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very last two um frame up and Death of a Mystery Rider. Police Quarters
Calling All Cause, Attention, All Cause. Broadcast number fifty six. Beyond
the lookout for a lights and blue roaster make unknown, license unknown. I
believed they've been used in a murder a few minutes ago. That's all go.
Man, Oh come in to find your home. What brings you out
there late at night? To amazing One of the boys in my home as
I did, they'll cut me just as I write at home. Had a
murder case started designing. Yeah, here's the call out over the radio.
Yeah. H the boys laid the rest on the call. Yet they took
I went into custody just a few minutes ago. I hope they hang it
on a wrap. Oh that's what I wanted to come over and see you
about, Kevin. What's on your mind to there, Edne. You've been
one of my best friends for years, ever since we started planning payment together
during the years. Yeah, mine, Frank, just this young Tommy Evans
was killed a night. He was killed just outside the Paradise Club on Grand
Avenue. He was killed by a man in a blue roaster. How are
you getting at, Frank, Roman Kelly, So the whole thing, he
said. Tommy Evans came out of the club and started to call a taxi.
Tom Fellow had been had been parked across the street in a blue roaster.
As Evans came up, they call I got out of his car and
killed Evans the thirty eight automatic. Oh yeah. Roman Kelly says he saw
the fell quite clearly, that as he saw how he was dressed, that
the murderer was wearing a light gray top coat, a black derby, a
bright red scar that's a lot. I take it easy, and you're intimating
that my son Pat Hell Tommy Evans. He was arrested just a few minutes
ago. Oh, he didn't do it. He admits fighting with Tommy Evans.
Or he fought with him. You'll admit that just like had drunk.
Kids always fight over some girl. It isn't worth a time. But he
didn't kill Tommy Evans. Of course the state will have to prove that he
did. But the state has a lot on its side. Here it is
done. Yeah, you know it is. Yeah, flung to my son's
Pat was fun at the scene of the crime. Was who called it?
Roman Kelly. Once more we traced the blue Road trick. Kelly gave us
a fairly good description and said he fired a couple of shots at it does
a murder. It drove away When we found the car at a bullet hole
and a right rear fender and your son Pat hmit owning the car. I
don't believe it's it's it's a frame. Where is Pat? You're taking him
down? You want to see him right now? Come on, They're not
going to frame my boy, no, sir, not when I'm alive eating
It's just pat the murder. Oh that's the right, I know, sir.
And they brought him in yet he's been booked, noticing bring him in
right away? Yes, oh, I don't take it so hard. After
all, if he is innocent, he will be able to prove it.
If he is innocence, your tough like you believed him Keilly, or have
to face the fact then and look bad for him. We will face the
facts all night. We music up all the facts and we won't stop until
we find out who's trying to frame my son. A man. Then then
I didn't do it. I didn't have anything to do with it. That
was bad, yes, but that was Timmy Evans, skilled Commissioner ten thirty
Where were you at ten thirty sevens I don't know, Dad, No,
no, sir. You see I went to the club Jake Hodges Paradise Club,
but tend to see Millie. I thought, I told you all right,
now go ahead. I went to the club at ten o'clock. I
met Jake Hodges in the bar invited me to have a drinking. Well,
that's all I remember. Dad, honest, you let me handle this commissioner.
Sorry, you mean you were dragging? I don't know for sure.
My head feels like it. Color doesn't really pass out after one drink.
Where where are you when you came to mine? In an alley behind Jake's
club? I see what? Then I went to the corner for a cup
of coffee, Lieutenant Owens and the homicide squashed on me and pick me out.
I say, I want you to answer truth for the path. Yes,
sir, did you and Tommy Evans fight over Millie? You mean that
girl who dances in the club. Yes, sir, I've been going there
for quite some time, and Tommy went with me one night. I was
interested in Millie and Tommy tried to cut me out. I told him to
keep his hands off, and you get me and we mitted it up for
a few minutes. Then Jake threw us out. The officer on the beat
ran us home and let's all the risk toward Dad. This fight took place
last night, yes, sir, about to night. I didn't see Tommy.
I parked my car across the street from the club and went in early.
Did you see this girl? No, she hadn't come down yet.
Hey, you've got yourself in a fine mess. I'm going to tell you
something, your young fool, something that will hit you pretty hard and take
a lot of wind out of her. Say os, yes, sir,
Now, I don't think for one minute the Duke kill Tommy Evans, regardless
of what the Commissioner, Lieutenant Oran or anybody else think. Yes, sir,
this dame that you've been playing around with us, and she's just about
the hardest type of dame you've been run into it. But tis being old
enough to be your mother. SE's Jake Hodes girl? What you mean the
she this is worth the powder to take the broad of You're in a jam
son My job to get you out. Do you think you've done with you
tonight? Yes, sir, you would. You had it on you when
you went into Jake's. Yes, Dad, you had to keep your car
in your pockets. Yes, sir, you've been framed. So are you
going back to jail and tell him why I that block up? When you're
sitting there in the dark, just try to remember what I told you about
that dame. Yes, Dad, I would with me. Frank, Yeah,
said, I've been with you for twenty years. To light the stuff.
Now I'm good there, okay, boy here, thank you, thank
you. I do over here. That's well. Place like this on a
Saturday, twenty five bucks a week. Oh, make me laugh. Come
on, Frank, are you gonna do him? I'm going to find out
what she knows? Do you think the team? Hell my grandmam. Oh,
don't get upset, young lady. Get up out of that door.
That's a fast Millie, we're coming in. Oh you ni, Yeah,
I don't doubt it. Millie, Get back out of the way. You
can't man handle me that way. You do, some copper. That's because
your son's gonna jam. So you left the cat out of the back.
I didn't know if that was in trouble, and it was it now,
Chip, I had a phone call. Yeah, we'll call you, Jake.
Say you leave Jake out of this. You will get me fired.
Don't make me a laugh. You can't talk to me that all the time.
You go to the club to line about ten. No, you see,
young Tommy Evans. You like to make take Hors jealous, don't you.
What's it to you? You like to keep him running at you,
so you'll pay your rent and buy your clothes. Don't you get out of
here? You we're going No, come on, Frank, pretty here.
Sure. All I wanted to do is to make sure that she knew all
about what was going on. Come on, we got to work to do
you you think she would put it over here to the Paradise clumber, don't,
Jake, I've put it to nothing. I sent one of the boys
to bring her over. But just stop worrying. I didn't think it was
your son that was in the judges that you're here. You're playing Jake's private
role listening from slupam man if this started picking the pockets and drunk, here
we are sat a class, sweetheart. Come on, Jake, open up,
open up, hello, Captain and Commissioner. Well, well this isn't
surprime, It isn't sit down your heartboard yet. Hey, what's the We're
here to arrest you for murder or there or I don't trying to be funny.
I'm not trying. I'm naturally funny. Anybody know you wouldn't stand for
anybody pulling around with your girl, much less having two guys after early.
What are you talking about? You know what we're talking about. You saw
that my son Patting another young punker didn't have any more sense, was after
your girl. You thought you're doing yourself a favor by getting them all away.
So you're putting knockoff drops in Pat's bear, then dressed up in his
hat, poat and scarf and killed Tommy Evans and then beat it in pat
car. You're just dishing up a lot of hot am I we've got it
down in black and white. Yeah, we're you're lion, Oh I am
am. I join him at confession we got from Millie commissioner to that signed
confession from Millie ye, I'll read it to you. You had Dom Yeggs
say the let's get that pot? Yeah, yeah, it's what the one
and so because of these things, Jake Hodges lord Tommy Evans into a spot
in front of the club and killed him with hat. Weaver's done signed Milly
Devo witness that crazy damis bring her in, Jake, Millie Devale, do
you identify this man as a man who planned to kill Tommy Evans? So
you're Nicks Day or you're I don't hold him. I don't think I killed
him, Jake, You mean you still care for him after I tried to
kill you. I know you didn't, Mellie. That's why I spoke before
you a chance of warning. I caught him off his guy. He thought
you really signed a Confession'll come on, Frank. I don't have his fillerdal
But now mm hm m m m m. I'm gonna take a sence.
I m m. At least he bars just the second place that could be
a captain right. This is Vincer Marrow, the public apps. Mister Marrow,
I'd like to think you was that is very easy, very well at
your office. Law. We'll be at the offices of the Peacon magazine that
as low as I know where it is, I'll be there in twenty minutes.
D front comment card at the rear door. I mean cap nine,
Yes, I know I have mister lera. What are you doing? This
is mister Peters? You right? A nine? How do you do?
Sit down? Cap? All right? Peters here called me at home this
morning. It was a very strange story. Are you telling Peters? That's
as you told me? That's it? Have you know Hunston censured writer?
Yes, he's probably the best known of modern detective story writer. Yes,
I know I'm doing a series for us. Know it's the perfect Murder.
You may have read it, No, I haven't. Well, nevertheless,
we contracted for a series of eight episodes from them. We go to press
this week of the last the series. Well, the last episode is due
to day before. Yesterday I telephoned apartment to find out one of it to
be delivered, and I received the answer. Yesterday. I said a message
the attention tone. Is there a time? This morning I received this in
the mail you read the prony room. It's a letter from structure nay last
back from the post offer station. There is apartment read It said, the
perfect writers shall never be completed. When you read these words, I shall
be dead nine century. Are you sure the signature is genuine? Yeah?
And have you called as an apartment today? A secretary is the pony all
morning? I expect the best course to follow will be to go to the
apartment ourselves. Exactly, come Captain right, they're going in my cards waiting
downstairs. Trencher's apopular just down this part. You're acquainted with him to my
own truly, mister Trencher is unmarried. Yeah, he was married once years
ago. I believe here it's this door that doesn't seem to be anyone stirring
about him side. Not a good try. The door door seems to be
locked on the inside. I'm thinking better for them. Yeah, Allen's ahead,
Yeah, there's a lights just to deside the door, captains and I
found it doesn't seem to be anyone at home. This may be some sort
of her. But what is it Peter in that ship? Look trencher steady?
Huh? Don't rather want to get sucking good? They wouldn't get a
little more alive in here? Fire raising that find at that end of the
Rooman's morrow. This is a terrible thing that happened just now. Murders a
bad business at any time. This is a ghastly things as if he shut
himself on the forega. Here's the gun and the attitude of the body is
normal enough. I only had an idea what he was planning to do.
I I could have perhaps prevented this. How long has he been dead?
I won't be able to say definitely into the coroner I got there, I'll
hand I'd say twelve hours at least. Then he probably killed himself sometime last
night, after he'd mailed a letter. What's this in the firefighter. It
looks like a burned manuscript. Better leave that the amen of them the identification
girl. All right, I just wanted to make sure it was a manuscript.
It's the one we've been waiting for two mister merrow, the last episode
of the Perfect Murder. Yester. Yeah, let's place as this in a
fighting predicament. Can you get a ghost writer other than the time for press?
I'm afraid not to. But then do it yourself. Yes, isn't
it the usual thing for a writer to make a carbon cop his material?
Yet, then, before we get all excited about it, I suggested we
look around for the carbon copy. Not now, I want to telephone the
headquarters for the fingerprint. Man, I'm not so sure that this is a
sewer tide your finish Devons, asked Captain. Everything's clean as a whistle.
Found the ejected shell, and it looks like it's the one who did the
dirty word. Ballistics will call you just as soon as they finished. All
right, what about the carbon copy of the story, Captain? Right,
our men found nothing. Test As I thought, Frenchhart must have gone crazy,
burning the manuscript and then shooting himself that way. Well, you'd better
get busy Peters. That story must you're in our next issue. I'll do
my best, mister Merrow, If you will wait it a minute, I'll
see what I can do about it. I must be a copy of that
story somewhere were approximately thirty pages found burn one complete episode. There must be
another copy. Where can it be? That's a very difficult question. Just
now, mister Morrow, if you and an Interpeter that will return to your
officers. I'll see what I can do. In the meantime. If anything
new turns up, i'll call you once very well. Do what you can,
captain right, I'll appreciate it our magazine. Let's have the final episode
of that story by midnight tonight. I'll do my best. Good night,
gentlemen, good night. Oh right, Evan's ring the girl in Yes,
I see please, Miss Saunders, thank you. You were mister Trunchard secretary,
I believe me. Yes, you were fairly close to his personal affairs,
reasonably so. Did you do the typing on his last story, The
Perfect Murder? Yes? Did you make a carbon copy of the work?
Yes? Do you know where that copy is? A president, No,
I don't. I finished it sometime last week. I left both copies of
mister into see. Do you have any idea where mister Trunchard could have put
the garb and copy? We failed to find it in his files or on
his desk. It wasn't in the file and I don't know where it is.
Mister Trenchard was very particular, Miss Saunders. Do you know of any
reason for mister Trunchard killing himself? Certainly not, That's what do you mean
by that answer? Well, I mean I know of nothing which would cause
mister Trencher to commit suicide. He was very much against suic tide why and
several of his books he had branded it as a cowardly ass. You're familiar
with mister Trunchard's handwriting, yes, Would you tell me if this is his
signature at the bottom of this letter? Well, it looked very much like
his signature. This letter was mailed to mister Peters some time last night and
was posted sharply before eight o'clock. But I wasn't your mind, Mis Saunders.
Oh, but that's impossible. Why mister Trenchard would with me last night
from sixteen till eleven o'clock. He couldn't possibly have posted the letter. Does
throw a different light on the matter. How was your memory, Miss Saunders?
Fairly good? I believe all. If you have no objection, I'm
taking you to lunch, and while we're launching, i'd particularly enjoy hearing as
much as you remember the last episode of Winston Flinchers, The Perfect Murder.
Oh, I mean can I'd expected to hear from you last night. I'm
sorry I disappointaged you, mister Morrow. You know, Miss Saunders, Yes,
how do you do? I'm very well? Thank you? You made
out all right with the story. Yes, Peters finished at last? Lad,
I was reading the gallat Bruce as you came in, and I say,
I'm too late. I thought you'd enjoy receiving the original. The original?
Oh is mister Peters about I believe? So would you mind calling in?
Yes, ask mister Peters to step into my office. I've been doing
a lot of work, mister Morrow. That's why I had no time to
call you last night, as I promised work. Yes, and Miss Saunders,
there has been invaluable to me one of the seamen tomorrow. That's the
right. How do you do? Commends Spears? You know, Missaunders.
Certainly I'm going to ask both of you gentlemen to sit down while I'll tell
you how I found out that Winston Trenchard was not a suicide. Not a
suicide exactly. Winston Trenchard was murdered, murdered at his own suggestion, insidulous.
Nevertheless, it's true Winston Trenchard was murdered by his own suggestion. But
I'll ask miss Saunders to read from a portion of the original manuscript. The
killer turned for a last surday of the room. Then stealthily he closed and
bolted all the windows from the inside. Next, he withdrew from his inside
pocket a small portion of fishing cord and two pins. Kneeling beside the boat
on the door, he worked feverishly for a few minutes. Daughters, rdit
your pilot. Let I don't interrupt his peers, Go ahead, Missaunders.
Within a few minutes he had instead at the loose end of the string through
the keyhole, and entering the hall, closed the door softly behind him.
Falling gently on the cord, he heard the boat inside the room slip into
place. Applying more pressure, he felt the pin straighten, and with a
slight jerk, he would drew it from the keyhole with a layer on his
cruel lift. He stepped back and tried the door. It was locked,
locked from the inside. At last, he had committed the perfect murder.
Captain right, that was the method the killer used, A killed Clentured.
He used trentchured own murder scheme. But he didn't there that clentchured solution of
the crime appear in print. He was afraid that it would set someone to
thinking, so he carefully destroyed the remaining copy of the manuscript copy. Yes,
the burned portion which we found in the room was the carbon copy.
The killer already had the original in his possession. But this is ridiculous,
Oh, not so much as you'd think. How much were you paying Trenched
for the story in this tomorrow five thousand dollars an episode, payable upon publication
of each episode. You signed the checks personally, Yes, then they were
sent to the officers of the magazines for delivery to Peter's here. Yes.
Would you be surprised to know, mister Merrow, that those checks never reached
their destination up to right. That's a lie, study Peters, not a
move out of you. It's true, mister Merrow. Those checks were cashed,
but not by Trenchard Peters cash those checks forging Trencher's name, I repeated
to lie. Peters made arrangements to pay Trenchard after the last episode, thinking
that his winnings on the market would replace the money. Unable to pay,
he read Trenchard's last episode and using it as a guy killed him. Why
you're lie, Oh no, I'm not, Peters. I searched your home
this morning. I found the fish cord, the bent pin, and best
of all, the original manuscript. Where you made your mistake, Peters was
in taking Trenchard's story too much to heart. There's no such thing as the
perfect murder. Welcome back. Well, a couple of observations. I think
these were two fairly good episodes to close out the series. The first episode
was somewhat interesting in the fact that the that the captain basically seemed to be
of the view that when you are a police captain, it's like being able
to send your kid to the room, except you're now using the jail cell,
just the way that he talked about sending him back to jail. The
second one was good, and I think that's probably one of the worst things,
or worst possible timing with writer Today's when there is some unfinished work.
Probably the most famous instance of that is Charles dickens Mystery of Edwin Drowd,
where he died before finishing the work. Well, folks, that's it for
Police Headquarters and you know what that means. Next week, Jack Webb Barton
Yarborough in the series that would redefine police procedurals forever, Coming next Saturday,
it's drag Net. I'm excited and looking forward to going through that series with
you. This will also be probably the last split episode we'll do for a
while. Ever since we started the Bob Bailey Johnny Doller serials, we've had
at least one show a week where we would have two episodes of one series,
or one episode of one series one episode of another. And that'll end
for quite a while unless we find some additional episodes of Police Headquarters or some
other fifteen minutes show probably won't happen again until we go through Keen Tracer of
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