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Well, now it is time for this week's episode of File Events, 18 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:16,719 and this episode from Radio Archives is one where there was just not a 19 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:23,000 good enough quality program in circulation to play, but their version definitely work for 20 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:29,199 us, so we can enjoy this episode. Original airdate September twentieth, nineteen 21 00:02:29,319 --> 00:02:59,520 forty nine. And this one is the Penny Anti murder case. How many 22 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,240 comes? Dan? No? None for me? Bill? No, no, 23 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,919 no, no, not at all. I'll play these What are you 24 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,199 so nervous about? Dan? You got a pat hand? You want to 25 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,159 relax, right, Jacqueline. Maybe Dan's got something on his mind. Could 26 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,199 be make with the cards? Bill, How many are you taking? Day? 27 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:17,319 It takes two cards, you bet, Jacqueline? I checked a Dan's 28 00:03:17,319 --> 00:03:22,159 pat hand. Who's that? Relaxed Dan? I don't know who it is, 29 00:03:22,199 --> 00:03:24,879 but I'll handle it. Who's there? The police? Open up? 30 00:03:25,039 --> 00:03:29,120 The police? Keep your nerves out of control with your Dan from meat sick? 31 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:32,520 How do we do? Billy? Don't open up? We break in? 32 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:38,960 All right? No, nobody moves. Are having a little friendly game 33 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,240 of poker in my apartment. We're playing for pennies. You can see for 34 00:03:42,319 --> 00:03:45,840 yourself. You'll look around. You gotta complaint from the neighbors that there has 35 00:03:45,879 --> 00:03:51,120 been gambling going on here. What's this Dan's dad? Dan's been stamp I 36 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,759 wonder he was nervous. It looks like you three people took time out from 37 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:58,000 the game to do a little playing with knives. What this guy's did. 38 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,039 He was just sitting. Who was he? His name was Dan Smith. 39 00:04:01,039 --> 00:04:03,599 He was alive a minute ago. That's all I know. Anybody see this 40 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:09,159 guy's dad? You lady, No, no, I didn't. What about 41 00:04:09,159 --> 00:04:12,599 you. I didn't see a thing, not a thing. You look sorry. 42 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:14,240 I had nothing to do with this. You've got to believe me. 43 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,319 I yeah, we'll see. Okay, boys, tried to three of them 44 00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:21,199 down a headquarters now waiting for you. Stick with me, the rest of 45 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:28,279 you out. Go on, boys, get him out, Murph. This 46 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,519 is what I like about being a cop and get a calls here in this 47 00:04:31,759 --> 00:04:36,879 gambling up here, and we find a murder. At least you know one 48 00:04:36,879 --> 00:04:42,360 of the other three killed him. That's something that's right. And I want 49 00:04:42,399 --> 00:04:45,839 to take a look at the hand this dead guy was holding. Might mean 50 00:04:45,959 --> 00:04:49,519 some cards face down on the table. I think I'll take a look. 51 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:57,560 Yeah, three three aces sagen here, so I see only ace missing was 52 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,839 the ace of spades. Some guys, I think the ass speeds is unlucky. 53 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:23,360 Somebody wasn't superstitious. I guess I'm the district attorney, not the judge. 54 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,079 Miss Rice. I'm not going to doubt your guilt or innocence. I'm 55 00:05:26,079 --> 00:05:29,360 only interested in finding out what happened at the game. You know what happened, 56 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,120 mister Markham. We were playing poker for pennies just the past time when 57 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:36,399 the police broke down the door. In the excitement, Dan Smith was stabbed. 58 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,279 What do you know about Smith? Not a thing? Bill Baxter. 59 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,199 It was his apartment we were playing and invited him to play Baxter Mickey Mollis 60 00:05:46,199 --> 00:05:48,759 and the other man and the game. We're in business together and you I 61 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:54,240 just like to play cards. I see. I've asked my friend Filo Vans 62 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,680 to come down here and meet you. Was the first step in finding out 63 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,959 which of you three murdered Smith? Van say yes, you think you'll like 64 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,160 what he sees when he meets me. When Vance is on a case, 65 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:08,360 he isn't easily distracted. Oh, I don't know you'll find out you're very 66 00:06:08,399 --> 00:06:12,560 attractive, miss Rice, tall, excellently dressed, quite glamorous. I'd say, 67 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,680 ha ha, Maybe we can do with our fans on this case. 68 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,199 H I think not. I'll amend what I said, though. Oh, 69 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:24,639 your entire appearance, including those dark glasses you wear, your obviously expensive gown 70 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,800 and mink jacket, will affect Vance. He won't be distracted by you, 71 00:06:27,879 --> 00:06:30,800 just disturbed. Well that's something at least Markham. I won't be held very 72 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,600 long, will I. I can't make any promises. It's possibility Vance come 73 00:06:34,639 --> 00:06:39,040 in. This is miss Jacqueline Rice, Miss Rice Final Vance. How do 74 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,920 you do Rance? You know I asked you to come down definitely. Although 75 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,560 your meager information hasn't supplied me with any motive for the crime, we haven't 76 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,839 found any ourselves yet, don't even know who the dead man was a matter 77 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,600 of fact, we know his name, Dan Smith, and that's all. 78 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,399 It occurred to me on the way here that the poker game might have been 79 00:06:55,399 --> 00:06:58,639 the reason for his murder. We were playing for pennies. Van Sergeant Heath 80 00:06:58,639 --> 00:07:00,959 who broke into the apartment, and tell you that he told Markham and Markham 81 00:07:01,079 --> 00:07:04,360 told me, which is the same thing. But while pennies were used, 82 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,240 they may only have been used as an indicator, like a chip for instance. 83 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,240 In other words, each penny might have represented ten dollars or fifty or 84 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,040 one hundred. That's right, isn't it, Miss Rice? Yes, it 85 00:07:15,199 --> 00:07:17,839 might have d if Dan Smith were winning and somebody couldn't afford to lose. 86 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,959 How were you doing in the game, Miss Rice? I was losing up 87 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,800 until the hand that was interrupted, and that one I would have won. 88 00:07:25,879 --> 00:07:28,720 That one I had a straight flush. Mine was the winning hand, a 89 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,519 straight flush beast three aces. You know, so it does, and that's 90 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,560 what Smith held. Pray you'll have to find a different angle vance perhaps, 91 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:38,000 although I doubt it. After I questioned the other two suspects, Markham, 92 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,879 I'd like you to release them, and Miss Rice, all right, if 93 00:07:40,879 --> 00:07:43,199 you say so, Vance, it means it's all right if I'd go that's 94 00:07:43,199 --> 00:07:46,000 correct, But not too far, nicely said Markham. You see, I 95 00:07:46,040 --> 00:08:01,240 think miss Rice has gone far enough already. What has since? This is 96 00:08:01,279 --> 00:08:05,160 what a wonderful racket? Didn't like myself better with every envelope that comes in 97 00:08:05,199 --> 00:08:07,959 here, Ricky Bell, I'm scared because that Dan Smith get knocked off in 98 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,000 my apartment. Yeah, I'd be scared. The caps of this goat didn't 99 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:16,319 may they couldn't prove we did it. We didn't. I'll take that remark 100 00:08:16,399 --> 00:08:18,519 up with you later, Rickie, give me account in today's though. That 101 00:08:18,759 --> 00:08:22,720 envelope he just opens the last. We've got twelve hundred letter today, each 102 00:08:22,759 --> 00:08:26,000 with a buck in the envelope, all the envelopes addressed to us the Rainbow 103 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:31,240 Distributing Company. Not bad. No, we needed to go into business was 104 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:35,480 a telephone book and twenty thou penny postcards. Wish I'd thought of that idea. 105 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,200 You're missing the one thing you need to think up days. Brains takes 106 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,279 brains, Rickie. To dream up the idea of sending postcards to people in 107 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,600 the phone book, the cards saying we're holding a package for them and we'll 108 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,000 forward it when they send us a buck takes brains. Oh, I know 109 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:52,320 it works, and so you have to know what happens when the people send 110 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,639 us a book and then they don't get the packages. Ricky, this racket 111 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,879 is only good for a week and then we blow time. But in that 112 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,919 week we want to get at ten grand easy. Too bad that smith guy 113 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:07,159 got knife to my place might make blown Town a little tough. You shouldn't 114 00:09:07,159 --> 00:09:11,039 have done it, Rickie. Me. Yeah, I didn't kill him, 115 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,159 stop it. It wasn't a dame. I was watching her every minute, 116 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,399 was you all right? But if forget it, nobody's gonna know that you 117 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,440 pushed a knife into that smith guy, Bill, not me. You don't 118 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,399 look to throw the heat off on me when you kill him, and nice 119 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,039 to talk that way. Friends slug me for no reason I give him. 120 00:09:31,039 --> 00:09:33,519 When you get up, Ricky, you're gonna find your right eyes shut. 121 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:46,159 See that in the future. You got a mouth to match. Come in, 122 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,960 Hello, fans, do you remember me? I remember you, all 123 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:54,720 right, Rickie, Come in and sit down. Surprised to see me events 124 00:09:54,759 --> 00:09:58,679 not particularly when I was questioning you yesterday. I knew you were holding something 125 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,840 back. Not about the murder. I wasn't. I didn't see who did 126 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,559 advance, Honor saidn't. But about Bill Bill back to the other guy in 127 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:11,879 the game. I worked for him, Bency, So you told me yesterday. 128 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,519 I didn't know yesterday what I know now. He's got a racket going. 129 00:10:16,039 --> 00:10:18,960 He set out twenty thousand postcards to different people saying he was holding the 130 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,879 package for him and to send a book. Bottom sent the dollar. Now 131 00:10:22,919 --> 00:10:26,000 he figures to scram before they start the grape. Oh he does, eh. 132 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,759 Yeah, And you knew nothing about this when you went to work for 133 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:33,039 him. Not a thing. We had a little bustuff this morning. I 134 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,639 know he looked for somewhere to make a petsy in this thing. I could 135 00:10:35,639 --> 00:10:39,879 go to the cops, but I'd rather come to you. You know better 136 00:10:39,919 --> 00:10:45,799 what to do? Perhaps tell me something, Rickie Yah was Dan Smith, 137 00:10:45,919 --> 00:10:48,080 the murdered man. I got no idea. I was in the game for 138 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,440 what I could win. I think the Dame Jackie Rice brought Smith. And 139 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,039 I also think my boss Bill back to with a guy who stuck the knife 140 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,519 in him? Did you see him? If I had seen him, might 141 00:10:58,519 --> 00:11:01,320 have told you yesterday. I got no proof, Vans only what I think. 142 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,679 That doesn't get us very far, unfortunately, Rickie, I want you 143 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,799 to set up a poker game at your apartment tonight. Can you do it? 144 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:13,840 Well? I guess so. I don't know why. I'll have to 145 00:11:13,919 --> 00:11:18,320 keep my reasons to myself. I want Bill Baxter there and Jack Willen Rice 146 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:22,519 and yourself three handed poker. There ain't much of a game. There'll be 147 00:11:22,519 --> 00:11:26,960 four hands. I'll be there. It's time I took a very definite hand 148 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:41,600 in what's going on around here? Hello, Miss Rice is built, Baxter? 149 00:11:41,919 --> 00:11:45,159 What do you want? Supposed to be a poker game tonight at Rickie's? 150 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:46,960 You going? I don't know why I shouldn't. No, Then I 151 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 got news for your final. Vans is going to be there. That's the 152 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:54,480 reason I'm going. Oh, I've got nothing to hide from Vans. What 153 00:11:54,600 --> 00:12:00,200 about you? Bill? You going to Rickie? Yes, I am like 154 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:05,039 to repeat what you told me fillow, Vans will be there. I got 155 00:12:05,039 --> 00:12:07,240 a little repeating to do myself. You tell me you've got nothing to hide 156 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:11,440 from Vans? Neither of Bye. That's the reason I'm going to Ricky's. 157 00:12:20,519 --> 00:12:24,440 This is rather an unhappy card game. Doesn't anybody have anything to say? 158 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,440 If you're want conversation instead of cards? Vans, I could make some tea. 159 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:33,440 I chipped two pennies. Anybody playing with me? I'm in. You 160 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:37,240 always were a sucker, Bill, how about you, Ricky? Yeah, 161 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:45,159 stay brave man Vans. I'm not sure. Lend me a dark glasses, 162 00:12:45,159 --> 00:12:48,519 will you, Miss Rice? My glasses? Yes, I'd like to use 163 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:50,679 them for a while if you don't mind the light in this room is wearing. 164 00:12:52,039 --> 00:12:54,600 I'd lend them to your vans, except that they aren't sunglasses. They've 165 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,679 been ground to a prescription and then tended. Oh may I see them? 166 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,039 Why? Of course? Here? Anybody feel like playing poker? I got 167 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,399 doe invested in that kiddy. Just a minute, please, mister Baxter, 168 00:13:03,519 --> 00:13:07,200 I want to try on these glasses, if Miss Rice's all right? M 169 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,080 Miss Rice? What was the last thing you asked me before I borrowed these? 170 00:13:13,399 --> 00:13:16,679 I asked if you wanted in on this hand? I chipped two pennies, 171 00:13:16,759 --> 00:13:20,679 yes, of course, No, no, pass me? Here are 172 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,399 your glasses back? Thanks? Not going in vance? No, I have 173 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:28,039 a pair of aases that doesn't compare with your three fives, Rickie, or 174 00:13:28,159 --> 00:13:31,000 your straight backstairs? Hey, what is that? Or even miss Rice's four 175 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,320 kings? Just consider me out of this one. Please wait a minute, 176 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,399 wait, just a minute. How did you know what cards? Who are 177 00:13:35,399 --> 00:13:39,600 holding the cards were using? Or a deck known as readers. Miss Rice's 178 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,759 dark glasses enable to wear it or read the cards from the back. Little 179 00:13:41,799 --> 00:13:46,200 mark in the design, visible only when dark glasses are worn, identifies each 180 00:13:46,279 --> 00:13:50,279 card. So that's why she always won. She's been rooking us for a 181 00:13:50,279 --> 00:13:54,360 week. Boys, you were only playing for pennies. What's the difference. 182 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:58,279 If miss Rice won pennies, each of those coppers represented a hundred bucks. 183 00:13:58,279 --> 00:14:03,200 Fans, this dame when a fortune from us. This is all completely ridiculous. 184 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,519 If you'll excuse it a minute, you'll you're going up. He's not 185 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:09,000 going to do anything, not just yet, neither are you, Baxter. 186 00:14:09,159 --> 00:14:13,320 I'm finally getting somewhere on this case. These poker games you've been holding were 187 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:18,559 for big money. That might be the reason Dan Smith was killed. Why 188 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,360 should that make a difference. If he found out that miss Rice was cheating, 189 00:14:20,519 --> 00:14:24,240 she might have had to take steps to silence him. Fan, so 190 00:14:24,279 --> 00:14:26,720 I could kill you. I don't doubt it. Her cute trick almost tagged 191 00:14:26,759 --> 00:14:30,840 rickin me with a murder. Rapp Mans to me a favor, get lost 192 00:14:30,879 --> 00:14:33,399 for about five and just five minutes. That's all I ask you, Totim. 193 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,159 Sorry, but I'm staying this is very unsatisfactory to me. Incidentally, 194 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,759 it's true. I know now that the poker games were for big stakes and 195 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:43,799 that miss Rice was cheating, But I don't know that. Oh hello, 196 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:48,840 Markham, come in Hey, what is this? Another raid finally identified the 197 00:14:48,879 --> 00:14:50,200 dead man, Dan Smith. He was a private detective. He was a 198 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,279 private eye, eh, Markham. Well, apparently he wasn't a very important 199 00:14:54,279 --> 00:14:56,879 one, or the fact that he was missing would have been reported before this. 200 00:14:58,039 --> 00:15:01,039 He wasn't important, It wasn't particularly legitimate it either. His license was 201 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,440 taken away last year. I'm glad you told me about being here at this 202 00:15:03,519 --> 00:15:05,639 game so I could come down and bring the news to you. Glad you 203 00:15:05,679 --> 00:15:09,360 did, Markham. We now have a lot of information in this case, 204 00:15:09,399 --> 00:15:13,559 but none of it points to our murderer, perhaps because it's impolite to point 205 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,159 no, Miss Rice, that isn't the reason. The reason is because the 206 00:15:18,279 --> 00:15:22,279 motive for the death of Dan Smith is too complicated. There were too many 207 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:43,399 different reasons for somebody to kill that man. This is District Attorney Markham. 208 00:15:43,519 --> 00:15:48,919 The Penny anti murder case opened with the killing of Dan Smith, illegitimate private 209 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:54,039 Detective Final Vans has discovered that there was cheating going on in a poker game, 210 00:15:54,559 --> 00:15:58,279 presumably played for pennies, but actually for bigger stakes. He has also 211 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:02,639 told me about a racket being engaged in by Bill Baxter, one of the 212 00:16:02,679 --> 00:16:06,559 suspects and his aid Ricky, but has asked me to do nothing about it. 213 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,799 As yet. All I know for certain is that Vans has detected the 214 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:15,399 third suspect, Jacqueline Rice, cheating through the use of special cards and dark 215 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,840 glasses. Both Ricky and Bill have been allowed to return to their places of 216 00:16:18,879 --> 00:16:26,679 business unwatched, and no one is quite certain. Riggie, you ain't told 217 00:16:26,679 --> 00:16:29,759 me yet. How come final Vans was up at your place playing cards with 218 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,639 us? Well, you wanted to come, Bill, I didn't see no 219 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,759 harmon asking him, So I did you know he was going to be there 220 00:16:34,799 --> 00:16:37,440 before you say you'd come? You tell me that, but you didn't tell 221 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,759 me. Why. Don't matter Though he did us a favor, I'm not 222 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,840 about that damned cheat. So that washes her up? How to wash up 223 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,480 this racket? Bill? Don't we quitting it one more day? Or old 224 00:16:48,519 --> 00:16:51,960 catal Tomorrow? At least guy sends us a buck on Tuesday, ink on 225 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,639 a grape. If you don't get his package by Saturday, is he na 226 00:16:55,679 --> 00:16:57,639 Monday? When he starts to get cute, we ain't him anymore? Okay 227 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:02,120 with me? And let's have no more fooling between me and you about who 228 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:07,039 killed Dan Smith. That's just decide that he who could that be? Who 229 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:11,039 knows? We got no envelopes and no do inside, so don't let them 230 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:18,160 in. What could we lose? Come in? Is this the Rainbow Distributing 231 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,000 Company? Well, now, come on in, fram What could we do 232 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:26,279 to help you? How you do? My name is Joseph Peters. I 233 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:30,359 sent you dollar on Tuesday and I got no package, so I thought I'd 234 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,559 come up here and just pick it up. Save you the trouble, you 235 00:17:33,599 --> 00:17:37,400 know. I see, well, mister Peters, you see your package must 236 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,400 be on on a truck right now. Oh but it can't be. I 237 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,680 asked downstairs and in the neighborhood, and they say you have no trucks. 238 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,880 So well, I'll just take my package and go. If you don't mine 239 00:17:48,079 --> 00:17:51,759 bill, I'll handle this. Mister Peters, there must be some mistake. 240 00:17:52,079 --> 00:17:53,839 Here's your dollar, and we're sorry. I don't want my dollar. I 241 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,759 want my package. You said you had a package for me. I got 242 00:17:56,799 --> 00:18:00,559 a card to prove it. Now give me my package. Oh, give 243 00:18:00,599 --> 00:18:03,359 it to me, or I'll go to the police. Oh, the police 244 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,359 is aunt. We can't have you doing that, can we, Rickie, 245 00:18:07,519 --> 00:18:10,000 Hey, don't Billy you and let's put that gun away. Shut up and 246 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:17,440 shut up, both of you. Wof Halp, halp, somebody hal Bill. 247 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,759 You've killed him? Oh kitten, what did you want me to do? 248 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,440 Let him go blab to the cops. Come on, help me carry 249 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,319 his body in the next room. This made up my mind for me. 250 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,839 We're out of this business, Rickie because of this guy. But him, 251 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:44,359 he's out of this world. You're sure I can't catch anything, mister Vans. 252 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:45,599 Thank you, Miss Rice. No, I just dropped in to find 253 00:18:45,599 --> 00:18:49,480 out one bit of information. Why did you cheat in those poker games? 254 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,240 How did you know I was cheating? Unless you guessed it. I didn't 255 00:18:53,319 --> 00:18:56,319 guess. Believe me, I knew when I asked Rickie to arrange the game 256 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:00,720 if you would have been cheating, I suspected you used the dark classes, 257 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,759 but I wanted to be sure. You still haven't told me how you knew. 258 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,200 That's correct, And you haven't told me why you cheated. Why? 259 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,119 Yes, because everybody was cheating in those games, Vans. It was a 260 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,799 battle of wits. Dan Smith, the dead Man, was stacking the cards 261 00:19:14,799 --> 00:19:18,920 every time he dealt build Baxton knew every card everybody held. Although I don't 262 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,720 know how he knew. Rickie had a gimmick of his own, going. 263 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,000 Well, I've told you what you want to know. Now tell me how 264 00:19:26,079 --> 00:19:30,680 I knew you were reading the backs of the cards. Well, I don't 265 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,240 know who's at the door, but whoever it is, better go away. 266 00:19:33,279 --> 00:19:37,039 I have no intention of answering the buzzer. That could be very complimentary it 267 00:19:37,279 --> 00:19:42,200 is, you're going to do anything about it? Yes, good, I'm 268 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,960 going to answer the door. Well, please excuse me, miss Rice. 269 00:19:45,039 --> 00:19:48,480 It's possible it's my secretary or Mark or my left word where I was going, 270 00:19:52,039 --> 00:19:53,839 Ricky Events, I gotta see you come out here in the hall. 271 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,400 Who is it? Somebody for me, miss Rice. I'll be right back 272 00:19:56,440 --> 00:20:02,400 in Events. We got no time to fool around. Now. Baxter's kill 273 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,039 another guy. We're not sure yet that he killed Dan Smith this time, 274 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,400 I'm not fooling Fancy killed Smith. I saw him doing. I was afraid 275 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,039 to tell you before, but this is a McCoy and he knocked off an 276 00:20:11,039 --> 00:20:14,160 honest citizen in our office just an hour ago. The cops will find the 277 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,759 body and trace it to us. Only I had nothing to do with it. 278 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,920 I came to tell you that sounds like you're on the level. Thanks, 279 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,880 Ricky, you be where I can reach you. Is Baxter's doll in 280 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,680 the office? Yeah, he thinks I went out to get a car. 281 00:20:26,079 --> 00:20:29,480 He's waiting for me to get back so we can get rid of the body. 282 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,039 Very well, I'll get Markham and go up there. If we find 283 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:45,079 this honest citizen dead, we will have Baxter dead to rights. No reason 284 00:20:45,079 --> 00:20:48,119 to knock Markham. Let's break right in. No, baxters inside. Just 285 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,319 as Hugh says, this door shouldn't give us much trouble. Here we go 286 00:20:53,160 --> 00:21:02,880 two Wow, where ants and the district attorney? Yes? This is out 287 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,839 of a movie, isn't it? Busting in the guy like this? All 288 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,599 right, Baxter, where's the body? Where's what body? The body of 289 00:21:08,599 --> 00:21:11,240 the man you killed? We know all about him. His name is Peters. 290 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,920 He came here looking for a package you pretended to be holding for him, 291 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,079 and you killed him. Peter, put down your eyebrows backster, We 292 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,799 know all about him. Oh in that case, Wait a minute, Peters, 293 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,039 that's what is this? I don't know you call me mister Baxter? 294 00:21:26,799 --> 00:21:30,480 What is it? Peters? Tell these guys who you are. Well, 295 00:21:30,759 --> 00:21:34,440 my name is Peters, Joe Peters, how do we know that? Well, 296 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:38,279 I'm working a plant and I carry my picture for identification. Here it 297 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,240 is, if you want to look at it. Let me see that surely, 298 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:48,640 m Marcom. I'm afraid we've made a mistake. You're not kidding. 299 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,440 Goodbye, gentlemen. I don't bother shutting the door in back of you. 300 00:21:52,599 --> 00:21:56,039 You've knocked it off the hinges. Goodbye, Baxter. But believe me, 301 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:59,720 we'll meet again. Come on, markam, Advance is the first time, 302 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,880 and I can I go now in a minute. So, just as I 303 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:11,559 suspected my friend Ricky went to Vans, good thing, I didn't kid you 304 00:22:11,599 --> 00:22:14,359 when I hit you with that gun. Buck, I won't tell anybody what 305 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:15,839 happened, mister Packs, You're honest, I won't. You've been okay, 306 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,359 Peters, didn't like I told you when I thought it was the DA in 307 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,559 Vans coming here. Go ahead, now, scram let me keep that mouth 308 00:22:22,599 --> 00:22:26,720 of ears shut and remember that. I'll be quiet. I promise you I 309 00:22:26,759 --> 00:22:29,440 won't tell us. So what happened? Go ahead, get lost? Goodbye 310 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:38,680 already. Well, Vance, looks like you and I are in the blank 311 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,079 wall department. As far as the Pennianti murder case is concerned, I wouldn't 312 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:47,039 say that. We have uncovered a racket thanks to our friend Ricky, and 313 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,039 we can crack down on that anytime we like. What about Dan Smith's murderer, 314 00:22:51,599 --> 00:22:53,440 Malcolm, you have the file on Smith there, Let me see it 315 00:22:53,480 --> 00:23:00,920 a minute. You are well see anything, perhaps as a record of the 316 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,319 phone calls he made the day was killed. The operator in his hotel supplied 317 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,519 you with him, and of course you checked all of them the police did. 318 00:23:06,839 --> 00:23:08,759 The out of town call was to a newspaper that could be for almost 319 00:23:08,799 --> 00:23:14,759 anything. The other calls were to his laundry and miss Rice, Bill Baxter 320 00:23:15,079 --> 00:23:17,960 and Rickie. The times these calls were made her here, Markham, Yes, 321 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,839 has that any importance? Miss Rice in the morning, the laundry after 322 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,200 that, then Baxter, then the out of town newspaper, and then Rickie. 323 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,720 That could be important. How so I'll let you know as soon as 324 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:30,400 I call the out of town newspaper, after which you and I are going 325 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,799 to see mister Baxter. I'm very sure again, yes, but you will 326 00:23:33,839 --> 00:23:36,480 wait outside, and the way I talk and the way I'll be dressed, 327 00:23:36,759 --> 00:23:48,839 I don't believe he'll know me when I knock. Ah, who is it? 328 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,920 Come on? He and the doors open? Mister Baxter, mister Bill 329 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,119 Baxter? For you? What do you want? Name won't mean anything to 330 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,079 you, mister Baxter. I got a letty here says for you. Delivery 331 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:02,359 package to me. I was way to the Barber's have this? Mistare shaved 332 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:03,680 off from the fellow. Give me a buck to take it up here, 333 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,920 give me this card you send him. Here's a card, here's a buck. 334 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,400 Let's have the package. Oh somebody sent you? Huh, Well, 335 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,720 I'll come back to my old timer. We're closed for the day. Are 336 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,000 you can come on? Son, Let's not fool around. Let's have the 337 00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:22,200 package. I ain't moving out of here, neither of you to get it 338 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,640 either. Well, in that case, I better get you this. You're 339 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,640 not that cute fans I recognize. Yeah, Well, are you gonna finish 340 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:30,960 this? You're gonna lie on that floor all night. I'm going to finish 341 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,559 it. If I ever get up, you're not getting up one good kicking. 342 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,799 You'll never kick a man when he's down. You can grab your leg, 343 00:24:37,839 --> 00:24:42,599 Baxter. Let's have some of that fun you started vance smart too. 344 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:48,640 I know who killed dance you know why, tool certainly, Baxter listens, 345 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:55,480 I did it? Come on, d Mark Roman, thanks for letting me 346 00:24:55,519 --> 00:24:57,160 have all this fun alone. Nice job. Vance. I heard him talk 347 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,799 and that's all I had to all. So, oh, this is our 348 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,240 murderer. Eh. Neither Bill nor I said that, Markham. But you 349 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,480 practically said Advance. You told him you knew who killed the private detective, 350 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:08,720 after which he tried to beat your brains out. That was to keep me 351 00:25:08,759 --> 00:25:12,720 from exposing his racket. Here, Markham, I know who killed Dan Smith 352 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:37,880 and it wasn't Bill. Backstair said here please, miss Rice Vans will be 353 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:38,960 in in a minute. Thank you, mister Markham. You over there, 354 00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:42,240 Rickie, Vance wanted to see you two. Okay, so I'm here. 355 00:25:42,319 --> 00:25:47,480 What goes? Good evening everyone as well. Here are the two of though 356 00:25:47,519 --> 00:25:49,480 you requested me, Thank you. I am not going to waste much time. 357 00:25:51,039 --> 00:25:53,000 I have just received this telegram from an out of town newspaper. I'd 358 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,240 like to read it all right, so read it well. Thank you for 359 00:25:56,279 --> 00:26:00,240 your permission, Rickie. It goes like this. Answering your phone call, 360 00:26:00,279 --> 00:26:03,039 the Chronicle did receive a telephone call from your city the day the private detective 361 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:07,279 Dan Smith was murdered there, Oh, relaxed, miss Rice, this is 362 00:26:07,319 --> 00:26:11,519 practically painless. Telegram continues. Smith wanted to know details and description of local 363 00:26:11,599 --> 00:26:15,839 killer who fled town after a murder two years ago. We read them to 364 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:22,039 him on the phone. They are as follows. Then the description describes you 365 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,519 very definitely, Ricky. Of course you Dan Smith in some way found out 366 00:26:26,519 --> 00:26:32,119 who you were, wasn't sure wired your hometown paper for details. When he 367 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,440 got them, he called you, probably to blackmail you. Are you crazy? 368 00:26:34,519 --> 00:26:37,920 Phone records from Smith's hotel? Shall he call out of town? And 369 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,000 then Ricky immediately after that? It all fits. Ricky saw his chance to 370 00:26:41,039 --> 00:26:42,480 kill Smith at the poker game, to shut him up by dame build backs 371 00:26:42,519 --> 00:26:45,400 too by pretending to be on our side. Later wait, only it didn't 372 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,960 work. Take him out, Markham. No you won't, I won't do 373 00:26:48,079 --> 00:26:53,799 anything. Come on, didn't help Markham. I god, I'll take you 374 00:26:53,880 --> 00:27:00,759 too later. Well, I suppose I could have you rested, miss Rice, 375 00:27:00,839 --> 00:27:03,519 But honestly, I don't know what for cheating in the card game. 376 00:27:03,599 --> 00:27:07,920 Vance Well, as you told me a while back, everybody was cheating backs 377 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,680 to war, tinted contact lenses, invisible eyeglasses that enabled him to read the 378 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,319 backs of the cards too. You want to tell me now how you knew 379 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,240 I could read the cards? All right? You announced when you went to 380 00:27:17,279 --> 00:27:19,759 Markham's office immediately after the murder that you held a straight flush, which was 381 00:27:19,799 --> 00:27:23,359 better than the three aces the dead man was holding. His cards were faced 382 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,920 down, so though you knew, I must have known what they were while 383 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:33,240 he was alive. Very stupid of me, wasn't it. Yes, But 384 00:27:33,319 --> 00:27:36,240 you were very interested in trying to prove to Markham that you had no reason 385 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:41,160 to kill Dan Smith. That altered your usual good judgment. Sometimes I wonder 386 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,720 how good my judgment is. And oh, I'll wind up. I can't 387 00:27:45,759 --> 00:27:49,279 tell you that. All I can tell you is that this is the wind 388 00:27:49,319 --> 00:29:12,680 up of the Pennianti murder case. Welcome back. Well, apparently this card 389 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:18,480 game was like the murder on the Orient Express of card cheating, where everyone 390 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:23,720 was doing it. I wondered about that when Vance said that the cards were 391 00:29:23,799 --> 00:29:30,160 readers, since there was no indication that it was her deck, and therefore 392 00:29:30,759 --> 00:29:37,599 the other people had used a cheating deck, which kind of makes her puzzlement 393 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:44,240 about it odd, because you know, if you see that somebody else's using 394 00:29:45,319 --> 00:29:48,000 cards that can be read, then you kind of figure they didn't do that 395 00:29:48,039 --> 00:29:56,799 for your benefit. Also, the whole fraud scheme with the postcards, fifty 396 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:03,880 percent seems like a really high rate that he was expecting to fall for this 397 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,920 scheme. But then again, this is the file Advance universe. Also, 398 00:30:08,319 --> 00:30:14,480 it's kind of dumb to use your own address as opposed to appeal box, 399 00:30:14,599 --> 00:30:21,480 so your only options are trying to fake people out or physical violence. Also 400 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:26,960 appreciated that Markham apparently can handle making a rest I mean, if he is 401 00:30:26,079 --> 00:30:32,839 going to act like he's on the police force, he might as well physically 402 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:37,079 restraint suspects as well and handcuff him. Do all that good stuff, get 403 00:30:37,119 --> 00:30:41,279 all the bang for his buck, and tell some voters get tired of him 404 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:47,039 not actually doing all the stuff you're supposed to do as district attorney. Now 405 00:30:47,279 --> 00:30:51,839 it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day. Thank you to Michael, 406 00:30:52,039 --> 00:30:56,720 Patreon supporter since October twenty twenty one, currently supporting the show at the 407 00:30:56,759 --> 00:31:02,720 Detective Sergeant level of seven toll from fourteen cents or more per month. Thank 408 00:31:02,759 --> 00:31:06,039 you so much for your support, Michael, and that will do it for 409 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:10,920 today. We'll be back next Thursday with another episode of follow Bays. But 410 00:31:11,079 --> 00:31:18,480 join us back here tomorrow for yours truly, Johnny Doll or where Johnny Doller, 411 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,519 long distance operator Wilmington, Delaware is calling you. Okay, go ahead, 412 00:31:22,519 --> 00:31:26,240 please, Johnny, I do well, this is done, Freed. 413 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,880 What's happening there? Your expenses are running away up and we haven't gotten a 414 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:33,759 report from you. I haven't too busy. Whatsed to mean? That's supposed 415 00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:36,519 to mean that the tip I got was good and it was bad. Yes, 416 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:38,400 Gloria Tierney one two or three one, he's fifty seventh Street, had 417 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,720 a mink coat that was stolen from the Tata State. No, she didn't 418 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:45,480 tell me much about it because you got herself shot down on the street last 419 00:31:45,559 --> 00:31:48,480 night. Yes, I'm working with the police here trying to find out how 420 00:31:48,519 --> 00:31:51,279 she comes by the coach. But I listen. An hour ago I went 421 00:31:51,319 --> 00:31:52,839 out to see an next husband of hers. His name's Bill Powers, and 422 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,559 he seems to be the bird we're looking for. You know what he did? 423 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,640 He cried and blubberd all the way down to the morgue, and he's 424 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,440 in there right now. I'm making a positive identification. I don't blame him 425 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:07,799 for crying. So what's new with you, mister expensive council. Oh you're 426 00:32:07,839 --> 00:32:10,440 a real manager today, aren't you. I sure, am Bye. I 427 00:32:10,519 --> 00:32:15,039 hope you'll be with us then. In the meantime, do send your comments 428 00:32:15,039 --> 00:32:21,200 to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter at Radio 429 00:32:21,279 --> 00:32:24,960 Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, slash 430 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:31,440 Great Detectives From Boise, Idaho, This is your host, Adam Graham's son and Off