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Speaker 1: The Avenger.

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Speaker 2: The road to crime ends in a trap that justice sets,

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crime does not pay. The Avengers sworn enemy of evil,

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is actually Jim Brandon, of famous biochemists. Through his numerous

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scientific experiments, Brandon has protected several inventions to aid him

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in his crusade against crime as the Avenger. Most remarkable

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of these inventions is the highly secret diffusion capsule, which

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cloaks him in the black light of invisibility. Brandon's assistant,

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the beautiful Fern Collier, is the only one who shares

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his secrets and knows that he is the man the

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underworld fears as the Avenger, and now.

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Speaker 3: The Avenger and the shot in the dark.

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Speaker 2: You fool, Ripley, you shot him, No, Corvid, it was

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an accident. Armstrong tried to take my gun in the struggle.

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It went come on, we'll beat it out the back way. No,

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I didn't mean to kill him. It was an accident.

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I'm going to turn myself in.

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Speaker 1: You're crazy. Give you the hot seat for this, Ripley.

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Speaker 3: But there's nothing else to do.

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Speaker 2: Armstrong's body won't be discovered until morning. That will give

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us time to think of something. Come on, where to

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over to my place? This way, Ripley.

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Speaker 4: Hurry, well, that's the way it adds up, Ripley.

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Speaker 1: If you turn yourself in, they'll give you the works.

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Speaker 2: Might as well save the police the trouble of looking

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for me. Tomorrow morning, Armstrong's body will be found with

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two buckets from my gun and him. It'll just be

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a matter of time that they track me down. There

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are ways to beat raps like this, Ripley. How do

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you mean well, us have to have a corpus dilector

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before they can tag a guy with a murder wrap,

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don't they. Yes, Now, suppose I could fix it so

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that Armstrong's body is never found.

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Speaker 1: He'd just be a missing person, then.

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Speaker 3: Wouldn't he? But how could you do that?

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Speaker 5: Corvid?

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Speaker 1: I got friends who could.

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Speaker 2: Pull a job like that, if you'd be willing to

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pay them for the trouble. How much fifty grand and

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your slatest clean? I haven't that kind of money, Collvid?

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What do you mean you haven't that kind of money?

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You're worth five times that much, Gripley. What about that

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big inheritance you just came in?

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Speaker 3: But most of that money is tied up in bonds

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and securities.

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Speaker 1: I can't find it suit yourself. If you'd rather blow.

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Speaker 2: Your whole bank roll trying to defend yourself in court,

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that's your business. But if I had a wife and

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kill I leave my family out of this Corbin.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Ripley. I just thought maybe you forgot about them,

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that's all.

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Speaker 2: No, No, I'd gladly pay fifty thousand to spare them

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with shame and disgrace of a murder trial on only

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what what's holding you up?

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Speaker 1: Then?

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Speaker 2: How do I know it would end there? You know

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I killed Armstrong and you're a blackmail of Corbyn. You've

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already taken me for twenty thousand.

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Speaker 4: Have it.

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Speaker 2: You're away, Ripley, But you ain't exactly in a position

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to do any bargaining. You know what about those papers

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we went to Armstrong's shop to steal. You started shooting

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before I had a chance to get them. Don't blame

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me for that, all right, cord. If you can get

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those papers and get rid of Armstrong's body, I'll pay up.

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I'll talk to my boys, but you've got to have

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the Doorpley by to morrow night.

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Speaker 3: I'll do the best I can.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Well, now that the deal is closed, you just

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forget all about Armstrong. I'll take care of everything, Ripley,

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every single thing. But missus Ripley, why have you come

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to me. Why don't you go to the police.

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Speaker 6: Because.

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Speaker 5: Well, I don't think they take my story very seriously.

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Mister Brandon, After all, I can't prove there's any crime involved.

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Speaker 3: Well, in that case, there's nothing I can do either.

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Speaker 5: I thought perhaps you could find out what's troubling my husband,

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that is, without his knowing anything about it.

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Speaker 2: Well, suppose you give me the details, mister Ripley, I

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may at least be able to offer some advice.

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Speaker 5: Well, you see, recently, my husband inherited a sizable fortune

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from his grandfather. Almost immediately, he began to to act strangely,

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as if he were afraid of something. I questioned him,

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but he'd tell me nothing except that he was having

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business troubles.

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Speaker 3: Well that sounds plausible enough.

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Speaker 5: Well, at first I thought so too. Then about two

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weeks ago, my husband drew twenty thousand dollars out.

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Speaker 7: Of our joint bank account.

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Speaker 5: When he refused to explain this withdrawal, I became alarmed

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went to see his business.

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Speaker 2: Pardon why did he corroborate your husband's statement about his

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business troubles.

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Speaker 5: No, No, he assured me that my husband's business affairs

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were in perfect order.

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Speaker 7: He knew nothing about the two thousand dollars.

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Speaker 3: Perhaps your husband gambled with the money, Missus Ripley.

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Speaker 7: I tried to make myself believe that until yesterday.

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Speaker 3: What happened yesterday?

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Speaker 5: But yesterday I discovered that my husband had sold fifty

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thousand dollars with bunds government bonds that had been purchased

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for us small son. I know my husband wouldn't have

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done that. That is just gamble away the money.

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Speaker 3: No, that doesn't seem likely.

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Speaker 7: It's brandon. I think someone's blackmailing my husband.

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Speaker 5: I don't know how or why, but I'm certain that

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he's in some terrible kind of trouble.

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Speaker 3: Missus Ripley.

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Speaker 2: I'd like to help you, but in a matter of

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this kind, I have no right to interfere as far

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as the law is concerned. If a man can spend

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his money any way he likes, and we have no

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proof that this is blackmail.

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Speaker 5: My husband is living in mortal terror of someone. I'm

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sure of it.

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Speaker 3: Then suppose we handle it this way, Missus Ripley.

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Speaker 2: You go home and speak to your husband, try to

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persuade him to make a statement, and if he's in

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any kind of danger, you can be sure that the

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police will offer him every kind of protection. But until

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he's willing to make a clean breast of things, I'm

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afraid this is strictly a family matter, or perhaps a

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case for his physician.

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Speaker 1: Well, there it is.

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Speaker 2: Jim looks like suicide, all right, not a very pretty sight.

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Speaker 3: Who discovered the body? Inspector?

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Speaker 8: The maid, Yes, when she came in to clean the

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room about an hour ago, she didn't touch anything, though

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the hotel manager kept the room locked until.

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Speaker 1: We got here.

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Speaker 3: Does the manager know anything about this man?

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Speaker 1: And not much?

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Speaker 8: Says he checked in last night and registered as Harry Johnson.

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In place like this, they don't ask any questions.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's evident that this man could have afforded a

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dem hotel, good clothes, well kept pens, expensive shoes.

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Speaker 1: H That doesn't make a difference. Now, shall we cut

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him down?

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Speaker 3: No, not yet. I want to check everything first.

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Speaker 1: That's habbus. What happened Jim?

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Speaker 8: That overturned the stool there on the floor of what

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he stood on while he fastened the rope around his neck,

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and he just kicked away the stool and hung himself.

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Speaker 2: I don't think so. It's all now, Jim, you're not

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going to tang that stool over here, Inspector, do you please,

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and I'll show you. I mean, okay, As you can see,

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this noose is drawn very tightly.

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Speaker 1: Alright, here's the stool.

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Speaker 2: Good, place it upright under this man's feet. A look, Inspector.

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There's a distance of at least six inches between the

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stool and this man's feet. Since the noose is tightly drawn,

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that means he couldn't possibly have hung himself.

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Speaker 3: No, this was murder, Inspector.

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Speaker 2: Ere Now we'll cut him down and see if we

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can find anything in his pockets.

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Speaker 3: Take him a hand, inspector, all right, yeah, help me

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put him on the bed.

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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 8: Eh, well, I'll send a man down here to give

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everything a good dusting, and I have a feeling won't

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find any prints in here. Here's his wallet, a few

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small bills, and some business cards.

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Speaker 3: Say this man's name was Alan Ripley. Inspector.

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Speaker 8: Hey, isn't he the fellow that came into a pile

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of money a couple.

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Speaker 1: Of months ago?

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Speaker 3: That's right?

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Speaker 2: His wife came to see me yesterday morning she thought

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he was being blackmailed, but couldn't offer any proof of it.

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Speaker 1: Well, I'd give this a leader.

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Speaker 2: They worth investigating, and the light of what's happened, let's

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see what we can turn up on it.

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Speaker 6: Did missus Ripley identify the body? Jim?

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Speaker 3: Yes, Fern was her husband?

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Speaker 6: All right, Jim, I don't trust these women who come

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here crying for help. Remember the wild goose chase that

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Edith Walley led us on MM and all the time

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she herself was guilty.

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Speaker 2: In other words, you think missus Ripley blackmailed her husband

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and then murdered him.

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Speaker 6: Well, I think we should check her story before we

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put any faith in it.

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Speaker 3: Don't worry, we will.

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Speaker 2: Oh uh, did you get me those back numbers of

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the newspapers?

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Speaker 3: Bern?

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Speaker 6: Yes, they're in the library, Jim, But what do you

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want with them?

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Speaker 2: Well, according to missus Ripley, her husband's trouble began when

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he inherited that money. Now, if we're up against the

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work of an organized blackmail ring, Ripley wasn't their only victim.

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Speaker 6: Oh, you mean the girt to check up on all

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the other people who inherited money recently?

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Speaker 1: That's right?

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Speaker 2: If we can get hold of somebody will talk. We

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can save a lot of time on this.

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Speaker 6: Well, how did you make out this time?

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Speaker 5: Jim?

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Speaker 6: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Another blank, Fern.

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Speaker 2: If any of these people have been blackmailed, they're afraid

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to admit it.

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Speaker 6: Well, after what happened to Ripley, I can't say that

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I blame them. But what's our next move, Jim?

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Speaker 2: There's only one way to force these blackmails into the open,

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and that's by going on the offensive. But we'll throw

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them a bait of faith. Yes, a young lady who

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has just inherited a million dollars. That should do the trick.

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Speaker 8: Hey, Jim, is it true about Fern inheriting a million

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dollars from an aunt in South America?

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Speaker 3: That's what the paper said.

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Speaker 1: Well where is she?

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Speaker 8: I want to congratulate her, Kelly a million bucks some like.

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Speaker 1: That, Inspector.

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Speaker 3: Hit a minute, you'd better brace yourself for another shock.

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What are you talking about to him? That story was

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a fake. Ferdin didn't inherit anything, all right, don't get it.

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Speaker 1: What's going on here, Jim?

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Speaker 3: We're setting Fairren up as a decoy to trap this

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black ceiling ring. Inspector.

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Speaker 1: That's dangerous business.

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Speaker 2: Jim, I know, but I've taken every precaution there where

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is Fern? She's taken an apartment in the house next door.

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I've had the place completely wired, and there's a dictaphone

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in every.

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Speaker 8: Room, and those dictaphones are connected here in your lab.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 3: Well, I can breathe easier then. Uh, that's Ferren on

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the wire now, yes, Fern, what is it?

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Speaker 2: Jim?

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Speaker 6: It's awful sitting around this apartment has nothing to do.

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Why can't I bring the typewriter over and do some work?

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Speaker 3: Fun waiting because a NAT doesn't have to work.

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Speaker 2: Fern.

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Speaker 6: Well, I hope this life of these won't last too long.

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Speaker 5: I can't take it.

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Speaker 2: Well, now you just said tight, Pretend you're on a vacation.

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I'll have some more books sent up this afternoon.

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Speaker 6: Jim. Somebody's at the door.

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Speaker 2: Okay, answer it and don't worry. The inspector and I

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are here. I'm the lab listening to everything.

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Speaker 3: Good luck.

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Speaker 2: Well, here you go, well, inspector, it looks as though

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we've got a bite.

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Speaker 1: Listen, Yes, what is it?

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Speaker 5: Please? Are you for an Collier? Yes? Let me command.

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I got some private business with you. Private business? Who

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are you? You can call me Dorothy for the time being,

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Miss Collier, I come to have a talk with you

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about your inheritance. My lawyer takes careful My business is

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is not this. I don't think you'd care to have

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your lawyer and know anything about this.

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Speaker 6: What are you talking about.

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Speaker 5: Miss Collier? I can prove that you're collecting an inheritance

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that don't belong to you. That's ridiculous. I don't believe

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the police would think so. I just take a look

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at these photo stacks. These records show that you didn't

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live in South America at the time you said you did.

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Where did you get these? Never mind? Met Is it

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worth five thousand dollars to you for me to forget them?

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Speaker 6: Yes, you know it is.

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Speaker 5: How soon can you get the money?

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Speaker 6: Not before tomorrow night?

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Speaker 5: Okay, okay, I'll get in touch with you and I

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try to duck out. I used the sensation for all

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its words.

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Speaker 1: Now back to the Avenger and the shot in the dark.

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Speaker 8: Well, friend, did you find that door with these picture

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in the fires?

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Speaker 6: No, inspector, she's not here. I guess we just have

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to sit back. Can wait for her to contact me,

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don't you think.

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Speaker 1: So, Jim?

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Speaker 2: Yes, we do that anyway, because she's just funning for someone.

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We're out to get the whole gang all that.

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Speaker 8: Dorothy's smart, all right, I was all set to tailor,

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but she must have ducked down through the basement in

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the back.

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Speaker 3: Now, Inspector, what would you say if that happened to

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one of your men?

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Speaker 1: Well, a man can be too close.

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Speaker 3: A doesn't matter.

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Speaker 2: Dorothy is not likely to drop out of sight now

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that Fern has promised to pay up.

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Speaker 6: Oh, Jim, i'd better get back to the apartment in

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case she calls.

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Speaker 3: Oh, that's right, here's the five thousand dollars.

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Speaker 1: Pray, Jim.

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Speaker 8: Aren't you going to mark those bills? Just in case

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they should give us the slip? These bills are marked, inspector.

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Speaker 1: Let me see. They look all right to me.

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Speaker 8: I can't detect any markings here.

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Speaker 3: Put these glasses on here. Now what do you see?

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Speaker 8: Hey, Jim? Hey, these bills are marked all right? How

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come I can only see that with these glasses on it?

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Because they're marked with black light ink. Only those special

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lenses can detect it.

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Speaker 6: What next?

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Speaker 1: Now?

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Speaker 2: Give Farren the money and she'll be on her way.

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We mustn't keep miss Dorothy waiting or.

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Speaker 8: Keep me posted, won't you, Jim. I'll have a few

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men standing bar in case.

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Speaker 1: You need them.

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Speaker 3: That may be very soon, Inspector.

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Speaker 7: H this is the neatest setup we ever had, Corbyn.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a phony heiress. We ought to be able to

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take her for the whole role, Doarthy.

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Speaker 7: I wouldn't be surprised.

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Speaker 5: She's plenty scared well.

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Speaker 2: In that case, I don't see why we should wait.

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When she comes around with a five grand tonight, I'll

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put the bianna for another fifty right away. What do

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you think, Armstrong? I think you're getting too ambitious, Corbyn.

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You don't last long in this game unless you play

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it slow. What are you talking about? You got one

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hundred grand from Ripley in a couple of weeks, didn't we, Yeah,

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and then you had to bump him off to keep

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him from squawking.

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Speaker 3: Don't forget that.

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Speaker 2: Well, if we can take this little phony Jane for

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another hundred ges, we'll be set for life.

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Speaker 1: That'll bring our bank rode close to the mark.

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Speaker 7: You can count me in on that, Corbyn. I got

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a nice little ranch picked Tallic.

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Speaker 3: Just over the border.

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Speaker 7: If we can swing this job, I'm going to retire.

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Speaker 2: Well, what about you, Armstrong? Are you willing a string

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along or do I have to get a fast substitute?

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Speaker 5: Come on, arms Strong, you're not scared of a little

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dame that's as quick as you are, are you? No?

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Speaker 3: I guess not.

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Speaker 2: But after this job, I'm pulling out a record like

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this can't last forever.

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Speaker 1: Okay, okay, now listen.

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Speaker 2: Tonight I'll meet this Cardier girl and tell her we're

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not interested in anything less than fifty grand for them papers.

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I'll make a date to take her to armstrong shop

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tomorrow night to get the papers and pay off the money.

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Speaker 5: Then you and Armstrong go into your act and you

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got a right where you want her. She won't dare

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to talk. She'll put up another fifty grand to keep

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you quiet.

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Speaker 2: That's it, okay, Dotty. You go to a pay station

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in midtown and give the little lady a ring. Tell

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her to drive out to the old church at Black

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Point at ten o'clock tonight alone.

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Speaker 7: Do I give her your name?

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Speaker 2: Sure, this Corbin alias has proved lucky for a whole year.

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We'll stick to that for the time being. But be

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sure to tell that girl that if she doesn't follow

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instructions to the letter. She'll never live to collect that inheritance.

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Oh are you sure you've got everything straight? For Old

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black Point is just about two miles ahead.

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Speaker 6: I think so, Jim. The money's in the compartment. I'm

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sure I wasn't followed, and and I know how they

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found out I'm not the real heiress.

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Speaker 3: Well, maybe we'd better go over that last part again,

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all right.

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Speaker 6: During that summer I was supposed to be in South America,

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I was really at a farm near Himel with an

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old teacher of mine. Since she's dead now, her chauffeur

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is the only person who could have tipped them off

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to this. I'm willing to pay plenty to keep him

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and them quiet.

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Speaker 3: Right now.

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Speaker 2: If this corbin demands more money, pretend to fall for it,

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because we wanna follow this racket.

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Speaker 3: Right down the line. I will, Barn.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to become the Avenger now, but I won't

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reveal myself at black Point unless you're in some sort

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of danger.

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Speaker 6: All right, As long as I know you're there, I

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hope be afraid. Oh there's the old church just ahead,

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but I can't see if there's a car there or not. Oh, Oh, yes,

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there it is somebody. Just flash the headlights. I'll pull up.

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Speaker 1: Oh thank you, miss Kityer.

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Speaker 6: Yes, stay where you are.

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Speaker 1: I want to examine your car.

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Speaker 6: I'm alone. If that's what you mean, that's.

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Speaker 1: What I mean.

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Speaker 2: Alright, yep, I guess you are at that Okay, miss Kitier.

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I've got a little business proposition off of you. Them

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papers I got say, you're not the girl you're pretending

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to be. That means you're trying to hone in on

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a lot of money that don't belong to you.

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Speaker 1: Now, don't get me wrong. That's okay with me, But

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I think you should be willing to make a fair deal.

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Speaker 6: What kind of a deal.

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Speaker 2: Well, since you stand and collect a million, what do

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you say to fifty grand for them documents?

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Speaker 6: Fifty thousand?

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Speaker 1: Let's not bargain this carrier. Are you willing to pay

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or not?

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Speaker 3: Well?

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Speaker 6: I have no choice, you know that. When must I

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have the money?

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Speaker 2: Tomorrow night? The papers are locked up in the little

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hawk shop I know about. We'll have to steal them.

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Speaker 6: Steal them just a minute, I don't understand. Do you

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mean this shop owner has the papers?

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Speaker 2: Yes, but we can get them and that will put

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them out of the picture completely. Oh, I'll meet you

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at midnight tomorrow at seventh.

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Speaker 1: Avenue in Clay Street. You'll bring the money and we'll get.

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Speaker 2: The papers, all right, then I go now, yeah, but uh,

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I'll take that five grand you brought just on a count.

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Seventh Avenue in Clay Street is the next block. Burn

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you go ahead, now I'll follow up.

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Speaker 6: Oh, Jim, I'm getting scared. I think we should have

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brought some of the inspectors in't it with us?

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Speaker 2: No, there's only one way to discover the fool proof

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angle they've been employing in the set up.

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Speaker 3: We've got to string along until they spring that.

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Speaker 6: Well, keep close behind us, wat you, Jim.

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Speaker 3: Don't worry.

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Speaker 2: N When you and that gator Corbin enter the Hawk shop,

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the Avenger will be right behind you. Go ahead, now,

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this is the place, miss Cutter. We ducked through this

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alley and get in the back way.

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Speaker 6: I don't understand why I had to come here. Why

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couldn't you steal the papers yourself?

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Speaker 1: Why should I take all the chances for.

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Speaker 6: Fifty thousand dollars?

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Speaker 3: Here we are?

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Speaker 6: Isn't this back to a lot?

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Speaker 1: Sure? I'll force this window and get inside and open

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it out. Yeah, that was easy. Wait right where you are.

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I'll have the door open in a minute, Jim.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Vern, it's time now for the Avenger. Okay, miss Coger,

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come inside. I think the shop keepers asleep on the

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second floor.

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Speaker 6: Where are the papers and.

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Speaker 2: That little safe in the corner here? Take these a

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flashlight and a gun?

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Speaker 6: A gun?

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Speaker 1: What for if anyone comes in while I'm at the safe, you'll.

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Speaker 3: Have to put them.

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Speaker 6: I'll do no such thing.

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Speaker 1: Keep quiet and do as I tell you.

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Speaker 3: I've taken out the light bulb. Now I'll go to

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work on the safe.

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Speaker 1: Give me some light over here? What was that?

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Speaker 6: Somebody's coming.

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Speaker 3: Must be Armstrong, the store keeper. We're in for it now, heay,

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what's going on here?

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Speaker 2: He's got a flashlight. Plug him before he gets a

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gander at h We'll hand over that gun, young lady.

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You take that gun.

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Speaker 6: You on need to struggle. Willing to give you the gun?

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Speaker 1: Shot me.

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Speaker 6: I didn't touch the trigger.

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Speaker 2: Arm Strong, it's a dead duck. Come on, we've got

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to get out of here. The cops may be here.

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You're right, Corbyn. The Avenger is here now, the Avenger. Yes,

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And I've just witnessed a very dramatic climax to a

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long history of blackmailing.

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Speaker 1: The girl shot Armstrong. You saw that there was.

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Speaker 2: A shot in the dark, and this young lady holds

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a gun. You could blackmail her for life with evidence

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like that, could Corbyn?

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Speaker 3: Young lady, have you a gun of your own?

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Speaker 6: Yes, in my purse?

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Speaker 2: Take it out now. Let us make a little experiment.

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If Armstrong is dead, he wouldn't care one way or

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another about an extra bullet in the heart. But if

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he isn't, he'd better be off that floor with his

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hands up within five seconds.

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Speaker 1: One, two, No, don't shoot? Who's a frame up?

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Speaker 3: Don't shoot?

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Speaker 1: I'll spill everything, David Armstrong.

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Speaker 3: Call the police, young lady.

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Speaker 2: We'll let them handle Armstrong's confession.

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Speaker 6: Jim. The papers are calling this case the Clay Well, that's.

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Speaker 2: Accurate enough as far as Armstrong is concerned. For him,

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he was murdered by six different people and lived to

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tell about.

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Speaker 6: It, Jim, Just how did they manage that?

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Speaker 2: The gun Corp gave his victims to a hold was

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filled with blanks. In the framed up struggle, Armstrong pulled

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the trigger himself, but the victims were too frightened to

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realize that they thought they'd killed Armstrong.

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Speaker 6: But when they didn't see anything about the murder in

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the papers, why didn't they become suspicious?

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Speaker 2: Because each of the victims paid Corbin enormous sums to

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get rid of Armstrong's body.

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Speaker 6: Good heaven, no wonder you couldn't get any information from

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those people when you first went to work on the case.

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But what about Ripley, Jim, Why was he murdered?

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Speaker 1: Ripley?

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Speaker 2: Ripley paid up, but his conscience bothered him and he

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decided to go to the police and confess. Fern that

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was his death warrant Corbyn killed him.

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Speaker 6: Well, it was some set up. I would have been

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willing to swear that I shot Armstrong.

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Speaker 2: Well, if you hadn't been so frightened, friend, you would

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have noticed that Armstrong didn't bleed when he was shot.

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Speaker 3: Neither did he stop breathing.

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Speaker 1: Too.

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Speaker 3: Phenomenal discruntancy, I should say so.

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Speaker 6: But somehow, when a gun goes off and a man

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falls over, we just take it for granted you shot him.

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Speaker 2: Well, am I right in taking it for granted that

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you are ready to go to work. We're way behind

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in our speriments, Yes.

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Speaker 6: Sir Gosh Jim. I'll bet no one ever went through

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a million dollars as fast as I did.

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Speaker 2: All characters, names, places, and plots used in the Avenger

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program are fictitious. Any similarity to persons living or dead

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is purely coincidental. This is a thought, a thought, a thought. Remember.

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Listen for another adventure of

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Speaker 3: The Avenger