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ants the original air date February the seventh, nineteen fifty and the title as
the Chicken Murder Case. That's what I heard, Tommy, That's what I
heard. I tell you, Frankie ain't gonna stop until he stops you.
That's right, chick. What do you know? So Frank Stacy's bringing that
feud out into the open. That's what I heard. What are you gonna
do about it? Tommy? Stop flattering around. Maybe I'll be able to
think. When did they called you chick? I got chicken than anybody.
I was a forty year old chicken and that's really something. Well, they
don't call me chick because I act like a chicken. It's because I got
a high voice, because yeah, yell like you're chicken. High up.
Ye're not my problem at the moment. What I told you about Frankie Stacy
brought you down, huh exactly, And it is making me think. I
kind of got an idea he'd lay off if we'd keep away from his territory
boss. That's what's getting him so sore at you. What he wants does
an interests me. Maybe if you two guys could get together, you could
work something out. You better do it fast on account of Frankie figures on
knocking you off. Anyway, That's what I heard. I know, that's
what you heard. Check. I think I got something. Yeah, what
Frank Stacy wants to kill me? But I'm gonna say to it that he
killed somebody else. I don't think that would exactly satisfy him. He isn't
gonna have any choice in the matter. Chick, I got it. Stacy's
gonna murder somebody in front of witnesses. Witnesses, He'll talk whenever I say
the word, oh, I see what you mean. You'll get Stacy to
knock somebody off and then hold that over his head. Lie exactly, and
he'll do anything I say. Hey, I gotta hand it to you,
Tommy, that's swell. You got somebody picked out for Frankie to knock off.
Yeah, I think so, who by you? Of course? Good
shot, Frankie. It was solid at He's solid, and I'm getting hepptoli
angles on this billiard table of mine. I'm shop sure, Frankie, shure,
you're glad you bought the table now nats only. I think I'm gonna
change the color. I don't like that green business. All pool table's got
greener whatever that is on I'm Frankie. That's the reason I'm gonna change the
color on mine. I'm gonna be different. Keen, that's me. I
back up and watch me make a message. Shot Quota says you can't put
up a shut up. I can't do it for both of us. My
money is good, and I shut up while I'm trying to shut easy money
at easy money. We're always making easy money, sure, but generally I'm
on the collector and not the donating. That reminds me and Hommy Morrow is
still moving in on some of our stores, and he won't be much longer.
I'm gonna take care of him and add stooge chick today maybe, and
I'll take care of him slid. I get a plan, want me to
get it, Frankie, Yeah, Stacy talking, Frankie. This is Joey,
So show up bout Tommy Morrow. You better work fast, Frankie.
I just heard that he's sending chick Lewis out good him for you, straight
tip, Frankie. Yeah, thanks, Joey. I'll remember this. But
was it, Frankie? Anything important could be. Tommy Morrow is sending a
stooge that acts like a chicken. You know that chick lewis out to knock
me off. He's sending chick. What's he gonna do, Peckyla? That
ain't funny, Eddie. I'm sorry, boss, what are you gonna do?
Me. I'm gonna call Tommy and make a deal with him later.
Right now, I'm going to try and make a three cushion shot with this
Spiniard cueue. You see why I asked you to come to my office joint
your vans. Well, No, Markham, to be perfectly honest, I
don't, But as summons from the District Attorney is a command appearance for me,
so here I am. I want you to realize what will happen if
the reports I have are true that there's a feud between Tommy Morrow and Frank
Stacey, and that it's liable to flame into the open at any minute.
That's right, When that does come out into the open, there's going to
be shooting. Only I don't know any way to stop it, or perhaps
you might. If I were sure that either Morrow or Stacy would wind up
being killed, I wouldn't bother about it. We'd be much better off without
them. There is a chance, though, that some innocent people might get
in the way when their gang guns start. Yes, I believe that too.
There must be something you can do to prevent a murder of vance.
My talent lies mainly in solving killings. As I well know, we have
one possibility of averting bloodshed in this situation. I understand that Morrow and Stacy
hate each other, but that they respect each other too, that they've arranged
some sort of a conference. Find out where the conference is being held.
Arrest them both, and you have your solution. We have no case against
either of them, not right at the moment, that is. But I'm
convinced the conference won't work out. I'd like to prevent the bloodshed I'm sure
will follow. I understand your feelings. Now let me see. There's Tommy
Morrow and his chief stooge, chick Lewis on one side. That's right,
isn't it. Yes, Lewis is a thin, red headed fellow, looks
more like a chicken than he does a man. On the other side is
Frank Stacey and his head hoodlum, a character named Eddie the Lug of the
Boston of the Lugs. No doubt, no doubt, Markam. I realize
your predicament, and I thank you for giving me the overall picture of the
situation. So far, I haven't given you any complete picture. It's more
like a negative. What do we do advance nothing? I'm afraid, my
friend, we'll just have to wait till we see what the negative develops.
Well, Tommy, here we are. You see any set sign of frank
Stacy. I don't see that. It's sick. I don't see any sign
of either. But he'll be here. This meeting was his idea. You
think he was on the level when he asked you to meet him. Good
day and then again, maybe this is a gang. You'll keep me covered
all the time I walk up to meet him, and if anything happens,
i'll is that cor pulled up over there? Yeah, I see it.
Two guys in there that shouldn't be Frankie Stacey and edit the luck Tommy.
Yeah, Frankie, I see broad company. Win't exactly alone either. I
didn't bring Eddie to make trouble. To make sure you good enough, I'll
take your eyes off in a minute, say Gammy, don't worry, Tommy.
I'll keep Frankie between his gunmen and me, so and he won't go
any shooting. He just make sure Frankie doesn't make a move he does.
Don't ask questions, let him have it right with you. Keep your hands
away from your pockets, Frankie. I'll do the same, dummy, Okay,
Frankie, this is as far as I go. You come the rest
of the way. Ship. Glad you decided to meet me, Dummy,
I listened to propositions all the time. What's yours here? You got your
studs chick gunning for me. What I hear is that you're a little sir
at me for cutting in that you it's supposed to be out after me.
Maybe the whole thing is a misunderstanding. I wouldn't bet on that match.
I look, Tommy, this is a deal. Stay away from my territory
and there'll be no trouble. Keep cutting in and both of us will be
sorry. You'll be sorry you did it, and I'll be sorry about what
I have to do to you. By John, that's snow proposition. Oh
ah, well, this is we start working together, put your territory and
mine together, run things together, and split the take right down in the
middle. Well part of that sends all right. It's okay with me that
they're just what you say, except one thing. We split sixty forty,
and I get this sixty that ain't exactly fair. So simmy, people say
it's tough. I guess people are right. You don't like a fifty fifty
deal. Somebody must have told you. Okay, Tommy, you had you
chance. As far as I'm concerning, we dig each other. The meeting's
over. It's good enough. Only let me tell you something tomorrow. At
this time you're gonna be begging for the chance at a forty percent cut.
Spend a little time thinking about that, Frankie. It ain't got much more
than a little time left. Hey, what's the matter, Frankie. That
shot was a pushover, and you blew it. You're nervous or something.
Maybe, Eddie, maybe I am give me my gun. Sure, Frankie,
Sure, Only you're on your own house. Nobody will try to get
out you here. You're worried about Tommy Morrow. I don't want him to
make his move before I'm ready to make mine. Let me have that gun,
sure, Frankie, here it is. I feel better with my pocket.
Yeah, now, maybe I can shoot a little billiards. I'm gonna
try this one off the rail. Two bits, I megan, no birds.
That gives me all a confidence I need. I'm solid now, anat
plenty of solid. All I needed was, Hey, boss, it's chick
Louis. Tommy Morrow stools right, don't either of you do nothing stupid like
Reachel. Frankie, I got a message from Tommy for you, he says,
if I want to prove I'm not yelling, I'm to take my gun
down to see and let it do. The talking on a cor would work.
Frankie, An you cut, I'm writing a chest. So that was
the gunman Tommy sent down to get me? Was it? Get rid of
Matty's stating the bleed all over my new billiard table. I don't like the
green cloth, but I don't think I like it read either. In detailing
my notes on the Sterling murder case, it struck me that the first incoherency
wasn't fans you're busy? Oh please come in, Markham. I was just
dictating some notes to the machine so Ellen could type them up the first thing
in the morning. But it can wait just a second, model. I
turn this off. Glad to see you here, Markham. Sit down.
Your face tells me somebody's been killed. I must remember to make it a
little less revealing, because that's exactly right. Advance one of those two gangsters
you were concerned about. No, no, no, it's one of the
henchmen I told you about. Remember a fellow named chick Lewis as he worked
for Tommy Morrow, and he acted a little like a chicken. I believe
you said that's the one. We found his body dumped in a lot about
an hour ago. He'd been shot one bullet, did it? What's the
obvious implication that he was sent to kill Morrow's rival Frank Stacy and Stacy shot
first. But that's not what you're thinking. It never is. You refuse
to accept the obvious. Ever, That's one of the reasons I came down
to your right away, even before we picked up Stacy. Now wait a
minute, Markham. I never refused to accept the obvious at any time.
The point I think you were trying to make is that some things are obvious
to me that aren't to other people. Nothing you've told me makes me believe
that chick Lewis was killed by anybody other than Frank Stacy. Good, that's
all I wanted to know. Oh that might be for me, Vance I
left word where I was going. There's only one way I know to find
out. Hello, Hello, this is Marcy Homicide, his district attorney Markham.
There just a moment, Please you are Markham, take the phone on
the other side of the desk. I'll continue with my dictating. Good enough,
Vans. Sorry I'm such a bother. Hello, to continue with my
notes on the Sterling murder case. Two sisters were very clever in their idea.
What are you talking about? But their mistake was in trying to be
cleverer in their execution of the crime than they were. Yes, I do
a plan, thank you, Vans. Yes, Van's that call came from
Sergeant Marcy in a homicide department. Yes, I know, I imagine it
was something about the murder of the man who was called Chick. Correct.
Yes, he just got the police laboratory report on the bloodstains on chick Lewis's
clothes, and Vans it wasn't human blood at all. It was chicken blood.
Chick Lewis had chicken blood in his veins. Really well, that changes
things considerably. It does. How I said before that I didn't know any
reason that it wasn't Frank Stacey who killed Chick Lewis. I've changed my mind.
This is just you, Attorney Markham. The Chicken murder case concerns the
killing of Chick Lewis, henchman of gang lord Tommy Morrow Morrow has been feuding
with a rival, Frank Stacy, and it's natural to believe that Lewis was
shot down by Stacy. However, when Filo Vance was informed that blood stains
found on Lewis's clothes proved to be chicken blood, immediately formed a theory as
to his murder. I am still in advanced his office, trying to find
out what it is. I'm not trying to be mysterious, Markham. Honestly,
I'm not. In that case. You're being mysterious without trying. That's
all I can say. My theory as to who killed Lewis might be entirely
impractical. Yours might be right. I'd rather not go into the tail at
the moment. It's too possible. I might be off on a tangent you
very rarely are. It's luxury I can't afford too often, Markham. I'll
make you a promise about this case. What's that? Leave my theory at
me for a few hours, and I'll see to it that you're in on
the finale if I'm right. What about Stacy? Do you think I ought
to pick him up? I don't know why not? That is, if
you can find him, I imagine he'll go into hiding, Markham. If
I'm not right about my idea of who killed Lewis, I'm going into hiding
too, Alice, thing work that just the way. I thanks for your
help, kid, jokay, mis Tomorrow. I remember what you did.
It helped me get Stacy over a barrel and that's where I'm in a caton.
Who oh, and you can cut out that, mister Tomorrow stuff.
Kid, just call me Tommy. That's okay,'s a minute, Yeah,
who is it? It is Stacy Morrow? I have Frankie, you
got my message to call me? That's right. What happened? You decide
to get together with me and split the take two ways? Wow, I
wouldn't exactly say that. In fact, I was pretty sure you were ready
to listen to that sixty forty deal of mine. Now what do you mean
now? Just that Now you're knocked off a pretty good boy of mine,
Chick Lewis Frankie, Oh I did did? I? Of course I heard
he was dead? Got it? You'll kill him? Kill him at your
department with my little hatchet, get kid if you want. But I can
send you up anytime I like. For not going off, Chick, you
saw me do it. Of course I didn't. I got a little news
for you. If I killed the guy, and I'm not admitting anything,
you understand, I wouldn't be stupid enough to do it with anybody around.
You know, made sure that, but you didn't. Besides, you trusted
the guy who saw you killed Chick. Eddie ads right, he's working for
me. Now that's your story. Wait a minute, Eddie, talk to
your ex boys. Sure? Hello, not you, Frankie. That's enough.
Put Tommy Morrow back on. Sure wants to talk to you again.
I thought he wouldn't. Okay, Frankie, what guys now? Sixty forty
split for me and you? What does Eddie go to the cups? Tommy?
It looks like you and I are partners, well practically partners, anyhow,
be like telling me where we're bound? Four beans? Yes, Marcaelm,
I do. I feel very much like telling you. Well then,
but I'm not going to. All I can say is that we're en route
to find the murderer of Chick Lewis. You've told me that Frank Stacy can
be found in his apartment. Generally that's correct, and that Tommy Morrow who
employed the dead man, operated from a store. I want very much to
talk to one of those two men. I think I know where we're going.
In that case, you don't concede that Stacy killed Lewis. Therefore you
want to talk to Tommy Morrow. Is that correct? Exactly? If I'm
not mistaken. This is the store from which he operates, and the shades
are drawn over the store window. But I think I see some light from
the inside. I'm sure you do. There's a rather strange looking individual standing
in front of the store. Yeah, bodyguard, probably Morrows. You could
be no rance, it isn't I recognize that, ma'am. That's Eddie the
Luck. He works for Stacy. Yes, but he's down at front of
Tommy Morrow's office. This is really making sense now, It isn't to me
unless Stacy happens to be down visiting Morrow. I doubt that. Wait here
a moment, will you do I have any choice in the matter. That's
what I thought. I'll wait for you. I won't be long mark going
somewhere, But yes, I think so, I'm going in to see Tommy
Morrow. What makes you think so? Look, I don't have any time
to delve into my reasoning with you. Step away from that door. Apparently
you didn't hear me. Let me try your other ear. My name is
Filo Vance. As soon as you step away from that door, I'm going
in to see Tommy Morrow because I think he killed Chick Lewis. I'm on
move you make me all right, I will. I don't think so.
Oh, I'm Maggie. You're right, Vance. You didn't need any help
at you with that character. As long as you're here, markam, Let's
go into this store and we'll see Tommy Morrow together. What about him?
Oh? Leave him lying there. He's a good advertisement for me. Yeah,
I know what you mean. Well, let's go, Vance. There
is nobody here. There's certainly no place for anybody to be hiding. There's
a door leading out the back of this store, and I imagine that mister
Morrow went out that way when he heard the commotion in the front dance.
Let's wait right here until you tell me something you believe. Apparently that Morrow
kill his own employee, Chick Lewis. You've offered me no reason for your
believing that, or any motive for Morrow to kill chick. You're absolutely correct.
I was about time. I was a few moments ago. You told
me that seeing Frank Stacy Stewge Jettie the log outside this store confirmed your theory
that I did. You don't tell me how or why or when this case
will be over. Don't you think it's about time you parted with information?
Yes? I do. I believe in all honesty that this case will be
over tonight. I believe that I can turn Chick Lewis's killer over to you.
What's most important, I believe I can prove everything I say. Sherry
said, his name is Filo Vans. Sure, I'm sure, and he
was looking for you, Tommy, he knew something. I'm sure he knew
something advance as an awful help character. Tommy, how aboudy asks you,
Frankie, Well, I can tell you what I think, Ken, I
were partners now sixty forty maybe, but partners just the same. I think
getting rid of Vans it's a good idea. That's why we're here in front
of his partner, and added, that's why Eddie has his Tommy gun pointed
at the window ended. And I'm more full anxious to get even putout knocking
around. He give me too, please me. I am a couple of
shots from this kunnel square things. It always does, you know, tell
me why you and I stop by fighting? Team up together, and the
first thing we do to make the partnership start is have a jam session with
the Tommy Gunn and a guy named Final Vans. By the way, you
would pretty smartty, I mean I was smart buying off Eddie here so he'd
be on your side after I killed Chick. That wasn't dumb, No,
it was sharp, keen solid. I like having a smart partner. I've
only advanced. Would show his face out of that apartment house store. We
could go celebrate someplace. Let him show his face. Just let him show
his face. Get Eddie getting so he's got to work himself up to shooting
the guy. He couldn't make an exception in your case. If you keep
nailing him, it ain't wrong neither right, all right, I'm sorry.
The apartment has stores helpening. That's fans in the doorway. That's Van's all
right, pose nice and pretty just waiting for this. He's fallen. You
got him ready, that's got this com with it. That's so fast,
don't move three, my man, have this cast rof marking the disc Attorney
well might come, maybe I've got us. Wait, did a lot of
characters I favor. I'm not gonna file of Vans just now. He's smart,
Yeah, but he could not think I'm a seeing gun bullet. If
you knew how I felt about advance, you wouldn't talk that way tomorrow.
I have a good mind to take care of you three personally. Forget about
the law. That's not necessary, Mark, that's the highway kill. You
don't think I'd let myself be killed just to prove my theory was correct,
do you, Markham? After you take these three individuals down to headquarters,
I'll tell you why I wasn't killed and how that chicken blood proved no red
herring in this case. You'd better start from the beginning. Van. So,
I have a hunch this is going to be complicated. It isn't at
all, Markham, and I think i'd better start at the end. You
know now why I called you to be in front of my apartment with some
policeman. Yes, you saw something that led you to believe that to be
an attack on your life, because you knew too much about the chick Lewis
killing. And there was and we heard enough while the police and I were
hiding in the hedges near the gangster's car to send them all away for a
long time, if not forever, very well, then we have that much
out of the way. I'll take it from there. When I saw the
men parked in front of my door, I suspected who they were, so
I called you and then fixed up a dummy to resemble me as much as
possible. Then you came down, opened the street door, set the dummy
up, and ducked out the back way. I gathered then that much is
true. Now you want to know how the fact that there was chicken blood
on Chick Lewis's clothes proved to me that Frank Stacy didn't kill him. Before
you go into that, I think i'd better tell you that Frank Stacy has
already confessed to killing Lewis. Oh, I have no doubt that he thought
he killed the man. This is what happened. Tommy Morrow wanted to get
something on Stacy, so he framed the murder. He had Chick Lewis show
up at Stacy's apartment the bladder containing chicken blood underneath his coat. He had
already bribed Stacy's stooge, Eddie the lug to put a blank cartridge in Morrow's
gun. I see no. I think Stacy fired the blank chick Lewis fell
and as he was falling, broke the bladder containing the chicken blood. In
other words, the whole thing was staged to make Stacy think he killed Lewis.
That's right, so that Morrow could in the future dominate Stacy. But
if what you say is so vance that Stacy fired a blank Lewis would still
be alive. Yes, And the chances are he still would be alive if
he hadn't quarreled with his boss Morrow after the supposed murder. This is pure
supposition, of course, but I imagine Morrow's confession will show you I'm right.
In other words, the supposedly dead Lewis was carted out of Stacy's apopin
by Eddie. Lewis then went to report to his boss, but they quarreled
and Morrow killed him. I'm sure that's what happened. It was the only
reasonable explanation of why there was chicken blood on chick Lewis's clothes. Markham,
you remember that's what interested me in the beginning. Yes, I do,
and I'd be glad to remember that. This is the end of the Chicken
murder case, Welcome back. Does anyone come up with more ridiculous heart takes
on crime than Markham? You didn't wonder if police officers kind of make bets
to figure out what they can get Markham to believe by providing isolated pieces of
evidence. I bet I can get Markham to believe that this guy had chicken
blood flowing through his veins. And you might think that the odds would be
against success, But here we are. When dealing with unexplained situations, Markham
seems to reach for the most implausible, impossible answer to the problem and go
with that as his default until Vance proves otherwise. And what's so funny about
Markham is, unlike say, a sergeant Otis from Richard Diamond, whose voice
clearly indicates that he is a comedic character, Markham speaks with the voice of
assured authority. Also, it was funny when he went all vigilante justice on
those who he thought had killed Vance. I don't think anyone was buying it.
Actually, the way that he described chicken with chicken blood flowing through his
veins and more of a chicken than a man could to mind. The nineteen
nineties sketch on the TV series Maniacs called Chicken Boo, and each segment dealt
with Chicken Boo having assumed a human identity and being widely respected, except for
one person who insisted that he was indeed a giant chicken because he looked like
a chicken in human disguise and never spoke any words but clocked. Thankfully,
the solution in this case was not as ridiculous as that or what Markham said.
Well, listener comments and feedback now, and we turned to Ken,
who has some thoughts on the music Box murder case. Adam, as always,
thank you for the wonderful program. I really enjoyed the recent episodes of
Filo Vans, including the incompetence and extremely corny puns. Even though I recently
sent you another comment, today's episode is just too far out to not say
something. In the music Box Murder Case, Vans and Markham are dealing with
krooks who killed the victims when their burglaries interrupted. Vans and Markham are aware
that each robbery had a valuable music box that was also stolen. They decide
the krooks lacked valuable music boxes. Yet in the very next scene, we
hear a krook trying to break in and steal yet another music box. The
robbery was interrupted and the krook killed the owner before fleeing without the music box.
The head villain was upset at not getting the music box and he tells
the other crooks that he really wanted the music box after seeing a picture of
the very valuable two hundred year old music box in the Sunday Paper. Later
then, the incompetent krook who didn't get the music box was killed by his
gang. That makes a lot of questions. Why didn't Vans and Markham read
the Sunday Paper, see the article about the two hundred year old, very
valuable box and try to protect it in the owner? After all, they
already knew the krooks stole music boxes and killed the owners. If they would
have tried to protect the music box and its owner, they could have saved
the lives of the owner and the murdered crook. Almost too coincidental to believe.
Later, the newspaper talks of yet another very valuable and rare music box
that is going to go on sale at a local store. In fact,
it's the most valuable music box that has ever arrived in the USA. Vance
comes up with the idea to buy the box and put it in his home
to learn the thieves. We don't know how valuable it was, but the
head crook promised one of the other crooks that his share of the robbery would
be fifteen thousand dollars. I imagine the music box was worth at least double
that. Are we supposed to believe that Vance had an extra thirty thousand dollars
in his bank account in those days? Why would he really buy the music
box instead of working with the store owner to protect it. What can we
say about Markham? He goes to the store to see who bought the music
box. Markham determined that the purchaser used an alias, So Markham doesn't even
ask or check up on the address, figuring it was a fake. Actually
the address was Vances and was part of Vance's plot to cast the crooks.
I could go on and on about this episode. After Vance and a physical
trap in his home to catch the crooks, somebody came to the door.
Vance stated that the person of the door is probably unknown to him, or
he would have just walked in. So Vance, with the trap set walks
over and open the door to a stranger, as though nothing was unusual.
If the crook had been at the door, it would have ruined Vance's plot,
but it wasn't. The crook didn't come until later. As I said,
I could go on and on, but I won't. Again. Thank
you for the wonderful episodes. I think part of the incompetence of Vance and
especially Markham helped make this series so fun. Well, thanks so much for
the email, Ken, and I would agree with that last part. For
the first decade plus that I had this podcast, I was determined not to
do this series because the plots were ridiculous. I think perhaps I was taking
myself a little too seriously and the whole concept. But as I got more
into listening to the programs, I could appreciate their charm. Even though I
often have to give such lengthy explanations, I will go ahead and say a
couple of things in Vance's defense. First of all, is it plausible that
Vance would have thirty thousand dollars or whatever it costs? Because I doubt that
our crazy mastermind was talking retail prices. We're probably talking into high five figures,
if not six figures. But I think there's a case that Vance could
afford it. Going back to the original final Vance books, Vance was a
gentleman detective who a chually started solving crimes as something to amuse himself. He
was a wealthy man, a dabbler in things like arts and raising expensive dogs.
While the radio version of Vans is a private eye, there's no real
indication that making money is particularly important. If he's had an episode that ended
with him earning a fee, I don't recall it. In fact, most
cases, he ends up investigating as an unpaid consultant to the police, and
his friendship with Markham indicates that he moves in society at the highest levels.
So I generally assume that Vans is independently wealthy. He's probably not a millionaire
ce our discussion about millionaires last year, but he could probably get a few
hundred thousand dollars together if he had to. Now it's possible that Vance might
like the piece and want to keep it as a trophy, but given the
high price tag, that's probably not going to happen. But with Vance's connections,
he should be able to sell the music box for about what he paid
for it, and maybe even turn a profit if doing so makes sense for
tax purposes. So I don't have a trouble with that part. And I
actually think that his deduction that the criminals weren't at the door was kind of
sound just because he wouldn't expect them there, So I thought that was reasonable.
But your other points I think totally fair. And yeah, you could
go at most episodes of File of Vans for quite a long time, and
I appreciate the points you brought out. Ken. Thank you so much.
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We'll be back next Thursday with another episode of Final Vans, but join us
back here tomorrow for yours truly Johnny Doller and the final three parts of the
Molly Key Matter where mister Doller it's him man getting Browley over there. He
just come in. Yeah, he's seen us too, he's coming over this
week. I gotta get out of he sit down, Lets talkins he wants.
You don't know him, You don't know how he is when he gets
made. But it looks like I'm gonna find out. Well, seems like
you're not very particular. But the company you keep either, my captain,
pull up a chair. What are you up to dollar offering him a bribe
to testify against me? Donate too. There's enough against you already. Yeah,
there will be more likely when you and them smart company lawyers get through
you. Insurance people are all alike. You're right there to collect when it's
due you, but your squirm when it comes to paying off. Well,
now that depends on the circumstances, captain, and in this case, well,
I wouldn't go spending that money yet if I were you, that's what
you've been telling him. Huh. When I've got anything to tell, I'll
tell her to the courts. Yeah, a long with anybody else you can
turn against me, like my own daughter, for instance, she even sneaked
your on. Try to turn her against me, Not that that took much
doing. And Dean Sutton, owner of the cargo. But there's a limit
to what a man will take dollar and I took enough already. Now you
better quit pushing me. I'm warning you. I'll take your warning and stick
it where it'll do the Moscow. You've been trying to block every attempt I've
made to get to the bottom of this thing. You've drank your feet every
step of the way, deliberately, Dolla. Nobody touched to me like that,
and it's time somebody did. I hope you'll join us then. In
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