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A strange old man delivers Archie and Wolfe a letter requesting immediate help. Archie heads to the home, only to be told that no detective is needed.
Original Air Date: March 30, 1951
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A strange old man delivers Archie and Wolfe a letter requesting immediate help. Archie heads to the home, only to be told that no detective is needed.
Original Air Date: March 30, 1951
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We're gonna get into today's episode ofNero wolf the case of the Telltale
Ribbon. Ladies and gentlemen, theringing of that phonebell brings you a mystery
adventure Narro Wolfe's office. Actually Goodwinspeaking what who? Who is this?
Who wants to speak to mister wolfNobody? Nobody. I said that hand
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is laid in its two cold andeven if it went, it would not
concer for one moment moving from hisroom. Please, mister wolf I can't
hear a thing this old gentleman saying. Does it matter you heard when I
said no? Now? What didyou say? You were late? Because
she was killed? Who was killed? I can't hear you? What is
it about? Age? He says? He was due here an hour ago,
but she was killed? Who wasscared? What does he want?
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Do you want us to solve thecrime? I say? Do you want
us to find out who killed her? Oh? He says he knows who
did it, but he has animportant message for you. Well, then
come right off. We'll be waiting, mister Jenkins. Do you wait?
You insist on taking every singny littlecase, because boss, we need to
recover from March fifteen, Ladies andgentlemen. That's that renowned genius who is
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the bulkiest, bulkiest, most ponderousand most brilliant detective in the world.
Yes, none other than that terriblemass of unpredictable intellect Nero Wolf, created
by a reck Stout and brought toyou in a new series of Adventures of
this NBC Network in the person ofmister Sidney green Street. This case I
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like to refer to as the caseof the Telltale Ribbon. Perhaps a better
title would be Wolf goes a huntingfor in Away. This was one of
those unusual instances in which my boss, of his own free will and without
any coercion, actually decided to leavethe house and go to the scene of
the crime. It started when thestrange old gentleman who phoned us finally arrived.
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Well, there's our client, misterWolf Evening. It's me. Who's
me? I just phoned you.I'm Jenkins. I got a dispatch for
near a wolf. Oh you're Jenkins. Well come in, come in,
mister Wolf. This is mister Jenkins, says he has a dispatch for it.
Yep, yeah, are you Wolf? I am? Where is the
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dispatch from? Don't know? Youdon't know how come? Oh? I
know, but I'm supposed to say. I don't see that's my job.
What is just to say? Ido whole about the manner? Yeah?
Who was killed? Oh my goodness. It was a terrible thing. And
we were just crossing the turnpike andthis fellow come at us out of nowhere.
The killer, Yeah, must havebeen drunk. I guess how did
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it happen? Did he shoot herand stabbing? Oh no, no,
he ran into her with his carand she was only nine years old,
your granddaughter. No, it wasBessie. But the police got him.
I have to appear. I guessprobably get ninety days he will. The
murder murder was somebody murdered. Imust have missed something. Look we're talking
about Bessie, and what do youwant us to do about it? Nothing?
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Bessy's my old horse. Oh no, but say, who was it
that was murdering? Nobody yet?Good night, mister Jenkins. I thought
you said it was important. Itmight be at least that's the way I
was told. What this year letter? Right, let's bring it to a
year. This is dispatch. Wellman got to get along now, goodbye?
Whoa get him a pixie? Whatis in the envelope? Mister Wolf
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look five one hundred dollar bills,and the note says, mister Wolf,
your services are desperately needed. Comeup this weekend as my guest, signed
E. Mulotte Malotte, the wealthyman of Adrian. Well, let's as
though you're going out this weekend.We our GP MAYORSPIX to mister Malotte,
and I hope you enjoy you theweekend. Good night. Something certainly phony
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about this. There's no party goingon here tonight? Yes? What is
it? Is? This Mulotte place? It is? What do you want?
My name's good One. I'm aguest of mister Mulatts. I guess
yes, he invited me down forthe weekend. Weekend. Oh, will
you better step in please, misterGoodwin. Quite a bolt you've got on
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that, Yes, isn't it tosit down there? Please? I'll get
mister Mulott. He's in the library. Oh here he is, is mister
Goodwin, Sir says he's come downfor the weekend. Mister Goodwin, good
evening. You've come for the weekend. You're saying, yes, wasn't that
the idea of mister Mulotte. Idon't understand. Mister Goodwin didn't you send
me this note asking me to comehere. Note I did not. Well,
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well, this is my personal note, stationary, but I don't recall
sending this. I didn't even typeit. And I'm in the habit of
signing my name with a pen,not with a typewriter. He Mlott.
You're certainly Edward Mulott. Yes,services are desperately needed. What does this
mean? What services? Who areyou? Mister Goodwin? Are you serious?
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I'm a private investigator. I'm NarrowWolfe's assistant. Oh indeed, near
oh fairy, I know of him, yes, indeed? And you really
don't know anything about this note?I do not. Are you having a
weekend party here? I most certainlyam not. Then who sent this?
And there were five one hundred dollarbills as a retainer? I haven't the
slightest idea or Dorothy? Yeah,where you step in here? Please?
Miss Davis is my private secretary.She may know something about this. Dorothy,
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Dorothy, This is mister Goodwin.How do you do, mister Goodwin?
Well? Why how do you do? Miss Davis? Yes? Yes,
well, mister Goodwin is assistant toNero Wolf. You don't say Nero
Wolf the detective. Well, I'veheard a great deal about him. Who
about you, too, mister Goodwin. Well, now I'm mighty glad to
hear you say that. Mister misterGoodwin has a note here? Is anything
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wrong, Edward? I heard voices? Oh do we have company? Nothing
is wrong either? I was callingDorothy, that's all. Oh, this
is mister Goodwin. Either my wife, mister Goodwin. How do you do
missus Milan? Mister Goodwin? Iyes, oh, how do you do?
Now? As I was about tosay, Dorothy, mister Goodwin,
what's going on? Mister Goodwin?Now this is my son Mary? What's
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wrong? Mister Goodwin has been invitedhere for the weekend. He has an
invitation supposedly written by me, atleast it's on my stationary. Look at
this, Dorothy, know anything aboutthis note? No? I certainly didn't
write it. But it's my personalnotepaper, and my signature is typewritten.
I'd never do that. Well,somebody said it, who's Jenkins? Jenkins?
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Never heard of him? A littledried up old man. He delivered
it to us. Maybe it didn'teven come from this house. I am
positive that it didn't. Never heardof Jenkins. You have a typewriter here,
of course. Yes, I'd liketo see it, certainly, mister
Goodwin in the library. How farhave you come, mister Goodwin from New
York Manhattan? Oh, and it'ssuch a dreadful night too, yes,
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yes, and it is rather latelate, it's only seven thirty. Why
not stay here for the night?Plenty of room, yes, mister Goodwin,
plenty of room. Well, Idon't really think that's necessary. On
the other hand, it would bea tough drive back to the city in
this storm. I'll accept your hospitality, mister Malot. Very good. Oh
word, Jeffrees, show mister Goodwinto the east wing and take care of
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his car. Yes, good night, mister Goodwin. You mean you're all
going to retire now? I haven'teven had my dinner. We retire very
early here, but Jeffreys will prepareanything you want. Good night? Oh
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dear? Who move that? Hellowolf speaking Archie boss. Well, I'm
here Mlott's place, but there ain'tno party. Are you in the right
hair? I'm afraid i am.They've all gone to bed. Weird Bunge
his wife who looks very sickly andI think wants to say something to me
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alone and Larry the Sun and MilotsSecretary Dorothy Day. She has me bothered
a bit. How unusual, especiallyif she's pretty the beauty, but she
seems to know all about me.Hmm, you're a bay. Come home
right here. I can see herin no condition to handle this case properly.
Give them the money bag. Oh, I forgot to tell you.
They don't want me here. Mulattdidn't send the note. No one here
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knows anything about it, so wecan keep the dough interesting. Indeed,
the circumstances with indicate that you shouldstay there and wait for it to happen.
What to happen or whatever it is. The fates have conspired to have
happened there while you're shining. Littleego is in the midst of it.
All right, it's actually good whenmissus Mulatt come in, Come in.
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Please. I saw you give methe eye when I was about to leave.
I've been waiting till I felt surethey were all asleep. What's up?
I wrote to that note I sentfor you? How do I know
that? Oh Man Jenkins is ascissor a knife sharpener who happens along every
month or so. They wouldn't knowhim I put five one hundred dollar bills
in the envelope. Okay, whymy life is in danger? I've been
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threatened. I received three notes throughthe mail. They were all postmarked in
New York City? Did I seethem? Here? They are? The
first one reads, there is nolove for you in Great Gables? The
second, why I stay on inthe face of death? The third the
time is shorter than you think.Do you think this is a well an
inside job? At first I didn't, but lately I've come to think it
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is. I've caused you to thinkthat. For some time, I've been
having severe spells. I thought itwas indigestion, but then it occurred to
me that I always broke out incold perspiration. I was left horribly weakened,
terribly thirsty, thirsty. You fearbeing poisoned? Yes, And since
the thought came to me, I'vebeen living in fear of every bite of
food or drink. I'd so shatteredmy nerves that I have to take these
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yellow sleeping capsules to even close myeyes. Well as your husband and the
secretary and your son Larry, Larryis my stepson. Which one do you
suspect the secretary of Dorothy or myhusband are both? What's the motive?
They're in love? She's been hereover two years and they've spent most of
their time together. The idea neveroccurred to me till last week, and
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when I watched them it was quiteobvious. Anybody else know about these three
notes? Oh no, and I'llkeep them for a while. Can I
missus? Malif? And don't worry? What are you doing, mister Goodwin
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snooping around at father's library? Well, Larry, I was just trying to
find out if this Remington was themachine you used to type those notes?
What notes? They're not? Yousent your stepmother? Why I don't know
anything about any notes? Why wereyou so startled? I'm not startled.
I just well, why would Ithreaten her? So you do know about
them? I didn't mention the contentsof the notes. I just happened to
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see them on the table in hersitting room. You don't care too much
about your stepmother, do you?Oh? She's all right. You don't
care too much about Dorothy either,do you? I certainly don't. Why
not? Well? I don't likeher tactics making a fool out of my
father. If anybody here sent thosenotes. She didn't you think Dorothy would
have a motive? I certainly do. Of course you wouldn't have a motive,
would you. No, I'm inclinedto think you would. Just what
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motive would I have? You don'tseem to like any woman who's too close
to your father, maybe because you'dresent anyone sharing in the estate if your
father died. If I were you, mister Goodwin, I'd leave tonight and
the sooner the better. Good night, Erggie, old family boy. Yes,
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Aggie, you have wrong number.This is Sherlock Holmes speaking. Why
didn't you do it? Abad Likethe others? You don't have to push
it. It will happen. EvenMulott thinks she's being slowly poisoned, suspects
her husband and his secretary. Hecould be right. What are the symptoms
you? Sevens? Gastric disturbances,weakness, thirst, What about the sen
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in any ideas? He doesn't likehis stepmother, and it decidedly against his
father's secretary, Dorothy. He knewall about the notes missus Mulotte received,
saw them on her dressing table.He believes Dorothy's the culprit in He should
see the data. He should bethe nixt on your list. You can
say that again you care, butdo you use your head? This name?
Incidentally, Larry advised me to leavethe place tonight of a threat.
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It was too What shall I do, mister Anthony nephew treble will come to
you? Right? Oh? Ilove that, mister Mulotta. I but
you turned in for the night.It's quite obvious you thought so much good.
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What are you doing in the library? I just looking for something to
read. You'll find the books allaround the walls, not on my desk,
while I was looking for a particularkind of book. I'm very much
interested in poisons. Poison, yeah, hobby of mine. You happen to
have any books on toxicology? Ido not? And what's that book on
the fourth shelf right beside you?Oh, toxic? Where did that come
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from? Never saw it before?Perhaps it was in that assorted collection I
bought a couple of weeks ago.I hadn't noticed it. Larry probably put
them on the show. Mister mA. Lott, how long have you
known Dorothy your secretary? A littleover two years? It had ever occurred
to you that she might be wellinfatuated in love with you? What well
of all that? Now? Seehere, I don't know what you're up
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to when I don't know how yougot hold of my stationary to write that
fake note. This isn't a fakenote, m a lot. I'm only
trying to find out what's back ofit. It's a good Win. There
is nothing going on here that requiresthe services of a detective. And Dorothy
is not in love with me.I didn't say she was. I asked
you if you thought she might be. Conversation seems to concern me. I
suppose I am at liberty to comein. Oh you're still up to miss
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Davids. Did you hear what thisman said, Dorothy? Yes, I
did, mister Lott, And I'dlike to have a few words alone with
mister Goodwin, if you don't mind, mister Goodwin, would you mind coming
with me for a few minutes.No, not at all. And it's
rather late, mister m Lot.Don't you think you should retire? It's
a heavy day tomorrow. Roll Yes, yes, I suppose, I assured.
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And please don't let this upset you. Mister Goodwin has been misinformed.
I'll straighten him out. Come on, mister Goodwin. The bar is right
across the hall. I'll fix youa nice soothing drink. That'll be nice.
Well, now, what would youlike, mister Goodwin the way of
drinks? Oh else, I'm sevenup. Really, I'll just sit down
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over there. Okay, what doyou want to talk about? Well?
Where did you get the idea thatI was in love with mister Mulatty.
First, suppose you tell me ifyou are in love with him? Yes,
I am, But until a fewminutes ago, he wasn't even aware
of it. I worshiped and hiswork. I never wanted him to know
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because he's married. It would havecaused trouble and I'd have had to leave
here. And now he knows it'strue. Well, now that he knows,
what will happen. I'm going toleave tonight, now, I say,
And since I don't own a commistergood when, I'm going to ask
you to do me a very greatfavor, would you run me into New
York? I want to leave withouta word. If I wait till morning,
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I'll have to explain to mister Mulatton. Well that would be most embarrassing.
Archie. Oh now it's Archie,you don't really mind you? No,
No, I guess I don't.I should maybe, But don't you
like your drink? What'd you putin this drink? What do you mean?
What'd open with Archie? Why wouldI do that? I'd be several
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reasons. There's nothing in that drink. No, and suppose you're drinking?
Why hear it to me? I'llthrow it out. Do you want another
drink? Fix at yourself. I'llhave my things ready in five minutes.
Are you going to take me?Sure? Certainly I'm going to take it.
What are you sure you have togo to night? I must go
to night. No, I wishI know why the wolf's always so right?
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We just talking to myself, Jeffrey, come up stairs. What's happened,
Paul, Doctor Hawser? Something terriblehas happened to even well, doctor
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Hausing. Oh poor missus. Mlott. No, there's nothing to be done.
Now, it's all over, ebeb you'd better lie down, mister
Milott. I'll phone and take careof everything. I'll be here if you
need me. I have to makeout the certificate. Yes, come along,
mister Mula just a minute, you'retoo Larry. I don't want to
make this anymore unpleasant for you.But doctor just What are you going to
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put on the certificate? Is thecause of death? Acute gastritis? Is
that what you've been treating up for? Well, she's had several attacks lately.
I'd wandered to be cautious of herdiet, and that was wise advice
too. Did you know about theseattacks, mister Mulatt, Yes, I
did, and you Dorothy, Yes, I knew, and you knew also,
Larry, No, I knew shehadn't been feeling well. How long
had missus Mulatt been suffering from insomnia? Oh? Year? At least?
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I prescribed never at all yellow capsule. Of course I wrote a prescription ever
so often, calling for twelve capsule. You all knew about that, of
course I thought so. And wouldthis be the prescription? This little box
of capsules here on? Well,what's the madam? Mister Goodman? That
box was open on this night's thenwhen we stepped into this room. All
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right, let's have the box.Mister Mulatt, thank you pick it up.
Because I didn't want the stigma ofsuicide on Eva's name her mind.
Sure side, Yes, Eva hadthis prescription filled yesterday morning. The doses
won at dead time. Twelve capsulesshe took one last night. I glanced
at the open box when I cameinto the room, and there were only
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eight capsules left. I knew instantlywhat had happened. She'd taken an overdose.
Doctor, do you think three capsuleswould be sufficient to cause her death?
I doubt it very much, sodo I. Missus Mulott didn't die
from an overdose of sleeping capsule.She was poisoned. Poisoned. Are you
crazy? By whom? By youor Dorothy Alaric? No, I didn't
do it. I didn't write thosenotes. What note? Missus Mulatt had
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received three notes threatening her life ifshe didn't leave this house. Each of
you had a motive. So I'msending this body to the car and up
for an immediate audipse. I won'tpermit it. A police will see to
it. You have no choice.Yes, Anty what now you know who
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did it? How do you knowanything's happened? They just called it extrasensory
perception. Well, Missus Mulott wasright, She's dead. The doctor knew
nothing about the spell she was having. Is being caused by anything but indigestion?
How better? In autosy, it'sall in the works looks like a
metallic poison, all the symptoms.Oh did you search the house carefully for
sex your poison? I did.I'll check the drug stores in the morning.
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Somebody in that house, I'll petyou some poison. Let me know
when the autopsy report is in,right, that's see now. Yeah,
mister Minott, Dorothy Davis and Nearythe son. He's mister Mulatt son,
but not the child of even Mulott. Remember, yes, is it true
that Doroth he's in love with Milott? Yeah, Dorothy admitted it to me,
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but claim Mulott wasn't aware of ituntil the night and earlier this evening,
Dorothy tried her best to get meout of the house, insisted that
I drive her into town. Shetried to give me a drink which I
think might have contained knockout drops.You don't see a gie? How should
have Fritz to drive me after theMillot praise it wins a gee? Are
you there? No? Boss?I just plained, and that mister wolf
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is most of the story up tonow interesting, is indeed, but it
isn't true. I did not putanything in this the Goodwin's drink. When
did you ask him to take youinto town. Yes, and I might
have been found in the ditch.It's ridiculous. Why did you try to
get mister Goodwin to take you totown? Because I felt it would be
too embarrassed. Thinks we're a manuntil morning. Maybe you'd already given mother
the big dose of poison and wantedgood One out before it was discovery.
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You say it a minute, nah, mister Milat, you came that you
knew nothing about Dorothy being in neverview. Should we believe that? You
can believe it or not? Dorothyhad a motive to get rid of missus
Milat. It seems that mister Millardhad went too, and so did Larry.
What you admitted to me that youdidn't like your stepmother and that you
disliked Dorothy even more. I didn'tsay that. You said Dorothy was making
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a fool of your father. Youresented the possibility of any woman sharing in
the estate. You knew about thesleeping capsules, and you could have put
poison in seminem. You could havewritten those ripe notes, and by getting
rid of your step mother and praisingthe blame on Dorothy, you'd be getting
rid of them both. I didn'tI did not write those notes. You
were the only one who knew aboutthem. I was not the only one.
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I saw Dorothy coming out of mother'sroom. It was this afternoon.
Mother was out taking his son back. Dorothy did it. She's the one
I thank You're the one. No, no, Dorothy wrote those That's a
lie. Oh she probably slipped ina mother's room and wrote those notes on
mother's portable. What he gives aminute? You come here? I never
heard of sexual I didn't do it. You can't send me to jail.
I'll kill you first. Sorry aboutthat car. Don't come near me.
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Any of you are such a fool. Larry give me that gun. I'll
shoot, I'll shooke. Come onnow, you better quiet. Don kid
or. Inspector Crame will take careof you when he arrives. Well,
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mister Wolf, what goes on here? Where's Goodwin? Hey sent him upstairs?
Inspector Greemer upstairs to missus Milock's roomto chicken something I hear he is?
Yeah, what have you been doing? Goodwin? This inspector is the
Piesta resistance. This is what misterWolf has been waiting for. This little
black box contains a typewriter, aportable, noiseless Remington, missus melass typewriter.
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What I didn't even know she hada typewriter, Larry, he knews
Ye, headmen, and this isundoubtedly the very typewriter. The threat notes
were written on all three of them. You were right, boss, Oh,
I knew she had a typewriter,but I didn't write those notes.
Shut up, Archie. How doyou know the notes were written on this
typewriter. I've compared the type andthe ribbon. They're both the same.
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These notes were written on this Remington. It was Dorothy, Larry, I
don't believe a word you've been saying. Dorothy couldn't possibly be guilty of such
a thing. Anyone is guilty.You yourself certainly have all the earmarks.
Everybody's against me, even my ownfather. But I'm innocent, I tell
you, Let me get it.I think I know who it is.
Hello, Yeah, just a second, you better take it? Boss?
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Whoaf Oh, yes, go ahead, let's have it. Yes he's yeah,
but he won't mind. Yes,amazing, you just finished? Oh
goodead? Right, all right?Was it? The coroner? The coroner,
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the party and the poison is foundin the sleeping capsules and the body.
Did they find poison? He did? You're right again, Boss,
I'm going after missus Minot's room fora while. I want you to come
along with me. Ain't anything yet, Ergie, Mostly bills and invitations to
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bridge parties and so on. Youfind something, Boss, Yes? And
no? This pocket book, detectivestudy? What about it? I'm just
flipping through the pages and I findthis corner came down? Well what is
it? Look and read? Whystay on in the face of the dead?
Interesting the very words used in oneof the notes. Give me the
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book. Of course, this doesn'tprove a thing, e eh, but
he does confirm what I was.Oh what now? This sens it?
Get the one up here? Archietelled Cream out to bring them over to
the bedroom. I wished, Wolf, what now? As you all know,
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missus Minot was poisoned. I hadsomeone who had an opportunity to put
it in the sleeping capsules, someonein this household. Yeah, but which
one? The king? I neverput any poison in my life, the
quiet will you? No? Inspectingit wasn't there? And I suppose you
think I put the rest of thatrat poison in your drink, mister Goodwin.
No, doubt of me. Itwasn't you, But how did you
know the rat poison? I didn't. I just guessed. I can think
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too. Then, if it wasn'tDorothy or Larry, you you must mean
me. No, mister larn Nowwait a minute, it had to be
somebody. Yes, this is goingto be painful for you, mister Milott
or you you mean that Missus Mulottedid commit suicide. It is more than
serious side. He was serious sidewith an attempt to have both you and
Daughterthy convicted of matter. She plantedthings she did. I can't believe it.
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Sharing the party book, mistery,here's the proof. Some of the
threat nerds are lifted bodily from thisnovel. They were on the back cover.
Isn't that missus Millar's handwriting. Yes? And this is the other note,
the one to you, mister Wolf, composed in pencil before she typed
it out on her machine. ThenWolf, the note you received was the
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same typing as the threat notes.Cep your servings, big man. Then
why the dickens didn't not you comparethem right away? There's one of those
things, Inspector. There are timeswhen even a good detective is there a
bit on the servy's delt side.You'll you find it off to inspect that
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nice of you to go all theway out there, boss, I was
a bit stuck quit all right,aren't. Yeah? It's something that still
bothers me. So how can sucha sweet motherly type as missus Mullott cook
ups its gruesome ideas? She wasa very sick woman mentally as well as
physically. She probably felt she wasgoing to die and her warped minds.
He's on the opportunity to make surethat this Dorothy didn't get her man after
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she was dead. And speaking ofDorothy, she's a mighty pretty Yeah,
some beer breed, arechi? Ifyou were so certain that Dorothy wasn't guilty,
what is the idea of spending somuch time questioning? Huh huh?
Why I I? I never mind? The raised eyebrow Department answered the question,
Well, there are certain rules agood detective always follows. Some are
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in the book, others aren't youmean there's nothing in the book which is
a good detective shouldn't spend a fewminutes with an attractive brunette even though she
is a murder suspect. The authorof that book can be none other than
the incomparable Archie Goodwin. Good Night, Argie. Ah. You have been
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listening to the New Adventures of NeroWolf starring Sydney green Street. The Lights
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Transcribe story by John Edison was basedon the characters created by Rex. This
is an Edwin Fataman production produced anddirected by j Donald Wilson. In the
cast where Harry Bartell as Archie Goodwinand Jean Bates, Irene Winston, Ted
Von Eltse, Jerry Hausner, VicRodman, and Bill Johnstone. Next week,
at this same time, Nero Wolfand Archie will bring you the case
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of the Shot in the Dark.Don Stanley speaking three chimes mean good Times.
On NBC, There's music in theAir Tomorrow evening, Music and fun
brought to you by Dennis Day,Judy Canova and Grand Old Aprey. Charming
and boyish, Dennis gets himself tangledin another bewildering situation, while Judy Canova
gets together with her comedy pals forsome Mountain style goings on, and Saturday
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also means a killocycle trip to Nashvillefor Grand Old Ofrey. Friday's fun includes
Sam Spade and of course the MagnificentMontague on NBC Welcome Back. Well,
I have to admit that I didkind of crack up at the Sherlock Holmes
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reference. Obviously because of Harry Bartel'shistory on that particular program, it was
kind of interesting to hear him referencingit on neuro Wolf. Of course,
this was another case of Wolf leavingthe house, but I won't go into
that too much. And also thesecond time this season that the solution to
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the case has been that the supposedmurder victim had actually committed suicide, and
all of the other actors did agood job of portraying themselves as a pretty
suspicious character. So it was afun episode, even if it probably didn't
require the great intellective neuro Wolf tosolve it. Well, speaking of that,
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we turned to listener comments and wehave two comments so far in favor
of Nero Wolf as a favorite show, and of course Wolf one, and
we're listening to it as a resultof your votes on podcast Alley, I
do have to mention all we areactually nearing the end of Nero Wolf.
After a day, we have onlythree more episodes of Nero Wolf. However,
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role of Richard Rogue. So Rogue'sGallery is coming in four weeks. Be
sure to listen for that. Butthat'll do it for now. We'll be
back next Tuesday with another episode ofNero Wolf. Join us tomorrow for Let
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We're gonna get into today's episode ofNero wolf the case of the Telltale
Ribbon. Ladies and gentlemen, theringing of that phonebell brings you a mystery
adventure Narro Wolfe's office. Actually Goodwinspeaking what who? Who is this?
Who wants to speak to mister wolfNobody? Nobody. I said that hand
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is laid in its two cold andeven if it went, it would not
concer for one moment moving from hisroom. Please, mister wolf I can't
hear a thing this old gentleman saying. Does it matter you heard when I
said no? Now? What didyou say? You were late? Because
she was killed? Who was killed? I can't hear you? What is
it about? Age? He says? He was due here an hour ago,
but she was killed? Who wasscared? What does he want?
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Do you want us to solve thecrime? I say? Do you want
us to find out who killed her? Oh? He says he knows who
did it, but he has animportant message for you. Well, then
come right off. We'll be waiting, mister Jenkins. Do you wait?
You insist on taking every singny littlecase, because boss, we need to
recover from March fifteen, Ladies andgentlemen. That's that renowned genius who is
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the bulkiest, bulkiest, most ponderousand most brilliant detective in the world.
Yes, none other than that terriblemass of unpredictable intellect Nero Wolf, created
by a reck Stout and brought toyou in a new series of Adventures of
this NBC Network in the person ofmister Sidney green Street. This case I
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like to refer to as the caseof the Telltale Ribbon. Perhaps a better
title would be Wolf goes a huntingfor in Away. This was one of
those unusual instances in which my boss, of his own free will and without
any coercion, actually decided to leavethe house and go to the scene of
the crime. It started when thestrange old gentleman who phoned us finally arrived.
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Well, there's our client, misterWolf Evening. It's me. Who's
me? I just phoned you.I'm Jenkins. I got a dispatch for
near a wolf. Oh you're Jenkins. Well come in, come in,
mister Wolf. This is mister Jenkins, says he has a dispatch for it.
Yep, yeah, are you Wolf? I am? Where is the
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dispatch from? Don't know? Youdon't know how come? Oh? I
know, but I'm supposed to say. I don't see that's my job.
What is just to say? Ido whole about the manner? Yeah?
Who was killed? Oh my goodness. It was a terrible thing. And
we were just crossing the turnpike andthis fellow come at us out of nowhere.
The killer, Yeah, must havebeen drunk. I guess how did
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it happen? Did he shoot herand stabbing? Oh no, no,
he ran into her with his carand she was only nine years old,
your granddaughter. No, it wasBessie. But the police got him.
I have to appear. I guessprobably get ninety days he will. The
murder murder was somebody murdered. Imust have missed something. Look we're talking
about Bessie, and what do youwant us to do about it? Nothing?
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Bessy's my old horse. Oh no, but say, who was it
that was murdering? Nobody yet?Good night, mister Jenkins. I thought
you said it was important. Itmight be at least that's the way I
was told. What this year letter? Right, let's bring it to a
year. This is dispatch. Wellman got to get along now, goodbye?
Whoa get him a pixie? Whatis in the envelope? Mister Wolf
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look five one hundred dollar bills,and the note says, mister Wolf,
your services are desperately needed. Comeup this weekend as my guest, signed
E. Mulotte Malotte, the wealthyman of Adrian. Well, let's as
though you're going out this weekend.We our GP MAYORSPIX to mister Malotte,
and I hope you enjoy you theweekend. Good night. Something certainly phony
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about this. There's no party goingon here tonight? Yes? What is
it? Is? This Mulotte place? It is? What do you want?
My name's good One. I'm aguest of mister Mulatts. I guess
yes, he invited me down forthe weekend. Weekend. Oh, will
you better step in please, misterGoodwin. Quite a bolt you've got on
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that, Yes, isn't it tosit down there? Please? I'll get
mister Mulott. He's in the library. Oh here he is, is mister
Goodwin, Sir says he's come downfor the weekend. Mister Goodwin, good
evening. You've come for the weekend. You're saying, yes, wasn't that
the idea of mister Mulotte. Idon't understand. Mister Goodwin didn't you send
me this note asking me to comehere. Note I did not. Well,
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well, this is my personal note, stationary, but I don't recall
sending this. I didn't even typeit. And I'm in the habit of
signing my name with a pen,not with a typewriter. He Mlott.
You're certainly Edward Mulott. Yes,services are desperately needed. What does this
mean? What services? Who areyou? Mister Goodwin? Are you serious?
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I'm a private investigator. I'm NarrowWolfe's assistant. Oh indeed, near
oh fairy, I know of him, yes, indeed? And you really
don't know anything about this note?I do not. Are you having a
weekend party here? I most certainlyam not. Then who sent this?
And there were five one hundred dollarbills as a retainer? I haven't the
slightest idea or Dorothy? Yeah,where you step in here? Please?
Miss Davis is my private secretary.She may know something about this. Dorothy,
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Dorothy, This is mister Goodwin.How do you do, mister Goodwin?
Well? Why how do you do? Miss Davis? Yes? Yes,
well, mister Goodwin is assistant toNero Wolf. You don't say Nero
Wolf the detective. Well, I'veheard a great deal about him. Who
about you, too, mister Goodwin. Well, now I'm mighty glad to
hear you say that. Mister misterGoodwin has a note here? Is anything
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wrong, Edward? I heard voices? Oh do we have company? Nothing
is wrong either? I was callingDorothy, that's all. Oh, this
is mister Goodwin. Either my wife, mister Goodwin. How do you do
missus Milan? Mister Goodwin? Iyes, oh, how do you do?
Now? As I was about tosay, Dorothy, mister Goodwin,
what's going on? Mister Goodwin?Now this is my son Mary? What's
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wrong? Mister Goodwin has been invitedhere for the weekend. He has an
invitation supposedly written by me, atleast it's on my stationary. Look at
this, Dorothy, know anything aboutthis note? No? I certainly didn't
write it. But it's my personalnotepaper, and my signature is typewritten.
I'd never do that. Well,somebody said it, who's Jenkins? Jenkins?
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Never heard of him? A littledried up old man. He delivered
it to us. Maybe it didn'teven come from this house. I am
positive that it didn't. Never heardof Jenkins. You have a typewriter here,
of course. Yes, I'd liketo see it, certainly, mister
Goodwin in the library. How farhave you come, mister Goodwin from New
York Manhattan? Oh, and it'ssuch a dreadful night too, yes,
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yes, and it is rather latelate, it's only seven thirty. Why
not stay here for the night?Plenty of room, yes, mister Goodwin,
plenty of room. Well, Idon't really think that's necessary. On
the other hand, it would bea tough drive back to the city in
this storm. I'll accept your hospitality, mister Malot. Very good. Oh
word, Jeffrees, show mister Goodwinto the east wing and take care of
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his car. Yes, good night, mister Goodwin. You mean you're all
going to retire now? I haven'teven had my dinner. We retire very
early here, but Jeffreys will prepareanything you want. Good night? Oh
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dear? Who move that? Hellowolf speaking Archie boss. Well, I'm
here Mlott's place, but there ain'tno party. Are you in the right
hair? I'm afraid i am.They've all gone to bed. Weird Bunge
his wife who looks very sickly andI think wants to say something to me
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alone and Larry the Sun and MilotsSecretary Dorothy Day. She has me bothered
a bit. How unusual, especiallyif she's pretty the beauty, but she
seems to know all about me.Hmm, you're a bay. Come home
right here. I can see herin no condition to handle this case properly.
Give them the money bag. Oh, I forgot to tell you.
They don't want me here. Mulattdidn't send the note. No one here
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knows anything about it, so wecan keep the dough interesting. Indeed,
the circumstances with indicate that you shouldstay there and wait for it to happen.
What to happen or whatever it is. The fates have conspired to have
happened there while you're shining. Littleego is in the midst of it.
All right, it's actually good whenmissus Mulatt come in, Come in.
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Please. I saw you give methe eye when I was about to leave.
I've been waiting till I felt surethey were all asleep. What's up?
I wrote to that note I sentfor you? How do I know
that? Oh Man Jenkins is ascissor a knife sharpener who happens along every
month or so. They wouldn't knowhim I put five one hundred dollar bills
in the envelope. Okay, whymy life is in danger? I've been
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threatened. I received three notes throughthe mail. They were all postmarked in
New York City? Did I seethem? Here? They are? The
first one reads, there is nolove for you in Great Gables? The
second, why I stay on inthe face of death? The third the
time is shorter than you think.Do you think this is a well an
inside job? At first I didn't, but lately I've come to think it
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is. I've caused you to thinkthat. For some time, I've been
having severe spells. I thought itwas indigestion, but then it occurred to
me that I always broke out incold perspiration. I was left horribly weakened,
terribly thirsty, thirsty. You fearbeing poisoned? Yes, And since
the thought came to me, I'vebeen living in fear of every bite of
food or drink. I'd so shatteredmy nerves that I have to take these
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yellow sleeping capsules to even close myeyes. Well as your husband and the
secretary and your son Larry, Larryis my stepson. Which one do you
suspect the secretary of Dorothy or myhusband are both? What's the motive?
They're in love? She's been hereover two years and they've spent most of
their time together. The idea neveroccurred to me till last week, and
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when I watched them it was quiteobvious. Anybody else know about these three
notes? Oh no, and I'llkeep them for a while. Can I
missus? Malif? And don't worry? What are you doing, mister Goodwin
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snooping around at father's library? Well, Larry, I was just trying to
find out if this Remington was themachine you used to type those notes?
What notes? They're not? Yousent your stepmother? Why I don't know
anything about any notes? Why wereyou so startled? I'm not startled.
I just well, why would Ithreaten her? So you do know about
them? I didn't mention the contentsof the notes. I just happened to
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see them on the table in hersitting room. You don't care too much
about your stepmother, do you?Oh? She's all right. You don't
care too much about Dorothy either,do you? I certainly don't. Why
not? Well? I don't likeher tactics making a fool out of my
father. If anybody here sent thosenotes. She didn't you think Dorothy would
have a motive? I certainly do. Of course you wouldn't have a motive,
would you. No, I'm inclinedto think you would. Just what
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motive would I have? You don'tseem to like any woman who's too close
to your father, maybe because you'dresent anyone sharing in the estate if your
father died. If I were you, mister Goodwin, I'd leave tonight and
the sooner the better. Good night, Erggie, old family boy. Yes,
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Aggie, you have wrong number.This is Sherlock Holmes speaking. Why
didn't you do it? Abad Likethe others? You don't have to push
it. It will happen. EvenMulott thinks she's being slowly poisoned, suspects
her husband and his secretary. Hecould be right. What are the symptoms
you? Sevens? Gastric disturbances,weakness, thirst, What about the sen
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in any ideas? He doesn't likehis stepmother, and it decidedly against his
father's secretary, Dorothy. He knewall about the notes missus Mulotte received,
saw them on her dressing table.He believes Dorothy's the culprit in He should
see the data. He should bethe nixt on your list. You can
say that again you care, butdo you use your head? This name?
Incidentally, Larry advised me to leavethe place tonight of a threat.
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It was too What shall I do, mister Anthony nephew treble will come to
you? Right? Oh? Ilove that, mister Mulotta. I but
you turned in for the night.It's quite obvious you thought so much good.
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What are you doing in the library? I just looking for something to
read. You'll find the books allaround the walls, not on my desk,
while I was looking for a particularkind of book. I'm very much
interested in poisons. Poison, yeah, hobby of mine. You happen to
have any books on toxicology? Ido not? And what's that book on
the fourth shelf right beside you?Oh, toxic? Where did that come
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from? Never saw it before?Perhaps it was in that assorted collection I
bought a couple of weeks ago.I hadn't noticed it. Larry probably put
them on the show. Mister mA. Lott, how long have you
known Dorothy your secretary? A littleover two years? It had ever occurred
to you that she might be wellinfatuated in love with you? What well
of all that? Now? Seehere, I don't know what you're up
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to when I don't know how yougot hold of my stationary to write that
fake note. This isn't a fakenote, m a lot. I'm only
trying to find out what's back ofit. It's a good Win. There
is nothing going on here that requiresthe services of a detective. And Dorothy
is not in love with me.I didn't say she was. I asked
you if you thought she might be. Conversation seems to concern me. I
suppose I am at liberty to comein. Oh you're still up to miss
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Davids. Did you hear what thisman said, Dorothy? Yes, I
did, mister Lott, And I'dlike to have a few words alone with
mister Goodwin, if you don't mind, mister Goodwin, would you mind coming
with me for a few minutes.No, not at all. And it's
rather late, mister m Lot.Don't you think you should retire? It's
a heavy day tomorrow. Roll Yes, yes, I suppose, I assured.
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And please don't let this upset you. Mister Goodwin has been misinformed.
I'll straighten him out. Come on, mister Goodwin. The bar is right
across the hall. I'll fix youa nice soothing drink. That'll be nice.
Well, now, what would youlike, mister Goodwin the way of
drinks? Oh else, I'm sevenup. Really, I'll just sit down
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over there. Okay, what doyou want to talk about? Well?
Where did you get the idea thatI was in love with mister Mulatty.
First, suppose you tell me ifyou are in love with him? Yes,
I am, But until a fewminutes ago, he wasn't even aware
of it. I worshiped and hiswork. I never wanted him to know
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because he's married. It would havecaused trouble and I'd have had to leave
here. And now he knows it'strue. Well, now that he knows,
what will happen. I'm going toleave tonight, now, I say,
And since I don't own a commistergood when, I'm going to ask
you to do me a very greatfavor, would you run me into New
York? I want to leave withouta word. If I wait till morning,
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I'll have to explain to mister Mulatton. Well that would be most embarrassing.
Archie. Oh now it's Archie,you don't really mind you? No,
No, I guess I don't.I should maybe, But don't you
like your drink? What'd you putin this drink? What do you mean?
What'd open with Archie? Why wouldI do that? I'd be several
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reasons. There's nothing in that drink. No, and suppose you're drinking?
Why hear it to me? I'llthrow it out. Do you want another
drink? Fix at yourself. I'llhave my things ready in five minutes.
Are you going to take me?Sure? Certainly I'm going to take it.
What are you sure you have togo to night? I must go
to night. No, I wishI know why the wolf's always so right?
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We just talking to myself, Jeffrey, come up stairs. What's happened,
Paul, Doctor Hawser? Something terriblehas happened to even well, doctor
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Hausing. Oh poor missus. Mlott. No, there's nothing to be done.
Now, it's all over, ebeb you'd better lie down, mister
Milott. I'll phone and take careof everything. I'll be here if you
need me. I have to makeout the certificate. Yes, come along,
mister Mula just a minute, you'retoo Larry. I don't want to
make this anymore unpleasant for you.But doctor just What are you going to
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put on the certificate? Is thecause of death? Acute gastritis? Is
that what you've been treating up for? Well, she's had several attacks lately.
I'd wandered to be cautious of herdiet, and that was wise advice
too. Did you know about theseattacks, mister Mulatt, Yes, I
did, and you Dorothy, Yes, I knew, and you knew also,
Larry, No, I knew shehadn't been feeling well. How long
had missus Mulatt been suffering from insomnia? Oh? Year? At least?
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I prescribed never at all yellow capsule. Of course I wrote a prescription ever
so often, calling for twelve capsule. You all knew about that, of
course I thought so. And wouldthis be the prescription? This little box
of capsules here on? Well,what's the madam? Mister Goodman? That
box was open on this night's thenwhen we stepped into this room. All
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right, let's have the box.Mister Mulatt, thank you pick it up.
Because I didn't want the stigma ofsuicide on Eva's name her mind.
Sure side, Yes, Eva hadthis prescription filled yesterday morning. The doses
won at dead time. Twelve capsulesshe took one last night. I glanced
at the open box when I cameinto the room, and there were only
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eight capsules left. I knew instantlywhat had happened. She'd taken an overdose.
Doctor, do you think three capsuleswould be sufficient to cause her death?
I doubt it very much, sodo I. Missus Mulott didn't die
from an overdose of sleeping capsule.She was poisoned. Poisoned. Are you
crazy? By whom? By youor Dorothy Alaric? No, I didn't
do it. I didn't write thosenotes. What note? Missus Mulatt had
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received three notes threatening her life ifshe didn't leave this house. Each of
you had a motive. So I'msending this body to the car and up
for an immediate audipse. I won'tpermit it. A police will see to
it. You have no choice.Yes, Anty what now you know who
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did it? How do you knowanything's happened? They just called it extrasensory
perception. Well, Missus Mulott wasright, She's dead. The doctor knew
nothing about the spell she was having. Is being caused by anything but indigestion?
How better? In autosy, it'sall in the works looks like a
metallic poison, all the symptoms.Oh did you search the house carefully for
sex your poison? I did.I'll check the drug stores in the morning.
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Somebody in that house, I'll petyou some poison. Let me know
when the autopsy report is in,right, that's see now. Yeah,
mister Minott, Dorothy Davis and Nearythe son. He's mister Mulatt son,
but not the child of even Mulott. Remember, yes, is it true
that Doroth he's in love with Milott? Yeah, Dorothy admitted it to me,
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but claim Mulott wasn't aware of ituntil the night and earlier this evening,
Dorothy tried her best to get meout of the house, insisted that
I drive her into town. Shetried to give me a drink which I
think might have contained knockout drops.You don't see a gie? How should
have Fritz to drive me after theMillot praise it wins a gee? Are
you there? No? Boss?I just plained, and that mister wolf
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is most of the story up tonow interesting, is indeed, but it
isn't true. I did not putanything in this the Goodwin's drink. When
did you ask him to take youinto town. Yes, and I might
have been found in the ditch.It's ridiculous. Why did you try to
get mister Goodwin to take you totown? Because I felt it would be
too embarrassed. Thinks we're a manuntil morning. Maybe you'd already given mother
the big dose of poison and wantedgood One out before it was discovery.
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You say it a minute, nah, mister Milat, you came that you
knew nothing about Dorothy being in neverview. Should we believe that? You
can believe it or not? Dorothyhad a motive to get rid of missus
Milat. It seems that mister Millardhad went too, and so did Larry.
What you admitted to me that youdidn't like your stepmother and that you
disliked Dorothy even more. I didn'tsay that. You said Dorothy was making
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a fool of your father. Youresented the possibility of any woman sharing in
the estate. You knew about thesleeping capsules, and you could have put
poison in seminem. You could havewritten those ripe notes, and by getting
rid of your step mother and praisingthe blame on Dorothy, you'd be getting
rid of them both. I didn'tI did not write those notes. You
were the only one who knew aboutthem. I was not the only one.
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I saw Dorothy coming out of mother'sroom. It was this afternoon.
Mother was out taking his son back. Dorothy did it. She's the one
I thank You're the one. No, no, Dorothy wrote those That's a
lie. Oh she probably slipped ina mother's room and wrote those notes on
mother's portable. What he gives aminute? You come here? I never
heard of sexual I didn't do it. You can't send me to jail.
I'll kill you first. Sorry aboutthat car. Don't come near me.
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Any of you are such a fool. Larry give me that gun. I'll
shoot, I'll shooke. Come onnow, you better quiet. Don kid
or. Inspector Crame will take careof you when he arrives. Well,
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mister Wolf, what goes on here? Where's Goodwin? Hey sent him upstairs?
Inspector Greemer upstairs to missus Milock's roomto chicken something I hear he is?
Yeah, what have you been doing? Goodwin? This inspector is the
Piesta resistance. This is what misterWolf has been waiting for. This little
black box contains a typewriter, aportable, noiseless Remington, missus melass typewriter.
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What I didn't even know she hada typewriter, Larry, he knews
Ye, headmen, and this isundoubtedly the very typewriter. The threat notes
were written on all three of them. You were right, boss, Oh,
I knew she had a typewriter,but I didn't write those notes.
Shut up, Archie. How doyou know the notes were written on this
typewriter. I've compared the type andthe ribbon. They're both the same.
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These notes were written on this Remington. It was Dorothy, Larry, I
don't believe a word you've been saying. Dorothy couldn't possibly be guilty of such
a thing. Anyone is guilty.You yourself certainly have all the earmarks.
Everybody's against me, even my ownfather. But I'm innocent, I tell
you, Let me get it.I think I know who it is.
Hello, Yeah, just a second, you better take it? Boss?
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Whoaf Oh, yes, go ahead, let's have it. Yes he's yeah,
but he won't mind. Yes,amazing, you just finished? Oh
goodead? Right, all right?Was it? The coroner? The coroner,
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the party and the poison is foundin the sleeping capsules and the body.
Did they find poison? He did? You're right again, Boss,
I'm going after missus Minot's room fora while. I want you to come
along with me. Ain't anything yet, Ergie, Mostly bills and invitations to
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bridge parties and so on. Youfind something, Boss, Yes? And
no? This pocket book, detectivestudy? What about it? I'm just
flipping through the pages and I findthis corner came down? Well what is
it? Look and read? Whystay on in the face of the dead?
Interesting the very words used in oneof the notes. Give me the
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book. Of course, this doesn'tprove a thing, e eh, but
he does confirm what I was.Oh what now? This sens it?
Get the one up here? Archietelled Cream out to bring them over to
the bedroom. I wished, Wolf, what now? As you all know,
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missus Minot was poisoned. I hadsomeone who had an opportunity to put
it in the sleeping capsules, someonein this household. Yeah, but which
one? The king? I neverput any poison in my life, the
quiet will you? No? Inspectingit wasn't there? And I suppose you
think I put the rest of thatrat poison in your drink, mister Goodwin.
No, doubt of me. Itwasn't you, But how did you
know the rat poison? I didn't. I just guessed. I can think
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too. Then, if it wasn'tDorothy or Larry, you you must mean
me. No, mister larn Nowwait a minute, it had to be
somebody. Yes, this is goingto be painful for you, mister Milott
or you you mean that Missus Mulottedid commit suicide. It is more than
serious side. He was serious sidewith an attempt to have both you and
Daughterthy convicted of matter. She plantedthings she did. I can't believe it.
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Sharing the party book, mistery,here's the proof. Some of the
threat nerds are lifted bodily from thisnovel. They were on the back cover.
Isn't that missus Millar's handwriting. Yes? And this is the other note,
the one to you, mister Wolf, composed in pencil before she typed
it out on her machine. ThenWolf, the note you received was the
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same typing as the threat notes.Cep your servings, big man. Then
why the dickens didn't not you comparethem right away? There's one of those
things, Inspector. There are timeswhen even a good detective is there a
bit on the servy's delt side.You'll you find it off to inspect that
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nice of you to go all theway out there, boss, I was
a bit stuck quit all right,aren't. Yeah? It's something that still
bothers me. So how can sucha sweet motherly type as missus Mullott cook
ups its gruesome ideas? She wasa very sick woman mentally as well as
physically. She probably felt she wasgoing to die and her warped minds.
He's on the opportunity to make surethat this Dorothy didn't get her man after
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she was dead. And speaking ofDorothy, she's a mighty pretty Yeah,
some beer breed, arechi? Ifyou were so certain that Dorothy wasn't guilty,
what is the idea of spending somuch time questioning? Huh huh?
Why I I? I never mind? The raised eyebrow Department answered the question,
Well, there are certain rules agood detective always follows. Some are
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in the book, others aren't youmean there's nothing in the book which is
a good detective shouldn't spend a fewminutes with an attractive brunette even though she
is a murder suspect. The authorof that book can be none other than
the incomparable Archie Goodwin. Good Night, Argie. Ah. You have been
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listening to the New Adventures of NeroWolf starring Sydney green Street. The Lights
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Transcribe story by John Edison was basedon the characters created by Rex. This
is an Edwin Fataman production produced anddirected by j Donald Wilson. In the
cast where Harry Bartell as Archie Goodwinand Jean Bates, Irene Winston, Ted
Von Eltse, Jerry Hausner, VicRodman, and Bill Johnstone. Next week,
at this same time, Nero Wolfand Archie will bring you the case
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of the Shot in the Dark.Don Stanley speaking three chimes mean good Times.
On NBC, There's music in theAir Tomorrow evening, Music and fun
brought to you by Dennis Day,Judy Canova and Grand Old Aprey. Charming
and boyish, Dennis gets himself tangledin another bewildering situation, while Judy Canova
gets together with her comedy pals forsome Mountain style goings on, and Saturday
(30:40):
also means a killocycle trip to Nashvillefor Grand Old Ofrey. Friday's fun includes
Sam Spade and of course the MagnificentMontague on NBC Welcome Back. Well,
I have to admit that I didkind of crack up at the Sherlock Holmes
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reference. Obviously because of Harry Bartel'shistory on that particular program, it was
kind of interesting to hear him referencingit on neuro Wolf. Of course,
this was another case of Wolf leavingthe house, but I won't go into
that too much. And also thesecond time this season that the solution to
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the case has been that the supposedmurder victim had actually committed suicide, and
all of the other actors did agood job of portraying themselves as a pretty
suspicious character. So it was afun episode, even if it probably didn't
require the great intellective neuro Wolf tosolve it. Well, speaking of that,
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we turned to listener comments and wehave two comments so far in favor
of Nero Wolf as a favorite show, and of course Wolf one, and
we're listening to it as a resultof your votes on podcast Alley, I
do have to mention all we areactually nearing the end of Nero Wolf.
After a day, we have onlythree more episodes of Nero Wolf. However,
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when we're done with Nero Wolf willget to hear Dick Powell in his
role of Richard Rogue. So Rogue'sGallery is coming in four weeks. Be
sure to listen for that. Butthat'll do it for now. We'll be
back next Tuesday with another episode ofNero Wolf. Join us tomorrow for Let
George Do It. In the meantime, I cast your vote for the show
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