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Dan Holiday thinks a man on death row may be innocent, so he tries to bluff the real killer out of hiding.
Original Air Date: July 14, 1948
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Dan Holiday thinks a man on death row may be innocent, so he tries to bluff the real killer out of hiding.
Original Air Date: July 14, 1948
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Hunting pack Box thirteen with the styleof Paramount Fixtures, Alan lad As,
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Dan Holiday Box thirteen care of StarTimes. We are allowed newspapers here
and by chance I saw your advertisement. I have exactly forty eight hours to
live, no more than that unlessyou can do something which no one else
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has been able to do. Getme out of the death cell of the
State Penitentiary. I was tried andconvicted from the murder of one of my
best friends. I was tried andconvicted for the murder of one of my
best friends. I didn't do it. Will you try to help Martin Kirby.
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When I received the letter from MartinKirby, I wondered how a man
felt who had only a short timeto live and knew it before the thing
was over and I had stopped wondering, I knew And now back to Botch
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thirteen and Dan Holiday's newest ad Budgeyour compact gee as your holiday. What
can you do about it, Susie? I wish I had an answer for
you. You're gonna stan him,aren't you. Well? If I don't,
I'd kick myself all over the cityfor not doing what I could.
On the other hand, he wastried, convicted and sentenced, but it
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could be wrong. I mean,I know what you mean, Susie's Sentencing
a man to death is a terriblething. The evidence against Kirby must have
been pretty strong. Oh, Iguess it was. You're on the horns
of an an Emma dilemma this time, Susie. I don't laugh. What
are you going to do? Theonly thing I can do? See Martin
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Kirby and well, at least listento him. I didn't think you'd come,
mister holiday. Why not? Well, there must have been a million
guys in this place, all innocent. Sure, maybe some of them were.
And are I am? I whattime? I mean? I know
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what you mean. It's one thirtynow, I've got the rest of to
day and till tomorrow night at eleventhirty thirty four hours. I know I've
counted them too, all right,Kirbly, What can I do? I
don't know. Is there anything youcan tell me something that didn't come out
of the trial. The only thingthat didn't come out at my trial was
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the fact that I didn't kill LeslieRoberts. Oh. I kept saying it,
but there was too much against me. At first, when I got
here, I didn't care anymore.If they wanted to see an innocent man
die for something he didn't do,then it was murder on their heads.
But now, mister Holiday, Iwant to live. Sure, sure,
but there's nothing you can tell me, anything that I can go to the
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police with and get a reprieve,a stay of execution. My lawyers tried
that a hundred times. My casehas been reviewed, nothing doing, And
what you're asking of me is todo what everyone else has failed at.
I guess that's it, you know, Kirby. It's at times like this
I wish I'd never put that boxthirteen head in the paper, meaning there's
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nothing you'll do. No, No, I didn't say that. I'll try,
but thirty four hours is a shorttime. Look, maybe you will
go at this with a fresh slant. Maybe something will hit you that everyone
else has missed. Yeah, maybe, all right, Kirby, it'll take
me two hours to get back tothe city end. If I'm going to
do anything, I'll have to doit fast. Driving back to the city,
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I felt like someone who has totell a kid there's no Santa Claus.
Because I was almost sure that Kirbyhad no chance. What could I
do? The police were no fools. The district attorney must have had an
airtight case against Kirby when he wentto trial. Well, I'd promised to
help, So my first stop inthe city was the Star Times and down
to the Morgue to read up onthe case. It was all there wherever
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Kurby the case for the Star Timeshas done a great job of reporting.
I looked at my watch. Itwas three forty five. Martin Kirby had
two hours and fifteen minutes less thanthe original thirty four. And all I
had done so far was it wasthe stack of a pile of newspapers.
I started from the beginning, butthe story of the murder of Leslie Roberts
itself told me nothing. Then Igot into the transcript of the trial.
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It took me three hours to readeverything carefully, and when I finished,
I could I could have summed upthe whole thing, just as the prosecutor
did. You've heard the testimony inthis case. The state has proved the
following facts. One, Martin Kirbywas desperately in need of money. Two,
the deceased Leslie Roberts was insured forone hundred thousand dollars, his beneficiaries
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being the accused Martin Kirby and anotherpartner, William Morgan. The double indemnity
clause in the insurance policy meant thatboth Kirby and Morgan would receive one hundred
thousand dollars each. Third point,we accused quarreled with a deceased over Missus
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Roberts, wife of the murdered man. Four we have established the murder weapon.
This gun belonged to Martin Kirby throughthe serial numbers were filed off.
But scientific work revealed the numbers andthis gun belonged to Martin Kirby. He's
admitted it, and, thinking toget rid of it, he threw it
into a sewer near Leslie Roberts's home. Now, perhaps mister Kirby believed the
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police of this city to be fools. Far from it. Their work has
established beyond doubt. If Martin Kirbyis a murderer. Oh sure it was
a good case. I stacked thepapers in a pile and left the Star
Times and went down to police headquartersto see Lieutenant Kling. Sit down,
Dan, what's on your mind?Martin Kirby? Oh? Why it's see
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him? He wrote to Box thirteen. He's innocent. There did you kind
of case? No? Inspect theRowling's handle it? Why? But you
know about it? Sure? Isometimes managed to know what's going on.
Well, Cling, you're a gooddetective. You've got brains. I'll buy
him all at milk sometime. Butyou didn't come here to handmade posies.
Do you believe Kirby is guilty?Yes, from the evidence. That's what
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we base our cases on. It'sinherited the judicial and legal system. Now
what do you want from me?A new system? I told you I
saw Kirby cling. He doesn't actlike a guilty man. Oh no,
no, wait a second. Who'sthis? That's a photograph of maryon Obling?
So what am I supposed to do? Look at it? Nice and
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sweet, isn't she I've never mether, but I did, But I
wouldn't melt in my mouth A smileit would soften up the Rock of Gibraltar.
Talks like an angel, but shekilled a kid to get thirty five
cents from him. He look,you've got a soft heart, Dan,
which you've got a tendency to letit run right into your head, maybe
a right cling. But I promised, Kirby, I'd plug away until time
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was I. I like to keeppromises, and that's your business, Dan.
But why did you come to mefor any help you could give me?
Which adds up to a big zeroplaying I read the transcript of the
trial. Kirby was the only suspect. He had motive opportunity, So did
Missus Roberts and William Morgan. Itwas Kirby's gun that put Leslie Roberts in
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the obituaries. Someone else could haveused it, so, as defense lawyer
said, But Kirby couldn't explain howI'd get into that sewer. But Kirby
called the police when he went toRoberts house that night and saw Roberts dead.
Sure, Shure, we get dozensof cases where the killer tries to
police smile. He calls the police, figuring it'll make him look good.
But he had to kill Roberts runoutside and throw the gun under the sewer,
then go back inside and call thepolice. So it's a big chance
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to take in case someone heard theshot and came to investigate. Killers.
Take chances, Dan, Okay,Okay. Now, the paper said there
was a note from Roberts asking Kirbyto come to his house that night.
Yeah, that's why Kirby said hehappened to go to Robert's house that night,
the only night in the week thatMissus Roberts is always out. The
police said Kirby could have typed thatnote, right. The Kirby's defense lawyer
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said, Roberts could have typed it. Look, you type a note to
me asking me to meet you,then what do you do? What do
you mean? What do I do? You write your signature. Nine times
out of ten you don't type it, So that means anyone could have typed
it. I know, I knowto get Kurby to Robert's house. That's
it. So that was all broughtout at the trial. The jewelry saw
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it the way the prosecution summed itup. The Kurby typed that note to
make it seem as though he wasasked to Robert's place, but both missus
Roberts and Morgan also stood the gameby Robert's death. Each gets one hundred
thousand. Look, the case isclosed. Too many things added up against
Kirby. Sometimes things can be addedup wrong figures and facts. You're knocking
your head against a stone wall,so I'll get a headache. That's about
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all. Okay, I'll carry aspenswith me, But say, could I
at that note before? This isa favor? Okay, I'll take care
of it for you, but i'llgive you a six two and even that
Michael Kirby will be executed tomorrow nightat eleven thirty. Well clean got me
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in the note, So I hadit and saw what all it said was
Muddy be at my house tonight atday thirty less. It was typed and
had been left in Kirby's typewriter atthe office. Susie and I studied it.
What do you expect to get outof it, mister Holiday. I
don't know, Susie. Gee,Like you said, anybody could have typed
it. That's right, Kirby denieshe did. Nobody can prove Roberts did
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or didn't not know. Maybe maybegot mister Morgan or missus Roberts did Gee?
What if either one of them didit and they're letting an innocent man
be executed? Oh, it wouldn'tbe a comfortable feeling, Susie. What's
the matter? Did I say something? Yeah? Yeah, yeah? Maybe
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you did, Susie, Maybe youdid? What conscience? Who's Missus robertson
Morgan's You mean both of them?Kill mister Roberts. Give me that phone
book? Here it is, thanksRoberts Roberts, Leslie Roberts. What are
you going to do, mister Hollidayby a little poker? You're gonna play
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cards at a time like this?Not quite just a bluff. I'm holding
a pair of deuces. I don'tget it. Hello, is this missus
Leslie Roberts? Yes, never mind, just listen. Tomorrow out at eleven
thirty, just twenty four hours fromnow, Martin Kirby will be executed for
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the murder of your husband. Whoare you? What do you want?
Does your conscience bother you? MissusRoberts? What do you mean by that?
Don't you know? Missus Roberts issome kind of a stupid hardly they're
not joking at the State penitentially,missus Roberts. Yes, I know something
that can make you uncomfortable, butI'm willing to talk about it. I
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don't know what you mean. You'reeither insane or completely without feeling. If
you're interested, meet me at thecorner of Carpenter and Pastel Place at midnight.
Why should I do that? That'sfor you to think about, But
I think you know already. Ilisten carefully. I'll be wearing a light
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tan top coat, brown felt hat. I'll carry a leather briefcase. Goodbye,
mister Holiday. What was that for? I told you all I've got
is a pair of deuces. NowI'll make the same call the Morgan,
but first one to Cling. I'mcertainly be wounded. Don't you ever change?
You're wonderful? As is? Whatdid I do? Never at all,
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Susie. After I make this callto Cling and one to Morgan,
I'll either have something to help MartinKirby or a what or a wonderful notice
in the obituary column of the StarTimes. And now back to hunting Pett
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another Box thirteen adventure with Alan Laddas Dan Holiday. I made the same
phone called the William Morgan that Imade the missus Roberts, but I tipped
Cling to something before I did.At midnight, I was the corner of
Carpenter and Pastel Place, waiting,sure it's a bluff, and I figured
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all was fair in this game.Ten minutes went by, no one showed
up. Then a light blub Yeahsure, hm, thanks, it's all
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right. So wonder they wouldn't putstreet lights here? Guy could get lost
easy, Yeah I could. Yeah, okay, thanks for the light.
You're welcome, okay, jack thewild, good night. Maybe I played
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the wrong cards, maybe no onewould show up. It was twenty minutes
past midnight. I stepped out ofthe shadows where I've been standing. I
thought pretty silly, and I knewwhat Cling would say. I was twenty
feet away from the corner, walkingslowly, looking up and down the street.
There's no one in sight. Lightsin the windows of the houses went
out slowly, one by one.I was studying, feet away from the
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corner when right here, quing youget it, yeah, yeah, on
the arm, say listen it doespeople back paper now houses talks to take
a couple of poison star in thisneighborhood, crying the person will fire that
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shot, whoever it was the onewho should die in Martin Kirby's place.
You're an idiot. You set yourselfup like a clay pigeon house bad hout,
that's the armor. It's not sodeep as well or white as a
church star. But we'll do it. How do you like this guy?
He gets winged and quote Shakespeare.Okay, let's get you out of here.
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Feel better? Yeah? Thanks,right, for we've fired the shot.
I don't know, no luck,whoever it was was in one of
the buildings, and running somebody toground in that neighborhood takes a squad of
men. Yeah, it's afraid ofthat. Okay, so what have they
got now? The bullet three orMorgan is the real murder of Leslie Roberts.
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Boy, this is Roberts reported myphone call to you, didn't she
That's right that Morgan didn't. Iknow that? So he was afraid it
was a blackmailer who knew he killedRoberts. He would have reported my call
to you if you had nothing tobe afraid of. Sure, sure looks
good in your head, but whatproof have you got that Morgan fired that
shot tonight? None? But onthe strength that I can't you get a
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stad of execution for Martin Kirby?How I called up and say you good
shot? You think it was Morgan? Morgan denies it. No, no,
no, no, soap Dan.To get a stay for Kirby,
you need positive evidence. And thiswhole of my arm doesn't come only as
a strike against you. And you'relucky at that. What do I have
to do? If you could proveMorgan fired that shot, you'd have something.
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But what you'd have is that hefired at you, not that he
chilled Roberts say so, swear outof warrant. We'll bring him in.
No, no, no, no, don't do that. Let me ask
one more question. What do youthink of the whole thing? Though?
Well, I come on, come, what do you think? I think
you've got something? But the policehaven't. That's a fat of that,
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all right, cling and he objections. If I keep going none for me,
I shall have to do it alone. As far as the department's concerned
that Robert's case is closed, I'dnever get permission to work on it day,
not even on your own time.That's different. Okay, keep in
touch, yeah I will. Meanwhile, you'll keep alive well, there wasn't
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anything more I could do. Thatnight, I took my punctured arm and
myself home and got some sleep,not much, though, because I knew
I was right, clingt was right. Only two people knew I'd be at
Carpenter and Pastel at midnight, Morganand Missus Roberts. Missus Roberts had called
the police to report my call.Morgan hadn't all Morgan had to do now,
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I was to lay low until Kirbywas executed. But he had been
worried enough to take a shot atme. Then I thought of something else.
The next morning in my office toHoliday, Oh, good morning,
Susie. Your arm it kind ofsling becoming, isn't it? What happened?
It was shot? Oh? Whoshot you? William Morgan? I'm
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sure never mind that. Now Iwant you to help me. What's showing
it? To Holiday? But Iwon't get shot, will I? He
said? I'm the type rutter Allright? Now, Look, I've typed
out a bunch of slips with Nowis the time for all good men to
come to the aid of their partywith one arm. Good enough, Now
you do the same, Go ahead. I don't understand. I'll explain why
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you're typed. Go ahead, Hey, the note left for Martin Kirby was
typed. What I'm trying to dois to find out if the style of
typing can be definite enough to pinon one person. You mean I tied
differently from you? I use hunting. Can you use the touch system?
Oh? You say missus Roberts usedto be a secretary. She'd use the
touch system of typing. Martin Kirbycould type. So I'm so good will
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you Morgan? Then what good willallas? Do you? I don't know.
I don't know. Okay, Susie, that's enough. Now mix up
the slips and pick one at random. Then you tell me who typed it?
All right, I type that one. How do you know it's smoother
than yours? That's the only wayyou can tell. And if I type
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touch system, it'd be pretty toughto tell us slips upon Oh sure,
all touch system. It's smooth looking. The letters are well, they're all
about the same blackness. I don'tcare. It's another lead shot. Gee,
I'm sorry, mister Holliday. Lookat that clock. Ten minutes past
twelve, less than twelve hours leftfor Kirby. Susie, I'm as sure
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as I can be that Morgan's guilty. But he shot me last night.
Then what are the police arrestings?It's dangerous for a man I got to
be loosed. Yes, I thinkyou're right, But Susie, remember what
you said about conscience. Well,look, if Morgan was sure of himself,
he wouldn't have tried that stunt lastnight. All right, because he
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did, it means that a littlemore work on him might make him break.
Huh. You're not going to lethim shoot at you again? Oh
not if I can help it.But I am going to see him.
You will be careful, won't you, mister Holiday, Susie, I have
only one life to give my work, But it so happens, I like
it took the rest of the day, but I learned all I could about
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mister William Morgan, and I wasn'tone thing that pointed at him as a
killer. But I was sure he'dkilled Robertson frame Kirby. He knew Kirby
and Robertson quarreled. He could havetaken Kirby's gun from Kirby's desk at the
office. He could have typed thenote leading Kirby to Robert's house, and
among other things, he had beena demonstrator for a typefier concern. How
did that happen? Answer? Notat all, because missus Roberts and Kerry
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both type touch system that I foundout when I read the report of the
trial. Okay, I had oneangle left. Work on Morgan, work
on him hard enough to crack himwide open if it could be done.
So that night, two hours beforemarkin Kirby was to die, I buzzed
at Morgan's house. Yes, whatis it, mister William Morgan? Yes?
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Who are you? I'm a writer. I have nothing to say.
Excuse me, get your foot awayjust a minute. Did you receive a
phone call last night? Come in? Thank you? What about a phone
call? Did you have one lastnight? I don't know what you're talking
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about, but you left me inwhen I mentioned it. Sit down,
okay you you hurt your arm?Yes, it got in the way.
You mentioned a phone call? Yes, I didn't cigarette. No, thanks,
That ashtray is awfully Foh you musthave been smoking a lot, so
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what nervous mister Morgan? Now lookhere, I've had enough for this.
What do you want? And whoare you My name's Holiday. I called
you last night. It was agruesome joke, Holiday, one I didn't
appreciate at all. I wasn't tryingto amuse you, Morgan. Why did
you make that call? Before Ianswer that? Take a look at your
clock? Well, what about it? In one hour and fifteen minutes,
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Martin Kirby will be executed for amurder he didn't commit. Why don't you
say what you've come to say?Because I'm waiting for you to say something.
You mean you'd like me to saysomething that would Oh? No,
Why didn't you tell a police aboutthat call night? Yes, so the
police know that you made that call? Yes? I Oh that was very
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bright of you, mister Holiday.No blackmailer would have told the police he
made that call. If you knewanything and we're planning to trap me,
you'd have kept it to yourself,right, Morgan grinned at me. You
knew I'd walked right into it.His nervousness seemed to just ooze away.
He lighted another cigarette and kept grinningat me through the smoke. Then don't
you think you'd better leave now?Holiday? Morgan? There was a note
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typewritten you typed it did I.Yes, maybe you don't know this,
but that note can put you inKirby's place. Yes, how well,
there's a way of telling who typeda note. Every typist is a different
touch, and when in large,the touch of one typist will show up
differently from another's. Kirby's defense lawyermissed that bed, But I didn't you
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talk a great deal too much?Holiday? But it's interesting conversation. I
don't believe what you said. No, here's the note. The police led
it to me, and that's allholiday stay sitting. You really wanted that
note, didn't you? And I'vegot it. And that gun in your
hand it's the same one you shotme with last night. This time it
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won't be in the arm. No, I suppose not. Look, Holiday,
it's almost ten. In about onehour and a half, Kirby will
be executed. Now you settle downand wait until eleven thirty. What do
you mean two birds with one stone, Kirby and you at eleven thirty even
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twenty five Holiday, You and Kirbyhave five minutes. You won't get away
with the morning. Why not?If I kill you in my apartment,
it'll be legal. Look, that'sset for can't you guess papers scattered around
drawers? Ranch, It's simple.I came in surprised to rifling my apartment
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and shot you sing with that gun? Why not? You know? I
almost wish you would, Morgan,because ballistics has the bullet taken from my
arm, and if it matches theone that kills me tonight? You figured?
Are you mentling? Food'll be sorry, good work time with one arm?
Soon you better stay where you are, Morgan Clang, Hey, Hey,
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Cling the phone the penitentiary. Oh, I took care of that an
hour ago. You did what?Sure? I heard the whole thing from
outside the window. But but yousaid the case was closed. You couldn't
work on it. I've got newsfor you, Danny boy, I'm off
duty. Heartach. You've said nobodycould tell a difference between typer that he
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did, Susie and a bluff aboutthe bullet. Well, any bluff in
a poker game. Cling. Oh, by the way, let me ask
you one question. Yeah, whatwhy did you hold off until the last
minute? Oh? Why had time? Morden Wooden dead kill laughter. Kurby
was executed at eleven thirty. SoI looked at my watch and I figured
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I had time to get the headquarters, pull strings to stop the execution and
get back to you. Get itclean. What's Susie? Look at your
watch? It stopped. Oh that'sI think it does that every listen a
while, just shake it into ohholy catch, Oh no, good night,
Susie. Next week, same time. Through the courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
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Alan Ladd stars as Dan Holiday andWatch thirteen. Watch thirteen is directed
by Richard Sandville, with an originalstory by Robert M. White adapted radio
by Russell Hughes. Original music iscomposed and conducted by Rudy Schrager. Part
of Susie is played by Sylvia Peckerand that of Lieutenant Kling by Edmund McDonald.
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Production is supervised by Verne Carstenson.Wat's thirteen is a Mainfair production from
Hollywood. Watch for Alan Ladd inhis latest Paramount picture, Welcome Back.
This was one of the more interestingepisodes, not so much for the mystery
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or the action, but just forthe character interactions. The show really portrays
a growth in the relationship between Danand Lieutenant Kling that's pretty marked from when
the series began. I also thoughtthat Susie came off better in this episode
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to the plot. So this wasa nice change up here. All right,
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such as the lack of appeal Box, but it does show that perhaps
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in some ways people's taste haven't changedall that much. And I think that
these old radio shows really are agood source of ideas for writers. I
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things and put kind of their ownspend on a particular story, just because
there are only so many story plotsthat can actually be told. He also
asked why can't I find any collectionsof Bucks thirteen on any of the old
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time radio sites. I'm not certainwhy. It actually is one of the
more common series out there. Tobe honest, you can get it.
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Hunting pack Box thirteen with the styleof Paramount Fixtures, Alan lad As,
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Dan Holiday Box thirteen care of StarTimes. We are allowed newspapers here
and by chance I saw your advertisement. I have exactly forty eight hours to
live, no more than that unlessyou can do something which no one else
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has been able to do. Getme out of the death cell of the
State Penitentiary. I was tried andconvicted from the murder of one of my
best friends. I was tried andconvicted for the murder of one of my
best friends. I didn't do it. Will you try to help Martin Kirby.
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When I received the letter from MartinKirby, I wondered how a man
felt who had only a short timeto live and knew it before the thing
was over and I had stopped wondering, I knew And now back to Botch
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thirteen and Dan Holiday's newest ad Budgeyour compact gee as your holiday. What
can you do about it, Susie? I wish I had an answer for
you. You're gonna stan him,aren't you. Well? If I don't,
I'd kick myself all over the cityfor not doing what I could.
On the other hand, he wastried, convicted and sentenced, but it
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could be wrong. I mean,I know what you mean, Susie's Sentencing
a man to death is a terriblething. The evidence against Kirby must have
been pretty strong. Oh, Iguess it was. You're on the horns
of an an Emma dilemma this time, Susie. I don't laugh. What
are you going to do? Theonly thing I can do? See Martin
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Kirby and well, at least listento him. I didn't think you'd come,
mister holiday. Why not? Well, there must have been a million
guys in this place, all innocent. Sure, maybe some of them were.
And are I am? I whattime? I mean? I know
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what you mean. It's one thirtynow, I've got the rest of to
day and till tomorrow night at eleventhirty thirty four hours. I know I've
counted them too, all right,Kirbly, What can I do? I
don't know. Is there anything youcan tell me something that didn't come out
of the trial. The only thingthat didn't come out at my trial was
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the fact that I didn't kill LeslieRoberts. Oh. I kept saying it,
but there was too much against me. At first, when I got
here, I didn't care anymore.If they wanted to see an innocent man
die for something he didn't do,then it was murder on their heads.
But now, mister Holiday, Iwant to live. Sure, sure,
but there's nothing you can tell me, anything that I can go to the
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police with and get a reprieve,a stay of execution. My lawyers tried
that a hundred times. My casehas been reviewed, nothing doing, And
what you're asking of me is todo what everyone else has failed at.
I guess that's it, you know, Kirby. It's at times like this
I wish I'd never put that boxthirteen head in the paper, meaning there's
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nothing you'll do. No, No, I didn't say that. I'll try,
but thirty four hours is a shorttime. Look, maybe you will
go at this with a fresh slant. Maybe something will hit you that everyone
else has missed. Yeah, maybe, all right, Kirby, it'll take
me two hours to get back tothe city end. If I'm going to
do anything, I'll have to doit fast. Driving back to the city,
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I felt like someone who has totell a kid there's no Santa Claus.
Because I was almost sure that Kirbyhad no chance. What could I
do? The police were no fools. The district attorney must have had an
airtight case against Kirby when he wentto trial. Well, I'd promised to
help, So my first stop inthe city was the Star Times and down
to the Morgue to read up onthe case. It was all there wherever
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Kurby the case for the Star Timeshas done a great job of reporting.
I looked at my watch. Itwas three forty five. Martin Kirby had
two hours and fifteen minutes less thanthe original thirty four. And all I
had done so far was it wasthe stack of a pile of newspapers.
I started from the beginning, butthe story of the murder of Leslie Roberts
itself told me nothing. Then Igot into the transcript of the trial.
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It took me three hours to readeverything carefully, and when I finished,
I could I could have summed upthe whole thing, just as the prosecutor
did. You've heard the testimony inthis case. The state has proved the
following facts. One, Martin Kirbywas desperately in need of money. Two,
the deceased Leslie Roberts was insured forone hundred thousand dollars, his beneficiaries
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being the accused Martin Kirby and anotherpartner, William Morgan. The double indemnity
clause in the insurance policy meant thatboth Kirby and Morgan would receive one hundred
thousand dollars each. Third point,we accused quarreled with a deceased over Missus
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Roberts, wife of the murdered man. Four we have established the murder weapon.
This gun belonged to Martin Kirby throughthe serial numbers were filed off.
But scientific work revealed the numbers andthis gun belonged to Martin Kirby. He's
admitted it, and, thinking toget rid of it, he threw it
into a sewer near Leslie Roberts's home. Now, perhaps mister Kirby believed the
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police of this city to be fools. Far from it. Their work has
established beyond doubt. If Martin Kirbyis a murderer. Oh sure it was
a good case. I stacked thepapers in a pile and left the Star
Times and went down to police headquartersto see Lieutenant Kling. Sit down,
Dan, what's on your mind?Martin Kirby? Oh? Why it's see
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him? He wrote to Box thirteen. He's innocent. There did you kind
of case? No? Inspect theRowling's handle it? Why? But you
know about it? Sure? Isometimes managed to know what's going on.
Well, Cling, you're a gooddetective. You've got brains. I'll buy
him all at milk sometime. Butyou didn't come here to handmade posies.
Do you believe Kirby is guilty?Yes, from the evidence. That's what
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we base our cases on. It'sinherited the judicial and legal system. Now
what do you want from me?A new system? I told you I
saw Kirby cling. He doesn't actlike a guilty man. Oh no,
no, wait a second. Who'sthis? That's a photograph of maryon Obling?
So what am I supposed to do? Look at it? Nice and
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sweet, isn't she I've never mether, but I did, But I
wouldn't melt in my mouth A smileit would soften up the Rock of Gibraltar.
Talks like an angel, but shekilled a kid to get thirty five
cents from him. He look,you've got a soft heart, Dan,
which you've got a tendency to letit run right into your head, maybe
a right cling. But I promised, Kirby, I'd plug away until time
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was I. I like to keeppromises, and that's your business, Dan.
But why did you come to mefor any help you could give me?
Which adds up to a big zeroplaying I read the transcript of the
trial. Kirby was the only suspect. He had motive opportunity, So did
Missus Roberts and William Morgan. Itwas Kirby's gun that put Leslie Roberts in
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the obituaries. Someone else could haveused it, so, as defense lawyer
said, But Kirby couldn't explain howI'd get into that sewer. But Kirby
called the police when he went toRoberts house that night and saw Roberts dead.
Sure, Shure, we get dozensof cases where the killer tries to
police smile. He calls the police, figuring it'll make him look good.
But he had to kill Roberts runoutside and throw the gun under the sewer,
then go back inside and call thepolice. So it's a big chance
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to take in case someone heard theshot and came to investigate. Killers.
Take chances, Dan, Okay,Okay. Now, the paper said there
was a note from Roberts asking Kirbyto come to his house that night.
Yeah, that's why Kirby said hehappened to go to Robert's house that night,
the only night in the week thatMissus Roberts is always out. The
police said Kirby could have typed thatnote, right. The Kirby's defense lawyer
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said, Roberts could have typed it. Look, you type a note to
me asking me to meet you,then what do you do? What do
you mean? What do I do? You write your signature. Nine times
out of ten you don't type it, So that means anyone could have typed
it. I know, I knowto get Kurby to Robert's house. That's
it. So that was all broughtout at the trial. The jewelry saw
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it the way the prosecution summed itup. The Kurby typed that note to
make it seem as though he wasasked to Robert's place, but both missus
Roberts and Morgan also stood the gameby Robert's death. Each gets one hundred
thousand. Look, the case isclosed. Too many things added up against
Kirby. Sometimes things can be addedup wrong figures and facts. You're knocking
your head against a stone wall,so I'll get a headache. That's about
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all. Okay, I'll carry aspenswith me, But say, could I
at that note before? This isa favor? Okay, I'll take care
of it for you, but i'llgive you a six two and even that
Michael Kirby will be executed tomorrow nightat eleven thirty. Well clean got me
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in the note, So I hadit and saw what all it said was
Muddy be at my house tonight atday thirty less. It was typed and
had been left in Kirby's typewriter atthe office. Susie and I studied it.
What do you expect to get outof it, mister Holiday. I
don't know, Susie. Gee,Like you said, anybody could have typed
it. That's right, Kirby denieshe did. Nobody can prove Roberts did
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or didn't not know. Maybe maybegot mister Morgan or missus Roberts did Gee?
What if either one of them didit and they're letting an innocent man
be executed? Oh, it wouldn'tbe a comfortable feeling, Susie. What's
the matter? Did I say something? Yeah? Yeah, yeah? Maybe
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you did, Susie, Maybe youdid? What conscience? Who's Missus robertson
Morgan's You mean both of them?Kill mister Roberts. Give me that phone
book? Here it is, thanksRoberts Roberts, Leslie Roberts. What are
you going to do, mister Hollidayby a little poker? You're gonna play
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cards at a time like this?Not quite just a bluff. I'm holding
a pair of deuces. I don'tget it. Hello, is this missus
Leslie Roberts? Yes, never mind, just listen. Tomorrow out at eleven
thirty, just twenty four hours fromnow, Martin Kirby will be executed for
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the murder of your husband. Whoare you? What do you want?
Does your conscience bother you? MissusRoberts? What do you mean by that?
Don't you know? Missus Roberts issome kind of a stupid hardly they're
not joking at the State penitentially,missus Roberts. Yes, I know something
that can make you uncomfortable, butI'm willing to talk about it. I
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don't know what you mean. You'reeither insane or completely without feeling. If
you're interested, meet me at thecorner of Carpenter and Pastel Place at midnight.
Why should I do that? That'sfor you to think about, But
I think you know already. Ilisten carefully. I'll be wearing a light
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tan top coat, brown felt hat. I'll carry a leather briefcase. Goodbye,
mister Holiday. What was that for? I told you all I've got
is a pair of deuces. NowI'll make the same call the Morgan,
but first one to Cling. I'mcertainly be wounded. Don't you ever change?
You're wonderful? As is? Whatdid I do? Never at all,
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Susie. After I make this callto Cling and one to Morgan,
I'll either have something to help MartinKirby or a what or a wonderful notice
in the obituary column of the StarTimes. And now back to hunting Pett
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another Box thirteen adventure with Alan Laddas Dan Holiday. I made the same
phone called the William Morgan that Imade the missus Roberts, but I tipped
Cling to something before I did.At midnight, I was the corner of
Carpenter and Pastel Place, waiting,sure it's a bluff, and I figured
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all was fair in this game.Ten minutes went by, no one showed
up. Then a light blub Yeahsure, hm, thanks, it's all
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right. So wonder they wouldn't putstreet lights here? Guy could get lost
easy, Yeah I could. Yeah, okay, thanks for the light.
You're welcome, okay, jack thewild, good night. Maybe I played
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the wrong cards, maybe no onewould show up. It was twenty minutes
past midnight. I stepped out ofthe shadows where I've been standing. I
thought pretty silly, and I knewwhat Cling would say. I was twenty
feet away from the corner, walkingslowly, looking up and down the street.
There's no one in sight. Lightsin the windows of the houses went
out slowly, one by one.I was studying, feet away from the
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corner when right here, quing youget it, yeah, yeah, on
the arm, say listen it doespeople back paper now houses talks to take
a couple of poison star in thisneighborhood, crying the person will fire that
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shot, whoever it was the onewho should die in Martin Kirby's place.
You're an idiot. You set yourselfup like a clay pigeon house bad hout,
that's the armor. It's not sodeep as well or white as a
church star. But we'll do it. How do you like this guy?
He gets winged and quote Shakespeare.Okay, let's get you out of here.
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Feel better? Yeah? Thanks,right, for we've fired the shot.
I don't know, no luck,whoever it was was in one of
the buildings, and running somebody toground in that neighborhood takes a squad of
men. Yeah, it's afraid ofthat. Okay, so what have they
got now? The bullet three orMorgan is the real murder of Leslie Roberts.
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Boy, this is Roberts reported myphone call to you, didn't she
That's right that Morgan didn't. Iknow that? So he was afraid it
was a blackmailer who knew he killedRoberts. He would have reported my call
to you if you had nothing tobe afraid of. Sure, sure looks
good in your head, but whatproof have you got that Morgan fired that
shot tonight? None? But onthe strength that I can't you get a
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stad of execution for Martin Kirby?How I called up and say you good
shot? You think it was Morgan? Morgan denies it. No, no,
no, no, soap Dan.To get a stay for Kirby,
you need positive evidence. And thiswhole of my arm doesn't come only as
a strike against you. And you'relucky at that. What do I have
to do? If you could proveMorgan fired that shot, you'd have something.
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But what you'd have is that hefired at you, not that he
chilled Roberts say so, swear outof warrant. We'll bring him in.
No, no, no, no, don't do that. Let me ask
one more question. What do youthink of the whole thing? Though?
Well, I come on, come, what do you think? I think
you've got something? But the policehaven't. That's a fat of that,
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all right, cling and he objections. If I keep going none for me,
I shall have to do it alone. As far as the department's concerned
that Robert's case is closed, I'dnever get permission to work on it day,
not even on your own time.That's different. Okay, keep in
touch, yeah I will. Meanwhile, you'll keep alive well, there wasn't
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anything more I could do. Thatnight, I took my punctured arm and
myself home and got some sleep,not much, though, because I knew
I was right, clingt was right. Only two people knew I'd be at
Carpenter and Pastel at midnight, Morganand Missus Roberts. Missus Roberts had called
the police to report my call.Morgan hadn't all Morgan had to do now,
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I was to lay low until Kirbywas executed. But he had been
worried enough to take a shot atme. Then I thought of something else.
The next morning in my office toHoliday, Oh, good morning,
Susie. Your arm it kind ofsling becoming, isn't it? What happened?
It was shot? Oh? Whoshot you? William Morgan? I'm
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sure never mind that. Now Iwant you to help me. What's showing
it? To Holiday? But Iwon't get shot, will I? He
said? I'm the type rutter Allright? Now, Look, I've typed
out a bunch of slips with Nowis the time for all good men to
come to the aid of their partywith one arm. Good enough, Now
you do the same, Go ahead. I don't understand. I'll explain why
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you're typed. Go ahead, Hey, the note left for Martin Kirby was
typed. What I'm trying to dois to find out if the style of
typing can be definite enough to pinon one person. You mean I tied
differently from you? I use hunting. Can you use the touch system?
Oh? You say missus Roberts usedto be a secretary. She'd use the
touch system of typing. Martin Kirbycould type. So I'm so good will
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you Morgan? Then what good willallas? Do you? I don't know.
I don't know. Okay, Susie, that's enough. Now mix up
the slips and pick one at random. Then you tell me who typed it?
All right, I type that one. How do you know it's smoother
than yours? That's the only wayyou can tell. And if I type
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touch system, it'd be pretty toughto tell us slips upon Oh sure,
all touch system. It's smooth looking. The letters are well, they're all
about the same blackness. I don'tcare. It's another lead shot. Gee,
I'm sorry, mister Holliday. Lookat that clock. Ten minutes past
twelve, less than twelve hours leftfor Kirby. Susie, I'm as sure
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as I can be that Morgan's guilty. But he shot me last night.
Then what are the police arrestings?It's dangerous for a man I got to
be loosed. Yes, I thinkyou're right, But Susie, remember what
you said about conscience. Well,look, if Morgan was sure of himself,
he wouldn't have tried that stunt lastnight. All right, because he
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did, it means that a littlemore work on him might make him break.
Huh. You're not going to lethim shoot at you again? Oh
not if I can help it.But I am going to see him.
You will be careful, won't you, mister Holiday, Susie, I have
only one life to give my work, But it so happens, I like
it took the rest of the day, but I learned all I could about
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mister William Morgan, and I wasn'tone thing that pointed at him as a
killer. But I was sure he'dkilled Robertson frame Kirby. He knew Kirby
and Robertson quarreled. He could havetaken Kirby's gun from Kirby's desk at the
office. He could have typed thenote leading Kirby to Robert's house, and
among other things, he had beena demonstrator for a typefier concern. How
did that happen? Answer? Notat all, because missus Roberts and Kerry
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both type touch system that I foundout when I read the report of the
trial. Okay, I had oneangle left. Work on Morgan, work
on him hard enough to crack himwide open if it could be done.
So that night, two hours beforemarkin Kirby was to die, I buzzed
at Morgan's house. Yes, whatis it, mister William Morgan? Yes?
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Who are you? I'm a writer. I have nothing to say.
Excuse me, get your foot awayjust a minute. Did you receive a
phone call last night? Come in? Thank you? What about a phone
call? Did you have one lastnight? I don't know what you're talking
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about, but you left me inwhen I mentioned it. Sit down,
okay you you hurt your arm?Yes, it got in the way.
You mentioned a phone call? Yes, I didn't cigarette. No, thanks,
That ashtray is awfully Foh you musthave been smoking a lot, so
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what nervous mister Morgan? Now lookhere, I've had enough for this.
What do you want? And whoare you My name's Holiday. I called
you last night. It was agruesome joke, Holiday, one I didn't
appreciate at all. I wasn't tryingto amuse you, Morgan. Why did
you make that call? Before Ianswer that? Take a look at your
clock? Well, what about it? In one hour and fifteen minutes,
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Martin Kirby will be executed for amurder he didn't commit. Why don't you
say what you've come to say?Because I'm waiting for you to say something.
You mean you'd like me to saysomething that would Oh? No,
Why didn't you tell a police aboutthat call night? Yes, so the
police know that you made that call? Yes? I Oh that was very
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bright of you, mister Holiday.No blackmailer would have told the police he
made that call. If you knewanything and we're planning to trap me,
you'd have kept it to yourself,right, Morgan grinned at me. You
knew I'd walked right into it.His nervousness seemed to just ooze away.
He lighted another cigarette and kept grinningat me through the smoke. Then don't
you think you'd better leave now?Holiday? Morgan? There was a note
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typewritten you typed it did I.Yes, maybe you don't know this,
but that note can put you inKirby's place. Yes, how well,
there's a way of telling who typeda note. Every typist is a different
touch, and when in large,the touch of one typist will show up
differently from another's. Kirby's defense lawyermissed that bed, But I didn't you
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talk a great deal too much?Holiday? But it's interesting conversation. I
don't believe what you said. No, here's the note. The police led
it to me, and that's allholiday stay sitting. You really wanted that
note, didn't you? And I'vegot it. And that gun in your
hand it's the same one you shotme with last night. This time it
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won't be in the arm. No, I suppose not. Look, Holiday,
it's almost ten. In about onehour and a half, Kirby will
be executed. Now you settle downand wait until eleven thirty. What do
you mean two birds with one stone, Kirby and you at eleven thirty even
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twenty five Holiday, You and Kirbyhave five minutes. You won't get away
with the morning. Why not?If I kill you in my apartment,
it'll be legal. Look, that'sset for can't you guess papers scattered around
drawers? Ranch, It's simple.I came in surprised to rifling my apartment
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and shot you sing with that gun? Why not? You know? I
almost wish you would, Morgan,because ballistics has the bullet taken from my
arm, and if it matches theone that kills me tonight? You figured?
Are you mentling? Food'll be sorry, good work time with one arm?
Soon you better stay where you are, Morgan Clang, Hey, Hey,
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Cling the phone the penitentiary. Oh, I took care of that an
hour ago. You did what?Sure? I heard the whole thing from
outside the window. But but yousaid the case was closed. You couldn't
work on it. I've got newsfor you, Danny boy, I'm off
duty. Heartach. You've said nobodycould tell a difference between typer that he
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did, Susie and a bluff aboutthe bullet. Well, any bluff in
a poker game. Cling. Oh, by the way, let me ask
you one question. Yeah, whatwhy did you hold off until the last
minute? Oh? Why had time? Morden Wooden dead kill laughter. Kurby
was executed at eleven thirty. SoI looked at my watch and I figured
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I had time to get the headquarters, pull strings to stop the execution and
get back to you. Get itclean. What's Susie? Look at your
watch? It stopped. Oh that'sI think it does that every listen a
while, just shake it into ohholy catch, Oh no, good night,
Susie. Next week, same time. Through the courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
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Alan Ladd stars as Dan Holiday andWatch thirteen. Watch thirteen is directed
by Richard Sandville, with an originalstory by Robert M. White adapted radio
by Russell Hughes. Original music iscomposed and conducted by Rudy Schrager. Part
of Susie is played by Sylvia Peckerand that of Lieutenant Kling by Edmund McDonald.
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Production is supervised by Verne Carstenson.Wat's thirteen is a Mainfair production from
Hollywood. Watch for Alan Ladd inhis latest Paramount picture, Welcome Back.
This was one of the more interestingepisodes, not so much for the mystery
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or the action, but just forthe character interactions. The show really portrays
a growth in the relationship between Danand Lieutenant Kling that's pretty marked from when
the series began. I also thoughtthat Susie came off better in this episode
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than she has in any other showin the series in terms of really contributing
to the plot. So this wasa nice change up here. All right,
Well, we have got a fewcomments here. First one comes from
the iTunes app review, who writes, thanks to ever created this. If
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you like a good mystery, itdoesn't get any better, and just really
nice support of comments from podcast Alley. I've been listening to the Great Detectives
of Old Time Radio for a fewmonths. It's a great podcast. Love
the show, Adam and all youdo. Been listening about six months and
I think that this is the best. Well, thanks so much, and
I appreciate your comments and encourage peopleto vote on podcast Alley, whether they
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leave a comment or not at podcastAlley dot Great Detectives dot net. Well,
we're gonna wrap up the show.Any comments email them to box thirteen
at Great Detectives dot net and youcan always call the show leave a voicemail.
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