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Rogues Gallery is entirely outside the canon of what we've heard so far. This
has no relation to Fitch his Shampoo, Dick Powell, or the original run
of the series. And it's the only week in the twenty three week period
that began five weeks ago that our program didn't originate with NBC. In the
early fifties, ABC was trying to gain traction as a network, and one
thing they tried to do is rather than coming up with original new concepts for
a radio series, they decided to do new versions of previously canceled shows.
Some examples of this ABC did Michael Shane radio program, they did a casebook,
a Gregory Hood program, and they did Rogues Gallery. In addition,
they were somewhat fortunate to get Richard Diamond over to their network, so there
was a brief period of time where Richard Diamond was running at the same time
as Rogues Gallery. ABC chose for the star of this program Paul Stewart.
Stewart was best known for his association with Orson Welles. He was a Mercury
Radio feeder player and also appeared in Citizen Kane. Stewart would go on later
in his career to have success on television, directing episodes of series including Peter
Gun, Michael Shane, Hawaii five All, and The Twilight Song. And
we'll hear from him again at least once more when we play the Mercury the
presentation of the Glass Key. And this episode came from November fifteenth of nineteen
fifty It's called the Janis Croll Murder Case and it's the only example of Paul
Stewart as Richard Rogue. Rogue Garry starring Paul Stewart as Richard Roge. Some
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Investigator Richard Rogue. As far as I'm concerned, or roads weeks to Chicago.
You see. I was born here down on the south Side, and
I know every spot on the Gold Coast, the smell of the stock yard,
the swimming in Lake Michigan. I can look my way around the Loop
line fold one of the falest night chapters, The Loop with Matt Larry's.
One day I just bought a tie there and zigzagged my way back across towns.
Was a heavy traffic on State Street, and I got to my office.
I said that someone was waiting for me, mister Roke. I us
the child Road, the private investigator, a Sumerchard Road. I've been here
now is the customary the officer I can to go off for hours? And
did y'all be nicking your door? Unlock? It's the gypsy and the lady.
Now what can I do for you? My name is Elster Cool.
I'm here from Little Fars and Lana a terrible years. I know, I
just read it during my second cup of coffee. Years. You must be
Jennis Cools sisters. Yes, I checked in with the Breton. I'm for
Teliver in Chicago three days go and last act was shotly killed in our room
between nine thilly and m pm. Right. I don't know what to do,
mister rogue. The police called me into the protract and I had a
head to say that too. I arrived in Chicago at ten this morning.
Grannis was a good grin at the Rogue's not the wild thought at all.
I just can't be her. And Grannis was rather young to have a sister
who was almost hemmedn't a politeness rock I'm sister ge she was twenty two.
I was doing the concern let's have children. Janis has been my responsibility.
Can talk to her and staff. I feels in this troop two Ferson Frigi,
such as, perhaps I can help you coming year. What was Jannis
doing in Chicago? He had a notion to her own stage. Did she
know anyone? He is not a stow nobody, not very helpful wherever you
go at the police. I told him everything. But I talked to him
the tenty two and he told him nothing. I'm making nothing. But Denina
was a visted. You see another thing of what you would for well,
I know that the Entertanney's a good cor I want to live no stone under
trying to find Jannii's murder. You thought, mister rode for twenty five dollars
a band expenses next less than the fat man gets. Oh just one question,
miss Croll, what grade school do you teach? Well? How did
you know the tea? You remind me of the teacher I once had when
I was a kid. But there was a lifetime ago. I dropped out
the crowl if there was in the third grade hotel not far from my office.
And then the cat swung across caught homicide. A high wind was whipping
in from Lake Michigan, and the signs on State Street were swinging merrily,
and I knew what it was about. Time to get my winter overcoat out
of more balls? Don't father or not rope you farg righting fifless entertanning?
What can I do? I'd like to know what you know about the crows?
Here I'll join. My client is ulti crow the dead girl's sister.
Here's the report, and I want more than this, and I want the
routine hand up or what do you want? And whatever it is, I
can't give it to you. Look, Pop, my client thinks you were
holding some vital information. Ja she does Dennis Clo a pretty girl. He
was about it burn shut by someone who stood close by he probably knew here
about who don't know? Thirty eight rugged say here thinker Prince unaccepted the seas
he's on the boddy showing this posito or the money does a butt Nam House
Diick and a Marie Castle? How my recast who had two shots from the
room next to her, she called the other see any reason Trove. We're
working though. You can tell me that's right. Look, Chenny, this
is my client too. You can tell me. Listen, sweetheart, you're
going to have me around anyway. So do we work together or do?
Okay? Okay? Roll? But if I call you anything, it goes
no further. It's a deal and a specialist, right, I gave you
my word. Okay, let's cigarette case as song in the girl's hands bag
in the room. Now that's silver. Judge Harris, the judge weeding a
double life. Oh look, I've known Judge Harris a long time. He's
a family man. I'm nice man, and he wouldn't be mixed up in
a mess like us. And in that case, I'm sure he won't be
embarrassed if I asked him a few questions. My friend, Lieutenant Kenny phones
you were coming? Is it to help or in the well to help?
Does he? Judge? You don't mind if I ask a few questions.
That's what you're here for, isn't Did you know jonnas Clove? No?
I never met her, and you weren't that the Bret mon So Tellatrol last
night I was not. But your cigarette case wise, let's see incredible part
of this whole business where, how or why I got into bedrooms beyond me?
Comment Kane, you think someone's trying to freeze me? When was the
last time you remember seeing your cigarette case? Yesterday? Just before lunch?
And you wouldn't mind telling me where you were last evening between nine thirty and
ten to certainly none. But first look at this telegram. It's from Jimmy
Martin. The Lord is dead, judge. Since Martha and the boys are
away, are about some chess tonight, make it about nine thirty of my
apartment if you can find jim I walked over to his apartment about nine thirty.
He wasn't there, so I came home and scared. Jimmy Martinton.
Substantiate this telegram, No, Jimmy to nine sending it Jenny tracer Is.
It was phoned in from a paydatiue, so I can tell you, Judge
Harrotts, are you sure you're telling me the whole truth? I pick your
partment, mister Rod's judge, the chips are down. You're not the judging
this case. If it comes to try your lover to be a defendant,
I suggest you take me into your confidence. I intend to do just that,
if you'll be patient better. A week ago, Jimmy Martin came to
me and asked me to declare a mistrial and a tree Mont cater. I
was shocked. He've been friends for years. Jimmy Martin has always been an
honest, fortsright politician, and frankly, I'm indebted to him for this judge
ship three month straight set trueman lest he the gamble of we shot that copy
merchant here? Now? What was Martin's interesty tree moonth I had no idea.
I naturally refused to discuss the case. Well. He left in anger,
but he did call me an hour later and apologize. As a matter
of fact, he came into my office here today. That is very interesting.
Why is that? Why is a crooked letter, judge? And sometimes
you have to wait awhile until it scrapes itself out. Good night, your
honor. I went over to see Jimmy Martin's club. I was rated by
an afferda group of wardeels. They parted out the sank and sank car and
and sitting behind a huge guest was a long cigar, a short fat face
in the bald head. Yes, mister Martin, I Richard Row, priate
detective aunt. That's right. I'd like to ask you a few questions about
a case I'm working on. Why should I answer your course as a throw
or you may leave my vote someday? Jimmy, my elections aren't that cloth?
I guess man, w was the last time you saw Tracy three months?
I'm a hard up boisy that the gamblers who's sixty days away from the
chair the afternoon of throw. It would be helpful if you could furnish me
the names of the people who spent last evening with you. I'm joining you,
what it? Please check one of the boys. Let's scratch out,
mister Row. Never mind the man as chum. I can make it without
a guy. I decided to check that with Chenney for some information on Jimmy
Martin. Jimmy told me that I'm a Knight of Jennifer's murdered Martin as at
the fad with some friends. But I'm checking back story. I found that
the first to dess to a little gimmer party in the covered wagon room of
the Bad Mom's hotel. The honor recruited Mary Castle's, a singer who heard
the shots, and salamt Pasito, the hotel manager. Well, I thought
i'd tried the cave yat on the covered water room myself. The waiter said,
you wanted to talk to me, mister, mister brigs and name and
yours the samuch Posito right, if you want to talk to me, come
to my use. I can't be eating your upper sme im hungry. I
hear your food is good, and I think there's kinds of hare road.
Or if I can't tell, you can always have me arrested him. What
do you want? I want to know how well you know Jimmy Martin knocked
around? You had dinner with him yesterday. I'm taking here with you,
yes a minute, don't get up, time down that I join you,
Miss cattle Day, thank you. I don't believe mister Rode, Miss Cassell.
How do you do you do your pictures? Justice, Miss Castle.
Well, thank you, mister Roe the stud you go be done untuck here,
I'll be back, okay, would you a record dream? No?
Thanks? I go on in a few minutes. You assume they've got never
the shot such shot? Oh you mean the movie as a detener. I
read about it in the paper at timm in the room year. How did
your name the ro shots fired? I couldn't list it. It's the ism
in room three or four and the jealous Crow was in three h two.
Yeah, by all the questions, where that's the way I am a living.
That's nine. Oh, by the way, a bumping new friend of
yours with Jimmy Martin. Jimmy Martin, I don't believe I'm knowing you were
disabled here last night? Remember, Oh that must have been the party fan
introducing two. An entertainer like me. You had to sit up so many
papers and meet so many you know, how did ye d? It prided
me you got a work anything so hard? I can sing for you?
Who when? Oh that's one of my favorite two m d. Hello,
you're stuff? Could you tell me who takes up Marie's time? To mister
own? I got a job? Pick me a s by I got a
ten where it's your now? Who is her boyfriend? Seen this booty to
anyone else? Well? Do you knock in the policiet You gave her a
diamond as because an ex us dog? You ten and every lovely brown was
a liar, simple and cure in a two time at a book? Why
did you deny? Then? Martin? And what a SAMs pitch of?
It was getting complicated and I needed to think it through. I left the
covert wagon and run it over to my favent hangout himies on the gold Coach.
Cammi was a lazy musician who didn't like the playing bands. They only
like the player when he was in the mood. Chicago folklore had it that
one time fixed spider that picked up his horn and hid me his litus stick
and they played for seventeen salads. O home Hello, I mean the boyfriends
a good litter. Yeah, I like a matter of hun Moody. Moody
took you like a feather looking the tab very murder. It's got the right
time. You're making a DOUBLET hundred being DOUBLET a single one. Oh you
go, dolmen putting my down and we fell tilman and it's a pusy problem
of you have you been? I haven't seen you in one week, but
then you never need me. Let you're in trouble, but don't you're still
my favorite joming fellow. Am I not your guard that you are? But
it doesn't have my card? What's let's put out one head, beginner and
amil a pretty tail? A brief coming to anything? And what did you
do going to a fancy of cow? Why soul, Richard White? Why
so you tell me with yourself forever com roby, I pot the question were
you doing? Let's come in to moon. Let's just put her up enough?
Maybe anyone that's just I do that day? And what a game?
Don't want it? I'm telling you in the drill you have to think,
think a little more. All right? You got does got a little mag
Maybe you're trying something and I'm out and don't want double sudget. It's the
time, yeah, right? Whatever? To quit a man? What a
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in Rogues Gallery, I'm the world runner the morgue. I couldn't have a
lightly figure out why someone would want to kill us and crows. In a
few minutes, I was standing with ford table in the morgue. Then she
laid, didn't look like a school teacher anymore, just a nice old lady
Rode. She wasn't the old chimney, She's just the kindless born old let's
get out of here and the idea who pushed her into the lake. Even
the detective Richard, I'm only a bull and runners, I only helped put
away Capo marianty school. That's all here the day I work. How are
you felt touchy about? Let's Sam's report. Let's bruisers on her head color,
no water in the line. She didn't die of the cone. Let's
go up to the word and Welsh because Kate and Pop a few questions and
we did. But all we thought that was without patrol handed the key of
the room quick when she went out of seven thirtieth nag no and as carter
during the he and she had not used her phone. She went out out
the under the room and staturay to go through her clothing prisoner effects. Yeah,
it's about it, old suitcases and in the bathroom rongs. She was
bright in the hair rus a couple of hanuts. She he has bed drives
hanging in the closets. She traveling link You didn't view if he got the
message he did. I think they're looking in the wrong direction, taking down
to your jewel within fore, I want to see Tracey. Three mother is
five a am. I'm tired. Can't just wait till morning? It is
morning and it can at rogue, I tell you why question dreaman for hours?
I got nothing a break. There's a loose key around somewhere that fits
this block, and I think it's treemak on now, impassible. Look at
it this way. Jimmy Martin awardly the goes to the judge and asked him
to take it easy on treemunthin, but judge says no. Then the judge
gets a phony wire and he's out on a limb with no alibi. Neither
Martin put the judge on the spot or the partny expression. The judge is
lying, but judge didn't lye that. I know I can vouch one.
I admire your loyalty, but bet amend them the judge of skeletons in the
closet. Well, pardon the aggres of an old cop, but what will
this visit to Tremont? True? Who's lying Jimmy Martin or his honor?
Three month was the fun citizen of our time and picked up an easy takeover
a set of mark card loaded dice in the old batty game, and the
victims were was afraid to do anything about it, that is until he met
that coffee merchant. You go, three man, Sam and three months shot
him the day dawn was just coming in over the jail as we walked in
and started awake him. Rise and shine, Tam, come on, come
on with who are here? Rise? Three months daylight? Here's all three?
Who are you? Richard Rogue? I want to ask you some questions?
That's what you and Jimmy Martin? Who whatever you got on him?
I don't know what you're talking of. On why did he go to Judge
Harrison? Try to spring you? I didn't know he did? How nice?
How is your power? Sam as Posito? Never had him? Well,
there's Marie Castleman. Anything to you? If we play another day,
I gotta take a card about touch him? Then go away. Let me
get our juty man. A guy who's going to sizzle in the chair.
You're with us a salmon wan A bit pack on my eyes, Janie,
I've had a better Okay, where are you going? Rope and going out?
To find you a playmate, and I'm going to be a witness at
your clam fry. Do want a bit? We drove back to the loop
and Chenny squad Card stopped for breakfast, man through a whole pack of cigarette.
I should have been sweepy, but I was too hopped up to shove
after bed. I wanted to see the murder room of Dennis Call and her
personal effects for Chenny little little mote, and I had him dropped me at
the Bret BAM's Hotel. Thanks that please, he wrote, BROA wait a
minute, Oh hello Sham has the hotel business? What are you doing here?
So RELI shall I say about? Well? No? No? How?
Ready to get off? Third floor? Now? Look, rog,
where do you think you're going through room three H two? I don't never
get past the copper. I know the password. And by the way,
you never let three card party from this hotel? What kind of a hotel
do you think? I run? Wait? At second? Will you would
your mind keeping this dot shut? Please? First? Upon isn't there?
These flowers are sound proved to drown out the traffic noises to our guests can
fruit. They haven't got brains enough to keep the dog closed when they're making
repair. Very interesting this hotel business. A by the way, here the
great time has it that Jimmy Martin is cutting in on your girls a strictly
a stage door Johnny all talk with the rock that he gave Marie from hook
Trammy boy. I left the sam standing there simmering to a slow boil,
and went in the Genisis room. I found the usually with Max's closing the
business, sort of bottles of skim lotion in her handbag. Her handbag had
twenty dollars and from Chunes. No, why should have died with twenty dollars
to a named robbistering the hotel whether chief is room is ten bucks a day?
Which one of the characters in the Chicago Moraser. I knew the prow
sisters and who set up Jealous and this lush plush the mbers too quiet and
depressing for number word. So I have to get and went back over the
himies on the Gold Coast co and tsing coffee. Hell over man, than
let's come new straw up him. Nine o'clock in the morning. Yeah,
doubling Sunnia, what's with you? My al stircasing shadow of the crole murder.
Paul it into two now. Somebody knocked at my client last night.
You know when you lost out the fast this morning? And there's something about
that hotel. I went into the Britaman you walked toward room three h two,
heard the carpenters working, making a lot of more. It's with them,
comforable roller. I'll find plan you turn out to be. You went
back on your deal with me, and I'll have your head breasy with hot
newspapers. It's coffee's hot. And what's the matter? Why did you pip
off the papers? Row? What's papers? What are you talking about?
I could have had my Headycamon before I come to you up day or two
more and i'd have had this case on night. Let me leave that paper
three month Gaate stars. That's Harris implicated through coole murder. But I didn't
turn in your lightning your too. We're both through but Cheney, I didn't
give out this story. No no, And who did answer me? Who
did? Who did? Wait? I got it a carpenter soundproof boom,
Chaney, what do you talk? I'll cut you in the car. Let's
go. The sweat cart tore up makes your drive with the silence wide opening.
In a few seconds, we were standing in front of Jimmy Martin's apartment.
We didn't make it. He's dead. Shot through the head was a
thirty eight. Put out a drag. That's the semis disito and r Cassel.
Now I'm going up to Judge Harris's house. Twenty minutes later, I
was talking at his friend job but no one answered. The door was locked,
but I opened it with my set of keys sing live in the house
and I sat down in the living room, fixed myself a drink and waited.
I was half through a scratch on the rocks when a surprise, beautiful
to my room and out of the room. How did you know I was
coming here? Was all figured out like a game of ships. Well,
Goding, you play along, I don't think so. Come on, let
me alone. But the judge isn't here. You won't be able to kill
him, sweetheart, How are you talking about a corp? And to Marie,
he followed up your story, coppinger, what cop I'll spell it out.
You heard the shot that killed Janus rolls like you told me at the
covered wagon because you fired. But you see, Marie, you forgot that
all the rooms in the third floor at the hotel of sound proof, so
if you were in your room, you couldn't have parden be shut. Smart
smart enough. One thing I don't know is Tracy Treeman your husband or brother
my broth that figure your brother faces the janitor. You decide to frame the
judge by planning the cigarette there, I'm Dennis after your shot? How did
I get the judge's cigarette? Kidimmy Martin got it for you or you had
her do? Is to make him four for you, which wasn't hard,
baby, that's so. Then poor Elsie Troll spots your picture outside of a
covered wagon room and recognizes he was an old pupil of us from Littlefold.
So she goes to and begins to think maybe had something to do with Dennis.
So you had to make it murder number two and kill her? What
can you kill? Couldn't stop once you got going to that, but off
you gave a start of a newspaper, knowing you would stop the trail.
But you still have to deal with Jimmy Martin. He wouldn't go as far
as murder, so you had to kill him too. What is your finn?
Who? Who is all yours, lieutenant. Why won't fuck watch her?
Don't let Annie get your guns? All then about uld it up?
Janey gave her the escort treatment down the headquarters and got me on the way
of my house. The noonday sun was hanging over Chicago and made my sleepy
eyes stay. And as I stumbled up the stairs to my apartment. No,
oh, no, not now you're gonna I'm tired. I joined my
lad you found the game and jud and no delay, will love you evermore.
All I'm interested in now it's sweet. Yeah, you're in dumb But
you know, Robbie, I kind of thought it was sam us to zo
all the time. But Sam was lamb. You never know Jillius, No,
no to figure the girls. I'm by a beautiful girl. He was
the devil dwehod all right, come day, you want a night? I
had made it at the mode. I don't know your boy. Sometimes I
worry about being a bachelor in my old age. No more worrying a life,
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you from New York. This is a DCS American Broadcasting Company. Welcome back.
Well this is be a friend, but not in a bad way.
I actually like the series. Paul Stewart does a great hard boiled eye presentation.
A lot of differences. The big one is the settings and the supporting
characters. You have a new police commissioner and the setting is in Chicago,
whereas Rogues Gallery really had more of a Los Angeles feel to it. But
that but they did a good job I think with the setting and the music
and kind of a different portrayal of you Gore rather than him having to be
knocked on the head to get to hear root you Gore. I'd actually like
to hear more of this, but this is the only episode that's in circulation,
unfortunately. And one thing to note here is according to the Digital Delhi's
estimation, Paul Stewart made more hearrances as Richard Rogue than anyone else. Dick
Powell made a total of sixty seven Rogues Gallery episodes. Paul Stewart made seventy
two and of course Barry Sullivan just made the fourteen from nineteen forty seven.
But this was a fun series and I hope there are more that emerge.
It's kind of hard with ABC shows. And by the way, there was
a reference to another ABC show when he mentioned that he did not charge as
much as The Fat Man, which was one of perhaps ABC's biggest and longest
running detective programs from nineteen forty six two fifty one. And we will be
doing The Fat Man later on this season, but that will bring down the
curtain on Rogues Gallery. Join us next week for our new Tuesday show,
Candy Matson. I should note that this week is the first time we've had
four of our five programs set in the nineteen fifties, but next week we're
going definitively back to the forties four Candy Matson. In the meantime, if
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