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of Charlie Chan that aired during the nineteen fifty to
fifty one radio series. The episode is entitled Escape Musician.
Speaker 2: The Incomfortable Charlie Chen.
Speaker 3: We probably present the Uncomfortable Charlie Chown and a new
writing series. Join this famous affective as he combines the
wisdom of the East and the science of the West.
In the dramatic chapter from the Adventures.
Speaker 4: Of Charlie Chang, Chari Chan honry the dual good evening
and extends wrong welcome. Ancient father proclaims the states like
weeds will grow in any styles. The Night Relief Mistakes
that almost ended in murder written Please anser.
Speaker 3: For Night's adventure The Escaped Musicians. It is midnight in
a small white house in a quiet San Francisco neighborhood.
Missus Bennie Post, slender and youthful despite her forty years,
sits at the cottage piano and plays quietly while she
watches the clock on the wall with anxious eyes.
Speaker 5: That Ronnie, all right, feel I'm coming. You'll be in
such a hurry, my goodness, I oh.
Speaker 4: Missus Vinnie Post, yes, you will permit this prison to
include Please, I'll take of Jerry Shanna police police outside
number one. Son not I don't oh come in? Please
many thanks, mister Ronnie Post, your son, missus.
Speaker 5: Most yes, conall, why no? But I really don't understand, inspector,
why this is it. We're a musical family. We don't
usually have anything to do with the.
Speaker 4: Pardon interruption, most urgent mission really.
Speaker 5: Why he's at a school on the south side giving
a recital. He's first violum with an amateur quartet. But
I must insist on an explanation, inspector, and this most
unfolked in that.
Speaker 4: Situation, Missus, both your son's not but recital to night?
Speaker 5: What but why? What happened to him? What?
Speaker 4: Your son involved in serious crimes?
Speaker 5: No?
Speaker 4: Say oh, this is ridiculous, say clary which culminated in murder?
You're joking, of course, so sorry.
Speaker 5: The glooney is a musician, the prior linist. Why this
is absurd?
Speaker 4: Burglary murder was almost apprehended well shot by office watchman.
Speaker 5: Shot you mean he was hurt? So sorry?
Speaker 4: Yes, this enough brains sought. Your son might have returned
home because of injury.
Speaker 5: No, no, he's not home. He's Ronnie hurt. I all
mixed up with gentleness.
Speaker 4: Suppost gently, Please, that's matter where news would come as
shock mustn't fit. You'll permit number one stand themselves wait
home coming or stand in this hume.
Speaker 5: Ronnie, no wonder he was late? I never knew. Can
we wake home? Missus? Pot why my yes?
Speaker 6: And yes coming to one in bedroom.
Speaker 5: I don't want him to see you when he gets here.
He he'm here, Inspector, I'll leave you in here. You
just got to give me a moment alone. I've got
to pull myself together. This that's a shock, I say, pop, Wait,
why does sir it's locked?
Speaker 4: She'd blocked us in very good excuse, I es, please listen,
the front doors open, she goes out. Yes, brave woman
has locked up police and rushed to aid avinger sons.
Speaker 5: You expected this past, chairs for.
Speaker 4: The reason for brutal disclosure of news. Urgent to locate
with Dorani post at once. Mother knows where sun would
hide in time of travel, would not tell us, but
I will lead us to vicinity. Applies certainly enough right
through me, it is written. Youngle's soldier does not fight
so hard as weak as mother.
Speaker 3: Many Post runs wildly down a foggy street, through her
back alley, and then act a vacant lot so with
rusting tins and garbage. She gathers her shawl closer around
her shoulders, approaches a small shack hidden in a corner.
Speaker 5: Money Money deares mother and his mother. Mommy, why you're
always getting here to hide when you were a boy.
Oh gee, mamma, easy, here my hand hand let me see.
Speaker 7: Yes, I've got a hag.
Speaker 5: At you forgot about my daughter, I use my slipper.
You got to tell me what happened. What happened to me?
What happened?
Speaker 7: Name my my, I've been lying to you about playing
with that courtead. I you remember the pig was fellow.
I used to know, well what money I I brought
it home.
Speaker 5: He gave it to me.
Speaker 8: He kicked me into a record money.
Speaker 3: Honest.
Speaker 4: Last year he said he give me thirty dollars to
stand on the street car and play the violin at that.
Speaker 5: I'm honest.
Speaker 7: He said it was a joke, and then I found
out he would he was.
Speaker 3: He moved for a look at while he was rubbing.
Speaker 5: And also fide the building.
Speaker 3: Oh rody, I wasn't accomplished.
Speaker 7: I couldn't get out of him.
Speaker 5: It over me.
Speaker 8: He made me work there seven times.
Speaker 3: Happening.
Speaker 7: Hester got caught a fright. I got mixed up in
the night.
Speaker 5: Oh what am I going to do it?
Speaker 4: You will follow instructions of this person, mister post. This
is Charlie China Police forgive trick missus burst excuse my
urgent case, but missed the post attention this for this situation.
The man's honest, Santas. You will look at what he
will whilst blaring face of publishing up what by what?
Then you insisted him invite?
Speaker 5: Who said? What's on to death?
Speaker 8: I don't know roney on which I did hits my work?
That I don't know.
Speaker 4: I was mixed up my clarents. What did Welsh want
from face?
Speaker 7: A list of what he should have a list of
I thought he was lying attention.
Speaker 5: With the post?
Speaker 4: Who are involved in burglar and murders? Will be possible
for this person to save you?
Speaker 5: What do I have to do? Escape? You move from here?
Speaker 4: You must believe San Francisco at once.
Speaker 5: That's ridiculous. You can't do that. It is possible, But
you don't understand my under by a minist. His hand
is hurt.
Speaker 4: Every mouth's injury to hand.
Speaker 5: He's got to get to a doctor if anything could
happen to his hand.
Speaker 4: Don't sorry, missus purs Your son's life is more important
than career.
Speaker 5: Yes, yes, this person can save life.
Speaker 4: Kindly make shuts.
Speaker 8: Wait a minute, I don't know why?
Speaker 4: Why will you not salute there with useless questions? Will
you follow instructions, mister Post? Yes, set very good. You
must escape mister Post. This person then sons will assist you.
We will leave this crumbling above and proceed immediately your
trolley life.
Speaker 8: To put me ryl.
Speaker 4: But why no Christians please? We will write to end
of line and this mouth you will take plays there
again across the allometer. Not that you will proceed on
foot along alimeter highway Huie.
Speaker 5: On foot, but the boy's you will.
Speaker 4: Proceed on foot as I say, and now these to allimeter.
This person will meet you and provide you with refuse
from official please until life can be saved.
Speaker 5: But why why are you doing that? I didn't think
the police?
Speaker 4: Have I not said no questions?
Speaker 5: Please? This person has pressed and assisting.
Speaker 4: Escape of mister Post. Same revealed it later dates one warning,
mister Post, your life depends on precise accomplishment of instructions.
If you depart that run inch from past, you are lost.
Now go no hello, This inauspicious voice of inspectatory speaking
from Petos, have instructions for you. Madam Prady must be followed.
Admit tree, what are you gonna do? Pap silence Sagean
Brady regarding reglery and murder. Now under investigation crime involving
thefts of subscription mist of War Veterans Magazine pop.
Speaker 8: You may you say they committed murder for list of names.
Speaker 4: This person interrupted by miserable son Sergeant Brady, but continues
with fortitude. Have discovered mister Ronney Post, probable killer of
watchmen now trying to leave San Francisco HA. Have discovered
the route taken trally to basse Erre, then to Alameda
A long highways.
Speaker 5: UIs Pop, are you crazy?
Speaker 4: Close? Satan maus? Please Sad and Brady. This person desires
police and radio warnings broadcast to all persons along that road.
Kindly use description of mister Post already provided cat quote
wounded out hander Sepper.
Speaker 8: You can't do this, Pop.
Speaker 9: Your him, Dan, Pop, you can't double cross Bonny Post
like this.
Speaker 5: You can't do it.
Speaker 4: You're the most honest man, Apollot you silence. Father and
son have urgent mission to perform. Let's drive at once
to end up trolley line, to miss mister.
Speaker 2: Ronny Post, to double crossed him and turn him in.
Speaker 4: Now there was this an escape of young men, as
Blendy say.
Speaker 5: Running we can in the doorway, getting quick. The man
I'm a Charlie, God looking at me, SUSPICI we go
to the end of the my life. They started for me.
I think I knew why I want.
Speaker 8: I don't know what I start to run.
Speaker 5: Do you think they're after you money? It's a good things.
Proud of me here to watch out for you. Now listen,
I've got to get you to the ferry. I think,
wait a minus, you're right, have people running down this
way back in the doorway. I'll have it for you.
But with Yanni anyway, you see that, I certainly U
didn't you see the Johnny's head?
Speaker 8: He walks you way? You run off?
Speaker 5: Hi? Hi? Son? Yeah?
Speaker 8: You play a fellow rounds with the band's hands?
Speaker 5: Are him? Yeah?
Speaker 8: What was the matter with him?
Speaker 5: Scared that?
Speaker 6: I'll never mind that?
Speaker 8: Which way to go? The lift down the street?
Speaker 4: Boy is the left down the three?
Speaker 10: Come on, let's go, Runny, come on, we're gonna like
in the ferry. I'll get you out of the way
pop brunch.
Speaker 5: But I wish you why you're doing this for hardway.
Speaker 3: In a few moments, Charlie Chan continues the case of
the escape musician. But meanwhile, here is your announcer, And
now back to the incomparable Charlie Cham run post a
young man in bottle plane. It was for some reason
being assisted in making his escape by Charlie cham Now
aboard the Bay Ferry on Dante Cisco Harbor.
Speaker 5: Running. What are you doing here? I had to come from.
I couldn't let you go on the se as. You
become the fairy. I waited the dock for you, and
then I thought you stick ant people watching? Yeah, now
that's better. No one can see us. Yes, listen, dear,
I'm terrible trouble and I know tell him? How crime?
How could who love them?
Speaker 4: One?
Speaker 5: He's got so honored, so sincere? What are you talking about?
To share? He's let us down money? He was lying
all the time. What does he do? He's needing you
can escape? Good? He needs you run away. I don't
believe that's true. Why why he wants to prove you?
Will give you of that? You know that, I know
you're enough. That man why he's got every radio station
would comes.
Speaker 8: Into sure about his money?
Speaker 5: I should tell you everyone.
Speaker 8: Expected when you're going, Oh, that's why I kill you.
Speaker 5: He's just waiting to pumps on your own. How did
I ever get mixed up in this house? I listen,
then I gonna no, No, I'm looking.
Speaker 8: I want to drag you up, go back.
Speaker 4: We need here to fight this out along. I waing.
Speaker 5: Am I going to fool that man? You'll get away
on the rough? What do we need to do it?
Speaker 3: You know what I'm come.
Speaker 5: There isn't a chance for me. Yes, sir, you're going
to give me or he can you come? Please? Don't
do It's all right. I know what I'm doing. I
do flex with I looking up like doing the doctor
changing the mighty. You can make complete exactly while I
walk into chands praps. You're going to turn around and
go back. It's worth trying to get away for good,
no good. I want you to, but she can't stop
me doing. It's no pen What do you want, my hippothy,
there's young to young man with a hurt hand. They're
going to have one. It's the right hand of the daughter.
Speaker 8: What are you doing?
Speaker 5: Stop it.
Speaker 8: Too late to sun now, for the love of.
Speaker 5: A real U little food anybody, and I've got a
handkerchief for it.
Speaker 4: Look at me.
Speaker 5: It doesn't He didn't hurt all all right? Pop mission completed.
I put Runny on the fairy. Very good.
Speaker 4: That's so I returned to doc from Alameda. We'll god
sell him and follow young man top.
Speaker 5: What are you up to? First?
Speaker 8: He picked up on a murder.
Speaker 9: Say you had a mistake even though he doesn't loves
he's a killer.
Speaker 5: From you double crossed him? Shn I help him from.
Speaker 4: This some then we'll bring calm board explanations later.
Speaker 5: Don't tell me what you're after. Lie.
Speaker 4: Names stolen from face O.
Speaker 5: To the love he pop loose that's where he posted
up the fairy. He came back post Lucy pose the concern.
Why didn't you fan from my bands factions? Please? You
double cross me?
Speaker 8: I heard the radio.
Speaker 5: Boys who gave information.
Speaker 8: Please do it the radio?
Speaker 4: Where please?
Speaker 5: You have never been near radio all night? Who told
you of broadcast?
Speaker 8: My mother?
Speaker 4: Your lying were observed during entire flight by San himself.
Did not speak to mother.
Speaker 3: You don't look very waiting for me?
Speaker 4: Where please? Where I happy?
Speaker 5: Cat Ah?
Speaker 4: So your mother took your place hair, That is why
you returned. Your mother has substituted for you. This most
alarming you.
Speaker 5: What's the matter, Alphop?
Speaker 4: Why did you and mother sail in trust of Charlie
chand mister poss I don't understand you are number one
in the seal tam let's take ferry and follow mother
at once. Promish one, you have permitted mother to walk
into tract of death.
Speaker 8: Hey, hey, Runny, this is me Si Wash. Come on
with the cock here, come on the highway. Looking for you.
Gotta pick you up. You're in a bad gameral.
Speaker 6: Hey, that's right, Mister't run, don't.
Speaker 8: Move, lady, you got to stay right here. I'm coming out.
Speaker 5: Why are you Runny's mother?
Speaker 8: He's a lady. Eh. What's the idea that can wait?
Speaker 5: Mister Wash? So you're the little routing. Why who did
this to my Runnie? You cheap fish?
Speaker 6: Why you kicking my boy like that, tricking him into
turning seats, using him like that wonderful musician with everything
in life before him, turning him into a.
Speaker 5: South and a killer. You rocking hot?
Speaker 8: Mm mmm? How a kid talked about the job tonight?
Speaker 5: Eh?
Speaker 8: I sort he might. That's why I was looking for him.
I guess I'll have to keep on looking, Oscar. I'd
take care of you.
Speaker 5: Let me goat.
Speaker 8: Come on, lady, we're taking a little walk into the
field and do a little business. Gold go oh you
double for the kid, eh? Have him cod him? Even
the bailey he knew I was oser man, You knew
I'd have to keep him quiet? What so all those
looks as if all have to shut you up?
Speaker 5: First?
Speaker 8: Eh, you know too much and you talk too much too.
A kid gets it from you. There's fire enough? Turn around.
Speaker 5: Looking to kill me?
Speaker 4: What do you think?
Speaker 8: Turn around?
Speaker 5: You walking?
Speaker 6: You're a kind of carter shoots in the back, aren't you.
You can't say thyes, you have to hide while you murder?
Speaker 8: You all right in the faith? Then Lane, just wait
till the cargoes by. You have one minute?
Speaker 5: What us? Hey?
Speaker 8: They cutting my car? They cracked me up? Are you?
Speaker 5: What's the the guy there?
Speaker 8: Don't you know how to keep a calm a road.
Speaker 4: I've got a good minder to do, mister, this has
infected chari Cham Gently, mister Rolf will not attend to
use gun number one.
Speaker 5: Son stands on the other sides with lads automatic covering you.
It's a forty five wash. They told me how to
use one of the army.
Speaker 4: Hastily arranged door. Tomobile accident gave Simon self opportunity to
enter this row and meet you, mister Row, your former accomplice,
mister post drove Carron. Yes, bravely risked life to protect
life of matter those unfortunate. Mister Road, you are surrounded
with witnesses who will convict.
Speaker 5: You of very blurry and murder.
Speaker 4: It is well written. Sho run many racists but.
Speaker 5: Has never yet lost first prize. He's cheer in heart,
Missus Bolt, this large person makes more plums. See, your
son will not pay too greatly for I'm fortunate cooperation
with mister Pigwells. Thank you.
Speaker 8: I should have tried with you. I'm sorry I.
Speaker 4: Didn't yes his entire escape plan to bring mister Rolsk
into grass you. He would attempt your death to silen
only witness to murder.
Speaker 9: So that's why you had a whole escape for broadcast.
Speaker 5: This haslift What made you so sure? I didn't make
the murdering sick? I wasn't sure.
Speaker 4: Myself by whom in the right hand was shot by watchmen.
Obviously he was alive at that moment. Then after shot
was stabbed to death.
Speaker 5: How could you chap him with injured hands? Holy well,
that's why. But the one thing I don't understand and
take the chance, good dreadful further, we are murdered just
for her.
Speaker 4: Listen me mister pigwash stone names of ten thousand war
veterans with addresses of dames. Men about to receive large
amounts of manner.
Speaker 5: As war done he's and confident men anxious to buy
such names for future victims would pay Selah her name
and hire us for this are kidding into the gems
ten thousand dollars in fact.
Speaker 9: So that's why you worked so hard in Pop to
locate pigwas who left Solunis before he had a chance
to sell it.
Speaker 4: Yes, this person's anxious to protect.
Speaker 9: Thy Well maybe you did protect them Pop, but I
want that when you didn't help. Yeah, that sacrifice my car?
Speaker 8: That correct?
Speaker 4: It will be six for a month.
Speaker 5: Ah. So this person's demolition of sense.
Speaker 4: Car does not sacrifice, but benefit, and it is truly
written benefits.
Speaker 5: Like flowers leave not when they are fast.
Speaker 4: Before this person has further words with him, here is
an answer with words of wisdom. Before saying good night, Shally,
Sense like to bring to your attention ancient words of wisdom.
It is cleverest Singian world to be nearly happy. I'm
happier to be nearly clever.
Speaker 5: Goodness. Thank you.
Speaker 3: Be sure to join us next week at the same
time for the Adventures of Charlie Chan, based on the
famous character created by older Figgures.
Speaker 1: Welcome Back.
Speaker 11: Charlie Chan was absolutely brutal to Lee i ka Number
one son in this episode his car meant about the
car being wrecked being a blessing was hilarious. I thought
this was overall an interesting episode, and it's kind of
in the same vein as the first episode of this
we played the telltale of Hands and that it's a
story where the detective behaves out of character or is
in some way unpredictable, and because he is not our
viewpoint character, we don't quite know what's going on, which
gives it a different sort of mystery feel. Now, this
is an episode that was obviously aired in the States
in the aftermath of World War Two, probably nineteen forty five,
maybe early nineteen forty six, but they went ahead and
took the motive and imported it into this episode that
aired in nineteen fifty or fifty one. It does seem
like you could have changed the details to something else,
because they certainly weren't handing out World War two war
bonuses in nineteen fifty. I would also know that we
only have three more episodes of the series remaining, and
then we will be getting into the big story coming
up in four weeks. Well, now we turn to listener
comments and feedback, and we start out on YouTube where
we have a couple comments regarding the Telltale Hands. Eric writes,
my biggest issue with these Charlie Chen series is that
it's strange to me to hear a number one son
who is not Kay Luke, especially when their American accent
drops a little and they sound Australian. I can definitely
appreciate where you're coming from, because it can be a
little bit disconcerting when you've got a character who you
are used to one actor as the voice of that
character and then you have an unknown Australian actor in
that role. Some series it doesn't matter that much, but
depending on the role definitely can be an issue, you know,
particularly probably one of the ones that throws me is
Joe Friday not played by Jack Webb. And then a
comment from Alan Love Charlie Chan well, thanks so much. Well,
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Speaker 12: It Danny I was showing the way who is he?
Muggelvin as Well, It says he's Thomas Hyde, Social Security
card YMCA membership, It all says he was Thomas Hyde.
These people know him. Me calling him by name, you
don't answer for twenty minutes now, I'd say, any of
them see it happened?
Speaker 10: No?
Speaker 12: I asked around. They were all busy with shop talk
with wife and kid talk with union talk. First thing
they noticed was Sinclass Dimocrat's new sample spring line was
building the gutter.
Speaker 4: They kept the cabs and.
Speaker 12: Trucks running over the dressers. Sinclair what sink glass diacraft
see on address label? Huh a dress manufacturing place up
the street. He worked there. They all told me that
and I didn't even ask.
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