1 00:00:28,399 --> 00:00:35,840 Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This 2 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,399 is your host, Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email it 3 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:46,439 to me Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net. Follow us on Twitter at 4 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:52,320 Radio Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, 5 00:00:52,359 --> 00:00:57,039 slash Great Detectives. I do want to encourage you, if you've not already, 6 00:00:57,079 --> 00:01:00,240 to pick up your copy of Slime Incorporated. It's my first ever detective 7 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:04,239 novel, was published a few years back, and it tells a story of 8 00:01:04,359 --> 00:01:10,480 murder and dirty politics set against the backdrop of the Idaho gubernatorial election. It's 9 00:01:10,519 --> 00:01:14,840 a modern novel, but with a lot of nods to classic detective fiction. 10 00:01:15,159 --> 00:01:19,959 You can check out all my books, audiobooks and ebooks at store dot Great 11 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:25,280 Detectives dot net. Well, now it is time for this week's episode of 12 00:01:25,439 --> 00:01:30,640 Final Vans. The original air date is January the twenty third of nineteen forty 13 00:01:30,680 --> 00:02:07,280 seven, and the title is The President Murder Case. I get in texts. 14 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:12,360 That's brought Old ninety six back home, got him back safe for a 15 00:02:12,439 --> 00:02:15,000 long time. Johnny, you're a little looking over. We're here all right, 16 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,800 Front driver. I got awful hard on the run. I'll check it 17 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:28,439 coming down. I'm on the way. Oho was firing for your texts? 18 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,919 Where is he? Ah? They gave me a new fellow, an old 19 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:36,240 man Morris's son Eddie. I just decided he wanted to be a railroad man, 20 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,680 and I gave him a job as fireman this morning. None the ninety 21 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:43,919 six too well, let him by the attacks. Old pal the ninety six 22 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,000 doesn't care whether guys knew or not, as long as he keeps shoveling coal 23 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:50,520 into it. Letty Morris couldn't even do that good. He's young and he's 24 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,840 willing. He'd never seen the insight of an engine before. Oh help, 25 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:58,280 let's take a look under the ninety six. Pretty proud of this baby yours, 26 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,360 ain't you? Text? Why shouldn't it be? Been running her wide 27 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:05,080 open for twenty years? When I get a clear block, she doesn't have 28 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,000 to take a thing from anything on wheels. Well, we'll just go to 29 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:13,400 work on her. Now, straighten her out. If the right front driver 30 00:03:13,479 --> 00:03:16,199 got hot on you, the trouble must be it. Hey, Tex, 31 00:03:16,759 --> 00:03:22,319 what's the matter? Look back there under the first car. Somebody's been riding 32 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,039 the rods on he isn't getting out. Come on, let's go back and 33 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:30,120 see why. Maybe he's hurt. Awful chances these hoboes take maybe they fall 34 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:32,000 off or a stone from the road bed and hops up and hits him on 35 00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:37,919 the head, and they're gallut. Yeah, this guy's lying awful still under 36 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,479 there. I'll squat down and get him out. I'll hand him to you, 37 00:03:40,879 --> 00:03:46,639 all right, good enough? Yeah? Here he is? Okay, 38 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:49,840 here, you got him? Johnny. Yeah, I'm texting, come on, 39 00:03:50,039 --> 00:03:53,800 we'll lay him out on the ground. Yeah, I'm a hobo, 40 00:03:54,199 --> 00:04:00,439 Johnny, I don't know tex Come here. Look he was hit by no 41 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,560 gravel. He's got a bullet wound in his chest. He's dead. Let 42 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:13,439 me see. Yeah he sure hasn't He sure is, Johnny? Yeah? 43 00:04:13,479 --> 00:04:17,680 What text? You know? That hobo? Obo? Oh? This guy 44 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:40,800 riding the rods was William Christopher Jenkins, the president of this railroad. Listen 45 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,959 to yea, you don't have to call VANS. I tell you you don't 46 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,920 have to, don't I Sergeant Heath, a railroad president, found shot to 47 00:04:46,959 --> 00:04:50,160 death underneath a car of one of his trains, and I don't have to 48 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,600 call Vans. Yeah, but listen, I'm sorry, but I don't agree 49 00:04:53,639 --> 00:04:57,279 with you, and I'm quite sure Vans for since when is that news? 50 00:04:57,879 --> 00:05:00,879 Look, mister Markham, we know this. Mister Jenkins wasn't dead when he 51 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:03,240 crawled on the rods that first car. He'd been shot, but he wasn't 52 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,000 dead then, Yes, we know that. What we don't know is whether 53 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:11,800 the file of Vans private investigator. Miss Woods speaking, Miss Woods? Where's 54 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,560 miss Jerry? Oh? Miss Deering's gone to visit her mother. Mister Vance 55 00:05:15,639 --> 00:05:17,319 is out of town. Two Vans out of town? Or is he? 56 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,040 Oh? This is just you to tourney Markham. It's very important. Mister 57 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,040 Vans won't be back for a couple of days, and I'm feeling in mister 58 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:29,480 Markham. Anything I can do well, I don't know. A hold of 59 00:05:29,519 --> 00:05:32,199 phone a moment, will you, Miss Woods? Yes, Vans won't be 60 00:05:32,199 --> 00:05:34,680 back for a couple of days. Good. By that time we'll have this 61 00:05:34,759 --> 00:05:40,240 case cleared up. Hang up to you, Oh, Miss Woods. Yes, 62 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:44,480 please send Vance a while. Tell him I'm extending him a personal invitation 63 00:05:44,519 --> 00:05:48,199 to attend a murder investigation. Murder. If that doesn't bring him back, 64 00:05:48,920 --> 00:06:03,839 nothing will. Please listen to me, man, I quiet you, fellows, 65 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:10,199 man, I have the very unpleasant task of informing you of the death 66 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,720 of your president. For the time being, I'm taking over his duties. 67 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,959 I ask you all to cooperate with the police and go on with your work. 68 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:23,920 That's all alright, ain't all? Mister Burton, Mister Jenkins was murdered. 69 00:06:24,399 --> 00:06:27,199 To us to find out who murder him. It was one of us 70 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,800 who won't take care of whoever did? Right, man? Yea care of 71 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,519 I guess a moment. Please, Missus Jenkins would like to talk to you, 72 00:06:35,759 --> 00:06:41,439 please, please, all of you, gentlemen. You all know me, 73 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,079 we know your Missus Jenkins. But it was my idea to ask you 74 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,079 all to gather here in the yard so that mister Burton could talk to you. 75 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:55,399 Please do as he asks. My husband would have wanted that. I'm 76 00:06:55,439 --> 00:06:59,160 sure. Okay, Missus Jenkins, that's what you want. That's what we'll 77 00:06:59,199 --> 00:07:01,160 do. Okay, what do you say? We got into sable. Let's 78 00:07:01,199 --> 00:07:14,439 get back to work. What are we heading? Texts must be about eighty 79 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,279 Just keep painting that, priatey, I'll take care on on this train. 80 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,240 I was only asking texts no use, and you're getting sore. I'm not 81 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:28,399 sore. I'm finkers about what happened to mister Jenkins on his last means all 82 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,720 nothing or something, depending on your conscience. You're pretty fresh from a new 83 00:07:32,759 --> 00:07:36,639 guy at eight. Maybe I'll knock some of that freshness Outrea. You're a 84 00:07:36,639 --> 00:07:41,720 little old to try an you text? Why you y'all? Come on now, 85 00:07:41,839 --> 00:07:45,879 let's stop this. I didn't mean nothing personal in what I said. 86 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,680 Okay, let's live in like that. Sure, the way I figure it, 87 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,759 there was anybody that wanted to know who killed Jenkins. He ought to 88 00:07:53,759 --> 00:07:57,959 first find out about that Burton guy. He's the new president, isn't he? 89 00:07:58,399 --> 00:08:03,199 And why Jenkins is dead? Had that up? I got my old 90 00:08:03,279 --> 00:08:07,040 ideas about hoop, Hey, how Anny yanking the emergency card? Hold everything? 91 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:11,600 How holland stay here you I'm gonna find out what happened back on the 92 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:13,560 train. You won't have to text. Here come Johnny Yellen climbing along my 93 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:18,319 side of the engine, Hey, Johnny, what's up? Who yanked that 94 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:20,680 card? Oho yanked it? The conductor yanked it? And why not? 95 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,879 He just found the murdered body of that guy Burton, a new president of 96 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:30,279 this road. He'd been shot and he was all alone back there in his 97 00:08:30,439 --> 00:08:43,000 private car. I certainly. I'm glad you're here at the railroad yard, 98 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,039 Advance. Two murders in two days and no trace of the murderer. That 99 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,200 could be, of course, because there's been no Evans here in two days. 100 00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:52,720 Thank you, Markham. You're very complimentary. It would have taken me 101 00:08:52,759 --> 00:08:56,399 quite a while to have found out the information you got for me, so 102 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,399 I start about even check your notes with me, will you, Markham? 103 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,720 Glad to vance. Mister Jenkins, the road president was at one time an 104 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:09,240 engineer working his way up from the ranks. While an engineer, he worked 105 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,679 with a man named Tex Duncan, whose engine was pulling the car under which 106 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:16,720 mister Jenkins was found dead. The fireman on that engine was a brand new 107 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,720 man working his first day on the job. His name was Eddie Morris. 108 00:09:20,919 --> 00:09:24,080 You don't need my nodes, Vans, not with your memory. That's correct, 109 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,320 that Eddie Morris first day on the job. The president of the road 110 00:09:28,399 --> 00:09:35,080 is killed that day, was found on his train. Sounds like something to 111 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:39,080 work on, Markham. Actually it's not Vance, is he. Marris wasn't 112 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,480 really a fireman. He was a troubleshooter hired to investigate trouble among the men. 113 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,799 I know that for a fact he took the fireman's job only to work 114 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,360 more closely with the employees. I see now about this Burton who was killed. 115 00:09:50,399 --> 00:09:54,080 Vance Let's take care of one murder at a time. Markham Jenkins' death 116 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:58,320 has a priority. I have all the information now on mister Jenkins. Yes, 117 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,960 Vans, you have you remember, of course that missus Jenkins inherits the 118 00:10:03,039 --> 00:10:07,399 railroad and quite a bit of cat Yes, I do now, markham In. 119 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:09,279 As much as we have all the information, let's go to work and 120 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:24,320 make it mean something. Very kind of you, mister Morris, to drive 121 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,759 me down here. I want to thank you. All's no trouble, Vans. 122 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,320 I'm kind of glad to be able to climb out of those overalls and 123 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,960 stop posing as a fireman. I don't know one end of the engine from 124 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,480 another, but I got by the short time I've been working by just shoveling 125 00:10:37,519 --> 00:10:41,639 all the time. It's kind of rugged on the back of that coal routine. 126 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,240 As I am at you, so, I never thought you'd wind up 127 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,159 as a locomotive fireman when you started your career as a troubleshooter, did you, 128 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,080 Morris? Oh? I didn't, but You never can tell what happens 129 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,399 in our line of business, can you, vans? No, I guess 130 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,840 not. Did you know the Jenkins family, mister Morris, I've met missus 131 00:10:58,879 --> 00:11:01,679 Jenkins. She had a lot of motive for murdering mister Jenkins. You're gonna 132 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,919 forget that, Fance, I might say. So. Watch that curve in 133 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:09,000 the road. I see it. Mister Marris, you were hired by the 134 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:13,279 railroad to find out something exactly what well the men were having trouble. That 135 00:11:13,399 --> 00:11:18,080 means nothing now in view of developments. You see. The instigator of the 136 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,759 men's problems was mister Burton, and he turned up dead too, Yes, 137 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,720 so he did. Look, mister Marris, tell me what happens at the 138 00:11:26,759 --> 00:11:31,919 station we're headed for right now? For sure, train stops here just before 139 00:11:31,919 --> 00:11:41,320 it pulls into the last stop, stops right about there, and the train 140 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,399 holds here for fifteen minutes. Passengers go out to stretch their legs, or 141 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,480 smoke or buy magazines. And I understand the engineer runs the train up the 142 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,799 line for last stop checkup. I want to get out vance, yes, 143 00:11:52,919 --> 00:12:00,559 I do. Oh, I see, Sergeant Heath had an ide similar to 144 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,720 mine. It is over there questioning the station master. Do you mind waiting 145 00:12:03,759 --> 00:12:05,919 here, mister Morris, Oh that at all. I won't be long, 146 00:12:07,919 --> 00:12:13,440 oh, Heath shout Heath, Oh, hello Vans. What's bringing you down 147 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,600 here? Oh? I just thought i'd look around. I'll trade notes with 148 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,159 you. Ethan. Tell me what you found out, and I look the 149 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,679 same. It's a deal. Actually, I got nothing here, but at 150 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,879 the repair shack up the line and found out something. Seems that mister Jenkins, 151 00:12:26,919 --> 00:12:31,759 and railroad president, was there when in June ninety six pulled into the 152 00:12:31,799 --> 00:12:35,840 repair shop. He left when the ninety six pulled in started to walk up 153 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,480 the line a little while later in ninety six and the train it was pulling 154 00:12:39,519 --> 00:12:43,000 followed mister Jenkins. Of course, the guy in the repair shop didn't think 155 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,039 anything about it, No, na, he figured text was giving it a 156 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,759 little extra workout or something. Next thing, he remembers, the engine and 157 00:12:48,759 --> 00:12:52,519 the train. We're backing up to the station again, and you forgot about 158 00:12:52,519 --> 00:12:56,360 the whole thing till I questioned him, really, well, Heath, what 159 00:12:56,399 --> 00:13:00,440 do you think it all means? Nothing? Right? Yet? It doesn't. 160 00:13:00,879 --> 00:13:03,279 What does it mean to you? Vent? I'd say it meant nothing 161 00:13:03,279 --> 00:13:07,039 to me either. Heath nothing, that is, except to indicate who killed 162 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:26,879 mister Jenkins. Coming coming, Why, Missus Jenkins, I'd like to come 163 00:13:26,879 --> 00:13:28,919 in, text, if you don't mind, come in, of course, 164 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:35,039 come in. Please come in, Come into the living room, sit down, 165 00:13:35,159 --> 00:13:39,240 make yourself comfortable. No, no, I'd rather not text. I 166 00:13:39,279 --> 00:13:43,399 came to tell you something. I've been thinking this over and I believe what 167 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:50,320 I'm doing is right. You were jealous of my husband, me jealous of 168 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,960 Bill. Oh, Missus Jenkins, you don't know what you're saying, don't 169 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:58,919 I I wouldn't say that if I were you. Text. You started on 170 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:03,399 this road at the same time that Bill did. He worked and studied nights, 171 00:14:03,399 --> 00:14:07,799 and he became president of this road. Every time you saw him, 172 00:14:07,919 --> 00:14:11,480 you realized how much more he'd made of his life than you did of yours. 173 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,039 I admired him for it, Missus Jenks. You hated him for it. 174 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:22,399 You hated him so much you couldn't stand to see him, and you 175 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:28,840 killed him. Text. You killed him so he wouldn't continue to be a 176 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:35,879 constant reminder of your own failure. I'm giving you your choice having me tell 177 00:14:35,919 --> 00:14:41,679 the police what I know. Are you doing something that will make neither of 178 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:48,279 those choices important. You mean you want me to kill myself? Why not? 179 00:14:48,639 --> 00:15:07,720 You killed a man who was a whole lot better than you. This 180 00:15:07,879 --> 00:15:13,759 is District Attorney Markham. The president murder case began when Bill Jenkins, railroad 181 00:15:13,799 --> 00:15:20,440 head, was found murdered riding the rods of one of his trains. Vance's 182 00:15:20,519 --> 00:15:24,080 investigation enlists the support of Eddie Morris, a trouble shooter who was working as 183 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:30,360 a fireman aboard the locomotive which pulled the murder train. We have found the 184 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:35,039 tech Duncan, the train engineer, and Missus Jenkins are logical suspects. A 185 00:15:35,159 --> 00:15:39,720 second murder occurs before Vans arrives, but he has tabled it temporarily to work 186 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,799 on the first one and has gone to see the President's widow. You should 187 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:50,240 come in, please, mister Vans. Thank you, Missus Jenkins. Oh, 188 00:15:50,559 --> 00:15:54,399 juiceit down, yes, thank you. You don't mind if I continue 189 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,440 with my knicking with you. I really need something to keep my hands occupied. 190 00:15:58,639 --> 00:16:03,919 I understand, Missus Jenkins. I won't bother you too much. What 191 00:16:04,039 --> 00:16:08,919 will that be when it grows up? Sweater for myself? Missus Jenkins, 192 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,440 I think I need your help. Yes, mister Vans, yes, I 193 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,120 believe I know how your husband was killed. Oh, I think this is 194 00:16:18,159 --> 00:16:22,120 what happened. Your husband was inspecting the repaired depone near the spot where the 195 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,480 trains make their last stop before arriving here. I think he was shot there, 196 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,679 left for dead, managed to crawl under a train and climb onto the 197 00:16:30,759 --> 00:16:33,879 rods. I'm listening, mister Vans. I think the engineer of that train 198 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,399 then backed it up to the station, took on its passengers, and continued 199 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:41,639 to the depot where your husband's body was found. You think too, that 200 00:16:41,759 --> 00:16:45,120 the man who ran that train killed my husband, mister Vans, don't you? 201 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,159 Yes, As a matter of fact, I do. That means you 202 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:55,240 think techs Duncan killed him, perhaps, don't you. I don't know, 203 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,799 mister Vans. After the little talk I had with him, I who won't 204 00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:11,160 know about that until tomorrow. I got all day, I got all night 205 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:15,599 ticks, and I got this whole thing figured out. All I need from 206 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,440 you is a confession. Well, I didn't kill anybody's argentieth I never did. 207 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,480 Wait a minute, he let me try something. Go ahead, text. 208 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,720 We know you were in your locomotive when the body of the second victim. 209 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,319 Mister Burton was discovered. Sure you know that? Doesn't that mean I 210 00:17:29,319 --> 00:17:32,200 couldn't have killed him? Oh it doesn't. You see, he'd been dead 211 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,240 for quite a while. In fact, it was obvious to the medical examiner 212 00:17:34,279 --> 00:17:37,720 that mister Burton was killed in his private car when the train was still in 213 00:17:37,759 --> 00:17:41,519 the station. You could have killed him and then climbed into your engine and 214 00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:44,119 waited for the body to be discovered. Maybe I could have, but I 215 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,720 didn't. You can't make me say I didn't. He's trying to get away, 216 00:17:47,759 --> 00:17:49,240 won't get very far, and I'll can't be a nice guy. I'm 217 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,720 gonna sit out here. I won't let a frame. I won't get out 218 00:17:52,759 --> 00:18:00,440 of get as market. You'll have to leave, all right. That should 219 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,880 do it. He won't wake up for a while. I'm sure he did 220 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,039 it, mister Markham, I'm positive. Listen, I know mister Jenkins walked 221 00:18:08,039 --> 00:18:11,880 from the repair shop up towards town and that engine ninety six followed him the 222 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,759 day he was murdered, and who was driving ninety six texts dunk Up. 223 00:18:15,759 --> 00:18:18,559 But Duncan insists he didn't take the engine up the road and away from the 224 00:18:18,559 --> 00:18:22,640 repair shop. He says he went in to phone his wife. He was 225 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,039 on the telephone for about fifteen minutes. Of course, by that time the 226 00:18:26,079 --> 00:18:27,680 train was back where it should be. Yeah, he's trying to throw the 227 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:32,039 heat on his fireman. That nice city Morris kid. That would mean that 228 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:34,680 Morris ran the engine up the line. Morris says, he walked out for 229 00:18:34,759 --> 00:18:38,559 our magazine, and I believe him. When Tex wakes up, I'm gonna 230 00:18:38,599 --> 00:18:42,119 drag him out of this railroad yard office and down to headquarters and I'll make 231 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:45,720 him talk. I'll sweat it. Hey, what happened to the heights? 232 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:48,279 Duncan was knocked as cold as you think. He's gone out that door. 233 00:18:48,279 --> 00:18:52,720 Come on, let's go after him. But he's locked us in. He'll 234 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,359 get away, maybe maybe not final vans somewhere in the ard and all the 235 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:57,960 time keeper's office. I think it'll do us a lot of good. Come 236 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,240 on it, break down on this door. I'll get that Duncan. When 237 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:03,839 I do, he won't do anymore getting away, believe me. Come on 238 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:17,440 to you. Let's bust down this door, all right, Throw that church 239 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,759 sliding and back of those box cars over there. He want that way. 240 00:19:21,319 --> 00:19:23,079 Two of you men going to the right. Two of you take the left. 241 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,400 I'm gonna straight down the middle here, all right, start moving you 242 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,200 will that church slide? Keep them moving around? Come on, man, 243 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,200 oh lucky eat no da, It's only a couple of minutes. As we 244 00:19:33,279 --> 00:19:37,359 broke down that door. Duncan still in this railroad yard someplace, and I'm 245 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,240 gonna find him if it takes all night. Right at you, guys, 246 00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:42,519 I don't want him to get away. I hope we'll find him heat Vance 247 00:19:42,559 --> 00:19:45,759 says, Who cares? What? Vance says? This guy is on murder 248 00:19:45,759 --> 00:19:49,680 and he's trying to skip. You kill Vance? Uh? Tell him yourself. 249 00:19:51,039 --> 00:19:53,079 He's right here. Hello, he's what is it you wanted Mark him 250 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,599 to tell me? God? Nothing? Look, why don't you leave me 251 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,119 alone? I'm busy. I gotta kill it around up, that's go, 252 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,480 man. I want that guy. No one of them lie. It's a 253 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,400 good policeman, Markham, one of the best. Oh. Incidentally, I 254 00:20:06,519 --> 00:20:10,640 know where a text Duncan is hiding. You do a man? Heath has 255 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,279 a dozen men searching this yard. Why don't you tell him? I have 256 00:20:12,319 --> 00:20:15,519 a better plan. I think I can get Eddie Morris to help me. 257 00:20:15,799 --> 00:20:18,279 And if you'll do one thing for me, I may be able to prove 258 00:20:18,279 --> 00:20:21,799 who our murderer is well. As you know, you can call on me 259 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,680 for anything. But you don't really know who killed Jenkins and Burton yet, 260 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:29,039 do you, Old No Markham, I don't know, but believe me, 261 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:40,119 I do suspect it's pretty uncomfortable lying here in a couple of tons of hard 262 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,880 coal. Fans, I know it is, mister Morris. Soft coal wouldn't 263 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:47,440 be any improvement, though. Believe me, lying here in the tender of 264 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,480 a locomotive is a rather strange place for me too. Let's just hope the 265 00:20:51,519 --> 00:20:57,039 results justify the means. I certainly hope so, fans. It's your opinion 266 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,839 that text Duncan will try to get in to this engine and escape that way. 267 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,039 I think that would be logical. With this yard full of police and 268 00:21:04,079 --> 00:21:07,559 every exit watched, I think he might realize this is the one way to 269 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:11,000 break out of the yard. I've had the engine service, it has steam 270 00:21:11,039 --> 00:21:15,440 open, It's all ready to go. If Duncan doesn't show up, maybe 271 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,359 you'll take me for a ride. Be glad to fans if I knew how 272 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:25,720 to start fans Misten, Yes, I hear it too. He won't get 273 00:21:25,759 --> 00:21:30,279 me all ninety six. You'll see to that, won't you one minute to 274 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:37,880 start? This engineer? Now let him come, Let him try and stop 275 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,200 me. Now, just let him try. He'll ever get me now, 276 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,279 I'll vance you are right. What do we do now? Nothing? Just 277 00:21:52,519 --> 00:21:56,000 bly haretly gets here of the yard. I want to know where he's going. 278 00:21:56,839 --> 00:21:59,720 We'll get him when we want him. Mister Morris, I have no 279 00:22:00,079 --> 00:22:11,720 beer of that. We've been traveling twenty minutes, average speed sixty two miles 280 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,400 an hour. What are you figuring, Vans that we're just about ready to 281 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,240 take care of mister TeX's duncan? All right, adady, let's go. 282 00:22:17,319 --> 00:22:21,279 We stop the train here. It's a little tricky walking this side of this 283 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:26,039 engine. Watch your step, Vans. It's not only tricky, it's windy. 284 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,480 When I'm with you, it's only a few steps, Vans. I'm 285 00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:33,720 about ready to climb it. Now go ahead, I'll be riding the back 286 00:22:33,759 --> 00:22:37,480 of you. Okay, take teddy, Hell that's a duncan? Would you 287 00:22:37,519 --> 00:22:41,200 mind slowing down? This locomotive's hard time? Never look texts, don't make 288 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,680 me use this gun a lot good it will do you if you do shoot. 289 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,880 Neither of you can run this locomotive. You don't have any idea how 290 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,160 to stop it. You'll crack off. We'll all be killed. We'll be 291 00:22:51,279 --> 00:22:56,960 killed. I I can't take anymore of this, oh vance he's painted. 292 00:22:57,079 --> 00:23:00,680 Yes, I see, well, we're really in quite a predicament. I'll 293 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,359 try to do something with these controls, but I haven't the faintest idea where 294 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:07,440 to begin. I know, I sit up here in this seat here that 295 00:23:07,599 --> 00:23:11,079 the engineer drives with his head out the window, like, mister Morris, 296 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:12,440 what is it? What is it? Van Ryon revived, mister Duncan. 297 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,519 There's a truck straddling the tracks about five hundred yards ahead. We've got to 298 00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:18,200 stop this train and we'll all be killed. Get away from that vance. 299 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,680 Get out of that seat. Now, let me take over. I'll stop 300 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,759 this engine. We'll never crash into that truck. This lever here puts on 301 00:23:26,759 --> 00:23:36,759 one break. This is Wattle takes care of the emergency. Well, thank 302 00:23:36,799 --> 00:23:40,279 you very much, mister Morris for telling me just now that you murdered mister 303 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:44,680 Jenkins. Are you can't probably mister Burton too. You weren't supposed to be 304 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,839 able to handle a locomotive. Remember, Oh, I see now that you 305 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,920 know I can run one. What does that prove that my theory of how 306 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,559 mister Jenkins was killed was correct? That the murderer had to know how to 307 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,839 drive a locomotive, And the murderer is you. I hope you're joking Van. 308 00:24:00,039 --> 00:24:03,079 Not that I know of your motive is a little remote, mister Morris. 309 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,079 But I think when you killed Burton you gave it to me. Isn't 310 00:24:06,079 --> 00:24:07,599 it true that he hired you to kill mister Jenkins so that he could have 311 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:11,559 control of the railroad? Go ahead, you started this. I'm just a 312 00:24:11,599 --> 00:24:14,880 bystanding. Burton hired you to kill mister Jenkins, but then either reneged on 313 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,160 paying you or you suddenly realized that he'd have a hold on you for life, 314 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,039 so you killed him too. You're a very clever man, Vance, 315 00:24:21,319 --> 00:24:25,480 but you've overlooked one thing. I still have my gun. I'll get back 316 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,880 over against the side of the engine. Get moving. Sounds like bargain time 317 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,599 to me. If it is, I'm not buying anything. I'll take care 318 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,279 of you now, and then that text will pull the faint at the wrong 319 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:42,079 time. This is it, Fans, nice work takes bop him right on 320 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:47,720 ahead, mister Vans and with his own shovel. Hard to do? Was 321 00:24:47,759 --> 00:24:52,319 that a good enough actor? You are great takes great mister Morris's shovel, 322 00:24:52,400 --> 00:25:11,240 I'm sure has doug his own grave. There's only one thing I really wanted, 323 00:25:11,319 --> 00:25:15,240 no Vans, and that's this. Were you taking your life in your 324 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,599 own hands just to prove that Eddie Morris could operate a locomotive? Why? 325 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,559 Certainly markham Vans well all right, Tex Duncan only pretended to faint in the 326 00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:26,440 locomotive cab so that Marris would try to stop the locomotives. I still don't 327 00:25:26,519 --> 00:25:30,119 understand how you got text in the locomotive in the first place. Tax what 328 00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:33,119 he wanted to come after he broke away and locked you on heath in the 329 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,640 railroad office. He found me in the timekeeper's shack. You I wasn't a 330 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:40,240 policeman, and thought that I might believe his story. I did and dreamed 331 00:25:40,319 --> 00:25:42,920 up the escape plot with your help. All I did was have old locomotive 332 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,319 ninety six all steamed up and ready to go. You got Eddie Morris there, 333 00:25:47,519 --> 00:25:49,519 and he proved to you he could run a locomotive, and that proved 334 00:25:49,559 --> 00:25:52,519 to me that he killed Jenkins. Don't forget. The only thing I knew 335 00:25:52,519 --> 00:25:56,160 about mister Jenkins's death was that whoever killed him had run a locomotive up the 336 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,759 tracks from the service station. As I know that. In fact, I'm 337 00:25:59,759 --> 00:26:02,599 cures about only one more point and then I'll let you close up shop. 338 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,920 Fans, Why did Eddie Morris deny he could run a locomotive? Why because 339 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,680 the fact that ostensibly he couldn't run one was the basis of his entire plan. 340 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,079 Here's what actually happened. He was on the train that day mister Jenkins 341 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,319 was murdered. He saw Jenkins start to walk off. Why didn't he just 342 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:19,720 follow him on foot? Then? If he wanted to kill him? Mister 343 00:26:19,799 --> 00:26:23,039 Burton paid him to kill mister Jenkins, but he wanted to be sure he 344 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,440 wasn't suspected. He saw a tech duncan go to make his phone call, 345 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,960 so he got in the cabin ran the engine after mister Jenkins. Oh no, 346 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,880 I'm getting this. If it was proved that somebody drove Old ninety six 347 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:38,839 after mister Jenkins, that somebody couldn't possibly be Marris because he allegedly couldn't run 348 00:26:38,839 --> 00:26:42,440 a locomotive. Right, Well, Markham, I guess It's the end of 349 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:47,039 the line for mister Eddie Morris, it sure is, and it's the end 350 00:26:47,039 --> 00:28:14,039 of the president murder case for us. Welcome back. Given the subject matter 351 00:28:14,079 --> 00:28:18,799 of this episode, I would like to say that this story went off the 352 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,119 rails at some point, but for me, it didn't. It was a 353 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:30,200 reminder for me that I think that the earlier Filo Vance episodes but only had 354 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,279 some really good hooks, but tended to hold together a lot better as mysteries. 355 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,480 So this was a pretty satisfying puzzle. Now, of course you do 356 00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:47,640 have Markham just being over the top and welcoming Vans to the investigation. Oh 357 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:52,039 great, follow Vans. Thank you for gracing our investigation and for only you, 358 00:28:52,240 --> 00:29:00,400 the all seeing Filo Vans can come and solve this most baffling case. 359 00:29:00,519 --> 00:29:06,319 Now. I know that there are other series where detectives are perhaps over praise, 360 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,160 but for some reason it bugs me a bit more on follow Vans. 361 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,480 Maybe it's because he seems to enjoy it so much. All right, listener 362 00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:18,359 comments and feedback, and we turned to our listeners survey. Dan Right's good 363 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:22,160 job, Adam Jonny says, wonderful show. Love the comments. I feel 364 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:26,400 like I'm part of the conversation Keep it Up. 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That's a buck even for the drink here. Y'all keep the 383 00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:59,920 change. But thanks, hey, and this is a twenty you give me? 384 00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:04,119 Yeah, I know, Oh, I see, well buston. The 385 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,240 answer is no, I can't fix you up with one of the girls. 386 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:15,440 All I want is some information like what like where is Marty midnight this evening? 387 00:31:15,519 --> 00:31:19,319 Oh that I wouldn't know. She hasn't been around since well not for 388 00:31:19,359 --> 00:31:23,319 the last four or five nights, since Eddie Cannon was murdered. Is that 389 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:27,920 what you're about to say? Police? Insurance investigator? The company I represented 390 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:33,960 you a policy oun Eddie Calin with insurance ain't taken out about two months ago. 391 00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:38,640 Who's the better fishuary? His fine? Well? I never met the 392 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,079 gal, but I guess she's got something common. She must have took quite 393 00:31:42,119 --> 00:31:47,920 a beaten off of Eddie. Man, oh man, that cat could really 394 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:52,480 operate. So I can't you happen to know where Marty lives. She moved 395 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,799 a few weeks ago after she took up with Eddie. I don't even know 396 00:31:55,839 --> 00:32:00,240 her real name. Here's the manager here, I'm the manager. Bust I 397 00:32:00,359 --> 00:32:04,279 hired him, fired them and in between just look at him. Oh man, 398 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,039 what a life? You know. A friend of Eddie's named Pete s 399 00:32:07,039 --> 00:32:12,319 Timer sure I though he hasn't been around either, disappeared that same night. 400 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,680 Huh yeah, yeah, that was a bad night all around. There was 401 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:20,400 another guy dropped out of sight to a hood named Mike Kelso, one of 402 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,240 top of Leanley's boys, you know, Tompa. He comes in all the 403 00:32:23,359 --> 00:32:29,759 time. He said, hey, hey, wait a minute, you must 404 00:32:29,759 --> 00:32:36,440 be the cat that focus on who Congratulations, felicitations and happy days. I'll 405 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:42,039 have a drink myself on that real popular boy the most. I hope you'll 406 00:32:42,079 --> 00:32:45,680 be with us then. In the meantime, do send your comments to Box 407 00:32:45,799 --> 00:32:51,559 thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, 408 00:32:51,559 --> 00:32:55,920 and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, slash Great Detectives 409 00:32:55,960 --> 00:33:00,839 From Boise, Ottaho. This is your host, Adam Graham signing off