Speaker 1: Oh, the Blue Beetles.
Speaker 2: Weeping down upon the underworld. A smash gangling comes a mysterious,
all powerful character who is a problem to the police
or a crude sailer for law. In reality, Damn Garrett,
a rookie mccold pause by everyone. What's suspected by.
Speaker 3: None the beings.
Speaker 2: The Blue Beetle as the Blue People.
Speaker 1: He hides behind the spray of masks and a.
Speaker 2: Suit of impenetrable blue chain armor flexible aster but stronger
than steel. Today's episode of The Blue Beetle is entitled
rounding Up the Payroll Bandit. The police Department of York City,
facing a general shakeup because of pressure from prosperous and
influential businessmen who have suffered financial loss from a series
of payroll robberies, has taken a vow not to rest
until the last payroll Bandit is behind bars.
Speaker 1: As our story opens, Patrolman.
Speaker 2: Dan Garrett, who secretly operates as the Blue Beetle, is
discussing the matter with his friend and competant, doctor fran M.
Speaker 4: Kemmi.
Speaker 2: Police commissioner has offered a week's leave of absence in
the promotion. The man who runs up these payroll bandits.
Where are you going to spend your leave of absence?
Speaker 4: Danny?
Speaker 2: I wish the commissioner had as much faith in my
ability as you have, Doc boy. I think he has. Danny,
you certainly emulate the Northwest Mounties. You always get your man, yes,
but as the blue Beetle, not as patrolman Van Garrett.
Too bad you couldn't run down a few criminals as
Dan Garris and get a promotion. Are not interested in promotion, Doc,
I prefer to work secretly as the blue Beetle. I know, well,
that's your life ambition. You're old enough to know your
own mind. What the morning papers say about the Western
payroll robbery or just a moment, it's.
Speaker 1: Right here on the front sage. Ah, Yes here.
Speaker 2: They Western Company payroll robbery believed by police to be
inside job. Police Commissioner Donnelly issued statement to the Parade
as follows. After thorough investigation of several recent payroll robberies,
we are convinced that in each case the job was
engineered from inside. I agree with the Commissioner that it's
an insried job, or I also believe there's a mastermind
planning each robbery in advance. The fact that each robbery
has been so perfectly planned and executed. Over someone out
in front of the ord. I I'll see who it is. Oh,
good morning, doctor, br Oh, good morning, the morning with
the job.
Speaker 5: Beautiful day, isn't it?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Love it, love it.
Speaker 1: Trees are so green.
Speaker 2: And the flowers in the park so bright and colorful. Well,
I haven't been out in the park so far this spring.
You should go, doctor, It would do you good to
get out in the sun. This apothecary shop is rather.
Speaker 1: Dark, isn't it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, it is rather but I spend a lot
of time in my laboratory.
Speaker 1: Ah.
Speaker 2: Yes, you're a very capable chemist. I've heard I've developed
some rather interesting and effective formulas. Well, I'm constantly experimenting, yes,
and so am I.
Speaker 6: You work with chemicals.
Speaker 1: I work with men.
Speaker 2: Oh wor by the way, yuh mister, job is now?
How is the mission you founded working out splendidly? The
Reverend Moore House is doing a remarkable job of rehabilitating
the derelicts who wander in. I understand you get jobs
for them, helpen to get on their feet if they
show any aptitude at all. Yeah, yes, yes, I have
helped some of them. That's what we're here for, to
help one another. Well, I just dropped in for a
bag of gum drops.
Speaker 7: Uh.
Speaker 2: Always like to have some gum drops in my pocket
to the children, you know, Yes, yes, the youngsters are
fond of them, are they? Uh h?
Speaker 6: How many poor?
Speaker 2: Were about ten cents worth? I'd say a few at
a time. They stay fresher that way, yes, yes, uh
yeah you are for Thank you, and here's your money.
I'm sorry I've taken up so much of your time.
Uh goodbye doctor, Good day, mister Dobbs. Well, Jarvis the
philanthropist wasn't Yes, yes that's right, funny old cudgels. Yes,
but he's doing a wonderful job with the unfortunate he
attracts to his East Side mission. He even goes out
to the penitentiary and meets criminals when they are released
and find jobs for them.
Speaker 4: MM.
Speaker 2: Must have money and influence, the apparently has. Well, you
gotta get going like Nigan's probably waiting for me at headquarters.
What are you going to do about these robberies, Denny,
I'm going to ask the commissioner for a special assignment
to run down these payroll benders.
Speaker 4: Belong that.
Speaker 6: Goodbye, Denny, and good luck, good nuts.
Speaker 4: A meeting will come to order.
Speaker 2: Oh, Benny, take a look outside and make sure nobody's
listening that door.
Speaker 4: All play hands plain, Okay.
Speaker 2: I'll listen closely, all of you so I won't have
to repeat the instructions. The armored truck, bring in the payroll.
The Apex department store is do a twelve noon shot, Denny.
There will be one of the guards inn its. You
gotta beat it now, Benny, you golong do at nine. Okay,
and remember when you shoot, shoot into the side of
the building. I don't want any of our boys hard
sure things. Anything delays, you'll call me. I'll be taking
Apex employees out to lunch right next to the loading ramps.
Speaker 4: All right, what.
Speaker 1: Wait, shoot boy, you'll.
Speaker 2: Live your flower wagon at the curve near the Apex
loading ramp at the ride the boat and be sure
your tommy gun is well hidden under the flower box.
That's the boat. You know what to do when the
time comes, shows the boat dead, demand to make it
a poor witnesses, right, go yeah, you and that He'll
have the car with a motor running across the street
headed toward the river. Alright, okay, you and black avill
bey on the loading platform. Those the bags that drop there,
pick 'em up and make a dash for the car,
ye say, yeah, you'll be ready with the seaboat for
the canal straight.
Speaker 3: Ah.
Speaker 2: That takes care of everybody but you. Ranking. I'll let's
see the liquor store where you work as around the
block from the Apex department store. Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4: Oh, here's what you do.
Speaker 2: At ten minutes or twelve, you'll be fussing around with
some bottles and the show win. And at five minutes
or twelve, make sure that one of the bottles splits
and smashes the window.
Speaker 7: Huh.
Speaker 2: That'll set off the burglar alarm and attract the cops
from the beat. And that's particular spot. That's right, that'll
leave the coast clare for us. Everything clear to you, boys, Alright,
I'll set your watches and get going. And remember, if
anybody slips up, it's gonna be just too bad for
that guy.
Speaker 1: It's a hundred thousand.
Speaker 2: Dollars in the Apex payroll.
Speaker 4: Indeed, j wants that dog.
Speaker 2: Do you see that armed trucks ahead of us, Danny, yes, Mike, Hey,
I'd like owing the money they're carrying. Maybe the truck's empty. No, No,
they're carrying the Apex payrolls.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 2: How do you know, Hey, because he takes pays off
today they left.
Speaker 4: We are to follow it just in case.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that'll be a heaven or art cap if we
could capture the payrolls baness right in the act. Yes,
but I wouldn't get the man higher up a mastermind
of the racket. I don't believe there's any mastermind.
Speaker 4: I do.
Speaker 2: These robberies are too well planned well.
Speaker 7: Just the same.
Speaker 3: I'd like to be in on the job when the
law catches up with him.
Speaker 2: The truck pulling into the Apex loading platform. Why don't
you pull in here, Mike. I want to go in
that cigar store and purne Charlie's storm with the sun
with some information.
Speaker 4: Okay, you'll go home.
Speaker 1: I'll pull you around the block and take you up.
Speaker 2: And what time is it, Mike, it's five minutes to
tw I can probably catch him before he goes to lunch.
Speaker 4: Okay, Danny, I'll be around in five minutes.
Speaker 2: Hello, Son, give me Charlie Storm. Hello Charlie. Uh, this
is dam and Getrett yeah they Uh what do you
know about? Uh? Philanthropist by the name of never mind Charlie.
I'll call you later. Goodbye. Alright, what's tell you?
Speaker 6: What's the matter?
Speaker 4: Wall? What's happened?
Speaker 2: It looks like a little payroll ob ry, Hey back,
the department's going to wear a mannigan.
Speaker 5: I'm right now working on this.
Speaker 2: That car that's nothing now.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: That man bring in the running ward with a black bank.
He's one of the man that I'm taking a pot
as a little careful, says what you shooting? Gays?
Speaker 4: Pick that man right on the running corn.
Speaker 3: Look, he's flying in the street there, come on land back.
Speaker 2: Everybody give me your rob mm got him through the
London Get some water?
Speaker 4: Somebody?
Speaker 3: Is it that doctor here?
Speaker 2: Oh? Yes, yes, I'm the doctor.
Speaker 3: Got a stimulant there? H oh here it is.
Speaker 2: Getting someone neighbor Biden, my girl.
Speaker 3: She's a long aw come on take it easiess I'm through.
Speaker 6: I try to go trade.
Speaker 4: But b J Kim who's been j J?
Speaker 3: Benjamin?
Speaker 4: H Well he's gone.
Speaker 6: Offer this man is dead.
Speaker 4: Who is b J?
Speaker 2: What is the last name of the arch criminal who
rules this gang up underworld characters and whose first name
is Benjamin and Dan Garrett pick up the trail and there's.
Speaker 4: The Blue Beetle.
Speaker 2: Sweep down upon these mud risbandit and bring.
Speaker 7: Them to justice.
Speaker 2: These questions will be answered in the next episode of
The Blue Beatle. The Blue Beatle is a copyrighted box
feature appearing in Mystery Men Comics Magazine and The Blue
Beatle Magazine. The Blue Beatle is on the air twice
a week on the same station. Can pass the broadcast
schedule in your local newspapers, and don't forget.
Speaker 4: To listen in to the Blue Beetle. Oh, the Blue
Beetle leaping down upon the underworld. The mass dangling come a.
Speaker 2: Mysterious, all powerful character who is a problem to the police,
but a compaer for law in reality. Damn dark are
rookie with cold love by everyone, what's suspected by none?
Speaker 4: Leaveing the Blue Beetle.
Speaker 2: As the Blue Beetles, he hides behind the spring of
masks and the suit of intellectible blue stain armor flexible aster.
Speaker 3: So off and see.
Speaker 2: Today's episode of The Blue Beetle. Is the second part
of the story entitled rounding Up the Payroll Bandit. Those
of you who heard the first part of the story
on a previous broadcast. Will remember that the trowman Dan Garrett,
who is secretly the Blue Beetle, was talking to Charlie
Storm of The York City Sun on the telephone when
his conversation was interrupted by some shots outside the cigar
store from Whiath and Phony. Rushing out of the store,
he shot one of the payroll bandits. The bandit's dying
words were, I'm true. I tried to go straight, but
DJ and that was all except his final gas, DJ
is Benjamin, and then he expired and the story opened. Today,
Dan Garrett is in the little apothecary shop of his
friend and confident, doctor Van, discussing the case with him.
What makes you so suspicious of mister Jarvis the philanthropus
Danny his first name is Benjamin, is litty is here?
That may only be a coincident, After all, he's a
respected man in the community. He established the East Five
Missions for Down and others. I know I've got a hunt.
He doesn't do it from philanthropic motives, and his voice
is too oily, too pleasant, And you're probably more sensitive
to such things than I am.
Speaker 1: Perhaps it wasn't plan that robbery is.
Speaker 2: That me planned? Well, you were the only policeman on
the job.
Speaker 4: Weren't you.
Speaker 2: Yes, And I'd have been with Madigan if I hadn't
dropped into phone Charlie's storms. Uh. How much did the
robbers get away with?
Speaker 3: Not fifty thousand dollars?
Speaker 1: Mm?
Speaker 2: It was about that same amount in the bag you
saved by shooting one of the robbers?
Speaker 1: Yes?
Speaker 7: Uh?
Speaker 2: Someone in the store, I'll see.
Speaker 6: Wife is the German Dan Garrett here?
Speaker 7: Why?
Speaker 2: Yes, I I'm Van Garrett.
Speaker 7: He's got my father, didn't you father?
Speaker 2: He was one of the payroll dagic. Oh, I see
your black keep blackbirds, thought her. Yes, then you'll kill
the father it was. He was in line of duty,
your your father.
Speaker 7: Yes, I know, but I'm all alone.
Speaker 2: Now you've got to protection and just yeah, they'll do
something to me. You'll do something to you the gang.
My father was in the s just like tell us
in DJ d J.
Speaker 4: Who was DJ?
Speaker 2: But I I'm not sure, but but I believe to
h Oh, I got you find it done? Yes? Yes,
just just the minute, I I I'll get something down.
Oh yes here, now let me hold it. Someone you
saw some under her nose? Dad? What happened where a.
Speaker 7: H O right?
Speaker 2: He said, you just think it that's all?
Speaker 6: Uh huh, yes, I guess it was the excitement.
Speaker 2: It was still of his men. They got my father
into trouble.
Speaker 6: He was trying to go straight, but they wouldn't let him.
Speaker 2: Suppose you would try to keep calm and tell me
all about it. You're safe here. Well, when my father
got out of the pedication yet I went up to
meet him, but there was someone else chair with a car.
Then father called BJ Did you meet DJ?
Speaker 5: No?
Speaker 2: But I saw him.
Speaker 4: What did this DJ look like?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 6: He was about sixty, i'd jay, Well, report me iron
your hair mark.
Speaker 2: That sounds very much like your philanthropists friend, Benjamin Jarvis.
It's true, nothing that's true. But there's enough smoke to
make me think there's a fire somewhere. Look, miss bleckbn uh,
you run along home. I I have no home now
that my father is any folks, Miss Blecklan call me Julie?
Where very well, Julie?
Speaker 4: Uh, where's your mother?
Speaker 2: I don't know where my mother is if he left
father years ago. You see, I I really haven't anybody
that the friend. Oh, I couldn't stay here and keep
house for you. Uh well, I uh, I'm afraid that
wouldn't work out that the proprieties and uh.
Speaker 3: Okay, covering you too, Jacquelin, cover the girl.
Speaker 2: You won't get the girls, but they'll get this. Oh
you're as for a cover. I don't keep your quiet,
Copper I got I'll ruck you on the bee too.
I got to the wall, Doc. I don't want to
mess up your plate, but we came to the girl
and we're gonna get you. Think you can get away
with the tight handed businesses this you're mistaken?
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, try and stop it.
Speaker 4: Hey, tell me get up?
Speaker 3: Come on, get up, get up.
Speaker 4: Let's scream with the day.
Speaker 2: What happened the copper pot here and I seen you.
Speaker 3: With my guest without like a light? Come on, what
don't we do?
Speaker 2: Hate the girl and scram Let's take them all, we jail,
decide what to do with them. Okay, you'll tie up
the top while I tie up the girl, said chemical
so song and if I get you with this, Samuel,
it's so great and the contents will bring you to
what's him doing? pH seconds ah, he's prop No, he ain't, Doc.
Speaker 4: France not just business.
Speaker 2: I heard fat gentlemen better drop those guns or no,
gentlemen back against the wall. While I phoned the Benjamin
garblets and tell d Day I have two of his
rescued souls here in my apothecary shop.
Speaker 3: No turn this over the.
Speaker 2: Police dog, but don't tell me Jas just what I
wanted to find out. Juliet hell upon the police department
and tells them to send the patrol wagon over here
for a pair of b J sub honestly to I'm
ashamed of myself, me a policeman letting two thirds get
the better of me. While don't worry, Danny boy, watch
a little setback like that. You've proven your metal many times,
both as Dan Garrett and as the Blue Beetle. Yes,
I know, but on in front of Joy and I understand.
But what are you going to do about d J?
A blue Beetle is going to do a little flying
and a little bluffing where too, east Side Michel, we
still haven't any proof that this DJ and the philanthropic
Benjamin Jarvis are the same individual. I have a hunch
Benjamin Jarvis is confronted by the Blue Beetles, you'll let
something split that can be used as evidence for quarterfock witnesses.
Speaker 4: I like to borrow so that portable.
Speaker 2: Sound recording device of your. Oh, I have a better suggestion.
What's the uh? Call me on your portable wireless phone
just before you make good appearance, and I'll record everything here.
Now that's a great idea.
Speaker 4: Well, the blue beetle is going to church, but you
won't hear a thermon be made.
Speaker 2: Provide a text for one there, it's a true one.
Be sure your skills will find you out. Hello, hello doctor,
in fact you're a mission. Can you hear me? Yes,
Danny perfectly, all types of your recording machine. Yes, I
started at a minute, the phone riding. It's all connected out.
Speaker 7: Good.
Speaker 2: I'm already leaving the switch open on my portable wireless telephone.
You should get everything that happens from now on. To
go ahead, Danny, but be careful, don't worry about here
I go.
Speaker 3: I done.
Speaker 5: We are honor tonight by having with us the great
parted soul who made this mission possible, a man who
has fed you and clothed you, a man who has
found you work when you were joblets, picked you up
when you were falling, helped you to regain your place
in society. I'm sure you'll be glad to hear from
your Benefactorian friend Benjamin Jarvis of a Hurst let us
seen one verse of him twenty seven Rescue the perishing? Yes,
the people?
Speaker 4: What does this be? Who are you? Who dares interrupt service?
Speaker 1: Is an outgrade?
Speaker 4: Who is this that great?
Speaker 2: Or? I'm parry Reverend moore House to interrupt your services
in this manner. I'm sure you're unaware of this man's
real purpose in supporting this mission.
Speaker 5: What do you mean he's an impostor, a HYPOCRITEI hold
you mancrat this man?
Speaker 4: Ho Hey, where you are?
Speaker 5: Everybody?
Speaker 2: Benjamin Jarvis alias b Jay Your game is up Benny
and Eddiere and the custody of the police.
Speaker 5: They confess everything that afternoon.
Speaker 2: Yes, they fill the bed that you were about to say.
Speaker 4: They won't get away with it, and either would you.
I found that gun.
Speaker 7: Mister, talk.
Speaker 4: And say the Lord have mercy on.
Speaker 7: Where's Danny?
Speaker 2: He was?
Speaker 3: Thanks?
Speaker 2: Yes, welcome? And oh what about those other men that
Jarvis chased in positions to trust throughout the city to
help him in his nefarious scheme. Reverend Moorhouse has their names.
He'll talk with him and I I don't really put
them on the right track. Again, He's confident he can
make them go straight. You see Jarvis trying to send
them back to jail. If they didn't do what he
wanted them to do, he'd frame them. Yes, yes, he
was a bad man, but he's gone.
Speaker 6: Now and his fall racket is splash.
Speaker 2: He had his thanks to.
Speaker 4: Use and the Blue Beetle.
Speaker 3: Them.
Speaker 2: All of the story is never plays a hip qut
like Ben Jarvis, or if you do, you will.
Speaker 4: Be found out.
Speaker 2: And thanks to the Blue Beetles, the businessmen of the
city have been freed from the menace of the hypocritical
Bjay and his pay roll bandits. What new adventures await
the Blue Beatle in his group said against crimes. This
question will be answered in the next episode of.
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