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Now it is time for this week'sepisode of Dangerous Assignment. The original aired
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eight December the sixteenth, nineteen fiftyand the title is Missing Civil War Man.
Now a full hour of mystery adventure, the Saturday night feature of NBC's
All Star Festivals. Thirty minutes fromnow, It's the Man called X.
Right Now, Dangerous Assignment, starringBrian Dunlevy as Steve Mitchell, brought to
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television. Yeah, danger is myassignment. I get sent to a lot
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of places I can't even pronounce.They all spell the same thing, all
troubled. But when I walk intothe Commissioner's office, I don't realize this
assignment's going to involve a worstless scrapof paper which almost turns out to be
my own death warrant. Parting commissionNight, Steve, I suppose I pulled
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you right out of a big dealas usually, no matter of fact,
it was all very innocent this time, Commissioner. I was out getting some
new furniture from my apartment. Youwere, Why sure I just bought a
coffee table with a lazy Susan.Really, Well, on second thought,
Susan wasn't so lazy after all,That's what I thought. Oh, Commissioner,
I've finally got him a jump onyou. How's that You're always calling
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me in here and sending me offinto the wild blue yonder. So this
time I'm ready for you. I'mall packed up and I've got my passport
in my pocket. Now what wildand wooly Spotty is sending me to this
time? Richmond, Virginia? Whyyou heard me, sir, Richmond,
Virginia. Gray. That's what Iget for trying to be a mastermind.
Okay, so I unpacked. Iwouldn't do that just yet, Steve,
you start in Richmond, where youend up? Does anybody's guess? What's
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the deal? Eckman's in this country? Eckman. Hasn't anybody done the world
a favor by knocking him off?Yet, Steve, you know as much
about Eckman as I do who he'spart time for an agent, part time
international information peddler. He's smooth andtough, and he's been in our hare
for longer than I can't remember.What's he doing in the United States?
Can you think of any reason whyEckman would steal an old Civil War map?
Civil War map? Are you kidding? We know Eckman went to Virginia.
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We also know he managed to crasha fancy dress ball given by a
Colonel Carruthers. There After the ball, this map was missing from the wall
of the Colonel study. But Istill don't see how a civil war map
could be important enough. Neither doWine. That's why you're going to Richmond,
now, Steve, get down there, talk to Colonel Carruthers, then
go anywhere and do anything you haveto to get to the bottom of this
whole deal. Well, that's it, You've got your assignment. Good luck.
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You are listening to Dangerous Assignment starringBrian don Levy and the role of
Steve Mitchell, colorful two fisted governmentagent. At all those places of the
world where danger and intrigue walk handin hand, There you will find Steve
Mitchell on another dangerous assignment. Well, I've had a lot of screwball assignments
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in my time, but this onetakes the cake a Civil War map.
Yet I suppose the next thing I'llfind others that I'm up against, the
plot to blow up Chesapeake Bay.It's Wednesday when I get to Richmond.
I had for Colonel carruthers mansion werethe lighted nodder to make acquaintance mister Mitchell,
sir. Although I must confess I'ma little puzzled as to why they
should send a man from Washington toinvestigate such a minor theft. But then
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the things they do in Washington havepuzzled me for quite a spell. Now
we're interested in the case primarily becauseof the man who apparently stole the map,
Colonel Carruthers. As for the mapitself, the document is of historical
value only, sir. I yousee my study here is filled with relics
of the Greek Wall War between theStates, Sir you yeah, And the
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map had no value other than asa relic. Huh, none whatsoever?
No, sir, No, ithad to do with the Battle of Fredericksburg
December eighteen sixty two, sassive victoryfor the southemnight adit. As a matter
of fact, it will marry arough sketch, But it was actually used
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by the Confederate Army. That givesit value to a connector. Do you
know this man Ekman, Colonel emYeah, the one who swiped the map.
The scoundrel passed himself off to meas a clayburn by an old Southern
man or claimed to be writing abook on the Battle of Fredericksburg. A
matter of fact, I remember thinkingat the time it was rather strange.
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What was well, he should bewriting a book on the Battle of Fredericksburg
when one was just polish less month, one in which my relics and my
research appeared quite prominently. But toget back to this Claiborn or Ekman,
Yeah, well, he wanted tobrowse through my books and my relics.
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I was quite preoccupied at the time. I was making preparation for a fancy
dressed ball, so I guess inpermission. And it was after the ball
was over that I had discovered thatthe map was missing, and the man
with it I see it. However, now, if you would care to
see what that map look like,there's a picture of it in this book
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I spoke of, the one thatwas published last month. That's the one
in which my relics in my researchappeared. I happen to have a copy
of that right here. The pictureof the map is on page two hundred
sixty three approximately. Let's see you, oh see, sir, Just just
in passing, here's a picture ofthe very sword used by Jeb Steward himself
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in the charge of the battle thatfirst very internet. But the map,
Colonel, please, I'm coming tothe map. Now here's a picture of
a genuine mini ball. Many manycontinued to shoot out a cannon. Colonel,
the map. Now here's here somebodyelse? Yeah? Now here we
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are? Yeah, here we area map. Yeah, you're right when
you said it was just a roughsketch. I don't get it. Why
would a foreign agent like Eckman steala map like this. That's the mystery
of us, sir. Of course, we're not completely sure it was Ekman
who stole it. Colonel. Theseguests you were entertaining at the time,
sir, if you were trying toimply that the people I am buy it
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into buy home are of the caliberthat would stoop to comments, then I'm
not trying to imply anything, Colonel, I'm just h what's the scrawl in
the lower right hand corner? Here? I see you, sir, h
thank you? Oh oh yes,that is the signature of the man who
made the map, a Frenchman namedCartier. He fought for the South,
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doing Great War, great film ofDaddies. As a matter of fact,
it was Cartier's great grandson, BillCarter, who gave me this map.
Bill Carter comes from a fine Richmondfamily, Carter Cartier. Yeah, well
family cheese name. Rather, I'llspeak Bill is shugging me up a little
with the gift of that map,so the young bleed could ask from my
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granddaughter Juliet's hand in Mary. Isee, well, thanks for the information,
Colonel, I'll see you later.I leave Colonel Carrother's house still as
much in the dark as when Icame. Why Eckman would steal a map
ninety years old as a way beyondme, But there must be a reason.
I've got to find out what itis, which means that first I've
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got to find Ekman. So Istart checking. Three hours and twenty five
bucks later, I find a cabdriver who remembers taking a man answering Ekman's
description to the Colonel's house last night, waiting for him a few minutes,
and then taking him to a hotelin Richmond. I try the hotel,
but Ekman's just checked out. Theclerk remembers, however, hearing him inquire
about the sailing time of a shipnamed the Southern Empress from Norfolk. I
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get there just as the ship ishauling in our gang client, but I
make it aboard the last second andhead for the bridge. In the captain
no Mitchell. There's no Claybourn onmy passenger list, and no Eckman either.
That doesn't surprise me. Captain Ekmanused the name of Claybourne in Richmond,
and he could be using another name. Now, are you sure he's
on this ship? Pretty sure?You've written down his description for me.
I'll pass it along to the restof my officers. Okay, I'll know
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he's around the ship and spread theword among the stewards. I think that
would be your best chance. Incidentally, where are we heading? Lisbon?
Portugal? Lisbon? Does that makesense to you? This man Eckman?
I mean, is that where youfigured he'd be? Heady Lisbon, Coney
Island? What's the difference? Doesit make? Right now? Nothing about
this deal makes sense. Well,I'll check with you later. I know's
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around the ship all day, butI don't spot Eckman. None of the
stewards I talked to remember noticing himeither. By now I'm beginning to wonder
if he's even on the ship.This is gonna look just great. In
an official report, Steve Mitchell,government agent on a wild goose chase across
the Atlantic after a Civil War mapwell towards evening, I head for the
bar. Then I spot the girl. When I first noticed her, she's
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three stools away, And next timeI look, she's two stools away.
Then all of a sudden, she'sright beside me. Addy. Oh,
I always feel a girl shouldn't sittingthe ball alone. Then look right,
Oh, well, no you're notalone. You probably think it's real grazy
and me to talk to him?Man, I don't know, Hella.
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Tell me life on board ship ispretty informal, MISSI from my first name
Zoe Steve Mitchell. Now isn't thatone that one? I just knew your
name would be Steve. Don't askmy high I just knew, well,
you're a one up on me there. I didn't just know your name would
be Zoe. You enjoying the boatride, Steve? Oh not particularly?
How about you? Sounds like thisis the farthest you've ever been away from
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the Mason Dixon line. Oh,now you're just spoking fun at me,
Steve. I think I myself amighty fine boat rides. Enough, I
managed to make me some friends.Poor hello, Helper scale like me.
She needs friends wherever she is.I'll tell you for sure, you don't
look very helpless to me, theway you've been downing those straight shots.
Oh those are just to give mesome courage, Steve. I'm naturally such
a shy, a little person.Yeah, I can see that you want
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to vacation, Zoe. Uh huh? How'd you happen to pick Lisbon?
Not gidding that one. I'm countingin all the words. Any y see,
I just stuck a fan on theup and it said, little I
see. Do you know? Thislife aboard the boat's also new to me?
Sometimes I wish I'd stayed right athome. Body gets to feed and
so helpless. So now we're backon that helpless routine. Oh but I
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rely am Steve. You wouldn't believeit. I can't even get that little
hood door on my state room lock. Verty if I be that is that
I just won't seem to work right. I ain't that awful. Well,
a matter of fact, I thinkI ought to go clide again. I
just know I won't be able tomake it work right. Maybe seeing later,
I'll find me some nice person whocan help me. I ain't don't
doubt it. I see you later. You never can tell. Mhmm.
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That's quite a lot friend, Isay, a little lady. She's quite
a looker, isn't she. Oh, she's looking all right. The collie's
the name, friend, John J. Culley, Mitchell's mine. How are
you? Oh? I've had alittle bot with my stomach right after we
put to see but feeling much betternow. See. This is my first
boat trip. I've ridden every railroadin the United States in my time,
but never hot on the Brideya.Yes, it's quite an experiences. You
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would travel a lot. Oh,yes, yes, shure do. Here's
my card. Friend, John J. Culley acme button company. You sell
buttons? Well, I don't givethem away? Oh yes, I figured.
I've sold an average of two thirdsa button to every man, woman,
and child of the United States.Quite a record. But what goods
two thirds a button? I'll say, your money quick on the update?
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Then yeah, I'm a card.You ought to be shuffled and cut.
Fine. You know you and Ispeak the same language. Friend, Thanks,
Yes, I've sold buttons and everystate there is. Now I'm going
over to do the same in Europe. The zipper doesn't have you scared?
Huh. Wells that used to bea dirty word to me. But the
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way I've got it figured out now. Is this is a big world,
friend, There's room in it forthe zipper and the button. Le's reassuring.
You know, our president said tome not a week ago, he
called me into his office. Hedid plump me down in a chair.
And then the old Sah says,sah, that's our president, says to
me. J J says that's youright. Yes, he says to me,
Go out, JJ, go outand button up the world. It's
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a great thought, isn't it.Oh inspiring? Beg your pardon, mister
Mitchell, Oh captain, excuse me, mister Cully. Yes, sure thing,
friend, keep on flying, youmay keep on button What is it,
ketn You know the particular passenger you'relooking for, Eckman. There's a
man in thirty one B who answersthe general description. But his name is
Pettibone. Thanks, Kevin, I'llpay him a little visit thirty one B.
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Why Stevy, Well, miss MagnoliaBlossom, I thought you were stayed
from the thirty five. Oh itis, but I always feel that a
person belongs to get acquainted with theneighbors. And when mister Pettibone was kind
enough to ask me to step upin for a teen little old dream.
Where is mister Pettibone. You juststepped out from me in order right back.
You said you were just on avacation, didn't you, Joy,
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I sh't there. You're sure that'sall there is to it. You don't
happen to be interested in any civilwar relics, do you? We mean?
Well between states? Well, I'msure I don't know what you talk
about, Steve Adam. Oh,here's mister Pettibone. Now, of course
I'm Peckman. Of course I'm noteman. I'm mister Pettibone. If you
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please, if you're a private detective, you could tell them my wife.
I've a detective wife. Oh great, thank you. One good evening,
mister Pettibone. I go back ondeck and I realize I'm getting nowhere fast.
The old feeling that this whole thingis some kind of a gag starts
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gnawing away at me again. Thenthe captain sends word to me that the
mate has spotted another passenger who answersEkman's description, a man in forty two
B. So I head below again. Probably another wild ghost chase, but
I've got to follow it up.I knock no answer, doors unlocked.
I go inside steakroom's dark and Icatch up with of a heavy Swedish smell.
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I click on the lights. Theroom is all torn up. Then
I hear a sound behind me.I start to flow around, but too
late. Something hard connects over myright here and I hit the deck.
When I come out of it,I know I've finally found Eckman, but
I still don't know why he swipedthe Civil War map. He's very,
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very dead. Have you ever wonderedwhat Hope says to Crosby, Let's listen
and find out, Say, Bob, incidentally, now that you're with Chesterfield,
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suggestion, please yeah, why didn'tyou try and conduct yourself with a
little little savoy fair, a littleto say qua you are the v look
vn Rod. Don't try to dazzleme without stale frenchy yours. I could
dazzle you with English, Bob,dazz will be enough out of you.
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All Back to Dangerous Assignment and Briandon Levy as Steve Mitchell. Any idea
who killed Eckman Mitchell not at all, Captain. It was probably the same
person who hit me over the head. When I walked into Eckman's stateroom.
Whoever it was, could mccartton veryfar from Ekman's room? What do you
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mean? Well, I came downthe passageway just about a minute after you
went into the stateroom. There wasno one in sight. Let's see who
are some of the passengers whose stateroomsare near Eckman's On B deck. Eckman
stateroom was forty two B, andthere's a Missus Forsyth and thirty five B,
yeah, the Southern Fried Chicken,and a mister Pettybone and thirty one
B. Yeah, already met misterPettybone. Two. I believe that most
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of the rest of the passengers fromthat area were hop on deck when it
happened. So now I'm worse offthan ever before. Now I don't know
who's got the map. I wouldn'tsay that, What do you mean,
captain, you have the map?I had now look so they could look
in this envelope, Hey, themap? Where did you get a captain?
The mate told me this. Eckmanhad asked him to lock up the
envelope and the ship safe, soI thought i'd better see what was in
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it. Yeah, it looks likethe picture of it that I saw in
that book that Colonel Carr's place backin the States. What's so important about
it, Mitchell, that's the point. It's just a rough sketch drawn by
a guy named Cartier almost ninety yearsago. So now I've got it,
but I still don't know what thedeal is all about. Wait? Did
you lock up Eckman stateroom after weleft? Yes? I also posted the
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guard there. Go ahead, I'dlike to examine his papers. I'll meet
you there in ten minutes. First, I want to have a talk with
the Bell of the South. Well, I say, hello, Zoi.
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Now I just bet you finally cameto see if you can help me fix
that little o lock on my door. Well, not exactly, ZOI.
The last time I saw you youwere in mister Pettibone stateroom. How long
did you stay there? After Ileft? Forty minutes? To even mister
Pettybone, he was quite disturbed aboutyour visit. He seems to think you
were nasty, your private detective orsomething like that. I told him I
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wouldn't pay you know never mind?Why ye, Because not long ago a
man was killed just a few stateroomsaway. Oh me, the things that
can happen on a boom, Yeah, the things that can happen on a
boat. I suppose you wouldn't beknowing anything about it. What's do?
Whatever do you mean? I Mwhat's mad? Nothing? You got a
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cigarette? Zoe? What? Noships? I'm a liar? I see
why are you going? I seeyou later? Joy. I didn't declare
if you are the strangest man Iever did. I leave Zoe's stateroom go
up on deck for a smoke.Now I know the trail is eating up.
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I caught a whip of the samearoma in Zoe's room that I'd noticed
in Ekman's room. And now I'vegot the smell peg that's Turkish tobacco.
So at this point it looks likeZoey's tied up in the deal. But
before I do anything about it,I've got to find out what the deal
is. I head for Ekman's stateroom to meet the captain. On the
way, I passed the bar colley. The button King flashes me a big
grimm and waves me to come over. But I've got no desire to talk
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buttons at this moment, so Ikeep walking the Captain and I go over
all of Ekman's papers carefully, andfinally I find something. What is it?
Mitchell? A letter Captain written bya guy named Correlli and Lisbon,
an address to Ekman. It refersto certain interests who are willing to pay
for proof proof of what. Itdoesn't say. It also mentions an Fatigue
family in Lisbon and says they're willingto add a big bundle of money too.
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You think that the Civil War mapis somehow connected with all of this?
I think it is. It couldbe the proof this Corelli talks about
in that letter, But proof ofwhat? I don't even have a glimmer
right now. When do we dockin Lisbon tomorrow morning? You know I
got a hinch it. Shortly afterwe dock this Correlli is going to receive
a visit from Eckman's partner. ButEkman's dead. I know. That's why
his partner has to carry on withthe deal. But do you know who
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this partner is? Yeah? Coolme, Yes, Correlli. Who are
you a friend of Eckman's? Oh, come in, when did you vote
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that twenty minutes ago? That isEckman? Somebody caught up with him.
He's dead, dead but him map. Don't worry about the map A good
thing. Ackman and I both wereworking together on this deal. You have
them up, YEA, give itto me. Not so fast, CORRELLI.
I've been thinking, I'm not surethe dough is enough what but it
was all agreed. The industs whowished the map are willing to pay ten
thousand dollars American in the utique family, he's willing to add another ten tossil.
Maybe the map is worth more thanthat. I would strongly advise you
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not to try and bargain with them. You're getting restless as it is.
Any further delay might ruin the entiretransaction. Okay, I'll call you in
a couple of hours, CORRELLI verywell, And if you do not have
them up for me by then,I would not be surprised if the parties
I represented something for you, somethingfor me? What do you mean a
bullet? So now I've made thecontact, but I still don't know why
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the maps so valuable. But Ido know I can't stall Correlli very long.
I've got to get a line onthe Ortig family and how they figure
in the deal, So I headfor the American empathy. The Ortig family.
I'm sure they've been a thorn inour side for quite a while,
Mitchell, At least Missus Ortigg hasWhat about them? That's just what I'd
like to know. Woods, Whatabout them? Well, missus ortz Eag
gown some land in the Middle Eastwith a chromite mine on it, you
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know, the stuff that's used insteel manufacture. Yeah, she's least the
mind of the interests on the otherside of the fence. We like the
least because we need all the chromitewe can get. Their husband's willing to
go along with us, But shesays, no soap and it's her land.
So there we are. How doesmissus Ortig get the land in the
first place. We've got a prettybig file on it. She inherited the
land from her grandfather. He wasthe only living relative of his uncle.
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There'd been a son, but hewas lost at sea on the way to
America. So the upshot is oldman Cartier leaves the land to his nephew,
who in turn leaves it to hisgranddaughter, Missus Ortig. And wait
a minute, did you say Cartier? Yeah, missus Ortigg's maiden name.
Why does the name ring about afire alarm? Let me check those files.
I think this whole deal just fellinto place. I go through the
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files, and ten minutes later I'vegot the answer. I go out and
get into my car, and asI'm pulling away from the curb, I
smell a very familiar rooma the sameTurkish tobacco I'd noticed in Heckman's room at
the time of his murder, andlad here in Zoey's room. But before
I can turn my head around,there's a gun barrel pressing against the back
of my neck. Well, hello, Zoe I can't say I'm too surprised
to find you in my back seat. I'm afraid you've got the wrong party.
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your eyes straight ahead, friend,So the words leaving button salesman turns out
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That's only one thing more. Ihave to button up? What's that you
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Friend. Remember I'm sitting right behindyou with a gun. Okay, Kellie,
I'll reach in your pocket, realgentle, I can pull out that
map and hand it over it.You know it took me quite a while
to find out why that map wasso valuable to Missus Artigue and the outfit.
She's leasing that Middle East mining landtoo. The map proved that she
doesn't own the land. Quite animportant little piece of paper, isn't it,
friend? It sure is. OldMan Carter owned the land years ago,
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and he thought his son was lostat sea on the way to America.
So he left the land to hisnephew, who in turn passed it
on to missus Artigue. But actuallythat son wasn't lost at sea. He
got to America, and among otherthings, he drew a map with his
signature on it. He's got somedirect descendants in Richmond, Virginia who are
are the rightful owners of the miningland. Sure, that's why certain people
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who are anxious to keep the leastdon't want the map floating around. I
come out hand it over. Itwas you who knocked off Ekman in the
boat. Huh really, increasing theprophet's friend. Originally it was going to
be a three way split Corrella,Ekman and myself. But I figured,
j J, that's you, right, j J. I said to myself,
why a three way split? Soyou knocked off Ekman to make it
a two way split. I'm adrop ahead of your friend. I just
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took care of Correlli too. Nowit's so one way splitt You're a real
goal getter, aren't you. ThatI am well had explains the smell of
Turkish tobacco. You've just killed Eckmanand knocked me on the head. When
you heard the captain coming down thepassageway, you had to duck into another
stateroom, and you picked Zoey's.She was with Pettibone at the time,
and that's why I smelled the smokein her room later. Look, friend,
Starling isn't going to do you anygood, and I'll just trot off
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the map and give it to me. Okay, I guess I haven't got
any choice. I got it herein my pocket. Hey, why did
you speed up? I'm sorry myfootslip. Well, i'm slipping Mitchell at
park oar ahead of us. Isee it heading my part. You can't
shoot when you're dripped over the frontseat. JJ told me let go of
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the gun. No, that's better, So maybe maybe we can make a
deal. That all right? Thatthat just got stacked against you, Kelly.
In a little matter of murder chargestaring you in the face. And
I'm sure when the Carter's back inthe States find that they own the mining
land, they'll be happy to turnthe lease over to our government. You
had it all figured out, Kelly, but I guess you forgot that fine
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old Southern proverb. What are youtalking about? A man who poses as
a button salesman sometime ends up gettingclipped right on the article of the same
name. Dangerous Assignment, starring Briandon Levy as Steve Mitchell, is written
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by Bob Bryth and Adrian Jando,for music by Robert Armbrewster, and is
produced and directed by Bill Karn.Be with us next week at this same
time when Brian Don Levy, starringin the role of Steve Mitchell, will
embark on another dangerous assignment. DangerousAssignment came to you from Radio City in
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Hollywood. Now more mystery on NBC'sAll Star Festival. Stay tuned for Herbert
Marshall as the man called X.This is NBC the National Broadcasting Company.
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Welcome back, which is Steve Mitchellworse app calypso singing or doing a Southern
accent. It should be noted thatdoing southern accents is not a Brian don
Levy problem, as don Levy appearedin the Lux Radio Theater version of Jezebel,
which we played a few months backfor those of you with the app
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and I think he acquitted himself ratherwell. This was just Steve Mitchell being
Gofie. I love the resolution.It was very complicated, but it made
sense. It all came together reallywell. It's a really nice, well
balanced mystery. Now, I didnotice a pattern. This story was definitely
not the basis for the Alvin Summersmatter, but there was a parallel.
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In the Alvin Summers matter, thevillain was a zipper salesman. In this
story, the villain was a buttonmaker. So for now on, for
all Robert Rife written episodes, I'mgoing to be very suspicious of characters that
sell closures for clothing. And I'mtalking buckles, I'm talking strong ties,
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maybe laces too. To me,that is a giveaway that you might be
the villain in a Robert Rife story, or at least it will be until
we find a member of the Hutchmalineclothing closure profession who is not a criminal.
It should be noted that mister Riifactually left the world of radio and
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television writing at thirty seven. Hewent to Occidental College and his writings for
the rest of his life were farmore literary. And it should be said
that mister Riffe excelled as an educator. He became dean of students, later
dean of faculty, and his onlyreturn to television was from or a pretty
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academic project. And doubtless that projectdidn't include a villain whose cover was being
a velcro salesman. Perhaps we wouldhave gotten that story had Roth's life taken
a different direction. Well, weturned out a listener comments and feedback,
and Manias Wright's over on Patreon HadAMAnd this is regarding the forged identification papers.
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Racket love this episode. As amusician, I was interested in the
Calypso style of music by Lord Byron. I'm thinking one of these days I
need to compose a little something inthe Calypso style in honor of dangerous assignment
and great detectives, just for abit of fun. Thank you for all
you do and keep amazing God blessmy dude. Well, thank you so
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much. And if you ever wrotethat Calypso song, I'd love to hear
it. Now it's time to thankour Patreon supporter of the day. Thank
you to Bettina, Patreon supporter sinceMay of twin twenty one, currently supporting
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But join us back here tomorrow forfollow vans where no, no,
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I don't know Suge and he Itell you I don't know who killed it,
and I tell you you do.Look, mister, this is my
job, this is my office.I'll keep you here with me all week
if I have to. You knowsomething about the murder of Eddie Stone,
and I'm gonna find out what itis. I don't know anything about it.
I danced with him and that sool. I didn't kill him, and
I don't know who did. Iknow. Differently, you were at the
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scene of the murder. We knowdefinitely you were there. It wasn't I
wasn't near the place. I didn'tknow anyone dead until you came from me.
Oh, please leave me alone.I can't tell you anything I don't
know. Oh hello, mister Markhamhigh Van. This the young lady who
told me about him a telephone here. Yeah, she says she didn't even
know the guy was killed. Butwhat she really doesn't know is that we
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can put her right at the sceneof the murder. Oh, he We
found a girl's footprint right near thebody. That's how The footprint is the
same size as this girl's shoe.No, she says, yeah, that's
hardly conclusive evidence. A footprint ofa woman's shoe isn't completely incriminating. This
one is da. This girl's adancer. The footprint we found at a
mark on the toe and the heel. You know what made that mark?
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Toe plates and heel plates whole platesand heel Yeah, and who wears two
plates and heel plates? Well,only a dancer, now, Miss Taylor,
will you still deny that you wereat the scene of the murder?
Isn't it rather unusual for a dancerto wear her dancing shoes out in the
street heat? Well you're getting no, mister Vance, not if it's the
only pair of shoes she has.I was there. Oh, I saw
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Eddie's body after he was killed.We quarreled and I went out looking for
him and I found him. Alight about it because I wanted to keep
out of all this. That's yourstory. You found him and you're killing
Yeah, there's no need of youwere wasting your time here, Da,
I'll have a confession out of thisgirl in an hour. Apparently Heath doesn't
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care how I waste my time.I think I'll take a look into this
case. What for fans, Itell you this girl did it? Perhaps
maybe I don't care how I wastemy time either, Sergeant he I hope
you'll be with us then. Inthe meantime, do send your comments to
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from Boise, Idaho. This isyour host, Adam Graham signing off.