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But now here is the case of the talking.
Speaker 2: Doll, the incomparable Charlie Chen.
Speaker 3: We probably present the uncomfortable Jolly Chan in a new
and exciting series of adventures combining the wisdom of the
East and the signs of the West. In the dramatic
chapter from the Adventures of Charlie.
Speaker 4: Chen, Chalie Chan only bid you good evening and extends
warm welcome. It is written, man who gives good counsel
to others becomes full when advisinghself. Tonight we meet persons
who adviseself how to escape murder. Person is Chari Chan
listen to thank you?
Speaker 3: Or Night's Adventure The Case of the Talking Doll. It
is five o'clock in the morning, leap dawn brightens the
twisted buildings, and center goes water. From inside a machine
shop or ramshackle wall, two men stand over a work
bench during one operates tools with quick shore fingers.
Speaker 5: Nice. We've got to get out of here.
Speaker 4: Keep your shirt on, Spider.
Speaker 5: Twenty thousand worth of stolen sires on us.
Speaker 6: They're hot, I know, heavy policeman and towers on us
looking for the Hopkins sapphires, and you're wasting time in
this joint. Let's go shut up, you bother me. A
peach stake knife got you? Get it into your head.
That sounds no good chance after us.
Speaker 7: I know that's why we're here. But are you cooking
up at that bench presents for chance?
Speaker 2: Are you crazy?
Speaker 5: What are you talking about?
Speaker 6: I've had enough trouble from Charlie Chan. Spider.
Speaker 8: Look, I just riaped up a little gadget and putting
it inside this dark sappy Kimball showed me how to
make it. It's what they call a chemical bomb, like
an hour glass. See it's chock full.
Speaker 5: Of explos Take I forget a careful of that.
Speaker 6: Watch this spider. The hours goes in the dog.
Speaker 4: That cute idea.
Speaker 7: There's acid in the hour bouts to set off the explosive.
Now every time the doll is turned over to make
it cry, the ascid it's a little way through this
lead plating. Pretty soon after the doll says Mamar enough,
there'll be no more lead between the ascid and the explosive.
Then when Dolly turns over once more, the be bad.
So what drop this present of Chance house before we
leave town? A present for one of his kids. After
Dolly said Mamar enough, no more, how no more chance.
There we are Dolly's already.
Speaker 8: Now take it easy, Spider.
Speaker 7: Dolly has got to cry quite a few times before
she blows out.
Speaker 5: Will you stop that knife, Let's get out of here.
Nerve the spider. Yeah, just wrap her up.
Speaker 6: We'll get god shadow and a knife.
Speaker 4: What's the matter.
Speaker 5: Listen to what upside? I think I hear.
Speaker 4: Attention spider riding Chance.
Speaker 5: He's coming this speaking knows.
Speaker 4: About in fact machine shop, I have Lieutenant, rego with
the riot spot alongside.
Speaker 9: You cannot visit.
Speaker 4: Come out of building with bands and this position and.
Speaker 7: Turn over the sapphire not much.
Speaker 6: Get your gun out, Spider, don't fight the whole police department.
Speaker 5: Night. We can get out of here.
Speaker 6: There's a bad way to the Dutch in a minute.
I can give Channa shot in. I told you were
crazy to fight him slugging a shoulder.
Speaker 4: The discs of miserable. It's useless to continue.
Speaker 2: Resist the place.
Speaker 5: Come on the back way out people that get vines
and cover it.
Speaker 6: Where's that gone?
Speaker 5: Get the come on under your head?
Speaker 6: Get fact, Spider.
Speaker 5: What's the matter with you? Are you putting that gun
at me?
Speaker 7: I've bad news for your Spider. I've got to have
time for a getaway. I've got to have time to.
Speaker 6: Drop this dolly off a chance. Times nice, somebody's got
to keep chant busy for a while. You're elected, Spider.
Night should the love of Mike, he wouldn't shoot me.
Speaker 7: If it comes, Spider, then the coppers can have you
by the time they finish you off.
Speaker 6: While I've made a get away and be.
Speaker 5: Miles away from here.
Speaker 7: Not so far off, I don't hear the bang when
Chen goes up in smoke the knife don't don't.
Speaker 4: The ti leagans do not begin fighting against Lee have
noted silence inside building for some time.
Speaker 2: Okay, old gun, why.
Speaker 4: Maybe this thing pass them inside? Chan perat. But this
miserable person that's say come.
Speaker 6: This way, chin, you don't go into that place.
Speaker 4: It is written to discover how other's taste is necessary
to open chains. This person's fool hardy enough to investigate.
Speaker 6: Hey, there you go in wind's the covers.
Speaker 4: Can't leaves. Lieutenant, do not believe our entering ambush. But
even the nine scocious ah detections of this bankrupt frame
correct Lieutenant. Enemy has departed, leaving wounded behind kindly observed
gentlemen on the floor. Yeah it's spy, the baby victim
of bullets rashly invited by mister nice blame cannon.
Speaker 7: Chas the bad way chair, two bullets on the chest.
Speaker 4: Chance are only interested in two things. Whereabouts of frame
cannon and helped him safe.
Speaker 6: Life shut in the shoulders, double cross.
Speaker 4: Me, So sorry, no sympathy to spare for mathers chat.
Speaker 5: Want I get my own back on night? Like cleared
up with fires?
Speaker 6: Where do you go ready.
Speaker 5: Up back way through the walls.
Speaker 4: This this a good Person'm not aware of back exit from.
Speaker 7: Building quickly, lieutenant know make it fast, bad like gonna
plant bomb in your house.
Speaker 5: Cat what he said, why we're here, Yeah, make time
down in your house.
Speaker 4: Intelligent tongue is quick. What kind of bomb?
Speaker 5: How did say?
Speaker 6: Not quick explosive?
Speaker 5: I said, got the in the what what man?
Speaker 4: This the biding answer please.
Speaker 6: Because he did this most unfortunate.
Speaker 4: Place with charny chen in unhappy predication.
Speaker 10: What he said is only explanations for most odd dater
to this machine shop.
Speaker 4: Further evidence observe bullet wounds in Braider's chess. I'm not
the result of police gunderers. Evident Brady spoke truth, was
betrayed and shot by Glen Cannon. So's revenge by disclosing
bombing plant.
Speaker 6: That your house. One's chance before life gets a chance
to plant that bomb.
Speaker 4: May be doing so at present, has already obtained twenty
minutes start through murder of Brady.
Speaker 5: What we're going to do.
Speaker 10: Problem is how.
Speaker 4: To recognize bomb and locate same and solve problem in
two ways.
Speaker 10: Search house, search for Glen Cannon right away.
Speaker 6: Maybe we can squeeze the truth forget him.
Speaker 4: This person returns home to such premises telephone any new
information to these down ears at that place, Lieutenant only
hope same will still be attached to head when you call. Yes,
what is it?
Speaker 6: Let be a doctor and hurt, hurt?
Speaker 5: Yeah, let me it.
Speaker 7: Sorry to bust in like this, doctor. I think I
lost a lot of blood, made me weak, and I
see in this way.
Speaker 6: Please yeah, Let they give your hand.
Speaker 5: Watch out for that shoulder.
Speaker 6: Sorry, good heavens man, how long have you been walking
around like this?
Speaker 5: It's not long.
Speaker 7: I had a visit to make first, and I stopped
at the first doctors like I saw, yoh, sit here, thanks, yeah,
start at the machine shopper.
Speaker 6: Had a spike driven through my shoulder.
Speaker 5: I thought I could get home all right. Now, let's
have a look at it.
Speaker 6: M M, I'm afraid I don't have to cut the
clothes away from your shoulder. Go ahead, up, just make
it fast. Sorry, it's gonna take long. M what's the matter?
It was quite a spike, wasn't it. Yeah, pull this
cotton bandage to your shoulder. I'll have to get some
ether and clean the wound. Take in a few minutes.
All right, doctor, hurry it up.
Speaker 7: Quarters, Doctor John Fields calling, and then's just come into
my surgery.
Speaker 5: Obviously a criminal.
Speaker 7: Type, short dark scar on his left cheek, out of
his left deal of gone. He claims he was wounded
in the shoulder in a machine accident. It's over the there,
gunshot wound. Yeah, just a minute, I guess air holding
that cropsy.
Speaker 6: I fixed Pop.
Speaker 4: Pop Pop, Hey Pop. Thissus Junior is very sun there
you are everything okay pop Number one sell reporting mission completed.
Number one son has accomplished name with diplomas. The and
Pact has sent entire family on visits to friends without
alarming saying, yeah, but what are we going to do
with our pop?
Speaker 11: We can't stay in the houses like three on top
of a volcano.
Speaker 4: Necessary to abandon residence. Hey, did you hear something?
Speaker 10: Ah?
Speaker 4: I don't know. These imperfect tears to seem strange. Nonice
emanating from that cat sounds like a dollar or something.
But what's the dog doing in your cabin? And what's
making it talk? Holy smoke, it's Patsy.
Speaker 6: She's a store away.
Speaker 9: Look at naming the dolly.
Speaker 4: Ah, may father require my number five daughter is a Moroder,
who I don't know how I overlook Pattipop. I thought
I had mom and all the kids in the car.
Speaker 7: Nothing my it, Dolly, because you say it's nice, can
be with Papa.
Speaker 4: Now, Pet number five daughter speaks truth. This person promised
to devote to her entire afternoon. Unfortunately, this is no
time for toys. His moment for a statics.
Speaker 11: Come my gosh, if it wasn't for Patty's door, we
model litter in here with a bournie some much at
a door.
Speaker 4: Pop will inspects same.
Speaker 12: My way up, Hello Jen, still all in one piece.
Speaker 4: Fortunately, Lieutenant Drigo are just abandoning house. This person convinced
this new abode of distraction, they're not risk remaining to
search for say, you don't have to bother. I think
we've looked at it.
Speaker 12: Cannon doctor just phone in the headquarters, he reported the
men they said the gun shut.
Speaker 6: Guys seemed to answer to the cannon.
Speaker 4: The description pelicitations Lieutenant Egan can must interview physicians as runs.
Speaker 3: In a few moments, we resume the adventures of Charlie Chan.
But meanwhile, you're announcer, look back to the incomparable Charlie
Chan with his small daughter holding onto his hand and
clutching the fatal doll. Charlie Chan, together with Peuten and Regal,
stops his son's car outside the doctor's hut.
Speaker 6: Wait a minute, Jen, the doctors fron Dora is open.
Speaker 5: See I like that?
Speaker 4: Yes, this person catches smell of sten fish too, are
going for a look.
Speaker 9: Wait for middle, I'm coming.
Speaker 4: Two came more purpose, So Sally number five daughter must
stay safely in car with dog and the wait returnal.
Speaker 12: Father can do.
Speaker 10: Ah, the seas well trained down makes the same answer.
Speaker 4: Good hap hap our coming son? And of what is
cause of agitation?
Speaker 6: The doctors the murder.
Speaker 12: Well, if this isn't something to cheer about, just when
the figure we had everything on right looks like men
can must have suspected and the doctor call.
Speaker 4: This is deduction, correct, Lieutenant Wrinkles, accounts for an abrupt
termination of telephone calls are now no closer to a
criminal note to explosive threat to miserable domicide.
Speaker 12: If we can only locate knife high that he's.
Speaker 4: Gotta get away the lid wound heal. Yes, discovery would
end case altogether and rescue Chan Hovel from disintegration. But
perhaps this bank roft mentality not totally ineffectual. At pressent,
you mean observe the portions of bloodstained shirts, sweater, finger
and coat on floor alongside operating tapes have been cut
away with scissors. Can see scissor marks. Pop, my, got it.
The doctor cat is away from brin Kelly's shoulder to
get at the wound. Charlie Chan overwhelmed by sons brilliant
are collects with then atrigles observed inner seam of sweater fragmentsy.
These aging eyes perceive mark something. Hey, there's letters fished
along the same Yes, same represents Taylor's rough manner of
identifying clothes.
Speaker 6: Five e yes, s e x essex essex.
Speaker 4: Never heard of Ben Cannon using before at chance.
Speaker 8: Look the thirsty is six backwards.
Speaker 4: Ah, so happy number one son has not effect famous
crucial help hop the backwards. He will enable Charlie Chan
to direct faltering steps to abode of mister Glen Cannon.
So you kidding have misfortune to be serious, quickly please
back Your car must follow now path through forest of
dot without delay. Now that everybody in car will proceed
it one moment. These nostril scent out odor is the
defect in carsan short safe if resulting from doughtus tampering
short circuit.
Speaker 6: Wait a minute, it was not done.
Speaker 4: Now, don't start excuses, silent son. Now what did number
five daughters say?
Speaker 9: It is my new dog that made a funny snap.
Speaker 4: Got your dolly trying to drive the car back the
imagin You do not understand, Lieutenant, These ancient mustrels perceive
truth of daughter's statement. New doll responsible for odd odor
in Carha.
Speaker 12: Yes, Papa, holy smoke chen a chemical form with the believers.
Speaker 4: Well like this do you think it must not transmit
panic to child? Lieutenant? And number five daughter tried to
inform poor old father before her stupart. Father did not
let her tell him about acquisition of your toy, Petsy,
will you get the doll from?
Speaker 7: My name?
Speaker 9: Is sent doing when I would? No one was there
when you're parsering.
Speaker 4: My guy wasn't. Will daughter give father down?
Speaker 13: Now?
Speaker 9: I can't, Papa, I gave away because she's now.
Speaker 4: N to whom did daughter give toys to? Mister ninety?
Speaker 6: Mister who?
Speaker 9: Who?
Speaker 6: Where do we belt on top of the raven?
Speaker 4: What kind of fools in size as these is understand
daughter's description junkmen number ninety printed on side of wagon. Yes,
Papa really good, same with jumpman's license number. Realize predicament.
Lieutenant Orrigle, although are capable of finding Glenn Cannon through
backwood e in Maine, Essex, must abandoned project to locate
jumpman before doll explodes and destroys innocent life. Son, take
go to home abroad now safe informed family tactfully may
return at will. They meet Lieutenant or regal and self
before portals of licensed bureau. What are you gonna do
with the bureau? Pop Light's exercise of contents of skull
would deduce this person. Will then name and address of
junkmen from license numbers must rush through locality at once,
bringing prayer to gods that same still.
Speaker 11: Standing when we arrive, pop pop over here, Come on, Lieutenant.
Speaker 4: Hop In Okay, mission completed. Yes, Patsy safe at home?
Will you close door? Lieutenant Aigle Sun will navigate cart
to number three hundred and East eighth Street. If a
boat I've nek to lose acron either in all newspapers,
all method and assorted objects of little or no value
only hope chan family has not bought safety at expense
of Akron family. Got to be this person now about
to make astonishing statement with Tennant's legal It.
Speaker 12: Wouldn't astonish me, Jen, you're always asking surprises.
Speaker 4: You may find mister knife Glenn Cannon closer to talking
gull than you think. You mean his hiding place. Did
that back with thee in world ex excive you the
clue put is and now mays and deeply reverent before God,
who watch over affairs of man. Truly it is written,
Faith is a labyrinth from which man never escapes. Same
true even of Knife Glen Cannon. There it is part
three hundred east. Faith must be that house with a
jack yard behind it. Very good, Olst and wagon present.
Perhaps done too.
Speaker 12: At least we didn't lend a home agram.
Speaker 6: Yes, the thing I can do for you, I'm.
Speaker 13: Acron, Louis Acron, hyper metal stream Wood. Oh pot so
pains Gregg suber Baron. Please we'll gladly listen to allow
catalog at later dates. Moscow's an important question. Now some
time ago you'll receive large dog from small girls.
Speaker 4: He's this person understands gentlemen threatened by your uniform, Lieutenant
mister Ackron no harm will come to you because of dog.
Case is exact opposite a large reward for return of
saying the wood.
Speaker 5: Why'd you say so before?
Speaker 13: Pinny Billy having Pat, I give a dog to my kid, Vinnie,
that's my kid.
Speaker 4: What do you want Pa with a dollar? Just give
you a Vinnie?
Speaker 2: Yes?
Speaker 4: Please, large doll that cried when turned over may have
seen quickly. Please no surgeons where is don't please? I
I never stop more down the road I sign enjoyed
by himself in a little black house.
Speaker 9: He's a kicking me, he says, crazy Vanda's and of
sounds like I felt siph for him. So I put
the jar and he says he has cut me. When
he waked up, the doll.
Speaker 4: Was talking talking you mean crying. No, she was making
a funny babby noise and she kneels funny too, Miss Vine,
quick address. Our black house was number three five sives year.
I'm no time for answers. Come quickly.
Speaker 11: Mean if that doll was bubbling at mean, it's ready
to go off any second time.
Speaker 4: This person puts over abandoned form into highest possible speed.
Yet at the same time marvels at mintels are.
Speaker 10: Faith chair is this the time for philosophy?
Speaker 2: Sick man from the verge of lying of faces.
Speaker 4: And your name will be avenging arm of faith, Lieutenant.
Speaker 6: Pusher, Pop Junia.
Speaker 12: Maybe we can get a little more speed out of him.
Speaker 4: There's a house pop down the road. We have run paramas,
stop this stuff.
Speaker 6: Gosh, you're crazy.
Speaker 4: No, come on, Pop, We'll be happy to proceed. Must
first explain risk, run and reasons for fame if someone
and flame were willing to proceed. After explanation, we will
then tim to bomit. Oh we were killing he gabbing it. Gosh,
that's sick. Oh, this is awful, and we might have
saved him.
Speaker 3: We might hum gosh, however, I get my hands and
Glenn can and I I don't know what sometimes below.
Speaker 4: Us to eat, but faith is not. Let have examined
debil please, perhaps we will find no innocent man has died.
Speaker 11: You mean the place was empty?
Speaker 12: Are you talking about You heard what the girl said?
Speaker 4: Yes, but have not forgotten tailor's mark on Twitter of
nice blind cannon. This is someone something goes in this
corner right too to this person will perform ugly task
for one moment. Ah, Yes, yes, this person's face in
destiny completely vindicated. Exercise ies, Lieutenant, what do you perceive
in this smashed leather case removed from pocket or body?
Speaker 6: Who stone? Say?
Speaker 4: They look like cas a foot? Shall their sapphire?
Speaker 6: The Hopkins sapphire?
Speaker 4: Yes, you perceived facts. Now it is written evil to
him who evil does. See how faiths were at this
man's door before us. See how much harder than.
Speaker 10: Man's justice is destiny of heaven?
Speaker 4: What are your mean parts? With madison cruelty? This person
sent forth an engine of destruction to destroy innocence. See
how faith guided hands of innocent to carry destruction back
into his own abode?
Speaker 10: Tom has destroyed man? Who may say, mister knife grind cannon,
why do.
Speaker 12: You want me to drop your terrans head quarters? I
have a turn on the Hopkins stones and make man report.
I think I've got everything straight? Turn E said, how
are you you? A sick man in the black house?
Speaker 4: Was Ben Karen extremely simple? From letters pitched inside sweater?
Speaker 8: Good faith?
Speaker 4: Though ethics have some forgotten that would d no.
Speaker 6: But but that doesn't change it.
Speaker 4: The thread still stole out ethics did not spilled out address. Yes,
first tru d was backwards, was not he was number
three Holy smoke speken to ages were not letters of alphabet,
were numbers five, three five correct. Second D in Essex
was metter of alphabet stood for east. Last X was
merely crude. Number eighth whole represented address three five five
East eighth Street, so it was addressed another name correct.
After murder of position was possible for miserable Charlie Chan
to have catched. Then Cannon immediately was sidetracked by problem
of lethal talking doll. This person believes faith performed act
to allow time for Gwen Cannon's destruction. Gosh, I can't
put them matterport Chen.
Speaker 12: The police department doesn't have faith listed on this file index.
Speaker 4: Listen, pop, what is this faith? Ultine? It can be
so calm all the time, that's my word. Scre We
thought our house would about to blow up. They just said.
The father of children near earthquake can have no tiers.
And this happy person at present father of one doesn't
asserted children. How much worse?
Speaker 6: Good RUNDI.
Speaker 4: Before this person has further words with him, here is
an answer with words of wisdom. Charlie Cham says the
show to join us next week at the same time.
Good night, Thank you.
Speaker 3: The adventures of Charlie Cham are based on the famous
character created by Older Biggers. This is a great Gibson
radio production produced by Rag Johnson.
Speaker 1: Welcome back. It's another one of these fun mysteries that's
not real much of a who Done it, but still
manages to give you a puzzle to work out along
with Charlie Chan. I also did love the closing line.
It was very cute and I have to appreciate that
despite being a very important detective, he works to get
time in for all of his kids and with Charlie Chad,
that is a challenge.
Speaker 14: All right.
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Speaker 9: Where I'm very sorry, I'm busy.
Speaker 14: I'm from the police. Does Willard Jordan live here?
Speaker 9: Yes, he says, I'm his wife.
Speaker 14: What is it?
Speaker 9: I suppose we'll talk here if you don't mind, I'm
getting ready to go out. What does it you want?
Speaker 14: Is your husband home?
Speaker 9: No, you'd better stop in another time.
Speaker 14: As to Clover, where is your husband?
Speaker 9: I don't know. I didn't invite you to go in there.
Where do you think you're going?
Speaker 14: Is he your husband?
Speaker 9: Heypay? I told you if you stared in that mirror
once more, I'll scream, sit down, sit down and drink
your drink and don't you move. Don't you open your.
Speaker 14: Mouth as your husband?
Speaker 5: Eh?
Speaker 14: Then?
Speaker 9: Who hey, pey, you must know mister Clover, he's a
model for my husband. Willard did him as narcissist.
Speaker 14: What's Pape doing here now?
Speaker 9: Waiting? He dropped in to see Willard? Willard's going to
paint him for your summer show.
Speaker 14: When was the last time you saw your husband, missus Jordan?
Speaker 9: Early yesterday morning. I handed him a sketch pad when
he walked out of the door. Now you tell me something,
why Is it so important for a policeman to talk
to my husband?
Speaker 14: He was at a party last night where a murder
was committed.
Speaker 9: You think Willard did it?
Speaker 4: Willard?
Speaker 14: I didn't say that. I just want to talk to himself.
Speaker 9: Willard committed murder. Paype paypey one more time and out
you go.
Speaker 14: Doesn't it worry you that your husband didn't come home
last night?
Speaker 9: Why do you worry me?
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