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But now let's 23 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:42,240 go ahead and get into today's episode of Sam Spade. The original air ed 24 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:49,240 eight April thirteenth, nineteen fifty one, and the title is The Civic Pride 25 00:02:49,360 --> 00:03:06,599 Keeper. The National Broadcasting Company presents the adventures of Sam Spade, Detective Sam 26 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:12,840 Spey Detective Agency the Sweetheart. Oh you, what's the matter now? Oh? 27 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,039 Nothing? You just up and leave and don't say where you're going. 28 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,199 And I'm only your secretarian. I'm the last one to know about it, 29 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,479 and everybody else in town knows more than I do, and I wasn't enough. 30 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,240 Wait a minute, how did everybody in town know about it? It 31 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,879 was in the newspapers. That's all in the society column. No last really, 32 00:03:31,199 --> 00:03:36,120 well, imagine that Flora Belle Prolicts column, Laura them. Mister Stade, 33 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,319 the notorious Private Detective is vacationioning at Westover as a guest of a promising 34 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:45,120 young architect, Garrett Welch. Notorious shit. Well, at least they spell 35 00:03:45,199 --> 00:03:47,120 my name right. I suppose you had a great time. Well, it 36 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,680 was exciting. What did you do? Just talked over old times after a 37 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,360 little hunting, little shooting. Did you bag anything? Ef? What's your 38 00:03:54,439 --> 00:03:59,719 language? I am I see your shocked. Well so was I. However, 39 00:03:59,719 --> 00:04:00,759 if you have nothing to do, hang around the office and I will 40 00:04:00,759 --> 00:04:04,639 be down with several pages from my diary telling about the whole affair. I've 41 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:15,680 titled them the Civic Pride Caper. For MBC, William Spear, Radio's outstanding 42 00:04:15,759 --> 00:04:20,519 producer director of mystery and crime drama, brings you the greatest private Detective of 43 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:32,439 them all, starring Stephen Dunn in the Adventures of Sam Spade. Well, 44 00:04:32,519 --> 00:04:35,439 I thought you'd gone chicken and run out on me. You're part of this 45 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,199 organization. You're going to bear the bitter with the suite along with the rest 46 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:42,319 of us. I know, but I always need to get the bitter Fridays 47 00:04:42,319 --> 00:04:45,920 when the suite should be given out. Don't quibble, don't tribble. This 48 00:04:45,959 --> 00:04:47,439 is a nasty job we have here. We might just as well sit down 49 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,000 and get it over with care for a drink. You might need it, 50 00:04:50,199 --> 00:04:57,519 Okay, I don't need false bravery lucky you hell are you ready? No, 51 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,920 but we might as well start well, well, you know best. 52 00:05:00,319 --> 00:05:02,879 They fill it in to Garrett Welsh, room two to one to two, 53 00:05:02,879 --> 00:05:06,560 fair Child Building, Westover, California, from Samuel's Spade license number one three 54 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:11,959 seven, five nine six, subject the Civic Pride Caper. Dear Garrett, 55 00:05:13,319 --> 00:05:15,439 I'd never been in Westover before, and I found it on the service at 56 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,160 least an attractive, bustling little city. The streets were clean, and the 57 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:23,680 girls were sun kissed and friendly. Add to that the one hundred and fifty 58 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,519 dollars you sent me by mail, and you can imagine with what pleasant feelings 59 00:05:27,519 --> 00:05:30,759 I arrived. I found the Fairchild Building easily enough. I had room two 60 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:34,360 twelve. Well, I couldn't miss it. There were sounds of vigorous activity 61 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,040 coming out through the transom, and when I opened the door, two men 62 00:05:38,079 --> 00:05:40,839 were engaged in a fight. One was big and one was little. I 63 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,920 didn't know which one was my client, so I automatically reached for the big 64 00:05:43,959 --> 00:05:46,839 guy. Gore me. What do you think you're doing? What's it all 65 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,800 about? Ask him? He'll cut you all right? What's the story now? 66 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:57,680 I was being foully and unreasonably attacked by this misguided citizen. I'll kill 67 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,560 you. That's what I ought to do. That's what everybody ought to do. 68 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:05,959 Ill Why let him go? Beat it? Carson, Wait until you 69 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:10,000 can catch me alone in some dark gallan. Don't think I won't. Don't 70 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,959 you think I won't. I'm sure you will. I'm going to catch you 71 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,959 every place and every time I can. Well, I take it. Your 72 00:06:17,079 --> 00:06:21,720 name is Garrett Welch it is, and I want to thank you friend. 73 00:06:23,639 --> 00:06:28,319 You rescued me from a rather unhappy breathing and your mouth is kind of cut 74 00:06:28,399 --> 00:06:34,639 up. Oh nothing anything I can't take care of. Drink. I never 75 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:42,800 touch me you you might have might have noticed I've already had a few drinks 76 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,040 today. Well, it helps me forget, and it also keeps me from 77 00:06:47,079 --> 00:06:53,240 thinking, hey ya, no thanks, my name is Spade. Why does 78 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,920 your send for me? Body guard. No, no, no, let 79 00:06:56,959 --> 00:07:00,199 them have their fun. I don't mind. Maybe I even deserve it. 80 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,120 Look, you're paying for my time. Why don't we get with it? 81 00:07:03,199 --> 00:07:09,560 Huh? Oh sure, why not come over here to the window. Yeah, 82 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,639 look out there the far corner. Oh you mean that building? Pilo. 83 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,480 Rubbish is a better description for what happened. Fire. No, it 84 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:26,040 just collapsed one night last week. There were more than three thousand people at 85 00:07:26,079 --> 00:07:30,600 the time. Five of them were killed. I don't know how many injured. 86 00:07:30,199 --> 00:07:34,920 That's too bad. How did it happen? It just collapsed? Another 87 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:42,720 drink? No offense? Pardon me. It was a municipal auditorium built to 88 00:07:42,759 --> 00:07:50,360 honor the war dead. It cost over a million dollars. I was the 89 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:56,600 architect. Yeah, I was picked by the townspeople for the singular honor of 90 00:07:56,639 --> 00:08:01,199 designing the fond memorial. Well, now they have something, Tom. What'd 91 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,560 you do wrong? Nothing? Nothing. Somebody cheated in the building up. 92 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,480 Somebody didn't follow my plans. I don't know who it is. I don't 93 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:15,120 know who it was, just where to place the blame. So you're a 94 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,920 private investigator, what can you do? Get you some black coffee and ask 95 00:08:18,959 --> 00:08:28,879 you some questions? He gave me a list of everybody in town who had 96 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,360 something to do with the building. First off, I called on a man 97 00:08:31,439 --> 00:08:35,039 named Howard Kessley, whose construction company I had the contract for erecting the auditorium. 98 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,000 Kessley lived in an elegant house on a well guarded estate, and after 99 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:43,279 they took my gun away from me, they let me in. I waited 100 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:48,480 in a room tastefully decorated with original oil paintings and oriental rugs, and eventually 101 00:08:48,519 --> 00:08:52,759 a football hero type man walked in from the insurance company. I'm a private 102 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:58,519 detective, same space we are working for. Garrett Welch. Huh, that's 103 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,919 a life funny. Well what do you want? Look? You built that 104 00:09:03,039 --> 00:09:05,519 auditorium. Have you any idea where it fell down? Maybe it just got 105 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:11,600 tired? I don't know. Aren't you interested? We're looking into it now? 106 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:18,600 Who's we? My company engineers? Garrett Welch an architect. You should 107 00:09:18,639 --> 00:09:20,519 have had somebody who knew what he was doing. Do you have any copies 108 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:24,600 of the building specifications that I might look at? Sure? I got nothing 109 00:09:24,639 --> 00:09:28,840 to hide. You can go back and tell Garrett Welch that's the best thing 110 00:09:28,879 --> 00:09:33,120 he can do is get out of town, but somebody tries to knock him 111 00:09:33,159 --> 00:09:37,759 off and succeed. Here is a copy of the plans. Look at it 112 00:09:37,799 --> 00:09:41,519 all you want, you'll find I did what I was supposed to do. 113 00:09:45,159 --> 00:09:48,840 I got my gun back from the guards and left where the building specifications tucked 114 00:09:48,919 --> 00:09:50,360 under my arm. They didn't mean a thing to me, of course, 115 00:09:50,399 --> 00:09:54,480 I'd only asked for them to see whether he'd refused to show them, But 116 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,679 out of curiosity, iron rolled. I'm just for a look before dumping him 117 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:01,240 into the ash can, and I noticed something. The last page was signed 118 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:15,840 and approved by the city building inspector, a man named Albert Mitchell. Well, 119 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:22,360 well, I don't usually receive callers at this hour, but you're a 120 00:10:22,399 --> 00:10:30,720 little better looking than the ordinary callers. Come in. She was slim and 121 00:10:30,799 --> 00:10:35,399 auburn haired and more an insolent smile that was interesting, and the clinging silk 122 00:10:35,519 --> 00:10:39,159 thing that was interesting. She looked me up and down, and she took 123 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:45,440 so long at it? Okay, okay, what is it? Magazine? 124 00:10:45,919 --> 00:10:50,600 The gas meter? Or did you just lose your way? I'd like to 125 00:10:50,639 --> 00:10:54,039 talk to Albert Mitchell. Oh, he's a dull conversationalist. You wouldn't have 126 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:58,440 any fun. Well, I wasn't exactly looking for laughs. Missus h you 127 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:05,080 are missus Mitchell more or less right now? Less so the water? Why 128 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,360 in your drink? Oh? Thanks? But I took the pledge last Halloween. 129 00:11:07,759 --> 00:11:11,159 What did you want to talk to Alibi for? What else? The 130 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,440 auditorium that collapsed? Well he stepped out for a while. Why don't we 131 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,679 just make ourselves comfortable? Uh? You have a standard answer when I'm on 132 00:11:18,759 --> 00:11:22,440 duty. Thanks? Anyway, duty you're a cop. Never seen you around 133 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,960 this town before? Private type investigator, Sam Space, my name's Kitty. 134 00:11:28,279 --> 00:11:31,919 You don't have to worry about al busting in on us. I don't think 135 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,039 he'll be back this week. That's what I thought. You're holding open house 136 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,440 and all. What's the matter of the pressure got too heavy for him? 137 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,960 Look, Sam, they had a hearing a couple of days ago. It 138 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,919 was all decided. Nobody was to blame. I think all went fishing at 139 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,120 something. Where is he? How should I know? I'm only his wife? 140 00:11:48,279 --> 00:11:50,159 But you know what they say about a man who runs. Yeah, 141 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,200 so why don't you stick around? You don't look like a card to me. 142 00:11:54,759 --> 00:11:58,559 Well, when it comes to redheads, I really am so long kidding 143 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,200 Oh, by the way, if Al does every show up, tell him 144 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,080 I took a room at the Embassy Hotel. I'd like him to call me. 145 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,279 I won't tell him a thing. Come back here, you coward. 146 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,440 I went down to the wreckage of the auditorium. It was late and the 147 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:22,799 streets were quiet and deserted. I walked through the twisted shell of the building, 148 00:12:22,879 --> 00:12:26,039 striking matches and looking around. I didn't know what I was looking for, 149 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,799 but apparently I wasn't the only one visiting the scene of the crime. 150 00:12:28,279 --> 00:12:31,840 I was standing just inside the gutted remains of what was once the lobby when 151 00:12:31,879 --> 00:12:37,679 it happened. Gunfire couples at the back of the building. I ran toward 152 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,159 the noise, and when I turned the back corner I saw a cloud of 153 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:43,399 plaster dust where the shots had apparently been fired. There were no people or 154 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,279 cars inside, but on the sidewalk, on hands and knees was a man. 155 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:58,399 Wretch. Wretch were crushing dirty wretch. Shait me. Don't let me 156 00:12:58,519 --> 00:13:07,559 die. He grabbed my legs and tried to pull himself up. His face 157 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,639 was a gargoyle of pain. I reached down to help him, but he 158 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,480 slipped back to the sidewalk, that all bullets had gone through his back. 159 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,200 A billpole fell out of his pocket, was loaded with identification and everything set 160 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:31,679 Albert Mitchell, age forty, occupation building Inspector. You are listening to the 161 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:52,080 weekly adventure of radio's most famous detective, Sam Spade. Three chimes mean Good 162 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:56,360 Times on NBC. This Sunday, Theater Guild on the Air presents an exciting 163 00:13:56,399 --> 00:14:01,000 one hour adaptation of the Broadway stage common They Light Up the Sky. Starring 164 00:14:01,039 --> 00:14:03,960 in this Day at a Guilt production are Joan Bennett, Sam Levine, and 165 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,519 Thelma Ritter. And on Sunday You're invited to another hour and a half broadcast 166 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,279 of The Big Show, starring Eddie Arnold, Jack Carson, Eddie Canter, 167 00:14:13,399 --> 00:14:16,159 Olivia de Havlin, Martha Ray, Meredith Wilson, and many more. Your 168 00:14:16,279 --> 00:14:28,200 MC, of course, is the glamorous and unpredictable Tallula. And now back 169 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:39,120 to the Civic Pride Caper Tonight's ad venture with Sam Spade. A good many 170 00:14:39,159 --> 00:14:41,600 other people had heard the son of Albert Mitchell's assassination, and before long a 171 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:46,000 crowd had gathered. Among them were several minions of the law. They took 172 00:14:46,039 --> 00:14:48,919 two people in tow the dead Mitchell and the live Spade. The west Over 173 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,799 Police Department had themselves a fine time over me. It seems I was hired 174 00:14:52,879 --> 00:14:58,120 out of town killer and therefore eligible to be questioned. All night they worked 175 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,840 tired at it, but in the morning they had to admit feet and release 176 00:15:00,919 --> 00:15:03,240 me. I think they only did it because I didn't want to pay for 177 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,600 my breakfast. By then, I was pretty mad, and at ten o'clock 178 00:15:05,639 --> 00:15:09,120 I walked into the Mayor's office and demanded an interview. I got it. 179 00:15:09,519 --> 00:15:13,159 The whole thing, mister Spade was regrettable, but after all, you are 180 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:18,000 a stranger here, and when a man is killed and someone happens to be 181 00:15:18,039 --> 00:15:20,519 in on the scene, questions have to be asked, your honor. I'll 182 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:26,360 let it pass, and the interests of law enforcement good. Our report on 183 00:15:26,399 --> 00:15:31,879 you from San Francisco gives you quite a reputation as an investigator. Do you 184 00:15:31,919 --> 00:15:35,399 have any theories that might help us in this murder of Mitchell? Well, 185 00:15:35,399 --> 00:15:37,879 I could hazard an expert guest that it's tied in with a building scandal, 186 00:15:37,919 --> 00:15:41,200 the auditorium collapse. By the way, what's being done officially to fix the 187 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:46,000 blame for that? The City Council held its investigation of the unfortunate affair last 188 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,679 week, and as far as we can determine, no one is directly irresponsible. 189 00:15:50,879 --> 00:15:54,039 No one. Now, come, come, your honor. Are you 190 00:15:54,120 --> 00:16:00,200 questioning our civic procedure? Oh well, maybe you're right, Maybe we've been 191 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:04,960 too easy going. We're all neighbors here as I'm conducting an investigation for a 192 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,639 client who certainly has a right to know what's going on, and so far 193 00:16:07,679 --> 00:16:11,039 as a good many citizens seem to feel he's to blame. Oh yes, 194 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:15,639 mister Welch, Well he's not to blame. No one is. You must 195 00:16:15,679 --> 00:16:18,960 pardon my abruptness, mister Spade, but the events of the past week have 196 00:16:19,039 --> 00:16:22,440 been at Yes, I know. Tell me. Albert Mitchell, as building 197 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,200 inspector, must have approved the building of the auditorium. Was he a reliable 198 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:32,759 man? Yes? Wait a minute, you don't think I think he was 199 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,879 killed by somebody who wanted him to keep his mouth shut. And what about 200 00:16:34,879 --> 00:16:41,120 the contractor, Howard Kesley? Kesley born here, brought up here. He's 201 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:45,679 built about one third of the structures in Westover, every one of them except 202 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,039 the auditorium is standing today. No, I don't think you can build up 203 00:16:49,039 --> 00:16:52,759 your case. I'm just examining the possibilities. You have to begin with the 204 00:16:52,799 --> 00:16:56,919 people who had something to gain from this thing. Where there's graft, there 205 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,480 might be murder. Where are the purchase orders for the material used in this 206 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:03,240 building? That was the first question I asked. I was told they were 207 00:17:03,279 --> 00:17:08,359 destroyed with all the other useless paperwork that accumulated from the construction job. Oh 208 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,240 great, great, that certainly makes it convenient for somebody, missus Spade. 209 00:17:12,079 --> 00:17:15,839 I don't wish to, and I can't believe, as you apparently do, 210 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:22,799 that this town's population is crooked and rotten. So if I come across any 211 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,119 information that will help clear the good name of Garrett Welsh, you can be 212 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,519 sure that I'll be happy to bring it to your attention. Until then, 213 00:17:30,599 --> 00:17:37,240 I bid you good day, sir. I could understand Mayor Sullivan's desire to 214 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:41,119 protect the fair name of his city, but I had to take a meaner 215 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:45,440 view of at least one Westover citizen. I found out where Albert Mitchell did 216 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,519 his banking, and, misrepresenting myself as a collection agent, cried into his 217 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,519 holdings. Let me see, now, mister Humboldt, I really shouldn't give 218 00:17:52,519 --> 00:17:56,079 off this kind of information. But in your case, when you have a 219 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,680 claim against the state. Oh yes, yes, here it is er. 220 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:03,160 He has three hundred dollars in his accompany, that's all. What kind of 221 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,480 deposits did he make? Oh? Just paychecks mostly. He was a seventy 222 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:10,119 five hundred year man. Every Friday he deposited one hundred and fifty and he 223 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:14,799 deposits lodger at any time. Oh yes, four deposits of five thousand each 224 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,079 in the past year. Well, what do you know, as I recall 225 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:22,920 mister Mitchell saying there were payments from the state he inherited. Thank you, 226 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,000 mister Carter. You'll hear from my company soon, I'm sure. Yes. 227 00:18:26,319 --> 00:18:30,519 Oh what was the name of your company again for my record, Amalgamated Whistle. 228 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:41,960 Oh yes, I prefer Oh yes, of course that inheritance GAG was 229 00:18:41,079 --> 00:18:45,720 right out of the Capouber investigation. And inheritance is paid in a lump sum, 230 00:18:45,759 --> 00:18:48,279 practically, never in four payments of five thousand each. I didn't know 231 00:18:48,279 --> 00:18:52,559 whether missus Mitchell was receiving, but I decided to find out. When I 232 00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:56,119 knocked at her door, all was quiet inside. But a second after my 233 00:18:56,240 --> 00:19:00,079 knock. There was a burst of sorrow. Once she came to the door. 234 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:04,240 There were two rather impossible sized tears flowing down her face. For widow's 235 00:19:04,279 --> 00:19:08,519 weeds. She wore a black dress, tight satin and low cut. Oh, 236 00:19:08,559 --> 00:19:11,880 mister Space, I'm in no mood for talking now. Oh just for 237 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,079 a moment, man, I come in. I guess so, I'm really 238 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:21,880 kind of alone and lost. What is it you want? I must apologize 239 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,039 for intruding on your bereave and missus Mitchell. I'm not usually as callous. 240 00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:27,039 Oh, that's all right, but I'm not sure I can help you any 241 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:33,720 I'm so broken up. What is it? Camphor? What whatever you use 242 00:19:33,759 --> 00:19:38,359 to make those tears? All right? So I can't really cry, I 243 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,799 never have, but it's expected of me, all right. In that case, 244 00:19:42,839 --> 00:19:45,680 I sympathize with her. What do you want, Getty? Your dear 245 00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:52,559 departed husband made seventy five hundred a year and deposited twenty thousand and eight months. 246 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,839 I went about it. I don't know anything about his money. All 247 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,599 I know is that the bank told me he had only three hundred left. 248 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:03,720 What do you do with it? He spent it on other women? No, 249 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,079 I see, so the artificial tears do make sense. I guess no, 250 00:20:07,599 --> 00:20:12,039 No, you don't understand. It's not that simple. It's funny, 251 00:20:12,079 --> 00:20:17,000 Sam, because I really mean it. Oh, I know how stupid I 252 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,160 look in these clothes, and I did use camp from my eyes because I 253 00:20:21,279 --> 00:20:26,799 wanted to cry. I wanted to cry for all the good days and the 254 00:20:26,839 --> 00:20:32,119 good years Alan I had, but the bad years kept getting in between, 255 00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:36,440 and I couldn't do it. I like your better all the time, kiddy. 256 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,119 I knew you were real pretty. Now it turns out you're pretty real. 257 00:20:40,759 --> 00:20:45,759 I really loved him and he loved me, but we kicked it away 258 00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:52,039 because we both wanted more excitement than this town or his salary could give us. 259 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:56,799 There was no place to go. We just didn't get along. He 260 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:03,000 was out spending his money on other women, being a big shot. I 261 00:21:03,039 --> 00:21:07,400 can't blame him, though I helped make him do it. What about the 262 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,079 money he got it for falsifying the auditorium inspection papers, didn't he Well, 263 00:21:11,079 --> 00:21:15,200 he didn't get it for inventing television. Who paid him? Sam? Don't 264 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,920 ask me anymore? Well, you do know where the twenty thousand came from, 265 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:19,519 don't you, kiddy? Don't? Sam? I'm scared now what you 266 00:21:19,559 --> 00:21:22,599 want to do? You ought to come back to San Francisco with me. 267 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,000 Let me help you get a job there. You can make a fresh start. 268 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,960 You're not kidding, I give you my word. I ought to have 269 00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:30,960 my head examined for trusting you, but I'm going to do it. Al 270 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:37,240 got that money from the Central Cement Company for quote an advisory capacity unquote. 271 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,839 You know who owns the Central Cement Company, Mard Kesley, warm but not 272 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,519 quite his brother. Last night when Al showed up in town, he was 273 00:21:44,599 --> 00:21:47,079 gunning for trouble. Why. He said they were going to make a fall 274 00:21:47,079 --> 00:21:48,119 guy out of him, and that he wasn't going to take the blame for 275 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,400 anybody. That's what he said. But I think he ran out of money 276 00:21:52,599 --> 00:21:56,279 and wanted to make a touch and exchange for disappearing again for good. And 277 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,880 you think Kessley shot him or his brother. I can't think, and I 278 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:02,519 don't know anything else. Now do I get to San Francisco. I'll be 279 00:22:02,559 --> 00:22:04,680 back for you, all right, but make it fast and don't leave me 280 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,359 here because if anything happens to me, Sam, it will be on your 281 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:15,559 conscience. She walked to the door with me and kissed me on a cheek 282 00:22:15,799 --> 00:22:18,839 and it was nice. No more than that, it was nice. Next 283 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:23,799 up the Central Cement Company office, a statement of Howard Kessley's brother Ralph. 284 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,759 I'll explain it to you in simple terms. We supplying cement for a lot 285 00:22:26,759 --> 00:22:30,279 of buildings in this part of the country. When you want to build something, 286 00:22:30,319 --> 00:22:32,759 you submit a bid. You want to know what kind of a bid 287 00:22:32,759 --> 00:22:34,880 to submit. You ask an expert. Mitchell was our expert, and we 288 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,400 didn't expect it to work for nothing. You mean, Mitchell tipped you off 289 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,480 as to what other firms were bidding. We'll call it anything you want. 290 00:22:41,519 --> 00:22:48,799 It's done. All the time. I found Garrett Welsh, my architect client, 291 00:22:48,839 --> 00:22:51,559 slumped over his desk, much the worse for drink, and it took 292 00:22:51,599 --> 00:22:53,559 a good half hour with coffee and wet cloths to wring him around to something 293 00:22:53,640 --> 00:23:00,160 resembling normal. I was. I was proud of that building, mister Spade, 294 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,359 as proud once as I am ashamed of it now. I spent four 295 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,920 years at a prominent American college and two years apprenticeship with a great architect to 296 00:23:08,039 --> 00:23:11,680 prepare myself to come back here and make this the most beautiful city in the 297 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,480 West. Well you must have watched them build it. What went wrong? 298 00:23:15,759 --> 00:23:19,119 That's the point. I wasn't here. They sent me to Chicago to study, 299 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,200 and I bit for it. What they really wanted was for me to 300 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,240 be out of the way. Who were they? The city council? Oh, 301 00:23:27,759 --> 00:23:30,559 why bother? Just tell me how much I owe you, and we'll 302 00:23:30,599 --> 00:23:34,160 just forget it. Nobody's going to indict anybody for anything. Well, somebody 303 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,079 is responsible for the building and for Mitchell's murder, and we'll find him. 304 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:41,039 Wait, yeah, if you lay off that bottle for a while and work 305 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:45,160 with me, maybe we can do it. All right, all right, 306 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,400 no mobooz, I'll stop feeling sorry for myself and start getting mad. Hey, 307 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,000 where you going? I'm going to start at the top. I'm going 308 00:23:52,079 --> 00:24:03,640 to try to get the mayor to help you. Say, you've turned up 309 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,200 something, mister Spade, A lot of something, your honor. I've ferreted 310 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,519 out copies of the purchase orders for the materials used in that building. They 311 00:24:10,519 --> 00:24:15,039 were generally inferior and below the quality required by sound engineering and the law. 312 00:24:15,079 --> 00:24:18,480 Oh you can't mean it, I do. You can inform your district attorney 313 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:19,839 that in a matter of two or three days, I will move for an 314 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:25,160 indictment of several people in this community for gross criminal negligence. Now I want 315 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,279 to know whether or not I'll have your full cooperation. There's no question of 316 00:24:27,279 --> 00:24:30,640 that. I'll cooperate with you fully to prosecute. Thank you, your honor 317 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,920 in good day. Just a minute, Yeah about Howard Kesseley? What about 318 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:40,119 them? Do you still consider that he is subject to suspicion? The families 319 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,519 of the five people who died in the ruins would think anybody who was concerned 320 00:24:42,559 --> 00:24:47,559 in the building project were subject to suspicion. Or mister Spade, you know 321 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:53,200 about politics, certain people contributed campaign campaign funds and got me votes. Kesseley. 322 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:59,640 I I've been in a difficult position. I've been weak. Perhaps maybe 323 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,839 I have wanted to look too closely at certain possibilities in this horrible affair. 324 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,079 But I promise you I won't stop now. It doesn't matter what happens. 325 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,200 My first duty is to the citizens of this town. Well said, your 326 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:15,440 honor. Just tell the same thing to the other members of the city council. 327 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,000 Tell them that if I kicked the lid off this garbage can, it's 328 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,839 going to make Westover smell pretty bad. You'll hear from me, mister Spade, 329 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:29,799 I guarantee you. In the course of the next two hours, I 330 00:25:29,839 --> 00:25:32,480 told the same story to the newspaper, the police, a couple of soda 331 00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:34,599 jerks, a waitress, and almost anybody else who would listen, And before 332 00:25:34,599 --> 00:25:37,960 the day was out, the results started coming in. Garrett Welsh's office and 333 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,920 my room at the Embassy Hotel were both ransacked. Somebody started shadowing me, 334 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,519 and I had a mysterious phone call offering me money to get out of town. 335 00:25:45,559 --> 00:25:48,759 I refused and hung up. During that day, I stayed mostly out 336 00:25:48,759 --> 00:25:52,000 in the open in conspicuous parts of town, but when night fell, I 337 00:25:52,039 --> 00:25:56,200 knew I'd need to watch my step. Garrett Welsh and I hold up in 338 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,680 his office with a door locked and my gun out on the desk around a 339 00:25:59,759 --> 00:26:06,440 letter. We got a little action left speaking, Yeah, okay, you 340 00:26:06,519 --> 00:26:10,200 speaking Hello, Sam. This is Kitty Mitchell. I'm in trouble. What 341 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,680 kind three men were just here? They said I gave you some purchase orders. 342 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,000 I don't know anything about them, but they said if I didn't get 343 00:26:15,039 --> 00:26:18,519 them back from you by midnight, they'd kill me. Who were they? 344 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,359 I don't know. I don't know. Just men. If you've got them, 345 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:22,359 give them to me. Sam, I don't want to die. We'll 346 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,000 hang up, call the police and ask them for protection. Sam, I'm 347 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,039 afraid. Why don't you give me the papers? Getting a taxi cabin? 348 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,880 Come up to Garrett Wellshare's office. We'll talk it over. I'm afraid to 349 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,599 do that. Well You'll have to. I can't leave here. I'm waiting 350 00:26:34,599 --> 00:26:41,079 for somebody who I'm not sure yet, somebody threatening Mitchell's wife. She's coming 351 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,759 up here. I think we have enough to do taking care of ourselves. 352 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,799 Who's that one? You answer it? Then I step to one side. 353 00:26:48,839 --> 00:26:56,359 I'll keep it covering. Okay, don't make one wrong move. I'm not 354 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,240 going to Spade. I came here to talk Kesley. Who's with you, 355 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,480 Kesseley? Nobody. I'm alone and un armed. Come in. Huh. 356 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,960 I'm watching it from behind, Kessley, I know it. I just came 357 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,680 to talk. All right, talk Spade. You allegedly have information as too, 358 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:17,119 why the auditorium collapse, killing five people. Suppose I do like him 359 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:18,559 to make a deal with you. We're not making deals. I think you'll 360 00:27:18,599 --> 00:27:22,400 like this one. I'll give you all the positive information. You want for 361 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,480 one thing, namely, forty eight hour head start out of town. Why 362 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,119 should we give you that? Because nobody, least of all myself, thought 363 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,319 the building would collapse. It's true I used inferior materials, but I had 364 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:37,279 to. What does that mean there's a man in this town? Shock? 365 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,799 The door was suddenly kicked quiet, and a blaze of bullets flew across the 366 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,960 room. Kensley's mouth opened and shot. His knees buckled, and he pitched 367 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,359 forward, bouncing off the desk of the floor. A tall, silver haired 368 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,279 gentleman was behind the guy. I caught him soda high spun him around. 369 00:27:56,279 --> 00:27:57,160 The gun fell out of a pan, and Welsh and I were on him 370 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,920 in a second. All right, all right, I've done all I'm going 371 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:07,160 to do. I'm hurt, I'm wounded. Well, your honor, you're 372 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:11,240 better off than Keshley. Kesley didn't want to do it, but I had 373 00:28:11,319 --> 00:28:15,119 something on his brother and told him I had sent him to jail. We 374 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,559 saved one hundred thousand dollars on the cheap surprise we used in that building. 375 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,720 Yeah, when I showed up, Keshley was afraid he was going to take 376 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,319 a rap alone. He was afraid he'd end up like Albert Mitchell. Right, 377 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:30,039 Yes, yes, I killed Mitchell. He wanted more money. Don't 378 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:37,319 kill him, y kitty, don't put it down. She had come in 379 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:41,079 while we were talking and picked up the gun Mayor Sullivan had dropped her One 380 00:28:41,079 --> 00:28:45,079 shot hit him in the chest. Then she let the gun slip through her 381 00:28:45,079 --> 00:28:51,440 fingers and just stood there. Then you know what, she cried, real 382 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:57,319 tears, period and a report. What an awful cragity it was. Indeed, 383 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,680 of course, in a few minutes the place was full of police. 384 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,759 When we turn it over, What do you think is going to happen to 385 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,400 us? Say? I'd rather not think about that, Effie. Well, 386 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:17,480 how about typing it up? Three chimes mean good times. On NBC, 387 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:22,000 there's fun this Sunday with two of your favorite families, The Blandings and the 388 00:29:22,039 --> 00:29:26,079 Harrises. Mister and Missus Blandings stars Carrie Grant and Betsy Drake in the title 389 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:30,440 roles as the owners of the famous dream House and the Phil Harris Alice Fay 390 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,079 show brings you Phil and Alice with more of their merry antics, plus Frankie 391 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:48,000 Ramley, Brother William and the entire cast. You're invited this Sunday. I'll 392 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,680 I'll take your word for it. I'm not going to read it again. 393 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,960 Why did the mayor command and shoot the building contracts in front of witnesses? 394 00:29:56,559 --> 00:30:00,519 Why you threw away everything you work so hard to steal? That is a 395 00:30:00,559 --> 00:30:06,680 good question. If I saved by the knock, Come in to Sam Stade's 396 00:30:06,759 --> 00:30:11,359 office it is, I'm Lyle Rooks. You expect me to believe that I'm 397 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:17,960 Western editor of Radio Television Mirror magazine. Well, you know best. I 398 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:22,799 just wanted to tell you that in our annual awards poll nationwide, the American 399 00:30:22,799 --> 00:30:26,000 listeners have chosen Steve Done as their favorite detective. Steve Done, not me. 400 00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:30,680 So here, sir, is your citation. You may want to frame 401 00:30:30,759 --> 00:30:36,119 it, put it up in your office. Why thank you? Goodbye? 402 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:41,680 Well Steve Dunn oo man to place you on the radio. Sam, Oh, 403 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,880 he's handsome. Well, you love him better than you love me. 404 00:30:45,119 --> 00:30:52,079 When I'm burning up with passion for you, are you really bringing up Well, 405 00:30:52,119 --> 00:30:56,559 I'm beginning to smolder a little. Come here and tell me about Well. 406 00:30:56,559 --> 00:30:57,799 I don't know much about it, Sam, not as much as I 407 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,000 like to know. Well, I'm sorry, Sorry, I don't have a 408 00:31:02,039 --> 00:31:22,759 teacher's permit for the State of California. Good Night, Sweetheart. The Adventures 409 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:26,319 of Sam Spade are produced, edited, and directed by William Spear. Sam 410 00:31:26,359 --> 00:31:30,599 Spade is played by Stephen Dunn. Loreen Tuttle is Effie. Also in the 411 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:36,000 cast were Shirley Mitchell, Jack Kruschan, Sidney Miller, Paul Freese, Herbrolinson, 412 00:31:36,039 --> 00:31:40,559 and lou Merrill. Script for Tonight's adventure by John Michael Hayes, Musical 413 00:31:40,599 --> 00:32:15,000 scoring by lud Gluskin, conducted by Robert Armbrewster. Join us again next week, 414 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:22,119 same time for another adventure with Sam Spad Tomorrow. Enjoy the exciting Men 415 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:42,680 called X on NBC Welcome Back. This definitely is a curious case and an 416 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:47,920 odd one for Sam Spade. As Martin Graham's notes in his book The Radio 417 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:53,759 Adventures of Sam Spade, It's very odd for Sam to be refusing alcohol multiple 418 00:32:53,799 --> 00:33:00,400 times and claiming to never drink while on duty, which is something you can 419 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:06,279 believe if you ignore every other episode of this series. However, this story 420 00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:14,920 had an interesting origin that explains the incongruity. Certainly, some listeners will recognize 421 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:21,920 the plot as it became the basis for the Clinton matter for the Bob Bailey 422 00:33:22,079 --> 00:33:28,640 serials. However, the story was first told as an early Edmund O'Brien Johnny 423 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,839 Dollar story, the story of the Big Red Schoolhouse. As John Abbott noted 424 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:37,200 in his book that who is Johnny Dollar matter? This was so early it 425 00:33:37,319 --> 00:33:44,200 even predated the matter naming convention for Johnny Doller. Personally, I think this 426 00:33:44,359 --> 00:33:50,759 does work better as a Johnny Dollar story, but I think that the quirks 427 00:33:50,799 --> 00:33:54,559 and Sam's behavior aside, this is still a solid episode. The award from 428 00:33:54,720 --> 00:34:00,359 Radio Television Mirror was actually pretty interesting. It does show that while the series 429 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:07,440 failed to find a sponsor, Dunn did have a solid reception and connected with 430 00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:13,840 his audience, many of whom really appreciated what he brought to the role. 431 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:20,400 Probably the reason that his take on Sam Spade didn't get a sponsor is even 432 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,679 with the changes to the show, it was just still too much of a 433 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:31,199 reputation risk for a sponsor to take a chance on. Given the political issues 434 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:36,840 surrounding Nashal Hammett's riting. I mean, you could not say Hammett's name, 435 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:42,559 but I don't think that. But even in nineteen fifty one, you couldn't 436 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:47,239 separate Hammett from Sam Spade in the Minds of Listeners. Well, this week 437 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:53,000 we don't have any specific listener comments, but I don't want to thank Francesca 438 00:34:53,079 --> 00:35:00,800 for rating The Sinister Sirenkeeper on good pot and giving the episode five Well, 439 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:04,639 thank you so much for rating us on good parts. Now it's time to 440 00:35:04,679 --> 00:35:07,119 thank our Patreon supporter of the day, and I want to go ahead and 441 00:35:07,159 --> 00:35:13,239 thank Joanna. Joanna has been one of our Patreon supporters since June of twenty 442 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,920 twenty two, currently supporting the podcast at the shamous level of four dollars or 443 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,840 more per month. Thank you so much for your support, Joanna, and 444 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,559 that will actually do it for today. If you're enjoying the podcast, please 445 00:35:24,559 --> 00:35:30,239 follow us using your favorite podcast software. Please be sure to rate and review 446 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:34,960 the podcast wherever you download it from. We will be back next Monday with 447 00:35:35,039 --> 00:35:38,599 another adventure of Sam Spad, But join us back here tomorrow for the start 448 00:35:38,639 --> 00:35:43,599 of another Yours truly, Johnny Dollar Cereal. Where and who is that another 449 00:35:43,639 --> 00:35:45,719 one you mentioned? Al Schreiber. He's a young new comer. He's been 450 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:49,760 with a show six months now. A real talent if you were ever given 451 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,679 a chance to show it. Why isn't he given a chance Because I'm the 452 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:57,199 Charlie Briton show, my friend, there is one and only one stile, 453 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,920 namely good whole lovable boys. You've been reading the press release now, as 454 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:05,400 a matter of fact, I had all right who else? No, that's 455 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,440 all, at least all that mattered. The camera crew. The technicians were 456 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,719 set up from Tchudeubusco in Mexico City. They never heard of Charlie Burton before, 457 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,800 and we haven't had much of any contact with anyone here in town. 458 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:20,119 Now. I think that note was written by somebody right here in the family. 459 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,039 That's another reason I sent for you instead of the local police. Just 460 00:36:23,159 --> 00:36:28,239 why did you send for me? Mister Maltz? What do you mean? 461 00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:31,480 How do you feel about Charlie Burton? Haven't you guessed more or less? 462 00:36:31,519 --> 00:36:34,880 I think, well, I'll spell it right out for you, mister Dollar, 463 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,840 I hate his guts. I hope you'll be with us then. In 464 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:43,159 the meantime, do send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, 465 00:36:43,639 --> 00:36:47,119 follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, 466 00:36:47,119 --> 00:36:52,280 Instagram, dot com slash Great Detectives from Boise, Idaho. This is 467 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,440 your host, Adam Graham's son and all