1 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:36,159 Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This 2 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:41,200 is your host, Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email it 3 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:48,320 to me Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net. Follow us on Twitter at 4 00:00:48,439 --> 00:00:54,840 Radio Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, 5 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:00,640 slash Great Detectives. If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us you your 6 00:01:00,679 --> 00:01:07,000 favorite podcast software. I do want to highlight that I am available currently on 7 00:01:07,159 --> 00:01:11,040 Cameo at cameo dot Great Detectives dot Net. I took a little bit of 8 00:01:11,079 --> 00:01:17,319 a brief break for the holidays, but I'm available there to fulfill your request 9 00:01:17,599 --> 00:01:21,760 or special occasions. Now. If you do have any request that you would 10 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:26,079 like me to do before the end of the month, be sure to submit 11 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:33,519 them before January twenty second. I will be taking another brief break from Cameo 12 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,159 till the end of the month. Again, just go to Cameo dot Great 13 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:41,079 Detectives dot net and I can get that sort of thing recorded in advance. 14 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:46,159 Well, now it is time for this week's episode of Mister Chameleon. The 15 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:51,200 original air date March the ninth, nineteen forty nine, and the title is 16 00:01:51,239 --> 00:01:57,319 the Case of the Elevator with two bodies. Next, mister Comeleon man the 17 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:29,680 case of the Elevator with two Bodies. Tonight we again present the famous mister 18 00:02:29,759 --> 00:02:35,919 Chameleon of Central Headquarters in his most famous cases of crime and murder, brought 19 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:40,639 to you by the makers of genuine Bayer Aspirin. Mister Chameleon, as you 20 00:02:40,719 --> 00:02:46,319 all know, is the famous and dreaded detective of Central Police Headquarters who frequently 21 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:53,360 uses a disguise or impersonation to confuse the criminals he is tracking down. In 22 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:58,319 tonight's case, he appears in the particularly clever disguise which the audience will at 23 00:02:58,319 --> 00:03:04,080 all times recognize. Tonight we give you mister Chameleon in the case of the 24 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:17,240 Elevator with two Bodies. There's nothing more impatient than a group of people in 25 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:22,759 an office building waiting for an elevator which does not arrive. And on the 26 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,319 sixth floor of such a building in the East forties, four or five people 27 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:30,319 are watching the indicator which shows the elevator has been stalled at the seventh floor. 28 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:35,000 What's the matter with it? Anyway? What happened to Joe? He 29 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,719 never had trouble with that elevator before. I wonder if anybody's in it besides 30 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:43,240 Joe. The elevator boy, I don't know, but I wish they'd step 31 00:03:43,319 --> 00:03:47,680 on it. Some service in this building. The other elevator bustered. Now 32 00:03:47,719 --> 00:03:52,719 that's one's stuck. Oh it's moving, thank heavens. Yeah, it's coming 33 00:03:52,759 --> 00:04:01,319 down of this floor. Look the door is opening, but so slowly, 34 00:04:01,639 --> 00:04:06,080 say I wonder if something's the matter with Joe. Ah, he's covered with 35 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:17,639 blood, and there's a woman lying on the floor. She's been stabbed an 36 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,000 Now, a little later, we find mister Cameleon, the famous detective, 37 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:26,360 kneeling in the elevator beside the dead woman's body. And you're saying to Detective 38 00:04:26,439 --> 00:04:31,199 Sergeant Dave Arnold stabbed her death. Dad stabbed three times in the chest by 39 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,480 someone who must have been standing directly in front of them, and the sullivator 40 00:04:34,519 --> 00:04:39,000 operator, mister comedian, A poor kid was stabbed in the back. Oh 41 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,160 where's that ambulance anyway? Why don't they come? That'd be too late. 42 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,680 Trady's almost gone. It's just barely breathing. Joe. Your name is Joe, 43 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,839 isn't it, kid? You hear me, Try and help us. 44 00:04:53,439 --> 00:04:59,079 Who was this woman who stabbed it? And who stabbed you? Joe Steven, 45 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:05,519 Room seven oh room seven o seven. Was that where you were taking 46 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,279 this dead woman? Or did she get on the elevator at the seventh floor, 47 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:19,399 Joe, you gan Dave dead. Quite a cargo. This elevator carried 48 00:05:19,439 --> 00:05:24,319 two murdered people and a murderer. Of course, only the murderer got away. 49 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:27,279 That woman, how please? Please let me see her? I think 50 00:05:27,319 --> 00:05:29,839 I may know, I may know who she is. Mister Commillion, did 51 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,040 you hear that is? Let her throw? Please? I'm mister comedian of 52 00:05:33,079 --> 00:05:39,399 Central Headquarters. I'm I'm missus Roger Denby. My husband has an office upstairs 53 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:43,120 on the seventh floor. Yes, room seven oh seven, seven oh seven. 54 00:05:43,439 --> 00:05:46,439 Oh no, No, that's an empty office, an empty office that's 55 00:05:46,439 --> 00:05:49,680 on Missus Denby. Do you know this murdered woman? And I'll raise her 56 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:55,360 veil looks like an odd sort of person, dark clothes and heavily veiled. 57 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,959 Well, it's Madame Lubin. Who is Madame Lubin. She's a very fine 58 00:06:03,959 --> 00:06:09,480 seamstress. She used to work for Collette. Colette has a fashionable dress shop 59 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,240 on the seventh floor of this building, near my husband's office. You say, 60 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,279 used to work. Do you mean that she left Colette's employer? Yes, 61 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,439 yes, some time ago. But she was such a good seamstress. 62 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:23,879 I had to come to my house occasionally. She was there only yesterday. 63 00:06:24,759 --> 00:06:29,000 Oh, this is off off missus Denby, have you any idea who might 64 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,800 have killed us Madame Lubin? How on earth would I know who killed her? 65 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,120 Mister Camellian, What sort of a question is that? Very good one? 66 00:06:34,759 --> 00:06:36,800 I have a great many questions. I want to ask you, missus 67 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,720 Denby, and your husband and Colette, everyone in fact who has offices on 68 00:06:41,759 --> 00:06:46,959 the seventh floor. Dave you take missus Denby to her husband's office. I'll 69 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,959 join you there as soon as I've talked to Colette, the owner of the 70 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:59,519 Fashionable dress shop. And as I've said Colette, Madame Lubin was found murdered 71 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:02,839 in the elevation in this building. Mister Camellion, you mean Madame Lubin was 72 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,920 murdered in this building, in our ell of it. That's right, clad 73 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:12,040 and the murderer I suspect is still in this building. Now, how long 74 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,360 is it since Madame Lubin worked for you in your dress shop? About a 75 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:21,079 year. I understand you quarreled violently before she left your employ who Ever said 76 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,839 that is a liar. We had difference, is at all? I had 77 00:07:25,839 --> 00:07:28,120 to let her go? But you've seen her since you saw her today? 78 00:07:28,199 --> 00:07:32,120 Who said so? Answer me all right? Since you know already I saw 79 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:39,360 her today, Collette? At what time did she leave? About ten thirty? 80 00:07:39,879 --> 00:07:44,360 Yet she was not murdered until around eleven thirty? What was she doing 81 00:07:44,519 --> 00:07:47,839 during that hour? I don't know then, you suspect. By the way, 82 00:07:47,839 --> 00:07:50,720 what is your real name? Colde? My name is Collete Lafleir, 83 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:55,839 and I've got nothing to hide nothing. I have a high class tress shop 84 00:07:55,839 --> 00:07:59,759 with a high class clearte like missus Roger dan Bain. Yes, mister Camelion, 85 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,839 that is true. She was Rose Coldby before she got married. Yes, 86 00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:07,839 is that so? I think Madame Lubin may have seen Missus Danby after 87 00:08:07,879 --> 00:08:11,480 she left here. Why do you think that? I will tell you what 88 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:16,199 Madame Lubin said to me before she left here. She looked very happy and 89 00:08:16,439 --> 00:08:22,040 pleased with herself. She said she thought Missus Danby was going to make her 90 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,439 a gift, a gift of money. I'm an uncle. Lead Where do 91 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:30,279 to Roger Danby's office. I want you to repeat that in front of missus 92 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:48,879 Danbay. And there aren't many offices on this flora that colad No, mister 93 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,559 Kemaedian, just a few. It's a small building. What about that one 94 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:56,360 over there, room seven oh seven? What about it? I'm asking you 95 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,639 why it's an empty that's all, mister Camelion, It has been empty for 96 00:09:01,759 --> 00:09:05,759 mens. Why are you interested? I am interested in every office on this 97 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,840 floor emptier otherwise because two people, Madame Lubin and the elevator boy, were 98 00:09:09,879 --> 00:09:15,799 murdered and an elevator stopped at this floor. And here we are Danby and 99 00:09:15,919 --> 00:09:22,519 Clark textual designers. Who's Clark? James Clark, mister Danby's partner. He's 100 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,039 much younger and good looking, too good looking. There's something about him that 101 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:35,519 makes my skin crawl looking forward to meeting him. Roy, You've got to 102 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,519 control yourself. I know it must have been a shock to see two murdered 103 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,559 people, but you can't give way like this. Mister Dunbeam. Yes, 104 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,639 oh you must be mister Camellion, the famous detective. My wife was telling 105 00:09:46,639 --> 00:09:50,919 me from mister Danby. This is terrible, is it not? Madame Lubin 106 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,799 and the elevator boy murdered right here in this building. Yes, it's shocking. 107 00:09:54,159 --> 00:09:58,799 Sudden death is always shocking, and when two people are murdered, please 108 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:03,159 please anymore. My wife really a a state, mister Camellian. I'd like 109 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,600 to take her home, but you can in just a moment, mister Denby. 110 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,279 First, where is your partner, James Klark? Oh, Jimmy stepped 111 00:10:11,279 --> 00:10:13,519 out to get some cigarettes. He hasn't come back. What time to leave? 112 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,240 Ooh about eleven fifteen, In other words, just about the time of 113 00:10:18,279 --> 00:10:22,440 the murder, mister Camilla. Now, now look, you don't mean. 114 00:10:22,519 --> 00:10:24,840 I simply mean, mister Denby, that I am extremely anxious to meet that 115 00:10:24,919 --> 00:10:28,559 young man you're a partner. If he doesn't show up soon, I'll order 116 00:10:28,639 --> 00:10:33,480 him picked up. Secondly, Colette here and has something interesting to tell you 117 00:10:33,519 --> 00:10:37,879 on something that Madame Lubin said to her today. Go ahead and Colen. 118 00:10:37,879 --> 00:10:43,919 Madame Lubin told me, missus Denby that she was feeling very good. She 119 00:10:43,039 --> 00:10:50,759 expected you to give her a gift of money. A gift of money rose, 120 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,480 What did she mean? Yes, missus Denby, what you mean? 121 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,279 Answer me? Why should you give Madame Lubin, the murdered woman a gift 122 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:00,799 of money. Madame Lubin did a lot of foolish talking that meant not In 123 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,799 many ways. She was a vicious, evil woman. She said a lot 124 00:11:03,799 --> 00:11:07,120 of things that no one could believe, a lot of things that must have 125 00:11:07,159 --> 00:11:11,559 been lies. And I don't ask me anymore. I just can't take it, 126 00:11:15,159 --> 00:11:18,200 So, mister Cameleon, in the name of decess, Very well, 127 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,840 mister Dender, you may take your wife home, put her to bed, 128 00:11:20,879 --> 00:11:26,120 and call a doctor. But tomorrow morning, when she's feeling better, I 129 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:45,080 intend to talk to her again. Well, mister Comeleon, what do you 130 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,399 make of it? This empty office, Dave? It's just an empty office, 131 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,519 bare walls, bear flowers, no place to conceal anything. Yet something 132 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,720 must have happened here in Rome seven oh seven, or that elevator boy. 133 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,519 I wouldn't have mentioned it with his dying breath. Yeah, but I was 134 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,159 really thinking of missus gender. What did you make of her? She knows 135 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:05,480 much more than she's telling. That's one sure thing. Tomorrow morning, Dave, 136 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,039 look at this? What is it? An empty match folder with JC 137 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,840 on the cover? James Clark. Probably he's the handsome young man who's then 138 00:12:13,879 --> 00:12:18,000 Be's partner in all Watch it, mister commeleion. Someone's trying the door. 139 00:12:20,159 --> 00:12:24,360 You're coming in, Come in, mister Clark. Are you looking for this 140 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:28,000 match folder? I imagine you dropped it earlier in the day. Who are 141 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,840 you? My name is Chameleon, the famous detective. Well listen, mister 142 00:12:31,879 --> 00:12:35,039 Comellion. I don't know anything about it, that double murder. I mean, 143 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,679 I wasn't even in the building. Where were you, mister Clark? 144 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,159 You went out for cigarettes, but it doesn't take two hours to get a 145 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:43,519 pack of cigarettes. I took a walk. It's a beautiful day for a 146 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,559 walk. Uh huh. And why did you come straight here after your return 147 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,840 from that walk? Why did you come to this empty office because you were 148 00:12:50,879 --> 00:12:54,759 afraid someone might find this match folder? Mister Comeleon, you can't put a 149 00:12:54,759 --> 00:12:58,759 thing and me not a thing. You sound like Collette, she said exactly 150 00:12:58,799 --> 00:13:01,399 the same. There's someone you want to keep your eye on instead of hounding 151 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,480 me. There's the girl you're after. Ask her why Madame Lubin came to 152 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:09,240 see you every Friday, Every Friday, mind you, when supposedly they weren't 153 00:13:09,279 --> 00:13:16,080 friends. Mmm, mister Clark, why do you think Madame Lubin saw her 154 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,799 every Friday. Blackmail. Madame Lubin was blackmailing Collette. I bet my life, 155 00:13:20,879 --> 00:13:24,360 Oh you would you? You dirty cover? So you were listening at 156 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,960 the door again, Yes I was. I was curious when I saw you 157 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,200 come in. This is not the first time I've seen you come into this 158 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,639 empty office. Remain mister comedian. Madame Lubin always told me she's stopped in 159 00:13:35,639 --> 00:13:41,240 at Clark and Danby's office to collect Missus Danby's dressmaking bills. But listen to 160 00:13:41,279 --> 00:13:45,639 this. It was mister Clark who paid those bills, and in here in 161 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,639 this empty office, mister Clark, who is so good looking and so much 162 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,519 younger than mister Denby and Missus Denby, a bride of only six months. 163 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:56,679 Do you mean to say I've been playing around with my partner's wife and we 164 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,759 were paying Madame Lubin hush money? Why, Oh, mister Clark, is 165 00:13:58,759 --> 00:14:01,759 that what you are dying? No, mister Comeleon, No, I swear 166 00:14:01,799 --> 00:14:07,639 it, and Rose Missus Denby will swear it too. Beginning to look as 167 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:11,960 if Missus Denby and I would have quite a bit to talk over Tomorrow morning 168 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:24,879 and the following morning at nine o'clock, mister Cameleon and Detective Sergeant Dave Arnold 169 00:14:24,919 --> 00:14:28,720 are standing before the door of the gracious Denby home in the East sixties, 170 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,759 and mister Comellion has been ringing the bell impatiently. That clerk fellow looks like 171 00:14:33,759 --> 00:14:37,480 a bad one to me, mister Comeleon, as he's hiding something. Dave, 172 00:14:37,519 --> 00:14:41,200 there's no question of that, so's Colette. I'm convinced now that missus 173 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,399 Denby holds the key to the whole riddle, no matter how she's feeling. 174 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:48,159 I've got to talk to her and that Oh, good morning, morning, 175 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,120 mister Comeleion. Morning Detective Sergeant Ronald. I thought it might be you. 176 00:14:52,159 --> 00:14:56,840 Come in. How is your wife this morning, mister Denby. Frankly, 177 00:14:56,879 --> 00:15:01,399 mister Cameleon, I don't yet know, but I'm hoping she had a good 178 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:03,679 night. The doctor gave her a sedative. I hate disturbing them, so 179 00:15:03,799 --> 00:15:07,919 do I. But you're a policeman, mister Camellian, and two people have 180 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,879 been murdered, though I still can't believe that Rose, my wife, knew 181 00:15:11,879 --> 00:15:16,200 anything about it. However, she is in here. She slept downstairs last 182 00:15:16,279 --> 00:15:28,799 night. This is the guest room. Rose Rose. Dear Rose, Rose, 183 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:35,000 it's Roger. Your wife are heavy sleeper, mister Denby. No, 184 00:15:35,159 --> 00:15:37,600 not as a rule, but the sedative she took last night, of course, 185 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:45,240 Rose, Rose, try the dawn. It's locked, mister comedian. 186 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,000 Rose never locks her door, Rose Darling, answer me, mister Denby. 187 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,720 We're going to break down that door, mister Commandeve. I don't like this, 188 00:15:50,799 --> 00:16:00,159 Okay, Rose, Why that's strange? The window's wide open, the 189 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:04,399 window into the back garden. Rose is still asleep. She didn't even hear 190 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:14,279 us. No, your wife is not asleep. What she's dead being stamped 191 00:16:14,279 --> 00:16:30,000 through the hut, mister chameleon. And the case of the elevator with the 192 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,919 two bodies continues in just a moment. When you have an ordinary headache, 193 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:40,240 fast relief is important, but even more important is gentle, dependable relief. 194 00:16:40,919 --> 00:16:45,159 And that's why it will pay you to always use genuine Bayer aspirin. 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Instead, use something that 203 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:23,480 millions know from experience is completely dependable, genuine Bayer aspirin. When you buy, 204 00:17:23,599 --> 00:17:26,839 ask for it by its full name, Bayer Aspirin, not just for 205 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:32,599 aspirin alone. Get the one hundred tablet bottle and you get Bayer Aspirin tablets 206 00:17:32,599 --> 00:17:41,839 for less than a penny apiece. And now back to mister Cameleon and the 207 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:48,039 case of the Elevator with two bodies. Mister Cameleon was convinced that missus Roger 208 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:52,480 Denby held the key to the two mysterious murders which took place in the elevator 209 00:17:52,519 --> 00:17:57,559 of a downtown office building, and Missus Denby's own murder is added proof that 210 00:17:57,599 --> 00:18:03,039 she knew far too much about killer. Now at Central Police Headquarters, in 211 00:18:03,039 --> 00:18:06,480 the office of the Commissioner of Police, mister Camellion, the famous detective is 212 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:10,279 saying, there's no question of it. Commissioner. Whoever killed Madame Lubin also 213 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,000 killed missus Denby because they were afraid that she was going to talk. The 214 00:18:14,079 --> 00:18:17,319 dawn of the room where missus Denby was sleeping was locked from the inside. 215 00:18:17,759 --> 00:18:22,039 Whoever got in entered through the window. No footprints, no ground was dry. 216 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,640 But she kept a diary. I found it in the desk. There's 217 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:29,640 a single entry for the day of Madame Lubin's murder. Said, I am 218 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,319 so afraid of the scandal. I don't think I could face it. What 219 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,279 scandal? A love affair between her and young Clark, her husband's partner. 220 00:18:37,319 --> 00:18:41,240 How convinced that Madame Lubin was a blackmail I have no proof, but I'm 221 00:18:41,279 --> 00:18:44,759 mister commedian. Oh, commissioner, Hello day, Come in, Dave, 222 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,440 mister comedian listened to this. I checked on Collette, that dress shop owner, 223 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,119 as you asked me to. First of all, she served a term 224 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,240 for robbery about six years ago. Second, she never carried money on her 225 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,920 Yet every Friday morning the bank tells me she's been making out a check for 226 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:02,920 one hundred and twenty five dollars and making it out too cash in other words, 227 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:06,599 Madame Lubin was on Fridays that Madame Lubin came to see Ford. Well, 228 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,480 Camellion, there's your proof that Madame Lubin was a blackmailer. Yes, 229 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:15,279 Commissioner Roger Denby is a first rate textile designer. I've inquired around in his 230 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,119 tops, in his field. Our young Clark is partner a second rate. 231 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,960 It's very important to Clark that that partnership continue. And he was being blackmailed 232 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:29,079 too. All of them were in deadly fear of Madame Lubin, and since 233 00:19:29,079 --> 00:19:33,440 Missus Denby's brutal murder, there's even a greater affair fear of death. Here's 234 00:19:33,519 --> 00:19:36,960 but camellon, I want to find out something, Commissioner, there's one little 235 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,920 point that I'd like to clean up. If I do, it may solve 236 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:44,839 this entire mystery. I am going to assume the disguise of a toothless old 237 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:49,559 derelict, Cyrus Wilson, let's call him. Yes, he's been paid a 238 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:55,640 whole dollar to deliver a message, a threat of death from the killer of 239 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,960 Madame Lubin and Missus Denby. I want to see how young Clark can Collette 240 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:12,079 react to that. Threat, and so later that day we find mister Cameleon 241 00:20:12,279 --> 00:20:17,759 in his disguise as the old derelict Cyrus Wilson, a messenger of death. 242 00:20:18,519 --> 00:20:22,880 And first he shuffles into the swanky dress shop of Colette and smiles obsequiously as 243 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,720 Colette approaches him, Adieu, you tell me where I can find Colette? 244 00:20:27,759 --> 00:20:32,079 I am Colette. What do you want? I do not allow beggars in 245 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:36,960 here. I hate began. I got a whole dollar, gee, give 246 00:20:37,039 --> 00:20:40,680 me by someone if i'd bring you a message? A message? What message? 247 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,960 Sure? Your Collette? What is this? What message? And who 248 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,279 gave it to you? He can't tell you. I can't tell you who 249 00:20:47,319 --> 00:20:49,960 give it to me? That party bargain, got a whole dollar? Gee? 250 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:55,440 What is the message? Tell me? Unless you're careful, your turn 251 00:20:55,559 --> 00:21:00,880 is next? Right, turn is next, unless you're careful. Don't make 252 00:21:02,079 --> 00:21:04,720 much sense to me, But I guess that's you. Is this some sort 253 00:21:04,759 --> 00:21:07,839 of a joke, No, ma'am, he dressed to be. You're right. 254 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,759 Don't trump, get out of here, get out, I said, 255 00:21:11,799 --> 00:21:22,400 get out, and don't ever let me find you here again. And now 256 00:21:22,519 --> 00:21:26,839 mister Cameleon, still in his disguise of the old Aralict shuffles down the hall 257 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,480 with Colette staring after him, and a few minutes later we find him in 258 00:21:30,519 --> 00:21:36,759 the doorway of the office of Clark and Denby talking to James Clark. You 259 00:21:36,839 --> 00:21:40,039 Denby, No, my name is Clark. Mister Denby's inside. Do you 260 00:21:40,079 --> 00:21:44,680 want to see him? Nope, I want to see Clark. You're Clark, 261 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,160 I said, I was. What do you want? Yeah, got 262 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,960 a message for you. Somebody give me your dollar, bring you a message. 263 00:21:52,519 --> 00:21:56,480 I can't tell you who, just give me the message. And it 264 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:02,599 is she ain't careful? Your turn his name? What if you ain't careful? 265 00:22:03,039 --> 00:22:06,319 I heard you the first time? What is this? What is this? 266 00:22:06,839 --> 00:22:08,799 No, mister Clark, just giving you a message, that's all. 267 00:22:11,759 --> 00:22:14,640 Don't look at me like that. I'm just doing what I was paid to 268 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:29,160 do. And later, still mister Comeleon as himself is coming up in the 269 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:33,240 office elevator with Detective Sergeant Dave Arnold, and both men look grim and quietly 270 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:38,480 determined, and Chameleon is saying, you got all the exits gone to day? 271 00:22:38,559 --> 00:22:41,960 Yes, sir, mister comedian. A building is closed, no one 272 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,240 can leave good the trick work, Dave, Just one more little point I'd 273 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:49,559 like to clear up, and I think collect will help me. Here you 274 00:22:49,559 --> 00:22:53,960 are, gentlemen, seventh floor. I remember, don't take anyone down, 275 00:22:55,599 --> 00:23:02,880 I won't. All right, dan You're going to clerk in Denby's office and 276 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,799 join me at Colette's just as soon as you can. Yes, mister Collion, 277 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:18,680 Colt Colte? Who is it? Oh with you? Mister Camilian? 278 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,240 I thought it was someone else and old? What do you call it? 279 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,599 Bum? Who has been hanging around here? What is it? Mister Camedian? 280 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,759 Wasn't it terrible about? But missus Danby, I've been having nerves all 281 00:23:30,799 --> 00:23:34,240 day long. I should think you would. Colette. I want you to 282 00:23:34,279 --> 00:23:38,559 tell me something. Why did Madame Lubin come here to your dress shop to 283 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,079 work for you? What? How did Madame Lubin happen to come here? 284 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:47,160 Was she sent to you by an employment agency? Or did she just walk 285 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,920 in? She just walked in, mister Camelion. She said she was a 286 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:56,480 seamstress looking for work. Did she give any other reason? I don't know 287 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,160 what you mean. I think hard, call I try to remember and don't 288 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:06,599 lie. This is important, terribly important way, yes, come to think 289 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:11,359 of it. She she said something queer It was quite a while ago, 290 00:24:11,599 --> 00:24:15,920 but I do remember she smiled a funny little smile, and she said she 291 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,160 picked my place because it was in the same building with Clark and Denby. 292 00:24:19,519 --> 00:24:22,599 Thank you, collect That is all I needed to know. Here I are, 293 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,920 mister Camillion, Oh fine, Dave, Hello, mister Clark. Mister 294 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,759 dan Dan What do you want now, Chameleon. I've had enough for one 295 00:24:27,839 --> 00:24:30,960 day, mister Danby. Tell him I've had enough for one day. James, 296 00:24:32,079 --> 00:24:36,240 James, Please, You've nothing to be afraid of. Mister Comellian. 297 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:41,759 Couldn't have waited until tomorrow. I've spent the day cleaning up my affairs at 298 00:24:41,759 --> 00:24:45,279 the office. I understand after your wife generally want to get away. But 299 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:49,160 mister Danbane, I know who murdered your wife and Madame lubin that elevator. 300 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,480 By what, mister Camellion, mister Camelian, you mean it? Are you 301 00:24:53,559 --> 00:24:59,000 sure? Because I like to say right here and now that nothing will convince 302 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:02,880 me that James is guilty. Mister Denbay, I have a motto, very 303 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:07,079 good one. The innocent must be protected, the guilty must be punished. 304 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,400 If your partner, James Clark is innocent, he'll be protected if he is 305 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:11,880 innocent. Yes, I know, I know, Colette, you sincerely think 306 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,000 that he is guilty. I tried a little experiment to day. I posed 307 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,359 as an old derelict bringing a threat of death. Who you mean to demand 308 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,960 you, Colette, believe that threat came from James Clark. You glanced toward 309 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,119 the office of Denby and Clark with a look of the utmost terror on your 310 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,759 face. But mister comedian, you delivered the same message to me I did, 311 00:25:30,799 --> 00:25:33,599 mister Clark, And you never thought that Colette was the killer, that 312 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,359 she might have sent the message. You glanced over your shoulder back into your 313 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:42,079 own office with the same look of terror, twas Roger Denby that you fared 314 00:25:42,599 --> 00:25:47,240 me. Yes, mister Denby or Dawson. Ray Dawson was your name in 315 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:49,200 Europe, wasn't it. I think you're out of your mind. Your name 316 00:25:49,319 --> 00:25:52,400 was Ray Dawson, and you had a wife whom you deserted ten years ago, 317 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:56,519 and that wife was Madame Lubin. Madame Luby. I discovered this, 318 00:25:56,599 --> 00:26:00,599 of course, by checking on her background. Madame Lubin followed you here to 319 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,799 America. Then, then she had no way of tracing you except through your 320 00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:06,680 profession. She knew you were a top flight text of the sign, and 321 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,960 she finally found you. Ray Dawson, Roger Dendy, they were the same. 322 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:15,680 No, no, you're Crazywhile you had become engaged to Rose coldby the 323 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,440 heiress you married her, Madame Lubin blackmailed you both, and that was the 324 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:23,279 scandal that Rose feared that Madame Lubin would reveal the fact that your marriage to 325 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:27,559 Rose was bigamous. This is fantastic. I suppose next you'll be accusing me 326 00:26:27,599 --> 00:26:32,400 of murder. I am accusing you of murder. D Dame. You met 327 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,440 Madame Lubin in room seven O seven, the empty room on this floor. 328 00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:37,839 You quarreled bitterly. You followed her into the elevator, and in a rage, 329 00:26:37,839 --> 00:26:42,240 you stabbed her and then the elevator boy. Unfortunately, your wife Rose 330 00:26:42,279 --> 00:26:47,240 also knew the truth. You were afraid that she'd betray you, so you 331 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,920 killed her too. But her room was locked from the inside. You saw 332 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,599 that yourself coming here. It was a very simple matter for you to climb 333 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:56,319 down from your bedroom on the floor above and enter the room where she was 334 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,000 through the garden. No, no, no, it's a pack of life. 335 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,519 I deny the whole thing. I am Roger Denby, not Ray Dawson, 336 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,680 and I was not being blackmailed. Ray Dawson's picture is being cabled from 337 00:27:07,759 --> 00:27:11,880 Europe, and if necessary, we'll bring some of your old friends over to 338 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:17,160 identify James. Do you believe that I think he does? Then be since 339 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,319 it was James Clark who acted as go between and paid off Madame Lubin, 340 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,960 are now really he suspected that there was something terribly wrong, but he didn't 341 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:27,799 dare protest The partnership meant too much to him, James, Tell him it's 342 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:33,240 fantastic. Tell him, well, hi, mister Clark, just remember that 343 00:27:33,319 --> 00:27:37,240 Colette saw you giving money to Madame Lubin. That is true, I did, 344 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:42,039 I did. So tell me, mister Clark, were you the innocent 345 00:27:42,079 --> 00:27:45,720 go between? Now? Are you willing to testify that mister Denbigh gave you 346 00:27:45,799 --> 00:27:51,359 money with instructions to turn it over to Madame Lubin. I think, think 347 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:56,920 carefully before you answer. Your future will depend on it. Yes, mister 348 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,160 Comillian, mister Denby did give me the money for Madame Lubin. Why you 349 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,559 rot, little coward? I kill you, kill you, drop that knife, 350 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:11,759 drop it, I say, or I'll kill you, all right, 351 00:28:11,799 --> 00:28:15,359 mister Denbay, I arrest you for the murder of both your wives and for 352 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:34,400 the wanton killing of an innocent bystander. And with these words, mister Chameleon 353 00:28:34,599 --> 00:28:52,880 concludes tonight's murder case. When you seek fast relief from an ordinary headache, 354 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:56,960 neurotic or neuralgic pain, use quick acting bay or aspirin. As you can 355 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,440 see for yourself by dropping a Bayer asp and tablet in a glass of water, 356 00:29:02,119 --> 00:29:06,519 Beyer aspirin starts to dissolve or disintegrate in two seconds. 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Listen next Wednesday night at the 365 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:03,640 same time for mister Chameleon, the man of Many Faces in the Firebug Murder 366 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:10,279 Case. The part of mister Chameleon is played by Carl Swenson, with dialogue 367 00:30:10,279 --> 00:30:15,119 by Marie Baumer from the original story by Frank and Anne Hummert music directed by 368 00:30:15,279 --> 00:30:27,200 Victor Arden. Your announcer is Howard Kline. Friends, There's a new toothpaste 369 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,920 on the market that you'll want to try. It's called Lion's Toothpaste, and 370 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:36,559 it's not just another old toothpaste with an added ingredient, but is completely new 371 00:30:36,599 --> 00:30:41,680 and radically different in formula. For this reason, New Lions Toothpaste does what 372 00:30:41,799 --> 00:30:47,000 no other toothpaste can do. Yes, laboratory tests on scores of individual teeth 373 00:30:47,039 --> 00:30:49,480 prove that it actually gets teeth brighter two and a half to five and a 374 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,759 half times brighter than any of the five leading brands, brighter by far than 375 00:30:53,799 --> 00:31:00,000 any other toothpaste. So for a brighter smile, try this toothpaste that cleans 376 00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:15,599 without soap, polishes without talk. Lions Toothpaste. Listen for mister Chameleon in 377 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:21,519 The Firebug Murder Case next Wednesday Night. At this time. This is CBS, 378 00:31:21,559 --> 00:31:44,440 the Columbia Broadcasting System. Welcome back. I actually lock the setup of 379 00:31:44,559 --> 00:31:48,359 this mystery, kind of lock with file advance. The story is only going 380 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,119 to be so good, but if you get a good hook and some not 381 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:57,440 too annoying characters, it can actually be a pretty interesting show. I had 382 00:31:57,599 --> 00:32:02,599 rose mark for death as soon as mister Cameleon couldn't question her immediately. The 383 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:08,480 moral of mister Comeleon is that sometimes later never comes, and that's particularly true 384 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:15,519 of questioning murder witnesses. And mister Denby really seemed the most likely suspect to 385 00:32:15,599 --> 00:32:22,920 have killed his wife, and so I suspected him of the original killing as 386 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,720 well. And I didn't even have to wire to Europe. They really wanted 387 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:30,680 to surprise me. They should have had the It turn out that the elevator 388 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:35,920 boy was the target all along, but that's not really what mister Chameleon's into. 389 00:32:36,599 --> 00:32:42,400 Well, now we turn to listener comments and feedback, and I got 390 00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:49,839 a nice letter as well as a Christmas present from Derek, and Derek included 391 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,319 a PS at the bottom of his Christmas note. He said, mister Cameleon 392 00:32:53,599 --> 00:32:58,440 is like eggnog. He's good once a year, then I will wait again 393 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,640 till next year. Well, thanks for the comments, and it'll take a 394 00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:07,519 very long time to get through all the episodes if you go once a year 395 00:33:07,559 --> 00:33:12,039 with Mister Chameleon, as we're having new ones come into circulation. But I 396 00:33:12,079 --> 00:33:17,759 will say that there are some series, not detective programs, but other programs 397 00:33:17,839 --> 00:33:22,559 where I'm okay if I listen to one or two episodes of it, but 398 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:29,200 I have no desire to go through the series exhaustively. I've talked about that 399 00:33:29,319 --> 00:33:34,440 a bit, like with some of the science fiction series like X minus one 400 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,039 or Dimension Acts. I'm okay, you know, listening to you know, 401 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:43,400 eight or nine episodes a year. I really have no desire to be a 402 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:50,720 completist and listen to the whole series. And then we have some additional comments. 403 00:33:50,759 --> 00:33:55,880 This one comes coming from YouTube regarding the Man Who Expected Death. Jeffrey 404 00:33:55,960 --> 00:34:00,960 Rights. Love your channel. It's my retreat into the enjoyment of time away 405 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:06,160 from the serious stuff. Enjoy your pieces of trivia and comments on the episodes 406 00:34:06,279 --> 00:34:10,960 worthy of my subscription. And another listener rites I am hooked on Mister Cameleon. 407 00:34:12,079 --> 00:34:16,760 Well written. Ronzer has said regarding the same episode, though this was 408 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:21,679 so bad, I laughed out loud. Should have been a comedy instead of 409 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:27,159 a drama. But Betsy countered with it is what it is. I love 410 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:35,119 these and just another comment on YouTube saying that they enjoyed the stories. Well, 411 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:40,239 appreciate those comments. And now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of 412 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:45,079 the day, and I want to go ahead and thank Tony. Tony has 413 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:51,960 been one of our Patreon supporters since March of twenty twenty three, currently supporting 414 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:57,199 the program at the shamous level of four dollars or more per month. Thank 415 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,159 you so much for your support, Tony, and that will do it for 416 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:07,239 today. If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast 417 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,679 software, and if you're listening on YouTube, be sure to lock the video, 418 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:15,000 subscribe to the channel, and mark the notification bell. We'll be back 419 00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:21,480 next Thursday with another episode of Mister Chameleon. But join us back here tomorrow 420 00:35:21,559 --> 00:35:25,079 for the conclusion of the Crystal like Matter where I slipped in the back and 421 00:35:25,079 --> 00:35:29,519 took a close look at the boat padlocks. Yeah, no doubt about it. 422 00:35:29,679 --> 00:35:31,559 They were the same kind as the one on Bixby's door, and one 423 00:35:31,559 --> 00:35:36,880 of them was missing. Yeah, Bill Jensen could be my boy. I 424 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,920 hit the deck fast behind one of the boats and looked around me. It 425 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,679 was a bad spot to be in. I was pinned against a wall. 426 00:35:44,199 --> 00:35:46,639 I edged toward the rear, then dole for the door of the tiny office, 427 00:35:47,639 --> 00:35:51,880 and I realized my mistake. I figured that the office would have an 428 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,639 outside door, but it didn't. I was trapped. Yeah, it looked 429 00:35:54,679 --> 00:35:59,599 like I just saw the murder the highway. Hope you'll be with us then. 430 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:05,079 In the meantime, do send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives 431 00:36:05,159 --> 00:36:09,320 dot net, follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check us out 432 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:15,920 on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, slash Great Detectives from Boise, Idaho. 433 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:20,559 This is your host, Adam Graham signing off.