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Rogue stops in at an acquaintences house to cool off and take a swim and finds himself a prime suspsect in a murder.
Original Air Date: June 13, 1946
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Rogue stops in at an acquaintences house to cool off and take a swim and finds himself a prime suspsect in a murder.
Original Air Date: June 13, 1946
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Detectives. Well, I want tobegin with thanking some listener support, and
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Greatly appreciated and in terms of afinal outcome, I will be adding
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All right, well, now we'regoing to take a listen to today's episode
of Rogues Gallery. This one iscalled The Corpse I Didn't Kill. F
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know, I'm a man who lovessunshine in her out of orange juice.
The only place that has more sunshinefor square rims than the Saharadesi is the
San Fernando fo San Fernando seems tobe the place where everybody, including some
of the healthiest golfers in the world, makes his home. Busting, I've
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withstood the blandish ones of hundreds ofbrick red real estate men who have offered
the membership in that clan of flaidshirted hide blue jean, high heel booted
paternity known as the San Fernando Valleyranchers. Ranchers, Yes, sir,
the San Fernando Valley as ranches arethere thicker than any place in the world,
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at least two on every acre.Well, anyway, I was driving
round out there this Sunday evening.It was swimming weather, and I happened
to remember that my friend Joe Dalehad a half acre spread in the neighborhood
with a quarter acre swimming pool.So I stopped at the antlers on the
gate, rang the ship's bell hangingthere, but nobody answered. I thought
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maybe Joe was in the pool.In the rear, so I opened the
door and walked in. Then Ifelt like walking out again because I saw
Joe Dale lying there, making ared stain on the white living room rug.
Very defunct. I walked over tohim and gazed on at him.
Then I heard the footsteps behind meand did the half turn in time to
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see oblivion whistling down on my head. Oh, everything went red, white
and blue, and I was whirlinglike a top. Oh, it made
me dizzy, whirling like that.I couldn't stand the shrieking of the wind
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as it whistled past my ears.I concentrated on stopping so hard that I
could hear my teeth gritting, butno goal. Then I thought of you,
lorn, and suddenly I heard hispleasant words, welcome home county.
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Oh, oh, my head,he sees you, ugar. Who is
this ancient feather merchant with you?This is her father? You mean,
a little damn father? Is hetalking about my God? Yes, sir?
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What's he doing with that gun?He couldn't pull the trigger with a
tractor, Will you see? God? The young snap out? And you
got here, cam married my dagme can't you can't get Oh? Shut
up? I don't feel good.Can you making things tough for me?
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Her father has a gun. I'mcapting this gang w I'm like mob,
Oh, make him stop talking.His voice sounds like a grindstone on a
grindstone. Now he'm mad. Imight get ja enough to the old school,
and if my daddy happened enough.When I'm marrying this, you go,
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oh no, no, I'm notgonna let my alter ego get married.
You go can't get married. Ohthat's a mighty suffish when you're looking
at things, rob Oh, look, look my head. I don't feel
good. I came up here fora rest. Now I'm are going to
have it. Talk me out,my god happy? Oh, shut up,
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shut up, shut up. Ican't stand that silly voice of yours.
He's fine, Robie. You can'tstand in the way of our happiness.
It's not fair. It's only normal. I want to get manny,
how you get it? Beenelified?You out? I can't stand it.
I'm getting out of here. Idon't come back here, come back.
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When I came to, I waslooking right in Joe Dale's face, which
was nious from mine. The insideof my head was still whirling and clanking.
Like a washing machine. But itdidn't take me long to get back
up to date. I remembered Ihad dropped in at Joe Dale's house for
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a quick swim and found Joe stetchedout in the living room floor shot.
Then I remembered that swishing sound whichalways means another bump on my head,
And now my feet felt like theywere in diver's shoes. As I got
up and looked the situation over,the murder gun was lying there with a
side of Joe's body, and therewas a billpole on the floor by the
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door. Being the kind of aguy I am, I picked up the
billpole. First it was Joe Dale'sand I put it in my pocket.
Then I took my handkerchief and carefullypicked up the gun. I was bending
over Joe gun in hand when Iheard a voice behind me. Yeah,
a beautiful dame had walked in onme and he bending over the corpse gun
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in hand. She fainted. Iran over to her, Hey, hey,
come out of it, lady,lady, come on, come on,
Oh come on, oh lord,everything happens to me. Come on,
come out of it. Open youreyes. But she didn't. While
I was working on her. Aman showed up in the open door.
He took one look at the tableauand died for the murder gun, which
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I had dropped. He parted thegun at my third vest button and said,
just stay right where you are.I know how to shoot this thing,
and I'm holding you for the police. Your partner got away, but
I'll look mister, Hello, kai, I am the police. I know
who you are. You're Richard Robe, the private investigator. You've been mixed
up in plenty of shady deals before. What did you do to my wife?
Is this your wife? Yes?What's the matter with her? How
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she came in, saw Joe Dale'sbody and fainted? Mary that you yes,
now, don't work. I'm hereand I'll take care of you.
This many He was standing over Joe'sbody with a gun in his hand when
I came in. He's a killer, Perry, be gilful. Don't worry,
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dear, I have him covered.Stay right there, road. I'm
a nervous man. I advise younot to move while I'm phoning the police.
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investigator Richard Rogue in Rogues Gallery.I couldn't very well, blame Perry Stevens
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or his wife for thinking I justput the kiss of death on Joe Dale.
Missus Stevens came in and saw mebending over the body with a murder
gun in my hand. Promptly fainted, and so when Perry arrived, the
floor was cluttered, the cottered wasand I was the only stranger. He
picked up the killer's gun and heldme at the point of it until the
cops arrived. Lieutenant Urban of HomicideBuzz in charge. As usual, it
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seemed a little bit discouraged with me. Well, rogie, what's your story?
Urban? It's a simple one.I just dropped in here to take
a swim and I found Joe Daledead. Why didn't you report the murder
to homicide? I didn't have achance. The killer was hiding here in
the room. He slapped me Sullyin escape while I was out. How
do you think I got this cuton my head shaving? I never know
about you. There were two ofthem, Lieutenant. I saw one of
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them run out from behind this house, A big man, red hair rough.
This man here, this Richard Rogue, had an accomplice. When I
came in, A roue was bendingover the body with a gun. That
gun in his hand, I almostcaught him in the ass. I brought
it rogie. Oh, I wasbending over the body. All right,
I'd just come too. I waschecking up. Why didn't you call homicide
when you came to I was goingto urban, But this dame here walked
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in on me, scream fainted.I demanded to arrest this name. Wait
a minute, what were you doinghere? I came over Joe as an
old friend. We just came overto take him to dinner. Don't try
to implicate a couple of law abidingpeople in your crime. You and your
wife came together, of course,Then how comes she came out ahead of
you? I hesitated when I sawthat man run out from behind the house.
Lieutenant, Do I have to standhere and let this murderer cross question
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me? Missus Stevens, you andyour husband came here together. Yes,
we had a dinner date with Joe. Did you see this man run away
from the house? No? Icame right straight inside. Okay, look,
Rogy, you'd better come down toheadquarters with me right now. We've
got some talking to do. Irvan, Irvan, I'll be down in an
hour. I want to go tothe emergency hospital and have my head put
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back on. I gotta go homeand get a suit without these red polka
dot then I'll be down. Idemand that you put Rogue under arrest.
Lieutenant, Now take it easy,mister Stevens. I've had a little more
experience but this sort of thing thanyou have. See you in and hour,
Roggy be there. That gash onmy head had cost me a lot
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of blood, and I was alittle woozy, and I left the ex
residence of the late Joe Dale.I drove turtle speed to the emergency hospital,
where the dock made a few insultingremarks about me getting scars on the
scars on my poorhead, and thenI went home. I walked in the
door and an arm went around mythroat. A crooked elbow squeezed my Adam's
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apple until I chopped. I felta hand steak into my inside breast pocket
and lifted that wallet I'd picked upon the floor beside Joe Dale's body.
The elbow squeezed a little tighter,tighter, tighter, and I had a
horrifying sensation of bursting lug. Thenthe elbow released him. I fell to
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the floor to the accompaniment of impartingfootsteps. I was still lying there when
urban walked in through the open door. I got worried about you when you
didn't show off, Rogie. Idon't know. Oh, I guess I
just got faint plopped over here.I lost a lot of blood. You
know. Better take care of yourself, Rogie. I don't want to lose
you. They like talking, Ohsure, sure, but I don't know
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anything to talk about. Maybe you'dlike to talk about a murder and tell
me did you get a line onthat red headed guy that was seen leaving
Joe's house. I've got a descriptionout on him. Nothing has happened,
jan How about mister missus Stevens checkup on them. Yeah. Stevens is
the personnel director for an airplane company, has his bills promptly, has money
in the bank, lives within hisincome and he's been a friend of Joe
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Dale since college days. They're clean. That leaves you and the big red
headed guy in the finals. Oneof you killed Joe Dao. I don't
think you did it, but Icould get an indictment against you in twenty
minutes for the evidence I have,But I didn't kill him. I didn't
like him well enough. Oh,I guess it's up to me if I'm
the big redheaded guy. Huh.You check the gun, no soap.
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The number was filed off and theonly fingerprints on it were Stevens, and
they got on it when he washolding you. Yeah, I was there.
What had happened? I remember?Oh, brother? Rather than I
feel weary, alsa one thing elsewhereto missus. Stevens was not expecting to
find Dale murdered. You really wantto out like a butler on Thursday night?
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You know, Rogie, I'm acup And the fact that you and
I understand each other doesn't make anydifference to the commissioner. Yeah, I
know Joe Dare, who was apretty prominent character. Lots of connections.
Now the commissioner expects a quick pinch. And with our friends the Stevens down
there at City Hall swearing that theysaw you standing over the body with a
practically smoking gun in your hand,well it looks like it's going to be
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you. I put the arm on. But you know I didn't kill him.
Urban I want to kill a guylike that. Yes, I know
you didn't kill him. But thenewspapers were on the old man. He's
on the chief and the chiefs onme. I'm going to have to pinch
you, Rogie. You're a greatpal urvan. But look, if you
pinch me, they'll never get acon And you know that you can't get
a confiction with automotive. I knowthat. But you've made a lot of
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enemies around headquarters, Rogue. Theysee a chance to give you a bad
time and they don't want to missit. You can see the spot I'm
in. Oh yeah, now,look, look, Urban, give me
twenty four hours to get the guyto pull the boom on Joe Dale.
Just twenty four hours, I'll happenfor you. That's whistling in the dark,
ROGI yeah, with a ten whistle. But just give me a chance
at it. Anyway, maybe I'llbe lucky. Okay, it'll probably put
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me back on a beat, butI'll play along with you. You've got
twenty four hours, Rogue. Thendon't make me come after you come in
and give yourself up. The deal. Yeah, the deal. You're a
good copper and I know you're stickingyour neck out like a turtle of feeding
time, and believe me, Iwon't let you down. Okay, ro
Gonta get out, better get somesleep. You look awful. I can't
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afford the luxury of sleeping. Igotta work to do. Okay, Rogue,
call me if you need me.I'll be around a lot the luck
you'll hate it. Hello, Hello, hello, Lieutenant Urban. There just
aboute hy Urban. Yeah for me, Yeah, he'll be right here.
Hang on, mighty excited little manon the other end of this. Yeah,
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hello Urban speaking Stevens. Yeah,and what do you want that man,
that redheaded man that I saw runningaway from Joe's house this afternoon.
Yes, yes, he came heretonight to my house. Well, what
did you do? He gave youto kill me? But hi, I
shot him. He's dead. Pleasecome out with once. I'll be right
there now. Don't move with thingstill I get there. Come on,
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ROGI, well, let's put thateighth ball I was behind over in the
corner pocket, says Urban. Yeah, it looks Mike Stephens wrapped his case
up for us, and that makesme very happy. I wasn't looking forward
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to sweating it out in a jailof yours. I didn't have anything against
that redd the guy, but I'mnever gonna miss it. It takes me
off a spot too, you know. Yeah, well you don't have to
be a hero in my corner.Oh well, all well that ends well.
Corner phrase. It's there right downthis next block here, Steven's gonna
have a lot of cabbage big housesin the neighborhood. Yeah, I checked
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that. The wife's got money.Oh there it is that two story white
job. There's a precinct, proudcar in front. The boys are on
the job. Hell, let's let'sget with it, grimeal t hello,
barer, medical examiner here yet no, not yet, preaching boys, just
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got here. Thanks, come on, Rogi. Oh, let's quite the
layout. Wife's got door. Huhyeah, and uncle, if there's plenty
about a year ago? M makesit nice to perry oh bottom mine.
Ah, you know, someday BettyCallahan and I'm gonna have a chicken ranch
out here in this valley. Look, we're investigating a murder. That's SERI
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his business. Oh boys, whereis he right in there? Lieutenant?
Thanks well, lieutenant, it's aboutthe time you were getting here. When
I came as fast as we could. Stevens Now, I suppose you tell
me what happened. I'll be gladto my wife and I got home tonight.
Which is your wife? Is heany right to question me in that
tone of voice? Lieutenant? Whereis your wife? Why? They the
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shock was too much for her?She's upstairs. I don't blame her.
He's got enough for to day.Come on, what happened? You got
him with that shotgun? Eh?Yes, I was fighting, terribly frightening,
And as soon as I came home, I had got my shotgun night.
I have a little you know,and I put it here beside my
chair. It was just a hunch. The doorbell rang, my wife answered
the door. We thought it wasa neighbor. This redheaded man walked in.
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I recognized him at once. Hewas the man i'd seen run away
from Joe's house. He had agun. It's going to kill me,
I suppose, because I was theonly eye witness with the cry. I
don't that make sense? It certainlydoes. It's the truth. He turns
it, thought to my wife,I saw my chat. I shot him.
There. He is your murderer.I've never seen anybody killed before.
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Well, he's sure, Dad iversee him before? Now not? And
I know of Hey, what areyou doing? Roggie? Oh? I'm
just trying to get them stap onthe guy. That's all I thought.
Oh, what's the matter. Oh, I'll get a billfold. I didn't
expect to see one on this guy. And hey, Urban, this is
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Joe Davis billfold and it's full ofdoll Yeah. See, yeah, several
hundred bucks in it. Yeah,that's the final piece of evidence. I'll
take care of it. Oh,there's a medical examiner and the newspapers are
about due to arrive. You've donea good night's work, mister Stevens.
I want to thank you. I'mnot a man of violence. I'll never
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be able to forget this night.There was something about that wallet that it
was as strange as a bright andblack other. Identification on the body pegged
the redhead as one Tom Church,recently of the Navy, now a resident
of the Crane Hotel. I watchedfor my chance to give Urban and his
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minions the slip and patted away.I went to police headquarters and charged into
the identification bureau on a dead run. I handed the sigeant and charged the
wallet and asked him to dust itthe fingerprints. Then I waited. When
the sigeant came back, his jawwas stuck out like the business end of
a snow plow, and there wereicicles in her voice. Watched the deal,
Rogie, what's the matter with you? All I ask you to do
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is to give me the identification onthe finger prints you found on the bell
phone? Yeah? Yeah, yeah? Do you know who's prince I found?
Your wise private creep? Do youyours? Only yours? We'll return
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private investigator Richard Rogue in Rogues Gallery, the news that the only fingerprints on
that billfole were mine turned on thefloodlights, and one of my hunches picked
up a hammer and started pounding againstmy skull. I left the billfole there
for urban and took off for theCrane Hotel to check up on the red
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headed guy named Tom Church. Thehotel was a fourth class fleabag on Main
Street. The clerk took a lookat my buzzer and answered my questions.
That's right, that's right, chartie. I'm the law and I want some
answers. Not tell me how longhas Tom Church been registered here? To
church? Three days? She camein three day. Now, let me
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see his phone calls. Oh,we don't give out front, don't lip
me get them, tell me beforeI jump over that carter and stand on
you while I pick them up.Poet. Okay, okay, you you
look like just the kind of guythat called Joe. I've got them for
you. I checked the phone callsand found one of them had a message
that was going to ring somebody's numberfor the surprise party. I thanked the
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clerk and drove to the valley.The free dawn Gray made way for the
sunshine. Just as I walked upthe front walk at Dale's house, an
elderly man walked around the next branch, pushing a lawn More you policeman.
That's right. Yes, horrible thing, that murder yesterday. They get the
killer yet, while I I thinkso. Were you home yesterday afternoon at
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the time of the killing. Yeah, I wasn't paying much attention. You
know. I heard the shot,but I thought it was in a backfire.
He look the whole time. Iwant you to tell me everything you
saw and heard after that shot.Well, you see, I was sitting
in the room reading the evening paper, you know, and I saw you
drive up. Are you sure you'rea policeman. Mister why, yes,
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of course. Well i'd like tosee your credentials. You know you were
the first man I saw enter there. All right, here's the dope on
me hereh Scheriff Office loves me,it is, that's fine. Oh oh,
yes, I've heard of you,mister rogue. Well after you drove
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up, the lady arrived. Andwhat do you want, mister rogue?
Mister Stevens, I'm coming in.I want to talk with you. No,
come back, lady, I'm sorry, go on in and saddam,
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what do you want? Some answers? Saddam? Now where's your husband?
Asleep? Nothing ever wakens in?All right, let's get my twitter.
Huh what were you to Joe Dale? I don't know what you mean,
Missus Stevens. You've been seeing Joea lot, haven't you. I don't
bother lying. I've got witnesses.You and Joe Dale were better friends than
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your husband knew went to. Ohno, I used to meet Joe once
in a while to talk over investments. He was making for me at his
house in the afternoons usually. Huh, Yes, missus Stevens, your husband
killed Joe Dale. You lied whenyou said that the tour of you had
a dinner date with Joel last night. I just talked to your husband's secretary.
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He was supposed to be in SanFrancisco yesterday. No, yes,
but instead he went out in thevalley and killed Dale. I practically surprised
him in the act. He gotpanick, he knocked me up and rand
No, No, he didn't,he didn't. I can prove what I'm
saying, missus. Stevens. Youcame up in your car alone. Your
husband came up in a cab afew minutes later. He had to get
back in to get that wallet anda gun to make the murder look like
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a robbery. Picked the gun upso there'd be a reason for his sting
offense on it. Then an hewent to Maya Piron collected the wallet after
choking me after death. Are youwith him? Then? You're just making
this up. You can't prove it, Mark mart don't say anymore. It's
a little late for that. Stevens. You've bungled the job all the way
through, and you won't be needingthat gun. Harry, don't don't shoot
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give it that gun, Stevens.You'd be crazy to getting a shooting contest
with me. You'll stay right whereyou are over. I'm not afraid to
shoot Marche. They can't make youappear against me. That's the law.
If you stay with me, I'mcoming after the gun. Stevens, you
stay where you are over, March. Mart stopped looking at me like that.
Nopody knows anything about what I did. But Rogan, No, no,
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Perry. You killed them, andI'm glad to get rid of you.
You, March. Don't sell meout. I've been frightened to death
everything I've married. You Take thatgun away from him, Rogue, Take
away running gun. Stevens, getaway from you, Rogue. You're going
back on me. You can't dothat, Marge. We're in this thing
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together. Let me have that gun. Stephens shot you with sgether given a
gun, I'll pick your arm off. Give it to me. Okay,
Stevens, this is the end ofthe easy story for you. Well that
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finished that case. Stevens went tothe gas chamber on Madge's testimony, and
Marge is still in prison on anaccessory Rapp the redheaded kid Tom Church wasn't
oh. He was an Emacon victim. He'd been interviewed by Stevens for a
job the day before. Stevens knewhe had no relatives, no connections,
so he decided to frame him forthe murder of Joe Dale. He described
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Church to the police, then calledhim at his hotel and asked him to
come to Stephen's home for an interviewabout a job. If Church had been
in when the call came, Iflier, I might have muffed the case.
But he was out and Stevens lefthis number for a callback that went
by. All that was luck,I guess, but I don't know.
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I I think I would have solvedthe case anyway. Of course, I
I didn't make a dime out ofit. Oh well, money can't buy
happiness, but it can buy alot of things that make unhappiness pleasant.
Candy, Oh you'll know what Imean. This is Dick Powell again.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I hope youenjoyed our story tonight. Ray Buffam wrote
it, Lee Stevens composed and conductedthe music. In d Engelbach produced and
directed. Next week, we havea story for you about a missing witness,
a worried rogue, and an ambushthat failed. Be with us,
then will you? Thanks? Forlistening, and I was jemmed. Be
sure to tune in again next week, same time, same station, when
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you will again hear Dick Powell asprivate investigator Richard Rogue in Rogue's Gallery.
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particularly sorry for if he misses afee on a particular adventure. I do
have to say his subconscious life isgetting more and more messed up as time
goes along. But perhaps some ofthat money should be going to psychiatrists.
I should mention that this is actuallythe last mutual broadcast we have of Rogues
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Gallery. The episode The Missing Witnessofficially wrapped up the mutual run, but
that, like much of the RoguesGallery, cannon is lost. But the
good news is that Rogues Gallery movedto NBC for a summer run, and
we have the first four episodes ofthat series, which are actually the last
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four episodes we have with Dick Powell. So we're running out of and changing
our detective stars in a very closetime, ring first Tom Conway and then
a couple. In a couple ofweeks, it'll be Edmond O'Brien and then
after that Dick Powell. But oncethat's done, we should be said on
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most days other than Tuesday, whichwill see quite a few changes until summer
of twenty eleven or twenty twelve,you need to get a calendar, not
just a clock when I'm recording.All right, well, listener comment from
Melissa says, the August fifth RoguesGalleries a repeat. It's the same as
Murdering Drawing Room, a broadcast onME thirty first. The titles are different,
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but broadcast identical. Just thought you'dwant to know. Thanks a lot,
Melissa. I think this is acase of script reuse, which was
something we saw with Jeff Regan.I think this will probably be the only
case we see with Rogues Gallery.If anyone's aware of a different episode than
the one we played for a murderin Drawing room a or for the Latin
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time Lemono, and we'll be happyto get that played. All right.
Well, that will do it fortoday. We will be back next week
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Greatly appreciated and in terms of afinal outcome, I will be adding
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more on. Let George do itNow to a public service announcement. If
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All right, well, now we'regoing to take a listen to today's episode
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know, I'm a man who lovessunshine in her out of orange juice.
The only place that has more sunshinefor square rims than the Saharadesi is the
San Fernando fo San Fernando seems tobe the place where everybody, including some
of the healthiest golfers in the world, makes his home. Busting, I've
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withstood the blandish ones of hundreds ofbrick red real estate men who have offered
the membership in that clan of flaidshirted hide blue jean, high heel booted
paternity known as the San Fernando Valleyranchers. Ranchers, Yes, sir,
the San Fernando Valley as ranches arethere thicker than any place in the world,
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at least two on every acre.Well, anyway, I was driving
round out there this Sunday evening.It was swimming weather, and I happened
to remember that my friend Joe Dalehad a half acre spread in the neighborhood
with a quarter acre swimming pool.So I stopped at the antlers on the
gate, rang the ship's bell hangingthere, but nobody answered. I thought
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maybe Joe was in the pool.In the rear, so I opened the
door and walked in. Then Ifelt like walking out again because I saw
Joe Dale lying there, making ared stain on the white living room rug.
Very defunct. I walked over tohim and gazed on at him.
Then I heard the footsteps behind meand did the half turn in time to
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see oblivion whistling down on my head. Oh, everything went red, white
and blue, and I was whirlinglike a top. Oh, it made
me dizzy, whirling like that.I couldn't stand the shrieking of the wind
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as it whistled past my ears.I concentrated on stopping so hard that I
could hear my teeth gritting, butno goal. Then I thought of you,
lorn, and suddenly I heard hispleasant words, welcome home county.
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Oh, oh, my head,he sees you, ugar. Who is
this ancient feather merchant with you?This is her father? You mean,
a little damn father? Is hetalking about my God? Yes, sir?
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What's he doing with that gun?He couldn't pull the trigger with a
tractor, Will you see? God? The young snap out? And you
got here, cam married my dagme can't you can't get Oh? Shut
up? I don't feel good.Can you making things tough for me?
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Her father has a gun. I'mcapting this gang w I'm like mob,
Oh, make him stop talking.His voice sounds like a grindstone on a
grindstone. Now he'm mad. Imight get ja enough to the old school,
and if my daddy happened enough.When I'm marrying this, you go,
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oh no, no, I'm notgonna let my alter ego get married.
You go can't get married. Ohthat's a mighty suffish when you're looking
at things, rob Oh, look, look my head. I don't feel
good. I came up here fora rest. Now I'm are going to
have it. Talk me out,my god happy? Oh, shut up,
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shut up, shut up. Ican't stand that silly voice of yours.
He's fine, Robie. You can'tstand in the way of our happiness.
It's not fair. It's only normal. I want to get manny,
how you get it? Beenelified?You out? I can't stand it.
I'm getting out of here. Idon't come back here, come back.
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When I came to, I waslooking right in Joe Dale's face, which
was nious from mine. The insideof my head was still whirling and clanking.
Like a washing machine. But itdidn't take me long to get back
up to date. I remembered Ihad dropped in at Joe Dale's house for
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a quick swim and found Joe stetchedout in the living room floor shot.
Then I remembered that swishing sound whichalways means another bump on my head,
And now my feet felt like theywere in diver's shoes. As I got
up and looked the situation over,the murder gun was lying there with a
side of Joe's body, and therewas a billpole on the floor by the
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door. Being the kind of aguy I am, I picked up the
billpole. First it was Joe Dale'sand I put it in my pocket.
Then I took my handkerchief and carefullypicked up the gun. I was bending
over Joe gun in hand when Iheard a voice behind me. Yeah,
a beautiful dame had walked in onme and he bending over the corpse gun
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in hand. She fainted. Iran over to her, Hey, hey,
come out of it, lady,lady, come on, come on,
Oh come on, oh lord,everything happens to me. Come on,
come out of it. Open youreyes. But she didn't. While
I was working on her. Aman showed up in the open door.
He took one look at the tableauand died for the murder gun, which
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I had dropped. He parted thegun at my third vest button and said,
just stay right where you are.I know how to shoot this thing,
and I'm holding you for the police. Your partner got away, but
I'll look mister, Hello, kai, I am the police. I know
who you are. You're Richard Robe, the private investigator. You've been mixed
up in plenty of shady deals before. What did you do to my wife?
Is this your wife? Yes?What's the matter with her? How
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she came in, saw Joe Dale'sbody and fainted? Mary that you yes,
now, don't work. I'm hereand I'll take care of you.
This many He was standing over Joe'sbody with a gun in his hand when
I came in. He's a killer, Perry, be gilful. Don't worry,
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dear, I have him covered.Stay right there, road. I'm
a nervous man. I advise younot to move while I'm phoning the police.
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investigator Richard Rogue in Rogues Gallery.I couldn't very well, blame Perry Stevens
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or his wife for thinking I justput the kiss of death on Joe Dale.
Missus Stevens came in and saw mebending over the body with a murder
gun in my hand. Promptly fainted, and so when Perry arrived, the
floor was cluttered, the cottered wasand I was the only stranger. He
picked up the killer's gun and heldme at the point of it until the
cops arrived. Lieutenant Urban of HomicideBuzz in charge. As usual, it
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seemed a little bit discouraged with me. Well, rogie, what's your story?
Urban? It's a simple one.I just dropped in here to take
a swim and I found Joe Daledead. Why didn't you report the murder
to homicide? I didn't have achance. The killer was hiding here in
the room. He slapped me Sullyin escape while I was out. How
do you think I got this cuton my head shaving? I never know
about you. There were two ofthem, Lieutenant. I saw one of
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them run out from behind this house, A big man, red hair rough.
This man here, this Richard Rogue, had an accomplice. When I
came in, A roue was bendingover the body with a gun. That
gun in his hand, I almostcaught him in the ass. I brought
it rogie. Oh, I wasbending over the body. All right,
I'd just come too. I waschecking up. Why didn't you call homicide
when you came to I was goingto urban, But this dame here walked
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in on me, scream fainted.I demanded to arrest this name. Wait
a minute, what were you doinghere? I came over Joe as an
old friend. We just came overto take him to dinner. Don't try
to implicate a couple of law abidingpeople in your crime. You and your
wife came together, of course,Then how comes she came out ahead of
you? I hesitated when I sawthat man run out from behind the house.
Lieutenant, Do I have to standhere and let this murderer cross question
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me? Missus Stevens, you andyour husband came here together. Yes,
we had a dinner date with Joe. Did you see this man run away
from the house? No? Icame right straight inside. Okay, look,
Rogy, you'd better come down toheadquarters with me right now. We've
got some talking to do. Irvan, Irvan, I'll be down in an
hour. I want to go tothe emergency hospital and have my head put
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back on. I gotta go homeand get a suit without these red polka
dot then I'll be down. Idemand that you put Rogue under arrest.
Lieutenant, Now take it easy,mister Stevens. I've had a little more
experience but this sort of thing thanyou have. See you in and hour,
Roggy be there. That gash onmy head had cost me a lot
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of blood, and I was alittle woozy, and I left the ex
residence of the late Joe Dale.I drove turtle speed to the emergency hospital,
where the dock made a few insultingremarks about me getting scars on the
scars on my poorhead, and thenI went home. I walked in the
door and an arm went around mythroat. A crooked elbow squeezed my Adam's
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apple until I chopped. I felta hand steak into my inside breast pocket
and lifted that wallet I'd picked upon the floor beside Joe Dale's body.
The elbow squeezed a little tighter,tighter, tighter, and I had a
horrifying sensation of bursting lug. Thenthe elbow released him. I fell to
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the floor to the accompaniment of impartingfootsteps. I was still lying there when
urban walked in through the open door. I got worried about you when you
didn't show off, Rogie. Idon't know. Oh, I guess I
just got faint plopped over here.I lost a lot of blood. You
know. Better take care of yourself, Rogie. I don't want to lose
you. They like talking, Ohsure, sure, but I don't know
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anything to talk about. Maybe you'dlike to talk about a murder and tell
me did you get a line onthat red headed guy that was seen leaving
Joe's house. I've got a descriptionout on him. Nothing has happened,
jan How about mister missus Stevens checkup on them. Yeah. Stevens is
the personnel director for an airplane company, has his bills promptly, has money
in the bank, lives within hisincome and he's been a friend of Joe
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Dale since college days. They're clean. That leaves you and the big red
headed guy in the finals. Oneof you killed Joe Dao. I don't
think you did it, but Icould get an indictment against you in twenty
minutes for the evidence I have,But I didn't kill him. I didn't
like him well enough. Oh,I guess it's up to me if I'm
the big redheaded guy. Huh.You check the gun, no soap.
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The number was filed off and theonly fingerprints on it were Stevens, and
they got on it when he washolding you. Yeah, I was there.
What had happened? I remember?Oh, brother? Rather than I
feel weary, alsa one thing elsewhereto missus. Stevens was not expecting to
find Dale murdered. You really wantto out like a butler on Thursday night?
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You know, Rogie, I'm acup And the fact that you and
I understand each other doesn't make anydifference to the commissioner. Yeah, I
know Joe Dare, who was apretty prominent character. Lots of connections.
Now the commissioner expects a quick pinch. And with our friends the Stevens down
there at City Hall swearing that theysaw you standing over the body with a
practically smoking gun in your hand,well it looks like it's going to be
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you. I put the arm on. But you know I didn't kill him.
Urban I want to kill a guylike that. Yes, I know
you didn't kill him. But thenewspapers were on the old man. He's
on the chief and the chiefs onme. I'm going to have to pinch
you, Rogie. You're a greatpal urvan. But look, if you
pinch me, they'll never get acon And you know that you can't get
a confiction with automotive. I knowthat. But you've made a lot of
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enemies around headquarters, Rogue. Theysee a chance to give you a bad
time and they don't want to missit. You can see the spot I'm
in. Oh yeah, now,look, look, Urban, give me
twenty four hours to get the guyto pull the boom on Joe Dale.
Just twenty four hours, I'll happenfor you. That's whistling in the dark,
ROGI yeah, with a ten whistle. But just give me a chance
at it. Anyway, maybe I'llbe lucky. Okay, it'll probably put
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me back on a beat, butI'll play along with you. You've got
twenty four hours, Rogue. Thendon't make me come after you come in
and give yourself up. The deal. Yeah, the deal. You're a
good copper and I know you're stickingyour neck out like a turtle of feeding
time, and believe me, Iwon't let you down. Okay, ro
Gonta get out, better get somesleep. You look awful. I can't
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afford the luxury of sleeping. Igotta work to do. Okay, Rogue,
call me if you need me.I'll be around a lot the luck
you'll hate it. Hello, Hello, hello, Lieutenant Urban. There just
aboute hy Urban. Yeah for me, Yeah, he'll be right here.
Hang on, mighty excited little manon the other end of this. Yeah,
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hello Urban speaking Stevens. Yeah,and what do you want that man,
that redheaded man that I saw runningaway from Joe's house this afternoon.
Yes, yes, he came heretonight to my house. Well, what
did you do? He gave youto kill me? But hi, I
shot him. He's dead. Pleasecome out with once. I'll be right
there now. Don't move with thingstill I get there. Come on,
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ROGI, well, let's put thateighth ball I was behind over in the
corner pocket, says Urban. Yeah, it looks Mike Stephens wrapped his case
up for us, and that makesme very happy. I wasn't looking forward
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to sweating it out in a jailof yours. I didn't have anything against
that redd the guy, but I'mnever gonna miss it. It takes me
off a spot too, you know. Yeah, well you don't have to
be a hero in my corner.Oh well, all well that ends well.
Corner phrase. It's there right downthis next block here, Steven's gonna
have a lot of cabbage big housesin the neighborhood. Yeah, I checked
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that. The wife's got money.Oh there it is that two story white
job. There's a precinct, proudcar in front. The boys are on
the job. Hell, let's let'sget with it, grimeal t hello,
barer, medical examiner here yet no, not yet, preaching boys, just
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got here. Thanks, come on, Rogi. Oh, let's quite the
layout. Wife's got door. Huhyeah, and uncle, if there's plenty
about a year ago? M makesit nice to perry oh bottom mine.
Ah, you know, someday BettyCallahan and I'm gonna have a chicken ranch
out here in this valley. Look, we're investigating a murder. That's SERI
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his business. Oh boys, whereis he right in there? Lieutenant?
Thanks well, lieutenant, it's aboutthe time you were getting here. When
I came as fast as we could. Stevens Now, I suppose you tell
me what happened. I'll be gladto my wife and I got home tonight.
Which is your wife? Is heany right to question me in that
tone of voice? Lieutenant? Whereis your wife? Why? They the
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shock was too much for her?She's upstairs. I don't blame her.
He's got enough for to day.Come on, what happened? You got
him with that shotgun? Eh?Yes, I was fighting, terribly frightening,
And as soon as I came home, I had got my shotgun night.
I have a little you know,and I put it here beside my
chair. It was just a hunch. The doorbell rang, my wife answered
the door. We thought it wasa neighbor. This redheaded man walked in.
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I recognized him at once. Hewas the man i'd seen run away
from Joe's house. He had agun. It's going to kill me,
I suppose, because I was theonly eye witness with the cry. I
don't that make sense? It certainlydoes. It's the truth. He turns
it, thought to my wife,I saw my chat. I shot him.
There. He is your murderer.I've never seen anybody killed before.
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Well, he's sure, Dad iversee him before? Now not? And
I know of Hey, what areyou doing? Roggie? Oh? I'm
just trying to get them stap onthe guy. That's all I thought.
Oh, what's the matter. Oh, I'll get a billfold. I didn't
expect to see one on this guy. And hey, Urban, this is
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Joe Davis billfold and it's full ofdoll Yeah. See, yeah, several
hundred bucks in it. Yeah,that's the final piece of evidence. I'll
take care of it. Oh,there's a medical examiner and the newspapers are
about due to arrive. You've donea good night's work, mister Stevens.
I want to thank you. I'mnot a man of violence. I'll never
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be able to forget this night.There was something about that wallet that it
was as strange as a bright andblack other. Identification on the body pegged
the redhead as one Tom Church,recently of the Navy, now a resident
of the Crane Hotel. I watchedfor my chance to give Urban and his
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minions the slip and patted away.I went to police headquarters and charged into
the identification bureau on a dead run. I handed the sigeant and charged the
wallet and asked him to dust itthe fingerprints. Then I waited. When
the sigeant came back, his jawwas stuck out like the business end of
a snow plow, and there wereicicles in her voice. Watched the deal,
Rogie, what's the matter with you? All I ask you to do
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is to give me the identification onthe finger prints you found on the bell
phone? Yeah? Yeah, yeah? Do you know who's prince I found?
Your wise private creep? Do youyours? Only yours? We'll return
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private investigator Richard Rogue in Rogues Gallery, the news that the only fingerprints on
that billfole were mine turned on thefloodlights, and one of my hunches picked
up a hammer and started pounding againstmy skull. I left the billfole there
for urban and took off for theCrane Hotel to check up on the red
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headed guy named Tom Church. Thehotel was a fourth class fleabag on Main
Street. The clerk took a lookat my buzzer and answered my questions.
That's right, that's right, chartie. I'm the law and I want some
answers. Not tell me how longhas Tom Church been registered here? To
church? Three days? She camein three day. Now, let me
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see his phone calls. Oh,we don't give out front, don't lip
me get them, tell me beforeI jump over that carter and stand on
you while I pick them up.Poet. Okay, okay, you you
look like just the kind of guythat called Joe. I've got them for
you. I checked the phone callsand found one of them had a message
that was going to ring somebody's numberfor the surprise party. I thanked the
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clerk and drove to the valley.The free dawn Gray made way for the
sunshine. Just as I walked upthe front walk at Dale's house, an
elderly man walked around the next branch, pushing a lawn More you policeman.
That's right. Yes, horrible thing, that murder yesterday. They get the
killer yet, while I I thinkso. Were you home yesterday afternoon at
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the time of the killing. Yeah, I wasn't paying much attention. You
know. I heard the shot,but I thought it was in a backfire.
He look the whole time. Iwant you to tell me everything you
saw and heard after that shot.Well, you see, I was sitting
in the room reading the evening paper, you know, and I saw you
drive up. Are you sure you'rea policeman. Mister why, yes,
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of course. Well i'd like tosee your credentials. You know you were
the first man I saw enter there. All right, here's the dope on
me hereh Scheriff Office loves me,it is, that's fine. Oh oh,
yes, I've heard of you,mister rogue. Well after you drove
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up, the lady arrived. Andwhat do you want, mister rogue?
Mister Stevens, I'm coming in.I want to talk with you. No,
come back, lady, I'm sorry, go on in and saddam,
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what do you want? Some answers? Saddam? Now where's your husband?
Asleep? Nothing ever wakens in?All right, let's get my twitter.
Huh what were you to Joe Dale? I don't know what you mean,
Missus Stevens. You've been seeing Joea lot, haven't you. I don't
bother lying. I've got witnesses.You and Joe Dale were better friends than
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your husband knew went to. Ohno, I used to meet Joe once
in a while to talk over investments. He was making for me at his
house in the afternoons usually. Huh, Yes, missus Stevens, your husband
killed Joe Dale. You lied whenyou said that the tour of you had
a dinner date with Joel last night. I just talked to your husband's secretary.
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He was supposed to be in SanFrancisco yesterday. No, yes,
but instead he went out in thevalley and killed Dale. I practically surprised
him in the act. He gotpanick, he knocked me up and rand
No, No, he didn't,he didn't. I can prove what I'm
saying, missus. Stevens. Youcame up in your car alone. Your
husband came up in a cab afew minutes later. He had to get
back in to get that wallet anda gun to make the murder look like
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a robbery. Picked the gun upso there'd be a reason for his sting
offense on it. Then an hewent to Maya Piron collected the wallet after
choking me after death. Are youwith him? Then? You're just making
this up. You can't prove it, Mark mart don't say anymore. It's
a little late for that. Stevens. You've bungled the job all the way
through, and you won't be needingthat gun. Harry, don't don't shoot
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give it that gun, Stevens.You'd be crazy to getting a shooting contest
with me. You'll stay right whereyou are over. I'm not afraid to
shoot Marche. They can't make youappear against me. That's the law.
If you stay with me, I'mcoming after the gun. Stevens, you
stay where you are over, March. Mart stopped looking at me like that.
Nopody knows anything about what I did. But Rogan, No, no,
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Perry. You killed them, andI'm glad to get rid of you.
You, March. Don't sell meout. I've been frightened to death
everything I've married. You Take thatgun away from him, Rogue, Take
away running gun. Stevens, getaway from you, Rogue. You're going
back on me. You can't dothat, Marge. We're in this thing
(29:03):
together. Let me have that gun. Stephens shot you with sgether given a
gun, I'll pick your arm off. Give it to me. Okay,
Stevens, this is the end ofthe easy story for you. Well that
(29:25):
finished that case. Stevens went tothe gas chamber on Madge's testimony, and
Marge is still in prison on anaccessory Rapp the redheaded kid Tom Church wasn't
oh. He was an Emacon victim. He'd been interviewed by Stevens for a
job the day before. Stevens knewhe had no relatives, no connections,
so he decided to frame him forthe murder of Joe Dale. He described
(29:47):
Church to the police, then calledhim at his hotel and asked him to
come to Stephen's home for an interviewabout a job. If Church had been
in when the call came, Iflier, I might have muffed the case.
But he was out and Stevens lefthis number for a callback that went
by. All that was luck,I guess, but I don't know.
(30:08):
I I think I would have solvedthe case anyway. Of course, I
I didn't make a dime out ofit. Oh well, money can't buy
happiness, but it can buy alot of things that make unhappiness pleasant.
Candy, Oh you'll know what Imean. This is Dick Powell again.
(30:41):
Ladies and gentlemen, I hope youenjoyed our story tonight. Ray Buffam wrote
it, Lee Stevens composed and conductedthe music. In d Engelbach produced and
directed. Next week, we havea story for you about a missing witness,
a worried rogue, and an ambushthat failed. Be with us,
then will you? Thanks? Forlistening, and I was jemmed. Be
sure to tune in again next week, same time, same station, when
(31:03):
you will again hear Dick Powell asprivate investigator Richard Rogue in Rogue's Gallery.
A while that us solved me TostideFitch Samoa your head, Sake your hair
sam After in between Fitch shampoos,you can keep your hair shining and manageable
(31:25):
by using a few drops of Fitch'sIdeal hair Tonic every day. Fitch's Ideal
Hair Tonic is not sticky or griefy, yet it gives your hair that well
groomed look. Welcome back, well. Richard Rogue's one guy I don't feel
(31:52):
particularly sorry for if he misses afee on a particular adventure. I do
have to say his subconscious life isgetting more and more messed up as time
goes along. But perhaps some ofthat money should be going to psychiatrists.
I should mention that this is actuallythe last mutual broadcast we have of Rogues
(32:15):
Gallery. The episode The Missing Witnessofficially wrapped up the mutual run, but
that, like much of the RoguesGallery, cannon is lost. But the
good news is that Rogues Gallery movedto NBC for a summer run, and
we have the first four episodes ofthat series, which are actually the last
(32:37):
four episodes we have with Dick Powell. So we're running out of and changing
our detective stars in a very closetime, ring first Tom Conway and then
a couple. In a couple ofweeks, it'll be Edmond O'Brien and then
after that Dick Powell. But oncethat's done, we should be said on
(32:57):
most days other than Tuesday, whichwill see quite a few changes until summer
of twenty eleven or twenty twelve,you need to get a calendar, not
just a clock when I'm recording.All right, well, listener comment from
Melissa says, the August fifth RoguesGalleries a repeat. It's the same as
Murdering Drawing Room, a broadcast onME thirty first. The titles are different,
(33:19):
but broadcast identical. Just thought you'dwant to know. Thanks a lot,
Melissa. I think this is acase of script reuse, which was
something we saw with Jeff Regan.I think this will probably be the only
case we see with Rogues Gallery.If anyone's aware of a different episode than
the one we played for a murderin Drawing room a or for the Latin
(33:44):
time Lemono, and we'll be happyto get that played. All right.
Well, that will do it fortoday. We will be back next week
with the NBC run of Rogues Gallery, and then join us tomorrow let George
do it. In the meanwhile,send your comments to Box thirteen at Great
Detectives dot net, follow us onTwitter at Radio Detectives, and I give
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us a call two O eight ninenine one four seven eight three
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