Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I am the whistler, and I know many things. For
I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden
in the hearts of men and women who are stepped
into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of
which they dare not speak, and all the whispers strange
(00:40):
stories the glass dime. It was early evening as Wally
(01:03):
Layton stepped out of his office on the third floor
of the Drake Building.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
And your mood was anything but cheerful.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Walking the door behind him, he stopped for a moment,
gazed at the lettering on the glass panels Walter Layton,
Theatrical Agency. A frown crossed his features. Then, shaking his
head sadly, sighed and started down the corridor toward the elevators.
(01:31):
You whirl at the sound wall and then see a tall,
heavy set man rush out of an office at the
end of the hall and come running towards you. Hey,
what's the idea? What's going on? Out of the way.
This catches you on the point of the jaw, then
(01:52):
just falling. Then as you manage to get.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
To your feet again, you see that he's reached the.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Head of the stairs. He turns and level of the gun,
aren't you The bullet whistles passed you as you drop
to the floor. An instant later, a man disappears down
the stairway. Mister Lake, are you hurt? No? No, I
I guess not, doc. What happened? I heard the shots
(02:18):
from my office. It beats me.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
I heard some shots. Then the guy came charging out
of the coin dealer's office down.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Then who rent Worth? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (02:25):
I tried to stop him, but he bowled me out
of the way, took off. Come on, we'd better see
if it Worth's all right?
Speaker 6 (02:31):
Uh hit mister Redworth, mister Redwood by oh ms Martin.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Now you all right?
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yes? Yes?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
What's happened in here?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I I don't know. I was in the back room.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
Mister Redworth was out here talking with someone, and then
I heard the shots.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
I rushed out.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
He didn't know, Steady, where's rent Worth.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Over there behind the counter.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
But have a look, Layton, well, doctor, mister Wentworth dead.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
I think you'd better call the police. And you say
you didn't see this man.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Miss March, No, Lieutenant, I I didn't.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Uh uh tell me it was mister Wentworth.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
Expecting anyone, and not that I knew of Oh, I'm
sure it was an attempt at robbery.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
As a matter of fact, you were about to close.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Up the office.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
H I see, we'd been in the back room checking
the catalogs from the front door by the ring.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Mister Wentworth went out to see who it was.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Uh huh uh s Lieutenant, Uh.
Speaker 7 (03:57):
If I may interrupt, Oh, certainly, doctor mister Layton.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Here got a good look at the killer.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
Uh that so was to Layton. Yes, I ran into
him in the hall right after it happened. He took
a couple of shots at me too. Alright, what they
look like?
Speaker 1 (04:11):
All who tall?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Rugged round forty? I'd say, dark square, johnt uh huh,
not much of a description. Well, it'll do fine for now.
Oh got so many in mine?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Hm? Maybe? Uh ms Martin, I don't suppose you've checked
to see if the killer took an anything.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
No, I'll have to take inventory. He couldn't have thrown
anything of real value. However, you see, all the rare.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Coins are kept in the safe and it hasn't been opened.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Uh huh.
Speaker 5 (04:43):
However, several trays out here on the counter were upset.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Coin scattered all over the floor.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
But I'll let you know if anything's missing.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Oh fine, fine, not appreciate that now, mister Layton. I
wanna keep in touch with you in the event we
line up for a man I did melification. Oh sure, sure,
I have a theatrical agency on this floor. Only I
might not be around much longer. Business isn't a good
well you live here in town? Yeah, he's thirty seven
(05:12):
Oakward Place, apartment. P here's seven oak Wood Place a part.
Then be right now. If you're finished with me, lieutenant,
I'd like to run on home.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
I've interrupted. Oh sure, mister Layton. Sure, okay, okay, I'm coming.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Hello, mister Layton.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Well what Ms Martin, mister Entworth, this is a surprise.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Not disturbing you, am I?
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Oh no, I'm just having a quiet drink all by myself.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Come in.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Hm.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Nice cozy little apartment you have.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
Yeah, and the nicer thing about it is uh rents
paid for another whole month.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah, sit down, sit up, thank you. How about a drink?
I could use one. It's been a rather hectic day.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Yeah, too bad about rent Worth, old guy.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Shall I come right to the point, mister lately.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Oh take your time. It isn't often I have such
charming company what.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Have you done with the glass dime? The what the
glass dime? D I am eve?
Speaker 1 (06:52):
What is this a gang? No gig.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
It's a rare collector's item, once belonged to the collection
of the late Justin w hence to me during it's time.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Who cute? So what's it to do with me?
Speaker 2 (07:07):
You picked it up at the office tonight?
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I did, Oh, quite by accident, of course.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
The coin was on the counter near the telephone.
Speaker 8 (07:17):
I saw you pick it up, tore it with it.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Wh you call the police and uh, without thinking? You
must have dropped it into your pocket. Why don't you.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Look you're drake, miss Martin, Thank you?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Cheers cheer?
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Well?
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Hm, oh the coin?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Try the right coat pocket?
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Well what are your long? Is it? That's it?
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Look if you saw me take the coin, why didn't
you tell the police?
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Well, that would have.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Been most embarrassing for him, even even.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Though you had taken it by accident.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Yeah, the lieutenant might not have believed it. I believe it.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Those things happened.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
M watch, this glass dime works a couple of bucks
ten maybe.
Speaker 5 (08:12):
Five thousand dollars, but twive thousand, as I said, the
rare item.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Wow, well wait, wait a minute.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
I thought you told the lieutenant, But all the expensive
stuff was kept him safe.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
And yet this coin worth five grand was in one
of the trays on the collar.
Speaker 5 (08:30):
Mister rent Worth had been showing it to a customer
this afternoon. I have forgot to put it in the safe.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Really, I was sort of careless of it, wasn't it
very Maybe you had.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Plans for the glass dime. Huh?
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Maybe?
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Alright, either it is. It's either, isn't it? But he
said we stop playing games. Huh.
Speaker 5 (08:52):
We can make sixty thousand dollars if you're interested.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Wally, it is, Wally, isn't it sixty thousand? I thought
you said it was worth five.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
That's right, but twelve times five or sixty.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
I can have a dozen copies of the coin made,
and we can peddle them in different parts of the
country and abroad.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
I know the man who'll do the jobs.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
I met him through Rentworth. Oh he's a real artist.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
He keeps the original and we get a dozen for
you sixty grand. Uh huh, we we split fifty fifty,
that's right. Who So, what's the matter. I'm just curious
about something. Why cut me in on this.
Speaker 7 (09:31):
Two reasons.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
First, I don't feel safe.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
With the man who's going to do the job. He
just might double across me. He wouldn't dare to try
anything if I brought my uh partner along, one with
broad shoulders.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Okay, yeah, that's the first reason. What's the other? Uh?
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Well, let's say I enjoy the protection of a handsome
man with broad shoulders.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Well, isn't a d.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
It's a deal, sweetheart. The future looks bright, doesn't it qualite? Yes?
(10:32):
And all because of the glass dimes, a rare collector's item.
You picked up an Amos Rentworth's office shortly after the
coin dealer was murdered. You've made a deal, agreed to
a partnership with the exciting, attractive Edith Martin, the dead
man's secretary, a deal you hope will knit the two
of you sixty thousand dollars. You don't bother to go
(10:55):
down to your office the following day, No, you sleep late,
didn't put in a call to Edith at the coin
dealer morning? Sweet?
Speaker 3 (11:04):
How do you mean afternoon?
Speaker 8 (11:05):
Don't you just get up?
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Yeah? But I take a well earned rest. Oh I
wish I could.
Speaker 8 (11:10):
I've been busy checking accounts and taking inventory with mister
Redwood's lawyer b the iss person Kenny Gillion.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
No, he isn't back from lunch yet.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Gotta be tied up with him all day. Hight So,
m how about dinner with your new partner?
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Oh?
Speaker 9 (11:25):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
You name it pause gettys. It's in the commercial district.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
You know the place, right, seven o'clock.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Seven o'clock. I'll well someone up the door. I'll see
it that I know by. Yeah, well you hello, mister Lynton.
You're Lieutenant Conlan. Yeah that's right. Uh what can I
do for you?
Speaker 2 (11:51):
In?
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Lieutenant? You can take a ride with me down the
police headquarters. What no, no, no, I need for a
long It's like to have you look over some photographs
that so after earlier're the only person who's got a
good look at Rentworth's killer. Oh oh yeah yeah sure.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Hey wait a minute, didn't you say last night you
had an idea who the killer might be?
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Yeah? Yeah, but that was last night we checked on
the man. He's back east and he's not the murderer. No,
I like Liuton. Oh, come on in. I'll be with
you as soon as I got dressed. You spend the
(12:39):
rest of the afternoon at police headquarters, looking over the
photographs and the rope gallery, but you failed to recognize
the man you saw running from Rentworth's office. Leading headquarters,
you head for your rondezvous with Edith, arrive at the
restaurant at six thirty, a half hour early to kill time.
You saw down the street looking into one shop window
(13:03):
after another. Finally you've stopped in thought of the forty
good story. When you're suddenly aware that someone is standing
close to you. You turn and stare, and your knees
almost buckle. Yes, Wally, it's the man who killed rent Within.
You're surprised, buddy, you I've been tailing you ever since
(13:25):
you left police headquarters. I figure them cops had called
you to get a look at the mug book. Well you,
I'm sorry, buddy, but you're the only guy in the
world can put a finger on me for killing an
old rent with.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
So what you out of the way. I got nothing
to worry about. Wait a minute, I I was sorry, but.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
I can't take no chances. Come on, we're gonna take
a walk. I remember one false move that you have it.
I ain't got my hand in my coat pocket just
to keep it warm, Let's go. You'd like to run,
(14:06):
wouldn't your wallet? But you can't. You seem rooted to
the spot until you feel the gun dig into.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Your side, and.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Then somehow your legs responds. As you move down the block,
the killer at your side. You want to get out
to the people in the street if your throat is
dry paralyzed with fear. Then as the killer leads you
into a dark alleyway, you see your chance. A stack
of piled up crates nearby. You step aside quickly, and
(14:38):
they come toppling down on them. You start running down
the alley.
Speaker 9 (15:01):
Hello Wally, Oh, Hello Wally.
Speaker 8 (15:05):
Redworths lawyer kept me in the office longer than I expected.
I just not got back to my apartment. I'm sorry,
I'm late.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
I glad I caught you before you left. I date
too either, So what's the mattert plenty? I ran in
the rent fort killer What?
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Yeah? I was lucky to get away. I lost him
in an alley.
Speaker 9 (15:21):
Wally, where are you now?
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Union Station?
Speaker 9 (15:23):
I'll pick you up in ten minutes.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Forget it, sweetheart, I'm grabbing a cab the police headquarters.
Speaker 9 (15:28):
Police headquarters.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Why look, my life isn't worth a plug nickel with
a killer on the loose.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
I'm the only one who can identify him.
Speaker 9 (15:34):
I want protection, Wally, Wally, you can't go to the police.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
What are you talking about? You want me to get killed?
Speaker 9 (15:40):
No, no, of course not. But going to the police
would ruin our plans.
Speaker 8 (15:45):
What do you mean, please, Wally, I'll explain everything when I.
Speaker 9 (15:47):
Pick you up.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Listen, Edith, say right.
Speaker 9 (15:50):
Where you are, Darling. I'll be there in ten minutes,
don't you see, Wally.
Speaker 5 (16:03):
If you go to the police for protection, they'll put
a man to watch you up, and we can't have
him follow us.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
To Sully's place.
Speaker 5 (16:12):
Sully the contact I told you about, the man who's
gonna make.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
The phony dive.
Speaker 8 (16:16):
Uh uh.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
I need you with me, Wally.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
He won't try anything funny if you're around.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
So in the meantime, I'm a walking target, sitting duck
for a killer.
Speaker 9 (16:27):
Not the long of it.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
I've made arrangements to see Sully tonight.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Tonight. I thought we decided to wait till things cool
off a little. We can't wait.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Mister Burston knows the glass diamond is missing.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
What you're told him?
Speaker 2 (16:44):
I had to. He asked me about it while we
were taking inventory.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Look, you said it hadn't been listed in rent worst catalogs.
That's right.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
But Reckworth must have told Burston about it when he
brought the coin a few days ago.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
You see, Burston's sort of a silent partner.
Speaker 5 (17:00):
Yeah, with VERSU knowing I had to tell them.
Speaker 8 (17:04):
Last Dime is already getting a lot of publicity.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
I heard the story on.
Speaker 5 (17:08):
The radio an hour ago, and I'm sure it'll get a.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Big play in the morning.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
The early editions are probably headlining, and they're on the
streets by now.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
All of which means we have a very hot dime
on our hands. But how will that affect your contact,
Sully or whatever his name is.
Speaker 5 (17:25):
It won't affect Sully.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
If we get it to him tonight.
Speaker 5 (17:29):
You'll probably have to give him part of our profits
on the pony dimes on account of.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
The additional risk.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
But don't worry.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
We'll come out all right.
Speaker 4 (17:36):
Okay, okay, But what about this killer on the loose?
What are we gonna do about him?
Speaker 5 (17:43):
Listen, Well, after we set the deal with Sully, you
can go to the police get all the protection you want.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
How soon can we talk to him.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
And they live just beside of Santa Barbara.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
We can drive up the Coast Highway and be there
in two hours.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
You uh, you do.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Have crying with you?
Speaker 4 (18:01):
Yeah, okay, let's get going.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
You're kind of quiet woman, boom book.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Sorry, look it's work me. No, I can wait till
we hits out of Bartles. So why wait? Life's too short?
And who knows that there will be a cocktail bars inviting?
Looking at that one? I've had all right? You twisted
my arm, I'll swinging barking the back.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
God, how about the boots in the corner.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
I'd rather shit at the bar? You mind? Yeah, I'm
not choosing. I can get a better view of the
highway while it be faults. Okay, I'm fine that.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Wally.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
Yeah what you said about watching the highway?
Speaker 1 (19:15):
I don't under wentworth killer, I knew it here. Yeah,
folks that'll be pulled in sitting out there waiting for us.
Huh what'd you say?
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Mister?
Speaker 1 (19:26):
They're back way out of here, next back way? Sure,
mister only? What about these drinks? I only? Yeah? Yeah,
this on't cover the drinks. Come on, Edith, we run
the back way, wal You heard me go on?
Speaker 4 (19:38):
The killer is getting out of the car heading in here?
Speaker 3 (19:41):
Get going here?
Speaker 1 (19:57):
What was it all about?
Speaker 9 (19:58):
Wally?
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Why'd we run out like that guy who killed Rentworth?
Picked us up again? We didn't get enough of a start.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
How are you assuring?
Speaker 1 (20:05):
Yes? I passed his car in Santa Monica, been trailing
it seated. That's why I pulled up at the bar.
I wanted to be sure. Maybe we can lose in
this time step, I'll turn on the radio, start for
a loose if there's anything more on the glass dime.
And that's about all on Korea for the moment. And
(20:28):
aside from Senator Watson's speech, which we've already covered, everything
was quiet on the political front. The murderer of Amos
Rentworth's coin dealer is still at large, but as announced earlier,
a famous ten cent piece known as a glass dime
worth thousands of dollars is missing from the rent Worth holding.
A bulletin just received offers a reward of one thousand
(20:51):
dollars for its recovery. And now let's take a look
at the Stellart enough I died, puny heart eat.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
It won't make any difference once we get into Sully.
Speaker 4 (21:01):
If we get it to Sully, that kill us with
us again. It's quite away. He's back, but he's getting
on us.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Book. Look there's a side roll up. He turned into it.
All right, I'll drive on up the road away. We'll
see what happens. Well, he's turned off the highway to
he's on our trail again. Come on, he just step
(21:29):
on it. Come on, come on, can't just fad this
craight up a little and look the.
Speaker 9 (21:36):
Road narrow, full of turns.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
I can't go anything. Well, you got to he's posing
in on us. Only a few more turns. Maybe he's
broad Slayton's out at of that way. Look out he
come up ahead.
Speaker 9 (21:51):
Cut it hard, he is.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
It is you? Okay, yes, I think so. Come on,
I would have to leave the car. We can possibly
take it out of this ditch.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
But I can try.
Speaker 4 (22:08):
Oh we haven't time. Come on, we'll head down the ravine.
Try to get back to the highway. You leave the
car stalled in the ditch.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Hurry down the ravine and a short time later you
approached the highway. You are a cluster of buildings at
the intersection where you turned off. You're in Luckwoley. Yes,
the small diner across the highway is open.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
Well, he is wished to close to the buildings on
this side of the road until the traffic thins out
and it will duck across.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Wait a minute while he what's the matter? Look up ahead,
he's come out of the side road.
Speaker 4 (22:54):
Yeah, he doubled back. Probably figured we'd try for the highway.
You'll see if we can duck into one.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Of these stores.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
There's a little Hamburger hut and it's closed. Let's go
on the back. The store isn't heavy, Hu, we're forcing open. Hurry, Wally,
hurry again.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
It's a get our leaders. You see him, Yeah, dridden past.
Speaker 4 (23:35):
I don't think it. Oh, wait a minute, he stopped
the car. Must have seen us stuck in here.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Oh while they were worse off in here than we
were before.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
No, well we're not. Look across the road where.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
A police car parked alongside the dinner.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Yeah, the two highway patrolmen inside that diner having dinner.
Speaker 4 (23:56):
Look, we gotta get word to those patrolmens. We got
as long as labor.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
It takes two compts to finish their dinner. Yes, Wally,
the two highway patrolmen and the diner across the road,
(24:21):
or a welcome sight.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Aren't say you're certain that, as long as they're.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
In the diner, Rentworth's killer will not make a move
to eliminate you, the only witness against him. Then the
blood almost freezes in your veins as you see the
killer step from his car and start walking slowly toward
the Hamburger hut where you and Edith Marton have taken refuge.
Suddenly you realize that the two highway policemen, calmly enjoying
(24:48):
their dinner, are no hindrance to the killer, unless you
can somehow get word to them before Renworth player reaches you.
He spotted us either he's coming toward, but the policeman
they don't know who he is. They're not even looking
this way. Well, you gotta pull on that diner, talk
to most comes. There ought to be a phone.
Speaker 5 (25:09):
There's a payphone over there behind the county.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Oh god, uh, you got any change? He did?
Speaker 2 (25:16):
No? No, I left my purse back at the car.
Speaker 5 (25:18):
Don't you have any Just.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
A four bit piece, two pennies, a couple of bills
and the dime.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
You mean the glass time?
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (25:30):
Oh no, Walley, not the glass time.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Now, after all we've gone.
Speaker 4 (25:34):
Through it'sat I get killed. Besides, we can get it
back when they open the coin box with a.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Thousand dollar reward of it and all the publicity about it.
Or never Walry, we'll never get it back.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Think Wally, sixty thousand dollars, You'll think I wanna live
(26:13):
a