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here is the frightened Shroff.
Speaker 2: The incomparable Charlie Tans. We probably present the uncomfortable Ki
Chan in a new and exciting series, joining the famous
detective every week at the same time as he combines
the wisdom of the East and the science of the West.
In a dramatic chapter from the Adventures of Charlie Chan.
Speaker 3: Chary Chan handle Visu. Good evening and it's them wrong,
welcome on its age. Mentis road man who gambles orrow
should not complain when he loses. Same Tonight we meet
criminal games in which stakes were dead. Listenedly thank you.
Speaker 2: To night's adventure The Frighting Shrop. Two weeks ago, Jimmy
Dace was shot in a gunfight with the police. This afternoon,
Charlie Chan and his number one son sits in the
day's home. Chan, fat and benevolent, gently sympathizes with the
dead boy's mother.
Speaker 3: Has been written, Missus Dace, sorrow like bad weather in
time will pass and be forgotten. You'll not permit priests
to monopolize thoughts this abundant person. So sorry to because
of Sun's death.
Speaker 4: It wasn't your fault and Sticker, No, you did your job.
You couldn't say Jimmy dead, already dead, already day he
started running with that crowd.
Speaker 3: He was lost.
Speaker 4: It's just a question of time.
Speaker 5: Heaven only knows how I begged him and pleaded.
Speaker 3: He wouldn't listen. Most un fortunes, that's good of you
to come here.
Speaker 4: You're very kind. You're the only visitor I've had since
it was in the papers about Jimmie.
Speaker 5: Yes, I'm a notorious Missus Day.
Speaker 3: They point at me and whisper. Great philosopher once said,
any event, no matter how small, always produces large talk.
May be too much for me.
Speaker 6: The looks and the whispers.
Speaker 4: No one understands the heartbreak of the sun gone wrong.
Speaker 3: This person understands and sympathizes Missus Day. You're the only one.
Speaker 4: I'm leaving San Francisco, Inspector. I've lived here all my life,
but I have to get out and be a stranger
some one else.
Speaker 3: This de're that brain suspec said, such decisions, what was
the reason for visits? Still have to run away in
mister Stace, there is no escape. Remain in city. Your
friends will return. You will restore purity to name in time.
Speaker 4: No, No, it's impossible.
Speaker 3: Crime and dishonor exist everywhere. You cannot escape, must remain
and continue battle here. That's the door.
Speaker 4: What a process, I suppose. No, I'm leaving and settling
everything and going away. I have to Yes, what is it?
Speaker 3: Messit? Mister James Dice from.
Speaker 7: Don't you know him?
Speaker 3: You are from mister Gregor a reference to famous shruft
in business on Grand Street. Shru What a shroft Pop?
Speaker 5: This is an ile you signed by Jimmy fifty dollars.
He couldn't even take his trouble with him when he died.
He had to leave it for me. All right, here's
your money, I've got it.
Speaker 3: What a draft put rat is Oriental name for money changer,
the bill collector and a small banker.
Speaker 5: Here's your fifty dollars. I suppose I keep the lift genter.
Speaker 3: That's why, man, it's your receipt he ah or RN
rather than missus Day and may. This person inspects I
owe you in hand? Why what's the letter? H? You
recall this person's words. There is no escape from crime
and dishonor. Here is proof what you have not paid
Sun's debt, missus day, but observe I owe you closely.
No signature. He is composed of many short lines, as
though sketched by artist. This experienced eye recognized the signature
as free hand forgery. Cardy Pop, come quickly please you
fan death. But you cannot escape missus Dace. No one
can escape plan you are involved in new travel must
remain an assister's person in solution, Yes, that's devil wagon
at one son must find messenger who selected payments.
Speaker 4: Let us see carging'm a hill. Hurry up, Pop, Yes,
hold on by, don't all of his new businesses, PAP,
but I'll catch that messenger for you.
Speaker 3: And sound horn. Please indicate desire to overtake.
Speaker 4: I don't think he has what we want. He's saying, golly,
if he don't careful your pop, I'm gonna make that corner.
Speaker 7: He's kidding. Gosh, all.
Speaker 2: You do?
Speaker 3: You want me to call an ambulance? Time for accelerations completed?
Unfortunate gentlemen dead.
Speaker 4: He would have known better than Tada Russell Hill like that.
Speaker 3: Perhaps there is dispatch case under car. Time to bring
same to father? Right, what's this all about?
Speaker 4: Pop?
Speaker 3: Explanations will follow fine moment.
Speaker 4: Ah, Golly, look at all that money.
Speaker 3: Jaz contas over five hundred dollars.
Speaker 4: Also three IOU notes I don't understand Pop. All signs
indicate ancient confidence trick now in operation in San Francisco.
I have a had Pope.
Speaker 3: J Catley unidentified Criminal Watch's obituary columns list names and
addresses of defunct persons two weeks after death. Presents forged
IOUs for payments, as they did with Jimmy Days exactly.
Usually brief family too grief stricken to observe ordinary business precautions.
Speaker 6: They just pay the them man's step and that's eating
money for someone. But have they forged the signature?
Speaker 3: Extremely simple to obtain sight of departed persons write in
from from files of telephone applications, driving licenses, thoting this,
et cetera. Probably through rules of posing as a business investigator,
political organizer, and so on. That's a smart idea. The
most vicious victimizes persons in times of greatest tragedy must
be stopped at once.
Speaker 7: How what do we do?
Speaker 3: Proceed immediately to office of Shouff on Grant Street. Was
wise Sage who wrote, no matter how black crime may be,
its sauce is always gold.
Speaker 8: Come in so nice beautiful day outside. No you disagree,
I am of likewise opinion is terrible day.
Speaker 4: Pardon.
Speaker 3: Please are addressing mister Gregor.
Speaker 8: In person in the flesh, gregorl you wish money changed?
Gregor changes the robots Franks found marks leer again faceals crown.
Speaker 3: This visitor inspected chain of the that's a number one son.
Speaker 7: Oh so you are perhaps visiting natives of the home.
Speaker 8: Yes, Gregor will change dollars for you'll.
Speaker 3: Bring back to China.
Speaker 8: Oh but naturally foolish thought who would make such a suggestion?
Speaker 7: Now, Gregor, mister.
Speaker 3: Greg you are involved in serious crime? Are you an innocent?
I was not there.
Speaker 8: I would bring with attention.
Speaker 3: Please observe. I owe you. Notes in hand were taken
from your messenger. Kndly explain source of notes, mister Gregor.
Speaker 8: From the messenger?
Speaker 3: But how did you he dead?
Speaker 4: He was in a crash.
Speaker 3: Smash authorities are now in charge. Kindly explained source of notes? Please?
How obtained? How much paid? At what date? I do
not know what do you mean?
Speaker 4: I don't know that you are not something.
Speaker 8: No, I am collecting these debts for third but on
commission his name? Please, I cannot tell you is client?
You understand confidential? A sure off cannot remain in business
if he tells what is confidential, not even if he
is brave. I am not brave, Inspector Gregor is frightened shraff.
I am not a brave man.
Speaker 3: You don't have to tell us must unfortunate, mister Gregor,
but you will be imprisoned shruff unless you give information.
These notes you collect for client most probably fought.
Speaker 2: Well of them was and maybe the rest all right,
very bad ethics.
Speaker 8: But I tell you, and when you see her, you
tell her Gregor don't want any more business.
Speaker 4: Ha Da da A blonde lady, very pretty.
Speaker 8: She has office on California Street, Miss June Morris. I
give you a dress, you tell her to come get
money's Gregor collected for her, and go away for it.
Famous Russian philosopher named Goblitz once said about brawn.
Speaker 3: Now, sorry, cannot discuss philosophy of lady at present, must
navigate itself to office for a personal interview.
Speaker 4: Peter Bard one two double Venness, Jack Terry forty set
of place, Roy Pesco, seventy two oh Hide Street. And
that's always itch is for today, right, Julie, I'll start
on them.
Speaker 3: Did you pick up the collection from.
Speaker 4: Vigor yesterday's nine hundred?
Speaker 3: Yes, good enough, I'll be moving along.
Speaker 4: Now Wait a minute, then, well what about my money?
Speaker 3: Now, Julie, I'm.
Speaker 4: Taking the same chance as you are. I told you
I want more money, Junie.
Speaker 3: I'm going to give you more than you think you'll
be getting everything I make at this what?
Speaker 4: What are you talking about?
Speaker 3: Wedding bells? My sleep?
Speaker 4: You're not joking? Are you doing?
Speaker 2: Try this one for size, mister Temple, Mister Temple, have
a heart.
Speaker 4: I'm just a poor working.
Speaker 2: Girl, all right, Johnie.
Speaker 7: But how about that extra money.
Speaker 4: Now, I'll take it out in orange blossom girl.
Speaker 2: That's what I hope you'd say. Let's make it sooner. Fine,
I'll go and do some arranging. Then, thanks for the list.
Style'll give it ininky right away.
Speaker 3: Goodbye to hide. Oh and by the way, don't.
Speaker 2: Bother to pick up the money from Gregor's today. I'll
save you the trip. You'll call for me, lad, Yes, Johnny,
I'll be calling for you.
Speaker 4: This was like a prop June Morris type buddy service.
Should I like?
Speaker 3: Yes, sir, try do.
Speaker 4: Nobody hip hop hmm office of empty.
Speaker 3: Ah office exceeding tiring for this is typewriter service. Maybe
she wasn't doing much work, obvious, Miss Molls do a
little typewriting rubber roller of machine. Sciss him enough? Huh?
And what's this? What victory notice from Daily paper? Son?
We'll see what's behind that dopy.
Speaker 4: All right, pap, hey, pap, Look there's someone here.
Speaker 3: I think I think unfortunate girls dead has been shot?
Is it, Miss Marty? You think this person's afraid? So
blond as Gregor the schoff said, was getting paper from
shelves here shut sight initials on lapille Brooch say, j
M suggests this indeeds the ladies receipt. Gosh, pop, what
we do now? Great sage say, when sudden landslide close
lane roads, traveler must reach destinations side back lane.
Speaker 2: We will return to the inimitable Charlie Chan in just
a few moments. But in the meantime you're an answer.
And now back to the incomparable Charlie Chan. While Charlie
Chan and his number one son are looking for other
roads to lead them to the solution of the crime,
Damn Temple is busy too, to find him, hurrying through
the seats, taking the stairs two at a time, and
bursting into his fat anxious and excited.
Speaker 7: Kyinky, I just finished a very pretty best listening.
Speaker 9: I ain't the kind of fellow to pet myself in
the bed then, but you sertain me I'm the best
ernst in the business. You just one look at the
licenses and I'm Russ.
Speaker 3: That's art Dan.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I know, but we've got more important things
on him now.
Speaker 3: He we're leaving town. What we'll be in trouble with
Junie if we stay.
Speaker 9: I was commanded trouble ron travel.
Speaker 2: I'm not joking. We're leaving tonight. We start again in
Saint Louis. Get a new girl and make sure she's
the brainless type.
Speaker 9: Always like Saint Louis.
Speaker 7: You get Alvin Gregor's and pick up today's collections.
Speaker 3: Meet me here. I'll be packing. Yeah, b Juny June
won't be picking up the collection.
Speaker 4: A quarrel with it.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't exactly call it that, inky, No, no, no, no,
Journey's got ideas. I had to store her office and
talk about wedding bills and orange blossoms, and she fell
for it. Yeah, she felt for it.
Speaker 3: And miss it. Don't say anything to Gregor understand.
Speaker 7: What did I have to say to me?
Speaker 3: Nothing?
Speaker 2: Inky, nothing, But even saying nothing can get you a
couple in this town.
Speaker 4: Pop, I don't get it. What are we doing here
in Chinatown?
Speaker 3: Patience and patience.
Speaker 4: It's not gonna do us any good hangings round outside
the year the.
Speaker 3: Year What do you call a de collector bloke? A
shraft this oriental word for gentlemen of this persuasion, This
straft is only road left to a solution of cakes
murder of miss Morris. Let no clues, must pick up
trail here hell sun has followed and action.
Speaker 4: I suppose to pour water on the lob of the
doorhead and keep it wet all the time.
Speaker 3: And it's a wet a still rock. Very good father
will explain plan. Criminals must come to office to pick
up money collected for him by shruff. If we remain
inside of it, they fightened him away without revealing identity.
Speaker 6: I see there, But how will a wist door knob
show who we're looking for?
Speaker 3: Wait? Clean press an approaches shot.
Speaker 4: With what ten people go in and come out already?
Speaker 3: How are we going to know the right man? And
will recognize suspects by blood on bend? Bloodness hands? Decidely?
How's it going to get loved? His hands for a
wet doorknob? Wait, ah, observe hands of gentlemen just leaving.
Speaker 4: Golly the red pop.
Speaker 3: Come quickly please?
Speaker 4: So what do you want?
Speaker 9: Mister?
Speaker 3: This inspects the chain of police observes credentials. You are
under the rist for what participation in murder of miss
June Morris?
Speaker 4: What? She was shut dead an hour ago?
Speaker 9: Murders shot. But I don't know anything about it, I swear.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry. Come please, I'll wait.
Speaker 9: A minute now. Why didn't stay to us? I didn't
have anything to do with this, but I know, indeed
I know, I'll turn evidence. See I'm too old.
Speaker 3: To god about facts. Please quickly, no.
Speaker 9: Wonder he's talking about leaving down the having trouble with
June me and he never told me does mean for
the murderer?
Speaker 3: And never tell me temper criminal of lower species from tager.
This is acquainted with unsavory face.
Speaker 9: Yes, a fella, have one telegraph for her. You can
get me for voder inspector and not for killing. You
want game caper for leaving.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm going to pack everything behind Shah.
Speaker 3: Sucks, Inky, that's you.
Speaker 4: All right?
Speaker 7: All right?
Speaker 8: Just a second.
Speaker 3: Listen, Inky, Gregor way thinking, what.
Speaker 2: Are you talking about?
Speaker 7: Your business is Philly?
Speaker 3: You're telling me what about Rankie? He's finished for good?
Speaker 2: I don't rush and talk by Gregor. I, Hey, what's
the gun for you?
Speaker 4: Then say listen.
Speaker 10: I'm very sorry, then, Gregor, he is frightened. Short you
know I'm frightened now bad. The detective Chan comes a
little too close for comfort. I try to stop him.
I think maybe I take care of miss Morris in
time I was wrong.
Speaker 7: Now I take.
Speaker 3: Care of him.
Speaker 8: Gregor around to let anybody tell what they know about Gregor?
Speaker 4: Damn can't let you tell?
Speaker 10: Ch double cross give me that gun, crazy man, mister.
Speaker 4: Gregor, what.
Speaker 3: Rady sank behind you is number one son also concealed
have been thrested, mister Gregor with last minute assistance of
mister Temple. Stop can't please.
Speaker 4: I like Cavin Gregor, you, but do what Pop says.
Speaker 3: You were right, inspect right.
Speaker 7: I only half believe you when you told me to
this topmost I was right. He'll keep your word inspected right.
I will buffy Charles the murder.
Speaker 3: This person's iron word will be kept. Mister Temple will
receive justice for participation in confidence trick no more. Mister
Jermitrick Cregor will be sold beneficiary of trialph for murder
you that smart man, for praying you were indeed frightened.
Shruff very shortly will be executed. Struff that truly it
is written fear follows crime and his punishment for same
who they got a.
Speaker 4: Pretty good run over a vacation on the papers, pop Ah.
Speaker 3: Father instructed son to read papers.
Speaker 4: For news, not ancient history. Stragger was in with Temple
mm hmm. So when he found that we were on
the trail, he tried to cover.
Speaker 3: Up precisely as this person suspected Strap after murder of
miss Morris. Was only persons who knew intention to question saying.
Speaker 4: Yes, it could have been Temple. He was with her
just before we came.
Speaker 3: Misters Temple only annoyed and frightened at demand of miss
Morris for more money, put her often, then attempted to
leave town.
Speaker 4: There's two things you want to know, pop First, what
that blood on Inky's hands?
Speaker 3: Very simple? Your father secretly dusted envelopes containing collected money
in Shruft's office with antresine dye anthrosine. What acrassine invisible
dust which turns blood red on contact with water used
often in counter seait pas ah.
Speaker 6: See and Ikey got his hands wet on the doorknob.
Then when he picked up the dusted envelopes, the dice
pain his hands red precisely.
Speaker 3: First question answers for her.
Speaker 4: But here's a second.
Speaker 6: In the paper, it says that Missus Days discovered the
forgery and assisted you in catching the criminal. Now that's
stretching the truth. Pop, why'd you do it?
Speaker 3: Ah? Missus Day's suffered because of crime, entire life's mass
now has profited from solution of second crime, has achieved
standing in community and honor in eyes.
Speaker 4: Of friends who she won't try to run away anymore precisely,
and she has learned very little lesson of Manchus, who.
Speaker 3: Said throuble is like man's shadow, can never run fast
enough to escape either. Before this person has further words
with you, here is an answer with wealth of wisdom.
Before saying good night, Charlie chan would like to leave
you few words of ancient philosopher. Just when we are
giving up seeky, it's time to find good night. Thank you.
Speaker 2: Be sure to join us next week at the same
time for the adventures of Charlie Chack, based on the
famous character created by Older Beggars. This is a Grace
Gibson radio production produced by REDG. Johnston.
Speaker 1: Welcome back, and if you're listening in the morning, you
already learned your new word for the day, schwroff. Now,
the meaning of shroff, which there's some indication of Chinese
Indian origin, but also some Arabic connections, is a banker
or money changer, although the lending part isn't the most
prominent thing that people think of, because as money changers
they needed to test the purity of coins to make
sure they weren't counterfeit. And schwff is not only a noun,
it is a verb, and the verb form of shroff
was the dictionary dot Com word of the Day on
April fifteenth of this year, with the meaning to test
coins to find out the purity of the metal. So
if you're measuring the purity of a silver coin, for example,
you are said to be shroffing it. Now, the other
thing I'd note is that I have to admit, at
first I didn't care much for Chan's attempt to get
the mother to continue to stay in San Francisco, because
my thought is that sort of decision is very personal
and that you can't tell people to stay and it's
not necessarily indicated. But I think you have to interpret
it through the lens of his time and ours. We
are much less tied to a sense of place than
people were in the early parts of the twentiethifth century.
We are far more likely in the twenty first century
to relocate for reasons far less severe than having a
son involved in a notorious crime and killed. Moving away
from somewhere you'd lived all your life would be a
more radical change in that era. And give the inspector credit.
He went out of his way to make it easier
for her to continue to stay. All right, well, now
we're callment feedback, and then I have a comment from
Mechanics sixty six regarding the episode Escape Musician. Thanks for
clearing that up about the Australian accident. I thought I
was imagining it. I thought the guy the fairy sounded
British as well.
Speaker 3: Could be.
Speaker 1: There were not only Australian actors in Australian radio, there
were also American expats and I think also some British
expats as well. All right, well, now it's time to
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Speaker 3: Well you huh off?
Speaker 11: You're beaten, pet, aren't you?
Speaker 3: Denny?
Speaker 11: Inside, Nikki, I'm strong, I'm Denny. I was going to
invite you in anyway.
Speaker 2: Georgia Gray, Nikki, she's dead.
Speaker 11: Where it came to me? How you closed our eyes?
I wish it'd have been me.
Speaker 2: Maybe you got there ahead of me, Nikki. Maybe you
weren't dancing, saw Georgia in a pleace. You never thought
you'd be killed her because she was getting away from you.
Speaker 11: Oh you die it, Danny, awful daya. No one gets
away from me, not even the debt right into the den.
I want you to meet my mother. She'll be heard.
I don't show up my friends.
Speaker 2: All right, Nikki, I wouldn't want her to be.
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