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Chained and Who's Who at least Headquarters Captain Nelson, all right, thank you,
doctor, let's file your report was starting the brand. Well here you
are coming, not until it, Doctor Armstrong just reported, But Beth was
due to exposure. Yeah, I don't try to get an old hand at
the game, Captain. That there you find a national pocket and guy of
exposure, not this balmy spring weather. That so tell me if I didn't
know you so well, if I hadn't wolf beats on the East Side with
your father, I toured you out on your ears and there's the other day
you could do that, Captain, that's newspaper men come from hotty stock.
Yeah, that kind of stuck. That makes good covers. Why don't you
go back to the game, Tommy, what No matter how many headlines you
have, your name and you'd always be just a cup at heart, just
a dumb, good natured cap. Oh yeah, listen, Cap, anytime
I feel over that line, I'll join the Marines and go to China.
You had a news for news saperman your throat. If anything, Capta hit
you in this business, didn't think m yeah, i'd even see the Captain.
H you're in now. I got a visitor coming in. Tell me
you're a good boy. You can sit in here while I see what you
want. But understand anymorey happen out of you and I to go. Come
in, Captain Nelson, Yes, I wonder if you'd mind talking to me.
Had a minute, Captain good Man, come in, Oh take this
here? Please? Thank you? Now? What is it? Missus?
Missus Martha down? Perhaps I shouldn't have bothered you, Captain. I know
how busy your police officers always are, right, all right, Missus gunn
if you just tell me. I told the officer to desk and he's just
smiled and didn't say anything. And I well, if you'll just tell me,
Missus jarn Now, what's wrong? I'm one your family and miss well,
not exactly, Captain. You see it's my niece Patricia. No,
Captain, it's her cat that's missing. Missus goaran what with her circumstances surrounding
the cat's disappearance, Patricia was playing with the cat in the backyard, and
all of a sudden it's bounded over the fence and into the yard next door,
run into the gates. My niece saw another little girl about her aid
gets the cat into her arms and run into the house next door. Did
you inquire about the cat? Yes, and they said that I must be
mistaken, but there was no little girl living there, and that there was
certainly no cat in their house. Perhaps your niece was mistaken. No,
I'm sure of that, Captain Patricia is exceedingly toothful. How all of these
people live next door year for more than twelve years? And Captain how were
you were about to say, Missus Grant, Oh, something dreadful about that
place? Capta, The Croxtons have lived in that house for twelve years,
and never once had I seen them except going in and out. Why that
house hasn't seen the light of day since the day they moved into me?
Why is that? Because the shame hadn't between up in twelve years? Just
what does this mister Croxton do, Missus Garan. I can't tell you that
he leaves home with your sister every morning at eight thirty, and I hardly
ever see when returned they keep any servants. Yes, an old man,
a horrible looking old man. I've threatened to move several times, but then,
after all, why should I. They never make any noise. It's
just the destiny stilest. Well, Missus Gallant, I'm afraid you've allowed yourself
and to come over awed about the kitten. It'll probably come home. And
if it doesn't, ye, and I'll just stroll around and ask the Crostons
about it myself. But if that holds the old cat on it tonight,
get down and shut up, Tommy, I'm talking on the parm Yes,
what timeless this I see. Well, I'll stay on the job of them.
I'll be around about four. You're look worried. Cap. I've been
doing some thinking, Tommy. I'm so unusually is it as I feel?
I mean, no mood for sarcasm today, I've got news for you.
You don't mean to tell me the cat hasn't it the fall playing? Yeah,
but the day I called upon the Cruxton, you don't tell me.
I'm inclined to agree with Missus Gallan. I don't know just why, but
I do. Yeah, if your team sent a perception working, Cap,
keep on and you'll find that cat. Yet it isn't a cat that's worrying
me, Tommy. It's a story about that little girl. But the croxton
said there wasn't a little girl in their house. Yeah, I know.
That's what I told Missus Gallan the day. I told me that the little
girl hadn't picked up the cat, practically admitting that there was a little girl
in there. They said she'd tried to, but the cat got away.
My very white the cast the matter aside, and it's little What are you
worrying about now? Man? I had a talk with Missus Gowan's niece and
he impressed me very much as a youngster who always tells the fruit. He
said that a very ragged, dirty little girl had snatched up the cat and
run inside and the boat school. If you asked me, if you had
a nose for news, Tommy, you'd ask you what I intend doing?
All right, I'll ask you what do you intend to do about this matter?
Captain Nelson? I intend to get into that house this afternoon and find
out what's going on behind those shades, and tell me, if you're a
good actor, you're gonna go with me. That's a big Steplet you've talked
me into this cap. It's like a town in this outsite. No,
you don't tell me. You look like an employee of a municipal water company.
And you better actor part. Doctor Cruxton is a smart man for all
a lot of who you asked me. You're stopping here for one of the
boys from the office was to meet me here. Oh here he is.
What you find out? This guy Crockston, that's their book ridge business downtown
has a select clientele. Company name is overman Son, a very retiring sort
of guy. Keeps out of site most of the time. Nastiest positions.
How about the wrapping people? You find a mere trace box? I took
it over the powers. He traced it to the Books chemical company. I
said that regular deliveries and made the Crockston's house here, but they couldn't reveal
the nature of the orders. Mister Brooks understood that Cruxson was an amateur chemist.
All right, Peters, done very well, get back to your post.
We're going inside that house. Come on, tell me always talk about
the Luisa. You don't think that that I'm not saying what I think right
now. I mean, but if you're half the cup that you're dead was
you'll know that there's something wrong here, But why I don't appear too interested
when you get in the house crusting itself. This is the only one home
and from the Glands that I got it heard this morning, sees it's mean
if not meet us than crukson. Don't you recognize you? And that get
up? Yeah, well that's up to you. Start a line of patter
and keep it going. Yeah, we're supposed to be water company inspectors,
and it's up to you to keep the woman engaged in conversation while I get
a round and look at the house. We leave the meat cap and I've
been looking great. I wouldn't live here on a bit. Well, a
story to bother you, madam, but we're infected for the water company.
We're running New Maine through here, and we'll have to inspect and check the
condition. If your faces there's no just take the minutes, madam. Come
on, ask him. You can take the ups their taps and I'll take
the ones down here. No, if you'll show me where the meter is,
ma'am not sure. If this isn't all out of I'm sorry, ma'am.
Company orders man's got to make a living, nowadays. Do you know,
just the other day, if you're the new inspectors, we're let out
for missing a single house in the roof. Can imagine how a single house
and they let him out? Where's the kitchen? Where's that other man got?
Well, he's going upstairs to check for the bath fixtures. How need
you're helping the kitchen, mam? If you're just stop from the door.
A nice kitten you've got here, nice lot, you know, ma'am.
That's the tuckle with most kitchens. They are too small, make you feel
pampt and uncomfortable a man likes to be. I wish you please hurry,
yes, ma'am, hurry up. That's me. You know, I'm well.
I got the company middle last year for reading the meter is the fastest
of any of the boys. What else are you going to do in here?
Well? Not too much more, ma'am. Now, if you're just
turn that tap on for me please, huh. That'll be enough. Now
the other one, please, ma'am. That's good. Now are there any
other tap down here? Any other laundry rooms? No, there aren't.
If you finished, I wish please go all right, ma'am. But you
know, man's got to make a living if the things are where they are
now? Things are you finished? Yes, ma'am? All right, I'll
show you the door. Oh oh, my partner finished before me. Everything
okay, tim everything okay? Upstairs? Did you make a motor tasker?
No? No, we can do that later on the outside. Right,
let's take lippets a long hydrants and go okay. Oh, I'm sorry we
had to bother you, ma'am. Are you finished? Oh, yes,
ma'am, all right? Where I guess that's all, Thank you, ma'am.
I ain't anything. That's what I wanted. Quick back around the corner
here, man, This will be all right. You can keep an eye
on the house from here and they can't see us. Look look that I've
got under my coat. Holy snoop, I did cat, yes, and
I'm taking this cat of the police urging right away. I want to find
out what killed it. I also found something else in that house. What
a dirty, ragged girl changing an upstairs closet. And Tommy, that little
girl is in a very dangerous condition. You keep an eye on the house.
I'll be backwards in an hour. How did you find out? Cap
all? I need to know? Come on, where are you going.
I had a search warrd issue. We're going into that house and release that
little girl. But but what well this guy Crocks you went in there about
ten minutes ago. World, I'm short with him. He was a good
ringer for that sister is here. Hurry, Tommy there unto us, the
sister probably calls for Crocks him to come right home. If we want to
say that child the life, we'll have to hurry. What did you find
out about the cat? Cat? All I needed to know. Don't ask
questions now, I'll tell you one thing though. That cat was killed with
morphemes. All right, knock on the door. What do you want?
I'm Captain Nelson from the local precinct. I have a warrant to search your
hus I'm sure there must be stomach staying on the reason. Come on in,
tell me. Don't you show you a quick? The priae dies?
I want to quick coll me good boy? All right enough, I'm tho
stars both of you. All right? Your cat? Of this? You
haven't got a thing on it. Your cat? Oh, I can't us
here unlocked this door. I don't have to keep I'm unlocked this door.
All right, Yeah, there's a little girl's honey. We're not going to
hurt your honey. We're your friends here. Let me take that chain off
your lady. No, I mean no, no, no, they are
they We're not going to hurt you. See. No mess him ye,
maybe don't mess him again. So if you what do you mean, honey?
Yeah, don't cry, I'll tell you what you mean. This dirty
skunks and manufacturing drugs in this house for years. This little girl was the
daughter of one of his victims, and I'm more than a year. He's
been keeping her chain in this closet, giving her morphine shots to keep her
quiet. Hall that's all your wreck, Helen, We're too good for you.
Polo Bottles calling hardy one or eight one at the Cornel's sixth and Temple
an injured ball or eighty one or eight one the cornel of sixth and Temple
Street an injured ball football. Well, I want to final drake. It's
a queer one captain. The girl claims that a guy in his forty roads
to dried to kidnapper. He says she fought him off and he shoved her
off the running board in front of another car. Hard does this happen sixth
and Temple, and that because it's the hospital, say that she'll lose the
sight of her right eye. I feels harry for the kid man. Two
men, you got a line in the car? Yes, A motorman got
the license number here it is there, Jay two three four lom six.
Let me call at him, awful, I pick up out in a roadster.
What is the car? Blue? Blue roadster licensed? Jay two three
four one six one. I said, why all right, Drake, what
is the girl's name? Lawrence Williams. He works in one of the Southside
dance holes. I think it's the Bluebird taxi dancer. No, she looks
like a pretty clean kid captain those tickets and they've been working there months.
She said, did you know this guy who dried the kidnapper? Not by
name? He said that he'd been in the dance hole several times and she
will be able to identify him when you pick him up. Yeah, she
said that she would. Did you not a fire family, Yeah, a
mother and father at the hospital with in Now. Do you realize, Drake,
that this makes the fifth case of this type this month. Yes,
here, we've got to get this problem. Make an example of him.
Yes, sir, you know you've got charge of the case. Jake,
run him down and when you get him bringing to me, Yes, yes,
a long fall of rob of full of fool once he oneol, full
of abble, fool, all of rollo. Oh nam h that sound of
men girls. Brother, you probably just found out about it? Yeah,
cap, can't we over there? Then? What are you pretty go about?
My kister? Captain? What can we do about it? What can
you do about it? You can get the dirty s counter two out of
his car, that's what you can do. What are you paid for?
What are you doing? Down your money? Just a minute, John's huh,
that's your name, Bob William. My kister was the one. You
know who the fellow was. Oh, if I even get my hands on
the dirty stake, I'll kill him all. I'll kill him like a minute
now, it's sound control yourself. Are doing everything we can to find this
man and when we do, and he will be dealt with according to the
law. And this state has a pretty step penet for kidnapping. According to
law. He's got any credit of poor you will heaven in tire ten minutes
and the Lobos part on lost cause from the lot of called apartms. Yes,
who's a register to POLM? I lost bole for Foldo. I don't
know who'd you say? The car was readier to do ill lost ball for
volde av all all the all, okay, alright, think him up.
I'll just start for a kid. You know this, the Volie. No,
no, no, I don't know him. Are you sure? Sure?
I'm sure? But I get first. We're like, if I got
a mixed up with someone else, well we're get him sun. If your
sister identifies him, it'll go hired with him. Think that's our promise.
Kid. But it was certainly allows and wasn't he? Yeah, and you
can't blame that much, you know that the Voti Yeah, I think so
now that a month play is the same sivolie. It was in here a
month ago for beating Hi, rather than that blame man. Oh do you
think so? Yess here, I'm pretty sure. Yeah, it's gonna do
a Stine. Oh I can wait. Well, IANK thank William Brothers.
A girl who's injured this evening, and I demand that you do saying,
hey, listen, what are you trying to pull? What do you mean?
You were just in here and I told you that we do all we
could. You're crazy. I listen here, young fellow. I'm not gonna
stand for any foolishness from here. We'll do what we can, and I
don't want to running in here every two minutes that this is the first time
I go away here minute? What'd you say? Your name was? Frank
Williams? Oh, I see my brother's been here before me. Your brother.
Yes, we're twins. This doesn't a gag, is not at all.
No, don't worry, captain. If our folks can't tell us a
part, I can hardly expect you to. Oh what's been done? Wait
a minute, let me get this straight. You're you are Frank William right,
and you've got a twin brother named Bob. That's right. And nobody
can tell you apart. Mother says she can, but we're not as sure
of it even she sets up now and then well that's run for the book.
Well that's been done to find a man try to kill my sisters.
And we placed the card with all the name for yeah, Ernestosvoli. You
know I'm no, I don't know him. Are you sure? Kids,
certainly, I'm sure. Well, don't worry I've got a detail out on
him. Now we will have him inside of twenty four hours. You can
bank on that. Then what will he hires a clever lawyer beat the charge.
That's your brother said. But don't worry. We'll do our best to
make a stick. And I know the district attorney will too. He's making
a drive on these cases that has happened lately, all right, than Golong
kid. I hope I never meet your boat and as a dark alley,
I probably think I'm seeing thing Drake everything. I got the whole. The
other girl that indefied him, I took him down to the hospital and she
almost went crazy when she saw him. And then this guy produces seven witnesses.
You say that he wasn't he even in his car that night? About
check out on him? Yeah, liars, that's all a whole rotten pack
of liars. And they're all willing they go to the stand and prayer that
Savoli wasn't even outside the Red Domino parlor. That's all we can do.
We've got Savoli in jail and it's up at the BA to make the rapstick.
You mean we did have Sivoli in the joke? What do you mean
he's now, that's what there's a lawyer down before they sold oors closed the
other habeas carpet SVOLDI didn't even get as far as the jailer's long as you've
been out all afternoons in the afternoon papers, I didn't tack. If you're
a Captain Wade, Oh, I'll be right out now, Captain. One
of the Williams twins just Lord Savoli out in the open and sold them full
of lead. Savoldi's deader and last year's Congress all right? An as think
that is everything that to use a real life is sitting on the fire escape
the day. Us also have to know when I see this young man going
to the Domino pallor that looks like an awful nice young man, I say
to myself, to be going into such a place, when all of a
sudden comes out followed by a dark Italian looking man. When you reach the
center of the street, Oh you vote, The boy turks around, pulls
out a gun. I should see other man. How am I done another
thing? Oh? I don't know, Captain five? Six, maybe seven?
I didn't wait to count. Would you know this boy again? Oh?
Yeah, Captain always I will know him. Oh just a minute,
right, all right? What is it? Say? And get the bombed?
Will him? Right now? Another? Think we're going to bring a
young man in here. I'm want to impress upon you the importance of this
identification. I want to look at him carefully, notice the way he's dressed
and everything about him, and then tell me if he's a nan you saw
firing the gun? Oh night, all right? Fan right over here,
please there, Yeah, it's just think that's him? Sure, that's him.
You couldn't be mistaken, no cat, not even million years. All
right, take him out, drake, Well send the other boy in all
you're sure that that ros a boy? Are you as a think? Yes?
Kit? What do you think? Is it a nana? Just think
yes? Why didn't the officer just take out the other n Yeah? You're
positive in your identification, are you? Yes? But I don't see.
Thank you for coming down. We will find out to bother you anymore until
the trial. Sure, our drake, thank you. Catt. Let me
see you're Bob Williams, aren't you. Yeah, Alison lad Well, you
wanted to help us. You're not going to get much for this killing,
if you got anything, at all. But we've got to arrest you and
bring it a trial. That is, whichever one of you killed Savoli?
Now tell me, Bob, which one of you killed him? Frank kill
him? Or were you at home in the basement? Anybody see you there?
Yo? I go tell me to Frank him in his four o'clock How
did you do? Then? Helped him clean the fingerprints up a repover and
bring Frank and Drake? Right Captain Frank, Bob here is this tell us
that you killed Savoli? I killed him? Yeah, didn't you? Bob's
crazy? He killed him? Aren't Were you at the time at home in
the batement? Anybody see you there? No? How long were you there
until Bob came in at four o'clock? Uh? And uh? What did
you do? Then? I helped him clean the fingerprints up a repover?
All? Right? See? Huh? Well you you boys go home until
I figure this thing out. Let me ask you again, did you kill
Savoli? Frank you Bob killed him? Did you kill Savoli? Bob?
Thanks crazy? He killed him? All right? Boys, give me some
time to think about this. Thank you, Thank you, captain. You
know something great? What's it just occurred to me that the district attorney is
going to have a tough time making a charge stick against either of those boys.
Only one of them is that the scene of a crime. Therefore,
we can only accute with one of them. The only witness we have can't
tell or which one of them did it. They both turned state evidence against
the other, so we can't charge him with conspiracy to defeat the law.
And the law says we can't charge but one of them with a murder.
So there you are, it's up to the da. Huh, what are
you looking at, drink? Let's looking at those two kids through the window
here, Captain, they're walking along, I'm you know him, like they
didn't have a care in the world. And what's more, the heavens yes,
sir, as long as the book Welcome Back. And the moral of
that last story is that if a criminal is able to get out of a
charge simply concoct a cover of her plan to commit murder. Yeah. I
have to wonder what these producers were thinking as they wrote these programs. Well,
this is a type of thing that would generally be considered okay within I
guess a thirties style of crime story. And there was a lot of things
that would be considered okay in fiction, we would tend to frown upon in
general, just because the police tended to get viewed as corrupt or, as
in this case, ineffective. So the only way that a person could actually
get justice was to take the law into their own hands, at least according
to the prevailing ideology and a lot of Meatia productions of the era. I
also had to admit the first one was somewhat interesting, as he left the
poor girl chained in the house while and left a reporter guarding it so that
he could get a legal search warrant to uncover what he had found in his
illegal search. But that was actually a decent pace of detective work, and
I thought it made sense, and I appreciated that he followed up on a
step could often be easily dismissed as unimportant. Well, that will do it
for today. We will be back on Monday with Pursuit, and then join
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