1 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: Come in Welcome. I'm e. G. Marshall. 2 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 2: We're about to embark on a dark journey, a journey 3 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:32,320 through the terrifying passages of a distorted mind. Man's mind 4 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,920 is filled with dark passages that lead through a labyrinth 5 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,759 of horror, from which, at times there is no return. 6 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,600 Come with me as we probe the darkness for ghostly images. 7 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: Come to the House of Cain. 8 00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 2: Here we will search out the secret has kept the 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,159 old house shrouded in a mantle of fear. Who is Cain, 10 00:00:57,359 --> 00:01:00,719 you ask? He appears to be an ordinary man like 11 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,879 most of us. But here at the old house, isolated 12 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:11,799 from the twentieth century, a strange turbulence swirls around him. 13 00:01:12,719 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: Ken, Ken, where are you regular? I'm here. I told 14 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:21,599 you to stay in the house. Do not need him here? 15 00:01:21,799 --> 00:01:25,640 Where have you been in the stout house? Horrible odor? 16 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,079 Speaker 3: In the dungeon, one of the prisoners went mad, said 17 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,760 fire to Asell let me and I dragged him out. 18 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:32,719 Speaker 1: We had to calm the others. 19 00:01:33,719 --> 00:01:39,159 Speaker 4: Kiddy, I don't want to know what you do with them. 20 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: Please, I don't want to know what you do. 21 00:01:54,439 --> 00:01:59,319 Speaker 2: Our mystery drama Them was written especially for the mystery 22 00:01:59,359 --> 00:02:06,319 theater by Alph Goodman and stars Alan Hewitt and Jordan Charney. 23 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:12,280 Our story begins in a small crowded courtroom. The jury 24 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,680 is filing in. They have reached a decision on the 25 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:20,960 charge of manslaughter. The defendant, Charles Schiller, darts a quick 26 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,840 apprehensive look at his frail wife Karen, who has stood 27 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:29,520 steadfastly by him during his ordeal. He then stands to 28 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,560 face the twelve men and women who have been chosen 29 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,039 to decide his fate. The murder, if it is to 30 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,840 be called, that was accidental. Charles Schiller testified to this 31 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:46,080 the evidence seemed conclusive. Let's move in a little closer. 32 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,120 The foreman of the jury has just risen. Ladies and 33 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,680 gentlemen of the jury. Have you reached a verdict? We have, sir, 34 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,240 How say you? Do you find the defendant guilty or 35 00:02:58,439 --> 00:02:59,919 not guilty? 36 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: Not guilty? Come Magatha. Once again mockery has been made 37 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,520 of justice. Let's get out of here. 38 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 3: As with the others, I find this man guilty if. 39 00:03:12,199 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 4: A jury found him anything. 40 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 2: I am not influenced by emotion, as are these incompetence 41 00:03:18,439 --> 00:03:22,759 chosen to serve on juries. Remember, Agatha, I have been 42 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,680 both lawyer and judge who is better qualified to decide 43 00:03:26,719 --> 00:03:27,560 a man's guilty. 44 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,479 Speaker 1: Instance. Come, we must. 45 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 3: Inform Ludvig that man must pay for his crime, as 46 00:03:34,719 --> 00:03:38,560 did the others. I said, Come, Agatha, we have listened 47 00:03:38,599 --> 00:03:41,919 to every bit of evidence presented in this trial. A 48 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,879 murder has been committed. I have found the defendant guilty 49 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,400 on all counts. It is up to us to see 50 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,680 to it that justice will be served. 51 00:03:57,919 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 4: All right, you two, this is last breakfast is served. 52 00:04:01,759 --> 00:04:05,439 We're coming mom. Dad's giving me a piggy right on 53 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:05,960 his back. 54 00:04:07,039 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: Oh, or like a right around the road. Easy. 55 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 5: Oh, let's be careful with daddy now that he's back 56 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,839 from that awful courtroom home with us again. 57 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 6: Well, now you two sit down. 58 00:04:19,079 --> 00:04:22,079 Speaker 5: We've got toast and boiled eggs and boiled eggs. 59 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,639 Speaker 4: Oh, we'll just take a piece of toast in any ways, 60 00:04:25,639 --> 00:04:27,800 I'm not hungry, okay, all. 61 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 2: Right, then take a piece of toast. Maybe you better 62 00:04:30,519 --> 00:04:32,120 take two, Okay, Dad. 63 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,199 Speaker 4: I got to run anyway. I'm supposed to meet the 64 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,079 guys at the school yard. Don't just perfect for eat. 65 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:37,759 Speaker 6: You're running. 66 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:42,079 Speaker 5: Oh, it's so good to have you home, and I 67 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,920 have that nightmare behind us. 68 00:04:44,439 --> 00:04:47,079 Speaker 2: Let's not think about that or talk about it again. 69 00:04:47,639 --> 00:04:52,279 All I'm interested in now is is having that phone 70 00:04:52,319 --> 00:04:54,879 taken out so I can spend up quiet Saturday with 71 00:04:54,920 --> 00:05:02,959 my wife. Hello. No, no, no you didn't. Yes, yes, 72 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,120 I'd like very much to be included. Twelve fifteen front. 73 00:05:08,079 --> 00:05:11,480 Where is it to be held? Oh no, no, no, no, 74 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,319 that's not necessary. I have my own car. 75 00:05:13,399 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: I can just. 76 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,319 Speaker 2: Well, all right if you want to, I'll be ready 77 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:19,680 at noon. 78 00:05:19,759 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: Yes, goodbye? Who was that? Well? 79 00:05:24,639 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 2: I don't know, really, I neglected to ask. A friend 80 00:05:28,079 --> 00:05:32,000 of Warren's, another lawyer. Some of his associates are giving 81 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,360 Warren a surprise luncheon today to celebrate his winning my case. 82 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: I wish I had thought of it. 83 00:05:37,319 --> 00:05:39,639 Speaker 4: Well, you did call him to thank him dear twice 84 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:40,240 last night. 85 00:05:40,319 --> 00:05:42,519 Speaker 1: Oh I know, I know. But a luncheon. What a 86 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:43,399 wonderful idea. 87 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 6: And they've asked you to come. 88 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,519 Speaker 4: It's almost the same as if you'd thought of it. 89 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 2: Not quite, but I'm glad someone did. It must be 90 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:55,399 a really fancy party. They're sending a limousine for me. 91 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,079 Speaker 5: Ooh, how posh? 92 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 2: Look, I know we planned day together, darling, but well, 93 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,000 after all the work Warren did for me I'd like 94 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,319 very much to go, darling. 95 00:06:05,399 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 4: Of course you have to go. Where's it to be? 96 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 2: And the man didn't say, actually, it doesn't matter. They're 97 00:06:11,879 --> 00:06:16,160 sending the car. I'll let the driver worry. I'd better 98 00:06:16,199 --> 00:06:20,639 shave thought you just did. True, but I've never been 99 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,160 picked up by a limousine before. 100 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:26,319 Speaker 5: Oh, oh, it's good to have you home again. 101 00:06:34,199 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 1: I got that. 102 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 2: It's almost twelve, yes, Kine, Oh, please stop pacing. 103 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:45,439 Speaker 4: They'll be here. Ludwig has always brought them. He has 104 00:06:45,439 --> 00:06:46,319 never failed you. 105 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,959 Speaker 3: There transcripts the murder trials we've judged thus far. 106 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,879 Speaker 1: Where are the transcripts. 107 00:06:51,519 --> 00:06:55,319 Speaker 4: Here, Kane on the desk. There is no need to 108 00:06:55,399 --> 00:06:58,800 show the poor man the transcripts. Ludwig will bring him 109 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,560 in as he has the others. I know you have 110 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,480 told me over and over what we do is right. 111 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 3: But in my heart and mental clap trap, that's what 112 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,800 got him off for the trial. One does not judge 113 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,279 a case with a heart, but with a mind. Here, 114 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,480 look at these transcripts. 115 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,279 Speaker 2: I've gone over them word by word, and in each 116 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:21,879 case the jury has been wrong. 117 00:07:22,079 --> 00:07:27,399 Speaker 3: I have been right a limousine. You are right in 118 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,839 one thing, Agatha. Ludwig does what he has to do 119 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,439 and does it well. Yes, yes, he's brought us our 120 00:07:34,519 --> 00:07:35,560 honored guest. 121 00:07:36,199 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: Let them in. I will join you presently. 122 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:43,439 Speaker 4: I have worked, yes, Jane, one moment, Ludwig, I am 123 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:52,839 coming a good afternoon, young. I am sorry to have 124 00:07:52,959 --> 00:07:57,759 kept you reading. Take his heart, Ludwig, and if you 125 00:07:57,839 --> 00:08:00,680 will please follow me, sir, you're a study. 126 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:06,079 Speaker 1: I appreciate your hospitality. My name is Charles, Charles Schiller. 127 00:08:06,199 --> 00:08:10,399 Speaker 4: Yes, yes, I know. Now if you were come this way, 128 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,120 the whole are rather dark and dreary. 129 00:08:13,279 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 2: What is this place? I mean your chauffeur was not 130 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,199 very talkative. I still don't know the gentleman's name who 131 00:08:19,279 --> 00:08:20,240 sent the car for me. 132 00:08:20,519 --> 00:08:24,879 Speaker 1: Oh, it's mister Kane. This is his estate, Cain Cain. 133 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,839 I see is he a lawyer? He is a judge. 134 00:08:29,319 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 2: Oh, mister Shiller, I see you've arrived safely. 135 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 1: Allow me to welcome you. I'm Matthew Kine. Or how 136 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,639 do you do? I must admit when a luncheon was mentioned, now, well, 137 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:40,000 I was. 138 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,759 Speaker 2: Expecting to be taken to a small restaurant or a 139 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:45,399 banquet room. Old, no, no, no, this is too important 140 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:49,320 a moment to be held in mundane surroundings. You've met 141 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,399 my sister, miss Agatha Kane. 142 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,279 Speaker 1: Well no, no, not not formally. How do you do man? 143 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,360 If you're both ex as I've told. 144 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,639 Speaker 2: You, Agatha, this is mister Schiller. He's got to visit 145 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,000 with us and have a bite of lunch. Would you 146 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,080 do the honors? My dear Ludwig will help, but give 147 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,320 mister Shiller and me a chance to get acquainted first. 148 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:12,799 Speaker 4: Yes, a king, I will go, and Figler to me. 149 00:09:15,039 --> 00:09:19,799 Speaker 1: Unfortunately, she's a little adult. I'm afraid I'm sorry. 150 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,159 Speaker 2: Well, since you're the first to arrive, may I suggest 151 00:09:24,159 --> 00:09:26,679 a little brandy to warm you from the dampness of 152 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:27,000 the weather. 153 00:09:27,159 --> 00:09:29,039 Speaker 1: Oh yes, yes, yes, that'll be fine. 154 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: I took the liberty of pouring as you arrived. Your 155 00:09:33,519 --> 00:09:39,000 drink is here on the side table. Oh, I see 156 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:44,679 you're admiring that magnificent old portrait over the mantle. My grandfather, Sir, 157 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,320 a man who gloried in. 158 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 3: Our judicial system, spent his life exacting justice, a godly 159 00:09:52,399 --> 00:09:56,279 man who believed in the holy words. And I for 160 00:09:56,399 --> 00:09:58,320 an eye, he. 161 00:09:58,399 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 2: Has a magnificent Yes, he's been dead for over fifty 162 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,399 years now, but his presence is still felt in this house. 163 00:10:09,759 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: Will here's to you, sir. Thank you. 164 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 3: Sit down, mister Shulman. The others will be here shortly. 165 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,000 Sit down and tell me about your day in court. 166 00:10:22,879 --> 00:10:24,519 You had an able lawyer. 167 00:10:24,519 --> 00:10:27,639 Speaker 2: Now, one of the best. I can't speak highly enough 168 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:28,559 of Warren Douglas. 169 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 3: Clever, yes, very clever, but then criminal lawyers must be 170 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,840 exceptionally clever. Most of the time they're paid to defend 171 00:10:37,919 --> 00:10:43,200 the guilty. But I've meant no inference in your case 172 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:44,519 is just a generalization. 173 00:10:44,759 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 2: That's all right, I'm not sensitive. I was exonerating. Yes, yes, 174 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:54,960 I heard. It was a murder case. Resid them accidental manster. Oh, yes, yes, yes, 175 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,200 forgive me. I'm sorry to say I don't follow all 176 00:10:58,279 --> 00:11:01,279 the cases I should. So this was something about a 177 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,519 fight in a bar room mus the Corton Larned. I 178 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,919 was waiting for my wife. We were to have lunch 179 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,759 that afternoon. There was this man, a complete stranger. He 180 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,879 was annoying a woman at the bar. I intervened. One 181 00:11:14,879 --> 00:11:18,960 word led to another. I hardly remember the struggle that followed, 182 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,159 but somehow he fell over backwards against a glass door 183 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,639 and shattered it. One of the glass livers pierced his throat. 184 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,679 He died almost instantly. Oh, how dreadful. Yes, yes, it 185 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:35,200 was one minute sitting quietly worrying about how much my 186 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,720 wife spent on a shopping spree, and well, the next we. 187 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: Are at the mercy of circumstances? Are We're not? 188 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,799 Speaker 2: Mister Schiller, Oh, let me fill your glass again. 189 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,159 Speaker 1: I was just wondering about the others. And it's getting 190 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:48,799 rather late. 191 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: The judicial system and its failings have become quite a 192 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:57,200 passion with me. Several years ago, my sister and I 193 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:02,200 had occasion to attend a criminal courts trial. I'll never forget. 194 00:12:01,879 --> 00:12:03,919 Speaker 3: The sight of the man's face as he stood to 195 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:08,440 receive the jury's verdict. He stood there, quivering with fear, 196 00:12:08,919 --> 00:12:13,399 awaiting the foreman's voice to pronounce him guilty. And suddenly, 197 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,919 but I suppose the strain was too much for him. 198 00:12:17,519 --> 00:12:20,639 The poor fellow pitched forward on his face, fell dead 199 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:25,440 where he stood dead. Good lord, yes, imagine that. 200 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,799 Speaker 2: And what do you suppose the jury's verdict was not 201 00:12:30,039 --> 00:12:33,159 guilty the man lying dead at their feet there? 202 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: Yeah? 203 00:12:35,159 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 2: Well, reattributive justice has a strange way of finding its mark. 204 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: Sometimes I'd hardly call it justice. If they found the 205 00:12:42,519 --> 00:12:46,600 man innocent, as you said, I found him guilty. He 206 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,279 was dead at any rate you found him guilty. 207 00:12:50,799 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 3: Yes, mister Schuller, we all judge our fellow man. You 208 00:12:55,519 --> 00:12:58,360 pick up a newspaper, read of a trial, decide a 209 00:12:58,399 --> 00:13:01,559 man's guilty or innocence over you morning coffee or toast. 210 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,399 Don't deny it? 211 00:13:03,399 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: Oh? Well, well, to some extent, I suppose we do. 212 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 2: To some extent, did you hear that, Agatha, Well, now 213 00:13:11,519 --> 00:13:14,720 there is some reasonableness to you, certainly if you can 214 00:13:14,759 --> 00:13:18,120 admit that now, then let me ask. 215 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: You this, mister Shilla. 216 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 3: Do you think, with all the legions of lawyers, clever 217 00:13:23,919 --> 00:13:28,639 lawyers with silver tongues, that certain inequities of justice are 218 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:34,039 sometimes meeted out by juries? Do some innocent men hang unquestionably? 219 00:13:34,159 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 2: Sen then you would also admit that some of the 220 00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:38,120 guilty go free? 221 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:43,639 Speaker 1: Is that not so? Mister s I don't, I don't, 222 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:50,799 I don't do well my head. I was hoping the 223 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,200 others would be here. Byn. 224 00:13:54,159 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 2: Do you think we should give mister Douglas a call? 225 00:13:56,120 --> 00:14:00,440 Perhaps there's been a misunderstanding. There's been nomes under standing, 226 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,799 mister Siller. Mister Douglas was never notified. There's no one 227 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:12,960 else coming. Then the misunderstanding was mine. I thought you 228 00:14:13,039 --> 00:14:16,480 said there was to be a surprise luncheon for mister 229 00:14:16,519 --> 00:14:18,200 Douglas to celebrate. 230 00:14:19,279 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: But uh, did you put something in my drink? Yes, 231 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:34,720 mister Schiller. Why I don't understand. Why did you do it? 232 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,639 Mister Kane, please please, I can. 233 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 3: Sleep well, mister Schiller. Ludwig and I will attend to everything. Ludway, 234 00:14:50,200 --> 00:15:00,519 Ludley come, we have work to do. Then Dan, here 235 00:15:00,679 --> 00:15:00,919 I go. 236 00:15:01,519 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 4: I'm here, mister Siller, Where is mister Sheiller? 237 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: Justice has been served, It is finished. 238 00:15:09,039 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 4: Oh your quote, your new quote? What have you stained 239 00:15:17,639 --> 00:15:17,879 it with? 240 00:15:18,639 --> 00:15:20,879 Speaker 1: I think it's blood. I was attempting. 241 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 4: Don't tell me. I don't want to know what you 242 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:28,480 do with them. Please, game, I don't want to know. 243 00:15:29,159 --> 00:15:30,360 I don't want to know. 244 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 2: Well, there is no doubt that justice in the minds 245 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,480 of men can take many forms. Who is to say 246 00:15:45,559 --> 00:15:52,120 what is true justice? The charge against the defendant was manslaugh. Well, 247 00:15:52,759 --> 00:15:56,399 I guess each man has his own rationalization. 248 00:15:55,759 --> 00:15:57,679 Speaker 1: For justice as he sees it. 249 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,559 Speaker 2: But just as no man may place himself above the law, 250 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,759 so no man may appoint himself the oracle of judgment 251 00:16:06,159 --> 00:16:10,879 and truth. It seems, however, that Matthew Caine has done so. 252 00:16:12,279 --> 00:16:25,240 I'll return shortly with that. Two forty eight hours have 253 00:16:25,399 --> 00:16:30,240 passed since the disappearance of Charles Schiller. His wife Karen 254 00:16:30,279 --> 00:16:33,399 has been summoned to headquarters to discuss the incident with 255 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:38,639 the police. The request is rather unusual, considering that over 256 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,679 three thousand cases of missing persons are reported in an 257 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:47,879 average sized metropolitan city each month. Police files bulged with 258 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,200 triplicates of these reports. But the case of Charles Schiller 259 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:56,679 has caught the eye of detective Sergeant Steiner. Something about 260 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:01,639 this case has activated the trail dog instinct. Steiner is 261 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:03,639 sure he is armed to something. 262 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 4: I appreciate your checking into this, Sergeant. 263 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 2: Of course, I don't want to raise your hopes to hi, 264 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:12,720 missus Shiller. I mean around here, lots of times one 265 00:17:12,759 --> 00:17:14,240 on one comes out three. 266 00:17:14,519 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 4: Yes, I understand, sergeant. How can I help well? 267 00:17:18,839 --> 00:17:21,759 Speaker 3: As I understand it? According to our records, mister Schiller's 268 00:17:21,839 --> 00:17:24,640 lawyer was never informed of any testimonial luncheon in his 269 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:28,319 honor or any meeting that day of any kind. 270 00:17:28,519 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 5: I spoke to one mister Douglas and he knew nothing 271 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,200 about it. But I'm sure he told you that too, Yes. 272 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,559 Speaker 1: Yes, he did. I have his statement right here. 273 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 3: I'm sorry to put you through all this again, Missus Shulder, 274 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:46,200 but you see, after your husband's disappearance, the facts related 275 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,839 to it were run through our computer or statistical department. 276 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,519 On a hunch of mine, came through with something rather interesting, 277 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:54,920 something I'd like to pursue. 278 00:17:54,599 --> 00:17:56,279 Speaker 1: With you, if I may, certainly. 279 00:17:56,559 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 6: What is it? 280 00:17:58,039 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 3: Well, Missus Shiller, it seems that the circumstances that surround 281 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:06,680 your husband's disappearance have been repeated three other times, all 282 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,960 within the last seven months. 283 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 1: I'm afraid I don't find I'm trying. 284 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,319 Speaker 3: To say is three men, three other men have vanished 285 00:18:14,319 --> 00:18:17,400 over the past seven months. And the one thing these 286 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:23,000 three men had in common was they disappeared immediately after 287 00:18:23,039 --> 00:18:24,519 having stood trial for murder. 288 00:18:25,319 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 6: Well, what does that have to do with it? 289 00:18:27,559 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 1: Just a moment more of a coincidence. 290 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 3: Yet each of these men was found not guilty at 291 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:39,920 his trial. Look here David Swan charge of first degree 292 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:44,200 murder seven months ago October, not guilty. Man named Bates 293 00:18:44,319 --> 00:18:48,480 manslaughter not guilty, Collins manslaughter not guilty. 294 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:50,519 Speaker 1: You see the pattern. 295 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 3: Trial exoneration, disappearance, unusual, isn't it? 296 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,079 Speaker 5: And you think that my husband's disappearance has has something 297 00:18:59,079 --> 00:19:00,400 to do with these other men. 298 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:05,319 Speaker 2: For now, let's just say he fits the pattern. You know, 299 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,559 I've looked all through his file, this file here, dozens 300 00:19:08,559 --> 00:19:13,240 of times. Now there's just one little piece missing. Did 301 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,599 someone anyone see the man who picked your husband up 302 00:19:16,599 --> 00:19:17,839 that day on the limousine? 303 00:19:18,079 --> 00:19:18,279 Speaker 1: No? 304 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,839 Speaker 4: I told a man who took the report. I was 305 00:19:21,839 --> 00:19:22,559 out shopping. 306 00:19:23,079 --> 00:19:26,039 Speaker 1: Oh, yes, yes, here it is, and Jimmy was out. Jimmy, 307 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:27,319 it's my son. 308 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:27,839 Speaker 6: He's eight. 309 00:19:28,279 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 4: He was at the schoolyard playing with his friends. 310 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:31,039 Speaker 6: Didn't I mention that? 311 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:36,279 Speaker 3: No? No, there's no mention here of your son. Oh, 312 00:19:37,519 --> 00:19:39,039 this boy of yours Jimmy. 313 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 1: Yeah? Could he have come home while you were up? 314 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:42,839 Speaker 6: Well? 315 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 4: I suppose I never thought to ask. We have a 316 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,240 tree house in the backyard. He and his friends often 317 00:19:50,319 --> 00:19:51,359 play this. 318 00:19:51,039 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: This treehouse. Does it face the street. 319 00:19:55,079 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 6: You mean the front driveway? Yes? 320 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 3: But missus Schiller, where's your son now? 321 00:20:00,079 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 6: School? 322 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 4: He'll be home at three. Do you think there's something 323 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:04,279 that Jimmy might know? 324 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,279 Speaker 1: That possible? Possible? Missus Shiller. 325 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 2: You know, all we need is one lead, Mister Siller, 326 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:27,359 wake up, mister Shiller. It's time to rise and shine. 327 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:31,519 Speaker 3: Caine exactly, mister Shiller. Okay, Matthew Kaine, where am I? 328 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,039 Speaker 1: What is this place? 329 00:20:34,839 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 2: Your room is high above the ground, on the far 330 00:20:37,839 --> 00:20:43,000 side of the estate room. It is in a room. 331 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:47,200 It's a cage, so it is, mister Siller. What is 332 00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:52,400 this bark window, steel door? It's like a prison cell. 333 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,680 It is a prison cell. Mister Shiller. 334 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,759 Speaker 1: Why why am I here? 335 00:21:00,039 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 3: Who serve your sentence? I've judged your case and found 336 00:21:04,039 --> 00:21:08,759 you guilty. No, so very well and good to say. No, 337 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,799 But here you are, aren't you? 338 00:21:12,839 --> 00:21:13,079 Speaker 1: Here? 339 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 2: They all are, and here they'll stay until their brain's 340 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:23,680 rot and their bodies decay. They you mean there are others, Yes, 341 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:28,640 mister Schiller, there are others, others who have broken God's 342 00:21:28,759 --> 00:21:33,759 law and must pay for it. Here, mister Schiller, here 343 00:21:33,799 --> 00:21:35,759 are your rations for the day. 344 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: You can't keep me here, Kane. My wife will go 345 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,000 to the police. She's probably notified them already. Who I'm 346 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:43,960 sure she has. 347 00:21:44,759 --> 00:21:47,759 Speaker 2: I'm sure the others have wives and loved ones who 348 00:21:47,799 --> 00:21:53,319 have reported these unfortunate incidents to the police. You have disappeared, sir, 349 00:21:54,079 --> 00:21:55,720 vanished into thin air. 350 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: It's as simple as that. Not in this day and age. 351 00:21:59,039 --> 00:22:02,160 They'll find me. They have ways. Give it a year. 352 00:22:03,279 --> 00:22:07,599 Speaker 3: Collins thought that way once, so did Swan and the others. 353 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: Give it time. We'll see. And now, if. 354 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 2: You'll excuse me, I must take these trays down the corridor. 355 00:22:17,279 --> 00:22:19,839 Speaker 3: It's getting rather late. I'm doing court in an hour. 356 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,400 There's an interesting case I must keep up with. When 357 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,759 one has given the responsibility to judge his fellow man, 358 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,000 one must be thorough in order to be fair. 359 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:38,599 Speaker 1: Kine, come back, Kine. Someone will come. 360 00:22:40,039 --> 00:22:51,559 Speaker 2: They'll find me, they'll find me. Well, I'm glad you 361 00:22:51,599 --> 00:22:52,559 can bring Jimmy to see me. 362 00:22:52,599 --> 00:22:54,599 Speaker 5: Missus Shiller when he said that he was in the 363 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,160 tree house and saw is Daddy leaving a big black 364 00:22:57,279 --> 00:22:58,200 car could. 365 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: Be the lead we've been looking for. 366 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 2: Now, are you comfortable in that chair, Jimmy, Yes, sir, 367 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:03,799 huh good. 368 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,559 Speaker 1: Now you keep looking through this picture book. 369 00:23:07,599 --> 00:23:10,839 Speaker 5: I don't understand how a children's book of cartoons or types. 370 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 3: Missus Schiller tall, thin, wiry, heavy, muscular, and the clothes 371 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:21,039 they wear all geared to pinpoint a suspect. Now, Jimmy, 372 00:23:21,079 --> 00:23:24,559 do you see anyone in there who looks like the 373 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,599 man you saw from the treehouse. 374 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 4: Not exactly that. He looks something like this one, only 375 00:23:32,519 --> 00:23:35,079 he's wearing kind of a uniform, like a soldier. 376 00:23:35,559 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: Tall, thin and uniform. 377 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,319 Speaker 2: Now, let's seem uniforms. 378 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,319 Speaker 1: Uniforms. 379 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:46,319 Speaker 3: Huh, here we are, how, Jimmy, was he a soldier 380 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:46,960 like this one? 381 00:23:48,279 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: No? Or ruh? 382 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,799 Speaker 2: Wait a minute, how about this one? 383 00:23:52,279 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 4: That's it? That's it. 384 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: And he had a hat on like this one. 385 00:23:56,039 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 4: Right, yeah, that's the one. But it wasn't black, it 386 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,039 was gray like. 387 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,759 Speaker 3: Robby's care Now anything else you noticed about him, Jimmy, No, sir, 388 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,880 Missus Shiller, we've got ourselves a suspend. 389 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,079 Speaker 4: Does that mean you can find my daddy? 390 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:10,519 Speaker 1: It means we have a better chance. 391 00:24:11,319 --> 00:24:13,039 Speaker 3: At least we know one of the men were looking 392 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,559 for as a chauffeur, and we have some idea of 393 00:24:15,559 --> 00:24:16,240 what he looks like. 394 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: Now excuse me, Missus Shiller Driguez. I want a. 395 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 2: Composite made up of the Shuller case. Get the artist 396 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,759 in here. Oh and I'll need two men from homicide. 397 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,200 We're going to stake out that courthouse about a careful 398 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,480 surveillance on limousines that pull up. I'll be going along 399 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,640 I'm bringing Schiller's wife and boy with me. Oh, he 400 00:24:40,799 --> 00:24:42,960 will will allow Jimmy to come along, won't you. 401 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: We'll see that he's kept. 402 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,559 Speaker 6: Out of danger, of course, Lieutenant. 403 00:24:46,559 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 4: Oh, I don't mind danger if I can help find 404 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:49,720 my daddy. 405 00:24:49,799 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 7: Oh, Jimmy, Good morning, Agathon, good morning. 406 00:25:01,839 --> 00:25:05,519 Speaker 4: There was hammering and pounding near my room this morning. 407 00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:08,799 Speaker 2: Kane, cause we're building a new cell, a new Sir. 408 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,279 There's another court case today, murder one. 409 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 4: I don't want to hear about it. 410 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,079 Speaker 3: You can't shut out the world, Agatha. And please get 411 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,000 that dog of yours off the chair. I've told him 412 00:25:19,039 --> 00:25:19,480 over and over. 413 00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:20,079 Speaker 1: Don't get him. 414 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 4: Can you hurt him when you pick him up? He's 415 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:23,200 so tiny. 416 00:25:23,319 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 2: I hate small things, small minds, small people. 417 00:25:27,319 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: Take him out and come right back. 418 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 3: We'll be leaving for the courthouse as soon as Lodwig 419 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,079 brings the limousine out front. 420 00:25:33,279 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 4: Oh, I can't go today. There's a flower show at 421 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,279 the City Guarditorium. Missus Eustace is picking me up this afternoon. 422 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,079 Speaker 1: You've asked her to come here. 423 00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 4: Oh, I won't invite her in. I'll be ready when 424 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:51,599 she arrives. Oh, Kane, when is all this going to stop? 425 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 2: You loved grandfather, Agatha. 426 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 3: You know what he stood for. You know how I've 427 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,759 worked and planned and dedicated. 428 00:25:58,799 --> 00:26:00,880 Speaker 1: My life won't stop. 429 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,640 Speaker 2: We'll never stop as long as there's breath left in me. 430 00:26:05,799 --> 00:26:08,240 Why do you do this to me? I don't like 431 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,480 losing my temper, You know I don't. 432 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 1: Good. 433 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 3: BIG's ready, since you are going to be home. Feed 434 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:17,720 the prisoners. 435 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 4: Prisoners, I don't know where they are. 436 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,279 Speaker 1: You know where they are, Agatha. 437 00:26:25,759 --> 00:26:29,279 Speaker 3: I've seen you sneaking around, watching Ludwig and megle up 438 00:26:29,319 --> 00:26:31,119 the narrow stone steps of the gatehouse. 439 00:26:31,279 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: Kee, I don't know where you You don't need keys. 440 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 3: You'll find the trays in the kitchen. Fill them, slide 441 00:26:38,279 --> 00:26:41,279 one under each cell. I'll expect it to be done 442 00:26:41,319 --> 00:26:45,319 when I return. Yes, Kane, I'm a sthurry off to 443 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:46,000 the courthouse. 444 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 2: When a man's life is at stake, one must be fair. 445 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,599 Speaker 1: That's the courthouse to me. Over there across the. 446 00:26:57,599 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 4: Street, a big place, and there's so many people who. 447 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,400 Speaker 6: Are just looking for one. 448 00:27:04,559 --> 00:27:07,079 Speaker 4: Jimmie the chauffeur, the man who took your dad of 449 00:27:07,079 --> 00:27:10,279 your way. Do you think you can recognize him from here? 450 00:27:10,519 --> 00:27:10,799 Speaker 1: Well? 451 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 3: Try, mom, God, Jimmy, we'll just sit here in the car. 452 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:19,160 And wait, this is a special murder trial. I think 453 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,640 our suspect will be here. Now you understand, missus Sheller, 454 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,880 I'm I'm not making any predicts. 455 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 6: We understand, sergeant, the. 456 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,799 Speaker 1: Way things have been going, this may be our only chance. 457 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:41,759 Mister mister Yes, and who is that? 458 00:27:42,559 --> 00:27:45,079 Speaker 4: I've brought you some food, mister Sheller. 459 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:48,279 Speaker 1: Miss Agatho, what are you doing? 460 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 4: He left the house. He asked me to feed the prisoners. 461 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:58,720 I'll just slipped your trait under the center. Can you 462 00:27:58,799 --> 00:27:59,200 reach it? 463 00:28:00,039 --> 00:28:00,799 Speaker 1: Yes? But good? 464 00:28:01,559 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 4: Then I'll just move on. 465 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,319 Speaker 2: And no no, no, no, wait, wait, I must talk. 466 00:28:05,599 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 4: I can't. I have the others to feed. I left 467 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,839 my little dog downstairs. I told him stay, but he 468 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:14,759 never listens. 469 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 1: The Oh he's so naughty, chin chin. 470 00:28:23,559 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 4: I told you not to follow me up here. Keane 471 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:32,480 would be so angry if he knew. Oh dear, he's 472 00:28:32,519 --> 00:28:37,000 crawled under yourself, your mister shell, he's going after your food. 473 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:45,559 Do grab him quickly, mister Shiller, please, that's it, thank you. 474 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,119 I'll take him now. 475 00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: Oh no, oh no, you can't do that. My second. Now, 476 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:56,400 we're both prisoners here, your dog and I both prisoners. 477 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,480 Until you get the keys. 478 00:28:58,799 --> 00:29:02,359 Speaker 4: Oh, mister, there's no need to do that. 479 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:03,279 Speaker 1: Easy. 480 00:29:03,359 --> 00:29:06,559 Speaker 4: If you can just pass chinchin through the vibe, he's 481 00:29:06,559 --> 00:29:11,920 all fluffed, he'll pass through easily. Oh, mister Shill, you're 482 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,279 hurting him me. I have my little dog. 483 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:21,759 Speaker 2: Please, yes, yes, miss Ager, thank you. As soon as 484 00:29:21,839 --> 00:29:23,720 you get the keys. 485 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 4: Well, I can't do that. 486 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: You prisoner and your dog is my prisoner. 487 00:29:29,079 --> 00:29:33,559 Speaker 4: Oh, please give me my dog. He never did anything 488 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:34,079 to you. 489 00:29:34,519 --> 00:29:37,079 Speaker 1: That's unfortunate. But look around you. 490 00:29:37,839 --> 00:29:40,079 Speaker 2: Look what your brother did to me and the others 491 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,640 locked us in these stinking cells to satisfy his insanity. 492 00:29:44,759 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 4: Mister Siller, you must understand my brother is not insane. 493 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,440 The reason he does what he does. 494 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,559 Speaker 1: There's no time for that. Now, either you get those 495 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:00,160 keys or i'll smack this little dog's now. No, you 496 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,119 you wouldn't do that. 497 00:30:01,319 --> 00:30:05,559 Speaker 2: I'll show him this instance unless you do as I said. 498 00:30:05,599 --> 00:30:10,759 Speaker 4: I don't know anything about the keys. Please give me the. 499 00:30:10,799 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: Keys, miss Agatha. I'm running out of patience. Get the keys. Yes. 500 00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 2: The mind of man is a fragile thing. There is 501 00:30:24,599 --> 00:30:28,119 little doubt that Charles Schiller has reached the breaking point. 502 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,640 It has been said that desperate men are capable of 503 00:30:32,759 --> 00:30:37,319 desperate deeds. Will the frightened Miss Agatha find the courage 504 00:30:37,359 --> 00:30:40,880 to release her brother's prisoner in exchange for the life 505 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:54,920 of her dog. I'll return shortly with Acts three. An 506 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,920 hour has gone by since the arrival of the police 507 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,119 stakeout at the courthouse entrance. Sergeant Steiner has been in 508 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,960 constant touch with the unmarked cars he has strategically placed 509 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,720 around the building. Sitting with him or Karen and Jimmy, 510 00:31:10,319 --> 00:31:13,400 who has been keeping a close watch on various limousines 511 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:18,559 that have come and gone So far nothing. Steiner's face 512 00:31:18,759 --> 00:31:22,160 is grim. He has little hope to hold out to 513 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:26,920 the anxious wife and child whose world has been darkened 514 00:31:27,039 --> 00:31:30,480 by the strange disappearance of Charles Schiller. 515 00:31:30,759 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 3: I've just checked with the units two and four. They've 516 00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:36,920 got the rear entrance under surveillance. Now sign of a Limosino. 517 00:31:36,559 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: Chauffeur back there. Well, we're doing what we can, but. 518 00:31:41,039 --> 00:31:42,279 Speaker 6: I understand, Sergeant. 519 00:31:42,559 --> 00:31:45,519 Speaker 1: Our real hope is Jimmy here. He saw the man before. 520 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,559 Speaker 3: He's the only one who can make a positive identification. Well, 521 00:31:49,759 --> 00:31:50,599 anything new, Jimmy. 522 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 4: He did see someone a little while ago that he 523 00:31:52,799 --> 00:31:55,160 thought could be the man. One of the chauffeurs waiting 524 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,720 there across the street. Yes, you are busy jogging in 525 00:31:57,799 --> 00:31:58,279 the radio. 526 00:31:58,559 --> 00:32:02,759 Speaker 1: Well you should have cut in. Where which one he's gone? 527 00:32:02,799 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 4: Now? No, wait, there he is over there if that 528 00:32:06,599 --> 00:32:10,480 big black car. He's helping that big fat man get 529 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:11,359 into the back seat. 530 00:32:11,599 --> 00:32:13,759 Speaker 2: Are you sure that's the man you saw from the treehouse? 531 00:32:13,799 --> 00:32:15,799 Speaker 4: Well it wasn't before, but but I am. 532 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: Now. 533 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,519 Speaker 4: Do you see how he bends over, kind of stiff 534 00:32:18,559 --> 00:32:19,519 when he opens the door. 535 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: Huh. 536 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 4: Well that's how the man bent over when he helped 537 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,720 get into the car at the house. 538 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: Well that's good enough for me. 539 00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 6: The car is starting up. 540 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,079 Speaker 4: They're gonna lean the herum and can du. 541 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 2: No, no, Jimmy, we're not going to capture him. 542 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 1: We're not. 543 00:32:31,039 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 3: We're going to follow him. He's the only link we 544 00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:39,880 have to your dad. Control one to all stakeout units. 545 00:32:40,359 --> 00:32:46,759 Limousine license number g NC nine one eight pulling away 546 00:32:46,759 --> 00:32:50,000 from curb in front of courthouse, suspected. 547 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:54,599 Speaker 1: Wheel heading east on third Taylor. He's turning, sir, heading. 548 00:32:54,359 --> 00:32:57,400 Speaker 2: For your grid Unit four pick up as he passes 549 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,880 Units two and five follow on parallel course. 550 00:33:01,599 --> 00:33:09,039 Speaker 1: Mother ten for miss Agatha. 551 00:33:09,359 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 2: Miss Agatha I'm here, mister Shiper. 552 00:33:12,359 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 4: I'm looking for the key. 553 00:33:14,039 --> 00:33:18,279 Speaker 1: Well keep looking, you will, you shut up. I'm not 554 00:33:18,279 --> 00:33:20,160 going to hurt you. I just want to get out 555 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,200 of this madhouse. Miss Agatha. 556 00:33:24,519 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 4: Oh wait, wait here, I found them. See I found 557 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,920 the keys. They were back there in this small storage room. 558 00:33:35,599 --> 00:33:38,359 You can have them, all of them. Will just give 559 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:39,240 me my dog. 560 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:43,079 Speaker 1: Not so fast, Try them in the lock first, all right. 561 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:49,599 Speaker 4: All right, but please be careful. Ginchin is so delicate. 562 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,079 Speaker 1: The lock, Miss Agatha. 563 00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 4: I'm trying, mister Schiller, but there are so many. They're 564 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,000 all rusty, and most of them are two big. 565 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 1: Try try that one. There's no rust on it at all. 566 00:34:06,519 --> 00:34:11,199 Speaker 4: Hurry now you're sure it's right for me to do this. 567 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:13,360 My brother will be back any minute. 568 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:14,280 Speaker 1: Damn your brother. 569 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 2: Do you want a dog handed to you in one 570 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,440 piece or don't you? 571 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: Yes? 572 00:34:18,119 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 4: Yes, no, Please don't hurt him. I'll do just as 573 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:28,559 you say. There you're free, mister Schilla. 574 00:34:28,599 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: Thank the Lord. 575 00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 4: Now release my dog here. 576 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,639 Speaker 1: Take him, yeful, don't drop him. 577 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 4: Mister Oh now, look what you've done. He's getting away 578 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,280 chingin you come back here this instance. 579 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,800 Speaker 1: There's very get about him. I've got to get out 580 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:45,880 of here? Which way do I go? 581 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 4: Hear chingin, good little Gingy. 582 00:34:49,119 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: Miss Agatha. Way, It can't. 583 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,920 Speaker 4: I'd better find poor Gingin right away. Oh, it's so 584 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,519 easy to get lost in this endless mass of damn. 585 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,119 Speaker 1: You, miss Agatha, come back, come back. 586 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,559 Speaker 4: I don't see the limousine anymore with Tiam, I. 587 00:35:09,519 --> 00:35:10,519 Speaker 6: Don't think we lost them. 588 00:35:10,599 --> 00:35:13,519 Speaker 2: No, Missus Schilda, they're up ahead, Unit Force keeping him 589 00:35:13,519 --> 00:35:17,599 in sight. A Control to Unit four. Control to Unit four, 590 00:35:18,559 --> 00:35:23,000 I've got it. Suspect turning off onto the old Belmont Road, 591 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:28,880 heading for private driveway. All units. All units converge on driveway. 592 00:35:29,159 --> 00:35:32,840 Speaker 1: Do not use sirens. We'll wait for you there, ten Ford. 593 00:35:34,519 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 6: Why are we stopping? 594 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 1: I want to get too close so I love them. 595 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,039 Speaker 4: They just turned into the driveway. Can't we fall? 596 00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:40,800 Speaker 1: I'm afraid not. 597 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 3: Jimmy, The driveway and that old estate back there is 598 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:44,519 private property. 599 00:35:44,199 --> 00:35:47,199 Speaker 4: Private property. But my husband may be there. 600 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 1: We can't go any farther without a warrant. What's that permission, 601 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,599 Jimmy to search the place? The other car should be 602 00:35:53,639 --> 00:35:54,519 along any minute. 603 00:35:55,039 --> 00:35:57,320 Speaker 2: You flag them down, Son, I'll take care of the 604 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:03,000 red tapetrol. 605 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 1: One to Central Control, one to Central. 606 00:36:04,679 --> 00:36:10,079 Speaker 2: Trust the search one private residence eleven forty three eleven 607 00:36:10,159 --> 00:36:14,800 forty three Belmont Road, residence name unknown, try through vehicle 608 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:21,199 registration license number g NC nine one eight repeat g 609 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:30,920 m C nine one eight. I guess I will you 610 00:36:31,079 --> 00:36:34,039 please stop bubbling like a child and tell me what's happened. 611 00:36:35,079 --> 00:36:38,679 Speaker 4: It was just a few minutes ago. Game, I'm sure 612 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,199 you and Ludwig can find him and bring him back. 613 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:42,960 Speaker 1: Find who, bring who back? 614 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:50,119 Speaker 4: Mister Schilla Silla. Well, he forced me to let him 615 00:36:50,119 --> 00:36:50,960 out of his cell. 616 00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:51,599 Speaker 1: He won. 617 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:56,000 Speaker 4: Well, you see, he had changing. He said he would 618 00:36:56,079 --> 00:36:58,800 break the poor little dog's nake if I didn't get 619 00:36:58,800 --> 00:36:59,239 the keys. 620 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:00,920 Speaker 1: Who gave him the key? 621 00:37:01,079 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 4: Well, I opened his door, then left him in the lock. 622 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,159 I had to go after. 623 00:37:06,079 --> 00:37:10,320 Speaker 1: Change quickly the cells. I'll get the rifle, you fool 624 00:37:10,519 --> 00:37:11,079 whatever you. 625 00:37:13,679 --> 00:37:15,840 Speaker 4: King, I know, I should know. 626 00:37:18,039 --> 00:37:19,639 Speaker 1: Me take the shotgun shells. 627 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,719 Speaker 4: No, King, put away the gun. 628 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:27,280 Speaker 2: This obedience must be met with force. Justice, Agatha, justice, Justice. 629 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,320 Speaker 4: I have seen your prison cells, King, those poor unfortunate 630 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:37,079 men living like caged animals. You call that justiness. 631 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,000 Speaker 1: Get out of my way. Those men must not escape 632 00:37:40,119 --> 00:37:43,599 till light Kane Shller. I've already released. 633 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,280 Speaker 3: Them do you realize what you've done? Those men are 634 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:50,159 half crazed. I suggest we all stay here. It's a 635 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:51,559 lot safer than out there. 636 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,800 Speaker 4: I've warned you, brother, stop before it is too late. 637 00:37:54,960 --> 00:38:02,599 Speaker 1: I must stop them. I must here, stop all of you. 638 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,159 You're breaking the law. I'll not stand for a breach 639 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:06,840 of justice. 640 00:38:13,039 --> 00:38:15,400 Speaker 5: Those noises we heard, Sergeant, I'm sure they're coming from 641 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:15,800 the house. 642 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,360 Speaker 1: Sounds like a missus, mister shut that list. This couple 643 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,239 up a head, but it sounds like it's moving this way. 644 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,079 No need to wait for that morn. Now all right, 645 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:24,800 how up? Man? 646 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:30,239 Speaker 2: That gunfire is coming from the left. Rodriguez Gordon cover 647 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:30,480 on me. 648 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:31,559 Speaker 1: I'm going in. 649 00:38:32,559 --> 00:38:35,760 Speaker 2: Mister Shiller, you better wait back here with Jimmy and 650 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:36,719 keep down. 651 00:38:36,599 --> 00:38:44,320 Speaker 1: All the rain we will, Sergeant, this way, it's keep running. 652 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:45,880 I can see the road from here. 653 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:49,760 Speaker 4: I'm trying, mister Schiller. I don't know what got into 654 00:38:50,159 --> 00:38:52,440 my brother. He's never been a viter. 655 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,280 Speaker 1: He's still off there, someway coming wildly in here. Who's 656 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:00,199 will you think? 657 00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 4: He killed them? 658 00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:04,920 Speaker 1: So time to think about anything. Now, just just keep running. 659 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:10,400 Speaker 4: I can't I just go on any further. 660 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:14,880 Speaker 2: It's all right, miss Look, look up ahead, uniformed men. 661 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:19,440 Speaker 1: It's the police order wireman. Someone up my head. It 662 00:39:19,519 --> 00:39:23,440 looks like, yeah it is. It's Charles Sheller, saying, God 663 00:39:23,559 --> 00:39:26,719 you found. We couldn't have gone much further. You are 664 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,119 Charles Shiller. Oh yes, yes, yes. And this is miss 665 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:30,079 Agatha Caine. 666 00:39:30,519 --> 00:39:33,639 Speaker 2: Her brother Matthew is back there armed with a shotgun. 667 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,039 Speaker 1: You know you better come with me. You'll both be 668 00:39:36,119 --> 00:39:38,519 safer back there on the road. Get away from that 669 00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:43,199 man Caine. He's an escape prisoner. I'll shoot the first man. 670 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,480 O touches a careful he's deranged. He's been holding chained 671 00:39:46,559 --> 00:39:49,840 men captive of the house. But down that shotgun, mister Caine. 672 00:39:50,119 --> 00:39:53,159 I am in charge here, tell you Amanda back off. 673 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,880 I am warning you, sir, for the last time. Sheller 674 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,800 hands on your head. We're returning to the south. 675 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:03,159 Speaker 2: It's no use, it's all over. If you pull that trigger, 676 00:40:03,199 --> 00:40:06,440 you'll be murdering an innocent man. I was innocent, Kine, 677 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:08,079 they were all innocent. 678 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:08,920 Speaker 1: That's a lie. 679 00:40:09,559 --> 00:40:12,280 Speaker 2: I judged you all fairly. I see now I was 680 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,800 too lenient with my sentence. Now that you dared defy me, 681 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:19,679 I changed my verdict. Your sentence is no longer life. 682 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:21,880 Speaker 1: It's death. Shut it, look out? 683 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,880 Speaker 6: Who gain. 684 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:28,639 Speaker 1: Gain? 685 00:40:29,559 --> 00:40:30,719 Speaker 4: Hum? 686 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:38,639 Speaker 1: My poor brother, you've shot him? Sorry, ma'am, I had 687 00:40:38,679 --> 00:40:39,199 no choice. 688 00:40:41,559 --> 00:40:44,199 Speaker 4: Yes, King, I'm here. 689 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,119 Speaker 1: I was only trying. 690 00:40:47,599 --> 00:40:52,360 Speaker 4: I know, King, I tried to warn you to stop 691 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:53,920 before it. 692 00:40:54,079 --> 00:40:54,719 Speaker 1: Was too late. 693 00:40:56,159 --> 00:41:01,199 Speaker 3: You're too easy on them, too quick to forgive the 694 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,400 people a jurors. 695 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:13,639 Speaker 1: They're all like you. Someone has to a rightness of things. 696 00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:22,960 Speaker 4: He's he's gone, Kine. 697 00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:30,800 Speaker 1: Oh okay, he put me through hell started. 698 00:41:32,079 --> 00:41:35,639 Speaker 2: But you know something, I can't help feeling what he 699 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:41,639 did was partly our fault, our fault death. Crazy as 700 00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:52,480 it may sound, there is some logic to his madness. Well, 701 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:56,760 Matthew Caine is no longer with us. I for one, 702 00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:00,840 am saddened by his untimely death. I was beginning to 703 00:42:01,039 --> 00:42:04,559 like him. I always did admire a man who is 704 00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:08,440 dedicated to his work. And talking about a man who 705 00:42:08,559 --> 00:42:22,840 is dedicated to his work, listen, we hope we didn't 706 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:27,039 frighten you with our story tonight. It's true Matthew Kine 707 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:30,800 was a psychopath, and he did have quite a successful 708 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:35,159 prison franchise operating on his dark and dismal estate. But 709 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:39,159 fortunately Sergeant Steiner arrived on the scene in time to 710 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:43,679 stop him from opening branch offices all over the country. So, 711 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,400 dear listeners, you all will be safe in your beds 712 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:53,199 until I return. Our cast included Alan Hewitt, Jordan Shawnee, 713 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:58,079 Augusta Dabney, E. V. Justter, and Jim Ducas. The entire 714 00:42:58,199 --> 00:43:00,719 production was under the direction of I'mond Brown. 715 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:01,880 Speaker 1: This is E. G. 716 00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:05,280 Speaker 2: Marshall inviting you to return to our Mystery Theater for 717 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:12,760 another adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.