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<v Speaker 1>Kathy and Elliott Lewis on stage. Kathy Lewis Elliott Lewis,

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<v Speaker 1>two of the most distinguished names in radio, appearing each

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<v Speaker 1>week in their own theaters, starring in a repertory of

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<v Speaker 1>francecribe stories of their own, and you are choosing radio's

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<v Speaker 1>foremost players and radio's foremost plays. Ladies and gentlemen, Elliott.

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<v Speaker 2>Lewis, good evening, May I present my wife Kathy.

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<v Speaker 3>Good evening, And before we start tonight, thank you all

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<v Speaker 3>very very much for the letters and cards and telegrams

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<v Speaker 3>wishing us well on our wedding anniversary. We do appreciate

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<v Speaker 3>your thoughtfulness. We're very grateful.

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<v Speaker 2>Tonight. We're going to please some of you and make

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<v Speaker 2>others of you angry because the story we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>do is written for us by E Jack Newman.

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<v Speaker 3>And whenever we've done one of Jack's radio plays, we

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<v Speaker 3>find that you have a remarkable reaction. You're either completely

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<v Speaker 3>charmed by the party and Eddie and Casey at the bat,

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<v Speaker 3>or you take a violent dislike to his plays. Now

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<v Speaker 3>we hope to get a new reaction as we present

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<v Speaker 3>E Jack Newman's new radio play Statement of.

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<v Speaker 4>Facts, Yeah Evergreen three one two nine one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, this is the long distance operator, Sir.

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<v Speaker 5>Evanston calling my party. We'll speak with anyone who's number.

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<v Speaker 2>Who's calling mister John Bradford.

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<v Speaker 6>All right, Ray, just a moment please, mister Bradford ready

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<v Speaker 6>with your call.

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<v Speaker 2>Who ever greens for any one two nine to one

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<v Speaker 2>and Jackson.

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<v Speaker 5>Hello, Chris, here's your party, go ahead?

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<v Speaker 2>Pee h thank you. Hello Hello, Chris, this is Bradford.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm sorry to wake up in the middle of the night.

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<v Speaker 2>She say, you're calling from Evanston.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's right, Chris. The sheriff here picked up Ellen

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<v Speaker 5>Dudley half an hour ago. She was hiding in the

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<v Speaker 5>restroom in an all night bus station.

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<v Speaker 2>Ellen Dudley.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, a friend of mine with the State Highway Patrol

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<v Speaker 5>was in on him. Gave me a ring. Just a

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<v Speaker 5>lucky accident. I found out about it at all. She's

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<v Speaker 5>being held in communicado. Chris.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a friend on the Highway patrol.

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<v Speaker 5>Does he have just a patrolman, Chris, that's out.

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<v Speaker 2>There's something old John Bradford.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, there's something wrong, Chris.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>We have to work fast on this.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I know, dear cat.

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<v Speaker 6>Whatever it is waiting until morning doesn't he realize you

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<v Speaker 6>need your rest.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's keep quiet for a minute, will you? Sorry?

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<v Speaker 3>Dear?

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<v Speaker 2>Has she sent for anyone?

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<v Speaker 5>I don't think so, not yet. What do you want

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<v Speaker 5>to do, Chris?

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<v Speaker 2>Wait a minute? What time is it? I can drive

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<v Speaker 2>there by four fifteen. What's the sheriff's name.

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<v Speaker 5>Walter Martin?

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<v Speaker 2>You get to him, try, Chris, get to him and

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<v Speaker 2>tell Sheriff Morrow that the district attorney will hold him

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<v Speaker 2>personally responsible for the conduct of his office and his

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<v Speaker 2>offices in this situation. Remind him that the accused is

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<v Speaker 2>the state's prisoner. Chris, he can hold her for forty

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<v Speaker 2>eight Let me worry about that part of it. You

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<v Speaker 2>might certainly understand what I just told you right see

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<v Speaker 2>a little while.

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<v Speaker 6>James, I think it's terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>He should call up Ellen, Randell, Dudley, after Evanston. They'll

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<v Speaker 2>make a spectacle of this thing. Or it can be

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<v Speaker 2>done right. Where's my blue shirt?

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<v Speaker 6>It's in the laundry, Dear, I sent it out this morning.

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<v Speaker 6>Aren't you going to shave?

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<v Speaker 2>What time?

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<v Speaker 6>Would you like some car time?

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<v Speaker 7>Man?

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<v Speaker 6>Christ You can't just rush out of him and stop.

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<v Speaker 2>Please. A million things on my mind.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm only trying to help you down?

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<v Speaker 2>No, you know? Sorry? Here? Thanks?

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<v Speaker 6>Why do you always have to handle these things?

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<v Speaker 2>Eh?

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<v Speaker 6>When something had to be done right? You seem to

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<v Speaker 6>be the only one they can count on. Maybe it's

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<v Speaker 6>because you're the only one who get up in the

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<v Speaker 6>middle of the night.

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<v Speaker 2>Flinks cut, flinks there.

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<v Speaker 6>When will you be home?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I'll get a nap at the club

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<v Speaker 2>this afternoon. Don't worry.

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<v Speaker 6>There was a time when you tell me.

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<v Speaker 2>About these I just haven't time now, Dear, where's my built?

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<v Speaker 6>Who's Ellen Randall Dudley?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you read the papers?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>That's her.

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<v Speaker 6>She's a very beautiful woman, isn't she?

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<v Speaker 2>So they say? Coat?

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<v Speaker 3>What's she done?

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<v Speaker 2>I thought you read the papers.

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<v Speaker 6>I just noticed a picture on the front page.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't write.

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<v Speaker 6>I wish I had some idea.

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<v Speaker 2>What you read about it? Dear? It's all over the papers,

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<v Speaker 2>the whole story. All you have to do is read

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<v Speaker 2>about it. You don't have to ask me.

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<v Speaker 6>I'll do that so long, Anne, Chris?

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<v Speaker 2>What now?

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<v Speaker 6>We aren't very happy these days, are we, Chris?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what we are? Bye?

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<v Speaker 3>Hi?

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<v Speaker 6>Why?

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<v Speaker 7>Why?

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<v Speaker 8>Hey?

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<v Speaker 2>Boys? Is Christian? I'd hate to be and missus Dudley's

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<v Speaker 2>shoes when Christian gets through whatever? Alright, hold him as Christian?

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<v Speaker 2>How about a statement, mister Christian comment? Is she crazy?

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<v Speaker 2>It's not for me to say. We've let your opinion.

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<v Speaker 2>Mister Krae have never met missus Dudley. Pardon me? Were

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<v Speaker 2>you presenting indicting against him?

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<v Speaker 5>No?

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<v Speaker 2>Were you finally indicting, mister Christians And the indictment can

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<v Speaker 2>only be presented and filed by the grand jury. Take

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<v Speaker 2>your hand off my arm?

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<v Speaker 9>Uh?

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<v Speaker 8>Does the state have sufficient evidence against Missusdudley.

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<v Speaker 2>To get a conviction as a matter for the jury

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<v Speaker 2>in the superiod courts of the side?

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<v Speaker 5>Uh?

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<v Speaker 8>How about one more picture, mister Christian?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, John, Oh, hello, Chrag, I dig it in a

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<v Speaker 2>miss Sheriff Morrow.

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<v Speaker 1>I told him you were on the way, and he

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<v Speaker 1>called the paper blicity.

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<v Speaker 2>How I'm afraid so, Chris.

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<v Speaker 5>It's the only important arrest he's ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Made, and he could queer everything with these kind of shenanigans.

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<v Speaker 2>How long has he been in office? Oh? Ten years?

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<v Speaker 2>Where is he in there? Where's missus Dudley?

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<v Speaker 5>She's in there with him?

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<v Speaker 2>What I told you?

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<v Speaker 5>This was something for him?

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<v Speaker 10>Here, Missus Morris sent over a tray, the accusing Sheriff

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<v Speaker 10>Morrow having a snack together.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll have you no, come on where she's been these

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<v Speaker 2>last three days. I don't know if mad Any calls yet. No,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure of that. Somebody's gonna try and get to her.

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<v Speaker 8>Just a minute, Sheriff Marrow left orders he's not to

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<v Speaker 8>be disturbed.

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<v Speaker 2>What's your name.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Deputy PJ.

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor. Mister Taylor. I want you to go and stand

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<v Speaker 2>by that door over there. Huh No, one absolutely no

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<v Speaker 2>one has to come through that darn till I say so.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd take my order from Sheriff Morrow. Taylor.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, I thought I told you I didn't want anyone

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<v Speaker 5>around here.

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<v Speaker 2>Sheriff Morrow. Yes, who are you Dale Christian?

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<v Speaker 10>Oh, mister Bradford here explained you were on the way.

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<v Speaker 10>We can handle this situation, all right, Miss Christian and.

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<v Speaker 2>Missus Dudley in there, he guarded. No need to go there, John,

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<v Speaker 2>don't take your eyes off y all right, Chris. No, look, no,

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<v Speaker 2>you're a here, sir, if you're gonna do what I say, just.

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<v Speaker 10>A minute there, Bradford, he has no right.

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<v Speaker 2>To go in to my own He has every right

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<v Speaker 2>to go in there, and I'll show you why.

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<v Speaker 5>Here.

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<v Speaker 2>You see this, it's a warrant issued yesterday afternoon for

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<v Speaker 2>the arrest of Ellen Randall Dudley. When you see that

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<v Speaker 2>seal and that's signature, your authority is automatically superseded. No

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<v Speaker 2>one comes in here and tells me how to run

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<v Speaker 2>my job. Telling you you're trying to get your name

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<v Speaker 2>and picture in every newspaper in the country at the

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<v Speaker 2>expense of this case, you've already jeopardized the state's position.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll have no more of it. This is no pressman's holiday.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have any brains at all, you'll take mister

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor here and go outside and get rid of those

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<v Speaker 2>reporters as fast as you can.

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<v Speaker 5>I'll take action against you for this.

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<v Speaker 10>Mister Christian, see if you can get Bert Pellerton out

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<v Speaker 10>of bet Taylor. This man has overstepped his bombs.

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<v Speaker 2>Ellen Randal Dudley, Yes, my name is Christian, Missus Dudley,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the deputy district attorney. All right, John, what are

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<v Speaker 2>you going to do? Just take a few notes, Missus Dudley,

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<v Speaker 2>what kind of news. Well, mister Bradford's also from my office.

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<v Speaker 2>He's here to take notes on what you say to me,

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<v Speaker 2>Missus Dudley. Oh, I'm obligated to warn you that whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you say right now may be used later in the court.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have to talk to me unless you want to.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you understand that? Yes, a little later on they'll

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<v Speaker 2>take you into Jackson and you can get some sleep.

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<v Speaker 2>I suppose you're.

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<v Speaker 3>Tired, Yes I am, mister Christian.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, this won't take long. I'd just like to have

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<v Speaker 2>your story in your own words.

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<v Speaker 3>Pardon me, yes, I I don't understand you, mister Christian.

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<v Speaker 3>You just told me that anything I tell you may

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<v Speaker 3>be used against me in court. Yes, then I really

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<v Speaker 3>shouldn't tell you anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Missus Dudley. Listen to me. Listen carefully. Yesterday afternoon I

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<v Speaker 2>attended the coroner's inquest held in Jackson. It was an

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<v Speaker 2>inquest into the death of your husband, Robert Ames Dudley. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>a coroner's jury there determined that mister Dudley came to

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<v Speaker 2>his death as the result of wounds inflicted by you

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<v Speaker 2>his wife. A hatchet was presented as evidence. Mister Thomas

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<v Speaker 2>Unger of the Police Crime Laboratory positively identified it as

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<v Speaker 2>the murder weapon. He showed the coroner's jury that samples

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<v Speaker 2>of the blood found on the hatchet matched with specimens

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<v Speaker 2>of your husband's blood. Sergeant Victor Manning also testified and

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<v Speaker 2>explained that several finger prints on the murder weapon belonged

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<v Speaker 2>to you. Two witnesses, your maid ethel Lee barth In,

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<v Speaker 2>a neighbor, Missus Frank Thompson, gave testimony that further incriminate you.

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<v Speaker 2>Enough evidence was presented for the coroner's jury to recommend

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<v Speaker 2>that you be taken into custody and held for the

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<v Speaker 2>action of the grand jury. Do you understand what I've

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<v Speaker 2>just told you?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes? I think so.

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<v Speaker 2>In a few days, the grand jury will meet and

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<v Speaker 2>charge you with murdering your husband. There is no doubt

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<v Speaker 2>that they will make that indictment, Missus Dudley. From there

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<v Speaker 2>you will be arraigned and later on taken into a

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<v Speaker 2>court and tried. Do you understand that? Yes? Fine? Now,

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<v Speaker 2>a frank, honest statement on your part before all these

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<v Speaker 2>on both sides. Such a statement from you right now

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<v Speaker 2>may determine the disposition and the proper plea to be

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<v Speaker 2>entered on your behalf.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you mean, mister Christian proper plea.

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<v Speaker 2>You murdered Roger Ames Dudley on the night of the thirteenth. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the sooner you admit that, the better off you'll be.

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<v Speaker 2>You make a full confession here, mister Bradford will take

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<v Speaker 2>it down and you'll sign it. You enter a plea

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<v Speaker 2>of guilty, and I promise you I'll do all I

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<v Speaker 2>can for you with the court. Is that okay?

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<v Speaker 3>Suppose suppose I I don't admit anything, then you can

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<v Speaker 2>That, of course, is entirely up to you, Missus Dudley.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm going to tell you that the death house

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<v Speaker 2>in the State Penitentiary has been filled with people who

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<v Speaker 2>didn't listen to reason while they still had a chance.

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<v Speaker 2>This is your chance, Missus Dudley, right here and now.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I I don't know what to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just explain what is best for you to do.

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<v Speaker 2>You're hooked and you're going to have to face up

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<v Speaker 2>to it one way or the other. If you don't

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<v Speaker 2>take my advice, they'll hang you. I promise you, Missus Dudley.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll hang you as certainly as you are sitting in

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<v Speaker 2>that chair in front of me. But what do you

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<v Speaker 1>Now you are listening to Kathy and Elliott Lewis on

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<v Speaker 1>stage Tonight's play.

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<v Speaker 5>Statement of Fact.

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<v Speaker 1>Another radio first for CBS Radio's Wonderful Friday Night music show,

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<v Speaker 1>There's Music in the Air Tomorrow night, There's Music in

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<v Speaker 1>Ned Washington Academy Award winning songwriters for high Noon, There's

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<v Speaker 1>Music in the Air will present their song Returned to

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<v Speaker 1>Paradise from the new Gary Cooper ROBERTA. Haynes movie of

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<v Speaker 1>the same name that's on most of these same CBS

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<v Speaker 1>radio stations.

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<v Speaker 8>Couldn't find the aspen around here, mister Christian. The drug

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<v Speaker 8>store is not open yet, but I did find a

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<v Speaker 8>couple of imperant tables.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be fine, miss Christian. Thank you. Uh. How she feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>She's alright?

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<v Speaker 8>Oh uh, mister Christian, Yes, I thought i'd better tell you.

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<v Speaker 8>Sheriff Morrow ordered me to call mister Pelanton. Oh huh

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<v Speaker 8>uh he ordered me to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh. Mister Pelton's on his.

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<v Speaker 5>Way over here right now.

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<v Speaker 8>Thank you for the information. Uh, mister Christian. I worked

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<v Speaker 8>out of here for Sheriff Morrow ever since. He's been

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<v Speaker 8>in office. I think I ought to tell you i'd

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<v Speaker 8>be a little careful about the way you handle it,

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<v Speaker 8>mister Christian.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. I can handle Sheriff Morrow.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh, I'm sure you can, Miss Christian. Have never doubted

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<v Speaker 8>that for one second. No, sir, I know you know

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<v Speaker 8>your job. I know you're trying to get a job

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<v Speaker 8>done here and you don't wanna know hocus focus about it.

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<v Speaker 8>I guess I can't blame you one bit. I'd do

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<v Speaker 8>the same thing if I was in your shoes and

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<v Speaker 8>wanted the conviction as fast as I could get it.

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<v Speaker 8>I just want you to know, mister Christian, that I'm

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<v Speaker 8>on your side. I appreciate that when you're a mad

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<v Speaker 8>district attorney and you're appointing special investigators. I hope you

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<v Speaker 8>will remember me, mister Christian. P. J. Taylor, Evanston Sheriff's Office.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll remember you, mister Taylor. M feeling any better.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess so. I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, here these will help.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I hope you've decided to use your head about this,

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<v Speaker 2>Missus Dudley.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to mister christ.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure you do. Suppose you start right from the beginning.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, do you have a cigarette oh, sure, here you go.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you? You smoke my brand?

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<v Speaker 2>Really?

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you?

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<v Speaker 2>Sure? Okay? Now, yes, you were married to him eight years,

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<v Speaker 2>is that right?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>I understand you met in Europe.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, in London during the war. I've read about you

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<v Speaker 3>in the papers, mister Christian. They say you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>be the new district attorney. You don't look much older

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<v Speaker 3>than Roger.

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<v Speaker 2>He was thirty six, I'm thirty four. You and mister

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<v Speaker 2>Dudley had been having trouble for some time.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, yes, for years. I imagine you've had some experiences

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<v Speaker 3>being the position you are. Do you talk to many

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<v Speaker 3>people in a situation like mine.

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<v Speaker 2>Quite a few, Missus Dudley. Last July you had mister

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<v Speaker 2>Dudley arrested when he came home drunk and threatened you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, but he got out of that very easily. They

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<v Speaker 3>didn't do a thing to him. Roger was awfully good

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<v Speaker 3>at talking himself out of things.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't prefer charges against.

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<v Speaker 3>It, No, it wouldn't have done any good. We would

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<v Speaker 3>have gotten out of it anyway.

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<v Speaker 5>He had a law.

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<v Speaker 3>Degree too, you know, so I understand Roger never went

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<v Speaker 3>into practice. He didn't have to. He didn't have to

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<v Speaker 3>do anything. That was his trouble. His father left him

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<v Speaker 3>quite a bit of money, and he simply didn't have

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<v Speaker 3>to do anything at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Shall we get on with this, Missus Dudley. It's past

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<v Speaker 2>five now.

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<v Speaker 3>Why wh I've been up all night long? This makes

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<v Speaker 3>four nights in a row I've gone without.

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<v Speaker 2>So soon as we finish here, you can get some sleep.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't feel one bit sleepy. When I first came here,

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<v Speaker 3>I was dreadfully tired. I thought I could sleep for

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<v Speaker 3>a week. Now I'm not the least bit tired or sleepy.

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<v Speaker 3>That's funny.

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<v Speaker 11>I if you'll just start with the events that night.

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<v Speaker 11>What is today Friday? I'd be playing bridge this afternoon.

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<v Speaker 11>There's a dog show tomorrow evening I wanted to go to,

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<v Speaker 11>but I won't be able to go anywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>Now do you feel sorry for me? Mister Christian, I

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<v Speaker 3>beg your pardon? Do you feel sorry for me?

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<v Speaker 2>It makes no difference how I feel, Missus Dudley, you're

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<v Speaker 2>an accused prisoner. My job is to get a statement

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<v Speaker 2>of fact from you. That's why I'm here. Oh, I've

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<v Speaker 2>explained this once. I'm your friend. Here in a courtroom,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll represent the prosecution and I'll do everything I can

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<v Speaker 2>to see to it that you hang unless you make

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<v Speaker 2>a complete confession. Now. Is that perfectly clear to you,

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<v Speaker 2>Missus Dudley.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, And if you have a record of always getting

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<v Speaker 3>a conviction, that'll help when you run for office Walters.

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<v Speaker 2>Missus Dudley, my professional career has nothing to do with us.

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<v Speaker 2>If I weren't here talking to you, someone else from

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<v Speaker 2>my office would be here. It's a job that has

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<v Speaker 2>to be done. I happen to be the one who

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<v Speaker 2>is doing it.

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<v Speaker 3>But wouldn't it be better for you if you had

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<v Speaker 3>more of an audience than mister Bradford over there wouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>be much better if you had me in a courtroom

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<v Speaker 3>with reporters and.

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<v Speaker 2>Dudley, do you want to talk to me now? Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't mean to make you angry, mister Christian before

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<v Speaker 3>you've told me is true about what happened at the

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<v Speaker 3>Coroner's in question? What will happen when the grand jury meets?

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<v Speaker 3>You can hang me right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I certainly can.

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<v Speaker 3>Yet you're here to get my story. You must be

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<v Speaker 3>uncertain about something I told you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to help you, Missus Dudley, but I warn

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<v Speaker 2>you I am not uncertain about anything where you are concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>Make no mistake about that. I have a duty to

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<v Speaker 2>the people of this state. That is to learn the

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<v Speaker 2>facts of this case and present them before the court.

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<v Speaker 2>I intend to do that with or without your cooperation.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, may I talk to you alone?

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<v Speaker 2>You understand why mister Bradford is here.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, but I'd like to tell it to you alone.

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<v Speaker 3>It can't possibly hurt anything to talk to you first,

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<v Speaker 3>can it?

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<v Speaker 5>All? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>John? Wait outside, I'll cent Foy when.

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<v Speaker 9>They made you right, Chris, thank you? Alright, Missus Dudley.

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<v Speaker 3>I killed Roger.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell me how it happened.

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<v Speaker 3>I was having some people over for dinner that night.

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<v Speaker 3>I was busy in the kitchen with the maid fixing

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<v Speaker 3>the dinner. When Roger came downstairs. I asked him to

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<v Speaker 3>do a simple thing, just a little thing. I asked

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<v Speaker 3>him to start a fire in the fireplace. It was

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<v Speaker 3>pretty chilly out, and the fire always made that room

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<v Speaker 3>look so warm and nice. Have you seen my house?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Missus Dudley, go on, please.

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<v Speaker 3>I heard him down in the basement getting things ready

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<v Speaker 3>for the fire. When I looked at the clock, it

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<v Speaker 3>was past seven. The fire hadn't even been started in

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<v Speaker 3>the fireplace. Our guests were arriving at seven thirty. I

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<v Speaker 3>asked Roger to come up and make some martinis and

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<v Speaker 3>let the fire go for a moment. He called me

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<v Speaker 3>a name. Why I never knew why he did things

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<v Speaker 3>like that. I went dow downstairs to ask him why

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<v Speaker 3>he was so angry he called me another name. Wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>just the name or him being angry. It was all

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<v Speaker 3>the things he'd done to me before, they arguing and

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<v Speaker 3>fighting and the insults. When he started up the stairs,

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<v Speaker 3>I picked up the hatchet and I hit him with it.

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<v Speaker 3>He fell down.

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<v Speaker 2>Then what did you do?

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<v Speaker 3>I ran upstairs and put on my coat and left

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<v Speaker 3>the house.

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<v Speaker 2>Or have you been these last three days?

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<v Speaker 3>Right here in Evanston? I had a room at the

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<v Speaker 3>Evanston Hotel until last night, and I thought I'd try

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<v Speaker 3>to get away, go to another city, Chicago or New York.

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<v Speaker 3>Found out who I was at the bus station.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you ever think about killing your husband before this?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you know you were going to kill him when

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<v Speaker 2>you went down to the basement.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Did he go out with other women not?

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<v Speaker 3>Did I know of?

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<v Speaker 2>Did he ever beat you? Oh? No? It gave you

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<v Speaker 2>a nice home or you needed.

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<v Speaker 3>But he took my life away from me, mister Christian?

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<v Speaker 3>What he took my life away from me? He stole

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<v Speaker 3>my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand that, missus Dudley.

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<v Speaker 3>When I was going down the stairs that night, and

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<v Speaker 3>so I'm standing there, I suddenly realized, Oh, he had

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<v Speaker 3>taken from me everything that was young and fresh and wanting,

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<v Speaker 3>and I despised him for it. So I killed him.

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<v Speaker 2>But but why did you have to kill him? You

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<v Speaker 2>could've divorced him, left him.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't you see what he had taken from me, mister Christian?

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<v Speaker 3>There was nothing left for him to steal from me,

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<v Speaker 3>or nothing left for me to give another man. Are

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<v Speaker 3>you married?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>Then you know what a man can take from a woman.

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<v Speaker 3>Mister Christian, nam I somewhat you'd want to be married too,

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<v Speaker 3>if this terrible thing hadn't happened. Am I someone you'd

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<v Speaker 3>be proud to have for a wife?

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<v Speaker 2>You might be?

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<v Speaker 3>That's all a woman needs is to be wanted? Am

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<v Speaker 3>I old and ugly and unattractive? My shallow of flighty?

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<v Speaker 3>Look at me, mister Christian, I am no stand up?

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<v Speaker 3>Please look at me close?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Would you want to be loved by me.

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<v Speaker 2>You're very lovely, miss Dunny, would you, yes?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I was nothing to Roger Dudley, nothing, and my

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<v Speaker 3>love was nothing to him. I was a fixture, a decoration,

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<v Speaker 3>an animal, and he took all of it, my love

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<v Speaker 3>and my life. And then he stood at the bottom

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<v Speaker 3>of the stairway and called me a name.

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<v Speaker 2>Was it Udily, Missus Dudley. Listen to me. Listen to me.

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<v Speaker 2>No one saw this happen. The maid was upstairs in

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<v Speaker 2>the kitchen. Missus Thompson only heard it from next door.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to me. You can claim that you did it

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<v Speaker 2>in self defense. He came at you when you picked

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<v Speaker 2>up the hatchet and you hit him with it to

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<v Speaker 2>protect yourself. You tell it that way. When mister Bradford

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<v Speaker 2>comes back in here. There are a dozen good men

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<v Speaker 2>in this state would be glad to represent you in

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<v Speaker 2>court with a story like that. I'd be opposite them.

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<v Speaker 2>You can get off. He made you kill him because

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<v Speaker 2>it was either him or you, and you ran afterwards

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<v Speaker 2>because you were frightened. In the end, you'll be charged

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<v Speaker 2>with a second degree murder and the most you get

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<v Speaker 2>a suspended sentence. Don't you understand what I'm telling you

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<v Speaker 2>can be free.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, yes, mister Christcha.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's have mister Bradford in here now, please.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, wait a minute, hold him. I can never be free.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what you're saying.

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<v Speaker 3>You have and understood anything I've said. He took my

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<v Speaker 3>life away from me a long time ago, can't you see,

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<v Speaker 3>mister Christian, I don't have any life to live now.

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<v Speaker 2>Missus Dudley, you have everything to live for. Look, you're

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<v Speaker 2>young and beautiful, and you want to need all of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that I that life can give you.

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<v Speaker 3>Too late, mister Christian, you'll get at.

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<v Speaker 2>Least a life sentence. Listen. Listen.

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<v Speaker 3>A few minutes ago, you were telling me about your

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<v Speaker 3>duty to the people of this state. Mister Christian, tell

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<v Speaker 3>me about it now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, alright.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to talk to you alone like this to

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<v Speaker 3>make sure I was right. You're no better than he was.

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<v Speaker 3>Mister Christian. You'd take a woman and do the same

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<v Speaker 3>thing to her that he did to me. Until you

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<v Speaker 3>kissed me just then. I wasn't a person to you.

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<v Speaker 3>I was an animal, a trapped animal, and if I'd

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<v Speaker 3>let you help me escape from this trap, I'd just

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<v Speaker 3>be escaping into a smaller one, a worse one. With you,

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<v Speaker 3>you're another Roger Dudley.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Chris, Chris, Are you ready to make your stake

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<v Speaker 2>in the fact, Missus Dudley, Yes, alright, yeah, I'll take

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<v Speaker 2>it down from the beginning, Missus Studley, just as you

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<v Speaker 2>told it to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Statement of Fact, starring Kathy and Elliott Lewis on stage.

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<v Speaker 1>In a moment, mister and Missus Lewis will tell you

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<v Speaker 1>about next week's play. This Saturday morning, it's the most

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<v Speaker 1>unusual challenge for Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle. The famous

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<v Speaker 1>adventurer of Darkest Africa meets a juvenile delinquent and encounters

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<v Speaker 1>problems of a very different sort in Tarzan and the

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<v Speaker 1>hot Rod Kid. You'll also want to hear the latest

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<v Speaker 1>episode of Gangbusters, CBS Radio's exciting true crime cases that names, names, places,

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<v Speaker 1>and dates in thrilling accounts of police action against the lawless.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember this Saturday night on most of these same CBS

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<v Speaker 1>Radio stations, Tarzan and Gangbusters and now once again Kathy

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<v Speaker 1>and Elliot Lewett.

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<v Speaker 3>And that was another of v Jack Newman's searching studies

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<v Speaker 3>of ourselves, this time set melodramatically.

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<v Speaker 2>He's an excellent writer.

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<v Speaker 3>Some friends new to on stage joined us tonight, Joan

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<v Speaker 3>Danton who was the telephone operator, Jack Krushian, who was

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<v Speaker 3>special Deputy Sailor, and Tyler McVeigh publicity happy Sheriff Marral,

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<v Speaker 3>while Joseph Kerns played my assistant.

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<v Speaker 2>John Bradford, true.

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<v Speaker 3>To Marson rejoined us to play your wife, and Byron

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<v Speaker 3>Kine was the reporter. We thank them all.

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<v Speaker 2>Since this is spring and through the window we can

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<v Speaker 2>see the sun and the green grass and the new

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<v Speaker 2>flowers and the days that have gone by, we thought

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<v Speaker 2>it a good time to present a story that suits

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<v Speaker 2>the season, and.

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<v Speaker 3>So next week we're going to do a dramatization of

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<v Speaker 3>a warm and charming book almost forgotten now that perfectly

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<v Speaker 3>states the season for us. It was written by the

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<v Speaker 3>late Leonard Merrick, and it's called Conrad in Quest of

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<v Speaker 3>his Youth.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll like it until next week. Thank you for listening.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Night, Good Night Music.

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<v Speaker 1>Fortnight's story was composed and conducted by Fred Steiner.

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<v Speaker 2>The Kafi and Alliott theme is by.

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<v Speaker 1>Ray Noble, and the program is transcribed and directed by

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<v Speaker 1>mister Lewis George Walsh, speaking America's forty five million radio

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<v Speaker 1>families listen most to the CBS Radio network