:21,680 get you nowhere very not the bird. You better let me have it, 185 00:17:21,759 --> 00:17:32,319 baby, the lo per and per I got hold of the gun with one 186 00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:36,240 hand while we'll leader shoot on my other one, meanwhile putting my head under 187 00:17:36,279 --> 00:17:37,920 his arm like a nutcracker and taking me in the stomach with his name. 188 00:17:38,319 --> 00:17:41,720 This one out for some time. Then I became vaguely aware of Sidy's fists 189 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,599 as big as a ham coming up from the floor. Put me on the 190 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,319 side of the head, and I shit it down the marble floor after all 191 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,559 brings like a ball on a bowling alley, scoring a pen strike on the 192 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:55,920 pinball machine, which leaned brokenly over me, stuck out its coin drawer and 193 00:17:56,039 --> 00:18:00,039 flashed our red light in my face, reading hould ball try again, stupid 194 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:11,599 me, I did you are listening to the weekly adventure of radio's most famous 195 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:34,279 detective, Sam's face. Three chimes mean good Times on NDC. There's Music 196 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:40,359 and Mystery tomorrow on NBC. 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I can get up, Get up, get up, get up? 206 00:19:40,319 --> 00:19:45,839 All right? They hop holds all still the tree boards to go your 207 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,960 antulations? How about Lolita and the Maga alright, head, get up, 208 00:19:51,039 --> 00:19:59,920 get up up? Oh deb took off blast them. I had some holiday 209 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,799 eight thousands points run up, but they had to go and throw you at 210 00:20:02,839 --> 00:20:12,960 the machine because it tilts. And I sat until the buzzing in my ears 211 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,440 clouded down and trying to hark back to the phone conversation with Stidy in the 212 00:20:17,519 --> 00:20:22,000 apartment. It came eventually, and I pride mine host the lighthouse keeper away 213 00:20:22,039 --> 00:20:23,720 from the pinball machine and sat him down next to me with a yellow and 214 00:20:23,799 --> 00:20:30,279 standard sections of the telephone book. Tipplex far supply No, No, you 215 00:20:30,599 --> 00:20:33,559 do a garden furniture? No? How about Simplex pretty company? If I 216 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:40,240 vote, I had said some street, No, Simplex office, Simplex service 217 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:44,640 station twelve. Well, how do you know? Right? There's forty two 218 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,519 simplexes in his book alone find on It sounds like a front for a corn 219 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:56,359 operation on bias place cleaners. No from Simplex Associates. What's that? That's 220 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:03,079 a that's a suspicious Simplex associate. This is Opportunities, Investments, Goals or 221 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:07,920 other a mighty securities, bock cards, loaded dice and Las Vegas real estate. 222 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:22,759 Doesn't that just sounds like it might be a possibility. Permishade, Dundee 223 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,559 sham Downe. They do me a favor where you pound, run across the 224 00:21:26,599 --> 00:21:30,640 hall and check the bunko files. There's an outfit called Simplex Associate and started 225 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,200 out as a clown game. A griffin took my client for a thousand bucks 226 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,440 on a Spanish prisoner, Spanish prisoner. Yeah, what's that gonna do with 227 00:21:37,519 --> 00:21:41,720 me? Called bunker yourself? They're closed down at this time of night. 228 00:21:41,839 --> 00:21:45,160 Done, they'd be a sweetheart, now, little sweetheart, I'm a homicide 229 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,039 lieutenant and I don't run a service agency for private detectives unless there's a corpse 230 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,640 in it. You can take your business elsewhere. Then they look with hold 231 00:21:52,680 --> 00:22:03,599 it, William, I can't hold it down on the couch your back. 232 00:22:03,759 --> 00:22:08,559 No, no, no, don't easy, No, she's here. They 233 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:15,599 must free her. He must goosey policians free Why why was Pedro holding her 234 00:22:17,319 --> 00:22:19,640 to make me do? This team, this terrible team. Now you have 235 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,480 it. But you must stop him. Now you will let me go now, 236 00:22:23,839 --> 00:22:32,039 then you must stop him. Millions millions bass in my honor. You 237 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:41,279 must, you musty the team backs. He's in a bad way by not 238 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:48,119 anymore. It was an aristocrat then, faced silver hair and the look of 239 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:52,240 a bourbon. It stopped me, Marjorie, because here it was just like 240 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:56,000 you're a senior palmeraposed the nobleman and a ragged clothes and dangling from one of 241 00:22:56,079 --> 00:23:00,119 his ankles, the broken chain of a leg iron. In short, it's 242 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:04,640 a complete Spanish prisoner. Find me. It's legitimate. Now you've got your 243 00:23:04,759 --> 00:23:15,400 courts. There was nothing on him to indicate who he was or where he 244 00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:18,480 came from, but I had a feeling I've seen him before. After making 245 00:23:18,519 --> 00:23:21,880 the lighthouse keeper promised me he'd lay off a pinball game until Dundee rand I 246 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:30,599 took off of my office on a very practical errand buckling on my forty five 247 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,079 sweetheart. If I had a light tank in a berserk, I'd take them 248 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:40,440 to I know, I know, well, there's a real Spanish prisoner in 249 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:41,519 this one. After he's dead now, by the way, and from the 250 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:45,160 cheap drift of a thousand bucks from a poor retired school teacher, we're now 251 00:23:45,319 --> 00:23:49,119 up in a million dollar bracket. They got a murderous ex corene playing like 252 00:23:49,279 --> 00:23:53,279 she's been kidnapped and writing extortion notes to a grandpa and a mother looks like 253 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,880 a monkey's nightmare, and nutpicks and metal shavings, and from place or somebody 254 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:04,519 named Simplex, not the mentioned so much, souls. I was so missed 255 00:24:04,599 --> 00:24:07,400 up with the argyles. What are the argyles got to do? When you 256 00:24:07,519 --> 00:24:11,359 called about the file? The secure are on the confidence man. Yeah, 257 00:24:11,559 --> 00:24:15,720 I was looking at the call on the the seed I got off the one 258 00:24:15,799 --> 00:24:21,480 next good by, miss say no, yes, the one my counterfeiters. 259 00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:27,559 Only then that I remember where I had seen the old man before. The 260 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,440 paper was still on my desk and his picture was still on the front page 261 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:36,079 over an article that ran something like this search on for ex Spanish treasury officials. 262 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,400 At least today, we're still without definite leads in the search for Raymond 263 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:42,799 Montoya, former chief engraver of the Spanish minth Montoya, who arrived in San 264 00:24:42,839 --> 00:24:47,799 Francisco three weeks ago to visit his granddaughter, vanished from his hotel room shortly 265 00:24:47,839 --> 00:24:53,279 after checking in et et ETCETERA call Lieutenant Dundee at the Lighthouse on the Embarcadero, 266 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,519 also called the Treasury Department, tell him both Pedro Rodriguez and his two 267 00:24:56,559 --> 00:25:00,599 assistants are even now basically running off currency from place in great by Raymond Montoya 268 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:11,720 at the Simplex Pinning Company, five L nine Sansom Streets, Mexican pesos. 269 00:25:11,759 --> 00:25:15,359 It was by the basketball and the Treasury dicks agreed it was a happy thing 270 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,880 from Mexico that Raymond had kept his engravers tool on the right side of the 271 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,240 loft. And now, as to the matter of your Senor Palmera and his 272 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:26,240 Spanish prisoner, I had excusively, I hope, lost my enthusiasm, and 273 00:25:26,319 --> 00:25:29,400 so it was, Marjorie that I walked into the Palace hotel lobby a couple 274 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,759 of hours later to call you. I'd like some nicols. The phone plays, 275 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,880 no, no, no, no, they're phony Mexican vill Oh dear, 276 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,759 dear, Oh good heaven. Deuce didn't show money around like I was 277 00:25:44,799 --> 00:25:48,000 just sucking in my pockets for everyone forgot to turn them over the treasury. 278 00:25:48,839 --> 00:25:56,880 Ah, here we are here, yes, and New york Y, Senor, 279 00:25:57,519 --> 00:26:14,680 he dropped some big one a huh back from the pocket. Excuse me, 280 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,119 Brook, I want to book on, Marjorie. It's the same spade. 281 00:26:22,279 --> 00:26:23,920 Did you find it? I'm sorry, Marjorie, I beg your pardon 282 00:26:25,319 --> 00:26:26,759 just a minute, Marge. Look, buddy, you can have the phone 283 00:26:26,799 --> 00:26:30,880 in a minute. And will you relax? You mean my money is gone. 284 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,480 I'm afraid, saw, Marge. It's an expensive lesson, but it's 285 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:34,839 worth it, if you remember, honey, from now, I never flash 286 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,319 your money in public places. You'll I'm almost through with you. Wait a 287 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,279 minute. I never trust strangers, Marge. A world is full of sharks 288 00:26:41,319 --> 00:26:48,279 looking around crazy at middle aged ladies with bank rolls. But that's the trouble. 289 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,960 The way he came up to me and said, I come to you 290 00:26:52,079 --> 00:26:56,480 on another terrible urgency. I know, I know he's all your bank roll 291 00:26:56,559 --> 00:27:00,000 and he's called you want a matter of terrible origin beggared you look like any 292 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:04,680 mark mark, So you know that's a minute, Marjorie, What did you 293 00:27:04,759 --> 00:27:07,480 say? I say, I come to you on a matter of terrible urgency. 294 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,759 My uncle Don Luis hall Raval kissing awful trouble. Oh oh, there's 295 00:27:11,799 --> 00:27:15,680 going to be great rewards, Senor, you helper. You know, we 296 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:27,000 just might be able to work something up. Well, Marjorie, he had 297 00:27:27,039 --> 00:27:30,920 one thousand, three hundred and fifty eight dollars from which I deducted dun a 298 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,559 thousand and clothes here with plus fifty eight dollars representing my standard retainer period. 299 00:27:34,799 --> 00:27:40,680 And the report must be awful to be gullible like that, dear sweet little 300 00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:45,839 soul, imagine they're falling for a transparent swindle like that. That's fun thing 301 00:27:45,839 --> 00:27:48,799 I've learned from you, Sam. I had my savings in a in a 302 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:56,000 real good cold thing. What's that an alvocado mine? An alvocado mine? 303 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:02,960 Where you know? That's an light? So you know? Well, nevertheless, 304 00:28:03,039 --> 00:28:18,039 and notwithstanding, goal tight that up. Three chimes mean good times on 305 00:28:18,319 --> 00:28:22,079 NDCs. For something new about the army, here the Phil Reagan Show every 306 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:26,880 Sunday on NBC. Coming from a different service base every week, Phil Reagan 307 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:33,279 brings you songs and fun and brings prizes to talented gis. It's an exciting 308 00:28:33,319 --> 00:28:38,400 newcomer in your Sunday chime lineup on NDCs and Sunday also means carry Grant and 309 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:57,559 Betsy Drake as mister and missus Blandings sing Nip two, pearl free, slips 310 00:28:57,559 --> 00:29:00,400 one and nip one. You see how many road did you do? I'm 311 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:04,519 on fifty seven? Are you sure? You right? We look at it. 312 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,319 Have you ever seen such a gone well, that's what I mean, 313 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:12,880 Sam sort of billow out? Well, who cares? That guy you're making 314 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:18,079 the poor probably won't appreciate him anyway. We look at that. It'll make 315 00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:21,440 a perfect sleeping bag for a fat tat tell him you a boss. Whilst 316 00:29:27,359 --> 00:29:33,160 no, well, I'll treasure in the sweetheart. That's the beautiful Just what 317 00:29:33,319 --> 00:29:55,839 I wanted that's my boss. Good Night, good Night. The Night's Transcribed 318 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:00,880 Adventure of Sam Spade was produced, edited and directed by William Spear. Sam 319 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,559 Spade was played by Stephen Dunn, Laurene Tuttle is Effie. Also in the 320 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,680 cast were Verna Felton, Lou Merrill, Shirley Mitchell, Ed, Max Gary 321 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:15,000 Hausner, Nestor Piva, and Tony Barrett. Clip for Tonight's Adventures by Harold 322 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:45,759 Fonton, musical scoring by Lud Glaskin, conducted by Robert arm Brewster. Join 323 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:55,079 us again next week, same time for another adventure with Sam Spade. For 324 00:30:55,319 --> 00:31:08,160 more mystery excitement tomorrow, It's the Man called x on NDC Welcome back. 325 00:31:08,559 --> 00:31:15,000 In many ways, the Spanish Prisoner sounds a whole lot like a precursor to 326 00:31:15,119 --> 00:31:19,279 what we call the Nigerian Prince emails, with the same general elements, only 327 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:25,440 different geography. The trick and overall premise are the same, so nothing new 328 00:31:25,559 --> 00:31:30,400 under the sun. Honestly, the mystery felt a bit convoluted and confusing, 329 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:36,319 with the counterfeiting feeling like a side quest that Sam stumbled into that had nothing 330 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:41,400 to do with his client, and then a relatively coincidental resolution to her problem. 331 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,440 Still, I think the storytelling and the performance made this an interesting listen. 332 00:31:47,079 --> 00:31:52,000 One odd thing I've noticed about some of these stories from the early nineteen 333 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:57,160 fifties, particularly on NBC and you know Sam spade Tales of the Texas Rangers 334 00:31:57,279 --> 00:32:02,599 Dangerous Assignment, is that there seems to be a weird variation with the end 335 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:08,799 credits. Often on Spade we only get done and toddle, and then on 336 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:15,839 other episodes we'll get a prominent guest at character actor like Wally Mayre, but 337 00:32:15,039 --> 00:32:21,400 here we get a full cast list and you'll hear those same variations on the 338 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,759 other series as well, And I wonder what is going on with that. 339 00:32:25,599 --> 00:32:30,400 Wasn't a matter of staying within the time slot, for example, if the 340 00:32:30,519 --> 00:32:36,400 story runs a few seconds shorter, they can or you know, not only 341 00:32:36,519 --> 00:32:40,000 the story but PSAs and things like that, they can credit more actors. 342 00:32:40,279 --> 00:32:45,759 But it is really odd how it varies from week to week. And speaking 343 00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:51,200 of that, we have a comment from YouTube from Judy who writes regarding the 344 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,160 sure Thing Caper. Does anyone know the name of the actor that played five 345 00:32:55,240 --> 00:33:02,440 dollar Frankie. I do not. I'm not the ratist at identifying radio actor 346 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:08,599 voices better than I used to be, but you have so many performers and 347 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:15,119 they often have variations and different voices they do, so it's hard to keep 348 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:20,279 track of everybody. I can recognize quite a few now, you know, 349 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:25,119 Alan Reid, Gerald Moore, Howard mcneer, and some other voices that I've 350 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:30,279 heard quite a bit, but I don't recognize them all. So if anyone 351 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:35,440 knows the actor who did that voice, feel free to let me know and 352 00:33:35,559 --> 00:33:38,759 I'll mention it on a future episode. Might have narrative down if we had 353 00:33:38,799 --> 00:33:43,839 a full cast list, but I digress. And also over on YouTube, 354 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:49,440 Betsy said the Prodigal Panda caper was very fun and I definitely agree with that. 355 00:33:50,119 --> 00:33:53,640 Now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day. I want 356 00:33:53,640 --> 00:34:00,240 to go ahead and thank Paul. Paul has been one of our Patreon supporters's 357 00:34:00,319 --> 00:34:06,759 August of twenty twenty, currently supporting the program at the Shamus level four dollars 358 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,360 or more per month. Thank you so much for your support, Paul, 359 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:15,039 and that will do it for today. If you're enjoying the podcast, please 360 00:34:15,079 --> 00:34:20,159 follow us using your favorite podcast software and be sure to rate and review the 361 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:25,280 podcast wherever you download it from. We'll be back next Monday with another episode 362 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:30,960 of Sam Spade, but join us back here tomorrow for another Yours truly Johnny 363 00:34:31,039 --> 00:34:40,400 Dollars serial where Yeah, I guess. So how's business buck at two a 364 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:46,039 day? Father in the whole? Well, Kreen's no, I'll take it. 365 00:34:46,119 --> 00:34:52,960 Blame sink of with it? Oh thanks? Are you? Red Willies? 366 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:59,480 So that's it? What do you mean you've enough fur case? Ain't 367 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,199 you? Maybe I thought you was the same one, but I couldn't be 368 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:07,679 sure. Senior cross the street, you come up with that cup? Guys 369 00:35:07,679 --> 00:35:10,400 see you a while, I go, don't you? That's right? I'm 370 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,800 an insurance investigating. Well, you're coming wrong, I'd rest, mister. 371 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:16,639 I don't know nothing about nothing. Who was in the lunch room here just 372 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:22,320 before the robbery? I don't remember any young kids here. No, it 373 00:35:22,519 --> 00:35:29,760 was all old men with long bid I see ten cents for the coffee. 374 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:36,480 Yeah, they got you real scared, haven't they? Haven't they? I 375 00:35:36,559 --> 00:35:40,119 don't know any days? All right? Look you know Chrisman watchman over at 376 00:35:40,119 --> 00:35:44,519 the warehouse. He comes in. He didn't know any days either. ORD 377 00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:50,800 have bought it. Nothing except he's dying I'm at the Rokens Hotel. If 378 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,480 you change your mind, Room three twelve, Johnny Dollar, Sorry, I 379 00:35:53,559 --> 00:35:58,119 don't see no use of mead dying too. Follow me man. I hope 380 00:35:58,119 --> 00:36:00,559 you'll be with us then. In the mean time, do send your comments 381 00:36:00,679 --> 00:36:07,719 to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter at Radio 382 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:13,239 Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com slash Great 383 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:17,679 Detectives From Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam graham Son and Off